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St Albans City have been dealt a hammer blow with the departure of leading scorer Ralston Gabriel.
The 27-year-old signed from Haringey Borough in the summer and has since lit up the Saints front line with 12 goals.
St Albans have had a mixed campaign in National League South which sees them sit 13th and this is the news experienced manager Ian Allinson didn't want.
"It's a blow to lose Ralston obviously but he was finding the level of commitment needed at this level a challenge to maintain and he felt it was best if he looked to play his football a little closer to home," he said.
"He hit the ground running and if I'm being fair, he was sensational for me during his short time here.
"His goals naturally alerted quite a few clubs in the National Premier and we've always made it clear that we would never stand in the way of someone trying to progress in the game.
"We allowed him to speak to each and every one of them in turn but he picked up an injury which set him back.
"A player like Ralston will always be an attractive proposition and it's unfortunate that we couldn't make things work here at St Albans City but these things happen and of course we wish him all the very best. I have no doubt that our paths will cross in the future.
"We're now looking at our other strikers to stand up and be counted. David Moyo has been great for us so far and now Sam Merson could find himself with the opportunity that he's been relishing for a number of weeks now."
St Albans host promotion chasing Wealdstone on Saturday.
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This week's issue explains how 3D visualizations are uncovering new information about fossils. This issue includes a super cool interactive activity with downloadable 3D PDF documents that let you explore a dinosaur vertebrae or ancient crocodile tooth. You can rotate, zoom, and/or view individual slices of each image. Check it out in this week's issue.
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While it's not one of the flashiest acronyms in letter-happy healthcare, the so-called "data element library," or DEL, has a lot of people in long-term care buzzing.
Years in development led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the DEL is a new database that supports the exchange of standardized and universally readable electronic health information.
Experts are praising it for its promise to streamline care, improve outcomes and make the overall business more efficient. Many add, meanwhile, that the DEL is still a work in progress.
Many Winners
Proponents are quick to point out the litany of benefits the DEL will bring to care, outcomes and reimbursement.
For information technology vendors in particular, CMS maintains that the "one-stop shop" feature of DEL will make the process for incorporating various data elements into provider electronic record systems less burdensome. It's meant to improve interoperability, which will allow important health information to transfer between providers.
Plus, long-term care should benefit, experts say.
For one, the DEL could help develop and implement measurable, outcome-based systems.
For another, the ability for providers across the continuum to literally be on the same page will go toward improving resident care at the bedside.
"The standardization for regulatory assessments in the post-acute industry will align care coordination between the transistions of care our patients often encounter," says Hannah Patterson. "Having the same data seen across multiple episodes should allow providers the tools necessary to streamline the care needed to improve the highest quality outcomes."
Provider readiness
In all, vendors and technology experts like Majd Alwan, executive director of LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies, believe critical mass of large post-acute providers are in a good place to take on DEL implementation.
That's because they are vested in electronic health records.
"A majority of long-term care providers have EHRs, but smaller standalone providers, especially rural ones, have lower adoption rates," Alwan says.
Long-term care has done a fantastic job implementing electronic records for services it providers, says Carrie O'Connell, RN, executive vice president of clinical informatics at Health Care Software Inc.
"The challenge exists in patient transfer and getting information from the hand-off locations electronically, timely, and with systems that can ingest this information once verified," she says.
Continuing the embrace EHRs will have a snowball effect by contributing to improving interoperability, "which has been one of the factors impeding EHR adoption more broadly," Alwan says.
Extent of Impact
For now, experts are mixed on the long-term impact DEL will have.
Alwan says he believes the DEL is a transformational event because it supports the integration of CMS-mandates assessment data elements, such as functional assessment.
"While these assessment data are an integral part of EHRs used in our LTPAC settings, they did not necessarily have a place in acute care settings like physician and hospital EHRs, and hence were not appropriately incorporated and considered in transitions of care and shared care," he adds.
Alwan lauds the DEL initiative as the first effort to map such data to standardized data sets recognized by Office of the National Coordinator, like Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), a medical labs database, and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMEDCT), a standardized, multilingual vocabulary of clinical terminology that is used by physicians and other healthcare providers.
"All of this should help advance harmonization of data elements, including harmonization efforts of cross-setting functional assessment mandated by the IMPACT Act," he adds.
Meanwhile, O'Connell points to a sticking point in DEL: the fact that for now, hospitals aren't required to collect the information that DEL needs.
"The captured information from various data sets is very important. However, it is limited to the specific "look-back window" per data set rules and is not real-time assessment data," she notes.
O'Connell explains the conundrum this way: "Facilities have a few days after the assessment window to complete the assessment and then another set of days to transmit. A resident's cognitive status and/or functional mobility could be quite different by the time the data is entered into the data set. So, a resident could be confused, requiring extensive assistance within the assessment window, but the day the data is collected, the resident's confusion could have cleared and they only require limited assistance."
O'Connell points to other potentially missing vital information, such as vaccination data, demographics, prior function and wounds "that would be extremely meaningful to the hand-off facility to reduce provider burden".
Current medication lists with allergies, recent vital signs and diagnostic data are among elements missing from the current data sets, she adds.
Impact on Care
Improved care coordination and outcomes are high on the list of providers, clinicians and payors. And DEL delivers on that front, experts say.
Better data, shared across the continuum, will invariably lead to better assessments.
"The standardization in assessment reporting across care settings that DEL supports will enhance the industry's ability to identify and track changes in care requirements," says Susan Reese. "This will not only improve communication across care settings, but it will serve to better inform the industry of changing care requirements that may need to be addressed by adjustments to staffing. A standardized assessment of care requirements may enable more accurate adjustments to staffing that take into account not only the numbers of staff provided, but the skills required."
The operative word for O'Connell is consistency.
"The database promotes consistency and how we communicate assessment data for a defined window of time," she says. "Having a starting point with the ability to speak the same language allows for accurate outcome reporting. Once this data is consistently being assessed and entered, the analytical possibilities are endless and exciting."
She quickly adds that raw data alone paints an incomplete picture and does not reveal whether a provider is delivering good care.
Clinical decision support will likely improve as well, says Alwan.
"Sharing this data electronically in a standardized format with a hospital or a physician, either in a transition of care or shared care situation, means the receiving clinician has a better understanding of the patient's functional and cognitive abilities, reduces the burden of unnecessarily repeating these assessments, and can consider and incorporate these factors in the treatment and subsequent care plan, which leads to better outcomes and reduces costs," he adds.
More efficient workflow
CMS has stated how the DEL supports the agency's "Patients Over Paperwork" initiative aimed at reducing administrative burden on providers so they can focus on patients. Experts see significant efficiencies in workflow as a result.
The easy to access library is searchable with built in reports, according to Jane Belt, curriculum development specialist for the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination.
"A provider can compare items across settings and see the response options available for each item," she adds. "At present, the reports can provide information to the provider, but the greatest advantage at the present provably is for the software vendors who can use library to create reports for a particular user request."
Optimism and speed bumps
With fall around the corner and a few months of discovery having passed since the DEL June announcement, there are a lot of items on experts' wish lists.
Until and if SNF's primary referral partners - hospitals - are required to collect data DEL needs, O'Connell predicts low overall adoption. But there's still hope.
"The demand from the industry will drive change," she says. With all change, there are early adopters leading the way for the rest of the industry. Based on that trend, this can become a routine exchange, or no exchange at all."


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The civil lawsuit against Wally West has begun and the plaintiff Allison Armitage reports how she got injured by the fire in the Valentine Mall and that her legs had to be amputated afterwards. With tears in her eyes she tells the jury how the Flash ran past her shop and allegedly ignored her cries for help. As compensation Ms. Armitage now demands 20 million dollars from Wally. Her attorney demonstrates in a rather unconventional way that the Flash could indeed have saved her. His assistant suddenly fires a gun giving Wally no choice but to prevent the lawyer from being hit by a bullet.
After the turmoil in the courtroom has set, it is the turn of Wally's attorney Benjamin Hayes to question the plaintiff. He in particular draws the focus on the fact that the Flash rescued a dozen other people while Allison was injured in the fire. This is the truth, but Wally still feels miserable about the whole situation. And not even during a break the Flash is able to rest a little bit. Outside the courthouse, he prevents a prisoner outbreak and this time he handles a seemingly hopeless situation perfectly without having to sacrifice a life in the process. However, back in the witness box, Wally openly admits that he made a mistake that day and never before he had to make a decision to sacrifice one life to save others. But, ultimately, Wally also agrees with his attorney that he did everything which was possible on that day.
The cross-examination by Allison's attorney starts with several provocations against Wally. And then he suddenly uses the words "Hocus Pocus ... Alakazam" which instantly makes Wally believe that this lawyer is actually none other than the villain known as Abra Kadabra. Immediately, Wally attacks the attorney only to be proven wrong seconds later. He just attacked a helpless lawyer in front of dozens of witnesses and, therefore, is being led away into jail.
A little later, Wally is freed from custody by his attorney. Ben Hayes reports that the Barry Allen Foundation not only made a deal with Allison Armitage. It was also decided that from now on Wally West is prohibited to use either the costume or the powers of the Flash. Of course, Wally is upset about this, but he still firmly believes that Abra Kadabra is responsible for this and swears to take him down with him.
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- Even in my own household, which I try to run like an eco-fascist dictatorship, the washing and rinsing of plates and pans under a running tap occurs. This is due to the volume and variety of kitchen use, (jam making, baking, plus cooking by separate parties, lodgers, children 'doing their own cooking'etc.)
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I had a rough week at work last week; one of those weeks that makes you take a whole weekend of doing things you love to recharge.
Saturday I had a visit with a friend I have known for 50 years. She just got back from a fabulous trip across Europe. I missed her, but she sent me pictures every day as if I were travelling with her. Priceless. There's no jealousy on my part; she shared her trip with me and I felt happy for her. That is the way it should be with friends who love and value each other.
Yesterday was a glorious sunny day and I had an outing with a treasured old friend, one that I have known for 30 years. We have many interests in common; we both love to walk and take pictures, but we don't live close so these events have to be planned in advance. Time flies when I am with her. When I am feeling like someone who has been transported to a hostile planet, she brings me back home. She reminds me of who I was, and still am somewhere inside, despite the fact that I may feel transplanted, lost, and downright scared. You can't put a price on that.
Yesterday we were walking around a graveyard and found this gravestone. We both loved it, read the words aloud together and took a photo.
There was a silent pause as we both thought about Ann, who we never had a chance to know. But my friend said it first, "She sounds great; I would feel lucky to have those things said about me." In the post-feminism age, these qualities may sound laughable to some. But the description makes me think of a Jane Austen heroine, vibrant and full of life, someone who must have been fun to talk to, and valued as a friend. It's wonderful not to have to explain this, or excuse this thinking to my friend. I know we have more than surface things in common. We have deep values about what is important…this is why we are still friends despite the changes in our lives.
In case you can't read it, this is how Ann Ellery is described:
To the memory of Ann Ellery…
In every aspect of life, she exhibited a becoming behavior,
was sensible and quick of apprehension,
spritely and agreeable in conversation,
hospitable, charitable, sincere and pious.
I have to say, I don't believe we see these qualities too often in today's selfish greedy society, and I think we are the worse for it. But I feel lucky to know some people who wouldn't choose to put on their gravestone achievements or job descriptions, but a picture of a treasured human being.


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Boston Celtics defeat Washington Wizards, 104-102
WASHINGTON - The Celtics found themselves having to heed their own warning.
Before the season, coach Doc Rivers figured that if there was a team everyone was forgetting about in the Eastern Conference, it was Washington.
So far, the Wizards had given the league every reason to look away. They were a disappointing 7-12 entering last night and their new coach, Flip Saunders, had gone so far back to the basics that he was reteaching how to set screens.
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Good guys can finish first, indeed. Ray Allen needs 14 points to reach 20,000 and could get them tonight in Washington against the Wizards. Allen would become the 37th player to reach that milestone in a career that has had its share of adversity.
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Rajon Rondo's driving dunk with a minute remaining broke a tie and led the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics to their ninth straight victory, 104-102 over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
Rondo had 21 points and 11 assists, and Ray Allen had 18 and became the 32nd NBA player to score 20,000 points. Kevin Garnett had 17 points, and Kendrick Perkins added 16 points and 11 rebounds.
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Hello world, it is brand new day. All appreciation goes to our Faithful God for is banner over us is Love. Let come alive and do our best to make today count.
Here is my monday inspiration we are not given a good life or bad life. It's up to us make it good or bad. You are determinant of your outcome in life, so stop throwing the blame of your circumstances to anyone. Stand up for yourself today and take the full responsibility of your life to make it a good one.
God bless you, do have a favorable day.
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Since we're always happy to feature recipe series and the fact that we're hanging out with Claire Allen, Masterchef finalist and cooking extraordinaire, a lot, we decided to feature some of her favourite recipes! So, to begin, here's her Beef, Onion, and Red Wine Stew and Pie.
Beef, Onion, And Red Wine Stew And Pie
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pack beef chuck steak, cut into cubes
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup red wine
- 1 bay leaf
- Fresh thyme
- 1 Tbsp corn flour
- ¼ cup water
- 1 packet puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, beaten
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Heat a large saucepan over high heat.
- Add the oil and beef, and cook in batches for 3-4 minutes or until brown.
- Add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the stock, water, wine and herbs, and cook for an hour and a half or until the beef is tender. You can serve this as a stew with rice or starch of your choice.
- For the pie, mix corn flour with water, and add to the beef, cooking for 5 minutes or until mixture is thickened, then setting aside to cool.
- Spoon the mixture into a dish, roll out the pastry, and cover the dish, removing any excess pastry.
- Brush with the egg wash.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until golden.
There you go, a delicious and hearty Beef, Onion, And Red Wine Stew And Pie. For more info on Claire, check out her website here.
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I've been wanting to move up card speeds but its nutty how expensive stuff is up here!
That's actually a pretty good price on the lexar 64s from bh. Shame about the exchange rate, but such is life.
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you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
every time these sales come up I get as far as adding a two pack of the 128gb cards to my cart and then back out...I don't know why.
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you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
ordered a spare battery for an older camera, then threw in a Sandisk 32GB CF, and then also added that J1 underwater housing... i'm not even planning to go diving O.oOriginally posted by Go4Long
every time these sales come up I get as far as adding a two pack of the 128gb cards to my cart and then back out...I don't know why.
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Before you go, pop into some of the hotels around NYC and check those racks with all the pamphlets for tourists and see if you can find a B&H pamphlet that says you get a free gift. I was in NYC a couple years back and wondered into a hotel to mooch the free wifi and get out of the heat and found one so I brought it with me to B&H and got like a little backpack hahaOriginally posted by msommers
Yeah agreed. NYC is going to be expensive At least I'll stop in at B&H and play with the all toys lol.
When I was there last fall the free gift was your choice of a t-shirt of a tote bag.
ROFL, although that J1 enclosure was a steal!Originally posted by blitz
I bought a J1 afterwards, but I haven't learned how to swim yet.
About that dive housing, does anybody else find this odd?
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^^ Not sure if it's the reason or not, but Nikon doesn't allow all of their stuff to be sold across boarders.
I know Nikon batteries cannot be shipped to Canada if purchased from Amazon.com. Whereas, B&H or other camera stores seemed to be willing to do so. Also maybe it has to do with their warranty as well.Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
^^ Not sure if it's the reason or not, but Nikon doesn't allow all of their stuff to be sold across boarders.
Special ordered the BG-E13 grip for 6D at London Drugs for $150.
TWO-Pack of Lexar Professional 64 GB 1000X 150MB/s SD cards for $69:
That's a good deal. They cost more than that for just a single card at TCS.
Great J4 deal, even with the exchange, especially if someone wants an exceptional underwater camera:
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Nikon WP-N3 waterproof housing
Vistek has some great deals on their Fuji XF lens. I would have loved these deals if I purchased my lens a few weeks later.


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1pm Mylor Church.
Today the club will celebrate the life and contribution to FMPGC of our friend David Buurma – pictured below at the Muiden rowing event in 2006.
You might ask yourself
Where is he gone?
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Your heart pounding
Watching the sun fade from gold to red
That magic tenuous evening colour
never seems to stay long enough
Let then the mid blue of evening
Melt the hurt that you feel into a memory
And the warmth of shared friendship
Reminds us that we are only here
For a term
Suddenly with a barked forward to row
The coxswain's voice breaks the spell
Your hear the pins creak
The oars swish as they cup
The green waters again and again
Until you are one with the boat
One with the crew
I wonder then will you realise
That I am beside you
My spirit forever part of the boat
I was just the first to leave
The first to cross that line
In time each of you will follow me
No crew is ever for ever
Others will sit in your place
They will touch the lovingly crafted woodwork
Laugh as you have laughed
Laugh as I laughed with you
Until only the gig remains
And our voices are lost
In the sea swell
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shywoodlandcreature (post #38393)
I am still trying to figure out how to find some of these things. You mentioned T&T
and is that the Tried & True Recipe Archive. Do you have to go through a lot to get on it?
Another question I have a recipe an Orange Bundt cake. It calls for 1/2 cup of Apricot preserves. Is that the same as Apricot Jam?
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Here is a link to Tried & True
from Schnitzel (who can search absolutely anything!)
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Thank you so much for your quick reply. It was very helpful.
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Yes, T&T is the Tried and True folder. I'm hopeless at searching it, but Schnitzel is our resident search goddess who can find anything anywhere.
As for apricot jam vs preserves - I'd use them interchangeably.
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Thank you for your quick reply. You are most likely being polite but if anyone
younger does have a problem I feel that eventually it (my skills) will improve.
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The link that Dorcast gave you is to Schnitzel's web page, which may or may not be up to date. Here is the direct connection.
The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music and haggis and called it food.
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Thank you will check it out.
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AFAIK, it's up to date. If anyone sees something missing, please holler!
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Sorry. I didn't know if you updated it a lot or a little. I should have known better.
The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music and haggis and called it food.


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It's a big guy's world on the Internet.
Wall Street's herd has long held that leaders will get bigger on the Internet while also-rans fade. And for all that pundits lambast conventional wisdom, remember it's conventional wisdom for a reason.
Take the online broker industry as an example.
Yesterday DLJdirect (NYSE: DIR) reported disappointing second quarter estimates and blamed the market. Today E*Trade Group (Nasdaq: EGRP) posted better-than-expected quarterly results despite the market. Guess which company is an industry leader.
"We weren't immune to those extreme market conditions, as daily average volume in the qtr dropped 26 percent sequentially," E*Trade CEO Christos Cotsakos said during the (long) formal portion of this morning's conference call. "If you take the long term view, however, our volumes, our metrics are still outperforming the marketplace."
Some folks (like me) may scorn E*Trade occasionally -- every company earns its share of ridicule at times -- but I can't complain about the company's performance relative to its peers.
"We are continuing to decouple from our competition," Cotsakos declared.
The idea of E*Trade executives coupling with those from another company creates a very unpleasant image, but his point is taken. I suppose he has the right to brag when his company sees total customer assets rise 30 percent since the start of the year, even as the overall Nasdaq has declined. People might be trading less, but they're still putting more through E*Trade than other online brokerages.
You can also see the advantages of scale at other big names. Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH) posted profit gains despite the downturn. Leading Nasdaq market maker Knight Trading Group (Nasdaq: NITE) also increased its earnings from trades during the same period.
Schwab and E*Trade happen to occupy the top two spots in GomezAdvisors' overall rankings of OLBs, but there really isn't much separating online brokers from each other, especially for the average investor. There might be a few dollars separating commissions and minor differences in the data and information being offered, but overall, trading is trading. The most important thing is execution to get the best price for you, and there's no way to measure that except through experience.
In some important areas, Gomez rates some smaller brokers ahead of the big names. DLJdirect, for example, gets praise for its rapid customer service, while E*Trade is criticized.
Yet E*Trade and Schwab pull away from the DLJdirects when it comes to attracting customers. Give Costakos and his peers credit for boosting and expanding their businesses; but it's also awfully hard to dislodge someone once they're at the top.
Other thoughts:
• 2HRS2GO: Market slide won't stop growth of online trading
• 2HRS2GO: E*Offering boosts Wit -- a bit 22GO>


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Harlow's Bright Future – the next 70 years
Jon Clempner
This article is a slight update from the one first published in the Heart4Harlow business and community awards brochure in October 2017
In 2017, Harlow is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its designation as a New Town. There were many community events, supported or organised by the Council, by community groups, faith groups, and individuals. They highlighted both Harlow's heritage, the vision of Sir Frederick Gibberd, but also the wonderful artistic, cultural, sporting and community organisations.
In addition to celebrating Harlow's past and present, it was also a year when we look forward to the next 70 years. I truly believe we are on the cusp of a renaissance of Harlow, and over the next 5 to 10 years we will see the start of a massive and positive transformation of Harlow.
Those that have heard me speak on this subject will be familiar with my '4 legs of the stool', namely Jobs, Infrastructure, Skills, and Housing, all of which are inter-dependant, and each of which must be pursued in parallel. It is not possible to pick and choose just one or two, demanding Housing without the infrastructure to support it, jobs without the skilled work force and housing for the workers, and investment without the critical mass of housing, as each is necessary to provide the justification, and crucially the funding, for the others. I will expand on each of these shortly, but it has rightly been pointed out that even these four together, while necessary, do not make a place. There is a fifth element, perhaps the seat of the stool itself, that holds it all together; namely the great Art, Culture, green spaces, sporting facilities and community spirit that turns a collection of things into a great place to live, work and visit.
Harlow has many great things going for it. An internationally important public sculpture collection with works by Rodin, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Gerda Rubenstein (who I recently had the honour of meeting at the exhibition of her work at Parndon Mill), and many, many others. The many artistic communities including at Parndon Mill, Gatehouse Arts, St John's ARC and others. Harlow's many green spaces, the Green Flag award winning Parndon Woods and the Town Park, and of course the Gibberd gardens, as well as nowhere in Harlow being far from some wonderful, and tranquil, wood, pond or stream. There are also great sporting facilities, including the fantastic new Rugby Club at Latton Park, the new Pavilion at Harlow Cricket Club, Martial art centres, the Table Tennis Club and others. Many of these are not well known, even to some living in Harlow, and we must all do more to develop them, invest in them, and to promote them to the wider world.
Coming back to my four legs of the stool:
Job and Economy
The plans for locating Public Health England's national science hub in Harlow are progressing well, with the old GSK site having been purchased, and the outline planning application approved. The Enterprise zone is also making great progress, With Raytheon and Arrow expanding their presence in Kao Park, the first phase of the data centre completed, and on the Council owned element of the Enterprise Zone, Anglia Ruskin University committed to locating their MedTech Innovation Centre, and the Council building one of the first building for small and medium high-tech businesses. Together they will generate over 7,500 quality jobs, not to mention the knock-on effect to the local economy and local businesses.
For businesses to grow and thrive, and for local people to take advantage of the great opportunities, these must be accompanied by great education and training. Local schools are making great progress, Harlow College has recently opened its fantastic Advanced Manufacturing Centre, and the University Technical College is also making a welcome contribution to the skills mix. There does however need to be a greater investment in Higher and Further Education, in vocational education, in Higher level apprenticeships, and I will continue to support further developments, and argue for a more coordinated focus of skills funding from central government to meet the needs of local employers, particularly in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Computing (STEMC) areas, where much of Harlow's future opportunities will be focused. As a parent myself I know the vital importance of education and training, not just to secure a decent job, but in every aspect of physical and mental wellbeing, and I am sure that every parent would want the best possible education for themselves and their children.
While there are some that might disagree, there is undoubtedly a shortage of housing, or all types, and tenures, nationally and locally. I am reminded that there is more land allocated to golf courses in this country than there is to housing. There are over 3,500 people on the housing needs register in Harlow, buying your own home is an unaffordable dream for many, and young people are particularly impacted, spending longer living with their parents, and being unable to afford to rent, never mind buy.
People will rightly point to the deficit in Infrastructure to support the housing, in health, education, transport and community facilities. Apart from the desperate need for housing in of itself, it is precisely gaining the critical mass in quality housing supply that will enable the investment by developers and government in infrastructure provision, that will attract major retailers and leisure operators, and regenerate Harlow town centre. It is true that we need investment in infrastructure, but we also need the housing growth to facilitate that investment.
There are many 'big ticket' items needed in the infrastructure space, including investment in Princess Alexandra Hospital, and ultimately a new hospital in or around Harlow, four-tracking the West Anglia Mainline, and our aspiration for Cross Rail 2 to terminate in Harlow. While these will require significant investment from Government, and will take some considerable time to deliver when they are committed, I, and others continue to press for that investment. There are also things where practical progress is being made now. Funding for Junction 7a on the M11 has been secured, the development at Gilston Park will facilitate both the dualling of the existing Stort Crossing, and a new crossing, and other road improvements, such as along Elizabeth Way are in progress. There is also have an ambition for a sustainable transport corridor, and for a Northern Bypass, and I am heartened by the fact that this ambition is shared by neighbouring authorities, businesses, and others, speaking with one voice.
Many of the pieces of the jigsaw are starting to fit into place, and while I understand there will be much debate about individual elements, the particular location of houses, or road improvements, I would urge everyone to look at the bigger picture, and to look forward to a bright future for all of Harlow.
There are many people in the Council, Faith Groups, Businesses and the Voluntary Sector committed to doing all that they can to make a positive and visible difference, to make the best of the great potential of Harlow, working hard to secure the investment that we need, and to ensure that Harlow continues to be a great place, fit for the next 70 years.
With leadership and determination, I know that together, in common endeavour, we can make this happen. The future for Harlow is truly looking bright, and I look forward to sharing at least some of the next 70 years of progress in a town that I love, and am incredibly proud of.
Jon Clempner


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Blindness is a metaphor for sin. Sin distorts our seeing Jesus. Often we cannot see because we are blind — not physically but spiritually, which is the worst blindness anyone can have.
What blinds us are our selfishness, our lack of love and understanding, our unforgiveness, anger and unhealthy attitude towards each other.
This blindness is epidemic in our society. We need to have the courage to admit this sin, to repent and seek healing. Sometimes we need others to support us and lead us to the One who alone can heal and set us free.
The people who brought the man to Jesus are to be commended for their faith and love by bringing their friend to Jesus. Sometimes we are the blind who need healing; sometimes we are like the people who must bring our brothers and sisters to Jesus.
In whatever circumstance we find ourselves, let us come to Jesus, for He will heal us indeed and the blind will see. Fr. Brian Steele, MGL
What are the "blind spots" areas in your life?
In times of trial and tribulation let us hold on to the promise that God gave Noah – that He will never allow us to be totally destroyed. There will always be a faithful remnant who will keep the Gospel alive no matter how dark the days become. God will prevail over evil. Let this give us hope.


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Why You Need A Fuel Management System For Trucks In Your Fleet
Anyone who uses vehicles, particularly trucks, for their work knows that one of the largest operating expenses by far is gasoline. Trucks especially use a lot of it since they generally have bigger engines that burn more gas. Fortunately, there are ways to track how much you use and to see if there are any opportunities to save on costs and reduce your overall gas usage. This requires you to install a fuel management system for trucks onto individual vehicles or your entire fleet.
These systems use a combination of onboard devices that must be installed on each individual truck and computer data to help you manage your fuel efficiency. Another thing that some of these systems are intended to guard against is theft. Theft of fuel by employees is a reality in some cases, and it is pretty easy to mask the theft as fuel that was just being burned through normal driving. Figuring out if an employee is stealing and firing them not only saves you money, but it is a warning to other employees not to mimic the fired person's behavior.
The software that comes with the newly installed system automatically tallies everybody's usage and compares them against each other. If one rig is using much more, it could be that you need to repair that vehicle, since it is not as efficient as the other rigs. Fixing it is a quick and easy way to save money. Then compare its usage against the others again after repairs to ensure it is in line with what you expect.
Fuel sensors are the most common installation on trucks. This is a relatively small electronic device put directly into the fuel tank. It measures the amount in the tank after being fueled, and then measures it constantly and sends that information to the software database using a GPS tracker. If you do not already have a GPS tracker installed on your fleet, this is a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
There are some sensors that also come with diagnostics onboard. These detect gas emissions on the truck, which can help you stay in line with any local or state laws regarding how much exhaust can come from your vehicles. It can also tell you if there is something wrong with the exhaust system that may need attention.
Depending on what system you install, there are other things you can get reports on. For example, coolant temperature, mileage per gallon or tank of gas, how many times the engine is turned off and on, and even the rotations per minute of the tires, which can help you detect over or underinflated tires that could be costing you fuel efficiency.
If you want to get a step further, you can install a system that also has cameras. There would be an onboard tracking DVR and camera installed on the truck that would then use either 3G or 4G data to send information to the software, along with images and video.
While trucks have large tanks that are perfect for these sensors and GPS trackers, unfortunately, other vehicle types are not so great. A regular commuter or consumer car is usually too small to have one of these installed, or they have irregular tanks that won't fit the device. But if you run a business, this is easily the best way to check your efficiency.


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When people begin their search for long-term care many assume they have no options outside of moving into a care home. The fear of losing independence keeps many seniors from receiving the help they need. Depending upon the situation and the level of care needed many seniors could benefit by hiring a caregiver to assist them in their own home.
As people age, it can unfortunately become more difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle independently. Seniors who begin having difficulty remaining independent often neglect personal hygiene, forget meals, or become unable to do once-simple things like cleaning up spills or clutter around the home. Without proper help, issues like these only worsen. They can eventually cause injury, malnourishment, and further complications down the road. If this sounds like someone you love, they may be in need of a caregiver.
Benefits of Hiring a Caregiver Agency
The scope of services varies and can include help with eating meals, bathing, or even exercising. They can be trained medical professionals, able to assist with managing medications, vitals, or wound care, to non-medical caregivers who can help with things like cleaning or grocery shopping. Depending on the situation and a senior's level of independence, caregivers do not necessarily have to be someone who is able to provide medical support. Home care gives both you and your loved one peace of mind, knowing that someone is there to help with any necessary tasks.
Another benefit of using a caregiver to help your loved one is the private attention that they will be able to provide.
A caregiver can fulfill the important need for socialization as older adults become more isolated. Personal attention gives your loved one the opportunity to interact with someone and give him/her company and conversation. Because home care allows seniors to remain within their own homes, it is generally the least disruptive type of care.
When living in an assisted living center, residents are forced to modify their routine to match the house's schedule. This is a non-issue for some, but others find it very disruptive. For example, they are given food at whichever time the facility schedules.
Conversely, if taken care of by an in-home caregiver, a senior is able to maintain the hours they prefer and the caregiver can provide personalized meals.
A caregiver will also be able to pay closer attention to the amount of food your loved one is eating to make sure their diet follows nutritional guidelines.
Depending on the health of the senior, they may only need a caregiver a few days a week. If they need a caregiver around the clock though, there are agencies that can accommodate that as well. Sometimes seniors are completely healthy and independent, but family members use caregivers as a way to check in on parents who live out of state.
If all that is an issue is driving, an in-home caregiver can take a person to and from doctor's appointments, the grocery store, or the pharmacy.
The cost of an in-home caregiver is generally less than a skilled nursing or assisted living facility where residents are not only paying for the caregiving staff, but also for room and board. Generally, a person receiving in-home care will have a more tailored routine, which can be an advantage to both mental and emotional health.
Always make sure your caregiver is certified and be sure to use an accredited agency if a caregiver sounds like a suitable option for your circumstances.
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"Found footage" movies are becoming more and more popular throughout the industry. Famous found footage films include The Blair Witch Project," "Paranormal Activity, and "Cloverfield." They show movies but with handheld cameras in the production of the film. They are a great way to scare your audience by not showing the evil thing (or showing it only in brief flashes), and are extremely low-budget, but effective.
1Plan a storyline. There are two types of found footage horror: an investigation film, where two or more people film themselves while investigating something strange and pay the consequences, and an "accident" film, where someone is filming themselves and it all unwittingly goes hideously wrong. The investigation film is much more common, and it gives a reason for there to be an evil thing, which also involves introducing the evil thing.
2Prepare. Where are you going to film? The best places for found footage are in isolated, dark locations such as a forest (or in a supposedly haunted house). Get actors (if you want to do the filming, you must act in it yourself), and tell them the basic storyline and what you're going to be filming that day. Be sure to use a fairly cheap camera because you don't want the quality of the video too high cause it may make it look as if it was from a movie at the same time though you don't want to overdo it.
- You could also use different colors for the movie, for ex. the black and white coloring, which makes it look more believable.
3Look for believable actors. Always remember, actors are very important for the making of the film, also, they must be very cooperative. Cooperation, overall, is required in a found-footage film, involving the idea that the realistic techniques of the found-footage film must be executed correctly.
- Remember, actors that will be perfect for the part and be able to show a great performance in front of the crowd.
- Cooperate yourself too and be self-motivated for the found-footage film.
4Get inspired from watching other found-footage films. Watch found-footage films and carefully analyze them by the situations going on and add some of the frustration/situations to your found-footage film. A good recommendation is The Blair Witch Project because of the extremely realistic performances presented by the actors making the documentary film. The frustration, foul language, realistic scenes, and cliff-hangers make it a fantastic film.
- Also combine characters' traits from other movies into your found-footage film. Get inspired and always stay self-motivated. Once finished writing up the whole story, it's time to film the found-footage film.
5Start filming. Be sure to start by introducing yourselves (unless the characters are hardly seen on screen) and, if you're doing an investigation film, explaining the reason for filming. Then, film yourselves arriving at the location where the action takes place, and walk through it. You may choose to have something scary happening right away, but it is best in an investigation film to let the creepiness build up.
6Let the action happen. The characters could scream and start running away from something unseen. This is where the deaths begin to happen. If you're with someone, let them die first (possibly seen on-screen), and if you're with several people, let the one who does the least talking die first.
- Leave the person holding the camera until last. Only kill him at the very end.
7Review the footage. If it's bad, start again. If it creeps you out, you've succeeded.
8Start editing. You could start by adding a piece of text saying, "I found this footage on a blood-stained camera deep in a forest. While watching the footage, I noticed several strange things that scared me a little. I later found out that I had found the footage of five young filmmakers who disappeared in that area. You are about to watch what they filmed." Let the audience know that what they're about to watch is genuine footage shot by people before they went missing.
9Shatter the illusion. Before you release it, choose whether or not you are going to tell them the footage is fake. It can often be scarier if people think it's real, but this may attract skeptics. If you do choose to tell them it's genuine, make sure your actors tell no-one about its falseness.
10Choose how to release it. YouTube is good, or you could convert the footage to an accessible format and email it to your friends, who will be extremely creeped out and may even forward it to their friends.Advertisement
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QuestionHow many characters are In the movie?Community AnswerYour choice. Just remember that too many can be confusing and too few can get boring.
QuestionWhat is the best editing program for this type of movie?Al DaGamerCommunity AnswerI personally would use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 because of its incredible attention to detail and also the fact that you can add in lots of effects and change the whole feel of your film by just pressing a few buttons.
QuestionIf the person holding the camera were to be killed and then time passed, could the camera be picked up by one of the other members of the group?Community AnswerThat's exactly what I was thinking of doing. You could definitely have them die, then let the film roll for a couple seconds, and have a friend or someone else important to the film pick it up.
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Weir unveils new solutions and services at OTC in Houston
Upstream service provider rolls out latest offerings at major industry event in Texas.
Weir Oil & Gas, an upstream provider of pressure pumping and pressure control equipment and services, has introduced Weir Edge, its newly-branded aftermarket services programme, at the 2018 Offshore Technology Conference currently ongoing in Houston, Texas.
Weir Edge aims to extend equipment life and reduce total cost of ownership. Weir Edge provides a three-pronged offering: engineers to diagnose the root cause of downtime, specialised field experts to provide repairs and strategically located service centres to offer support, parts, service and customer training.
"Operators need more than limited aftermarket solutions that focus solely on the symptoms while ignoring the source – more than a dispensary of parts and repairs," said Bill Marshall, vice president and general manager of US Service Centres for Weir Oil & Gas. "Operators need the power of far-reaching expertise and specialised service teams to look further and dig deeper to expand what's possible and create competitive advantages."
The firm has also launched its second-generation SPM Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and RFID Mobile App. The new RFID enhancements enable effective iron fleet maintenance in the field, even in remote locations plagued with low Internet or cellular connections.
Maintaining an iron fleet has traditionally been a time-intensive, labour-intensive and error-prone process that relies on manual data collection and physically storing printed certificates. This approach can result in millions of dollars lost due to the inability to produce required certificates for uninterrupted operation.
For a 900-piece fleet of iron, it typically takes three employees three full work days to account for all of the iron in the field. However, Weir's RFID AMP technology allows 900 pieces of iron to be tagged and accounted for in less than 60 minutes, complete with certificates – which the firm claims is a 90% reduction over outdated inventory efforts.


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From Desmog, not my favourite site but it often has useful background information.
"As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I feel obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity now in ambitious environmentalism, not in communism." [3]
"And finally, there is another danger: the emergence of nonideological but very aggressive 'isms,' which are really quite new. Let me at least name them:
•We all care about human rights, but I am afraid of 'human rightism.'
•We all want to have a healthy environment, but I see the danger in environmentalism.
•To put it politically correctly, I admire the second gender, but I fear feminism.
•We all are enriched by other cultures, but not by multiculturalism.
•I am aware of the importance of voluntary associations, but I fear NGOism." [4]


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People dedicate years on working for the same company. However, after working so long for the same company, every day becomes a simple routine. You go to work, you clock in, do what you have to do, and then leave just to do the same thing the next day. After doing the same thing for so long, people begin to lose motivation and focus. As a manager, of the person in charge, you want your employees to be motivated and to try harder even though they have been with the company for a numerous amount of years. Visit website for more information.
There are a few ways in which you can show your appreciation towards your employees. Once your employees feel appreciated then it will boost their morale and make them look forward to work everyday. What most companies are doing now a days are providing their employees with a type of Service Award. Some companies give paper awards like certifications. However, a paper award is something that anyone can just type up. It does not have a lot of meaning behind it.
An award that offers more meaning behind it is jewelry. Not just any type of jewelry though. There are types of jewelry that allow employees to feel highly appreciated which include a pin, a ring, or even a watch. These are gifts that can be given as awards to people who have given years of service and dedication to one company. These jewelry Years Of Service Award will make any employee feel appreciated for the years of service that they dedicated to that company.
Motivating someone has never been easy. Usually people just give pep talks and hope that it will be enough motivation. But people do not like pep talks, they like to be shown that they are appreciated for their loyalty and dedication. Giving your employees a jewelry award will show them how much you appreciated their hard work and dedication throughout all the years that they have been employed with you. Show your employees how much you appreciate them by giving them an award that offers meaning behind it, something that will boost their morale. J. Jenkins Sons Company can get you started.


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Buses from Monza to Turin
If you are looking for different alternatives to travel from Monza to Turin, trains and carpooling solutions could be a good deal seen the relatively short distance.
Since the journey from Monza to Turin is not so long, the bus is a good solution, but if you are looking for more offers or departure times, you can also have a look at trains and carpooling solutions.
Travelling by bus to Turin from Monza: how many daily connections are there?
If you desire to go to Turin from Monza by bus, 9 daily connections are available. Please note that these routes are all indirect lines. Thus, you will never have to change buses.
When are the buses from Monza to Turin scheduled?
To get to Turin from Monza by bus, it will take you around 5 hours and 2 minutes, or even 4 hours and 15 minutes if you choose the fastest solutions. The first bus leaves Monza at 07:01, while the last one is at 20:01.
By bus from Monza to Turin: which companies offer the service?
You can travel by bus from Monza to Turin with FlixBus.
Flixbus is undoubtedly one of the youngest and most famous bus companies in whole Europe. With more than 40 millions passengers only in 2017, Flixbus offers national and international bus connections, also with night buses.


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COVERAGE – The Urban List Melbourne (IATY)
Winter heating bill left you strapped for cash? Codral Cold and Flu becoming part of your weekly expenses? Had to invest in another three winter coats? We feel you—bad weather can be expensive. Luckily, having a good time in bad weather doesn't have to be.
Here are 18 free things to do this July.
Rare Book Week
If the smell of old books makes you froth, make sure you check out Rare Book Week (followed up by the annual Rare Book Fair). With free lectures, live readings and exhibitions of all the stories that helped to shape what we read today, you'll feel absolutely #intellectual by the end of it.
When: 29 June – 8 July
Where: Various
For more info, click here.
Eureka Skydeck Walk The Plank
If you were planning on visiting the Eureka Skydeck these school holidays, lucky you, coz they've just rolled out a new virtual reality dizzifying experience that will have you feeling like you're walking 285 metres above the CBD—on a *plank*. Get that adrenaline fix with the comfort of having your feet planted firmly on the ground. It's free with any Eureka pass.
When: 30 June – 15 July, 10am – 5pm
Where: Eureka Tower, 7 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006
For more info, click here.
Family Funday
Pay attention, because your Sunday is now officially dubbed Family Funday. Queen Vic are pulling out all the stops to transform your weekly fruit and veg shop into an action-packed affair. We're talking a free animal farm (!!), stilt walkers, face painting, arts and craft, live music, fairy floss and popcorn. We're not too old to have a turn holding the guinea pigs, are we?
When: Every Sunday in July, 9am-4pm
Where: Queen Victoria Market
For more info, click here.
Pugwood Pug Party
An oldie but a goodie. This one's a bit niche, because it's really *only* for pug owners (but if you just want to pat some dogs and happen to be walking by at the same time, we won't tell anyone). There a few different locations, but we're pretty sure Pugwood in Elsternwick Park is the biggest of the lot, where all snub-nosed canine friends unite to dribble on each other and be balls of perfect pugness. You can request and join the Facebook group, required you own a little ball of fluff.
When: Every Sunday, 10am
Where: Elsternwick Park, Elwood
For more info, click here.
ACMI Family Sundays
Starting this July, ACMI is rolling out a FREE day of family events on the first Sunday of every month. This month it'll be centred around NAIDOC week—explore the history of South East Australian Aboriginal stories through animation, then have a go at making your own. We'll meet you on the green screen.
When: 1 July, 10am-4pm
Where: ACMI, Federation Square
For more info, click here.
Vic Parks Junior Rangers
Kids making a racket on school holidays? We've got just the ticket to a) keep them occupied and b) show them the great outdoors Melbourne has to offer. Junior Rangers operates all around Melbs and gives kids the opportunity to explore our best national parks. Some highlights include exploring the rock pools at Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary or a treasure hunt at the always stunning Wilson's Prom.
When: 2 July – 13 July
Where: Various locations
For more info, click here.
Melbourne Magic Festival
Hullabaloo! If you're a total sucker for card tricks and magic handkerchiefs, Melbourne's rolling up the coolest event of the year for you. The Melbourne Magic Festival is running throughout July and has international and local magicians performing must-see shows. Oh, and of course there's a couple of free events as well. Now, how did this coin get behind my ear?
When: July 2 – 14
Where: Venues across Melbourne
For more info, click here.
Comedy Night at Pilgrim bar
Love a laugh? Pilgrim Bar is hosting a totally FREE event with comedians Nick Capper, Angus Gordon and more, hosted by MC Peter Jones. Not only are the chuckles for the night free, you'll get 10% off your dinner bill as well. Dinner *and* a show. Win win.
When: 5 July, 7.30pm
Where: Pilgrim Bar, Federation Wharf
For more info, click here.
European Night Market
Every Friday this month, Madame Brussels Lane is transforming into a bustling European winter market, offering the experience of Spain, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland into the CBD laneway. Entry to this event is free, and as well as the delicious food on offer (crepes, paella and French cheeses) there'll be live music and fortune readings. Our future looks pretty sussed for Friday nights!
When: Every Friday in July, 5pm – 9pm
Where: 50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
For more info, click here.
Burger Project Free Shakes + Fries
We're totally impressed with Burger Project's knowledge of very important dates, AKA World Chocolate Day on the 7 July, where they'll be slinging free chocolate shakes with every burger, or National French Fry Day on Friday 13 where they'll be (yep, you've guessed it) be serving free French fries with every burger. All you need to do is check out their Instagram account—lucky we already follow them to drool over their meaty feed.
When: 7 & 13 July
Where: All Burger Project stores
For more info, click here.
Boho Luxe Winter Wanderlust
This one's a market, so maybe it's not going to end up completely free. But the Boho Luxe markets are a hugely-hyped up event, the admission is FREE and this year it's grown to accommodate all the crowds. We totally think you can have a decent time just feeding off all the good vibes. If you do want to splash a bit of cash, there's plenty of vegan goodies, unique artworks and discounted psychic readings on offer.
When: 8 July, 10am – 5pm
Where: Federation Square, Melbourne
For more info, click here.
Buxton Contemporary New Exhibit
Located in Melbourne's top of the pops art hub, aka Southbank, Buxton Contemporary is the new kid on the block. A slick, shiny and contemporary art gallery reopening with their new exhibit, No one is watching you: Ronnie van Hout. Next time you're headed towards the NGV, stop by here on your way—gallery entry is totally FREE. We guarantee it's worth it.
When: Opens 12 July
Where: Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Dodds Street, Southbank
For more info, click here.
Melbourne Central Star Festival
How's your star sign been treating you this month? Celebrate all things twinkly with Melbourne Central's Star Festival, bringing you an indoor stargazing installation, a pop-up market, star sign readings and a sparkly 'Star Room'—perfect for an aesthetic AF selfie. Oh, and they're serving *free* Espresso Startinis. Startinis! What are they? We're not completely sure, but we know we want one.
When: 19 July – 20 July, 5pm – 9pm
Where: Melbourne Central, Swanston St, Melbourne
For more info, click here.
Design & Drink Market
A perfect Melbourne pairing: wine and design. For a cracking Saturday afternoon, have a stroll around a showcase of impressive designers, including plants by Mama Kokedamas, earrings by Double Scoop, pins and badges by Howdily Doodley and Pot Luck Ceramics. Make sure you get down early, because as well as all-day FREE entry, the first 30 people to arrive will receive a free gift from one of the featured designers.
When: 21 July, 12.30pm – 5pm
Where: The Rochester Hotel, 202 Johnston St
For more info, click here.
Run Melbourne Friendship Dash
Run Melbourne is fast approaching, but for those of us a bit less, uh, athletically inclined, it might be a little intimidating. Enter Run Melbourne Friendship Dash, a 3-kilometre all-ages FREE run the day before the main event, also hosted by Lululemon. This one might be a lot more up our alley—there's a scheduled dog wave, so the possibility of seeing a lot of dogs at once is*high*. If that's not an incentive to exercise, we're not sure what is.
When: 28 July, 10am
Where: Birrarung Marr
For more info, click here.
Open House Melbourne
Go behind the scenes on some of the iconic buildings you walk past every day. Open House Melbourne offers the chance for you to explore Melbourne like you've never been able to before, for example, touring the construction site of the Metro Tunnels. And the best news? A bunch of these tours are completely free.
When: 28 & 29 July
Where: Various locations across Melbourne.
For more info, click here.
Springvale Snow Festival
Can't get to Mt Buller this season? Not a worry, because the Springvale Snow Festival is bringing Mt Bulla to you. No, as in, literally. The Snow Fest will have two free snow play areas with snow taken directly from Buller. Keeping in with all things icy, there will be live ice sculptures, a silent disco inside an igloo (!!), live music, amusement rides and a photoshoot with huskies. Oh, and fireworks. Did we mention how freakin' hyped we are for this?
When: 29 July, 12pm-7pm
Where: Corner Buckingham and Balmoral Avenues, Springvale
For more info, click here.
Crab Lab Comedy
Impress your friends by taking them to the coolest weekly comedy club—for free. Tucked in a laneway inside Melbourne's bustling Chinatown, Berlin Bar offers a free stand-up comedy night, as well as free spicy popcorn (no throwing it, please). The place itself you have to see to believe. They describe their décor as "a vision of what the journey into the afterlife might involve" and uh, yeah, it's pretty wicked.
When: Every Wednesday, 7pm-11pm
Where: Berlin bar, 16 Corrs Lane CBD
For more info, click here.
More good news: your new favourite podcast is being made in the heart of Melbourn Zoo. Check it out.
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Melaleuca (The Wellness Enterprise) has turn into a single of the biggest and properly-acknowledged community marketing corporations ever. They give a assortment of healthier self-treatment and property-treatment merchandise, as properly as an cash flow prospect if a individual gets to be a distributor and sells their merchandise.
However, there are some really actual problems and challenges about starting or participating in a Melaleuca business. In this post, I will supply and unbiased evaluation of the execs and drawbacks of creating a Melaleuca business, and see if we can obtain out whether or not Melaleuca is a terrific prospect…or a terrific fraud.
Melaleuca – The Fantastic
The firm started below the name "Melaleuca Oil" with the giving of a solitary product termed "T36-C5 Melaleuca Oil" which was formulated from extract of the melaleuca tree, generally acknowledged as tea tree oil. A previous Melaleuca-primarily based firm by the name of "Oil of Melaleuca" operated as a standard multi-stage marketing firm whose literature manufactured wellbeing statements the Fda would not approve. The firm sold merchandise whose employs and advantages have been not verifiably documented. There have been also exaggerated statements of the efficacy of the lively component, tea tree oil, and statements that the firm was a sole supply of the exact, developing an perception of privileged obtain to a one of a kind product.
In 1985, the firm was taken over by Frank L. VanderSloot who dissolved the previous firm, developed a new marketing approach to guidance people, straight away released an initiative to provide the company's product line into compliance with Fda restrictions, and commenced this new company below the name of "Melaleuca, Inc.".
The first information that Melaleuca used to construct their name was that they could make your property risk-free for your family. The chemical substances and residence cleansing goods found in the regular property count for the bulk of noted deaths of infants and toddlers, and their merchandise give a safer option for dad and mom that want peace of intellect.
Melaleuca – The Poor
For distributors that start off a Melaleuca business, they will obtain they are compensated out with a residual cash flow payment approach. The main way to create profits is to obtain other distributors and construct a downline with Melaleuca.
The initially flag that we mentioned was that Melaleuca encourages their distributors to order business prospect potential customers (or bizop potential customers) to grow your corporation. The difficulty with prospect-searching for potential customers is that most of the time, they are not truly on the lookout for an prospect. The approach works like this: you are out surfing the website, on the lookout at unique web pages, and you quickly see a pop-up advertisement to earn a free toaster is choose a quick survey. If you choose that survey, you will be questioned to submit your name and cellular phone variety to get your free toaster. The minute you fill out that kind, you basically turn into an prospect-searching for direct!
This is why that if anyone have been to use prospect-searching for potential customers, they obtain that most of the potential customers experienced no idea how they received detailed. These lists are frequently re-sold, so that by the time the regular distributor goes via the listing, four other distributors have presently absent via it.
Melaleuca – The Unsightly
The sad detail about growing a Melaleuca business is that if the distributor does not want to use prospect potential customers, they are inspired to go after their "warm market place" or their mates and family. They are instructed to hand out free product samples, business cards, brochures and flyers, and if the distributor ever gets to be discouraged, they are just instructed to "continue to be determined".
The point is, anyone could unquestionably make tons of revenue marketing healthier residence merchandise – if they know how to market place successfully. Attempting to construct a 6-determine cash flow on the backs of mates, family, and get the job done associates is additional than just a challenging sell – it is irresponsible of the belief and regard that are a aspect of those associations. Attempting to "sell" and convince persons on the legitimacy of your product and prospect is a lot a lot less enjoyable and a lot a lot less beneficial than chatting to persons that have presently expressed a direct desire in what you give.
In closing, I would say that starting and creating a Melaleuca business is beneficial if anyone understands how to market place successfully. It is not a fraud, but like any business, success will be established by the skill-established of the marketer. Melaleuca is absolutely not a lottery ticket or a stock choice – which means, you do not just obtain in and wait around for a payout.
If anyone does not have the initially clue on how to market place successfully, then I would suggest they possibly find out how to be an helpful marketer, or else just use the merchandise and depart it at that.


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|Global Survey of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air
|Li, J (Li, Jing)[ 1 ]; Cao, JJ (Cao, Junji)[ 2 ]; Zhu, YG (Zhu, Yong-guan)[ 3 ]; Chen, QL (Chen, Qing-lin)[ 3 ]; Shen, FX (Shen, Fangxia)[ 4 ]; Wu, Y (Wu, Yan)[ 5 ]; Xu, SY (Xu, Siyu)[ 6 ]; Fan, H (Fan, Hanging)[ 7 ]; Da, G (Da, Guillaume)[ 8 ]; Huang, RJ (Huang, Ru-jin)[ 2 ]; Wang, J (Wang, Jing)[ 9,10 ]; de Jesus, AL (de Jesus, Alma Lorelei)[ 11 ]; Morawska, L (Morawska, Lidia)[ 11 ]; Chan, CK (Chan, Chak K.)[ 12 ]; Peccia, J (Peccia, Jordan)[ 13 ]; Yao, MS (Yao, Maosheng)[ 1 ]
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|Despite its emerging significant public health concern, the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in urban air has not received significant attention. Here, we profiled relative abundances (as a fraction, normalized by 16S rRNA gene) of 30 ARG subtypes resistant to seven common classes of antibiotics, which are quinolones, β-lactams, macrolides, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, aminoglycosides, and vancomycins, in ambient total particulate matter (PM) using a novel protocol across 19 world cities. In addition, their longitudinal changes in PM2.5 samples in Xi'an, China as an example were also studied. Geographically, the ARGs were detected to vary by nearly 100-fold in their abundances, for example, from 0.07 (Bandung, Indonesia) to 5.6 (San Francisco, USA). The β-lactam resistance gene blaTEM was found to be most abundant, seconded by quinolone resistance gene qepA; and their corresponding relative abundances have increased by 178% and 26%, respectively, from 2004 to 2014 in Xi'an. Independent of cities, gene network analysis indicates that airborne ARGs were differentially contributed by bacterial taxa. Results here reveal that urban air is being polluted by ARGs, and different cities are challenged with varying health risks associated with airborne ARG exposure. This work highlights the threat of urban airborne transmission of ARGs and the need of redefining our current air quality standards in terms with public health.
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|1.State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
2.Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710049, China;
3.Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China;
4.School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
5.School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China;
6.Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea;
7.Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States;
8.CERTES, Université Paris-Est Creteil, Centre d ́ 'etudes et de Recherche en Thermique, Environnement et Syste ́ mes (CERTES), ̀ Creteil 94000, France ́;
9.Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland;
10.Advanced Analytical Technologies, Empa, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland;
11.International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia;
12.School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong China;
13.Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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|Li, J ,Cao, JJ ,Zhu, YG ,et al. Global Survey of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,2018,52(19):10975-10984.
|Li, J .,Cao, JJ .,Zhu, YG .,Chen, QL .,Shen, FX .,...&Yao, MS .(2018).Global Survey of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,52(19),10975-10984.
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Easy fish pie or casserole can be baked both with the dough and potato potato - very good recipes with potato learn more.... For cooking such a meal you may use fresh and frozen fish. It may be both white and red. Today we`ll look at the easy fish pie recipe.
This is a traditional Sweden dish. It`s very popular in the North countries where dishes with the fresh fish are extremely popular. Still, for cooking such a meal you shouldn`t necessarily be married to a fishman. Just go to the nearest supermarket, buy fresh or frozen fish, potato and get down to cooking.
Your nutritious and fragrant casserole is ready!
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