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On the last weekend of October, I helped facilitate the global sustainability jam in Melbourne. A few weeks prior to the event, I was approached by the local organisers Marina Paronetto and Talita Trindade to assist with development, along with two other professionals.
My role in the organisation of the event was to share my knowledge on design thinking to help structure the two day workshop, which Talita and Marina wanted to be based on a 'designerly' process. Additionally, I was asked to put together a toolkit that could assist participants in developing their ideas over the weekend.
Constructing this toolkit was a valuable little exercise for me to start thinking about the types of methods that would be most appropriate, useful and efficient in this context. What I realised is that this scenario had five main contexts that the methods toolkit needed to address and assist in an efficient and user friendly way:
1. Time limitation
2. Sustainably focused
3. Open to any form of outcome
4. Open to any problem definition, no project boundary
5. No prior knowledge on design methods
It is important to note that the weekend was not about creating a sustainable service outcome, but could include products, applications, technological solutions – anything! Hence the methods i could use did not need to be explicitly service design related, but since it can be argued that all man-made needs are a type of service, i have used this terminology to explain the process in the following.
Why these contexts were important to consider
Time limitation
Most design methodology toolkits are constructed for long term projects. Most of the methods are useful, but time consuming and demand hours if not days to properly analyse and complete. I noticed a lot of the most popular tools couldn't be adapted to fit a two day workshop and adaptation of such methods would lose its usefulness and intent. So rather than try to adapt successful but time consuming methods to fit the two days, I chose to collect the most rapid and effective methods I could find from various toolkits. It seemed a wiser and more logical decision to use existing methods that are rapid, than attempt to disfigure the more ambitious tools to fit- without any knowledge on whether they would prove useful.
Sustainably Focused
Obviously the most important concept i had to keep in mind was that the aim of the weekend was to create sustainable outcomes. Business-driven methods would be of little benefit in this scenario, when a holistic and human-centred perspective is understood by many researchers and practitioners as the key to creating a 'sustainable' solution.
The mindset needed to attack the problem expands beyond just a holistic understanding of the solution in and of itself, but the wider implications that the solution has on the community and environment.
As such, the solution should ideally feed back in and out of itself, creating a holistic [sustainable] lifecycle that leaves as little negative impact as possible.
If the feedback cycle of a solution can be isolated in a specific area it would have a much greater chance of monitoring and managing impact. To take every factor and variable into account is unfeasible in any context, however, this meant to me that the easiest and most successful solutions were ones that focused on a localised environmental issue or community, than attempted to introduce bigger issues and wider (global) demographics. This theory echo's Ezio Manzini's writings on localised and creative communities, which discusses creating solutions that use and rely on resources in and around a localised community for production- a small but vital step towards a more sustainable future. I have taken this general ideology and reintroduced it into existing service design theory. This recontextualises the 'holistic' focus of a service, to include the external environment as part of its ecosystem. This creates a dependance loop that has to coexist in harmony for both the service and the environment around it to survive. The methods needed to assist and inspire this type of outcome had to take these theories into account.
Call it what you want…
The collation of methodologies for the toolkit was largely an experiment. Since my thesis focuses on design thinking process methods applied in a sustainable context, it was valuable for me to try and understand what methods could work better and might work differently. It is also worth noting that the definition of design thinking has no concrete source (as of yet) so i have refrained from calling this exercise 'sustainable design thinking' or 'sustainable service design thinking' for the time being. In broad and general terms, design thinking houses all sorts of design methodologies and was the mindset that was used to structure and empower participants for the weekend. However, it is crucial that a (good) design thinker knows what methodologies will work successfully in different scenarios and tailor these to each unique context.
Hurrah! You got this far so you may as well keep an eye out for part 2. The next installment will cover remaining contexts and present the toolkit in all of its glory. Oh joy!
Here is a snappy little video to keep you occupied in the meantime…
There is something almost forbidden when you mention research and experience in the same sentence. It is usually towards the end of our undergraduate that we make a choice on whether we should continue studying or dive into the pool of professional practice. Today, our society (at least in Australia) is largely driven by industry experience. Depending on what field you come from, research is either the instigator of innovation or a back-seat observer. With exception of industries whose practice is based and relied upon on ongoing research (sciences/medicine) no side of the research vs experience argument is-in reality- any more valid than the other. But considering this is a blog about design, i am going to focus solely on the (un)importance of design research in design practice.
You can't innovate in a vacuum
I am a big believer in not doing any type of work in a vacuum. I dont believe anything insightful or innovative can be created without knowing what exists, how it exists and comparing creations to others insights, work and suggestions. When i was studying to become a graphic designer, my tutors drilled it into our heads that research was imperative towards making better designs. So it makes sense a field that is grounded on an iterative and reflective process, would reflect through research to better its craft. Logically speaking, this field would also adopt and respect research.
This is far from the case.
Towards the end of my degree when students were excitedly planning their future, i suggested continuing with study towards a masters. The room divided. Half of my classmates cried, "More study?! What a waste of time! It does nothing for your career or the industry!" and the other half mumbled, "perhaps it will make me a better designer?" When i graduated from my masters, the same discussions were in motion- this time with most of the students feeling prepared enough to go into the workforce, the large majority 'burned out' by uni, and a handful considering the long haul into a PhD.
Intellectual war
I already had it set in my mind that i wanted to continue studying. This is because i love to learn and i love to discover and analyse findings i have made. But when i began asking industry professionals their opinion on my chosen career path (the people who i was certain would respect my decision) i received an overwhelmingly negative and unsupportive response, more so than what i had received from my peers.
So why the turf war? To me, it all can be summarized in three simple sentences:
1. Industry professionals don't like their years of experience being undermined by a few years of study conducted by a researcher.
2. Research is usually too abstract or detached, detailed or impractical for industry professionals to adopt and employ in practice.
3. Research isn't classified as experience, largely due to number 2 and 1.
Now im not blog bashing industry professionals. I too would take the same attitude as most exhibit. But even those who have clocked years of experience and returned to uni to complete a PhD are met with the same bemused expression from colleagues. The reasons for this i believe comes down to:
1. Ego
2. Misunderstanding
Ego works on both ends. Both researchers and professionals like to believe they know better about their practice. More importantly, misunderstanding on the nature and the value of outcomes from research is the greatest issue students face when justifying doctoral study. Too many times have I heard fellow classmates question the 'point' of doing a PhD, observing friends climbing corporate ladders (whilst shaking their heads in pity at all of the students below), and receiving criticism that researchers do 'no real work' and simply 'bum around uni'.
The reality of our field today
The reality is that the design field is cutting its nose to spite its face.
There are not many cases where i can say that a practitioner and a researcher have met with mutual respect for one another, with an equal understanding of the value behind their chosen mode of acquiring knowledge they both have of the field.
Right now, the design industry wants to evolve. It wants to be better, a more serious practice. But like individual development, design as an industry cannot evolve in a vacuum. When professionals and researchers decide to acknowledge both modes of knowledge generation as valuable experience, the question of whether to study or practice will no longer be an indication of right or wrong/poor or successful paths- but needs that are chosen in order to advance the industry. We need professional and research experience to better inform and shape the path of our design industry. This will not be achieved alone- either in a studio or in an office.


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Car(e) Free Los Angeles: The Wong Sans Wheels Chronicles #4– It adds up.
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Anyone want to drive this classy lady around?
So far, so free on the car free front. My camera is unfortunately in my friend Cindy's car (she picked me up from the tow yard). So I only have this picture from Cat Lady as the only visual hook to this blog entry which is about the money I have left in my pocket.
The Economic Perks of being Car Free, Thus Far.
Renting out the carport!
Score! I found a renter for my carport. $90 a month to do nothing but give parking to someone. That's $1080 over the course of the year. I actually think, now that I look around on Craigslist that I could have gotten up to $125 a month, but no matter. I'll gouge the next one that comes along.
REFUNDS! and Things I don't have to buy anymore.
So I didn't have insurance to cover the car loss when it caught on fire, I did get a refund on my car insurance that I wont' be using for the five months ahead ($390) and it looks like like I can get a refund from the DMV on my car registration ($90) and I won't be renewing my AAA membership this year ($78).
From the time I've been carless on August 14, this is what my transportation expenses have been…
$150 to set up a a Zip Car Membership ($25 for application, $50 for annual membership, $75 for optional $0 deductible insurance)
$10 in gas money for Marie Reine
$10 in taxi on drunken night with Greg
$10 approx in bus fare.
This is not bad considering that I won't have to pay ZipCar again unless I actually use their cars. I may actually spend as little as $100 a month to get around if I really use my bike and public transpo to get around and no cabs. And that's pretty much what I'll be getting to rent out the carport. Woo hoo!
The Approximate Numbers: My attempt at Math….
According to some sites I've been looking at, the average car owner spends $7000 a year to own their car. I'm pretty sure my old Vegetable oil car cost me a lot more than that. I think this $7000/year estimate is old (from 2004) and the cost to drive has gone up with gas prices. So let's say, that it is actually $8000 a year to drive with current gas prices.
If I use a Zip Car one full day a week for four times each month ($264), budget public transpo at $3 a day for all other days of the week since I don't ride every day($75), money for gas/ parking chip-in ($30), taxis for drunken nights ($60), meals for nice friends with cars who drive me around ($30), and bike maintenance ($15).
My monthly transpo budget is at– $474 a month
Multiply this by 12 months (and mind you, I'm on tour so much that there are months I won't even be spending anything on transpo)– $5688
Add the yearly Flex Car membership and insurance– $125
Subtract the amount I get from renting the carport– $1080
TOTAL to transport me around town– $4733
Savings (against $8000 estimate a year to own a car)– $3267
Does this math sound right? It doesn't actually seem super significant a savings considering the headache of figuring getting myself around. I actually think I save a lot more since I'm not around all the time and work from home and don't even use the bus or won't always need the Flex Car. Oh yes, and I won't be having THAT many drunken nights that I need to cab around town. So my guess is that my savings might be something closer to $4000 a year, if not more.
* I've been reading books on the bus! Yeah! Remember those?
* I have been taking notes about bus riding and have already been talking up "The Bus Show" with a really big LA Theater presenter… this very well could be a show!
* Needing to get around means I'm spending more time reaching out to friends. With cars, and without.
* I'm making new friends who don't have cars! Like my friend Narinda who blogged about me.
I found myself in Downtown LA Sunday morning and needed to get to Koreatown. I had no idea that the subway (yes, there is a subway in Los Angeles) would get me there so quickly. It was exciting. Like I'd discovered some secret Los Angeles portal.
I've taken the subway here before, but had no idea how convenient it was. All these new stations opening! And there is nobody to check your ticket!
The Honor System? In Los Angeles?!
My friend Soo Jin and I went to Sunset Junction to see what the big freaking deal was with that annual summer Silverlake Street Fair. Basically, it was a sham. $20 to see bands I've not heard of. So we tried to recuperate the admission cost by amassing condom samples, free lightbulb samples, and beer samples. Someone bought our wristbands from us for $10 when we left, and we were happy for the rebate.
It was a fun weekend. We took the subway to get to Sunset Junction (avoiding a lot of parking headaches), and then took a bus to see the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors show. After the show, the guys from 18MMW gave a shout out to Herbert of Culture Clash and then to ME! I was so honored. I didn't do anything but show up.
And then I got a ride home from a friend I hadn't seen in a while. He gave me some real estate advice on the ride home. That's what has been nice about riding home with people, we actually get to talk outside a computer screen!
According to my friend Jay who drove me home, we got another year or two before the real estate market bottoms out!
I'm ready. I'm on the path to saving up for my first down payment on a house in my car free life and I'm going to invest what I have already until this market hits the pits.
Home ownership… here I come! Watch out Malibu! I'm coming for your foreclosed beach house! (By bus… at least….)
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Welcome to our Anniversary Blog by resident blogger Jake Hope. Jake will be reading and reviewing all of the past CILIP Carnegie Medal winning books during the anniversary year. We are also asking shadowers to "Adopt a Book" and join in reading and discussing the anniversary titles in their shadowing groups.
"A human being with no daemon was like someone without a face, or with their ribs laid open and their heart torn out: something unnatural and uncanny that belonged to the world of night-ghasts, not the waking world of sense."
Instantly alive with insatiable curiosity and blazing energy, Lyra bursts from the page fully formed into the minds of readers as they accompany the headstrong heroine headlong into her adventure. Growing up under her Uncle's care, Lord Asriel of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon overhear and are able to thwart an attempt to poison hm. Listening to the lecture he presents upon dust, particles with an unusual affinity towards adults, they find themselves privvy to new and potentially dangerous information.
Roger, one of Lyra's friends is abducted by Gobblers and in endeavouring to search for him. In so doing, she finds herself in the throes of the seductive, though sinister, Mrs Coulter. Living with the Gyptians, on the canal, Lyra makes a discovery about Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulter that has huge repercussions for how she sees herself and the influences the wildly different approaches the pair exert upon her.
With the threat of children's disappearance increasing, Lyra and he Gyptians set off to the Arctic in the belief this is where the Gobblers are holding the children. During the voyage, Lyra meets Iorek Byrnison of the panserbjorne, a genus of armoured bears. Lyra assists Iorek in locating his missing armour thereby creating an ally of him and the party continue on their expedition uncovering horrifying information about the fate that has befallen the missing children.
The book closes on a massive climax, the release of a huge quantity of energy that emerges following a brutal act. This energy creates an opening into a new universe that Lyra walks through with a steely determination to ensure no future acts of this kind are carried out again…
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Co & John planned an amazing weekend for their friends and family packed with horseback riding, scavenger hunts, volleyball games, pool time all capped off with a beautiful wedding. Their beloveddog carried their rings down the aisle and stole the show with the ring bearer and flower girl! Ever since Co was little she always wanted to eat dessert first on her wedding day, so we decided to have their cake cutting as part of their ceremony! I am not sure why we hadn't thought of this before but we will definitely be doing it again. Instead of toasting with champagne guests we asked to toast with the most delicious truffles. Guests enjoyed a delicious dinner followed by a night full of dancing. It was a joy to work with Co & John, we wish you a lifetime of happiness, laughter and dessert.
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Job Description
- Do you naturally have high energy and connect well with people?
- Is managing multiple things at once easy for you?
- Are you an individual that takes responsibility and follows through on details?
At Vivage, we're recognized as a national leader driving high quality service innovation for seniors and value for our investors. Vivage Senior Living is the combined entity of two established Colorado senior housing and post-acute healthcare leaders: Quality Life Management and Piñon Management. "Vivage" means "celebrating aging" inspiring our focus to create innovative and customer-driven models filled with personalized and meaningful living experiences.
We are a senior health care, solution driven company which provides right care….. right place…..right time. Our Mission, Vision and Pillars of Commitment have come from our collective personal awareness and professional dedication to the importance of each person we serve, each employee we work with, and each business partner we have. At Vivage we bridge today's healthcare opportunities with innovative strategies and solutions.
The primary responsibility of the CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA) is to provide all assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services, as follows:
- Receive and report resident status at the beginning and end of each shift and as needed.
- Provide personal care to residents per their individualized plan of care.
- Document all pertinent information regarding care as assigned.
- Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as willingness to handle difficult residents.
- Must be a supportive team member.
Vivage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Job Status: Full Time
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Thinking of adding new services to your consulting portfolio? Telecom expense management might be a nice lateral move for your existing portfolio. Valicom prides itself in offering not only outstanding client service to its own customers, but to those of its Channel Partners and Consultants. We consider our partners as extensions of our own team, and understand that we all do better when we work together. Our partners can access support, training, and marketing collateral to drive success.
But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's start at the beginning.
What is TEM?
Essentially, it means managing wireless, voice, and data environment with the goals of reducing risk and cost. This is a process that can be done in-house, with complex Excel spreadsheets, or you can partner with a firm like Valicom to do some or all of these services for you. Whoever does it, it includes building an accurate real time inventory, gathering all of your telecom bills and looking for overcharges through a telecom audit, searching for contract violations, optimizing your environment to save money, and negotiating directly with vendors to get a better deal.
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Madeleine McCann's mother has revealed she makes secret pilgrimages back to the Algarve resort where the tot disappeared to "look for answers".
Kate McCann, 46, admits it makes her feel close to her daughter, who vanished in Praia da Luz seven years ago on Saturday.
She said: "I go quietly, I might go once or twice a year.
"It was the last place we were with Madeleine and I'll still walk those streets – and I guess try look for answers."
Mum-of-three Kate said she and husband Gerry wanted British and Portuguese police to work together in the hunt for her eldest daughter, who would have been 11 this month.
She added: "This would make progress quicker because time rolling on for us is living in limbo.
"Not knowing is horrible for all our family."
Gerry praised Scotland Yard's Operation Grange investigation into the tot's 2007 abduction from their holiday flat, saying: "We're really encouraged by it."


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Intraday Technical Analysis 8 November
The U.S. dollar was seen trading volatile on the day as the results poured in through the early trading hours of the European session. With the Democrats claiming a majority in the U.S. House while the Republicans are retaining a majority in the Senate, speculation is rife on how the U.S. policies will be implemented going forward.
Economic data on the day covered the German industrial production which beat estimates of a flat print to rise 0.2% on the month. Previous month's data was revised higher to show a 0.1% increase.
The NY trading session saw Canada's Ivey PMI rising to 61.8 on the index. This beat estimates of 50.9 and advanced from 50.4 from the month before.
The overnight trading session saw the Reserve Bank of New Zealand holding its monetary policy meeting. The central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 1.75% and retained its forward guidance.
Looking ahead, the economic calendar for the day will see the release of the German and French trade balance numbers. The economic data from the Eurozone is relatively quiet for the most part today.
The NY trading session will see Canada's housing starts report coming out. Data is expected to show that housing starts rose 195k on the month following a print of 189k the month before. Later in the evening, the FOMC will be releasing its monetary policy statement. The Fed funds rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 2.0% – 2.25%.
EURUSD intraday analysis
EURUSD (1.1424): The EURUSD gave up the gains from earlier this week as price action retraced back to the breakout level of the falling trend line. Currently, the price is supported by the 20-period EMA and the horizontal support area. As long as this support holds, we expect the currency pair to be biased to the upside. However, if the EURUSD slips back lower, we expect the declines to push the common currency back to the lower support level of 1.1315 – 1.1300.
GBPUSD intraday analysis
GBPUSD (1.3124): The GBPUSD currency pair managed to clear the resistance area of 1.3058 – 1.3132. However, price action is seen to be consolidating strongly just above this level. This could potentially signal either a continuation to the upside in which case the GBPUSD will target 1.3234. Alternately, a break down below the support level could indicate a move back to the downside which could retrace some of the gains made recently.
XAUUSD intraday analysis
XAUUSD (1229.76): The volatility in the gold prices continue as price action is seen extending the declines. The breakout from the minor rising trend line suggests that price action could extend the declines back to the previously formed lows. The support level at 1207.00 remains untested which makes this exposed for a downside correction. To the upside, the resistance area of 1238 – 1242.25 remains a key level that will likely hold the gains in the near term.
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DSLR Advice, Por Favor!
I recently acquired a roommate, which added a new cat to my household and cut my monthly rent check in half. SCORE ON BOTH! Now I can finally afford a few things I've been lusting after for the past year, like maybe a vacation and some new shoes. But seriously... since my birthday is right around the corner, I think I'm finally going to treat myself to a digital SLR. Since 2004 I've survived on a Nikon Coolpix 5200 (as in 5.2 humiliating megapixels), and even though the little guy's always been good to me, my reputation demands an upgrade... especially since the battery door hinge fell apart in Cambodia and I was forced to wrap half the camera in duct tape. Hot. And sticky.
So I ask all of my informed, photographically inclined readers: What's the best mid-range DSLR out there?
I'm already eyeing the Nikon D90 for a couple of reasons: I've already got a decent lens from a Nikon SLR that I can swap in, and the HD video function is a huge plus. I'm also one of those lifelong Nikon enthusiasts and it would feel good to stay loyal, even though some of my friends SWEAR that Canons are better cameras overall.
All feedback is appreciated. This is obviously going to be an expensive purchase, and I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing before I pull the shutter. HEE HAW! Thanks in advance.


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Private Client Management became a part of Standard Life's 1825 financial planning arm, on the 4th of December 2017.
We have been working closely with our 1825 colleagues to integrate our services and provide a smooth transition for you. Whilst the branding has changed, our team and the location of our offices remain the same.
Now part of 1825, we have access to wider resources and technology, and are able to offer you additional services and broader investment capabilities. However, we still remain very much a part of Standard Life Aberdeen group and will continue to benefit from the financial backing of a FTSE® 100 company.
When you next speak with your financial planner, we'll review your circumstances as usual and explain what the PCM transition to 1825 might mean to you.
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Although everyone has a favorite TV show they feel deserves more recognition, the following programs are some of the standouts when it comes to being left out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
Fuggedaboutit: While nobody put out a hit or ordered wiretaps, "The Sopranos'" loss in the drama category caused quite a stir in 1999, with many small-screen analysts in large part attributing the Acad's subsequent switch to the home-viewing of tapes to the defeat of the celebrated HBO program.
"The Sopranos" would go wanting again in 2000 (losing to "The West Wing"), but the swooning of the critics that greeted the third season point to the show's return for a third round.
Weblet widow: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" may have a firm grip on TV reviewers and auds, but the Sarah Michelle Gellar starrer has failed to stake out a place in the hearts of ATAS voters. Since its 1997 debut on the WB, which it helped turn into a young-femmes magnet, the skein has been lauded routinely for its complex storylines, and blending of the coming-of-age and action genres. Actioners have been a tough sell as of late (unlike the '70s), and a jump to UPN in the fall could mean new life or push it even further below Acad radar.
No Lynch party: Director David Lynch's trip to the small screen with series "Twin Peaks" was like an early version of "The Sopranos," fueling workplace discussions on the show's minutiae (the pleasures of good pie and a nice cup of joe) and exhaustive study of purported clues as to who killed Laura Palmer. "Peaks" would lose best drama to "L.A. Law" in 1990, and ratings forced ABC to drop the show after the following season. Lynch's last try at finding a home in TV land turned into a feature, "Mulholland Drive," which won him a director award at Cannes in May.
D'Oh! Although Fox's toon warhorse "The Simpsons" has drawn the attention of even the U.S.' executive branch since its bow in 1989, its failure to garner recognition from the Acad in the best comedy category is a perennial Emmy story. After winning animated show in 1990 and 1991, the show's creator Matt Groening was not shy about putting the kudos in perspective: "It's just not that much of a thrill beating 'Garfield' every year." Starting in '93, the show has been eligible for comedy, but has never made the noms cut.
Working-class blues: The Acad's "Simpsons" friction was small potatoes compared to its relationship with ABC's '80s-90s Nielsen monster "Roseanne" and its star Roseanne Barr, never one to keep her opinions private. Early in its run, after the 1989-90 season, the New York Times' John J. O'Connor opined of ATAS, "The continuing refusal to recognize even the existence of Roseanne Barr smacks of middle-class stuffiness." The travails of the blue-collar Conner family, based on Barr's standup routine, would rack up nominations and wins for its cast (Barr, John Goodman — seven noms, no wins, except for Laurie Metcalf), but never compete as best comedy show.
Beat cops: Two of the most popular and stylized small-screeners of the '80s were dealt drama Emmy defeats from a series that routinely struggled to stay afloat, CBS' "Cagney & Lacey." In 1985, the lady gendarmes apprehended the top trophy, beating heavy favorite "Miami Vice," Michael Mann's fashion-influencing, rock-scored police skein on NBC. "C&L" would stay on ATAS patrol the following year, downing the wisecracking, talk-to-the audience P.I. duo of Maddy (Cybill Shepherd) and David (a young actor named Bruce Willis) of ABC's "Moonlighting." "Moonlighting" would take one more nom (1987), and then it was over and out for it and "Miami Vice" in the big race.
Sources: Thomas O'Neil's "The Emmys (Perigee), Imdb.com, ATAS' online archives


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Document Management Software
Document Management Software
Xybion's eQCM is an enterprise class quality management software solution and provides an integrated document management software solution as part of its quality management workflow. Enterprise document management control is essential to good governance. Xybion offers an integrated document management module that delivers robust enterprise document management capabilities to support your quality management program. Our integrated document management provides the ability to quickly find, share and access all document types from an easy-to-use and secured environment.
The eQCM document management software module provides full document control over different types of file formats, keeping a detailed history of all changes. eQCM's document management provides cycle control over the creation, approval, modification and retirement of obsolete versions of documents. Automated workflows ensure that documents are routed through all applicable reviewers and authorized in a controlled manner that complies with all regulated document management requirements, including the collection of electronic signatures for specified workflow actions. Document tasks are sent to a centralized workload and notifications to the user's e-mail facilitating the timely completion of critical document activities.
eQCM facilitates compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), FDA regulations, ISO requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other governing regulations and standards which require that companies manage document versions, control which documents are available to employees, and ensure that appropriate change control procedures are followed when revising documents.
The Xybion eQCM™suite delivers a comprehensive platform for GRC and quality management. Our comprehensive solution includes embedded best practices and flexibility for deployment in any systems environment. eQCM™is seamlessly integrated with standard enterprise technologies including Microsoft, Oracle, EMC/Documentum and others to ensure compatibility with most systems environments.
The key benefits of our overall solution are:
- Enterprise Platform as a Service
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- Compliant With Current Regulatory Guidelines
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Just about everyone has heard of the Acropolis of Athens, the citadel high above the city. But have you heard of Mount Lycabettus?
Neither had I until we moved into our apartment. Four blocks behind us the road ends and the side of the mountain seems to go straight up. No joke! And it's almost double the height of The Acropolis! Reaching nearly 1,000 feet into the sky, Mount Lycabettus is the highest point in the city. One of the guide books said it looks like a giant soufflé. I concur.
The base is covered in vegetation, then it turns to white, craggy limestone ("Cretaceous Limestone" according to my resident Geologist) the rest of the way up. And at the tiptop you can see a bell tower and a Greek flag. It's one of those views that makes you tilt your head way back and say, "Wow!"
Then we read that there's a 19th century chapel and theater up there, with a funicular to ride to the top. Cool! So we figured that since it's literally in our back yard, we'd give it a go. It would be the perfect picnic opportunity. We'd pack a lunch, hop on the funicular, glide to the top, see the sights, snack on a little salami and cheese while basking in the Greek sun, then stroll back down at our leisure. Sounds pretty relaxing, right?
Well, somewhere along the way the plans … evolved. It started with James saying, "Hey, there's a path to the top. This guy on the internet says it's just a big hill, an easy walk, not steep, well marked, no problems." Uh oh. Of course I found the other guy who said, "Don't try to walk up (pilgrims used to, but it's an Everest for the faithless)." Who to believe? Hmmm.
Needless to say, after much dithering, we decided that it would be great exercise to hike to the peak, and we could still do our picnic lunch. Maybe we'd even find some pinecones for Christmas decorations. AND we would earn the T-shirt, "I Climbed Mount Lycabettus."
So we set out. Did I mention the origin of the name? The Ancient Greeks called it "path of the wolves." Evidently wolves used to roam freely as this was their last refuge in Athens. Fortunately for hikers, the wolves are gone.
The terrain is very much like the Desert Southwest of the US, with lots of Century Plants, Prickly Pears and Yuccas.
Long story short … the hike was great! Definitely not the "easy stroll" version. We kept aiming for the bell tower at the top, and slowly but surely it got closer. The path was a workout, and when I saw the (pearly) gates at the summit I wanted to kiss the ground!
When we popped up on top the cold wind nearly knocked us down! It was one of those blasts that blows your feet out from under you when you take a step.Yikes! We pulled up our hoods and tightened our scarves. But the panoramic view was spectacular. We could see the ocean, mountains, Acropolis, the park where James jogs, and we even spotted the apartment building across the street from us (thanks to their bright yellow paint)!
When we turned around there was the tiny, white Chapel of St. George (of dragon-slaying fame). We entered its warm, hazy chamber and saw elaborately painted walls cloaked in soot, various depictions of St. George with his nemesis, and tall skinny tapers burning in a sand-filled urn. We purchased some candles from the ancient lady who tends the church, and lit them for our parents, knowing that somewhere John & Sally, and Maxine & William were smiling – well actually my Dad was probably laughing that we'd even climbed this mountain!
Obviously a picnic was out of the question, given the gale-force winds. What were we thinking? So when we'd had our fill, we descended the mountain, gleaning Christmas pinecones and greenery as we went. When we reached the base it was sunny and warm, so we picnicked and laughed … and tried to decide what color T-shirts we're going to get!
P.S. If you want to see our video from the top, check it out here!


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Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber
Six Concourse Parkway, Suite 1725
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
678.443.2990 (Directions & Parking)
Gay Brownlee was born and raised in Athens, GA. Gay is a graduate of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia with a BBA in Banking and Finance. She is the wife of Retired Army Officer LTC Emory Brownlee and mother to two young adults.
Her early career experience includes providing financial services in private colleges and a trucking association. While living in Germany, she was the Financial Office Manager for Central Texas College providing financial service support for campuses across Europe. Soon after returning to the United States, she made the decision to be a stay at home mom and was actively involved as a volunteer leader in Family Readiness Groups for military communities.
During those years with young children, her interest in health and nutrition began. She had a growing concern about the obesogenic culture in our schools and communities and the influence it was having on her family. In 2008, despite her best efforts, she found herself in not such great health and received the support of a personal health coach. The encouragement and guidance of a caring individual to help her navigate a lifestyle change as well as having a simple to follow structure resulted in personal renewed health and energy. She went from having a reactionary approach to illness to a holistic view of wellness that led to lasting change for her whole family. The shift sparked a passion and gave birth to a new career. In 2009, Gay started Wonderfully Made Health & Wellness Group and became a C.O.P.E. Certified Health Coach through The MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention & Education in partnership with the Villanova University College of Nursing.
Today, Gay not only supports individuals in their health goals but also trains and mentors other health coaches through an apprenticeship style program. She has helped hundreds of people lose thousands of pounds and dozens more to start their own health coaching business.
She sees herself as a Freedom Warrior, contending for the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities. She describes partnering with others to overcome obstacles and to live a life with more optimal days as the best feeling in the world. Gay is enthusiastic about the potential she sees in people and excited to work with people who are ready to take personal responsibility for their health and life.


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Breakfast Chef
Your role:
You'll support a dedicated section of the kitchen with the opportunity to showcase your knowledge, skill and creativity. You'll also be involved in the daily sourcing and ordering of quality ingredients, stock control and ensuring food hygiene standards are maintained to the highest level.
Working as part of a large kitchen you will demonstrate a flexible and adaptive hands-on approach in order to support our other talented culinary professionals. With access to London's newest and most modern kitchen facilities, you'll showcase knowledge, skill and creativity for combining and working with quality British and international ingredients in front of your peers and colleagues.
Your profile:
You will epitomise the very essence of 21st century hospitality; with a natural flair and elegance for service and a passion and enthusiasm for providing an exceptional guest experience and a level of service that is both confident and calm. As a true hospitality professional you will be well versed in culinary operations and have the finesse to execute the correct order of service with both personality and style.
- Desire to join a hotel to grow and develop with - looking for proven commitment of at least 1-2 years of past employers
- A natural flair and talent for cooking, combined with a passion in producing the highest levels of cuisine in a manner that is both confident and calm
- Proven experience in a similar Breakfast Commis or Demi Chef position, ideally within a fine dining restaurant, innovative high quality up & coming restaurant, or 5 star luxury hotel
- Minimum NVQ Level 2 or 3 qualification
- Exposure to international cuisines, particularly with Italian or modern European influences is advantageous
Your benefits:
- 4 Days per Week with 3 days off on a Rotation basis (47 hours per week)
- On-duty meal
- Uniform provided and laundered
- Group Life Insurance
- 20 days holiday rising to 25 days after 5 years' service + Bank Holidays
- Fantastic training & development opportunities
- Be part of an exciting, up and coming brand in the industry – already a member of 'Leading Hotels of the World'
- Recognition rewards
- Discounted F&B and room rates
How to apply:
Please apply to firstname.lastname@example.com Please ensure to send a cover letter (outlining your suitability for the vacancy) and a resume that is fully up to date and correct.
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In a recent blog, I have been looking at the perennial tension between Spirit and structure. Lest any think I have erred in the direction of structure, let me share some thoughts from one of my favourite authors, the Puritan John Owen (1616-1683). And in this way indicate "my agenda" for the new year! In his own day Owen was known as the "Calvin of England" [Allen C. Guelzo, "John Owen, Puritan Pacesetter", Christianity Today, 20, No. 17 (May 21, 1976), 14]. More recently, Roger Nicole has described Owen as "the greatest divine who ever wrote in English" and J. I. Packer says of him that during his career as a Christian theologian he was "England's foremost bastion and champion of Reformed evangelical orthodoxy." [Cited Guelzo, "John Owen, Puritan Pacesetter", 14; J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness. The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1990), 81]. Owen's chief interest, though, was not in producing theological treatises for their own sake, but in order to advance the personal holiness of God's people.
For Owen, genuine spiritual experience is vital. Owen asserts that ultimately it is the Spirit who gives the believer such experience: "He gives unto believers a spiritual sense of the power and reality of the things believed, whereby their faith is greatly established…"[A Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit (Works, 4:64)].
It is these inner experiences that motivate external attendance on the various ordinances of the Christian life. "Without the internal actings of the life of faith," Owen writes, "external administrations of ordinances of worship are but dead things, nor can any believer obtain real satisfaction in them or refreshment by them without an inward experience of faith and love in them and by them." [The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded (Works, 7:435).].
The importance that Owen placed on spiritual experience can be seen clearly and distinctly in the following quote—pardon its length:
"[L]et a gracious soul, in simplicity and sincerity of spirit, give up himself to walk with Christ according to his appointment, and he shall quickly find such a taste and relish in the fellowship of the gospel, in the communion of saints, and of Christ amongst them, as that he shall come up to such riches of assurance in the understanding and acknowledgment of the ways of the Lord, as others by their disputing can never attain unto. What is so high, glorious, and mysterious as the doctrine of the ever-blessed Trinity? Some wise men have thought meet to keep it veiled from ordinary Christians, and some have delivered it in such terms as that they can understand nothing by them. But take a believer who hath tasted how gracious the Lord is, in the eternal love of the Father, the great undertaking of the Son in the work of mediation and redemption, with the almighty work of the Spirit creating grace and comfort in the soul; and hath had an experience of the love, holiness, and power of God in them all; and he will with more firm confidence adhere to this mysterious truth, being led into it and confirmed in it by some few plain testimonies of the word, than a thousand disputers shall do who only have the notion of it in their minds. Let a real trial come, and this will appear. Few will be found to sacrifice their lives on bare speculations. Experience will give assurance and stability." [A Practical Exposition Upon Psalm CXXX (Works, 6:458-459)].
Here then is a strong emphasis upon an experiential Christianity, one that is rooted in the Spirit's application of biblical truth to the heart of the believer. And it is this sort of Christianity that we are seeking to promote to the honour and glory of the Triune God, one that preserves the biblical balance of Spirit and structure. May this God, the true and living Lord of the universe, enable in the year to come.


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"When the ropes are on my body, the ropes on the inside loosen." ~ Master/Switch Jack to Madame Cléo Dubois as they negotiate their provocative bondage scene in Tie Me Up!
Cleo Dubois, 2002, USA, 52 min
Purchase DVD in a boxed set with "The Pain Game"
Tie Me Up! takes a passionate and serious, yet playful look at the many faces of physical restraint. Watch Cléo access deep feelings with masochistic tease, Jana. Explore the ambivalent resistance of Jack. Enjoy a playful interchange of fetish/fear/turn-on with the lovely "girl next door", Alexis.
Selected Reviews
Blowfish.com by Greta, former Lead Buyer
"Cleo Dubois, producer/director/star of the first-rate SM education video, The Pain Game, has clearly shown that you don't need to sacrifice production values for heat, or vice versa. And just to prove that her first outing wasn't a fluke, she's done it again, with her beautifully made, beautifully hot bondage education video, Tie Me Up!"
Skin Two, Summer 2002 Issue #40
"Explores the psychology and the practicalities of erotic restraint with the same blend of sensitivity, horniness and technical skill she showed in 'The Pain Game'. This is infotainment at its sexiest."
Carol Queen, Ph.D, Founder, Center for Sex and Culture
"Pure bondage inspiration! Cleo Dubois and her gorgeous bondage partners convey the beauty, intensity, heat and joy of erotic restraint. 'Tie Me Up' will make everyone want to practice their knot-tying skills, or offer their held-together wrists to someone they desire and trust — or both! Cleo has created another tour de force, documenting and teaching from her wealth of bdsm experience."
Jerry Zientara, Ed.D., Librarian, Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality"
Tie Me Up! combines exquisite unusual erotic energy with highly educational tips & rich production value.
Dossie Easton, Marriage & Family Therapist, co-Author of "The Ethical Slut
"The bondage is extravagant, the SM is ferocious, and the connection between the players is visibly profound and loving. The first time I viewed it I was too excited by the beauty of the scenes to pay attention to how to tie the knots. But the technical info is there at the touch of a rewind button. Cléo herself is, as always, pure magic."
Purchase DVD in a boxed set with "The Pain Game!"


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When I first moved to NYC as a teenager, Lizette Vieni was one of the first friends I made whose entire Puerto-Rican/Italian family took me in as their Asian daughter and sister! Below is a photo of Lizette and my "brothers" Chris & Benny at "our parents" wedding anniversary where they threw a huge dance party that lasted until 3am! Even the grandparents were getting their boogie on! Her family has been so generous to me and being with them feels like my home away from home when in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
So, naturally when I think of all the women that have inspired me in my life, I wanted to design a piece in her namesake. Here are some photos below of the Lizette Crunchy! All are one of a kind necklaces where a thick chain is held up by two thinner chains. I have a long version and a short version.
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"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
— Confucius
We value our relationships with our customers and every member of the GroundMasters team. Thanks to our dedicated staff, GroundMasters has built a solid reputation for exceptional attention to detail and unrivaled customer satisfaction. In fact, our GroundMasters CustomerCare training program teaches all of our caretakers how to avoid the five things that most irritate customers about the typical landscaper. The bottom line, though: we're really good at what we do and we'd like to do it for you.


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Richard C. Wilson, Founder & CEO, Family Office Group
Richard C. Wilson founded the Family Offices Group and is CEO of Richard Wilson Capital Partners, LLC where he works with family offices daily. He has worked with family offices and capital raising for over 7 years and has provided consulting advice and services to over 1,600 firms during that time. Richard is a bestselling author of The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals & Capital-Raising Executives and The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent (Wiley Finance Series).
Richard has spoken over 50 times in 15+ countries around the world, and these travels and resulting relationships have led him to share stages with prime ministers, dinner with a prince, and a wedding ceremony for a royal family in Europe. He recently chaired a full-day 300 person conference in Zurich and acted as Opening Day Chairman for GAIM International, the family office industry's largest and oldest conference in Monaco. Richard has a Bachelors of Business Administration from Oregon State University, an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Portland, and he has completed masters level research and coursework on the psychology of influence at Harvard University within their ALM department.


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If you thought that hair styling was just for the fairer sex, you need to mull over that again. While women tend to meticulously plan out every single aspect of their look, men too, are now catching up with this trend and ensuring that they pay equal attention, if not more, to how they look and present themselves. Hairstyles play a very important role to help them transform their look drastically. It adds poise and style and takes their personality to the next level. Therefore, it is very important to pay special attention the hairstyle that you wish to pull off. While a good hairstyle can do wonders for your overall appearance, a bad one can have an exactly opposite effect. Given below are some excellent hairstyle ideas to help you decide on the perfect look based on a myriad of factors.
1.) The 1920s style:
Vintage is always looked up to and therefore, this vintage inspired hairstyle is just the perfect look if you wish to don a classic look. This can go seamlessly with your office attire and make you look more professional without compromising on the trendy factor. It helps lend a masculine touch to your entire appearance that can work wonders in an office environment.
However, the only downfall with this type of hairstyle is the fact that it suits perfectly well on men that have straight hair. Even the slightest of curls or waves will neutralize the effectiveness of the look.
The key to getting this look right is by keeping the sideburns to a bare minimum and the edges rounded. Besides, the length should be extremely short around the nape of the neck. However, the top should be at least a couple of inches high. There should also be a smooth flow from the top of the head to the nape of the neck.
2.) The Hipster look:
This is an extremely popular look among the boys who love to add a playful touch to their look. However, you need not restrict this style to just the boys. There are several grown men who opt for this style simply because of the incredible amount of youthfulness that it adds to your personality. This is the one look that can get oodles of attention from the ladies and is hands down, a winner.
Nonetheless, this look is best suited for men having straight or wavy hair. Men with curly hair must strictly stay away from this look. The best way to get the most from this look is by ensuring that you have enough coifs on the top of your head that can be blow dried and styled using hair sprays and gels to keep the volume intact. Besides, the sides can be effectively trimmed for maximum effect.
3.) The long hair look:
Most of the men shy away from growing out their hair; however, if you can style it well, you can easily create a winning look that can elevate your personality. Today, grown hair also resembles masculinity. If your hair is short, it can take anywhere between 8 and 10 weeks for your hair to grow out.
While it is a great way to add some style to your hair, you must ensure that you do not let your hair grow out too long to make it lose its masculine touch and border on to the feminine side. This is therefore, a slightly dangerous territory. However, as a rule of thumb, you must avoid letting your hair grow longer than your shoulder length. The ideal length is just slightly above your shoulders.
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Author bio: Pete Campbell is a fashion and beauty writer who works as a freelance writer for numerous blogs and fashion websites. He lives in London and recommends using the best quality hair clippers.


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Tuffnell Postal Codes
Tuffnell city is located in Saskatchewan, Canada
You can search for the Tuffnell SK postal codes by its streets and block numbers
Tuffnell Area Code is 306 and Time Zone is Central (GMT -06:00).
Tuffnell Postal Code - Saskatchewan
Tuffnell Postal Code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British and Dutch postcodes, Tuffnell - SK postal codes are alphanumeric.
The first three characters (alpha-numeric-alpha) of the postal code which represent a geographic area in Tuffnell.
The last three characters denote a Tuffnell local delivery unit (LDU). An LDU denotes a specific single Tuffnell address or range of addresses, which can correspond to an entire small town, a significant part of a medium-sized town, a single side of a city block in larger cities, a single large building or a portion of a very large one, a single (large) institution in Tuffnell, Saskatchewan, such as a university or a hospital, or a business that receives large volumes of mail on a regular basis
If you want to send a mail to Tuffnell City, you should use the corresponding Postal Code.


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Lesbian Public Sex Fetish – Dana Vespoli & August Ames
Oct 19, 2014 Big Tits, Booty, Lesbian Sex, Natural Breasts, TattooedGorgeous MILF director Dana Vespoli loves public sex. When she meets luscious, young cutie August Ames, Dana can't keep her hands and mouth off of August's plump, all-natural titties and soft, smooth butt... even though the girls are in view of a parking lot where any passing motorists might see them! After the director eats her girlfriend's asshole and rubs August's sweet pussy, they retreat to the ladies' room for more steamy, risky fun.
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Oct 14, 2014 Anal Sex, Natural Breasts, Small Tits, TattooedMisha Cross is a tattooed, pale brunette with natural titties. The longhaired waif meets perverted director Mike Adriano for an anal date. Misha deep-throats his dick, extending her tongue to stimulate his scrotum; her blue eyes bug out with strain and spit flows. Mike jams his thick prick straight up her ass in POV-style footage. Her bunghole gapes graphically. The slut rears back onto Mike's meat for a doggystyle reaming and sucks cock ass-to-mouth. After a rip-snorting butt fuck, Mike plows her pussy and jacks his jism into a champagne flute for Misha to drink.
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Dr. Dog. They're awesome. If you like My Morning Jacket, Spoon and The Thrills then you'll love them. They're releasaing their 6th album Shame, Shame on the 6th of April and we're giving our readers a preview. It's stellar.
Dr. Dog. They're awesome. If you like My Morning Jacket, Spoon and The Thrills then you'll love them. They're releasaing their 6th album Shame, Shame on the 6th of April and we're giving our readers a preview. It's stellar.
We featured this band over a year ago when Green Go Remix Project vol. 1 was making the rounds in Toronto. Their sweaty house party style gained attention amongst Southwestern Ontario's music scene and they followed up the buzz and excitment with their first full length album entitled Boarders which was released last April. More recently their song 'You know You Want it' was featured in an episode of the hilarious spy comedy 'Chuck'.
If you haven't seen this already, take a look at a hilarious video using the latest social networking crazy, Chat Roulette. This is Piano Chat Improv!
So a friend from university just posed a question on his facebook wall asking of our earliest memes which got me thinking. Then I recalled this little gem by a Canadian high schooler who recorded this video in his school studio over footage of the high school's basketball game. He left the tape at the school, which was eventually found by his fellow classmates who uploaded the video to the Internet. The video has been viewed approximately 1 billion times.
The student eventually sued his schoolmates for $250,00 and they settle the matter out of court.
Star Wars kid remains one of the most viewed video on the Internet and gives Americans yet one more reason to redicule their friendly cousins north of the boarder.
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For the digital publishing industry, the ipad could possibly present a solution to the ever growing problem; How can you make a living by producing an online magazine?
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All the things I liked about Today:
1. I had the ultimate playlist to listen to as I made my way to uni. I don't know how it happened- but you know when song choice and geography are so insync its INSANELY PERFECT. Basically what I mean by this, is as I looked out of the train - the perfect song was playing to match the landscape. It became FRANKIE'S SOUNDTRACK. I don't even know how it happened because the ipod was on shuffle. SCARY. But it was perfect and I enjoyed it so so much.
P.S You just know CFCF was all over my playlist. LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE GUYS!!!!!
2. I ran into a friend who was eating blueberries AKA one of MY FAVOURITE FOODS - and I snacked with him and chatted while he scruffled my hair. I love it when people I like do that to me. But it can only be people I like. Otherwise if it isn't, I'll snarl like a bitch protecting her pups.
3. I sat next to the cutiest babe in my art history tutorial. Her name was Emiko and she laughed at all my gags. Plus her writing was so neat- I enjoyed watching her take notes.
4. I noticed an old dentist chair in the hard rubbish pile that I'm totally thinking of taking and putting it in my room. All the wires are exposed down the bottom of it, so you've got this drab grey chair with these brightly coloured wires sticking out. Its tops and I'm wondering what I could use it for besides just looking at it all day long because its pretty creepy but rad at the same time.
All the things I didn't like about Today:
5. I went to the toilets at uni and for once there wasnt skid marks and urine all over the seat and floor. Yeah that was pretty nice.
There are no words to describe the incredibly EPIC win that was yesterdays game over the US.


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Connecting the physical and digital worlds
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology allows objects to be identified and tracked without direct contact or line of sight. Besides assisting in stock management and supply chain tracking, RFID technology can be used to enhance customer engagement.
RFID tags attached to products can work as keys to digital content and in physical spaces. When a person picks up a product, the tag triggers a nearby digital screen to display content related to the selected item or unlocks another type of digital experience. The technology allows brands to digitally connect with their customers through products and share brand stories, product info, usage tips, exclusive offers, e-commerce links and other digital experiences.


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?Weather trumps all
Many sportsmen and sportswomen believe that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks controls the state's fish and wildlife populations. We do, to some extent, through habitat conservation, partnerships with landowners, and regulated hunting, fishing, and trapping seasons. But what plays a far greater role, both in the short term and over the long haul, is weather.
For example, the current long-term drought has lowered stream flows and raised water temperatures throughout much of the state. Fluvial (river-dwelling) arctic grayling have been particularly hard hit, but the drought has also hurt brown, rainbow, and cutthroat trout populations.
A lack of precipitation can also depress waterfowl numbers. During dry years, prairie potholes dry up, depriving ducks and geese of vital feeding, nesting, and migration habitat. But with just one wet spring, many of those dry basins will fill up, again providing excellent habitat.
Snowfall is another huge factor affecting wildlife populations, especially in the mountains. Heavy, early snow forces elk down to lower elevations where forage is still available. Such conditions make elk vulnerable to hunters, especially in the Sun River and northern Yellowstone areas, which creates a much higher harvest than in years with little snowfall. If heavy snows continue through the winter, elk numbers will often decline further due to starvation and the loss of unborn calves.
Mild winters, on the other hand, allow elk to stay at high-
elevation parks, beyond the reach of most hunters. That's the main
reason for the high elk numbers in parts of southwestern Montana. The same
dry, hot weather that has harmed grayling numbers has allowed many elk herds
in that region to flourish.
Over time, weather changes. Droughts become wet years, and winters of heavy snow are followed by ones with little snowfall.
Elk, trout, and other species evolved with these changing
conditions. If weather was all fish and wildlife populations had to contend
with, they would do fine.
Once humans began significantly changing the
landscape, however, fish and wildlife had new challenges to cope with. Migration routes were blocked
by fences and roads. Naturally beneficial wildfires were suppressed. Dams blocked river fish migration while irrigation and other water use lowered water levels. Unregulated hunting and fishing also took a huge toll.
FWP exists to help manage these human effects on fish and wildlife. And we often succeed, mainly by working with landowners, hunters and anglers, and other conservation agencies to find ways for human use to continue while doing as little harm as possible to fish and wildlife.
But when it comes to the major factor affecting populations— the powerful forces of weather—there's little we can do besides stand back with everyone else and watch how it plays out.
M. Jeff Hagener is Director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks


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Hi, > XPath2Sequence > > and > > XPath2Value Is XPath2Value the same as "item" in the specs? If so this sounds reasonable to me. I would place the convenience casting methods in this Item class. Our item goes something like this (note I have promoted a method from one level lower in our hierarchy for simplicity) Item { // not a casting method, but a serialisation method asString(); //cast to anything Item castAs(DOMString uri, DOMString name); //self explanatory boolean isNode(); //convenience methods to primitive types here //we do not use these as we have classes representing the data types //- these are derived from Item ... }; As to what this adds to the XPath2Result method, I would say 2 things: i) The ability the set the "context node" to an item (although we then need some way of constucting them) ii) The ability for implementors to provide a full hierarchy if they desire. We have all the classes available and can provide them. It does not make sense for us to limit this. > Even with XPath2, it seems to me it would force significant additional > allocation. As written today, there is nothing in the API that forces > any additional allocations of objects defined by the API -- the same > result object can be used for the sequences and the values within the > sequences. I do not consider this a big deal, but there have been a > number of implementers giving feedback who do care about it, which is > why the 1.0 result object looks like it does today. I don't see any more allocation for us. We would make our item implement whatever interface was specified and just return a pointer to the requested item from the sequence. > It also may force another level of indirection for users, which may > require the user to set up a variable to hold the resulting value object > while he accesses multiple firlds of it. In Java, given the current > requirement to cast the result object, this heaps more indirection on > the user. //note - very rough code Access multiple fields using the XPath2Result way Access multiple fields using the XPath2Result way XPath2Result xp2r = (XPath2Result)doc.evaluate(...); while(xp2r.iterateNext()) { String a = xp2r.asString(); boolean b = xp2r.asBoolean(); } And the item way: XPath2Result xp2r = (XPath2Result)doc.evaluate(...); while(xp2r.iterateNext()) { String a = xp2r.currentItem().asString(); boolean b = xp2r.currentItem().asBoolean(); } Sure you have 2 extra method calls per iteration(one of which could be saved creating a variable) but I don't think it's that big of a cost. And realistically, how many times are you going to access multiple fields of the item in either case? I think the further indirection adds clarity to the code. If people feel that this is still cumbersome then we could add a getCurrentItem to the XPath2Result interface. This may lead to some duplication in methods, but we could always make XPathValue (item) the base class for XPath2Result. > In ECMAScript, it makes it more difficult to access the > results in a single line, etc. This was also previously a concern > with this approach. I am unfamiliar with ECMAScript and, if its not too much trouble, would like to see an example. Gareth -- Gareth Reakes, Head of Product Development +44-1865-203192 DecisionSoft Limited http://www.decisionsoft.com XML Development and ServicesReceived on Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:11:38 UTC
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Grow Your Practice with Dental Sleep Medicine is organized by Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) and will be held from Oct 04 - 05, 2019 at Jekyll Island, Georgia, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CEU. Course Description/Agenda This is a MUST attend for any dental office that is looking to implement a Sleep Protocol, or learn how to increase existing Sleep revenues. Day 1 ● Sleep 101 – sleep stages, disorders and the need for sleep apnea treatment ● Sleep apnea symptoms/clinical issues ● Improving Case Acceptance - Treating snoring and sleep apnea in a dental office. ● Prepare overnight home sleep study for select course attendees ● Hands on with Pharyngometer / Rhinometer for airway testing ● Working with Sleep Physicians and Building relationships with local MD's Day 2 ● Download previous night's Home Sleep Tests study and review study data and sleep report with class ● Dental Sleep Medicine step-by-step protocol flow chart ● Oral Appliance Pro's & Con's: Dorsal, Herbst, EMA, TAP, Panthera, and SomnoMed ● Case presentations and How to Market a Sleep Practice ● Review of the latest codes, fees, procedures with medical billing and Medicare. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
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Free Roam Games ListGames that allow free roam are usually described as open world games. In these games, you have the complete freedom to explore the world as you please without being bogged down by compulsory and very linear quests or missions.
Wizard 1018.5 Rate Wizard 101 is world that delivers you magic and monsters.
Master your spells and choose them with care as you create powerful spell decks.
Challenge other wizards and grow in power to be the best wizard around.
Aion8.2 Rate Start your journey in the beautiful fantasy land of Aion where you can join one of the two races fighting for dominance across the world.
Enjoy the great game mechanics, the character diversity and the amazing amount of content available.
Level up, ascend and get your wings in order to explore the magnificent world.
Allods Online10 Rate Choose your side in this epic tale, fight for your lord and honor.
Own your ship and fly through the astral space between Allods.
Become a great hero and help decide the fate of your world.
Drakensang Online8.2 Rate Create your hero and begin your adventure.
Fight your way through hordes of monsters for awesome rewards.
Play with or against other people and claim your right as the mightiest warrior in the land.
LoTR Online8 Rate Discover the world of J. R. R. Tolkein like never before.
From Men to Hobbits the possibilities are endless for adventure are endless.
Forge your path to glory and heroic deeds in the amazing Middle Earth.
Grand Fantasia8.8 Rate Enter the world of Saphael and take your first steps to greatness.
Raise your own companion as you level.
Play solo or with friends to slay epic monsters.
WoW8.8 Rate Choose your side, the honourable Alliance or fierce Horde.
Step into a huge and diverse world and forge your path.
Fight epic dragons and evil warlords to once more bring peace to the world.
Tera Rising10 Rate Enter Aborea, an exciting and immersive world with a lot to see and even more to slay during your journey.
Learn and master the fast paced action combat system that is leaps and bounds ahead of the traditional target and click combat systems of the past.
Create your character by choosing from one of the eight unique and interesting classes the game has to offer.
Shaiya10 Rate Choose from up to 3 class specializations from 6 character classes in 2 different factions.
Enjoy questing or running dungeons with your friends.
Fight other players in challenging battlegrounds for the glory of your faction!
Age of Wushu4.5 Rate Enter the fun world of a martial arts game and engage your enemies in hand to hand combat.
Acquire new skills and upgrade them as you see fit to get the most out of your character.
Enjoy beautiful graphics and stellar animations as you try to level up your character