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We only sell secondhand refrigeration equipment/machines and parts that are related to air-conditioning, cooling- and freezing installations. Compressors, evaporators, condensers and waterchillers in all sizes and capacities for the H(C)FC type refrigerants as for Ammonia, Glycol and Co2. Furthermore we also sell cooling towers and dry-coolers, pumps, vessels up to complete spiral- and tunnel freezers. This basically means; For every inquiry we have an option available!
Our website has a most of our machines listed. This stock list will give you an impression of what we can offer. Of course we are more than happy to assist/help you on a suitable offer based on your needs and requirements. In addition, we also provide support for system engineering.
In the world of refrigeration we are known to have a very broad range of machines available which we have direct available for our customers. All machines which are on our website, are in fact in our warehouse and waiting for their new owner.
There are many ways to get prices (only provided by mail) from us:
If you want to make an inquiry, feel free to use our "request offer form" which can be found on the bottom of every machine at the webpage. This inquiry will be automatically send to our general mail and we will be handled a.s.a.p.. It is also possible to send your inquiry directly to our commercial director Mr. Iwan Ooms (email@example.com).
At the end, in most of the cases, the price is the main reason. Rather it is the value you get for the money.
We give you 8 reasons:
Reason 1
If you are sure that the machine/equipment or part is needed for 10 to 15 years a new installation would be the most logical option. But nowadays we live in a short term economy; 5 years is already relative long. This means that used equipment could be a serious option. It can also be that you need some more cooling capacity for a couple of years before a renovation of your buildings, production or cooling facility.
Reason 2
Although money is relative cheap, you may simply have no money available on this moment to invest in a new installation. You may have other priorities. With a used waterchiller you can earn in a cheap way some money.
Reason 3
Most of the redundant technical equipment is not at the end of its technical lifetime. We have (even older) units available that can run another 5, 10,15 or even more years. So from sustainability point of view it is very positive to grant this units a second life.
Reason 4
We have all units on stock. So a replacement unit or compressor for your installation is direct available (checked/tested).
Reason 5
We have all parts you need for your installation: compressors, evaporators, condensers, waterchillers, refrigeration parts, pumps, electrical components etc. which is easy for you and gives you extra security.
Reason 6
For extra security we can also help you with the selection of equipment, the parts needed and even with the system engineering. We have practical solutions and lots of experience available for you.
Reason 7
We have a very large stock of equipment in a very wide range. So big change that we have what you need.
Reason 8
We sell but also purchase equipment. This means that when you need for example more chiller capacity, you can add an extra chiller. But this requires extra piping (extra costs) and floor space (expensive) . We are also able to offer you a larger chiller and swap this for your existing unit.
We purchase almost any secondhand and redundant cooling units, parts and installations. This includes the compressor "unit", evaporators, condensers, waterchillers, heat exchangers, blast and spiral freezers and all parts connected with it. The cooling/freezing systems should be suitable for HCFC, HFC, Ammonia, Glycol or Co2. Please, have a look at our current available stock to experience what we have to offer.
If you want to offer/sell your equipment but you wonder if we are interested, you can use the form below, give us a call or sent an E-mail towards our purchasing director Mr. Ted Swart (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Before we make a purchase we normally make a site visit to assess the material and estimate the value.
Important points during this review:
The warranty has to be seen in conjunction with the quality of the machine(s), its price and your expectations.
All machines which we sell will be checked/tested before loading/delivery (exception are the sales under "as is where is, ex works" terms). The specific tests are various depending on the machine and sale conditions. Some basic inspections are:
Warranty for sales inside Netherlands:
The standard warranty is 3 months after loading/delivery date and limited to replacement parts only. Replacement is subject to our judgement.
Warranty for sales outside Netherlands:
For export it is basically impossible to provide warranty on paper, this due to the fact that we have absolutely no idea who will make the installation on site. If they connect for example one wire wrong, the compressor can burn. As mentioned all machines will be tested (exception are the sales under "as is where is, ex works" terms) and customers will be provided with good running/working machines. It is possible to make video of the testing for your review or send your own engineer to our company to make the tests together with our engineers.
Different warranty conditions can be discussed but need to be agreed before the order is placed.
Delivery within Europe is mostly done by road transport. Our experience is that in most cases the customer (specially outside Netherlands) arranges the transport their selves. Not only is this probably cheaper, but they can manage/communicate better with local forwarder. On request we can also ask a quote from our local forwarders.
Delivery outside Europe is mostly done by sea transport. We have a very close connection with a Forwarder company which provides very good prices. Of course it's no problem to communicate with your forwarder.
Our standard sale/delivery conditions is/are; "loaded on transport, af Hillegom (Netherlands)"
FYI: Our quoted transport prices are always 1 on 1 as a service to our customers.
If you're only in need for the price of a machine and/or part which you have found on our stocklist, that is of course ok. But in case you need more engineering information or technical support, we are also here to answer your all of your questions. Our colleague and technical director Eng. Marcel Hazeu (firstname.lastname@example.com) is happy to assist you.
For example about installations, controls, maintenance and many other topics. But also about engineering: Machine sizing, load calculation, system design, pump selection and many other.
We may ask a small fee for more complex and time consuming engineering or support issues. Obviously we only provide engineering related to the machines/equipment and parts we sell.
This is clear: We don't do any installation works. When required and possible, we can put you in touch with a local contractor but we do not arrange any installation work ourselves. On the other hand, most of customer have already a local refrigeration company which provides service/maintenance to their current installation, so it's not necessary to provide this service at all.
We can offer supervision during installation. This is a good addition when a big and complex machine needs to be installed. Last year for example, we delivered two complete spiral freezers (4 trailers) for a project in Bulgaria including supervision during assembly of the freezer. Supervision is always charged separately based on actual hours (ask for more information).
For several years, you can also rent equipment from us. We call it "budget" rental as you rent the same equipment as on our stock list but we do not offer any service support. Pricewise it is a very attractive way to arrange your cooling, specially when the application is not very high profile and you have your own technical department or partner who can support you on the service side. It can also be a simple and effective way to test the equipment before buying it.
As said, we rent out complete machines like waterchillers but also compressors, evaporators, condensers, heat exchangers, cooling towers etc. Basically all which is listed on our stock lists!
Not every machine we purchase is sellable. Sometimes the machine is too old or have malfunction on some parts. In that case we dismantle the unit and put some selected parts on stock which are still in good running/function condition.
Over the years we have built an impressive stock of all kinds of general refrigeration parts (solenoid valves, TXV's, pressure regulating valves etc.) and units to make specific parts like control equipment for Carrier or Trane for example. We have also a large number of water- and liquid pumps, buffer vessels and all kinds of VSD's and soft starters.
Sometimes parts are no longer produced by its supplier, this happens for example due to new product ranges or oldness of the part. In this case you need a replacement part for an existing machine, we may have it readily available for you.
Even when you need auxiliary parts for your low budget installation, we can help you for sure.
These smaller parts are only listed in a very limited way on our standard stocklists. Feel free to contact us by phone or email in case you need parts.
`Europa's grootste bedrijf gespecialiseerd in tweedehands koelmachines`
Wanneer men op zoek is naar koelmachines zoals compressors, verdampers, condensors en waterchillers, is men gauw geneigd deze nieuw te kopen. Echter kan men er ook voor kiezen om een gereviseerd model te kopen. Waarom dit een duurzame oplossing is en ook in deze tijd past, vertellen Ted Swart en Marcel Hazeu van Hos B.V in Doe Maar Duurzaam!
Zondag 30 juli om 17.00 uur te zien in Doe Maar Duurzaam! bij RTL 7
Alles over 2e hands verkoop en reviseren is zondag 30 juli te zien in de uitzending innovatie van Doe Maar Duurzaam!; een informerend programma over diverse ontwikkelingen en innovaties binnen de duurzaamheidsbranche. Dit kan variëren van Energie tot Duurzaam Ondernemen en van Milieu tot Bouw. Doe Maar Duurzaam is het totaalplaatje van verschillende duurzaamheidsaspecten om mensen bewust te maken van de duurzame mogelijkheden binnen ieder aspect van het dagelijks leven.
De herhaling is te zien op maandag 31 juli om 07.30 uur in Doe Maar Duurzaam! bij RTL Z
Woensdag 2 augustus om 10.30 uur
Vrijdag 4 augustus om 13.05 uur
Zaterdag 5 augustus om 16.30 uur

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The World's Most Popular Cruise Port
[PhotoCredit: Craig Bailey FL Today] Port Canaveral is truly a unique place of departure and is Florida's fastest growing cruise port. Located just 45 miles east of Orlando, visitors can have the ultimate Florida vacation by combining the Orlando theme parks and Space Coast attractions such as Kennedy Space Center with a cruise from Port Canaveral for one trip, two vacations and twice the fun! Millions of visitors have discovered how easy and pleasant it is to cruise from Orlando's Fun Port. Our uncongested highways feature digital signage along State Road 528 and -95. From our convenient airports-- Orlando International, Orlando Sanford and Melbourne International-- arriving at Port Canaveral is simple, easy and stress free.
Our cruise terminals are new, innovative and ultra modern, designed to enhance your overall cruise experience from the moment you enter our terminals until you board your luxury cruise ship. Enjoy a cruise to the Bahamas, Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean and other tropical destinations or even a half-day gaming cruise. Carnival Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International offer a variety of cruises from 3 to 14-day cruises. You also can sail twice daily on five-hour junkets to nowhere on Victory Casino Cruises.
Port Canaveral has more recreational facilities than all other Florida Ports combined, including our new Exploration Tower and Cove harbor-side dining and retail area. You also can enjoy Port Canaveral's Jetty Park, which is a 5-acre ocean front beach complete with campground, fishing pier, boat ramps, picnic areas and new refreshment and food concession pavilion. Two other Parks also are located at the Port-- Freddie Patrick and Ports End--which are complete with boat ramps, picnic facilities and viewing areas for manatees and wildlife native to central Florida.
Already the world's most popular cruise ports with some of the newest and most innovated cruise ships please plan to visit Port Canaveral soon and enjoy the future of cruising now.
Port Canaveral Transportation: Taxis, Shuttle, Limo, Yellow Cab, Luxury Car Service.
Contact Numbers
To contact a cruise line for lost luggage or other information, please use these numbers:
Carnival Cruise Line 800-929-6400
Disney Cruise Line 407-566-3734
Royal Caribbean 800-327-6700
Norwegian Cruise lines 866-625-1164
*Transfers to Cocoa Beach hotels: SUV - add $10.00; Van - add $15.00; bus - add $35.00
*Prices are ONE WAY & per family/group (NOT per person!).
*Our shuttles are PRIVATE (NOT shared!)
*Prices do NOT include standard 20% gratuity.
*A car/booster seat is available FREE of charge (upon request).
It is a complimentary service. By Florida law you do not have to use a car seat in a chauffeur driven taxi.
*Contact us to request our rates for groups of 28 & up.
*No extra luggage fees! No fuel charges! Taxes and toll payments are already included!
It's Time to Come to Port Canaveral
Today, Port Canaveral is ranked as the world's 2nd busiest cruise port in multi-day embarkations. We've been in the top for years, but this isn't yesterday's Port Canaveral and now we're aiming higher. Tomorrow's Port Canaveral – a product of vision, tremendous effort and many man-hours – already is an in-demand port-of-call, a popular vacation destination in its own.
We invite you to be front and center and join us as we welcome the world to cruising's
future and to its number one port of innovation.. Bring us your best; you'll fine we're ready to provide the perfect home.
The right facility, the right ship, the right match.
Sustainable Growth
Today, we have a homeported fleet that typically sails above 100 percent capacity, both because our predominantly family market typically results in more passengers per stateroom and because we know how to respond to our market's needs and wants with:
A relaxed beachside atmosphere
No-stress arrivals and departures
Close-to-the-ship parking
Beautiful modern facilities
A range of vacation options
A cruise-focused staff to support your operations
On Track for World Leadership
As the 2nd busiest multi-day cruise embarkation port in the world, naturally our sights are set on the number one spot. But we have more than dreams; we have factual reasons to feel confident of reaching this goal.
According to cruise consultants Bermello Ajamil & Partners, industry growth based on the ships now under construction will create a need for 10 additional terminals in Florida, and Port Canaveral is the only port with a real opportunity to service that demand. We have the necessary deep water channel, convenient access to drive-in and fly-in markets and, most of all, we are the only established cruise port in Florida with space for significant expansion.
In addition to having the space for growth, we have the financial strength to invest in our future. This is a Port with a strong, stable balance sheet that is not reliant upon government funding.
We already are building our next new terminal 1, with construction scheduled for completion in November, 2014. One day soon, our Port will rank number one in cruise passenger volume!
"Build It And They Will Come"
Timing is critical; the opportunity is great. We are right on course, building and planning new facilities to attract ships and visitors. In addition to preparing a cruise master plan and building new terminals, we are in the process of turning our waterfront Cove dining and retail area into an expanded, active visitor destination with a broad array of attractions for homeport and port-of-call passengers.
Recent/current developments include:
$105 Million New Cruise Terminal One
$48 Million Renovation - Cruise Terminal Five
$35 Million Renovation - Cruise Terminal Ten
$2 Million Renovation - Cruise Terminal Eight
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A Proven Market - Port Canaveral/Orlando
Closest port to Orlando and Central Florida theme parks and attractions.
Major tourist draw: Consistently ranked among America's most popular vacation destinations, Orlando welcomed a record 66 million domestic and international visitors in 2015.
Tourism industry growth: With an estimated $5 billion in capital investment improvements and additions across Orlando's tourism industry.
Orlando growing at three times the national average was named #1 in the Top 10 Job Growth Cities by Forbes.
Orlando International Airport is Florida's largest largest domestic airport.
Join the Future
A ports success is measured by its ability to attract ships and new in 2016 we will have three of the World's largest and most innovative cruise ships sailing from Port Canaveral, the Carnival Magic, the Norwegian Epic, and Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. These along with the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy and the rest of our existing fleet continue to prove that the cruise market is here and growing.


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April 11, 2018 | By Joe Quintana – Corporate Wellness Magazine
Small business owners are continually faced with the perennial question of how to stay competitive with their larger counterparts. In every aspect of running a business, from pricing, to quality, to distribution, staying competitive can seem like a David and Goliath situation for small business owners.
This is especially true when it comes to attracting talent and hiring the right people. Simply put, large companies have deeper pockets. They have greater resources and can offer more in terms of benefits and pay. Granted, there are many advantages that come with working for a small company. Greater flexibility, a more personal connection with the overall vision and operations, and more opportunity are just some of the reasons people prefer to work for a smaller company.
Nonetheless, though someone may wish to work for a small company, when it comes down to it, they will often choose a larger company with larger pockets simply because they get more money and more benefits.
Managers in small organizations constantly think about ways they can recruit strong candidates. How can they sweeten their overall package? How can they wow a candidate, but not hurt their bottom line?
We'll look at four reasons offering voluntary benefits can be a cost-effective solution for small businesses hoping to expand their benefits package and compete against larger employers.
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Aquacair Limited provide on site training to ensure your staff are aware of their responsibilities and have sufficient knowledge to assist in monitoring water systems and assist with the management of asbestos risk within your premises.
Providing initial awareness and refresher training on your site so that training is tailored to your specific needs.
Asbestos Awareness
The Asbestos Regulations require mandatory training for anyone liable to be exposed to asbestos fibres at work. This includes maintenance workers and others who may come into contact with or who may disturb asbestos (eg cable installers) as well as those involved in asbestos removal work.
Legionella Awareness & Management
The duty-holder should ensure that all employees involved in work that may expose an employee or other person to legionella are given suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training. This includes information, instruction and training on the significant findings of the risk assessment and the appropriate precautions and actions they need to take to safeguard themselves and others. This should be reviewed and updated whenever significant changes are made to the type of work carried out or methods used.
Training is an essential element of an employee's capability to carry out work safely, but it is not the only factor: instructions, experience, knowledge and other personal qualities are also relevant to perform a task safely.


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The students are divided into different clubs as per their interest. Each club consists of 30-35 students and two teachers. One or two classes a week are allotted for each club activities. Thus providing a platform to each child to nurture his/her hidden talents.
Club activities aim at:
1 The development of various domains of mind and personality such as intellectual, emotional, social, moral and aesthetic.
2 Satisfying the needs of socialization, self-assessment and self-identification and grooming the balanced personality.
Name of Club with Objectives:
Yantravat Club - Repair and maintenance of domestic electrical gadgets
Gourmat Club - Develop cookery skills and enhance the knowledge about hygiene and nutritional values of food components
Photo Shop - Aims at developing the art of clicking, editing, cropping and giving special effects to photographs
Computer Geek Club - Computer operation and Maintenance
Yogilates - Yoga - Every individual has in-depth potential to explore his/her inner persona but some mental domains like fears, phobia, conflicts, excessive egotism etc. keep this characteristic feature hidden. Under the expertise of our Yoga teacher our students attain higher levels of consciousness through gamut of aasans and paranayamas.
Green Fingers - Gardening and Shramdaan
Silver Tongued Club - Hones the oratory skills through declamation, speech and extempore
Wranglers Club - Provides the platform to nurture debating skills of students.
Literary Gems Club - It taps the imagination and creativity of the students through story writing, poetry writing, article writing, report writing, slogan writing and so on.
Charmers Club - Dramatists - This club enables students to be able to manipulate body movements and facial expressions to convey appropriate emotion and meaning in dramatizations through role –plays, enactments, skits and drama.
Srijan and Abhinay Club - Aims at developing literary and creative skills in Hindi through drama ,debate, chanting of shlokas, story writing ,story narration, poem recitation etc.
Techvilla - Every child is inquisitive by nature and possesses scientific temperament. This club aims at developing
Number Ninjas - Maths club aims at relating the mathematical concepts with real life applications.
Nature Pride Club - (Green House) - The members of this club have enriching experience of different techniques of growing, manuring, watering and handling of plants and the role of medicinal and aromatic plants and their usage.
Intelligentsia Club - General QUIZ - Being up-to-date on general knowledge in various subjects and current affairs in different domains makes you a better person, aiming at this intelligentsia club organizes quiz contests to sharpen the learners G.K.
Eco-resource Club - It sensitizes the students with issues related to the environment through different activities –poster making, rallies, talks on environmental issues and group discussion
Gems Communication Club- ICT- It assists the learners to be able to face the future challenges of the tech-world by making them adaptable users of ICT. Here ICT'IANS learns web designing and photoshop.
Art n craft Club - It aims at developing four basic skills – cognitive (thinking), emotional (feeling), social and sensory-motor (coordinating)
Dance Club - It aids to the development of kinesthetic, intelligence and fosters an individual's ability to interpret, interpersonal, non –verbal communication.
Music- Jhankar - Every child is an emotional being and requires an artistic outlet and music is a child's vehicle of expression. It affects the growth of a child's brain academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually, in this view music club nurtures the budding musicians.
Taekwondo Club - It aims to achieve physical fitness through positive participation and to teach self –defense skills .Here boys and girls are train in all aspects of Taekwondo including self-defense, board-breaking etc.


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Code of Conduct for Myanmar Manufacturers Announced
This week, the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, in conjunction with the European NGO, SMART, announced the release of a code of conduct for small and medium sized enterprises in the Southeast Asian country. As manufacturers face the requirement to comply with a range of international social audit standards, this code of conduct should come as no surprise. While the details of the code have not yet been made available, the framework for this new standard addresses a range of concerns according to industry observers.
According to several reports, the new code embraces the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Core Conventions, including the right to assemble, organize and collectively bargain, and prohibitions on forced and child labor. This is good news given that, by some estimates, Myanmar has more than 300 garment companies currently in operation and more than 150,000 workers employed, with exports in 2014 expected to exceed US $1 Billion.
The garment industry code is the latest of several efforts led by governments and civil society organizations in the EU and the US to apply human rights standards to the rapid development in Myanmar since the Thein Sein government began its economic liberalization in recent years. But there is a growing chorus of concern that all of these initiatives, along with the social reforms put forth by the Naypyidaw-based government may have limited effect in ensuring that the people of Myanmar will participate in the rising tide of economic growth.
With the hope that economic liberalization is moving apace, the Obama Administration has been exploring cooperation between the US and Myanmar militaries. This is a surprising move considering the Myanmar military's long and troubling history of human rights abuse coupled with its ongoing conflict with a number of ethnic insurgent groups around the country. But in Washington, "lawmakers who oversee U.S. foreign policy say it's ill-timed. Political reforms have stalled, tens of thousands of minority Muslims are still living under apartheid-like conditions in displacement camps after attacks by Buddhist extremists, and fighting is heating up between the government and ethnic rebels." This development comes to light as Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi says no significant social and human rights reforms have been made in two years.
With respect to the garment industry code, European apparel companies face the possibility that despite the new code, which contains auditing standards, it may amount to window dressing. This poses potential reputational risk for those companies should the code be inadequately operationalized by the Myanmar-based garment manufacturers. This new standard, like the US State Department's human rights and anti-corruption Reporting Requirement, may amount to little appreciable change in practice. The Reporting Requirement has no enforcement mechanism, leaving it to civil society organizations in the country and internationally to use the failure to adhere to the reporting as a means for naming and shaming companies who inadequately address their human rights obligations. Given the attacks and incarceration and killing of activists and journalists in recent months, the likelihood that advocates will serve as a brake for government-backed developments seems uncertain. This leads to the inevitable problem that in the race to enter the latest emerging market in the world, international businesses face uncertainty and a range of political risks should human rights standards not keep pace with economic reforms.


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Riders will meet at 9 a.m. at Oklahoma Central Credit Union's Brookside branch location at 49th and Peoria and caravan to the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis at 10:30 a.m. To be part of the tour, you can register here.
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Can an algorithm hire better than a human?
Startups claim algorithms find best candidates
Hiring and recruiting might seem like some of the least likely jobs to be automated. The entire process seems to need human skills that computers lack, such as making conversation and reading social cues.
But people have biases and predilections. They make hiring decisions, often unconsciously, based on similarities that have nothing to do with the job requirements — such as whether an applicant has a friend in common, went to the same school or likes the same sports.
That is one reason that researchers say traditional job searches are broken. The question is how to make them better.
A new wave of startups — including Gild, Entelo, Textio, Doxa and GapJumpers — is trying various ways to automate hiring. They say software can do the job more effectively and efficiently than people can. Many people are beginning to buy into the idea. Established headhunting firms such as Korn Ferry are incorporating algorithms into their work, too.
If they succeed, they say, hiring could become faster and less expensive, and their data could lead recruiters to more highly skilled people who are better matches for their companies. Another potential result: a more diverse workplace. The software relies on data to surface candidates from a wide variety of places and match their skills to the job requirements, free of human biases.
"Every company vets its own way, by schools or companies," said Sheeroy Desai, co-founder and chief executive of Gild, which makes software for the hiring process. "It can be predictive, but the problem is it is biased. They're dismissing tons and tons of qualified people."
Some people doubt that an algorithm can do a better job than a human at understanding people.
"I look for passion and hustle, and there's no data algorithm that could ever get to the bottom of that," said Amish Shah, founder and chief executive of Millennium Search, an executive search firm for the tech industry. "It's an intuition, gut feel, chemistry."
Yet some researchers say notions about chemistry and culture fit have led companies astray. That is because many interviewers take them to mean hiring people they'd like to hang out with.
"Similarity between the interviewer and interviewee — they're from the same region, went to the same school, wore the same shirt, ordered the same tea — is hugely influential, even though it's not predictive of how they perform down the road," said Cade Massey, who studies behavior and judgment at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Instead, researchers say, interviewers should look for collegiality and a commitment to the business's strategy and values.
"A cultural fit is an individual whose work-related values and style of work support the business strategy," said Lauren Rivera, who studies hiring at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. "When you get into a lot of the demographic characteristics, you're not only moving away from that definition, but you're also getting into discrimination."
They recommend that companies use structured interviews, in which they ask the same questions of every candidate and assign tasks that simulate on-the-job work — and rely on data.
Gild uses employers' own data and publicly available data from places such as LinkedIn or GitHub to find people whose skills match those that companies are looking for. It tries to calculate the likelihood people would be interested in a job and suggests the right time to contact them, based on the trajectory of their company and career.
Desai said Gild finds more diverse candidates than employers typically do. In tech, it surfaces more engineers who are women and older, and who come from a wider variety of colleges and backgrounds.
"If you have white, young male engineers, who are they going to know?" Desai said. "White, young male engineers."
The tech industry is a focus for some of the hiring startups in part because it has more jobs than it can fill, and tech companies are under pressure to make their workforces more diverse.
Some of the software sounds as touchy-feely as the most empathetic personnel director. Doxa, a new service, plans to match candidates with tech companies and even specific teams and managers based on skills, values and compatibility — like whether a team has more solo work or collaboration, or whether women feel their opinions are taken seriously.
"There are just so many limitations to the human part of hiring, and the way we're doing it now isn't working because people are unhappy with work," said Nathalie Miller, chief executive and co-founder of Doxa.
Doxa has uncovered aspects of working at companies that are rarely made public to job seekers. The data, from anonymous employee surveys, includes what time employees arrive and leave, how many hours a week they spend in meetings, and which departments have the biggest and smallest gender pay gaps.
Another service, Textio, uses machine learning and language analysis to analyze job postings for companies such as Starbucks and Barclays. Textio uncovered more than 25,000 phrases that indicate gender bias, said Kieran Snyder, its co-founder and chief executive. Language such as "top-tier" and "aggressive" and sports or military analogies including "mission critical" decrease the proportion of women who apply for a job. Language like "partnerships" and "passion for learning" attract more women.
Data is just one tool for recruiters to use, people who study hiring say. Human expertise is still necessary. And data is creating a need for new roles, such as consultants who analyze where the data shows a company is lacking and figure out how to fix it.


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Jagruti seeks to create awareness about its activities and the NSDP project so that the benefits of the program are reached out to poverty struck population in rural areas from grass root levels. The foundation initiates promotional activities through extensive networking, mapping and campaigning to drive the usefulness of the project to the BPL youth of rural India. Some of the popular strategies adopted for rendering the skill based training program to rural areas are:
Identify potential Employers: Jagruti initially conducts a market survey through which the foundation can assess the potential employers in the market and identify the nature of jobs available, skills required to match the job descriptions in demand, salary and many such factors pertaining to employment.
Develop a course plan: Once the sector for providing placements has been identified, Jagruti initializes the course plan, devises the training program in accordance with the industry specifications. The skill based training plan is developed comprehensively to enable the rural BPL youth to acquire specific skill sets that match the employment criteria in a given industry.
Network with Govt officials: Jagruti Foundation networks with DRDA, MDO's and many other Government Organizations and rural development institutions such as NIRD to identify BPL youth in poverty stricken areas of remote villages. The DRDA (District Rural Development Agencies) of various districts in the states are contacted specifically to obtain the BPL families lists that are maintained with them. This list is made proper use of to locate and train maximum BPL families in rural areas and thereby contribute towards the Government's initiatives to help eradicate poverty from the country.
Mapping: Mapping is an effective networking strategy that is used to collect relevant data for identifying the BPL youth in rural areas. Sources such as DRDA offices, BDO offices, village heads, Panchayats, mandal head quarters, and Ngo's across the district are used to identify remote villages that have poor transportation, health and education facilities. Jagruti targets the BPL youth from these villages and endeavors to train them through the NSDP program and place them in some of the well established hospitality and tourism firms in India.
Demand Creation Efforts: Jagruti also conducts several socio cultural programs which throw light on the current economic and employment scenario. The objective is to motivate the rural youth by encouraging them to hope for a better future by up skilling themselves via the training program and get employment in some of the leading hospitality firms of India.
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The National Skills Development Program training system seeks to ensure that every individual undergoing the program is transformed holistically. Some of the salient features of the training program are:
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In order to maintain cordial and mutually beneficial relationships with the employers and candidates, Jagruti has established a help desk call center to provide relevant information and resolve queries as and when they arise.
Jagruti Foundation for Rural Development offers interesting career options to all those who are willing to serve their community as one's larger self. The roles and responsibilities offered are unique to each individual and Jagruti welcomes those who are willing to make a positive impact on the organizations aims and ideals.
Work Culture
Jagruti believes in sharing best practices with each and everyone associated with the organization and encourages professional and courteous behavior from its employees. The work culture is built around the ethos of discipline, punctuality, creativity and diligence. The organization treats all employees with respect and dignity irrespective of designation.
If you are willing to make a difference to those who are socially and economically less fortunate than you, then this is where you need to be. Jagruti believes in 360 degree performance evaluation, thereby providing you with a greater scope for diversifying your skills.
Jagruti Foundation for Rural Development in India takes pride in sharing the experiences, opinions and employment statuses of successful NSDP candidates who are placed in reputed hospitality and tourism firms of India.
Name: Tata Babu
Designation: F&B Service
Organization: Hotel Mount Opera, Hyderabad
Salary: 3500/- per month
Tata Babu is a 19 year old student from Anakapally, Andhra Pradesh. His father is a farmer and their only source of family income is through agriculture labor. His mother is a housewife and many a times his family had great difficulty in making two ends meet. It was during such drastic financial condition, that Tata Babu enrolled himself in the intensive skill based hotel management training program offered by Jagruti Foundation. The training program helped him immensely in learning all the core functions of hospitality management and the various lifestyle management techniques taught to him during the course helped him become a well groomed and potential employee to work in leading hospitality firms of India. He made the most of the available resources during the training period and equipped himself with the necessary skill sets to deal with the intense demands and pressures that one has to cope in the hospitality industry. Many grooming skills and techniques were taught to him during the duration of the course which helped him become a true professional. On completion of the course, Tata Babu was offered the role of Food and Beverage Service Executive in one of the leading resorts in Hyderabad. He is earning Rs3500/- per month and is satisfied with the job role and function. The hotel also provides for his food and accommodation and Tata Babu is extremely satisfied that he is able to contribute to his family income in a significant manner. He is determined to prove himself in this job role and work arduously to emerge as a successful hotelier in the long term. He is thankful to Jagruti for having given him the opportunity to help him earn substantial amount of income to support himself and his family.
Name: I. Shankar
Designation: F & B Service
Organization: Ramya Residency, Ongole
Salary: 4500/- per month
I Shankar, is a 19 year old youth from Visakhapatnam District. He belongs to below poverty line family and his father is unemployed. Mother is a housewife and he has 2 sisters who are younger to him and are uneducated. At this juncture, Shankar enrolled himself into the National Skills Development Program initiated by Jagruti Foundation for Rural Development. This poverty alleviation program has changed his lifestyle drastically giving him a ray of hope to sustain his family by earning substantial amount of income. After undergoing 3 months of intensive skill based training program, Shankar was offered a job in Food and beverage department of Ramya Residency hotel in Ongole. He is with the firm since last one and a half years and he is thoroughly satisfied with his job role and function. He is now drawing a salary of Rs4500/- which is his net income. Food and accommodation expenses are being borne by the hotel itself. He is extremely pleased with the accommodation facilities and is content to support his parents and siblings with such a decent income. Moreover, the NSDP program has trained him to deal with the tense and difficult situations that he may have to confront with in due course of his job. He is well groomed and taught adequate life skills to achieve perfect work life balance in his line of work. Shankar is dedicated to his job and is consistently performing exceptionally well to prove his worth in the hospitality industry.


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See below the answers to most frequently asked questions about our cleaning services in London. Please, contact us in case you need more additional information or specific question to ask that does not fit in any of the following topics.
Are your domestic cleaners vetted?
Yes, they are. GS Cleaning Company has a special vet system that guarantees the safe and faultless domestic cleaning and ironing service. After applying for a job in our company, each of the candidates is finely investigated about his or her previous job history. We always require a recommendation from the previous employer. Then, we train and educate the workers and provide them insurance, as well as a vet badge that assures our clients that their homes are sanitized by the best cleaners.
Is it possible to name exact days for visitation?
Yes, it is possible. You are free to choose the schedule for the domestic cleaning and ironing service – daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly. You can also pick up exact days from the week for each visitation. Have in mind that if your personal cleaner is not available for a specific day, we can send you other cleaner for a replacement.
How should I proceed in case I am not satisfied with the procedure?
If you are not satisfied with any of our cleaners` job or specifically of the domestic cleaning and ironing procedure, just give us a call and make your inquiry. If you do that in 24 hours, we will send the same cleaner to re-clean the house – free of charge. If you do it later, we will send you another cleaner.
Can I have the same cleaner for all the procedures?
Yes, you can. You can pick up an individual cleaner to handle the whole schedule of your domestic cleaning and ironing service. Please, have in mind that if this cleaner is not available for a specific day, we will send you other cleaner.
Does domestic cleaning and ironing service comes with insurance?
Yes, it does. All of our cleaners work under the protection of Public Liability Insurance. The amount is 1 million pound. The insurance is applied in case of a damage or loss – including loss of the keys you have provided to your individual cleaner to clean, when you are not at home.
Are there any minimum hours per domestic cleaning and ironing visitation?
Yes, there are and they are 2 hours, if you have booked the service on a weekly basis, and 3 hours per visitation is your order is on fortnightly base.
Is it on mandatory to remain at home, while the procedure is done?
No, it is not on mandatory. You can decide whether to stay, or to be out of your home. All you need to do is to provide you personal cleaner keys and access to your home place. Also, have in mind that you are free to leave a list of instructions for the cleaners, when you are away. It is recommended for the customers to come back at home to see how the procedure went out and to inspect if everything is ok.
Is it obligatory to give you tools and detergents for cleaning?
No, it is not. It is your choice to decide whether to provide us the cleaning equipment, or you will rely on our professional pack of green detergents and modern devices at a small fee. If you provide the equipment, your personal cleaner will always inform you if something is missing or running out.
What happens in case of damage?
We have insurance for damages and breakages. In case of such, please inform us for the incident in 24 hours, so we can take the required measures. For more information, feel free to see the Terms and Conditions, where such cases are finely explained.
Is it possible to order domestic cleaning and ironing service for holiday?
Yes, it is possible. As we have already said it, GS Cleaning Company works 365 days per year – including in Bank Holidays. There is no problem, if any of the visitations by our cleaners is in holiday. Just make sure you inform us about this visitation at least 1 week in advance.
Can I eventually change the preliminary settled domestic cleaning and ironing service?
Yes, you can always change the schedule for the procedures. All you need to do is to simply inform us 48 hours in advance before the next visitation you want to reschedule. In case you cannot inform us in this period of time, you will get the visitation, but you will have to pay for the both procedures – from the old and from the new schedule.
What happens in case I am not satisfied with domestic cleaning and ironing service?
Please, get in touch with our customer support representatives to make an inquiry in such case. We will immediately send the cleaner back to your home place to re-clean it for free, if you do it maximum 24 hours after the visitation.
How can I cancel forever my domestic cleaning and ironing schedule?
It is easy. All you need to do is to contact us. You can cancel the service at any convenient for you time. Once you cancel it, we will stop providing you the service after one month. The requirement is to cancel the order one month in advance.
What happens, if my cleaner does not come in time?
Our cleaners are instructed to come to your house in time. There is a possibility for delay of 30 minutes maximum due to traffic or any emergency situation. We always inform you about this delay. If the delay proceeds for longer, you can apply for compensation. Call us in case you cleaner has not informed you about the delay.
Should I pay the cleaner or there`s month subscription?
Even though there is a month subscription for domestic cleaning and ironing service, the payment is for the cleaner. You pay him or her on the regular basis you have settled for the service.


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On Tuesday, May 28th, US Based Saxphophonist will be releasing his 2nd sax mixtape, correctly titled #ThemVSaxCovers II. This latest mixtape will include some of the latest Top 20 U.S. R&B/Urban hits on the sax. The mixtape will be available for FREE on http://hotnewhiphop.com
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Nick said he used a drone to bring to the series shots that wouldn't normally be possible under tight deadlines. Areas where the drone came in useful included a road cycling clip near Ting Kau Bridge, triathlon training in Repulse Bay, and sequences in Tai Tam with Cecil Chao's yacht. The drone was also valuable for the episode on garment tycoon Henry Tan, filmed on the island of Guam, where Tan started business.
The drone Nick used is a four-rotor DJI Inspire 1, with a 12 mega-pixel camera, able to shoot video in 4K resolution up to 30 frames a second, as well as 12 mp still images. The Inspire has become the drone of choice for many filmmakers due to its excellent camera, rapid setup time, and flight stability, even in strong winds.
Nick is going through the process of getting licensed to operate drones for commercial purposes. He has passed the theory section of the UK-run BNUC-S course, and hopes to complete the flight examination soon. The BNUC-S qualification (where 'S' stands for small drones, under 7kg takeoff weight) is has been endorsed by the Civil Aviation Department.
When not tied up with major productions such as "Tycoon Talk" and earlier endangered wildlife series "Adventures to the Edge" (also for TVB), Nick is a freelance cameraman and director of photography, skilled in all aspects of digital film making and video production.
Most of his work comes, he said, from international organisations needing a cameraman in this part of the world, as well as from local clients. He's done shoots for National Geographic Channel, the BBC, NRK Norway, Al Jazeera, and ABC Australia.
Nick holds an MFA in media design and technology from the City University of Hong Kong. If you want to hire a cameraman with a drone, Nick said it's $8,000 a day.


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Disney announced, just after the release of Tangled, it will no longer be producing fairy tales. Translation—no more princesses. And there are mixed feelings, even in the feminist community.
At first, there was a celebration. Thank goodness! No more animated representations of docile women. No more hidden messages about traditional gender roles and hetero-normative marriage. No more privileging whiteness or depicting women of color with white features. No more emphasizing women's appearances as their greatest accomplishments. No more false idols for little girls to imitate.
But with the false idols gone, realists wondered, would little girls have any idols at all?
Many were critical when Disney opted to call their take on Rapunzel "Tangled" and narrate the movie with a male lead who seemed to over-shadow the last princess. However, Rapunzel's character is more pro-active than the princesses of the past. Yet she is remains reliant on her co-star for a rescue and a happy ending.
The final call? Disney was still using their tried and true princess formula and the wide-eyed damsel was very much in distress.
So let's rejoice at the end of an era; the princess era. Thank goodness! No more royally-endorsed merchandise bearing the blank faces of pure evil in a sparkly, pink, hydra-like formation. Indeed, if Belle were cut off, Jasmine and Ariel would undoubtedly grow back in her place.
For that, you can blame Mary Beech, the Vice President and General Manager of Global Studio Franchise Development for Disney Consumer Products. It was her suggestion that the princesses should join forces—their oh-so-marketable forces. Launched in 1999, the Disney Princess Franchise grew from a 300 million dollar industry to 3 billion dollars in 2006. Partnered with over 200 companies, Disney capitalizes on every 2 to 5-year-old's fantasy with universal brand awareness.
For instance, one could very possibly wear princess pajamas and eat princess cereal while watching a princess DVD surrounded by princess dolls and accessories. I've seen it happen.
If you were to wander through a toy store (which I don't advise this time of year) you would find these women huddled together, giving Barbie a run for her money-- never mind that several of them came from different continents. They're totally friends and apparently they hang out all the time.
You would also see that costumes aren't just for Halloween anymore. What's wrong with little girls playing dress-up? Well, when it comes to these princesses, they're putting on a lot more than glass slippers and satin gloves. They're trying out a persona, while adopting the qualities of a flawed role model.
Princess training, offered at the NYC World of Disney Store (now closed) emphasized teamwork, table manners, truthfulness, courtesy, compassion, curtseys and kindness. These lessons are repeated in books, movies, music, and every product the princesses endorse. Sounds harmless, but students are learning much more than tea party etiquette.
Princesses are passive and obedient, not to mention dependent on others. Even in their own lives, they're just along for the ride. Whether it's a trip on a magic carpet through a whole new world or re-locating to a castle far, far away, it's always on someone else's terms. They follow men on their adventures. Without a love interest, their stories would be pretty stagnant.
Impressionable audiences are absorbing that romantic relationships are the most important thing and love will steer one's destiny. Even Mulan was a warrior, but her life was not complete without a husband—her family's biggest concern.
Princesses are kind—to a fault. In fact, a common theme is how easily these women are manipulated. They're pleasant, agreeable, and often taken advantage of, but never rude. Would it be so bad to tell little girls to "think critically" rather than "follow your heart" when they have tough decisions to make?
And Princesses are always doing domestic tasks. Even Rapunzel, who lives alone in a tower, spends every morning cleaning. Cinderella was stuck in servitude, but sang while she scrubbed. Snow White cleaned up after seven men she hardly knew. Even Tiana—the only princess allowed to have a goal—worked all day and night because she wanted her own restaurant where she could wait on other people for the rest of her life.
Lastly, princesses emphasize physical appearances. They are described in terms of their beauty and nothing else. The fairest one of all, with the smallest feet or the longest hair makes them attractive and desirable. Because they are pretty, good things eventually happen to them. All they have to do is wait.
Only time will tell if the "no fairy tales" policy will leave us with a shortage of cartoon women. The next Disney/Pixar adventure appears to be about a little boy who goes to Mars in search of his mom. We'll see if they send a little girl to Venus, or anywhere for that matter.


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Started on a new illustration this week.
Friday, April 29, 2016
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Payed Off My Student Loans!
Monday, April 11, 2016
The Leopard Warrior
Finally finished my latest illustration, the "The Leopard Warrior". Featuring my friend Thorne and his dog Winters. This is another addition to my series of "Warriors Riding Giant Beasts". Hope you all dig it.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Introducing Gamification Into Your Mobile Strategy
You may have heard the term Gamification being thrown around a great deal in recent years. I would consider the Gamification of an application a key component of the overall User Experience in that good gaming mechanics lead to a pleasant experience and continued application use. If your application features repetitive functionality, Gamification may assist in keeping the user engaged and coming back for more. It may also contribute to a more competitive/active social environment within your application's community. Any company wanting to create a public facing application with hopes of engaging it's audience should consider moving in this direction.
App Audience – Every application has a target audience and identifying and catering to this audience is key to a successful User Experience and Gamification. Your audience may be diverse or it may be a specific target demographic. It is important to evaluate your target audience's expectations and preferences and reflect those within your design.
Core Functionality – Whether it's the ability to search for locations or share activities, your application should have core functionality that is attracting your user base. Adding a game mechanic should not hinder the core functionality in any way, and this cannot be emphasized enough. Once you've identified your apps specific features, you can define goals that will then drive a reward system.
Goals & Rewards – What are you wanting to encourage within your application? If you are wanting a function to be done multiple times, you may want to set a reward for every few times that action is completed. If you want to encourage app users to be social, you may offer rewards when they share something. The difficulty with setting goals and rewards is identifying the tiers at which the rewards will be given. Does the user receive a reward for doing that function once or do they have to perform it multiple times?
The example below shows how the application may have three specific features (desired actions) that we're wanting to encourage the users to perform. The feature that has the highest repeatability also has the largest number of badges and the feature that has the lowest estimated repeatability has the smaller number of badges.
Go through the exercise of listing out features (ex: login, check-in at location, report activity, share photo…) and predict the repeatability of those features to determine the number of rewards needed. This exercise may also help determine what reward type(s) to use.
A high value reward may be more appealing than a larger number of badges, so Action#3 may reward the user with a discount/prize as to encourage more users to perform that feature.
Reward Types – However you implement the rewards, they should be appealing to your audience and not hinder the use of the core functionality. Multiple combinations of the following reward strategies allow you to cater your application to your audience.
- Badging- A very common reward system for mobile apps where users are awarded custom badges (images) that represent the goals they achieved (ex: I check-in at a gas station and am awarded a "Lvl 1 Visitor Badge", I check into the same gas station a few days later and am awarded a "Lvl 2 Visitor Badge")
- Leveling- Another common reward system where users achieve a status based off of progress towards a goal. A user would start at a beginner level, and through accruing points, they would unlock the next level. (ex. A first time user is "Beginner". They can level up by performing set functionality and accruing points.)
- New Features/Privileges- Unlock an app feature or privilege based off of reaching a goal. (ex. A user may be able to share more content after they have shared 20 basic posts)
- Prizes & Discounts- This reward would probably be hidden from the user. They could be awarded a prize or discount based off of unlocking a badge, new level, or at random. (ex. The app company can award discounts or prizes to encourage users to try and achieve particular badges, levels, or overall activity.)
Effective integration of Gamification should add a degree of fun, competitiveness, and achievement to your mobile application while maintaining the integrity of the core functionality. I hope these tips help in your future application endeavors.
The 10 Commandments of Design
1. Hick's Law
Every additional choice increases the time to complete an action. This means that the more options a user has when using your website or web application the more difficult it will be to use. This law really speaks the importance of simplicity.
2. The Pareto Principal, or the 80/20 Rule
10. Fibonacci Sequence
2. The Pareto Principal, or the 80/20 Rule
A high percentage of users will perform a low percentage of actions. In terms of web applications, most of your users will perform a small percentage of tasks. Using the 80/20 rule can help prioritize features or remove unnecessary functionality that may only cater to 20% of users.
3. Proximity
Giving a user a clear indication that something has happened, is happening, or could happen.
Simplicity over complexity. Less is more. "A design isn't finished when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (look at 80/20 rule)
7. Mental Models
7. Mental Models
It is easier for users to understand and learn from something new if it has been modeled off of something they already understand. (ex. iOS Human Interface Guidelines, traffic lights)
Breaking up a rectangle into thirds both vertically and horizontally to achieve balance. Using a grid can assist with spacing elements and identifying focal points.
Breaking up a rectangle into a square and smaller rectangle and the continuing that process. This can help in achieving a balanced composition.
10. Fibonacci Sequence
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It chills me to the bone to think the fate of the free world often rests in the hands of men. No disrespect to our servicemen; my daddy served three tours in Vietnam and my older brother served in the first Gulf Disaster…uh…I mean war. But based on the behavior of the men living in my home, I shudder just a bit.
Picture if you will, a "Saving Private Ryan" sort of tableau: it's gray and misty and our brave boys are about to storm Fallujah to bring democracy and toys made in China to the godless infidels. As they prepare their offensive, the sergeant comes up to the CO and says "Sir, where is the ammunition?" The ammunition is in a clearly labeled box in plain sight, but the two men waste fifteen minutes searching for it. Finally, the lone woman in the unit walks up and leads them to the box. Meanwhile, the enemy was preparing to pick up and relocate to Pakistan, only they couldn't find it and no one would stop and ask for directions!
Fast forward to my life. Last week, my son could not find the mouthpiece for his horn. The last place it had been seen was on the dining room table, which is, of course, where all musicians keep their mouthpieces. I apprised him of this and he told me he had taken it up to his room.
"Then it should still be there," I told him.
"Well, it's not," he huffed. "Someone took it."
Oh lord, it's the grassy knoll….someone waited on it, until he was out of sight, and then snatched his mouthpiece! Because there is a high demand on the black market for horn mouthpieces!
He stomped around the house for about two hours, looking for the thing. He would periodically stop on his way through the family room and gaze at the football game, eyes blank, a line of spittle snaking its way out of his slack mouth. Then I would bark at him to find his mouthpiece and he would snap awake, and scurry away.
The whole time he was searching, I sat and watched him. He whined. He moaned. He blamed aliens for coming down and taking it. More amusing to me, he blamed the babies. A few nights before, a couple of friends had visited with their toddlers. Everyone knows toddlers are like crows and they can't resist shiny things. Surely one of the toddlers had pocketed the mouthpiece.
When he shared this theory with me, something within me snapped. "SON," I stated rather forcefully, "if the thing was on your desk, THEY COULDN'T REACH IT!!!!"
He looked at me sullenly and said "so what, I still bet one of those babies has it."
It's not a right wing conspiracy at all; it's those BABIES!! I thought I had fallen into an episode of "Rugrats" and he was channeling Angelica.
After two hours, I couldn't take it anymore. He was on the verge of tears. I mentioned the possibility of borrowing another mouthpiece from the band teacher and he said he would get in trouble. I mentioned the possibility of sending him to military school and he glared at me. Finally, reluctantly, I got up to help.
As we ascended the stairs, I looked at him and said "If I find this thing, you are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!!!" I walked into his reptile scented room (does Glade have a plug-in with that scent??) and walked to the desk. It's not really a desk; it is a long countertop we got at Lowe's for cheap. He has covered it with an array of memorabilia, ranging from baseball cards to holy cards to alligator skulls.
When I tell you I literally walked up to the desk, scanned for five seconds, and located the mouthpiece, I am not exaggerating. It sat there in plain sight, between a picture of the Pope and one of Greg Maddox. I thought for a moment I would actually swoon, so intense was the rage I experienced. I plucked it from the clutter and held it up for him to see.
He smirked, but I could see the panic in his eyes; he sensed death was near. "Wha….where….was it on the desk????" he stammered.
I handed it to him oh so lovingly and quietly said "I DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!" And I left the room.
So after that little episode, you would think he would know better than to bother me, but a few days later, I was driving to soccer practice and the phone rings. "Mom," he chirps, "Dad can't find his boy scout scarf; do you know where it is?"
"Tell him it's probably behind the cheese," I snapped and hung up. Honestly, it's a wonder either one of them manages to get through an entire day. My husband operates on animals for heaven's sake! I'm waiting for the day he calls me and says "honey, I can't find the left ovary in this pit bull, do you know where it is?"
Last night, his daddy asked him to get a coke out of the refrigerator. I just rolled my eyes and waited; there was one left and I knew my son wouldn't be able to find it. Sure enough, he came back to the table empty handed. "I couldn't find one," he said. I didn't say a word because I knew it wouldn't be a nice word. But thirty minutes later, I walked over to the refrigerator and pulled it out. The only reason I didn't do it earlier was because I was saving it for myself!
So I live in fear, knowing the day will come when he leaves home and goes off into the great big world. I only hope he can find it!!


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|Dale Winton
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|Years active
Dale Winton (born Dale Jonathan Winton 22 May 1955,[1] London) is an English radio DJ and television presenter.
In 1982 Winton moved to London and began his entertainment career on the London club circuit, where he DJ'd at weekends. This lead him to United Biscuits Industrial Radio where he did a variety of jobs before getting his own morning show.[citation needed] From here he joined Radio Trent in Nottingham, where he presented a weekend show, moving to the weekday mid-morning show, before leaving in 1985, and going on to work at a number of other local radio stations.
Winton began his television career in 1987, working for Channel Four, the Lifestyle Channel and ITV.[1] From 1993 to 2001, Winton hosted Dale's Supermarket Sweep during the Daytime TV period on ITV 1. In 2007, Supermarket Sweep was revived after a five and a half year absence. Winton was seen as the camp, over-the-top, game show presenter in Danny Boyle's 1996 film of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting.[2]
In 1997, he presented the final of The Great British Song Contest, the UK's national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, due to a tie-in with the lottery programme.[3]
In 1999 he appeared on the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme with Kathy Burke in the episode Do They Take Sugar?[4]
In 2001 he presented Channel 5's endurance show Touch The Truck.[5]
In 2002 he released his autobiography in which he wrote about his rise to fame, his actress mother's suicide and came out about his homosexuality.
In 2003 he appeared in the BBC Three mock documentary "Dale's Wedding" in which he supposedly married the UK celebrity Nell McAndrew.[6]
Between 2004 and 2006, he presented three series of the celebrity weight loss "boot camp" programme, Celebrity Fit Club on ITV1.[7]
In April 2006, he guest presented BBC Two's pop quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[8]
In August 2006 he was chosen to host the pilot of Endemol's new show, Show Me What You've Got, however the show did not receive a full series.[9]
In 2008, he continued to host the BBC One primetime Saturday night game show In It To Win It.[10] In February 2009, he signed a new contract to host at least two further series of the show, plus two series of a new Lotto tie-in.
In February 2008 he completed a pilot show for BBC One called You've Got The Answer, a money game show that surprises the public using hidden cameras.[11]
In 2008 Winton presented BBC One's Saturday night entertainment programme Hole In The Wall, based on the Japanese original, where contestants in skin-tight Lycra costumes contort themselves to fit through oddly-shaped holes in a moving wall.[12]
In 2010 Winton began appearing in television advertisements for cashmygold.co.uk.[13]
Winton's father Gary died when he was just 9 years old through drink related illness.[citation needed]
Winton was brought up by his mother Sheree Winton, an actress, and left school at 16.[14] Dale Winton's mother committed suicide when he was 21.[15]
Winton currently lives in central London. He came out as gay at the age of 47.[14]
Dale Winton born 22 May 1955 is a TV presenter/DJ/Pop singer based in the UK. He began his DJ career in 1982 where he DJ'd at weekends, this lead him to United Biscuits Industrial Radio where he did a variety of jobs before getting his own morning show after that he joined Radio Trent in Nottingham and since he has been on a variety of different radio stations and is currently is DJ on Radio 2. His TV career began in 1987, working for Channel Four, the Lifestyle Channel his signature TV show however was Dale's Supermarket Sweep aired from 1993 to 2007 on ITV with a new series in 2010 on Sky, he also acted in Pets Win Prizes, The Great British Song Contest, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Touch The Truck, Dale's Wedding, Celebrity Fit Club, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, In It To Win It, Show Me What You've Got and Hole In The Wall among other tv shows. He has had 1 hit single to date, his hit was as Dale Winton featuring Bar-codes & Alison Brown it reached number 72 in 1994 http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=7275 ."


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According to The Wall Street Journal, Freddie Mac and Bank of America (BAC) are in settlement talks to resolve disputes over more than $1.4 billion in faulty mortgages that Freddie argues the bank should have to take back.
The deal would be the second such agreement between Bank of America and Freddie since 2011. It would largely shield the bank from any future repurchase demands from Freddie stemming from loans sold before 2012. The second-largest U.S. bank by assets is hoping to settle before the end of the year, said one of the people.
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This was a definite highlight of Malaysia for me. I had it regularly, either as a dessert or as a way to cool down during the heat of the day. This stall is famous and always has a queue but it moves very quickly (like Line Clear). It was probably the best version of Cendol I had too. Highly recommended!
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Usually when a team is considering a wacky name like the Bananas or Flying Squirrels it's the work of a marketing firm, but not in this case.
The new ECHL team in Portland, Maine, asked fans to submit ideas for the team name and has narrowed it down to five choices, one of which is the Wild Blueberries.
"Maine accounts for 10% of all blueberries grown in North America and Coastal Maine boasts the largest production of blueberries," the team explains.
The other choices are pretty solid (Mariners, Watchmen, Lumberjacks and Puffins), but Bill S. of Portland's submission takes the cake—or pie, as it were. As Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski points out, a fruit nickname would be unique in American sports (though the Fort Wayne Tincaps do have an apple logo), and I'm all for originality. Although, I would throw my support behind Puffins if the team ever struck an affiliation deal with the Penguins.
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