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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1931 (ARK.V COUR1KK NEWS Nautilus and Proposcc Route ^fM^'^i Smart Paris Styles Gown SianvQueen on U. S. Visit At Scene of Fatal Plane Orn •! i 1 (Ccniinued from Page U lion I believe this statement or estimate to be in error, and llut mine is more nearly in accordance with records of the Navy Department, and more nearly correct. Sliced Cut Down the Nautilus were to me the full i If my estimate is correct, and battery charge, with no reserve, it j would take 21 hours to make -12 miles. Then she would have lo come lo Ihe surface and spend eigW hours in recharging. The amount of fuel consumed in recharging is equivalent lo that eonsumed in 100 miles of surface cruising. Consideiing together the 21 hours of cruising mid U'.c eight hours o! recharging while stationary, the craft's average speed would be reduced to one and one-half knots at best Iicr.cc to make 1500 miles suo- mergecl it would require 1000 horns, or about 42 days, provided thai her under-water cruising limits could be distributed so that at the end of each battery limit she couid come to the surface, recharge, and proceed Immediately. I believe, however, that such will be far from the actual case. Depth Is Limited It must be remembered that the divirg limit of the submarine about 200 feet.' At a materially greater depth the pressure would be beyond her designed resistance, and would cause disaster. Even under open water, to ma neuver safely in this depth zone requires the strictest care and attention if disaster is to he averted Emergencies frequently arise which necessilalc coming to the surface at once. In the conning tower, where the control li=3 are the various instru- Daring men. no doubt, but are r.-.c-y wjjc? Shown -.vilii their r;!;u::t ' irents a-id gauges The craft is arctic submarine Nautilus, :,rc I'.io able Commasiier D:,i:sn:r,v. ,5t'ee'-ed by a gyro compass, which 1 tOiavc. and Sir Hubert Wilkia;. : mall inset. The v.itt unexplored requires constant electric power to areas beneath which they hope to iravt! are well shown on t.h operate. The magnelic compass is not, only unreliable in those latitudes; U is virtually useless. In facl, il probably would be very misleading, and mighl poinl in just the opposite direction from the proper one. There would be no way of detecting sucil an error except by astronomical observations, which of course would be impossible when submerged. IF Coin pass Fails Furthermore, as Ihe pole is ap- pror.chcd, the gvro compass has less directive force. Should it fail to function from lack of po-.ver to chive it. or.from a mishap or brcak- •do.v:i, tlitte would be no v/a;' It-ft, of which I am aware, by which geographic location could even he approximated. The submarine then would be absolutely helpless. It she attempted 'to get fro-ii under the ice by the shortest route to open water she could noi direct her course, and would be hopelessly lost. From the ice barrier in Ihe vicinity of Spitsbergen to Ihe pole 13 about 540 miles. On the opposite, or Pacific side, toward Bering Strait, the shortest distance to cpea \va-.cr is about 950 miles. This total of 1500 miles appears lo be a minimum. ! Figuring no delays, no extra expenditure of fuel oil, and no loss frcm leakage or other accident, tiis Nautilus apparent'.)' has EiifficijnL oil to-accomplish her entire journey from Spitsbergen to Unalaska. But I do not believe for one moment thai any such theoretic ar.d ideal conditions will exist l!mt will enable her to accomplish her Journey and reach her destination before her oil supply shall have been exhausted. NEXT: In his nc\t article. Admiral Kodm.-m will describe many clllcr difficulties which \\i\\ con- i\ frunt Hie submarine cxp^tlilion. I liy M-MSnvIi-e ! JIANG!iO;;, £:.im—ll.i::lb:l!D.liir. • Qi:ccn of fium, eu r,,'.ne wua KUv | l j iaj:nlhi:j:)k I'jr a world icnr vlu:-i. ! lakes Iliiiii lo til,; U::iiM buto.s i:: 'April, isii.'h; 1:1- .M:,( u Inu- ;/.•;;.! phrased the old r.ci.i;.-., • v:.: •:: ::: ' Koine do us '.:;•? 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I Her Maie/.ty p-jrinitt-.,! Pen:-, tn (Ci-- jtatL' ti'.rr BfiuTii lines c! h?: 1 tr:.r!:. ar.d sDwns. but each. mori?l v..i- j f-^hioned ior iicr cxcluriiveiy a'.'.:i i CJiiiii r.ui bo ivi!rci'.;:SL".l. The mir- I den ol tir 1 -, r.hr.'j-i iii'.pj-^siii'.i 1 iK- Inland I ell on ihe blv:v.U'i shunlric:.'. of u real I'aii.-l.in inc.iis'.e U\'!n. ivi'.'e in yiam. ^:llt•. £.Voi:u ROSL':I- AHR1AI, VIEW SHOWS HOW AIR LINER. WA3 BMABHED TO BITS -(This WCtpttbBttly ^ cl^r! aurlal picture of Ihc wreckage of the air liner In which Knute Rockne and' seven'. 'Otters !'.W«f« ? hurled lo their deatlis describes more graphically than words the force of the expiq»16o and crash, nits of the plane were scattered over 100'yards-ami only the tall (In center ! . of •'•.plcturt)': Is sufficiently whole lo show wlmtUhe'-wreckage had once been, .-..' ••••. '. Ex-Kaiser's Son Struts Again Midway Notes to P.-.ri.;. j Such a d:i-ei'E? '.viirdreke a. tiv. •. I I:LI>J Queeu ne:d:-d! Leaving no.;- I jical I3p.n-.jkQ;:. tiu i,jy:-.l pL'.vty v.o.i: | !to SinyapQie, a'.niD.-t nl th:- !i;iiB- ! I tor, llitr.cc to Ho-ie Kc:i Shanghai, where u-.cy k.:cv, ' ..r j ,. TT . iv.'culd cve:uke bu'.ur : Mr. find Mrs. /rank L.nd an-l lha , lc ,, ," Jvn .. ,-, , ;iii , ; , . na'j!K.j the birth of a sen on But-' X •' rffe^f-i^p • •Jt'i&tv?Q.i±£&j&-*± *? > ;'L .$$«$£> ?PW$* •'Ml- ,4& <&<>* ''' <&' ,r vk -W '-'f**- i\ * **** *" , '^ k £i u *ff Speror. jur.l a h;tb cc^ :-^ 'the cliuiy olc:-u:i:-:. ll-.t; trip OVL' : iic:n Japan to Van^juver caili- for v.-arm fur.-, r.i'.ci ni.my as dUi p[r,ns for ci-o:-s:[:;.; n-.dian no:ki;-s, bi: - , by i.'isy ie.\;h \VKi!ii;:.;ian to be- ?,t<.<-'.- cd by r'i\:;i;!ellt ilocver. rpriii^ \viii i:^ in the o.t" n:-,d iijhtv.'eij'iu c'.3t!ie.- in order. ; Suits '.he Q'.sten iin; in r.r.ini;:;', E. Jf. Hr.H and Miss Gra:: v;hitol°' :ins l!!? ""'•' i; - r ' c 'i'--''""-.. 'r•••-?- ol rollinwooci, Tenn.. \VD;--:: n:?i-!:rd ; ••'••'~ i i;; '0\vu arc po;mlr.;- accent* 1.1 at the ho::ie of Mr. and Mis. J. A. i iwr £-"-- fs . K'ovc.i, shoe.;, Jurs v\':;ile. Thursday. The Rev. A. .7.! ii'-oik-es. Slie has one oi ;:-c H.!! DorfonULd the cTcnmuy. Tm- : !::cdi.i'.:-l\- af:er tl-.e cevomony iiie, e:r.ip!c Irft for Co-lint-v.-cod v.'here- tivv v.-ji! irif.'xc tlieir fmtire home, i the Ti:c b-idc is the rvr-r-tl-dnug! Mr. and Mr.-. J. A. White. *"-ii J'e.iihftil to suit ;!:o . urd.iy March 23t!i. j ilesdamei J. C. Eaten. J. A. ^ Vviiite, Thnnis. O. ftandoip!!, A. J. ' Hill, Chester Wcoldridge. ami Miss . Dutch Hindolph, Mr. and Mrs. Ira nohaimin^, "!'.d Mr. ar.d Mr:. S. F. . Hcaik cf Blythcville were euesU cf ATr -and ?.1rs. Frank Lind r-.nd ' family, Sunday. i ?.Ir. and Mr?. Jao!: nil n:ul Ik"! C^inaday motcrod lo IMyth::--, iile, Mo n '''*<". Sk - c ; Q'jten ilanibaib?.rni,. . . her gowns ;. iiiluriirel licr. l Lone Oak Items 'Miss Marie Lancaster spent Tuciday night with Eunice Brooks. Among those who attended the dr.lire nt Ekrou Wednesday night wrre. Mr. nnd Mrs. Dltzel Toiiilln- F!-n. Havwl Walker and Joe nich- ariUon. Miss Mnrie Lancaster entertam- e:! a number of her friends with -.1 pnily Wednesday nlghl. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Hartsfleld and , family of Kkr-on onri Mrs. Hen i llolln of Blylhc\lile were gueUs ol Mrs. Erby Jlodge, Wednesday. .Mrs. Loyce Tomllnson o! blythc- villc was the guest of Mrs. J. W Temliuson, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Erby Hodge Epciv Friday at Pecan Grov.3 with Mr and Mrs- Lealon Hodge. Miss Hazel Walker spent Salur ciay night wilh Miss Alma Need ham. Lloyd Lowcry of Diiver Grov was the guest of Floyd Peoples, Saturday night. Mr. anil Mrs. Chas. Ncedham ;mpri3r.f.u. s.ilin and gec.'T^tte take li-.e nev; o;:alir.e tones so fia.tlei'- isig. Or.- oi her mcst Io:i;:nl gowns ilch^M-shdly and striking iine'ii Gosticll vlsted Mr. nml Mrs. J. i.v i:; e:ijc'.:ver.c.'i. Tils heavy snt- ! Hr-bertson. Sunday. in is I'.i.vVed !:i froi.L by ijcciets in ^o:rj;:..- ,'.ii-! tlio l;.-i:-k of t'r.3 boJ- :c-j :-, r::i-:nur.!rd only v/ith unique ;;!;u:l rilvcr Cox cc:!d . A!co p. Canadian r.'.:n '-e b?yond rie>c:i;>;:?:i. new type, ell ci- ofiin.id;- a:' felt, strav,. sic;;:r . *"-ii yc.iihful to suit Misses Mavorllnc Davis and Ed ie Williams were guests of Mr KcnnarO Walters. Sunday. Mr. E. D. Walker who is em ,oyed at the county: farm, spent ic week end with 'Ills'family here. Miss Alma Nccttham-spent Buii- ay night wltlrl^lss-Hater .Walker. ' * % -.-.-Sandy Ridge Mr. and Mrs. C)ny'.^liner..of Ken- iclt, Mo., spent •8unJlBy,.wUh Mrs .faille Shner. '.''-' '.. •''•".' Mr. nnil Mrs.' D.-' R: ''Conrad of CaruUimvUle, .Mo., were', guests, ot Mrs. M»tUe Slmer, .Sunday. '•'•; ;-,'_ Mrs. Maude Biuress «nil Mrs. Mnltle Slmer motored to •Memphis; j Thursday. ' ... - •''•'•;'" : ': ' Mr. John Slmer.'. U'lf»rt(i|g'}or Long Beach CilifornU,: Sunday-:to vls.lt his daughter. ...•:.-..'.'.'•• ; Mr. Charlie .Barktr : attended-to business in BlytliYll!«,:rWdiy., • Mr., arid- lire.' ; Leslie. Be'vUl; .ol. Gosriel were munitV, Sunday^;.•','S S S gave me NEW STRENGTH —I NOW FEEL FINE ' i'-jii'lis Lottif l-Bell' PulUam 1 , Knbxville, Tenn., writest "My appetite -••wiii poor. 1 :)iadla9t weight _^-was. nervous . »tiii could not riqep well at night. In my rundown con- uition even my :taL I took uren Urf* •>» ottos: -it .jtrtiit^.'jfa-: proved riiy'cbndlUon. My.mmifit* i picked up. My weijhtii and I'noW'feel fin*—In . - , T — like ariEwpersoT!.' S.S.3:Ualji)en- did blood tonic *nd I recori^rad it to my friends.. My'. «4ptSer.:«l«ci. took S.S.S. »nd it' iiyartU j to taks'S.S.S. Stlect the : li^(«riiliii »a it-holds double thft'quintity.'ind i»TOij;o'»A9-co- Eve r y S p r;i n g t a'lce- iS. S/5. Tb'rtjle t r.ir. L. I.T. McIXi'.ialU at ! onc'-?u to b'jiines- in lilyti'.eville. M^i.ciay. Mr. Pipkin, V/iliio Miller and fr^iik L:i:d. Jack Iiill, O. R:"Kl"ipil L. B. Cit:i:i.i'J.iy .inci son, Ike wers r.lythr.vi'.io visitor!, Saturday. J. C. Eaton v:3l\eil lAitlicr ?.is;s, HIV For afteinoon, 1:10 ti=-?.-, E r = i s e::r, r:uin, lace a::d lir.e impr::nco. n;:ci: is ir ar.d v.iih it she V.-C-M-.- =o c'c!^-;lr.ble bcii^e. flr.d o r .l~.'- Eilel Friedericli, above, second Eon of Ihe former German kaiser, has again appeared in Berlin, goose-stepping at the head of 5000 "Steel-Helmets," a war veterans' organization. He was wildly cheered by street crowds. Mr. i.. A. Mav-.vtll v.-as a visi'.or, Saturday. itself. E. M. .McDona!:! spent Tu.-iday ir. Luxora. Cc-JrU-r News War.; Ms Pay. v.inv of '.he l:;c>-. :iii":eri=i.:. fiiiiv f-' ii ijor.-ii s;e Iws Ii L-.-.-, . !i-;;~;y. ;;!ov:.- cv<n Ucyaily l-'oint of Sports :;:!*• BoiLi ;':.J Kir,-.; a:id thu Queen ::;.'. | phy ^a: 1 . and li!:c oti'.e- o-utJoor i-v-r i .pars, .-.-i Her Majesly hr.:; in;:iuil- = '..i--ed in t:.v cozens of trunks nnny .u-!si;or'.s f:oc'::s. Shaniung silks,' I'.u-;:.! printc-d c:i- : .e de clime, some ICashs -v-j '-. suits ::n-.l fcniD cottons and line: 1 . '0:1 c i nic<le::ii.-.tic piinls. Blues and grays ; aie hti' ijviM'ites for colors. ij..;,. | Mil-j. Hv^L-iibeiG, in ci:,ii'^e of HH" i.?-! Majc.-ty':, v.T.rciiobc, keenly opp:v- :: .,;•. i ciarive cf her great u>pjn.sibility. <-•-, ' FXpLiincdhcricascnfcr Hi'- Quern's .;, ,-=. UC.M-.S thij v/ay. Sh..' said: "Many ":•;;'; A:::Li:ci:;; will see the royal p.irty is •,-: " : ii rrr.-ifs Cu cr,r.ti:i::il ,n:d cun- l.\;:-it^-.'.'S t:-.e ftay in \ew Yorl;. tut il :, ii;i-.u:i i.; tile pnvileue o: but a few :..;"« i to kno-.v He.- M.-.je.vy and !5 ap- piuCLr-Ie tl;-- r::r.-^n:ii]ty «-i-.ij!i lias 1 Mjj:.-./: cndccr:d r.:r to R-.r.m. Therefore, | e o'-'-T-'for ti-.u mars'.-s her S-JVRZ must, to I the Q.:een."| "Strength and Ability- Pius ihe Willingness lo Malaria Is Fatal to Albert McCoy, Cavdwcli Lcrd Gives Trust Fund I ASTORIA, Oregon, (Up) —: Lord Waldorf Astor, of Englar.d.l will establish, a S5.000 educational : trust Iiiiid for Astoria schcD'i eliii-1 dren. Lord Waldcrf Aster K a descendant of John Jacob Astor, founder of Astoria. CAHDWELb, Mo.—Alber McCoy- died at his home here between one nnd two o'clock Monday afternoon of malaria toxin. He Bad been confined lo his bed only since Sunday morning, though he had not been! ' c "^j, feeling v.cll for several day^. j Mr. McCoy was well known in j Cardive'i! and had lived here for | several years. He was well liked by j all wiio knew him. He v.-as slig/.tiy! ever fifty-five years of age. lie is Mzrvivcd by hi.s- mother. Mis. Vln McCoy and a daughter. Inez. Fmicrol services were held at the i-.cme Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Prince officiating. The Anllcchj (i'.i.inctte. compofcd of Carl North. | C. A. Summit. H. D. Meadows and j. H. B-.ircham sang special so:'.;s. Active pall-bcarcrs «erc the me:ii- bris of l?.e Cardwoll high schco'. tcnior class: Ogle Nartii. James I-"i:r!C!5'd, Willie WliHson. Warli;k Bramuiiu. James P. Anderson. Jn££ph Rutherford. Roy Lo.<ley. Cail Blr.keney. School was dismissed for l!-.c iimoral. Burial was in the Cardwell ccm- C'lcry. runei-al arrangements were In cii.ir^c cf HcAvard-Ar.dcr.son. Jail Karber l'rcr,pers 'LOGAN. Ohio, tUPI — Kock- ing County's barber-prisoner fmcis it moie profitable to be :a jail ti]r,:i tree. He net only gets the jail pat- , rename, but he's living 0:1 the • lie SEE AND HEAR THE NEW arae n Town! li.VIlK IS AIK-M)X1»'.]) SliiAIFORU, Conn. (UPi-.Thcj baby drnpiW ct Ocrruii Melssncr.' l\ r ,t" pilot for Sikor.'ky Aviation Ccrporation, became nirmindod nt ! an early af. When thr child was expected. Xeissncr took his wife in an ampliibMn plane to a N:\v York hospital. Ten days allcr the child v.'ns bom. he brought them back to Stratford in the plane, the baby sleeping the entire way. and a Ceiualmu . :,•.:• =<« i , 7 TtJbes, Cci'cen Grid .•. Dynamic Spc;;t:er .'. Lighted Diar. .-. Extremely Selective Q & This Pliiico Can Be Bou.ciUt On rounded on Security Built by Service /(Ol Main Women Appreciate the Service of this Bank One of the outstanding features of. present day banking, as reflected-by banks such as this one, is the assistance we offer women who are intrusted with the -management of-, funds. To all'such, we extend the.coi'dial cooperation and experience of our Officers and Directors. THE FARMERS BANK & TRUST W. The Oldest Bank' in Blytheville Under State and Federal Supervision : ;'.
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Beautiful baby portraits in Staffordshire
Your baby will grow so quickly in their first year. As a mum of two children (both now grown-ups), I know exactly how quickly this time goes.
You're busy being a parent and often can feel like the days just fly by! So, it's easy to miss moments. Documenting this very special time is where I come in.
I can capture those precious moments from giggles to first birthdays, on three occasions throughout your baby's first year.
The Milestone Club is perfect for you if you are keen to document your baby's first year with professional baby portraits that you'll love to look back on in years to come.
Baby, you've grown!
Let me help you document the dramatic changes your baby goes through in their first year!
The Milestone Club is exclusive to Frances Stephenson Photography and is an unmissable opportunity get your very own baby portrait series.
All the baby photos are taken at my photography studio in Stafford and are done in my signature photography style.
As your baby grows and develops, I'll record three key moments in your baby's first year so that you'll have professional baby portraits and precious memories to treasure and enjoy for years to come. Click here to find out more on the blog.
What are the popular 'milestones'?
It's completely up to you when you visit for your three milestone sessions, but most families come to me:
- At 4 months – great for 'tummy-time' portraits
- At 6-8 months – when your baby is sitting up independently
- And, at around 12 months – to document the all-important first birthday!
View images from The Milestones Club gallery
View my baby portrait gallery to discover adorable portraits of small but fast-growing little ones! Not long ago, I was photographing some of these babies as newborns.
It's unbelievable how fast they grow and change! Don't miss your opportunity to capture the key milestones in your baby's first year.
Visit the Blog
The blog is packed with information, photography tips and useful articles.
For just £90, you will enjoy three 30-minute baby portrait sessions in my photography studio in Stafford. Then, simply choose the digital collection to suit your budget.
There's also the option to upgrade the package – Just pay an additional £50 and you can convert the third and final portrait session into a fantastic cake smash birthday session, complete with balloons, bubbles and cake!
To find out more, please complete the form on this page and you'll immediately receive an email with all my pricing information.
Photo Products and Wall Art
I have some beautiful photo products available should you wish to print or frame your images. (And once you've seen your portraits, I'm sure you will!).
Gift Vouchers are also available if you are wanting to pass on the gift of photography to someone special.

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I am delighted that my friend Eloise Renouf will be joining us again for the Spring 2020 A Nest of Gentle Makers Retreat. We have enjoyed a friendship spanning over 35 years and I have fond memories of sitting together throughout our senior school art lessons, so this collaboration is the perfect way for our relationship to evolve!
Eloise is an artist, designer and illustrator who lives and works in Nottingham, UK. With a background in textile design, her work is based around her love of natural forms, dynamic colour combinations and mid-century art and design.
She has worked for studios in London and New York, and now currently produces her own range of fine art pieces, limited-edition prints and fabric accessories. She also works with many high-end companies designing fabrics, homewares, stationery, gift ware, packaging and interior decorations.
"This workshop is a chance to explore shape, pattern, texture and composition through embroidery and applique. Using a variety of imagery inspired by geometric shapes and/or the woodland around us, you will be invited to create designs that can then be translated onto cloth using simple techniques. These initial designs may serve as a pattern for the final piece, or could also be a starting point for stitch work that grows and develops more organically. No stitching experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided (at a small, additional cost). But please feel free to bring your own fabrics – closely-woven linens, cottons and felt work particularly well – and threads and embroidery hoops if you have them.
The Saturday morning workshop will be a guided session where I will be sharing my knowledge and skills to help each participant create something in their own individual way, catering to a wide variety of abilities. The Sunday session will be a more informal drop-in workshop offering the opportunity to continue with your piece, or to simply come and enjoy the company of others.
Materials for finishing and hanging your work will also be available, along with instruction sheets to take away".


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In a move that just screams genius, David Hasselhoff has been cast in the upcoming Sharknado 3.
The film series produced by The Asylum has become a cult classic ever since a poster was released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It makes perfect sense that an icon such as The Hoff would get a chance to do battle the freakish weather anomaly.
The former Knight Rider and Baywatch star is joined by other notable guests such as Mark Cuban, Ann Coulter, Jerry Springer as Mr. White, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Chris Jericho.
Ian Ziering and Tara Reid also reprise their roles.
Sharknado 3 premieres on Syfy in July. Until then please watch the video below of The Hoff as Mitch Buchanan fighting a viking. Remember, this was set in the same continuity universe as Baywatch. Enjoy!
Source: Variety
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Roasted Tomatoes
Roasted Tomatoes
From POPSUGAR Food
- 2 pounds (about 11 medium) roma tomatoes, halved
About 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
- Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a half-sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Gently toss the tomatoes with the olive oil in a large bowl.
- Spread out the tomatoes face up on the prepped half-sheet pan. Generously sprinkle the tomatoes with salt. Roast for 3 hours, or until the tomatoes are completely softened and wilted.
- Category
- Vegetables, Side Dishes
- Cuisine
- North American
- Yield
- About 22 tomato halves


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Mais Tawfik Ashkar
PerfNG, LLC
United States
Mais Tawfik Ashkar, winner of EuroSTAR 2018 Best Tutorial Award, is a Performance Engineering Consultant guiding clients to delivering faster, more scale-able and reliable applications. Prior to consulting, Mais was a Performance Engineering Manager and lead with Pearson Learning Technologies, representing their Denver and offshore teams. She was also overseeing performance and scale solutions. An organizer of the Workshop on Performance and Reliability [WOPR] and a former SQUAD board member, Mais has over 12 years of experience in the software engineering industry. She has worked as a software performance engineer, automation engineer, and a consultant.
She is an accomplished speaker, and has presented at EuroSTAR, STPCon, ExpoQA, QUEST QAI, WOPR and SQuAD conferences. Mais is passionate about the multi-faceted discipline of software quality engineering and data analytics. She is experienced with leading and implementing performance engineering and data analytics solutions at the enterprise level for highly complex, integrated, and distributed systems. As an Independent consultant, she is focused on implementing innovative solutions around the performance engineering discipline. Mais also offers coaching, training, and consulting services helping clients evolve their performance testing practices and deliver faster and more scale-able applications.
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News Bites
Bitcoin Daily Chart Alert - This Week's Pause Is Not Bullish - Jan. 16
Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price trend reversals. Jim's unique and exclusive daily technical report is an absolute must for any trader/investor/market watcher who closely follows Bitcoin.
(Kitco News) - Bitcoin-U.S. dollar prices are slightly up in early U.S. trading Wednesday. Trading has turned quiet and sideways, suggesting a bigger price move is likely, possibly as soon as this week. Bears have the near-term technical advantage, to suggest the bigger move will be to the downside. Stay tuned!


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Compared to other marketing channels such as social media, direct mail or paid search, email delivers the highest returns on investment for hoteliers.
But the contents – and timing – of emails sent by hotels often determine how well any given campaign will perform.
According to Revinate, a software and data analytics company for hotels, segmented campaigns and transactional emails result in high engagement, and reducing how frequently emails are sent could result in higher open rates and conversions.
The findings are part of Revinate's inaugural Hotel Email Marketing Benchmark Report, which analyzed more than 77 million emails from its customers in the EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific regions.
One-time tricks
The report finds segmented emails – which typically pull customer data from a hotel's property management system – result in a 20% higher open rate, a 70% higher click-through rate and 73% higher revenue per recipient than non-segmented campaigns.
One-time campaigns, which include newsletters, room offers and events or announcements, see an average open rate is 16.1%, a CTR of 2% and a 0.3% conversion rate.
Regionally, one-time campaigns from hotels in EMEA perform best, with an average open rate of 18.5%, a CTR of 2.7% and a conversion rate of 0.63%.
Asia Pacific and North American hotels have an average email open rate of 16.8% and 15.6%, respectively, and North American campaigns have a higher CTR (2.2%) and conversion rate (0.53%) compared to Asia Pacific (1.4% CTR; 0.25% conversion).
Interestingly, though campaigns from EMEA properties see the highest engagement and conversions, hotels in the area send about half as many emails as properties in North America – indicating outreach to fewer, targeted groups may be a successful strategy.
The report also finds one-time campaigns highlighting events or announcements have the highest open rate (18.7%), while emails promoting room offers are the most likely to lead to conversions (0.36%).
Automate and Upsell
Automated campaigns, including welcome, confirmation and pre-arrival emails, have higher engagement metrics than one-time sends. The highest engagement rate is seen with transactional emails such as booking confirmations, which see an 80% open rate and a 17% CTR.
Welcome emails timed to guest check-in have an average open rate of 50% and a CTR of 13% and function as a strategic time for hotels to promote additional food or service offerings.
Overall, pre-arrival emails have an open rate of 61.9% and a CTR of 21.3%, and emails from hotels in Asia Pacific have the highest pre-arrival open rates and CTRs, followed by properties in EMEA and North America.
According to the report, almost 98% of upsell revenue is made through pre-arrival emails. Breakfast deals bring in the most upsell revenue, followed by offers for advanced parking. Early check-in, late check-out and airport transportation offers are also popular.
Hotels that send upsell campaigns two to four days before guest check-in see the highest upsell conversion rate.
Other high-performing automated campaigns include OTA winback emails, which encourage past OTA customers to book direct on their next visit, as well as "We Miss You" and birthday emails.


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Here is another article I published on the Apostle Paul (and Mark). It is entitled "Does Mark Narrate the Pauline Kerygma of 'Christ Crucified'? Challenging an Emerging Consensus on Mark as a Pauline Gospel" JSNT 37.2 (2014): 139-160. The abstract is as follows:
An increasing number of scholars situate the Gospel of Mark within the Pauline sphere of influence. The centrality of Mark's Passion story may lend itself to this interpretation, and Mark's Gospel is frequently read as a narrativization of the Pauline kerygma [proclamation] on the vicarious death of Jesus. I intend to challenge this academic paradigm, drawing attention to the areas where the similarities have been exaggerated or the major differences overlooked in comparisons between Paul and Mark on this theme. Against the supposition that Mark's emphasis on the soteriological significance of the crucifixion of Jesus can only be explained with reference to Paul, I will argue that the evangelist's social location on the margins may account for the preoccupation with the redemptive value of Jesus' suffering.
The majority view seems to be that Mark has been influenced by Paul's theology, but I think that a detailed comparison between the two reveals some significant differences that cannot be easily swept aside. I accept that there is some terminological and conceptual overlap between the two authors and that they participated in the wider Jesus movement, but I would prefer to treat them as distinctive theologians addressing different social contexts. I hope there will be more interaction with my article. I was delighted to see it footnoted in a recent article by Jan Lambrecht entitled "Paul and the Last Supper in Mark – A New Hypothesis" (available here), even though the author disagrees with me in arguing that Mark edited the tradition that is found in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 rather than seeing Mark and Paul as passing on two independent traditions about Jesus' last supper or the Eucharist.


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The study investigated the extent to which community hospitals treated patients with psychiatric disorders in specialty psychiatric units versus general medical beds (sometimes known as "scatter beds"). The study focused on community hospitals and did not examine care in free standing psychiatric hospitals or other settings.
Overall, 93.2 percent of patients admitted to hospitals with psychiatric disorders were cared for in psychiatric units and 6.8 percent were assigned to scatter beds. The study found notable differences in the type of care provided by psychiatric units and scatter bed settings as well as differences in the types of patients assigned to the two settings. Among the major findings:
- Patients treated in scatter bed settings were more likely to be older and on Medicare than patients treated in psychiatric units.
- Patients treated in scatter bed settings were more likely than patients treated in psychiatric units to be admitted from the emergency room, have shorter lengths of stay, and be transferred to another facility.
- Patients treated in scatter bed settings were less likely than patients treated in psychiatric units to have suffered from schizophrenia, episodic mood disorders, or depressive disorders.
"This study shows that the vast majority of psychiatric admissions at community hospitals are getting treatment in specialty psychiatric units," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "Nevertheless, we must continue to be vigilant and ensure that access to needed specialized treatment is provided as health reform shapes new care systems."
"AHRQ was pleased to collaborate with SAMHSA on this very important study that highlights the psychiatric care being given in community hospitals," said Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., AHRQ's director. "Its findings will help inform clinician and policymaker efforts to improve access to, and ensure the quality of, psychiatric services for all Americans."
The study also revealed wide variation in the number of community hospital psychiatric discharges per capita across the states, from 9.6 per 10,000 residents to 62.3 per 10,000 suggesting the potential need for assessments of the appropriate supply of psychiatric unit beds across geographic locations.
The study was based on an analysis of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases. The study was done in conjunction with SAMHSA's strategic initiative to prevent and reduce mental illness and substance abuse.
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130
SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.


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text: What are the regulations Federal regulations state that the J-1 must "possess adequate financial resources to support any accompanying dependents" (CFR 62.12(3)) in addition to possessing "adequate financial resources to complete his or her program" (CFR 62.12 (2)). What is a dependent? Legally married spouse Children up to 21 years of age Who is NOT a dependent: Parents, grandchildren, cohabitating partners What Stanford requires In addition to $2500 per month/$30,000 per annum minimum for the scholar (VSRs must factor in reg office fees!) : Spouse: $600 per month/ $7,200 per annum Per Child: $300 per month/ $3,600 per annum How will departments calculate the costs The funding will be calculated in total program costs according the J-1's program start and end dates, not by the entry and departure of the dependents in and from the US. If adding a dependent, the costs should be calculated to cover the period from the time the J-2 Ds-2019 is issued until the end of the J-1's program. By using the Dependent Funding Worksheet: http://icenter.stanford.edu/docs/scholars/J2Funding% 20worksheet.html What will the department attest to "I hereby acknowledge that the funding information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge and is sufficient to support both the scholar and –if applicable- his/her dependent(s)." Will it take longer to process a Ds-2019? The majority of our scholar requests do not involve dependents: 60% Most of our scholars come with sufficient funding to support themselves and a couple of dependents: 30% For those that do not, additional funding must be requested. Only then can the department proceed with the Initial, Extension, Transfer or Add Dependent requests. In these cases, there may be delays: 10% Bechtel will minimize delays by adding staff to handle questions and issues that will arise as a result of the implementation of this requirement. 3 tips for workflow 1. Extensions 2. Postdocs with more than 2 dependents 3. Add Dependents Tip #1--Extensions Extension screen in workflow does not show if a scholar has dependents Please consult the hardcopy Ds-2019s Calculate based on the number of months of the period of extension Extension screen Tip #2--- Postdocs The minimum postdoc salary at Stanford ($43,932-- as of October, 2013) will already cover the dependent costs for a spouse and one child (=$40,800, 2 children would require $44,400-- $468 short in minimum salary). Most postdocs will have sufficient funds to cover costs for their dependents, if any. If a postdoc has more than two dependents and is earning this minimum salary, the financial section of their Ds-2019 will need to be updated with personal funds. 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Arts for Health & Wellbeing: Seeing the whole picture
At The Starfish Collaborative we strongly believe that all people can flourish and achieve and fulfil their potential when they feel supported and part of a community. In a nurturing environment people are more able and more motivated to contribute to their local community/workplace.
'Mental ill health has a massive impact on people in the UK and our region. It affects many aspects of people's lives, and aside from individuals and their families, it impacts on communities, workplaces, public services, our economy, and our society as a whole.' (THRIVE West Midlands, Action Plan, West Midlands Combined Authority Mental Health Commission 2017:p.13)
Over recent years, there has been a growing understanding of the impact that taking part in the arts can have on health and wellbeing. By supplementing medicine and care, the arts can improve the health of all people who experience levels of mental or physical health problems. Engaging in the arts can:
- Improve individual health and wellbeing.
- Generate progressive community environments.
- Benefit staff retention and professional development in the workplace.
The positive and long term effects that active engagement with participatory arts can have on the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities is clear in Coventry's Cultural Strategy 2017-2027, approved by Coventry City Council and outlining a ten-year vision for the cultural life of Coventry, building on the existing heritage and culture of Coventry.
Goal 4 (Health and Well-being): Arts and culture are core to the health and well-being of the city. Participation in and enjoyment of city wide professional and community arts programming responds to the needs of all generations and combats isolation and mental health in our most vulnerable communities.
However, whilst participating in arts activities is proven to be beneficial, often there are still other areas of support and development that individuals need in order to move forward in their lives.
At The Starfish Collaborative we bring together key elements of participatory arts and meld them with other areas of support and development that individuals need in order to move forward in their lives including psychological approaches of mindfulness, relaxation and stress management and activities that focus on aspiration building and future planning
As such, the work we design and deliver can make a powerful contribution to the city's regeneration agenda.
Further reading:
Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing
Coventry Cultural Strategy Goals 2017-2027
The Guardian – Arts & Health article [11th Oct 2017]


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West Orange - Cove CISD will conduct a substitute teacher/paraprofessional in-service Aug. 21, from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. in the WO-S High School Cafeteria.
The mandatory in-service is required for anyone wanting to work as a substitute for West Orange-Cove during the 2015-2016 school year. All new substitute applicants should bring two forms of identification such as driver's license or social security card; names, birth dates, social security numbers of beneficiaries; college transcript, if applicable and copy of teaching certificate and service record, if applicable.


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Drunken sugar plums… over the course of my life I've performed in 100s of Nutcrackers during the holiday season, and I must say, I don't think I've ever seen a drunken sugar plum fairy. This may seem like a useless fact, but considering how much those Russians love their vodka, when it dawned on me, it seemed like a big deal.
This is the ultimate homemade treat for the beer and sweets lover in your life. You know when you bite into a cordial cherry and that goo oozes out and tastes amazing… this beer, plum, and chocolate combo create the same intoxicating affect.
It's a tad time consuming and a tad messy, but totally worth the effort.
The original recipe called for brandy or orange juice, but you know I can't let an opportunity to use beer pass me by. If you've never had the pleasure of drinking Dogfish Head's monster of a beer 120, you gotta check it out. It's almost cordial like, so I thought it would be perfect for these plums. If you are not using the 120, please don't substitute another beer, you will not have the same result as it is far too distinctive of a beer.
Do yourself a favor and use good quality chocolate, and good quality prunes. I love these prunes from Sunsweet, they are super yummy!
The paste is a bit tricky, you might have to alternate the powdered sugar and butter to get the right consistency. You'll want to chill it before molding around the plums. I stretched the paste into small discs and then molded around the plums, making sure the entire plum was covered.
I recommend doing the second dunk of chocolate, even though it says optional. Some of the liquid tends to want out, and the second dunk will prevent this from happening.
These are super festive and super delicious, happy making! Like I could close this without a Sugar Plum Fairy clip… times two 🙂
Drunken Sugar Plums
20 – 22 pitted dried plums
1 cup Dogfish Head 120, or brandy, or orange juice
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup light-colored corn syrup
2 2/3 cups powdered sugar
8 ounces chocolate-flavored candy coating, chopped
8 ounces bittersweet or milk chocolate, chopped
8 ounces milk chocolate, cut up (optional)
Place plums in a medium bowl. Pour beer over plums. Cover and let stand overnight. Drain.
Let plums stand on paper towels for 2 hours to drain thoroughly. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper; set aside.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine butter and corn syrup; stir in powdered sugar. Knead mixture until smooth (chill if mixture is too soft to handle). Shape about 1 tablespoon powdered sugar mixture around each plum. Roll in palms of hands into smooth balls. Place coated plums on the prepared baking sheet. Chill for 1 to 4 hours or until firm.
In a medium heavy saucepan melt candy coating and bittersweet chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Line another baking sheet with waxed paper. Using a fork, dip plums one at a time into melted mixture, allowing excess to drip off. (Be sure to completely seal plums in melted mixture to prevent juice from leaking.) Place coated plums, on prepared baking sheet. Chill until the coating is set (1 to 2 hours).
If desired, line another baking sheet with waxed paper. Place about 2/3 of the milk chocolate in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave on 30 percent power for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until chocolate has started to melt (110 degrees F on an instant read thermometer). Add remaining chopped chocolate; stir until melted and smooth. (Temperature of the chocolate will drop to about 85 degrees F.) Reheat as needed for 10 seconds on 30 percent power. Dip half of each candy into the melted milk chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheet to set.
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John Thaxter to Benjamin Franklin, 30 August 1781
John Thaxter to Benjamin Franklin
Amsterdam August 30th. 17811
I have the honor to acquaint your Excellency, that Mr. Adams has been much indisposed for three weeks past with the fever of this Country, and is now so ill with it as to be confined to his Bed, and unable to write. In a few days however it is probable that the Violence of the Fever will abate. In the meantime, he has desired me to advise your Excellency that he has recieved Information, that the British Government are endeavouring to make secret Contracts by their Agents with the Americans for Masts, Yards and Bowsprits, of which they are in want, and for which they offer very great Prices.2
He submits it to your Excellency's Consideration, whether it would not be proper to consult the French Court on this Occasion to know whether they would have any Objection to Congress laying an Embargo on the Exportation of those Articles. Mr. Adams is of opinion, that if an Exportation of them is permitted, those Agents will find methods to accomplish their End, and give effectual Aid to the British Marine at this Juncture.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest Respect, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient and most humble Servant
John Thaxter
RC (Arch. Aff. Etr., Paris, Corr. Pol., E.-U., vol. 18:175); endorsed: "30 aout 1781."
1. This is the first of four extant letters that John Thaxter wrote on behalf of JA during his illness. The others are of 10 and 24 Sept. to C. W. F. Dumas and 19 Sept. to Joseph Reed, all below. For an indication that there may have been others, now lost, see the letters of 6 and 17 Sept. from Jean Luzac and Edmund Jenings respectively, both below.
2. JA's source of information is unknown. Franklin did send the letter to Vergennes, thus explaining its presence in the French archives. For Franklin's views on the matter, see Franklin, Papers description begins The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Leonard W. Labaree, William B. Willcox (from vol. 15), Claude A. Lopez (vol. 27), Barbara B. Oberg (from vol. 28), Ellen R. Cohn (from vol. 36), and others, New Haven, 1959– . description ends , 35:566–567; 36:24. JA communicated the information to Congress in a letter of 4 Dec. (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 5:36–38), but there is no indication that any action was taken.


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Older kids found it was too babyish. Little ones danced to the music. Most wanted to learn more about different kinds of dolphins. "Watching the dolphins made me want to see more." "The puppets and dolphins were cute." "They talked nice to each other."
Simple production, somewhat choppy. Lacks continuity Uneven age appropriateness; animation appeals to younger kids but the information appeals to older ones. Information is very basic.
Join the sea fun explorers as they journey to Hawaii and the Bahamas aboard their submarine in search of dolphins. Kids swim with dolphins and learn how they sleep, what they eat, how they play and more.
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Love the 70's funk vibe being rocked in this video of Nile Rogers, Chic, Slash and Eric Benet. I am so in the mood for this today … you like? It really starts for me at about three minutes in & the last minute and half – wow … me and my BFF, Kim, we […]More


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Three of us from Right at Home Somerville—Rosaleen Doherty, CEO and Co-Owner; Celeste Begley, Community Relations Director and Victoria Guskiewicz, Community Relations Coordinator—joined Free Wheelchair Mission in late October/early November to assemble and deliver wheelchairs in Costa Rica.
The Right at Home delegates came from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Missouri and Nebraska. Led by Georgia Koos from Free Wheelchair Mission, our group worked with the Mission's distribution partner Do It Foundation—Costa Rica to reach the recipients.
Free Wheelchair Mission has been fitting individuals into and delivering wheelchairs around the world since 2001. The organization has operated in Costa Rica for nearly a decade. As tropical storm Nate tore through Gunacaste a month ago and damages are still very visible, we recognized the tremendous need for support and assistance to the local people.
Supporting Disabled and Older Adults to Access Mobility Equipment
Right at Home began the partnership with Free Wheelchair Mission in April, 2017. Our care team was involved in fundraising for the cause—both staff members and caregivers of Right at Home Somerville, as well as our affiliates from the Haverhill Breakfast Exchange Club donated to support the mission.
Going through the entire process was immensely powerful—from fundraising to taking the journey to Costa Rica, assembling and delivering the wheelchairs, assisting recipients into their wheelchairs and obtaining mobility—we were humbled to be a part of this journey.
A Gift of Independence and Self-Confidence
As the wheelchairs brought a newfound independence to recipients, we also observed a lift in spirits in many of them. Some of them expressed their wishes to do things on their own, such as visiting families and friends, going outside—to work, to church, or to a beach. There was a sense of empowerment as they no longer need to rely on the help from their loved ones to navigate through life.
We feel blessed to help transform lives—providing home care services to help seniors and disabled adults to age in place here in Boston, supporting Free Wheelchair Mission that enables disabled adults and children to gain independence—we were reminded of our mission to continue improving the quality of lives for those we serve.
The gratitude and admiration from the wheelchair recipients struck a chord in our hearts. We cordially invite you to join us in helping to deliver the gift of mobility with Free Wheelchair Mission. For more information, please visit our info page HERE.


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Ecuador Internacional
Two years on, Ecuador's Communications Act still one of the region's worst
iFex 18/06/2015
Just a few days before the second anniversary of the enactment of Ecuador's Organic Communication Law the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) called on the international community, especially the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, to be cognizant of "the flagrant abuse by the government of Rafael Correa of the public's right to be informed and against the right to work of independent journalists and privately-owned and news media in his country."
June 23 marks two years since enactment of the Communication Law, which the IAPA has described as "an instrument of inquisition that turned President Correa into the principal censor in the Americas." The organization has criticized this legislation since Correa proposed it four years ago, predicting that it would be used to silence his political opponents, the independent press, and members of the public in their use of social media and the Internet.
The IAPA has been insisting that this law is illegitimate, that it is applied in a discriminatory manner against independent media and journalists, through agencies answering to the Executive Branch, with the explicit aim of censuring the free flow of information and the different currents of public opinion. In cases of prior censorship during recent months, the IAPA has offered solidarity with several media and journalists that defied the government, by not accepting the punishments, based on their constitutional right to resist.
"We were not mistaken," said IAPA President Gustavo Mohme, "we knew that this law would make censorship official and that the public would be the big loser, through restrictions on their right to be duly informed."
Mohme, referring to the speech this week by the new OAS Secretary General, Uruguay's Luis Amargo, during the opening of the organization's 45th General Assembly in Washington, DC, called for a "positive agenda", and stated that "there is nothing more positive than that this body begin to demand of the governments that they comply with the Inter-American Democratic Charter."
Mohme, editor of the Lima, Peru, newspaper La República, said that in this new phase of the OAS, in which it is hoped that it will be more effective, "there should be a greater commitment to the understanding that without freedom of the press and of expression there cannot be true democracy, as the Charter states."
The IAPA pointed out that statistics of sanctions so far clearly show how the Communication Law is being applied in a discriminatory manner and as a shield for officials, many of whom use it as a means of reprisal against those who criticize their work. Of the 270 cases between 2013 and February this year, 231 were against privately-owned media, and 142 of them based on formal complaints filed by authorities and officials.
As a result of these cases and other actions of governmental pressure, a magazine - Vanguardia - three newspapers - Hoy, La Hora de Manabí and Diario Meridiano - and dozens of radio stations were shut down during this period.
The IAPA has also criticized this law for the lack of independence of the bodies responsible for enforcing it - the Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom), and the Communication Council (Cordicom), which are subject to the directives imposed by President Correa. Among the punishments imposed are the publication of obligatory rectifications, public apologies by the media's editor, and fines which are increased in case of "recurrence".
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Minister Monsef announces funding for women's economic empowerment on International Women's Day
News release
March 8, 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario – Status of Women Canada
Investing in women advances gender equality and helps build a more competitive, inclusive and prosperous world. That's why the federal government has made women's economic empowerment an important priority in Canada, internationally, and for the duration its G7 Presidency this year.
Today the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, joined by Mona Fortier, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier, celebrated International Women's Day (IWD) by announcing $858,500 in funding to Global Compact Network Canada for a project that will engage the private sector to eliminate barriers facing women in the workplace.
This three-year project is entitled Gender Equality Leadership in the Canadian Private Sector. It will focus on engaging corporate partners to develop, test, and implement a set of tools leading to a blueprint for gender equality in the corporate community, as well as a certification system. Similar to the LEED certification for environmentally-friendly building design, consumers will then be able to identify companies certified as supportive of gender equality,
This project complements the measures announced in Budget 2018: Equality + Growth: Strong Middle Class. Budget 2018 supports the federal government's people-centred approach, and is guided by a new Gender Results Framework. It proposes measures to ensure that every Canadian has a real and fair chance at success, including by creating a new Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, introducing proactive pay equity legislation, strengthening the Canada Child Benefit, and introducing a new EI Parental Sharing Benefit.
The Minister's announcement highlighted this year's theme for International Women's Day #MyFeminism, which celebrates feminism as a powerful global movement that has helped create a society defined by freedom and equality for people of all genders.
"#MyFeminism is about equality, inclusivity, and opportunity for every Canadian, regardless of gender. This project with Global Compact Network recognizes that when we invest in women, we strengthen the economy for everyone. More women on corporate boards translates into a significant competitive advantage for Canadian business. This International Women's Day, let's celebrate those who act as positive catalysts for change, such as Global Compact Network Canada."
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Status of Women
"This project is significant. It is much more than a project. It is a movement. With the help of the remarkable companies and advisory partners, we are to change the Future of the Workplace so that Gender Equality is a core value for all successful businesses. In the future, we will be able to recognize those companies, as they will have better financial results, better reputation, better products, better innovation, happier employees and yes, the place that future talent wants to work. The Future Workplace will be better for us all, men and women. If we do it right - the future looks bright for Canadians."
Helle Bank Jorgensen, President
Global Compact Network Canada
Quick facts
International Women's Day is celebrated around the world, as a day to recognize women's achievements, and a call to action to advance gender equality.
This year, Canadians are encouraged to participate in community events, join the conversation online by using the hashtag #MyFeminism, and make their voices heard by answering the question: what does feminism mean to you?
Advancing gender equality and women's empowerment is a key theme of Canada's G7 Presidency this year.
The United Nations (UN) began celebrating International Women's Day on March 8 in 1975. The theme for this year is "Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives".
The Global Compact Network Canada is dedicated to empowering more than 150 Canadian organizations to advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and Principles of the UN Global Compact.
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Annual Conference
What is the NAEYC Annual Conference?
The NAEYC Annual Conference is the largest early childhood education conference in the world. Each year, thousands of teachers, program administrators, students, and researchers choose from hundreds of presentations and exhibits to explore the latest trends and research in the early childhood field.
SAVE THE DATE! November 4-7, 2020 in Anaheim, CA. Registration and Housing will open in July, 2020
Conference attendees enjoy:
- Unlimited networking opportunities: Connect with peers, advocates, and some of the most respected leaders in the field.
- NAEYC Shop and Expo: Stock up on the latest award-winning publications, early childhood resources, and classroom supplies.
- Sessions in Mandarin and Spanish. Learn more about our Good Start and Grandes Comienzos Special Language Tracks now!
- Diverse sessions: With sessions featuring the latest information and research in the field, you can tailor your agenda to specific interests in ECE. From math, to music, to play… we have it all.
For future Annual Conference dates and locations, visit: https://www.naeyc.org/events/future-dates
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Check out the 2019 Conference page to view the final program, sessions offered at this year's event, CEU information, and more.
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"After the races (yes there were several) were over Sarah and I stayed for the parade. Boeing had a float in the procession and we just wanted to see it before we left. The parade started at 10 AM. The sun came out. Two and half hours later the Boeing float lumbered towards us. By that time our rear ends were screaming at us, the sun had burned our exposed skin (even after we applied sunscreen that one woman was kind enough to give us), and at least half of the parade viewers had left. The float was pretty impressive but it was unfortunate for both us and them considering that it was the 315th entry."
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Fifteen years ago I participated in the Huntington Beach July 4th 5K for the first time. I was years away from becoming a runner, but my roommate talked me into it. I walked it while she ran, and then we stayed for the parade where we got sunburned. Oops! Luckily by 2015 I was slightly more prepared for the event. There are actually two 5Ks in Huntington Beach every July 4th – one for HB residents and one that's open to anyone an hour later. I was registered for the open 5K that started at 8 AM. However, in order to increase my weekend mileage I decided to run both races. I realize this is frowned upon in the running community, but I didn't feel too guilty because the July 4th 5Ks don't give out finisher medals so the only thing I really got for free was an extra bottle of water. Funny enough, the whole thing was actually free because Boeing was a sponsor so I didn't have to pay an entry fee at all. Bonus! It was warmer than I would have liked that morning, but at least it was cloudy. Summer hadn't quite set in yet, but it was close. (And as of mid-October the end date is still to be determined. Ugh.) I enjoyed both of the 5Ks even though I wasn't exactly speedy in either one. It felt good to get 6.2 miles of running done before 9 AM! On my way home I grabbed a late breakfast at McDonald's to celebrate as part of my usual post-race ritual. I was invited to a Fourth of July party at a friend's house that evening and I had promised to bring food. Luckily I had taken advantage of having July 3rd off from work and did all of the cooking and baking then. I was tired after the 5Ks so I actually took a nap! Gotta love holidays. The party was a lot of fun that evening. I took a Crockpot full of chili and two kinds of pound cake with me to share. I spent a lot of time chasing kids around and also being chased around by them as well. At one point I was a Wicked Queen and got locked in a dungeon as punishment. It was a blast. Before the night was over we set off a bunch of fireworks in the driveway, much to the delight of the kids. It was classic ending to a lovely Fourth of July celebration.


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In Jutland, Denmark, there is one park that offers an authentic safari experience like no other in the country. Ree Park – Ebeltoft Safari houses at least 800 animals of 80 different species in its territory. Animals associated with the different continents including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America can be closely observed by visitors especially when the animal keepers turn feeding time into an exciting experience.
The park places much importance in the welfare of captive animals in their care. This is primarily sought to be achieved by providing environment conditions closest to the animals' natural habitat. Thus, trees are provided for climbing animals and lakes for swimming animals. One interesting attempt to simulate the natural habitat is that provided to cheetahs as certain architectural modifications have been done to approximate its hunting ground. Of course, they are never given access to their objects of prey inside the park.
Ree Park gives special focus to endangered animals. Efforts are exerted to ensure that their line goes on even in captivity. There are at least nine cheetahs already born in the park. The park is considered one of the largest centers for cheetahs in Northern Europe.
Special precautions have also been taken to protect rhinos who have been recent targets of syndicated poaching due to their horns. Ree Park's own exhibit of rhino horns are actually plastic copies of the original. The park is open all-year round with specific rates for adults, children, and seniors. Special season tickets are available from time to time.


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Hong Deren: JINDAI ZHONGGUO SHUIMOHUA JINGXUAN. (A Fine Selection of Modern Chinese Watercolour Paintings). Taibei, 1993. 261 pp. 120 colour plates. 31x22 cm. Boards.
Excellent reproductions of the cream of modern traditional-style painting. Detailed captions give biographical details of the artists and complete descriptions of the paintings, including previous publications. Text in Chinese only.
Subjects: Painting
Available, as of: 03/03/2020
Was item 201 in printed List 196.
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"OOOOOOOOMFG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"Home > Tamil Movies > Tamil News Stories
By Akash | May 16, 2017
With SS Rajamouli's Baahubali 2 doing the 'never before done'' and breaking many a record at the box-office with its high collections, every Indian celebrity who watched it has heaped praise on the Baahubali team.
Next in line are, Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh. National award winning actor Akshay Kumar genuinely praised Rajamouli and the team for their epic film. As for Ranveer Singh, he exclaimed through his Tweet to convey how happy he was after he watched SS Rajamouli's Baahubali 2. Below are their respective Tweets:
"Finally saw #BaahubaliTheConclusion, it deserves every bit of hype & success, taking Indian cinema 2 an international level.Congrats 2 d team" - Akshay Kumar
"BAHUBALI OOOOOOOOMFG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @ssrajamouli" - Ranveer Singh
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GOP candidates manage to miss national spotlight on Flint
When Hillary Clinton talked to Rachel last night, the Democratic presidential hopeful argued persuasively that political pressure has forced Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) to take action responding to the water crisis in Flint.
"[T]he national spotlight is shining on the horrible situation in Flint," Clinton said. "And it's clear that as attention has increased, so has the governor's apparent willingness to deal seriously with the issue."
That spotlight, however, has apparently gone unnoticed by some on the national campaign trail. Time's Zeke Miller reported late yesterday:
Florida Senator Marco Rubio said he couldn't comment on the water crisis in Flint, Mich., Monday because he was not fully briefed on the situation. […]"That's not an issue that right now we've been focused on and for me to give you a deeply detailed answer on what the right approach should be on it, other than to tell you in general I believe that the federal government's role in some of these things is largely limited unless it involves a federal jurisdictional issue," Rubio said.
The senator added that he'd "love" to give a real answer, but this is "just not an issue we've been quite frankly fully briefed or apprised of."
In December, a New Hampshire reporter spent some time with Rubio and found "it was like watching a computer algorithm designed to cover talking points. He said a lot, but at the same time said nothing. It was like someone wound him up, pointed him towards the doors and pushed play."
The problem for the young senator is one of programming: if he's confronted with an unfamiliar question, and no one's done the coding, Rubio is left to effectively say, "Flint who?"
And while I can appreciate the fact that no one candidate or campaign can be expected to know everything about everything, it's nevertheless amazing that the national spotlight can shine so brightly on Flint, only to have Team Rubio miss it entirely.
In fairness, the Florida senator isn't the only one. While Clinton took the lead on this issue last week, and Bernie Sanders soon followed, none of the Republican presidential candidates has expressed any real interest in the crisis. Even after President Obama issued an official emergency declaration, his would-be GOP successors barely lifted an eyebrow.
I'll leave it to others to speculate as to why they've ignored the developments, but it probably doesn't help that Michigan's primary isn't until March 8. (Nearly half the country will have already held a presidential caucus or primary before Michigan. If a community in Iowa had been poisoned by their own officials, it's a safe bet Rubio & Co. might have caught wind of it,)
Snyder, meanwhile, talked to National Journal and acknowledged the impact of the scandal.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder conceded Monday that his administration's handling of the Flint water crisis is a stain on his legacy, reflects poorly on his leadership, and is aptly compared to President Bush's mishandling of Hurricane Katrina."It's a disaster," he said when asked about the comparison some critics have made to the 2005 natural disaster in New Orleans that became a symbol of government mismanagement – city, state, and federal. "It's clearly a negative on what we've accomplished since I've been governor."
If it's any consolation for the governor, at least Snyder doesn't have to worry about criticism from his party's presidential candidates.


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HSBC is a sponsor of the City Year New York team serving at I.S. 204 in Long Island City, Queens. City Year New York and HSBC scheduled a Halloween event at the Hunts Point Recreation Center in the South Bronx, but due to Hurricane Sandy, the event was cancelled. Hurricane Sandy also caused a shift in need and both HSBC and City Year New York decided to focus the rescheduled Service Day on Sandy Relief.
On Thursday, November 15, two shifts of HSBC volunteers came through the MLK space at the City Year New York office. They rotated through 5 stations preparing over 1100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, assembling over 30 no-sew blankets and 100 scarves, putting together over 100 hygiene kits with deodorant, soap, razors, toothpaste and too brushes, and creating 100 cards written to boost the morale of displaced students and teachers affected by the Hurricane.
With the exception of the cards, everything created and assembled went to the Bowery Mission. The Bowery Mission, located in the highly damaged Lower East Side of Manhattan, feeds and houses over 500 homeless and disadvantaged people every day. The blankets, scarves, and hygiene kits will be used both in the Bowery Mission and will also be distributed to those who need them. The cards will be sent to several schools in Brooklyn that are currently housing displaced students whose schools were damaged by the hurricane.
I asked Sasha Greene, Assistant Vice President and Program Manager of Corporate Sustainability at HSBC, to talk about giving back as an HSBC employee and why HSBC is a continued supporter of the work corps members are doing for the students and communities of New York City.
I've always been personally committed to volunteering, so to me it's crucial to work for a company that shares my values on volunteering and community engagement. HSBC not only supports volunteering, but they give employees time off to do it. Volunteering is a great way to give back and to meet colleagues who share my interests at the same time. City Year New York provides unique and essential services to students in New York City and the corps members alike. Each time I speak with a corps member I am newly inspired by their energy, drive and dedication to the City Year mission. City Year and the amazing Corps Members make me confident that we can change outcomes for high risk New York City students!
Check out more great moments from the day below!
I would like to thank Sasha Greene of HSBC and Crosby Newcomer-Falk, Civic Engagement Team Leader at City Year New York for contributing to this post.


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Technically this is a February favourites post, considering it's here at the start of March (happy March by the way!! Let's all hope we see some sun rather than snow soon.) and does basically just tell you all about what I've been loving through February. However, I feel like February was such a fast month, I didn't really get all too much of a chance to try anything new in beauty and skincare, and I just didn't feel anything you'd typically write about in a Favourites Post was screaming out at me this month!
I have, however, been watching YouTube and Netflix (no surprise there!) and discovered some true little gems I decided to share with you, however that's about all. I've decided that at the end of this post I'll be doing a February Wrap Up type segment, because I don't want it to be an ultra boring and super small post for you!
Okay, I may have discovered my favourite EVER new youtuber. Honestly, Emma has the most amazing videos – they range from beauty and lifestyle, to really informative videos such as this one about her dyslexia which I found really interesting. The editing style of her videos is absolutely lush and I'm proud to admit that these past couple of snow days I've had off have been filled with me binge watching all her videos (I really enjoyed her vlog from Crete). There's one of her videos below, so you should watch that and then go subscribe, because she is very wonderful (so funny) and you'll most certainly enjoy watching her!
I really love Hermione's videos – while she is some sort of Goddess of DIY and home decor (and I am most definitely not) – I still love watching her videos. She's recently started a renovation series for her new home, and I'm loving watching & cannot wait to see what it'll look like when it's done.
As we all know, Friends (possibly the BEST TV show ever made) came onto Netflix in the New Year. In January I had mocks, and didn't really have at all enough time to thoroughly enjoy this new addition, but believe me, in February I've been on a true binge. I can't even describe my love of friends, but I'm going to say if you haven't seen it, what are you doing and where have you been. Go watch it. Now!
The End Of The F***ing World
This is one I started In January, but I actually finished it the other night. I was very weirded out by the first three episodes (as in, really weirded out. They're so odd) and so decided to ditch it and never return to this weird thing that I'm pretty sure actually scarred me. However, I was bored, and I hate having unwatched programmes on my Netflix List, so I started to watch. I promise, after episode three it gets so so good and you'll end up watching it all in one sitting, and then crying at the end. Alyssa gave me huge skins vibes (as expected from a Channel 4 show, but also thank you because boy am I missing Skins) and while I hated James at first, I can't describe my sadness when the show finished. I can't say much more, other than PLEASE watch it now. Please.
I feel this post would be more aptly named 'my recent favourites to binge', but now that's all out of the way, let me tell you all about February.
The start of February was mock exam results, and while some of mine were a total flop (hi there, chemistry and physics), overall I was quite pleased with most of them. At school, we've just been going over exam papers and the whole 'lets nag everyone to revise 24/7' has started, which is scary.
Then February half term arrived, and I had a couple of nights out at my friends and otherwise just chilled and did some work. Pretty nondescript, but fun! When I went back to school, I had my food technology practical exam which I'm pleased to say went pretty well, I spent the weekend after shopping in Southampton and eating a very nice Prezzo which you can read about in this post here.
Then we're onto the last week of a very fast and short month, and I was only in school three days because the Beast From The East hit Wiltshire rather hard with a lot of snow and I got two snow days! Pretty happy about that, but I also kind of want the snow to go away and spring to come in. I've already got a bunch of posts planned for mid-March when Spring does finally arrive, and some really exciting things happening on my blog which I can't wait to show you all. I'm hoping to be posting twice a week as per usual, but please remember I'm drowning in school work, revision and the prospect of GCSEs, so if I only manage once a week or sometimes no posts, I haven't forgotten about my blog!
Thank you for reading this post, I hope you've really enjoyed reading it! Do any of you share my obsessions this month? Let me know!


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A thin spot just got thinner with the departure of Will Jackson. Who will step up for Coach Fisher and the Big Red secondary? ESPN's Mitch Sherman stops by to get you ready for another college football season. Husker standout Joel Makovicka shares what he's excited about with Frost in year one.
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Senate Confirms Mattis (Defense) & Kelly (Homeland) On Trump's First Day
Just hours after President Trump was sworn into office, amid Chuck Schumer's jabs over HUD, the Senate has confirmed retired Marine General James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Marine General John Kelly as homeland security secretary. They were both expected to be confirmed easily, and were, but Democrats promised fights over several other nominees.
Mattis was the first to be confirmed by a vote of 98 to 1… (as The Hill reports)
The Senate on Friday easily confirmed James Mattis to be President Trump's secretary of Defense, hours after Trump's inauguration.
Mattis, a retired Marine general who most recently served as commander of U.S. Central Command, is highly respected by both Republicans and Democrats for his military service.
He retired from the military in 2013, meaning he needed a waiver to bypass a law that says Defense secretaries must be out of uniform for at least seven years.
Congress easily passed the waiver last week, and Trump signed the waiver legislation as his first act as president.
Some Democrats had expressed concern about granting Mattis the waiver, citing the need to maintain civilian control of the military. But the concerns were not enough to prevent Mattis from becoming Pentagon chief.
Followed shortly afterwards by Kelly…
As Munr Kazmir wrote recently, not only is Kelly a 45-year Marine whose impeccable credentials made him a four-star general, he's also a man who understands the real threat. Much like President-elect Trump, General Kelly sees the Southern border as our Achilles heel and the easiest way for those wishing to do us harm to get into this country and perpetrate an attack. With Kelly at the helm, the border will be made secure and that threat will be destroyed.
General Kelly has also shown the kind of guts the position of running the DHS demands. He strongly opposed President Obama's statements about closing the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay, realizing that having so many suspected terrorists hellbent on destroying the United States roaming free would pose a grave problem. He ruled Gitmo with an iron fist and ensured that it served its intended purpose.
And make no mistake, General Kelly will also stand up to President-elect Trump if he feels has to.
Back in January, the General told the Military Times, "The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power … the decision makers have got to have ground truth," adding that, "Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed — and that can be dangerous."
Both Mr. Mattis and Mr. Kelly are retired Marine Corps generals. Federal law requires a seven-year waiting period between active duty and serving as the secretary of defense; Congress passed legislation last week granting a waiver to Mr. Mattis and Mr. Trump signed it on Friday.
As Reuters reports, most of Trump's nominees will eventually be confirmed.
Under a rules change orchestrated by Democrats when they held a Senate majority, his selections need just 50 votes to pass the Senate, not the 60 that used to be required for a nomination to advance in the chamber.
Seven members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet were confirmed the day he took office, a number Republicans hoped to match for Trump. Schumer said the Obama nominees had completed their paperwork and ethics reviews while all of Trump's choices had not.
Underscoring the bitterness over the confirmation process, Schumer also said Democrats wanted roll call votes on Mattis and Kelly, rather than allowing their confirmation by voice vote.
While Republicans sought to confirm a third national security nominee on Friday, Representative Mike Pompeo of Kansas, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Democrats planned to delay his approval, noting that he had not even been approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee as of Friday. As Bloomberg reports, three Democratic senators — Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut — objected to what they characterized as an overly speedy push to confirm Mr. Pompeo.
"The importance of the position of CIA Director, especially in these dangerous times, demands that the nomination be thoroughly vetted, questioned and debated," the senators said in a statement.
The skirmish over nominees set a grim tone for the first day of Senate under the new president.
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, chastised Democrats for delaying nominees, pointing out that the Senate had cleared seven such cabinet officials on President Obama's first day in office in 2009.
Democrats responded that Mr. McConnell had refused to even allow a hearing to be held for Mr. Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick M. Garland, during his last year in office.
"For those who have forgotten the record of the Republicans in the Senate when it comes to delaying nominations, Exhibit A will continue to be the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court," said Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, on the senate floor, adding, "That vacancy continued for political reasons regardless of the fact that it created at least a hardship and some confusion on the highest court of the land. It went on for 10, 11 months and it continues to this day."