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Yellowbrick, located in Evanston, IL, provides an Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorder Service for emerging adults within the Chicago area and from across the nation who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and atypical eating disorder syndromes including some cases of Binge Eating Disorder. Yellowbrick is not a primary weight loss or obesity treatment center though we are skilled at managing weight loss and/or obesity as it presents with other psychiatric conditions. As the Eating Disorder Service is embedded in an intensive psychiatric treatment center, co-morbid psychiatric disorders and substance abuse in addition to the eating disorder can be addressed and treated within Yellowbrick.
Jesse Viner, MD (Medical Director), and Laura Viner, PhD (Director of The Assessment Center and Research & Training) are recognized national experts in eating disorders. Drs. Viner, and Director of The Residence Pam Tansey, RN, LCSW (licensed nurse/social worker), each have over 25 years of clinical experience with eating disorder patients. Registered Dietician Ilene Wynn RD, LD and Certified Art Therapist Betty Wolff MA, ATR each have worked with Dr. Jesse Viner for over 15 years. Craig Johnson, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer of Eating Recovery Center of Denver and Michael Strober, PhD, Director of the UCLA Eating Disorder Program and Editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, both international expert on eating disorders, are on the Yellowbrick Board of Advisors as consultants to the development of the eating Disorder Service.
If you or someone you know is suffering from and eating disorder, please use our confidential contact form to send us a message. Our Assessment Center will respond to you as promptly as possible.
Eating Disorder Program Description
Patients seeking treatment within the Eating Disorder Service are seen in consultation by a team of senior clinicians.. For all emerging adults, and occasionally spouses, Yellowbrick staff conducts a collateral family evaluation. A baseline nutritional assessment is established by Registered Dietician Ilene Wynn RD, LD. A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation is completed by Yellowbrick's Staff Psychiatrist David Hamilton, MD. Consultation with the patient's family physician and previous therapist is included. Previous testing and medical records are reviewed as available and psychological testing is performed as indicated. Patients are required to participate in written assessments evaluating their eating disorder, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties. Daily journal logs of nutrition, activity and emotional experiences are integrated into the evaluation.
The Assessment Team, co-chaired by Drs. Viner, reviews and integrates the assessments and arrives at a diagnosis and treatment recommendations. These are discussed in a conference involving senior Yellowbrick staff, expert consultants as needed, the patient, and parents/spouse as indicated. Eating disorder, psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses are presented along with an individualized treatment plan often combining multiple services.
Patients persistently unable to sustain supported meals for which family support is either not available or not indicated are referred to Evanston North Shore University Health System Eating Disorder Center. Patients, who are medically at risk, in severe denial, chaotically dysregulated, addicted to laxatives or without adequate social/family support are referred to supported apartment treatment centers with follow up by Yellowbrick upon discharge.
Dr. Jesse Viner, Dr. David Hamilton and Pam Tansey, RN, LCSW will assume certain aspects of medical evaluation and treatment, while collaborating with the patient's personal physician. Yellowbrick also has a contractual relationship with Jeff Geohaus, MD, an internist at Evanston Hospital, an affiliate of the University of Chicago Medical School.. An initial evaluation includes a physical exam, complete blood count and chemistries/electrolytes, thyroid profile, hormone levels, lipid profile, urine analysis, toxicology screen and bone density scan. Patients who have ceased menstruating and/or demonstrate bone density loss are encouraged to begin calcium and hormone replacement. Patients who have reported vomiting blood are referred for endoscopy. Patients who vomit regularly are referred for dental evaluation.
Recovery is most often enhanced when patients journal their nutrition, activity and emotions. This assists the internalization of mindful connectedness and centering. These are reviewed individually within consultations with the dietitian, and with peers in the Goals and Strategies Dinner Group. Patients are weighed weekly. Weight restoration is defined as 95% of individually determined maintenance weight, as this also is associated with greater enduring recovery as well as improved fertility.
Weight restoration is achieved by collaboratively creating a stable structure for eating, broadening choices for comprehensive constituent nutrients and increasing calories in a challenging but not traumatic experience which builds confidence. Activity plans are formulated and strategies for tolerating disruptive experiences are developed.
Yellowbrick Eating Disorder staff and the patient will determine both goals and the pace to reach them, including minimum weight thresholds. The course of each patient and the functioning of the peer group within the Eating Disorder Service are followed in Rounds co-chaired by Associate Medical Director David Hamilton, MD. on a bi-weekly basis. Inability to meet goals and/or trespassing thresholds will trigger a conference within which alternative treatment strategies including referral will be considered. Weight restoration is considered a required yet insufficient component of an enduring recovery. Since lowered weight and nutrition impairs brain function and stimulates anxiety, insomnia and mood instability, weight restoration to a minimum of a BMI of 18.5 is seen as a priority early goal in treatment.
Persistence of behaviors such as restricting nutrition, food avoidance, feeding others, bingeing, vomiting, compulsive exercise, use of laxatives, diuretics and stimulants, social isolation and deception all contribute to sustaining the eating disorder illness. Research demonstrates continuation of these behaviors is correlated with poorer prognosis. Behavioral analysis attempts to identify which behaviors are central to the life of the eating disorder, with the subsequent negotiation of evolving different modes of adaptation which includes modifying existing patterns as well as introducing new strategies that compensate for the functions and satisfactions lost as the eating disorder behaviors are minimized. Yellowbrick's staff collaborates in group to develop ED relapse prevention plans with all group members and these are followed up weekly with Ilene Wynn RD.
Eating disorders represent a maladaptive effort to cope with a troubled emotional life. Each individual's troubles have roots and evolve from their unique genetic, biological, familial and personal contributions. Individual, family and group psychotherapies within the context of a supportive recovering community offer a safe, secure and affirming environment within which there is opportunity for personal reflection, exploration, struggle, and growth. Due to the entrenched, often chronic, presentation of an eating disorder, it is frequently necessary to provide intensive psychotherapy several times a week in multiple formats. Identification of core struggles and the assistance Yellowbrick provides enables patients to live through and beyond their struggles, bringing the deepest assurance of recovery, relapse prevention and the fulfillment of authentic personal ambitions and desires.
Family treatment is often necessary and helpful to address complications to the family of the eating disorder, support recovery and prevent relapse through addressing troubled family relationships, which interferes with facilitating emerging adult development.
Research has clearly established the powerful value of group therapy for eating disorders. Due to anxiety, shame, the loss of perceived uniqueness and the threat of recovery, many patients struggle with the recommendation for group therapy. Once begun, however, patients come to appreciate the unique support that only peers with similar experience can offer. This often allows for a more honest and deep personal reflection. Patients visualize their eating disorder in action and how it affects relationships and other commitments. Groups offer the opportunity to witness others who have progressed in recovery, thus offering encouragement and hope.
The Eating Disorder Group Program requires a four-month commitment and insists upon absolute confidentiality. Patients may enroll in the Eating Disorder Group Program while receiving treatment services from other professionals in the surrounding community and Chicago area.
The Eating Disorder Group Program meets Thursdays in the late afternoon from 4:00-7:15 pm with the following format:
Parents as Partners Weekend (once every other odd numbered month)
Parents as Partners (every other odd numbered month)
Summary Of Eating Disorder Services
At Yellowbrick, emerging adults find their way home.
For more information, please contact Yellowbrick at 847-869-1500.


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- 1 large ziplock bag
- 5-10 skewers
- 1 large grill pan
- 1 lb uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
- 5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
- 2 tbs fresh basil leaves, minced
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp Beyond The Shaker French Herb
1. Combine the garlic, parsley, basil, Dijon mustard, Beyond The Shaker French Herb salt and freshly cracked pepper, taste, olive oil, and lemon juice together in a large zip lock bag.
2. Seal and shake well to combine. Add the shrimp and shake to evenly coat. Seal and place into the refrigerator for 2 hours.
3. Soak the skewers in water for a few minutes. Spear the shrimp with the tail pointing in the same direction, four shrimp per skewer.
4. Heat a large grill pan over medium high heat. Coat the pan with cooking spray.
5. Add the skewers once the pan is HOT. Cook 2 minutes per side, until shrimp are no longer translucent.
6. Remove from the skillet and place on the serving dish. Repeat the cooking process with the rest of the skewers.
7. Serve with extra lemon juice on the side if desired. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

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by Dr. Ed Berry
Following the ratification of the CSKT Water Compact by the 2015 Montana legislature, the Flathead Joint Board of Control filed a lawsuit over two immunity clauses in the Compact. The FJBC claimed the clauses created a new sovereign immunity for the state and its agencies and employees.
The FJBC also claimed these immunity clauses should have required a two-thirds majority vote of the Montana legislature. Since the legislature passed the Compact with only a majority vote, the FJBC claimed the passage of the Compact was invalid.
Judge Jim Manley ruled the FJBC was correct on one of its stated immunity clauses. On this clause Manley ruled the unconstitutional wording should be stricken from the Compact text.
Manley ruled the Compact contains language that allows removal of parts of the Compact without invalidating the Compact. Therefore, his removal of the unconstitutional words does not invalidate the Compact.
Compact opponents are not happy. They claim because the court later found a small part of the Compact unconstitutional, therefore the Compact required a two-thirds vote to pass. If opponents wish, they can take their case to the Montana Supreme Court, where they will lose very quickly.
Truth be told, Compact opponents are not interested in fixing the Compact. They seek any reason they can to invalidate the Compact.
Here's why Compact opponents are wrong again.
First, the legislature did not pass the Compact unconstitutionally because the Compact contains wording that allows courts to delete unconstitutional wording without invalidating the rest of the Compact.
Second, the legislature does not have the authority to make legal decisions on negotiated agreements like the Compact. It's above their pay grade. Only the courts have the authority to make legal decisions.
Third, the legislature is supposed to accept the legal advice of state attorneys and the Attorney General. The courts can later overrule such legal advice but the legislature does not have the legal expertise or authority to do so.
The state attorneys advised the legislature that the Compact wording was constitutional. Therefore, legislators who voted against the Compact based upon their personal legal interpretations that conflicted with the advice of state attorneys were out of order.
Legislators do not have the right to play attorney in the legislature even if they are attorneys. As all attorneys should know, the court, not the legislature, is the place to resolve legal issues.
The legislature passed the Compact subject to it being constitutional and subject to allowing the courts to remove any parts of it a court finds unconstitutional. On this basis, the Compact required only a majority vote of the legislature for its passage.
Indeed, Rep. Jeff Essmann proposed an amendment to fix the part of the Compact that Judge Manley found unconstitutional. Essmann was correct in his recognition of the legal problem. However, legislators were also correct to reject his proposed amendment because the legislature is not the proper place to make changes to the Compact.
Some legislators, most notably House Speaker Keith Regier, claimed they did not have time to read the Compact. Some used this as their invalid excuse to vote against the Compact. It should be obvious that legislators who claim they did not have time to read the Compact do not have the legal qualifications to modify the Compact.
Many farmers, ranchers, water managers and others testified to the benefits of the Compact. Therefore, the legislators needed to consider the benefits to the Compact to those people. The legislators job was to best answer this key question to the best of their ability:
Will Montana be better served with or without the Compact?
Some legislators thought if they found any seeming imperfection in the Compact this gave them the right to vote against the Compact. Such reasoning is invalid. With or without imperfections, the question remains:
Will Montana be better served with or without the Compact?
If your horse is not perfect, do you shoot your horse? Of course not.
The Compact presented a fork in the road for the legislators that not all legislators recognized.
- If they approved the Compact, the courts can later decide legal issues. If the Compact survives the courts then it can serve the people of Montana.
- If they rejected the Compact, the courts could never decide whether the legislators' legal issues are valid or invalid. If the legislators' reasons to reject the Compact were invalid (as they are in this case) then they would have immorally deprived the people of Montana of the benefits of the Compact.
In summary, the job of the legislature was to judge whether Montana would be best served with or without the Compact.
The job of the legislature was not to reject the Compact for perceived legal imperfections. Legislators who voted that way were out of order.
The Compact required only a majority vote to pass the legislature because the Compact allows courts to fix any part the courts find unconstitutional.


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Last Friday, I sat in on the annual Manaikalani Hui. One of the items that we watched during the day was the Digital Immersion programme for teachers who are in the first year of working in a 1 to 1 classroom environment. They had been making videos about their teaching as enquiry journeys, using sticky notes as a method to cover the content in a step by step way. Thanks to +Fiona Grant for pointing me in the direction of her blog post about this.
I decided to have a go, as I happened to have a box full of LOADS of sticky notes, and I decided to use my lovely Year 10 maths class as experimental subjects.
I didn't make one in advance and decided on having my first go in front of the whole class, so they could see the process and stuffing it up half way through was not the end of the world.
We had just been solving equations in algebra, so the topic for the movie was to explain how to do this.
Here is my video. Not too bad for holding my phone with one hand and driving the sticky notes with the other hand.
I got the students to work in pairs so they could rely on each other for maths knowledge and for understanding what they were doing.
Listening to the conversations while they worked was fascinating. They were talking about the Maths and working out how to break it down between them.
Arguing over who was going to do the voice over was common and one team got round that by typing in their explanation into their chrome book and getting it to speak!!
What was interesting to watch was the process. A couple of tries was needed, showing me in between times to see how they were doing. One team got confused with their voice over twice, so I decided on the second attempt that the feedback would not come from me but from the rest of the class. I played it to them all with the instructions for "constructive feedback ". They were good at that and could see where the explanation needed changing to make it make sense.
Here is the link to their blog, so you can see their completed movies, and some photographs of the process. I love the fact that some teams have found their own way of doing it and not just blindly copied mine and I also love how much Maths literacy was having to happen to accomplish this.
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Posted by alltogethernow on 2005-11-09 01:59:07
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Time (Vancouver) – 10:00 pm
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This is gonna be long, very long and mostly just about me, and probably boring..
SOOOOOOO Don't read it if you don't want to hear about ME….
Alrighty check this…
First a little background for those who don't know what the hell I do. It would be useless to read what is likely to be a long pointless entry if you don't know what I do for a living….
I am the "Activities Coordinator" for an English Language school in Toronto Ontario CANADIA… "What the hell is an Activities Coordinator?" Good question. Basically it is my job to show foreigners a good time in Toronto whilst they are studying our illustrious language. I take these 'kids' (usually the students are about University age 20 +) around town, show them the usual sights… Baseball games, CN Tower, Musicals, Raptors, OHL, Pub Nights, etc..
"OH really hard job you tool. I wish I could get paid to go to watch the Jays." This is the usual response I receive. "I want YOUR job." Etc, now believe me, this job is NOT hard, but it CAN be quite crappy. Sure, sure I can do basically whatever I want with these students as long as they have a good time, BUT overall this job is basically FORCED socializing. Imagine, it's Sunday morning, 10 am. You are terribly hung over. The type of hangover that won't allow you to eat, and makes you dizzy when you stand. This wonderful Sunday morning you must get up and take 110 people to a hockey game, AND (this is the kicker) pretend to ENJOY being there, instead of sitting at home smoking phat spliffs and playing WOW (which is really what you want to be doing). Hockey, Baseball, Musicals and boozin' is great when you WANT to do it, BUT when you are forced against your will to take a large group of people and entertain them it can be a FUCKING WHORE.
Again I am sure some people are saying:
a) Give dollar BJ's
b) Gut chickens
c) Give dollar BJs to gutted chickens
Whatever.. You get the picture, and really I am not complaining. Overall I like my job, it's really just not as good as most people assume it is. I DO get to meet amazing people and have a good time with them.
Two weeks ago our resident marketer took me aside and said "Trevor we would like to send you to Korea for KGIC's (my school), 10th Anniversary Asian (SEX*) Tour." Of course I jumped at the chance!
*the sex part is brought to you by one of our resident pervs*… Miguel of course
*the other resident perv being one Mrs. Hui
Now, unlike some of you well traveled fuckheads, I have never been anywhere. Really I have never been outside Canada and the United States and I haven't seen much of either of those. So it was quite the rush to get everything together in order to travel overseas. Two weeks is barely enough time to acquire a passport, let alone steel your soul for the madness that is surely to be Seoul, Kwang Ju, Dae Jun, Busan and Tae Ju South Korea.
YES! YES! I am going on a 5 city tour of South Korea to promote our school to the masses. The teeming throngs of eager South Korean English learners were going to get a piece of my mind, a piece of my mind that would preferably compel them to join many of their brethren here in Canada to learn their language of choice.
As I said before, my job is not a bad one. I have worked much worse, and touched the corpses of both humans and poultry in the process, but I instantly saw this trip as a great way to show the higher-ups my unlimited prowess within the company. I felt, and still feel that my performance on this trip could parlay directly into a promotion to our marketing department. A marketing position would translate to LOT of travel all over the world, a large monetary promotion, and escape from those hideous Sunday morning Hockey games. Really QUITE a few birds with one stone, so I instantly decided that I should take this trip SUPA-seriously.
The last two weeks have been prep work. I got my passport ($117), two new suits ($600 << good deal, for these particular suits cashmere and wool, WOOO International Clothiers), new shoes ($175 … the shoes of an 'Italian Count' << again brought to you by Miguel), all in addition to countless other small items. I also had to prepare a presentation (video) and a speech in order to get ready for our tour. Since I have a regular day job in addition to these other assignments I spent two sleepless nights putting these together. It all COULD be worth the trouble, if only my performance can meet my, and the higher-ups expectations during the tour. Finally ready, Monday morning (Nov. 7th) I boarded a plane to Vancouver. Vancouver is the location of our head office. I was told I would have to undergo some "training" and we would be polishing our presentation before heading to the far-east.
Vancouver…. As I said before, I've never been ANYWHERE, Vancouver included. Due to my lack of travel Monday morning was my first time boarding a large commercial airliner, although NOT my first time on a plane. When I was younger the father of friend of mine had a little 6 seater that we rode from Hanover to London and back.
I was somewhat apprehensive, the night before my departure, but overall the flight was a pretty boring experience. Their was some brief excitement at airport security where I set off the metal detector even after removing everything except for my pants and t-shirt. Standing in an airport terminal stripping was quite exciting, and I think my security screener enjoyed the sight. I removed the regular equipment before the X-Ray machine, but was required to also remove my belt, watch, wallet, shoes, socks, glasses, dress shirt, and eventually even my earring. None were found to contain any sort of explosives, and I was allowed to continue my journey.
Five and a half hours later I had collected my baggage and chartered the services of a limo. "LIMO??" You might say, but really it was $5 more than a cab, and my employer loves to see excesses like this. Anyone who has seen me abuse my expense account should not be surprised at such a measure. My associate Sun Young instructed the driver to head to our head office in downtown Vancouver.
Again, I HAVEN'T BEEN ANYWHERE, so really I have never had the pleasure of seeing a mountain. LAUGH NOW IF YOU WISH.
So, as we cruised through some unusually sunny weather toward the center of the city I was very excited to catch a glimpse of majestic peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Although incredible, impenetrable banks of dark clouds obscured everything but the base of the colossi I was impressed. Later when the clouds cleared out, upwards and eastwards I could finally see the peaks.. I was speechless. You can see it a million times on TV or Video, but to see them in person is something significant. I can now understand why people want to climb the fucking things.
When we reached our destination I was checked into a somewhat shitty hotel (although I have seen worse) and after a shower and change into more appropriate clothing I was whisked away to what was to be the first of many, MANY meetings.
I will not bore you with the details, but it is now clear to me that it is not only I who has been thinking of a promotion to marketing. I will be working closely with the marketing team and the President and VP of the company while in the city. Let's just say that after 30 minutes things were looking very promising for me. The first meeting was brief, and over in the early afternoon, but I was expected to wine and dine Mexican agents later that night.
I had about 3 hours to wander the main street here (Robson) and see what I could see of the wondrous mountains looming over the city, my first glimpse, and touch of the Pacific Ocean was also a highlight of my limited free time. At 6:00 I was expected to be at the 'Red Robin' to meet the VP and 12 wonderful Mexican women. I was astounded when I was just told to "Meet us at the Red Robin". I have never been to Vancouver before, and the VP knew that yet no directions, however vague, were forthcoming.
Whilst wandering in ever-increasing circles to find the illusive 'Red Robin' I felt the need for coffee and dropped by the nearest Starbucks (yes, I know, but it's fucking Vancouver you could throw a rock and hit Seattle in the eye without looking). I was waiting for my Chi-Latte with Soy Milk (SHADDAP … WHEN IN ROME>> FUCK!), I somehow met up with two of my good friends and former students of our school in Toronto.
This was great luck, with some quick prodding I discovered that the 'Red Robin' was actually UPSTAIRS from our current location. ALSO, these hilarious Japanese ladies (Michiko and Hitomi for those who know) had nothing to do later that night, and ALSO, no where to stay. My hotel room however decrepit was HUGE. I had two queen-size beds, a couch, chair and kitchen. So I invited them to stay the night and abuse my free accommodations.
We struck a deal, I would give them a call when I was finished with the Mexicans, and they would meet me at the hotel, and bring a bottle of Rum. Two things about Vancouver if you have never been here, and if you HAVE been here please correct me if I am wrong.
Finding the BC Liquor Store is near impossible. I walked all around the downtown core and didn't see anything. After wandering for those 3 hours all up and down the main strip and around the harbour front I was ready to conclude that this was a dry town. Sure there were bars to be found, but nowhere to buy a large case of beer, or bottle of rum which was my desire. I eventually found out that such places exist, but they are nowhere to be found in the downtown core. I did however discover the miracle that bars here CAN SELL BEER TO GO.. how wonderful.
Black people do not live in Vancouver. Seriously.. I have now been here two days and really, REALLY I haven't seen ONE person of the darker persuasion. You can find many people of Asian decent. Hong Kong, Japan and Korea are all well represented, but NO BLACK PEOPLE. Coming from Toronto I find this quite strange. Can anyone enlighten me to why this is? Local merchants must have a hideous surplus of Roca-Wear and Sean John gear. So... if you are one of the fools that hate Blacks.. Vancouver is the city for you! I can see the tourism advertisements now.
"Join us and your Aryan brethren in a modern Black-free Utopia! Vancouver consistently voted as one of the most livable cities on Planet Earth, WE HAVE NO DARKIES!"
My night of drinking and carousing with the Mexicans was not unpleasant. At one point the VP was outside smoking with me and he mentioned in a quite direct manner; "Trevor if you do well during the next 3 weeks you will be considered for the position of marketing our Toronto Campus." I WAS RIGHT!!! I COULD parlay this Asian SEX Tour into the promotion I wanted. Twas good news indeed.
The beer and nachos flowed late into the 9th hour. I then said my goodbyes and met the Japs at the hotel. Enjoyed a glass or two of rum, stayed up until midnight (3am for me), and slept through till morning.
Today really put the 'Business' in Business-Trip. I worked with the marketing team to produce a brochure for our school's tenth anniversary. They made me responsible for writing the content for our new Victoria Campus. Having never been there and knowing nothing of the city (or island) I couldn't have been MORE wrong for the job. Even with my obvious handicap I had the job done within the hour. The rest of the day consisted of rehearsing our presentation. By 'rehearsing' I mean the President and VP basically ripped apart everyone's work and told us to completely change the presentation. The video I had worked for 24 hours + on was now completely useless in the context of the presentation, and my speech as well. All that time spent for no particular reason got me a little steamed.. but that's the way the cookie crumbles… AM I RIGHT PEOPLE!??? HUH AM I RIGHT??? … also COCKS!
I was at work tonight until 9:30 trying to update our Power Point with the rest of the marketing team. I picked up some beer from the bar across the street and it met well with pizza that had been ordered. Some were shocked that I would bring beer to a Tuesday-night work session, but some were quite pleased. The head of marketing supported my decision as a good kraut should.
Tomorrow will bring a complete re-edit of my video (another 24 hours … I hope not), the binding of about 5000 brochures and the re-write of my speech. All must be done by 3:30 on Thursday when we will make a second attempt on the presentation to the President and VP
I still have a lot of trip to go. I will try not to make all the entries this long of course, but the introduction is always longer than the follow-ups. Day Two of Twenty-One… OH MY .. this is going to be a LOOOOOOOONG one.
I am off to Korea on the 11th, and Taiwan has also been added for the 23rd and 24th.
Madness indeed.
- Alltogethernow out…
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A stroller is an essential baby item you will need to purchase or receive as a gift at your baby shower, prior to arrival of your baby. But how do you select the right baby stroller if you have never bought one before? The best way to start your search for the perfect baby stroller is with a visit to a baby specialty store in Toronto.
Baby specialty stores feature baby items and often have the best selections and variety of products to choose from, including baby strollers. There are all sorts of stroller models to look at, from basic umbrella strollers to higher-end models with all of the features and options a new parent and baby would desire. Since your baby will be using a stroller for about the first five or six years of their life, make sure you choose a model you can enjoy for this period of time.
Tip 1: Set a budget. If you are purchasing the stroller yourself, decide ahead of time the maximum amount you can afford to spend. If you are putting a stroller on your shower registry, then you have a little more flexibility.
Tip 2: Test drive the stroller. Most baby stores have floor models you can wheel around the store to get an idea of how they feel and handle. Do not be afraid to load up the stroller and weigh it down with diapers and other heavier objects to simulate the weight of your baby. Remember, you baby is going to be in the stroller for several years, so you want to know how it will handle when they start to weigh more. Remember to push the stroller with one hand, as there will be times you will not have both hands available to push and control the stroller.
Tip 3: Test how the stroller opens and closes. You want a model you can easily open and close by yourself, since on many occasions and outings it will probably be just you and your baby. Do not be put off by the weight of the stroller as long as you do not mind it, especially if it is a breeze to open and close.
Tip 4: Look at stroller models that match you lifestyle. There is no reason to invest in off-road and jogger strollers unless you spend a lot of time walking on trails or jogging. Some expectant mothers opt for a travel system. This is a special type of stroller that combines a car seat and stroller into one. Other expectant mothers opt for stand-alone car seats and strollers to avoid having to unbuckle the car seat every time they need to get the baby out of the car.
Tip 5: Look at the features and options. Some models have fold down seats that lay flat for napping or reversible seats that adjust as your baby grows. With features and options, you should match these, along with the models that fit your lifestyle.
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Breakfast is Served!
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Looking for a new quick and healthy breakfast option? Look no further! Oatmeal is a delicious whole grain option that can be the base for a variety of fruits, nuts, seeds or even savory toppings like avocado and roasted veggies! To keep breakfast fun and exciting with this versatile grain, Isabel Smith, MS, RD suggests delicious and nutritious oat-toppings to keep the meal nutritionally balanced. Read on for some oatmeal inspiration and also check out Isabelle's Oatmeal Ideas on her website where you can find more wonderful recipes and nutrition tips!
Isabelle's simple tips for making a well-balanced, satisfying bowl of oatmeal:
- Start with rolled or steel cut oats: Quick-cook oats are more heavily processed and have less fiber that can cause your blood sugar to spike resulting in feeling fatigued.
- Add 1 serving of fruit: Simple Tips for Making Healthier OatmealThe key here is only adding one serving of fruit
- 1 small/medium banana
- 1/2 cup berries
- 1/4 cup dried fruit
- Add 1-2 servings healthy fat: Healthy fat (and protein) is your best friend when it comes to preventing the notorious post-oatmeal blood sugar spike; healthy fats can also be a good source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals too
- 1/4 cup nuts or seeds
- 1-2 Tablespoons ground flaxseed or chia seeds
- 1 Tablespoon nut butter (almond, cashew etc)
- 2-3 Tablespoons unsweetened coconut shreds or pieces
- 1-2 Tablespoons raw cacao nibs
- Skip the added sugar: Especially artificial sugar: There's enough sugar in your oatmeal already if you've added fruit; but if you really need some added sweet, go for 1/2 teaspoon honey or brown sugar, and skip the artificial sugars. Artificial sugars can trick your body into thinking that they're receiving more calories than they actually are (artificial sugars have no calories) and can wreak havoc on blood sugar and satiety. Go for these alternatives instead:
- 1/2 teaspoon of honey, maple syrup, or agave
- 1 teaspoon (or less) brown sugar- organic if possible
Here are a few of my favorite oatmeal concoctions:
- Rolled oats + 2 Tablespoons walnuts + 1 Tablespoon chia seeds + 1 medium banana
- Rolled oats + 1-2 Tablespoons nut butter + 1/2 cup berries + 1-2 Tablespoons flaxseed + dash of cinnamon + (optional) 1-2 Tablespoons cacao nibs
- Rolled oats + 1 Tablespoon cashews + 1 Tablespoon nut butter + 1 banana + 1 Tablespoon coconut flakes
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The elected Mayor and Councillors for the Goondiwindi Regional Council were officially sworn in on Tuesday 8 April 2016 at 10:00am.
The designated portfolio holders for the particular areas are identified as follows:
Rural Services & Community Facilities (other than sport & recreation) (Cemeteries, halls, buildings, public buildings) – Cr Joan White
Culture, Health, Ageing & Economic Development – Cr David Turner
Waste & Regulatory Services – Cr Rob Mackenzie
Water & Sewerage – Cr Rick McDougall
Transport & Roads – Cr Rick Kearney
Sport, Recreation, Parks & Gardens, Youth & Education, Technology – Cr Lachlan Brennan
Role of a Councillor:
Queensland's Local Government Act 2009 states that the roles of a Local Government Councillor are generally-
- represents the overall public interest of the local government's area and, if the councillor is a councillor for a division of the area, also represents the public interest of the division; and
- takes part in deciding the facilities, services and enterprises that are appropriate for the area; and
- takes part in formulating, adopting and reviewing:
- the local government's corporate plan and operational plans; and
- the policies and goals of the local government; and
- takes part in making decisions for achieving goals and implementing the policies of the local government.
Please note that Goondiwindi Regional Council is not divided for electoral purposes (i.e. there are no electoral wards or divisions) and therefore the Mayor and each Councillor represents every citizen in the Shire.
Councillors are not provided with any discretionary funds.
Consult the Local Government Act 2009 for more details.


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[The Klangdom Dome in Germany.]
Imagine a wide, twisting column of bass in the center of a room with percussive moons spinning around in its orbit. A beat would smash in one corner, and then echo away in a spiral around the room before the pattern continues with the next beat in the following corner. That was a portion of Zemi 17's recent surround sound installation in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Listeners lay strewn about the carpeted, dark room taking in the aural tale through a multi-channel sound system that he built.
"I think that with the decline in 'record sales,' or the idea that music is a product you pay for, it becomes more and more important to have sound be an experience that can't be a low quality MP3 on ear buds," reasons Zemi, who is also an Electronic Music Instructor at Dubspot, teaching production and performance with Ableton Live. He has been working with various numbers of speakers and channels at parties around New York, and these installations are great examples of the possibilities and challenges of working with surround sound in public places.
Surround sound is more common in the film and gaming worlds, and that's where much of its advancements have taken place. But there are a number of people using the concept in music, sound, and art. The way the sound interacts with its environment can be affected by echos, technology, and placement of speakers. Many prefer to work in prepared environments with sounds created beforehand specifically for multiple channels, often exclusively for the individual spaces. The spaces themselves can even become spectacles. And sometimes visual and physical elements are used in tandem with the sounds.
A surround sound system is defined by the number of individual channels of sound the system can project. So a 5.1 system, the most common and which is standard in many movie theaters, would have five channels of separate tracks working in concert with an additional sub woofer, defined by the decimal point. There can be more than five speakers in that setup, but the additional ones would be emitting the same noise as the others on the same channel. All the channels work together to make sound travel around the room or even appear in a particular space in the room, like the upper right area for example. When positioned correctly in a room with proper acoustics, the higher the number of channels, the more precise and accurate one can get when directing a sound and making it move. A number of formats can deliver the sound, like DVDs, Super Audio CDs, MP3 Surround, and WAVs.
[The CineChamber by Recombinant Media Labs.]
Artists like Plaid, whose Greedy Baby album included a 5.1 DVD, say that the only way to hear that work properly is on a home system. They've said that listeners have to be standing directly in the center "sweet spot" in a public place to really understand what they did, and acoustics often make even that difficult. Because of these challenges, a lot of installations have work made specifically for a particular space, such as Jan St Werner from Mouse on Mars and his Noise Room listening sites.
The New York City-based ((audience)) project solicits works specifically for its controlled environments as well. They take advantage of the standardization of technology and the acoustic platform of the movie theater and apply it to sound art. The project brings in multiple artists to create works for these spaces, which are then taken on a tour of darkened cinemas around the world. "Surround sound works are typically played in an installation setting in a gallery or 'performed' live as multi-channel works in a concert setting," explains Lauren Rosati, who runs the project along with Alexis Bhagat. "((audience)) considers the cinema as an untapped platform for the distribution of multi-channel sound."
Their most recent show was a one-off event as part of the Unsound Festival here in New York where listeners could hear works by electronic music producers Demdike Stare and Raime, as well as sound art by Pamela Z and more. ((audience)) previewed the works sent to them on the 7.1 studio at Harvestworks, a non-profit sound organization in New York that acts as their fiscal sponsor. A DVD of those works was played for festival-goers at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Cinema. "It was really an eye and ear-opening experience for us to utilize the dynamics available in a 5.1 studio," Raime told Urb. "We approached it in a very similar way to how we do our recorded work, but with more freedom, trying to create a visceral experience rather than a meditative one."
[Stephen Moore below the surround sound system he created at Issue Project Room.]
Brooklyn's Issue Project Room uses a 15 channel system of Hemisphere speakers that are designed to address the "sweet spot" issue. Each Hemisphere is hung from the ceiling and has one speaker pointing down towards the audience and five pointing sideways in a circular range. Performances on this system are generally either site-specific or are chosen because they benefit from the multi-channel system, which was created by Stephen Moore. The performances range from sound art to concerts. One artist placed 15 microphones in a coffin and then buried it, playing the recording on the system so that the sounds of dirt rained over the audience. Another played a custom guitar where each string was directed to a separate channel. An upcoming show will feature the compositions of Larry Austin, many of which were written for eight channels, like his remix of John Cage, called "Williams [re]Mix[ed]".
Surround sound spaces can get pretty intense. The Klangdom Sound Dome at the Center for Art and Media in Germany features 47 speaks in a half sphere all pointed towards the center. Then there's the 'audio battlefield' at the Missouri University of Science and Technology that uses 64 speakers and four subwoofers to prepare unexperienced troops for the aural environment of a warzone. But the Allosphere at the University of California, Santa Barbara, tops all that by far. It's a three story sphere where users walk onto a catwalk suspended in its center to be immersed inside 500 speakers. It also features projectors that display a 360 environment around them. Artists work there, but it's also used by scientists and engineers.
The Allosphere is an extreme example of an immersive environment, but artists are definitely working to combine musical compositions for multi channel systems with synchronized visuals. Robert Henke, otherwise known as Monolake, is one. He has a show called Atom in collaboration with visual artist Christopher Bauder. Atom uses a four channel system and the music is matched to the movement of 64 glowing orbs, which the audience is seated around. It will next be in Norway and Mexico later this coming fall. Another show is the CineChamber, which was developed by Recombinant Media Labs. It's a mobile environment that is set up in different locations where viewers are wrapped in projections and surrounded by sound. Different artists are chosen to create the content for each showing.
[The Atom Installation by Monolake and Christopher Bauder.]
As Rosati noted, a gallery setting is one of the most common settings to experience surround sound art. Kaffe Matthews's Sonic Bed is a unique one. It's a sunken bed with a 12 channel system hidden within it which attendees lay on. They don't just hear the music, they feel it. On Friday Matthews led a workshop at Eyebeam in New York where she taught participants to create a track for the installation using its custom software interface.)
Zemi's surround sound installations are more free-spirited than most of those highlighted here. He builds his own systems in various locations and uses automation for much of the multi channel effects. In that spirit of experimentation, he's co-founded a new series called Auditorium which brings a different collection of artists in to play on a bass-minded 8.4 channel system. The next event will be on June 25th in Manhattan. He aims to make it the best place to hear surround sound in New York City. - MS
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[Zemi17 and David Last at the first 8.4 channel Auditorium show in Williamsburg.]
How did you write the tracks you used for last the Greenpoint installation?
It was mostly modified, sample-based material that I have collected for well over a decade. I record sounds like a tourist does photos and then modify those sounds to play different roles inherent in contemporary electronic music by cutting them into loops or triggering them with sampler devices into undulating, densely woven fabrics of sounds. Most of the original material was either mono or stereo, but then I created sets of automations for the samples to be distributed across a multipoint sound layout (in this case 4.2) as syncopated pulses moving in clockwise and counter clockwise directions from speaker to speaker every 1/32 note up to 12 measures.
What did the sound system consist of?
I set up a small surround system using 4 EVsx300 12" drivers and 1" horn tops low cut at 90hz, one in each corner of a 25' x 25' room about 4′ high with two custom made 36" tall trapezoid bass bins loaded with 1200w B&C 18" drivers in the north and south corners of the room on the ground.
What file type did you bounce the music you were playing to?
I play it directly from the Ableton .als file from the arrangement view. Sometimes if I am using one of my old, slower machines I will just record the output for each speaker into a mono WAV file and then line all the mono files up and assign them to the speaker and do playback directly from Ableton so that I am not taxing the cpu of the machine trying to perform all the automations.
Have you ever used MP3 Surround?
Never – not even sure I know what it is.
Is your primary focus for surround sound on spaces like those at The Danger and other warehouse parties?
No not at all, but it can work well in those settings. It can be set up as a chill space and intimate space to counter balance some of the madness of the event. It works well as an installation at multi-day festivals, as well as a fine art piece. I installed a piece with a 10.4 surround sound set up buried under 3 huge mounds of sod and grass with PCV pipes brining the sounds to the surface at the entrance to the Scope Art Fair in Miami last December.
[Footage from Zemi's Yellowman project, which paired surround sound with multiple angles of video footage.]
What are the challenges and benefits of the setup in these spaces?
Challenges can be lack of set up time, legality, power restrictions, lack of security etc etc… Most of these events are not legal so you often have to create your own infrastructure for them to exist, which means a lot of self-sufficiency. The benefits are that you usually have somewhat of clean slate to work with and little content restrictions and oversight. The Greenpoint event was a pretty controlled environment that I had prepared for, so nothing really came up that was a "learning experience".
Do you ever take other peoples music and reinterpret them for multi channel?
Yes. I have built a template in Ableton to take mono or stereo inputs, separate them by different frequency bands and route them out to the same set of automations I use for my samples. This allows me to take something like all the sound about 2.5khz and dynamically pan them in a clockwise fashion every 1/8 note from one speaker to another while isolating 800hz to 2khz and have it move in a counter clockwise fashion every ½ measure. I basically can improvise the specialization of another artists work (or live performance) in real time. I do this at Auditorium, a new music series for lovers of ambient, experimental and slow electroacoustic sounds. We present in 8.4 surround-sound.
What was your best public surround sound experience?
It was the first edition of Auditorium just a couple weeks ago. We had Cosmo D, Lesley Flannigan, Dok Gregory, David Last, and myself all performing on an 8.4 surround sound system. We were placed in the center of the room inside of a circle of 4 big bass bins with a parameter of 8 600w speakers on stands facing in on us in a circle. We were literally performing directly in the sweet spot of the mega surround. I can't wait to top that in a few weeks when we do edition 2 at Safe Harbor Studios in Soho (446 Broadway 3rd Floor between Grand St & Howard St) on June 25th.
Where is the best place to listen to surround sound in New York?
I would like to think that the Auditorium series is going to be that. I have not been to it yet, but I have heard good things about ((audience)). Some of the best-equipped spaces are deluxe movie theaters and planetariums. Also I love the Lamont Young's dream house.
[A multi channel installation of Zemi17's at Scope Miami 2010. The system is buried within.]
What other electronic music producers are doing creative things in this field?
I should know more about this, but truth be told I don't – part of the reason why Auditorium is a multipoint music series is that I want to encourage more people to do it. I think that with the decline in "record sales," or the idea that music is a product you pay for it becomes more and more important to have sound be an experience that can't be a 128k MP3 on ear buds. But with that said – I heard Amon Tobin set up a 7.1 surround system in the hull of a boat a couple years ago that toured around Manhattan… it was pretty great.
Is there any benefit to writing music for 5.1 or 10.2 (since many surround sound setups use this as a standard)?
Sure why not – it is true that these standards are becoming very common even in peoples home entertainment systems. The advantage is that it is becoming more supported. For me I don't care so much, I write for 5.1 when I compose for DVD for some different artists, but I am approaching sound from more of a sculptural and experiential point of view – so available conventions don't mean so much – I would prefer to create my own system.


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The Senate Judiciary Committee hosts a second day of hearings considering Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general on Wednesday.
Sessions answered questions for over 10 hours on Tuesday, where he avoided any missteps, in hopes of convincing his colleagues he's worthy of becoming the country's next AG.
On Wednesday, Sessions will yield to witnesses that will testify on his behalf regarding his character, his record and his approach to the law. Democrats will also put forth witnesses in hopes of building a case against the Senator.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. Watch the proceedings live here.


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Improve Hospital Food
We are asking Government to fully recognise the importance of food and farming to public health, our environment, and the economy.
We believe that every hospital should become a 'beacon of good food' contributing to the 'radical upgrade in prevention and public health' called for in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
Why is this important?
Leading by example
Our NHS is under considerable strain due to ill-health resulting from a poor diet. Simon Stevens, NHS Chief Exec, has said "obesity is a slow-motion car crash in terms of avoidable illness and rising health care costs. If as a nation we keep piling on the pounds around the waistline, we'll be piling on the pounds in terms of future taxes needed just to keep the NHS afloat." If Britain is going to eat a healthier diet then the NHS must lead by example by normalising healthy eating and transforming every hospital into a beacon of good food.
For Public Health
This is particularly important for older people. Estimates suggest that around 1.3 million people over 65 suffer from malnutrition in the UK. Malnutrition leads to a number of complications in older people and increases dependency on the NHS, family, carers and other support service.
With the proportion of older people predicted to increase from 18% to 26.1% of the population in the next 50 years, it is increasingly important to focus on preventing malnutrition and enabling older people to live for longer in good health and in their own homes. Improving the food served to older people in hospitals is an important piece of the picture.
For the economy
In 2011-12 the cost of malnutrition to the NHS in England was estimated to be £19.6 billion per year, or more than 15% of the total public expenditure on health and social care. The NHS also spends £5.8 billion pounds a year treating illness caused by a bad diet. By investing in good food in hospitals, the NHS can potentially help to alleviate the future costs of treatment.
What needs to be done?
The Government should commit to delivering a 'radical upgrade in prevention and public health' by prioritising the food served in hospitals – every hospital should become a 'beacon of good food', putting in place an ambitious food and drink strategy. Hospitals should be health-promoting environments for both patients and staff and this should be demonstrated through all food outlets across all hospital sites.
The dietary health of older people in hospitals, as well as in the community and in care settings, should be prioritised. Better nutrition for older people, along with access to appetising, nutritious food and social contact at mealtimes, can help prevent hospital admissions and alleviate the strain on the health and social care system.
What are we doing to help?
Our Food for Life programme offers a series of packages for NHS trusts which support the delivery of key national policy initiatives including the mandatory 'Healthy food for NHS staff, visitor and patients' CQUIN and the development of a food and drink strategy.
The Food for Life Hospital Network offers a solution for trusts who want to be industry leaders in the area of health promotion and food experience – for patients, staff, visitors and the wider community.
The Food for Life Catering Mark provides a robust framework and inspected award designed to help hospitals make sure that staff, visitor and patient food is ethical, sustainable and fresh, free from nasty additives and transfats and meets nutritional guidelines.


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☜♥☞ SUPER MOON – Find Gratitude and everything else will show up !
November 10th, 2016, Issue #17
A few nights ago, we decided to watch The Secret Movie. To be honest, It was perfect ….
Sometimes life or the universe will bring us things that we have visited already only with the purpose of a specific message that clearly its directed to us.
The Law of Attraction
The Secret is only to let you know that your brain is fed by stories, and you get to choose which ones you will feed yours with.
The Brain does not recognise or label stories. Is not like I am feeling negative and the brain assumes that he shouldnt listen to what you will have to say that day. Every story we decide to entertain wether is possitive or negative is like FOOD for Karma.
So why not, instead of wasting our time making a negative life, focus on the greater outcome of it all.
Now, I know, its easier said than done. The whole thing of being in the right mood is a bit weird, because obviously that we will all have bad days and situations that trigger our negative mind. The whole thing is not fake it or be a poker face.
You can be in your pain, but still dial the right buttons to send the right messages to your Brain. During yoga classes is not uncommon to tell students to smile, even though you are not feeling it. This truly alters your brain chemistry and sends messages of wellbeing and happiness. Regardless.
Everything we say and do is our daily mantra… and as thanksgiving is coming soon our GOAL is to start a little projecr in which we can all start counting our blessings and create a ripple effect with healing and possitiveness for all.
Love & Light,
As for us …
We are celebrating the completion of our NEW WEBSITE FEEL ! & We thank you for your endless support, without you this would have been impossible !
For Lovely MORNINGS …. or evenings. I believe Breakfast should humbly always be served as the MAIN COURSE!
We filled our Cups with some Nature´s Best Goodness here, using our favorite ingredient –> Chocolate : To satisfy our inner God/Goddess the right way!
Whatever you want to do with this greatness, you can serve this at any time of the day with NO GUILT, SHAME or REGRETS… Always !
1/3 cup + 1 heaping Tbsp, all natural peanut, or almond butter
1/4 cup raw honey, or pure maple syrup grade 'b'
1/2 cup unsweetened all-natural applesauce
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup unsweetened cacao powder
1/2 cup oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp sea salt
1 cup finely shredded zucchini (skin left on)
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (I used Lily's brand sweetened with stevia, you may use any high percentage cacao chips, this will add a bit of sugar…depending on what you use) – divided in half.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
Spray 8×8 brownie pan with nonstick spray, or wipe pan with coconut oil.
Pulse oats in blender or food processor until finely ground.
Using mixer, cream peanut butter, applesauce, honey and vanilla till smooth. Add zucchini, cacao powder, ground oats, baking soda, and sea salt; mix until combined.
Stir in half of the chocolate chips. Pour batter into baking pan and sprinkle remaining chips on top.
Bake for 23-25 minutes.
Cool before slicing into squares.
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Everyone talks about it and the industry is fighting it. So why can't we find a way to stop it?
It seems that almost every week a new tool is introduced to combat ad fraud. But why, despite efforts to end the practice, does ad fraud persist?
Ad fraud is a type of scam in which phony online advertising impressions, clicks, conversions or engagements are characterized as authentic to generate revenue, despite the ads not being truly viewed or intentionally engaged with. While most ad fraud is thought of as nonhuman traffic created by "bots" (computer programs created to automatically click on a website or app simulating a human interaction), a significant percentage is generated by humans, intentionally or by lack of proper ad placements and tracking.
How big an impact does ad fraud have?
While estimates about the impact vary, it is believed that marketers are expected to lose approximately $16.4 billion to ad fraud in 2017. Incidents of fraud are reported worldwide with the majority of ad fraud taking place in the United States which has the largest advertising market and highest pricing for CPM (cost-per-mille) and CPC (cost-per-click), and now CPE or (cost-per-engagement).
How does it happen?
The digital medium is an ever-growing media channel, which creates new avenues to place ads as quickly as people can think them up and create a website, blog or app. Unfortunately, due to this seemingly endless expanse of digital ad options, attention to detail is often usurped by the drive to sell more ads and expand the current model. The "Fraud" happens when an advertiser is paying for an ad placement for a business, and the ad is either not seen, not seen long enough to create an impact, viewed on a site out of context for the product, delivered to the wrong potential demographic group, or only viewed by a "bot" set up to create false click through rates automatically.
Why does ad fraud persist?
There are many reasons that ad fraud continues to be a problem. One of the main reasons is the way in which ad success has been and continues to be measured.
Advertisers have been measuring their ad success since the first mobile ad was placed in 1994. While there are many tools available, advertisers have been relying on click-through-rates (CTR) and time-spent-on-page (TSP) as their primary metrics for ad success. Unfortunately, both CTR and TSP are easily replicated by bots and bot farms, making ad fraud a perfect target for criminals to cash in.
Ad fraud offers the prospect of high payouts with relatively little effort and a minimal risk of prosecution compared to other criminal pursuits. Also, the crime itself resides in a gray area of jurisdiction, making it difficult for law enforcement to prosecute. Combine those factors with the lack the technological know-how or resources of law enforcement to monitor, prevent or prosecute ad fraud, it makes it an attractive activity for cyber criminals.
One of the most surprising obstacles to eliminating ad fraud, however, is the disincentive from within the advertising industry itself to fix the problem. Though it would provide better performance results, eliminating fraud would result in fewer delivered impressions, which would as a result reduce ad profits. In addition, eliminating ad fraud could result in higher media prices and less inventory, making it more difficult and costly for small businesses to afford online advertising. So, fraud, in some ways, appears to "help" the industry, but in reality, it does not!
Not only is there a disincentive within the ad industry to eliminate ad fraud, industry insiders themselves have been caught taking advantage of the opaque monitoring systems by committing these acts. According to a Buzzfeed, a CEO of an ad platform and digital marketing agency was the owner of 12 websites that served as a network to defraud advertisers. Experts say that millions of dollars were stolen from over 100 brands including P&G, Unilever, Hershey's, Johnson & Johnson, Ford, and MGM.
With so few internal ad industry incentives to do away with fraud, it is expected that at least half of the growing $72-billion-a-year digital marketing industry will remain fraudulent. Despite the prediction, some in the advertising industry remain vigilant to put in place strategies and measurement services to combat and minimize fraud.
"There are many preventative measures to stop ad fraud before it happens," said Frank Gussoni President of A3. "Fighting ad fraud is an essential part of our obligation to protect our client's money as if it were our own."


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Leaders can significantly improve their skills by having outside hobbies, passions and pursuits.
It helps them channel their energies, frustrations and passions into something else other than organizational effectiveness. It can also help them learn a thing or two…
Business leader Carol Cone of Cone, Inc., a leader in cause-related branding programs is also a champion in the highly competitive world of showing horses when she is not leading her firm.
Cone enjoys this extra curricular activity in part because it closely relates to her role in leading her organization. For the uninitiated, the world of showing horses is about riding horses, known as hunters, over jumps of various heights. The key is to make it look as smooth and effortless as possible, much like ice skating, or like leading a successful organization. But prior to showing horses, things were a bit different.
For two decades, Cone focused single-mindedly on leading and growing her business.
When friends encouraged her to find a personal passion to pursue, it was natural for Cone to return to the equestrian world and the sport she had first enjoyed at age seven.
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Cone not only re-connected with the joy of the sport, but in her unabashedly direct style, says she realized "that I was very good at it!" Her recent honors include the Grand Champion Adult Hunter at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida for 2006/2007 and the American Hunter/Jumper Foundation National Adult Champion in 2006.
More important, her return to showing horses has taught her four key leadership lessons which she applies at Cone, Inc. and she recommends to others.
The four key lessons are:
1) Focus
2) Patience
3) Teamwork
4) The Importance of Little Victories
"When you've practiced for months, and have only two minutes to do a championship performance, you must be totally focused on the moment. You've got so many moving parts on which to concentrate, many of which are new or different: the course, your competitors, the crowd and that day's weather."
Cone says that even with a great relationship between rider and horse, the rider must sense if the horse is quiet or nervous.
One must instinctively sense "if you should push, or if you should hold back."
That kind of intense focus is critical in today's challenging and rapidly-changing work environment, she adds.
Cone says you can only push horses so far. "You must be patient about their development." She says the same is true of your team, particularly specific team members.
"Remember, a team isn't one person, but a group of individuals."
It's also critical to be patient when bringing clients to a Big Idea. "You need to give clients the time to understand all the elements before they're going to take a big leap with you." And you have to explain the importance of patience to those clients. "They must understand the need to be associated with a cause over time before gaining reputational benefits."
"When you're showing, you can have the best horse in the world, but if it needs to be cooled down, or massaged or even get acupuncture, or if it requires an advance ride around the ring at 6:00 am to feel comfortable," patience is a virtue you must develop to win.
Cone acknowledges that as someone who is very competitive and committed to superb results, this was a tough, but vital lesson for her to have to learn.
Cone is quick to acknowledge that her victories in the show ring aren't merely her own, but shared with an extensive team, including trainers, grooms, vets, masseuses, blacksmiths and more.
The same is true of cause-related efforts: It requires a team of dedicated agency professionals, a patient client team who believes in the cause, partners at the cause organization, even the media.
"But when it all works," Cone says, "it's like a symphony."
Cone says that "When you lead an organization, as when you show horses, you must accept that you can't win every competition," but you should recognize, acknowledge, learn from, and savor the little victories along the way.
She adds that "Every day I need to accomplish something to be satisfied."
Still, it's unrealistic to think that each day will bring a major victory, and if that's what leaders seek, they're bound to be disappointed. But celebrating the small victories along the way can inspire a team to deliver the next big idea.
As Patrice Tanaka acknowledged in a recent post about the leadership lessons she learned from ballroom dancing, Cone says there's one other important learning that leaders can gain by following their passions: "I have an intensity that's powerful and can overwhelm others. Having another outlet where I can excel allows me to modify that intensity; and that makes me a better leader."
What leadership lessons might you learn from pursuing your passion? Is your intensity burning out members of your staff? Are you overdue for a lesson in patience? Is it time to start celebrating the small victories? When the last time you acknowledged the team that helped make you a winner?
Ken Jacobs is the principal of Jacobs Communications Consulting LLC.
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The team at Xtreme Rotaries would like to thank all of our loyal customers and supporters over the many years we have been in business. Sadly we will no longer be servicing the retail rotary industry and will be moving on to other projects.
Once again thank you all for your support and we wish you all the best.
Management & Staff at X-Treme Rotaries


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Chocolate Snowball Cookies Recipe
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chocolate chips
powdered sugar
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, mixing well. combine flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Fold in nuts and chips; roll into 1 inch balls.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 350ºF for 15-20 minutes. Cool cookies slightly before rolling them in powdered sugar.
Makes about 4 dozen.
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Ravensprings is a very large self-catering detached corner house. The accommodation is spacious and comfortable which includes an absolutely stunning sitting room; 34' x 16', with open fire and mahogany panelling from the Mauretania Edwardian ocean liner. The House retains lots of original features and is very photogenic!. There is a well equipped kitchen with granite worktops including, 2 fridge freezers, 2 cookers (one range style 1 gas), dishwasher, microwave etc.
The elegant dining room seats around 24 guests who often use the services of local caterers for themed dinners or buffets.
Normally sleeping 20 guests in 8 bedrooms, we now provide an extra 3 beds for extra guests. One of the double bedrooms (with en suite) is downstairs which is ideal for the elderly or infirm. 3 other bedrooms are en suite and there are a further 2 large family bathrooms, with granite worktops as well as vanity unit. There is a large family bathroom with 6' bath, double shower, double sink and bidet on the first floor and a twin shower room on the 2nd floor. There is a cot and high chair available on request and every bedroom has room for a travel cot!
There is free Wi-Fi with unlimited downloads, Sky + films and sports, central heating and linen (towels are optional extras) included during your stay.
Outside there is a large garden with BBQ area, swings and off-road parking for 4 – 5 cars and unrestricted on-road parking for numerous vehicles.
The central location of Ravensprings provides easy access by car, train and air. It also offers a wide variety of local entertainment and services as well as days out touring the many places of interests to visit. There are numerous local sports and activities. The House is equidistant from the countryside and city centre which means there is something for every type of visitor from walking to clubbing. Leeds City Centre is nearby with it's shops, bars, galleries, museums, clubs and theatres. You are spoiled for choice.
The youngest visitor had a christening celebration and the oldest celebrated her 100th birthday!
Children welcome from any age.
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Cawcliffe Road,
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Brighouse is located approximately 1 mile from Junction 25 of the M62. This is about 12 miles to the M1 and 25 miles to the M60 which links up to the M6, M4 and M56. The International Airports of Leeds Bradford and Manchester are both approximately 30 – 45minutes drive depending on the traffic and time of day.
There is a direct train (no stops) between London Kings Cross and Brighouse as well as links. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/BGH/KGX/today/0050/dep
There is a direct train line from Leeds City Centre which connects with most parts of the UK the link below gives train and bus links (type in the Postcode HD6 2HP)
The Bus from Brighouse Railway Station is the 570 will take you to a stop about 140 m from the House Ask for Waring Green, Lightcliffe Road / Bracken Road. Or just take a cab it should only cost around £3.50 - £5 as it's only a mile from the House.
Mini Cabs are cheap and well worth the cost as we are 1 mile up the hill from the station.
- Children welcome
- Television
- Satellite TV
- Ironing facilities
- Private parking
- Garden
- Dogs/pets NOT accepted
- Central heating
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- Dishwasher
- Linen provided
- Children's outdoor play area
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- WiFi or internet access
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- Single sex groups welcomed
- High chairs available
- Cots available
- Real log/coal fires
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Legendary Ladies
These sweaters were designed in tribute to some legendary ladies who have made significant contributions in their chosen artistic fields. They come in 2 styles: as a sweater with the 4 portrait panels on the front, or as a jacket (with cardigan or kimono sleeves), with the 4 panels on the back.
Brigitte Bardot (born 28 September 1934)
French actress, singer and fashion model, known for her beauty and sex appeal. At the age of 39 she chose to retire, giving up fame and fortune to become an animal rights activist.
Colours: cranberry, lipstick rose, and rosebud pink.
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"I know God gave me this body with more potential than I have ever imagined and I aim to test that potential out in every way."
"When I train at home or the gym, I don't look in the mirrors - I focus on my work. When I start to think "is that person talking about me or laughing at me?" (yes, I think that all the time) - I mentally snap out of it and shake it off and FOCUS ON THE ACTIVITY. I move as if I am the only one in the gym."
- Kelly O.
Read more about Kelly's mission to be Better than MY Yesterday.