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Today's featured story is presented by Dan Frumkin, Co-Founder of RadiateBuzz
Discover Why This May be Detrimental to Quota Achievement [New Data]
There is an ocean of like-minded sales technology available. But is it profitable for sales practitioners to continue to add new layers of accepted technology, creating a more expensive, complex stack? Should practitioners be tempted to replicate the thinking and technology choices of their competitors to simply "keep up" with the momentum of today's popular service offerings? And what of best practices? Are they really "best" if the full range of alternatives is not considered? Let's take a deeper dive.
What Do Sales Reps Really Need to Surpass Quota?
We interviewed many enterprise B2B sellers from across the United States to obtain new data. Beginning with a broad open-ended question, we asked, "what comes to mind first when you think of your deals getting done; what pushes the sales process further, faster?" We asked reps to remove the normal parameters and to imagine an ideal sales support situation. Their answers were surprisingly simple and curiously not one rep asked for more sales technology.
"Let me think for a moment", said our first interviewee, a seller located in Detroit on his way to an appointment at Ford Motor Company. "My best results happen when I talk to a seller [in my company] who has sold a deal similar to the one I am working on. Someone who has sold the same product set, the same developer toolkits and services". The rep continued, "If they sold to a manufacturer, all the better. If to an auto manufacturer better yet!" This rep highlighted the desire for human interaction, a universal response among our interviewees.
Continuing with our questioning, another rep said, "I am new to my organization", a hot company in machine data and visualization. "My goal is to talk to colleagues with whom I have something in common: reps focused on the same services, products or vertical markets I am planning to enter". The rep continued, "I received terrific training, but now I am selling here in the Mid-Atlantic – operating out of my personal home office. Selling is a different animal than classroom product training or learning various versions of recommended sales techniques." The rep expanded, "I want to know how reps in my company approach their clients. What they found that resonates with individual industries and personas, use cases, handling objections, their personal experience with the competition". Again, no strong desire for technology, but a strong desire for human interaction.
What We Learned and What You Should Know
Companies are generally excellent at onboarding new reps and ongoing product training. All of this helps and certainly, no rep can do without. However, a successful transition to field sales work requires much more: it requires agility, daily learning, constant fine-tuning, and the motivation to persist. The best source for these matters arises from the living sales network, a network that is an organic part of every organization, but as an everyday resource, its value is often ignored.
The living network not only contains layers of vital sales knowledge and know-how, but it also inspires. It contains the wisdom created and accumulated on the edge of the last sale. "Information that will never make its way into sales support technology", as one of our interviewees explained, "before your grandchildren are born".
Looking back at the mass of interviews a pattern emerges. It becomes obvious that two reps collaborating at the right time, on the phone (or face-to-face), can accomplish more in 80 seconds to drive their deals than by any other methodology. That is what reps are comfortable with, a two-way collaboration, trusted sources with a real-life understanding of the personal dynamics of selling ... and published studies back this up.
Seller Collaborations Go Straight to the Bottom Line
A mountain of evidence indicates that in today's agile selling environments collaboration matters more than ever. CEB/Gartner published a study in the Harvard Business Review titled, Why Individuals No Longer Rule on Sales Teams. The study found that most successful sellers "engage with their colleagues to marshal resources, wrangle involvement, and coordinate people's capabilities … they rely on collective, even crowd-sourced skills, and knowledge ..." The study highlights an example, that "cross-sales have increased, cycle times have declined, and conversion rates have gone up. In one account alone, the improvements have driven $3.5 million in incremental revenue."
Corroborating the CEB/Gartner study is the Miller Heiman Research Institute. A 2015 report identified high-performing sales organizations versus average sales organizations. It was found that high performing sales organization encouraged sellers to collaborate within their own department, and they encouraged cross-department collaboration. In fact, 89% of top performing sales organizations leverage collaboration in some form.
The studies reflect management's push to accelerate and/or expand typical top-down corporate collaboration. Their focus: collaborative workspaces, big-win email blasts, weekly sales calls, a renewed emphasis on regional sales calls, and a chance for sellers to huddle up at the National Sales Meeting. All well and good, but engineered collaboration is predominantly gated by scheduled events, leaving meaningful connections and knowledge transfer entirely up to chance. There is a better more productive way. (Also see https://lnkd.in/dkranAR, Sales Collaboration Tech: Less is More).
How to Share Sales Knowledge – Tapping into the Wisdom
We always hear that salespeople do not share their expertise easily. In our interviews, we found that it is not for lack of will, but mainly because the environment they work in does not help the exchange of know how. Most sales performers would be more than happy to share knowledge if they only had the opportunity and means.
Fortunately, new approaches to this problem are evolving. Businesses are realizing the power of on-demand knowledge sharing, a departure from management scheduled interactions. AI and self-learning algorithms are opening the way to exploring the knowledge and expertise of employees across an organization, providing insights and information gained as a result of employees daily work. These enabling technologies provide access to specific institutional knowledge with a focus on the transfer of human know-how rather than machine static information. If sales winners can easily share their know-how with their colleagues, they will graciously do so. Just give them the opportunity and an effective, easy means to identify the right team members, the right sellers – and empower them to connect and collaborate independently, on-demand.
The Expert is the Seller Who Just Sold It!
The most effective collaboration eliminates random chit chat and indiscriminate mass emails blasts to "the team". These old approaches must be replaced with a single well-integrated AI and machine learning tool that automatically finds the right people to solve any particular sales situation. By contacting the right expert(s) every single time, employees are empowered to provide higher quality solutions.
Sellers know by gut instinct when to collaborate, when to reach out. But with whom should they collaborate? Ideally, it would be with the rep(s) who just successfully sold a similar deal. The person (s) who just sold it is the best expert at getting the job done. But, how is a rep to identify the right successful seller(s)?
RadiateBuzz introduces JustSoldIt ™, the first platform that directly connects enterprise B2B sellers within the same organization, to collaborate and drive results. Think of JustSoldIt as an AI service that automatically memorializes who sold what to whom, where, when and against which competitor. Companies already have these records, so there is nothing for sales or admin to do. JustSoldIt's (patent pending) AI engine and machine learning enables these records to be indexed in multiple dimensions for endless natural language retrieval on any device. Who sold, for example, a "collaboration solution" to the "Energy" industry, in the last "6 months" in the "USA", against competitor "ABC". Salespeople can now face prospects and customers fully prepared as they are backed up by the collective know-how of the entire organization. No question will be unanswered, no deal will be left on the table.
Want to know more about the seller and/or the resources used? JustSoldIt goes a step further, identifying the selling team; the seller, the solutions specialist, the client engineer – all the internal resources utilized to get the deal closed. (See https://lnkd.in/dK66G8Z, How to Improve Enterprise Performance by Incorporating the Human Element). JustSoldIt also keeps a record of all interactions, all inquiries and contacts. By using AI to analyze these interactions, patterns materialize associated with the competitive landscape, price, features and more. This is valuable competitive/industry information not available elsewhere.
Rethinking the Sales Technology Stack and Best Practices
We started out by questioning the impulse to follow the crowd when it comes to the sales technology stack and best practices. We believe that additional layers of the accepted technology may not be the silver bullet. From our own field research and studies by research organizations, a significant discovery has been made. What is missing is human interaction. The steady transfer of knowledge, from rep-to-rep on a consistent basis, is needed now more than ever. Today's markets move faster, necessitating that reps respond with additional agility. Furthermore, sellers today are geographically dispersed, have fewer team interactions and are more isolated than in the past.
Bucking the accepted technology trends, JustSoldIt is a powerful solution. It enables collaboration, presently invisible to management, to become routine, visible, on-demand and measurable. Furthermore, harnessing and making available an underutilized corporate asset, the living knowledge network, is a competitive advantage without comparison. A thin layer of unobtrusive JustSoldIt AI technology will bring enormous benefits to enterprises B2B selling teams. From revenue generation to the immeasurable benefits of enabling a stronger, more robust, allied sales culture.


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Slidefest IV - 2nd February 2011
The 4th edition of Slidefest is this week on Wednesday, 2nd February. It will feature a diverse range of images and photo stories by professional and amateur photographers based in the United Arab Emirates.
Slidefest is an event organised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect and share stories.
This event is getting more and more popular based on the turn out each time and I'm glad to say that the quality of work that is presented each time is getting better and better as well.
The presenters at Slidefest IV include:
Antonie Robertson
Arezu Karoobi
Charney Magri
Constance Van Heule
Dennie Pasion
Gerry O'Leary
Katarina Premfors
Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 2nd February at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry


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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that Ghana's Black Starlets will face the Junior Chipolopolos of Zambia in the qualifiers of Rwanda 2011 Championship.This follows the disqualification of Uganda for fielding an over-aged player during their preliminary clash against the Zambians.
The Ugandans were 3-1 aggregate winners but the Zambians protested over the use of Ivan Ntegge following discrepancies in the age of the player.
Information gathered by GNA Sports from the CAF Secretariat said that after critical consideration, the Organising Committee of CAF ruled that Ntegge was indeed over-aged and has subsequently disqualified the Ugandans from participating in the qualifiers.
"We have the pleasure to confirm to you the decision of CAF Organising Committee for the U-17 competition to disqualify Uganda's U-17 team from the competition.
"Consequently, your U-17 (Zambia) team is qualified for the next round of the competition," CAF said in a statement to the Zambian Football Association.
Zambia will host the first leg on the weekend of August 27-29 with the return encounter slated for Accra on the weekend of September 10-12.
The winner will face either Guinea or Senegal at the final round.Rwanda will host the final championship from January 7 to January 22 in 2011.
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Pucetas baffled Sally League hitters
Giants prospect takes home Class A Pitcher of the Year kudos
October 11, 2007 6:20 AM
The 23-year-old right-hander was part of a three-headed GreenJackets pitching monster that featured 16-game winner Benjamin Snyder and Adam Cowart (14 wins). But Pucetas' 15 wins, coupled with a South Atlantic League-leading 1.86 ERA and 104 strikeouts over 145 1/3 innings, gave him an edge to earn the MiLB.com Class A Starting Pitcher of the Year.
"Adam Cowart and Benjamin Snyder had terrific years," Pucetas said. "We had one of the better pitching staffs, one of the top three rotations in baseball. We wanted to be able to win a championship. All of us complement each other very well. There was some competition between us for numbers and stuff. It made it really fun, it wasn't overly serious -- just a little bit of ribbing."
Despite his good-natured rivalry with his teammates, the 6-foot-4, 225-pound Pucetas established his own goals coming into the season. Despite having gone 7-1 in 15 starts for Class A Short-Season Salem-Keizer in 2006, the Spartansburg, S.C. native allowed 19 walks over the season and wanted to lower that number.
"This year, I really wanted to improve on walks," said Pucetas, who allowed 21 passes over 27 games. "I wanted to be in the teens. I came up a little short. In the bullpen [Augusta pitching coach] Ross Grimsley would set up wires and yarn to highlight the strike zone so I wouldn't leave stuff over the heart of the plate."
All of that work paid off, as he finished second in the SAL with a WHIP of 1.00 and fourth in wins. His ERA ranked first among all full-season starters in Minor League Baseball and his numbers across the board earned him South Atlantic League honors as Pitcher of the Week for July 9, Mid- and Postseason All-Star berths and the South Atlantic League Most Outstanding Pitcher award.
"It's pretty overwhelming," Pucetas said. "It's a tremendous honor. It really does motivate you, gives you some confidence. This is not a part-time gig."
That was not always his mindset, as he entered college as a 5-foot-10, 200-pound pitcher with a fastball that sat at about 78-81 MPH.
"I was really looking to play college ball to get my degree," he said. "You know, I wasn't Division I material. I was recruited by a Division II school, Limestone College. I was really a late bloomer when it came to physical stature, but I was very cerebral. All of a sudden, I had a growth spurt. At the end of my sophomore year, I realized that I could make a career of this."
His college career, in which he ranked second in career strikeouts (233) third in wins (17), and fourth in ERA (3.69), shutouts (two) and complete games (14) for the Saints, was enough for San Francisco to make Pucetas a 17th-round draft pick in 2006.
"This is a kid who pounces on hitters," said Bobby Evans, the Giants' director of player personnel. "He works fast, changes speeds and has good movement on his fastball. He works hard. He takes the game seriously and has fun with it. He's a guy that every manager would love to have on his ballclub."
Pucetas has an arsenal of pitches, what he calls a "standard mix" -- an 88-92 mph fastball, a curveball, a changeup and a slider, which until this year, he had as a "show-me" pitch.
"Now it helps to have an extra pitch they're not looking for," he said. "[The changeup and slider], those two help me out a lot, they help to set me up a lot."
Despite his growth and list of accomplishments from the season, Pucetas knows he has some work to put in before he can make the Major Leagues, but his statistics have already turned some heads in his direction.
"With the success he had in Augusta, he certainly has a chance of moving more quickly," Evans said. "You want to find a way to challenge him. It's certainly a possibility that he could move a little faster than some other guys. He's the right age to move more quickly."
Pucetas is taking some time to slow things down in the offseason. He is not playing winter baseball and instead is working out in Spartansburg at the Accelerated Sports Institute, owned by former Major Leaguer Darren Holmes and current Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz.
"It's nice to have something like this right in my backyard," Pucetas said. "I was gassed a little bit at the end of the season, so it's been all muscular, endurance and functional strength. But you're also always looking for the elusive few more mph. I just want to continue to develop as a prospect. Numbers aren't everything in this game, it's how you develop. I don't know if I'll be able to duplicate my numbers this year, but everybody likes to win."
He has done that, with a 22-5 record in 38 career Minor League starts, but what Pucetas is reaching for is big-game pitcher notoriety.
"The big names perform well," he said. "The guys that are the best shine under the brightest of lights, and that's something I truly believe. You want to be labeled as one of those guys, and I hope to earn that label."
Michael Blinn is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Jan 2: We awoke to a mostly cloudy sky, kind of unusual, I have been used to crystal clear, blue skies early in the morning. We had 2 games at Darbenville, about a 60 minute drive from the campground. Due to a lack of a car, it won't start, we are forced to call a Lyft driver to get 4 of us to the ballpark. Along the way, we stopped and picked up Geno, one of the local umpires.
In the early game, we had Eden Baseball Academy play Pole-2-Pole II (P2P). The
game started out very bad for Eden as they gave up 10 runs in the first inning. Sadly, the game ended in an 18 – 0 defeat. In the first inning, the Eden catcher took a foul ball to the mask. He was helped off the field and taken to a local hospital for a possible concussion. In the first inning, as Eden was getting lit up, they brought in a young man who had never really pitched before. We easily could have balked him on most pitches but in the spirit of the game and series, we turned a blind eye, temporarily. Prior to the second inning starting, Umpire Bob was seen giving the young pitcher a crash course on how to pitch from the Set position. I know umpires aren't supposed to "coach" the kids, but as a self proclaimed ambassador of baseball, Bob felt the need to help out, it worked. For the next 3 innings, this new pitcher, with his new found talent completely shutdown the P2P team! On the plate we had Geno, calling a stellar game with a great strike zone for this level of talent, at first was Denver and Bob was at third. This has become common to see Bob at third. That way he can watch the other umpires and provide valuable feedback.
In the afternoon match, we once again had Deutsche Baseball Academy (DBA) vs Pole-2-Pole (P2P). By game time, the cloud cover had cleared and we had mostly clear skies. The P2P team started the game quickly and posted 6 runs in the first inning. They never looked back and won 15 – 9. The series is now 4 games to 2 in favor of DBA.
We had a controversial play at first which prolonged the inning giving P2P an extra 4 runs. The play was whether the first baseman pulled his foot from the bag for the third out of the inning. There was a heated discussion between the first base umpire and the DBA coach. Later in the game we had a double call, plate umpire signaled foul while the third base umpire signaled fair. We will once again have to work on the concept of "pain of glass".
With the wind blowing out to left field, we thought we might see our first out of the park home run. We were disappointed, we only had 2 one hop doubles to the fence.
Medical Update: The catcher from Eden does have a concussion and will be shutdown for the rest of the series.


text: Share: Comments Print November 19, 2009 at 2:13 PM That three-way Mariner trade rumor and other stuff Posted by Larry Stone As Chris from Bothell noted on the Lincecum thread, Bob Nightengale of USA Today sent out a tweet that has Mariner fans all atwitter. Here's how it read in its entirety: "Keep and eye on developing three-way trade talk with Tigers and Mariners and mystery team involving M's Brandon Morrow and Dets Jackson" I'll assume he meant "Keep an eye". It's not easy for some of us to text from a phone. Mine look like jibberish sometimes. And "Dets Jackson," I presume, is Edwin Jackson of the Detroit Tigers. Anyway, I wouldn't get too excited right now. Jack Zduriencik likes Edwin Jackson, and I'm sure he is exploring the trade market for him. Jack showed last winter that he can pull off a three-way deal. Brandon Morrow is an obvious trade chip for the Mariners, as I told Shannon Drayer and Rick Rizzs of 710 ESPN — repeat, that's 710 ESPN — last night on their Hot Stove League show. The others, as I see it, are Jose Lopez and Mark Lowe. So I give this rumor some validity. Bob's a well-connected reporter who has been doing this for 20-plus years. But I think trade talk like this is still very much in the exploratory stage. If Geoff or I hear anything more, we'll let you know. No, I don't know who the mystery team is, but I've ruled out the Nippon Ham Fighters. If the Mariners are willing to trade Morrow — and while it's a risk, because of Morrow's potential, he's also someone that will be coveted by other teams, because of his potential — then I don't think you use that bullet right away. You need to survey the field and see what kind of packages you can build around a former No. 1 pick that's just 25, throws in the high 90s, nearly no-hit the Yankees in 2008 and in his last start of 2009 threw one-hit shutout ball for eight innings against Oakland, with nine strikeouts. That's an ongoing process that probably doesn't reach fruition, if at all, until the winter meetings. At least that's how I see and hear it. In other news, former Mariner Aaron Heilman was traded again, this time from the Cubs to the Diamondbacks. (I've got to look into this Twitter thing. Apparently, it's not a passing fad.). You remember Heilman's Mariner career, don't you? I'd say, objectively, that his career in Seattle was every bit as good as Pokey Reese's. Heilman was acquired in the Franklin Gutierrez blockbuster on Dec. 10 (speaking of three-way trades) and then traded on Jan. 28 to the Cubs for Garrett Olson and Ronny Cedeno. His only official appearance for the Mariners was at Fanfest a few days before he was dealt. Seemed like a good guy. Also, Jeff Zrebiac of the Baltimore Sun, who is one of the best beat writers around, lists Erik Bedard as a free agent likely to be targeted by the Orioles. Wouldn't that be the final dagger, for the Orioles to get Adam Jones, an All-Star year from George Sherrill and then a trade package for him, Chris Tillman, et al — and then potentially reap the benefits of a healthy Bedard. Ouch. Jason Bay is going to hit the open market. Dave Cameron says to tuck away the name Ryan Doumit. Consider it tucked. Comments


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Craving a fresh salad with a Mediterranean flavor? The lemon, olive oil and garlic make this quinoa taste so fresh and delicious! If you are tired of eating rice and want to try something new, quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) should be on your next menu.
Quinoa was called the "gold of the Incas" because they believed it increased stamina in their warriors. Here are the health benefits of quinoa:
- It's one of the most protein-rich foods we can eat
- It contains twice as much fiber as most other grains
- It contains iron and is rich in magnesium which helps alleviate migraines
- It reduces your chances of developing type 2 diabetes, and if you have diabetes already, it helps keep glucose levels balanced.
- 2 cups of vegetable broth
- 1 cup organic quinoa
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- juice of 2 fresh lemons
- 9 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 bundle of fresh asparagus
- Himalayan sea salt and black pepper to taste
Combine the vegetable broth and quinoa, bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes. In a separate pan, saute the garlic and asparagus on low heat until asparagus is cooked through. Pour the cooked quinoa into the pan with the asparagus and pour in the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic powder and salt and pepper and stir until completely coated. Place mixture on top of salad greens and enjoy!


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Celebtation time and a giveaway.
I haven't been able to spend much time on blogger lately with work and some serious health issues keeping me away from the computer and more importantly fishing. This is a fly fishing blog after all so I try to keep it that way, and with not being able to tie flies or go out fishing I haven't had much to share.
I do try to also keep up with everyone's blogs and though I don't leave comments enough I want to ensure you that I enjoy each and everyone of your blogs.
So here's a mighty thank you for reading and I hope I can keep all of you around for the next 10 000.
To celebrate I will be giving away a new copy of John Gierach's new book " No shortage of good days" valued at about $20.00. If you are the lucky winner and already have this book I will send you a link where you can choose another book of the same value. (If it is a little bit more we wont worry too much) The book will be posted to you. I am not going to give you a whole lot of if's/but's or disclaimers. You win the book you get it or one of equivalent value.
If you are a follower you are already entered. If you are a reader and not following yet then sign up and you will be entered. Leave a comment for a bonus point, spread some blog love on your site and you get another bonus point. Just remember to tell me about it. I will assign a number to each entry starting with who ever is currently at the top of my followers list at closing time and work my way down. There after each comment will get a number and each blog love post will get a number. I will then do the RNG thing this coming Sunday (03/07). You all know how that works and announce the winner soon after.
Good luck.
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woohoo! I love free stuff! Been following for a while. Sorry to hear about your health!ReplyDelete
First, I hope you're feeling a whole lot better. Keep chugging along, cause we aren't going anywhere. My doctor tells me the best prescription for most anything is to get out of the house and fish those beautiful waters.ReplyDelete
You have a great blog here, keep up the good work. Don't worry about the long breaks life has way on getting in the way of these things. Take care of yourself the rest will follow.ReplyDelete
Here's my post for you.ReplyDelete
Cool post. Like Dustin I also dig free stuff. Sorry to hear about your health issues. I too have some health issues which at times limit my time at the bench and on the river. Take care and keep your chin up.ReplyDelete
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Wrote this about the blog: http://gotflyfishing.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-shout-out-for-african-fly-angler.htmlReplyDelete
Congrats on all of the great posting and followers. Sorry to hear that health is keeping you from fishing. Hope you feel better soon. Great giveaway. Tight Lines. Get well.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the positive comments guys and thank for continuously reading my drivel.ReplyDelete
Cofisher and J and M thanks for the blog love.
After spending a small fortune on doctors bills and seeing countless "specialists" a homeopath finally got down to the bottom of what is ailing me. Things will never be quite the same again, but at least I now know what it is and how to minimize the affects.
Good luck to all for Sunday's drawing.
Heres hoping the health issues are remedied. Love reading the blog since finding it recently and I'll be keeping my eyes open for more shots of those beautiful african rainbows in the near future.ReplyDelete
Félicitation pour votre blog que j'adore et bon rétablissement.
Cordialement Cyril
First, I hope your health should be recovered. Thanks for nice stuff.ReplyDelete
Good post. I think this is helpful for a people who likes fishing. I know fishing is a hobby for any kind of people. So just see this blog you can get enough knowledge of fishing.ReplyDelete


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The making of porridge.
When I was in my morning 'quiet time' today, I realised I really, really wanted a vacation. It's been five years. So I was toying with ideas. What is the perfect vacation for a stressed out mom/artist? I thought a Greek island, a small cottage, summer, heat, cicadas, their singing is like a tranquiliser for my brain, the olive trees, the smell of heat on the dry earth, the sea, the ochres and the lavenders, the smell of jasmine, cooking on a small wooden stove in the backyard. Yes, that would be amazing only Greece is not just a place of vacation for me , its where I was born and raised. I want to branch out and discover new things, but where else can you feel so safe, put your feet up and sleep in the sweet, afternoon breeze, or put your feet down and walk from one small white church to another. Ah!
But no, lets try to imagine something new. It has to involve walking, looking at beautiful art, looking at lovely something or other, just a feast for the eyes, it could be mountains, seas, soft hills( like in Tuscany), .Not a resort for me thank you. It has to be quiet, intimate, maybe a lovely bed and breakfast like the ones in England. There was one , owned by a middle-aged woman,Nigel will remeber her name, I don't, in the premises of her turkey farm. Breakfast in the main house was a little chaotic what with all her grandchildren's toys everywhere, a little not on the very clean side, but I didn't mind because it was all very full of life and activity and colours everywhere and just a fun loving something about it. We stayed in the little cottage near the entrance of the farm, we didn't stay long, and it wasn't even a vacation, it was in the middle of doing some business in England, we had Lucy with us and she was still at an age when she spent most of the time sleeping or eating.
The easy months! But no, it wasn't really a vacation, but it was in a was, because there was something so charming and restful about being in that place, with the soft green , the gentle landscape, the turkeys behaving in an extra silly way most of the time. I even ate black pudding for the first time there, I was so enchanted by this messy kitchen. I think I had enough for a life time. But not enough vacation time. Maybe because for the last five years I have been a stay at home mom and concentated on my art, I have felt I didn't have the right to a proper vacation. That's quite stupid isn't it? Is writing about a vacation a bit of a vacation anyway? A bit. So, yes, there was this time in Austria when I was a little girl, my father drove us there so we had a lovely look at the Austrian countrside and that is when I fell in love with pig farms. And waterfalls, and schnitzel, and sugar cubes, and small bread buns, and an amazing royal chair in a palace in Vienna, I remember that chair perfectly because I was not allowed to sit on it, and its importance was really impressed on me. But my very favorite thing in Austria were the pink, fluffy, extra soft, extra puffed up bed covers. I just couldn't believe their cuddliness. Cuddling, yes, that must be part of any proper vacation. But I am blessed with a very cuddly husband and generally very cuddly children. Well, not all of them, not anymore really, because now they are all grown up and I only really get to cuddle with Lucy. But that's a whole other story.
Maybe the point is to get bits of your favorite ingredients of a vacation on a daily basis, like cuddling, walking, looking at beautiful things, having a messy, colorful kitchen(hey, easy!), having super lovely breakfasts with soft bread buns and homemade jam, do some brain-refreshing reading, and definitely take time off to be quiet. I am not sure how I would incorporate silly turkeys and rosy pigs in my daily routine but I think I am on to something there...
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The Benefits And Types Of Asphalt Tennis Court Services
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Without any doubt, tennis is one of the most widely played sports in the world, and having a tennis court in your residential property can be an exciting thing. There are companies available that can help you get a tennis court constructed in just couple of days. As a matter of fact, there are many options available when it comes to choosing a tennis court surface, such as grass courts, clay courts, and asphalt courts. Among them, the one that has been gaining a lot of popularity these days is none other than the asphalt court, which is also known as the hard court.
Before you start looking for asphalt tennis court services, there are few things you need to know. First of all, let us check out the basic things. Hard tennis court features a layer of asphalt, which in turn is covered with certain materials. When compared to other types of tennis courts, the asphalt court is undoubtedly the faster one, and hence it is usually preferred by the professionals. If you want to take your tennis to a higher level or want to enjoy a fast game then go for the asphalt tennis court.
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Apart from the aspect of agility, there are many more advantages associated with the hard tennis court. If you are looking for something that requires very less maintenance then the option of asphalt tennis court is the best one for you. All you need to do is clean the asphalt court once in a month, which makes it really suitable for the private house owners, schools, apartments, sports centre, and municipalities. It doesn't require any professional cleaning services to maintain the physical condition of the court.
Customization is the other major advantage you can enjoy with the asphalt tennis court. You can choose from a wide range of colours, as per the look of your home. You can also customize the aspects like cushioning of the tennis court, speed, and other factors. So, it really becomes easy to customize the nature of the court as per your requirements. Moreover, the same tennis court can be used for other sports as well, such as basketball.
Types of Asphalt Tennis Courts
For those who do not know, tennis court made from asphalt encompasses compacted road rocks, featuring size between 4 inches and 6 inches. Once the rocks are installed, a layer of asphalt is applied over it, and the thickness remains around 1 inch. In that coating, acrylic colour is also used as per the preference of the client. If you take a deeper look into the world of asphalt tennis court services, you will get two options to choose from; and they are:
- Standard Tennis Court:
After the installation of the rocks and asphalt layer, the court is left for two weeks for the purpose of curing. It is during the curing phase when the colouring process takes place. In order to make the court almost smooth, two layers of acrylic materials are applied to the asphalt, which in turn removes all the major imperfections. The acrylic material also repairs the minor damages.
- Cushioned Tennis Court:
This kind of asphalt tennis court is more popular among the residential users. The reason behind is the softness it provides to the joints in the legs. When you play on a standard asphalt tennis court, you do feel a bit of strain on the joints, which can be damaging in the long run. So, it is better to spend a little more money and go for that extra cushioning of the tennis court. In this case, rubberized cushioning is applied to the court's surface.
Try to remember these points as they can help you make valuable decisions.


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proper form for business letter
In some cases, what is discussed in 1 letter cannot be shared with other services. Examples of letters are provided in the article below. Writing a donation request can help you get financial help at the right time.
You must emphasize in what letters are successful regarding the passport permitted under the document you provided. You must write a commercial letter in accordance with the information provided in Chinese below. Second, you always write business letters, emoticons, and acronyms too informal.
Write your individual address by sending your letter to NEATLY in the middle of the envelope. It is very important that, before writing a letter and connecting with someone who has done a passport job, they will be able to help you. When you have completed your letter, the final greeting must also be included. Writing is an official letter. Therefore it is important to understand how to compose an official letter effectively. Finally, you must remember that writing an official letter is not difficult if you understand and respect the basic rules and format of the letter. The right letter writing skills will allow you to write an appropriate contribution letter.
There are a number of different reasons why the letter needs to be written. Your cover letter does not receive ratings from your friends. The request for donations, as mentioned above, must be written in the right way and may not contain writing errors, because this creates a negative impression. If you have to write a cover letter, you can scratch your head trying to find the right model for the same thing. A large demand for cover letters can make all the difference by creating prospects for financial assistance.
If you send a letter by fax, be sure to follow the correct commercial letter format as above. Despite variations in tone and mode, the basic parts of corporate letters remain the same in most business letters. Writing lowercase English is not the simplest task.
You write most commercial letters to find readers reacting. Business letters are a type of business communication, including all stakeholders in the business. Commercial introduction: communication to investors, customers, and prospective small business partners who explain the goods and services provided by each business entity.
It's time to find the name of the company manager or customer, to whom you sent the letter. Keep in mind that you should write a letter, not a test. Free form letters give you complete control to adjust many letters.
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Buying Police Access With a Pre-Paid Cell Phone J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
We come across an article in this Wednesday's San Francisco Chronicle, headlined "Community Buys Into Cleaning Up Its Streets." An awful idea emerges.
"A community anti-crime group has come to the aid of the cash-strapped Oakland Police Department and made it easier to contact officers by buying a special cell phone for a police team in North Oakland," it reads, in part. "The purchase, which comes with an unlimited-use plan, is believed to be the first time that private citizens have purchased such items for the city's police department, which recently eliminated mobile phones for most beat officers for budget reasons. … The community group [which was unnamed in the article] represents residential neighborhoods near the city's Auto Row on Broadway. … The cell phone is not designed to replace 911 calls or traditional non-emergency calls but instead will make it easier for residents to update officers about crime problems near their homes… The phone number will not be released to the general public but will be shared with community groups or crime victims who are on the lookout for specific suspects or activities, said Lt. Lawrence Green, who oversees patrols and crime reduction teams in North Oakland."
Like any institution put together by humans, the Oakland Police Department plays favorites in whom it responds to, and how (see the response to the Barzaghi domestic problems, for recent reference). But up until now, they have at least made the pretense of doing this unofficially, and not with newspaper announcements. But we're crossing into new territory, even for this odd land which we've come to call "community policing."
I know this is really old school, but my idea of community policing has always come from those old '40s and '50s black-and-white RKO movies where the beat cops patrolled the neighborhoods on foot—never in patrol cars. They knew everybody they passed, and spoke. "Good morning, Mrs. Conners." "Good morning, Officer Bradley. How's Mrs. Bradley?" If they saw a crowd of kids hanging out on a stoop skipping school, they could call each one by name, pick out the ringleaders, and know which button to push to get their attention. "You'll break your mother's heart, you don't graduate this year, son." Coming across another crowd of older men on a corner, they knew the real bad-asses from the guys who just look like bad-asses. These beat cops knew the neighborhood because they were from the neighborhood, or else had worked it so long, that they might as well have been from it. They learned the neighborhood on their feet. They kept down crime as much by their knowledge as by any threat of force of arms. They thought of the neighborhood as a whole—a community—and so they could properly be called "community police."
I'm not sure if this ideal world of policing ever existed in Oakland. If it did, it got itself subverted, long ago. Instead of walking neighborhood patrols, we have what you might call a mobile strike force approach to policing—the police roam the neighborhoods in cars, staring expressionless as they pass, shining their spotlights on suspicious characters, responding either to observed trouble or 911 calls. Some of the more street-smart residents can recognize the most infamous of the police—calling them usually by combat- or professional wrestler-type nicknames—but for the rest of us, the Oakland Police are generally merely uniformed authority: faceless, nameless, endlessly interchangeable. Make a call, a who knows who will show up.
This was recognized by John Cascio, the neighborhood resident credited with spearheading the effort, as reported in the Chronicle article: "He said it made more sense for citizens to be able to contact the same officers who were already familiar with a neighborhood problem than trying to explain everything all over again to an unfamiliar cop."
Anyhow, somewhere along the way, the term "community policing" in Oakland began to get applied solely to police liaison to neighborhood groups, rather than entire communities.
Sometimes these were official Neighborhood Watch groups, formed specifically to monitor crime and other suspicious activity, and to act as a liaison with the police. Other times, they were existing organizations formed for general community betterment, safety being one of their many issues. In either event, they became convenient, mini-communities for the police officers, making their jobs infinitely easier. Instead of having to study, understand, and get to know an entire community, the police only had to get to know 25-30 people in a single group, people who were thoughtful enough to put their names and phone numbers and addresses on a list, and who came out once a month to a church or neighborhood center to voice their concerns to the police. Much more convenient for the cops than stopping to chat on the street with every interested soul they passed. And going one better, most patrol officers didn't even have to attend these police-community meetings. Instead, the department designated a regular liaison officer—someone like Lt. Green of North Oakland—articulate, personable representatives who could stand up before groups and make presentations, note down community concerns on a yellow pad, and then take them back to the squad for implementation.
These community groups were not exclusionary—anyone could come if they wanted and had the time—but neither were they necessarily representative of the communities in which they functioned. There was no election, and no provision for reporting back to the remaining citizens of their neighborhoods. 25 to 50 people whose concerns were made primary over hundreds, sometimes thousands.
No one should take this as a criticism of these community organizations. They are made up—for the most part—of citizens with legitimate community concerns, good people who often volunteer time and money to benefit their neighborhoods-and they deserve to be responded to by the police. The problem is, so do the rest of us. A taxpaying citizen should not have to attend 12 four-hour meetings a year so that their names become known, and they can, therefore, qualify for special attention and service.
And so we have crossed a line here, with these good folks in that unnamed community group around Auto Row in North Oakland. A private group collects money and buys cell phone service for the police, giving them a direct line to police officers that none of the rest of us have. We are descending—now officially—into a system of two tiers of police service: one for people who buy the police a phone, another for people who rely on the regular office numbers. Am I the only one who sees a problem with that?
"I hope other neighborhood groups follow our lead," says Mr. Cascio.
I hope not. We already bought the police telephones. Every single one they use down at the police station.


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This sculpture is a ceramic box that I have placed a resting bird into with a background. The piece has a hole in the back, so it can be hung on a wall.
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In October, I did a piece on digital content generated and digital storage to support the Motorsport Network coverage of worldwide automotive racing. I was approached by McLaren and NTT Communications to talk about the data generated by McLaren Formula 1 racing. This piece discusses what I found talking with Alan Heals of NTT Europe.
McLaren Technology Group have over 2,500 employees in several countries and revenues of over 277.5 M British Pounds. The company is a pioneer and innovator in Formula 1 racing with its racing team winning over 20 World Championships in over 180 races.
The McLaren Honda F1 racing team generated over 100 GB of telemetry data per race weekend with two cars. This data is generated by over two hundred sensors attached to its cars. In addition, the team works with data from simulators and wind tunnel tests. Winning a Formula 1 Grand Prix race depends heavily on the speed with which this data is analyzed and incorporated into the characteristics of the cars. During every race, each team uses their own high-speed cloud network to collect data related to the engine, brakes, tires, gearbox, aerodynamics, suspension and other parts of the car as well as external factors, such as weather. The teams then analyze all this data at their Mission Control.
The analysis of this data leads to new ideas for higher performance racing. Among the tools McLaren uses to improve its cars is the aero rake (http://f1framework.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/aero-rake-in-f1-rb8.html) . This device is used to measure air speed, angle flow, pressure and temperature.
McLaren and NTT Communications have been working together to improving the Formula 1 racing team since 2016. By integrating network systems, deploying Enterprise Cloud infrastructure and cloud management capabilities, NTT Communications supports McLaren Honda's efforts to share and analyze large volumes of data globally.
The McLaren F1 racing team turned to the NTT Com Enterprise Cloud to run its big-data analytics racing simulation engine (MORSE). The team's racing simulation engine, MORSE, leverages the Enterprise Cloud to complete 25% more simulations at time-critical points for a more complete race strategy. While NTT Com's Cloud Management Platform race-day dashboard enables the team to see the status of its IT infrastructure for proactive fault finding and avoidance, its global business networks enable extremely fast and secure connectivity between McLaren HQ, satellite offices and the 20 worldwide Grand Prix racing sites.
Racing develops technologies that impact the design of future vehicles and many other products. Racing teams have created sensor rich vehicles with considerable real time and simulation data to understand and develop faster and safer vehicles. Digital storage and especially cloud-based storage have played an important role in making modern racing go.


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Language Immersion Summer Camp
Camp Overview
At camp, children will enjoy a world of fun while learning Chinese, Spanish or Japanese. International language and culture will come to life through hands-on projects, stories, songs, games and outdoor fun with our teachers from around the world.
Whether learning a new language or already fluent, campers will love our summer traditions of field days, field trips, cultural performances, ice cream parties, and more!
2019 Camp Dates
- Session 1: June 24 – July 5 (no camp July 4)
- Session 2: July 8 – July 19
- Session 3: July 22 – August 2
Camp Hours
- Drop-off: 7:45am-8:15am, free! No advance sign-up needed
- Camp Day: 8:15am-3:30pm (8:15am-12:00pm for half day)
- New! Global Kids Extended-day Program*: 3:30-6:00pm, Additional sign-up required
*We now offer an in-house extended-day program! Global Kids is open every day after camp and includes a variety of enrichment activities, outdoor free play, and healthy snacks.
Camps Include
- Small groups with teachers from around the world
- Fun outdoor and indoor activities aimed at building language skills (songs, folktales, crafts, games, sports, and more)
- Cultural performances
- Ice-cream social
- Special classes with trained specialists- yoga, sports & games, music & movement
- Exciting field days (water balloon toss, relay races, and more)
- Fun, cultural music and movement classes for all campers! We will offer different opportunities each session – such as Taiko, Capoeira, or African drumming!
- Field trips!
Camp Themes
Each session the separate camp groups (colors) follow the same themes, with activities tailored specifically to campers' age and fluency level (see chart below for details).
Session 1: Fantasy Worlds & Magical Creatures
Chan Chu is a Chinese fortune frog that brings good luck and prosperity. Acalica are Bolivian fairies who control the weather. All around the globe, there are thousands of stories about alternative realms and enchanted beings that help to explain the world and to guide people's actions. Campers will learn about fantasy worlds and magical creatures through art, games, collaborative activities, and outdoor fun. How are these legends similar or different to those from your own culture? What do they tell us about a place? Campers will build language skills and cultural understanding through activities such as creating a new creature, writing stories, making costumes, and more!
Session 2: Rockets & Robots
Calling all aspiring astronauts, tinkerers, and makers! Bring your inner inventor to life while developing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills. Hands-on activities, games, and creative projects will teach campers about flying machines, automatons, and the technology of tomorrow, all while being immersed in their target language. Campers will apply their learning and their imaginations to create fanciful inventions of their own!
Session 3: Global Carnival
If there is one thing that people around the world love to do, it's celebrate! During this session, campers will immerse in their target language while learning about various cultural festivals through performances, costumes, foods, and more. Explore traditions such as Japanese puppetry, Chinese acrobatics, and Latin American dance parades! Interactive projects and guest performers will entertain, educate, and inspire. Campers will create an act or exhibit of their own in their target language for an end-of-session global carnival!
Camp Groups
Camp Staff
We're so proud of our summer camp staff! All of our teachers and staff members are dedicated to providing a fun, safe, and welcoming camp environment for your child.
Our camp teachers come from all over the world and have native-level fluency of the languages they teach. Most are also teachers at The International School during the school year or have taught with our camp programs in the past. They have a wealth of experience working with young language learners.
Our summer administrative team is here to answer questions and facilitate a smooth camp experience. Let us know how we can help!
We are all trained in CPR and first aid. The International School also has a dedicated Health and Safety Coordinator on campus during camp hours to help ensure the health and safety of our campers.
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The International School strives to provide a fun and safe environment for all our campers. We expect all campers and their parents/guardians to behave in a manner that is safe, appropriate, and friendly. If a camper behaves in a way that the staff believes to be unsafe, inappropriate or unfriendly, we will address the situation by speaking with the child and, if needed, the parents. The International School reserves the right to expel or temporarily exclude a camper for repeated or extreme misbehavior. In the event of expulsion or exclusion, no refund will be issued.
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The other day mother nature had a surprise for me.
I'd woken up early, the dog was unusually asleep, I'd fed the fish, and decided to open up the drapes in the living room to let some sunlight in. Normally I don't do this and leave it to my significant other before he makes his way to work. It was perfectly quiet for the upcoming moment.
It was when I parted the window covering that I'd exposed my chance discovery. Straight before me trekked a stray and unfamiliar breed of dog in the morning's stillness. It had that look about it, a creature lost in it's surroundings. Its gait was quick, tail down, focused and on mission as it moved along the road in front of me. I stood, obviously more awake than moments before, a bit stunned. At this point I'd ascertained what I discovered was not domestic. Perhaps home laid outside the skirt of the neighborhood for this sole traveler.
Let me first say that the most I'd seen in our neck of the woods (so to speak) was the rare rabbit or squirrel as far as wild things go. Sure, plenty of birds, but such feathered forms have plentiful airspace to travel. It's not so easy for the pedestrian variety of critters though. Up-road lies a raceway of cars on commute that most people wouldn't dare foot. The ground traffic around here is simply a deterrent for any errant creature's wanderings. A preditor following prey might explain the nature of this visit, though I'd never seen a bunny try to make that crossing.
Suddenly the strange visitor came to a stop. It had noticed the lights from a parked car along the street. Someone was letting their vehicle warm up while busy inside tending to other things. It skittered, then circled into a nearby yard (next-door to be exact). It was afraid? As I witnessing this leeriness I was able to deduce further... The canine at hand was, in fact, a coyote.
By the time I woke my significant other to share the event, it had gone. The experience would be mine alone. This was no lone wolf, he joked. Maybe it had merely been a vision, like some sign.
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1. Butter four 1 1/2 -cup ramekins or one 6-cup soufflé dish. Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Put the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; when it's hot, add the onion and garlic and cook until soft, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the zucchini, season with salt and pepper, and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until very tender, another 10 to 12 minutes. If you prefer, substitute a 10-ounce bag of spinach, chopped and cooked the same way. Drain the vegetables if there is excess liquid, and let cool.
2. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks and cheese with some salt and pepper. Add the vegetables and parsley and stir. In a clean, dry bowl, beat the egg whites until they are light and fluffy and just hold soft peaks; stir about a third of the whites into the yolk mixture to lighten it, then gently fold in the remaining whites, trying not to deflate them much.
3. Pour the soufflé mixture into the ramekins or dish. Bake until golden and puffy, 30 to 35 minutes, and serve immediately.
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Vacation Bible school 2018
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Children up to rising 5th grade a welcome to join us for Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church. The entire church is invited to our kickoff cookout Sunday, July 22nd at 5:30 PM. Vacation Bible School will meet Monday through Wednesday Mornings from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and we'll wrap it all up with a church wide ice cream social and slip and slide on Wednesday, July 25th at 6:00 PM.
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Lost In Space Black Wooden Framed Print Unorthodox Framed Mini Poster 35cm x 45cm (14" x 18")
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Take a trip to the dark depths of space with this haunting framed print from Unorthodox Collective. Featuring a deserted cosmonaut who has perished while venturing to the stars. With his suit still in pristine condition, this lost soul floats around the vacuum of space while his organs and skin waste away. A cold reminder that tough beautiful, the outer reaches of space are a cruel and demanding place for anyone to venture, even with a lifetime of training.
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Whistler Winter 2010 - day 1
It is a winter snowland. Big soft flakes are floating down in a most romantic fashion. Noelle starts laughing and says – Mom look at your dandruff.
We are at the Snow Goose. Our home for the next week at Whistler.
Mission number one. Unpack the car. We aren't exactly light packers. Here is what we schlep up the stairs, around the corner, up the stairs into the condo.
- Four large stuffed duffle bags
- One suitcase
- Three laptop bags
- One laptop rolling bag
- Five ski boot/helmet bags
- One Nike workout gear bag
- One extra black tote
- Two kindles
- One xbox, controllers and games
- One PS3, controllers and games
- One Costco box of juices
- One binder of DVDs
- Three back packs
- Two SKWC shopping bags filled with
- Granola
- Fruit snacks
- Oatmeal
- Popcorn
- Crumpets and English muffins
- Macaroni & cheese
- Applesauce
- Tortilla chips
- Rice cakes
- Three containers of Trader Joes cookies
- Tamari almonds
- Trail mix
- Salsa
- A couple of hot coca bags
15. One Soda Stream water carbonator and essences
16. Oh, and the one-third remainder of yesterday's Red Velvet Cake
We then go to dinner at the Brewhouse. Alas. They have new chairs, new tables and a new menu that does not include Edamame stir fried in chili oil with ginger – our favorite. We are too polite to walk out. Eat the meal. Only Noelle's is good – macaroni with blue cheese. We then head over to the Market Place for more stuff. Leave twenty minutes later with three more bags of food, candles and presto logs. Cristina, Noelle and Ed play Black Ops, violent X-Box game. Alysha and I are here at the dining room table on our peaceful computers. The candles are lit. The fireplace is going. Oh, and I just ate a piece of Red Velvet Cake.
Ahhh, the joys of roughing it in the wilds of Whistler.


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In the world of standards, the term conformity is use rather than compliance. This is to distinguish between requirements set by governments that are legal or regulatory requirements that are to be 'complied with' and voluntary elements set out in standards that are to be 'conformed with'.
While this distinction may seem trivial at first blush it is important to note that there are some fundamental differences in how these two processes work. Failure to comply with the law can result in penalties while failure to conform with a standard means that certification may not be granted, or if it has been granted may be suspended or withdrawn. Conformity is a voluntary act while compliance is imposed.
More importantly from the perspective of those creating a standard, these two processes begin with two different attitudes.
Legal enforcement processes (compliance) normally are undertaken with the express purpose of uncovering noncompliance, that is why police in most countries are allowed to lie when interrogating a suspect; their goal is to find out what you have done that is against the law. They have no responsibility to help you demonstrate your innocence.
In the case of conformity assessment the process begins with the assumption that the client is in conformity with the standard and the job of the auditor and the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) is to evaluate the client's evidence to determine whether or not their belief that they are in conformity is correct.
It is not uncommon for inexperienced participants in a new standards writing initiative to model their standard after regulations or legislation.
Government enforcement agents conduct investigations and in that process they search for new information.
Auditors evaluate the available evidence and determine where there is not sufficient evidence to demonstrate conformity. When a non-conformity is discovered they do not start an investigation, rather they point out the non-conformity and ask that it be resolved. If the non-conformity is serious it may be decided that the client will not be certified, or if already certified swift action to demonstrate conformity may be sought or a certificate may be suspended or withdrawn.
For the standard writer, work to keep in mind how audits are conducted and how audit evidence is evaluated and what a non-conformity means.


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Orienteering Titanium
Orienteering Titanium
A completely new model of the famous Orienteering watch in titanium case. The Orienteering is dedicated to the great explorers who have always needed an instrument to orient themselves on land and sea, even in adverse conditions.
The stellar map
On the back case, a stellar map in order to orient oneself even at night by locating the pole star, in the northern hemisphere, and the south cross, in the southern hemisphere.
The crown
The turning bezel is adjustable through the use of a dedicated crown. The hour regulating crown, instead, is placed on the left side of the case at 9h. The watch is therefore a mancino (left-handed). This unique design makes it a comfortable watch and helps to avoid articular sprains even in case of fall.
How it functions
While the magnet can be subjected to magnetic fields (as it often happens in the deserts and in specific oceanic regions) and the GPS needs a source of electric energy in order to function, the solar compass ® is an instrument you can always rely on.
Technical specifications
- Automatic charge Eta 2824-2 movement with calendar
- Grade 2 titanium case with through screws
- Anti-magnetic
- Solar compass function ®
- Back case with titanium medallion and blue PVD treatment
- Anti-scratch and anti-reflection sapphire crystal
- Two screw crowns
- Dial with turning bezel for orientation
- Waterproof up to 10 atmospheres
- 44mm diameter
- Numbered edition
- Nato strap
- Italian design, Swiss made
Nato strap
- Spring bars 22 mm
- Buckle 22 mm


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Four awesome artists will be highlighted in the Wear and Tear show at The CAVE opening December 1 at 5pm. Their work has been featured on Grimm, in The Fly, Chronicles of Riddick and recently At Home With Monsters and in a prodigious art show curated by Guillermo del Toro in Los Angeles.
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Later Event: December 16CAVE Talk - Wear and Tear


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Bryer Flyer - May 2013
Bryer Flyer 5-13.pdf, 261 KB
The next generation of Kynar coated colors and patterns have arrived! Bryer is excited to introduce Natural FX Coatings; state of the art multi-coat finishes that allow for patterns of unparalleled detail and subtle depth.
Currently stocked in 22 gauge with a AZ50 Galvalume substrate, Natural FX is available as sheet, coil or any of our over 20 different roof, wall and soffit panel profiles.
As part of Bryer's ongoing expansion a new rollforming mill was commissioned to expand our extensive product offering and improve lead times. The new mill sailed through trials and is now in full time operation in our Auburn facility. The mill produces V-Rib 34, which is a new profile for Bryer, along with an upgrade to the existing 7.2 Rib profile.
Bryer has added two new profiles the their line of TBC-Symmetry panels, bringing the total to 9 distinct patterns. Like the original profiles the new Symmetry-25 and Symmetry-63 will be available with a nailing flange, flat clip or offset clip in continuous lengths up to 45.
TBC-Symmetry has been a highly successful series for Bryer offering one of the only economically rollformed concealed fastener ribbed wall panels in the Pacific NW. For more information or sample panels please contact your Bryer representative.
Bryer's ongoing growth leads to TBC-Masterseam, a new standing seam profile suited for residential and light commercial applications. TBC-Masterseam is a 1-1/2" high mechanically seamed panel that provides for an economical option in 12" wide configurations. This profile is also an excellent choice when the design calls for natural metals like copper or zinc.
TBC-Masterseam is UL-580 Class 90 rated and has been fully tested in accoradance with ASTM air, water and wind uplift requirements. For additional information click here or feel free to shoot us an email for pricing and availability.
As 22 gauge becomes increasingly popular in the architectural and commercial markets Bryer is responding by adding pre-painted Kynar colors to our standard stock offering. Colors stocked in standard 48" widths now include Regal White, Sandstone, Medium Bronze, Dark Bronze, Slate Gray, Charcoal, Matte Black, Metallic Silver and Weathered Zinc. These are in addition to standard 22 gauge Galvalume Plus (resin coated) and A606 Weathering Steel (Cor-Ten). Bryer is actively looking at opportunities to expand our 22 gauge product line so please give us a call for the most up to date availability.
Bryer is pleased to announce the introduction of TBC-Symmetry, a series of concealed fastener wall panels available exclusively from The Bryer Company. TBC-Symmetry offers the designer the option of 7 distinct profiles within the panel series, all with symmetrically formed ribs with varying patterns. The panels are interchangeable and available with a fastening flange (F series), an 18 gauge clip (C series) that allows for expansion/contraction or an offset clip that also allows for a ½" air space between the panel and substructure.
At 7/8" deep Symmetry is ideal for using in conjunction with other materials or mixing and matching in both vertical and horizontal applications. The lower profile makes flashing around windows, doors and other penetrations much cleaner and easier. TBC-Symmetry is available in a wide array of materials from 24 to 18 gauge steel, .032" to .050" aluminum, copper, Rheinzink, A606 Weathering Steel and even customer perforated.
TBC-Symmetry is a precision roll formed product available in lengths up to 45 feet. This offers significant advantages over inconsistent shop press-broken panel systems. More efficient production, consistent rib dimensions and angles, longer lengths, cost effective pricing even on shorter lengths.
Learn more HERE!
Bryer has added both 26 gauge primer and 26 gauge Gavalume Plus (with clear acrylic coating) in 48" widths to our standard stocked offering. Sheets, slit coil and panels are are now availabel in these two items.
Bryer has commissioned and installed a new high capacity rollforming line that is now up and running in the Auburn, Washington facility. The mill produces 7/8 Corrugated in gauges ranging from 26 to 18 gauge steel and .032" to .050" aluminum. The line is also capable of rollforming A606 weathering steel (Cor-Ten) as well as stainless and perforated. Panels can be cut from a max of 50' down to as small as 6 inches.
Bryer has added 24 gauge Bonderized to our standard product mix and is stocking both sheets and coil in our Auburn, WA facility. Bonderized is used in place of both galvanized and pre-primed steel in a variety of applications but mainly for use in post paint situations.
Bonderized is a zinc phosphate pretreatment the converts the galvanized substrate into a non-metallic non-conductive surface. This coating offers a multitude of advantages, including improved corrosion resistance and excellent adhesions for a variety of paint systems and application methods. Most notably, Bonderized can be soldered without any cleaning, sanding or abrading. Please feel free to give us a call if you are interested in pricing or would like to see a sample.
Bryer has added 5 new standards to our lineup of Kynar colors. In addition, a new color chart has been introduced that not only show the new colors but also highlight the line of natural materials Bryer sells in both sheet and throughout the TBC line of architectural roofing, siding and soffit panels.
The new colors are Tahoe Blue, Champagne, Vintage, Aged Tin and Rustic Steel. Vintage is a specialty finish that architects and designers rave about. Aged Tin and Rustic steel are two print pattern colors developed to offer an alternative to some of the popular naturally rusted or aged metals.
The newly added "Natural Metals" section of the color chart depict a cross section of the unpainted materials Bryer offers. These include Galvalume Plus, A606 Weathering Steel (commonly referred to as Cor-Ten), preweathered zinc, anodized aluminum and copper.
Download a PDF version here
Out with the old and in with the new! Bryer scrapped the old website and started from scratch with a completely redesigned new site. Make sure to check out our Buy Online feature that is stocked with a full array of accessories and fasteners. In the future, the News tab will be used to keep you updated with Bryer developments, new products, project spotlights, specials and more.
The venerable Bryer Flyer will also be published here with the most recent edition, as well as back issues, being available for download on the right side bar.
Bryer Flyer 5-13.pdf, 261 KB
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It isn't often that a major company undergoes a dramatic restructuring, and it's even more rare while the company is still incredibly successful. However, that's just what Google has done, and no one saw it coming.
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided that Google was doing too much under the Google name. In the past few years, Google has acquired Nest, which does smarthome gear; Boston Dynamics, which does robotics; developed self-driving cars; started working on health products and life extension; and it's been exploring other areas that have little to do with the Internet.
In response, Brin and Page launched a new holding company named Alphabet. Google is going to be just one of many companies under Alphabet's umbrella. A lot of the disparate projects Google is now doing will be spun off into other companies with their own CEOs.
For example, Calico, which is devoted to extending human life spans, will be a company, as will Nest and Google's future-looking X lab. Google is also planning to extend its venture capital efforts and patent programs.
As far as structure goes, Larry Page is going to be the new CEO of Alphabet with Sergey Brin as the President. Stepping into the role of CEO at Google is Sundar Pichai, who is has been heading the engineering department and acting as Page's lieutenant since October.
Google will be "slimmed down" and focus primarily on Web search, existing Google services, Android, YouTube and Chrome. If you own shares of Google Inc. stock, Page says they'll be automatically transferred to Alphabet Inc.
And if you're wondering what's up with the name Alphabet, Page explains: "We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity's most important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search! We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for!"


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#DicktatorDon has been selected for exhibition at FiliaArts as part of FiLiActivism in London
on 14th -15th October 2017.
This will be a great opportunity to try out a new way of exhibiting. A suggestion has been to show him in his 'factory setting'.
For More information and to buy a ticket look here.
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E. BMW of San Rafael
They call it the "Ultimate Driving Machine", and to many, the boats in the division sponsored by BMW of San Rafael are the ultimate racing machines. This ORR-scored division contains our very fastest boats, many in the 70-foot range. We'll be prospecting for gold with these guys.
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Why You'll Keep Seeing These 5 Weed Acronyms
Cannabis… It's complicated. It's also one of the most powerful and misunderstood plants on earth. And because life isn't ever easy, you might see a lot of acronyms thrown around when people talk about it. Here are the five most common terms explained, so you can be an expert on cannabis—and the many ways that it's oh-so nice.
What is the ECS?
Before we dive into the chemical compounds found in cannabis called cannabinoids, let's start with the endocannabinoid system.
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is found in your body. Yes, right now, your endocannabinoid system is working hard to make sure your body is regulated and balanced. The ECS is a collection of cell receptors. These receptors control what gets access to your cells—from your immune system to neuron receptors. Anytime something binds to a cell, it impacts its function.
Your ECS responds to certain chemicals and compounds, and its cell receptors are found all over your body. It was discovered by Dr. Raphael Mechoulam in the 1960s; he was the first to find a major compound in cannabis called THC. More on THC later.
Your ECS has two main cell receptors; Cannabinoid Receptor 1 (CB1) and Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2). Let us all have a moment of gratitude for whichever scientist kept the naming convention of our brain receptors blessedly simple. To break it down, CB1 receptors are mostly found within the central nervous system. CB2 receptors are found throughout the body—digestive tract, peripheral nervous system, immune cells.
So, why does this all matter? The compounds in cannabis bind to your endocannabinoid receptors, changing their function. As your ECS moderates your body and keeps it balanced, even touching upon areas in your central nervous system, changing the function of a receptor in your brain can get you high or calm you down—more research is currently being completed on what else can happen.
What does your endocannabinoid system do? Well, a lot. From the current set of research, it has been found to regulate:
Appetite, digestion, hunger
Motor control
Immune function
Reproduction and fertility
Pleasure and reward
Temperature regulation
The ECS is crucial to maintaining equilibrium in your body and mind, and even helps moderate inflammation found within the body. While there are over 113 known cannabinoids in cannabis, we're going to break down the top four cannabinoids commonly discussed, below. It's important to note that not all cannabinoids bind to the receptors found in the ECS; sometimes, the cannabinoid activates enzymes or parts of the body that then regulate and moderate your body's response to endocannabinoids.
What is CBD?
CBD is one of the more abundant compounds, i.e. cannabinoids, found in the dried resin glands of the female cannabis flower. Having been touted as a miracle drug, more people are asking—what is it? What does it actually do? To start: Yes, it's the cannabinoid that kids sued Jeff Sessions over; yes, it helped stopped their epileptic fits; yes, Jeff Sessions still is the worst; no, it's not a psychoactive; so, no it won't get you high.
Repeat: CBD, as it's not a psychoactive, cannot get you high.
While other cannabinoids will bind directly to receptors found in your brain and body, CBD impacts how other cannabinoids bind to receptors, not binding as directly as other compounds. What it does do is bind to other sites on the receptor, impacting your endocannabinoid system and how other cannabinoids bind to receptors. This then impacts how those cannabinoids interact with your ECS and affects the equilibrium of your body. In sum, CBD doesn't directly fit into your ECS like a lock and key, but it can impact how the key fits into the lock.
Anecdotally, there have been reports of people getting really high on THC and using CBD to balance it out. While there are no clinical studies that have been done on this yet, the theory behind it is that CBD should help when you're too high, because it binds to your CB1 (central nervous system) receptors blocking THC and minimizing its effects.
But let's turn to the research: Preliminary studies have shown that CBD can help with pain modulation and serotonin production. Research has also found other potential benefits of CBD being an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, helps in brain production and generation of new brain cells, aiding in pain reduction, and reducing depression and psychosis.
Science has only scratched the surface of this compound, so while it won't cure everything, there are a lot of nice things it can do.
What is THC?
THC, along with CBD, is the other main chemical compound, or, cannabinoid, found in the dried resin glands of the female cannabis flower. That's correct, the compound that gets you high is found in dried resin glands of the woman plants. The male plants have some, but not enough to harvest or product. In this casefemale plants wear the pants.
THC is the psychoactive chemical compound in cannabis that gets you high—the only compound in weed that gets you high. It's because of THC that the DEA labeled cannabis a schedule 1 drug.
When you smoke or vape cannabis (the latter being the fastest way to feel its intoxicating or therapeutic effects), you take in THC. Once it gets to your brain, it binds to the CB1 receptors that are found in your central nervous system, aka your cerebellum (motor functions), frontal cortex (thought), and hippocampus (memory).
This is why, when you ingest or smoke THC, it changes your cognitive abilities. It's also been shown to impact the immune system and can trigger appetite and your metabolism; it can also act as a sedative, which is why you sometimes are sleepy after smoking a joint.
As we mentioned earlier, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam discovered THC in the 1960s. But it was a woman who discovered how it binds to the brain: Dr. Allyn Howlett of Wake Forest University found the first binding site for THC in the brain. Thanks, Dr. Allyn.
While non-psychoactive CBD has been found to have therapeutic benefits, THC can't be forgotten in the medical discussion. In non-clinical trials, THC has been found to fight tumors, help with autoimmune diseases, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, depression, chronic pain, Crohns, glaucoma, arthritis, multiple sclerosis. Again, these are the findings of non-clinical trials, meaning the effects of THC still need to be tested further. But the early science is promising.
What's also interesting and important to note is that both THC and CBD seem to have heightened therapeutic effect when they are taken together along with all the other naturally occurring compounds in cannabis. This is called the entourage effect. While isolated THC and CBD are used in pharmacology right now, research and anecdotes continue to point to the need of trace elements of other cannabinoids for THC and CBD to be most effective. But, like most things with cannabis, we need a lot more research to understand this complicated, and nice, plant.
What is CBN?
Google might think CBN stands for "Christian Broadcasting Network" (good job on search engine optimization, folks), but CBN is, like THC and CBD, yet another of the over 100 compounds (cannabinoids) found in cannabis. Unlike THC, but like all other cannabinoids in cannabis, it isn't psychoactive.
Unlike other cannabinoids, CBN, based off current research, is widely regarded as a power sedative. Some researchers claim 5 milligrams of CBN is equivalent to a 10-milligram dose of diazepam—a pharmaceutical-grade sedative.
Research has found CBN to help with pain relief, sleep, bone growth cell production, is antibacterial, acts as an anti-inflammatory agent, is anti-convulsive, and stimulates appetite.
While different strains of cannabis can have varying levels of CBD and THC, CBN content typically registers under 1 percent in dried flower. CBN is the byproduct of THC oxidizing—yes, that weed you forgot about at the bottom of your stash box may now have high levels of CBN (friendly reminder: If you want to keep your weed as is, keep it in an airtight container).
This doesn't mean that you should start airing out all your weed after a sleepless night— more and more brands are creating CBN-rich products that are more accurate (and probably tastier) than stale bud. See our first Nice List for our recommended products, one of which is high in CBN.
What is THCA?
THCA is THC before you heat it up. Raw, live weed is full of THCA.
THCA is why, if you eat a bunch of raw weed, you won't get really high—because it is not a psychoactive (remember, THC is the only psychoactive cannabinoid). It's also why, if you cook with raw bud, you won't get a strong psychoactive effect.
While THCA naturally converts to THC as the plant dries, heating the plant supercharges this conversion. When you smoke a joint, or vape, your weed is going through decarboxylation. That heat is turning THCA into THC.
You might see THCA on the labels of some cannabis products, like flower and vapes. That means the grower expects you to smoke or cook your weed prior to making edibles, which triggers the conversion of THCA to THC.
What are the benefits of THCA? Research points to it protecting your brain, helping renew brain cells, relieve pain, act as a sleep aid, reduce inflammation, and, finally, stimulate your appetite.
In one study, THCA was found to reduce the proliferation of prostate cancer cells. So, while THC and chasing the highest high possible has long been a the focus of cannabis, as more research comes out, we'll be seeing more from other cannabinoids like THCA.
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is whats floating around in your body and brain that these four cannabinoids interact with. Some are psychoactive (THC), while some are just therapeutic (CBD, CBN, THCA). There are over a hundred known cannabinoids, so make sure to sign up for our newsletter for more nice things.


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Publicity, and bad publicity at that, appears to be at the heart of ISIL. Chopping of the heads of prisoners, Christians and the like got good coverage worldwide. Kidnapping Christian or other women and forcing them into marriage or just raping them is not news ISIL wish to hide, neither is throwing gays of rooftops. Today we see hands of thieves being chopped off and children watching film of the murders of what ISIL call 'bad guys.'
Now the attack of ancient Nineveh.
What are they trying to tell us? Can it be that much of the news is just propaganda issuing from ISIL themselves? Possibly they think such zeal will entice new followers? Youth gets excited when it considers the world can be changed for 'the better' by following a movement of some sort, this is an effective movement that has touched many young hearts, especially those who do not understand what is going on.
Ancient history such as the Assyrian Empire can do us no harm today so the publicity re the destruction is what ISIL wish for. To what point I wonder?


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This week we have been in Snowdonia with 8 candates on Mountain Leader Training and 4 on Assessment. A staff team comprising of Gwilym, Keith, Jacob, Stu and Dewi have been working with candidates over the week in various parts of the National Park. The training over 6 days and assessment over 5 went to The Carneddau, The Glyders, Snowdon and Llanberis Pass. A mix of sun and rain over the week gave some really mixed navigational conditions. As this is a a double course entry, I have added more pictures than normal.
Well done to the new ML's who passed this week - go and have some more adventures


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Current Research Topics
Our research concerns two intersecting strands in social and cognitive development: Montessori Education, and how fictional worlds (like pretend play and media) and real life intersect and inform each other. Some current projects in the lab are:
- 1. What is concentration, and how is it related to constructs like "flow" and mindfulness meditation? Can it be reliably observed externally, and what are its outcomes? In other words, to what other behaviors might it reliably be linked? Does it lead to epigenetic change, specifically to expression of the oxytocin receptor gene? Is there an observable neural signature?
- 2. How does teacher training change people, in Montessori versus conventional programs? Are Montessori teachers more authoritative (versus authoritarian) for example, and if so, was that a result of training or a pre-existing condition? How long do Montessori teachers stay in the profession, as compared to conventional teachers, and why?
- 3. What are the long term outcomes of Montessori versus more conventional education, on such measures as well-being, mental health, creativity, and so on, in high school and beyond?
Montessori EducationWe are currently addressing 3 questions that are related to Montessori and to education more broadly, but we welcome other ideas.
We also will continue to address: How does Montessori education compare to traditional schooling for child outcomes like theory of mind, executive function, and academic performance? And how do variations in Montessori implementation influence outcomes?
Visit the Montessori Science website for more information.
- Can children learn new information and/or skills through pretending and fiction? How might this type of learning differ from direct instruction?
- How are children affected by their experiences with fictional narratives? For example, will children adopt the traits of characters they've heard about in a story?
- Do children generally prefer pretend or real activities, and why? How do each of these contribute to development?
Learning Through Pretend and Fiction
- Does viewing prosocial behavior in fictional media (such as books and television shows) lead to increases in prosocial behavior in real life?
Prosocial Media's Effect on Behavior
- How do children learn from touchscreens and educational apps?
- Do children view touchscreens as viable sources of information?
Learning from Touchscreens
- How does television viewing impact executive function, cognitive skills, creativity, and attention?
Television and Executive Function
- How do children negotiate the boundary between reality and pretense? For example, does pretending to be an aggressive character lead to increases in aggression once the pretend episode is over?
Pretend-Reality Boundary
Living Laboratory Collaboration
In Fall 2015, the Child Development Laboratories at the University of Virginia partnered with the Virginia Discovery Museum to form a Living Laboratory, a nationwide educational research program developed at the Museum of Science, Boston. The goal of this program is to bring together academic researchers (such as ourselves) and museum staff to foster public awareness and understanding of the scientific study of children's learning and development.
Our Living Laboratory is located on site at the Virginia Discovery Museum, and undergraduate and graduate researchers from the Child Development Laboratories visit weekly to recruit participants, conduct studies, and talk with families about child development.
Visit us in the museum on Saturday afternoons from 1:00pm to 4:00pm from January to May 2018!
Learn more about the Virginia Discovery Museum.
Learn more about Living Laboratory.