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"Very low marks in all aspects of upper level management. Creating roadblocks on production then requiring tremendous overtime hours to overcome their obstacles. Moving employees to unfamiliar parts of the plane and replacing that person unfamiliar as well. Moving people to other locations in Puget Sound because they can. It all seems to be an attempt to cause people to quit so they don't have to lay off. Extremely low morale."
"NIH, politics, good-ole-boy/girl, only if you do not need a career, only if you are a child of C.O."
"Good pay and benefits. Some good managers but mostly poor management. Some are very poor with very poor people skills. Also all mistakes are thrown under a huge spotlight with people having to explain to multiple managers, multiple times. It puts everyone on pins and needles and makes people not report mistakes."
"Boeing is a typical large company. Managers are interested in themselves, not employees, and lie rather than telling the truth. They promote their pet employees and ignore everyone else. They also lay off productive senior people to hire entry level people and charge their customers the same rate, which increases their profits."
"The overall company is good to work for. Slow into mgt ranks though... the good ole boy system alive and well."
"Good company and great career opportunity starting out. Slows down in management ranks though."
"Good company and I would recommend it to anyone entering in the job market."
"I am working for Boeing since Feb 1981, before that was in the US Navy. The majority of my time at Boeing I work in the mainframe side of programming, I maintain a database and did programming that publish the maintenance manual for all of Boeing airplanes. When the program was converted over to new system I had to learn ASP and Dream Weaver program on my own."
"Awful corporate environment."
"I worked at Boeing since 2007. It is a great company filled with great people. I enjoyed my experience. They had excellent opportunities to go to school and further one's education. I out grew my position and found it hard to move to another position."
"I love working and constantly improving myself and my processes to achieve the highest degree of quality in my work."
"Boeing is not a good place to be an IT person these days, especially in the Puget Sound. They're in the midst of outsourcing everything they can to kids out of school located in other locations in the US, as well as offshoring work to subs from India and Russia. The benefits are fantastic, but the long term job outlook is not good. Another thing to be aware of is the large bureaucratic inhibitors to bringing in leading edge technologies."
"I have worked for Boeing for 1 year on a contract and I really enjoyed my time there."
"This is my third time working as a contract Engineer at Boeing, and I have worked on their 737, 757, 777, and now their 787 Dreamliner programs.The work environment is good and my co-workers are good people as well."
"The workload was heavy, and each analyst was required to learn the Boeing software with minimal training. The structural analysis position required 10 to 20 hours per week overtime, as the workload was heavy. There were many opportunities to learn and expand your knowledge base. For structural analysis, Nastran was used primarily, with either Patran or Hypermesh."
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Theo Boone thought the danger had passed, but hes about to face off against an old adversary: accused murderer and fugitive Pete Duffy. On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theos quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial.
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I am obsessed with Mushrooms they genuinely fascinate me. They are natures mini pharmaceutical factories and have been on the spectrum of 'healers' for thousands of years, especially in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and there are many new scientifically validated health benefits.
Mushrooms are a good source of vitamin B and are a low-energy-density food (fewer calories in a more significant portion). They also act as a prebiotic, creating the right environment for our good gut bacteria (probiotics) to do their thing! Mushrooms need to be a part of your diet! Well, that is edible mushrooms. I suggest you leave the foraging to those who are experts in 'mushrooming', and you eat mushrooms that are cultivated under appropriate conditions.
The Portobello 'Open Sandwich' recipe below is an easy, simple way to add a mushroom or two to your day. Mix it up, add different toppings and enjoy! A bonus … the Portobello mushroom can contain more potassium than a banana, a little extra bang for your muscles and nerves!
2 large Portobello mushrooms
2 tablespoons Hummus
2 small Cucumbers
2 Red Onions
12 Kalamata Olives (pitted & halved)
2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)
1 small fresh Chilli (optional)
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
Sea Salt & Pepper to taste
Preheat the grill/pan to medium heat. Gently brush the portobello mushrooms clean and cut down the stalk. Place the mushrooms on the grill/pan cooking the top side down first for 3 – 4 minutes. Flip and cook until tender.
Cucumber Ribbon Salad
Cut the cucumbers into long thin ribbons, (use a vegetable peeler or mandolin). Finely slice the onions and chilli. Chop the coriander.
In a bowl mix the ACV, Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper. Add in the onions, olives and cucumber slices and gently toss.
To serve, place the portobello mushrooms gills side up (this catches all the yummy flavours) spread a layer of hummus then top with the cucumber salad. Sprinkle fresh chilli if you want to spice it up a little. Another option is to forgo the hummus and serve the mushrooms on a toasted bun with smashed avocado, as seen in the image.
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FISH OUT OF WATER: Professional and Personal Musings from VOX 3 Members
Our upcoming cabaret centers around experiences when you really feel out of your element, sometimes humorously described as 'fish out of water' moments. In the life of a performer, there are many times when one feels like a fish out of water. By the very nature of their work, performers must enjoy challenging themselves, but it is not uncommon to have an Achilles' heel – some situation or condition that puts you out of your comfort zone. It could be dancing or singing in a language you've never sung in before…or perhaps your costume exposes a little more flesh than you like to expose. I decided that it might be fun to interview our members and hear about their moments!
Tell me about a moment in life where you really felt like a fish out of water?
Meghan Guse: My family's first day in Tokyo was about the most surreal moment I've ever had. My dad had been there a few weeks ahead of us, so even though we had just gotten off of a 12 hour flight, he insisted on ferrying us around Harajuku. For a ten-year-old kid from a small town in central Illinois, I have never felt more out of it! I couldn't read anything, the food was "weird," and everything was fast-paced and crowded. You've never lived until you've been shoved onto a subway car by station employees wearing white gloves. We all got the hang of it pretty quickly, but wow, that is still my most fish out of water experience!
Ashlee Hardgrave: I've always felt a little out of water. Growing up in the rural south, I was in the minority because a. I didn't own livestock or participate in 4H and b. our home had a paved driveway. However, I vividly remember being invited to join a very elite sorority my freshman year of college. Fall grades had come in, and once the sorority heard about my 4.0 GPA, they came knocking. I was told it was an exclusive offer afforded to few, and IMPOSSIBLE to turn them down, so I joined and went to my first meeting. Holy crap. I walked into a sea of monogrammed letters, glittery necklaces, and so much pink that you'd think a Pepto Bismol factory exploded. So much blonde hair. So much mascara. So much "wait, you watch the news? Why?" I did it to prove a point, and some of the girls were very nice, but I bailed the minute their meetings conflicted with my rehearsal schedule. I still have one of their beer koozies 🙂
James Morehead: I guess I've always felt like a fish out of water, and honestly, you kind of get used to it. Growing up always presents its challenges for everybody, but I was always the puzzle piece that didn't have a spot; the American growing up in Germany, the white, poor kid in the high school ghetto, the gay man at church or the Christian at the gay bar… it never seems to end. Let alone artistically. Since I play everything, and I mean everything, classical musicians question me as well musical theater people. Is it really so bad that I improvise as well as sight read!?
Do you feel that singers are often challenged to push the boundaries of their comfort zone?
Brian von Rueden: I think there's a balance, as a singer, between pushing the boundaries and excelling within given constraints. Often, it takes a boundary-pusher to get noticed – there is a visceral thrill of someone giving 110% in a performance. Or the media may devote more ink to describing a controversial production (opera singers naked on stage! Violetta doesn't really die! Parsifal wears black studded leather!) than a well-executed traditional presentation. The headlines just aren't as engaging. But that is simply the world we live in. YouTube has oriented us to a culture where 15 seconds of "WOW" are more palatable than 2 hours of wonderful. As a consequence, I think singers feel some pressure to find ways to make their performance the best, the freshest, the edgiest – some kind of superlative. The problem is that so much of classical voice is about training and technique. It is incredibly hard, I think, to find ways of giving the illusion of utter abandon while remaining squarely in the proper technical place. Those known for exciting stage characterizations, like French soprano Natalie Dessay, may develop technical problems from pushing the envelope too much. But most good teachers will say: You know your voice. You know what you can do. Give what you can, but don't push it.
James Morehead: Yes. I'm not a singer but I challenge singers all the time. Everyone will find those moments and push through. I'll gladly hold their hand and coach them through and push them when the time feels just right.
Ashlee Hardgrave: In most classical music, no. In VOX, yes. Singers are often asked to know their "type" for casting, so you're asked to determine (and sometimes alter yourself to define) which of these oddly specific boxes in which to fit. Once it's determined, many can find it a challenge to consider leaving it for growth or maturity. You cling to the identity you're given, and automatically rule out opportunity beyond that box. I think that's one of the things I value about VOX. With art song, it's less about if the soprano looks like she can play Mimi. It's about telling shorter stories, stories that could be told by both Mimis and not-a-chance-Mimis alike. You can be anyone you want, or multiple 'anyones' in a single program. We are given permission to "go there" and take risks in ways that many singers aren't.
Do you enjoy pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone? For example, do you really get excited about the challenge or do have to 'talk yourself into it?
Brian von Rueden: I am an introvert and a nester. I feel at my best when I can work hard within well-known and established systems. To be able to attack a new project or change a routine, I really have to do a lot of mental preparation and research. Eventually I can talk myself into enjoying that new thing, whatever it may be, but it takes a while. I'm much more comfortable behind the scenes; when I'm on stage or even networking at an event, I really have to assume a different persona. It's in many ways like play-acting the role of someone who thrives on an audience's energy or a stranger's conversation.
Kelsey Harris: I do enjoy pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone. I like the challenge, and the reward for succeeding in trying something new is always great. For example, in grad school I had to do a scene from Poppea with a scene partner that was not the most desirable. We had to be very physical in this scene, which wasn't easy for me. My director had to have a talk with me and said to "peel back the layers of the onion" in really going into detail why my character was doing the things she was doing, and more importantly, to just "play" like children do. I do have to talk myself into doing things I'm not comfortable doing, but will always try it and do my best!
Tell me about a moment in your music performance life where you felt like a fish out of water? Did you learn anything from that experience? i.e. were you surprised by a previously unknown boundary, had you feared it, and then found it to be not so bad…?
Brian von Rueden: When I was auditioning for the Sinfoniechor at the Semperoper Dresden, I was asked to bring two contrasting pieces. I had recently worked up a set of Tchaikovsky songs for a recital, so I wanted to do one of those. Not a lot of singers I knew were singing in Russian at that point, so I was proud of the work I had done, learning the IPA, coaching with a Russian speaker, and so forth. It didn't dawn on me until after I finished singing that these folks had grown up behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany, and had been forced at some level to learn Russian. So, essentially, here I was: a youthful, blissfully ignorant American, singing in a language the adjudicators almost certainly knew better than I did – and it was a language associated with a lot of (at the very least) complex associations and emotions. It was perhaps the first time I considered the cultural context of the music I performed: how people's background may color the experience of the music (positively or negatively). It had less to do with personal boundaries, per se, and more with the ongoing experience of being a foreigner and learning the ropes…but it turned out to be a valuable lesson that shaped me as a person.
Meghan Guse: I was asked to sing some seventies pop tunes at a vow renewal in college. Nothing like trying to bring out your inner Dan Fogelberg after months and months of only classical singing! It wasn't as bad as I expected, but I should have worked harder on not sounded so "classical." Vibrato is not always appropriate! Live and learn!
Ashlee Hardgrave: I once performed in an opera where I had to belly dance. I learned, rather quickly, how to eat only apples and work out a LOT. I did end up pushing my own comfort zone musically as well, and it was a fantastic production. I was more than happy, however, to return to Mozart and carbohydrates afterwards 🙂


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Report finds that biofuels don't threaten food security, US ethanol producers get access to new market
The U.S. Department of Energy announced openings for its Biomass Research and Development Committee, The European Union dropped an antidumping duty on U.S. ethanol imports, a report found that biofuel use can support food security, and a new "bionic leaf" turns sunlight and water into fuel. Read on to get full details for each of these top biofuel headlines from the past week.
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development announced a new global initiative to cut corporate use of fossil fuels in half, and the USDA continued to roll out programs that will support and fund the development of biofuels in the U.S. Plus, scientists in South Korea developed a new way to turn human waste into biofuel. Read on to get the full details for each of these top biofuel headlines from the past week below.
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The USDA announced two significant sources of grant funding for biofuels development and research, and the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture met with Mexican leaders to work on expanding the renewable fuels sector.


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United States District Court, D. New Mexico
May 25, 2018
DENNIS MURPHY, Guardian Ad Litem for N.E.D., an incapacitated minor; JACOB DOTSON; DOMINIQUE BILLY, individually and as next friend of I.C. and S.D., minors, Plaintiffs,v.THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.
Dennis Murphy, Guardian Ad Litem for N.E.D., Jacob Dotson,
and Dominique Billy, individually and as next of friend of
minors I.C. and S.D. (Plaintiffs) filed suit against
Defendant United States of America (United States or
Defendant) seeking damages for alleged medical negligence,
negligent training and supervision, and personal injuries
under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and New Mexico State
Plaintiffs' claims arise out of emergency medical
treatment rendered to minor child N.E.D. at the Gallup Indian
Medical Center (GIMC), an Indian Health Services facility in
Gallup, New Mexico in February 2016. Plaintiffs allege, among
other things, that Dr. Stephen Waite and other GIMC medical
personnel failed to properly protect and monitor N.E.D.'s
airway following a rapid sequence induction and intubation.
See Amended Complaint ¶ 36. Plaintiffs claim
this ultimately led to deprivation of oxygen for a period
sufficient to cause N.E.D. to suffer a permanent hypoxic
brain injury. See id.
April 6, 2018, Defendant disclosed its expert witnesses,
including two Board Certified Emergency Room Physicians,
William F. Spangler, M.D. and Jack L. Sharon, M.D. Plaintiffs
filed a motion in limine asking the Court to exclude the
opinions of Defendant's two proffered emergency medicine
experts on the ground their intended testimony is cumulative
and will prejudice Plaintiffs.[2] The Motion is fully
briefed.[3] The Court having considered the
parties' briefing, arguments, and relevant law will deny
the Motion.
In the
Motion, Plaintiffs claim that the expert reports prepared by
Dr. Spangler and Dr. Sharon, both emergency medicine experts,
reveal little to no variance in their opinions regarding
N.E.D.'s treatment at GIMC. See Mot. at 3-4.
Plaintiffs assert that Defendant should not be allowed to
present such unnecessarily cumulative testimony because it
will waste judicial resources and will cause undue prejudice
to Plaintiffs in contravention of Federal Rule of Evidence
403. See Mot. at 2. Plaintiffs suggest that the
prejudice is exacerbated by the financial burden of
"deposing two expert witnesses charging exorbitant
witness fees when their testimony will overlap."
See Mot. at 2. Though relegated to a footnote in the
Motion, and only expounded upon in their Reply, Plaintiffs
also argue that Dr. Sharon's disclosure should be
stricken because his expert report is unsigned, and because
Defendant failed to include Dr. Sharon's fee schedule
with the disclosure. See Mot. at 3, FN 1; Reply at
counters first that Plaintiffs' Motion is premature,
suggesting that the use of the term "may" in
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A)[4] contemplates that
parties will designate more experts than they intend to call
at trial and that several strategic considerations, as here,
affect a party's ultimate selection. See Resp.
at 2. Defendant also contends that Dr. Spangler and Dr.
Sharon have unique education and experience that shape their
opinions in this case. See Resp. at 2. Specifically,
Defendant states that in addition to offering opinions on Dr.
Waite's decision to intubate N.E.D., Dr. Spangler will
also offer "insight into the overall workings of
emergency room departments." See Resp. at 2-3.
Dr. Sharon, the United States continues, has experience
working in the same geographical part of the country and
trauma treatment level as GIMC. See Resp. at 3-4.
Defendant points out that Plaintiffs have had the opportunity
to depose both experts to explore anticipated testimony, yet
chose not to do so, and only for the first time in this
Motion raised concerns regarding the expense of deposing both
experts - a concern that Defendant suggests is not credible
given the monetary damages at issue in this case.
See Resp. at 5. Finally, Defendant argues that any
alleged prejudice is mitigated by the fact that the Court,
rather than a jury, will be the factfinder in this case.
See Response at 6-7.
the parties do not dispute that testimony from an expert in
emergency medicine related to the standard of care and the
treatment provided to Plaintiff N.E.D. at GIMC on February
28, 2016 is relevant. However, Federal Rule of Evidence 403
authorizes a court to exclude even relevant evidence
"if its probative value is substantially outweighed by
a danger of…unfair prejudice, confusing the issues,
misleading the jury, undue delay, wasting time, or needlessly
presenting cumulative evidence." Fed.R.Evid. 403. The
"exclusion of evidence under Rule 403…is an
extraordinary remedy and should be used sparingly."
U.S. v. Brooks, 736 F.3d 921, 941 (10th Cir. 2013)
(internal quotation marks and citation omitted). While the
Court has discretion to limit the number of experts under
this rule it cannot do so "arbitrarily, or on the basis
of mere numbers." See Green Constr. Co. v. Kan.
Power & Light Co., 1 F.3d 1005, 1014 (10th Cir.
assures the Court that it does not seek to introduce
cumulative testimony at trial, and that Dr. Spangler's
testimony will address general emergency room procedure while
Dr. Sharon will speak more specifically to practice in Level
III Trauma Centers in a geographically similar area of the
United States. Under New Mexico law, a doctor has the duty to
possess and apply the knowledge and to use the skill and care
ordinarily used by reasonably well-qualified doctors
practicing under similar circumstances, giving due
consideration to the locality involved. NMRA, Civ. UJI
13-1101. Accordingly, while New Mexico does not adhere to a
"strict locality" rule, locality is one factor to
consider when analyzing whether a physician's conduct met
the standard of care. See Pharmaseal Laboratories, Inc.
v. Goffe, 1977-NMSC-071, ¶ 16, 568 P.2d 589, 594
("[D]ue consideration must be given by the fact-finder
to the locality involved and the ways, if any, in which it
differs from the locality about which the expert testifies,
but this is merely one factor for the fact-finder to
of the opinions in the experts' reports certainly overlap
and do not reflect the differences Defendant suggests exist.
However, the Court is not convinced that designation of two
experts who may testify in the same area is necessarily
cumulative. Moreover, Plaintiffs suggest that they will be
unduly prejudiced by admission of both experts'
respective testimony. But, other than citing to financial
costs associated with taking the experts' depositions, if
Plaintiffs decide to do so, Plaintiffs offer no explanation
as to how they will prejudiced by possible duplicative expert
testimony at the non-jury trial. The Court does not belittle
the costs involved in litigation and specifically the expense
of deposing medical expert witnesses. But generally, unless
manifest injustice would result, the party seeking discovery
is responsible for paying the expert a reasonable fee for
time spent responding to that discovery. See Fed. R.
Civ. P. 26 (b)(4)(E). Plaintiffs have not demonstrated that
manifest injustice would result from paying expert fees.
Plaintiffs have the option to forego taking in-person
depositions or to work with opposing counsel to reach an
agreement about alternatives to reduce costs.
Plaintiffs ask the Court to strike Dr. Sharon's
disclosure based on Defendant's alleged failure to
include a fee schedule and the fact that Dr. Sharon's
report lacked a signature. As a preliminary matter, the Court
notes that Defendant included Dr. Sharon's fees in the
description of Dr. Sharon's proffered testimony in the
United States' initial expert witness disclosures.
See Ex. 3 to Resp., Defendant's Expert Witness
Disclosures at 2. And while the Court recognizes that Dr.
Sharon's report was unsigned at disclosure, the report
was fully disclosed by the April 10, 2018 deadline, five
months before trial. Plaintiffs have not demonstrated how the
lack of a signature substantively prejudices them. Federal
Rule of Evidence 26 (a)(2)(B) indicates that disclosure of an
expert must be accompanied by a written report, prepared and
signed by the witness, that contains a complete statement of
the expert's opinion and the basis of that opinion, the
facts or data the expert considered, the expert's
qualifications, a list of cases in which the witness has
testified for the previous four years, and a statement of
compensation. Defendant has substantially complied with this
rule, and the Court will allow Defendant an opportunity to
cure the defect by providing Plaintiffs with a signed and
sworn copy of the report or a sworn affidavit from Dr. Sharon
adopting the report's contents. See Jenkins v.
Bartlett, 487 F.3d 482, 489 (7th Cir. 2007) (finding
that a letter submitted by an attorney for police officers in
a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that identified doctors as
expert witnesses, provided the curriculum vitae of each
witness, and stated the expected testimony and basis of that
testimony, substantially complied with Fed.R.Civ.P.
26(a)(2)(B), notwithstanding the fact that neither doctor had
prepared or signed the letter, but where both doctors
subsequently submitted sworn affidavits adopting the
letter's contents).
At this
time the Court will not require Defendant to exclude one of
the disclosed emergency medicine experts. However, the Court
may later decide to restrict Defendant to one emergency
medicine expert if it becomes clear that the testimony of Dr.
Spangler and Dr. Sharon is inappropriately cumulative.
THEREFORE ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs' Motion in Limine to
Exclude Defendant United States of America's Emergency
Medicine Experts (Doc. 85) is DENIED without prejudice,
allowing Plaintiffs to make proper objections to cumulative
evidence at trial.
[1] See FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
UNDER FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT AND NEW MEXICO LAW (Doc.
See PLAINTIFFS' MOTION IN
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Barossa development enters FEED, FID expected by end 2019
Santos and its joint venture partners have sanctioned the start of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the development of the Barossa project to backfill Darwin LNG.
Santos managing director and CEO, Kevin Gallagher, said, "the Barossa FEED decision consolidates its position as the leading candidate for DLNG backfill when Bayu-Undan production ceases in the early 2020s."
Barossa's development would extend the operating life of Darwin LNG for more than 20 years, Gallagher said.
The Barossa gas field, 300 kilometers north of Darwin, sits within Santos' Northern Australia portfolio, one of the company's core long-life, natural gas assets.
FEED activities will involve engineering and commercial work aimed at finalization of the project's technical detail, costs, LNG sales agreements and negotiation of access arrangements with the owners of DLNG and the Bayu-Undan to Darwin gas pipeline.
A final investment decision (FID) is targeted towards the end of 2019.
Contracts for field surveys and engineering for the floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO), subsea facilities and export pipeline will be awarded shortly.
The Barossa development concept consists of an FPSO, six subsea production wells to be drilled in the initial phase, supporting in-field subsea infrastructure and a gas export pipeline tied into the existing Bayu-Undan to Darwin pipeline, all located in Australian Commonwealth waters.
The project area encompasses petroleum permit NT/RL5 over the Barossa field and petroleum permit NT/RL6 to the south over the Caldita field to be developed as a potential future phase of the project.
Santos holds a 25 percent interest in the Barossa Caldita joint venture along with partners ConocoPhillips (37.5 percent and operator) and SK E&S (37.5 percent). Santos is also a joint venture partner in Darwin LNG with an 11.5 percent interest.


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Richard Fleming
Mr. Fleming has more than 30 years of restructuring experience across a wide range of industries and has played an integral role in a number of high-profile stressed, distressed and insolvency cases in the public and private arena. He acted as the administrator of MF Global, the commodities brokerage firm, and Leeds United FC, and led the company-side restructuring of Southern Cross Plc, the largest nursing home operator in the U.K. at the time with 41,000 employees. This assignment involved complex stakeholder management issues and ultimately led to the consensual breakup of the group on a solvent basis.
Mr. Fleming led the restructuring of JJB Sports Plc and Blacks Leisure Plc, breaking new ground by taking these privately listed companies through company voluntary arrangements without any share suspension, paving the way for subsequent equity raises. He has advised and acted as administrator to numerous retailers including Threshers, Peacocks and La Senza and led the restructurings of Fitness First and Travelodge, both of which generated a significant increase in value to financial and equity stakeholders.
Mr. Fleming has led many complex stressed, distressed and insolvency situations, and has extensive experience in retail and leisure, financial services (including MF global), healthcare, mining, manufacturing, property and oil and gas.
Mr. Fleming previously led KPMG's U.K. restructuring practice and the U.K. firm's entire advisory offering, serving on its U.K. board and global advisory board.
Mr. Fleming is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, and R3, and is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner.


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Below are a few digital sketches that represent a snapshot of what has been going on in my painting studio lately. Working digitally like this has the huge benefit of offering infinite flexibility when working with colors. I also love to dig for intuitive geometric compositions in my paintings, and Adobe Illustrator is well suited to this kind of sketching. This sketch should be a finished painting by now, but I keep revisiting it, tweaking the colors to try to achieve the balance of light/dark and intensity that it needs. I ended up going with the top design with the chain of small rectangles running across the diagonal. Continuing to play with the red/pink/white/blue palette and simple—bordering on obvious!—geometry. I am currently making the painting that is depicted in this digital concept photo. I created the palette after spending some time at the collectors' land in west Texas, home of big skies, cedar, mesquite, and earth. When finished, this painting will be an important piece of the collectors' newly remodeled home! This sketch did not make the cut for the above commission, but it has found a place in my painting queue. It uses the west Texas palette, and does some of the things with simple color, light and space that keep my eyeballs coming back to look again.
Jonathan Hough, Maker of Things
That's a custom lighter by Jonathan Hough. It's great to watch an artist develop. My favorite kind of artist is the one who—through experimentation, trial and error—seeks the best means to give shape to whatever space his head is in at that moment. And then when that head space shifts, so does the search for the way to give it tangible form. Jonathan Hough, my brother, @jh0u9h on Instagram, is one of these artists. I follow what he makes, and we talk about art, broadly and specifically. Often he is the kind of artist who wants to be responsible for every atom (ideally) that comprises a piece of artwork. Below, check out my small collection of Jonathan's work. Two of them are paintings made from hand-ground minerals mixed with oil to create his own paints. The third is a hammered metal piece that is part bell and part oculus. They are compact pieces, like gems, representing countless hours of focused making. Now, Jonathan has taken his passion for metals and minerals, and an arsenal of technique he has developed as a jewelry-maker, and has begun collaborating with artists to create custom-engraved lighters. This project is his first big foray into bringing his highly specialized skills to a wider audience. Check out some of his recent collaborations…
David Cook / @bonethrower on Instagram
Reginald Pean / @frenchinald on Instagram
And, the artist himself, Jonathan Hough / @jh0u9h on Instagram
Find Jonathan on Instagram to see more of his work. @jh0u9h
Suite of Billboards
August Promotional Postcard
Postcard from April 2014
Eagle Logos for my Charter School
4 Acrylic Studies, June 2014
Runaway Soccer Ball, illustration
Tumbley, 2014
Our first quilt
My wife's ancestors were pioneer farmers, and we are carrying on one of their traditions. Quilt-making! We began this one—our first—about 5 years ago then put it on hold for a while until we got some big quilting frames last Christmas. And now we have completed it. The design comes from a photo of our daughter cuddling our son when they were about ages 6 and 1. If you back away from the quilt about 50 feet you can see the image, which is hardly practical, so we content ourselves with wrapping ourselves in our new blanket knowing that the design is a picture of our kids, even if we can't tell up close. Here's a tiny picture of it, which shows the image a little better.


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What activity pairs better with Halloween than Trick or Treating? For Halloween this year, students at Churakids were able to dress up in their awesome costumes and head to Kadena Air Base where they could participate in this Halloween tradition.
Month: November 2019
Beach Cleanup Club Vol. 2
On November 10th our Churakids Beach Cleanup Club made another big difference in our local community!
Cooking Club Vol. 19
In celebration of Halloween, participants in our October Cooking Club learned how to make a delicious Dry Pumpkin Curry while dressed in some fabulous costumes!
First Event for the Churakids Beach Cleanup Club
On September 22nd, 2019, Churakids worked with Okinawa Beach Cleanup to hold the very first event of our brand new Beach Cleanup Club! This club has been created with the intention to keep our community here in Okinawa clean, while also showing our students that they can help make a difference in our environment!
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Churakids Cooking Club goes to Nago!
In October, Churakids hosted its very first Cooking Club at the Nago location! With the help of Chef Hiro and our Churakids teachers, the students and their parents who attended this Cooking Club learned how to make a delicious Pumpkin Mille Crepe Cake! Since this event was inspired by Halloween, everyone was invited to dress up in costume for a little extra fun. Even our finished cakes would "dress up" as Jack o'lanterns!


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Like people, corporations are different. Some are big, some are small, and some prefer certain styles of managing travel. Culture, geography, and organizational set-up all play a role in these preferences. As part of our evolution to a Live Travel Space, we wanted to understand the similarities and differences between corporate travel and expense (T&E) strategy.
Every corporate T&E program has a different flavor
T&E programs are often driven by their business set-up and travel patterns. A car manufacturer tends to have very stable travel patterns with the vast majority of trips across their main business hubs and production facilities. On the other hand, a professional services company may be more flexible in their travel structure following their own customer projects and priorities. While the first example is a good indicator for high-level of automation, online adoption, and traveler self-servicing the latter produces more complex trips and white-glove servicing from their travel management company (TMC) partner for high-demand travelers.
There are also different ways corporations design and implement their T&E programs. Much is driven by how they run their core business. For example, if they run their business in a decentralized or vertical business structure. T&E programs usually follow suit and are likely to only offer an optional global framework without a strong mandate.
Of course corporate size matters as well. Decision making processes tend to get more complex the bigger corporations are. Plus, their internal stakeholder management also gets more sophisticated. However, there is a cultural component here. We do see US headquartered multi-nationals being more centralized and top-down in the execution of a global strategy. Many European companies tend to accept more regional differences and try to reach a consensus on which strategy to apply in a given area of their business. There is certainly a trend towards a more globalized approach across Europe as well and strong appetite to harmonize across regions.
But there are some commonalties among the needs of corporations
All corporations need to find the right balance between cost, compliance, and the corporate travelers' personal preferences in their travel choices. They can select different strategies on how to best meet these objectives. But at the end of the day, they want to reach travel savings targets and achieve return on investment quickly. This is easier said than done when traveler expectations are strongly influenced by leisure travel.
Nowadays, corporate travelers want the same experience from corporate travel programs. We call this the 'consumerization' of corporate travel programs. This means delivering a great user-experience, traveler centricity, and an intuitive user interface with the best content. The key enabler here is the right technology. Corporate travelers should be continuously engaged and adoption rates should be high. Technology should make it easy and fun to comply with the corporate travel program by offering the best content and user-experience. At Amadeus, we are ready for corporations and their future challenges and opportunities.
Amadeus cytric Travel & Expense, backed by ourAmadeus Travel Platform, is helping corporations power smarter business travel and digitalize their businesses, benefiting both the corporation and the employee. Our technology gives corporations rich, unbiased content from different sources, so the traveler does not need to book elsewhere. Plus, the corporation can decide which content its travelers see so it can meet its objectives. All of this is underpinned by the flexibility to adapt to the 'different flavors' of corporations and embed into their existing IT landscape.
This is all part of a wider initiative to build together with our customers a Live Travel Space to foster growth, to be ready for all future trends. We want to be open, dynamic and connected, and we want our customers to be that, too.


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Just a few of the nicknames being thrown around to describe the house.
The painters finished up today and I can't wait to get some turf down to soften the appearance a bit. It's quite distinctive, not to mention hard to photograph because we are on a ridge. If I try to walk back to get whole house in shot I walk down hill, so it just doesn't happen.
Less than two weeks to go before pre-hand over meeting. Sparkies finish fitting out Electricals tomorrow and then it's just plumbing, screens and wardrobes (I think??).


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School News
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Updates:
New list of Internet providers/offerings in GA; Closure extended to 4/24; Updated meal plan; Digital Learning Days information
BOE Called Meeting Notice
The Paulding County Board of Education will hold a Called Meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss board member vacancy.
Congrats to 2020 PCSD Teachers of the Year!
The school district has named its 2020 PCSD Teachers of the Year.
Congrats to the 2020 PCSD Employees of the Year!
The school district has named its 2020 Employees of the Year.
Keeping Schools Healthy Clean During Flu Season
Check out a new video on how we strive to keep schools healthy and clean - even during flu season.
PCSD Homeless Program Gets $20,000 Boost
Title I Director Teresa Benefield and Homeless Education Liaison Dyan Earnhart have been named winners of a $20,000 Golden Grant from McDonald's.
District Seeks Budget Feedback
As the school district begins developing the FY2021 budget, all stakeholders have an opportunity to provide input. Click here to take the PCSD Budget Feedback survey.
All Five PCSD High Schools Named AP Honor Schools
State Superintendent Richard Woods has named all five Paulding County School District high schools to the list of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2020.
Kaitlyn Lydick Wins System Wide Spelling Bee!
The EPMS 8th grader outlasted the competition and took home the top prize by spelling the word "marinara".
Flu Information For PCSD Community
Like many areas of the country, the Paulding County Community, including the school district, is currently being impacted by the normal cycle of influenza that typically arrives this time of year. Influenza is a serious illness and should not go untreated. The following information hopefully will clarify what we are experiencing and will provide an overview of the school district's protocols regarding the flu.


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IBM Cloudant buy signals cloud arms race with NoSQL DBaaS
IBM opened its checkbook once again to add a database as a service to its SoftLayer cloud, but must keep the pedal to the metal to win IT developers.
IBM's acquisition of Cloudant this week gives Big Blue a way to attract developers to its cloud service, but the company must sustain a rapid-fire development pace to surpass competitors.
IBM is the latest major technology company to enter the Database as a Service (DBaaS) market in hopes to attract developers to its cloud. Last month, Verizon and Oracle Corp. made a DBaaS play, and VMware recently disclosed its plans to offer a database service.
IBM already has a lot of middleware, which is the broad software category Boston-based startup Cloudant's software occupies, but most of it is structured to be sold on-premises. IBM is integrating many of its existing software titles with SoftLayer, but chose to acquire its NoSQL DBaaS instead.
This is in part because time is of the essence for IBM in establishing a competitive foothold in the cloud services market, since simply matching services with AWS won't be enough, according to John Rymer, analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., based in Cambridge, Mass.
"It will be on IBM to make those services more relevant to enterprises, because that is their goal," Rymer said. "That is their market: high scale, high reliability, high security."
NoSQL databases
NoSQL databases are typically used in the development of modern scale-out Web applications, as they allow for indexing of unstructured information alongside the structured tables of the traditional SQL database and lend themselves to lightweight, horizontal scaling.
High availability and disaster recovery capabilities in Cloudant are a big reason IBM chose it over other vendors in the NoSQL space, according to Robert LeBlanc, senior vice president of software and cloud for IBM, during a press conference this week.
IBM's purchase of Cloudant for an undisclosed sum allows the company to directly compete against Amazon's DynamoDB Database as a Service, also based on NoSQL. Other providers offering NoSQL DBaaS (mainly through partnerships with MongoDB, Redis and other open-source NoSQL platforms) include Google Inc., Joyent, Rackspace and Microsoft.
IBM ups the ante in the race to the cloud
IBM needs to keep pushing its cloud services to make up ground already lost to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and SalesForce.com in global developer adoption, according to the results of a 2013 Forrester Forrsights Developer Survey of more than 1,800 developers globally. Those four vendors were mentioned ahead of IBM in that survey when developers were asked what services they use, Rymer said.
"IBM was fifth on the list, but the usage was much, much lower," Rymer said. "There are lots of folks that want IBM to be in this game … but they've been behind the top four in putting together a complete portfolio and an overall strategy. So they need to hurry."
Developers are looking for rapid development environments. They don't want to deal with things that they're going to have to manage operationally. Hence, DBaaS is an increasingly popular offering, according to Eric Alterman, CEO of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based information-streaming company Flow Search Corp., which partnered with IBM to offer real-time data analytics services.
"I see it being massively useful for enterprise customers," Alterman said.
In general, the recent DBaaS plays show that the battle for cloud supremacy is moving up the stack, according to Alterman.
"Infrastructure as a Service is the ante to be in the game," he said. "Once you're over that hurdle, what's next? The whole game is going to be: What services can you add that are going to be compelling?"
Beth Pariseau is senior news writer for SearchCloudComputing.com. Write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow @PariseauTT on Twitter.


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Directorate General of Family Planning Job Circular 2019! The Government of DGFP Authority Provides a new Job Circular. DGFP Department Job Circular has published on 07 March 2019 and Application Deadline is 07 April 2019. All the Graduation Passed student Can Apply for this Job. The Department of DGFP Authority needs to a new Jobs Holder for this post. If you are finding the Government job and you want a government job. we hope that the DGFP Authority gets a very good opportunity for you. It is a Government Job Circular. you want to build up your career of government profession. Dear Friend, Apply for Jobs.
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Smiling Again
Facial expression is the primary visual display of human emotion. Studies show that attitude follows behavior. People that smile and laugh more often generally start to develop a more positive life outlook. This breeds success. What we find is when a patient has gone through a prolonged difficult time, they sacrifice their appearance, most notably the smile. They naturally smile less. This in turn increases negative affect, further compounding the difficult time.
At Aesthetic Smile Reconstruction, patients present with a variety of backgrounds and histories. We are inspired by these situations. We find it invaluably satisfying to restore a happy smile. It's common to help a man smile again after a divorce, reconstruct a patient's smile after a traumatic accident, or enhance the smile of the single mother who sacrificed to provide for her children. We find a patient rediscovering their smile is intimately connected to the steps of self improvement and restoring self esteem, and it is a remarkable honor for us to be a part of that level of success.


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At the Visible Tailoring Center, we strive to make sure all our decisions are in line with our core values: Fairness, Sustainability, and Fun.
We produce all our garments using the 10 Principles of Fair Trade. This means we not only treat our team with equality and respect, but also our suppliers, customers, and the environment. We are committed to producing garments of the highest quality while being honest and transparent in our practices.
True fairness only comes when we make a commitment to the environment as well. As people continue to consume more we believe it's essential to find ways to waste less, produce in smarter ways, and develop new production structures with the environment in mind.
Some of our initiatives include:
- Partnering with the Green Paper Shop in Mcleod Ganj, India, which works with Tibetan refugees to turn our paper and fabric refuse into handmade paper, books, and boxes.
- Designing with zero-waste in mind. We consider how our designs can use as much of the fabric as possible and we make items, including hairbows, out of pattern-cutting waste. An example of a zero-waste design is our Zero Waste Tee.
- Sustainably souring our fabrics. We use organic fairtrade cotton or upcycled fabrics for our clothing and accessories.
- For upcycling, we claim materials from 'deadstock fabrics', which are fabrics other companies no longer have a use for either because they over-ordered, the shade was off, or because the print is no longer 'in season' for them. By using these fabrics we avoid fresh fabric production, which often involves extensive energy and water consumption, as well as agricultural resources. We also constantly monitor the latest sustainable fabrics coming to market to see if they fit our brands and designers.
- Providing safe drinking water to our team through a water purification system we've installed at the tailoring center. This helps reduce dependence on bottled water.
Life is short and we believe in cultivating an experience for our team and our customers that makes every day fun!
We believe in quality over quantity and running a business that is centered around positive values and interactions rather than profit. One of the reasons we love being a small business is we get to build close relationships with our employees and customers.
Our experiences become enriched when we interact as a community rather than as individuals or us vs. them.
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"The Shadowhunter's Codex" by Cassandra Clare and Joshua Lewis
I know, right? Why aren't I reviewing City of Heavenly Fire? I'll tell you why: I haven't read a book that wasn't a textbook since this time last week. It HASN'T COME YET! I ordered my copy from Barnes and … Continue reading
Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia, My Fangirl Life Tagged Cassandra Clare, Clave, Conclave, Enclave, Henry Branwell, Iron Sisters, Jace, Joshua Lewis, Magnus Bane, Nephilim, Praetor Lupus, Shadowhunters, Silent Brothers, Simon Lewis, The Circle, The Infernal Devices, The Shadowhunter's Codex, the Uprising, Valentine Morgenstern, warlocks, werewolves 19 Comments
The Mortal Instruments: City of Fallen Angels Discussion with C.J. Matthews!
Today was work and study. Study before work, work, study after work. Four chapters down, a billion to go (actually, probably something like twenty, but still). Anyway, I just checked my emails and what should I have but an email … Continue reading
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Glass Discussion with C.J. Matthews!
The time is coming! I am crossing every single one of my fingers and toes that Barnes and Noble over in the US has made it so that I will get City of Heavenly Fire on May 27, but I have … Continue reading
Welcome to Mount Tsundoku
It's that time of year again. The time of year when I have a mountain of books hiding in my cupboard and no idea where to start. This isn't like my last TBR pile, where I could plow my way … Continue reading
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Window Shopping
Today is one of those days where I have absolutely nowhere to go, no one to see, and no money to do anything about any of it. I could do my study for this week, but you know what? That … Continue reading
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In the family history of the Wine Estate Fritz Waßmer the wine-growing has always had a firm tradition, as vine and wine have accompanied the estate since its very beginning and have as well been the main focus of the agricultural use.
The decision to become a successful wine-grower was finally made by Fritz Waßmer in 1998. From the very beginning he set himself the goal to produce only wines with full concentration and power. When in 1999 his first wines came on the market, they were very exceptional for burgundies of Baden, because in terms of style and character they were orientated to the great wines from Burgundy.
The distinctive Burgundy stamp derives from the experiences Fritz Waßmer were able to gain, inter alia, in the wine cellar of the Wine Estate "Domaine de la Romanée Conti".


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Freelance writing is fast becoming a profession in demand. With the world of work transitioning to an increasingly flexible model, more and more people are working from home. Writing is one of those jobs that requires no supervision, so lots of content creation companies are happy to let their staff work from their living room. Many people have contract writing agreements with organisations thousands of miles away from them. Proximity is not required when it comes to the writer/client relationship, and so this is why we are seeing a rise in opportunities for freelancers.
The benefits for the businesses that engage with freelance writers is minimum commitment. They don't need to pay overheads for the writer's presence in their office, nor do they need to pay superannuation, leave entitlements and any other benefits a traditional staff member might expect to receive.
While lack of security, irregular paychecks and an uncertain working future might scare off some would be writers, for others, it is the dream. Just imagine taking off to Bali to work for a while or making a remote beach in Thailand your office. Are you all ears now? We thought so. With that, let's look at some of the opportunities for freelance writers in Australia.
For online freelance writing, the most visited websites include Uptasker, Freelancer and Copify.
Created in Cape Town, Uptasker is an online marketplace enabling people to outsource tasks to bidders. The poster will create a job and set a pay rate, and candidates can bid their price. The bidder can also provide a rationale as to why they are the best person for the job. Every opportunity exists on Uptasker; it is not uncommon to see requests for a McDonald's run and house delivery ( likely hungover posters!). There is a variety of copywriting tasks available on Uptasker, so this portal is a great place to find work. Be warned; the acceptance rate for jobs is low in the start as posters tend to go for the taskers with a high volume of completed tasks and good ratings.
Freelancer is an American company but this article is about freelance writing opportunities, so it doesn't matter where the organisation is based!
This platform is specifically for professional, technical and creative jobs. Expect to find projects like app and web development, SEO optimisation and of course content creation. Similar to Uptasker, interested freelancers place their bids and let their portfolios do the talking.
This platform is perhaps lesser known than the others mentioned, but it has lots of opportunities for eager freelance writers. A writing specific website, Copify categorises different content types separately. These areas include e-commerce, email writing and press releases.
Copify is reserved for very talented writers so expect to be rejected in the first instance (unless you are exceptional!). Copify has many big players in its Portfolio; Ebay, Hays Recruitment and even Amazon have used this powerful platform for their content needs. Writers have a high standard to achieve, but the rewards of working with awesome clients make it all worthwhile.
For those seeking a more traditional writing gig with a personalised feel, there are many opportunities on job websites like Seek, Indeed, Zora and even Gumtree.
Mr Motivator
Do you fancy yourself as a bit of an entrepreneur? Maybe you want your clients to come to you rather than you go hunting for work. In this case, you need to design yourself a little website ( or use Uptasker to find someone to create it for you!). Register a business name, get yourself an ABN, start marketing yourself and wait for the clients to come. Beware, lots of people are setting up their side hustle these days, so competition is fierce. You can make cash from freelancing, however; just exhibit determination, and more importantly, talent.
Overall, the current scope for freelance writers is very high all over the world, and Australia is no exception to that. Wannabe writers need to be more open to the idea of temporary and casual work as freelancers. Indeed there are downsides to freelance work, but the freedom, entrepreneurship and ability to make your schedule is food for the soul!


text: I am so late posting these photos of Leslie. Leslie was so awesome during her shoot. The camera absolutely adores her, and boy does she know how to work it. The end of my class of 2014 season is fast approaching, and I must say I have enjoyed all the guys and dolls that I've been fortunate enough to photograph. I wish Leslie and the rest of class of 2014 happy holidays and congratulations on having only a few short months to go! xoxo


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5 Ideal Games For Stress Relief
Video games in general are known to provide escape from work stresses or day-to-day life. However, despite the fact that most games can be comforting in one way or another, some games are simply designed to help you relax.
Here's a list of sublime PC/Mac games you can try out right now if you need to zen out for a bit.
Mini Metro by Dinosaur Polo Club
Enter minimalist versions of the world's biggest cities and rebuild their subways by connecting colorful lines. It sounds crazy, but public transportation has never been this soothing.
Shape of the World by Hollow Tree Games and Plug In Digital
A sweet and relaxing psychedelic escape. The environment grows around you as you stroll through dream-like forests, aquatic caves and peaceful shores.
Circles by Jeroen Wimmers
Let your mind wander as you move your cursor and observe how the circles respond to your movements. A delicate and fascinating abstract puzzle.
IIN by Epopeia Games
Immerse yourself in a mysterious yet calming world and interact with shapes to help your cube complete each puzzle. The relaxing music makes this game perfect for before bed.
iO by Gamious
Take control of a sphere and manipulate its size to change speed and momentum. Roll your worries away with this physics puzzler.
Have you played these games before? Let us know what you think.


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News from Éditions Dédicaces
An interview with the author Tracy L. Markley
By Guy Boulianne | On 28/06/2019 | Comments (0)
Here is an interview with Tracy L. Markley, author of several books. Tracy L. Markley has been working and studying in the fitness industry for over 20 years. She is the owner of Tracy's Personal Training, Pilates and Yoga Studio. Previously, in Huntington Beach California for 17 years and re-located to Oregon in 2013. She is a Certified Health Fitness Specialist, Personal Trainer, Dance & Group Exercise Leader, Fitness & Nutrition, Biomechanics Specialist, AFAA Group Exercise Examiner, BOSU® Master Trainer, FiTOUR Pro-Trainer, Reiki Master-Teacher, as well as a Pilates and Yoga Instructor.
Tracy was listed in the National Fitness Hall of Fame Book and Website as one of the 2019 top Personal Trainers. In November 2017, she published her first book, "The Stroke of an Artist" The Journey of a Fitness Trainer and a Stroke Survivor. An inspiring journey of a stroke survivor. In March of 2018 she published her second book, "Tipping Toward Balance" A Fitness Trainer's Guide to Stability and Walking. This book is an excellent balance and Fall Prevention book for seniors. Her third book, "Stroke Recovery" What now? When Physical Therapy Ends, But Your Recovery Continues. This book was published in december 2018. Her fourth & fifth books, "Your Brain" The Software of Your Body, A Fitness Trainer's Guide to Brain Health" & "The Power of Your Spine and Back Muscles" will both publish in 2019.
The book For the Children has been chosen as one of nine books featured on the wiki showing the human side of global conflicts
By Guy Boulianne | On 05/06/2019 | Comments (0)
We received excellent news from author Geza Tatrallyay. This one tells us: « I thought you might wish to know that my book entitled "For the Children", has just been chosen as one of nine books featured on the wiki website Nonfiction Books That Show The Human Side Of Global Conflicts ».
Global tragedies are, unfortunately, all too common. War, natural disaster, and political upheaval can force people out of their homes, split up families, and ruin lives. News coverage of large-scale disasters and global conflicts is often unemotional and fact-driven, making it easy to ignore the impact these events have on real people's lives. Books, however, can move away from cold statistics and shine a spotlight on the day-to-day experiences of individuals living through tough times. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker. The book is available at Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/177076500X.
Éditions Dédicaces' digital books are now on sale in the Google Play online store (previously Android Market)
By Guy Boulianne | On 02/05/2019 | Comments (0)
Éditions Dédicaces' digital books are now on sale in the Google Play online store. Here are some examples: « The Sinclairs of England », « The Moghul Exile », « Killer In The Woods », « Making Up The World ». Google Play (previously Android Market) is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google LLC. It serves as the official app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. Google Play also serves as a digital media store, offering music, books, movies, and television programs. It previously offered Google hardware devices for purchase until the introduction of a separate online hardware retailer, Google Store, on March 11, 2015, and it also offered news publications and magazines before the revamp of Google News in May 15, 2018.
An interview with Travis Peagler, author of the book entitled "TREPIDATION: Darkness and Light Can't Coexist"
By Guy Boulianne | On 07/11/2018 | Comments (0)
Travis Peagler is a very unique individual, from being the youngest of seven kids, raised partially in low-income apartments on the East side of Dayton, Ohio until the age of nine. Humble beginnings growing up in a somewhat multi-racial neighborhood gave Travis an inimitable perspective on life at a very young age.
His imagination has always been his outlet. Thinking back to grade-school when he was in an uncomfortable situation or when he didn't handle conflict well, Travis would always replay the scene again in his mind where things played out the way he wished. An innate defense mechanism he assumes. However, that's when he discovered that he was a quick thinker and could really make up some cool stories with his wild and vivid imagination. Slowly, he began to embrace this wonderful gift of mastering words, creating stories, and make-believe characters.
Scribendi Wins Prestigious "Tech Innovation of the Year" Award
By Guy Boulianne | On 30/10/2018 | Comments (0)
WEtech Alliance presents Scribendi with the Tech Innovation of the Year award for its Scribendi Accelerator, an automatic grammatical error correction tool that streamlines the editing process.
Chatham, Ontario, October 30, 2018: WEtech Alliance announced Scribendi as the winner of the Tech Innovation of the Year award. The honor was given as part of the 2018 YQG Tech Awards, powered by AlphaKOR Group, in recognition of a company that engineered the year's most stand-out technological innovation.
Baker & Taylor distributes Editions Dedicaces's eBooks to thousands of libraries in the United States and around the world
By Guy Boulianne | On 23/10/2018 | Comments (0)
Here's another great news: The highly regarded distributor, Baker & Taylor, will now distribute Editions Dedicaces's eBooks to thousands of libraries in the United States and around the world. Indeed, we believe that libraries represent an important market and a growing opportunity for independent authors.
This is why we have worked hard over the past year not only to add library distribution for our authors and poets but also to develop and improve this distribution. With the addition of OverDrive and bibliotheca, we have extended the reach of books to approximately 40,000 libraries in more than 70 countries. And now, we plan to go even further in the distribution of our catalog.
An interview with Breakfield and Burkey
By Guy Boulianne | On 31/03/2018 | Comments (0)
Breakfield, a 25+ year technology expert in security, networking, voice and anything with bits and bytes. He enjoys writing, studying World War II history, travel, and cultural exchanges. He's also a fan of wine tastings, wine-making, Harley riding, cooking extravaganzas, and woodworking.
Burkey, a 25+ years applied technology professional excels at optimizing technology and business investments for customers all over the world. She writes technology white papers and documents, but has a marked preference for fiction. Currently she is focused on learning humor.
Together they create compelling stories that resonate with males and females, young and experience adults, and bring a fresh new view to the possibilities of technology today www.EnigmaBookSeries.com.
An interview with Buckaroo Buckeye
By Guy Boulianne | On 31/03/2018 | Comments (0)
Buckaroo Buckeye grew out of my life's journey. I, too, am that buckeye nut. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, I meandered many miles over the years before putting down roots in the Arizona desert. Nourished by family memories and culture, education, life experiences, and a desire to teach others, I discovered my purpose and special place in the world—just like Buckaroo Buckeye did. My true calling is helping others become successful readers, so I became a Reading Specialist. But this nut didn't fall far from the family tree! In the early 1900s, my grandmother was a one-room schoolhouse teacher in rural Ohio.


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|One board wasn't large enough, I needed two... with room for more rulers.
|Here they both are in the closet, this is a huge improvement over the mess I had in that drawer.
|One board wasn't large enough, I needed two... with room for more rulers.
|Here they both are in the closet, this is a huge improvement over the mess I had in that drawer.
|Detail shot, he added small dowel "pegs" to the board for hanging and kindly drilled holes in the rulers that had no holes. Now there's a place for everything... and everything in its place just like Mom used to say! No more fighting to find what I need in the "heap", exerting control in the sewing room is a good thing. Oh, and a side note: removing the contents of the drawer was enlightening; I found duplicate rulers! Oh, my!
Life is Good!
Yay!! Kudos to you for cleaning out the drawer. Kudos to Mr G for being so clever with a corral for the rulers (must figure out how to do that for myself). Could you please explain the process for drilling through rulers without breaking them? Would be handy to know round here too. :-)
Glad to see that space (although small) for future rulers that might become absolutely necessary! Good job!
My goodness, you have a lot of rulers! No wonder you needed to come up with such a clever way to store them, yet keep them handy!! Good job. I only have 4!
Mr. Goodneedle had a great idea!
It almost looks like vintage art! I may 'borrow' this idea for my rulers that don't have a slot on the ruler holder. Tell Mr Goodneedle he did GOOD!
It is very arty! You are lucky the Mr had a vision. And a drill!
Ironic! DH just hung a piece of pegboard that I had gotten (free) on a wall in my sewing room. I found the metal "pegs" at the hardware store and now all my rulers are hanging neatly on that wall. Really like Mr. G's idea ... he did a good job. Our husband's must be related ... all it takes for me to get a long awaited project done is to go to the workshop and look around for a hammer and nails ... he's on it like a duck on a Junebug at the thought of me near a wall with a hammer! LOL
Them's a heap 'o rulers!! : )
What a lovely solution to the clutter and chaos. How wonderful to have a truly "handy man" about the house.
Things are so very ordered and usable now. Doesn't that feel good?
Wow, you had wall space! I love it! Someone should design fabric like that!
Wall space in my sewing room is at a premium so I have a pegboard hung on the wall over my cutting area where I hang the larger rulers and the ones I use the most. The smaller rulers and such are in a shoebox. ;)
I'm like several others, very little wall space. I bought file folders that are closed on the sides and am slowly getting my rulers organized that way. The straight edged ones are in slots on the cutting table but the specialty ones will be in the file cabinet. Did you mark each ruler space (draw around the ruler) so you know where it goes back? I know shops that do that with tools.
Very nice! I took the Command Hooks, and hung all my Rulers on the back of my sewing room door.
Hi there, What a great organizational idea-and so attractive too. My hubby made me ruler holders(2)years ago but when we moved here I lost my sewing table. Once we move and hubby makes my new table, I'll have a place for the holders. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs, Noreen
Very cool! Your studio is an inspiration! (Can I borrow Mr. Goodneedle?) :)
what a great idea, and looks good too!
very nice with the frame!! mine are all on the wall behind the door into the sewing room
wow i am impressed....with a bit of tweaking i may be able to use this idea....thanks mrs g!
All my rulers hang in designated spots in my studio, and it is MUCH easier to find what I need that way.
great idea!


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Acid reflux goes by many names and has many accompanying symptoms. Most common of which is heartburn, that burning sensation in your esophagus that can be so painful that it requires you to sleep sitting upright, or for some, they are unable to sleep at all.
The anatomical cause for acid reflux is quite simple: at the entrance to your stomach is a ring of muscle called the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (or the "LES"). The LES acts as a valve that opens to let food pass into the stomach, and then closes.
However, if the LES does not close all the way, then acid produced by the stomach to aid digestion can move up through the open valve and into the esophagas. There are a variety of reasons why this may occur occasionally, and the pain quickly dissipates and your life is not disrupted.
For others, this burning sensation (heartburn) persists more than twice a week and that person may be diagnosed with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (also known as "GERD").
For most, you decide to finally visit a physician when your heartburn is so bad that it affects your daily life. You may avoid eating altogether and may be unable to sleep, which leads to a host of other chronic conditions.
Your primary care physician is likely to refer you to a specialist, and that specialist is happy to prescribe medications such as powerful antacids or proton pump inhibitors. While these treatments are very common and considered to be safe, functional health researchers are uncovering negative side effects of these seemingly harmless drugs (many of which are over-the-counter medication).
Side effects that can include cardiovascular risks, reduced nutrient absorption, harm to the kidneys, reduced cognitive function, and a rebound effect of more acid being produced as your body tries to compensate for the actions of the medication.
The bottom line is that your body needs to produce stomach acid for optimal digestive health.
Rather than treat the symptom, which is the pain caused by acid entering the esophagus, Functional Medicine focuses on identifying the root cause of the problem. Acid reflux is actually one of the most common conditions treated by the doctors at the Institute for Functional Health.
By understanding how your body reacts to certain foods, and understanding how your other body systems are impacted by your digestive health, functional medicine has been proven as one of the most effective natural treatments.
Successful treatment is in sight. Aside from your ability to now eat and sleep pain free, the most exciting news is that your body will not be changing its cellular structure and altering its production of various hormones to try to overcome the harsh medications. Let's fix your esophagus pain without harming your stomach and kidneys and heart and brain.
Diana came into the Institute with severe hip pain. As a former dancer, not being able to walk without pain was detrimental to her both physically and mentally. Through our intensive Discovery Day, we discovered that she struggled with inflammation, digestive issues, and had an autoimmune thyroid condition. After a short time she lost 35 lbs, had more energy...and the new pain-free Diana was dancing once again. She's in control of her health and happiness once more.


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I knew a long time ago that I could cook papaya.
My grandmother used to pluck the unripe fruit from our one and only tree in the garden, to my chagrin, for I loved the ripe sweet fruit eaten with a squeeze of lime.
It, more than any other fruit, brings a taste of the tropics to the table.
But she wanted it green to cook this nonya soup called titek that is hot with pepper rather than chilli.
Then I discovered Thai green papaya salad and loved the fruit even more, especially when it is spiked with the lethal tiny red chilli that the Thais use.
It is fresh, tangy and wakes up the palate with its sweet and hot sourness.
Stir-fried green papaya and bitter gourd with prawns and black beans
• Half a medium-sized green papaya, peeled and cut into small chunks
• 1 bitter gourd, cut into roughly equal-sized chunks
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 heaped tsp of fermented black beans
• ½ tsp sugar
• 10 to 12 medium-sized prawns, peeled
• 1 tsp light soya sauce
• 2 red chillies, sliced
• 1 tbs vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• Peel and cut the papaya into small chunks, the same size as the bitter gourd pieces.
• Heat vegetable oil in a hot wok.
• Saute the garlic to flavour the oil, then add the black beans, and if desired, ½ tsp of sugar.
• Add the papaya and bitter gourd pieces.
• Toss briskly and add the water to allow the fruit and vegetable to soften in the steam.
• Add prawns, then light soya sauce.
• Toss well to combine. Add the red chillies as a garnish at the end.
• Taste to adjust seasoning, if needed.
And when I cooked for my daughter-in-law during confinement, I learnt to make a green papaya soup with fish to help boost her milk production. It was more delicious than I expected, even if the soup was plain with only some slices of ginger in it.
Whether it worked or not, I cooked that soup regularly with one half of the fruit and used the other half for titek or the Thai salad.
But what else could I do with the other half? Could I stir-fry it as I did once with a pumpkin where I sliced off thin shavings and fried it with green chilli, fish sauce and some Thai basil?
Few people stir-fry papaya, but I thought of chunks of it, braised perhaps with bitter gourd as a foil, adding a scattering of black beans for a shot of saltiness and some hot, red chilli for a burst of spice.
I tried it, adding fresh prawns for some sweet meatiness.
It worked very well.
It is now one of the recipes in my regular repertoire, not least for its nutritional value.
You see, the papaya is also one of the healthiest fruits around.
The orange flesh is a dead giveaway to the rich source of antioxidant nutrients such as carotenes, vitamin C and flavonoids found in it.
It also has B vitamins folate and pantothenic acid; and minerals potassium, copper and magnesium; and fibre.
Together, they promote the health of the cardiovascular system and also protect against colon cancer. In addition, papaya contains the digestive enzyme papain, which helps to lower inflammation in the body.
The ripeness of the fruit is important in this recipe as you want it half-ripe: sweet enough to please and yet not so ripe as to turn mushy and end up the dominant note after frying.
A stir-fried papaya would also add an element of surprise to an Asian meal, and could replace the usual stir-fried greens.
It would create a pleasant stir round the table when people find out that it is papaya that you have presented, but in a fashion quite unlike anything else they would have encountered before.
I could eat it on its own with a bowl of (brown) rice, adding lots more red chilli for yet more heat and nutrition to my meal.
•Sylvia Tan is a freelance writer and cookbook author. Her previous Eat To Live recipes can be found in two cookbooks, Eat To Live and Taste.
Make it healthier
Papaya is a low-calorie, low-sugar fruit (39kcal per 100g).
A rich source of antioxidant nutrients, it contains both carotenes and flavonoids.
It has one of the highest concentrations of vitamin C - a cup or 140g of papaya cubes can provide 140 per cent of your daily needs.
(Analysis based on 10 prawns and six servings. Per serve - 160g)
Energy: 94 kcal
Protein: 3.6g
Total fat: 2.5g
Saturated fat: 0.4g
Dietary fibre: 1.9g
Carbohydrate: 9.4g
Cholesterol: 16.1 mg
Sodium: 60.7mg
Papaya also contains B vitamins, folate, potassium, magnesium and fibre, which all promote cardiovascular health.
Ripe and green papayas have similar nutritive values. However, green ones have higher potassium and papain levels. Papain, an enzyme that digests protein, can aid the digestive system.
Bitter gourds, also known as bitter melons, are high in fibre and low in calories, like most vegetables. The calorie count comes in at just 17kcal per 100g.
Bitter melons are also rich in vitamin C, with a cup or 93g providing 130 per cent of your daily needs.
Some studies show that bitter melon fruit, fruit juice or extract can improve glucose tolerance, reduce blood sugar levels and lower HbA1c (a measure of blood sugar control over time) in those with type 2 diabetes.
However, research results have been conflicting and inconclusive.
Prawns are a lean source of protein. You get 21g of protein but only 1g of fat per 100g of prawn meat.
Still, prawns are high in cholesterol, with 195mg per 100g - chicken breast might contain only 58mg.
Even so, some studies show that eating shrimp while on a healthy diet does not affect blood cholesterol levels.
Fermented black beans, however, are high in sodium and should be taken sparingly.
This recipe is a healthy one that can be made even healthier by using light soya sauce bearing the Health Promotion Board's Healthier Choice Symbol. Going with a low-sodium soya sauce could cut your sodium intake by 16 per cent.
Instead of vegetable oil, try olive oil or canola oil as they are low in saturated fat but high in monounsaturated fat.
Bibi Chia
Principal dietitian, Raffles Diabetes & Endocrine Centre


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India's top e-commerce company Flipkart is holding talks with investors to raise up to $1 billion in one of its biggest funding rounds so far, a person familiar with the developments said on Wednesday.
The person declined to name the potential investors and the exact valuation Flipkart was looking for, but said it hoped the valuation would be in "double digits", referring to a valuation of $10 billion or more.
Earlier on Wednesday, The Financial Express said, citing unidentified sources, that the expected fundraising could value Flipkart at up to $8 billion, far lower than the roughly $15 billion in its last funding round.
A Flipkart spokesman said the company didn't comment on market speculation.
Flipkart's latest fundraising comes amid intensifying competition in the e-commerce space from the likes of US Internet giant Amazon.com Inc and domestic rival Snapdeal, which is backed by Japan's Softbank Group.
The ensuing heavy losses have hit valuations of India's e-commerce players. Some funds that have invested in Flipkart have recently slashed the value of their holdings, media reports have said, citing securities filings.
Launched by two former Amazon employees in 2007, Flipkart's biggest investor is US hedge fund Tiger Global. Others include Accel Partners, DST Global and Baillie Gifford.
The company has so far raised more than $3 billion in funding, mostly from international investors.
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