text:
Capable of travelling up to 200 miles on one gallon of unleaded petrol*, the new Vox 110 scooter from Peugeot offers robust, practical and economical everyday transport for motorists struggling to cope with rising fuel prices.
Peugeot's design team updated the traditional 'step-thru' concept, giving the Vox a stylish modern front grille, cast alloy wheels and 220mm front disc brake.
At only 96 kg the Vox is one of the lightest scooters in its class, making it agile in traffic and easy to park. Its large 17" wheels and hydraulic suspension soak up the bumps in the road for confident handling.
The Vox is powered by an air cooled 110cc 4-stroke engine of proven reliability that produces seven horsepower, delivering a balance of performance and economy.
Seat height is just 780mm, making for easy access and other practical features include a fully enclosed drive chain (to reduce wear and maintenance), leg shields (to keep the worst of the weather off) and a rear luggage rack for additional carrying capacity.
Set to sell at £1699**, the Vox will be available at the introductory offer price of only £1299** – unbeatable value for money for commuters.
* Tested for Euro III (the current European emission standards for motorcycles); Extra Urban use up to 256mpg/City use up to 120mpg.
** Price includes manufacturer's delivery, pre delivery inspection, petrol, number plate and VAT at 20%. Govt first registration fee and vehicle excise duty are not included and will be charged at the prevailing rate. Prices correct at time of print.


text:
Domestic Electricians in New Romney
We are NICEIC approved domestic electricians. Our services are reliable and honestly priced, our people are friendly and professional, a pleasure to work with. We tackle major domestic electrical installations of every kind, right across Kent.
Our domestic electrician services
- Full and partial re-wiring
- Wiring for new extensions
- Extra switches, sockets and lights
- Garden lighting
- External connections like power to sheds and outbuildings
- Data cabling
- Fuseboard updates
- Property testing and inspections
- Fire safety: smoke alarms and heat detectors
- Fault finding and maintenance
- Home automation
- Audio / visual installation
Contact us about domestic electrical services
Call now on 0808 1469 299 or 07763 736382 to talk about your needs and get a FREE quote. We'll be delighted to help.
We are NICEIC approved domestic electricians. Our services are reliable and honestly priced, our people are friendly and professional, a pleasure to work with. We tackle major domestic electrical installations of every kind, right across the South East.
We are NICEIC approved commercial contractors offering all aspects of commercial electrical work. You can rely on us to carry out safe, expert installations. Using all of our considerable experience we aim to get it right first time, every time, at a fair price.
Find out more>>
Power cuts are nothing new, but our weather over the last few years has been highly unpredictable. And it is due to become more so as climate change continues to bite. 50,000 Britons were left without power on Christmas Day 2013, many for more than three days. How can you make sure your home or commercial premises remains powered despite our changing climate? The back up generator is an increasingly popular solution.
Need PAT Testing? We have the right level of competency, the right equipment for the job, the knowledge needed to use the equipment properly and the expertise required to understand and analyse the test results.
Electrical installation condition reports must be performed by competent electricians with experience in, and knowledge about, the type of installation they're testing. That's exactly what we do for our customers, reporting accurately on the condition of electric heating and lighting systems.
Find out more>>
The 'internet of things' is fast becoming a reality and smart homes are becoming more affordable as demand grows.
We fit all sorts of exciting home automation packages to suit various budgets and needs. Everything from intelligent pathway lighting, where the lights turn on automatically as you enter a corridor, to opening your home's blinds from your smartphone while you're on holiday.
Wherever and whenever you want to access the internet, TV, landline, ISDN, mobile phones, networks, security systems, computers or tablets, whether you're at home or at work, you need high performance structured cabling systems. They're the foundation you need for reliable CCTV, data and voice systems. If that's what you want, we'll be delighted to help.
Find out more>>

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|HomePrice ListAreasLearning MaterialsTerms
Pass your Driving Test
Contact Us Today
0800 0 23 25 23
07749 916 957
Driving Tests
Available Next
We do crash
courses in your
0800 0 23 25 23
Why take a crash course?
Crash courses in Whitby do work, as it compresses many months of weekly driving lesson tuition into a period of one or two weeks. The benefit is spending less time 'recapping' from the previous weeks driving lessons, as the pupil will be consistently learning on an hour to hour basis.
Pupils find that they are at ease with the car and confidence is built at a much faster pace than would be the case with weekly lessons. Crash courses cover most of the north of the UK and listed on our website are the areas we carry out our intensive driving courses.
We are increasing our coverage to include new areas for our crash courses all the time and up-dates to the list are added regularly. If your town / city is not listed, call us on 0800 0 23 25 23 or 07749 916 957 we may be able to help book your ideal driving course.
Our Pass Rates
Our instructors regularly achieve a weekly practical driving test pass rate of 80% make us a very good reason to let us help you to pass your practical driving test. Within days, you could be holding your full licence in your hands.
NB All intensive driving courses are booked on the understanding that the TERMS are read and agreed to.
Booking an Intensive Driving Course
Booking an intensive driving course with Crash Courses is very easy and simple.
All you need to do is decide which crash course suits you best, depending on your driving experience.
Contact the Booking Office
0800 0 23 25 23 / 07749 916 957
We will help you through the booking process.
We offer a FULL booking service to pupils.
We will arrange your intensive driving course, your instructor and book your theory and/or practical driving test for you.
All you need to do is turn up for your intensive driving crash course and have the joy of passing your practical driving test with our help.
All that is required to secure a place on a driving course is a deposit at the time of booking, plus test fees. This is payable either by credit / debit card through our secure payment system.


text:
Servicios Personalizados
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares en Google
SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
versión On-line ISSN 2078-5135
versión impresa ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 no.10 Cape Town oct. 2010
KwaBaka. A story of compassionate care in a rural Zulu community
By Jon Larsen. Pp. xiv + 274. Illustrated. R125.00. Cluster Publications. 2010. ISBN 9781 875 5053 83 4.
KwaBaka - the story of the planting of the Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital and the remarkable caring community that grew around it.
In 1890 Charles and Margaret Johnson started a mission station at Masotsheni in Zululand, where, in 1889, the people had been involved on both sides of the battle of Isandlwana. Charles and Mary raised 10 children and remained at Masotsheni during the Boer War in 1897 and the Bambatha Rebellion in 1906. Charles died in 1927 and Margaret in 1930, leaving behind over 40 church buildings, many junior schools and a high school at Masotsheni.
In 1935 William Lee, the Bishop, bought a trading store building in the nearby town of Nqutu, recruited 10 nurses and Dr Bessarabia, the district surgeon who was to visit once a week, and called it the Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital. In 1945 Drs Anthony and Maggie Barker arrived to help the first full-time doctor at the hospital, Anne Borrow, who left soon afterwards.
The Barkers lived in the community, got to know the people and took a personal interest in each patient. They never bought a motor vehicle but bicycled around the area. Anthony grew a beard because the Zulus thought he looked too young to be a doctor, and became known as Mahlekelanthi - he who laughs in the forest. Maggie became known as Mabhadazela - she who never wears shoes. Anthony passed the higher Zulu language examination, obtained an MD from Wits on malignant malnutrition and passed the FRCS. Maggie became a skilled anaesthetist. They were very hospitable even though they were living in simple circumstances.
Because of the excellent care and teaching, the hospital attracted patients, students and visitors from far and wide. Regular contact with King Edward VIII Hospital's specialists included Professor Hugh Philpott, then a senior registrar in O&G, Professor Chapman - surgery, and Professor Barry Adams - internal medicine. Famous visitors included Oliver Tambo, Alan Paton, Gatsha Buthelezi, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. When, during apartheid, many black people were removed from white areas and settled in tent camps nearby, typhoid broke out. A visiting BBC television crew made a documentary called 'Dumping grounds', resulting in the hospital being visited by the security police.
Many nurses continued to work at the Hospital, although they were paid 25% less than at State hospitals. Chloe Zulu, the first Zulu matron, describes how ....'We all played together. Whether you were black or white, you were getting the same treatment. That made us stay. The chapel services and morning prayers were central to our lives. My greatest joy was to see patients treated in a holistic and human way. That was so different from Baragwanath.' The State subsidy for doctors' salaries was shared equally between doctors classified into different population groups.
Dr Jon Larsen grew up in Zululand and heard Anthony speak while at UCT Medical School. He and his wife Jackie joined the staff of the Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital in 1965. Jon took over as medical superintendent when the Barkers left in 1974. By means of stories, extracts from letters and pieces written by people involved at the hospital, Jon gives a real feeling of the living and working at Charlie J. One senses that the book is a labour of love. Jon left in 1977 to complete his specialisation in O&G. He helped to set up an excellent regional obstetric service for Zululand, which resulted in a marked drop in perinatal and maternal mortality rates. On the take-over of Charlie J by the KwaZulu-Natal government he notes with gratitude the support from Darryl Hackland, then a senior official in the KwaZulu Health Department. There are accounts from the medical superintendents who succeeded him - Greg Wells, Kevin McDonald and Richard Garratt. Richard graphically depicts the community violence between factions of the ANC and Inkatha that preceded the 1994 democratic elections.
The hospital has recently been beautifully rebuilt and the staff and community are justly proud of it. The staff in 2006 included Chief Executive Officer, Mr E M Xaba, who started as a personnel officer and served the hospital with distinction for over 20 years; Mr Khambule, Finance and Systems Manager; Dr Olfemi Dopeolu, Medical Services Manager; and Mrs M Z Khanyile, Nursing Services Manager. The nursing school campus is part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The hospital has received many awards and the vision of a health service in Nqutu fully managed by the Zulu people has been achieved.
The author poignantly describes his disappointment at the decision to disband the regional obstetric service, resulting in a marked deterioration in the perinatal and maternal mortality rates. Noting his own temptation to bitterness and resentment he then writes, 'If I can acknowledge that I am as vulnerable as the next man to become an oppressor - that often indeed, in the insensitivity of privilege, I have been the oppressor - then I can more easily walk in forgiveness and relinquish what I have striven for with great intensity, when it is taken from me. I can more easily give thanks for what has been achieved, for those lives touched with compassion, even when the opportunity for service is no more. I can more easily do what Bishop Zulu advised at that final mission hospital prizegiving and remember that I am called to serve the Lord and people, not the ideologies of governments.'
The Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital begun as, and continues to be, a beacon of light and hope in difficult times. It is a story that was worth recording and reading, and worth reading slowly.
Dr Neil Cameron


text:
TokuDB Google Cloud Install: Starting MySQL… ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file
I am fairly new to TokuDB but so far I am impressed with the compression it provides to the data stored within. One of my clients has a ton of data that is constantly growing and thus TokuDB made a lot of sense for the solution that was created. While becoming more familiar with TokuDB and trying different cloud solutions I ran into a minor issue installing TokuDB on a Google Cloud VM instance but explain how to resolve easily below.


text:
A study that will appear in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication later this year analyzes failures to secure computerized personal records. One of its authors, Phil Howard, was kind enough to provide Ars with a draft copy of the paper. The analysis suggests that both the public understanding of these leaks and the legislative response to them are focusing on the wrong targets.
The study used press reports to identify incidents in part because there is no centralized reporting mechanism, and in part because many of the incidents have not resulted in prosecutions. The authors did require independent verification of incidents, and used the lowest figure for the number of records compromised when reports did not agree. Even by these conservative standards, the results were enormous: over 1.9 billion records exposed, or an average of 9 records for every American citizen.
That figure is almost certainly an extreme underestimation. State laws requiring a reporting of personal information loss only came into effect within the past three years. Almost certainly as a result, there were more reported incidents in 2005 and 2006 than all the previous years combined.
The researchers separated the incidents according to a number of criteria, including the cause (hacker, lost hardware, etc.) and the organization that did the losing. Their analysis suggests that we're both misidentifying the cause of the losses, and incorrectly targeting our legislative responses accordingly.
Hackers: the security folk devil
In a recent dissection of the connection between gaming and violence, the term "folk devil" was used to describe something that can be labeled dangerous in order to assign blame in a case where the causes are complex and unclear. The new paper suggests that hackers have become the folk devils of computer security, stating that "even though the campaign against hackers has successfully cast them as the primary culprits to blame for insecurity in cyberspace, it is not clear that constructing this target for blame has improved the security of personal digital records."
Part of this argument is based on the contention that many of the criminal groups that engage in illicit access to records are culturally distinct from the hacker community and that the hacker community proper is composed of a number of subcultures, some of which may access personal data without distributing it.
But, even if a more liberal definition of hacker is allowed, they still account for far less than half of the data losses. The report states that "60 percent of the incidents involve missing or stolen hardware, insider abuse or theft, administrative error, or accidentally exposing data online."
Those figures come from analyzing the data while eliminating a single event, the compromise of 1.6 billion records at Axciom. The Axciom data loss is informative, as it reveals how what could be categorized as a hack involves institutional negligence. The records stolen from the company were taken by an employee that had access to Axciom servers in order to upload data. That employee gained download access because Axciom set the same passwords for both types of access.
Legislation: punish the hackers and victims
These figures suggest that there is a substantial institutional component to data losses, a contention the paper supports by noting the fact that medical and military institutions, which have a history of privacy and security concerns, account for a total of 12 percent of the total incidents. In contrast, educational institutions, which have a mission focused on sharing information, account for 30 percent of the total incidents.
Institutions, however, are not the target of much legislation related to privacy breaches. The USA Patriot Act reinforced long-term trends of targeting hackers with severe punishments; some unauthorized hacking offenses now carry more severe penalties than violent crimes. In contrast, those maintaining the databases have only recently been subject to notification laws, and remain largely unpunished for poor security. In fact, the notification laws largely shift the burden of action back to the victims of the crimes; those whose identities have been compromised.
The legislative free ride for the operators of computerized records servers is the exact opposite of the legal approach used in other matters of Internet data availability. In cases of pornography and online gambling, prosecution has focused on those running the servers from which the activity originates. Arguments have been raised that the market will find a solution to security issues, but it's not clear why minimum standards of safety are acceptable in some fields, but not when it comes to digital data.
Ultimately, as the report notes, "As a society, how we assign responsibility will ultimately shape the responses that we collectively devise to manage the use of these electronic personal records." Given that its data suggests that a significant portion of the blame should go to those who hold the data, the report argues forcefully for legislation that requires they meet minimum data safety standards.
Further Reading:
The report and the raw data it's based on has been placed online at the website of the World Information Access Project.


text:
Valve's Steam Coming to Mac on May 12
No other details on the launch were given--the announcement was a brief two sentences--though it will presumably debut alongside the native Mac versions of Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal and the Half-Life series originally slated to launch with the Mac client in April 2010.
Those that already own the above games via Steam PC will be able to download them free on Steam Mac. Future Valve games, like Portal 2, are slated to hit both PC and Mac simultaneously and will include both PC and Mac editions with a purchase of either.
From The Chatty


text:
Women are more stressed out than men. In a survey by the American Psychological Association, 49 percent of female participants said their stress levels have increased in the past five years compared to 39 percent of male participants.
Women are stressed out about their finances, relationships, and ability to effectively manage their time; whereas men are most stressed by work, reports another survey by Polaris Marketing Research. Polaris also revealed that young people are more stressed out than any other generation:


text:
It's the last day of our giveaway!
Throughout the month of October, we have been giving away Annual Meeting gear to our blog readers. The AAA Annual Meeting will be held this year in San Francisco from November 14-18.
To answer the trivia question, you will need to leave your answer as a comment here on this blog. All the comments will be held for moderation until 9am (EST) of the next day. A commenter to answer the question correctly will be chosen at random to win an item of Annual Meeting gear.
Trick or treat! Here at the AAA office, we've got a few treats to share with our blog readers.
Tell us what you are looking forward to most about the 111th AAA Annual Meeting in the comment section of this blog. Three winners will be selected at random.
Have a happy and safe Halloween!


text:
Leslie's Pool Supplies — W 11th St
Tracy, CA Hours and Location
Category: Swimming Pool Equipment & Supls (Whol)
Swimming Pool Equipment & Supls (Whol)
Leslie's Pool Supplies Hours
Other Nearby Locations:
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Manteca — 13.2 miles
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Livermore — 18.6 miles
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Stockton — 19.8 miles
Other Home and Hardware Nearby:
Hours for other Tracy stores...
1851 W 11th St
Tracy, CA 95376Driving Directions
Other Nearby Locations:
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Manteca — 13.2 miles
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Livermore — 18.6 miles
- Leslie's Pool Supplies: Stockton — 19.8 miles
Other Home and Hardware Nearby:
Hours for other Tracy stores...
About Leslie's Pools
In March of 1963, a one-man pool supply operation working out of a backyard shed in North Hollywood, California, began. That journey continues today - 51 years later - as Leslie's Poolmart, Inc., "The World's Largest Retailer of Swimming Pool Supplies". With over 850 retail stores in 35 states across America, plus the availability of Commercial Sales, Mail Order and Internet shopping, Leslie's offers every customer the ultimate experience.
Leslie's offers a comprehensive product line including chemicals, cleaning devices, equipment, parts, recreational and safety products, as well as many unique items for the backyard and patio. We also offer professional on-site equipment installation and repair services in most areas.
Leslie's is the best place to find everything you need to make owning a swimming pool and spa fun and easy, at the best prices guaranteed. But we're so much more than just great products at great prices. Our highly trained staff of Pool Professionals provide you with unique solutions for all of your pool and spa's problems and needs.
The Leslie's Experience Does Not Stop There
Because we are the world's largest with over 850 stores nationwide, manufacturers offer us many exclusive products. You won't find these in any other store but ours. We also offer free in-store water analysis, free in-store labor on repairs and free pool school seminars. Our express parts program can find any part we don't happen to stock in our stores and get it to you fast. Our best price and our satisfaction guarantees ensure you won't pay more and your satisfaction comes first. It's all part of our commitment to bring you the best value and customer service in the industry, no matter which method of buying is most convenient for you - in-store, through Mail Order or online.
Leslie's Code of Business Conduct
We are pleased to share our Code of Business Conduct to let our customers, our business partners, and our associates know that integrity and respect serve as the foundation for how Leslie's conducts its business.... more
As of: 8:37 pm (PDT) Sun Aug 25, 2019. [Change]


text:
Downunder Journeys
New Zealand Specialist Tour Operator with extensive knowledge to help you plan that unforgetable vacation. Talk to the experts today, call 1800-409-8496.
1 / 4
Acerca de
Downunder Journeys is a specialist tour operator only selling travel to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. We pride ourselves in having the most knowledgable and friendly staff around. Get that knowledge and first hand experience you need in planning your trip. For more information please contact us toll free 1800-409-8496 or email us at email@example.com. Check out the website...it's a great planning tool, visit www.downunderjourneys.com Independent, Groups & Incentive Travel are all welcome.
Dirección física
Downunder Journeys, 9285 Sumner Lake Boulevard, Manassas, Virginia , 22066, United States.


text:
La Mesa is a mid-size city just a few miles east of the Pacific coastline with around 59,000 residents. The community offers a charming, all-American feel with an Antique Street Fair, "Back to the 50s" car show, Oktoberfest, Flag Day parade and Christmas in the Village. Two school districts oversee public schools in the area, including a charter high school, and there are also a few private school options. San Diego State University is just west of the city. Lake Murray and the Murray Reservoir lie just north of Downtown. The median household income is approximately $59,000.
Commercial-Res Income, MLS# 190005083
Listing provided by South Coast Commercial, Inc.
2-4 Units, MLS# 190006448
Listing provided by Pacific Sotheby's Int'l Realty
Commercial-Res Income, MLS# 190006411
Listing provided by Apartment Consultants, Inc.
Lot/Land, MLS# 180064122
Listing provided by Berkshire Hathaway HomeService
Commercial-Off/Rtl/Ind, MLS# 170040753
Listing provided by Coldwell Banker Res. Brokerage
Residential, MLS# 180066209
Listing provided by Keller Williams Realty
Residential, MLS# 190007640
Listing provided by eXp Realty of California Inc
This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. You should rely on this information only to decide whether or not to further investigate a particular property. BEFORE MAKING ANY OTHER DECISION, YOU SHOULD PERSONALLY INVESTIGATE THE FACTS (e.g. square footage and lot size) with the assistance of an appropriate professional. You may use this information only to identify properties you may be interested in investigating further. All uses except for personal, non-commercial use in accordance with the foregoing purpose are prohibited. Redistribution or copying of this information, any photographs or video tours is strictly prohibited. This information is derived from the Internet Data Exchange (IDX) service provided by Sandicor®. Displayed property listings may be held by a brokerage firm other than the broker and/or agent responsible for this display. The information and any photographs and video tours and the compilation from which they are derived is protected by copyright. Compilation © 2019 Sandicor®, Inc.


text:
Main Content
Current as of: September 20, 2018
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
©2006-2018 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.
Care instructions adapted under license by your healthcare professional. If you have questions about a medical condition or this instruction, always ask your healthcare professional. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information.


text:
DateSeptember 2012
LocationNew York, NY
Other Media
As the hub of the iEX digital marketing event, this multi-channel interactive installation captured, compared, and connected opinions on topics that matter most to the industry.
SapientNitro's second annual Idea Engineer Exchange event brought over 200 industry leaders to the IAC building in New York to convene on emerging opportunities and strategies in today's marketing landscape. The "Connectology" name and theme of the conference was exemplified in Constellation, a real-time participatory experience served through mobile devices, a centrally deployed multi-touch table, and the IAC's state-of-the-art video wall.
When attendees first arrived, their RFID-enabled event badges were activated and their names appeared on the large media wall's dynamic data visualization. The Microsoft Surface 2 table transformed from a playful, reactive art experience to a personal polling interface when an attendee placed their unique constellation name badge on the surface. Attendees used their mobile device or the interactive table to plot the relevance and importance of eight conference topics on a playful interface. Responses were aggregated and plotted on the expansive video wall that cycled through the evolving constellations of opinions for each topic. As the dynamic dashboard for the event, Constellation stimulated discourse and connection-making between industry leaders shaping the future of marketing.
Part of SapientRazorfish /© 2019 Second Story, Inc.
- Innovation Director
- Thomas Wester
- Studio Director & Producer
- Jennifer Guibord
- Creative Director
- David Waingarten
- Art Director & Lead Interaction Designer
- Chris Dewan
- Junior Interaction Designer
- Marc Lehman
- Production Artist
- Swanny Mouton
- Interactive Programmers
- Matthew Fargo, Philippe Laulheret
- Systems Developer
- Donald Richardson
- Partner
- SapientNitro


text:
In a self-evaluation of the Apalchee High School baseball program, coach Mike Cavey decided it was best for a change in leadership.
Cavey resigned his position as leader of the Diamond Cats last week and will begin a new chapter in his coaching career at Archer High School for the 2014-2015 season. Many factors played into Cavey's decision, but an inability to get the team into the state playoffs was part of it.
"It just felt like it was time," Cavey said Sunday evening. "We had gotten the program and the facilities to a certain point, but didn't seem like we could take that next step. We won a program best 13 games two years ago. We had always improved on the win total, but then we won 12 games and 10."
Mike Cavey has stepped down as softball and baseball coach at AHS. Photo by Jessica Brown
Cavey steps down as AHS softball, baseball coach
No Trackbacks
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)


text:
The battle for talent is as intense as it's ever been. Leading companies recognize they must fundamentally reshape the employee experience. They're treating their people, from entry-level up to the C-suite, as internal customers, cultivating innovation and anticipating their needs with creative and engaging solutions.
Accenture Intelligent HR Operations services helps HR leaders achieve business outcomes through tailored solutions that embed analytics, artificial intelligence and consumer-centric digital channels into the employee experience. The results? Improved retention, greater workforce productivity, increased employee satisfaction and reduced costs.
Accenture Talent and HR Business Process Services (BPS) include:
Securing the talent of the future demands a multi-layered talent acquisition approach. Talent acquisition strategies need to be digitally driven—engaging with candidates throughout the entire lifecycle from application to hire to onboard. Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics accelerate time-to-hire, improve the quality of new joiner performance and increase retention.
Developing the talent of the future means concentrating on capability development and hyper-personalized learning. We help organizations prioritize learning, refine their content strategy and measure return on investment.
Employees and managers bring their consumer-based expectations into the workplace, expecting their employer to know who they are, anticipate their needs, and deliver real-life solutions. While we help organizations keep people first, we also help automate their HR processes and embed artificial intelligence and automation into delivery. Together we implement new, flexible delivery models leveraging chatbots and other intelligent automation to transform their approach to talent management and HR administration.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jill Goldstein
Talent and HR Business Process Services Lead
- Accenture Operations
Our experts blog about how intelligent operations harness talent, data, and intelligence to help organizations improve performance.Read more
We're looking for innovators to deliver continuous, rapid-fire innovation and transform employee experience at Accenture OperationsLearn more


text:
Neals Yard Remedies
Vouchers, deals, discounts and promos 2019
We specialise in a range of organic beauty products
At Neal's Yard Remedies, we're driven by the passionate belief that health and beauty should be more natural, less synthetic. We specialise in a range of organic skincare and natural remedies.
Neals Yard Remedies
FREE unwind gift with £45 spend


text:
Habitat for Humanity's Women Build Program puts more women behind the power tools
Photo Gallery | Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity's Women Build Project
PITTSFIELD -- Laborers were hard at work on Wednesday sawing, hammering and pouring a cement slab for steps at the job site at 10 Goodman Lane.
The workers were part of a team of nearly 80 employees from area businesses, church, civic and political groups who donated their time this month to work on the house on behalf of Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity.
And they all were women.
Melissa Letalien, who helped with painting and putting up sheetrock, said she was glad to put her newfound carpentry skills to use for the nonprofit organization.
"I'm better than I thought," said Letalien, one of 14 Berkshire Life employees participating in the project. "My favorite was using the [circular] saw."
The lady laborers were participating in the Women Build program, a Habitat for Humanity International mission that encourages more women to help build Habitat housing worldwide.
Letalien was among the 14 female employees of Berkshire Life working on the home, situated on a hillside between North and Wahconah streets.
"These groups of women take direction well and they have a wonderful level of enthusiasm," said Luke Kaplan, volunteer coordinator for Central Berkshire Habitat, which is working on its 27th construction project.
Kaplan expects the two-bedroom, split-level raised ranch to be completed in August and occupied by Shamika Mungin and her 6-year-old son, Camryn. The single mother from Pittsfield will purchase the house through Habitat's home ownership program.
Wednesday's work session was the last of six Women Build days for this year, expanded beyond the one-day events Central Berkshire first held three years ago. The 2014 version of Women Build was so successful that the program may be expanded next year to having entire house being female-built, according Carolyn Valli, executive director for Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity.
"We're working on that if we can get enough regular volunteers," she said. "Just from this event we picked up three women who want to be regular [volunteers] and I expect more to do the same."
Prior to doing on-site carpentry, Valli noted many of the women learned how to handle electrical saws and drills from the staff at the Lowe's home improvement store in Hudson, N.Y.
"The women felt so comfortable after the training, when they got to the site, they didn't hesitate to use the power tools," she said.
Women Build is underwritten by Lowe's, which awarded a $5,000 grant to Central Berkshire Habitat toward building materials for its next project.
Several Berkshire Life employees have participated in Women Build before, bringing home improvement experience with them. Jean Simmons credits a sibling for helping her develop the skill set she brought to Wednesday's job site.
"My brother was a contractor and he trained me along the way," Simmons said. "I can't wait to tell him I used a power tool and I'm sure he'll want to see if I still have all my fingers."
Jan Kent and her husband are constantly renovating their home, but the Pittsfield woman says working on a house for someone else is also very rewarding.
"It gives a whole different perspective to help someone else," said Kent.
Letalien added, "And it gets me away from my desk for a day."
To reach Dick Lindsay:
or (413) 496-6233
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


text:
About Karl
In the 2600 case (link above), the judge explicitly ruled that it doesn't matter how easy it is to circumvent. The exact words were that a technological measure can be effective "whether or not it is a strong means of protection."
So you are correct... if the judge follows precedent, he'll rule against such an argument.
I think you're not seeing the root of the problem. The "non-commercial" nature of CC licenses is really nothing new - the GPL is often similarly confused by people who don't realize that it doesn't prevent commercial use. Although you have a point that the CC-NC licenses might be confusing the issue (guilt by association) enough other commerce-friendly licenses have had the same problem that I think the issue goes deeper than that.
I think you are fighting against a propaganda machine, in the form of media companies that purvey anything that's not "all right reserved" as "non-commercial". For decades, increasingly lop-sided copyright law and the propaganda surrounding it has persuaded people to believe that all free licenses are non-commercial.
I don't think that forking or creating your own license would do help - I think you'll end up fighting the exact same battle.
The purpose of copyright law is to promote progress, right? Without absolute control over every conceivable image, how will religious groups be encouraged to build more mysterious stone monuments?
Think about it - the sphynx is 5000 years old, stonehenge is 4500 years old, and the moai statues of Easter Island are only 500 years old. While these once were obviously commonly built, there haven't been any mysterious stone monuments built in centuries! It's quite obvious that the lack of copyright is what's preventing more of these sort of things from being created - just like it's the lack of pirates that's causing global warming!
We must encourage groups like to EHO to make these claims - it's the only way to get people to contribute to our culture!
It's not only incorrect to treat copyright as property, it's downright dangerous. The absurdities we see everyday from copyright maximalists are an example of what happens when you think of copyright as a property right.
Sheldon Richman wrote a very compelling article about why this is. I strongly urge everybody to read it, as it succinctly illustrates the point. It's telling that a year after he wrote it, the article comments contain no further refutation from those who disagree with him than "nuh-uh!"


text:
The post-Newtown debate over gun control in Vermont has centered largely around the specter of armed killers seeking to inflict maximum harm on their targets.
But of the 130 deaths caused by firearms in this state over the last two years, all but six were the result of suicide.
Now a Vermont lawmaker is trying to address the link between suicide and guns, which are by far the most frequently used method used by people taking their own lives.
Rep. George Till aims to impose a 48-hour waiting period on retail transactions at gun shops. His proposal would not affect sales at gun shows.
"It's about avoiding that confluence of the urge and the means," Till says.
But the bill, introduced last week, is already facing opposition.
"They try to justify every restriction they want to impose on us in the gun community, and we've had enough with the bills," says Evan Hughes, vice president of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.
Till, a medical doctor from Jericho, is all too familiar with the impacts of suicide. A former coach at the Mount Mansfield Youth Lacrosse Club, Till has lost three former players to suicide; two of them took their lives with a gun.
In a separate incident, Till says, he had to attend the funeral of a friend's son, who shot himself with a gun he had purchased only hours earlier. Till says the high-achieving victim was distraught over a poor test score.
"We have all kinds of research telling us just how impulsive the act of suicide really is," Till says. "And if we can figure out a way to keep that gun out of the hands of someone during those moments when they're actually capable of going through with it, then I think we prevent suicides."
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in Vermont for people between the ages of 10 and 24, according to data collected by the Vermont Department of Health. And guns are used in more than half of the suicides reported annually in Vermont – a rate consistent with national trends.
"Guns are by far the most lethal way of committing suicide, and unfortunately they are incredibly effective," Till says. "You don't get many second chances."
At least seven academic studies have sought to gauge the impact of waiting periods on gun-related incidents like murder, robbery and suicides. A review of the scientific literature by Temple University's Public Health Law Research found that "there is insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of waiting-period laws as public health interventions aimed at preventing gun-related violence and suicide."
But Robert Gebbia, executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, says there's lots of anecdotal evidence of people using just-bought guns to take their own lives.
"We know from a lot of research that the best way to prevent a suicide is to make sure there are no lethal means available to a person who is contemplating suicide," Gebbia says. "So if we could delay that access at that moment, then we get that chance for someone to intervene or for someone to change their mind, which happens."
Gun-rights advocates, already lining up against other gun-control bills on tap in Montpelier, are less enthusiastic. Hughes was among the Vermonters who took to the steps of the Statehouse on Saturday to protest gun legislation. He says any attempts to impose conditions on gun purchases constitute an erosion of Vermonters' Second Amendment rights.
"It's nitpick here, it's nitpick there," Hughes says. "Whatever it is, we're going to oppose it."
Till says he's aware of the opposition, evidenced by the growing stream of critical emails arriving at his legislative inbox. But he says he's eager to prove to people like Hughes that it's not their guns he's after.
"I am not trying to impede anyone's ability to get a gun, or restrict how they use it," Till says.
Hughes, however, is unconvinced. And with most high-ranking elected officials in Vermont on record opposing state-based gun legislation, Till and other gun-control advocates will have a tough time generating any forward momentum in Montpelier.
"We had an aberration (in Newtown, Conn.) and the gun-control people, they see this as their opportunity to run with something," Hughes said. "We understand the committee process. We will make sure legislators hear our views, and we're hopeful they'll act on the basis of sound public policy."


text:
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Illamasqua eyeshadow swatches part 1
10 comments:
This is so helpful.ReplyDelete
Thank you for swatches.ReplyDelete
Thanks both for the comments, I'll try and upload more by the end of the week xReplyDelete
Whyyyyyyyyyyyy did they discontinue Geisha?? *sniffle*ReplyDeleteReplies
pure evilness? They do seem to have got rid of a lot, I have used up my Geisha :(Delete
Right, pure evil! Geisha, Echo, Deity ... all look perfect, and I can't believe I am two years two late, lol. So I decided that Courtesan would be my almost-as-good-as Geisha, but that is out of stock, of course. Hopefully, it's temporary.Delete
I have Creep and Feline, both absolutely divine, but now I want more because Illamasqua is a cool-toned person's haven. I'm not even a blush lover and I have Katie, Chased, and Promise. Of course my little stash is nothing compared to your impressive collection!
I need to find someone who has a speck of Geisha left, beg them to temporarily send it to be, and send that sample to Three Custom Colors for duplication. If you know of anyone please tell me! :D 3CC makes you buy 2 when you have them custom blend an item, and as a token of my thanks, I'd send the kind beauty person the second eyeshadow along with her returned speck as a big thank you, hee hee. Let's put out an all-points bulletin!
They do a lot of cool toned shades don't they, geish was devoid of any warmth so whislt there are similar pinks I can think of a dupe that was as cool toned, I've not bought from the brand much of late, not to do with the products but more the customer service but might re-buy some of the shadows, I think Spectre was one of my favourites xDelete
I missed that one, too, darn it.Delete
I woke up this morning wondering what it would look like to layer Katie blush over Sex (white) eyeshadow. I don't have Sex, or any pure white eyeshadow for that matter, but it might be worth getting one for the experiment. The white would also tone down other colors, though I am not much into pastels—other than PINK. ;)
might be worth trying, but you know it wouldn't be quite the same.... I'm thinking that the discontinued shades are bound to be on some online site somewhere, I will have a look and let you know if I can track any down xDelete
Thanks! I did look at all the usual online bargain outfits in the US, including eBay, but I didn't get any Geisha hits, so if you find one, I'd be happy to know about it. :)Delete


text:
The Craven County Board of Commissioners has signed on to a four-group Hospice Development Agreement that should result in a county-operated 12-bed inpatient hospice facility here.
The Craven County Board of Commissioners has signed on to a four-group Hospice Development Agreement that should result in a county-operated 12-bed inpatient hospice facility here.
CarolinaEast Foundation, CarolinaEast Health Systems and the Craven County Health Department approached commissioners with a plan to raise $5 million for the hospice facility, where terminally ill people could spend their final days out of the hospital but close to medical care appropriate to their needs and with family close by.
CarolinaEast Health Systems has agreed to contribute $2 million.
Approval by commissioners came on a 5 to 0 vote with Chairman Scott Dacey and Commissioner Steve Tyson not participating, although both personally said they support the venture. They jointly own land that early in discussions was mentioned as a possible location.
County attorney Jim Hicks said that technically there was no conflict, but the two commissioners wanted to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
CarolinaEast groups and the health department presented commissioners with the results of a study by Keystone Planning Group of Durham that showed �significant and urgent need� for an inpatient hospice facility in Craven because of the growing population of aging residents and no private inpatient hospice located here.
Craven County Health Department and other private nonprofit groups operate outpatient hospices in the county, but despite need documented for more than four years, no one has stepped up to apply for the open state Certificate of Need for the inpatient hospice.
The study showed that the over-85 age group is growing here at three times the rate of any other 10-year group and they are less healthy compared to other North Carolina counties, with a higher incidence of cancer and heart disease deaths.
The consultant said Craven County has a higher hospice utilization rate compared to nearby counties and North Carolina overall, but the closest in inpatient hospice facility about an hour away.
CarolinaEast Foundation has agreed to raise the money to build it, then hand it over to the county to operate once a certificate of occupancy has been issues, said Hicks.
It would be the responsibility of the county to operate and run it, he said, so they have the right to review, comment, and equal decision making in the design of the facility.
�The county wants to make sure staff can take care of it as it does other facilities,� Hicks said, particularly because �in medical care facilities some systems may be unique and they want to be certain at the end of the day it can effectively do the job.�
The agreement also includes a opt out clause for the county as long as any money generated by the sale or transfer of the facility at some future date would still be used for public health.
Hicks said that was included because �Not knowing the future in terms of health care law and ability to operate a hospice facility in the black. There could be a possibility the county might have to dispose of the property.�
Once a state certificate is granted � the next opportunity to submit would be in November and it is unclear how quickly it would be acted upon � the facility is expected to take about a year to complete.
Fundraising efforts are underway for the facility many feel is already overdue. A few yet unnamed individuals have promised large contributions, one as large as a million dollars, for the CarolinaEast Foundation fund drive for the facility as long as Craven County Health Department operates it. The department currently has an active outpatient hospice agency.
On Monday, new rules for hospice agreements with long term care providers become effective after a July 2011 report by the Office of Inspector General criticized the guidelines for payment for terminally ill care which sometimes included either an absence or duplication of services.
The new rules with long term care and hospice care facilities must comply with or face sanctions means more paperwork to document a plan of care to ensure a resident�s needs are met 24 hours a day and outline which services the hospice and which the long term care facility will provide. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, work in home health and hospice care is expected to increase by as much as 70 percent before 2020.
This is partly because of the rising number of baby boomers reaching average life expectancy age and rising hospital costs, many of which are not needed for the last week of terminally ill people.
Many insurance providers, even of long term care insurance, no longer pay for hospital stays at that point in life and many in the local medical community have expressed concern about the quality and cost of end-of-life care even in skilled nursing facilities.
But most of the impetus for a Craven County inpatient hospice has come from individuals in the community who see the need for family and medical care access in a less institutional setting that a hospital but better staffed and equipped setting that a private home and trust Craven County Health Department to run it well.
Sue Book can be reached at 252-635-5665 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter@SueJBook.


text:
Food service is one of the largest employers in the nation and New York is no exception. That's why we think Winemaker Wednesdays are great for servers, bartenders, sommeliers and restaurant managers to attend. Many people working in restaurants have to work on the weekends. Winemaker Wednesdays along the Seneca wine trail is a great way for you and your friends in food service to have your own Upstate NY getaway – midweek.
Winemaker Wednesdays are for the type of person that not only loves to drink wine, but adores learning about it, talking to people about it and experiencing it. Every Winemaker Wednesday takes place on the second Wednesday of the given month. This is a limited series of unique, custom winery experiences conceived for passionate, curious fans of wine, winemaking and all that goes into that.
Each winery has crafted some kind of unique event or activity for these days. Programs may change from one Wednesday to the next. It is necessary for you to call the winery and make an appointment for these, and at that time you can confirm their offering. Many wineries commit one or two members of their senior leadership (owner and/or winemaker or vineyard manager, oftentimes) to conduct the program, and typically those individuals have a slew of other tasks and chores they should be doing, and appointments enable them to manage their time. Some of these offerings have fees associated with them, most do not. Most have limited time constraints, some do not. Check the Seneca Wine trail website for more information, or call 877-536-2717 during regular business hours.
Let our Bed and Breakfast be your Base Camp for an Upstate Getaway
Our bed and breakfast is located 20 minutes from the Seneca Wine Trail. We can arrange a wine tour so you can wine taste safely with a designated driver. We look forward to being your hosts!
Tags: midweek upstate NY getaways, Seneca Wine Trail, Upstate New York Getaways, upstate NY bed and breakfast, Winemaker Wednesdays Seneca wine trail


text:
Welcome to Slice of Life Sunday –
a meme dedicated to preserving the accounts of events cut out of the lives of average people just like you from all over the word.
Wikipedia defines a slice of life story as "a category for a story that portrays a "cut-out" sequence of events in a character's life." It has also been defined as an "episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work." (cp. Answers.com).
Like having ice cream with your pie, there is more to this meme than meets the eye – it's a meme a` la mode! This meme has a larger goal in mind in addition to providing a venue for your desire to write. Please read About Me and this Meme to see how participating in Slice of Life Sunday could lead to further publishing of your writing. Then take a moment to read over the following options. Close your eyes and turn off your connections with the current world around you, and allow your thoughts to wander through the recesses of your memories. There you will find a life experience that you have been waiting to share or possibly need to revisit. Now write it. There is no need for fancy words, don't run and get the thesaurus, just write the truth… a slice of your life
Slice of Life choices for the week of February 1, 2009 are:
1. A Very Cold Night
and for those on the other side of the world
2. A Very Hot Day
3. Writer's Choice – I am now seeking stories for the era of our Midlife Odyssey – our 40's & 50's. Do you have a slice of life to share about a midlife crisis or coming to terms with who you are?
You have all week to write your Slice of Life story. Once you have posted your Slice of Life Sunday story on your blog, come back and leave a comment with the url to your post. My true desire is for each of us to harvest wisdom from both the joy of reliving the good memories in our lives and the strength gained from gleaning what we can from the not-so-good memories and then putting them away for good. If you see a previous prompt you would like to write about, please do so and let me know.
Wisdom is the daughter of experience. ~


text:
Friday, February 17, 2012
this and that
10 comments:
Congrats on nearly reaching 150 orders! That's fantastic! I'm the same way when my sleep gets out of wack. I'm like a toddler that way. :)ReplyDelete
Good luck finding a new apartment! Craigslist searching is SO demoralizing! I'm not sure about Portland, but here in NYC there are rental agents (they just charge a crazy fee, so I haven't used one before, although I'd like to!).ReplyDelete
Great to hear that your shop is doing so well! I also get stressed easily and know it isn't fun at all. I'm happy you ended the week with a good day, though. And I'm doing some pre-spring cleaning myself today! I'd better get to it...ReplyDelete
I love the photo. I've been missing wintery weather here in Southern California! Congratulations on your lovely shop's success!!ReplyDelete
woohoo! good to hear your shop is doing well! :) are you guys staying in the 'couve or moving to portland?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2012 at 7:09 AM
I wish I had time to be in a funk. Id rather that then be in a rush!ReplyDelete
Congratties on the 150! Gosh, I love your stuff. Also, I'm excited for a video! What does this entail? :)ReplyDelete
My favorite hometown bridge, tattooed on my left side. Love this rainy Portland pic & your sweet blog.ReplyDelete
There have several hopes ad choicer for them to take.In this thy can find many points to cheek that out.They are also going to add as many more they can .ReplyDelete
Computer Motherboards
It was raining and it was sunny. Between rain and shine, between sips of my coffee, between page 15 and 16, between the corgi on leashed outside and the fortunate patrons inside, I found myself looking at an property ads on the paper. I knew that was it.ReplyDelete
Computer Cases


text:
I have plotted my team burn up chart and its velocity per iteration. To me it looks really bad (velocity fluctuates a lot). What should I be looking for to diagnose the root cause of this behaviour?
Stack Exchange network consists of 175 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.Visit Stack Exchange
Software Engineering Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professionals, academics, and students working within the systems development life cycle. It only takes a minute to sign up.Sign up to join this community
I have plotted my team burn up chart and its velocity per iteration. To me it looks really bad (velocity fluctuates a lot). What should I be looking for to diagnose the root cause of this behaviour?
It's perfectly normal to have a fluctuation at the first ten or so sprints, while the team is finding its rhythm. After that, it's perfectly normal for velocity to fluctuate around an average. Try plotting a running average of the last five sprints or so and you should see it level out. If not, some of the following may be the culprits:
You're misusing velocity as an indicator of performance, as though some number of story points accepted is a "good" sprint and anything less than that is a "bad" sprint.
Velocity (which is a terribly misnamed concept) should be used as a forward-looking tool for estimating how many features to which the team can commit in the next sprint, i.e. velocity should be used for capacity planning.
Here's a salient quote from the article: "The problem is the weight given to velocity and turning it into a productivity measure."
There may be a problem in what looks to be significant variance in your velocity. This doesn't mean that the team is doing anything wrong, but the effect is that the team's capacity for future sprints cannot be predicted very well. Unfortunately, that's not a question that any of us can answer for you. You need to dig into the subject via retrospective. What's really happening?
In any event, the most critical measure is missing from your graph. How well did the team do at delivering the value to which they committed? Does velocity fluctuate because they exceed their commitment in some sprints but not others, does it fluctuate because they're not finishing stories, or does it fluctuate because the commitments also fluctuate?
Additional potential cause: during the later sprints, you are paying off technical debt from earlier sprints.
E.g. you have a management demo after sprint 3 and need to show happy-day scenario. To make it, you do the coding without error handling, without translation support, without unit testing. This is a valid decision, you just need to be aware of the consequences.
So later you add all the nice stuff like excation handling framework, translation support, unit test framework and so on. Your existing coding from the 1st 3 sprints does not have use that yet, so it needs to be updated. This effort slows down the value creation during the later sprints.
For your question, it's hard to tell why it has fluctuation because it might be because of story card, people in the team, or product owner capability. So, in my experience, the velocity will be fluctuated because, for example:
Anyway, in my opinion, I don't think the fluctuation of velocity is important as long as we know what the situation on each sprint. Velocity is just a thing to tell you how stable your team can work. If it's not stable, we have to find out in detail of each sprint about "what happened". This is just a way to clarify/make the problem happen so we are able to fix it. So, velocity just tell us what was going on in that sprint to we can think back and improve to make it stable. Velocity is a projection of the project. And the fluctuation of velocity doesn't mean team can't deliver product, it just helps you think about the projection in the future and what are the problems to solve to make everything smooth.
Your velocity has noise (fluctuations). Possible reasons:
This noise is not necessarily a problem by itself: a noisy velocity that fluctuates around a constant average still allows you to do accurate release planning.
However, if you filter out the noise (rolling average over 5 consecutive sprints), then your velocity is still going down after 20 sprints. It makes it hard to do release planning and it is worth investigating:


text:
Rayshun's stepfather, Ryan Thompson, pulled the boy off the animal and kicked it. A neighbor fired a handgun three times but the fox continued to advance.
Thompson, wearing a cast because of a broken leg, said he used a stick and his crutch to beat the fox to death.
This story should be on Fox News, but I got it from CNN.
IN THE COMMENTS: Politics! This seems to be a political story for some reason.
... We have met the rabid animal, and he is us.
MORE: Video of the boy.


text:
Nystrom scores four but Flames top Predatorsby Aaron Vickers
CALGARY -- The biggest night of Eric Nystrom's career wasn't enough to beat the team that drafted him.
Nystrom scored all four of the Nashville Predators' goals in regulation Friday night, but the Calgary Flames rallied to force overtime and earned a 5-4 victory when Sean Monahan scored in the fourth round of the shootout.
"It's frustrating, for sure," Nystrom said. "We want to have four points on this road trip so far. To let that slide, it's really, really frustrating. I don't care if I score nine; if they score 10, it's a loss. We had that game in our hands."
Nystrom, who spent his first four seasons with the Flames after Calgary took him with the 10th pick in the 2001 NHL Draft, capped his big night when he deflected Matt Cullen's shot into the net with 9:13 remaining in regulation. But Mikael Backlund and David Jones scored 1:09 apart after the Predators got into penalty trouble, pulling the Flames even.
Calgary's Jiri Hudler scored in the second round of the shootout, and Nashville's Roman Josi matched him in the third round. Monahan slid a backhander through the legs of goaltender Devan Dubnyk to start the fourth round, and the game ended when Nashville's Ryan Ellis was denied by goaltender Reto Berra on a backhander.
"I [saw] a couple guys try to go to his blocker side there and obviously Hudler came down and brought it to his backhand and something opened up so I tried to do the same," Monahan said. "Fortunately enough, I found a spot through the five-hole."
The win gives the Flames back-to-back victories to start a five-game homestand at Scotiabank Saddledome after dropping a franchise-record seven straight in their own building.
"It's huge," Monahan said. "Obviously we want to win on home ice, especially. We have real passionate fans. We work hard every night for them and each other so I think coming out with these wins is huge and we've just got to keep moving forward with them."
Nystrom's eighth, ninth, 10thand 11th goals of the season, weren't enough to help Devan Dubnyk earn his first win as a member of the Predators. Dubnyk was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers on Jan. 15 in exchange for forward Matt Hendricks.
Instead, Monahan gave Berra, who came on in relief of Karri Ramo in the second period, the victory to remain undefeated in the shootout.
"It was an awesome game for everybody, especially for me because my family was here for the first time," said Berra, whose mother Liz and sister Graziella arrived in time for the game from Switzerland on their first trip to North America. "Great comeback and to win in a shootout again, it's really good."
The Predators led 3-1 after 40 minutes before a wild third period sent the game past regulation.
With Nashville's Rich Clune off for hooking, defenseman Seth Jones' clearing attempt found the stick of Calgary's Matt Stajan, who quickly dropped a pass to Jones. He snapped his seventh of the season over Dubnyk's shoulder at 1:24 to inject some life into the Flames and cut Nashville's lead to 3-2.
After Nystrom's goal restored Nashville's two-goal lead. Craig Smith and Paul Gaustad took penalties 24 seconds apart, giving Calgary a 5-on-3 power play. Backlund redirected Kris Russell's shot from the point past Dubnyk with 7:33 to play to make it 4-3, and the Flames got even 11 seconds after Gaustad's penalty ended when Jones deflected TJ Brodie's slap shot into the net with 6:24 remaining.
"It's been out motto all year, 'Never give up'," Brodie said. "Every game we've come out, everyone's played hard and never given up no matter what the score is. That's what we want from everyone and that's what every game's going to be like."
A matchup between two of the NHL's lowest-scoring teams got off to a fast start, with each team getting a goal before the game was four minutes old.
Nystrom opened the scoring 1:51 after the opening faceoff on Nashville's first shot. After Gabriel Bourque bobbled the puck in his dash through the slot, Nystrom swooped in and fired a shot off the inside of the post to beat Ramo.
But with Gaustad in the penalty box for holding, Mark Giordano knotted the game at 3:23. Calgary's captain took a pass from Kris Russell and one-timed it off the crossbar and past Dubnyk.
Nystrom got his second of the night 1:50 into the second period. Josi lobbed what looked to be a harmless looking dump-in on Ramo, but the puck took a big hop, forcing the Flames starter to throw his shoulder in front of it. The rebound dropped straight to an onrushing Nystrom, who tapped it in.
Nystrom completed his first career hat trick at 6:00. After a turnover kept the puck deep in the Flames zone, Gaustad threw a sharp-angled shot that skipped off Nystrom and behind Ramo to give Nashville a 3-1 lead.
The goal, which chased Ramo from the game after 12 shots, wasn't without debate. It was originally credited to Gaustad but was changed during the second intermission.


text:
Dog & Duck Kentucky
Dog & Duck Kentucky - Represent your love of hunting and your home state of Kentucky.
Topside Cotton Tees
Our tees feature an improved material, designed by our own team of creative minds. We aspired to keep the same level of comfort and superior softness as our Comfort Classic Tees, but also allow for a lighter shirt for those warmer days. Each shirt features a unique, hand-drawn illustration designed here in the South. Prints are located on the back of the shirt with a logo print on the left chest.
- Short Sleeve
- Unisex Tee (Sizing Chart)
- Reactive Fabric Dye with Garment
- Silicon Wash
- 100% Ringspun Cotton


text:
An event for IT Professionals looking to meet other IT Professionals in the DFW Area. Be sure to bring some business cards to maximize your networking opportunities.
Here's the agenda for our meeting:
- 11:30am-11:50am: Arrive, mix and mingle
- 11:50am-12:15pm: Announcements and 30 second introductions
- 12:15pm-1pm: Lunch and additional networking
Servers will be taking your orders during announcements and the 30 second introductions. Separate checks will provided to everyone, allowing you to leave at your convenience.
Register Here: EventBrite Registration


text:
October 9, 2007
The St. Joseph Valley Association of Wabash Men (South Bend) spent the Third Annual Wabash Day of Service, Saturday, October 6, at the Families First Center in South Bend where member Peter Trybula serves as president of the board of directors.
Fourteen Wabash men donated their time, talents and tools to install textured adhesive to the handicap-access ramp, spread landscape rock around the facility, install 12 concrete parking bumpers, and repair and install 10 sections of fence.
Front Row: Peter Horvath, George Horvath. Back Row: Dick Barger, Dick Currey, Roland Morin, John Mynsberge, Peter Trybula, Paul Tipps, Francis Raycroft, Maury Raycroft, Mike Arnold, Roger Senkbeil, Carl Horneman. Not Pictured: Michael Matsey.


text:
ACTIVE Network Appoints Meetings Industry Veteran, Rick Binford, as VP of Strategic Marketplace Deve
ACTIVE Network Appoints Meetings Industry Veteran, Rick Binford, as VP of Strategic Marketplace Development of Its Business Solutions Group
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The ACTIVE Network, Inc.
Travel, hospitality, and meetings industry veteran, Rick Binford, CMP, will be joining its Business Solutions Group as Vice President, Strategic Marketplace Development. (Photo: Business Wire)
"ACTIVE Network's Business Solutions Group is committed to adding value to our supplier and partner networks by expanding our team to include the best and brightest thought leaders in the industry," said JR Sherman, SVP of Business Solutions at ACTIVE Network. "Rick not only has a passion for the business, but a proven track record of moving the industry forward. Having come from the partner side of the business, he clearly understands the needs and objectives of our partners, and we are excited to welcome him to our team."
With over 20 years of executive sales, marketing, business development and leadership experience across multiple sectors of the meetings and events industry, Binford most recently served as President of the Event Management Services division at Experient, North America's largest full-service event management services provider. Binford joined Experient in 1999 to design and build the Experient Sales Network (ESN), which under his leadership created over 350 new clients and generated more than $90 million in new sales for the company. As President, he served an instrumental role in positioning Experient for a sale of the company to Maritz Travel Company in April 2012.
"There are other event management technology providers out there, but in my experience, none of them compare to ACTIVE Network's ability to deliver a complete end-to-end, scalable and innovative technology suite, coupled with application expertise and strategy support," said Rick Binford. "ACTIVE Network is not only passionate about technology innovation, but also leveraging technology to help transform our entire industry and position events as an integral part of an organization's DNA and overall business strategy. I share these same passions and am looking to play a key role in that new sense of possibility for the industry as part of the ACTIVE Network team."
Prior to Experient, Binford held CEO and COO roles within the destination marketing segment of the industry as well as sales and marketing leadership roles with both Northwest Airlines and Republic Airlines. He has held the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation since 1990, and is a noted industry speaker and active volunteer leader in numerous professional industry associations including: Meeting Professionals International, Professional Convention Management Association, Global Business Travel Association, and the American Society of Association Executives.
ACTIVE Network is powering the next generation of smart events through its Business Solutions technology suite, which provides intelligent data and insights designed to increase potential revenue, deepen attendee engagement and gain efficiency. Customers of all sizes—including small and medium-sized businesses, enterprise corporations, associations, tradeshows and expos—benefit from a single technology partner for all of their event management needs. The Business Solutions technology suite includes Conference™ for large flagship conferences, RegOnline® for attendee management solutions, StarCite® SMM for strategic meetings management and event expense management, and the StarCite Supplier Marketplace to connect events with suppliers. For more information on ACTIVE Network Business Solutions please visit www.ACTIVEevents.com.
About ACTIVE Network
ACTIVE Network (NYS: ACTV) is on a mission to make the world a more active place. With deep expertise in Activity and Participant Management™ (APM), our ActiveWorks® cloud technology helps organizations transform and grow their businesses. We do this through technology solutions that power the world's activities and through online destinations such as ACTIVE.com® that connect people with the things they love to do. Serving over 50,000 global business customers and driving over 80 million transactions annually, we help organizations get participants, manage their events and build communities. ACTIVE Network is headquartered in San Diego, California and has over 30 offices worldwide. Learn more at ACTIVEnetwork.com or ACTIVE.com and engage with us on Twitter @ACTIVEnetwork, @ACTIVE and on Facebook.
About Forward-Looking Statements
The Active Network, Inc. cautions you that the statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. More detailed information about The Active Network, Inc. and the risks and uncertainties that may affect the realization of these forward-looking statements is set forth in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These filings may be read free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and The Active Network, Inc. undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
© 2012 The Active Network, Inc. All rights reserved. ACTIVE.com, ActiveWorks, RegOnline, StarCite and the StarCite Supplier Marketplace are registered trademarks of The Active Network, Inc. ACTIVE Network, Activity and Participant Management and Conference are trademarks of The Active Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available:http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20130122005741/en/
ACTIVE Network
Aleka Mesaros
KEYWORDS: United States North America California
The article ACTIVE Network Appoints Meetings Industry Veteran, Rick Binford, as VP of Strategic Marketplace Development of Its Business Solutions Group originally appeared on Fool.com.Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2013 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text: It's the 3 Little Things It's the 3 Little Things: Advanced Readers, Gluten-Free Deals, & Fancy Dresses Happy Friday, friends, and a happy Mother's Day to each of you! I always look forward to sharing my happy list with you and I can't wait to see your lists too! Today's happiness list involves advanced readers, gluten-free deals, and fancy dresses. I also have a pretty cute bonus happy for you! Advanced Readers from NetGalley When I started reviewing books for our site, I had no idea that NetGalley existed and everyone kept telling me I should sign up, especially when I first launched our book club. NetGalley is a site that if you are a reviewer, blogger, journalist, librarian, bookseller, educator, or in the media, you can use NetGalley for FREE to request, read and provide feedback about forthcoming titles. If you are any of these people, I can't tell you how fun it is to get to preview books before their release date. I have them sent directly to my iPad, using my Kindle app, and get to sneak peek books from some really amazing authors. That is how I got to sneak peek, "One Plus One," by Jojo Moyes. If you haven't read The Girl You Left Behind or Me Before You, you must reserve them at your library because they are amazing. I don't know how she does it, but this book made me laugh, cry, and connect with every character in this book. She weaves an endearing story of a mother who is down on her luck and can barely make ends meet when her daughter is offered the chance of a lifetime to receive a scholarship for her excellence in mathematics that will cover 90% of her daughter's education. Coming up with the other ten percent seems impossible, but she is determined to make this happen for her daughter. When she hears of a math contest happening in Scotland that offers a cash prize, she must do everything she can to get her there… including hitching a ride with the most unlikely man who could ultimately change their entire world. Anyone who has ever struggled financially or who would sacrifice it all to give their kids everything they need will appreciate this extraordinary book that, I hope, will be adapted to movie one day. It is that good! Spending my evenings with this book made me oh-so-happy! It truly was a treat from start to finish. If you can sign up for NetGalley, it's a lot of fun to sneak peek these books before they hit the shelves. Gluten-Free Deals I was so excited to see that ALDI is offering this week their own line of gluten-free products called Live G Free. I hit my store this week and stocked up on brownie mixes, gluten-free sandwich wraps, frozen pizzas (to take with me when I have the dreaded pizza parties), crackers, pizza dough mixes, and brown rice pastas. I chatted with our cashier and she said they had some trouble keeping the shelves stocked which she said is always a good sign if ALDI decides to carry these items regularly in their store. I was getting a little sweaty when they started ringing everything up though because I definitely stocked up on items and I brought cash. Luckily, I had just enough cash for everything so you could say that made me extra happy to not be outed for enthusiasm for gluten-free foods. If any of these items are a big hit or if I hear anything about them keeping these on their store shelves, I will let you guys know. In the meantime, I left them feedback on their FB page begging for them to keep this stuff. It never hurts. Fancy Dresses With Pockets It is no secret that I have become addicted to Twice. If you missed my past posts about it, it is a site that has extremely discounted mint condition brand name stuff and it is marked to half or less than its retail price. I always keep my eyes glued to the dresses page because… can a person have too many dresses? I think not. I saw this dress pop up and I had to have it so I used my referral credit (thank you, friends!) and treated myself to this Anthropologie shirt-dress and HOLY HEAVENS, it is perfect in every way. The sleeves are just right, the print is even prettier in person, it has a built in petticoat that makes it full and pretty on the bottom, but (as if it couldn't get better) it has pockets. So I sashayed around in this and graciously accepted the compliments on it. I mean…wouldn't you? I don't know if anything else they sell will ever top this beauty. And here is one last bonus happy for you. This amazing photographer, Dave Engledow, has his first book out, "Confessions of the World's Best Father," with some of the most hilarious pictures with his daughter that you just have to see and belly laugh over how cute they are. There is a great round-up of some of the images over here and you can also get a little hilarity on your Facebook feed by liking his page. Happiest of Mother's Day, friends! We are planning to spend the day visiting our local botanical garden and walking all the nature trails together in honor of the the holiday! I hope you have lots of fun in store too! *this post may contain affiliate links- I only recommend what I love though. Check out past editions of It's the 3 Little Things! Now it's your turn, what makes you happy this week? Feel free to share in our link up below and link back to this post to participate! Share 3 things that are making you happy today! Published May 09, 2014 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here. Freebie Friday May 9, 2014 Sundays With Writers: Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead


text:
Ac Service in Dwarka Sector 12
Popularity of Split Ac Service in Dwarka
The demand for Air Conditioners is at an all-time high owing to the globally rising temperatures. The fact that the new age air conditioners do not have the harmful effect on the environment as the predecessor models, the air cooling & regulating appliances are a must have in the modern day homes and offices.
At Godray Engineers Pvt Ltd, our technicians will come to your house and check the issue, and give you the Best Split Ac Service in Dwarka Sector (7, 8 , 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), Vikaspuri, South Delhi, Punjabi Bagh, Rajendra Park. They are highly qualified and trained to repair all Split AC and others.
Why Choose Godray Engineers Pvt Ltd SERVICES?
- We gives 24X7 support to our clients
- We provide only Quality work at affordable rate
- We have highly qualified and trained team for Ac Service in Dwarka Sector 12 and Installation Service.
- We provide services in Dwarka, South Delhi, Punjabi Bagh, Vikaspuri, Rajouri Garden.
The huge industrial arcades, shopping malls and theaters in the city require Air Conditioning offers as the need for ensuring a healthy environment makes presence of Centralized Air Conditioners a must. Many specialized companies offer their services for the central AC units in the city and can be contacted for the quotes. While making the final selection, the essential points to consider are the product quality, client profile (previous major works done) and after sales service based on feedback's from existing users or internet forums.
Air Conditioning In The Inner Spaces
Being a subtropical zone, high heat levels initiate the need for air conditioning in the inner spaces. The quality of service provided by the companies and vendors for Air Conditioning products and after sales is considered to be the best in the India. Our services of Ac Service in Dwarka (Sector 1, Sector 2, Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, Sector 6, Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 9, Sector 10, Sector 11, Sector 12, Sector 13) boasts of are comprised of many teams with experienced skilled technicians who are capable of fixing all the issues one may have with the machine.
Air Conditioning
Air Conditioning is the most popular HVAC line of products and services, With the rising global temperature because of Global Warming the need for cooler spaces is a given. The number of service and material provider for Air Conditioning offers are adequate to satiate the increasing needs of the city's population. Centralized as well as individual Air Conditioning units are available depending upon the budget of the customers. Most large structures in the city prefer centralized Air Conditioning as it is an economical option in the long run.
The need for air conditioning products and services in these modern and expensive setups is a given. The Air Conditioning products are the best in the entire Dwarka. While choosing an air conditioner, there are various points to consider viz. First and foremost, the coverage area should be known as the metric size of the AC can be derived. Secondly the area available for setup of the outdoor units should be ample to accommodate the unit and allow air to exit the same in the confined space. The modern day construction has adopted Air Conditioning set ups as the integral part of its design.
Dwarka is a huge market for people dealing in products and services of the Air Conditioning setups.
What we provide?
- We provide better service quality among the competitive environment is often considered as the key deciding factor which entices the customers.
- Almost we try our level best to achieve more and more customer satisfaction as possible.
- The customers enjoying these services can write a letter of appreciation for these products.
- Using the technology now a personalized climate can be created within the structures irrespective of the weather outside.
- Mechanical as well as natural methods are available to adopt the various techniques that help in setting up a pleasant atmosphere in the particular place.
Using HVAC products allows favorable temperature and climate in the area of effect which may be a residential house or a huge sized commercial space.
Why Choose us?
- Godray Engineers Pvt Ltd is efficient and ample numbers of technicians stay in their toes to help the people with troubles or broken down machines.
- The repairing services do not cause much if the machines are well maintained and serviced regularly.
- We offer AMC (Annual Maintenance Contracts) for the people to stay worry free with regards to the Air Conditioning.
- We have huge stocks ready in the city owing to the increasing demand for Air Conditioning products.
The products and services for air conditioning provides are exemplary. The high income group of people and presence of huge business enterprises in the city open up huge business opportunities for the people dealing in Air Conditioning products and Services. The numerous options available empower the customers to choose the best service at cheap prices owing to the fierce competition in the modern day business arena.
They not only provide cool air but also de-humidify the region as well removes negative elements like dust and bad odor. The machines are available in various models such as window, split, ceiling and centralized systems. Huge offices, mall and other modern structures are designed by keeping the air conditioning plan in mind.
Split Ac Repair service in Dwarka
Electronic appliances offer great comfort once purchased. However, it is essential to maintain these appliances well. Ill management may lead to huge expenses as electronic products are subject to wear and tear with the passage of time.Air Conditioners also need proper care and routine maintenance to deliver the best result.
So, contact us today, if you need urgent Ac Service in Dwarka Sector 12, Vikaspuri, Rajouri Garden, Punjabi Bagh, South Delhi.
Quick Enquire


text:
The damage so far stands at 537, the official headcount of people laid off by the State of North Carolina.
The N.C. Office of State Personnel says that's the total they've gotten of people who have lost their jobs in various state agencies since the beginning of the year.
Most of the 537 – 410 of them– got their pink slips after April 15. Agencies have to give worker's 30 days notice before eliminating their position.
That total job loss number comes with a significant asterisk, as you might imagine, and is much lower than the thousands of publicly-funded positions thought to be eliminated when the $19.7 billion state budget passed earlier this month.
(There has yet to be an agreed-upon job loss number, with Democrats and education groups saying this year's budget will cost 13,000 positions and GOP leaders in the state legislature maintaining it will be far less because of vacancies and retirements.)
Regardless, it's close to being among the biggest, if not the biggest, layoff of state personnel in recent history. The last time a large number of state workers lost their jobs was in 1991/1992, when about 200 people lost their jobs, according to the Office of State Personnel.
The 537 pink-slipped figure is most likely higher, and only captures a portion of the people in state-funded jobs losing their paychecks, said Margaret Jordan, an OSP spokeswoman.
Agencies don't always report their "reductions-in-force" in a timely manner to the state personnel office. Nor does OSP keep track of the state-funded positions in community colleges and public schools around the state.
Reports have trickling in from individual school districts about custodians, teacher assistants, teachers and assistant principals losing their jobs. In Cumberland County, 374 positions were eliminated; in rural Duplin County, 210 people got laid off with more than half of those cuts happening in classrooms.
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction won't know what the total job losses are to individual school districts until later this summer, according to Vanessa Jeter, DPI's spokeswoman. The state education agency had cuts of 10 percent, or 101 positions eliminated, from its ranks.
Another state agency, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, went from 3,918 to 2,900 staffers. Most of those jobs were transferred to other agencies, but at least 88 people have gotten notices that their job no longer exists, said Diana Kees, a DENR spokeswoman.
Among the programs cut are a state team that oversees the testing of private wells for dangerous toxins, and a wildlife pest management team that monitors tick and pest populations across the state to avoid any widespread illnesses or breakouts.
More jobs could still be lost at DENR, with cuts expected at the federal level and with less revenue coming in to the department given the slowing economy.
"We could have more layoffs," Kees said.
We also called the office of Gov. Bev Perdue to see how they plan on keeping track of the job losses being processed at the state level, but her communications office didn't return calls for comment. We'll update this post if we hear from them.
In the meantime, we're interested in talking with state workers who have gotten their pink slips, and are willing to share their stories. If you've gotten laid off, please drop us a line. Reporter Sarah Ovaska can be reached at 861-1463 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
UPDATE: Gov. Bev Perdue's gave us a call back Wednesday morning, and they say they're anticipating 3,000 positions eliminated in non-education state agencies as a result of that budget. About 1,000 of those are occupied, said Chris Mackey, a Perdue spokeswoman.
Cuts to education – public schools, community colleges and the state's universities system – will be much larger, Mackey said. The N.C. Office of Budget and Management will be tracking the job losses as agencies submit their action plans of how to deal with the cuts.


text:
Pakistan Christians take to the streets after bombing
Some fear government strategy with Taliban talks is backfiring.
NEW DELHI – In the wake of the worst ever attack on Pakistan's Christian minority, some worry that the new government's strategy for peace through negotiations with extremist Taliban groups is doomed to failure before it even gets off the ground.
Critics worry that the government is only allowing the Islamists time to get stronger.
"The Tehrik-i-Taliban itself has been operating to make social, fiscal and political space for itself," said Ejaz Haider, national security analyst, at Capital TV based in Islamabad. "It has managed to survive and counterattack despite military operations. It knows that it can tire out the people and the government."
More than 85 people were killed at the All Saints Church in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday after a pair of suicide bombers targeted the Christian building, injuring hundreds of worshipers. A wing of the Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed it launched the attack.
Hundreds of Christians all over the country took to the streets. Protests broke out in other cities, including Karachi. The protesters attacked police as stores and markets were shut down. Christians are a minority in Pakistan, where roughly 96% of the country's 180 million people are Muslim.
In the southern port city of Karachi, a few hundred demonstrators chanted "Stop killing Christians!" and demanded that those who attacked their community be held accountable.
"We want an end to extremism, terrorism and barbarianism in Pakistan," said Bashir John, a priest.
Xavier William, president of Life For All Pakistan, a Christian group in Lahore, said the Pakistan government must act.
"This is not just an attack on a church … this is not just about one community anymore. This is a national issue."
The bombing of the church was just the latest act of terrorism to set off a crisis in Pakistan over the Taliban.
Last October, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban because of her activism in promoting equal rights for women to education. She survived the attack after being flown to Britain for surgery.
Following the attack, the country erupted in an uproar, leading the military to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaeda extremists in Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal areas.
With Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, taking office in June, many hoped there would be peace in the country – he vowed to bring to an end the decade-long war against terrorism. An all-party conference was held on Sept. 9 to chalk out a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy and discuss negotiations with the Taliban.
However, despite the efforts at peace, there has been a surge in incidents of violence, particularly against religious minorities, including Shiite and Ahmedi Muslims and Christians.
Earlier this year, a mob in Lahore burnt down two churches and more than a hundred Christian houses, and dozens of other attacks have taken place since June. Numbering 2.5 million of the country's 182 million population, Christians blame the government for failing to protect them.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) has denied responsibility for the attacks despite the wing's claim, a claim analysts say is likely true.
"The current governments in Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa want to talk to the TTP to reduce the terrorism threat," Haider said. "This is a big achievement for the TTP and its affiliates and grants them legitimacy as dialogue partners. This is why the church attack, strategically, doesn't make sense for TTP and so it could well have been mounted by another group on the orders of al-Qaeda."
The TTP is not the only active extremist group in the country, and the Jundullah wing of the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombings, vowing to target non-Muslims in the country until the United States halts its drone attacks.
It is unclear how closely the group works with the TTP, but analysts say there is cause for worry.
"It is obvious that the Taliban want freedom to operate and their version of sharia imposed in at least the parts where they have influence," said Ayesha Siddiqa, a defense and security analyst, based in Islamabad.
"The extremists are gaining ground rapidly. It is not just the poor but the rich as well who are rapidly coming under the influence of extremist ideology or becoming latent-radical."
Meanwhile, locals say the situation is deteriorating on the ground.
"In the last few years, this area has become volatile," said Shabaz Khan, a storekeeper in his mid-40s in Peshawar. "It used to be a peaceful neighborhood but not anymore."
Nayyara Javed, 42, a teacher in Peshawer, was in the church when the attack happened. Her firth grade cousin, Muneeza Rayaz, 12, was killed "in God's house," she said.
"We are scared. We are not safe here," she said. "They should take care of us like their brothers and sisters. We are all equal. Our rights should be equal as well."
Many worry about the future.
"I still can't believe that half of my confirmation class has died," said Sharoon Nazir, 15, a student in Peshawar. "I don't know whether I will have the resolve to come back to All Saints Church – a place where I made so many friends who are now gone."
Contributing: Aisha Chowdhry in Washington