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Daisy Chain Rathfarnham
Phone: 01 4953798
Our centre in Rathfarnham is situated in the Eden business centre, on Grange road across from Marley Park.
Our centre in Rathfarnham is situated in the Eden business centre, on Grange road across from Marley Park. We have been in this location since 2000. We have an excellent reputation in Rathfarnham and many of our parents are with us, often from their child being in the baby room right up to their child being a 10 year old afterschooler! We have 5 rooms in this centre, a baby room, wobbler room, toddler room, pre Mont and a Montessori classroom. We qualify for the ECCE scheme and our centre is TUSLA registered.
Gillian Pakenham is our Assistant Manager and she has been with the company since 2002. Gillian started out as wobbler room childcare practitioner and now assists Danielle in the everyday running of the centre. Gillian is starting her Level 6 in the new year. We have eleven staff in this centre and they all have a minimum qualification of FETAV level 5. We have a great team here in the Eden with many of the staff being with us for up to 8,9 and 10 years and our Montessori teacher has been with us since we opened in 2000!.
Daisychain Rathfarnham
The team in this centre is headed up by Danielle Valentine. Danielle is the Manager and has been working for Daisy Chain since 2009. Danielle joined us as a student and has continued to study, develop and grow with the company. Danielle has FETAC level 5 in Early years Education and FETAC Level 6 in Supervision and care.
Rathfarnham Facilities
We have a large outdoor area for the children and the children get outside a minimum of twice per day. We also have a smaller indoor garden so that the children are getting fresh air even on those rainy days! We have a large breakfast and afterschool club. The majority of our after schoolers come from Divine Word NS but we also collect from three other schools in the area. (if you would like to make an enquiry for this centre please call….) We look forward to hearing from you!
Our Rathfarnham Services
Caring for babies up to After School
Baby Room
Our baby rooms care for babies aged 12 weeks and upward. The ratio of carers to babies is three babies to one carer enabling us to provide the personal level of attention and care that each infant requires at this stage. Our baby rooms hold a maximum of six babies in most of our centres which ensures a calm relaxed environment – exactly what your baby needs. .Our baby rooms are laid out for the safety and development of the babies. When a new baby comes to us there is a complimentary settling in period, usually one week. This allows both baby and parents the time to get to know the carers and the environment and gain peace of mind before returning to work. With this infant age group, we work very closely with parents on each baby's individual routine. Each baby has their own daily notebook where a record is kept of their day. This contains sleep, feeding, changing details, daily activities and any other relevant information. We have an open door Policy so you can drop in at any time to see your baby.
Wobbler and Toddler room
Wobbler Room

The next stage in your little child's life is the Wobbler Room when they are ready, normally when they are over one. Our Wobbler rooms have an art/messy area, construction corner, home corner, dress up and sand and water play which feeds the child imagination and creativity. The daily routine in this room is more structured with activities suited to the age group. This period in an infant's life is initially about developing their gross motor skills. It's as though they are saying ``now I have my legs. I'm off- goodbye!`` This is a time for great discovery for your child and our carers will provide a special and secure environment that is interesting to explore. It is also the beginning of identity and language. Our carers will promote your child's individuality and language skills through daily activities, weekly themes, songs, storytelling and creative art.
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 Toddler Room

The next stage for your child is the Toddler Room. This is for the age group one to two. As with the Wobbler Room there are different areas for the children to use their imagination i.e. home, dressing up area, shop, construction area, cosy corner and sand and water. At this stage their personality is developing and they want the world to know all about it! You know your child has reached this point as they say ``Mine`` ``Give me`` to just about anything! We look behind these words and ensure that the children are given challenging and attainable goals. At this stage of their development independence is so important ``Help me to do it myself`` (Maria Montessori) Our carers ensure the child's need for independence is met through all activities, small and large group work, individual work, arts and crafts and weekly jobs.

Montessori room
We at Daisy Chain are very proud of our Montessori Classrooms. Each classroom is fully equipped with Montessori materials and has fully trained Montessori teachers. The environment provided is carefully planned and suitably structured. The classroom is the child's environment and all the Montessori materials are displayed at child level. The child will grow and learn in a natural way to reach his/her full potential. The Montessori classroom provides an environment where children are encouraged to learn with other children at his/her own pace. When the child has completed his/her Montessori pre-school education, he/she will be well equipped to start Primary School with confidence. St. Nicholas Montessori Teachers Association also inspects our classrooms and we have a Montessori mentor who ensures all our classrooms and equipment are kept up to the highest standards.
Afterschool Room
Our after school service provides a collection from school where possible we walk and if its not possible we go by car. Our drivers are fully licensed We collect from schools that are generally quite close to our centres. We also supply a breakfast club and a drop down to school where possible but not all of our centres provide a breakfast club. .
 Our after school service provides a relaxed environment for children of school age. They will have a nutritious hot dinner on arrival and then the carers will supervise homework. After homework time we encourage the children to unwind and relax socialising with friends in free play, art projects and other activities. We ensure that after their long busy day they also get outdoor time in the garden. We see it as a place where children can unwind after the school day and feel a sense of belonging..

However we feel homework is a very important part of our schedule. Although we have a routine drawn up we feel that after school children should have as much freedom of choice to allow children active involvement in the decision-making process of the service.

Meet the Daisychain Management Team
Daisy Chain are proud of it's wonderful team
Ashling Hughes
Milltown Manager
Lindsay Feary
Stepaside Manager
Muiriosa Leane
Terenure Manager
Danielle Valentine
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Controversial plan tested by the case of the wandering pig.
JUNEAU -- Hunting guide Les Kinnear's plan to turn a disused Sitka pulp mill
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The Establishment of the Parish
After the American Revolution, the Anglican Church in the colonies was severed from the Church of England. Re-established as the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, the church began to decline. By 1830, all of the Episcopal churches in what is now Newport News were abandoned.
In 1880, The Reverend C.J.S. Mayo, Associate Rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, was assigned the renewal of the Episcopal Church in Warwick County (now part of the city of Newport News). The Rev. Mr. Mayo officiated at services in a schoolhouse at Gum Grove, later known as Morrison (now in midtown Newport News).
In 1881, Newport News was established as a terminal for the C&O Railway. Interdenominational worship, led by Mr. Mayo, was held in the railroad workers' dormitory. On Easter Monday in 1883, Episcopal members of that interdenominational church formally organized St. Paul's Episcopal Church and elected its first vestry. A frame church, located on 25th Street, was completed in 1889 and consecrated in 1894.
In 1899, the orginal church building on 25th Street was moved, to the present 34th-Street location. The cornerstone of the present church building was laid in on All Saints' Day, November 1, 1899, and the first service in the new building took place on Easter Day, April 5, 1900. When the new church was completed, the old frame church building was used as a parish house.
Expansion and Outreach: The World Wars and After
A brick parish house was built in 1916. It served as a center for armed forces personnel during World War I. During World War II, the parish house was again used as a canteen for troops leaving from and returning to Newport News. A wing, including a new kitchen and library, was added for the operation of a community Hospitality House program. About 16,000 military personnel made use of the Hospitality House each month.
By 1930, St. Paul's was one of the two principal Episcopal churches on the Virginia Peninsula south of Williamsburg. The other was St. John's in Hampton which had sponsored and supported the re-establishment of St. Paul's in Newport News in 1880. St. Paul's in turn had helped establish Grace Church and St. Augustine's in the East End of Newport News; and St. Andrew's in Hilton Village north of present downtown Newport News. As the population of the Peninsula increased, the mission churches grew.
St. Paul's in the New Millennium
During the past twenty-five years, the membership of the parish has changed. The church remains in downtown Newport News, which since the 1970s is largely industrial and commercial. Downtown is now dominated by Huntington Ingalls Industries- Newport News Shipbuilding (the sole builder of the U.S. Navy's air craft carriers) which employs one of the largest work forces in Virginia. The departure of downtown's residential population, coupled with the presence of thousands of commuters, has resulted in a familiar American pattern of inner-city decline and decay. Despite its changed surroundings, St. Paul's attracts members from all over the Hampton Roads area.
Today, when many urban churches have closed their doors or moved to the suburbs, St. Paul's is an important landmark with a prominent place in the life of the City of Newport News.
In the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, St. Paul's is one of more than 100 congregations spread over the southern area of the Commonwealth from Danville to Richmond to the Eastern Shore. St. Paul's is in the Jamestown Convocation, where the first Anglican church in American established in 1607. The Jamestown Convocation includes many of the Episcopal oldest churches in the Western Hemisphere.
The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, created from the Diocese of Virginia in 1892, is active in many ministries and through its staff provides excellent support for congregations. St. Paul's has a long history of sharing leadership in support of the ministry of the Diocese.
The Church Building
American architect P.T. Thornton Marye designed the neo-gothic stone building built in 1899-1900. The church, with a 40-foot ceiling and pine floors, features a marble altar designed by Italian artisans. The worship space is dominated by a signed, five-panel chancel window designed and installed by the Louis C. Tiffany Studios of New York in 1934. In the style of the glass in Chartres Cathedral, the window occupies most of the west wall over the altar. The panels depict the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Pentecost. In the nave is the window, depicting St. Paul, which was originally over the altar in the first church building on 25th Street. The carved oak pulpit, a massive presence now installed in the crossing of the worship space, was a gift at the dedication of the new building from The Rt. Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph, first bishop of the Diocese. Other historic sanctuary furnishings include a bronze lectern (1914) and an impressively tall marble font. The Wicks organ, built in 1941, includes pipes from the instrument originally purchased from St. Luke's Church, Norfolk, in 1902.
The parish house, built in 1916, includes a large meeting hall with a stage; four offices for staff; two meeting rooms; a youth activities room; a second-floor gallery; a kitchen; five rooms reserved for use by the Community Outreach programs; and three restrooms, one with showers. An outdoor labyrinth available for community use is on the southeast boundary of the half-city-block property. There is a small garden courtyard between the parish house and the church. A fenced yard marks the northeast border of the church property.
With the addition of a tower in 1955, the façade of the church building was complete. Memorial Hall was added to the south side of the parish house in 1960, providing seven more rooms for classes and meetings.


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The Prime Minister held a meeting today with the Chief Minister Maharashtra, which was attended by the Agriculture Minister, Finance Minister, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Senior Officers of the Govt. of India and the State Government.
The meeting discussed Key Infrastructure Projects in Maharashtra which needed to be fast tracked


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Moncur Gallery - Peoples of the Plains Inc.
298 Mountain Street
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Region: Western
Website: www.moncurgallery.org
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The Moncur Gallery - People of the Plains specializes in pieces from 10,000 B.C. all the way up until the pioneer era. The gallery was started by Bill Moncur, and has roughly 1,500 artifacts, many which are Aboriginal and pioneer in origin.
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The third SMARTNANO project six-months review meeting starts today in Baveno, Italy. Project partners will discuss the advancement of each Work Package and plan future activities. News, findings, developments and objectives will be shared and reviewed to plan the work schedule for 2014.
The event is hosted by SMARTNANO partner ABICH s.r.l. in Baveno, Italy.


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Superintendent Ed Miller said the proposal is one the school system must submit when it does not project having a full month's operating budget in reserve as of Sept. 30.
Superintendent Ed Miller said the proposal is one the school system must submit when it does not project having a full month's operating budget in reserve as of Sept. 30.
"It's one we've had to submit the last couple of years, along with about 35 percent of the systems in the state," Miller said.
Gadsden City Schools is $921,095 short of having one month's operating budget, which is about $3 million.
The plan proposes saving $1,178,000 over the year by reducing personnel, shifting some salary coding and from a return of funds from the system's Child Nutrition Program.
Certified personnel would be reduced by seven units and non-certified personnel by five units, which would save a combined $500,000. A shift in salary code from the general fund to federal grant funds will save $100,000.
Miller said when the CNP fund has a carryover, the school system is allowed to compensate itself for benefits it pays to the program's workers. That excess reserve, according to the plan, is projected at $578,000.
Miller said if the system enacts the changes set out in the plan and receives its full allocation next year, then it can achieve the balance.
The plan, which should take two years to achieve, will be implemented at the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year.
"It's hard to ever get that balance because we're not a savings institution," Miller said. "We're an institution that expends our allocations and the money we receive for student services and opportunities for students to succeed.
"It's not like any extra money we bank. We spend it on student need," he said. "So it's hard for us to get that balance when we're basically operating in the red with proration."
Proration over the last two years has slashed school budgets across the state.
Gadsden City Schools' state allocation was cut $780,000 on March 1 when Gov. Robert Bentley declared a 3 percent proration.


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|Other Unrelated Tax Ideas
This space is reserved to discuss other unrelated tax ideas and to give links to their websites:
There are several websites that relate to the fact that the income tax as "practiced" in the United States is not according to law and is in violation of the Constitution. It may be a noble and nice exercise in futility to fight the IRS and there is most likely important truth in the opinions and evidence presented, but in virtually all instances of people opposing their taxing agencies, the governments involved have used abusive methods to clobber the protesting taxpayers into submission in their desperate and abusive efforts to keep the tax systems in place as they are. The fact is that revenue must be created for governments to be able to pay for the public expenditures they incurr. Fighting the current systems of taxation may be very interesting on the merits, but without proposing alternatives for revenue generation, all these efforts are quite futile. AutomaticTax.com is a very attractive alternative and would be very detrimental for all those who benefit from keeping the current systems of taxation in place.
A website that explains the futility of "Anti-IRS Theories a.k.a. Tax Protester Junk is here: http://www.quatloos.com/taxscams/taxprot.htm
Other tax reform proposals:
www.FairTax.com is a tax reform movement with considerable support from the public and from several legislators and some members of academia. A very complete review of this proposed tax reform can be found at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax .


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Life is hectic. With demanding jobs, family commitments and other responsibilities, it can get really busy. Taking time for ourselves to just unwind, however, is often not given enough priority. We need to remember to take some time for ourselves to unwind and relax . This is equally as important (if not more important) than eating your daily dose of veggie and fruit and being active. It helps us to stay balanced, positive, feel good, recharged and motivated to keep going.
Most of us associate unwinding with 'doing nothing' and I think this is far from the truth. For instance, there are some days where unwinding for me means sitting in front of the TV and doing nothing more than watching my favourite TV shows. Sure, I could do a lot of other things to unwind in a more productive manner - workouts, reading, etc. However, I don't believe this is entirely 'doing nothing' as I'm watching a show that I truly enjoy and brings me happiness. I think that's where a lot of misconceptions are - if you're doing something unproductive or not beneficial to your well-being, then that's not unwinding. This couldn't be further from the truth; unwinding can be so much more (or less, depending on your outlook on things). While doing nothing but watching TV boosts my happiness and comfort, I like to also unwind with activities that stimulate the mind, body and soul! There are other times where unwinding means doing something that feels fun for me but its still keeping my brain very active. Most of the time this means unleashing the inner creative side of myself! Here are three beneficial ways I like to unwind!
1. Adult Colouring!
To say I've been enjoying colouring over the last few weeks is an understatement. I've been obsessed with colouring! I've always been one to be creative and try artsy things, so I decided to give this new activity a try and I've been loving it! I think the rest of society has been catching on with this trend, as I've been reading and seeing a lot of talk about how adult colouring can be very beneficial, stress free and relaxing. I grab my book and coloured pencils and start colouring - its been my new favourite way to unwind! One of the reasons why this trend has caught on to many is because our lives are filled with technology, orderly processes and pushing creativity aside. However, colouring fulfills that inner creativity that is in each and every one of us. I've really been enjoying Johanna Basford's work in her latest colouring book, Lost Ocean. My only regret is that I wish I started this sooner!
2. Reading
Reading has always been a favourite past time of mine. I love to get lost in a fictional novel that really gets me involved and engrossed into the characters and plot. I'm always reading something - sometimes it can take me from two weeks to 6 months to finish a single novel. But I love the idea of always having something to pick up and read when I want to unwind. Its very typical to find me reading right before bed where I like to calm my thoughts and busy brain. Reading is a beneficial way to unwind because you are using your brain in a different way that can be very effective to overall your body and well being - especially your mental state. Your shutting down one part of your brain, but by reading you are utilizing a different part that you may not always get to use.
3. iPad Brain Games
After a long day, I try to get away from technology as much as possible, but the reality is that we are always surrounded by it. It can be tough to deal with at times. When an iPad is close by and all I want to do is reach for that and watch YouTube videos instead of reading a book, I opt to play some brain games instead. Brain games can release your mind from the busy day and ease you into a different mindset by challenging you to solve interesting puzzles. I love these type of games! Not only are they fun, but I don't feel guilty about unwinding in this manner. The truth is that you are still utilizing your brain in a very effective way by stimulating different areas through solving puzzles. My favourite games to unwind are Threes, Next Numbers & Rules.
These are three of my favourite and beneficial ways to unwind after a long, hectic and stressful day. Again, while I like to sit down and watch TV just like anyone else, there are still times where it's good to keep that brain active in a different and more creative way. Finding the time for yourself to unwind is so important to our overall health and well being. It's a part of having a healthy diet!
What are some of your favourite ways to unwind?


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Kratom Guide for those New to Kratom
If you've never had or have little experience with kratom you're probably wondering where to start. This guide is about the different strains to help you decide which one to start with but you may also want to refer to our other guides such as What is Kratom and the Benefits of Kratom.
There are many different strains of Kratom on the market today some of them are staple strains such as Bali or Maeng Da. These are well known strains that most every vender sells although the quality can vary drastically. There are some strains known by the color of the vein of their leaves such as Red Vein, Green, or White Vein. Many times the name of a strain also has where the kratom came from such as Bali, Borneo, Malay, Thai, etc… The color and origin names really don't have a lot to do with quality by themselves but certain strains have a reputation for specific
Here at SaveOnKratom.com we choose our strains specifically because of the quality and popularity of the strain. We also try to offer the best of each part of the full spectrum since there is a large range of what kratom has to offer across many strains. Recently we've added many Premium and Standard strains to match anyones needs and budget.
Find Kratom That Fits Your Needs
Let's look at some of the best strains to try out if you're new to Kratom, first off lets look at Premium Bali
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- Grows in Bali, Indonesia
- Great Choice for both new and veteran kratom fans
The most popular strain of Kratom on the market is Premium Bali. It gets it's name and comes from the island of Bali in Indonesia. Being this is a previlant kind of Kratom it has a great cost to quality ratio. It's not the strongest strain by any means but still not a lot is needed for most people to get good effects.
Not all Bali is the same in fact there's probably alot of kratom marketed under this name that may be something completely different because this is the most general kratom and easily reconizable. True Premium Bali works for most people and is a good strain to start with if you're unsure of what to try because it's not too strong and costs the least.
Bali is also very balanced in it's benefits and effects. It has some energetic properties as well as sedative depending on how much is used. Energetic at lower amounts. Most kratom has a similar kind of balance in general but not as much as Bali. Shop Premium Bali
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Probably the second most popular strain is Maeng Da. I would guess this would be the most popular if it wasn't for price. Although it costs more than many strains it's by far worth it for those use it. This is considered by many as the Conisouiers grade kratom because of it's natural strength and pure feeling. It's a highly energetic strain and when I talk about energy referring to kratom I don't mean just physical energy but it's more of an energy from a sense of well being. This is unlike energy products on the market that offer jittery and quickened feeling. Kratom typically is a solid calm kind of energy.
Maeng Da is probably best suited for those at least some what familiar with kratom but if you want to start with real quality stuff there's no need to wait either. Even though it's strong it's not overwelming for most people and if you start small you can work up to a perfect amount. Shop Maeng Da Premium
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Wildcraft is also known as Red Vein Indo it's a newer strain to the market than the previous two and is harvested from deep jungle trees in Indonesia. Although Maeng Da is still a better quality, Wildcraft is as strong if not stronger depending on the harvest. Generally it has a higher mitragynine content, one of the main alkaloids in kratom responsible for effect. Because of this Wildcraft is a great suppliment or alternative to Maeng Da and can help keep your budget in check. Shop Wildcraft Kratom


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The effectiveness of the University and School systems for admission, student support, and academic progress is supported by the data in Table 1 on student completion rates across programs.
Table 1: Completion Rates in Degree Program (AY 2015)
|Degree Programs
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|Number of Withdrawals
|Completion Rate
The completion rates of the BCM, MBA, and PhD programs are higher than for the MBA and MCM, which suggests an area for improvement. Generally, all four degree program show high levels of completion rates for students, and students who completed the programs successfully are considered to have obtained learning in line with the Mission values. This demonstrates that our admission policies have been effective in attracting students who can meet our expectations.
Student Retention and Intervention Policy
The overall high completion rate has been achieved by the efforts made by the Curriculum Management Committees (CMCs). For individual degree programs, the CMC identifies students who are struggling with retention and progress at regular intervals during the year, and gives them advice and support.
Academic Progress Management
Students who are likely to achieve a low grade point are warned with a letter to inform them of their current achievement. This intervention is conducted only in the BCM program, because undergraduate students are generally younger than graduates and tend to lack self-discipline.
The School has three check points to judge whether a student needs such management: (1) a student who is at risk of failing to achieve the minimum credits to advance to the next year, (2) a student who is at risk of failing to graduate due to insufficient credits, (3) a student who is at risk of failing to graduate due to being short of the minimum GPA (1.8). The School requires students to obtain a minimum number of credits to advance to the next year and to graduate. In addition, as noted above, undergraduate students must obtain more than a 1.8 grade point average for all completed classes to be eligible to graduate. A student who fails to complete a degree program within eight years after entrance is automatically excluded from academic life in the institution.
The CMC once a year identifies potential students who are at risk of failing to satisfy one of the three criteria, and sends a warning to the students and their parents. CMC members sometimes talk directly with the students and give them advice on overcoming problems with which they are struggling. Table 2 shows the low retention rates of undergraduate students, which suggests the effectiveness of CMC intervention.
Table 2: Retention Rate in the BCM (AY 2015)
|Stage: 2nd Year to 3rd Year
|Stage: Graduation
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|No. of Students Enrolled
Past 4th Year*
|Held Back
|Retention Rate
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* Includes students from 4th to 8th year.
**Includes students who went abroad as an exchange student, requested a leave of absence, or elected to remain in university to find better employment. They were not held back because of academic problems.
Career Development Support and its Effectiveness
To promote career development, the University established the Career Development Center. It provides career development classes, job fairs and other related events on a regular basis. The provided classes are shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Career Development Classes
|Career Basics
|Provides students with a fundamental framework and perspective for deciding on a lifelong career.
|Meet Business Persons
|Offers career development theory in industry and companies, interactive small seminars classified by industry, and various lectures offered by diverse external practitioners, enabling students to come in touch with the actual situation of society and to plan their own practical career.
|Practical Skills
|Seeks to enhance students' skills that pass muster in society through studies in workshop and entrepreneurship education.
School Performance and Student Achievement
The results of the above career development support have been favorable so far. Some Japanese business magazines evaluated our university as Number One in this regard. According to the Japanese University Ranking by Weekly Asahi MOOK, the percentage of students who have a mind to contribute to society is 54.0 percent, which was highest among all universities. Currently, our university successfully develops students in line with the Mission.
Figure 1 shows employment outcomes for BCM graduates. Twenty-eight percent found employment in the financial sector, such as with banking and insurance companies. Since we regard the financial sector as the pinnacle of industry, this result shows that our career development support effectively works in line with the Mission.
Figure 1: BCM Place of Employment (AY 2015)
Table 4 shows the number of graduates that passed the Japanese CPA exam from 2010 to 2014. The School's graduates mostly ranked in the top 10 in terms of pass rate.
Table 4: Number of CPA Exam Pass (2010-2014)
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Supreme Auto Body is an auto body shop in Regina providing auto body repair and glass replacement.
At Soluiton Bosse, it is not the size of the auto dent that limits us with our technique of paintless dfent repair and removal. Generally, if the paint has not cracked after the impact, it should not do so during the repair. Do not forget that a car without dent and with an original appearance keeps its value much longer.
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Auto Color, Inc. was established in 1991 as a cost effective alternative to traditional auto body repairs shops. By doing spot repairs based on the car owner's needs and budget rather than an insurance industry "one size fits all repair", Auto Color allows car owners to repair to need.The age and use of vehicles often influences what repair is best. And, the best repair is not always showroom quality. While showroom quality is no problem for the Auto Color pros, there are times when function is more important than cosmetics, and we can help there too. Auto Color provides a wide variety of cosmetic repairs and appearance services including Dent Repair, Plastic Bumper Repair, Car Scratch Repair, Car Detailing, Paintless Dent Repair, Body Shop, Paintless Dent Repair, Alloy Wheel Repair, 3M Paint Protection Film and upholstery repair and replacement.


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Formed in 2012, iPhoneFixUK was set up as a parts and repair service for anything Apple related. Thanks to our customers, we have grown from strength to strength with over 10,000 customers including trade customers from O2 arena, Taunton Accademy, Stockport Council (to name but a few!). We focus on customer service, providing the right advice if the customer wants to carry out a repair or being able to carry out same day repairs. We offer a Nationwide "Post in" repair service or "Drop off" (Paignton, Devon) . All of our parts or repairs are covered with our 90 day warranty. If your local, pop in, if not, visit our website to order for Next day delivery.
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Nigel Farage on the 2015 UKIP Manifesto:
'For the first time in 100 years, there is real change on the horizon. All you have to do is vote for it.
"Political party manifestos are usually filled with arbitrary, over-ambitious targets and pledges to some special interest group here or there. UKIP is different.
"In this document, which should inform your choice at this election, you will find serious, fully-costed policies that reflect what our party is all about: believing in our country.
"On the major issues of the day – immigration, the economy, our health service and living standards – the establishment parties have repeatedly and knowingly raised the expectations of the public, only to let us down, time and time again.
In many ways, this is where UKIP came from: a feeling that successive governments were no longer representing the will of the British people.
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India: Flat steel prices rise; long steel prices largely unchanged
In Indian domestic market, primary steel manufacturers raise flat steel prices by almost Rs 1,000/MT in spot market, however kept their long steel prices unchanged.
In response to this steel manufacturers justify that flat steel prices are largely dependent on global market. Currently falling Rupee on one hand has made coal imports expensive and on the other, has got better realization for exports of finished product.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL), India's largest steel producer, Jindal Steel and Essar Steel heard to have raised their flat product prices by Rs 750-1,200/MT for different grades and sizes. Most of them have kept their long steel prices unchanged for July 2013.
Steel Prices in India 2013
Unlike Flat, long steel market in India is unaffected to global fluctuations. Long steel is dominated by secondary players and is prices are dependent on local factors like availability of scrap, prices of iron ore and other seasonal factors.
"Flat steel demand has been decent in Indian market for last one month. Also depreciating Rupee has made imports of steel expensive. On the other hand re-bar and structural demand has been impacted by on-going monsoon season in India." said an official with one of the large steel producer.
On the other hand secondary steel manufacturers in India have been cutting their offers owing to season slowdown.
Current prices for HRC of 2.5mm are in range of Rs 34,000-35,000/MT (Ex-Works) and 12mm Re-bar at around Rs 32,000-34,000/MT (Ex-Works).
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A prince is cast into the labyrinth on her 16th birthday, and you have to help her escape. It's a puzzle game, where you try to get all the balls into the hole in the floor. Pushing any one any exerts a gravity-like directional effect on the other others. For example "L" pulls all the remaining balls to the left.
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Producer: Chateau BoutisseGrape Varieties: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet SauvignonOptimum Drinking: Within 8 yearsWine Style: Full bodied with black cherry fruitAlcohol by Volume: 12.5%Closure: Natural CorkCountry: France
Purchased in 1996, Chateau Boutisse is the Milhade flagship estate. It is located in the commune of Saint Christophe des Bardes, one of the top communes in AC St-Emilion. It is a relatively large estate for St-Emilion with 23 hectares, mainly planted with Merlot. Huge investments have been poured into the vineyards since 1996 with several parcels of vines being completely replanted. Chateau Boutisse possesses excellent terroir; when the soil was ripped and prepared for planting, large chunks of the recherché limestone were visible under the chalky clay topsoil. Furthermore, certain parcels have excellent southern exposure whilst others are planted on gentle slopes.
Grapes: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet SauvignonSoil: Chalky clay with limestoneVines: Average age 25-30 yearsVinification: Grapes are gravity fed into small, temperature controlled stainless steel vats. Prolonged fermentation is triggered by natural yeasts, followed by a 3 week maceration. Malolactic takes place in new oak barrels. Fining is with egg whites and racking is done every 3 months. After 18 months ageing in new oak, the wine is lightly filtered before bottling.
Colour: A beautiful, striking inky red.Taste: A warm, intense bouquet of mocha and sweet spices. The palate shows full body with fine yet firm tannins, explosive black cherry fruit, all encased in the subtle vanillin flavours of new oak.
Serve: At room temperature with roasted and grilled meat dishes and assorted cheeses.
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DeviantArt had a little contest to draw a single page for the Darkness comic last month, so I decided to jump in.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to ink / color it due to other projects taking up most of my time, but still I had a blast drawing with pencils. It has been such a long time since I've drawn anything "traditionally", so my eyes appreciated the rest away from the monitor.
Now that I've been through the process of researching the characters, laying out panels and drawing sequential art, I wouldn't mind being a penciler for a few projects ;)


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Set in the Cobaw Ranges, Alkoomi is an idyllic architect designed house set on 150 acres with its own ornamental lake, sweeping views and pristine countryside, just 7km from Hanging Rock. It offers absolute privacy and serenity, just an hour from Melbourne's CBD/45 minutes from Tullamarine Airport. There is a strict no smoking policy for entire property and to preserve its tranquility, we accommodate a maximum of just six guests at any time.
The Alkoomi estate features rammed earth, glass, honed black granite and blackbutt timber as well as underfloor heating perfect for Victorian winters. The house was designed by acclaimed architect Russell Barrett and features an expansive open-living/kitchen area, a master suite featuring en suite and breathtaking lake views; two further double bedrooms and a study/4th bedroom; second bathroom and third WC; laundry facilities and designated pet area for those who want to bring four-legged friends. The house also features a relaxation room overlooking the lake stocked with yoga props that can be used as an extra sleeping space or simply as a chill out zone.
Guests can dine at the granite bar overlooking the entertainers' kitchen; at the 8-seater glass dining table area or in the outdoor "restaurant" style area complete with woodfire and herb garden. The lake is stocked with freshwater trout too. The home features Apple TV, high-speed broadband throughout; has an LG OLED 55" curved TV and a Sharp 46" HD TV and NetFlix and a state-of-the-art Arcam stereo system.
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MMG Week: Wale Talks Getting A Boost From 'No Hands' & Still Being Treated Like A 'N---er'
If there's any rapper up for most improved year ever, it's gotta be Wale. The 26-year-old DC diehard has been making good use of his new Maybach Music Group home with a clearly-heard invigorated flow and upgraded stature. VIBE hopped on the jack with Wale during a sporadic tattoo session to grill him on how life's changed, what gave him a boost of motivation and why it's still hard out here for a black man. —Tracy Garraud
You've probably seen the most changes this year out of your MM brethren. What's the last 365 been like?
It's been all work. I really haven't had the opportunity to reflect yet; it's just been all work and I'm fine with that. I'm working and I'm trying to make important music and trying to make my impact on the culture. Maybe two years from now I might be able to reflect, but right now I've just been working nonstop.
How's your schedule different now vs. pre-Maybach?
It's a little bit more organized. I'm scheduling studio time in between shows and I wasn't doing that before.
It's easy to tell you've been putting in work. What's been pushing you to upgrade your raps?
It's about being around good energy. It's Meek's energy. It's Ross' energy. It's just the people I'm around. It's contagious. I never hung around rappers like that; I just hung with my friends. Now I'm around people that do what I do.
Yeah, they say you are the company you keep.
Exactly, it just feels like you got to keep working or somebody's going to surpass you. It's just a contagious vibe. It's incredible.
Has your work ethic changed? Do you look back and think you were possibly underachieving?
I definitely was [working hard], but the energy is different now. I feel a lot freer. I'm a lot happier. I was doing what I was doing, but I evolved as a person.
A lot of crews have had problems within their circles and eventually ended up dissolving. Has that ever worried you?
Thing is we're all individual artists. It's just like Def Jam doing a compilation. It's not really like that. What Ross is trying to do is become what Def Jam music is. So it's not really a group. We all got to grind. We all got to put in work. I look at it like a dude trying to be great. Hopefully we all expand and do more things and it doesn't end on bad terms. I don't look at it like the new rap crew. If you look at it like the new rap crew that's how it will end up. But at the end of the day Maybach Music is where I want to be. I believe 100% we all have the potential to be the biggest label in music.
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A goal for the Hamilton Academy of Medicine is to encourage and educate Hamiltonians on how to live the healthiest life possible. The Academy hopes to achieve this goal through various campaigns.
In the past, the Academy has run "Time to Get Moving", "Halt the Salt" and "Time to Quit" to promote the importance of activity, salt reduction and smoking cessation.
Our most current or upcoming campaign information can be found below. If you have any questions, please contact the Academy Office via e-mail at [email protected].
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Alas, I have returned. Like most college students (or just hardworking people in general-college or not), I've been preoccupied with many things recently: soul searching, academics, work, girls, etc. I realized that this site should not be used for banal reviews of books, how I might potentially use them in my writing (everyone has an opinion and personally, I would better use my time creating content than commenting on content), or telling the not so sehr interessant details of a rural-raised, East Coaster coming to Las Vegas to pursue a degree in Film, English, Creative Writing, and Entrepreneurship. This blog would best be used for creating and spreading my content like a malignancy so that I may start getting my voice out there. I can't promise that I will have lots of content or that it will be consistent (mainly because I find promises both misleading for others and confining for yourself), but I can say that I will use this as the first mouth piece for my writing that I wish to share with the world. With this, I invite you to taste some of the blurbs of pieces I am working on. I am focused on getting interest and feedback, primarily, so feel free to comment or message me with feedback on work.
I will leave you with the opening of a piece that I free-wrote over the holidays:
Giles Jameson was a hardworking man who "loved his money like he loved his women, spread wide and held firmly in his hands." He reclined on the couch, his feet hanging over the edge in the way a large dogs' paws droop one over another when crossed at the stair's edge. The TV flickered before him in bright effervescence brought to him by Hostess and Charmin and made hazy in the sleep-deprived, Monster-fueled wee hours of another Saturday night alone in his apartment.
Also, here is the link to a short film that I acted in for class.
I will be posting an improv comic strip that I helped write and draw at the recent comic book festival. More to come. Thanks for reading!


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Construction process of pvc coil plastic floor pavement
Pvc flooring construction is divided into: self-leveling construction, floor paving construction. Pavement is divided into: full scrape rubber pavement, adhesive tape pavement. The self-leveling construction is carried out before the floor covering. The full-squeegee pavement is suitable for kindergarten floors and commercial floors. The adhesive tape pavement is suitable for sports floors and dance floors. Squeegee pavement is divided into: sheet pavement and sheet pavement. The following is only for the floor of the coil.
Pvc floor pavement construction process - full scraping gum
Process one: pre-shop. Requirements: solid ground, no sand, no powder, clean and dry, within 2m height difference within 2mm or leveled polished, clean self-leveling; Material: pvc floor (with volume number); Method: align by volume number layout.
Process II: Squeegee. Requirements: pre-paved floor; tools: special scraper board; material: pvc floor special glue; method: Roll up the whole block pre-paved floor to half, put the right amount of glue on the ground, scraping with a scraper evenly.
Process III: laying. Requirements: Adhesive is not sticky (about 20 minutes after squeegeeing); Tool: Soft wood board; Method: Spread the rolled floor after glue is not sticky, and use a soft wood board to level and push it up; Half of the squeegee is laid.
Process four: repair. Requirement: The whole piece of rubber is laid; Tool: steel ruler, hook knife or wallpaper knife; Method: After the steel part of the corners is pressed, use a hook knife or a wallpaper knife to cut; clean the scene.
Process five: slot welding. Requirement: Laying finishing; Tool: Steel ruler, slotter, torch, moon blade or trowel; Material: Weld wire; Method: 1. Grooving—align the steel rule along the floor seam, use slotting The knife is grooved and the depth of the groove is controlled at one-third of the total thickness of the floor. 2. Welding—The welding torch is welded along the slotted position. After completion, the raised wire is flattened with a crescent blade.
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Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) postulated the Sun as the center of the Universe in his De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543). Born in Torun, Poland, Copernicus first studied astronomy and astrology at the University of Cracow (1491-94). Later, he matriculated in 1496 in the University of Bologna, where he assisted Domenico Maria the Ferrarese of Novara (1454-1504), professor of mathematics and astrology and also the official compiler of prognostications for the university.
After briefly returning to Frombork, Copernicus studied medicine at the University of Padua (1501-3) and then moved on to the University of Ferrara where he obtained a doctorate in Canon Law (1503). He then returned to Varmia, where he was based for the rest of his life. He acted as medical advisor and secretary to his uncle, a church bishop at Heilsberg, and was later heavily involved with the administrative tasks in the diocese of Frombork.
In 1514, the Lateran Council sought Copernicus's opinion on calendar reform. Around the same time, he began to circulate in manuscript the 'Commentariolus' (A Brief Description), in which he criticised then prevalent Ptolemaic system for not adhering to the principle of uniform circular motions and offered instead his own system in which the earth and all the other planets rotate around the sun.
By the 1530s, Copernicus's reputation as a skilled mathematician had even reached the ears of the Pope. A professor of mathematics at the University of Wittenberg, Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574) who was on a tour of visiting distinguished scholars, visited Copernicus in 1539. Copernicus shared his ideas with him, and Rheticus published the Narratio Prima (First Report on the Books of Revolution) in 1540 at Gdansk, in which he reported Copernicus' heliostatic theory in an astrological framework: the changing fortunes of the kingdom of the world, according to Rheticus, depended on the changing eccentricity of the sun. Following the favourable reception of the Narratio Prima, Rheticus persuaded Copernicus to publish a full account. This, of course, became the De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), published in March 1543 at Nuremberg. Copernicus died two months later.
In his De Revolutionibus, Copernicus ordered the planets and proposed the view that the universe is centered on Sol (our sun) versus Terra (our Earth) which was commonly believed to be the center of the universe. Thus, Copernicus is often incorrectly portrayed as a controversial figure who advocated a heliocentric system for the express purpose of overthrowing existing systems and institutions. In fact, his monumental work, the De Revolutionibus, is far from a revolutionary manifesto for modern astronomy. The work follows closely the structure of Ptolemy's Almagest, it is based on parameters and data from Ptolemy, and his dedication to the Pope is written in a fashionable style.
He does indeed provide a model of the universe in which the earth and all the other planets orbit around the sun and the earth acquired a daily rotation, but the sun itself was not quite in the center of that universe. He established the order of planets and devised a system which accounted for the movements of planets without equants, but he was motivated by the desire to establish uniform circular motion, itself a classical ideal. Copernicus certainly believed that this was the true system of the physical universe, but this conviction was not shared widely by his peers for contemporary reasons.
Copernicus then went on to briefly discuss the following cosmological topics. Like Ptolemy, he only presented a brief discussion of each point.
The centre of the universe. In this section, Copernicus stated that 'since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the centre of all the revolutions'. Following a short consideration of the questions, he concludes that 'it will be realised that the sun occupies the middle of the universe', explaining that 'all these facts are disclosed to us by the principle governing the order in which the planets follow one another, and by the harmony of the entire universe, if only we look at the matter, as the saying goes, with both eyes'.
Copernicus suggested the following order of the heavenly spheres:
He admitted that 'all these statements are difficult and almost inconceivable, being of course opposed to the beliefs of many people'. But he hoped that 'as we proceed, with God's help I shall make them clearer than sunlight, at any rate to those who are not unacquainted with the science of astronomy'.


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Orange Svadhisthana 2nd (Sacral) Chakra Pouf Cube Pouf
Svadhisthana 2nd (Sacral) Chakra Pouf. Raise your sacral energy with the spice of orange. The 2nd chakra, Svadhisthana, is where innovation, creativity and sexuality reside. In Feng Shui orange is great for the fame (South) sector of your home.
- Dimensions: 13″ x 13″ x 13″
- Weight: 4.75 lbs.
- 100% sturdy spun polyester.
- Hidden zipper enclosure, cover is fully removable.
- Pouf cover is machine washable, lay flat to dry.
- Filled with polystyrene beads.
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Immer Besser - Forever Better
Miele Cleans the Air You Breathe
Please exercise caution when evaluating other vacuum filtration systems, as there are many gimmicks that do not work as effectively or scientifically. As this is an area where the results can be devastating to young or elderly lungs, or to anyone who suffers from allergies or asthma, you may want to call us or visit our store to discuss the importance of the indoor air quality in your home and how a Miele vacuum cleaner can improve it.
Sealed System
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The Miele upright vacuums have a two seven-year warranty on the motor and two-year warranty on all parts and labor.
The Miele Universal Upright vacuums have a five-year warranty on the motor and one-year on all parts and labor.
Bags, belts and filters are exempt from the warranty.
IntensiveClean™ Dust Bag
Miele disposable dust bags have a built-in dust flap which closes automatically to prevent any dust from escaping back into the room while changing the bag. The "dust bag change indicator" will let you know when it's time to change the dust bag.
The Super Air Clean Filter which is constructed of special nylon fibers. As air passes through the filter, the nylon rubs together, creating static, and charges the filter which then traps dust in the filter. If your vacuum is equipped with a H.E.P.A. or Active Air Clean Filter, you may want to save the Super Air Clean Filter for when you are cleaning an especially dirty area and you don't need the H.E.P.A. filter.
We recommend you change the Super Air Clean Filter each time you open a new package of dust bags.
A new pre-motor filter and Super Air Clean Filter are supplied with each box of dust bags.
S-Class H.E.P.A. Filter
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A space for healing and truth.
Learning how to accept the things we cannot change.
You Have a Reason to be Depressed
You have a most excellent reason. In fact, you probably have a whole lot of excellent reasons. YOU HAVE A REASON TO BE DEPRESSED It doesn't matter if you're famous. It doesn't matter if you're rich. It doesn't matter if you're best pals with Oprah, and you two spend every Sunday in the Seychelles sipping fruit juices.
My Highly Sensitive Person Manifesto
One of the reasons why it has taken me so blooming long to find out that I'm a Highly Sensitive Person is because… I am sensitive to things most people aren't sensitive to. For example: most HSPs have food allergies or food sensitivities. Well… I don't. I have no food allergies of any kind to my knowledge. Because my sensitivities
Clarity is Scary
Say you want something. Like, oh, I don't know, to pick an example totally at random: A WONDERFUL MAN. This shall be Mr Wonderful.For now… So you decide to work with this Want by using "Qualities" This is a technique to help you get closer to the thing you want. It works like this: you break down this thing you want into its Spiritual
What to do when you're panicking about all the "suck"
The other day I was in a serious suck How serious? Tears; "I hate the world"; "I hate myself"; "I hate my life"; "nothing good has ever happened and nothing good will ever happen". THAT kind of "suck". I worked with it. And helped myself "out". Here's what I did. Music. Obvious?


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|Hispanics, Christians speak out against California bill targeting religious universities
|California's War on My Religious College and Others
|Emails reveal Catholic school more concerned about being transgender 'positive' than following Church teaching
|Gay activist who works in Catholic school board battles Church's 'entrenched homophobia'
|Why Can't Catholic Colleges Hire for Mission?
|LMU Reinstates Employee Accused of 'Hate Crime' for Defending Church Teaching
|High School Boy Wins All-State Honors In Girls Track And Field
|LGBT Bill Threatens California's Religious Schools
|'Universities' war against truth
|Kathy Gyngell: Boys will be girls and girls will be boys – in our primary school madhouse
|K-12 Gender Identity Standards Surprise Some Washington Parents
|Catholic Colleges: 'Gender Identity' in Title IX Threatens Religious Freedom
|Federal Policies on Transgender Students: Serving Neither the Community, the Family, nor the Transgender Student
|The Fight for Religious Freedom in Catholic Schools
|California Dreams Up Nightmare for Catholic Education
I've been a California resident for more than a decade, long enough to remember when a Republican was governor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and when 52% of Californians voted against the redefinition of marriage, not that I'm nostalgic for those days.
California is a state that is weird and wonderful and unpredictable. Driven by trendiness and fashion du jour rather than history or tradition, California is necessarily a fast-moving state (It's been less than a decade since Prop. 8 and less than two years since Caitlyn Jenner was a man!). California is about change, newness, discovery, pioneering. This creates fertile ground for Hollywood creativity and Silicon Valley innovation, but it also has downsides. California's disdain for tradition and apathy about old things often leads to a dangerous void of perspective, pacing and logic.
California is about the NOW and the NEW, a real-time feed of chaotic fragments of expression and opinion (California is the Twitter of states). California is where supposedly open-minded, progressive people go. It's where dreamers and outcasts and immigrants and refugees flock. It's where Don Draper finally found his happy place. It's a state that celebrates every culture and all ideas. Diversity, inclusion, pluralism and tolerance are its mantras.
Or so we thought.
A pernicious bill (SB 1146) now moving through the California legislature would force Christian colleges and universities into submission when it comes to their beliefs and policies regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Sec. 1 of SB 1146 would remove an existing religious exemption and narrow it so that faith-based institutions (including Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, etc) could no longer think and behave differently on these most central human questions. What Sacramento says is true about SOGI is now what every knowledge institution in California must acknowledge in practice (if not in belief) to be true.
So much for valuing diversity.
How ironic that the state that leads the nation in "tolerance" is moving to impose a "one size must fit all!" policy on SOGI orthodoxy for the very institutions (colleges and universities) who contribute the most to the state's ideological diversity.
Welcome to the new liberal intolerance. SB 1146 is a blatant example of it, and the contentious debates about the bill in the California legislature have raised this concern. As state senator John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) said in the California Senate debate about SB 1146 in May, "Sometimes you can become what you hate, and you can become intolerant if you've been the victim of intolerance."
SB 1146's author, Senator Ricardo Lara, insists that he is not becoming what he hates. But he is. He insists that he values all forms of diversity. But he doesn't. His bill makes it clear that the only diversity he values is diversity with an asterisk. And the asterisk is: you are part of the diversity we championunless you dare to believe and live according to your traditional religious convictions about sexuality and gender.
That's faux diversity. Faux tolerance. It's discrimination. It's exactly what Lara and the anti-discrimination police are fighting against. They're becoming the enemy they used to fight against. Lawmakers in the Golden State have clearly forgotten the Golden Rule.
The "we're becoming what we hate" nature of this is something wise liberals are recognizing and starting to decry. Take Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times, blasting the "liberal poppycock" of faux tolerance and blatant discrimination toward conservatives:
When perspectives are unrepresented in discussions, when some kinds of thinkers aren't at the table, classrooms become echo chambers rather than sounding boards — and we all lose… Universities should be a hubbub of the full range of political perspectives from A to Z, not just from V to Z. So maybe we progressives could take a brief break from attacking the other side and more broadly incorporate values that we supposedly cherish — like diversity — in our own dominions.
California has forgotten what pluralism and tolerance are and why they are valuable for democracy. It's not about everyone agreeing about everything. It's about the value for society when the opposite is true: when there are varying perspectives and strong institutions that respect one another even while they hold distinct (and often mutually exclusive) beliefs. Civil disagreement and principled pluralism are foundational to a healthy democracy. Sadly America at large is forgetting how to do this and why we should.
read more at: http://brettmccracken.com/2016/06/22/tolerant-california-will-not-tolerate-christian-colleges/


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Action Adventure Level Design: Pacing, Content, and Mood
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[In the third installment of his Action Adventure Level Design series, Lara Croft creator Toby Gard examines how the design process should incorporate discussions of pacing, structure, and mood -- and how leads can hone their feedback to the team to make it all work. Part 1 described how to create a Level Flow Plan to hand off to the level team. Part 2 described a variety of tools to help turn those Level Flows into detailed, immersive and interesting levels plans.]
By the end of the process described in the last article -- building through fiction -- you will most likely have a mixture of paper maps, written stories, detailed flowcharts, concept art and possibly some 3D mockup spaces, depending on how each level team prefers (or has been instructed) to represent their plan.
Those levels will have taken shape in surprising and unexpected ways. Levels that we had assumed to be straightforward action levels may have revealed rich veins for puzzles, and many levels are likely to have prompted ideas that fall outside of the current game mechanics.
Evaluating the Big Picture
To structure their feedback, the creative leads need to validate all level plans in relation to each other. Because the levels are likely to be pretty complex, it is useful to create a simplified representation of the whole game so that you can assess the pacing and emotional consistency of the experience.
Extraction of Mechanics
The first step we need to take is to identify all of these special case interactions and ideas that the level teams have come up with while fleshing out the level plans. Inevitably they will be some of the coolest in the game:
Ken Kong falls down a 30 story lift shaft, doing frantic mid-air kung-fu until there is a pile of zombie bodies beneath him thick enough for him to survive the drop.
It sounds awesome, but the fight system simply cannot accommodate this "fall fighting" mechanic, so the level team has suggested it as a cutscene.
In a couple of other levels, Ken Kong has to destroy some walls and the level teams have proposed different McGuffins to allow him to do this, such as a convenient, precariously balanced heavy object that will break through the wall if triggered.
It is this list of ideas that can produce the neat and original game mechanics that will set your project apart from everyone else's. By promoting ideas that have the flexibility to be expanded into the core mechanics and peppering them throughout the game, we can create a richer more coherent overall experience.
For example:
How could destroying walls become a reusable mechanic? Would it require a consumable, or is it a readily available ability? How rich of a vein is it to be tapped for more applications? Does it have synergy with other player abilities?
Let's say that we can integrate destroying walls with a new survivor type, a demolitions expert, who carries around explosives that can be put to all sorts of uses, but who also explodes when attacked by a zombie -- potentially taking out a large proportion of your crowd. This could make for an interesting risk/reward mechanic and with some standard "explodable" barriers and/or enemies could be used in several levels.
Perhaps the "fall fighting" could also be used on several levels, but this seems more like a mini-game than a new mechanic. While the idea is interesting, the question is, could you make the gameplay deep enough to justify three or four "fall fighting" sequences throughout the game? It potentially seems like a large investment for too small a gain, but if we could make it work, it would be really cool.
These mechanics are generally gold, because they were not forced into the game design from a desire to tick boxes based on competitive products, but were discovered organically through an exploration of its unique themes and the thoughtful exploration of its world.
Once we have integrated the new mechanics and rejected or noted all the new set pieces, we will have adapted the character to live in this more clearly defined world and gathered a major part of the information needed to give feedback to the level teams.
Gameplay Types
Most games have a basic mixture of elements. For instance, an FPS might have 70 percent shooting on foot and 30 percent vehicle combat.
If every level in the game had exactly that mixture of gameplay, it would get dull for the player pretty quickly. But if you have levels that are entirely on foot, interspersed with a few levels that are predominantly or entirely involving vehicles, then they will act as palate cleansers, changing up the experience enough to keep players interested.
By looking at the mix of gameplay types over the course of the game, you can isolate points where the experience might be too flat.
A great example of a game that keeps the player constantly interested is Half-Life 2. Almost every level has a new central theme, whether it's a new weapon, a new vehicle or a new type of enemy, your experience changes dramatically every thirty minutes or so.
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This will be quick because it's my day off and I haven't fed my kids yet.
I've been talking back and forth with a friend who is an animal control officer at the Farmer's Branch animal shelter. They received a Min Pin on Sunday who got hit by a car and basically needs an amputation (there are bones sticking out, it's gnarly).
The dog is cute and adoptable and nice (we think) but they don't have the facilities or funds to take care of her.
It just so happens that we've been batting around the idea of starting an in-house fund to rehab/adopt out certain strays. We're calling it "Rosie's Fund" after a (ironically) Min Pin puppy that we had surrendered to us a couple of years ago who had a broken back. We put her in a body cast for 8 weeks, took turns taking her home and got her up and walking. She's a little wobbly, but otherwise fine and living a life of luxury with my friend in Beaumont.
Rosie wanted to help other dogs like her.
This new Min Pin is called Peaches and is on her way to AMCOP as we speak to be the first official case for Rosie's Fund.
My accountant friend and I (I'm not sure she knows this yet, but we started last night and our families are going to the beach this weekend, so we'll work on it then) are going to work on making it an official "entity". Non profit? Foundation? I have no idea how this stuff works, but I figure we'll fumble our way through. I'll contact some DVM friends who have already done it.
I'll keep ya posted on how this goes.
Here's a picture of Peaches. I have pictures of the mangled leg, but they are uber graphic and gross. Imagine a piece of meat that's bent in a couple of non-natural directions with grass stuck to it. You catch my drift. This picture is more socially acceptable:


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Davra Networks came out of stealth mode this week, with a plan that seems to be a public relations dream. Take the Internet of Things (Iot) and combine it with business intelligence (BI) and cloud, and then nab a partnership with Cisco Systems (CSCO), and announce your launch. That's Davra Networks in a nutshell.
This week, as I detailed on CMSWire.com, Davra unveiled the RuBAN platform, a cloud services targeted at vertical industries that need help in the management and sorting of data they will gather from networked devices, whether it be from farm equipment or school buses.
Here's an example of how it works: In one scenario, Davra is working with a transportation company to put WiFi on school buses. However, in order to show a return on investment (ROI), the customer wanted more value than just connectivity. The network will also connect to the bus engine and aggregate information such as engine conditions and geolocation. The Davra service can gather, analyze, and record the data to provide alerts to the bus services when things appear to be operating out of the ordinary, such as potential engine trouble, speeding, or going out of a prescribed route.
Davra CEO Paul Glynn, who spoke with the Rayno Report last week, sees many other applications in transportation, utilities, and agriculture. It's also working with Cisco to help remotely manage telecom hardware and keep data in the cloud.
It's clear that Davra will lean heavily on its partnership with Cisco. It has struck a deal with the networking goliath (one of Rayno Report's favorite companies these days) to install Cisco Integrated Services routers and sensors in remote locations and then manage the data feed.
As I've pointed out already on IoT, networking all of the "things" is a complicated and fragmented task. There isn't one single "IoT market," as it is a market of many vertical industries. A top engineer from Google has even pointed out that you can't treat IoT like the traditional networking market, because the price points are completely different — it's a totally different market.
Davra's approach is utilitarian, in that it has provided a cloud data platform that can be applied to different IoT applicaitons. The goal: To sift through relevant data and report back only the important stuff to enable the vision of the "smart cities" concept in various vertical markets such as utilities, agriculture, and transportation.
Davra's business model is a cloud-based service. The end-user connects to the service to manage data and pay a licensing fee. Glynn says the data service will have sophisticated analytics platform that can manage the data and detect when something is out of whack, such as the data not fitting a pattern.
"The real value of our platform is we make a lot of decisions about the data before it gets sent back," says Glynn.
This will be an interesting one to watch. The company has a headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. and an engineering base in Dublin, Ireland. The company is backed by Delta Partners, AIB Seed Capital, and Enterprise Ireland. It has 15 employees split between Europe and the US. Glynn says the company is starting the generate revenue this year.


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Advantages and Disadvantages: Federal, Confederate and Unitary Systems of Government!
The unitary government is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency. The majority of all worlds' governments are Unitary. For example, Great Britain. Some advantages of a Unitary Government are; uniform policies, laws. Enforcement and administration throughout the country. This is a huge beyond huge positive trait of a Unitary Government. Also, there are fewer issues between national and local governments. A unitary Government depicts greater unity and stability too. As far as advantages go, there are disadvantages as well. This government seems to be out of touch with the local concerns, and is quite slow in meeting those problems. This means that the government only serves the minor inconveniences. In all, a Unitary government has its ups and downs, although is a widely used system throughout the entire world.
A Confederate Government is an alliance of independent states. A central organ – the confederate government – has the power to handle only those matters that the member states have assigned to it. This type of government system is not used very much today- in fact it is very rare in today's modern world. The closest government system we have today in the European Union, it is the closest to a confederation presently. The advantages of this system are: Confederate Governments keeps the power at local levels. This prevents the growth of a large central government. It also makes it possible for the several states to cooperate in matters of common concerns and to also retain their separate identities. A confederate government is the type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states. It has the power to handle matters that the member states have assigned to it, and only that. That's a type of disadvantage as well- a limited power to...
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