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The annual Crosstown Showdown between Michigan State baseball and the Lansing Lugnuts took place at Cooley Law School Stadium on Tuesday evening. The evening's activities included their annual home run derby, and ended with a seven-inning exhibition game between the two teams, in which the Spartans were downed by a score of 6-4.
"They kinda got their feet wet," said the Spartans' head coach Jake Boss Jr. He went on to say, "I think a lot of guys really threw well. So yeah, I think there's a lot of positives we can take away."
Getting the start on the mound for the Spartans was junior Mike Mokma, who appeared in 19 games last season, pitching to a 4.66 ERA (earned run average) over 56 innings for the Spartans. Mokma ran into trouble in the second inning, letting up a single to Lugnuts' shortstop Vinny Capra with one out. Two batters later, catcher Jose Ferrer slapped one into the gap in right-center for an RBI (run batted in) triple, giving the Lugnuts a 1-0 lead in the early innings.
The Lugnuts would cross the plate three more times in the very next inning. With one out and the bases full, third baseman Miguel Hiraldo skied a pitch to center field deep enough to score the runner at third, giving his team a two-run lead. The next batter, first baseman Bryan Lizardo doubled to left field to score a pair, making the score 4-0 in favor of the Lugnuts.
The Spartans would remain hitless until the top of the fourth, when third baseman Zach Iverson slapped a pitch back up the middle for a leadoff single. However, Iverson would remain stranded at first base as the next three hitters would go down in order to end the inning.
The Lugnuts tacked on one more in the bottom half of the fourth. With two runners on and two away, infielder Brandon Grudzielanek came on to pinch hit and lined one into center field to score the runner from second base, moving the Lugnuts' run total up to five.
MSU responded in the top half of the fifth inning. With the bases loaded from two walks and a hit batter, freshman outfielder Zaid Walker sent a pitch to center field to score a pair of Spartans home runs, cutting their deficit to three runs.
The Spartans would not go down quietly in the seventh inning. With the bases loaded, freshman outfielder Joe Stewart picked up his second two-RBI knock of the game, lining one to left field and to again cut into the Lugnuts' lead.
Walker would finish the night two-for-four with four RBIs.
"I hope this is the start of a great Spartan career," said Walker. "It's a confidence booster, it let's me know I can play with these guys."
MSU was unable to capitalize further, as the last two batters would be retired on strikes to end the ballgame at 6-4 in favor of the Lugnuts.
Proctor wins second-straight home run derby
The evening kicked off with the Crosstown Showdown's annual home run derby. Representing the Spartans was freshman Zaid Walker, junior Andrew Morrow and last year's champion, sophomore Adam Proctor.
The first round of the derby ended in a three way tie for the three Spartans, each ending the round with four home runs. After an additional tiebreaker round, Proctor would move on to the championship round to face Lugnuts' outfielder Freddy Rodriguez.
Proctor came out victorious, launching seven home runs in the championship round to top Rodriguez's six, claiming his second-consecutive Crosstown Showdown home run derby crown.
"It was a dog fight for sure," said Boss Jr. He went on to say, "It goes to the whole atmosphere of the night."
Freshman showing promise
Of the Spartans' five hits, four of them were off the bats of freshman. Redshirt freshman Peter Ahn laced a single down the first base line in the sixth inning after coming on in the fifth to play third base for Iverson.
Another freshman who joined in was catcher Gabe Sotres, who sent a pitch back up the middle for a knock in the seventh inning after taking over defensive duties behind the plate in the previous inning. Sotres would go on to score later in the inning.
The biggest impact on the field by any Spartan was made by Walker, who drove in all four MSU runs on a pair of knocks. His first hit, two-run single, came in the top of the fifth inning to give the Spartans their first runs of the game. Later, in the seventh inning, the outfielder singled to left field to collect his third and fourth RBIs of the night.
"The tools are certainly there," said Boss Jr. on Walker. "He's going to be a fun one to have around for a couple years."
Walker, who got the start in center field is expected to contribute regularly in the upcoming season for the Spartans.


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The Big Diabetes Lie
People with diabetes are better at estimating their blood glucose in natural, everyday situations, as opposed to clinical laboratory settings (Cox et al., 1985). In some ways this is surprising as natural hypoglycaemia often occurs at a time when it is unexpected. In this situation, attention toward symptoms will not be as actively directed toward detection as in the laboratory setting where it is usually anticipated. Furthermore, hypoglycaemia in everyday life occurs on the background of other bodily feelings and must be separated from other causes of the same symptoms. For example, exercise and various acute illnesses can provoke sweating in people with diabetes, independently of their association with hypoglycaemia.
In a real-life situation a person must detect symptoms of hypoglycaemia and then interpret them. Failure to detect symptoms can lead to a failure to treat hypoglycaemia, but detection
Children (pre pubertal)
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without the correct interpretation of the cause of the symptoms is equally dangerous. Furthermore, it is obvious that someone who does interpret symptoms correctly as being caused by hypoglycaemia, but who does not take action to treat the low blood glucose, will be at the same risk. These and other steps toward the avoidance of severe hypoglycaemia demonstrate the key role of education about symptoms in people with diabetes (Gonder-Frederick et al., 1997). The psycho-educational programmes of Blood Glucose Awareness Training (BGAT; Schachinger et al., 2005) and Hypoglycemia Anticipation, Awareness and Treatment Training (HAATT; Cox et al., 2004) have led to better recognition of hypoglycaemic states and reduced frequency of hypoglycaemia.
Figure 2.2 outlines the stages that intervene between low blood glucose occurring in an individual and the implementation of effective treatment (Gonder-Frederick et al., 1997). It is interesting to note the importance of behavioural factors in generating states of low blood glucose. Episodes of low blood glucose are most likely to come about because of changes in routine aspects of diabetes management, such as taking extra insulin, eating less food or taking more exercise (Clarke et al., 1997). These factors predict more than 85% of episodes of hypoglycaemia in people with diabetes.
In the presence of an intact physiological response to low blood glucose, autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms, and symptoms of general malaise, are generated (Figure 2.2). The degree of hypoglycaemia, the person's quality of glycaemic control and any recent episodes of hypoglycaemia may all affect the magnitude of the body's physiological response. Recent, preceding hypoglycaemia can reduce the symptomatic and counterregulatory hormonal responses to subsequent hypoglycaemia, resulting in a diminished awareness of symptoms. This effect of 'antecedent' hypoglycaemia is described in Chapter 7. Gender does not appear to influence the symptomatic response to hypoglycaemia (Geddes et al., 2006).
At the second stage in Figure 2.2 comes the actual generation of physical symptoms. Among the variables that can influence this stage is the prior ingestion of caffeine, which has been shown to enhance the intensity of the autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms of experimentally induced hypoglycaemia (Debrah et al., 1996) (see Chapter 5). Caffeine may act by increasing the intensity of symptoms of hypoglycaemia to perceptible levels, much as a magnifying glass enables one to read otherwise too-small print.
The occurrence of physiological changes in the body does not guarantee that a person will detect symptoms (Gonder-Frederick et al., 1997). If attention is directed to physical changes, people are more likely to detect symptoms than if their attention is held elsewhere. Everyone has had the experience of feeling less discomfort, and being less likely to detect a physical symptom, when being distracted by something diverting. The personal relevance of the symptom may affect detection; for example, a person with heart disease may be very likely to detect palpitations (Cox et al., 1993a). The activity of the person at the time of the physiological change is obviously important. Hypoglycaemic symptoms will be more obvious to the person engaged in active mental effort (McCrimmon et al., 2003), such as sitting an examination, than to the person relaxing and watching television. A doctor engaged in microsurgery may be very sensitive to the onset of tremor. In one laboratory study the
people who had higher anxiety levels were better at detecting symptoms of hypoglycaemia (Ryan et al., 2002).
The autonomic symptoms of hypoglycaemia are often emphasised in the detection of hypoglycaemia. However, a strong case can be made for an equal emphasis on neuroglycopenic symptoms (Gonder-Frederick et al., 1997; McCrimmon et al., 2003) because:
• performance on mental tasks deteriorates during hypoglycaemia, and subjective awareness of this decrement begins at very mild levels of hypoglycaemia
• the difference in glycaemic thresholds for the onset of autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms is so small that it is unlikely to be detected when blood glucose declines rapidly
• neuroglycopenic symptoms are as strongly related to actual blood glucose concentrations as are autonomic symptoms (Cox et al., 1993a)
• people with insulin-treated diabetes cite autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms with equal frequency as the primary warning symptoms ofhypoglycaemia (Hepburn etal., 1991).
Low blood glucose detection - symptom interpretation
The correct detection of a symptom of hypoglycaemia does not always lead to correct interpretation (Figure 2.2). After correctly detecting relevant symptoms, people fail to detect about 26% of episodes of low blood glucose (Gonder-Frederick et al., 1997). There are several factors that could break a perfect relationship between detection and recognition, and some are discussed below. However, it should be appreciated that symptom detection (internal cues) is not mandatory for the detection of low blood glucose. Self-testing of blood glucose or the information of family members (external cues) can lead to the successful recognition of hypoglycaemia without the patient having detected the episode by symptomatic perception (see Box 2.1).
Correct knowledge about symptoms of hypoglycaemia is necessary for the detection of low blood glucose. The lack of such knowledge among elderly people with diabetes in particular gives cause for concern (Mutch and Dingwall-Fordyce, 1985). Of 161 diabetic people between ages 60 and 87, all of whom were injecting insulin or taking a sulphonylurea, only 22% had ever been told the symptoms of hypoglycaemia and 9% knew no symptoms at all! The percentages of the insulin-treated diabetic patients who knew that the following symptoms were associated with hypoglycaemia were as follows:
Box 2.1 Identification of hypoglycaemia
• Internal cues - autonomic, neuroglycopenic and non-specific symptoms
• External cues - relationship of insulin injection to meals, exercise and experience of self-management
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Information from observers (e.g. relatives, friends, colleagues)
In the midst of this ignorance, much hypoglycaemia may not be treated because of a lack of knowledge of the symptoms of hypoglycaemia which would aid their recognition.
Most, if not all, of the symptoms of hypoglycaemia can be explained by other physical conditions. Therefore, correct symptom detection may be usurped by incorrect attribution of the cause. For example, having completed some strenuous activity, an athlete may attribute the symptoms of sweating and palpitations to physical exertion. An obvious problem in detecting a low blood glucose is the fact that the organ responsible for the detection and interpretation of symptoms - the brain, especially the cerebral cortex - is impaired. Thus, impaired concentration and lowered consciousness levels can beget even more severe hypoglycaemia.
The controversy about the effect of human insulin on symptom awareness (Chapter 7) stimulated the development of scoring systems for hypoglycaemia to allow comparative studies between insulin species. This produced scoring systems such as the Edinburgh Hypoglycaemia Scale (Deary et al., 1993), and any such system must be validated for research application. It is important to note that the nature and intensity of individual symptoms are as important as, if not more important than, the number of symptoms generated by hypoglycaemia. The concepts involved are discussed in detail by Hepburn (1993). More information on the symptoms of hypoglycaemia is provided by McAulay et al. (2001b).
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Sask Paddlers at Ski to Sea
This weekend (May 30th) four Saskatchewan paddlers returned to Bellingham to compete in the 43rd Annual Ski to Sea team relay race. The event starts at the Mt. Baker Ski Area to Bellingham Bay and features athletes who compete in the Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Ski/Snowboarding, Running, Road Bike, Canoe, Cyclocross, and Sea Kayak Legs.
The canoe course is approximately 18.5 miles (30km) along the Nooksack River. The course is considered a Class 1 river due to its fast flow rates and short sections of rapids. The river is also notorious for deceptive hazards like log jams, submerged logs, undercut trees and other fun obstructions to navigate while racing.
This year Mike Vincent (RCC) and Ivan English (SCC) returned to paddle the canoe leg for team Aeromech. Ivan and Mike were the fastest boat on the course with a time of 1:55:57 helping their team to a 7th place finish overall, and a 4th place finish in the Competitive Open Division.
Fiona Vincent (RCC) and Catherine Trask (SCC) also returned to the race this year to paddle for team Boomer's Drive In, in the Mixed Competitive division. They were the third women's boat and completed the canoe course in a time of 2:16:27, helping their team to a 16th place finish overall and a 1st place finish in the Mixed Completive division.
For more information about the race check out the Ski to Sea website: http://skitosea.com/
For complete results from the 2016 race: http://results.skitosea.com/
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If you want to make your very own robot you've got to start somewhere. The world of DIY electronics is powered by Arduino, a hardware and software community that releases customizable kits for use in a wide variety of projects. Arduino's kits are versatile and can power complex and impressive robots, but remain simple enough for beginners to learn and build their own creations.
Right now is a great time to get into DIY electronics, because there's a 15-course Arduino eBook bundle that's available for a price you choose. These fifteen eBooks would normally sell for a combined price of $277.85, but if you take advantage of the Pay What You Want sale you can get them for a price you pick.
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This bundle includes Getting Started With Arduino, a walk-through of open-source electronics that comes with hands-on projects designed for beginners. Other projects include making creations with Lego, building motion sensors, designing a musical synthesizer, robots, and much more. These guides are currently on sale, just pay what you want to learn DIY electronics.
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A national study by the Salvation Army has revealed shocking rates of poverty with survey participants surviving on an average of less than $18 a day, after covering housing costs.
Salvation Army report finds poorest families living on less than $18 a day - Rachel Browne for The Sydney Morning Herald
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The survey of 2400 people who visited Salvation Army centres across Australia found their average weekly income was $305 but they spent $180 on accommodation, leaving just $125 to cover all other expenses including food, transport, clothing and utility bills.
Across all households, those on the Newstart allowance had the least money after housing costs, with childless couples managing on just $9.57 a day.
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Our sweet Walter was born in 2004 and has been a faithful friend and companion to our family all of these years. He was my very first "baby" and now he's the first "elderly loved one" fully in my care. As he's getting older, we're navigating the changes that increasing age brings for pets and the ones who love them.
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We're giving him about 12 pills a day, which keep him living his best life. I'm washing diapers on the daily. When his legs aren't strong enough to hold him, I'm scooping him up to carry him wherever he needs to go. He's lost his hearing, but his eyes are on high alert. If Hartley jumps up to bark at the window, he howls along from his perch in his bed. If she runs to get a treat, he's making his way as fast as …


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Who would you invite to your fantasy dinner party?
PICTURE the scene…
The table is laid, the silverware is out, glasses are filled and your dinner party is ready to go.
The doorbell rings and the first of your invited guests is at the door…but this is no ordinary Friday night gathering.
This is a fantasy dinner party whereby you are able to throw your doors open to absolutely anyone – closest family, dearest friends, movie stars, musicians, people of faith, comedians, sportspeople or even politicians.
Dead, alive or even fictional characters – which five people would you invite? And, importantly, who would cook the food?
It's one which requires plenty of thought, but we will be putting that very question to Albion players over the coming weeks as we start our new Thursday feature.
First up in the dinner party hot seat, we sat down with Craig Dawson to see who he would invite round for the night...
1) Number one would have to be my older brother, Andy. He's someone who I've looked up to all my life and he's always there for me, he's good fun when you take him out as well.
2) Ed Sheeran – someone would have to bring the entertainment and he would be great with his guitar. I like his music.
3) Freddie Flintoff – My brother and I are cricket fans and played cricket as well so I think some of the stories he would have would be great to listen to.
4) Sir Alex Ferguson would be in there as well. It's the team I watched as a kid and obviously he brought up the Class of '92, who were the players we watched growing up. To listen to those stories would be great!
5) Jimmy Carr would be in there because he would be listening to the stories and the comments would be coming out….his laugh as well.
And finally, the food...the chef would be Gordon Ramsey cooking in an open kitchen just to see what he was saying as well as cooking.
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McKinney Premises Liability Lawyer
A property owner typically has a responsibility to visitors to provide a safe environment for them. If a visitor is injured on their property, the property owner could face a lawsuit for liability. The property owner, through their insurance, may be responsible for compensating the victim for their pain and suffering, lost wages or medical expenses. If you were injured while on someone else's property, you may be eligible to file for compensation. The law behind premises liability is often complex, so it may be important to consult with a McKinney premises liability lawyer.
A skilled personal injury lawyer who is familiar with such cases could help by examining case facts and striving to demonstrate the negligence of the accused party. Working with legal counsel that understands premises liability cases may assist a person as they attempt to build a substantial claim in court. Schedule an appointment to discuss potential legal strategies that may serve your case's best interests.
Visitor Classification in McKinney
Pursuant to Texas common law, a person who enters someone else's property is typically classified in one of three categories. First, if someone was on another's property for business purposes, they are generally classified as an invitee. An invitee has entered the property with the express or implied permission of the owner and is typically there to conduct business that benefits both the invitee and the owner. An example could be a shopper at a grocery store.
The owner has the duty to secure the premises for the invitee and ensure that they are safe or, alternatively, to warn of any unsafe conditions. This often means that the owner must regularly inspect the property for hazards, secure all defects, and ensure the business is conducted safely. In many other states, warning a business invitee of a potential hazard is not always enough to escape liability, but in Texas, choosing to warn of the problem and not correct the danger could lessen accountability.
The second classification is a licensee. A licensee commonly is a person who is on the property with express consent from the property owner, but not to conduct business. An example of a licensee would be a social guest. The property owner generally has the second highest duty to the licensee and typically is responsible for giving them fair warning of any potential dangers or hazards that the owner knows about. However, the owner generally does not have a duty to fix the defects if the owner warns of the defects.
The final classification is a trespasser. A trespasser could have entered the property without any permission from the property owner. Property owners have no duty to warn unknown trespassers of any hazards, although there are exceptions in the case of children. Consulting with a McKinney premises liability lawyer could help determine what status a person possessed at the time of their accident and how it may affect the outcome of a premises liability claim.
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Premises liability accidents frequently range in type and severity. Some injuries that result from these accidents may be life-altering or even fatal. Premises liability accidents may include:
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Any of these accidents may lead to mounting medical bills and the stress of dealing with insurance companies. Working with a McKinney premises liability lawyer could help someone work towards fair compensation for their injuries and potentially life an injured person's increased financial burden.
Although a premises liability injury could be devastating, a McKinney premises liability lawyer could help you begin the road to recovery by pursuing financial compensation. While receiving damages could hold a negligent party accountable for the role they might have played in your injury, it could also reduce the chance for another person to experience a similar injury. Speak with a capable injury attorney today and start assessing your legal options.


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SSC appoints new investment firms
Staff Reporter Windhoek-The Social Security Commission's (SSC) Board of Commission last week approved the appointment of four independent investment management firms in managing the Commission's external portfolio totalling some N$2.5 billion worth of assets. The appointed firms are Allan Gray Namibia, Investec Asset Management, Prudential Investment Managers and Namibia Asset Management. "Early 2016, the SSC's board went through an extensive Investment Policy Statement review exercise. The new investment policy, which was approved by the line minister, balances the Commission's desire to preserve the investable assets in an uncertain investment universe, which presents potential growth opportunities. Hence, a broader asset and geographic portfolio allocation approach was adopted and is now to be implemented by the appointed investment managers under new mandates. This means that social security funds will be invested offshore outside Namibia and South Africa for the first time in the history of SSC since inception," explained SSC CEO Milka Mungunda. "The process to appoint the independent investment managers was a vigorous evaluation process, which included various criteria. The entire process of adjudication and evaluation was handled by the Investment Committee with the assistance of an independent investment consultant, Selekane Asset Consultants. By closing, on the 2 October 2017, 20 bids were received," said Mungunda. The appointed asset managers are not only reputable on the Namibian and global investment landscape, but also have strong track records in managing global portfolios with similar mandates in Namibia and abroad. Furthermore, the SSC recognised that investment managers were, as was done recently, selected on the basis of their investment staff depths, consistency of investment philosophy and long-term performance track record, amongst other criteria. These, therefore, eliminate the excess of the majority Namibian-owned investment management firms from managing Namibian assets across the country and industries as they do not meet the aforesaid minimum criteria. The SSC, as a result, developed a Namibian Asset Manager Incubation Policy to ensure market access and to assist the said managers to transition from incubation to full investment manager status. The policy that was developed in this regard aims to uphold the SSC investment objectives of maintaining an investment programme that has a greater probability of growing its assets within controlled risks of capital loss prevention. SSC will, together with its investment consultant, conduct further due diligence in considering Namibian majority-owned investment managers under the incubation policy. "SSC remains confident that the appointed asset managers will deliver on the investment policy standards and board expectation of preventing capital loss and to earn returns in excess of the agreed benchmarks. The SSC's board, the executive and the entire staff members wish the four appointed managers great wisdom in delivering on their investment mandates," Mungunda added.
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In this video, the Berea Festival Dancers perform two sets of The Lancers Quadrille, a social dance that was popular in Civil War-era America.
This is a reader's theater performance of a scene from George Aiken's 19th-century dramatization of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. In this scene, the escaped slave Eliza reunites with her husband George and their friend Phineas. She recounts how she crossed the Ohio River with their child while escaping from slave hunters. Phineas warns them that the hunters are still in pursuit. Their exaggerated language and performance are characteristic of melodramas, which were popular at the time.
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THE PLACE: Brooklyn, New York.
THE CASE: 1941, Manhattan bustles, and New York City's newest subway line – the "A" train – is moving people in more ways than one. A new instrumental "Take the 'A' Train," rolls up the charts and will become the signature song of pianist Edward Kennedy Ellington. The song, written by Billy Strayhorn, will bring financial success to a pioneering music publishing venture, owned by Duke Ellington. More than half a century later, Garfield Gillings, of Brooklyn, New York, has made a discovery, boxes of sheet music in a dumpster. Among the paper scores are metal sheets that look like printing plates for "Take the 'A' Train." History Detectives sets out to find the story behind these plates and to determine the role they played in this jazz classic.
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Trying to create an inviting downtown that draws residents and tourists alike, developers, including The Marcil Group, have led the way in rehabbing downtown buildings in Jamestown for a variety of uses. The Franklin School is a prime example of preserving an historic landmark building.
Examine the career of visual artist Charly Hamilton. The content coordinates with the video and lesson plan "Zany Human and Animal Portraits in the Style of Charly Hamilton".
Learn about a German immigrant artist, Berthold von Imhof, who began in eastern Pennsylvania, then moved to Saskatchewan, his base for work that spread to the Dakotas, Minnesota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Learn about a Roman Catholic, Berthold von Imhoff who painted for churches of many denominations, often donating his work and making each unique.
Hear how NDSU Architectural Historian Ronald L. M. Ramsay explains that some prairie churches are lean and spare, some ornate, but all are influenced by their immigrant congregations' old country traditions. The story of St. Joachim Catholic Church, La Broquerie, Manitoba, illustrates the point.
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Learn about the people and concepts involved in the development of the pottery program, and the unique clay used, at Saint John's University.
This video clip explains how the eco-consciousness and farming roots of Master Potter Richard Bresnahan influence the creation of the glazes and pottery designs he chooses.
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We were asked to do the wedding flowers for Philippa and Tom who got married at Newland Hall, Roxwell, Essex on 14th December. As the couple were getting married so close to Christmas, they took the opportunity to embrace the season and had a theme of red and gold.
The bride and bridesmaids had simple hand tied posies using the feature flower of the grand prix red rose, along with burgundy skimmia and incorporating some small pine cones to tie in with the table displays. The stems were bound in burgundy ribbon and secured with gold pins.
The reception decoration took the Christmas theme to a whole different level with tables adorned with tall martini vases over flowing with red and gold baubles placed in the centre of festive wreaths which were filled mainly with Christmas foliage – pine, holly, green ivy, pine cones, skimmia, hypericum berries and holly berries.
What an amazing Christmas Philippa and Tom must have had and congratulations again on the new addition to the family!
Fabulous photography by Lucy in the Sky Photography.
"Thank you so much for our beautiful flowers and decorative table flower displays and also just for being amazing on the run up to our big day in December!! The flowers were absolutely stunning and made our day complete!! You both did a fantastic job and every detail was accounted for! We honestly could not have asked for anything more!!! It was also lovely that the flowers display rings lasted well into January and were lovely gifts for my parents and aunts and uncles as thank you pressies for Christmas so thank you so much!! I can't recommend you highly enough!!
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About Lunch with Laurent
Everyday for the next 6 weeks, I am meeting with cool and interesting people in my network for lunch or coffee. I've already done a whole week last week but am just starting to blog about it now. I will try my best to keep this blog updated everyday with some useful takeaways from the meetings.
Yesterday I met with Sharad Khare of Khare Communications. He is a great marketer, TV host or guest host, public speaker, independent business man and motivator. You can hire him to produce your brand's next video podcast series.
Sharad is the person who gave me the kick in the pants to get this project blog off the ground. We spoke a lot about video blogs, podcasts and blogging for marketing benefit. More specifically, the conversation was about:
- determining if you really need a video blog? Or is it just a whole lot of work for no reason? He actually talked me out of turning this Lunch with Laurent blog series into a webisode series.
- how to create each type of content – for example what kinds of cameras to use for different types of video podcasts.
- things to think about when creating content – sure it's an informal medium, but did you get everyone in the restaurant's permission before capturing them on video and posting it on the internet?
- different ways to make you look good or look bad online – again, this came back to using the right equipment and the right people to make you look good.
From a more motivational and mentoring standpoint, he stressed a few key issues for business and life:
- only work with people you like and only do things you like doing. Life is to short to deal with assholes and do stuff you don't like doing.
- he clearly loves his wife and can't stress enough how great it is to have someone strong backing you.
- stay real to yourself. Don't compromise for someone for short term gain. In the end it never really gets you anywhere and you end up doing things you don't like doing. Why bother?
- live with a mantra "I'm the CEO of my own life. What do I want to do from here?"
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Paradise Country, owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks, offering a unique farmstay experience just 20 minutes from Surfers Paradise and less than an hour from Brisbane's CBD.
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But suppose there won't be a "next time"? What if you went to your doctor for a checkup, he takes a blood sample and then sends you home. A couple of days later you get a call from the doctor's office for you to come in to see him review your lab results. Instead of getting the general good report from him he tells you that you have a very bad situation and that you probably only have 30 days to live and there is no cure!
After being picked up off the floor from the shock of the report, you head home in despair having not exactly prepared for such a report. So now, what do you do? There are a lot of choices you can make and roads that you can go down but really then what are your priorities in the days to come? A thousand thoughts enter your mind! What about this, what about that person? Where do you begin? Then comes the reality check about God! Yep, you will be finding out the truth very shortly! Is there a "God" and if there isn't, then not too much to worry about except the people around you. BUT, if God does exist, you could be swimming in fire and pain for eternity! Maybe it's time to check your relationship with God RIGHT NOW!!!
With this totally new life direction that has been placed upon you without warning, maybe it's time also to check our your relationships with the closest people to you and make amends because holding bitterness or anger towards someone no matter what they did to you, will potentially end your butt in hell according to God and his word, the Bible. So, take some time out and think about what you would do in this situation and ask yourself maybe I should be doing this anyway! Eternity, as you know, is forever. And by the way, yes, God does exist!


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That back-to-school feeling can often be difficult, but the Bianconeri certainly won't have lacked motivation this morning on returning to Vinovo after a two-day rest given the significance of the fixture that awaits them on Sunday: the Derby d'Italia at Juventus Stadium.
Following a warm-up to get the muscles going, the squad carried out an athletic session with and without the ball to kick-off their preparations for the much-anticipated clash with Inter.
Antonio Conte's men were held to a 1-1 draw in a tight affair at the San Siro the last time they met on 14 September, and they will be keen to go one better and seal all three points in front of their home faithful this time around.
Juve have the momentum, too, having overturned the precarious position of being a goal and a man down away at Lazio to snatch a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.
The group will carry out another athletic workout this afternoon.


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How does it feel to get rebuked by the President of the United States on national television for asking a tough question? While some of Major Garrett's colleagues in the media wagged their fingers at the framing of his question, the CBS White House correspondent doesn't seem to be losing sleep over it. "Clearly, it struck a nerve," Garrett tells Contessa Brewer. "That was my intention."
"Clearly it struck a nerve," Garrett told CBS anchor Contessa Brewer. "That was my intention. Because everyone who works for the president, and the families of those four Americans, have heard the president say he's not content and they will work overtime to win their eventual release."
"Was it provocative? Yes. Was it intended to be as such? Absolutely," Garrett said on the network's livestreaming website, adding he wanted to get Obama to share "a full range of his interpretation of the whys and why-nots" of not including the Americans' release in the deal announced Tuesday.
"I believe that was achieved. Sometimes you have to take a president's scolding, if that's the best way to characterize it, in order to get to an answer like that, that's part of my job. My skin's plenty tough enough, and I look forward to the next press conference," Garrett added.
Garrett wings a rebuke right back at Obama to start off his remarks. "Politicians, especially those who are elected President of the United States," Garrett notes, "are very adept at creating straw men… That's exactly what the President did." That's exactly what this President always does, including at this press conference. Obama crafted his argument as if the deal was the only alternative to an immediate war, which is utter nonsense — and ignores the fact that Iran is conducting hot wars around the region already in Syria, Yemen, and in support of Hamas in Gaza.
Obama's defense of his exclusion of the four Americans was also a straw man. There is nothing mutually exclusive about negotiating for prisoners in a diplomatic deal. Obama got around to a better explanation toward the end, but the beginning of his answer made it sound as though Obama had to choose between one or the other, which is only true if you're a really lousy negotiator. The Iran deal speaks for itself on that point.
Not all of Garrett's journalistic peers spent the evening sneering at him. Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple called the reaction among the media "a troubling deference to pomp":
Yes, it was theatrical. Yes, it was a bit presumptuous. Yes, it laid out a particular case. But it bore in on a critical matter, and one that is all over the news: Why are these Americans still sitting in Iranian prisons while U.S. officials are touting their diplomatic achievements? Though Garrett got ripped for asking the question, Obama went forth and gave an interesting response to it, including: "Now, if the question is why we did not tie the negotiations to their release, think about the logic that that creates. Suddenly, Iran realizes, 'You know what? Maybe we can get additional concessions out of the Americans by holding these individuals.'"
Let's circle back to Bash's indictment: "But there's a fine line, especially — maybe I'm old school — standing in the East Room — a fine line between asking a tough question and maybe crossing that line a little bit, and being disrespectful. So I think that that happened there." Bold text added to highlight a troubling deference to pomp.
There's been a lot of that over the last six-plus years. I can't wait for a Republican to win the presidency so that all of the fainting-couch class of the White House press corps can rediscover their journalistic toughness.


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Five- and 6-year-old campers squealed and giggled as they were licked by Kenny, a golden retriever who happens to be a member of the Darien Police Department's K-9 Unit.
"I like it because the dogs are really fluffy, and they're really big," Alejandro, 5, said.
Officers chuckled at the scene unfolding at Camp Courant as part of its annual Law Enforcement Day on Wednesday. "Let them think they're cute and fluffy," one policeman said, as barks sounded from other police dogs.
Camp Courant, a summertime day program completely free for campers and their families, opened for its 124th season Monday and will run programs for six weeks.
About 25 police departments from across Connecticut descended on the open fields and sports complexes, eager to meet with 600 Hartford youth, all of whom are eligible to attend the summer day camp in Farmington for free.
"It's all about education and building communities," said Jessica Hinman, the director of community outreach and special events at Camp Courant. "We want kids to know they can trust law enforcement. It is so critical, especially in the last few years."
The event is sponsored by the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, and Hinman said this year marked the biggest turnout — complete with crime scene stations, a hostage negotiator van and specialized SWAT team gear to pique campers' curiosity.
At lunchtime, officers joined the campers, ages 5 through 12, at picnic tables, munching on hot dogs and hamburgers provided by Highland Park Market. Some law enforcement officials even served the barbecue meal in two assembly lines, ensuring kids grabbed water bottles to stay hydrated.
During one activity, Tomei, a counselor-in-training, tried on a bulletproof vest after climbing out of an armored BearCat vehicle. Dave Williams, a training officer for the Manchester Police Department, pointed out where his rifle and other equipment would rest in the camouflage holster.
"It shows you the stuff they do is real," Tomei, 14, said. "It's not just TV."
Williams said he loved telling campers about his job — and letting them know police officers do far more than make arrests. Even the people who are pulled over, Williams was quick to share, aren't necessarily "bad guys."
"Kids are the starting point for everything," Williams said. "The better relationship we have now, the better relationship we'll have in the future."
Thomas Richard rode his motorcycle up from Trumbull Police Department and parked it alongside bikes emblazoned with logos for Glastonbury, Wethersfield and South Windsor, among others. The metal was too hot for campers to sit on at noon, but he proudly indicated the gearshift and the pedals where he puts his "big feet."
"I think being on a motorcycle, you're a little more approachable," Richard said.
Blaring sirens — alongside flashing blue and red lights — steadily echoed throughout the campground. At one zone near the entrance, a group of boys eagerly waited for their turn to ride in an all-terrain vehicle, its rear doors removed to ease the ebb and flow of passengers.
"It was really fun," Yomar, 12, said after cruising through a parking lot. "The car went really fast."
His only complaint, he said, was the "really tight" harness.
Connecticut State Police Sgt. Anthony Sciarretto enjoyed driving with carloads of campers, who cheered loudly whenever he honked the horn.
"It's awesome to give back to the kids," he said.


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Dragon Quest XI Gets New English PS4 Gameplay Showing Tentacular Boss Battle
Square Enix showcased the PS4 version of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, including a boss battle against the giant Tentacular.
Today, during a livestream from the Square Enix HQ in Los Angeles, the publisher showcased some new gameplay in English of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.
The game was played on PS4 by Assistant Producer Hikari Kubota, with the commentary from the series creator Yuji Horii and Game Director Takeshi Uchikawa.
We get to see a boss battle against a giant squid called "Tentacular" and another good look at the English localization and voice acting, which will be a completely new feature for North America and Europe.
Dragon Quest XI launches in North America and Europe on PS4 and PC on September 4th, and can already be pre-ordered on Amazon. The Nintendo Switch version is coming, but at the moment we have no clear idea on when it will be released or even exactly what it will look like. All we know is that it's going to take a while.
If you want to see more about the game, you can enjoy the brand new trailer revealed during the Square Enix E3 2018 showcase and more gameplay from the same show. You can also hear more from Producer Hokuto Okamoto-san in our recent interview.
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Colorado Update
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(Nov. 7, 2018)
Anadarko today issued the following statement in response to the defeat of Proposition 112 in Colorado.
"We appreciate the passionate efforts of our employees and many others who shared information to help bring Coloradans together to defeat this extreme measure," said Al Walker, Anadarko Chairman, President and CEO. "We recognize the defeat of Proposition 112 is not a lasting referendum, and we will work with the newly elected officials and those continuing in office to find a better equilibrium to reduce the concerns associated with the rapidly growing population and oil and gas activity in Colorado. For the betterment of the state, the communities, and our industry, we need to work together to eliminate, to the extent possible, this two-year cycle that increasingly hurts economic stability in the state. We look forward to finding lasting solutions to these challenges so that communities remain protected, jobs are sustained, and our vital industry and the state of Colorado can thrive."


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Easy Ways to Heat A Detached Garage.
The cold can be pretty ruthless and daunting and to heat a detached garage is more challenging than heating an attached garage.
But it is essential that you keep your garage warm in the cold months so that your vehicle engines do not freeze and you can use the spare space as an extension of your living area.
Here are some pointers to help you heat a detached garage:
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Garage Size and Insulation
The garage size affects the heat circulation. The height of the detached garage is also a factor to be considered. Therefore, with a greater height of the garage, space becomes cooler.
For reducing the chill in your garage you will need to insulate it so that the existing heat does not escape. For this insulation material can be installed in the walls. Loose-fill stuff can be inserted in the cavities of the garage walls for insulation.
You can also dry-wall your garage walls.
Insulating the Garage Door
The door of your garage needs to be installed with insulating materials like the weather-strip seal. This will provide insulation once you close the door.
Insulation can be provided by using a bottom seal as well as a weather-strip seal so that the garage doors are sealed from all sides.
Along with weather-stripping and other forms of seals you can use insulation boards so that the door of your garage is properly insulated. Such boards include materials like foam which is most common of its type. Other than foam you may also use polyisocyanurate, polystyrene or polyurethane.
Insulation for Detached Garage Ceiling
Do not overlook the function of the ceiling when the question arises of insulation of your garage. It will require expert intervention, ceiling insulation being a complex affair involving ventilation and wiring.
In cases of detached garages which only have a roof and is bereft of a ceiling, you may need to make space for an attic. This you can do by constructing a ceiling out of drywall.
Convection Heaters
Portable convection heaters operate by heating the air. The air flows through the machine and it gets warmed by the electrical plates, ceramic discs or coils which are heated.
These heaters just need to be plugged in wherever required. They can effectively heat a small or medium space. Some models that have fans built in them can spread the heat over a wider area.
Forced Air Heaters
For an enclosed space forced air heaters are the best option and are easy for installation and usage. It is an efficient way to heat the entire garage.
Electric Heaters
Portable models of electric heaters are efficient as well as easy for usage. Electric heaters don't emit hazardous gases or consume oxygen and thus are safer to operate.
Portable Gas Heaters
These portable gas heaters use propane as the fuel for heating and are inexpensive as well. But they do consume oxygen giving out harmful gases that include carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.
Propane fuelled heaters burn with an open flame and thus can be hazardous to life and property. This problem doesn't occur if propane cylinders are used.
Infrared Heaters
Infrared heaters provide heat instantly and thus are very efficient. It disseminates heat energy by flooding with infrared rays. Most of these heaters are portable.
One disadvantage of this heater is that it allows only spot heating and does not spread the warmth over a wide area.
Over To You
There are two main things to consider while you try to heat a detached garage. Firstly, you need to insulate the walls properly including the door and the ceiling. Secondly, choose a proper heater that suits your budget and need. A portable heater is always preferred. Convection or forced air heaters are the most suitable.
Now that you know the basics, it is time for you to make the effort to heat your detached garage.


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In the Dutch legal expenses insurance (LEI) business it is common practice for LEI insurers to have panel solicitors for court work and in-house lawyers for most out-of-court work and small claims court cases. Where legally allowed, insurers would rather work with in-house counsel. Practising solicitors were understandably not keen on this competition from LEI insurers on the market for legal services. Recently, they found the CJEU to be on their side.
On request of the Dutch Supreme Court, the CJEU rendered a preliminary ruling in case C-442/12 (Sneller/DAS) holding that:
- "Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 87/344/EEC of 22 June 1987 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to legal expenses insurance must be interpreted as precluding a legal expenses insurer which stipulates in its insurance contracts that legal assistance will in principle be provided by its employees from also providing that the costs of legal assistance provided by a lawyer or legal representative chosen freely by the insured person will be covered only if the insurer takes the view that the handling of the case must be subcontracted to an external lawyer."
- "The answer to question 1 will not differ depending on whether or not legal assistance is compulsory under national law in the inquiry or proceedings concerned."
The second ruling offers an important clarification of the scope of the freedom of insurers to choose the lawyer of their choice: this freedom to choose also applies in cases where legal representation is not required. Thus, where small claims court rules allow litigants to represent their own case, LEI insurers would typically want the insured to be represented by an employee or panel lawyer rather than a solicitor. The CJEU ruling clearly allows the insured to choose an independent solicitor irrespective of what the LEI insurer wants.
I have argued elsewhere (in Dutch) that from a market diversity perspective, more competition between solicitors and LEI service providers would be beneficial provided safeguards for a level playing field, quality assurance and complaints procedures are instated. In the Dutch context at least, it makes perfect sense for LEI insurance companies to offer 'in kind policies' as an alternative to 'reimbursement policies'. As long as consumers know what they are buying and the aforementioned safeguards are in place, what could be wrong with a bit of competition?
So, I confess that the CJEU preliminary ruling has dashed my hopes of proper competition between LEI providers and solicitors in those parts of the legal services market where solicitors do not hold a statutory monopoly on legal services.
Meanwhile, one could ask whether the 1987 Directive should not be subjected to re-assessment. Have the landscape of legal services and the diversity of products and providers not materially changed since the 1980s to deserve an overhaul of the regulatory restrictions on the LEI industry?
For the time being, however, the question is how LEI insurers will review their practices in light of the CJEU ruling. Undoubtedly, general insurance terms and conditions will have to be amended to reflect the 'free choice' principle. But will that suffice to arouse the insured's awareness? Or are LEI insurers under a duty to actively inform the insured of this 'free choice' and what it entails? The Directive doesn't address this question but the answer may well decide the practical impact of the CJEU ruling in Sneller/DAS.
Moreover, the CJEU ruling will undoubtedly raise further issues. For instance, the German Supreme Court recently held that the 'free choice' principle was not violated by a LEI insurer who both recommended certain solicitors from a panel and incentivised the insured by offering rebates to those insureds who chose from that panel list (BGH 4 december 2013. IV ZR 215/12). The question is whether that decision is still tenable after the preliminary ruling in Sneller/DAS…
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Erskine has been charity partner of the Ideal Home Show Scotland for six years with this years' show garden 'Under the White Cross'* celebrating the beginnings of Erskine Hospital. (*The motto of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.)
The nursing themed garden celebrates and recognises the vital work of Erskine, and their response to meeting the needs of amputees returning home from the battlefields of WW1.
Erskine, then known as the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, first opened its doors in October 1916. Located in Erskine House, Renfrewshire (now Mar Hall Hotel) and surrounded by landscaped gardens, the hospital included wards; an operating theatre and recreation areas. In 1917 the hospital officially opened as did workshops for the manufacture of limbs for patients.
By the end of the First World War over 3,450 men had been admitted with 2,697 wounded ex-servicemen fitted with artificial limbs.
The Ideal Home Show Garden 2018 was inspired by the original Hospital and features the Nightingale Ward and landscaped gardens of Erskine House. Returning in 2018 as part of this feature is the Erskine Plant Market, filled with a selection of colourful hanging baskets, plants and shrubbery to purchase with all proceeds supporting Erskine veterans.
The garden was designed by Erskine Events Project Officer, Jennifer Campbell. She said: "Over the past five years, the Erskine garden has taken us on a journey through the lives of those who have fought and served during war and conflict for our country. In 2018, Erskine will take you back to the height of the First World War, when a hospital was set up to care for Scotland's injured and limbless soldiers returning from the frontline."
"Being charity partner at the Ideal Home Show is a wonderful opportunity and we are very grateful for the support of Media10 for inviting us. This event would not be possible without the support of our many wonderful volunteers! We are grateful to everyone who comes along over the four day event to help us collect vital funds and raise awareness for Erskine." said Jennifer.
SP Energy Networks have supported the construction of the Garden for the past five years. David Guthrie, District General Manager from SP Energy Networks said: It is a privilege to be supporting Erskine again this year. Through our Community Volunteering Programme our Apprentices have had the opportunity to help transform an empty exhibition space into a stunning display depicting the history and work of this magnificent charity, helping highlight the work they do and in turn raising vital funding. This year's team are really excited by the project showing yet another dimension to Erskine's history".
The Ideal Home Show is a four day event opening on Thursday (31st May) at the SEC in Glasgow. If you would like to volunteer for Erskine at the show then please give the Fundraising Team a call on 0141 814 4555.


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The Help Desk Technician will provide first level support for users, ensure currency of information and provide installation of software and or hardware. The Help Desk Technician will also develop productivity tools and processes that will increase the usability and effectiveness of the company's application and environment. Typical work schedule is from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. with an hour for lunch, Monday thru Friday, excluding paid holidays. Some field environments may necessitate modifications to this schedule. Some afterhours AND OR weekend work is required.
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- Investigates user problems and identifies their source; determines possible solutions; tests and implements solutions.
- Installs, configures and maintains personal computers, Windows networks, Apple workstations, network cabling, and other related equipment, devices and systems; adds or upgrades and configures disk drives, printers and related equipment.
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1934 Talbot Up For Auction After 16 Year Restoration
Amongst the early entries for Barons' sale of classic, historic and sports cars cars at Sandown Park on July 26th are a 1934 Talbot AX65 with Darracq body that has emerged from a 16-year restoration, and two very glamorous machines – a 1965 Mercedes 300SE Fintail saloon and a 1957 Oldsmobile 88 Golden Rocket convertible.
The 1934 Talbot was acquired by the vendor in 1994 in a dismantled state, and was rebuilt over a 16-year period, being finally completed in August 2010, when it was MoT tested for the first time in 43 years. Finished in green over black with green hide interior, the car is said to be in superb mechanical order and is described as being in lovely original condition, apart from the black wings, which have been repainted. As it has only covered around 40 miles since being completed, it will require 'running in'. Estimate £10,000-£12,000.
Another notable early entry is the fabulous and very rare 1965 Mercedes-Benz 300SE fintail saloon. This immaculate and glamorous example of the 'forgotten flagship' of the Mercedes range would be a most comfortable and stylish participant in classic road tours. It has covered some 55,000 miles from new and has won a number of concours awards. It is offered complete with extensive documentation, including the road map showing the route the car took through Europe in 1965 as it made its way from the Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany to the UK. Estimate: £14,000-£16,000.
American glamour comes in the form of a car that's exceptionally rare in the UK - a 1957 Oldsmobile 88 Golden Rocket convertible. This splendid example of the third-generation of the model that dominated NASCAR is all curvy lines and chrome, with eye-catching red and white paintwork. Estimate: £25,000-£35,000.
For further information or to consign a car to the sale, please visit www.barons-auctions.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 08454 30 60 60.
7th June Auctioin results
Barons' sale of classic and collector's cars at Sandown Park on June 7th saw well presented cars find ready buyers, with a number achieving over estimate. One 'over achiever' was a beautifully-restored 1972 Alfa Romeo 2000 Veloce Spider that drove smoothly past its £8,500-£10,500 estimate to sell for £13,450.
Jaguars of all kinds sell well at Barons and not just at its dedicated Jaguar Heritage sales. A 1989 XJS V12 convertible was the talking point of the saleroom. Rumour in the room, before it went under the hammer, was that at an estimate of £7,000-£9,000 it was over-priced – particularly when various price magazine price guides were consulted. However, silencing the critics, this superb example, which had covered just 35,000 miles from new, was extremely well received and strong bidding saw it quickly exceed expectations, achieving £10,650.
High up in the results too were other 'big cats'. One of the top sellers of the day was a pretty E-type fixed head coupe finished in Signal red. With recent bills for around £8,000 the car was in fine fettle and very attractive. Despite being a left to right hand conversion it proved the continuing popularity of E-types in the model's 50th anniversary year to make a healthy £24,900.
Barons' Director of Business Development, Julian Shoolheifer, said "There is little doubt that the market is cooling for average examples of average classics. That said, the market is very receptive for nicely-prepared classics of all ages and types. With some careful preparation on the part of the buyer combined with the proper marketing and competitive bidding that a Barons auction can provide, exceptional prices are very possible."
Top seller of the day was a 'modern classic' in the form of a 2001 Aston Martin DB7 V12 Vantage Volante. With staggering performance and 'supermodel' looks these are set to become one of the all-time classic Aston models; and look at where DB5 and DB6 Volante prices are now. This lovely silver example has now found a home on the Channel Islands at £30,200.
MGs too did well with a lovely, older-restored TF in metallic BRG receiving much interest and making £15,100. Long in the doldrums, MGB prices seem to be making a bit of a comeback with a 1969 roadster requiring some cosmetic attention achieving £4,260, while a very tidy Midget Mk3 made a stronger £4,490.
Barons' next Sandown Park sale is on July 26th. For further information please visit www.barons-auctions.com, email email@example.com or call 08454 30 60 60. Full results from June 7th appear below.
- 2001 Aston Martin DB7 V12 Vantage Volante £30,252
- 1970 Jaguar E-type S2 4.2 FHC £24,932
- 1982 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo £16,364
- 1954 MG TF Sports £15,132
- 1967 Jaguar E-type 2+2 FHC £14,796
- 1972 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Veloce £13,452
- 1980 Ford Escort RS 2000 £13,452
- 1989 Jaguar XJS V12 Convertible £10,652
- 1962 Jaguar MKII 2.4 Saloon £6,844
- 1987 Mercedes-Benz 300SL £5,836
- 1981 Bentley Mulsanne £5,388
- 2004 Jaguar S-Type £4,884
- 1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II £4,604
- 1973 MG Midget MKIII £4,492
- 1969 MGB Roadster £4,268
- 1988 Jaguar XJS V12 Convertible £3,372
- 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280S £1,692


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"Reminiscent of Graham Greene . . . powerful and mesmerizing . . . haunting and memorable."—The Guardian (U.K.)
"Full of immense intelligence and empathy."—Time
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Can you please tell us as to what you mean by "given float of 1 day".
In the scenario explained by you, both total and free floats will be 0 days( only 3 activities and FS relationship).
or is it that you have maintained Duration as 1 day?
In that case,
Please check whether you have given "FS relationship with offset relationship by '-1 day' between activities 1 and 2 "
Edited by: Amol Sarode on Mar 23, 2009 10:43 AM
You do not want to give duration.
As you have not put any duration for activities it is taking Zero as their duration. So, when you are giving 1 Day interval between activity 1 & 2, the system schedules it by considering the duration of activity 1 as 0 days. Then the interval of 1 Day (Which is 24 Hrs).
If you take a closer look at the Dates, you will see that even though the activity 2 is starting on the same day as that of activity 1, Time difference will be present.
I guess the data for activity 2 will be Same date but 24:00 Hrs instead of 00:00. and same is happening for the 3rd activity. but if you add 24 Hrs after 2nd activity it will surely go to next date. so for acti. 3, Date will be +1 day from acti. 2 and time 24:00 hrs.


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The World Health Organization's Europe Health Evidence Network (HEN) just released a review of measurement strategies for community resilience, and featured ISC's report Building Community Resilience in Maricopa County as a case study of a successful inter-sectoral approach.
The 2016 report was the foundational document that prompted the creation of the Advancing Community Resilience Partnership, which aims to inspire, align and accelerate a shared vision for the people of Maricopa County to further build a strong community shaped and shared by all.
You can read the HEN's case study about the report excerpted below.
Case study 2. An intersectoral approach to assessment: building community resilience in Arizona
Building Community Resilience in Maricopa County (Arizona, United States) (57) was an intersectoral assessment of community resilience across a large region with around four million residents. In taking a whole-system approach, sectors included environment, economic development, education, arts, family services, public health and private and non-profit-making sectors. Regional challenges included rapid population and economic growth, an intense desert climate and perceptions of a limited role for the public sector in society. The Institute for Sustainable Communities, with support from a charitable trust, set out to assess community resilience in Maricopa County for the purpose of planning actions and investment. Resilience was defined as "the ability of people, communities and systems to manage shocks and stressors and build stronger, more prosperous communities".
The assessment team measured community resilience to inform strategy by combining a desk-based review with qualitative research, including 46 key informant interviews, six sector-based focus groups with leaders from the public and private sectors, and a three-day capacity-building workshop with non-profit-making service organizations. This interactive workshop provided community resilience assessment tools for both the organizations and the populations they work with. The assessment framework used three interlinked domains of community resilience to obtain information on both vulnerabilities and assets:
- Economic domain:
- vulnerability of a regional economy overly dependent on construction and development; and
- assets of mild winter weather and 330 days of sunshine per year;
- Social domain:
- vulnerabilities of low social connectedness and cohesion; and
- asset of a dedicated social service sector;
- Environmental domain:
- vulnerabilities of increasing average summer temperatures and more frequent extreme heat events; and
- asset of significant institutional expertise in water supply management.
The report concluded that the community resilience framework "has the ability to knit together disparate efforts to build economic, social and climatic resilience by spotlighting the connections and the critical interdependencies between them".
This case study illustrates that extensive data collection across multiple sectors can provide a high-level summary of regional vulnerabilities and assets as a "strategic lens" to inform intersectoral action on community resilience.


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Dedicated Senior Medical Center Opening Three New Practices in Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg
TAMPA, Fla. - Dedicated Senior Medical Center started serving Tampa Bay area seniors in October of 2016, and its two neighborhood practices in Lakeland already are destinations of choice for many Medicare beneficiaries. Local seniors are embracing Dedicated's industry-leading access to primary care physicians (PCPs) providing affordable care of the highest quality, and the ChenMed subsidiary is now expediting 2017 openings of three new centers in Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg.
"Our new Tampa center will open on July 1. Plus, our Clearwater and St. Petersburg centers will open in August," says Christopher Chen, MD, ChenMed Executive Officer. "Seniors should know our Dedicated centers are where they will find primary care physicians who are eager to be their total care champions."
Dedicated also is expanding its two existing centers in Lakeland, given continued success in attracting more like-minded PCPs and specialist doctors. "Our approach to care gives doctors the time needed to nurture outstanding relationships with each of the patients we are so blessed to serve," explains Benroe "Wayne" Blount, MD, Tampa Bay Market Chief Medical Officer for Dedicated Senior Medical Center. "And we are absolutely focused on improving health outcomes for each of our patients, while simultaneously providing amazing customer service."
Dedicated's new East Tampa center will open just prior to Independence Day at 3128 East Hillsborough Avenue, and will feature a multi-use community activity area, and 23 physician/patient examination rooms.
Its new Clearwater and St. Petersburg centers will open in August at 855 South Highland Avenue in Clearwater, and at 901 22nd Avenue South in St. Petersburg. The Clearwater center is located within a highly active Salvation Army community, and will feature 30 physician/patient examination rooms. The St. Petersburg Center is Dedicated's largest new center, with substantial community activity areas and 35 physician/patient examination rooms.
Dedicated also is adding noteworthy physician and examination room capacity to better serve rapidly growing numbers of Lakeland seniors. At Lakeland North, Dedicated is adding 15 physician/patient examination rooms, and at Lakeland South, it's adding 12 physician/patient examination rooms.
About Dedicated Senior Medical Center
Dedicated Senior Medical Center patients enjoy industry-leading access to their physicians, and more personalized medical care. Notable Dedicated patient benefits include medications provided on-site; on-site x-ray, on-site tests and screenings; acupuncture; same-day appointments, when needed; and courtesy transportation is available. The popular medical practice effectively provides concierge-type medical care with PCPs being supported in center by cardiologists, podiatrists, and other specialist doctors.
Dedicated operates two Lakeland centers, and is part of the ChenMed family of companies that also operates 37 Chen and JenCare Senior Medical Centers in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and Virginia (Tidewater and Richmond). It's part of the ChenMed family of companies, where PCPs and specialist doctors collaboratively review cases, discuss best practices, and develop new solutions to keep improving health outcomes and patient satisfaction levels.
About ChenMed
For seniors most in need of care, high quality health care is too often beyond reach. ChenMed is a health care provider that was founded to bring concierge-style medicine — and better health outcomes — to the neediest populations. ChenMed serves seniors with low-to-moderate incomes, most managing multiple chronic conditions, in nine U.S. markets through its 39 senior medical centers. As a fully capitated Medicare Advantage provider, ChenMed provides a concierge level of care with minimal to no expense to the beneficiary.
Published accolades for the medical practice that's grown by more than 420% since 2013 include:
- Medical Economics reports that ChenMed "may be the best primary care system in the U.S."
- A feature in The Economist concludes with "Medicare patients at ChenMed spent nearly 40% fewer days in hospital than the national average."
- The South Florida Business Journal confirms that "Not only has the (ChenMed) model improved care, reduced hospitalizations and healthcare costs, and increased patient satisfaction among seniors, it's been lauded as the country faces an aging population."
A physician-led medical practice, ChenMed's executive team includes Founder James Chen, MD, PhD; CEO Christopher Chen, MD; President Jeffrey Kang, MD; Chief Medical Officer Gordon Chen, MD; Chief Quality Officer Jessica Chen, MD; and Gaurov Dayal, MD, EVP and Chief of Strategy and Growth. The company's proven medical practice model has been serving low-to-moderate-income seniors with multiple complex chronic conditions for some 30 years.


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So first day back to work after CFz. Been busy, including setting up hardware for two interns.
One we only found out about today, which isn't very good.
The other we've known about for the past week, yet I'm still having to scrabble to get it all done today.
Plus the 20 odd tickets that came in while I was gone and haven't been touched. (And all the packages and other new computer kit, and old stuff I also need to get done.)
Fun day!