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Organisations need to invest in Unified Comms to get the best from employees
Successful development and growth within the business is often a result of the tools employees have access to.
Recent research by 451 Research Group has found that 39 per cent of organisations have only basic email systems implemented to manage and execute communication processes. Piers Linney, Co-CEO of UK-based Cloud Services Provider (CSP) Outsourcery argues that having the best communications technologies in place needs to be made a priority to drive employee productivity and is calling for more businesses to integrate unified communications (UC) tools and strategies.
According to the 451 research, 26 per cent of organisations currently use email systems with advanced features that include integrated document management, rights-management and full-featured archiving. Outsourcery's Linney underlines the opportunities that can be unlocked further through deploying a high performance, innovative unified communications solution. "Businesses need to be aware of their reliance on their email system for the fundamental management of processes and delivery of service. With the rising consumer BYOD trend in particular, the key to achieving enhanced performance across the workplace in the future will be to invest in an advanced UC solution that will enable employees to work out of the office and check-in with their colleagues at their own convenience.
UC solutions that are supported by cloud technology have the ability to be accessed on-the-go and provide an invaluable opportunity for businesses aiming to achieve greater connectivity to accelerate processes and generate increased business productivity.
Piers Linney, Co-CEO of Outsourcery
Linney continues: "Further to this, a scalable architecture provides businesses with the potential for decreased IT expenditure, with the capability to modify the number of accounts required for employees. This will, in turn, save costs that can ultimately be channeled into other areas of the business.
As a world-leading CSP and a Microsoft partner, Outsourcery offers a suite of viable UC systems based on Microsoft solutions and built on an enterprise-grade, Ofcom-regulated O-Cloud platform. Outsourcery is also a member of the exclusive Microsoft Cloud OS Network (COSN) as well as being a Microsoft CityNext Partner. The UC offering which is available to Outsourcery's customers includes Microsoft's Lync, Exchange, CRM and Office 365 – all of which harness the latest developments from Microsoft, while benefitting users with the flexibility and efficiency of advanced cloud technology. This enables streamlined and more efficient working processes, in particular improved business collaboration through instant messaging, conferencing facilities and desktop sharing.
Supporting employees' increasing need for greater flexibility and efficient communication, Outsourcery will be combining the key advantages of Skype and Microsoft Lync provide the Skype for Business service later this year. This will enable businesses to achieve the benefits of a global UK solution through communicating with other contacts worldwide, while speeding up work processes and decreasing expenditure.
Linney concludes: "With the introduction of BYOD schemes and smart devices in the workplace, businesses need to adapt to employee behavioural changes through evolving with the advancements of Unified Communications to enable the workforce to reap the benefits of greater productivity and efficiency. Through investing in cloud-based Unified Communications services, businesses can achieve greater mobility and work process speeds, while saving costs to contribute to growth in the long-term."
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From a lunch time media session with RSL GM Garth Lagerwey, to the final Real Salt Lake practice before they head to San Jose for their season opener, it was a great way to spend a Thursday afternoon. So here are some thoughts, videos and pictures from the afternoon for you.
One thing is clear, Garth Lagerwey is not only a very smart guy, he is one of the most honest and straight forward people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. So as a big chunk of the RSL media was gathered at Rio Tinto Stadium this afternoon, it was no surprise that Garth laid out a lot of off the record information about things that have gone into what RSL has done this off season.
I think it is OK for me to say, that every move RSL made, from bringing back Robbie Findley, to bringing in guys like Lovel Palmer and Khari Stephenson, each move was done with a great amount of thought and planning. I think perhaps the best statement of the day was simply RSL will be a better team in June than they will be in March, and RSL will be a better team in September than they will be in June. New players, injuries and team cohesion will all play into that statement, for me I am excited to see what happens. Just before lunch, Luis Gil returned to Rio Tinto Stadium after being a major factor in the US U-20 squad qualifying for the 2013 U-20 World Cup that will take place this summer, here is a video of him taking some questions from the local media:
So after lunch it was out to RSL's practice session at a still rather snowy America First Field, and while it was a bit chilly it was great to see the guys out there with a high level of energy and in great spirits. I was able to get some great pictures from practice, you can check them out on my new google+ site, this is the site where I will be loading my 2013 RSL pictures.
I was also able to get a couple of quick interviews with a couple of the guys, first up is RSL newcomer Josh Saunders:
I was also able to talk with Sebastian Velasquez:
They guys will head out to San Jose on Friday morning and have a couple of practice sessions before the Sunday season opener against the Earthquakes, I am excited to see what RSL is able to do against the 2012 Supporter's Shield winners.
That's How I See It.

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text: |Dalia Abd El rahman Farag The Role of Shariah in shaping Egyptian consumers behavior towards sales promotion tools ABSTRACT Purpose: This study measures to what extent "compliance with Shariah" moderates the relationship between different sales promotion tools, namely - price discount, product demonstration/sampling, buy one get one free (bonus pack), sweepstakes/ lucky draws, scratch and win offer and free samples, and three consumers` behavioral responses (product trial, stockpiling, and spending more) for buying convenience products from supermarkets in Alexandria and Cairo. Design: A total of 381 ed Muslim consumers/ shoppers were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. Findings: Overall correlation analysis between the six proposed sales promotion tools and consumers' response behavior in general demonstrated a significant relationship. However, some specific tools did not indicate a significant relationship with specific response behaviors Furthermore, correlation analysis initially indicated that there is a positive significant relationship between all sales promotion tools and compliance with Shariah with exception of sweepstakes and scratch and win offers that demonstrated a significant negative relationship. Furthermore, after running linear stepwise regression the model was fit (58%) indicating the moderating role of "compliance with Shariah" in the relationship between specific sales promotions and Muslim consumer's behavioral responses namely sweepstakes/games and scratch and win offers. Research Implications: Generally, speaking marketers should consider Shairiah and Islamic principles issues before creatively crafting promotional tools to attract Muslim consumers. Key Words: sales promotion tools, behavioral responses, compliance with Shariah, Egyptian Muslims, and convenience products.


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"Business Continues To Be Under Siege In California" by Gary Wolensky
More on the deteriorating business climate inthe Golden State, from my law partner Gary Wolensky
Business Continues to be under Siege in California by Gary Wolensky
CAUTION to all companies who do business in California: you are not only over-regulated in my fair state but now you are going to be over-sued resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in legal costs and settlements. This is as a direct result of the California Supreme Court decision in the Kwikset Corporation v. The Superior Court of Orange County lawsuit where the court turned back the clock and held that in unfair competition and false advertising lawsuits plaintiffs no longer need to plead or prove that they have "lost money or property." As a result, the floodgates for consumer class actions, unfair competition and false advertising lawsuits will now proliferate to unimaginable proportions as plaintiffs no longer need to prove that they were harmed.
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The background is still fresh in the minds of business when at the turn of the century the trial lawyers latched on to class actions and the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL) blatantly bringing scores of meritless lawsuits. This lawsuit abuse culminated in the notorious Trevor Law Group (TLG) scandal where recent law school graduates took advantage of loopholes in the UCL to bring suit against various industries such as the restaurant industry, automotive repair shops and others. TLG brought these fraudulent suits in the names of their employees and relatives who were not harmed. In response California citizens passed proposition 64 in November 2004 which closed the UCL loopholes including limiting an individual's right to sue by allowing private enforcement only if that individual has been actually injured by, and suffered financial/property loss because of an unfair business practice.
The Kwikset decision has now destroyed the standing requirement so that if plaintiffs can "truthfully allege" they were deceived by a product's label into buying the product, and would not have purchased it otherwise then they have standing to sue as they have "lost money or property" within the meaning of Proposition 64!
In the worst economic climate in 70 years California continues to thumb its nose at business attacks business in the regulatory and litigation arenas with a vengeance. My partner Liz McNulty spends most of her time representing companies in Proposition 65 claims and advising those companies with respect to the coming Green Chemistry regulations which will apply to virtually every consumer product sold in California. Shakedown lawsuits will now add to the cost of doing business in the Golden State. It is imperative that businesses of all take a critical look at the accuracy and defensibility of all statements about its products and services. This includes everything from "Made in U.S.A" to representations regarding what footwear can do for your fitness, to nutrition information provided. Unless warnings on products are preempted by a Federal regulation, there is no product or service sold or provided in California that is safe from a potential UCL or false advertising lawsuit.


text: Earlier this week, Rick Ross released his tough and immediate "Hold Me Back" video, probably the best video of his career. (He doesn't have that many great videos, weirdly.) He's now followed it up with another video for one of the the more feral stomps from his absurdly opulent new album God Forgives, I Don't, but this one, for "911," is a low-budget murky thing, with Ross piloting the titular automobile around Los Angeles. There is, however, a shot where he parks in front of a venue where, at least according to the marquee, Fiona Apple is playing a sold-out show. So let's all imagine the parallel-reality video where Ross wanders into the venue and gets his mind blown. Meanwhile, you can watch the one from this reality below. DRE Films and SpliffTV direct.


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The first challenge I ran into when composing this review was who to credit as the artist. The song "Angel Voice" was written and composed by Yoko Kanno, the singer performing the song is Yoshiki Fukuyama, but no official name for the band is credit for the song. The character who sings the song is named Nekki Basara and his fictional rock band is called Fire Bomber. Really I could have chosen any of the listed options.
|Yoko Kanno, writer/composure or
"Angel Voice."
|Yoshiki Fukuyama, singer of
"Angel Voice."
However Macross 7 had one thing going for it that the original did not, it had a rock band. The music from the original Macross Super Dimensional Fortress has a charm in its own right, but for a rock and roll guy like me, the pop music that consisted of Minmay's play list never did much for me. While Macross 7 is a bizarre and at times bafflingly silly story about unlikeable characters mostly doing unbelievable things, the music is pretty damn good.
It is something the Japanese musicians seem really proud of is writing music for their animated television shows. There is a whole genre dedicated to it. Here in the west bands may volunteer to write original material for a motion picture, but we rarely see established musicians spending their time on televisions shows, let alone, cartoons. There is an endearing nature to enthusiastic musicians like Yoshiki Fukuyama who put into their work for what might be considered childish nonsense.
|Basara Nekki, main character of
"Macross 7."
Every connection Macross 7's plot attempted to make between the rock band Fire Bomber and the boring main story felt forced. It was like there was two completely independent and mutually exclusive plot lines going on that had nothing to do with one another and nothing about them indicated that they should ever cross paths, that is, until this ending to this sequel. Space whales, sure, very weird plot device, but all of a sudden warring factions have to stop and behold while a rock star makes the breakthrough that neither of them could. Basara does not use music to save the world, but he stops a galactic brawl from taking place and forms a bound with a truly alien life form with music, and that is impressive nonetheless, and more important than that perhaps it feels like the sort of heroic thing a not very heroic, and frankly self absorbed, artist like the character Basara would seek. This is the naturally conclusion for that character, this is want he looking for all this time.
Then again maybe I am wrong I never could muster the patient to watch all of Macross 7.
So why talk about this at all? Because the song Nekki Basara plays at the end of the series is freaking beautiful. That song is "Angel Voice."
The lyrics are in Japanese but a simple translation reveals the song, more or less, about searching for something beautiful, and if we listen carefully we should be able to hear it, an angel's voice. For the most part I feel "Angel Voice" is a guitar song, sure there is a bass and drums like any traditional rock song, but the focus is very much on the guitar and Yoshiki's voice, and the intro and outro is made up exclusives by this lead guitar. Speaking of Yoshiki's voice we have to address the most iconic and obviously best part of the song, the wailing "whoa whoa whoa," that compromises entire last third of the song.
At roughly the four and a half minute mark there are no more words to be said and Yoshiki breaks into a repeating of "whoa whoa whoa," which in plain text may not sound overly exciting but believe me it is, and you don't have to believe me, you can go listen to the song and hear it for yourself, which is, after all the whole point of me writing any of this.
There is a lot of emotion in this ending display, and it is very powerful and catchy. Either intentionally or unintentionally Kanno has touched on one of the oldest and most effective tricks in pop music's book, create a sing along part that literally everyone can learn instantly, the best way to do that is to not use words but a sound like "whoa." A truly irrelevant side effect is anyone speaking any dialect can sing along with Yoshiki, but I must stress this is an irrelevant effect, because there is something very special in the way he wails and the heart he puts into his voice that transcends language anyway, and the soul of his voice strikes in the heart of humanity itself.
Also, because the fountain head of inspiration for this song is a truly bizarre one, you can hear the space whales singing along at the end of the song, and the song fades with them. This perhaps would normally be lame but it somehow works. It adds a little extra charm and it ties itself back into its bizarre anime connection.
I guess the moral of the story is great music can come from the wildest of places and it is always worthwhile to keep an open ear for what you might find.
- King of Braves


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BarCampNYC – Thumbstack.com
Duncan Werner created an HTML rendered Powerpoint creation, collaboration and presentation tool called Thumbstack.com. It is in very early stages and not connected to any business model. It is very slick on the interface side, but more importantly it offers HTML-based functionality for "follow along" that he calls remote control. This feature allows someone to present a presentation and other people using just a browser will be pushed along.
For those of the technical set, it is using an HTTPXMLRequest piece that holds a synchronous connection open (timeouts average 90sec depending on browser).
It also is interesting that he mentioend that CPU and memory requirements for this will not work on lower machines, especially the new $100 MIT machines.


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Worship God, Not Comfort
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. JOB 13:15
When I go to church, I love to worship God in song. I've found that closing my eyes and singing to Him without being distracted by people is a very satisfying experience. I love what happens when the Holy Spirit speaks through the Scriptures, realigns my attitude and calls my heart to worship and reflect on His goodness and mercy. I love all the things that make worship services so full—the choir, the baptisms, the Lord's Supper.
But if we really want to learn how to worship, we must do it when the microphones are turned off and the singers have gone home, when the room is quiet and our hearts aren't fueled by feelings that swell with the music. We must learn to worship in the midst of life . . . and even in the midst of suffering.
Non-negotiable Number Seven: Worship God, Not Comfort
You may be in the midst of a true season of pain. Perhaps this season has lingered and has now become two seasons. Perhaps you've looked for comfort but haven't found much. Maybe your heart aches and feels empty. Has your lack of comfort dried up your words of worship? Has the loss of ease emptied your heart of gratitude?
It may be that the most important thing you could do is also one of the most unnatural things you could ever imagine doing: Giving thanks to God, praising and worshiping Him. Regardless of your circumstances.
Worship in its truest form ascribes and acknowledges that the truth is about God. Worship reminds us of who He is and who we aren't. He alone is God. He is in control. He is the just God, the compassionate and loving God. He knows everything. He knows our condition.
God-centered worship ultimately comforts us because it reminds us of the truth about life. It brings hope.
When life seems most uncomfortable, worship God.
Talk about how you best worship God. Discuss how you could encourage one another to engage in real worship each day.
Ask God to teach you how to truly worship Him when things aren't comfortable.
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SUPPORTERS of the Cheshire Jets will get to choose a new name for their club on Sunday.
Since the Cheshire franchise was removed from the ownership of Haydn Cook at the end of October, the team has been run by the British Basketball League (BBL) and known simply as Cheshire.
Cook retained ownership of all things relating to the Jets brand – including assets, logos, branding, kits and summer training camps – but this week sold the rights to a Chester-based sports agency called HarvardGlobal.
It means the existing Cheshire franchise, which fans are currently trying to rescue, needs a new name.
At this Sunday's rearranged match against Manchester Giants at the Northgate Arena (5.30pm tip-off), fans will be given the opportunity to vote for their favourite name.
Andrew Donaldson, of the Save the Jets steering group, is refusing to allow the loss of the Jets brand to hold up the progress being made.
"We are not allowing this to distract us," he said. "The club does not belong to a company with a name. It belongs to the fans and they will decide who we are going forward."
HarvardGlobal has not returned The Chronicle's calls this week.
On its website, HarvardGlobal's managing partner Frank Bell says: "We are pleased to announce that HarvardGlobal has secured the rights to one of the best known professional basketball teams in the UK, the Cheshire Jets."
Bell added that the move would ensure the name of the Jets will 'remain in the minds' of the club's 'loyal and loving' fans.
To support the Save the Jets campaign, visit @SavetheJets on Twitter, go to www.facebook.com/savejetsbasketball on Facebook or visit www.savethejets.co.uk, where you can also donate via Paypal to the fighting fund.


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Radio Verulam's drivetime show blog. Danny Smith presents the show weekdays from 4pm - 7pm on 92.6FM or online at www.radioverulam.com
Monday, 15 August 2011
Monthly Feature - With Michelle Hart From The CVS
Today on WHD we welcomed Michelle Hart From The CVS and the first topic she spoke about with Danny was a training opportunity for volunteers who participate in Community Car Schemes; such as picking up prescriptions for people. The course is called - Assisting Passengers - Top Tips for Volunteer Car Drivers. The course takes place in Wheathampstead on 28th August and for details and cost, please contact Sally Bauer of the CVS on 01727 852657.
More good news! Volunteering Herts have just been awarded 100k from the Big Lottery Fund! This will help enable long term unemployed people to gain skills and increase their chances of paid employment through volunteering. It will also work hand in hand with local organisations to help develop new voluntary opportunities which meet local needs.
In these trying times, help your community by getting involved. This is not just by volunteering work but for instance, lobbying your local councillor or organising events.
For more information visit www.cvsstalbans.org.uk
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Candlefire… It's just the way it always looks different.
This is just something born out of boredom, like many of my experiments are. The thing is… I miss blogging and would very much like to take it up again. And I will do it. I don't have an Internet connection at home, but I won't let that stop me. I'll start off with a weekly post coming out every Monday at 7 a.m. No promises about the subjects of the posts. Will have to do a list, brain storming, get things rolling, snowballing… whatever. I already have a few ideas, but nothing set in stone. I am, therefore, open to suggestions.
Renoni Vice: How 'bout you stop pretending people actually read your blog, for a start. That would really be something.
Yeah… glad to have her back. This reminds me. I have never actually explained her. It is a long story, which means it will be told in another post.
Renoni Vice: Yeah…. that's not going to happen!
Alright… enough out of you, Renoni! I will be posting something on Monday and that's the end of it. As it is the end of this post.
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These are the numbers that Cindy, Lisa, Maria, Tommy, and Zack wore when they ran in a marathon.
Each of the 5,500 runners in the marathon wore a different number. The runners got their numbers in the order that they signed in on the day of the race. So the first person to sign in got number 1 and the last person to sign in got number 5,500.
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The ITS Institute's Intelligent Vehicles (IV) Lab, directed by Craig Shankwitz, is working on improving transit schedule reliability. Helping bus drivers feel confident when using bus-only shoulders on suburban highways are two of the goals of the Bus 2.0 driver-assistive system currently being implemented by Minnesota Public Transit Association.
The Intelligent Vehicles Lab, MVTA, and Schmitty and Sons Transportation deployed (in the summer 2010) 10 DAS-equipped buses into revenue service to support narrow-bus only shoulder service between downtown Minneapolis and Apple Valley, MN. Although the IV Lab has deployed a number of DAS-equipped vehicles, this UPA deployment represents the first time that the system has been used to transport passengers. This deployment should prove that although DGPS systems are susceptible to periodic outages, a properly designed and executed augmentation system will provide a sufficiently robust system which will be accepted by both drivers and passengers. A successful deployment will demonstrate to other transit agencies that even narrow rights of way offer significant transit advantages at low cost, and that potential operational difficulties can be overcome through the use of DAS technologies.
DGPS accuracy of 8 cm
Virtual Reference Station network provides DGPS corrections
Vehicle-based DGPS augmentation system provides accurate positioning should GPS be lost
IBEO LIDAR sensors, front and side, detect obstacles
Multi-modal driver interface: graphical, haptic, and tactile
10 Gillig low floor buses
Morning and evening express services
Utilization of Bus-Only Shoulders
22 mile (one-way) travel distance
Passengers provided free Wi-Fi access
Reliable travel times in all weather and traffic conditions
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Lane keeping assistance
Multi-level (base on severity) lane departure alerts and warnings
Forward collision awareness
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Rodds needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 85 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Expansão - Educação Corporativa
We are a human resource company, we provide trainning to other companies and our main products are Serious Games (professional trainning games), e-learning and others.
It's a small company. With youth people and our clients are big companies.
Our clients are companies with more than 1000 employees because this companies has sites in many cities in the country, so it's easier to reach this people through the Intranet (e-learning).
We used to provide service to international companies like banks, industry.
Our actual logo is very old fashioned. To see it go to our website: http://www.expansao.com.br.
We want a modern look.
We want:
- Clean visual
- Legible clean fonts (no handwritting)
- An icon
- Our blue is too dark we are looking for somethin brigther but not too much.
- We are open to suggestions.
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HUMBLE - The 318-unit Stoneleigh on Kenswick apartment complex, located at 19800 Kenswick Dr., has been sold to Pensam Capital.
The property amenities include access to Lake Houston, a 4,700-acre park and Redstone Golf Course;
Miami-based Pensam also purchased the 528-unit Bella Vida at Coyote Ridge in Carrollton.
See previous story 528-Unit Bella Vida sold in Carrollton.
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Manchester United decided to loan Adnan Januzaj out to Sunderland for the season, as it seems Jose Mourinho didn't fancy using him in the first-team during this term, as he already had plenty of options in wide areas. It gave the Belgian a chance to reunite with former boss, David Moyes.
Cast your mind back to Januzaj's debut under the aforementioned Scot, when he scored two stunning goals to turn things around and give Manchester United all three points.
Since then it has gone rapidly downhill for the 21-year-old, and a few managers have deemed him not good enough. This season is a real test of his mental strength as well as his ability, and he simply has to set the Premier League alight if he is to have any chance to make it at United.
Today saw Moyes give him his first start at Sunderland, and Januzaj definitely made a bright start to life at the Stadium of Light, despite not getting on the score sheet.
United fans were impressed with their loanee, and expressed their happiness over social media. We've compiled some of their tweets.
Check out some of the best tweets here:
The way Januzaj uses the opponent's body to glide past them is sooo wavey. Doesn't even accelerate past you
— Elijah (@MrScripto) August 21, 2016
Fantastic Januzaj will get a season of first team FPL football. One way or another we'll find out if he's good enough#MUFC
— The United Stand (@UnitedStandMUFC) August 21, 2016
Think Adnan Januzaj's got class, but they need more in the middle. McNair and Pienaar not good enough at this level #safc
— Bruce Archer (@Bruce_Archer89) August 21, 2016
Januzaj needs way more freedom at Sunderland, hopefully with a bit of time, he'll start scoring/assisting for them.
— NM (@ffsRooney) August 21, 2016
januzaj is such an unfinished product. I know it's early days at a new club but you can see why he was sent on loan
— Wesley (@WesleyL10) August 21, 2016
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Sponsored post: I received an advance copy of this book for free. Thanks to Albert Whitman & Company and NetGalley.
Blurb (from Goodreads):
From growing up in the funeral home her family runs, Gabriella knows that death is a part of life and nothing is forever. Yet Bree, her best friend, has been a constant; it's always been the two of them together against the world. But when Bree starts dating a guy the worst guy from the ultra-popular world, suddenly she doesn't have time for Gabe anymore. Now the only one at school who wants to spend time with "Graveyard Gabe" is Hartman, the new guy, but Gabe, not wanting to lose her mind over a boyfriend the way Bree has, holds back. It takes a very strange prom night (with the family hearse instead of a limo) for Gabe to truly fall for Hartman. But when she leaves the after-prom party with him, she's not there for Bree or for the deadly accident that happens that night. Bree survives, but will she and Gabe ever be able to rebuild their friendship?"
All the Forever Things by Jolene Perry
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
"Wanna guess?" He grins.
I glance at the man's face, a little grayish now, but it will pink pretty quickly once the embalming fluid fills his veins.
The man is older, but not super old. About ten years older than my dad and pretty overweight. "Heart attack?"
This was a YA contemporary story about a girl who lived at a funeral home.
Gabriella came across as a quite normal sort of girl, even if she did like to play up the whole funeral-home thing by dressing like Wednesday Adams. She did seem to really love her best friend Bree though, and continued to try and look out for her, even when Bree didn't want her to. Bree on the other hand didn't seem to take Gabriella's feelings into account much at all, and only really seemed interested in her new boyfriend.
The storyline in this was about Gabriella living at the funeral home where her parents worked, and about her best friend Bree who was dating a boy who Gabriella didn't like. We also got a bit of romance between Gabriella and a boy called Hartman, but mostly the story was about Gabriella's dislike of Bree's boyfriend, and the rift that caused in their relationship. What was weird though was the way that Gabriella and her friends had so much access to the dead bodies! Surely that isn't right?!
The ending to this was quite surprising, and certainly shook things up a bit! I can't say that I really cared all that much about the characters affected by the accident though.
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|Bloat/Intestinal Twist
Dogs are carnivores. They should be fed a meat-based diet. Please note that when you choose feed for dogs of any age, corn must not be one of the first three listed ingredients. This much corn is not good for your dog; it is just a filler to add weight to the bag and ends up mostly undigested and shows up in the stool. Stick with primarily meat diets! It is also important to purchase foods that have the AAFCO certification seal on the label. You want the best out of your dogs so feed them what is best for them.
We prefer to feed Innova brand. Our pups go to their new homes with a few days supply of Innova Puppy Large Breed. To ensure high quality health and to allow our puppies to mature into all they can and should be, we recommend all our dogs be kept on Innova or a similar food from the following list.
A homemade total canine diet recipe attributed to Diana Carreon, RNC has appeared on various pet sites. Versions vary, some having chicken and/or hamburg, other without egg shells, etc and the comments and recommendations also vary. The recipe passed along to AAKS can be viewed on this PDF.
We think the following companies provide a large variety of high quality pet supplies at very good prices. They also will have frequent sales of good products.
Owners must accept that they can/should never accept "alpha" behavior. Without firm correction, any dog (but especially a large dog like King Shepherds) can become dangerous. Owners must understand that correction and structure is not mean or cruel or abuse; it is necessary for the dog's happy future. It is the responsible thing for an owner to do.
As incentive to promote the best relationship possible between dogs, the owner/family and their community, any owner whose AAKS dog achieves AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Program certification will receive a $50.00 check from us. We have a list of AAKS dogs and pups that have completed the CGC program.
One of our puppy owner's was told to try ginger snap cookies the night before and a couple hours before the drive and he says it helped tremendously.
How to get your puppy's ear to stand up
In the beginning at AAKS, we experimented with several ways to help our puppys' ears stand up, but over time we have discovered that less is truly more. If your puppy's ears are not "up" by 6 months of age, here is a simple, non-invasive technique that has proven to be our most effective way to give those heavy ears the occasional extra boost they need to stand on their own. And it's as simple as this:
1. Get fabric glue
2. If desired, clip some of the longer exterior hair on the ears before gluing to help lighten the weight, ease the pull of the ears.
3. Put a tab of glue on the fur 3/4" up from the base of the ear.
4. Hold the two ears together (on the inner edge where the fur is) for about 3 minutes or until the glue dries. (It dries rather fast.)
5. After 7-10 days, clip the ears apart at the glue spot and the ears will then be standing on their own.
And that's all there is to it. This temporary gluing simply gives the ears a bit more stability to encourage their natural "standing up" position. Nothing in the ear, no wrapping, nothing to bother the puppy so they are quite likely to leave those ears alone. The less the owner or puppy messes with the ears, the less chance of ear cartilage damage. (Once cartilage damage occurs, the ears will never stand.)
AAKS believes a King Shepherd Dog does not attain full growth until around 3 years of age. Because of this later maturing age, we ask our families — whenever possible — to postpone spaying/neutering until their pups are 2 years of age to allow them to reach full growth and breed standard potential. For a better understanding of how spaying/neutering affects dog growth, we recommend reading the 05/14/07 PDF white paper Long Term Health Risks and Benefits Associated with Spay/Neuter in Dogs by Laura J. Sanborn, MS Rutgers University. Please note that AAKS has worked in rescue for a long time and strongly believes in spaying/neutering all non-breeding animals. Especially with mixed breed animals, we can have no realistic expectation of what they will turn out to be as they mature. We are very aware of the responsibility pet owner has to ensure their pet is not going to be adding to the over-population problem that leads to millions of animals being euthanized every year. If a pet owner feels not altering their animal will create a problem for them, we agree that early spay/neuter is the correct thing to do.
Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) — also known as "bloat," "stomach torsion," or "twisted stomach" — should be considered a life-threatening emergency when it occurs because dogs can die of bloat within several hours. Even with treatment, more 25% of the afflicted dogs die. In bloat, the stomach fills with air and puts pressure on the other organs and diaphragm, making it difficult for the dog to breathe. Veins in the abdomen then compress, preventing blood from returning to the heart. Filled with air, the stomach rotates and pinches off the blood supply. The blood supply is disrupted and the animal's condition begins to deteriorate very rapidly; the stomach begins to die. Drs Foster and Smith offers more information on an online article on canine bloat we urge you to read.
This type of life-threatening condition is one of the reasons we believe it is important we post health and hip information about our dogs and their offspring. Our intent is that people will find it helpful and utilize it to the best interest of their dogs and the King Shepherd breed. We believe strongly that breeders who refuse to share this information about their own dogs pass on these health issues into their breed and the other breeds who utilize that pedigree line.
Lindsey, Baron W's owner, has allowed us to reprint an email she sent explaining a similar condition known as intestinal twisting. She lost her German Shepherd to this condition and hopes her sharing her experience and information may help fellow large dog owners be alert to some of the underlying symptoms of intestinal twisting. We also have posted a message from a Golden Retriever owner who found our information helpful in understanding what happened.


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In response to which young arm or arms the Mets should trade for a bat this trade deadline or offseason…
I actually believe that Rafael Montero is the least likely to be traded among all pitching prospects in the organization right now, at least as long as this front office is in place.
There´s a pretty obvious pattern. The front office wants pitchers who throw a lot of strikes and control the strike-zone. They want hitters who only swing at strikes and control the strike-zone.
That (and an emphasis on coachability / work ethic – however you want to measure that) has been a common theme for them when targeting prospects.
Montero is the biggest strike thrower of them all – though it seems that Matthew Bowman and Matt Koch also have pretty good control, even if their stuff isn´t as crisp as Montero´s and their command not as good (yet) either.
Noah Syndergaard & Michael Fulmer actually fit that mold too. They have posted unusually low walk rates for very young pitching prospects.
More likely trade bait could be someone like Domingo Tapia or Cory Mazzoni or even – eventually – Zack Wheeler if he doesn´t improve his control in a similar fashion like Matt Harvey has from the minors to the majors.
That´s the mantra – for pitchers: "Throw Strikes and good things will happen" ; for hitters: "Don´t swing at Balls and good things will happen".
And I´d assume that this will also be an assumption as part of trades – unless an organization is really willing to pay a high price. If the Rockies want Montero and are willing to give up Dexter Fowler, sure, he´s gone. But all things equal, the Mets would try to use Tapia or DeGrom or Mazzoni or even two of them instead of Montero, I´m quite sure.
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This kind of planning at many "downtown" firms costs $50,000-$75,000+. Level 5 is designed for a client with $30,000,000 or more but through C.A.L.M. a client with $15,000,000 or more can receive this advanced planning. A typical fee through the C.A.L.M. plan will cost approximately $35,000 rather than $50,000+.
If a client has complications which are a-typical or if the client has a net worth in excess of $30,000,000, the costs for an estate plan will likely increase. Having said that, through the C.A.L.M. program, clients will receive a 20% discount on the legal fees in excess of $35,000.
Level 5 also includes burning all of the client's legal, accounting and financial documents to disc (to give to the client) and to a hard drive on a secure server. This is done to ensure that the client always knows where his/her valued documents are located and so a secure set can be held in a safe environment in another location.
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After clinching the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference early last week, the Bruins have taken a bit of a breather and decided to rest some of their core players. But don't expect that attitude to maintain on Saturday.
Claude Julien and the B's head into their season finale on Saturday afternoon in a showdown with the now playoff-irrelevant Buffalo Sabres. The game doesn't mean anything for either team, but the Bruins are expected to re-insert some of their regulars into the lineup for somewhat of a playoff primer.
Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller is likely to sit out the finale at the TD Garden, but after two games off Tim Thomas is expected to be back between the pipes heading into the postseason.
Billy Jaffe, Barry Pederson and The Instigators take a look towards Saturday's finale and discuss what the Bruins should do with their stars in preparation of the elimination stages.
Check out the video above to hear just what the crew thinks of the B's final game.
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Looking for a fun craft to do with your kiddies? This is super easy and cute. Here's a quickie tutorial for a TRIANGLE HEART GARLAND.
Valentine's colored pipe cleaners - Michael's
1. Bend one pipe cleaner twice (in 1/3 spots) making a triangle.
2. Kink the top ends, wrap them around each other and pinch together to close the triangle.
3. Push in the side on the opposite side of the closed point to make a angular heart shape.
4. Take another pipe cleaner, send one end through the first heart and repeat the process.
5. Do the whole bunch and you've got a nice garland of triangle hearts.


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Application: noun
- A formal request to an authority: an application for leave[mass noun]: licences are available on application[as modifier]: an application form
- [mass noun] the action of putting something into operation: the application of general rules to particular cases[count noun]: massage has far-reaching medical applicationspractical use or relevance: this principle has no application to the present case
- [mass noun] the action of applying something to a surface: paints suitable for application on fabric[count noun]: a fresh application of make-upa medicinal substance applied to the skin: an application to relieve muscle pain
- [mass noun] sustained effort; hard work: the job takes a great deal of patience and application
- (also application program) Computing - a program or piece of software designed to fulfil a particular purpose: a database application
A Quick Reminder
As was the case for the business layer, within the application layer there are three key models covering behaviour, structure and knowledge, defined as follows:
- Capabilities (Application Behaviour)Shows the internal application services needed by the business (including IT) to allow it to undertake the processes described in the Services layer.
- Solutions (Application Structure)Shows how the application services interact with one another to fulfil the needs of the Organisation model and thus provide the desired customer experience.
- Data (Application Information)Shows the detailed data elements and relationships required to support the Information model. This data model is derived from the Information model, but at the same time, needs to be supportive of the application services described in the Capabilities model (and vice versa).
The Capabilities Model
Step 1: Domains
Needless to say, this makes the job of defining domains in the application layer more scientific, but also makes it a more time consuming activity. By analysing the services within the business service model you should be able to identify common themes for which you will need to provide capabilities. These capabilities will naturally group into domains and so steps 1 and 2 should be approach in an iterative manner. i.e. have a first stab at your domains (don't spend more than a couple of hours on this), then discover your services in step 2 and from these services refine your domain model to recognise the families of services that you are discovering).
Step 2: Services
Step 3: Functions
REMINDER: The term "application" does not just refer to IT applications! A nominal ledger implemented on paper is as much an application as is a spread-sheet created to achieve the same outcome. Not every element of our service model has to be provided by IT.
The definition of application functions is not a purely abstract activity as needless to say, it will help enormously if the functions you propose marry up with functions that are provided in the real world in one form or another. It is for this reason that (despite publishing this part of the guide first) I strongly urge enterprise architects to consider the corners of the model first, and thus populate the infrastructure layer at draft level before considering the application layer in anger.
An example of a functional decomposition might be the definition of a Document Lifecycle Management service into functions such as Template Management, Document Generation, Document Repository, Document Distribution, etc. For an average service, separation into application functions should take no more than a week at most (and more typically a couple of days).
As was the case for the business layer, you will find that there is a strong tendency to fall back on "what we do today" whenever the going gets tough. Don't forget to regularly ask the question, "is this what you want to do in the future, or is this what you have to do now?"
And that is it. You now have the first cut of a capability model that defines the functionality that you will need to provide in the solutions model to fulfil the future needs of your business.
The Data Model
Step 1: Domains
Step 2: Entities
Data modelling is always a time consuming activity, and I'm afraid this is very much the case here. However, if you focus first on the entities themselves, and their relationships and only drill into the individual data items as you move into the implementation phase of a solution, it should be possible to define the data model for a typical business information entity in two to three days.
Step 3: Relationships
Step 4: Discovery and Use
The Solutions Model
In the application layer we can use this organisation model as the context for our solutions. We also have the capabilities and data models in the application layer and so all that is left to do is to tie these together to create our solutions. In traditional architecture terms we are now creating our logical solution designs.
Step 1: Defining the Building Blocks
It is unlikely that we will create solutions to all our needs in one go. Businesses have limited resources to deliver change, and by the time we come to implement many of our solutions anything we put in place in the early days of our architecture may well be out of date. However, every good architecture provides standard building blocks from which solutions can be created, safe in the knowledge that they are following an architecturally compliant path. In order to define these building blocks we need to look back at our capability model and at the application services and functions that we have defined in that model. The architect needs to identify from this model the sets of functions that can realistically be grouped into units of functionality that can then be used to build solutions.
This is where the "art" elements of architecture come in: the art of simplicity and the art of the possible. For example, we might take all the functions from the Document Lifecycle Management service and propose that they be delivered as a single building block (or application component) safe in the knowledge that there are numerous vendors out there who provide out of the box solutions to fulfil this need. Alternatively, we might take our Systems Development service and propose separate building blocks to cover Software development, Change Management, Testing, etc. It is not immediately obvious what the right answer is and opinion will differ widely as to the correct approach to take. There are of course, many ways to skin a cat. There are of course some key things to take into account when making these decisions:
- What do you already have within your arsenal of strategic choices?
- Are there clear patterns in the outside world that numerous vendors have followed in providing standard offerings?
- Are there clear structures in your organisational structure to which you want to align your solutions?
- Can you justify grouping the application functions into a single building block based on their relationship to one another, or are you lumping functions together that would make perfect sense when considered in isolation from one another?
Step 2: Aligning to the Physical
Step 3: Black Box Solutions
We're back into design again here so I don't intend to describe in detail how you might go about this, but suffice to say, you may discover that to provide a reasonable experience to the user of the solution (or in knitting together the building blocks) you discover the need for a small number of additional building blocks that you had not previously thought of. These will need to be added to the model and linked back to the application services in the capability model (which in turn might also need to be updated). This is not a problem, nor is it a failing in your architecture. It is simply a natural part of the iterative architecture process in which the model is subject to continuous refinement.
The Problem Solved
- People expect architecture to be explained in the order I am covering it here.
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Empathy Ear Infection?
X-man had been having a runny nose since Monday and apparently yesterday it caught up with his ears. There was pus and some blood coming out of his ear yesterday morning (triple EWWQ!!!) so I called the nurse and instead of having me come in, she just called in a prescription for some ear drops. So I picked those up while I was out running errands. And I scheduled an ear recheck for X-man at the same time I have Buttercup's.
And then I went to my eye appointment later yesterday afternoon and the doc prescribed me some antibiotics for the styes that I'm still getting on my eye. I went to CVS twice yesterday!
Anyway, it should be a little better for now. My parents will be here tomorrow for the weekend and I'm really looking forward to it. And I'm hoping I don't have too hard of a time getting the drops in X-man's ears by myself. I remember getting drops in my ears when I was little and I didn't like it one bit. But I was a few years older and could stay still a little better. I just hope I don't have to sit on him!! Maybe he'll lie in my lap and we can watch Word World (his favorite cartoon) while I'm giving him the drops.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro fell on Wednesday while stock markets around the world were little changed after a report that the European Central Bank was considering a negative deposit rate.
Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that the ECB was considering making banks pay to deposit cash with it overnight, and that if it decides to take the deposit rate into negative territory from the current level of zero, it would consider an interest rate of -0.1 percent.
The euro fell to its lows of the day while the U.S. dollar index .DXY rose 0.2 percent to its highs of the day.
Equity investors were looking ahead to upcoming comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which was expected to confirm that its stimulus would remain in place, while the euro slumped after a report.
The program, as well as similar programs from other major central banks, has fueled equity gains in 2013, taking Wall Street to repeated all-time highs and other regions to multi-year highs.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set the tone late on Tuesday for what is expected to be a cautiously upbeat assessment from the Fed minutes, saying the U.S. central bank would keep monetary policy ultra-easy as long as needed.
"There's been talk that tapering is coming soon. Maybe this takes some pressure off" the market, said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments in Lisle, Illinois.
While the Fed's accommodative monetary policy is expected to provide a floor under equities for as long as it continues, questions about when it will start to be slowed have tempered some buying enthusiasm. In addition, the size of the rally has market participants seeking new catalysts in an environment marked by signs of tepid economic growth.
The MSCI world share index .MIWD00000PUS fell 0.1 percent, while European shares .FTEU3 rose 0.1 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 12.10 points, or 0.08 percent, at 15,979.13. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 3.33 points, or 0.19 percent, at 1,791.20. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 11.86 points, or 0.30 percent, at 3,943.41.
U.S. equities were also boosted by data showing consumer spending rose more than expected in October, while consumer prices unexpectedly fell.
"Strength in the economy and subdued inflation pressures mean the Fed doesn't have to rush to reduce its stimulus," Jankovskis said.
Among other asset classes, Brent crude rose 0.9 percent. Gold prices fell 0.9 percent on the day while copper was up 0.3 percent.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up 1/32, the yield at 2.7068 percent. The dollar fell 0.2 percent against the yen.
In Britain, now the best-performing of Europe's big economies, the Bank of England also published minutes from its latest meeting, saying the country is in a sustained recovery and there are no major inflation risks. The BOE also stressed it was in no rush to raise interest rates.
Sterling initially cut early gains, while UK government bonds and shares pared losses. But the impact proved to be short-lived and was soon reversed.
In another closely watched move, the Chinese central bank set the yuan's mid-point for Wednesday trading at 6.1305 per dollar, its highest since the landmark revaluation in 2005.
Zhou Xiaochuan, head of the People's Bank of China, said in a book about the reforms published on Tuesday that China will gradually expand the yuan's foreign exchange trading band to make the currency more flexible and market-driven.
That does not necessarily mean China will move the trading band overnight, but some analysts think the yuan could gain in the near term on speculation of a wider trading band. For the wider market, it should mean Beijing is less likely to buy U.S. dollars to keep its currency in check.
The yuan was little changed in onshore trading, changing hands at 6.0923 per dollar compared with 6.0927 at the local close on Tuesday.
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Is it possible to implement new learning approaches in old -- even antique -- classrooms and other college spaces? The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA has become expert at it.
Professors teaching in dated classrooms often complain that the antiquated facilities stand in the way of new modes of learning and instruction. Desks may be locked in "sage on the stage" mode, for example, or rooms may lack the power outlets to support students' mobile devices.
To find out how higher ed institutions are reconciling modern pedagogy with not-so-modern learning spaces, CT went to The College of William & Mary, the acclaimed "second oldest" institution of higher education in America after Harvard, which possesses something even Harvard doesn't have: the Sir Christopher Wren Building, the oldest academic building in continuous use. If "old" exists in education, this is surely where you'll find it.
Construction of the Wren Building, initially known as the College Building and later as the "Main Building," began in 1695, even before the town of Williamsburg existed. (The structure had been chartered two years earlier by King William III and Queen Mary II of England, and thus known as "'their majesties' Royal College of William & Mary.") It was finally occupied in 1700 with two purposes: to educate boys between 12 and 15 and young men in philosophy and divinity.
Now the school serves 8,258 undergraduates and graduates at three campuses, including the 1,200-acre main one in Williamsburg, another in DuPont Circle in Washington, DC, and a third at Gloucester Point at the mouth of the York River across from Yorktown.
Wiring Behind the Walls
Gene Roche, director of academic information services for William & Mary and an executive professor in the School of Education, recently gave a phone interview from one of the classrooms in the Wren Building. As he described it, the walls are "colonial blue." Portraits of George Washington and a former college president hang on either sides of a fireplace. At the other end of the room is suspended an oil painting of former Chancellor (and late Prime Minister) Margaret Thatcher. Candelabras light the space.
Beyond the historic elegance, "All the wires are hidden carefully behind the walls," he pointed out. Wireless access to the Internet is ubiquitous on this campus that has seen the education of four presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and John Tyler).
Down in the basement, classes meet in a space described by Roche as "the old kitchen, with cobblestone rocks and rock walls." On a recent visit, he watched a faculty member read passages out of a book as students sat working on their laptops and tablets.
Elsewhere in this building, learning spaces are outfitted with projectors and other devices. In other classrooms, the technology might typically be stashed into a "big podium," but here it's tucked away into little cupboards along the sides of the room.
The trick, said Roche, is to maintain the pristine historic nature of the 314-year-old building even as it's updated to address evolving educational needs.
From Elegant to Immobile
Not that the building currently standing is exactly the same one designed in 1693 and constructed between 1695 and 1700 — that one burned in 1705. Its replacement was gutted again by fire in 1859. What remained was used in the next structure, but that one only lasted for three years when it was burned by federal troops in 1862. Following the Civil War, the brick walls that remained were used to reconstruct the college. In each case, the original foundation and remaining exterior walls were reused in the construction of the new building. In the late 1920s, Wren underwent a restoration at the same time the entire colony of Williamsburg received a makeover funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The latest restoration took place in 1999 to modernize the plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning, and, of course, the network.
Whenever remodeling goes on in the original campus, said Roche, the college calls on a corps of historians, archaeologists and others from Colonial Williamsburg to work with students in the painstaking task of unearthing clues to the past. "You can't turn over a shovel without having something historic turn up," he noted. For example, the Wren Building's 1999 remodel uncovered brick foundations that were later excavated and determined to be "undocumented" outbuildings that probably played a role associated with slavery.
Not all the academic buildings on campus as immaculate or distinguished as the Wren Building. Like many other higher ed institutions in the U.S., William & Mary was hit by a wave of expansion during the 1970s and 1980s. The classrooms churned out in that period are the toughest ones to adapt to new modes of learning, said Roche: That was an era dominated by "tiered classrooms" and architecture that "was not particularly inspiring." The seats in those rooms "are bolted to the floor still" because tiers are expensive to take out, he noted.
Lesson learned, most new buildings on campus are designed to allow people to change things around. "The furniture is designed to be light and relatively easy to move. You've got lots of wires running through all the conduit, so adding lecture capture or two-way video conferencing is just a matter of bolting the actual end point on to the wires," Roche explained. In some classroom spaces, the college is putting in raised floors that give installers access to infrastructure for upgrading technology as it evolves.
But even now, Roche emphasized, there's a place for the traditional lecture hall-style space, albeit not necessarily outfitted with a "sage on the stage." "There is still a fair amount of work that students have to do where they have a conceptual base they need to master, a vocabulary they have to learn. The objectives of those courses are pretty well understood," he said. "Those courses lend themselves to what we would consider to be lecture-discussion as opposed to pure lecture. I don't think at William & Mary you'll find much where the faculty member goes in and performs. It's much more likely that even in a pretty traditional classroom, students are expected to participate and the faculty member is going to lead that discussion."
Creating Knowledge
Meshing the classroom environment with the new models of learning taking place in those spaces is driven by two forces, Roche said. First, "we want as much student engagement as we can manage." That means playing down the idea that classrooms are "where knowledge is transmitted"
More effective, he noted, is to "build spaces where knowledge is created. That might be a physics lab or biology lab or computer lab or a lab sitting outside our high-performance computing operation. It might be a sculpture studio or a ceramics studio."
Second, even in spaces where instruction is intended to be "more traditional," the college attempts to "make it as easy as possible to rearrange and reconfigure [the room] depending on what you're trying to accomplish there."
When the Mason School of Business moved into a new facility in 2009, the College introduced the Design Studio, which looks industrial, with sticky notes and rolling whiteboards, stand-up desks, exposed beams and pipes, and mobile furniture and walls that can be written on, to encourage the "mindset and methods of design thinking."
Roche, who is acting as a guest lecturer in a number of classes, will be presenting in the Design Studio on the ethics of robotics and what happens as "robotics increasingly replace human mental labor as opposed to physical labor." There's no reason, he said, "we couldn't have that discussion downstairs [in the Wren Building's cobble-stoned kitchen] and read some of those early science fiction works about what happens when robots run amok."
Ultimately, insisted Roche, there's nothing about a physical space that should prevent students from being able "to interact with each other, question each other, to think about new things."
Beyond Physical Spaces
Not all learning at William & Mary is taking place in physical spaces. Digital initiatives abound too on campus, including an online prototype course that brings students together virtually from around the world in a Second Life-type environment where, as one campus article describes, participants are present as "virtual replicas of themselves with the capability to walk, talk, sit and raise their hand." Other instructors are flipping their classrooms by offering prerecorded lectures and then using video technology to interact in real time with their students.
Gene Roche, director of Academic Information Services, an executive professor in the School of Education and director of university e-learning initiatives, pointed out that at this institution with a reputation for "high-touch teaching," the integration of e-learning allows the faculty to personalize the content and help their students master the content. An instructor, for example, may give an online test and then adjust instruction when the class comes together in person to help those who failed the exam and allow others to work on small group projects.
That accomplishes two outcomes: Faculty can make better use of their face-to-face time and students can take control of their own learning, which is, he pointed out, "one of the most important things we could do for a person."
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Mahcupyan, a Turkish Armenian who once served as the editor of the Armenian newspaper Agos, has remained one of Erdogan's staunchest supporters. In fact, following Erdogan's split with the Gulen movement, Mahcupyan finally had to leave the newspaper Zaman, where he served as one of its star columnists for years. Of course, with the Gulen movement now the new enemy of the state, Mahcupyan had to abandon his former allies.
I myself was on a panel in NYC with Mahcupyan in 2010 and questioned his unwavering support for Erdogan, who already then seemed to be losing his liberal support base, asking him how long would the marriage between liberals and the AKP last. I might add that he did not seem very happy with my question. Well, following the 2013 Gezi protest and last winter's uncovering of widespread corruption among AKP ministers, incriminating also the PM himself, it became clear that for some liberals nothing would end their support for Erdogan.
Despite the government's neglect in bringing a just verdict concerning the assassination of journalist Hrant Dink, the recent release of Ergenekon suspects and convicts--a case that legitimatized Mahcupyan's support for the government--and the continued blurring of the separation of powers between the government and the judicial, Mahcupyan continues to support the AKP and Erdogan. In fact, Mahcupyan places faith in the AKP party members claiming, "the AK Party is not a party that follows its leader blindly; indeed, AK Party voters are not blinded with the light of their leader;" a claim that seems hard to substantiate.
He also states that due to the Kurdish peace process the government should not be seen as anti-democratic stating, "If the AK Party had given up the reconciliation process about the Kurdish "problem," and the democratic process had stopped, it may have invited reasonable questioning of the intentions of the government."
However, Mahcupyan's words cannot be that comforting to Turkey's opposition parties and independent supporters of a liberal democracy within in Turkey. According to Mahcupyan, Turkey has taken a turn towards authoritarianism:
"Today, there is a government that advocates for the continuation of the democratic process, as well as pushes for authoritarian and polarized politics - an attitude that is both of peacemaker and warrior in public sphere. The answer to the question lies in the perception of threat, and the justifications of it. The aftermath of 2010 meant war for the AK Party. Therefore, the government and the AK Party voter base saw what happened as an attempted coup. They still think that they are right, and becoming authoritarian was one of the government's tools for this fight."
Certainly, if in Mahcupyan's world Turkey has adopted authoritarian ways, who can blame Erdogan's opponents for making these very claims; especially since Erdogan has made it clear that if he wins the presidency next week he will work to give the office extra-powers, usurping powers currently entitled to the state's parliament.
Of course, if one of the opposition candidates were to win the presidency, the parliament would remain as the power broker in Turkish politics; i.e., in Erdogan's hands. This fact more than any other I suppose sums up the debate pretty well!
Here is a link to Mahcupyan's article:
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This took sometime to find. Apparently this was not something possible with any direct way. I wanted to have 2 dimentional array but in the end i decided to use dynamic strings to create variables which would simulate the 2d array.
Say i want n variables like "test1,test2,test3 …… testn" where n is decided at the time the script it running. So what I should do to create the variable is pretty simple. I will show you how to create the nth variable.
$ n=123
$ let test$n=$n*2
at this point there is a variable now 'test123' and it have the value 246. to get the value is a little tricky. This is what took me a lot of time to find. In the end i found the solution in http://www.usenet-forums.com/linux-general/78879-shell-script-variable-variable-name.html.
First you have to create a variable which contains our dynamic variable name.
$ varName=test$n
Now the variable "varName" contains our dynamic variable name. If you print the value of this variable
$ echo ${varName}
but if you specify "!" mark infront of our variable then the value denoted by the variable whos name is the value of "varName" is shown.
$ echo ${!varName}
well thats it actually. Hope this saved some time for someone.
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Skyrim – Mage Skill Tree's and Perks [Part 2]
Then head on over to the left and grab Regeneration which is all you need to get.
Heading on over to Conjuration your going to want to grab all the spells on the left starting with Summoner and put 2 points in it. Followed by Atromancy only because you have to grab it to get Elemental Potency. Finally the one we been trying to get to, Twin Souls which is amazing.
Side Note: Heading on over to the far right where the Conjuration and Adept are, you don't have to get these because when you get up to Master Conjuration you have to make these 3 books and when you make these 3 books you can summon Atrinox, and their summoned permanetely. So your half Magicka is not really important because when you summon it, it's their forever. So do this, get all the way up to 100, grab Twin Souls, and this means is that you can have two permanent Atrinoxs at your side at all times, plus your companion, which is ridiculous.
After you put all three of these skills trees at 100, you're going to want to level your Enchanting/Smithing. I might write an article about that, who knows. People are saying that Daedric Armor is Statistically better, that may be true, but it's up to you guys to mix around everything.


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Friday, 8 March 2013
West Gore, Hants County
RIVER: Old Sandfords Brook
CLASS: steep cascades
RATING: nice (***)
TRAIL: ATV trail, upstream
DISTANCE: 2.2km
HIKING TIME: 1 hour
CONDITIONS: moderate to difficult
Geocache: none
NS Atlas Page: 48/X4
NS topo map: 011E04 (Kennetcook)
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: take Exit 5 off HWY101, east, onto HWY14. Follow this road 8.6km to the village of Brooklyn, and turn left (up the hill) at the war memorial in the middle of the road to remain on HWY14, for 750m. Continue straight at the next intersection (next to the Petro Canada service station, onto HWY215 for 1km and turn right onto HWY236 (towards Kennetcook) and follow this road 19.8km to the community of Clarksville. Turn right towards HWY202/Gore, and fo202llow this road 1.7km. Turn right again onto McInnis Rd/Hwy202. Park off the shoulder of the road in the available space next to the first bridge, about 100m along.
TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Pass thru the gate in the fence onto the old road crossing the field headed upstream. Follow this road 330m to a fork in the tral below an old hunters cabin. Follow the left hand fork, along McInnis Brook. Follow this ATV trail to the confluence with Old Sandford Brook, a tributary coming in from the right. Follow this stream along a more rugged ATV track, making several stream crossings, to the mouth of the ravine and continue hiking upstream, hopping back and forth when the shale walls of the canyon abut the brook.
The larger falls along this brook flow in from a tributary over the steep ravine slope on the right at 45N05.029 63W47.983 and the main falls along this brook are upstream along the ravine at the posted coordinates.
The main falls are about 15' high with a small pool and elbow about halfway down on its left hand side. Ascent of these falls is difficult. There are a set of nice cascades about 150m upstream of the main falls, and are most easily reached by climbing in switchbacks up the ravine on the left side and following the mature woods with a fairly clear understorey upstream to where the upper cascades can be seen. An easier scramble down to the stream here is possible to get closeer to the base of these to take photos.
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Black Elegant And Modern Kitchen Design
Black Elegant And Modern Kitchen Design. How about the color black for a modern kitchen. Black is the color that has an elegant and sumptuous imagery. A black wooden kitchen design idea is a great interior design. A modern kitchen design featuring black and filled with wood in some parts, really sounds simple and minimalist, creating a large kitchen to get a comfortable kitchen.
Also help in creating some fun cooking time. This black wood kitchen interior design idea has been designed by the Italian manufacturer of kitchen Schiffini. Let's look at these pictures for Black Wood Kitchen Interior Design ideas below it may be your choice in your favorite home design.


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Versatile, Efficient and Economical: Nissan NV300 Arrives In UK Dealerships
Versatile, Efficient and Economical: Nissan NV300 Arrives In UK Dealerships
- All-new Nissan NV300 on sale now
- Prices start at £21,300 (CV OTR)*
- All versions benefit from Nissan's five-year/100,000-mile warranty
- Efficient and economical engines reduce running costs and make for competitive total cost of ownership
- Huge variety of options, includingpanel van, platform, crew van, combi
- Rolling chassis platform cab perfect for conversions
The all-new Nissan NV300 van has arrived in Nissan dealerships across the UK, priced from £21,300*.
Successor to the hugely successful Nissan Primastar, the new model propels the brand back into the heart of the all-important M-Van segment.
Its arrival both strengthens and completes Nissan's impressive LCV line-up and gives the marque one of the broadest commercial vehicle ranges on the market.
And with a highly competitive pricing structure, a huge variety of variants, and a platform ideally suited to conversion – all backed by Nissan's comprehensive and award-winning five-year/100,000 mile warranty – the NV300 is expected to prove popular with both owner drivers and fleets.
Available through all 220 Nissan dealers nationwide, with specialist support through the brand's 56 dedicated business centres, the NV300 is available as a panel van, crew van and as a combi passenger vehicle with seating for up to nine people. In addition, a platform cab version is offered as a 'rolling chassis' and is the perfect platform for bespoke conversions.
But its flexibility and versatility does not stop there. For example, panel van customers can specify either a short or long wheelbase, each available in two heights and all (except the crew van) able to carry a minimum of three Europallets. There are also numerous rear tailgate and side door combinations – solid or glazed – for maximum customisation potential.
Customers can further tailor the NV300 to meet their needs by choosing from one of three distinct trim options – Nissan's now familiar entry level Visia, mid-range Acenta and feature-packed, range-topping Tekna.
Each variant is packed with advanced Nissan technology and safety features in line with the brand's Intelligent Mobility strategy.
Under the bonnet lies Nissan's tried and trusted Euro 6 compliant 1.6-litre dCi diesel engine, available with a choice of four power outputs – 95hp, 120hp, 125hp and 145hp – all mated with a six-speed manual transmission.
This highly efficient powerplant offers fuel returns of up to 50.4 mpg (combined cycle) and emissions as low as 145g/km CO2. NOX emissions are reduced thanks to Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology; using AdBlue.
In addition, the proven track record of the NV300's engine means Nissan has been able to extend service intervals to two years / 25,000 miles, keeping running costs and TCO to an absolute minimum.
Prices for the all-new Nissan NV300 are as follows:
Panel van: from £21,300 (CV OTR)
Crew van: from £24,640 (CV OTR)
Platform cab: from £24,285 (CV OTR)
Combi: from £29,370 (OTR**)
*Commercial Vehicle On-The-Road (CV OTR) price. Includes delivery, VED and first registration fee but excludes VAT.
**OTR: The On-The-Road price includes VAT, delivery to the dealership, number plates, 12 months Vehicle Excise Duty (£230) and Government First Registration Fee (£55).


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I wore this to King Richard's Faire -- a renaissance faire -- except the dagger necklace wasn't a necklace at the time (it's a real dagger that I made into a necklace when I got home), plus I was also wearing a pair of handmade horns also purchased while there. Kathryn's sister said I looked like a viking. I was fairly pleased with the observation.
I am so fond of this vest. It's faux fur, and it looks so freaking lovely, and I don't think I spent more than $22. (I can't remember, since I paid for this with the ear piercings I got on the same day.)
In other news, I sort of ragequit that outfit-sharing page on LiveJournal I was whining about a few posts back. Instead I started the same community over on DreamWidth, a website like LJ, DeadJournal, InsaneJournal, et cetera. (There was already the same community there on DW, but it was never updated when it was started two years ago. I felt like it was a bit of a lost cause.) I would be quite happy if anyone reading this joined! I mean, if you're into one of those sorts of websites. It's basically a communal personal-style blog/Lookbook. Doesn't that sound fun?
And hey, if you join, drop me a comment on my personal account there and we can be friends. (As if that's incentive to join a whole new website, I know...) ♥


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About Armstrong
New Director of Alumni Development Joins Armstrong
(Sept. 6, 2012) Armstrong announces the addition of Cheryl Anderson to the Office of Advancement as director of alumni development.
Anderson joined Armstrong in August 2012. She previously held a series of positions at Kennesaw State University for 16 years, where she established the professional arts box office, created an alumni magazine, implemented a donor recognition program, and instituted the annual Flourish Awards program. She concluded her KSU career as director of public relations and director of development for the College of the Arts. Prior to her work at KSU, she served as the program coordinator for MidSummer Macon, a nonprofit arts education program, and the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga.
Anderson earned a Master of Arts degree in professional writing from KSU and a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from Wesleyan College, where she was a presidential scholar. She also enjoyed an incredible learning-abroad experience at the International Summer School at the University of Oslo in Norway, thanks to a scholarship from Rotary International. Raised in an Air Force family, she has lived in five states and the Panama Canal Zone. She is a graduate of Savannah High School.
An award-winning writer and editor, Anderson is also active as a creative writing teacher, English composition teacher, freelance writer, and blogger. She has taught at KSU, Chattahoochee Technical College, and Georgia Highlands College. Her work has appeared in Georgia Trend, American Careers Magazine, the Marietta Daily Journal, and Yahoo! News, among other publications.


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Open Space screened at its Lucknow office Sir Richard Attenborough's eponymous biographical epic Gandhi (1982) on Saturday, 30th January, 2010, the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi, as a tribute to the apostle of peace, at a time when the world faces terrorism, war and violence like it never did before. The screening was also aimed to remind the people of what he said and to promote non-violence:
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always."


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- A6 W:103mm×H:150mm
- Cousin: W:142mm×H:210mm
- Weeks: W:88mm×H:181mm
- Material: YUPO synthetic paper, Matte polypropylene coating
These pencil boards are specially fitted for the Hobonichi Techo Planner / Original, Cousin, and Weeks. Keeping it underneath the page you're writing on allows the reinforcement of the thin, comfortable board to provide an enjoyable writing experience. The pencil board is recommended for users who have filled their inner cover pockets with thick items pushing up the paper, or users who write with a lot of pressure and leave marks on the opposite pages.
The board has a graph pattern ruled into 5-millimeter squares, with one side further labeled by millimeter to act as a metric ruler, and a "Today" tab on the corner to mark the current page if you'd like to use it as a bookmark as well.
The 2017 edition features a dark matcha green on one side against the enjoyable contrast of a light brown on the other side. The size is also set up to protrude slightly from the edge of the planner page so you can easily find it.


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B. 16 September 1925, Chuckatuck, Virginia, USA, d. 2 December 1999, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Byrd began playing guitar while still a small child and by the start of World War ...
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