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- Price$2,150
- Bedrooms4
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- Full Baths2
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- CityAustin
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Well I just looked at my to-do list and the "write blog entry" that I have been snoozing finally got the better of me. I didn't think I had been hitting the button that long then I realised that the last entry so just over one year ago.
It's been an amazing year for me. The last time I wrote I had just got my furniture as we relocated to
In between conferences I was travelling all over EMEA talking to ISVs. There is so much interest from ISVs connecting their solution to MBS it's interesting. Business Solutions is an interesting field. It not for the faint hearted. There is a lot of complexity in developing a business application today. The complexity doesn't come from the development tools or environment it is comes from the rules we as business people create to run our businesses.
In talking with people at conferences I often get asked what is Microsoft Business Solutions ? And I tend to rave on for a few minutes about the applications we have and how they are solving customer needs and how that because they are built on the Microsoft stack we deliver great business functionality in an environment that IT people can manage. But I never get the time to get back to basics and really describe the heart of the business application what are some of the fundamentals that make a business applications.
So I though I'd restart writing these blogs and see if I can capture some of that for you developers out there that might be interested in changing tack and writing an ISV solution around business applications.
At the heart of the business application is money, isn't everything about money ? Well in the case of the business application it's about tracking money or accounting. It's funny, I used to teach developers how to develop around Navision and Axapta and every time I'd mention accounting they would switch off. I know the feeling, I spent almost three years doing a Masters in Accounting. But there is huge opportunity in making business applications more productive which gets my continued interest. So bear with me here and I'll hopefully "learn you something good".
Accounting is old, it was developed around 14th century. Because it is so old the principles have been very well refined and defined and every accountant the world over follows the same rules. So I know you are asking if it is so simple then why do we have thousands of different business application providers the world over. That complexity started with the birth of the computer and development tools. The big iron mainframes used in the 1950s and 1960s started to be commissioned by business to run their accounting, we have a lot to thank IBM for. Additionally a bunch of other computer corporations that don't' exist anymore, or have been merged or acquired or changed names a number of times.
Back then there wasn't a lot of standardisation of development tools, let alone operating systems or hardware. So every time a business wanted an application is was hand made from the ground up. Through the sixties this fragmentation continued with the introduction of mini-computers that again had different operating systems and different development tools. Hence the business application that ran on top of the OS was different for each company that wanted something to manage their business.
In the 70s a group of people, incidentally ex IBM, in
Jump forward a number of years to 1980 and the birth of the PC. That opened a new ear in business applications because it now meant that there was a new range of cheap tools and computing power that could be applied for business applications. Development tools with languages like Microsoft Basic and standardised operating system with Microsoft DOS meant that more and more business could start to afford the hardware and operating systems to run a computer in the office. And the big corporations could expand their use of computers.
In this time frame the spreadsheet was created first Lotus 123 and eventually more advanced ones like Microsoft Excel. The spreadsheet revolutionised the ability for business to work with numbers in a familiar and simple way. The spreadsheet is arguably the most used business application still used today. Accountants love spreadsheets because it is a very similar metaphor to the paper based ways of accounting.
Custom applications of course continued to be developed for the PC with the use of standard database technology I'm sure you remember dBase ? It was very popular for people writing business applications because it provided a simple environment to build the data model and present a simple interface to enter data. There are a number of different examples of databases and development tools like dBase that don't exist any more.
Packaged applications proliferated on the PC. Developers like Navision, Damgaard and
Fast forward to the 2000s and the primary operating system is Windows, the first choice of development environments is .NET and the first choice of development tools is Visual Studio. One of our goals in Microsoft Business Solutions is to provide a simple and consistent way for application developers to use our technology to create business applications. Of course this is part of our "Green" strategy to centre our development around the .NET framework.
But as you can see from this short history the operating systems will continue to evolve, development tools and environments will continue to make developer more and more productive. And business applications will continue to evolve. They will evolve to allow business to be more flexible, more adaptive to changing needs. Adaptive business applications will allow business manages to control their business to get a competitive advantage by running a business the way they want. Either by expanding into new channels, introduce new product lines, merge or acquire companies, expand to take advantage of cost effective manufacturing bases in different countries.
One constant remains accounting. In business we need to know if what we are doing is making money, the "Profit Motive". It is true that there are other reasons to be in business, charitable organisations, governments etc. But what ever form of business they all account for their operations in exactly the same way with double entry booking keeping. What is different is the way they use the same system to do accounting i.e. the different way they classify transactions.
So accounting is at the heart of the business application but there are other business needs like tracking inventory, tracking the manufacturing process, managing purchasing, managing sales. The link to accounting is in all these systems because all these systems generate a financial transaction.
Take inventory. If we are a retail business we purchase inventory and then we sell it at a profit, hopefully. This generates a number of financials transactions to track the costs of goods sold and hence the ability to report to shareholders at the end of the year. That is the ability to report a profit or loss.
Double entry Accounting is a simple process of tracking the ins and outs to accounts. The other systems add complexity, as they start to bring in the physical word into the business application so that business can manage the physical world.
Inventory for example, it costs money to buy, ship and warehouse. If we don't have stock in our warehouse when a customer needs it then we face losing a sale. However if we have paid for a stock that is sitting in our warehouse then our money is locked up. So these inventory systems and manufacturing systems become more complex so that we could manage the physical world.
In the 50s and 60s some of these systems were so complex and processing intensive for the software at they time so they were burnt straight to silicon to get the speed benefits. This allowed business people to make decisions faster based on the information these systems collected and manipulated. Of course back then they had to wait for data to be punched out to some form of output terminal.
Today advances in hardware, operating system, development tools means that we have the ability to view the information from our business application in many different applications and devices. Over the last 15 or more years the user experience for office and information workers has been Microsoft Office. With Microsoft Business Solutions we already give unprecedented ability for people to manage their business data out of our Microsoft Dynamics solutions with Microsoft Office. We will continue to innovate in this area. The user experience today is fundamentally different from 30 years ago and even 15 years ago and will continue to evolve in the coming years.
The next 5-10 will be very interesting for business applications. I'm glad I'm part of it.
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This easy popcorn mix one of the quickest treats we've ever made. We popped popcorn (with our ancient popcorn maker) and melted white chocolate. Mixed together, we added sprinkles and that's it! A perfect combination of sweet and salty and crunchy! It took less than 10 minutes to put the whole thing together and it was a perfect treat for Shelagh's little sprinkle. (Lets be real, we loved it too.)
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COORDINATING BENEFITS CAN SPEED INJURED EMPLOYEES' RETURN TO WORKPosted On: Mar. 2, 1997 12:00 AM CST
Companies can encourage injured employees to return to work if they integrate benefits to avoid providing employees duplicate or excessive compensation while off work.
However, benefit managers should make sure they are aware of all collateral source benefits available to injured employees before they can determine appropriate offsets.
Injured employees' mandatory and optional benefits, which vary by state and employees' duration of disability, may include:
Workers compensation.
Most states require companies, or their workers compensation insurers, to compensate injured employees' lost wages by paying 66 2/3% of gross wages, up to state-specific maximum amounts, on a tax-free basis.
However, a few states take a newer approach and base wage-loss compensation on employees' spendable income, which reflects the impact of taxes. For example, Alaska, Iowa and Michigan each base injured workers' compensation on 80% of spendable earnings, according to a 1996 U.S. Chamber of Commerce report.
This newer method is intended to create more incentive for injured workers to return to work.
Salary and wage continuation.
"Some companies pay 100% of salary in lieu of having an employee collect workers compensation for injuries of short duration," said Rebecca S. Bruce, president and chief executive officer of Aon Management Institute, a consulting firm based in Glastonbury, Conn. "In some states, it has been argued that to the extent this is a replacement for workers' compensation benefits, it is non-taxable," she added. In such cases, a company may have to adjust the earnings to prevent injured employees from receiving excessive payments.
State disability insurance.
Several jurisdictions require employees receive state disability insurance, which typically begins paying benefits after they are off work seven days, said Jack Bredehorn, president of VPA Inc., a third-party administrator based in Calabasas, Calif.
Those jurisdictions are California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico.
Occupational injury pay supplements.
Some companies pay supplemental benefits to make up the difference between employees' compensation benefits and regular earnings, with some thinking that's the right thing to do for employees and some compelled by contract to make the payments.
Standard disability coverages.
Short-term disability payments usually are two-thirds of salary for six days to six months, Aon's Ms. Bruce said.
Long-term disability payments usually begin after six months and may last two years or more.
Rehabilitation and retraining benefits.
Depending on the state, these mandatory benefits typically would help employees with counseling about the appropriateness of physical therapy or to seek education to improve the marketability of their skills.
Unemployment insurance.
Most jurisdictions ban employees from collecting both workers comp wage-loss benefits and unemployment benefits.
Social Security disability benefits.
Some states allow workers comp benefits, excluding medical and legal expenses, to be offset by Social Security disability benefits, according to Aon's Ms. Bruce.
In addition, she said 21 states permit Social Security to be the primary source of disability benefits for injured workers: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Lou-isiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
"However, because it is often difficult for an individual to qualify for disability benefits under Social Security, some employers hire someone to represent the employee before the Social Security Administration," she said.
Other benefit payouts.
Companies may want to consider offsetting sick and retirement benefits by workers comp payouts. They may also want to evaluate the appropriateness of offsets for other coverages, including disability retirement, as well as disability life insurance or accidental death and dismemberment coverages.
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Employees occasionally are injured in situations in which a third party is liable, the employee sues and wins damages. For example, a salesman on a business trip who is injured because a wheel fell off his car may be able to successfully sue the auto maker.
"The workers compensation insurer could subrogate their claim seeking reimbursement, but may not do so," Aon's Ms. Bruce said.
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In a related scenario, an employee receiving workers comp because of a job-related driving accident may also be able to collect from an auto insurer.
Company perks.
Companies may want to evaluate the appropriateness of allowing injured employees who are off work to continue using travel passes, merchandise discounts and tuition reimbursement programs.
Loan protection coverage.
Companies also should be aware of the impact of loan protection insurance coverage, which can be purchased individually or provided by a company credit union, on injured employees' willingness to return to work. The policies typically provide funds to pay mortgages and credit card debts.


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The Holidays are here! It's my favourite time of year, as it brings me close to family and friends – I get to make new memories and I can show people in my life how much I care about them! There's great food, amazing company, laughter and cherishing the good ol' days. For me, the only challenging thing about this time of year, is knowing what to get everyone as gifts! If you are in the same boat as me, then I hope you will appreciate this gift guide for the environmentalist that I have created for you.
Let's face it – it's 2018! (ALMOST 2019! What!) and whether we like it or not, it is my belief that we should all do our best to become more environmentally aware. This has been a goal of mine during the last year – Journey To Becoming Zero Waste – and will be an even bigger focus for me in the years to come.
If you already have an environmentalist in your life – GREAT! These ideas would make excellent gifts for them. If YOU are the environmentalist in your circle, no problem! You can use this gift guide for the environmentalist as inspiration to fill the stockings of your loved ones with easy to use products that can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE!
In short – this gift guide for the environmentalist is really a gift guide for everyone!
Gift Guide for the Environmentalist
This list includes ideas from a variety of budgets, and 10/20 of them are linked to Amazon where you can easily purchase the products and have them shipped to your home! I love Christmas shopping without leaving my couch! Please note that I am an Amazon Affiliate and as such, if you make a purchase by clicking the links below, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Happy shopping!
Bamboo Toothbrush Set – A more sustainable, plastic-free choice, and these make a great stocking stuffer! Practical & waste -free.
2. Mason Jars Filled With Goodies – Easy to customize for anyone's tastes. Attach a recipe with dry ingredients included. I love that the mason jar is re-usable afterwards.
3. Recycled 2019 Monthly Planner – If you know someone who never goes anywhere without their planner, then this recycled daily planner is a perfect gift!
4. An Experience – Make memories, not waste! Tickets to a sporting event, concert, or a trip make once in a life time memories.
5. Stainless Steel Straws – One-time use plastic straws are a thing of the past. If you aren't into these stainless steel ones, there are also great paper options that are way more sustainable than plastic. Truly a staple in this gift guide for the environmentalist.
6. Homemade Products- Are you crafty? Homemade cleaning products infused with essential oils, homemade candles or a DIY planetarium full of succulents are just a few ideas for homemade gifts.
7. Reusable Food Storage Bags– These are made of silicone and will replace your one-time use plastic snack bags. They can be used for so many things! I love this brand in particular because they can go in the freezer, oven, microwave and even boiling water!
8. Local Artwork- Artwork made by local artists is often more affordable and also enables the artist to continue creating works and doing what they love. Whether its a painting, or a musician's new album *cough, cough, my new album is out now!* It makes a lovely gift.
9. Reusable Food Storage Wrap– Believe it or not, this food wrap is made of beeswax, and wipes clean to re-use again and again. You can find them in assorted colours and patterns. Say no to saran wrap!
10. A Charity Donation- Choose a cause that is near and dear to a loved one's heart, and make a donation in their name. This is a lasting gift that can make a difference in so many lives, and it's zero waste!
11. Recycled Notebooks– If you are like me, and prefer writing notes on paper, rather than in my phone/computer, then these recycled notebooks are perfect. It's a guilt-free way of using paper to write your notes.
12. Seeds For A Garden– Buying food at grocery stores often comes with excessive plastic and packaging. If people can grow their own food in their yard, they will save money, know where their produce is coming from, and reduce packaging waste! Plus- gardening makes an excellent hobby! Add some gardening tools to make a gift basket!
13. Pens Made from Recycled Water Bottles– If we can begin to use wasted water bottles to create new products like these pens, then the world will be a much more sustainable place.
14. Homemade Food- Let's be honest, there is nothing better than food. Homemade cookies, or a homemade charcuterie platter are a couple ideas, but the choices here are endless! Do you make great cabbage rolls? Freeze them and give them as gifts!
15. Recycled Fair Trade Rug– Anything recycled makes a great gift, but this rug is so cute that I couldn't help but add it to this gift guide for the environmentalist. It's so boho, I just couldn't resist!
16. Secondhand Items- Take a trip to the thrift shop and purchase your holiday gifts there! They are often more affordable, and is a much more earth-friendly way of buying new clothes/house-ware.
17. Reusable Water Bottle– I have this water bottle in white, and I use it every single day! I bring it to work and in the car, everywhere I go. It doesn't EVER leak, and it keeps my drink hot or cold all day long. It's a less expensive version of the stainless steel "Swell" bottle and I bought mine on Amazon! I get so many compliments on this bottle too.
18. Mixtape (In A Playlist – MP3 Form)- Make a Spotify Playlist for someone you love and send it to them! Mix-tapes used to be so popular, why not bring it back in high-tech form?
19. Reusable Coffee Cup– Every coffee drinkers needs one (or two) of these! I love this one because its small enough to stick into my purse for whenever I hit up a coffee shop!
20. Nice Bottle of Liquor/Wine- Alcohol is a popular gift for those who are of age. Cans and glass bottles are recyclable so they make the list of sustainable presents. You could even make a gift basket of mini alcohol bottles (just make sure they aren't plastic).
That concludes my gift guide for the environmentalist in your life! I hope this gave you some good ideas for this holiday season.
Which of these ideas are your favourite? Are there any gifts you would add to this list? Let me know in the comments below!
I also wanted to mention that brown paper packaging is super cute, and recyclable! Or re-use a holiday bag you got previous years. Remember, any little bit helps 🙂
Wishing you all a safe, happy and less wasteful holiday season!
With love, Satisfy Her Soul xo
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In the Navy, they call it the 40% rule. When you think you're done, you are actually only at 40% of your ability.
The question then becomes, how do we unlock that other 60%?
As a leader, as somebody who is responsible for a team, how do you pull that other 60% out? What do you say, do, or put in place, that encourages and supports every team member to contribute at their highest level?
According to the research, we do know that a high-performing individual can do more than an average performing team. But, a high-performing team will always beat out the highest performing individual.
Knowing how to lead your team in a way that unlocks their best is the secret to creating your strongest story each and every time, while also empowering each person on your crew to continually grow, learn, and have ownership over their role.
This April 7th and 8th we're hosting a Leadership Summit here in Portland, OR. To help you determine if this event is for you, I wanted to share some of my own learning about leadership and invite you to a webinar later this week.
Over the past decade, I've had my fair share of leadership opportunities, from running companies to leading workshops, to directing large productions both for our clients and for educational experiences.
I certainly still have a lot to learn about leadership, but I've also learned so much on my path thus far. I've made LOTS of mistakes, been a terrible leader far too many times, but it was only through an earnest desire to be better, to be all that I can be, that I've really taken myself on in looking at how I can be the best leader I can be.
Here are three of the biggest things I've learned about effective leadership:
1. The Victim vs the Victor mindset.
So much of creating a film is about problem-solving. You constantly run into issues with your gear, crew, talent, and logistics.
But how you respond to what happens can make all the difference.
Let's say, for example, you're on day one of your production and you lose an amazing location to do your interview. You've got an hour before you need to shoot and it all falls apart.
In the classic victim mindset, you're often making excuses for what went wrong, shifting blame, operating out of fear, and have an overall lack of self-confidence. This manifests itself not just in how you communicate to others, but also in how you're thinking about yourself.
So the victim mindset responds to the lost locations with thoughts like:
"the shoot is ruined"
"why didn't our producer plan for this?"
"maybe I'm just not cut out for this"
On the other hand, within the victor mindset, you're focused on settings goals, you stay motivated to overcome, you're constantly acquiring new knowledge and learning from what happened, you're overcoming your fears and looking to implement solutions to achieve the goal.
The victor mindset would respond to this challenge with:
"I can sort this out and still make an incredible film"
"what can I learn about how I could have prevented this next time?"
"I'm going to do x, by y, to find a new solution"
How we fall into the victim or victor mindset is rather complex and, in my opinion, not as important a question as to how we change our mindset to that of the victor.
The first step in owning a victor mindset it to be aware of where you're at. When something goes wrong, pay attention to your self-talk and look at whether it's empowering and goal-oriented, is it positive, or is it about shifting blame and overall quite negative.
At the Leadership Summit, we'll be doing a deep-dive into the Victim and Victor mindset. We'll also do several exercises that help you to implement the Victor mindset moving forward.
2. The power in a Vision Story
High-performing teams are very rare. Most teams create something that is on par with, or slightly above, the aggregate of their abilities. But a true high-performing team creates at an unexpected level, at an almost impossible level–what they do is called emergence, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Here's the thing–creating a high-performing team isn't about getting everybody to like each other and work well together. It's a common misconception, but creating a strong team isn't about the team, it's about a shared vision or goal.
Research suggests that having a very clear, and a challenging goal, is one of the single biggest ways to create a strong team. And one of the best ways to create that alignment, that connection to the purpose, is through a Vision Story.
Here's the problem–a Vision Story is one of the toughest stories to tell.
Story, by definition, is a retelling. We're used to telling stories of the past, of things that have happened. In contrast, the Vision Story is one that largely lives in the future. It sets out a journey that you can embark on to reach a future resolution.
Because it lives in the future, it takes more effort to become good at telling a Vision Story.
Knowing how to tell this type of story though, is so critical that our producer, Maddy, loves to open up every production with a team meeting where the vision is shared.
As with any strong story, one of the foundational elements is conflict–understanding the obstacle that you're looking to overcome. A vision without conflict won't engage your team, and won't give them a deeper connection as to why this matters.
Let me give you an example. Last year we worked for a health-care company that focused on diabetes prevention and weight loss. We were tasked with wrapping their education in story so that it was more entertaining and easily remembered.
One of our characters, Diane, was a 2nd-grade school teacher who had gained so much weight her classroom had to be moved to the first floor of the school so that she didn't have to take the stairs.
There are many people like Diane who have never had access to information on good health behaviors and, as a result, have gotten to a point where their poor health is affecting all areas of their life in a negative way.
What we were doing, the stories we were creating, they had the potential to reach thousands of people through this program, and as a result, dramatically change their lives. The quality of the stories we told was directly related to how much the members embraced the material and remembered the ideas–how much the concepts would drive real change.
Sharing a Vision Story about why these stories mattered with the whole crew was a little confronting. There were people I hadn't met before and hadn't hired directly. There were nearly 15 people on set for one of the main shoots. But stepping out and expressing the vision in a story created a much deeper connection with everybody on the crew–from the art director and stylist to the focus puller and cinematographer.
The story took it from 'just another shoot' to something they really cared about. As a result, how well do you think each person performed?
At the end of the shoot, we watched a rough cut of one of the pieces as a team. The number of people that came up to me and expressed sincere gratitude for being a part of a project they cared about was so telling as to the importance of sharing a Vision Story.
At the Leadership Summit, we'll be exploring every step in creating a Vision Story. Each participant will be guided through building and expressing a Vision Story in front of the group.
3. Effective Leadership isn't about you.
You may have heard of Myers-Briggs personality profiles, the DISC model, or perhaps the Enneagram model of personality types.
There are quite a few models of how to measure and break down one's personality, but regardless of which model you might subscribe to, the underlying thinking is that we each have a central disposition, a way in which we interact with the world.
Knowing your own personality, knowing how you commonly interact with others is very important information.
But when it comes to leadership, and leading well, it becomes much more about knowing how to best communicate to those on your team. Many times that requires needing to abandon your natural response or inclination and find the best way to communicate so that you will be heard.
Somebody on your team might perform best by being told exactly what you need from them, and by when. They prefer clear and direct communication.
"Please have the key light setup in 15 minutes."
Whereas somebody else on your team might respond way better to a more supportive and shared way of communicating. A 'let's do it together' kind of attitude.
"We need to get this key up in 15 minutes. Let me show you what I'm thinking and then you can take it from there."
Yet a third crew member may respond way better to being inspired. They need a story.
"The talent is going to be here in half an hour, and we really want to be set up well in advance so that we can debrief as a team and ensure the set is calm when they arrive. If you can get the key up in 15 minutes, we'll do a roundup as a team and make sure everybody feels great before the talent arrives."
Though hypothetical, those are three totally different ways of expressing the exact same task. Here's the thing–we usually make our communication style about us, we choose the method we naturally connect with and are good at.
Effective leadership means knowing who you are leading and communicating with them in a way that best works for them.
That means needing to be a WAY better listener than most of us are used to. Learning to pick up on the clues that tell us how to communicate to each person. Knowing when and how to change our communication style because one isn't working.
At the Leadership Summit, each participant will do a personality assessment to learn their natural leadership style. We'll then look at how to understand how to best communicate with each member on your crew.
Interested in seriously upping your leadership abilities? We have a few spots left in the Leadership Summit this April 7th/8th at our studio in Portland, OR.
The Victim vs. Victor mindset, telling a Vision Story, and understanding how to best communicate with your team is only a fraction of the Summit. We'll also be exploring the most common cognitive biases as a way of ensuring we're making the best decisions possible, along with what qualities make for a high-performing team and how you can cultivate those within your teams.
Each module offers a background on the theory and science behind the concept, along with practical exercises we then dive into right away to implement the new knowledge.
Check out this short film we made about the Summit and why it matters.
At this stage, we don't have any recording or webinar options for the event. We've definitely heard your request for remote options, and we'll continue to evaluate that, but so much of the value of an experience like this is being able to participate in the exercises and implement the ideas in front of the group. For that reason, we're currently not offering an online option.


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An Underground Campaign
BBDO Worldwide
Great happens when people get together on the S train.
The S train running from Times Square to Grand Central Stations in New York was wrapped on the inside to look exactly like a Hyatt conference room. From the inside and outside of the train you see 2 people shaking hands each time the doors closed.
The Hyatt Great Happens campaign is based upon the belief that when people come together, great things happen.
We are never as productive as we are when we are together. These days we seem to be connected almost constantly; with email, texting, conference calls, video conferences, yet we rarely make any real connections. This campaign proves this belief on different levels and executes it in a multitude of different channels. The combination of these efforts demonstrate that when you plan a meeting at Hyatt, you should plan on something great happening. And it will drive people to their meetings website to do just that.
The campaign takes on another form in Chicago.
Posters were planted on the floor of a high traffic area in the Clark/Lake Station in Chicago.
As people walked over, they noticed the footprints of all the potential people they could have met walking on the same platform.


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The family favourite event that has been sending kids and adults alike into full blown spooky madness for the last 10 years is back! With its trademark high energy and interactive entertainment, Halloween in the Village possesses Mt. Eden Village on Saturday 28th October 2017.
HALLOWEEN IN THE VILLAGE plays
Saturday 28 October, 12-2pm
The Village Green Essex St Reserve (parallel to Mt. Eden Rd just behind the village shops)
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If you're rushing to get to work, catch a bus, or meet a friend for coffee in Gastown, the unusually large street-level window of the building on the south side of Hastings at Carrall might not catch your eye.
But look at it again. It's a pretty massive window that spans almost the entire side of the building. Interesting design quirk? Well, yes and no. When the building was built just over a hundred years ago, that wasn't a window, it was a massive opening. Through it passed two of Vancouver's interurban streetcar lines, bound to and from as far as New Westminster and Chilliwack.
The B.C. Electric Railway building was designed by Woodruff Marbery Somervell and John L. Putnam. The partners of their namesake architectural firm wound up designing a number of Vancouver landmarks in the early twentieth century.
Situated at 425 Carrall Street, the B.C. Electric Railway building was both a terminus for two major interurban rail lines as well as the company's offices, holding up to 300 employees along with the general public using the tram station on the ground floor. The BCER was the biggest employer in the area at the time.
BCER's Central Park-Fraser Valley line, which provided service from New Westminster (1891) and Chilliwack (1910), and the Burnaby Lake line to New Westminster (1911) used the building as their terminus. "One track off Hastings Street split into two in the terminal while another track from Hastings, essentially for freight movement, found room between the west side of the new structure and the Canadian Pacific Railway line," explains Canada's Historic Places.
The interurbans were heavier more long-haul capable electric-powered streetcars, or trams, that connected outlying communities with Vancouver. In addition to moving people, they also moved freight, like milk from farms in the Fraser Valley.
But by the late 1940s, BCER was shedding its rails and converting all the streetcar and interurban lines to trolley buses. The "Rails to Rubber" program spanned from 1948 to 1958. So by the late 1950s, the BCER's building's core use was about to become obsolete.
When the rails were torn out and the streetcars sent to the scrap heap, the arched passenger access points and the massive opening on the Hastings Street side were turned into windows. BC Electric rebranded as BC Hydro and moved to their Modernist digs at Nelson and Burrard.
A bank was the next ground floor tenant, and then into more recent years the building has been home to design and furnishing companies as well as tech businesses in the upper floors' offices.
A few architectural notes: The BCER terminal was built in an interpretation of the Second Empire Renaissance style. "The design of the building reflects the trend toward plainer lines and geometric decoration that had occurred by 1912 with the influence of the Art Nouveau era, and of innovations in the manufacture of building materials," adds the Vancouver Heritage Foundation.
"The original plans for the terminal included a Parisian mansard roof and more decoration than was finally applied. However, the building is a striking example of corporate stability and power," notes Canada's Historic Places.
Architects Sharp and Thompson designed a remodel of the roof and added an additional floor in 1945.
The BC Electric Railway building was recognized in 2003 for its heritage status, and was purchased by Anthem properties in 2012. The next time you're in the area, take a minute to take a closer look at its unique ground floor features, and imagine those red streetcars clanging their way in and out every day.
Read more:
- Where to see one of only 7 surviving Vancouver Interurban streetcars
- The train that ran down Hastings Street (Eve Lazarus)
- Remembering the last ride on Vancouver's Oak St. streetcar line, 1952


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Paul Andersen: Fair Game
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
The Roaring Fork Valley is on the verge of a solar revolution in clean, affordable energy through free market innovation and utility cooperation. The target market is anyone willing to invest long term for personal and societal benefits.
On the market side is Paul Spencer, the driving force behind the Clean Energy Collective. CEC is installing large arrays of solar electric panels in which consumers can become owners and offset energy needs in their homes and businesses. Spencer is building solar collectives with cooperation from Holy Cross Energy, the largest electric utility in the valley. Together they have devised an innovative metering system that credits solar energy against a customer's Holy Cross bills.
"Paul's solar farms are more like community gardens," says energy expert Randy Udall of Carbondale. "It's not on your rooftop, as bragging rights, but as a form of shared community and cooperation. This valley is arguably the leading hotbed for solar photovoltaics in the entire Rocky Mountain region. Holy Cross doesn't brag on what they're doing, but they are kicking ass."
Spencer, 39, grew up in this valley. He went through the Basalt school system and earned a degree in electrical engineering at CU. "I knew I had to leave this valley to be able to afford to live here," he said of a lucrative software career that took him to Atlanta and eventually allowed him and his wife to move back, build an off-the-grid home on East Sopris Creek, and start a grassroots energy company.
Spencer's home is powered, in part, by photovoltaic panels, which convinced him that solar works here. He speculates that expanding to scale makes sense for the Roaring Fork community because of a valleywide commitment to reducing carbon output and increasing energy efficiency.
Spencer has partnered with midvalley developer Ace Lane to form Easy Clean Energy, a start-up that provides sustainable energy applications with solar, wind, hydro, and biomass. Lane has employed Spencer to help make his proposed El Jebel Tree Farm development green, in part by providing land for the installation of an 80-kilowatt solar array that will be built and managed by CEC.
Spencer says that providing clean, renewable energy to one home is good and that powering an entire neighborhood is great, but that powering an entire region is his ultimate goal. "I've made a living over the years," reflects Spencer, "doing what I'm passionate about, and always being on the cutting edge. I want to build a vehicle here that could be taken to scale and drive enormous energy adoption."
Since there is no existing model for what Spencer is creating, he has invested heavily in solar technology, remote metering, innovative billing, and tax credits. Spencer's agenda has reached the national level through a bill – the Sun Act of 2010 – which Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo) supports. "One of my goals is to eliminate every barrier to green energy," pledges Spencer.
The success of selling solar kilowatts to offset carbon-based kilowatts rests on the long-term low cost of solar energy, so that going solar doesn't mean having to be rich. Spencer's goal is to provide communities with zero-emission energy so that "it's no longer a luxury to be green."
Customers may buy-in for as little as a couple hundred dollars and gradually increase their stakes toward long-term energy savings, all while cutting carbon emissions. "We are turning solar into a very good investment," affirms Spencer. "It provides a better return today than a bond or a CD."
In addition to its solar array in El Jebel, CEC has plans for installations in Snowmass, and in Garfield and Eagle counties. The proposed array at the Eagle County landfill near Dotsero will cover seven acres with 8,000 panels, making it one of the largest arrays in Colorado. On this scale, Spencer can lead a solar energy revolution for clean communities wherever the sun shines.
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Wayne Highlands Honesdale High School
Project Type: Education K-12
Location: Honesdale, PA
Services: Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Master Planning
Size: 23,000 SF
Highland Associates was commissioned to design 20,000 square feet of addition and renovation to the Honesdale High School for the Wayne Highlands School District. The project encompassed four areas of the high school; administration, circulation and security, band and music, and an underutilized library.
The renovation of the band / music wing included the addition of a 2,500 square foot band room. Other amenities included individual practice rooms, a choral room, a sheet music library, instrument storage, uniform storage, a keyboarding lab, and faculty offices.
The renovated library brought a formerly uninspiring space into the modern ages with the addition of collaboration spaces, soft seating, a classroom mezzanine, increased daylight, and updated technology.
The office renovation reorganized flow in a space that had a large population of student traffic mixing with faculty and staff. The renovation was kept within the existing construction and contains administration space, staff mailboxes, guidance offices, and conference space.
The final component of the renovation addressed two growing concerns in today's schools; security and accessibility. It was the intent of the project to completely segregate visitor traffic from the student traffic. This was accomplished by creating distinctly separate entrance points/vestibules for each group. Visitors must enter through the main office via a secure vestibule and can only enter student traffic if escorted. An addition was designed that contains a ramp system to allow equal access to the elevated portions of the school in place of a lift system. This addition also allows for secure after-hours access to the auditorium and gymnasium, while keeping the other areas of the school locked and secured.
The project was quite the transformation. Prior to the renovation, it was difficult to distinguish between the main entrance of the school and a secondary entrance. The goal was to affirm the school's identity while projecting the image of a state-of-the-art institution.
The plaza at the main entrance was designed to be a place of collaboration, interaction, and student activity that could serve as a break-out space for the gymnasium and the auditorium. Completed in 2016, the project had a construction value of $5.8 million.


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Tripping Up on Online Visa Applications | Pitt & Moore, Lawyers in Nelson
Tripping Up on Online Visa Applications
Would anyone, especially anyone like me who has suffered a computer melt-down, argue with the proposition that: The Internet is wonderful until it is not?
Likewise, we could say that the ability to apply for a visa through the Immigration New Zealand's online system is a convenience both for applicants and Immigration New Zealand.
For immigration lawyers and immigration advisers it can be a cumbersome process, particularly when a client comes to you after they have initiated an online application through another lawyer or adviser, who used their personal Real Me account to commence the visa application process online.
Clearly, no one should handover their Real Me account details - this would give an adviser access to nearly all of a client's interactions with the NZ Government. But where does that leave us? Often we are forced to start from scratch and re-enter the information, delaying the process and incurring further fees for our clients.
This exposes a clear flaw in the current design of Immigration New Zealand's online system. I suggest that advisers should have a separate log in that gives them access to their client's online visa applications. Alternatively, Immigration New Zealand should have its own, distinct verification and online visa application lodgement system separate from Real Me.
Another problem with the online application forms is that they do not provide a mechanism for an applicant to explain the nuances of his/her situation, for instance where an applicant's second marriage is not legally recognized in New Zealand but is valid in another country. How do you record the client's relationship status?
It is reassuring to see that our colleagues across the Tasman, in Australia, are struggling with the same technical issues with their equivalent online visa applications lodgement system (ImmiAccount).
An Australian Federal Court case decided in January this year Salama v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) FCA 2 (9 January 2017) provides a graphic illustration of the downside of Internet visa applications.
In this case, there was a question in the online form which required the visa holder to provide his relationship status. And a pop-up explanation on the electronic form indicated that an applicant should select the term that 'best described' her or his status.
The difficulty for the visa holder was that his marriage to his second wife, entered into before he was divorced from his Australian wife/sponsor, was valid in Egypt but invalid in Australia. So what was the correct characterisation of his current relationship status? There was no facility to record this information. So the visa holder indicated that he was divorced in the online form.
This response did not sit well with the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection. The Immigration department proceeded to cancel the visa holder's visa, on the basis that his answer that he was 'divorced' was not correct.
Similarly we have seen Immigration New Zealand refuse visa applications on the basis of 'incorrect' responses made, for example, in online Skilled Migrant Category Expression of Interest applications.
Here are some lessons which I suggest can be drawn:
Immigration New Zealand cross-references the answers provided by applicants between different visa applications. So it is really (really!) important that the answers provided on one application form be completely truthful and consistent with other applications made by the same applicant.
The online visa application forms do not accommodate subtlety, complexity or nuance. They are binary in asking for "yes/no" type answers. Therefore, in situations where there is a lack of clarity, or where a simple "yes/no" type answer might not adequately characterise the facts, it is a great idea to communicate directly and immediately with Immigration New Zealand to provide detailed explanations and to provide the subtlety, nuance and complexity so that your client is not faced with unpleasant and unnecessary action from Immigration New Zealand. A cover letter uploaded with any online visa application can often help, but a follow up phone call never hurts.
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Disclaimer: This article should not be used as a substitute for immigration / legal advice tailored for your specific circumstances.


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When I first arrived at Jökulsárlón, I declared it my favorite place in all of Iceland. I had seen pictures from Alex's previous trip and knew immediately I would fall in love, though it was even more incredible in person. I loved it enough to spend an entire day there; it just kept getting prettier as the sun was setting. The pure colors of the peaceful ice created a really captivating visual I had never seen before. To top it off, there were a bunch of playful seals floating around, almost as content as I was!
I was excited I got to walk in the water, thanks to my trusted wellington boots! The lagoon is deep but I was able to get closer than any other tourist (and think I made some jealous). A few of the smaller ice blocks had broken off icebergs and were just within my reach. I could've stayed there forever and didn't want to leave, but it was getting dark and time to head back to our next stop: Smyrlabjorg County Hotel to have dinner and sleep.


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Gary Vaynerchcuk is a hugely successful entrepreneur, he took his family business from a corner store to a business with a $60m turnover.
Why is this important?
Gary, to this day, firmly believes that success, be that individual or business is grounded in 'Micro speed' and 'Macro patience'.
What he means is that the combination of being able to react to your customers needs and wants in the short term, along with market conditions and trends, with 'micro speed' whilst balancing the long term needs of the business, 'macro patience' you will win!
This is evident in many successful family firms across the world.
This article highlights this.
The leaders of family-run companies, on the other hand, are focused on where their businesses will be a generation from now. Horst Brandstätter, owner of the German maker of Playmobil figures, ran his company for 54 years. He reportedly once gave a designer 10 years to develop a new product line.


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"The Essence of Bikram Yoga"
The Essence of Bikram Yoga
As you step into the idea of taking a yoga class, you have your reservations and reasons why you wanted to become a "yogi." The path of yoga often begins with the want or need to change something in your life whether it is mental, emotional, or physical. Whatever brings you to the mat, is an opportunity to learn, understand, and do things that you thought weren't achievable before.
The Original Hot Yoga, Bikram Yoga, places you in a heated environment of 105 degrees, 40% humidity, and mirrors! Yikes! However, as you work through the 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises within 90 minutes, you strengthen your body and mind; you learn to conquer your fears, endure the heat, and to love your sweat and much more. This yoga practice serves to help you truthfully confront your insecurities and accept yourself as you are. More important than the rigor of mastering the postures and sequence, is being mentally present. If you bring the stressors of the world into the hot room, you'll see it in your practice. When you steponto the mat, let it all go. The more frequently you practice, you'll begin to experience a transformation within yourself– an awakening to a more mindful, present, and centered you.
Bikram Yoga came to the United States almost 50 years ago, so why do people continue to practice this specific yoga? Despite the heat and all the sweat?
Well, because it works! Millions of people across the world teach and practice Bikram Yoga and have gained better overall health from it. The 26 & 2 were intentionally chosen to target healing of the body and mind. "This yoga is a prescription: the time we stay in the hot room, the asanas, the heat and the breath", affirmed Adrian Hummel, a five- year Bikram Yoga instructor. If you ignore or change the structure of the sequence, then you diminish the integrity of the yoga prescription. Just as you don't take any shortcuts with medications, you don't take shortcuts in the hot room. As Jean always says, "Come every day. This is medicine. You don't just take medicine once! No! You take it every day!"
This tried and true-tested method of healing and therapy brings people back to the hot room. Additionally, the mental and physical challenge is addicting as you begin to learn to rely on yourself. The connection between you and your reflection in the mirror forces you to be accountable for all your actions and thoughts. This practice provides a platform to confront what is usually avoided.
People continue to practice this yoga because of how the body and mind feel after class. After all the bending, folding, lengthening, locking, breathing, and resting creates a space for real relaxation and healing. There is nothing like leaving the hot room and interacting with the other Yogis who've just experienced those same 90 minutes. You share your class experience. You laugh, smile, check-in and support one another, ultimately building relationships—building a community.
The essence of Bikram Yoga is beyond the heat, the 90 minutes, and 26 & 2 it's that this practice provides people with what they need and never knew they needed: a healing relationship with themselves and an encouraging, positive, and diverse community.


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Forex revenues were up 19% Y/Y, led by forex swaps
The Russian operator for financial securities, the Moscow Exchange, has announced today its Q3 results. While quarterly revenues and profits were lower than in the second quarter, they were certainly higher than a year ago. Strategic developments announced in the past couple of months will likely underpin future earnings growth according to CEO Alexander Afanasyiev.
Total trading volume rose by 25.3% YoY to 123.9 trln Russian Rubles ($4 trln), while total operating income rose 11.2% YoY to 6.3 bln RUB ($ 193.5 mln), but marginally dropped QoQ by 0.4%. That was not the case with the drop in operating profits which was reported to be lower by 13.7% on the second quarter, while maintaining a steady rise of 9.1% YoY to 3.5 bln RUB ($107 mln).
Fees and commissions revenue from the foreign exchange market have increased by 19.2% to 641 mln RUB ($20 mln). The move was mainly due to a whopping doubling (up 97.1% YoY to be precise) in the volume of FX swaps traded when compared to last year. Spot trading was reported to be lower YoY – dropping by 12.4%. A new FX fixing methodology was also introduced during the quarter.
Amongst key developments for the company highlighted the centralization of platforms for trading Equities and Bonds, FX and Derivatives at a single technology venue. In addition it announced that five more major global banks will be joining Citigroup (NYSE:C), Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS), Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) that already have been providing direct market access to securities trading on the Moscow Exchange since September.
With the new volatility index methodology being the most recent innovation that has been announced by the Moscow Exchange, we can only expect more steps in the right direction, while Russia aims to open up its markets to the world and attract new issuers an investors.
For the full press release visit the website of the Moscow Exchange.
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Egypt's Former President Mohamed Morsi Dies During Trial
Mohamed Morsi, former Egyptian President who was ousted by the military in 2013, has passed away in a Cairo Court after a final statement in his trial on espionage charges. His lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud said: "He spoke 7 minutes just before the trial session adjourned. A minute after, we saw fuss in the court glass box, we could hear the defendants screaming, Dr Morsi has fallen." According to the lawyer, Morsi's final statement was the verse of a poem: "My country is dear even if it oppressed me and my people are honourable even if they were unjust to me."
Morsi who served only one year in office had been sentenced to more than 45 years of jail in three different trials due to being suspected of leaking state secrets, for the torture of protesters against the government and for leading an outlawed group. He had been a senior member in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood. The former President's death has raised questions about his treatment in jail where he was in solitary confinement. He had health issues such as diabetes and kidney disease. He had not been allowed to meet his lawyers or family members. A report by British Parliamentarians in 2018 reported that his confinement "would constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" and that it "could meet the threshold for torture in accordance (with) Egyptian and International law." They had said that his inadequate medical care "is likely to lead to premature death."


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I really enjoyed curating my work for my summer exhibition at my studio and seeing it hung on the wall. Thanks to those who came and supported me it was great to see you 🙂 Below are some photos I took of my work over the weekend.
Open Studio
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Open Studio and Art Preview Autumn 2017
As Many of you know I had an open studio at the weekend to preview the painting I did over the summer. He's a sneaky peak, just in case you missed it. A big thank you to everyone who came and to those who bought work, enjoy you paintings 🙂 I had a great time x
Preparation for Christmas Open Studio
I'm enjoying getting ready for my Christmas open studio this Saturday. Here are some Christmas textiles in the making. These are made from up-cycled fabrics, hand dyed and block printed. 🙂
Stones – Pop up Exhibition
First I'd like to thank all those who came on Saturday, you made it a fantastic day!
Here is an over view for those of you who couldn't make it and who follow my blog.
Sketch book work and research.
Centre piece installation – stone and textile.
Screen prints.
Mono prints with collage.
More sketch book work.
Clay with cotton thread
Stone study – acrylic and oil pastel
It was a really satisfying experience and a chance for me to look at my work too. Thanks for your support! 🙂
Pop Up Exhibition 3
If you are able to come along to my pop up exhibition this Saturday you will receive a free catalogue on your arrival 🙂 I'm looking forward to seeing you!
Pop Up Exhibition 2
Here's an update on the progress I'm making with my Stones exhibition. I'm thoroughly enjoying getting ready for it as I gave myself lots of time. This is where I've got to so far 🙂There maybe some familiar pieces but there will be some surprises too! Also everyone who comes will get a free program 🙂
Open Studio
I had an open studio recently so that we had a chance to get ready for Christmas. Here is my gallery space all set out ready.
It's still all nice and neat, so if you'd like to call round just let me know! 🙂
Painting and Wall Art
I'm having an Open Studio in a months time for people who like to plan their Christmas early, so some of my thoughts are directed to this. I've bought a super sized canvas for a planned centre piece for the exhibition. I'm looking forward to doing that, because I've been thinking a lot about the selling side of my work and I need a rest from it. Although I have produced these pieces of wall art to colour in, which I'm really pleased with. They had their first exposure yesterday and I sold one. Hurrah!I hope you like them 🙂


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A few highlights are Bat Adv. # 12, 2 sets of secret wars, a near complete run of Amazing Spider-Man from about 100-700, Spider-verse 2, Iron Man 55, Deadpool 1, Avengers 196 and TONS more!
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After a solid months' worth of Awards, glitz and glamour, the stage is set for the biggest night of them all – the Academy Awards; the culmination of the awards season, and perhaps the cherry on top of the cake.
As I've said before Awards season is my favourite time of year and I automatically geek out wanting to know who the favourites are and what is considered 'top dog'. This year is no different; in fact I'd hedge a bet that I've been more involved this year, actively wanting to watch the films nominated (or stumbling upon them even before award season starts –Argo I'm looking at you.)
Now that most of the major awards ceremonies have passed and with only a week to go until the Oscars, we now have a much better idea on the frontrunners for each major award – some have been more of less show ins from the start, others not so much along a few surprises thrown into the mix. With this final Oscars preview I'm going to give a rundown on the major awards who is poised and ready to take the prize and who I want to win.
Best Picture
The race for the top prize has been mostly one sided, and not what people expected. Lincoln was expected to do well in awards season, with the might of Steven Spielberg and a powerhouse performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in its favour. However, much to my delight, it has been the underdog Argo picking up the Best Picture award left, right and centre and its now frontrunner for the prize. However, taking into account the Academy's record of not giving the Best Picture award to a film where its director is not nominated for Best Director could stand against Argo on the night. In this case, I truly hope Argo triumphs on the night.
Best Actor
This category is pretty much locked down and the early favourite from the start Daniel Day-Lewis is certainly the favourite to take the award. He has competition from Bradley Cooper and an outside chance from Hugh Jackman but I'm sure nothing can stop Day-Lewis from winning his 3rd Oscar.
Best Actress
Best Actress is a little more difficult to guess as to how it's going to go – it's mainly been going to Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty or to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Lining's Playbook and on the night I think it'll be one of these two that claims the prize. However the BAFTA's threw in a wild card when 85 year-old Emmanuelle Riva won the award. It's going to be interesting and difficult to call who it will go to but I would like to see Chastain prevail on the night.
Best Supporting Actor
Again another surprising category as Tommy Lee Jones was an early favourite for his turn in Lincoln; however he has only won one major award this season and the category has mainly been dominated by Christoph Waltz's performance in Django Unchained. All the nominees in this category are past Oscar winners, but I think Christoph Waltz will take the award.
Best Supporting Actress
Throughout the award season there has really only been one winner and surely nothing can derail her now? Anne Hathaway has been spending awards nights clutching trophies, and making gushing award speeches, and I'm hoping that come February 23rd she'll be making another one.
Best Director
Now this category is very much wide open. Throughout the awards season it has been Ben Afflek who has mostly been triumphing in this category, and rightly so as Argo is a fantastic film. However, thanks to the Academy snubbing him earlier in the year, he won't be taking away the Academy award. Kathryn Bigelow won't be winning for Zero Dark Thirty either after the Academy snubbed her as well so this category is truly wide open; it'll probably go to Steven Spielberg, but I hope it goes to David O' Russell for Silver Linings Playbook. It's a fantastic film and one that's close to the director's heart, evident from his interviews about the film and his actors gushing words about him. If it can't be Afflek, I would be happy if it was him.
Best Song
Even though Les Mis wrote an entire new song, just for this category, I still think nothing can stop Adele triumphing with the fabulous 'Skyfall' from the Bond movie of the same name, flying the flag for the UK.
The Academy Awards air Sunday 24th February in America (or if you are in the UK the ceremony will star at around 1am).
"The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business." (Warren Beatty)


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Issues and Costs
The internal piping of a cooling tower collects biofilm, slime, rust, and scale from the water it uses. These sap the heat exchangers of their efficiency costing time and money to clear the built up residue and fix the problems caused by the corrosion.
Flushing: Frequent flushing to clear the internal components of biofilm, slime, and rust or scale costs thousands of dollars and can put a cooling tower out of commission for days at a time. This frequent maintenance causes unneeded disruption for building residents and unneeded costs for building managers.
Chemical Inhibitors: Chemical inhibitors can be purchased to reduce the growth of biofilm and reduce rust, scale and corrosion. These chemicals can reduce the lifespan of components in the cooling tower and add another unneeded cost to building maintenance budgets.
Enzymatic Cleaning: Evaporative cooling systems are ubiquitous with biofilm. It is known that there is a high risk of Legionella with biofilms therefore the ability to control biofilms is essential in controlling the risk of Legionella outbreaks. Enzyme cleaners are expensive and need to be used consistently in order to keep biofilm in check.
Electricity usage: Biofilm, slime, rust, and scale all sap cooling systems of their efficiency. This causes more wear and tear on components and continuously increases operating costs from increased electricity usage. Cathodic devices to reduce rust and/or scale also use a lot of electricity increasing operating costs and maintenance responsibilities.
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Waltham, MA, July 24, 2012 — EarlySense, a market leader in proactive patient care solutions, announced today that Robert M. Wachter, MD, has joined the company's Medical Advisory Board.
"Hospitals are facing a growing challenge in providing high quality medical care under tight budgetary constraints. Nowhere are these challenges greater than on the general medical-surgical ward, where increasingly ill patients are cared for by overstressed doctors and nurses. We simply have to find ways to monitor our patients using new intelligently designed information technology tools, rather than depending on human eyeballs and shoe leather. Continuous monitoring systems such as the EarlySense system hold great promise for filling this crucial patient safety gap. This is why I am so excited about joining EarlySense's Medical Advisory Board," said Dr. Wachter.
Dr. Wachter is a professor and associate chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he directs the 50-physician Division of Hospital Medicine. Author of 250 articles and 6 books, he coined the term "hospitalist" in 1996 and is generally considered the "father" of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine. He is a past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and is currently the chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Wachter is the editor of the US government's two leading websites on safety, which receive about one million visits annually. He has also written two best-selling books on safety, including Understanding Patient Safety, the second edition of which was published in 2012. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation's top honor in patient safety. For the past five years, Modern Healthcare magazine has named him one of the 50 most influential physician- executives in the U.S. He was listed as number 14 in 2012. Dr. Wachter has served on the healthcare advisory boards of several companies, including Google. His blog, www.wachtersworld.org, is one of the nation's most popular healthcare blogs. In 2011, as a Fulbright Scholar, he studied patient safety and hospital medicine at Imperial College London.
"Dr. Wachter's perspective, insight and vast experience are certain to significantly impact and advance the further development of the EarlySense system, which clinicians report has helped medical teams worldwide save hundreds of lives to date in addition to helping in the reduction of adverse events such as patient falls and hospital acquired pressure ulcers. We consider it a great honor to have Dr. Wachter as part of our Medical Advisory Board and welcome him to the EarlySense team," said Mr. Avner Halperin, CEO of EarlySense.


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You have heard it more than once. You are eating for two. But that really is a myth. The truth is that you need to eat a healthy balanced diet. What is that? Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein.
Folate and Folic Acid
The Mayo Clinic suggests having a diet high in folate and folic acid to prevent birth defects up to three months before conception. But it is not too late during pregnancy to increase folate. Folate is a B vitamin and is known to prevent neural tub defects and other serious abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord. There are folate supplements that can be taken but good natural sources are found in cereal, leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, dried beans, and peas.
|Serving size
|Folic acid content
|3/4 cup (15 to 45 grams) 100 percent fortified ready-to-eat cereal
|400 micrograms
|1/2 cup (90 grams) boiled spinach
|100 micrograms
|1/2 cup (88 grams) boiled Great Northern beans
|90 micrograms
|4 boiled spears
|85 micrograms
|1 ounce (28 grams) dry roasted
|40 micrograms
|1 small orange
|30 micrograms
Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 2007
We have all heard that calcium strengthens bones and teeth calcium also helps your circulatory, muscular and nervous systems run normally. If there's not enough calcium in your pregnancy diet, the calcium your baby needs will be taken from your bones. The Mayo Clinic suggest you need 1,000 milligrams a day. Pregnant teenagers need 1,300 milligrams a day. Dairy products are the richest sources of calcium and not everyone can handle those. It may surprise you that many fruit juices and breakfast cereals are fortified with calcium.
|Serving size
|Calcium content
|8 ounces (227 grams) plain, low-fat yogurt
|415 milligrams
|1 cup (245 grams) skim milk
|306 milligrams
|1 1/2 ounces (43 grams) part-skim mozzarella cheese
|275 milligrams
|6 ounces (186 grams) calcium-fortified orange juice
|200 to 260 milligrams
|3 ounces (85 grams) canned pink salmon with bones
|181 milligrams
|1/2 cup (90 grams) cooked spinach
|120 milligrams
|1 cup (20 to 60 grams) calcium-fortified ready-to-eat cereal
|100 to 1,000 milligrams
Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 2007
Protein is crucial for your baby's growth, especially during the second and third trimesters. 71 grams of protein per day is typically recommended. Lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products are great sources of protein. But even those who follow a vegan diet can have a diet filled with healthy protein including dried beans and peas, tofu, and peanut butter.
|Serving size
|Protein content
|3 ounces (85 grams) chicken breast
|27.6 grams
|3 ounces (85 grams) salmon
|21.6 grams
|Cottage cheese
|1 cup (210 grams) low-fat cottage cheese
|28 grams
|1 cup (245 grams) skim milk
|8.3 grams
|Peanut butter
|2 tablespoons (32 grams) creamy peanut butter
|8 grams
|1 large hard-boiled egg
|6.3 grams
Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 2007
Iron prevents anemia and our need for it doubles when we are pregnant. Our body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in the red blood cells that carries oxygen to our tissues. During pregnancy your blood volume expands to accommodate changes in your body and help your baby make his or her entire blood supply. If you don't get enough iron, you may become fatigued and more susceptible to infections. The risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight also may be higher. It is recommended that pregnant women have at least 27 milligrams of iron a day. Lean red meat, poultry and fish are good sources of iron. Other options include iron-fortified breakfast cereals, nuts and dried fruit. Prenatal vitamins typically contain iron. In some cases, your health care provider may recommend a separate iron supplement.
Some complain that the increase of iron causes them stomach problems, nausea or constipation. The iron from animal products, such as meat, is most easily absorbed. To enhance the absorption of iron from plant sources and supplements, pair them with a food or drink high in vitamin C – such as orange juice, tomato juice or strawberries.
|Serving size
|Iron content
|3/4 cup (24 grams) 100 percent iron-fortified ready-to-eat cereal
|18 milligrams
|1 cup (256 grams) boiled kidney beans
|5.2 milligrams
|1/2 cup (90 grams) boiled spinach
|3.2 milligrams
|3 ounces (85 grams) beef tenderloin
|3 milligrams
|3 1/2 ounces (100 grams) dark turkey
|2.3 milligrams
Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 2007
Supplements – Ask your health care provider
You may be proud of your healthy and balanced diet, but during pregnancy it is important to take a pregnancy supplement. Taking a daily prenatal vitamin increases your chance to have a healthy pregnancy. However before taking a supplement, please be sure to discuss it with a health care provider.
In addition to adding more fruits, vegetables, cereal, and lean protein to your diet. You should be aware of what foods to avoid during pregnancy.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) say pregnant women can safely eat up to 12 ounces (340 grams) a week or two average-sized portions of canned light tuna (limit albacore tuna and tuna steak to no more than 6 ounces or 170 grams a week), shrimp, salmon, catfish and cod. These types of fish can be a great source of protein and iron, and the omega-3 fatty acids in many fish can help promote your baby's brain development.
The FDA and EPA encourage pregnant women to avoid:
Swordfish, Shark, King mackerel and Tilefish and to avoid raw, undercooked or contaminated seafood. In addition it is important to avoid undercooked meat, poultry and eggs and to avoid unpasteurized foods such as, brie, feta, and blue cheese and unpasteurized juice.
When eating fresh fruit and vegetables make sure to wash them well. Eating liver during pregnancy is fine as long as it is in small quantities. Its high level of vitamin A can be dangerous during pregnancy.
Caffeine and Pregnancy
Caffeine can cross the placenta and affect your baby's heart rate. Some studies suggest that too much caffeine may slow fetal growth or increase the baby's heart rate. Remember many carbonated drinks have caffeine in addition to tea and coffee. Herbal tea may sound appealing but large amounts of such teas may be unhealthy while pregnant.
Avoid alcohol
How many times have you heard to avoid drinking while pregnant? You may think one drink isn't likely to hurt your baby, but no level of alcohol has been proved safe during pregnancy. The safest plan is to avoid alcohol entirely. You may be reading this and are worried because you didn't realize you were pregnant and have already consumed alcohol. There is nothing you can do about that. However, you can do your best to stop drinking now. Consider the risk factors. Women who drink alcohol have a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. Too much alcohol during pregnancy may result in fetal alcohol syndrome, a form of mental retardation. If you feel you need help to stop drinking, please talk to your health care provider.
Beware of over-the-counter medications
Pregnant women should also stay away from over-the-counter medications. Most health care professionals will recommend that these medications can be dangerous during pregnancy. Asking a health care provider for advice on which ones can be used, especially for a headache, is important. There are many non-medication remedies for a headache such as limiting one's use of the computer, laying down in a dark room, using a cool compress, re-examining one's diet and doing one's best to decrease stress.
If you are concerned about either a smoking, drinking or drug habit, please feel comfortable sharing this information with a health care professional for assistance. Adoption STAR can also provide additional resources and referrals.