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Keep up with the latest trends in higher education and marketing with the MindMax Enrollment Intelligence Blog.
Lee, Founder, and CEO has led MindMax since its founding in 2009, providing technology-enabled marketing solutions to accelerate enrollments for universities. Lee takes pride in building long-lasting relationships with MindMax's university partners and building a culture focused on results aligned with clients' specific needs.
Laura has worked in the higher education field for more than 20 years and has deep expertise in content development, system implementation, and marketing. She works closely with several of MindMax's partner universities, advising on strategy and managing the execution of marketing and enrollment plans tailored to their needs.
Sarah is a Senior Marketing Coordinator at MindMax and enjoys supporting and collaborating with the many marketing teams at MindMax's partner schools. Sarah enjoys interior design and worked in the industry for a few years prior to her marketing career. In her free time, she likes to keep busy with home DIY projects.
Carrie is an enrollment services manager at MindMax. She has 18+ years of domestic and international sales and customer service experience. When she's not talking to perspective students on live chat, you can find her enjoying the beach with her children or testing out new recipes in the kitchen.
Amy is a Marketing Operations Specialist with 15+ year experience with email marketing, marketing automation, and Salesforce.com. She likes to challenge herself to think outside of the box when working on client projects.
Amber is the Senior Enrollment Advisor at MindMax. She has been with MindMax for 7 years. When she isn't busy assisting students she can be found enjoying the beach, raising her 2 daughters and being a political news junkie.
Chris Aldrich is a Senior Marketing Manager with MindMax. He's spent his entire career of more than 10 years within the higher education industry, holding various enrollment management positions within undergraduate and graduate education, student affairs, and athletics. When he isn't in the office he can often be found at one of the local ice rinks playing hockey with his men's club team.


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1. Sunday School improves your Bible knowledge. When you know and understand God's Word for yourself, you are more
likely to obey the Lord. The Bible knowledge gained in Sunday School also helps you become more proficient in using God's Word, the Bible.
2. Sunday School assists your spiritual growth. Think of Sunday School teachers and class members who have modeled the Christian life. You learned from their examples how to live for Jesus. Most importantly, spiritual growth often occurs best in the context of small group Bible study. That's Sunday School.
3. Sunday School provides a "place to belong." In a Sunday School class you are known, personally recognized and transparency is more likely to occur. You can share needs and concerns from your life. As you participate in class discussions, you become part of the group.
4. Sunday School helps you build meaningful relationships. You meet people, learn their names, hear their stories, and meet their families. You share fellowship times with class members. You minister alongside others.
5. Sunday School gives you opportunities to serve and minister. Contacts with sometimes "unchurched prospects" gives you the privilege of sharing your faith. You show the love of Jesus by ministering to class members who have needs.
6. Sunday School has a place for the whole family. In one trip to church your entire family can participate in the important purposes of Bible study, fellowship, discipleship and ministry. You gain the assurance of knowing every member of your family is involved in weekly, small-group Bible study, which is growing their Bible knowledge and helping them grow spiritually.
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Steve Carell is in negotiations to lead the live-action adaptation of the children's book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The book, which was one of my favorite as a child, is about a kid who wakes up with gum in his hair, and whose day goes downhill from there. According to Deadline, Carell is in talks to play "Ben", although I don't recall if that character is in the book. The feature film adaptation will likely add characters to pad out the story, so it's possible "Ben" could be a new addition. Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) is set to direct.
Nabbing Carell is a boost for any project, although it's a double-edged sword with the actor's busy schedule since waiting on him could delay shooting. Hit the jump for a synopsis of Alexander and the Terrible…, and a refresher on Carell's other projects. The popular actor will be seen later this year in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Great Hope Springs.
In addition to his leading 2012 roles, Carell already has pictures lined up for release in 2013: the rival magicians comedy Burt Wonderstone, the sequel to Despicable Me, and Charlie Kaufman's musical-comedy Frank or Francis. Carell is also attached to star in Anchorman 2, Lunatics, Dogs of Babel, Conviction, Foxcatcher, and an untitled comedy from the directors of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Click on the corresponding link for more info on each film.
Here's the synopsis for Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz' Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day:
He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV.
What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too. [Amazon]


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Once the fire is going, use a long wood-handled instrument to shove the fire inside the oven -- we use a grass whip. It doesn't matter exactly what you use, but it needs to be long enough to stick into the back of the oven while keeping your hands well outside the oven, and it can't have a metal handle because it would get too hot to hold -- you'll be using it to shove glowing embers around.
You'll need to keep tending the fire constantly for about 30 minutes, feeding it more kindling and shoving the embers around to all parts of the oven (firebrick) floor. We recommend drinking beer and yakking with a friend while doing so.
We stuck a cheap (high-temp) metal thermometer
inside the oven in order to get the hang of gauging the temp of the oven. The numbers burned off the thermometer after a few fires, but now we know that after about 30 minutes, it's about 750 degrees, and it's ready for pizza!
Use the grass whip to push all the glowing embers/wood to the outer edges of the oven, forming a ring of fire and distributing the embers as evenly as is reasonable.
Use a short, damp-but-not-wet rag mop* to swipe the firebrick surface at center of the ring; that's where your pizza is going to go, and a quick swipe with the rag mop will keep the bottom of the crust from getting too ashy.
Meanwhile, at the pizza-construction operation, put about 3 tablespoons of dry corn meal on top of the peel and spread it evenly over the surface of the peel. Then -- and only then! -- put the pizza crust on top of the peel. Add toppings according to your favorite recipe, and take the pizza out to the oven, where your firetender has been faithfully feeding the fire.
Hand the uncooked pizza on its peel to the firetender. Standing with the peel between the lip and the center of the oven, the firetender gently shakes the peel so the pizza can be rustled on to the firebrick as close to the center of the oven as possible.
With the temp at 750 degrees, the pizza only takes about 2 minutes to cook, so be ready to pull that thing out of there and get it to where the hungry people are.
There's definitely a flow to this process, and you'll get the hang of it as you use your oven. We often use pizza night as an excuse to socialize with a small crowd (or vice versa), so coordinating the steady flow of pizzas can be tricky. What we've found works best is:
An hour before eating:
- prep pizza dough if making it from scratch; make enough crust for approximately one medium pizza per person
- prepare toppings (dice veggies, shred or slice cheese, cook meat toppings, etc.) -- our friends and kids like to be put to work at this stage
- firetender leaves to go do his/her thing at the oven
- kitchen manager divides up dough and forms/tosses crusts -- this is kind of tricky, and your guests may not be able to get this right, so you'll either want to do it yourself or be prepared for some messed-up pizza
- raw crusts are put on corn-meal dusted, movable surfaces (a pizza peel, a cutting board, corrugated cardboard, etc.)
- each guest is assigned a raw crust on which to put the toppings of their choice. Don't let them pile the toppings too thick or the pizza will fall apart
- The firetender rushes inside to say the oven will be ready in about 5 minutes
- The first pizza is transferred from the movable surface to a pizza peel, and delivered to the firetender, who puts it in the oven for about 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile, the second pizza is transferred to another peel, and delivered to the firetender at the oven.
- The firetender removes the first pizza from the oven using the first peel, and a delivery person runs pizza and peel inside to the hungry crowd.
- Meanwhile, the firetender uses the second peel to get the second pizza going. The firetender and the delivery person will alternate peels each time.


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I'm looking for people to help my preservice teachers. They are keeping blogs, answering semi-weekly qusetions regarding technology integration. If anyone could reply to them, I think this would really excite them and motivate them to participate more. I've collected their blogs via my iGoogle page and here are the two classes:
One student in particular (my advanced student) would really benefit from anyone's comments. I would greatly appreciate it!If anyone is interested in collaborating with a group of preservice teachers that would design educational products for your classroom, please email me firstname.lastname@example.com.
~Anne Leftwich
Assistant Professor of Instructional Systems Technology
Indiana University


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Event County: Fife BFPO Commemorates The Great WarThe Forces Philatelic Bureau is producing a special commemorative cover to mark the Declaration of War 4ᵗʰ August 1914. The cover with a single stamp uses an image of a contemporary newspaper headline "Great Britain...British Forces Philatelic Service | Elie LEVEN | 4 August 2014 — 24 November 2020
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Welcome to Anderson Island, Washington – a quiet, friendly community at the south end of Puget Sound – seven miles south of Tacoma, and only a short twenty minute ferry ride from Steilacoom. We are surounded by the Key Peninsula; Fox, and Ketron Islands; Steilacoom on the mainland; and the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Rainier looms near by and the Olympic Mountains grace the skyline to the west.
Photo courtesy of LaFon Worden.
Mt. Rainier at sunrise on the east side of the island.
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The Ferry Christine Anderson approaching the Island.
The tranquility of Anderson Island will make you feel as though you have traveled far, far away. So leave your stress and worries behind, and relax – you're on Island time!


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Brené Brown wrote beautifully about perfectionism in her book
The Gifts of Imperfection. So it is not surprising that she would write the Foreword for this book by Shauna Niequist. The message of this book is right in the title–it's not about being perfect, it's about being present to those around us, instead of running around with a massive to-do list and trying to do way too much in a sort of frantic frenzy. It's a good message but might be hard for some to relate to.
Shauna talks with honesty about her struggles and failures and shares her learnings about choices. But I did read many reviews by people like single Moms living paycheck to paycheck feeling ragged because in their life there is nothing they can say no to and there is no choice but to be exhausted and overwhelmed–there is nothing in the book that addresses this. Some don't have the privilege of making choices and this book would be hard and unhelpful for someone like that to read.
However, Niequist speaks from a place of vulnerability from her own experience (it's really more of a memoir than a self-help book) about the dangers of over-commitment and keeping busy just to prove your worth. I found her message a bit repetitive but I did appreciate her chapter on ministry burn-out. Christians and others who are committed to a higher purpose tend to think that achieving great things for the cause (to the point of denying your own health) will be a necessary sacrifice. But if you are tired, and burned out, and negative, and critical, and envious of those who seem to have more peace, then that is not what God has intended for you.
My favourite book of hers is still Bread and Wine which focuses on the importance of gathering around dinner tables to share food and conversation. It comes complete with wisdom, some great stories and thoughts about hospitality, and recipes that have become some of my favourites!


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Drunk in charge of an a_ss and cart, tippling in a sheebeen and the disturbance of a divine service: 1.2 million Irish Petty Session Records now searchable online
·Another 15 million cases are to follow throughout 2012
·One of the great untapped resources for researching your family history
·Drunkenness the most common offence – accounting for one third of cases
Today, Irish family history website findmypast.ie launched online for the first time the Petty Sessions order books (1850-1910), one of the greatest untapped resources for those tracing their Irish roots.
The original Petty Sessions records, held at the National Archives of Ireland, were scanned by Family Search and have now been transcribed and made fully searchable by findmypast.ie. They cover all types of cases, from allowing trespass of cattle to being drunk in charge of an a ss and cart. These were the lowest courts in the country who dealt with the vast bulk of legal cases, both civil and criminal. This first batch of entries contains details of 1.2 million cases, with most records giving comprehensive details of the case including: name of complainant, name of defendant, names of witnesses, cause of complaint, details of the judgement, details of a fine if any, and details of a sentence passed down if any. Another 15 million cases are to follow throughout 2012.
This first batch of records is particularly useful for areas of the country for which family history records are notoriously sparse such as Connaught and Donegal.
The reasons for cases being brought before the Petty Sessions Court are incredibly varied, but unsurprisingly the most common offence was drunkenness, which accounted for over a third of all cases. The top five offences tried before the courts were:
1. Drunkenness – 33%
2. Revenue/Tax offences – 21%
3. A_ssault – 16%
4. Local acts of nuisance – 5%
5. Destruction of property – 4%
The nature of these cases was significantly different from those in England. Figures show that the rate of conviction for drunkenness was three times greater, four times greater for tax offences, 65% higher for as_sault, and twice as likely for "malicious and wilful destruction of property†than that of our nearest neighbours.1
The records are full of the minor incidents which are representative of the vast majority of cases which were brought before the Resident Magistrates. For example, we have Michael Downey of Athlone, Co. Westmeath who was charged with being "drunk while in charge of an a ss and cart in a public areaâ€, Pat Curley of Cloonakilla, Co. Westmeath who was charged with causing "malicious injury to a bicycleâ€, the five men and women all convicted of "tippling in a sheebeen†(drinking in an unlicensed premises) on Queen Street, Athlone and given fines of between £1 and £5 or the five men who were charged with disturbing the Reverend J.W. Davidson as he was "ministering a divine service†in Bundoran, Co.Donegal.
Brian Donovan, Director of findmypast.ie, comments: "These court records open up a unique window into Irish society in the 19th century. Most families interacted with the law in one way or another, being perpetrators or victims of petty crime, resolving civil disputes, to applying for a dog licence. The records are full of the trauma and tragedy of local life, as family members squabbled, shop keepers recovered debt, and the police imposed order. These records help fulfil our mission to provide more than just names and dates, to get to the stories of our ancestors' lives."
1. British Parliamentary Papers (1864)
ABOUT findmypast.ie
Findmypast.ie is the world's most comprehensive Irish family history website, providing easy-to-search, online access to some of the most significant Irish records that have ever been made available. This new site is a joint venture between two experts in the field: findmypast.co.uk, one of the leading family history websites and part of the brightsolid family, while Eneclann is an award-winning Trinity College Campus Company specialising in genealogical and historical research and the publication of historical records.
Based in Dublin, findmypast.ie has a dedicated team committed to providing the best experience possible when researching Irish family history.


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DEAR AMY: My best friend and I have known each other since we were five.
We are now 22. Neither one of us has ever been skinny, but where I lost 20 pounds when we started college and kept it off through steady diet and exercise, she is now extremely overweight, and I am becoming concerned about her health. Recently we were going up a flight of steps together. When I got to the top, I realized she was struggling.
I worry about the strain her weight is putting on her heart and the consequences it will have for her health, but I'm not sure how I can help her.
We are very close and talk about most everything, but we've never discussed her weight. I feel like I shouldn't say anything unless she brings it up. She is an adult and she obviously knows she is overweight, and can thus decide for herself what (if anything) she wants to do about it.
I don't think it's my place to lecture her about her weight. She is busy working multiple jobs. I'm not sure how often she cooks her own food. I wish I could see her healthier. Is there anything I can do if she never brings up the subject? -- Best Friend
DEAR FRIEND: Friends ask questions, listen to the answers, tell the truth (kindly) and offer compassionate support. This should not translate into lecturing; this is the intimacy offered by true friendship.
You could initiate a discussion about weight with your friend by saying, "I'm worried about your health lately. Do you want to talk about weight? You know I've struggled with this so much, and I might be able to help if you are open to it. At least we can talk about it if you want to."
My own experience is that having an "exercise buddy" can be transformative. If you and your friend are able to walk regularly together, by springtime you may be able to jog.
DEAR AMY:My brother-in-law is truly over the top. Recently at a party he stuck his finger in my drink and then licked it to see how strong the drink was.
I was speechless, and wonder what the proper response would have been. -- Grossed Out Sister-in-Law
DEAR GROSSED OUT: Sometimes the best response is the first one that occurs to you. This doesn't work if you are truly speechless, but I'm never speechless, so here goes: "Whoa! That was ... surprising. Do you want this drink? Because I'm going to get another one for myself."
DEAR AMY: You ran a letter from "Emotional," whose family accused her of having a "nasty tone" of voice. Your advice was almost right, but rather than asking her family to impersonate her, which I think could quickly devolve into caricatures or mocking rather than accurate impersonations (how many people can actually do an accurate impersonation?), it would be better for her family to record her.
Any smartphone can be a Dictaphone. Whenever she says something in a nasty tone, someone should ask her to repeat herself right away, then play back her comment. I bet she'll be shocked at the sound of her own voice. -- Also Emotional
DEAR EMOTIONAL: Your solution is a good one, although asking someone to correct herself in the midst of an emotional moment might also backfire. That's why I suggested that "Emotional" should initiate this conversation when she was ready to approach the issue with an open mind and a sense of humour.
But, yes, recordings do not lie, and seeing (or hearing) yourself can be a revelation.
DEAR AMY: "Flustered" was upset when her husband constantly corrected her in public.
He may have attention deficit disorder. If so, and they can work together, she might be able to signal to him by casually touching her ear as a reminder to him to please listen, not talk.
My poor wife of 50-plus years has suffered the same problem, and this worked for us. -- Chatty Guy
DEAR CHATTY:This is a great suggestion. I expect to see some earnest ear tugging in my own future.
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I started writing this post and realized- for once, I don't have a lot to say. But that's OK; the following is all you need to know: A small venison roast, some local root vegetables from the farmers' market, some homemade stock, and a weekend day with enough time for a long braise can yield the following:
I don't often get roasts from my dad, usually his venison is in burger form, so this was a first. I just treated it like I would any other tough cut of meat, braising it for a while in the stock at a low temp and then adding the vegetables later so they didn't cook to mush. The result wasn't earth-shattering. but it was homey, comforting and hearty, which was just what I was going for.
Venison Stew with Root Vegetables
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1 small venison roast (about 1.5 to 2 lbs)
a few Tbs bacon fat
2 cups stock, preferably homemade: beef, lamb or chicken will work (mine was actually turkey, leftover from Thanksgiving)
aromatics: a couple of bay leaves, some peppercorns, juniper berries, or a couple sprigs of rosemary or thyme would all work
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
1 large or 2 small parsnips, peeled & cut into chunks
5-6 small shallots, peeled & trimmed
4 small potatoes, scrubbed and cut in halves or quarters
1 celery stalk, trimmed & cut into ½-inch pieces
salt to taste
Preheat oven to 225°. Warm the stock on the stove in a heavy lidded pot large enough to accommodate the meat. Rinse the venison and pat dry; lightly salt the meat and rub all over with the bacon fat. Add venison to pot, cover, and braise in the oven for 2 hours. You can turn the meat halfway through, but it's not strictly necessary. Meanwhile, prep the vegetables. After the initial 2 hours, lightly salt the vegetables, add to the pot, cover, and cook for another hour or until vegetables are tender.
If the meat comes easily off the bone, feel free to serve your roast as-is; if meat is a little tough, you can either braise a bit longer, or do what I did: Remove meat from pot until it cools enough to handle, remove from the bone and cut into bite-sized pieces; return to pot to warm through. Taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper if needed. If desired, serve with chopped parsley as a garnish.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In its largest fall commencement ever, Jacksonville University awarded 389 degrees in a ceremony on Saturday.
It was JU's largest fall commencement ever and over half of the undergraduate degrees were awarded in nursing, while 51 of the 80 graduate degrees were awarded to master of business administration recipients.
Director of News and Publications Kevin Hogencamp said the graduates hailed from 28 states and five foreign countries.
Saturday also marked the final commencement ceremony for outgoing JU President Kerry Romesburg, who is retiring in February.
Hogencamp said Romesburg arrived at JU in 2004 during one of the most turbulent financial periods in the university's history and is credited with putting JU on track for long-term stability and growth.
Hogencamp added that Marc Anthony Cribb received the Fred B. Noble Medal for Scholarship awarded to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average, 4.0.
The keynote speaker was Jacksonville businessman Ronald Autrey.
His message to the graduates? Never stop learning.


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Don't you hate when you're driving along, minding your own business, when the truck carrying garbage in front of you slams into the overpass ahead and dumps its garbage all over the road and your car, leaving everything a disgusting mess? Yeah, I hate when that happens.
H/t to Grant!


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"Frustrating game review" was a well-thought-out title for the post to describe both my frustration with the game AND and the frustration I had writing the review.
More importantly, on the term "frustrated", there is a very unusual and scientifically observed correlation between the size of one's noggin and one's ability to say the word "frustrated" correctly. Those people with larger heads (circumference-wise) tend to struggle to work the first "r" in there leading them to be "fustrated". (Chances are decent Mike McCarthy says "fustrated"). Those with skinnier, or narrow head types, have the common Asian-language-speaker tendency to swap the "r" out in favor of an "l" – or "flustrated". Curiously though, the second "r" often does get pronounced by these thinner-headed folks. (Chances are decent Charlie Peprah says "flustrated"). I'm presently researching this further in an effort to arrive at a viable scientific explanation for why this may be. I welcome any thoughts.


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Caritas pledges $40,000 to Tonga in wake of Tropical Cyclone Ian destruction
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged $40,000 in support of Caritas Tonga's response to Tropical Cyclone Ian, which caused extensive destruction in the Northern Ha'apai islands on Saturday.
Julianne Hickey, Director of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, says the New Zealand Catholic agency has worked closely with Caritas Tonga for more than a decade in emergency response and long-term development programmes.
'We expect significant physical and human impact as Ha`apai is a fragile environment, already experiencing the impacts of climate change,' says Mrs Hickey. In December, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Caritas Tonga initiated an emergency water management programme in Ha`apai to support five villages acutely affected by a four-month drought.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has worked with Caritas Tonga over recent years in emergency preparedness. 'We look forward to hearing the assessments of the Ha`apai relief committees as soon as communication can be re-established with them.' Caritas Tonga reports that all normal communication lines to Ha'apai are still down, apart from government and Red Cross satellite phones.
Sister Senolita Vakata, Director of Caritas Tonga, is today participating in planning sessions with the National Emergency Management Office to plan allocation of response activities, resources, personnel and expertise, and ensure all immediate actions are coordinated safely.
Mrs Hickey says Caritas Tonga has particular expertise in providing psychosocial support following a disaster, and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will support this again if the need is identified.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is accepting donations to the Pacific Cyclone Fund, which will be used to support the Caritas Tonga cyclone response.


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Vintage Valentine's Cuts copyright free clip art on CD-ROM
We believe, vintage images evolk memories of by-gone days. Mostly created in the Victorian era, these collections illustrate high talent in simpler times -- when artists could afford to spend the time for such art. Now they are at your disposal for graphic design projects, cards or decorations. Even if you don't actually use any of the cuts, they'll provide some excellent resource materials that are copyright free. They're low cost, and provide the ready-to-go January 27, 2018


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Did Blair mislead parliament?
Is the answer here?
Is the answer here?
Yes and Yes.
Here is the personification of New Labours' black arts of "bullying and lies" breaking down.
One of the Blair, Powell, Goldsmith, Campbell ring of sofa government had to break !
It still amazes me how good politicians are at avoiding answering a black and white question. Being a little cynical, it looks to me like his moment of upset was perfectly timed for a quick; 'help, I need some time to work out how I'm going to get out of this one...'


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Its tenderness and flavor, size and cheapness were the themes of universal admiration. Edged out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family…"
~Charles Dickens, 'A Christmas Carol'
We came to poultry later in our grand scheme than we had originally intended. After purchasing day old chickens from the Murray McMurray Hatchery, and having some success with eggs and meat, we decided to try our hand at ducks. While attending a local auction, we ran across our fainting goat breeder (more on that story later) and found she had brought a hatch of Muscovy ducklings to the auction.


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Mid-America Pipeline Company LLC, Enterprise Products Operating LLC to Pay $1M for Spills in Iowa, Kan., Neb.
Release Date: 05/29/2012
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(Kansas City, Kan., May 29, 2012) - Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC (MAPCO), and Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Enterprise), of Houston, Texas, have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million to the United States to settle violations of the federal Clean Water Act related to three natural gasoline pipeline spills in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
As part of a consent decree lodged today in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Neb., and in addition to paying the $1,042,000 civil penalty, the companies have agreed to undertake various measures aimed at reducing external threats to their pipeline, enhance their reporting of spills, and spend at least $200,000 to identify and prevent external threats to the pipeline involved in the spills.
MAPCO owns and Enterprise operates the 2,769-mile West Red Pipeline, which transports mixed natural gasoline products between Conway, Kan., and Pine Bend, Minn. The settlement resolves Clean Water Act violations related to three spills that occurred along the pipeline:
- A March 29, 2007, rupture near Yutan, Neb., which caused the discharge of approximately 1,669 barrels of natural gasoline directly into an unnamed ditch and Otoe Creek.
- An April 23, 2010, rupture near Niles, Kan., which caused the discharge of approximately 1,760 barrels of natural gasoline directly into an unnamed ditch, Cole Creek, Buckeye Creek and the Solomon River.
- An August 13, 2011, rupture near Onawa, Iowa, which caused the discharge of approximately 818 barrels of natural gasoline directly into the Missouri River.
"This settlement requires proactive vigilance to ensure that our soil and waterways are protected from contaminants," said Deborah R. Gilg, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska. "The agreement will result in safer pipeline operations and that will be good for Nebraska's environment."
In addition to the proactive inspections and outreach efforts, the settlement also requires MAPCO and Enterprise to spend $200,000 to relocate, cover, lower or replace pipeline segments; install new remote shutoff valves; install new physical protections such as fences or concrete barriers; and install other new equipment, structures or systems to prevent spills from reaching navigable waters.
The consent decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period and court approval.
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Mayor Joseph M. Petty has helped broker a series of recommendations intended to alleviate tensions between the local taxi and livery industries and improve service to the public.
Councilor-at-Large Joseph C. O�Brien said the recommendations, which will be formally presented to the City Council in two weeks, reflect �common ground� achieved following a couple of behind-the-scenes meetings held with representatives of the taxi and livery industries within the past month.
Mr. O�Brien, who participated in the meetings, credited Mr. Petty and District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera for their leadership in getting the parties together, convening the meetings and facilitating the dialogue.
He said among the things discussed were having a cap placed on the number of liveries operating in the city, some new regulations to improve service to the public, and potentially having the License Commission become the public body that oversees the local taxi and livery industry.
Mr. O�Brien emphasized that the Police Department would remain as the chief regulator of those services, but the License Commission would provide a forum that the public could go to when they have complaints about those services.
He said when the recommendations are unveiled in two weeks they will be referred to the council�s Municipal Operations Committee for a public hearing.
Mr. Petty said he felt it made more sense to first come up with some draft recommendations before a public hearing is held because such a process would be more productive.
The mayor said he has assured all the parties involved that nothing will be rammed through and that everyone will have an opportunity to weigh in on the recommendations when the Municipal Operations Committee holds its hearing.
The council committee had planned on holding a hearing this summer on whether certain restrictions should be imposed on the local operation of livery services. The meeting had been scheduled in the wake of the council�s vote to implement a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses for liveries.
The intent of the moratorium, which is in effect until the end of this year, is to give the Municipal Operations Committee an opportunity to hold public hearings and determine whether a cap needs to be established on livery licenses in the city, as is done with the taxi industry.
But the committee never went ahead with those hearings after Mr. O�Brien made it known that he and Ms. Rivera were working behind the scenes with representatives of the local taxi and livery industries to try to come up with regulations that would be agreeable to both parties.
Mr. O�Brien said Ms. Rivera was able to get livery operators to meet privately with them about a month ago, while the mayor got representatives from the local taxi industry to the table. He said a private meeting was held with livery and taxi operators last week.
�There was a concern that if we just had a public hearing on this, a lot of complaints would be raised but there wouldn�t be a productive dialogue,� he said. �Now, a public hearing can be held and people can have something to respond to and weigh in on.�
There have been growing tensions between taxi and livery operators in recent years, as cab owners have complained that some livery operators are not following the rules governing their service.
Limousine and shuttle services are regulated as �livery services� under state law. A livery is hired on a prearranged basis and does not have a rate meter, nor is it allowed to charge for services based upon miles. Also, liveries are not allowed to pick up fares on the street.


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At tonight's Pirate volleyball game I noticed that ALL the Continental players and coaches had their hands over their hearts during the national anthem (known as the "Civilian Salute". Nobody was holding hands and waggling them back and forth, or clasped behind their back.
Some, but not many, coaches instruct their players to honor our country in this way. Very proud of Coaches Allison Streicher and Jordan Streicher. Hope the rest of the Pirate coaches see that this is done.
Any others feel the same way?
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I don't think many are too concerned how people act during the national anthem, as long as they take their hat off and show some respect.
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Credit where credit is due
I very much appreciate the help in getting the word out about our test screening of the movie Charlie's Party. [New, "Guinea pigs: New film needs test audience," December 18]. It is important to me, however, to correct a couple of misconceptions that were included or implied in the article.
First, the article referred to me as a producer of The Station Agent. This is not correct, as my only official role was to help in financing the film. I was privileged to work with a talented group of producers, Robert May and Kathryn Tucker of SenArt Films who worked in association with Mary Jane Skalski of Next Wednesday Productions. These fine producers gave me the opportunity to begin to learn this fascinating business through the process of making this wonderful film.
My next film, Charlie's Party, on which I was (among other things) the Executive Producer, was produced by Sibling Rivalry Productions, a different production company altogether. It should be understood that there is really no connection between The Station Agent and our work in progress, Charlie's Party.
Making a film takes great effort and skill, and those responsible for bringing a project to life deserve great credit. In any endeavor, it's important that all credit go where it's due, and in association with a film such as The Station Agent that has received great acclaim, it's even more important.
Barry R. Sisson
P.S. I encourage everyone to see The Station Agent at Vinegar Hill while it's in town! You'll be glad that you did!


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Members of the Next Generation Leadership Program are invited to hear how LiDestri, a Rochester-based food and beverage company, navigates co-leadership as a family-owned business.
Date: July 31, 2019 - July 31, 2019
Time: 2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: LiDestri Innovation Center (1050 Lee Road, Rochester, New York 14606)
Hosted by the Family Business Initiative at the School of Business
- Learn about the history and current management of the company from Co-President Stefani LiDestri.
- Take a tour of the plant facilities, led by product, plant, and research and development managers.
- Taste samples from the ROC House Brands portfolio, including Recipe 21, Cask and Crew, and enjoy light hors d'oeuvres.
Tour & Talk with Stefani LiDestri
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Solved! Answer is down below.
Almost have it figured out... However, every time the program loops, I think the sum and average get reset to sum=0 and average=1, and I cannot figure out a way around it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Write a program that reads an unspecified number of integers from the keyboard. When the user enters a '0' this signifies the end of data entry and doesn't itself count as one of the entered values. The program must compute the sum of all the numbers and the average value of the numbers. The program must be named "SumAndAverage".
public class SumAndAverage { public static void main(String [] args) { int number; int sum=0; int average=1; int count = 1; System.out.print("Enter number: "); number = Keyboard.readInt(); while (number != 0) { System.out.print("Enter number: "); number = Keyboard.readInt(); sum = sum number; average = sum / count; count +; } count = count -1; System.out.println("The sum of these " count " numbers is: " sum); System.out.println("The average of these " count " numbers is: " average); } }


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The arrests of 21 individuals Tuesday connected with the Anonymous group and other computer hackers suggest that the suite of digital tools that hackers use to obscure their identities is not foolproof and can be cracked with significant sleuthing.
Questions remain about whether the 14 are relatively novice hackers that were easy to track. But often the greater question in solving an Internet attack is not whether a breakthrough can be made, but rather whether it is worth the time and resources needed.
Often, perpetrators are caught bragging on online forums. Other are caught making elementary mistakes. But finding and nabbing the top hackers takes time and money.
"If [hackers] use the right privacy measures to mask their Internet service provider, it would take international cooperation and a lot of hard work to get at them," says Ashera, the pseudonym for a cyber security investigator at Backtrace Security, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "These guys say, 'Ok, I've got my IRC, my chain proxies, I'm logged into a shell, and I'm logged onto another computer, too….' But they're not as anonymous as they think they are."
The 21 people arrested Tuesday come from 10 states, the District of Columbia, Britain, and the Netherlands. Of those, at least 16 were linked by authorities to cyberattacks against PayPal last year, in which hackers claiming to be part of Anonymous clogged access to the PayPal website for customers.
Anonymous and an affiliated hacker group called LulzSec have been taunting law enforcement authorities for months, breaking into corporate websites like Monsanto, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Sony, and PBS – and then bragging about it.
That bravado can sometimes be the undoing of hackers. A student at the University of Central Florida, for example, tweeted victory message from a Twitter account dubbed "voodooKobra" after he broke into a server belonging to Infragard, a site for companies and federal authorities involved in homeland security, and stole three files.
Authorities used the information in the tweet and other digital snippets to track down the culprit.
In cracking such a hacking case, much depends on how much time and effort law enforcement authorities are willing to devote to tracking down a perpetrator.
"Right now, anyone can use anonymizing tools freely available on the Internet to give the authorities the runaround long enough to make many investigations approach that point where a judgment call must be made: 'Do we actually follow through with this one?' " says Zachary O'Leary, an Internet governance researcher at the University of Edinburgh.
Yet the idea of cracking down on anonymizers could have negative consequences, too. In China, for instance, tools that strip off or otherwise cloak the internet address of a computer are helpful for journalists and human rights activists.
"When you're talking about authoritarian control in dictatorial countries, these anonymizing tools are looked at as tools of liberation rather than anarchy as they have been used by LulzSec or Anonymous," says Hal Roberts, a researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
Some tools, however, might lure relative novices into a false sense of security.
For instance, Anonymous has created its own computer weapon – the Low Orbiting Ion Cannon (LOIC). It's designed to be an easy way for anyone to contribute anonymously to coordinated attacks against big corporations like PayPal, Mastercard, or Visa. Just download the software and fire.
But law-enforcement sleuths may actually be able to use LOIC to their advantage, say cyber security experts and Internet privacy experts. More savvy Anonymous users take many measures to cloak their identity.
Indeed, the online "Anonymous Security Starter Handbook" takes 52 pages to describe ways to cloak Internet activity – from virtual private networks and "proxy" computers to Internet-relay-chat forums.
"Basic Rule: Use as many security layers as possible. The question is not whether you are paranoid, but whether you are paranoid enough?" the handbook states.
Yet some neophyte hackers may rely entirely on certain versions of LOIC, which do little to shield identities of those who downloaded the software.
The fact that LOIC was cited repeatedly in the federal indictment for the 14 hackers arrested Tuesday in the US suggests to some security experts that key organizers may not yet have been arrested. The hacker handles and real names of suspected ringleaders who are not yet arrested have emerged – outed by rival hacker groups like the A-Team or the Jester, purportedly a former US military computer expert.
"Anonymous and LulzSec are groups that inspire bravado and get people interested in causing damage," Mr. O'Leary says. "Someone may just download a tool, but they don't understand the grand scheme of things. They're maybe not really hackers, just people with enough knowledge to get themselves in trouble."


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On Sunday, July 5, the Rev. Mark Hillmer delivered his final sermon to the congregation at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.
For Hillmer, who became interim pastor of the church last July, the past year has been an eventful one.
He blessed approximately a dozen dogs and cats at his first "Blessing of the Animals" event last October.
He taught a confirmation class for seventh- and eighth-grade students and officiated at least seven or eight weddings. He led two services every Sunday, one traditional and one contemporary. He has led a congregation of up to 600 members on Sundays during season and as few as 100 members in the off season.
"It's a very generous congregation," Hillmer said.
Hillmer has been an ordained clergyman for all of his adult life and became a professor in 1967 at Luther Seminary, in St. Paul, Minn., where he taught Old Testament.
According to Lynn Blackledge, president of the church council, Hillmer's academic background enriched the church.
"Having been a scholar most of his life, his sermons and his Bible studies were rich and upbeat," she said.
Later this month, Hillmer will assume a one-year interim post at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, in Superior, Wisc.
In the meantime, services will be led on an alternating basis by the Rev. Robert Mursch and by supply pastors, who fill in as needed. The church is currently finalizing plans for a permanent pastor.
Blackledge praised Hillmer for his service as interim pastor.
"He was a stable force for us during this period," she said.
He was a part of the church's elaborate celebrations for Christmas and Easter and experienced the active social scene that the congregation enjoys during season.
The year before his interim term at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, Hillmer served as interim pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church, in Spencer, Iowa. He applied for the position at the St. Armands church in part because he was eager to live in Florida, having spent five winter seasons in Cape Coral.
"I was thrilled to come back to Florida for a year and happy to get to know the Sarasota area," he said.
In Sarasota, Hillmer has enjoyed watching sailboat regattas in the bay, swimming and the local cultural events, such as the opera.


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February 28, 2005 • Posted By Shaun Lyon
New series executive producer Russell T Davies is scheduled to be a guest on the Steve Wright Afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday, March 10, as the host announced today on a run through of upcoming guests. The show is on Radio 2 from 2pm - 5pm; if you can't hear the radio station, you can visit the Radio 2 site that evening and listen to it on the BBC's Radio player. (Thanks to Jonathan Stockley, Steve Tribe)


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"Thank you for Wii Music. It's musical."
"Thanks for the presents. Now I have something to do."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
So, was it worth it?
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A great habit to start at a young age. I know I shouldn't be angry and actually I am not. I am disgusted to be honest. I sent a Wedding Gift to the stepdaughter of a friend of mine who got married last year (May). Not only did I never get a thank you note (it was a generous gift considering I wasn't invited to the wedding), it took them six months to deposit/cash/whatever the check. Forgive me if I am rude, or out of line or plain wrong. I think a thank you note is a MUST for a Wedding Gift. I know they technically have a year; but my friend, the step-dad, said don't hold your breathe. She is not sending out any. Am I crazy or is that just rude. Glad you had your kids write those notes, Ibee. Thank goodness they now have something to do since they got the presents. Did they get anything Artisan?
That's a great habit to teach. My sister would never let her kids play with the presents or use them until they wrote a thank you. That was great motivation!
And I have gone to two weddings where I have not received a thank you note. I think that is so awful.
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Yep, that's the way to do it --- get the habit into their heads, even if it does take duct tape and tasers! My parents used to make all 3 of us kids write thank yous for every box of cookies or whatever the women who worked at the dept. store we had sent home to us. They didn't have tasers back then, but my dad was 6'4" and carried a flyback paddle!
I remember having to sit down after my Bar Mitzvah and begrudgingly write out thank you notes for everyone who came (with no TV until I had written my allotment for the day).
My enthusiasm parallelled the twins'.
I remember one Christmas where my brother got an absolutely hideous gift--and he said his thanks with appropriate references to the lack of enthusiasm he had for same. The old man, later took us aside and made it real clear, as only a son of the Great Depression could, that when you are given a gift--You say Thank You and nothing but Thank You. Same guy told me that when someone is making you eat a bunch of crap, you don't have to say grace before the meal. Ah the legacy I have passed to my own children.
Anon, They DO NOT technically have a year. That's a myth. Thank you notes should be written promptly. People took the time to shop, took the care to select something, and took the time to deliver it/send it. The least the recipient can do is spend 10 minutes writing a nice thank you note.
My sister wrote all of her yet unwritten ones on the plane to her honeymoon so neither she nor I have any patience for people who say they are just too busy with wedding stuff to write them. She left for her honeymoon two days after her wedding so all gifts received at the wedding were included in that batch.
Her 4 year old dictates thank you's to her then signs and colors on them. Her 6 year old writes his own. They are precious!
Writing thank you notes were the rule for the day when i was a kid. if the gift was a christmas gift, the note had to be written by new years day. If it was a birthday, we had one week. Its such a habit that I dont really enjoy my gifts until they are properly thanked! Thanks MOM!
I let my kids call to say thank you to relatives that send gifts. If they've said thank-you in person I don't require them to send cards. However, they are required to say thank-you one way or another.
When I was a kid, we had to write the notes before we could play with the toy/etc. Did you make the kids rewrite them?
First I love the idea of holding presents hostage until the thank you card is done. I'm going to use that one!
I am now famous for writing thank you notes but not mailing them. As well as being late.
All I can say is steroids really mess you up.
But I do have my toddler color a picture on each one. Not her fault if I mail (most of) them out with the Xmas cards...three months later.
And I'm sure I'm on some people's sh*t list as a result. People whose adrenal glands work perfectly all the time and who never deal with steroid withdrawal.
Must be nice.
I'm afraid I never did get the hang of forcing kids to write thank you notes. Which might explain my ungrateful snots.
go dr. dad ... go
more parents need to be like you.
Good to know that my parents were not the only ones to use the "duct tape to a chair at taserpoint" routine with thank you notes. If it helps, my brother, who was subjected to this many times, now dutifully writes thank your notes and gets miffed if some one doesn't return the favor.
I HATED writing thank-you notes as a kid.
When my first nephew was born, I basically told my sister that if she ever made him write me thank-you notes, I'd stop buying him presents altogether.
Short and to the point. I like those thank you notes!
Here's a tip that works great at our place. Before you let them tackle the presents, get a stack of thank-you cards. Open one...write a thank you note before moving on to the next. It's the old carrot and stick...they happily do it to move on to the next one and no need for the duct tape.
Hmmm. . . this is all new to me. We never had to send thank you notes and I never saw my parents write out a thank you note either. I never received any thank you notes from other people I gave gifts to, come to think of it, well except for those "Thank you for being a valued customer" junk-mail fliers.
It's not that we weren't thankful for those itchy wool socks from relative x, y, or Z every Christmas. Its just no one really expected some formal written thank you form to be filled out. Maybe this is something learned from working in an office or something? Honestly, it's not something I've never seen done. Usually we just say thanks when they hand us the gift or right after we open it. Sometimes whoever sent the card with cash will call and ask if we got it, and we'll say thanks then-- but I've never had to write out a card thanking everyone for every little thing I received for Christmas in writing.
Honestly I don't expect to be thanked every time I hand over a box of chocolates. At best they'll be eaten, at worst they'll be tossed-- but most likely they'll just be re-gifted.
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General background. Coach Davis was born in Miami and grew up in Northern Virginia. He has played competitive basketball in high school, the U.S. Navy, junior college, and various local tournaments. Due to a rapid decline in physical abilities, Coach Davis currently plays basketball once a week with an "older" group of players, where he struggles mightily to get up and down the court.
Coaching experience. Coach Davis has been coaching 16 to 18 year old young men in the East Prince William Basketball Association for the past 18 years. His teams have advanced to the tournament final or league championship game 10 times during this span. Two of his former players served as assistants and now coach in the same league.
Coach Davis is currently coaching the Arlington Travel 11-Under Division 2 team. This will be his second year coaching in the Matrix system and he is thrilled to be a part of it.
Coaching Philosophy. Coach Davis employs these principles when teaching the game of basketball to young players:
- foster the player's love of the game
- stress the importance of hard work and the ensuing rewards
- the need for sound fundamentals cannot be overstated
- good sportsmanship and a shared goal are the cornerstones of any successful team
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Additional Info. Coach Davis lives in Arlington with his wife, Karim, who played high school basketball locally and schools him in the driveway on a regular basis. They share their home with three children: Joe, Sydney and Tony. Sydney has played for the Matrix the last seasons. Joe played for his dad during the 2009/10 EPWBA season.
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The tech industry's movers and shakers have been saying for months now that the HTML5 is very important. New data released Friday indicates that HTML5 is not just going to be big, it's going to be huge — and it's coming fast.
More than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have HTML5 browsers by 2016, up from just 109 million in 2010, according to a new report by ABI Research. Much of this growth will be thanks to Apple's massive support for the HTML5 platform, according to the study. And Apple is also likely to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the technology's wide scale adoption. Because Apple has so much control over its software and devices, it will be most poised to take full advantage of HTML features as they emerge in the coming years.
As is often the case in business, where there's a winner, there's usually a loser. HTML5 could largely replace Abobe's proprietary Flash technology. And HTML5′s swift ascent could render Flash irrelevant in short order. "I think the disappearance of Flash is closer than people think," ABI senior analyst Mark Beccue said in a press release accompanying the data.
HTML5′s projected growth is all the more impressive considering that the actual standard is not officially expected to be completed until 2020, according to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body. But that won't stop companies and independent engineers from developing and deploying HTML5 features, ABI said.
Indeed, Facebook CTO Bret Taylor has said his company is putting a "huge amount of our investment" in HTML5, and Google recently debuted its first homepage doodle composed entirely with the HTML5 mark-up language. It may seem like buzz about HTML5 is everywhere already, but if the latest research is correct, we're only at the beginning.


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Wellcome to the WTA Czechia
WTA CZ 2015 Activity Report
According to the New Czech Civic Code – transformation of Civic associations to Registered Association. The Czech Ministry of Affairs handed over the registrations to the Public Register. Our association is registered as "Scientific and Technical Association for Building Rehabilitation and Monument Preservation z.s. (r.a. /registered association) ". At the General Meeting held on 12 November 2015 approved the new statutes. It was also re-elected the Bureau in its previous composition.
- Preparatory seminar for authorisation tests "Rehabilitation of Masonry from Moisture" which was held in Prague at Klokner Institute on 22.9.2015 with 10 participants
- Authorisation tests for the section of "Rehabilitation of Masonry from Moisture" were carried out on 6th October 2015 with 10 participants of whom 5 passed.
- Seminary "Technology of timber and timber framed structures" in Prag at Klokner Institute on 15th April 2015 with 18 participants.
- Authorisation tests for the section of "Rehabilitation of Concrete Constructions" in Brno on 23rd April 2015 with 9 participants of whom 7 passed.
- 37th International Conference "Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Constructions 2015" and 17th International Conference WTA CZ "CRRB - 17th International Conference on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Building" – see bellow
- support for young generation within the Association's activities by organisation of various competitions and assessments
- The best thesis competition and further the best doctoral dissertation competition were announced.
- best rehabilitation work of the year competition was announced
The best thesis and doctoral dissertation competitions were finished together with the assessment, hand-over of diplomas at November Conference in 2015. 3 theses and 2 doctoral dissertations were assessed
Reporter 1-2/2015 – papers:
- Composition of Lightweight Repair Mortars with Regard to the Requirement of Increased Resistance to Fire
- Restauration and Sculpture Renovation of the Austria Sculpture at the Artillery Company of Death
- Timber-Framed Building of Rowing Centre
- The Eupalinos Tunnel
- News form the Technical Journals and B+B Bauen im Bestand
Reporter 3-4/2015 – papers:
- The Baroque Tresaure of Broumov Region
- Mercury Intrussion Porosimetry of Granitoids
- Realization of Copies of Alabaster Passion Cycle
- Remediation of the Archdeanery building of the St. John museum in Nepomuk.
- Colours
- Replacement of Repair Mortars Silicate Binding Agent Destined for Extreme Temperature Concitions
- The Eupalinos Tunnel II.
- News from the Technical Journals and B+B Bauen im Bestand
- Certified Restoration Plaster Systems WTA-Inter
- Certified Injection against Capillary Moisture
- Continuation in awarding of authorisation for the field of Rehabilitation of Concrete Constructions - 50 persons in total
- Continuation in awarding of authorisation for the field of Rehabilitation of Walled Construction against Moisture – 35 persons in total
- Upgrade of WTA CZ web pages, higher user comfort
Looking back at 17th International Conference CRRB 2015 – Conference on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings
- WTA CZ, in partnership with Klokner Institute, held an International Conference on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings (CRRB 2015) on 12 and 13 November 2015 in Prag. The focus of the conference was topically parallel to the following areas of WTA CZ interests. The scientific papers included the areas of remediation of wood structures, building surface treatments (plasters), repair mortars, stone restoration, and rehabilitation of masonry, rehabilitation of concrete structures, physicochemical properties of building materials, statics and dynamics of buildings and rehabilitation of timber-frame structures.
- The main goal of the conference was to enable the transfer of experience with the rehabilitations of different types of structures for conference participants. Moreover, to meet the knowledge regarding the behavior of materials or the efficiency of methods used in these fields of area of interest. The international conference, held in English language, was parallel to traditional Czech conference "Sanace a rekonstrukce staveb 2015" held in Czech language. This Czech conference is more focused not only on the scientific research, as well as on the papers regarding the practical experience. The advantage from both conferences, held parallel together, was the possibility for the participants to select proper oral presentation of their interests; additionally, the discussi-on´s impact of presented topics was intensified by larger audience too. Regarding the international character of conference, a greater participation from Russian Universities was noted, but also representatives from Germany, Ukraine or Spain Universities participated too. Both of the conferences were visited by ninety participants who gave a good assumption for extensive knowledge exchange between participants.
- All the scientific papers from CRRB 2015 conference were submitted to the conference proceedings, which includes 63 papers. All the papers were firstly peer-reviewed and after the revision process, the final proceedings version is at this moment being published in electronic form in periodical journal Advance Material Research (Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Inc.).


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I just finished working my through this album in multiply. I just got the photos that my dad took a few hours ago.
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I wrote about Christmas Day in Quezon (entitled: UNTITLED). I didn't have the photos with me before. I uploaded them now for everyone to see. Nakakaiyak.
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Ib and I were supposed to hang out with Franco and JB at Four by Force, which is a cool place to drink and chill with friends, by the way (located at Granada St. (?), near the parols). I don't mean to rub this "een", Ib, if ever you're reading this. She lost her wallet with 5,000 in it. I just travelled to Marikina (with Tatang, of course). Fun night with the Badet. Just get ready for the emotional blog entry in the latter part, I am just thankful for our friendship. BADET FOREVER.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
On Christmas Eve, the whole family feasted on food that could last us for a week and handed out gifts wrapped in pretty gift wrapping paper. There were no carolers outside, considering it was 12 midnight but we could hear the children lining up.
Christmas in Mauban will always and forever be FUN, plus some other MIXED EMOTIONS to complete the baggage. Since 1988, the Lim family has been giving a one-time dole outs to people who are not so blessed in life. An apple, an ABL shipping shirt, and money (they started with P10 in 1988 and escalated—a new word in my vocab, I intend to use this in everyday conversations, get ready IPE!—to P50 this year). Almost 2,600 people—children, grandparents, and parents, lined up outside our house this year for toys, old clothes and toys, an apple, P50, an ABL (credit: Albert B. Lim, my Kong-kong) shipping or a Skippy shirt for the little ones, which is truly bongga (the Skippy shirts, I mean)! Kidding aside, these kids will work their way through the crowd, fight danger even—climbing up the pointed rails of our home in sheer desperation just to get what, fifty-bucks. While I was busy, giving plastics to the kids whose smell I wouldn't usually let pass (thanks to my colds, I got absolved from it, but that's not my point), it got me thinking how much pride parents, especially fathers would have to put down while watching their hopeful children accept these things, when in truth, (or just what I know of) they should be the one providing these things. I mean, in the world that I know, or choose to know, these are just things that are handed to us, these things are complained about, "just 50 pesos? Anong bibilin ko, candy?" or "ayoko yan, hindi branded!"
Reality bites. Hard. And as much of a cliché the saying is, it is true. Go to Mauban on holidays. Hear the children cry in agony because others are stepping on their feet. See the grandparents faint because of the stampede that the children caused.
The gates do not open until 8:00 am.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
The best Christmas Party ever! People were down with alcohol--thanks to Sober Club. Thank you, one and all. I love you! (Photo credit: Original photos form Shao and the doodles are by me using Apple's Paintbrush)
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Wear me with attitude, one that will last 'til next season. I am vintage, for a lifetime and beyond.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yes, I wanna pack up and go (not Hanson's Get Up and Go). I've no inkling as to what holds this packing and leaving bonanza, but all I know is I want my own apartment and have a hot roommate. Okay, STOP.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Gorgeous dress by Shai Dela Merced. The next big thing, as Karryl puts it. This was shot in DLS-CSB, S.D.A. Building. Good thing we had a free cut in IPE!
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Friday, December 05, 2008
I think it's the first time, at least this sem, that I slept at 11:00pm and woke up at EXACTLY 4:20 am by 3 alarm clocks, which I thought was impossible for me to do. I've never woken up by an alarm clock EVER. So, it's a first, literally. Okay, I have to read.
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FIFA.com runs the rule over an action-packed month of women's football, in which powerhouses Germany and USA laid on a goal fest, new ground was broken with the start of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and VfL Wolfsburg and Olympique Lyon reached the Champions League final.
National teams
Meeting of equals
As part of the centenary celebrations of the U.S. Soccer Federation,* *two giants of the women's game - USA and Germany - locked horns again just three weeks after the Algarve Cup final. In front of a 16,090 crowd in Offenbach, the sides put on a show worthy of the occasion, ultimately drawing 3-3. The Olympic champions went 2-0 up in the second half through strikes from FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe. After Kim Kulig had reduced the deficit, Alex Morgan restored the Stars and Stripes' two-goal lead, only for late efforts from Celia Okoyino da Mbabi and substitute Anja Mittag to salvage the draw for Silvia Neid's team.
USA rounded off their European mini-tour four days later with a comfortable 3-1 win over the Netherlands in Den Haag. Prior to the start of the UEFA Women's EURO 2013 in Sweden, Germany will play further warm-up matches against Scotland (15 June), Canada (19 June) and world champions Japan (29 June).
*Sweden surge under Sundhage
*Sweden are gaining momentum in their preparations for the forthcoming European championships on home soil. Under the guidance of FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football Pia Sundhage, the side emerged 2-0 victors from a hard-fought friendly against Iceland. A second half brace from Lotta Schelin ensured Sweden took the honours, although it was not until injury time that they broke down Iceland's stubborn resistance for the decisive second. Ahead of their first group game against Denmark at this summer's continental showdown, the *Blagult *have lined up a further friendly against a Norway side that recently lost 3-1 in Nyon to a Swiss outfit that failed to qualify for the European championship.
FIFA World Cup qualifying gathers pace
While the spotlight is turning towards Sweden 2013 in Europe, qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ is also already underway. Preliminary qualification tournaments took place in Lithuania and Malta between 4-9 April, with the latter reaching the group qualifying phase proper along with Montenegro, the Faroe Islands and Albania. On 16 April the 42 participating European countries found out who they will face in the search for one of the continent's coveted eight tickets to Canada 2015. Two-time world champions Germany were drawn against Russia among others in Group 1, France will grapple with Finland in Group 7, and Italy and Spain meet in Group 2. Elsewhere, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden will jostle for supremacy, while Norway must pit their wits against Scotland and the Netherlands. England will go up against Ukraine, Wales and newcomers Montenegro among others.
Club football *Dawn of a new era
*On 13 April the long-awaited National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) got the ball rolling on its maiden season. Eight teams, ranging from Seattle and Portland in the west to Washington, New Jersey and Boston in the east, ushered in the start of a new footballing era. Following the collapses of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), the NWSL is the third attempt to establish a professional women's league in the USA. Three games into the fledging campaign, Portland Thorns - who boast Christine Sinclair and Alex Morgan in their ranks - and Sky Blue FC lead the way in the league table.
Wolfsburg and Lyon to contest final
*The UEFA Women's Champions League final will once again have a German-French flavour this year. After Turbine Potsdam (twice) and FFC Frankfurt, it is now VfL Wolfsburg's turn to test themselves against Olympique Lyon. The *Wolves beat Arsenal LFC 2-0 away in their semi-final first leg and followed that up with a 2-1 triumph in the return fixture. Lyon brushed FCF Juvisy aside 3-0 and 6-1 and now have a fourth consecutive European title in their sights. In the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg were forced to postpone their championship celebrations after a 2-0 defeat to FFC Frankfurt meant they were unable to lift the trophy three games before the season's end. By contrast, Lyon have already wrapped up the French league title.
*New seasons in Sweden, England and Norway
*Matters may have already been settled in France, with proceedings drawing to a close in Spain and Germany too, but elsewhere in Europe the football season is just getting going. Marta and Tyreso FF could not have scripted a better start to the Swedish Damallsvenskan, winning all three of their opening games. The domestic campaigns also kicked off in Norway and England. Chelsea Ladies sit atop the WSL after two matchdays, while Stabaek are already in the driving seat in Norway's Toppserien following the third round of fixtures.
*Development *In Costa Rica, hosts of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2014, fans of the women's game were given a foretaste of a FIFA World Cup atmosphere. Mexico, Japan and USA arrived in the country for an international U-17 tournament from 24-28 April. The event not only helped the respective nations keep ticking over for their continental qualifying competitions, it also served to heighten the anticipation ahead of next year's global showdown. 3,000 fans poured into the *Estadio Nacional *in San Jose for the opening encounters and cheered the teams on by singing and dancing in the stands. Although the hosts failed to win any of their games, the enthusiastic support showed that women's football is on the right track in the country and that next year's tournament promises to be a colourful occasion.
*The stat 7 *- Olympique Lyon's 7-0 victory over Vendenheim FC secured the club their seventh successive league title. The unique achievement means Lyon are now the most decorated club in French women's football history. FCF Juvisy are not far behind though, having won the league six times.
What they said *"I'm sure we can pick up a few points. If we managed to beat Ukraine last October in qualifying for the U-17 European championships, then why not now own home soil? We play our last game at home to England on 17 September 2014 and I hope there will be a kind of festival in Montenegro after the qualifying campaign. You shouldn't forget that football is one of the few sports where David can beat Goliath." *Montenegro coach Zoran Mijovic tells FIFA.com what he thinks of his side's chances in Canada 2015 qualifying.


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Name: John on Metal
Year: 2000
Description: silkscreen on metal
Edition: 1
Size: 18x24
Provenance: Merry Karnowsky Gallery
This piece was one of the first ever done on metal. Unlike more recent silkscreens on metal, it is a 1/1 and was created years after the original silkscreen.
Related Fine Art Pieces: Ringo on Metal - Paul on Metal - Andre on Metal - The Fifth Beatles Print on Metal
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(By Delegate Williams)
[Introduced January 11
, 2012; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §9-4F-1, §9-4F-2, §9-4F-3, §9-4F-4, §9-4F-5 and §9-4F-6, all relating to community-based services and supports for individuals with disabilities; establishing the Community-Based Services Act; providing definitions for certain terms; defining the purpose of the act; implementation of the act; standards and requirements of the Department of Health and Human Resources to modify certain policies to improve access to community-based long-term care services; legislative oversight; and requiring legislative rules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §9-4F-1, §9-4F-2, §9-4F-3, §9-4F-4, §9-4F-5 and §9-4F-6, all to read as follows: ARTICLE 4F. COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES ACT.
§9-4F-1. Title.
This article is known as and may be cited as the "Community-Based Services Act".
§9-4F-2. Definitions.
(a) "Community-based services and supports" means services and supports designated to assist the recipient in accomplishing activities of daily living, health maintenance tasks in the most integrated setting appropriate. These services and supports are furnished to a recipient through: Informal supports; Medicaid waiver programs; Medicaid personal care and Medicaid home health.
(b) "Service or support recipient" means the eligible individual who has a disability and is receiving long-term care supports under existing or new community-based supports or institutional care.
(c) "Department" means Department of Health and Human Resources.
(d) "Institution" means nursing facility and intermediate care facility for persons with mentally challenged or other segregated and congregated facility providing long-term care services.
(e) "Long-term care services" means diverse, integrated medical or nonmedical services provided over a sustained period of time to ensure maximum physical, mental and social functioning of the service or support recipient.
(f) "Legal representative" means a person legally authorized to make decisions for the service or support recipient including, but not limited to, a conservator, guardian, power of attorney, medical power of attorney, or health care surrogate.
(g) "Most integrated setting" means the individual has opportunities to access and actively participate in a valued and meaningful way as a member of their community.
§9-4F-3. Purpose.
The intent of this legislation is to achieve the following goals:
(1) Assuring the implementation of Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act as upheld by the United States Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C.;
(2) Respecting the right of all people who can be supported in their home and community regardless of severity of disability or age;
(3) Reducing the reliance on institutional care;
(4) Reducing the cost of publicly funded services and supports;
(5) Eliminating barriers that prevent or restrict the flexible use of Medicaid funds in the most integrated setting;
(6) Increasing access to community-based alternatives to institutional care;
(7) Ensuring continuous quality assurance and improvement in providing community-based long-term care supports; and
(8) Ensuring that, as home and community-based services are more fully developed, resources remain available to individuals who choose or need care in a long-term care facility.
§9-4F-4. Implementation of the Community-Based Services Act.
(a) The department shall design and implement enduring improvements to community-based supports to enable eligible service or support recipients to live and participate in a valued and meaningful way in community life, particularly with respect to individuals who:
(1) Reside in or are at-risk of admission to an institutional setting; and
(2) Would prefer to live in the community and could do so, provided they have the appropriate supports.
(b) The department shall utilize the Olmstead Council as the committee to assist in the planning, development and implementation of community-based supports, including program standards, access, eligibility and quality assurance related to this act.
(c) The department shall identify and educate eligible individuals residing in institutional long-term care facilities.
(d) The department shall ensure that each individual identified has the opportunity to make an informed choice for community-based services as an alternative to institutional care.
(e) The department shall ensure to the maximum extent possible, a service or supports recipient or their legal representative shall be supported to design and manage his or her community-based supports in a self-directed manner preserving individual choice, control and dignity.
(f) The service or support recipient shall have due process rights through a responsive and efficient due process system.
§9-4F-5. Standards and requirements.
(a) The department shall modify methodology for funding long- term care supports to:
(1) Allow long-term care Medicaid funding for institutional care to be allocated in a flexible manner;
(2) Require long-term care Medicaid funding methodology to utilize a market-based approach that allows the service or support recipient to guide the allocation of funding through need and choice.
(b) The department shall eliminate the institutional bias in eligibility determination for specific community-based services.
(1) The department shall utilize a presumptive eligibility, or fast track eligibility process for Medicaid waiver programs. This will allow for immediate access to services as already permitted for alternative institutional programs.
(2) The department shall provide Medicaid personal care services to allow services in the natural community setting as needed by the service or support recipient.
(3) The department shall provide benefits counseling (including alternative to institutional care) prior to any individual being admitted to an institutional setting.
(4) The department shall provide benefits counseling (including all alternatives to institutional care) on an annual basis to all individuals residing in an institutional setting.
(c) The department shall fund a statewide transition and diversion program to assist people in returning to or remaining in their home and community to avoid or delay institutionalization as resources permit.
§9-4F-6. Legislative oversight.
The department shall report to the Select Committee on PEIA, seniors and long-term care every three months concerning the progress of policy changes to eliminate institutional bias and status of those eligible individuals who choose to move from institutional facilities to community-based settings.
NOTE: The purpose of the bill is to ensure that the DHHR focuses on the home and community-based services as they make plans for the elderly and people with disabilities.
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These wrapping paper designs by illustrator Debbie Powell for Lagom Design are so bright and colourful.
The Gherkin, umbrellas, tea, Big Ben, Routemaster buses and black cabs are what you'll find on her London gift wrap.
Apparently Debbie is based between London, New York and Southbourne which explains all the black cabs, buses and this Yellow Cab gift wrap.
My favourite is the Travel Sticker gift wrap. Perfect for wrapping presents in that you're sending abroad or an arrivederci present to a travelling friend.
If you can't bear to crease and cut them for wrapping, I think they'd look great put in frames and hung on the wall as a trio. Each wrap is £4 and available from Lagom.
If you designed some travel wrapping paper what would your design look like?


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