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I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a
human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.
- Thornton Wilder
Upcoming Events
|Saturday, April 13—Sunday, April 28
|All-School Spring Holiday
|Wednesday, May 1
|Beat the Bells Run
|Saturday, May 4
|Spring Celebration and TPA Teacher Appreciation
|Thursday, May 9
|TPA 10-Year Anniversary Celebration
|Thursday, May 2–Friday, May 24
|IB Exams
|Tuesday, May 14–Sunday, May 19
|Spring Arts Festival • full program will be shared soon
|Friday, May 17—Sunday, May 19
|MS Spring Musical: Sketch
|Tuesday, May 28–Wednesday, May 29
|ES Spring Musical: The Prince and the Pauper
|Saturday, June 1
|HS Graduation
Spring Holiday on the Way: No Bulletin Next Three Weeks
The spring holiday will commence at the close of school on Friday, April 12. Please note that we will not send a High School Weekly Bulletin next Friday or on the two Fridays during the holiday. Classes will resume on Monday, April 29, and our next HS Weekly Bulletin will be sent on Friday, May 3.
We wish all students and teachers a wonderful and well-deserved holiday!
The Pirates of Penzance Take Over TASIS!
Congratulations to High School Theater Director Valerie Bijur Carlson and her talented and hardworking cast and crew for delighting audiences with three outstanding performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance last weekend! Learn more and watch two of the shows.
Student Activities Offered this Weekend
This weekend's activities include a trip to Ponte Tresa for sushi or a grilled cheese and games night in De Nobili on Friday evening, a day trip to Milan or a day trip to Lucerne (for indoor surfing!) on Saturday, a yoga walk on Saturday morning, and a Crossfit session in the Palestra or movie with salsa and guacamole in Lanterna on Sunday afternoon. There will also be a BBQ dinner for all students outside De Nobili on Sunday evening,
Students should consult the HS Daily Bulletin for more details about all these activities.
Meeting Blocks in the High School Next Week
On Tuesday, we will hold a dorm meeting for all boarding students during the advisor block to help them prepare for their spring holiday departures. Thursday's assembly will be run by the dorm proctors and will involve some fun competition between students and faculty members. On Friday, we will have an Easter-themed community event with snacks for students and advisors.
Upcoming Athletic Contests
|April 6
|Tennis • NISSA
|April 9
|Varsity Cross Country • NISSA Tournament
|TASIS Grotto
|April 29
|Varsity Track and Field • Friendly
|May 3
|Varsity Golf • SGIS Tournament
|May 4
|Tennis • SGIS Doubles
|May 4
|Varsity Track and Field • SGIS Tournament
|IS Geneva
Join Us for the 6th Annual Beat the Bells Run
All TASIS parents are cordially invited to join TASIS students and teachers for the 6th annual Beat the Bells Run on the morning of Wednesday, May 1. (And why not invite your friends to join you in some healthy exercise to celebrate the start of the month of May along with the springtime beauty of Lugano?)
All runners should plan to check in at the De Nobili Salon at 6:00 AM for a 6:15 sharp start to beat the 7:00 bells. The course is just under 7 km in length going down to Paradiso and then along the lake and back up to campus before the 7:00 Sant'Abbondio bells ring. The dining hall will open early for breakfast at 7:00, so a post-run breakfast will be provided!
For a small donation (minimum CHF 10) to the Nepal Global Service Program group, participants will get a commemorative Beat the Bells shirt (limited sizes available). Please consider joining us for this annual community-building event!
Spring Celebration and TPA Teacher Appreciation on May 4
The TASIS Parent Association (TPA) and the High School Student Council are joining forces to establish a new community-building event and express their gratitude for everything TASIS teachers do for their students. This event will kick off at 17:00 on Saturday, May 4, and will feature a delicious BBQ and plenty of games on campus. All TASIS parents, students, and teachers (and their families) are cordially invited!
Sketch was originally performed as part of the 2016 TASIS Summer Arts Festival
MS Spring Musical, Sketch, to Open on May 17
Violet is thirteen, bookish, and an outcast among her peers. She spends her school days ducking insults and dreaming up villainous alter-egos for her classmates and teachers. When the bullies who have plagued her for years discover her artistic talents, they convince her that sketching parodies of students and teachers is a victimless crime. Will she learn to use her powers only for good and become the hero of her own story?
Sketch was written by Stephanie Figer, Michael Rosenbaum, and TJ Liquori, all of whom are veteran members of the TASIS Summer Programs' Dedicated Performing Arts Team (DPAT).
Featuring an all-star cast of Middle School students, Sketch will open in the Palmer Center at 19:00 on Friday, May 17, and will also be performed May 18 at 19:00 and May 19 at 13:00.
ES Spring Musical, The Prince and the Pauper, to Open on May 28
Tom Canty and Prince Edward are born on the same day to two very different families in two very different parts of London. Tom, poor and unwanted by his family, is raised in the slums of Offal Court, where he dreams of being a Prince. Edward, drowning in the power and riches of royalty, dreams of what life might be like outside the castle walls. One day, the two look-alike boys meet and decide to swap places and experience life from a different perspective. Both learn valuable lessons throughout their respective journeys in this Mark Twain masterpiece about truth and mercy.
This version of The Prince and the Pauper was adapted by Stephanie Figer, Michael Rosenbaum, and TJ Liquori and will be directed by Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and Julie Frazier-Smith. The enthusiastic cast of Elementary School students can't wait to showcase its talents in the Palmer Center at 19:00 on Tuesday, May 28, and at 19:00 on Wednesday, May 29.
College Counseling News
College Representative Visits
- Tuesday, April 9, 15:45: Franklin University Switzerland and Webster University Geneva
- All university visits take place in the College Counseling Office unless otherwise noted. Seniors can register via Naviance. All other interested students who wish to attend the visit should email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Standardized Testing Information
TASIS 2018–2019 Standardized Testing Recommendations/Schedule (recently modified)
- SAT Registration Deadline Reminders
- May 4, 2019: SAT/SAT Subject Tests—register by April 5
- June 1, 2019: SAT Subject Tests (only)—register by May 3
- ACT Information
- ACT administrations available at other testing centers:
- June 8—register by May 3
- July 13—register by June 14 (available in the US ONLY and not offered in California or New York)
- Spring TOEFL administrations:
- May 11
- Please contact email@example.com for more information.
Swiss Education Group Open Days (dates vary by the combination of schools selected)
- Cesar Ritz Colleges Switzerland, Le Bouveret
- Swiss Hotel Management School, Caux
- IHTTI School of Hotel Management, Neuchâtel
- Hotel Institute Montreux
Order Your School Portraits Online
All students who were photographed on portrait retake day (March 4) should have received a portrait proof from their advisor. With this portrait proof, please visit www.getphotos.co.uk and enter the unique access code to place an order. If you have misplaced your ordering information, please contact Rotary directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Orders placed online by the close of April 17 will be delivered to TASIS free of charge and distributed in advisor groups.


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Aoife from the MS community: What should people living with MS care more about in their treatment?
Professor Dawn Langdon, Neuropsychologist: I think they should care more about being positive and assertive about their needs and their requirements. What do they need to know to manage their MS optimally and being ready to ask questions, perhaps arrive prepared with a list of questions, so that they make sure that that time with the healthcare professional, which inevitably is limited, you know, we have to work within the constraints of the real world, that that time is used really optimally to target the things that matter to them.
Because if they leave the consultation feeling dissatisfied in some way, they're going to be, you know, disempowered, disappointed, and not motivated to really grab hold of MS and take it by the throat and, you know, not let it overwhelm them. So that's the message I would like to offer.
Professor Dawn Langdon
Professor Dawn Langdon is Professor of Neuropsychology at Royal Holloway University of London, she is co-chair at BICAMS, her other areas of expertise focus on BRIMMS (benefits and Risks of MS medications. She has been the neuropsychological lead on multiple MS trials in the pharmaceutical industry. She is also a trustee of the UK MS Trust.
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- Tuesday 18 January 2011
The goodwill of Sunshine Coast residents knows no boundaries in the current flood crisis.
Unfortunately, storage space for donations of physical goods does have such boundaries at this time.
"The generosity of the Sunshine Coast to help those in need has been overwhelming," Sunshine Coast Council's Community Programs Manager Mike Lollback said.
"The various charity organisations across the Coast have asked that people hold off on delivering donations until the current backload can be cleared."
Council's resources are also currently stretched in the current crisis.
Mr Lollback said he recommended residents meanwhile use family, church and local club contacts to ascertain what community-based donation operations may be under way.
It would also be advisable to find out what materials are in short supply, he said.
"For example, a toothbrush or clean linen may be far more valuable to a displaced Brisbane or Ipswich resident at this time than, say, a table or chairs, especially as some may not be back in their own home for months.
"Other options can include cash donations, either to the Premier's Appeal through financial institutions, or similar donations to local charities.
"Once the current backlog is cleared and people in need have received assistance, recovery agencies will be better placed to make a targeted appeal for the types of goods people need," Mr Lollback said.
"Meanwhile, thank you Sunshine Coast for your generosity."


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MBBS China
Mbbs in China or Medical Education in China is generally most preferred by the students all over the Globe. As per the New York Times, China has successfully accomplished the goal of spending 4% of its GDP in the Education Sector (which comprises of a huge Medical Education Sector. China has emerged as the Leading country in the field of Education and Health in the World. The Government of China has provided various Scholarships to the students all over the Globe for completing their Medical Education in their country. The Cost of MBBS Education in China is much less as compared to that of the MBBS Education in India So, studying in China is only benefiting the students from the budget point of view as the Government of China has provided various Scholarships to the students worldwide. Because of low MBBS fees in China, it is now very much possible to study there and medical students can build a secure career while winning an international degree in medical.
China is the country with a major population in the World. In China, the daily range of temperature varies from 10 degree Celsius to 25 degree Celsius because North China is affected by the air mass. China shares its boundaries with India, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma. Shanghai -the city of China that provides the Largest Global Financial Centre of the Country. China being the largest importer and exporter in the world. The climate of China varies from place to place and mostly it's a dry country and sometimes monsoon also prevails. Winters are too cold and summers are too hot.
China Medical Universities are government recognized and are listed in the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Medical Council of India (MCI). After clearing the screening exam the Students are eligible to practice in any part of the World, including India. The China Medical Universities contains the well equipped and advanced level study of the Medical Students.
Many students have a general query of how to get admission in China University? Students can either do their own research or apply directly to Best medical universities in China or they can take help of some MBBS abroad consultants who helps students get admission in China Medical Universities.
Medical colleges in china offer various courses for students in various subjects of interest and hence needs some basic eligibility criteria to take admission in MBBS in China. Students should have appeared and cleared the NEET 2019 exams and should present the NEET results 2019 score while take admission in China medical college.
- The Candidate must be 17 years old on 31st December with a maximum age of 26 years.
- The Standard Entrance Test is not required to get the Admission in the China Medical University.
- The Candidate must have secured at least 50% in class 12th.
- The Reserved category students have a privilege of 40% minimum in class 12th.
- The student must have cleared his/her class 12th from PCB and English is compulsory.
Many of the medical students always have a question in mind. "Why MBBS in China"?
There are many reasons why a student should choose to study MBBS in china. The Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) has published a report on the Interim Provisions for Quality Control Standards for Undergraduate Courses in Medical Education System in English for International students in 2007.
- China Medical Universities are being headed by many governing bodies like World Health Organisation (WHO), Medical Council of India (MCI), University Scholarship (US), Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS), Chinese Local Government Scholarship (CSLG), BUTEX Scholarship.
- Best universities in China provide the choice of various courses.
- Duration of MBBS in China is 5 years and after that the student can go for the Internship in any part of the world.
- China provides high quality of Education and due to very low MBBS fees in china makes it a hot destination for MBBS aspirants to choose China as their preferred choice of destination.
- The medium of Instruction is English, so it becomes very easy for the students to study MBBS in China. There is no use of the Bilingual Language for Studying MBBS in China.
- Being a superpower apart from providing the academic studies it also deals with providing proper overall development of the students in their particular area of interest.
- There are many Medical Universities which provides all the facilities.
- Apart from studying MBBS in China students also gets exposed to Chinese Language for Internship as China has the largest population in the world.


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Speaking of technological innovation (as we do in our Big Data roundtable this
issue),;I;recently;saw;the;movie;Steve Jobs, about the innovator who gets all the
things happen.
There is a conflict throughout the movie between Jobs, who is Mr. Outside and theother Steve, Wozniak, the inside guy who did much of the development. The "Woz"insists;that;Jobs;give;some;credit;to;the;Apple;II,;which;was;at;the;time;responsiblefor;most;of;the;revenues;of;the;company.;Jobs;turns;a;deaf;ear;to;his;friend.;He;iscontinually looking for the next great breakthrough, and to him that's all it's about. Despite the fact thathe;fails;(big);several;times,;he;continues;to;assert;that;the;Apple;II;is;"old;news";and,;its;immense;successdoesn't matter anymore in the light-speed world of personal computing.
This presents some interesting conundrums. Who, finally, is really responsible for the great changes made
in digital devices, or, for that matter, in any other field, like life sciences? Phrases like "not invented here"
point to our territorial mindset. Ownership of an idea is sometimes considered more important than
whether that idea is truly valuable. Especially in pharma, where patents and new indications are fiercely
pursued, we may become blind to the difference between what we want to believe and what's factually true
about a product.
What ideas are truly "unique"? Products can be patented, but does that make them irreplaceable? The
would make its own version of Daraprim available for just $1 a pill, cheaper than it was before. One hopes
that served to show we're not all Shkrelis.
not been first to the patent office, others working parallel to them would have gotten credit soon after the
the profits.
As always, we continue to look for the value of your contributions. Let us know if you have an idea for an
article – the people we write for are the people who write for us.
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It is almost the time where we will kahea, "Lonoikamkahiki!" Ka Makahiki Pule 'Āina Holo!!
It is almost the time where we will kahea, "Lonoikamkahiki!"
And we will again this year put out energies together to carry the pule around our moku, the pule 'Āina, the pray to wash away all the rot and decay, all hewa upon the land. Let it be washed away. Let us herald the approach of Lono, and take notice to the shifting environment, and mark it with a change in our consciousness.
Ka Makahiki Pule 'Āina Holo!!
Hāmākua is preparing, Hilo and Puna are working away. Kohala, Kona, Ka'u lets bring it together!
For anyone available, we will be having a community presentation/meeting:
Wednesday, evening at the Kahilu Theater to share more information about what the Pule aina holo is all about and how you can get involved.
Thursday to all Kona/Ka'u ohana, I will be in Kona and am willing to come and share with you all as well and coordinate how we can all kokua for this awesome gathering! Contact me if you would like to meet in Kona Thursday.


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An interesting development unfolding in the rental market in Lagos is that most landlords no longer demand multiple-year rent in advance. Nobody is sure if it is a response to the Lagos State Tenancy Law or whether they are just tired of lingering court cases on rent default, or if it is a desire for regular cash inflow, writes Bennett Oghifo
House-hunting is becoming very interesting these days. Agents not only make offers but are also willing to introduce the prospective tenant to the landlord for further negotiations.
Better still, professional real estate surveyors now have a form that profiles the would-be tenant and this include the gross income.
The idea behind this research is obvious, said an Estate Surveyor and Valuer, Sam Adeniyi, explaining that "most landlords want to be able to vitualise the type of person that wants to rent their property. They want to be sure the person has a regular means of income to renew the rent when it is due or be willing to move out if he/she cannot renew the rent.â€
Adeniyi said they have been advising landlords to reduce the demands made on prospective tenants because "from our experience, most people clean up their accounts and maybe borrow to meet the initial rent but the renewal takes some fight to get from them. We have several cases in court and this eats into our productive time whenever the cases come up. It is not worth the trouble.â€
Another real estate surveyor, Emma Okei said the landlord of a property asked him if tenants could pay their rents every six months because he needed regular cash-flow. He explained that "the man said he does not have too many needs to spend bulk money on and that it was unreasonable to wait till the end of every year to collect money from his tenants. I told him he could and that I would inform the tenants.â€
According to him, the demands of landlords were influenced by other landlords, saying "they compare notes, and some advise others to jerk-up their rents, regardless of the fact that they all do not have the same challenges to spend money on.â€
Lagos Rent Law…
Discussing the new law after it came into effect, Afolabi Adedeji, an Engineer, like most people, said the laws that govern the economic forces of supply and demand, apply not just to consumer items, goods and services, but also to the need for residential accommodation, office space, market stalls, shopping plazas, car parking spaces, among others. Adedeji said: "In a situation where the available stock of Housing falls far short of the number of Lagosians with effective demand for residential accommodation, then the so-called 'shylock' landlords/landladies cannot but have a field-day, not forgetting middle-men and 'quack' agents.â€
Laws and guidelines usually have their 'spirit' as well as their 'letter(s)', he said. "The Spirit of the rent control law in Lagos State is good and very welcome, but caution must be exercised in its implementation, so as not to create a black market if the letter of the law is unrealistic.â€
Looking at the issue of possible sabotage by even desperate tenants, he said "An Oil Industry or Telecomm. Company Executive that has just been re-deployed to Lagos and whose Wife is heavily Pregnant, will not hesitate to say, oga landlord or mama landlady, please write N950,000 per annum in my receipt in accordance with the Lagos State rent edict, but here is N4,000,000.00 for two years rent in advance on a 3 – bedroom flat for me and my expectant wife in South-West Ikoyi, I am tired of staying in a hotel.â€
Regardless, sometimes people require an official reason to act on what has been bothering them. For instance, landlords who have been under the influence of their peers to collect rents in advance of two to three years or more had an opportunity to ask for the rent they consider reasonable and for a maximum of a year's rent or even six months in advance. "Some will like to collect monthly as it was in the past if they are sure the tenants can keep up,†said an agent, Dehinde Macaulay.
He said the Lagos Rent Law was a major reason some landlords have reduced their demands because most tenants now default and when they go to court or to arbitration, the tenants always win.
Macaulay said the tenants usually lived in the house for as long as the case is in court, adding "gone are those days when a landlord will get thugs to tear off the roof of the building to evict the tenant. That is even an offense now. So, landlords appeal to the tenants ahead of time if they do not want to renew their rents. Some give an option of not collecting the year's rent and will give the tenants six months to look for alternative accommodation and sometimes the period is extended.â€
When the rental law came into effect in 2011, it attracted harsh criticism from some people, who thought the government should have built homes for Lagos residents before attempting to control rents charged in buildings they did not build.
But, as things turned out, it is beginning to influence landlords' behaviour towards the tenant and vice versa.
Government's Housing Scheme…
In response to the issue of government building homes to accommodate Lagos residents, Governor Babatunde Fashola launched a unique home ownership scheme known as Lagos Homs.
The scheme is designed to curb homelessness and, on account of this, the government reached a decision that only first time home owners were eligible. "Only those who have not owned a home either acquired privately or built or bought from government will be eligible,†said Governor Fashola at the presentation of the scheme, recently.
People are expected to pay 30 per cent equity contribution and the rest paid over 10 years through mortgage loans, he said, adding "this is in accordance with laid down global practices, while the balance will be paid on a monthly basis over 10 years. The scheme is for everybody, whether you are a petty trader or a government worker or artisan. We already have trained mortgage counsellors, who will help people determine what they can afford.
Prospective homeowners, he said would take oath in this regard and that the consequence of making a false statement was that the home would be repossessed whenever information gets to the team that the homeowner lied about their status. "The board has a right to repossess the home even in the 10th year.â€
He said only Lagos residents, who are tax payers, "not indigenesâ€, who must have stayed in the state for six months and must be registered as a residence of Lagos.
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Cream Wafers
Why I Love This Recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
1 c. soft butter
1/3 c. whipping cream
2 c. a.p. flour
granulated sugar
Mix thoroughly butter, cream and flour.
Cover and chill.
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Roll about 1/3 of dough at a time 1/8 inch thick on floured cloth-covered board. (Keep remaining dough chilled)
Cut into 1-1/2 inch rounds.
Transfer rounds with a spatula to piece of waxed paper that is heavily covered with sugar; turn each round so that both sides are coated with sugar.
Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Prick rounds with fork about 4 times.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until just set, but not brown.
Cream butter and confectioners sugar with Vanilla until smoot and fluffy.
Tint with a few drops of food coloring.
Add few drops of water if necessary for proper consistency.
Put cookies together in pairs with Creamy Filling.
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I wanted to explore the what I'm calling the South Ministik area since it was so beautiful last weekend when I went in to find the "Joe Lake" cache. I tramped around the area quite a bit, exploring trails, always feeling a little lost and a little bit on edge because of it. I always knew i could just retrace my steps though, so the jeopardy factor was actually pretty low. It was a fun exploration 9.3 km (5.8 mile) walk.
Here's my track log of the exploration hike around South Ministik. Right click on the link and "Save As".
South Ministik Exploration Hike – Oct. 11, 2008 [urldisplaymode=nomap]


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NSAR Administration Documents
Description: This suite of support documents allows users to maintain valid values for various attributes.
KFS Module: Accounts Receivable.
- Credit Memo Reason:
- Customer Address Type:
- Customer Upload:
- Customer Invoice Item Code: Set up identifiers for default information for items or services being invoiced in the Customer Invoice document.
- Customer Type: Categorize the business types for customers (individual, private, business, etc.).
- Invoice Recurrence: Create a recurrence record for existing customers so that future invoices will be automatically created based on the details provided (can also be created within the Invoice document).
- Lockbox Upload:
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- Organization Options: Define invoice and remit-to information for an AR billing organization and link the billing organization to a processing organization defined in the System Information table.
- Payment Medium: Define payment types (check, credit card, etc.) for use on the Cash Control document.
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The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has confirmed it intends to ask the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to allow race walker Klavdiya Afanasyeva to compete at next month's World Championships.
The 21-year-old secured qualification for the IAAF's flagship event, which is scheduled to take place here from August 4 to 13, after winning the women's 20 kilometres race walk event at the European Under-23 Championships in Polish city Bydgoszcz yesterday.
It came after she was declared eligible to compete under a neutral banner by the IAAF earlier this month.
Afanesyeva's application to the IAAF Doping Review Board was only for the European Under-23 Championships, meaning she has to apply separately for the right to compete at the World Championships.
RusAF remains banned from international athletics competitions due to doping allegations, pending its completion of reinstatement criteria.
Athletes are permitted to compete as a neutral if they can demonstrate they have been operating in an "effective testing system".
RusAF's sports director Andrei Kruporushnikov has told TASS a request will be now be lodged to the IAAF for Afanasyeva's participation.
"This is a fantastic result, considering that we are happy with any place on the pedestal," he said.
"We will try to do it so that Afanasyeva can compete at the World Championships in London.
"As you know, there are difficulties there.
"So, I think this can hardly be done.
"But at least we'll try."
Former world long jump champion Alexsandr Menkov was among a further 16 Russian athletes granted permission to compete neutrally at global events by the IAAF.
Menkov won gold at his home World Championships in Moscow in 2013 with a personal best and national record of 8.56 metres.
He also claimed victory at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg after taking silver at the previous year's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
The 26-year-old should now be able to compete under the IAAF banner at the 2017 World Championships.
Others cleared to compete neutrally include Ilya Shkurenev, a multi-eventer who finished fourth in the decathlon at the 2015 World Championships after winning the European indoor heptathlon title earlier in the same season.
Two home gold medal winners at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, shot putter Alexsadr Lesnoi and 1,500m champion Valentin Smirnov, have also been cleared.
Irina Gordeeva, a high jumper who finished third at the 2012 European Championships, is cleared as well along with 2014 European bronze medal winning triple jumper Alexey Fedorov.
Others granted permission to compete are discus throwers Viktor Butenko and Iuliia Maltseva, 400m hurdler Timofey Chalyy, hammer thrower Danil Danilov, triple jumpers Irina Gemeniuk and Viktoriia Prokopenko, sprinters Alena Maminia and Viacheslav Kolesnichenko, and shot putter Konstantin Lyadusov.
Race walker Olga Eliseeva is also cleared purely to race at the European Under-20 Championships taking place in Italian city Grosseto from July 20 to 23.
"The participation of all these athletes as neutral athletes in international competition is still subject to formalities for eligibility under IAAF Rules being completed and subject to acceptance of their entries by individual meeting organisers," the IAAF said in a statement.


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Journalist Meet In New Caledonia To Learn About Tuna Industry
Regional initiative hopes media will take greater interest in 'tunanomics'
By Laufaleaina Lesa, Onelook Communications
APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, Feb. 9, 2014) – Journalists from around the Pacific, including Samoa, are gathering in Noumea, New Caledonia, for two days this week. The topic of the meeting is "tunanomics."
And what is "tunanomics?" Well, it is a term used to explain the economic dimensions of developing and managing tuna fisheries in the region. Getting journalists interested in reporting on tuna fisheries is the goal behind a regional media and tuna reporting workshop called Tunanomics Media Initiative.
It hopes to support business reporting on Tuna Fisheries. The workshop is part of the Pacific Media Summit also held in Noumea at the same time, under the theme – Constructive Engagement for a Strong and Responsible Media.
The workshop is organized by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and funded by the European Union's DEVFISH II project led by FFA and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA).
It will be co-facilitated by FFA's Media Officer, Lisa Williams-Lahari, and Islands Business Magazine's, Robert Matau.
Participants from about 10 Pacific island nations, including Samoa, will learn more about accessible resources developed by and for media workers to help grow the national and regional conversation on tuna fisheries and development. The aim is to generate quality reporting of tuna fisheries by mainstream media and to form effective information networking relationships between national fisheries and media stakeholders.
Journalists will get the chance to see firsthand Noumea's tuna fisheries industry during a series of field trips, as part of the workshop.
Expert presentations at the workshop will give journalists an insight and introduction into the global demand for tuna and its evolution as an industry across the region.
There will also be a focus on the importance of agency collaboration in terms of regional fisheries management organizations and other stakeholders as well as species, fishing methods, current research trends to watch and treaties, mechanisms and events guiding Pacific tuna fisheries.
Journalists will get a chance to share what works and what doesn't when it comes to covering tuna fisheries in their communities and learn ways to access information and data to help improve their access and analysis.
One of the major outcomes of this initiative is the compilation of a Tunanomics handbook for Pacific media, which participants will play a pivotal role in producing and compiling.


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Some kinds of blocks have figures, letters or pictures on them. As your child grows he discovers new methods of taking part in with the wood blocks. The picture blocks can teach your child a great deal of issues like animal names. More blocks can be combined to create a bigger picture and this way your child can discover how to resolve his initial puzzle.True joy does not arrive from materials prosperity. Certain it's nice to have fairly things but I recognized that the best issues in lifestyle are free. I know it seems cliche' but it is true in this situation! Walking to the park with my infant to have a picnic, watch the clouds, trees and bouquets is so much enjoyable that you understand that it doesn't make a difference what type of stroller (and how much it expenses) you utilized to get there. 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text: António Soares (September, 1894 – July, 1978) was a Portuguese modernist painter, caricaturist, architect, decorator, and set designer active during the early and middle 20th century. Soares was born in Lisbon and had no formal artistic training. He began his career as an illustrator, producing book covers, posters, caricature maps, and announcements, as well as working with magazines such as Ilustração, Magazine Bertrand and ABC. His work is generally modernist and includes caricature with a focus on worldly themes. Later in his career he began to focus on larger painting, murals, and even architectural decoration. Although little known today, he was well respected in his day. He won the Grand Prix at the Paris International Exposition in 1937, received the Columbano Prize twice at the SPN / SNI Modern Art Exhibitions (1935 and 1948), in 1958 was conferred the rank of officer of the Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada, and in 1962 received the Diário de Notícias Prize.


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The jury for the Life 6.0 competition in Madrid – Daniel Canogar, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Machiko Kusahara, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jane Prophet and Nell Tenhaaf – reviewed 71 artworks that utilise artificial life concepts and techniques. These pieces were pre-selected from a record number of 89 submissions received from 21 countries. The Telefonica Foundation in Spain will give out the following awards:
SHARED FIRST PRIZE (4,250 euros each)
France Cadet
"Dog[Lab] 01"
One of the most unsettling aspects of molecular biology is the ability to manipulate behaviour. Many experiments have shown that the behaviour of one animal may be placed into another. For instance, in 1999 neuroscientists altered a mouse by inserting a gene from a prairie vole, a different animal known for its fidelity and sociability. The normally solitary mice now showed the social behaviours of the gregarious prairie vole. While most of us have no idea how to even think about these issues, France Cadet has undertaken her own experiment in signification. Her Dog[LAB] project is a monstrous hybrid, merging children's toys, hacked electronics, and social and political concerns into robotically enacted dramas. Cadet performed surgery on several robotic dogs, customized their forms, and reprogrammed them with unusual behaviours. Her new dogs are genetically manipulated animal combinations, plastic chimeras. For instance, one is the "ultimate" domestic pet, a mixture of equal parts cat and dog. This earnest Frankenpet alternately wags its tail playfully, grooms itself, does feline stretches and, eventually, falls asleep and dreams dog dreams. Another is a cowdog, and as a result is prone to robotic BSE, twitching and collapsing while whining like a sad puppy. Cadet's work reminded some of the jurors that the more life-like robots become, the more prone they'll be to neurosis and illness. We all admired the unusual way that Cadet addressed weighty issues of science and society while keeping her tongue well in cheek.
"The Central City"
United Kingdom
This net art work, made over four years, is an impressive collection of interconnected environments created using generative procedures. The focus is on urban environments, resulting in a vast web site of interconnected idealised spaces and polyphonic neighbourhoods. These environments explode with ideas from art, architecture, design and urbanism. Visuals from live web cams and pre-recorded audio are controlled by the user to make spaces that fragment and are reconstituted in real time. The ever-changing nature of the city is foregrounded in the way that its features flow through the site; streets and buildings seem to change right before our eyes in visual compositions reminiscent of Dziga Vertov's avant-garde documentary "The Man with the Movie Camera." Users of The Central City interact with the piece by selecting from multiple menus based on an iconic language. Starting from recognizable imagery that is either pre-recorded or live, viewers can morph images and algorithmically change sounds. Through these processes, ordered and grid-like cities slip into disorder, and surveillance systems are subjected to processes that make them "bleed", that "torment" them and subject them to "earthquakes". The sophistication and subtlety of the image generation reflects Stanza's earlier paintings, and provide a sophisticated, adult alternative to SimCity. The user is encouraged to take a painterly approach to image transmutation, resulting in a subtle and ironic convergence of art and civic issues.
THIRD PRIZE (1,500 euros)
Ethan Bordeaux, Ben Recht, Noah Vawter and Brian Whitman.
"Concrete Music"
The project Concrete Music gives life to a song. Instead of a permanent recording on a CD that is reproduced exactly every time you press "play", this musical composition is in constant evolution. Its creators developed a hardware music processor from commodity hardware, an algorithmic music language robust enough to last 30 years, and a synthesis framework capable of composing timeless textures. Starting with initial parameters of tone, texture waves, rhythm and critical duration, the song composes itself by gradually mutating from its base state. Because of this large scale of compositional drift, only time will tell what the music will grow into as it progresses. Concrete Music also has a sculptural component: the generator of this algorithmic music is encased in rough-hewn concrete. This unusual shell appears to guarantee its existence for some time, as if it were a time capsule that could be found and listened to in a remote future. The song in this sound sculpture acquires a life of its own and refuses to die, and, in this way, Concrete Music materializes one of humanity's great longings: immortality throughout time. At the same time, it serves as a nod to the "musique concrete" of the 50s.
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The Depot Gallery, 200 S. Jones, presents "Resistance," works by Don Holladay, opening with a reception from 6 to 9 pm on Friday, January 11, 2019, and continuing through February 24.
New hours for The Depot Gallery, 200 S. Jones, are Tuesday through Friday from 9 am to 2 pm and on Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm, beginning with this exhibit. Admission is always free.
In his artist statement for "Resistance," Don Holladay tells us that "Paul Tillich once wrote about the danger of modern man losing his humanity and becoming a thing amongst the things he produces. Creating art using non-traditional materials—burlap, string, house paint, joint compound, sand, collaged photographs, gravel and the like-- gives me a sense of resisting such fate. Tillich's philosophic statement may also explain why I have trouble re-creating what I consider a successful painting. When I try to do the same image a second time, it almost never works. The spontaneity that created the original piece has disappeared."
"Working with alternative materials also allows me to mentally connect with inspirational artists of the past, ones who resisted traditional methodology and chose to experiment with new materials. Alberto Burri and Jackson Pollock are two such artists. One created with burlap, the other with house paint."
"The show also contains figurative images created in different ways. Several were done as monotypes using the etching press... The common aspect of the figurative pieces is a resistance of the images to easy identification. Most are isolated, ambiguous figures without an obvious narrative. Most figurative art begins as negative expression, signaling something's not right in the moment. Mine is no different."
Don Holladay has been painting since 1973. In the early 1990's he studied printmaking at the University of Oklahoma under Dan Kiacz. His studio includes an etching press and many of his images originate from the printmaking process. His pieces are found in university, private and corporate collections. His work has been selected in regional and international juried competitions; and has been displayed in art publications and magazines. He is Board Chair of the Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation. He and his wife Kay reside in Norman. He holds a law degree from the OU College of Law.
Exhibits at The Depot Gallery are made possible, in part, by grants from the Norman Arts Council and the Oklahoma Arts Council, and by individual donors.


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Monday, April 18, 2011
It doesn't travel well
3 comments:
- Don Tai said...
Count north-east Toronto in as one of Mandarin's overseas enclaves. I don't even have to speak English here to shop for goods, buy groceries and speak to many neighbours.
Note that most Chinese in China can understand Mandarin due to government rules stating that all teachers teach in Mandarin and major TV stations are only broadcast in Mandarin. This angers locals all over China but when speaking to a Mandarin speaker they do understand. It is the reply that they cannot do in Mandarin.
Written Chinese is neither Mandarin nor any other dialect, but simplified or traditional. Simplified Chinese is used in Mainland China, Singapore and a few other places. Here in Toronto we can borrow books from the library in both traditional and simplified, as well as borrow DVDs in Mandarin and Cantonese. You could logically link Mandardin to simplified Chinese.
Wherever you live it is logical that you can increase your quality of life by learning the local language. To be able to interact with locals in their language is to allow yourself to learn more about their culture and life, thereby enriching yourself. You may survive without local knowledge but may not enjoy yourself. The decision is yours.
- April 18, 2011 12:33 PM
- Froog said...
The mass emigration of the Chinese middle class is an interesting - and disturbing - phenomenon. I gather much of downtown Vancouver has acquired a majority mainland Chinese population just within the last decade or so.
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a fallacy that "you can increase your quality of life by learning the local language", but it's certainly not "logical". It's a premise that I feel is sometimes dubious, and trotted out too readily. There are many more ways to learn about the life and culture of a people - observation, reading, interaction with other observers, interaction with locals in other languages - which may in fact be inhibited by an emphasis on trying to interact with people in their own language.
I wilfully strike an extreme position on this for the sake of debate. But I really do feel that Chinese is an unusually difficult language for most Westerners to learn, and that there is no practical utility flowing from it - for people not living here, anyway - that could make it worth the effort. This is also, of course, a reaction against the linguistic chauvinism of many Chinese, who fondly believe that Mandarin is a 'world language' and that it will one day displace English (and French and Russian et al).
- April 19, 2011 1:18 AM
- John said...
I've visited the Chinatown in Vancouver and also the one in Victoria (down the road). While Victoria's was indeed more or less middle class with second and third generations with Canadian accents running businesses back in Vancouver it was like a proper Chinatown. Isolated with Chinese (whichever version!) being spoken, nice curios shops, "alternative" medicine shops with their wares being displayed outside the shops (squashed lizard sir?) and run-down supermarkets with loud, overworked and depressed till staff. All this with the stadium and flyover not far in the distance; quite odd I thought for a large western city. I guess no matter the UK being the most multi-cultural nation, we're not used to such things.
Also, I think the Chinese are getting used to (rolled over and complying completely) with English because they HAVE to learn it, no question as far as I'm aware.
- November 16, 2011 1:48 PM


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Miguel is one of those R&B singers that you just know will be around for a while. Having released his fourth studio project War & Leisure back in December, I finally had a chance to go back and listen to it for the third installment of Soulful Sunday. My knowledge of Miguel's catalog isn't deep but his hits have been killer and man can the dude sing. War & Leisure mixes in some very different tracks that were interesting, to say the least.
The Vocals:
The man can sing. Plain and simple. It can't be denied. His voice just fits so well with the genre. It has its aspects of vulnerability mixed with these strong high and low notes. "Pineapple Skies" shows off these abilities. It just feels right; it feels like true R&B. His hit track "Skywalker" with Travis Scott sounds smooth to the ears. Coupled with a very funky beat, he manipulates his singing limits to have these equally funky vocals. However, the reason why it feels like Miguel will have this long-term career in R&B is the song "Told You So". He does such a great job going for an old-school vibe with its very similar sounds to classic Prince songs. Especially with all the Oohs, Aahs, and Mmhmms. Rick Ross and J. Cole are really solid pairings for features but I just wish we got more out of Travis Scott and Kali Uchis.
The Beats:
With the talent he brings through the vocals, I felt that the production team thought there didn't need to be as much emphasis with the beats. Sure some are strong, like "City of Angels" with its rough electric sound and "Skywalker" with such a vibey drum kit, however, others just feel like they are lacking or plain. It is here where I notice differences between War & Leisure and the other R&B albums I have reviewed. Jorja Smith and Garren both used fantastic beats that paired nicely with their vocals. Miguel does on a few songs, but many others just felt like they were missing.
The Production:
This aspect of the project was actually fairly solid. Transitions were smooth and the album just felt really flowy. Even the skips stayed on target with the tone being set. However, a few songs seemed rushed. The beat on "Caramelo Duro" felt generally louder than the rest of the album and overpowered the vocals. I also felt that the ad-libs on "Pineapple Skies" just didn't fit with the general vibe of the project. Don't get me wrong…I think every good R&B song needs a few yells, screams, and other exclamations. However, it felt Miguel was trying to mix R&B with ad-libs that would fit more with Migos.
The Essentials:
"Criminal", "Skywalker", "Banana Clip", and "Come Through And Chill"
The Rating:
I felt that the hits outweighed the deep cuts on this album. It is vibey and flowy but I can't see myself going back and listening to many of the songs that I felt were skips. Not that they weren't good, more that they weren't special. They didn't stand out. War & Leisure gets a:
It was a slightly above average album with solid singles. I'm still waiting for that one Miguel album that makes me go "wow"


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Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: April 6th, 2018
Danmachi: Memoria Freese was announced for release by Crunchyroll and when asked about the state of the release, the company had promised it would be uncensored. It appears they were outright lying though as users on Reddit noticed that some art has been changed and a petting mini-game (Where you can touch the characters) has been removed. A community manager actually came to the sub-reddit for the game and said this:
Hi! Official DanMemo Community Team here. The "touching" feature was removed from the English version of the game, yes. Not as a matter of censorship or depriving non-Japanese audiences of anything, but due to what is appropriate and not appropriate for English audiences. Hope that answers your question!
You read that right. Removing content from the game is neither censorship nor does it prevent you from enjoying the full experience of the game, according to the community manager. Re-read it again if it hasn't fully sunk in. You also have to appreciate the part of the response where they decide on their own authority what is and is not "appropriate" for an English audience; as if we are now all perpetual children whose choices have to be made for us by those who "know better".
Once again, another example of censorship on a game specifically aimed at an audience who would want those features in the game; and all in the name of making sure we are served "proper" content, communist-style.
To add insult to injury, the feature removed was actually advertised by Crunchyroll in the English trailer for the game (1:40 min. mark):
One Angry Gamer and members of the comment section have called Crunchyroll's advertising then removing the feature false advertising and some have registered a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission complaint assistant.
Edit: As is now apparent, the video featuring Crunchyroll's trailer has been taken down. For posterity, here is a new reupload of the same trailer by Azarioplays:
You can also see the updated article on the topic here.
In other news, another article made by mainstream media trying to explain to the average folk what anime is has come out. There have been many articles trying to teach the average Joe what anime is in the last few months from multiple mainstream outlets and it confirms what I have been saying about mainstream media attempting to normalize the medium.
Source: Article Image: Taken from Dan-Memo trailer


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As reported by the Baltimore Sun, Delegate Mary Washington has announced that she plans to challenge sitting Senator Joan Carter Conway for the 43rd District Senate seat. Delegate Washington is the second delegate to announce a challenge to unseat an incumbent senator. Delegate Antonio Hayes announced earlier that he will challenge Senator Barbara Robinson for the 40th District seat. Senator Robinson was appointed in late 2016 to take the 40th District seat vacated by now-Mayor Catherine Pugh.
A third sitting Delegate, Cory McCray, is expected to make an announcement this weekend that he plans to run against sitting Senator Nathaniel McFadden for the 45th District seat. Senators Nathaniel Oaks, District 41, and Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 44, are also expected to have election challenges.
As reported by Maryland Matters, both Senator Victor Ramirez and Delegate Carlo Sanchez are expected to make formal announcements this weekend about their 2018 election plans. Senator Ramirez is anticipated to run for Prince George's state's attorney and Delegate Sanchez is anticipated to file to run for his 47th District Senate seat.


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Rules: – Below we will show the heaviest fish caught, or just good fishing photos by Algies Bay residents.
You must be a financial member of the Algies Bay Residents & Ratepayers Association ($10 per year).
We encourage you to "Catch", "Weigh", "Photograph" & "Release" the bigger breeding-stock fish.
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January 2016
15lb Snapper caught by Gloria Hayman
October 2015
Gary Cockroft with a good Labour weekend catch.
October 2015
Gurnard & Snapper caught off Fishin Chippie.
October 2015
15.5 lb (7.03kg) Snapper landed by the crew of Fishin Chippie, held by Peter Stoupe.
November 2014
22 lb (9.98kg) Snapper caught by Ken Stephens with an envious Peter Stoupe looking on.
November 2014
7.5 lb (3.40kg) Snapper caught by Gloria Hayman.


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Purées may be easiest for your baby at first. However, babies can quickly learn to chew soft, lumpy food even if they have no teeth. Ensure the food is well mashed and gradually make the food a thicker consistency. Try to limit the number of sweet or cereal purées to one a day, and always include a vegetable purée.
- 1 tbsp. split yellow moong dal
- 1 tbsp. rice
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
- ½ tsp ghee/butter
- Wash and soak the moong daal and rice together
- Add the turmeric powder and pressure cook it for 3 whistles
- Remove from the pressure cooker and add a little bit of ghee. Mix Well
- Mash the khichdi completely to a smooth consistency
- Serve Lukewarm
Beetroot Carrot and Potato Soup
- ½ cup beetroot (peeled and chopped)
- ¼ cup potatoes (peeled and chopped)
- ½ cup carrot (peeled and chopped)
- Combine the beetroot,potato and carrot in a pressure cooker with 1 cup of water.
- Pressure cook for 2 whistles
- Cool and puree into a smooth soup
- Strain the soup and reheat to lukewarm before serving
Apple, Potatoes and Carrot Soup
- ¼ cup apple (peeled and chopped)
- ¼ cup potato (peeled and chopped)
- 1 tbsp onion (chopped)
- ¼ cup carrot (peeled and chopped)
- ½ tsp oil
- Heat the oil and saute the onions for 2 minutes
- Add the apple, carrot and potato and saute for 2 – 3 minutes
- Add 1 cup of water and pressure cooker it for 2- 3 whistles
- Cool and puree in a liquidizer
- Strain and reheat to lukewarm before serving
Chickoo Milk Shake
- 1 cup chikoo (peeled and chopped)
- 1 ¼ cup milk
Blend the ingreadients together in a liquidizer and serve immediately
- 1 cup milk
- 1 ½ cup reice
- 2 tbsp fresh fruit puree ( strawberry / peach/apricot / mango)
- Bring the milk to a boil in a non-stick pan and add the rice flour
- Mix well and simmer till the rice is cooked ( 7 – 8 minutes)
- Cool and add the fruit puree.
- Serve at room temperature
Banana Apple Pudding
- ½ cup banana (chopped and peeled)
- ½ cup apple, ((chopped and peeled and mashed)
- 1 digestive biscuit (crushed)
- 3 ½ tsp. ghee / 1 tsp butter
- 1 ½ cup milk
- Bring the milk to a boil and add the biscuit.
- Allow it to mix with the milk so that the milk thickens
- Mix well so that the custard doesn't have any lumps
- Cool completelt and add fruits. Serve immediately
Sabudana Kheer
- 2 tbsp sabudana (soaked for atleast 1 hour)
- ½ cup milk
- ½ tsp. sugar
- Bring the milk to a boil
- Add soaked Sabudana and allow it to mix so that the milk thickens
- Serve luke warm
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The Chinese dissident Hu Jia has won the European Union's top human rights prize. It is a move certain to annoy Beijing as the 35 year old was jailed by China after testifying to the European Parliament's Human Rights Sub committee last year.
Parliamentary President Hans-Gert Pottering said: "the Sakharov prize 2008 was awarded in the name of the suppressed voices in China and Tibet." The award was well received as the jailing of Hu has attracted international condemnation.
A campaigner for civil rights and environmental protection, Hu was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in April. He had already spent many months under house arrest with his wife and child.
Hu began as a campaigner for rural AIDS sufferers but has emerged as one of his country's most vocal advocates for democratic rights, religious freedom and of self determination for Tibet. China regards him as a convicted criminal


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Today the craze of online beauty is so much that every marketplace offers personal care products that you want and need. But the ugly truth of online beauty is "high risk "status now the question is why high risk? What challenges are they facing? And what advice we can offer them?
Risk of the online beauty business
Before starting any business you must be aware that, not every business is treated equally, the businesses are divided into two categories one is low-risk and other is high –risk and the division of businesses is done according to the type of industry. as you see in the stores and online that, there are so many marketing strategies like trial offers and subscription services (with recurring billing). These beauty businesses are considered as high risk and a majority of businesses in this line is the online business. There are so many products in the beauty industry that promises for the miracle like protection from the wrinkles and for fairness but how many miracles cured for hair fall have you tried actually worked? Now the customers' sign for the subscription service for 6 months and after six months they actually realized that the result isn't good enough? You guessed it: Chargebacks! Hence the "high risk" label applied to online beauty businesses.
Some products are also there in the beauty industry that is subject to government regulation or FDA approval that's also too risky. Many major banks, credit card associations, and payment processors never agree to work with the online beauty industry. For earning more profits and keeps your business earn more you require a payment processor, but no bank, no card association and no payment processor is agreed to do business with you due to high risk. For the expansion of your business online merchant account is the must for you.
What to Look For in a Merchant Account For Your Online Beauty Business
When you are in online business then it is must to have your own merchant account which will enable you to accept debit and credit cards payments. Choose a merchant account i.e. custom-made for your online beauty business — which implies, customized to a high risk business like yours. Once your payment processing is up and running, your selected processor will enable you to expand your business.
Regardless of whether your expansion decision takes you to facilitate domestically or internationally, your merchant account ought to get you there. All things considered, the beauty of an online business model is how easy it is for Internet-enabled customers to discover your shop.
Search for abilities like these, to enable your business to flourish:
- PCI compliant payment gateways: To prevent CNP fraud a secure online portal is necessary in order to stop the damage to the sales of your online beauty business, for this reason, make sure that your processor offers a Level 1 PCI-DSS compliant gateway.
- Multi-currency processing: when you want to explore international markets and keen to expand your business globally then you must be able to accept multi-currencies. So it's important to have multi-currency processing merchant account.
- Business protection through robust risk management and chargeback management capabilities offered by your chosen payment processor — who should help you pinpoint both causes and solutions when issues arise.
If you are looking for a merchant account for your online Beauty business you are at the right place because iPaytotal is here to help you in every phase of your payment cycle. Ipaytotal provides payment solutions to help you to grow your business. Processing thousands of credit and debit card transactions per day, we make the process of opening a merchant account easy and affordable.


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LogoMaker's key value proposition is that you can tweak your logo endlessly and have every platform tool at your disposal immediately. You're only asked to pay once you've decided on a final logo, and it costs $49. This is higher than what some competitors charge, but the unique model also produces a higher degree of satisfaction. Your $49 buys you your logo in high quality vector format, as well as three sizes of GIF, JPG, and PNG files for easy integration into apps and websites.
Creating a Logo with LogoMaker
To begin creating a relevant, special logo with LogoMaker, you'll need to enter some details about your business. The industry, company name, tagline (optional), and logo type are all required information for step one, and after entering them, the system will have you go through four relevant logo styles to pick at least three from. One for example might pick a logo style that emphasizes the first letter of their company, and also one that focuses on an icon or badge.
Basic fonts, colors, and layout choices are steps three and four of the logo generation process. Again, you'll pick up to three from each, all of which tell the system the finished designs to generate. LogoMaker then displays a multiple-page selection of logos laid out in a grid formation for easy comparison. There's a handy search tool that lets you narrow down exact ideas among the impressive number of logos created by LogoMaker, so if you have a trucking business you can find all the truck logos easily. Considering that LogoMaker has over 10,000 icons, 50 fonts, and countless layout options, the number of relevant logos one might see can number in the hundreds.
You can save up to 6 logos for additional tweaking of icon placement, color, and font. It's nice to be able to save them directly on the site, and to continue fine-tuning them over time for free. You'll only be asked to pay for downloading your final choice.
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During the design process, LogoMaker will interrupt you with pop-ups about useful services that are adjacent to your business's logo. These include services that help you buy a custom web domain or print business cards, incorporating the logo you've chosen into each. Once can reach these services at any time from the menu and therefore don't need to worry about missing the opportunity to create a consistent branding strategy.
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The depth of utility and ease of use built into LogoMaker reduces the number of issues that might occur, but for any that do, customers can get support via email. There's a large FAQs section with many of the most common questions as well, but if a solution can't be found there, then email responses take anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. It's a bit unfortunate that live chat or even phone support aren't available, but it's not a serious point of contention.
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Finding the perfect logo with LogoMaker is a thorough process, and one can save and tweak up to 6 different "final" versions limitlessly. This naturally encourages deliberation, but if one accidentally buys a logo that they aren't happy with, LogoMaker has a generous "love your logo" policy that allows money-back returns within 30 days of purchase.
LogoMaker is a convenient, speedy logo design service that boosts customer satisfaction thanks to unlimited access to a full range of tools. Payment is only accepted when you're sure you've selected the best possible logo and received your files (including full EPS vector), but a 30-day money-back policy further cements confidence in LogoMaker.


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I have been trying to figure out the best way to do this without using some hacky string-replace stuff. I want to be able to append content to a section in my view. But, I want to do this in my controller.
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Is this possible? I haven't found any methods that would facilitate this kind of functionality.
More information: I am generating a view that has a dynamic form. I can append fields as I need them based on the settings for the form. This works great. But, once I start requiring additional javascript or CSS for these dynamic fields, I need to be able to properly append these to the
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Cop Helps Save Service Dog Of 8-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy (Video)
A police officer in Pierce County, Washington, became a hero to a girl with Cerebral Palsy after he helped save the life of her beloved service dog.
Faith Cloud, 8, loves her service dog Spice dearly because he helps her navigate life from a wheelchair. Cloud, who is also unable to communicate verbally, normally seats Spice in her lap, but one day, the dog got loose from her leash and ran across the road, ultimately getting hit by a car that didn't stop.
A crowd gathered around the beloved animal, and Pierce County Detective Ryan Salmon arrived to the scene to find out why all the people were huddled together. He walked up and saw that everybody was gathered around the injured dog in the road, and Cloud's mother Tonya informed him that they didn't have a vehicle to get Spice medical attention.
"They said they didn't have a car so I offered to drive them down to the emergency vet clinic at 56th and Durango," said Salmon.
When they arrived at the clinic, Tonya Cloud says she didn't have the money needed to get Spice necessary X-rays, so Salmon graciously offered to pay the $240 for her.
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Now, Spice is out of commission after suffering a broken pelvis and internal injuries, but Tonya Cloud and her daughter Faith are incredibly grateful to Detective Salmon for going above and beyond in their time of need.
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Customizing Annotations in the Content Completion AssistantEdit online
Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin gathers documentation from the associated schemas (DTD, XML Schema, RelaxNG) and presents it for each element or attribute. For example, if you open the Content Completion Assistant for a recognized XML vocabulary, documentation is displayed for each element provided by the associated schema. Similar information is displayed when you hover over tag names presented in the Elements view. If you hover over attributes in the Attributes view you also see information about each attribute, gathered from the same schema.
If you have a framework configuration set up for your XML vocabulary, there is a special XML configuration file that can be added to provide additional documentation information or links to additional information for certain elements and attributes.
- Create a new folder in the configuration directory for the document type.
Example: OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR/frameworks/dita/styleguide
- Use the New document wizard to create a file using the Content Completion Styleguide document template (in the section).
- Save the file in the folder created in step 1, using the fixed name: contentCompletionElementsMap.xml.
- Open the Preferences dialog box , go to Document Type Association, and edit the document type configuration for your XML vocabulary. Now you need to indicate where Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will locate your mapping file by doing one of the following:
- Make the appropriate changes to your custom mapping file.
Example: You can look at how the DITA mapping file is configured: OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR/frameworks/dita/styleguide/contentCompletionElementsMap.xml
The associated XML Schema contains additional details about how each element and attribute is used in the mapping file.
- Re-open the application and open an XML document.
In the Content Completion Assistant, you should see the additional annotations for each element.


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*I've been listening to The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and I'm finally starting to understand why my simple resolution to meditate every day has led to strengthening my willpower and developing the discipline to start and maintain other healthy daily habits. Take this blog for example. After sitting for thirty minutes daily for a year I committed to posting once a day for a year. After the year was over I just kept going. I also write in my gratitude journal every day and have been finding the time to delve into creative projects. I'm reasonably certain that I wouldn't be doing any of this if I hadn't started meditating regularly, so I'm feeling incredibly blessed by my teachers who have gone before me and paved the way for a happy life.


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Bangladesh Ambassador in Jordan-Syria-Lebanon Gholam Mohammad says cease-fire in Lebanon is slowly taking hold as an effective truce.
Bangladeshis living mostly in northern Lebanon are safe and well protected. Efforts are being made to bring the Bangladeshis who have gone back to Bangladesh during the Hezbollah-Israel war back to Lebanon.
Also, Bangladesh is trying to export extra manpower to Lebanon since Lebanon will need more man-power for post-war reconstruction work.


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In December 2016, Yahoo revealed it had been hacked back in 2013. It was reported at the time that this security breach by an "unauthorized third party" saw the user data associated with 1 billion accounts stolen. However, it turns out that this epic hack was even worse than Yahoo thought.Yahoo Reveals Yet Another Giant Security Breach Yahoo Reveals Yet Another Giant Security BreachAnother day, another Yahoo hack. This one dating back all the way to 2013. This particular security breach resulted in the user data of 1 billion Yahoo accounts being stolen.READ MORE
This hack didn't just affect 1 billion random Yahoo users. Instead, it hit every single Yahoo account that existed in August 2013. And there were 3 billion of them at the time. Let that sink in for just a minute: 3. billion. accounts. Making it the largest data breach in history. That we know of…
The Most Epic Security Breach Ever Recorded
Since Yahoo first disclosed the hack Verizon has acquired the company. During that acquisition new intelligence was uncovered that clued Yahoo into the fact it had underestimated just how epic this hack was. Rather than "just" 1 billion users being affected, all 3 billion users were caught up in it.
Yahoo has subsequently sent out a notice revealing the truth. The company states it now believes that "all Yahoo user accounts were affected by the August 2013 theft". And Yahoo, now called Oath, has drawn this conclusion "following an investigation with the assistance of outside forensic experts".
Thankfully, although the size of the security breach has been scaled up significantly, the information stolen has remained the same. Which means that "names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords […] and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers" were stolen.
However, Oath (formerly Yahoo) is ultra keen to stress that no "passwords in clear text, payment card data, or bank account information" was stolen from its servers. This should be of some comfort to anyone who had a Yahoo account in 2013. Which is probably most people reading this right now.
Please Follow Yahoo's Common Sense Advice
Oath has created a full page of FAQs related to this data breach. And this provides the common sense advice the company suggests you follow in order to safeguard your information. Which basically amounts to changing your passwords and security questions and answers for any and all Yahoo accounts, and, crucially, all other accounts that share the same or similar information.6 Tips For Creating An Unbreakable Password That You Can Remember 6 Tips For Creating An Unbreakable Password That You Can RememberIf your passwords are not unique and unbreakable, you might as well open the front door and invite the robbers in for lunch.READ MORE
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To celebrate our milestone fifteenth season, ROCO will present a record-breaking 21 new commissions, bringing our total to a whopping 100 distinct premieres since our formation in 2005. Throughout the season, 15 of these new works — comprising the project FIFteen: Fanfares, Interludes, and Finales, organized by Mark Buller — will be sprinkled among each series. This brand-new body of work will serve as a "tasting menu" of sorts by allowing the audience brief glimpses into a wide array of diverse composers and their music.
The featured composers are as follows:
Desmond Ikegwuonu is a Nigerian-born composer currently living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ikegwuonu's music blends classical, jazz, and the music of his native country. Recent performances include pieces with Apollo Chamber Players and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
Osnat Netzer was born in Haifa, Israel and studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Her style has been described as "highly theatrical and kinetic", and the New York Times called her opera "riotously funny". She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and teachers at Harvard and Longy.
Mark Buller is best remembered by ROCO audiences for his two song cycles for Timothy Jones: Nursery Rhymes and Tombstone Songs. His music balances tunefulness and humor with dramatic gestures and sharp lines. Recent collaborations include the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Houston Grand Opera.
Brian Nabors is quickly becoming well-known in the orchestral world, having written for the orchestras of Detroit and Cincinnati. A recent winner of the Rapido! Composition Contest, he is currently writing a new work for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Ledah Finck is a Baltimore-based musician who balances her creative work between a number of fields. She is a chamber musician (the experimental duo The Witches, the Bergamot String Quartet, the jazz ensemble Atlantic Extraction); an improviser; a violinist; and composer. Her music blends experimental styles with classical, jazz, and the folk music of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Jason Gerraughty's background as a brass player in New England community ensembles helped shape his desire to write music "of value to both amateur and seasoned listeners". His music is energetic and forward-thinking, but allows the listener to enjoy the varied hues of the sound itself.
Alejandro Basulto is a Mexican-born composer whose works for orchestra and chamber ensembles have proven popular throughout his native country and around the world. His music shows the influence of his training as a conductor as well as his Latin-American ancestry. Basulto's first work for ROCO was for a Día de los Muertos concert at Lawndale Art Center, and the 2019-20 season also includes his Tríptico de Luz.
Kate Salfelder teacher at MIT and has written music performed by orchestras, chamber ensembles, and bands around the country. Her style is shaped by her fascination with the contrapuntal music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as heard through the lens of contemporary practice.
Jess Langston Turner is a composer whose star is quickly rising. Known mostly for his energetic pieces for wind ensemble, his style is instantly likable and always memorable.
Hilary Purrington is another composer quickly entering the mainstream, with commissions from the orchestras of Philadelphia, Minnesota, Albany, and Sioux City (IA), as well as the American Composers Orchestra and the New York Youth Symphony. Before moving to New York city, she earned a degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
Judah Adashi writes music "guided by a belief that the creation and performance of new music can bear witness to injustice, create space for empathy, and serve as a call for action". He is best known for Rise Bmore, written for the anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray, and my heart comes undone, a work for solo cello which earned the praise of The New Yorker's Alex Ross. Adashi teaches at the Peabody Conservatory.
Cynthia Lee Wong writes music described as "shamelessly beautiful" to be enjoyed by "all classical enthusiasts or indeed music lovers". She has been commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, the New World Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Festival, Opera America, and the Tokyo String Quartet.
Marcus Maroney will be writing a piece for ROCO's annual Beer & Brass event at St. Arnold Brewery. Maroney's Concerto for Chamber Orchestra proved an audience and orchestra favorite upon its 2016 premiere and is included on ROCO's inaugural album, Visions Take Flight. The 2019-20 season also includes his brand-new Concerto for flute and viola d'amore and Four Preludes for two clarinets. Maroney teaches at the University of Houston's Moores School of Music.
Isabelle Ganz, is a "virtuoso performer" (New York Times) who has sung with the Seattle Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic (with conductor Lukas Foss), and the Slovak Radio Symphony. She will write a new work for the ROCO Connections concert at the Holocaust Museum Houston. Ganz, for whom John Cage once wrote a piece, is a frequent arranger of Sephardic folk music, and was recently featured in a holiday concert by the Apollo Chamber Players.
Karim Al-Zand will compose a chamber piece for the ROCO Unchambered concert featuring Alecia Lawyer. Al-Zand, who teaches at the Shepherd School of Music, is well-known to Houston audiences due to performances of his music by ROCO (Visions of Another World, 2008, also included on the album Visions Take Flight); the Houston Symphony (City Scenes, 2014), and Musiqa, among others. Al-Zand's music is immediately likable and always highly compelling.


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Purchasing Goods or Service from America/International Marketplace to Africa. If you are interested in purchasing American brand name products or any goods from China, ATLE will work closely with you in making sure that your goals are achieved by researching for you all the suppliers, distributors and manufacturers of the products. We have in the past helped clients purchase products, such as commodities (cosmetics, clothing, and food items), heavy duty machinery, construction equipment, helicopters and small airplanes. ATLE can organize funding or credit facilities if you qualify under the guidelines of the export bank. ATLE will also assist in bringing skilled labor to train their partners in Africa. Such skilled labor has been utilized in construction, mining, agriculture, solar energy, and health etc. Contact us if there is an area not listed that you need help with.
Remember ATLE does not serve as a middleman. Once we provide you with the technical assistance, you are on your own to run your business. ATLE will not accept "deals" on commission. We provide a service which must be paid upfront before the work begins.
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