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Top 10 Reasons Why You Do Not Need A Savings Account.
While I pack my bags for my return to New Mexico, here is a re-publish of a post I enjoyed writing that appeared here on My Two Dollars about 2 years ago.I am looking forward to getting back to real life!
Top 10 Reasons Why You Do Not Need A Savings Account…
10. Mattresses are more comfortable with a stack of ones underneath them. Have you ever slept on a mattress with no money under it? Ugh. How uncomfortable!
9. I do not ever want to retire. Ever. Working gives me time away from my wife, ya know? Besides, I enjoy being hunched over at work at 94 because I refused to save any money.
8. Did you SEE my new 72 inch flat-screen? The Apprentice looks fantastic doesn't it? Oh, and sorry you have to sit on the floor and eat dirt, as we cannot afford chairs or food yet.
7. Though the idea of saving sounds nice, I am not comfortable with allowing the bank to hold all my money in their drawers. I mean, what if they get robbed or something? Then all my money is gone!
6. If I lost my job, I am sure I could get another one in like a day or so. McDonald's is always hiring. (OK, maybe not in this economy…)
5. The ability to buy a house someday is overrated. Mowing one's own yard is for the birds. I would rather rent forever, own nothing, and listen to my 312 neighbors through the walls. Nothing like arguments in the middle of the night, listening to people go to the bathroom or strangers burning down the place while you are sleeping to make you feel right at home, heh?
4. I like to count on only myself to make money. If I start depending on the bank to compound my interest, who will I have to depend on next to give me free money?
3. There is nothing like the feeling of walking around with every dollar I own in my wallet. It makes me feel like an incredibly rich man.
2. I could die today, so why save for tomorrow? People that save money are not living for today, they are living for the future, and that makes no sense to me. I might not even be here tomorrow! If I run out of money then, I will figure it out. No worries!
And the number one reason to not have a savings account is….
1. If my car breaks down, I have my credit cards, you know? Why put away money for such stupid things like emergencies or whatever when I can just spend it on something cool today?
So why don't you need a savings account? What's your excuse for not having one?


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Grammar Bite: Adjective Basics
September 30, 2010By Erin Brenner
Adjectives can be a writer's greatest friend, creating rich images and clear meaning. They can also be her worst enemy, convey conflicting ideas and tripping her up at every juncture. Today, we dip our toes into the pool of adjectives with a few general rules. Continue reading...

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Chatting with terrorists
The 19-year old Jason Walters (American Jihad) a member of the Hofstad terror group was already preparing terror attacks in September 2003. At that time he had already made a hit list: prime minister Balkenende (CDA), Navo secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, ex-liberal leader minister Zalm (VVD), ex-LPF leader Mat Herben (LPF), the direction of the NMO (A Dutch subsidized Muslim broadcasting society), Ayaan Hirsi Ali and other prominent people..
More than a year before the murder on Theo van Gogh, the police raided on 17 October 2003 the house of Jason Walters and confiscated his computer with many chat logs. Jason Walters was arrested on suspicion of terrorist activities, but they could not make the case stick and had to release him.
They have an enormous amount of chats in his justice file. They all look like this chat Jason had on 22.10 September 28, 2003 (Jason is Mujaheed, chat is translate from Dutch):
webamier: "Are you going to run out on your brother?"
Mujaheed: "Hey listen, I will NEVER run out on my brothers for a woman. As I told you I have such high standards for a woman, I will not find them here. I will only marry a woman who wants to come with me, their is no other way."
webamier: "If that's the case, you can better marry their"
mujaheed: "We can't marry there, we are going there to become martyrs and to marry in paradise with 70 nice virgins"
webanier: "There are 72 not 70"
webamier: "It's hard to be steadfast on the way to Allah to die. You know, the pain, and things like that and if I get a punch I already think, please stop, and things like that, but that is nothing compared to Jihad"
mujaheed: "Don't talk so stupid, you did not even had 1 day training. NOW you are soft like a mandarin, but later... So hard wie Kruppstahl"
webamier: "Yet I noticed with you"
mujaheed: "Like what?"
webamier: "You where tough, tougher then last time"
mujaheed: "I only trained for a month"
webamier: "You where just that tough"
mujaheed: "I had finished the basic training. I lost a lot of wait, don't you think? About 25 kg."
Planet Internet news and Nova TV now have access to these chat log file's. The logs make clear how dangerously Jason Walters is. On 10 November, more than a week after the slaughter of van Gogh, police tried to arrest Jason Walters together with Ismail A. in the Antheunisstraat in Den Haag (Laakkwartier). But the initial raid failed and they where arrested at the end of a day long raid that shook the Netherlands. In the initial raid Jason threw hand grenades to the police, the police was unprepared and got hurt. After that, all anti terror units of The Netherlands where send to the Antheunisstraat in Denhaag. It sure looked like as if the police panicked.
Besides that the police could have known of his violent Jihad background, they had over heard a phone conversation Jason Walters made right after the murder of Theo van Gogh in which he said: "We have conform the authentic Islamic way, slaughtered the lam." (See: Murder Trial Theo van Gogh for more).
On September 19, 2003 at 16.08 says "mujaheed" (alias Jason Walters) to "galas03" that he first must install the encryption software. Only after that "we can talk about J. ". "J" is their code for "Jihad". In the chat "galas03" says he is from Egyptian decent. On 16.26 they start their encrypted chat:
Galas03: "Ok say, what's up? Are you going to Afghanistan?"
Mujaheed: "agie, I am just back"
Galas03: "Or do you want to decapitate Balkenende?"
Mujaheed: "Where do you think I was all that time?"
Galas03: "Italy?"
Mujaheed: "Hahahah"
Galas03: "Your joking?"
Mujaheed: "Uhm, I can't say I was to Pakistan to be receive training or can I?"
Galas03: "Get serious! Really?"
Mujaheed: "On Allah, what do you think? I got my basic training their, an I will go back Inshallah, but now I am send back by the people there, Visa problems, but in the time in between I will recruit as many boys I can to send them their inshaAllah"
Galas03: "I am speech less"
Mujaheed: "Do you also want to go?"
Galas03: "I am first going to study in Saudi Arabia, for a walk around the block"
Mujaheed: "Walk? Your crazy eula"
Galas03: "What's the matter? I don't think my parents let me go :s I will go under the cover of study"
Mujaheed: "aha :D but you go for sure agie if needed I take you by ears with me"
Galas03: "but did your parents knew it?"
Mujaheed: "no I was to England, just like I told you Italy"
Galas03: "oh, but I want to go to England, there is abou hamza and people from alqaida"
Mujaheed: "I know, but you don't have any freedom, come with me to pakistan there they will train you, how to use guns, how to make weapons, just everything after that you can return"
Galas03: "can you now handle guns?"
Mujaheed: "and go to england to slaughter blair?"
Mujaheed: "yes agie"
Galas03: "Did you behead a few americans?"
Mujaheed: "seminov, kalshnikov, MMG, zakayev, TT pistol, Makarov, hand grenades en rpg those I all learned."
Galas03: "Wooow"
Mujaheed: "I can assemble and disassemble a kalasnikov blind folded, also a seminov and all the other pistols and rifles"
Galas03: "Is shooting difficult?"
Mujaheed: "No way man, it is not that hard. I even had to roll over with a pistol and then shoot and that went all right, praise allah" Galas03: "How did you go, with Pakistan airlines or something?"
Mujaheed: "yep" (16.40)
In the next part of the chat session, Jason Walters wants permission from Imam Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven. Abdul-Jabbar is a Dutch convert (from real Dutch parents) who is a traveling imam. In a TV shows, right after the murder on Theo van Gogh, he said that he hoped that Geert Wilders would die soon. But he added, that should not be seen as a threat (he got away with it). Again Jason Walters as "Mujaheed":
Galas03: "hey agie can you do something for me, just say it"
Mujaheed: "you have to go to jabbar"
Galas03: "I will see him today InshaAllah at the lesson"
Mujaheed: "Go and ask him if it is here allowed to slaughter the unbelievers and/or to steal their possessions"
Galas03: "He has said about it, see it this way: the government, ministries, police etc., their blood and possessions is halal [we can take], because they openly declared war to the islam, but before you do something you have to think twice about what will happen with the islamic community."
Mujaheed: "OK djazaak Allah. This is the fatwa needed. Now I can slaughter every police, minister, soldier, officer etc. And robe them"
Galas03: "But it is halal and even more clear ke gets rewarded" (unclear Dutch)
Mujaheed: "Robe all banks. Subhaan Allah, halal robbing a bank."
Galas03: "I don't know, aghie"
Mujaheed: "Halal robe the town hall, Allahu Akbar, I have some people of my dead list, they will certainly die :D"
Galas03: "who?"
Mujaheed: "i will first get hassenats for it Aallahu Akbar"
Galas03: ";)"
Mujaheed: "you will soon hear it on the news sahbie"
Galas03: "you terrorist?"
Mujaheed: "what to think of hirsi ali, jaap de hoop scheffer, matt herben, balkenende, zalm and all those fake muslims in the political parties, the directorate of the Dutch Moslim broadcaster"
Galas03: "haha"
Mujaheed: "slaughter them all"
Galas03: "it is an idea an then make a movie. say Bhhhooe and everybody is scared"
Mujaheed: "beheading from the MP on video, that's relaxed :d"
After this chat, "Galas03" has had his meeting with Imam Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven. That same evening on September 19, 2003 they chat again in the chat box at 22.39:
Galas03: "assalamoe aleikoem"
Mujaheed: "wa aleikum salaam we br. agie how was the lesson?"
Galas03: "J" (short for Jihad)
Mujaheed: "Relaxed is it not to talk safely J"
Galas03: "Yessssssssss, jihaad, but ok. I asked about bank. bank is not allowed"
Mujaheed: "As long as my characters are green it is safe, red means unsafe"
Galas03: "because it is not from the ministry"
Mujaheed: "Blue is also safe"
Galas03: "So, I am unsafe?"
Mujaheed: "Thus, only government institutions. Just say green is safe blue=safe"
Galas03: "How?"
Mujaheed: "Red = unsafe"
Mujaheed: "But tell me, what is all allowed?"
Galas03: "ministries, police, government"
Mujaheed: "military?"
Galas03: "Yep" (Yes)
Mujaheed: "fire-brigade?"
Galas03: "ME" (Riot police)
Mujaheed: "municipality office? aha"
Galos03: "fire-brigade allahoe a3lam"
Mujaheed: "all government institutions"
Galos03: "municipality office I don't know either allHOE A3LAM"
Mujaheed: "municipality office is government on a municipal scale local scale D we are going to loot the financial ministry and your also allowed to fraud and all with taxes"
Galos03: "Yep" (Yes)
Mujaheed: "haha :D right on!"
Galos03: "he told me today something that it is best that you whish hidaya for your enemies. he says he wishes for sharon and bush to become muslim"
Mujaheed: "Yeah, that's right and otherwise just slaughter them L-p"
Galos03: ";)"
Mujaheed: "and hamas?"
Galos03: "he says: 11 - September is ok sheik bin laden is ok Taliban ok and hamas masha Allah they have the honor to fight against the pigs and the apes"
Mujaheed: "d I (L) AjvdV" (???)
Galos03: "J" (Jihad)
Mujaheed: "but does he say to people that when you live here you have to live according to the rules?"
Galos03: "If it is not against islam, yes"
Mujaheed: "some say that if you live here you have to live totally according to the constitution. what does he say"
Galos03: "No only when it is against Islam"
Mujaheed: "I see and what does he say that you should make dahwah and not jihad?"
Galos03: "Thus as the government says to the people no more salaah, that goes to far... Allahoe A3lam is what he says about those people"
Mujaheed: "and as the government says no more jihaad? Is that to much?"
Galos03: "I did not ask, I will ask him tomorrow"
But this is not enough for Jason Walters He wants to hear the imam Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven him self. He visits him on 21 September 2003 in a mosque in the city of Almere. A day later, September 22 15:29, Jason Walters again as "Mujaheed" has the following conversation in the secure chat box, now with an un identified "Khb":
Mujaheed: "Salaam aleikum, agie do you know the name of the young sheich"
Mujaheed: "(O you disbe: wa 3alaykoem asalaam"
Mujaheed: "Who recite the quran"
Khb: "what young sheigh mohammed barak"
Mujaheed: "at islamway.com djazaak Allah"
Khb: "How was your conversation with abdel Jabbar van de Ven"
Mujaheed: "Elhamdulillah [Praise to Allah], very good. He says that the blood and possessions of the government is halal [ours]. We may rob the government, state, army, military police, police and all other government institutions."
Khb: "Are you sure?"
Mujaheed: "Yep 100%, and one other thing"
Khb: "And what authority did he refer to?"
Mujaheed: "There was a man with the name Ibrahim bayrak who spoke as well and the one you say" (unclear dutch)
Khb: "na3am"
Mujaheed: "a ruler who does not use sharia but recognizes the sharia stays a muslim, the same with people who do not pray. But Abd. does not agree and I don't either. He says their are now a days many murjia even with the great authorities. Mirjia is the opposite of takfir"
Khb: "And what does he say about Bin Baaz rahimoeAllah"
Mujaheed: "I did not ask, I did not had that much time"
Khb: "He normally uses his fatwa's as well"
Mujaheed: "He said that authorities who accepted bribes should not be listen too and they are outside the faith"
khb: "Allahoe 'Ehlem. " (15.35)
But Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven says he did only met Jason three times. And that he did not really know him. He declared in a letter to Nova TV that he would not say the things they accuse him of to a stranger. Because he would then, unnecessary harm his family, students and the mosque where he teaches. He would also not say it to his friends, a Moslem is not allowed to create chaos. I am not in a position to give fatwa's on current affairs and I never said I was. He says he received e-mail from the Hofstad group, but that he is a know figure and he does not know them. He knew they existed but that was all.
He also says he remembers a person who could be "Gallas03", a fourteen year old boy who asked radical questions, for that he had send him away.
Yeah right.
See also:
American Jihad (Jason Walters)
Picture during Jason's arrest (ough!) (external link)
Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven publishes on: Imaan, al-islaam
Galas03: Al-Jihaad reaction Marokko comunity forum, Jihad message Islaam-online forum, About unbelieve Islaam-online forum, profile at Islaam-online forum
Sources: Planet Internet, Nova TV, Chat sessions transcript


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The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is hosting its 16th annual conference in Washington, D.C. on January 19-21. This year's topic is the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Participants will fully understand how the three sectors are a system of interdependent components and how to develop solutions based on multi-sector engagement.
Faculty from the Research Coordination Network (RCN) on Sustainable Cities will be presenting the following symposia:
- January 19th, 1:45 PM – Cities at the Nexus – Anu Ramaswami (University of Minnesota and RCN Lead PI) will be a part of a panel to introduce how the core needs of food, water, and energy can be, and are being, integrated into sustainable planning of cities and surrounding areas.
- January 20th, 10:50 AM – The Nexus in Cities: Measuring Impact and Exploring Solutions – Panelists will discuss how urban residents, city planners, and policymakers can shape the sustainability of food, energy, and water demand and supply to cities. The discussion will be moderated by Anu Ramaswami and Patricia Culligan (Columbia University).
- January 21, 9:45 AM – Systems-Based Modeling of FEW Nexus in Megacities – Joshua Sperling (National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Colorado) will be a part of a panel to address challenges and complexity in the protection and interactions of FEW resources utilizing mathematical and GIS techniques, big data analytics, decision support tools, and "infrastructure ecology" methodologies.
The NSF-funded RCN grant seeks to develop an interdisciplinary network of researchers and practitioners from universities, national labs, nonprofit organizations, and private institutions who will coordinate their work on the overarching theme of Sustainable Cities. The focus is on reducing energy use, carbon emissions, and mitigating climate-risks to water supply and public health in cities.
The National Council for Science and the Environment is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. Their national conference will bring together over 1,200 scientific, educational, business, civil society, and government professionals from diverse fields to explore the connections between science and decision-making associated with a particular high-profile environmental issue. Learn more about the event.


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LEDs for the Rest of Us
LED lighting is becoming more common, but it is by no means commonplace.
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LED lighting is becoming more common, but it is by no means commonplace. One reason is the cost associated with the use of numerous discrete elements in a lighting unit, which makes it a custom design. Not only is the housing unique, so is the array of lights behind it. It's enough to offset the lower power consumption and longevity advantages LEDs hold over incandescent lamps, and make LED lighting something found only in high-end vehicles.
"Joule" is the first standardized LED system solution offered to OEMs in a plug-and-play package," says Dave Hulick, global auxiliary product manager, Osram Sylvania (www.sylvania.com; Hillsboro, NH). Hulick says the Joule isn't as cheap as the incandescent bulbs most vehicles still use, nor is it as expensive as a custom LED array. "It's a solution that moves LEDs into the volume sector while giving car makers the opportunity to upgrade and differentiate the design of their rear combination lamps without resorting to an expensive redesign."
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The first thing you notice about the Joule is the wrap-around heat sink base that is the main component of its thermal management system. "That's a critical item," says Fred Peterson, HID Engineering manager, "because LED output drops as the temperature rises." The second thing you notice is the USCAR connector, and the third is the capped chrome pillar rising above the base. The Joule reflects its light along the underside of the cap and down the pillar. "We are selling customer a light pattern as well as a technology," says Peterson, "so that we can upgrade the latter without requiring OEMs or suppliers to change the lamp fixtures. We want this technology to be plug-and-play in every way possible."
Despite the fact that the Joule light has yet to make it production debut—it's slated to debut on the 2006 Mercury Mountaineer—the second generation is already under development. Made up of 8 pieces instead of the first generation's 11, the design reduces complexity and the number of components, replaces separate LEDs on the pillar with an acrylic light pipe that can be tuned for different focal lengths, and will be capable of combining LEDs to produce amber light as well as red for a combined stop/turn function. Currently, it takes separate Joule units to perform this function. The white backup light will likely remain separate to keep cost and complexity in check.
"The Joule's base will support a number of light designs," says Peterson, "from 3D optic disc designs to fiber optics." An optic disc would allow a car maker like BMW, for example, to copy the "angel eyes" ring that light up around its HID front lighting units with a similar design in the rear without using multiple LEDs. Combining Joule with a separate lens eliminates the need for a reflector, making body color or contrasting taillights a possibility. Osram Sylvania also has shown automakers a fiber optic light that mates moveable light-conducting fibers with the Joule base. "It didn't take the designers long to realize they could arrange the fibers in various ways, from a starburst to a chevron, to get different looks without having to specify separate lighting units," says Peterson.—CAS


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"Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd,
buy me some carrots and healthy fruit snacks…"
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Two-Time James-Beard-Award Winning Author Judith Choate Visits The Bay Area To Celebrate The Publication Of Her Newest Cookbook, AN AMERICAN FAMILY COOKS
San Francisco, CA – October 23, 2013 – On November 18th at 6pm, culinary legend Judith Choate will be at San Francisco's Book Passage signing copies of her new book, An American Family Cooks (Welcome Books) and sharing tales and tips from her colorful 50-year career in the food world.
And just in time for Thanksgiving, on November 23rd, Choate will demonstrate some of her favorite holiday recipes at Sur La Table during the Saturday Farmer's Market at the Ferry Building from 10am to 2pm. For more event details please click here.
After authoring, co-authoring and ghostwriting over 100 books–including those by a slew of celebrity chefs, among them, Charlie Palmer, David Burke, Jacques Torres, and Patti Labelle, Judie Choate has finally turned to her private trove of family recipes, cooking tips, and kitchen memories to bring us the one book she has always most wanted to write. An American Family Cooks (October 1, Welcome Books) is an inviting collection of some "fancy, some not-so-fancy, and some just plain everyday" dishes that have nurtured and sustained the Choate family for generations, lovingly interlaced with Choate's fondly recollected culinary anecdotes, spanning from her childhood on the farm, to coming of age in San Francisco, to raising a family in Manhattan, to spending her golden summers in upstate New York.
In An American Family Cooks, Choate is joined by three generations of relatives, including her food-photographer husband, Steve Poole, and her formidably epicurean sons: San Francisco wine professional Christopher Choate and culinary Francophile Michael Choate, a literary agent representing writers in the world of literature and food.
Though she's called the same New York City apartment home for over fifty years, for Choate, San Francisco remains a very special city. Not only does her youngest son Chris reside in the Bay Area (whose culinary talents lean Italian), but it was once Choate's home, as well, when as a young eight-year-old-girl, she moved with her mother from rural Colorado to live with her older brother in 1940's San Francisco. It was here that Choate's cultural and culinary world exploded, as she was introduced to a whole new collection of flavors, customs, and experiences.
Writes Choate in her Introduction: "The most astounding result of our move was the availability of so many new and different ingredients, cuisines, and culinary traditions. San Francisco had a well-known Chinatown, and the city's Italian population and fishing industry also were substantial. Russian River was aptly named. Our neighbors were Lebanese, German, Swedish, and Mexican. So many nationalities, each with special foods and celebrations to share."
Every year, Choate and her husband Steve (the book's photographer) travel west to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Chris and his family—a tradition that is joyfully chronicled in An American Family Cooks.
Media Contact: Katrina Fried, Associate Publisher, 707-559-5419, email@example.com
For more about An American Family Cooks, including a Q&A please visit the website.
With apple season just around the corner, try Judie's Apple Pizza (below). Just one of over 100 recipes in An American Family Cooks. Continue reading
In Stores 10/22: ABC's DR. JAY ADLERSBERG Delivers Gorgeous Debut Coffee Table Book, a Love Letter to IRELAND
WABC-TV's Favorite Doctor Steps out From in Front of the Camera and Goes Behind it
Dr. Jay Ben Adlersberg's Ireland In Word and Image is a Love Letter to the Emerald Isle
New York, NY – October 22, 2013 –A familiar face to millions of New Yorkers as the Health and Medical Reporter of ABC 7's Eyewitness News, on October 22 Dr. Jay Adlersberg unveiled his inner Renaissance Man with the release of his debut coffee table photo book, Ireland: In Word and Image (Welcome Books).
In Ireland, Jay Ben Adlersberg (as a photographer, he uses his full name) brings forth 160 deeply atmospheric images to accompany over forty powerfully evocative texts (selected by editor Samantha Bowser) from the Emerald Isle's greatest writers, poets and essayists, including James Joyce, Frank McCourt, W.B. Yeats.
Adlersberg's talent for reducing the most complex medical news to straightforward layman's terms on camera has translated brilliantly into an ability to present readers with a big picture view of Ireland that clearly captures both the island's mystical ancient past and vibrant contemporary spirit. Ireland is at once an introduction and a love letter to a country that is the ancestral home to nearly 34.5 million Irish-Americans. (That's seven times the population of Ireland itself 4.68 million).
Images of Paleolithic monuments, medieval castles, quiet fishing villages, and bustling cities are eloquently woven into a captivating portrait and compelling invitation. Ireland has won raves from Tourism Ireland, "Jay's images of the country fire the readers imagination of what it would be like to experience Ireland first hand," and praise from CNN's Father Edward L. Beck, "The deep soul and spirit of this luminous country is evident on each finely wrought page of this book. A wonder to behold and to be treasured."
Doctors who are also acclaimed photographers are indeed a rare breed, but Jay's in good company: Howard Schatz, an ophthalmologist and photographer has published numerous books celebrating the human form, the latest of which, Caught In The Act: Actors Acting was just released October 7.
A contributing artist to Getty Images, Jay Ben Adlersberg's clients include Microsoft, Saatchi and Saatchi, Macmillan, and the New York Times. Jay has been voted one of the "Best Doctors in New York" by New York Magazine. He lives in New York City. To view Jay's work, visit www.jaybenimages.com.
Preview and order Ireland at www.welcomebooks.com/ireland
Welcome Books® is a publisher of distinctive, exquisitely crafted visual books on a variety of subjects, distributed by Random House.


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Today is International Women's Day, the day where we celebrate the contributions and acknowledge the struggles that women face in our global society. Joining in on the international celebration, the xQsí familia honors the LBTQ, Latina, or LBTQ Latina women that with their strength have shaped our lives for the better.
Victoria García
"The first Latin American woman that changed my life was Antonia Peña. El world barely knew of her existence. She was born in a small town, worked in the field, was a sister to 7, and wife to man with whom she had one daughter. She didn't learn to read nor write, and didn't go to catechism. She grew up raising her siblings and stranger's children. She shared her life with me from the time I was 6 months old until I was seven. She taught me about love through actions, to brush my teeth, to scrub my knees, to pray, to control my tantrums. She loved me as if I had come from her womb. She took care of me when I had a fever. She took me to the doctor and to school. She heard my first sentences; she would ask me to read her the paper and the billboards on the street. She would get frustrated when I wouldn't eat her food, and give me chacletasos whenever I'd through myself on the floor simply because she wouldn't by me Chocolatines. She took me for the first time to a radio station and discovered in me the gift of the word — the art of reading, speaking, and writing — despite being illiterate. She changed my diapers and taught me the value of living, the love for the kitchen and Sunday raviolis. That woman, anonymous to the world, is the first Latin American woman to change my life because she took care of me when my own mother couldn't. She therefore was, is, and forever will be my mamá Antonia. The only mom I have know and who death stole from me much too soon.
Laura Figueroa
Many lesbians have impacted my life in a positive way, yet today I would like to write about one that has shown a spirit of faith, strength and determination. Her name is Minerva Romero. She lost her legs to a terrible accident. She was abandoned, cheated on by lawyers that only made money off her case. Organizations also used her misfortune only to attract the media's attention to stand out for self-interests. Because of this, at first, Minerva naturally felt manipulated, betrayed and devastated. While many people that have everything to succeed still choose to complain, portray themselves as victims and even blame others for their misfortunes, Minerva chose a different path for herself. She overcame pain, adversity, and ultimately rebuilt her life. In fact, even in a wheelchair, she wakes up every day to go to work, has raised a child, and is now working on a project to empower other women to become self-reliable and shine with their own light. Minerva is an inspiration to me.
Bamby Salcedo
"One of the women who has influenced me in my life and continues to be my mentor is Valerie Spencer. Valerie is an African American trans woman who has marked history by providing HIV prevention and care services in Los Angeles County. Valerie also is a wonderful motivational speaker who travels across the country speaking on trans issues. In the beginning of my career, Valerie was one of the people who always encouraged me and believed in me. She always used to tell me "when you discover your potential, you are going to do great things" of course, I did not see it or believed it then but she has helped me to boost my self-confidence and to believe that I can accomplish whatever I want for myself. Without a doubt, Valerie has marked my life in a very positive way and continues to do so. I can honestly say that when I grow up, I want to be just like Valerie Spencer."
Danny Olvera
"Up until sophomore year, I was a psychology major at UIC. I spoke of statistical significance and covariance, and read of cognitive dissonance and priming. It wasn't until I took my first Chican@ history course that I switched over to Latin American & Latino Studies and found what I truly loved. But it wasn't necessarily what I learned in that class that fundamentally altered the course of my life; it was who taught it: Elena Gutiérrez. Rest assured, learning the history of the Mexican people in the United States definitely taught me that I was a part of a long legacy of cultural resistance. Understanding the repercussions of colonialism on my community offered me invaluable insight into contemporary problems. However, it was Elena, her inclusion of queer Chican@ writings, and the passion and conviction with which she taught them, that allowed me for the first time to see myself — my whole self — reflected back at me in the smoking mirror of our history. For the first time I saw the possibility of being proud of my cultural heritage while simultaneously being true to queerness — all without contradiction. Elena was an example of what who I could be. Without Elena, I probably wouldn't be here, in this space, writing and sharing the stories of my people, proud in the plurality of my identities. It is because of her that once I learned of my queer Chican@ lineage, I never looked back."
Isis Win
"I don't really have a Latina role model that affected my way of life per se. I could say my mother was the closest model I've seen through my life. I saw many positive features of hers but as well, I was exposed to a few that were not of my liking. Something that comes with the territory between a mother and her children. However, there was a woman named Anaïs Nin, a thinker and author that impressed me much because her uncanny honesty. However, I celebrate womanhood as a whole, because women have been the pillar to maintain and support their counterpart. And both have made possible to have a better world and lifestyle."
Juan Andrés Gómez Méndez
"Fabiana Fine is an Argentine trans woman that, for a number of years, has lived in Uruguay. Currently serving on the artistic team of Il Tempo, LGBTQ Bowling, and host of Parte D, a radio program emitted by Bulofm.com. She is a theatre and film actress, having appeared in the movie "The farewell." Few years ago, she was also awarded the Revelation of Carnival prize, ( during Uruguay's main festival).
"I saw her for the first time in 2007 during my first trip to the Cain Dance Bowling, where she and Antonio Bergamasco did shows on Fridays. I was dazzled by her way of doing humor, her stage presence, her charisma and beauty. Always said that if I was straight, I would marry Fabiana. It was admiration at first sight.
"From that day on, and for years I went to see her at Cain, Il Tempo, inside theater, and everywhere else she'd perform and I could go. I know that whenever she perform, everyone will have a good time, have fun and she change the mood you're mood if it's one of those days where everything is not quite right.
"It's very difficult for someone like her to not influence their viewers. At least with me, she did. There is only one way to fight against discrimination and prejudice: being yourself.".
Vivian Varela
"For International Women's Day I want to remember Gloria E. Anzaldúa. I met Gloria sometime around 1984 when I moved into a studio apartment that was in the big house where she lived on the Oakland/Berkeley border. I was introduced to her by my friend Lea Arrellano. At the time I did not realize what a profound impact Gloria would have on my life. I remember her being a very private person but she said she was a writer and sometimes she liked to work in the quiet of the night and sleep during the day. Whenever we had time to visit she always made me feel very important. She asked me questions about my life experience and asked me to write about them. I said I would but I let life get in the way of my writing and so now I'm doing what I said I would. I want to say Gloria, thank you for encouraging me and allowing me to read your first drafts of Borderlands. Thank you for the deep and detailed conversations and questions. Thank you for putting my name in the acknowledgements even though you kept it a secret until I read my own name in your book. Thank you for listening and most of all thank you for teaching me that I too can write and that I too have a story to tell. Thank you introducing me to the word queer and for doing this for so many of us "queer" gente."
Laura Luna
While taking time during the eve of International Women's Day to think about the LBTQ mujeres that have influenced my life, I first, think of the amazing Xican@s that came before me such as Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherrie Moraga, whose writings helped (and still help) shape my queer Xican@ identity. When I think of people that I know in "real life," I know that my activism and desire to be involved in and help create community are strongly influenced by women like Bamby Salcedo and Anayvette Maria Martinez. In my opinion, both of these women walk the talk every single day by bringing to the forefront issues that affect women in our community, creating community and by creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. In my daily life, the LBTQ mujeres that inspire me are my circle of amazing chosen family sisters. Not only are they amazing mujeres creating change each in their own way, they are also an amazing support system. I am thankful everyday for the transformative and radical love that we share.


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Rockies-Padres Preview
The Colorado Rockies are one of baseball's highest-scoring teams, but their pitching staff has given plenty of those runs back.
Jordan Lyles hopes to help put a stop to that trend as he seeks a second straight solid outing in Monday night's matchup with the host San Diego Padres.
Colorado's 70 runs rank second in the majors to the Chicago White Sox's 80, though the 69 it has allowed have contributed to an inconsistent start. The Rockies (6-7) dropped two of three to San Francisco in their last series, including Sunday's 5-4 loss in 10 innings.
Justin Morneau and Wilin Rosario each hit their first homer, while DJ LeMahieu went 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Colorado's pitching staff took another blow following the contest, as it learned starter Brett Anderson will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken index finger suffered Saturday.
"We have to play the hand we're dealt with here," manager Walt Weiss said.
Aside from Saturday's 1-0 victory against the Giants, the Rockies' best pitching performance came last Monday against the White Sox as Lyles gave up one run in 6 2-3 innings of an 8-1 win.
An injury to Tyler Chatwood – who gave up four runs in six innings in his season debut Sunday – opened a spot in the rotation for Lyles (2-0, 3.86 ERA), who was supposed to start the season in Triple-A.
The right-hander has made the most of his opportunity, which likely will be extended well beyond this start with the news of Anderson's injury.
"He's been impressive," Weiss said of Lyles. "It was a tough situation he was in at the end of spring training. He's 2-0. It says a lot about the guy."
Lyles, who was acquired from Houston in November, is 1-2 with a 5.51 ERA in three starts against the Padres. He won't be dwelling on those past performances, though.
"I think guys in general fall victim to worrying about their numbers," Lyles said. "I think I'm turning that corner."
Colorado hopes to improve on its 2-5 road record as it begins a four-game set with a Padres team that has won three of four following a rough start.
San Diego (5-7) got solo homers from Jedd Gyorko and Xavier Nady in Sunday's 5-1 win over Detroit, while Will Venable added a two-run double.
"The pitching has done a tremendous job, and now it's our turn on the offensive side to get some guys going," Nady said. "Hopefully (we can) get some runs early and get big hits and start playing well."
The Padres scored at least four runs for just the fourth time and their 33 runs on the season rank last in the NL. Eric Stults will take the mound in this contest, but he said he can't worry about the lack of offensive production.
Stults (0-2, 5.59) allowed two runs – one earned – in 5 2-3 innings in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Cleveland, but he received no support in a 2-0 defeat.
"I can only control what I can control and that's pitching," Stults said. "I can't do anything about the hitting side of things, so I mean I don't think that really changes my approach. I still want to attack the zone and get guys out. So to me, it's not an issue because my job is to pitch."
The left-hander has made seven starts against Colorado, going 3-0 with a 4.20 ERA.
Troy Tulowitzki, who went 0 for 7 in the series against the Giants, is 5 for 14 with two doubles and six walks against Stults.


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Caleb Lindskoog and his band The Silver State pause after their first song last Friday night at the Beauty Bar. A Republic Services garbage truck is making its late-night rounds in the back alley behind the venue. The streetlamp over the outdoor courtyard continues to flicker at its own will, and Lindskoog takes this time to make a public-service announcement. "You have 15 days left to register," he says, and lends his support to Barack Obama while gesturing toward the voter-registration table.
The evening is more about reunion than politics; the band has roots in Vegas' local music scene. Lindskoog is joined by Brendan Fitzpatrick, Taylor Milne and Alex Stopa (the latter two taking the stage twice that night, also playing with Halloween Town). A mini high-school reunion of sorts is also taking place at the Beauty Bar. The Las Vegas Academy is only a broken beer bottle's throw away from Fremont Street and the Neon Reverb festival. Lindskoog graduated from the magnet school more than a decade ago (as did Halloween Town frontman Ryan Pardey), and approximately a dozen LVA-ers are at the Beauty Bar for the show.
- More Neon Reverb
- Rabbit Hunting (9/18/08)
- World-beat hoedown (9/18/08)
- Under the neon, a new festival makes its mark (9/14/08)
- Downtown-apalooza (9/4/08)
- Beyond the Weekly
- The Silver State MySpace
Continuing the melodic nature of the evening, The Silver State's set brings to mind Lindskoog and Milne's previous Vegas band, Expert on October (yup, the one with The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci). The crowd remains attentive to the skillful songwriting of The Silver State, despite pounding dance music drifting through the open doorway from the Beauty Bar's main room.
The Silver State now calls Brooklyn home. "I was ready to leave when I got here," says Lindskoog about living in Las Vegas, and the decision to move the band to New York was an obvious one for him. "I'm a product of my environment creatively, and it's really difficult to exist in a resort community if you're trying to do something bigger."
However, Lindskoog's mood isn't all somber lamentations over the state of the local music scene. When asked about how it feels to be performing in Vegas again, he replies, "Well. I got really, really drunk, and I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a while." He grins, then is drawn away by another audience member who compliments Lindskoog on a great set and the homecoming, while PBR beer consumption continues for all into the wee hours of the morning.


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Managed providers can be a wide phrase for outsourcing quite a few functions in organization. Normally, entrepreneurs hear the phrase the 1st time they examine IT outsourcing. It is usually the favourite time period for IT help companies seeking to deliver a recurring revenue stream. Tiny and medium entrepreneurs will discover that IT corporations offer you varying descriptions of whatever they think about managed IT services packages. netzwerkverkabelung Just what exactly is managed companies?
Managed Providers Described
Wikipedia defines managed solutions as "the follow of outsourcing day-to-day administration tasks and features as a strategic approach for enhancing operations and cutting costs. This could consist of outsourcing HR-activities, generation guidance and lifecycle build/maintenance functions."
Around in the MSP Alliance, they explain it as "the proactive management of the IT (Data Engineering) asset or object, by a 3rd social gathering normally acknowledged as a MSP, on behalf of the shopper. The operative difference that sets aside a MSP will be the proactive shipping in their service, when compared with reactive IT services, that have existed for decades."
And eventually, Gartner defines a MSP being a corporation that "delivers network, software, program and e-management expert services throughout a community to numerous enterprises, applying a "pay while you go" pricing design. A "pure play" MSP concentrates on administration companies as its core providing. Additionally, the MSP market includes choices from other suppliers – which includes software company vendors (ASPs), Web internet hosting providers and community service companies (NSPs) – that supplement their standard choices with administration products and services."
Basically, the sector defines managed IT solutions for a software through which some portion of IT service is completed proactively and with some type of month to month payment. However, the procedure and outcomes may perhaps fluctuate based on how the person firm approaches their assist package deal.
Numerous IT assist organizations just insert some sort of service with a monitoring package to get a nominal payment and contact it managed expert services. Within the other end with the spectrum, a full-time Managed Provider Service provider or MSP, will likely have an end-to-end platform during which they just take duty for their clients' technological know-how and a laser-like focus on strengthening the overall customer practical experience as well as their technological know-how outcomes.
The theory and Purpose
The basic principle at the rear of the worth of your support is to be a organization grows and relies far more on their own know-how, contacting an IT firm to solve difficulties becomes cumbersome and expensive. Some organizations start off wanting to have some proactive IT management mixed into their latest strategy. You can find several levels of monitoring and assessment inside of a proactive system. The general purpose ought to be to utilize the proactive action to scale back the quantity of reactive concerns and small business pitfalls.
Alternatively, some organizations choose to hire an interior IT person. Managed services, when finished appropriately, must offer you businesses a value powerful solution that decreases reactive problems and allows the consumer approach for potential concerns and enterprise variations. Making use of economies of scale and thru ideal tactics created and refined across a base of shoppers, a great managed expert services method should really undoubtedly be far more cost successful than using the services of internally and deliver better results.
Variants of Managed Products and services
Whilst the definition is often relatively obscure, the variants may also be sometimes baffling. Shown down below are some of your a lot more common "managed services" offering that somebody may come across. While some would argue which the most simple offerings aren't managed services in any way, they can be integrated if only as an example just how much variation exists.


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People all over Australia have to deal with disabilities on a regular basis. In the past, having a disability largely meant resigning yourself to a more limited lifestyle; people with disabilities tended to avoid going out very frequently, or chose not to participate in many fun activities because getting around was simply too difficult. Fortunately, there are many amazing types of mobility equipment that are geared toward every conceivable type of disability. There is no longer any reason to allow your disability to rule your life; you can - and should - go on about your business despite that disability.
The many levels of mobility aids -
For some people, a simple cane can make a world of difference in terms of how they get around in the world. Having that tiny bit of extra assistance can make getting from place to place amazingly easier. For others, a motorized scooter can give them the freedom to freely explore the world without the need to constantly sit down and rest - or to risk overexerting themselves and exacerbating their condition. Traditional wheelchairs continue to be heavily relied upon devices for countless people around the country, from those who are paralysed to those who simply can't stay on their feet for extended periods of time.
There are many very sophisticated kinds of mobility aids available today that are geared toward an astonishing array of different disabilities. When used in combination with well designed incontinence products, mobility equipment can allow today's elderly people to live their golden years up to their maximum possible potential. That old stereotype of the senior citizen who sits idly by in their nursing home has largely been debunked, thanks to scooters, walkers, canes and other aids that let virtually anyone get around gracefully. Sitting aside and watching life pass you by is no fun at all - and now, no one has to do so.
Fact: Mobility aids make daily tasks easier -
In addition to letting people with disabilities and the elderly get around the world more easily, different mobility aids make simply day to day tasks much easier to manage. Where getting around the house was once a chore, the right type of mobility aids can make it a breeze. The secret is finding the product that is right for you; experimenting with different devices is usually the best way to figure that out. Without a doubt, you are bound to be amazed by what's available these days - and how it can change your life for the better.


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Monday, 20 October 2014
Christmas angel box
8 comments:
- Pamellia Johnson said...
This is just beautiful! I love all the wonderful snowflakes and the red dress on the neutral background really makes her pop! Fabulous Christmas make! hugs :)
PS, Harley is a total cutie!!!
- 20 October 2014 at 12:32
- sweet art designs said...
This is really adorable. Love it.Thank you for sharing with Fairytale Stampers - Myrna (GD)
- 20 October 2014 at 13:39
- fabiola jaques said...
super chou Louise, une très jolie boîte, superbement décoré, merci de jouer avec nous chez CSAYL, biz
- 20 October 2014 at 19:12
- Carol S. said...
This box is rather cute. Sweet image too. hugs, Carol S.xx
- 21 October 2014 at 00:36
- Tracey Fehr said...
This is just fabulous! Love the digi! Thanks for playing along with us at CSAYL.
Tracey, DT
- 21 October 2014 at 02:48
- Heather said...
Gorgeous little gift box! That sweet little lady really pops off the neutral box. Thanks for playing with CSAYL.
- 22 October 2014 at 01:37
- Patricia Chalas said...
Awesome card!! Thanks for playing along with us at CSAYL Challenge!! :)
- 23 October 2014 at 14:49
- Lola said...
Hello Louise!
Your box is so stunning beautiful!!
Please specify in your description what's NEW, to qualify for the Top 3 and winners drawing at our Fairytale Stampers Challenge :-)
- 28 October 2014 at 08:53


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We talk a lot about cookies during the holidays but what about the cupcakes. We host cookie exchanges so who wants to do a cupcake exchange? Well, it might be easier to make cupcakes for a festive party or a school party. If you decide to make Christmas cupcakes, here are some great ideas!
Presents cupcake; Reindeer cupcakes; Christmas tree cupcake; Starlight Mint Cupcakes; White Christmas Ornament cupcake; Winter Fantasy cupcake; Snowman cupcake; Dark Chocolate Peppermint Lava Cakes


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What is accreditation?
SAQA defines accreditation as:
"The certification usually for a particular period of time, of a person, a body or an institution as having the capacity to fulfill a particular function in the quality assurance system set up by the South African Qualifications Authority."
Accreditation is awarded to providers who offer outcomes-based learning programmes aligned to the NQF registered unit standards and qualifications. It is given to a provider, usually for a period of three years.
Accreditation must also be seen as an audit process of the provider's quality system and the learning programme which will be offered. It ensures that learning and assessments result in nationally recognised credits, and ultimately in the achievement of a formal qualification.
Definition of a skills development provider
A skills development provider is a body which delivers learning programmes that culminate in specific National Qualifications Framework standards or qualifications and manages the assessment thereof.
Accreditation: "one provider, one QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT (QAMD)
All providers, regardless of the sector in which they are active, may be accredited by only one Quality Assurance Management Division. Where a provider offers learning programmes across more than one sector, it is a requirement that at least 51% of that provider's offerings must fall within the scope of Services SETA Quality Assurance Management Division (SETQAA). The provider is responsible for determining and providing evidence of primary focus in its application for accreditation to SETQAA. If the provider has applied to SETQAA for accreditation, but has other programmes that do not fall within the SETQAA scope, the provider must contact the SETQAA department, to have their non-primary focus programme(s) evaluated through a MOU intervention.
Against which programmes can I apply for accreditation?
Providers can apply for accreditation against unit standards and/or qualifications registered on the NQF and allocated to Services SETA Quality Assurance Management Division (SETQAA) for quality assurance purposes.
Length of time to achieve accreditation
We anticipate the accreditation process to take ten weeks. A provider will achieve provisional accreditation if the minimum (against SAQA's eight core) criteria are met, their learning programmes are aligned to NQF registered unit standard/s and/or qualification/s and their assessors and moderators have been awarded constituent registration for the learning programmes to which they are linked.
Cost of accreditation
Services SETA does not charge for accreditation. To help providers understand the application for accreditation documentation, the SETQAA has trained a group of internal and external consultants who will sit with providers at their premises for a maximum of two hours to answer questions. The consultant will not complete the documentation for the provider, but will assist the provider in understanding the requirements of the SETQAA. There is no fee charged to the provider.
If you use an external consultant to help you achieve accreditation the cost thereof will be privately contracted between you and the consultant.
Extension of accreditation
Should you decide to diversify at a later stage, you need only apply for an extension of accreditation for those qualifications, skills programmes or unit standards you wish to add.
Should the extension means that another Quality Assurance Management Division must get involved, the primary focus Quality Assurance Management Division will still manage and administer the extension of accreditation through a memorandum of understanding with the secondary Quality Assurance Management Division.
Provisional accreditation
Provisional accreditation means that the provider meets the eight core criteria stipulated for accreditation. It also means that the learning programmes are aligned to NQF registered qualifications and unit standards.
What does "not yet recommended" mean?
Not yet recommended means that the provider does not meet the eight core criteria stipulated for accreditation and/or the programmes are not outcomes based or aligned to NQF unit standards.


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Two Child Limit – Implementation, Challenges and the Policy Context
Thank you to all those who attended our seminar on 22nd of June 2017. April 2017 saw the introduction of the most direct attack on children under the welfare reform banner yet. This seminar examined the two child limit in tax credits and means-tested benefits and its inevitable impact on child poverty.
The seminar covered:
- the policy implications of the two child limit, including lessons from America's experience of family caps and CPAG's research into the effects of the new provisions on child poverty
- detail of how the two child limit is being implemented for universal credit, child tax credit, income support and income-based jobseeker's allowance (where child amounts are still payable) and housing benefit
- the exceptions to the limit
- the transitional arrangements and the tactical issues relating to those arrangements
- the implications of the two-child limit in the context of human rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and potential legal challenges


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Dar El-Nimer is an independent non-profit art foundation and cultural space. It showcases historical, modern and contemporary cultural productions from Palestine, the Levant and beyond.
Architecturally, the space is designed in a way that all the internal walls and navigation elements are temporary and movable. The idea is for each exhibition to take on a different scheme and plan.
To resonate with the conceptual scheme of the architecture, the logo developped as a play on simple geometric shapes, which could be used to construct many other visual elements pertaining to the identity.
The forms used to create the logo have so far been adapted into signage icons and patterns to be used on different applications.
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New Dawn Homecare and the New Dawn Guest Home have recently been accredited through Accreditation Canada's Primer program.
Accreditation Canada is a national organization that sets standards for quality and safety in healthcare and accredits healthcare organizations based on how well they meet those standards. The accreditation program is recognized as best in class internationally and is designed to improve client outcomes and health system performance.
During their three-day onsite visit in late February 2017, the survey team from Accreditation Canada evaluated New Dawn Homecare's and Guest Home's programs and services, reviewed policies and procedures against practices, and led a number of discussions with staff, management, clients, and families.
Among other things, the report by Accreditation Canada concluded that client-centered care is the foundation of New Dawn Homecare and Guest Home, that the organizations continue to be creative and innovative in meeting the needs of the community, and that both have excellent staff and an excellent quality improvement and client safety plan.
The Primer Award, which sees New Dawn Homecare and Guest Home join local hospitals, long-term care facilities, and the VON - the areas only other accredited health care providers – is the culmination of eighteen months of organizational and policy development.
New Dawn Homecare is now one of only two private homecare agencies in all of Nova Scotia with an Accreditation Canada award, while the New Dawn Guest Home is the only Residential Care Facility (for persons with disabilities) with an Accreditation Canada award on Cape Breton Island.
For New Dawn Homecare and the New Dawn Guest Home, pursuing accreditation was a logical extension of both organizations' commitment to client care, well being, safety and service quality.
New Dawn Homecare and Guest Home now turn their attention to Accreditation Canada's Qmentum program – the next step in ensuring quality and safety throughout both organizations – from governance and leadership to direct care and infrastructure.
New Dawn Homecare: As the Island's largest private Homecare provider, New Dawn Homecare provides a full range of support services in the comfort and convenience of client homes or in local hospitals: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. During visits, New Dawn Homecare assists with: client-centered personal care; nursing care; basic, advanced and diabetic footcare; reflexology; light housekeeping; grocery shopping; meal preparation; transportation to & from appointments; respite care; companionship; and in-hospital private care.
New Dawn Guest Home: A caring, welcoming environment is the hallmark of New Dawn Guest Home, a 30-bed, Level One, residential care facility providing personalized and professional care in a bright, comfortable setting for people with a variety of disabilities in partnership with the Department of Community Services.
For more information on Accreditation Canada, please visit www.accreditation.ca


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Mr. Edward Lim Chin Wah
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Mr. Edward Lim Chin Wah is an Executive Chairman and Director of our Group. He is responsible for the engineering activities of our Group and also oversees the technical and engineering aspects of our operations.
From 1980 to 1987, Mr. Lim was a senior engineering assistant (mechanical) at Bethlehem (S) Pte Ltd and was responsible for the design of HVAC systems, painting and corrosion prevention systems including preparations of all specifications for the procurement of machineries for the construction of oil drilling rigs. From 1987 to 1988, Mr. Lim was a project manager at Tri-Co Engineering Pte Ltd and was responsible for the design and project management of HVAC and cold-room systems. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Lim started up IEC Insulation & Engineering Construction, and as sole-proprietor was involved in the day to day management of its steel structural fabrication business. The business was subsequently incorporated as a private company with the name IEC Insulation & Engineering Construction Pte Ltd, where Mr. Lim was managing director from 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Lim held the position of executive director of IEC Group Pte Ltd and held sole responsibility for the management of the company's steel structural business and coating and aluminium fabrication business. Mr. Lim joined our Group thereafter.
Mr. Lim graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Technician Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
|Mr. Yap Tin Foo
Managing Director
Mr. Yap Tin Foo is an Executive Director and the Managing Director of our Group. He is responsible for the business development activities and client relationships of our Group.
From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Yap was a quantity surveyor at Caravelle Construction Pte Ltd and was responsible for the preparation of bidding processes and project management. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Yap was a senior quantity surveyor to the contract manager of TPS Construction Pte Ltd and was responsible for the preparation of bidding processes, contract negotiation and awarding, project management and cost control. In 1996, Mr. Yap was a quality surveyor at Davis Langdon & Seah Costing Consultant and was appointed as a team leader to manage junior quantity surveyors to prepare bills of quantity for tender documents. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Yap was a director at Veria Engineering & Development Pte Ltd and was responsible for project management and contract administration. In 1998, Mr. Yap was a senior quantity surveyor at Wee Sin Construction & Development Pte Ltd and was responsible for contract administration and project management. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Yap was an assistant project manager at Nitor Project Asia Pte Ltd and was responsible for project management and contract administration. Mr. Yap joined our Group thereafter.
Mr. Yap graduated from the University of South Australia, Australia with a Bachelor of Building and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
|Mr. Gan Lai Chiang
Lead Independent Director
Mr. Gan Lai Chiang is our Lead Independent Director and Chairman of our Audit Committee and was appointed on 28 May 2014.
Mr. Gan is currently an Independent Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee on the board of Health Management International Ltd, an SGX-ST Main Board listed company. Prior to this, he was also an Independent Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee on the board of Mun Siong Engineering Limited, another SGX-ST Main Board listed company, from 2010 to 2013. He is also concurrently the managing director of Swiss Securitas Asia Pte Ltd, a company specialising in providing security services. Mr. Gan has been holding this position in Swiss Securitas Asia Pte Ltd since 2007. He was also the managing director of ISS Hydroculture Pte Ltd from 2006 to 2010 and a director of Elk Security Pte Ltd, a company specialising in security services from 2009 to 2013. In addition, Mr. Gan has previously served as a Member of Parliament for the Marine Parade GRC, an advisor to various Grassroots Organisations as well as a member of various Community Development Councils.
Mr. Gan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (formerly known as the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore) and a fellow member of CPA Australia.
|Mr. Gopal Perumal
Independent Director
Mr. Gopal Perumal is one of our Independent Directors and was appointed on 28 May 2014.
Mr. Perumal has been a practicing lawyer since the beginning of his career. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Perumal was a legal assistant at JB Jeyaretnam & Co., and joined G. Murugaiyan & Co. as a legal assistant in 1986. Mr. Perumal subsequently left in 1988 and held the position of legal assistant at Yogen & Partners. In 1990, Mr. Perumal then set up a sole proprietorship under the name of Gopal & Associates which subsequently was converted into a partnership under the name of Gopal & Tan in 1994. He had been a partner with Gopal and Tan until 1996, after which the partnership was converted into a sole proprietorship helmed by Mr. Perumal until 1997. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Perumal was a partner at Bernard, Rada, Barker & Lee. Mr. Perumal then joined Wong, Gopal & Rai as a partner in 1999, subsequently joining P. Tan & Co. as a partner in 2001. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Perumal worked with Kang Associates as a partner. Since 2009, Mr. Perumal has been the sole proprietor of Gopal Perumal & Co.
Mr. Perumal graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (with honours) and is a member of the Law Society of Singapore.
|Mr. Tan Teng Wee
Independent Director
Mr. Tan Teng Wee is one of our Independent Directors and was appointed on 28 May 2014.
Mr. Tan is currently the Managing Director of PSC Freyssinet (S) Pte Ltd ("PSC Freyssinet"). He joined PSC Freyssinet in 1993 and was appointed Managing Director in the same year. He is currently responsible for the PSC Freyssinet's overall performance. Mr. Tan began his career in 1982 at Singapore Airlines as a site engineer responsible for site and project management. After four months he joined VSL Systems Pte Ltd as a design engineer responsible for structural design and technical support. Mr. Tan was then re-designated as marketing manager and was responsible for marketing and business development activities. Mr. Tan held this position until 1988, after which he was a manager involved in general management of Balken Piling (S) Pte Ltd from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Tan was a regional manager of Freyssinet Far East Pte Ltd, where he was responsible for business development.
Mr. Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Marketing, which he obtained from the Marketing Institute of Singapore. Mr. Tan is a professional engineer and also a fellow of the Institution of Engineers Singapore.


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Some common viral diseases like flu might seem unavoidable at times. This is because most communicable diseases are far too common and often perceived to be less harmful, rather mistakenly. Either way, a common cold is capable of putting you down for a whole week. This could be a problem as you may miss important things and lose precious time that you could have used productively. Generally, there are a number of ways you can reduce the risk of seasonal diseases like common cold and flu. Here are 4 such ways to take in view to avoid getting sick at work.
When the season for common cold and flu arrives, you will definitely notice a number of people coughing and showing other symptoms of infection. It has been found that viral diseases like flu are very communicable and spread rather fast. When you notice such changes, take good precaution and avoid unnecessary contact with people. You can also use gloves around public areas like washrooms. This can definitely help you get through the season without getting sick.
Flu vaccines have been around for a very long time. In fact, information on the vaccine is quite widespread. Since common, seasonal diseases at the office are quite predictable, you can plan ahead to get vaccinated. This will not only guarantee you of an infection-free season, but you will also have helped to minimize the spread of communicable diseases.
Most of the products in the market that claim to be anti-germs are often just marketing ploys. This is because research has many times proven that there are no secret formulas that can kill germs. In fact, common soap and pure water are all that is needed to stay hygienic.
Finally, maintaining hygiene is simple, cheap and effective way of avoiding all forms of illnesses. Keeping high levels of hygiene can thus guarantee you of being safe from many diseases. In addition, you can use natural preventive remedies like green tea and honey to boost your immunity in the cold season. You can also use sanitizers when you feel like you are handling contaminated objects.
Diseases are without a doubt the number one enemy for all human beings. They can contribute to lower levels of productivity and an uncomfortable experience. Taking the above preventive measures will definitely help keep you safe from diseases at the workplace.


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Make Your Own Pajamas Pants
People usually wear pajamas and its Pajamas Pants when they're sleeping. Today, pajamas become one of the most favorite sleeping wear. Pajamas are match for man and woman, for elder and kids.
Pajamas Pants usually comes with the top, some people or mother made their hand-made pajamas for their husband or children. Some other, give it as a present to people they love, like their father, brother or special friend.
Pajamas Pants are easy to make!
Make Pajamas Pants is not difficult as we thought, because it have simple model. First, you have to choose a comfortable fabric material for your Pajamas Pants. Then it will be better if you have another pair of pants, so you can get the measurement body size well.
Funny material motif and bright color is a good choice if you want to give that pajama as a gift to your children. Children would like famous cartoon icon like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, or Angry Birds. But if you want to give those Pajamas Pants to elder people, line motif with deep color is a right choice. So, a motif and color of materials you choose are depending on who will wear your pajamas.
Next step: Make the pattern of the Pajamas Pants!
After you are ready with your fabric material and another pair of pants do you have, let's make the Pajamas Pants pattern. Grab a large butcher newspaper or something that you can draw and cut it, and draw the pattern both from front and back of the pants. After that, cut along the pattern and seam allowance you made, cut along the pattern of Pajamas Pants. We can discuss about Women Wear Summer Fashion Items and Gets Prettier! in this site.
Then trace the pattern into your fabric including the seam allowance. You'll have two pieces fabric, fit it and pin it. All you have to do then is sew the two pieces fabrics patterns to make it together, and sew the elastic ribbon at the waist of the Pajamas Pants.


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Thanks to Sarah Bills at Vestas for today's blog post!
Last year, 12 employees from Vestas, the world's leading manufacturer of wind turbines, participated in NWEI's Sustainable Systems at Work discussion course. The group was so inspired by the program that they decided to apply the concepts discussed throughout the eight-week course to a project within their own company. After identifying several areas for possible action, they decided on one key project to reduce waste.
Each Vestas turbine tower section travels from the factory to the wind farm site by way of train, truck, boat, or any combination of the three. Blue tarps stamped with the Vestas logo cap each end of the tower sections to prevent dirt and debris from blowing into the tower section during transport.
With two tarps per section, four sections per turbine, an average of 55 turbines per project and with more than 20 projects on the books for 2012, Vestas was looking at a lot of scrapped tarp. When the employees aimed to reduce the amount of landfill space taken up by these tarps, the "Blue Tarp Project" was born.
The first and most important step for the team was figuring out how to make the tarps reusable. The current design required the tarp to be cut to fit the tower section onto transportation equipment. Once at the wind farm site, the tarp was cut again to remove it. The team worked with the tarp supplier to create a design that allowed the tarp to be installed and removed without damage. Once removed from the towers, the tarps could be returned in supply containers already scheduled to return to the factory.
Previous to the redesign, tarps might find their way to area farmers who would use them to cover hay bales or farm equipment. More often, the wind farm sites paid to have the tarps sent to the landfill. The project team rescued some of these tarps by sending them to local upcycler, LooptWorks, which created and manufactured "blue tarp bags" for each employee at the Vestas North American headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Employees received a bag on their first workday in the new headquarters. (In fact, the new building itself is an upcycled item – a former Meier & Frank warehouse transformed into a beautiful office space designed to obtain LEED Platinum certification later this year.)
On top of the positive environmental impact, reusing the tarps will increase cost savings with each reuse — a win for Vestas, their clients, and the environment.
Today's blog post is from Marsha Rakestraw, Director of Online Communications and Education Resources at the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). To learn more about IHE, visit their website at www.HumaneEducation.org. To read more from Marsha and others, visit the Humane Connection blog at humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com. Thanks Marsha, Zoe and everyone at IHE for all your work for a better world!
Recently I came across this quote: "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." (John Lubbock)
It reminded me of the powerful story, based on a West African folktale, that Mary Pat Champeau, director of education, shares every summer at IHE's student residency. Here's one version of the story:
There was once an elderly and wise gentleman who lived in a village. He would often spend his days sitting in the shade of a big tree in the center of the village, reading books and talking to passersby. One day, a traveler came upon his village and stopped and said, "Old man, I have been traveling across the countryside, and I have seen many things and met many people. Can you tell me what kind of people I will find in your village?"
The elderly gentleman looked up at him and replied, "Certainly I can, but first tell me what kind of people you have found on your travels."
The traveler scowled and said, "Old man, I have met people who cheat, steal, and aren't kind to strangers, and people who don't look out for one another."
The elderly gentleman looked up and, with a faint look of sadness in his eyes, said, "Oh my friend, those are the people you will find in my village." The traveler kicked the dirt under his feet, scoffed, and marched off towards the village.
By and by, as the elderly gentleman continued to enjoy his day, another traveler came walking through the village. Once again, the traveler stopped and asked, "Please kind sir, I have been traveling across the countryside, and I have seen many things and met many people. Can you tell me what kind of people I will find in your village?"
The elderly gentleman said, "Certainly I can, but first tell me what kind of people you have found in your travels."
The traveler replied, "I have found people who are kind and welcoming of strangers, people who care for one another, and people who love. These are the people I have met in my travels."
The elderly gentleman looked up and, with the faintest smile in his eyes, said, "My friend, those are the people you will find in my village."
The quote and the story are important reminders for us as humane educators and concerned citizens to be mindful of our worldview. Do we mainly see the things in people that annoy or upset us? Do we focus on all the animal and human suffering and planet-wide destruction? Do we fret about all the things we're not doing? Or, do we see all the good in others and joyfully invite them to make even more compassionate, just, and sustainable choices? Do we celebrate all the positive things changemakers around the world are accomplishing? Do we acknowledge all the good that we ourselves are doing and seek out opportunities to do more?
Part of creating the world we want means keeping alive a vision of that world — not traversing life with rose-colored glasses, but rather maintaining a dual vision: one that sees what is, while seeing what's possible; one that is aware of what's good and of what can be better; one that recognizes the role our own biases and experiences play in our own vision of how the world (and others) should be.
As a child, summer meant no school and being outside from sun-up to sun-down. While many of us still must fulfill our obligations even during the summer, it doesn't mean that we have to stop our love of the summer sun. In today's internet-minded, high-speed culture, not enough people take the time to just stop and enjoy the simple things. So this summer, we have a proposition for you…
- Go outside every day, whether it is for a bike ride, a walk, a run, a hike, or playing with the neighborhood kids.
- Eat seasonal, local, fresh produce. Enjoy a picnic. Can some tomatoes. Connect with the earth where your food was grown.
- Take the time to learn and grow from what the earth has to teach. In summer, all of the earth's glory and bounty surrounds us.
- Most of all, think of ways that your own life and practices are affecting the earth, and make positive steps to change what needs changing and hold on to what is positive.
- Know that while summer may be one of the shorter seasons in many regions, its effects can last all year round.
And, if by the end of the glorious summer season, you still feel the urge to continue this lifestyle, join our Ecochallenge in October and make your summer changes last all year round.
Happy Summer, everyone!
NWEI partner Simplicity Matters Earth Institute in Maryland continues to foster momentum and discussion around climate change while promoting NWEI courses.
During the recent 350.org-promoted event "Connect the Dots," Lore Rosenthal and her colleagues at Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) helped folks connect the dots among climate change, extreme weather and energy production by holding a discussion and demonstration at a local coal-fired power plant. SMEI used the momentum from this 350.org event to encourage folks to participate in NWEI's Powering a Bright Future discussion course.
It's one thing to talk about and imagine the complexities of climate change, but it's another to have conversations on the ground with the issue staring you right in the face…
In what creative ways are you introducing sustainability issues or engaging folks in NWEI discussion courses? We'd like to know!
For those of you attending the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Phoenix this year, make sure to meet up with our Director of Outreach and Technology Rob Nathan! Rob will be attending the GA Wednesday, June 20th through Saturday, June 23rd. If you'd like to set up a time to meet with Rob while he's there, call him at 503.227.2807 or email him at email@example.com. Rob is excited to hear about what's going on with your congregation, as well as to tell you about some of the exciting happenings at NWEI right now.
While you're there, make sure to visit NWEI partner Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth's booth (#209) in the exhibit hall. UUMFE is also facilitating a workshop on Immigration and Environmental Justice:
Immigration & Environmental Justice
UUMFE's own GA workshop.
Friday, June 22, 9:00-10:15 am at Phoenix Convention Center, 121 AB.
Panelists Rev. Earl W. Koteen, Amy Petré Hill, Lara Helfer, and Linda Herrera will discuss how environmental degradation (polluted air, land, and water; ocean acidification; severe storms and droughts; mass extinctions; melting glaciers) disproportionally impacts disadvantaged communities and contributes to migration and injustice. Find out how your congregation and state advocacy network may work with environmental justice organizations and coalitions addressing these issues.
We hope to see you there!
Our friends at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently released their annual review of higher education sustainability, revealing skyrocketing support for green jobs training; an increased focus on creating food-secure communities; new efforts toward accessibility and affordability; and more energy-related and green building efforts than ever before.
Since 2006, AASHE has produced an annual review of higher education sustainability efforts over the previous year. These publications are comprised of news stories and resources captured in the weekly AASHE Bulletin e-newsletter. The goal of the report is to serve as a standard reference for who is doing what to advance sustainability in higher education.
"AASHE is pleased to present this important publication to our members each year – and to the wider public through our e-book version. It is exciting to chart the rapid growth of the campus sustainability movement through stories and data collected in the Bulletin," said AASHE's Director of Resources and Publications, Judy Walton. "This year we were especially pleased to see the growth in accessibility and affordability efforts, as well as green jobs training and creating food secure communities. We hope our readers enjoy the stories, interviews, case studies, synopses and trends that we've collected in this issue."
Specifically, an analysis of 2011 stories shows:
- The number of Bulletin stories dealing with higher education access and affordability increased from three in 2009 and four in 2010 to 36 in 2011.
- Nearly 60 percent of all new programs or training opportunities focused on training students for renewable energy and green careers, with $543 million recorded toward the effort.
- 284 energy-related initiatives were announced (including 97 new or planned solar installations and 34 completed or planned campus energy overhauls). This represents a 28 percent increase from 2010.
- Food security efforts on higher education campuses made up the largest percentage of the Bulletin's "Public Engagement" (33 percent) and "Dining Services" (64 percent) categories. Together with "Funding" and "Grounds" categories, these four categories yielded 79 food security initiatives.
- 2011 saw increased synergies between community colleges and their local communities to address access to an affordable college education that results in strong job prospects and low student debt.
- With 191 environmentally friendly building stories, there were more green building efforts on campus reported in the AASHE Bulletin in 2011 than ever before.
- Solar energy research projects were the most widely reported item in the Bulletin's "Research" category, with nearly $1.8 million in total investment.
The final section of the review takes a look at "what's next," profiling innovative campus-community partnerships toward resilient, secure, sustainable communities.
An e-book version of the "2011 Higher Education Sustainability Review" will be available to AASHE members and non-members through Amazon Kindle this month.
Today's blog post is written by guest blogger Sylvia Reynolds.
Cities Save Money When They Save the Environment.
America's homeowners are discovering they save hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars when they take aggressive steps to reduce their consumption of gas and electricity, conserve and recycle water, and restore natural vegetation in their yards. Now, many cash-strapped cities are learning to stretch their budgets with similar "go-green" initiatives. You may save property taxes and protect essential city services when you persuade local government officials to preserve and protect the hometown environment.
Stop landscaping. Start land-managing.
The Environmental Protection Agency's website offers excellent advice and guidance for homeowners and city planners. Although the EPA's professional environmentalists develop all the details in their save-the-earth strategies, just two fundamental principles inform almost all of their suggestions: First, reduce stress on the soil and water supply by restoring indigenous plants and trees; second, preserve existing green belts and recover derelict properties for productive use. Five simple steps launch your city's earth-saving, cost-saving initiative:
• Stop run-off. Recycle gray water. Collect rain water. If current climate and water-use trends continue, water will become the nation's scarcest, most precious resource. The more your city can do to manage water wisely today, the better prepared you will be in the future. Your city probably loses millions of gallons of rainwater because grass-covered parkways naturally shed water and are sloped to send rain into storm drains. Creating curbside flower beds will curtail wasteful run-off and beautify the entire city. More importantly, holding rain water in the soil will reduce the need for irrigation.
• Trees. More trees. Still more trees. During hot, humid summer weather, many urban areas experience heat inversions—cold air in the upper atmosphere holds much warmer air close to the ground, sustaining higher-than-average temperatures and trapping smog. Trees reduce ambient temperatures and foster temperature equilibrium in the atmosphere. The result: you and your neighbors reduce your cooling costs and enjoy cleaner, fresher air. Of course, trees require no maintenance; they reduce your city's payroll costs and free skilled city workers for more important infrastructure projects.
• Plant strategically and save. The sun shines brightest on south-facing walls and roofs. Therefore, plant rows of deciduous trees along buildings' south walls. During the summer, the trees' thick foliage will cut cooling costs at least 20 percent; in the winter, bare trees will allow sunlight to cut heating costs. Similarly, trees strategically planted around big parking lots and other paved areas will reduce summertime "heat island" effects, making commercial and civic spaces far more hospitable. Because winter-storm winds assault your city from the northwest, plant coniferous trees along the north and west sides of houses, businesses and city buildings to reduce heating costs up to 30 percent.
• Reclaim land for community gardens. Take an inspired idea from once woeful city managers in Detroit: Stuck with entire neighborhoods of abandoned homes, they cleared and recovered the land, restoring and replenishing it for community gardens. Their initiative not only solved problems with crime and vandalism but also brought supplies of fresh produce back into the inner city after major grocery chains pulled-out. Detroit residents now may claim up to half-an-acre for vegetable crops, berries and orchards. In a ten-square-mile area, only a few garden plots remain unclaimed, and local farmers' markets are thriving.
• Go wild. Although your city's beautifully manicured lawns grace your parks and adorn your civic buildings, they suck-up water, require constant maintenance with power equipment, and consume lots of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Up to five percent of urban air pollution comes from use of gasoline-powered landscape maintenance equipment, and lawns release water instead of retaining it. Moreover, petro-chemical soil additives pollute the ground water and poison birds and fish. You will save thousands in maintenance and fuel costs, conserve water and substantially reduce pollution when you plow-under the grass and replace it with indigenous meadow-grass or wild flowers that require nothing more than nature provides.
In 1805, British poet laureate William Wordsworth wrote, "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." Homeowners and city managers who embrace Wordsworth's doctrine are discovering that Nature, in fact, quite handsomely rewards hearts that love and care for her. In one Midwestern city, eco-friendly initiatives saved enough money to save a firehouse from closure and a dozen firefighters from unemployment.
Sylvia Reynolds writes for several higher ed blogs. To read more about masters programs in public administration click here.


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There is an enduring appeal in beautifully made objects where function is an overriding consideration but where attention to detail, uncompromising quality, precise manufacture and obsessive commitment in design elevates the object into something with durability and profound appeal. Typically these objects have the quality of 'nothing superfluous and nothing missing'. There is similarly profound appeal in owning and wearing work the quality of which is singular. Here we have one of many examples of beautiful functional objects beautifully simulated and reproduced by Yukio Miyamoto in Adobe Illustrator.
Leica had been producing the world's best 35mm camera for some time before they gave us the IIIf, but 60 years or so on if you had one you would still cherish it and it would still be taking perfect photographs. Yukio Miyamoto's work in simulating effects like the light refraction in the lens coating might be taken for granted for being so visually familiar but to see the work needed to achieve it here is to be amazed, it is exquisitely precise. These cameras never let their owners down and consistently exceeded their expectations. Yukio's simulation is in 3D and is one of several views he supplied of the electronic model he built.
Yukio is probably the world's most accomplished user of the illustrative packages that deliver these images. We feature several of the early stage images Yukio builds in the process of delivering these models in videos about these artefacts these can be viewed using the video tab on the product listing. Yukio's work is art and craftsmanship of the highest order. Printed front and rear, these shirts can be personalised with a name or thumbnail image for no extra charge. Please email us to complete this detail.
The shirts:
These t shirts are unique for being made exclusively for us wholly with fibres ring spun into yarns manufactured exclusively for WeAdmire. These yarns are then knitted into a single jersey fabric suitable for t shirts.
The CoolMax bit exploits the surface tension of water to wick moisture from your skin. It works through micro channels engineered into the profile of the fibre. These channels are physical attributes, they are there for the life of the fibre.
The Fresh FX bit embeds a silver salt in the molecular structure of the fibre that stops the propagation of bacteria which, left unchecked, ultimately cause a sour odour. Because the silver salt is embedded within the fibre it, like the wicking, is similarly permanent; it will not leech out with wear and washing.
These attributes deliver shirts that remain cool and dry almost regardless of what you might do in them and similarly they remain fresh. And the ongoing performance of the fabric is guaranteed. This is important, these shirts will become your favourite items of apparel, you will want to wear your shirts again and again.
These shirts are marvellous to travel with, they stay fresh if you don't have the chance to wash them, they wash easily when you do have the chance, and they dry super quickly. There is also a very useful side effect to all this: our shirts keep anything you wear on top of them and what you might wear after wearing them fresher too.
The cut and fit and sizing of these shirts is exclusive to us and was specified by Anastasia Vouyouka, a published guru of fit in the fashion industry.
The feel of the very best natural fibre shirts you have experienced with the performance of the fibres that set the benchmarks for wicking and freshness. It is very unlikely you will have experienced this level of technical performance in a decorated t shirt before.


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Rock-It Man's bold approach to testing and design shines through in their website. Photo-intensive pages prove that there's no limit to what their rockers and bumpers can stand up to. In 2006, this site along with the company logo were awarded an American Graphic Design award for excellence in communication and graphic design.
Rock-It Man's offroad fabrication company website design is definitely dated for today's web standards, but is one of my favorites for pushing the design limits of the web and browser display.
She has literally saved me thousands of dollars compared to other programs and agencies.


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A few former major leaguers have questioned whether or not Rangers 2B Rougned Odor intended to hit Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista with his throw before as an illegal slide, and a brawl, took place.
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While Rougned Odor's fist connected with Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista's face on Sunday, some think he may have intended to hit him with a baseball moments prior.
A few former major leaguers have questioned whether or not the Rangers second baseman intended to hit Bautista with his throw before an illegal slide took place. The throw hit the ground between first and second base, and skipped into the outfield, coming nowhere close to first.
Former outfielder and current MLB Network analyst Eric Byrnes was adamant in his belief that Odor tried to "take off Jose Bautista's head," using slow-motion replay.
Later, on ESPN, Eduardo Perez also said that Odor was trying to "protect himself" by throwing the ball at Bautista—though he never cited any place in particular.
On Twitter, former Tiger Torii Hunter questioned whether or not Odor tried to hit Bautista in a conversation with former teammate Justin Verlander.
Odor also dropped his arm on that play to possible hit @JoeyBats19 in the face. 😱— Torii Hunter (@toriihunter48) May 16, 2016
T... You know you're taught to throw low to prevent a guy from coming in high. https://t.co/LcjkRDZKZe— Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) May 16, 2016
that's true. I thought there was tension from both sides. It does make for a great conversation.— Torii Hunter (@toriihunter48) May 16, 2016
The Blue Jays and Rangers will not meet again in the regular season.
– Kenny Ducey