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There's Some Confusion Over Access To COVID Testing In Utah
On Tuesday, the Utah State Department of Health update covered COVID testing access and highlighted a couple of log jams they're experiencing as they manage a response to the virus.
Governor Gary Herbert participated in the daily health briefing, appearing at the podium with a face mask, which he subsequently removed in order to be heard more clearly.
"I'm showing off my latest fashion statement with the COVID-19 prevention mask and I think it's becoming the symbol of the times we're in today. And I expect more and more the people of Utah will be walking around these masks on to help protect them from spreading and catching the coronavirus."
Herbert fielded a question about testing for COVID-19. He says they'd like to test everyone, but they haven't got the capacity to test more than three or 4,000 people a day.
"We don't have the capability of testing everybody. We would like to test to make sure that there's no backlog of people waiting that have symptoms. So, we have a screening process that we go through and those that have symptoms can make arrangements then to come and get a test. We have the ability to do that with virtually no backlog. We're having much more success giving the test. The challenge we face right now, to me, is a little bit on the laboratory side where we have a little bit of pinch points. The laboratory can't keep up with the tests that are being given. So, we're a little concerned about that."
The Department of Health reported Monday that local hospitals and test centers were concerned about a swab shortage, but state Epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn says they're working diligently to get more supplies. In contrast to the Governor's comments, she says they have not reached capacity on lab services.
"Right now, our laboratories in collaboration with ARUP, Intermountain, the Utah Public Health Laboratory and our test utah.com partners have a capacity around 4,000 to 4,500 tests to run daily and we have not met that capacity yet. And so, people who are symptomatic can seek out testing if their provider thinks that they are an appropriate person to be tested for COVID-19. We do have the capacity to test them."
Antibody testing, Dunn says is important for pandemic response because it shows who has been exposed and who has immunity.
"Those tests are still in the development phase. The CDC is working to develop a serology or a blood test to determine if somebody has antibodies to COVID-19. And I know locally ARUP is doing something similar. So, we are hopeful that within the coming weeks we will potentially be able to use this test to determine who in our population has been exposed to COVID-19 and who potentially has immunity to it."
For Sunday and Monday,state reports show about 600 tests being done which is a sharp decline from last week's 2,000 to 3,000 tests per day.
"Yeah, so we've kind of seen this a little bit throughout the outbreak. Monday's and Tuesday's show a little dip in our testing, and that's because we have this lag in the negative test results coming towards us. And we also are seeing less demand over the weekend. So, it's a combination of potentially less demand from the weekend, and then also a three-day lag in the negative tests coming in. And so, we'll potentially see an uptick Wednesday Thursday and Friday of this week. So, we'll watch out for that."
As of Tuesday, there are a total of 148 hospitalizations in Utah, with Summit County having 21 and Wasatch County four. DR. Dunn says hospitalizations represent about 8% of those diagnosed with COVID, but they don't have data about who is in the hospital and how long they stay. In response to a question about length of hospital stay, Dunn replied:
"We are working with our hospital partners to understand who's currently hospitalized for COVID-19. So, we're hoping in the coming days if not this week, next week, we will actually be able to understand who is currently hospitalized with COVID-19."
Every age is susceptible to contracting COVID-19. Utah residents age 25 to 44 years represents 40% of positive cases. The next highest is the age range of 45 to 64 years at 31%.
A link to coronavirus statistics can be found here.


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I am very grateful to live in an area in which theatre pushes the boundaries and is willing to do shows that are edgier. Ephrata Performing Arts Center did an incredible job with their production of Hand to God under the direction of Edward R. Fernandez and Bob Breen. I have to admit I have not laughed that hard in a theatre for a while. The show is a devilish dark comedy, and much of the action revolves around a puppet named Tyrone. The cast of Hand to God is exceptional as they are energetic, animated and hilarious.
Robert Askins' play, Hand to God, is uproarious and surprisingly poignant. The show is about a group of teens who are part of a Christian ministry puppet troop that is rehearsing for an upcoming puppet show. Their rehearsal space is in the basement of a Lutheran Church in Texas. However, things take a turn when one of the puppets takes on a life of its own and it is believed the puppet is possessed by a demon. As hilarious as the play is there are also themes dealing with death, grief and teenage angst. From the able direction of Fernandez and Breen to the spot on performances of the cast to the set by Dave Koch that transports the audience to this Texas church basement, there is not a single error in this production.
Playing the role of Jason, a shy teen who is learning to express himself through his puppet Tyrone is Sean Deffley. Deffley is remarkable as he bears the part of shifting between his character's voice and the voice of his puppet. It is incredibly entertaining to watch as he has conversations with himself in two distinct voices, one for Jason and one for Tyrone. He is animated, and his portrayal of Jason is likable and relatable. Playing Jason's mother, Margery, is Kristie Ohlinger. Margery also runs the church's puppet troop. Ohlinger is full of energy as this over the top character, and her scene with Deffley when they are driving home in their car is flawless. Brian Viera portrays another one of the students in the puppet club, Timothy. Viera gives a boisterous performance as a teen who is a trouble maker. Maggie Shevlin is hysterical as Jessica, who is the object of Jason's affections. Shevlin has great comedic flair in this show. Rounding out this cast is Tim Riggs as Pastor Gregg. Riggs gives an animated performance as a pretentious and needy pastor who has a rather obvious agenda. Riggs gives an impassioned and solid performance in this role.
One word of caution I need to provide is that this show is definitely not for everyone. If you are sensitive to adult languages and situations you may want to sit this one out and wait for another one of EPAC's productions. Hand to God contains adult themes, language and sexual situations, some including puppets.
Hand to God runs at Ephrata Performing Arts Center through June 16, 2018. For more information and tickets visit their website at www.ephrataperformingartscenter.com or call the box office at 717-733-7966.
Final Thought: Hand to God at EPAC effuses humor and the characters are sarcastic and witty. All the performances are strong, and Sean Deffley's performance is admirable as he switches voices and personas throughout the show. Hand to God is wildly amusing and surprisingly touching, and it is wildly creative.
Kelli Curtin is founding editor and writer for theatresensation.com. She has maintained a love of the performing arts since a very early age and she is excited to share her passion about theatre and the Arts with her readers. Kelli can be found on Twitter, Facebook and on Instagram.

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While the World Health Organization (WHO) seems to be doing everything it can to keep from naming the coronavirus a pandemic, we are likely already past that point. The combination of a long gestation period, where people are contagious but not showing symptoms, and a fatality rate that is too low to burn the virus out but too high to treat like a cold, will change behavior. As I write this, Facebook has canceled F8; this follows the cancellation of Mobile World Congress and increasing speculation that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be cancelled, too. With no immunization process yet available, we're months away from when this illness will peak, suggesting that companies need to rethink travel, telecommuting, and even how we hold meetings on-site.
Now is the time to start rethinking how companies provision workers, both to telecommute and to avoid group meetings where viruses could spread. Maybe it is time we started looking at converged communications platforms so that our employees can far more easily collaborate without physically coming into contact with each other.
Let's talk about how a pandemic is likely to change what we use for personal technology and how that intersects with work needs.
The evolution of personal tech
PCs and Smartphones evolved very differently. We started with typewriters, which became electric, then became connected (teletype), then got screens (as terminals), then added computing capabilities (PCs), and finally, became portable. That evolution was tied to advances in technology, not necessarily to productivity or an initially defined human need. For example, had we been more focused on productivity, we would have changed the QWERTY keyboard layout – it arose from a need to keep typewriter keys from getting tangled – and used a more efficient design.
Smartphones came from wired phones, evolved into wireless phones, then merged with two-way pagers to become smartphones focused on business. Then, thanks to Apple and the iPhone, they made a hard pivot to entertainment. (It's a pivot that a lot of industries like defense, healthcare and finance would like to see pivot back.)
There was an effort to tie the phone and the computermore closely together on the desk with the old AT&T/NCR and IBM/ROLM Systems efforts; that largely died out with the PBX market. Now, the closest thing we have to a unified communications solution is the smartphone. Both Dell and Microsoft have created applications that better tie the phone and PC together. While both applications are handy, neither effort has yet forced a change in a blended solution.
The rise of telecommuting
At this point, telecommuting has seen varied acceptance. It generally works well for people who are self-starters and enjoy working alone, who have a job that doesn't require constant collaboration or physical proximity to some types of work product. (Manufacturing, for instance, would require a lot more robotics and remote viewing capabilities to make telecommuting viable; these options exist, but haven't been consistently applied to the problem).
There is a bigger concern with employees: when it comes to raises and promotions, the belief is that remote workers are disadvantaged. A lot of managers and executives still believe that remote workers waste time and don't focus on work. As a result, some companies will talk up telecommuting when the job market is tight to attract new talent, then curtail it when there is a labor surplus for a perceived gain in productivity.
Recent studies have shown that there is no career disadvantage to working remotely, particularly when it is common company policy. It is interesting to note, however, that when telecommuters increased face-to-face contact, either in person or through teleconferencing, they saw faster salary growth.
5G, the cloud and 'holoportation'
One of the things Qualcomm demonstrated recently with 5G and the latest Lenovo/Microsoft "Always Connected PC" device – the Yoga 5G – is that portable workstation-class performance is achievable. And with 5G, you get latency and performance capabilities that potentially exceed what's now available in the office with a hard-wired network connection.
This cloud capability means you can use relatively inexpensive hardware connected to the cloud to give a remote employee more scalable performance than they'd have in the office, short of their high-end workstation hard-wired into the network.
Another thing coming with 5G, and this was demonstrated with Facebook's Oculus effort, is the ability to have an untethered Extended Reality headset and use it for telecommuting. Microsoft has been demonstrating interactive Telepresence (Holoportation) with Hololens. When you realize that even on-site meetings are likely to be a thing of the past shortly, it's one way to keeping people isolated from each other and slow the progression of illnesses like coronavirus to manageable levels.
When you make an Extended Reality headset part of the solution, you should be able to lose the display on the laptop and smartphone and use only the head-mounted display instead. The device, if used consistently, can put you in a virtual cubicle, an office – or by a canal in France, depending on where you'd like to be working.
Wrapping up: The blended telecommuting solution of the future
The main elements for a not-too-distant telecommuting system include a comfortable Extended Reality headset like the current generation Hololens or Occulus; a computing device that is 5G connected (likely your Smartphone); a keyboard; a portable pointing solution (which could be your finger); and an integrated cloud solution that unifies your communications, blending visual and audio capabilities.
This set-up, coupled with the right software and communications technology, would better integrate a remote worker with his or her increasingly also remote peers. And it would allow you to work anyplace you wanted with full computing capability – be that in a cubicle, at home, or in a bunker with a 5G signal.
In the end, I think the coronavirus problem will force us first to reconsider telecommuting and then reconsider how we provision remote workers to take advantage of the technology of today. The days of the wired phone and typewriter are larehly gone.
I expect most companies will be late to embrace change this time. But recognizing something like coronavirus is likely to happen again, the corporate world will be forced to change to avod damage from our increasingly hostile future.


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Alexander Horwin's Story
AMA Admits Decades of Discrimination Against Black Doctors
Another Wacky Illustration of How Conventional Medicine Thinks
Are we Treating Cancer, but Killing the Patient?
Calcium Channel Blockers Increase Risk
of Myocardial Infarction by 60%
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and Cancer
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Causes 31 Deaths
CNN's Sanjay Gupta, Laura Bush and the Marketing of
Merck's Gardasil
Death from Ritalin: A Father's Story
Deaths Halt Diabetes Study
Depo Provera Horror Stories
Drug Reactions & Drug Adverse Side Effects Forum
Drugmaker Rebuffed Call to Monitor Accutane Users
The FDA Exposed: An Interview with the Vioxx Whistleblower
The FDA, Vioxx, and Crimes Against Humanity
Futile Care Theory & Medical Fascism
Great Moments in the History of Medicine
HRT No Longer Recommended For Heart Disease
Hundreds of NIH Scientists Accept Drug Companies' Money
If the Auto Industry Operated Like Big Pharma:
Fifteen Things You Might Notice
Mainstream Media Lies About Vitamin D Deficiency & Parkinson's with Deceptive Headlines
Migraine Medication, Sumatriptan Causes Blood
to Turn Green
9 of The Recent School Shooters Were Taking
Psychiatry's Violence Inducing Drugs
Omaha Shooter Robert Hawkins Had Been "Treated"
For ADHD, Depression
Painkiller Patch Fentanyl May Have Killed
3,500 People, Warns FDA
Patrick Swayze Dead at 57 After Chemotherapy
for Pancreatic Cancer
QuackPot Watch
The Science of Deceit
Scientists Take Money for Papers Ghostwritten
by Drug Companies
Texas Authorities Arrest Parents,
Kidnap their Teenage Daughter,
and Force Her Through Chemotherapy Against Her Will
Tamoxifen – A Major Medical Mistake?
Top Medical Journal Eases Ethics Policy
How Drug Company $$$ Influence Medical Opinion
The Truth About Genetically Engineered Insulin
Tylenol Warning (Acetaminophen)
Tyranny in the USA: The True History of FDA Raids on
Healers, Vitamin Shops & Supplement Companies
Welcome to the Town of Allopath
What They Won't Tell You About Post-Traumatic
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Tobias Lindholm's film "A War", produced by Nordisk Film, is nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Danish film "A War", directed by Tobias Lindholm and produced by Nordisk Film, is nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Foreign Language Film.
The film stars Pilou Asbæk and tells the story about a Danish company commander in Afghanistan who during combat decides to have enemy territory bombed resulting in civilian causalities. When returning to Denmark he faces a court martial while struggling to hold his family together.
"I am deeply honoured. Our film about the Danish involvement in the war in Afghanistan has been on a fantastic international journey," says the film's writer and director Tobias Lindholm.
"I share this overwhelming honour with my entire film crew. And especially with those soldiers, refugees, relatives and lawyers whose experience from the war in Afghanistan has made this film possible. I've often spoken about the dependence my films have upon reality but I must say that this nomination feels completely unreal," he continues.
"A War" is produced by René Ezra and Tomas Radoor for Nordisk Film Production. It was filmed in the fall of 2014 in Denmark, Turkey, Spain and Jordan. It premiered in Denmark on September 10th. 2015.
The last time a Danish film won an Oscar was in 2011 when Susanne Bier won for "In a Better World" which was produced by the Nordisk Film associated film company, Zentropa.


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Geyer, Florian. (2007) Fruit of the Poisonous Tree - Member States' Indirect Use of Extraordinary Rendition and the EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy. CEPS Working Document, No. 263, 3 April 2007. [Working Paper]
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Recent investigations, not least by the EP Temporary Committee, have shed light on the illegal practice of extraordinary renditions and unlawful detentions by foreign security services on European territory with the alleged involvement of certain member states, which suggests that the line between cooperation and complicity has become blurred. This paper addresses the issue of how EU member states could not resist taking advantage of extraordinary renditions and unlawful detentions and how they still profit from such practice. Recent examples of this kind of profiteering are provided, together with an assessment of their legality. The paper also addresses the issue from an EU perspective and evaluates implications of and for EU counter-terrorism policies, in particular the question of how these policies might be tainted by the counter-terrorism behaviour of member states. A concrete set of policy recommendations is proposed in the last chapter.
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Last night, Paul McCartney had more than one trick up his sleeve for his concert at London's 02 Arena.
Not only did he play two Beatles tracks he had never performed in the UK before -- "The Night Before" and "The Word" -- plus "Come And Get It," which he wrote for Badfinger in 1969 -- but he also had a special guest on hand: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood.
Toward the end of the show, McCartney told fans he had a surprise for them, before signalling for Wood to join him on stage. The two launched into a version of The Beatles' "Get Back" from Let It Be.
You can check out fan-filmed footage from the concert below.


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April 28, 2015
Leopards will never change their spots, nor will tigers trade in their stripes, but the design industry doesn't want them to! For the past five decades, home design has introduced these interesting animal skin patterns into home décor.
Stripes and spots are in total design harmony when it comes to fabrics, finishes and accessories. In its hey-day, Carnaby Street in London, England, put extremes in fashion design on the map. If you wanted to find polka dots paired with stripes and checks, Carnaby Street was the place to go. The 1960s saw a trend in design that was a big game changer.
From Clothes to Case Goods
When the mixing and matching of clothing traversed the pond and came to America, it also leapt a chasm and made its way into the home and furniture design industry. The idea of mixing and matching animal prints has been around since the 1980s, evolving as quickly as the industry allows.
It's Everywhere!
At one time animal prints were most commonly seen as throw rugs on hardwood floors, and sometimes used as wall décor and upholstery fabric. Now, you can find animal prints on occasional tables, lampshades, textiles and doorknobs. Animal print fabrics cover just about everything: sofas, chairs, ottomans and headboards.
In the Kitchen and Bath
But it doesn't stop there. In the kitchen you can find zebra floor runners, leopard mixers, multi animal print wooden spoons, giraffe potholders and tea towels, and place mats and napkins in a dozen animal prints.
Over in the bathroom you can accessorize with tiger rattan shades, leopard bath towels, and numerous styles of animal prints for tile, area rugs, shower curtains, candles, soap dishes and more.
Pairings of different animal prints work well when using the same color palette – match up honey toned giraffe print with undulating tiger designs of the same tones.
In the jungle many of these species co-habit but do not co-exist. Lucky for you that in your home they all get along!
Contact Schrappers Fine Cabinetry and Design for more design inspiration.


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An oversized shirt with a deep raglan sleeve, made from organic cotton poplin. The shirt fastens with recycled hemp buttons in a concealed placket and features a front patch pocket and a curved hem.
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- This garment is made in a transparent supply chain, which works with fair trade certified farmers and manufacturers from seed to garment.


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WUPPERTAL April 14, 2020
MediorNet Drives Signal Transport and OTT Streaming for Unique Drive-Up Worship Services
"We had used MediorNet previously to handle camera feeds and intercom for an event taking place on the other side of our campus. Therefore, MediorNet was the first thing that came to mind when I was thinking about how to get interconnectivity between the building and a trailer set up in the parking lot that served as the front of house mix position for our drive-up services," said Chris Thomas, Technical Arts Director, Cherry Hills Community Church. "Also, we had only three days' notice to get the drive-up ministry up and running in time for weekend services. The Riedel support team was incredibly helpful, and they were able to show us via remote conferencing just how fast and easy it is to set up MediorNet with its simple drag-and-drop configuration."
Given the short notice, Cherry Hills Community Church reached out to Riedel partner Touring Video Inc., based in Burbank, California, who quickly deployed the technology required for the project. Touring Video provides remote entertainment television trucks that feature Riedel MediorNet decentralized routing products within a mesh network and was eager to help fulfill the hardware requirements.
The modular Riedel network at Cherry Hills Community Church consists of two MediorNet MicroN high-density media distribution network devices. Acting as an extension of the church's permanent IT network, the MicroNs also provide an Ethernet tunnel between the control room in the building's main auditorium and the outdoor stage. The MicroN unit in the control room is patched directly into the church's video router and interfaced with an existing network switch and a Riedel Artist-128 intercom mainframe.
The MediorNet network carries the video program feed from the control room to LED screens in the parking lot and carries three camera feeds from the outside back into the building. In addition, the MicroNs supply a confidence monitor feed to display lyrics for church vocalists on stage. For audio, the MicroNs extend the Dante VLAN feed out to the parking lot and then bring the audio feed back into the auditorium, where church technicians use their existing front of house console to mix the broadcast audio feed. The connection with the Artist mainframe also facilitated delivery of intercom feeds from Riedel's Bolero wireless intercom.
Thomas added, "As longtime Artist users for our intercoms, we're well familiar with the flexibility and reliability of Riedel systems. That flexibility carries over to the MicroNs, which allow us to add signal paths at the last minute as needed. And we've been completely amazed with MediorNet fiber multiplexing capabilities, which have allowed us to transport all of our signals over a single fiber. Best of all, our congregation loved being able to gather for worship, albeit in their cars — they were still able to have connection, which is especially important these days."
"A parking lot ministry presents technical challenges that most houses of worship aren't equipped to tackle, but Cherry Hills Church has really risen to the occasion. We're very pleased we were able to help Chris and his team pull this off using MediorNet — it's a reminder of how our unique products and technologies can help any organization face a challenging situation," said Rick Seegull, Manager System Consulting, Riedel Communications. "The Cherry Hills drive-up services have been so successful that other churches are taking notice. In fact, we can see how a drive-up church might become a permanent approach for something like an Easter sunrise service or even a service under the stars in warmer weather."


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you've probably heard the age-vintage warning now not to take your paintings domestic with you. It's sound advice — no one desires to hold out while all you may speak about is how a great deal of a jerk your coworker is.
Which is why the recent wave of buzzy indie beauty brands developed and run through families is so surprising — not handiest do they manipulate to live cool and calm whilst working alongside their siblings/partners/parents/kids, they're managing the admirable feat of creating industry-shaking merchandise using an old skool enterprise model. Rather than the perceived impersonal contact of massive commercial enterprise, the all-in-the-circle of relatives technique creates an immediate connection to the brand and the people behind it. What's extra true than founders who shared a home together — or a womb, for that depend?
Ahead, meet four families who take teamwork to the acute. Hey, if they can combat the formulation and nevertheless keep the peace at Sunday dinner, maybe there's wish yet for you and your gum-snapping, Slack-satisfied deskmate.
CW Hemp
Growing up as one of seven brothers is sufficient to stress even the most even-keeled people out. Fortunately, the Stanley brothers — Jordan, Jesse, Austin, Josh, Jon, Joel, and Jared (that should have been amusing for their mom to recite whilst calling them in for supper) — are inside the business of retaining calm. Their enterprise, CW Hemp, produces GMO-free, non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) supplements and remedies for the whole thing from tension to inflammation.
The Stanleys have any other venture maximum beauty manufacturers don't: navigating a legal tightrope round CBD dietary supplements and federal versus country approval. To the point that CW Hemp inked a deal to promote its products on an important countrywide retailer until the retailer all at once pulled it from its internet site — a choice that many business and hashish specialists speculate to be because of the uncertainty on this prison grey location.
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But the brothers take it in stride, the use of the information about the emblem to create a larger instructional platform around CBD as a health aide. "I think hemp and hashish nonetheless have the stigma around it, so informing people of the benefits is the first step," explains Austin, who serves because of the assignment manager of recent commercial enterprise development.
The ways wherein they pass about doing that — in addition to the increase and positioning of the line — is where feelings can run, nicely, high. "Working with own family is and continually may be very tough. I take matters plenty extra personally than I would with any other activity," says Jordan, the assistant director of cultivation.
"The largest project is hold work and family lifestyles separate. This is probably the hardest a part of what we do," provides up Jesse. "We can flip a Thanksgiving dinner into a board meeting lightning brief."
But by investing in a growing (albeit uncertain) industry, the Stanleys have had the possibility to begin a commercial enterprise that they hope may be a part of their destiny generations' lives. "Family-operated companies generate a level of belief, high-quality, and coronary heart into this enterprise," says Jordan. "It seems that own family-run companies have a higher code of ethics than companies formed to simply make cash."
Jesse notes that there's a motive many large businesses are eager to fabricate a subculture of tight-knit coworkers. "People accept as true with the circle of relatives-run business," he explains. "Everyone loves to be part of something unique, and circle of relatives is maximum usually special."
Most dad and mom believe in their child's capacity, however now not many are willing to bank on it. Jenny Frankel wins the mom-of-the-12 months award for now not most effective recognizing the promise of daughters Ally and Taylor, but taking that budding splendor talent and turning it into a booming business.
Jenny, a chemical engineer, and former product developer observed her daughters' proclivity for minimum-attempt, naturally effortless makeup. Identifying an opening within the market, she labored along Ally and Taylor to create Nudestix, a complete cosmetics line including neutral tones all delivered in a smooth-to-observe pencil layout.
Twenty-yr-old Taylor and 17-year-vintage Ally serve as both "leader thought officials" and the faces of the logo, every drawing from her private beauty reports. "Being of various generations — I'm a Gen X, Taylor's a millennial, and Ally is Gen Z — we have extraordinary views, pals, priorities, and pores, and skin and beauty wishes," says Jenny. "So it's an actual age-diverse and inclusive recognition institution."
As with any professional venture, no longer all people goes to see eye to eye. Arguing with your mom is practically hardwired into teenage women, but in the case of the Frankels, those arguments were much less about curfews and extra about the shade payoff of an eyeshadow. So how do you flex your business muscles whilst your boss is likewise the one who birthed you? According to all 3, each person receives an opinion and thoughts are bounced around, but in the long run, it's majority guidelines. "What's wonderful approximately our dynamic is that if my mom and I are having a disagreement, I can continually count on Ally to take my side," says Taylor. But Jenny says she isn't above pulling the "boss card" now and again.
The ladies truly do have their palms in each piece of the commercial enterprise, from social media to training to product improvement. "We all speak approximately innovation continuously and what products we would like to come out in a Nudestix manner," explains Ally. "Once the product has made it beyond the improvement level we all assist brainstorm the shade and product names, that's continually really a laugh."
In addition to the laughing stuff, Jenny makes certain her daughters additionally apprehend the business aspect and what makes Nudestix so specific. "[Mom] continually says that a splendor government with over twenty years of revel in might by no means be able to launch a logo like Nudestix," says Taylor. That's because she maintains, most executives don't value or have access to millennials and their specific attitude on splendor. That's why she believes circle of relatives manufacturers like hers have become extra popular—they create an authenticity and true connection that could be a priority for young clients.
Which is why Jenny credits her daughters as being each the muse and the heart of Nudestix. "My girls encourage me each day — their vision is clear, great, and modern," she says. "Unlike my mother and father' generation, which wasn't very social with their youngsters, my era talks to their children, shares ideas, get inspired, and are greater open to being friends and participating." Sounds like the mystery of commercial enterprise and parenting success.


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According to a Pew Research paper released in late June, sales growth for e-readers has increased while tablets sales have remained basically stagnant (7% of adults in Jan. owned a tablet vs. 8% in May).
Despite this growth in e-readers, cell phones are still by far the most popular digital device, leading with 83% of adults owning one.
In the past 6 months, the demographics showing the most e-reader growth were hispanic adults, parents, college graduates, and people with +$75,000 income.
Key Stats:
- 20% of college graduates own an e-reader
- 25% of adults with +$75,000 income own an e-reader
- 10% of men own tablets vs. 6% of women
- 15% of Hispanic adults own tablets vs. 8% African American and 7% White adults
Sales for tablets and e-readers will undoubtedly continue grow, especially with the steady decrease in popularity of physical books and newspapers. As of right now these devices seem to be most popular with high income adults, hispanic adults, or recent college graduates. In terms of what this means for advertising and marketing,
Related articles
- E-Reader growth spurt (i-programmer.info)
- E-readers hit their stride while tablet growth more modest (gigaom.com)
- New Study Shows E-Reader Ownership Surging Ahead Of Tablets (paidcontent.org)


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In autumn 2015 Nanosintez took part in two international events: St.PIIF and Slush 2015.
7-9 of October 2015 - St Petersburg International Innovation Forum (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Event is traditionally held together with the Russian Manufacturer Forum and represents the largest site of the North-West Region of Russia for demonstration of innovative industrial equipment, products and technologies with the goal of their promotion to regional and global markets and discussion of actual issues connected with modernization of machine-building enterprises.
11-12 of November 2015 – Slush (Helsinki, Finland). Slush is the focal point for startups and tech talent to meet with top-tier international investors, executives and media. This year, Slush brings together 15.000 attendees and more than 1700 startups for the two-day event.


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So, I've been out fishing 6 times thus far (Not consecutively), and I've only accomplished to shake the rust off of my cast. Which is fine by me…for now anyway. Here is a day by day recap w/pictures of my outings.
Day 1: Salt Creek
I had zero expectations, because, there was still quite a bit of snow on the ground, and the temperatures were still boucing between the teens and 30's.
Day 2: Downers Grove Pond
After work I decided to fish a decent sized pond. When I arrived I took notice that there was still quite a bit of ice on the lake. It was a beautiful day, the temperature was up, and the sun was shining. I was actually hoping to catch my first fish of the year, but she stood me up.
Day 3: Songbird Slough
This lake is litterally down the street from me. It's only good for sunfish. It was an extremely windy day, but the sun was shining, and that's good enough for me. Only thing caught was this tree….
Day 4: Meachem Grove
What a beautiful day this was. That was about it. No fish, but I got some nice pictures.
Day 5: Lake Michigan
Wasn't planning on fishing, but while in downtown Chicago I decided to give the Big Pond (Lake Michigan) a few cast's with a spoon, because, I know the browns and salmon are moved in. Didn't catch a thing, and I neither did anyone else I talked with. No fly rod today.
Day 6: Songbird Slough
I now know why I dislike this lake. I talked with a guy that was fishing nightcrawlers under a bobber, and he said that he heard from a guy, who was talking with another guy, about how they shocked the lake and hardly any bass came up. Mostly carp and catfish." So, I just casted with extremely little expectations.


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Swinford GAA 50/50 draw
This weeks draw was held in Quinns and Luke Duffy of Culmore, Swinford won €511.
Envelopes are available in most business premises and online through www.swinfordgaa.ie where tickets can be purchased in bundles of 10/25/52 weeks. Next draw is Sheepwalk on the 29th August. Draw envelopes are available at €2 each or 3 for €5.
Friday 25th August 7pm
Minor D Championship Crossmolina v Swinford
Monday 28th August 7pm
Under 13 League Swinford v Kiltimagh at Robert McCallion Memorial Park
Friday 1st September 7pm
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Keep an eye on our Facebook page Swinford GAA and our website www.swinfordgaa.ie for details of fixtures.
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By Dustin Rowles | Late Night TV | March 31, 2016 |
By Dustin Rowles | Late Night TV | March 31, 2016 |
Nielsen ratings obviously don't matter as much as they used to, and when it comes to late-night television, they matter even less, because so much of what is seen from late-night is seen the next morning on YouTube or Hulu or a network's streaming site.
However, I was curious, about who was winning the late-night wars, and in terms of all viewers, the answer may be surprising. Here's the latest ratings I could find for each of the shows:
Last Week Tonight John Oliver — 4.7 million (average weekly viewership, including re-airs)
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon — 3.2 million
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — 2.57 million
Jimmy Kimmel Live — 2.53 million
Late Night with Seth Meyers — 1.56 million
Nightline — 1.56 million
Late Late Show with James Corden — 1.33 million
Last Call with Carson Daly — 900,000
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah — 840,000
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — 620,000
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore — 560,000
Conan — 520,000
There are a couple of caveats with John Oliver's ascension to number one. His show only airs once a week, and the number takes into account all of the re-airs. On the other hand, his Donald Drumpf episode was seen by more than 6 million viewers, and the YouTube video of the Drumpf takedown is the most popular viral video for HBO ever, having been seen over 85 million times now.
The other surprise may be Samantha Bee's Full Frontal, and that 620,000 number doesn't tell the whole story. For one, Full Frontal is new, it airs at 10:30 p.m. and it's handily beating its lead-out, Conan. In 18-49, it's also roughly even with James Corden and Samantha Bee's show is being seen by roughly the same number of females as The Daily Show (which has a viewership that is 75 percent male).
Point being: John Oliver is the best, and Samantha Bee is basically kicking Trevor Noah's ass once expectations are taken into account (not to mention the fact that Noah's The Daily Show is off 30 percent from last year).
One other wrinkle: Colbert is narrowly beating Kimmel in overall viewers, but Kimmel is leading Colbert in 18-49 viewers.
Also, poor Conan is getting smoked by Carson Daly.


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The Long Read: Otterpool Park -update.
So what do you get for £281,230,000 or two hundred and eighty one million two hundred a thirty thousand pounds? Well, according to Kent County Council's ( KCC) Housing Infrastructure Funding bid for Forward Funding made by KCC for and on behalf of Shepway District Council (SDC), you can get help towards the following infrastructure for that kind of money, which will be necessary for the building of Otterpool Park:
Road/Highway – Bridge – Education (School/s) – Rail – Power Supply – Health facilities- GP/Health Clinic – Electricity / Gas connections – Flood defence – Public realm works – Land Assembly – Land Re-mediation (to clean contaminated soil) – Water Works – Digital infrastructure – Strategic landscaping and a business innovation centre.
So what are Shepway District Council's (SDC) delivery milestones they have set for themselves if the bid for Forward Funding from the £2.3 billion available from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) is successful? Well, they are as follows:
Infrastructure – development partner identified 30/09/2018
Infrastructure – development partner appointed 01/12/2018
Housing – development partner identified 30/09/2018
Housing – development partner appointed 31/01/2019
Start of infrastructure works 02/01/2019
Completion of infrastructure works 31/01/2022
So a lot of the land in the video below (apologies for quality ) known as Otterpool Park, will become one large building site possibly from 2nd January 2019; which is less than a year away, if all goes according to plan.
And how and when will this money be spent on the infrastructure?
2017/2018 – £250,000
2018/2019 – £51,040,000
2019/2020 – £119,215,000
2020/2021 – £110,725,000
Total £281,230,000
Now how many houses do they intend to deliver and by when? Well, according to their delivery milestone's KCC have set out in the HIF bid for and on behalf of SDC, are as follows.
Profile up to 2020 – 25
Profile 2021 – 2025 – 1,225
Profile 2026 – 2030 – 2,250
Profile 2031 – 2035 – 2,250
Profile future years – 6,250
SDC say they along with Cozumel Estates Ltd (BVI) will deliver 12,000 homes across the site above, with or without funding and Cllr Monk has publicly stated he'll cut SDC services to make Otterpool Park a reality.
With the Housing Infrastructure Funding (HIF) the rate of house building is estimated to be three times that of a scenario without HIF funding.
Now of course, this is only a guideline as things could easily change. If interest rates rise thing could become more expensive. There may or maynot be a Judicial Review to factor into all of the above; which could slow down or halt the whole process.
It is anticipated Forward Funding Bid applicants will be informed if they have been short-listed for the next stage – the co-development phase from March 2018. However, as is made clear in the HIF prospectus moving onto the co-development stage does not constitute an offer of HIF Funding. Details of the co-development phase will be provided with notification of short-listing. So SDC might be short-listed but that doesn't in itself mean they will get any money or the amount they asked for.
Now presently SDC are having archaeological trenches (pictured below) dug on their land near to Otterpool Lane. An desk based assessment Archaeology Report was undertaken on Folkestone Racecourse in 2010, when the then owners wished to build homes on the site. The application was rejected by the Planning Inspectorate. Such reports and investigations can be a necessity of planning law. When we visited the site, not to long ago, there were literally about 20 – 25 trenches. We have discovered that something has been found in the one or more of the trenches, exactly what we cannot divulge presently. Whether it turns out to be significant we'll have to wait and see. 😉
In the infrastructure list set out above, Water Works is listed, now water in belongs to Affinity Water across Shepway and water out, Southern Water. Despite an operating profit of £258 million, Southern Water in 2016/17 paid no corporation tax in the UK, yes you read that correctly they paid £0 corporation tax.
The Paradise Papers revealed Southern water Services Ltd paid £133.6 million in interest during 2016/17 to its Cayman Island subsidiary, Southern Water Services (Finances) and that Southern Water ended the financial year 16/17 with a tax credit of £84.9 million. Southern Water have already declared your household bills will increase by an average of £6 in 2017–18. So at least something is still flowing freely, just not to HMRC and thus the people of the UK.
Now in our last update about Otterpool we mentioned a Judicial Review case heard at the Royal Courts of Justice on the 25th & 26th of Oct 2017 by Justice Ouseley CO/3713/2017 between Gordon Peters (On behalf of the Stop the Haringey Development Vehicle Campaign Group) Claimant -and- London Borough of Haringey -and Lendlease Europe Holdings Limited – Interested Party.
The first ground of dispute was:
Is it lawful for the Council to set up the HDV as an LLP (rather than a company)
The judgment has now been handed down by Justice Ouseley who has found that it is lawful for a Council to set up an Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). It is not clear cut, but there is a route through enabling the use of an LLP which provides options for Council's up and down the land seeking to find ways to make ends meet and where they are NOT primarily acting for a commercial purpose, but in a commercial manner. The two are vastly different.
At the Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday 31st Jan 2018, Cabinet members voted to take the option to pursue a corporate joint venture option and obtain further detailed financial, commercial and legal advice, including state aid, before the council commits itself to entering into such an arrangement." They also set out what the terminology for the concept of profit for Otterpool Park; was, that being:
"the value or profit available after meeting all the requirements of the initial outline planning application and future reserved matter approvals and further planning permissions"
This in our eyes demonstrates that any LLP set up by SDC and their partner, Cozumel Estates Ltd (BVI) will not be primarily set up for a commercial purpose.
A corporate joint venture vehicle – via a a limited liability partnership ("LLP) – SDC's preferred option – is now a viable option for SDC and its partner, due to the judgment in the Haringey case.
However, if Cozumel were to pull out at some point in the future which is possible, then setting up an LLP, with just yourself, is not a legal point dealt with in the Judicial Review, but could so easily become one, as the word "Partnership" makes clear you need a partner.
Tenders are currently being sought for the advice which includes legal, financial and commercial advice as SDC have given themselves the powers in a vote of 9 – 0 to spend up to £350,000; which has been delegated to the Head of Strategic Developments – Andy Jarrett (pictured) . The amounts are broken down as follows:
Legal advice: to include consideration of alternative forms of entity; governance arrangements; funding mechanisms; procurement; contractual terms of the entity and future Development Agreements an strategic planning legal advice; stamp duty; legality/ powers to act; due diligence; (est up to £180,000)
Financial advice to include: VAT, Corporation tax and SDLT; borrowing/ treasury; financial legal; financial modelling; independent review; loan agreements (est up to £100,000).
Commercial and delivery: viability assessment; soft market testing; outline business case preparation (est up to £70,000).
Justice Ouseley's judgment now makes it easier for SDC to set up an LLP with Cozumel Estates Limited (BVI) and others as Otterpool Park progresses.
Now funnily enough, Private Eye's article where-there's-muck there's brass plates (page 2), consider a fair percentage of LLP's to be the "international criminal's corruption vehicle of choice" which has an "ugly pedigree" and for as little as £79.99.
Now of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to any company/corporate body arrangement. For LLP's the most important document is the agreement between the parties. It needs to be very clearly drafted otherwise there could be serious issues down the line for any party involved as a member of the LLP. Also an LLP must of course keep accounting records. These must contain:
entries showing all money received and expended by the LLP
a record of the assets and liabilities of the LLP
An LLP must keep its accounting records at its registered office address or a place that the members think suitable. So our question is, where will this "office" be and will the accounts form part of the public inspection rights we as citizens currently have to inspect SDC's accounts under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015? This position has not been clarified by SDC yet. LLPs must keep accounting records for 3 years only from the date they were made. So in 5 years time, if there is no record of them how can we see SDC's income and expenditure in the LLP?
So some simple questions are:
Is the HIF bid for Shepway District Council alone, or will Cozumel Estates Ltd ( BVI) owned by the Reuben Brothers (pictured) – who according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2017 are worth 14 billion, benefit from the HIF Bid too?
Have SDC factored in any legal challenge costs?
Will the accounts of the LLP be open to public inspection, as are SDC's accounts?
Should Otterpool Park be renamed as Offshore Park, as possibly more offshore companies may come on board?
It raises many other questions and no doubt you might have plenty too. However, they cannot be answered until we all have the detail, as that is where the devil is, as the saying goes.
You can forward any question you may have to:
jennifer dot hollingsbee at shepway dot gov dot uk – (pictured below left)
david dot monk at shepway dot gov dot uk
alistair dot stewart at shepway dot gov dot uk and;
dick dot pascoe at shepway dot gov dot uk – (pictured far right)
The Shepwayvox Team
The information contained in this blogpost is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter contained herein.
There are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any people, companies or other entities included this blogspot have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly.


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Hold on to your cowboy hats, Clockblockers!
Timeless' Goran Visnjic is traveling back in time… again!
Not looking to have him wander too far from his network home, NBC has cast the versatile Croatian actor in a recurring role on This Is Us. Visnjic is set to play Beth's (Susan Kelechi Watson) teacher Vincent, making his debut – along with fellow new cast member Phylicia Rashad – in an upcoming episode that sheds light on Beth's past.
In an interview with our good friends at Entertainment Weekly, Watson teased viewers on what they can expect from the episode:
"We're going to get the full story, and it's about where she goes from here. Now that we know what's been bothering her, what's been in on her mind, and where she finally wants to go, now what is she going to do?"
We've been tense ever since Beth and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) fought in the midseason finale – and then flash-forward teasers made us even more nervous when it seems like Randall and Beth end up apart. She's in a dance studio, while Randall meets up with adult Tess (Iantha Richardson) to go visit a mystery woman – someone she does not want to see.
I'm very eager to learn about Beth's backstory. Was Beth romantically involved with Vincent? Does Randall know about him? What if Vincent shows up in the present when Randall and Beth's relationship is on the rocks? Will he trade his gun for dancing shoes?
My mind is spinning with scenarios and I'm already swooning! *Squee*
One thing is for sure: Timeless fans will be thrilled to see Visnjic in action after sobbing over Garcia Flynn's heart-breaking redemption arc in Timeless' "The Miracle of Christmas".
NBC's This Is Us Season 3 returns on Tuesday, January 15 at 9 p.m. EST.
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Tips for opening your first bank account in Canada
Not sure how banking works in Canada and which bank to open your account with? I am no expert in retail banking but would like to share my experience of doing the same and outline the priorities you might want to consider. Let us first quickly initiate you into the banking system of Canada.
Banking in Canada
Banking is certainly a mature sector and a oligopoly as almost all prominent banks have evolved for more than 150 years of their existence. Top five banks, as they are typically called, are Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), TD Bank, Bank of Montreal (BMO), CIBC and Scotiabank. It is believed that Canada has the highest number of ATM's per capita in the world. The big five cumulatively hold more than $100 billion in assets and leave very little on the table for rest of the tier-II banks. Canadian banks are perhaps the most conservative in the world and hence survived the 2008 crisis without a single meltdown. In fact some of them bought a lot of smaller banks/branches at that time to initiate a healthy expansion especially in US. The Canadian Federal Government has tightly controlled the regulations very closely in Canada when compared to the regulations in US. However, that also means that effective competition has given way to a monopolistic behaviour. The bottomline being that don't expect to find great deals and freebies but be prepared to shell out money for almost every service. Even ordering a cheque book will set you back by a couple of dollars.
Types of retail banking accounts
Typically bank accounts are categorised into Savings and Chequing account.
Chequing account: It is the primary channel used for daily transactions like making transfers, paying your bills, depositing payrolls, depositing cheques etc. You can draw a cheque, make debit purchases, withdraw cash and send e-transfers. Most banks charge a fee on chequing accounts but it may be waived off for a year or so for newcomers or if you maintain some minimum balance in the account. Please be careful and read the fine print as most banks would only offer a limited number of transactions as free. Chequing accounts normally don't pay any interest on the deposits.
Savings account: Their primary purpose of this account is to store large amounts of funds for long periods of time. The key benefit being that it offers a higher interest rate on the deposits. Banks would limit the number of free transactions every month on this account and be sure to read the fine print carefully. You might be charged some monthly fee as well. Withdrawing cash from a savings account through an ATM may likely get you charged as well. You cannot write cheques on it or make debit purchases. Hence it utility is quite restricted.
Thus Savings account would typically be used to park your extra funds while you will be using your chequing account to conduct day-to-day transactions.
Documents required to open a bank account
If you are a newcomer who has just landed in Canada, you can use your SIN and the stamped Confirmation of Permanent Residence along with your passport (as your proof of Identity) to open a bank account. Read here to find an exhaustive list of documents allowed to open one. You may also be asked your Canadian address where subsequent communication like statements and mails would be sent. Please do give a physical address and have someone carefully store your monthly bank statements. The statements that you receive through the physical mail is considered a valid proof of address for other services like applying for an OHIP number later.
Things to consider while opening a bank account
- Credit Card: It is extremely important for you to start building your credit history in Canada as soon as possible. You need a decent credit score to be eligible for even basic things like a postpaid telecom number, renting a place of your own or any other kind of loan facility. Thus your top priority is to get a credit card with maximum possible credit limit. Almost everyone makes transactions here using their credit cards to help build that history and use of cash is somewhat limited in shopping activities. There are two ways of receiving a credit facility from your bank. Pre-paid credit limit where you will be required to deposit say $2000 into the bank in to be eligible for a credit card with a $2000 credit limit. Thus there is no effective credit here but you still have to do it as you need to start building a credit score. For those who land here on a skilled immigration visa like Express Entry, most banks would offer you a credit limit like $2000 right-away without any required deposits. Make sure that you shop around to find yourself the bank that is offering you the highest possible credit limit. Your credit score is also a function of how much of the credit facility you utilise every month and typically a utilisation of around 30% is considered good. But if you utilise say 70% or 100% of the limit that you have, your credit score will be negatively impacted. Having a larger limit like $3000 helps as utilising $1000 would leave you at a sweet spot of 33%.
- Fees and charges: Definitely shop around and negotiate for the maximum period for which you can get free account services without incurring monthly charges. Be careful to look at both the monthly fees, transaction charges, ATM fees, fees for international transfers etc.
- Freebies: Almost all banks have promotional offers exclusively for newcomers so please search for what kind of offers are being run when you land. Some of them would entice you to subscribe to a higher fee plan by offering a freebie like an iPad but please be wary of such offers and objectively calculate the benefits accrued to you over a period of time.
How to transfer money from your Forex card to your bank account
In case you brought a substantial part of your proof of funds on a Forex card, you may easily deposit that into your bank account. When I got my account opened, I was immediately provided a temporary debit card to conduct transactions at ATM's while I received the Credit card later on in my snail mail. You can simply withdraw cash from the Forex card and deposit into your account. There might be a small $ fee for that. Alternatively, you may request the banking advisor servicing you to transfer the money online from the Forex card to your new bank account directly but please enquire the fee that you may be levied in advance.
Please do not consider this article as any form of financial advise or recommendation. If this article was helpful to you, do let me know under the comments. Thanks for reading!!


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Striped Crochet Flower Tutorial
Today we are going to learn to crochet a beautiful striped flower. The tutorial is very detailed and explanations are easy to follow to someone familiar with basic crochet techniques. I myself found the tutorial to be quite easy and made the flower according to guidelines within the short period of time. I believe that all of you are going to enjoy the tutorial and make absolutely amazingly looking flowers for yourself. There is absolutely no need to be frightened because of the sophisticated look of the finished project, it comes quite easy to be careful and motivated enough. Remember to enjoy the crocheting process because in the end it is really the only thing that matters.
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There is a ton of information to keep up with in academia as news surrounding academic publishing, higher education, and technological innovations continues to surface and develop. In an effort to capture a snapshot of some of the top stories this month, we thought it would be helpful to compile a July overview.
Below are some of the top stories that caught the Scholastica team's attention. Do you have any articles or blog posts to suggest adding? Let us know!
Open Access Publishing
Open and Shut?: The Subversive Proposal at 20
Richard Poynder interviews cognitive scientist Stevan Harnad about the future of the open access movement, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Harnad's Subversive Proposal.
The Scholarly Kitchen: Open Access Publication Gains Acceptance with Authors, Licenses Still Problematic
Phil Davis, independent researcher and publishing consultant, reviews the 2014 Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey, which reveals a growing acceptance of the benefits of OA publishing. Yet, some concerns remain among authors about commercial re-use of their work.
Wired: Incentivizing Peer Review: The Last Obstacle for Open Access Science
Jeffrey Marlow speaks with Academia.edu founder Richard Price about the crippling effects high-priced journal subscriptions are having on research foundations around the world.
TechnoLlama: Academic Publishers Draft and Release Their Own Open Access Licenses
Andrés Guadamuz, senior intellectual property lecturer at University of Sussex, covers the new set of open access publishing licenses released by The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) this month.
July also brought some significant updates to the Open Access Directory, which Peter Suber shared via Google+. Additionally, the World Health Organization (WHO), announced a new policy on open access: from July 1 on all WHO staff articles must be published OA.
For more stories related to open access publishing check out The Open Access Button blog's Week in Links
Data Sharing
LSE, The Impact Blog: Maximizing the value of research data: developing incentives and changing cultures
Dave Carr and Natalie Banner of the Wellcome Trust highlight key findings and recommendations from the Expert Advisory Group on Data Access' (EAGDA) work towards encouraging greater support of data sharing and rewards for significant data contributions.
EDUCAUSE Review: Issues in Open Access to Research
Mark Hahnel, founder of Figshare, explores the landscape of academic research sharing and outlines benefits, concerns, and current roadblocks for researchers.
University World News: EuroScience 2014 – Building bridges, opening access
Jan Petter Myklebust reports on the 2014 EuroScience Open Forum, which was themed "Science Building Bridges" and aimed at opening access to scientific research.
Following the EuroScience Open Forum the European Commission released a press release calling the public to express ideas and opinions about "Science 2.0," a term they are using to describe the globalization of science and digital data. "Science 2.0" embraces changes in publishing practice and digital data sharing.
Publication Metrics
The Scholarly Kitchen: NISO Vets Research on Altmetrics
Judy Luther, President of Informed Strategies, details the results and implications of the National Information Standards Organization's (NISO) study of altmetrics, concerning developing scholarly practices and standards to support the growing adoption of alternative metrics.
LSE, The Impact Blog: Altmetrics may be able to help in evaluating societal reach, but research significance must be peer reviewed
Kim Holmberg, postdoctoral research associate at VU University Amsterdam, explores the potential of alternative metrics in measuring the impact of research in the public sphere. At the same time Holmberg questions where and how authors can draw the line between promoting their work and gaming the altmetrics.
LSE, The Impact Blog: Across all fields, Open Access articles in Swedish repository have a higher citation rate that non-OA articles
Lars Kullman, of Chalmers University of Technology, discusses his findings on whether there is a possible citation advantage for open access articles across disciplines.
For more citations related stories check out Impact Story's Open Science & Altmetrics Monthly Roundup.
Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education: 11 University and Library Groups Release Net-Neutrality Principles
Avi Wolfman-Arent reports on colleges and university libraries across the country calling for the Federal Communications Commission to stop proposed changes to net-neutrality.
ACRL, College and Research Libraries News: Top Trends in Academic Libraries
The Association of College and Research Libraries breaks down the top trends and concerns affecting academic libraries.
JISC Blog: Let's get serious about Wikipedia
JISC's Martin Poulter covers current and untapped benefits of Wikipedia for students and university libraries.
**Inside Higher Ed:**And of course July brought us the soccer World Cup! Inside Higher Ed's Joshua Kim shares 5 Higher Ed Lessons from the World Cup.
Also in open access news, the following open access articles were published on Scholastica!:
Recent Advances in Biology and Medicine : Physiological and Morphological responses of Phaseolus vulgaris causes by mercury stress under lab conditions by, Jot Sharma and Shilpa Shrivastava
Strategic Leadership Review: Explaining Rapidly Growing Companies – the "Berlin Innovation and Growth (BIG) Model" by, Matthias Tomenendal


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You stop by your local urgent care facility and the wait is estimated at over an hour— which quickly turns into two, maybe more. If only there was a way to proceed with your day and be alerted when your appointment is coming up. Well, your wish is Clockwise.MD's command: this startup's virtual queue management software holds your spot in line and sends you live updates on wait times.
Clockwise.MD's leaders, also Venture Atlanta alumni, say that if on-demand food delivery apps can estimate to the minute how long it will be until your dinner arrives, that same principle should be applied to healthcare. Their software is already used at over 1,300 urgent cares and ERs, including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Patients skip the wait and the healthcare facility gets better ratings and patient retention. Win-win.
But this startup is not all work, no play. Take a look at their adorable About page featuring employees' pets. "We're very dog friendly, says CEO Mike Burke. "Our folks really like to have a lot of fun."
Burke talks to Hypepotamus about the importance of validating your idea, his best funding advice and what's next for the medtech startup.
How did you come up with the idea for Clockwise.MD?
I got an idea from one of my friends who is a cardiologist: he had this idea about going to a restaurant and knowing how long before your food would be ready. I said, I think it might be more compelling if you can take the kernel of that idea and apply it to healthcare. I went to a startup weekend event, recruited a couple of young engineers to join the team and did the nights and weekends thing for a little while.
We looked at other industries that have made substantial progress in customer experience and we tried to apply those concepts to healthcare. Healthcare traditionally has not been a customer service-driven industry until very recently and it's still in its very early stages of having that sort of customer focus.
Once you had that idea kernel, how did you validate your idea?
We were pretty big advocates of the Lean Startup Methodology approach. Our break was when we signed for a medical trade show in the urgent care industry. It generated a lot of attention and we got quite a number of leads. From that one show, very early on, we got about five or six decent-sized customers. We needed those early customers to help us not only refine the product and learn what features it needed, but also how to pitch it and communicate to prospective customers what impact it could have on their business.
You raised a round in late 2015 after being self-funded. What's your current funding situation?
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I think it's always best to avoid taking outside investment whenever you possibly can for a couple of important reasons. One obvious reason is it allows you to keep control of your company. For example, our outside investor has been a fantastic partner and they've been very helpful to us, but we still largely control the company.
What's your pitch to both the patient and the facility?
Clockwise lets you skip the wait in the waiting room. It will allow you to make a reservation or an appointment from the web (on the clinic's web app, for example) and then it will keep you up to date for when you need to come into the facility via text message. It's what we call a virtual queue.
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What's next for Clockwise.MD?
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If you're in Atlanta this week for AmericasMart, be sure to stop by Accent Decor booth. The company responsible for a long list of the industry's most intriguing containers and accessories (including the Celfie vase) will be celebrating its 20th anniversary at the annual wholesale gift show.
Co-founder Margaret Hofland took a few minutes to chat with Florist 2.0 about Accent Decor's history, growth and philanthropic endeavors.
The journey actually began in 1956, when John G. Hofland, a young entrepreneur from Holland, and his wife Hendrika, opened a small greenhouse operation in Mississauga, Ontario. The couple sold their flowers to the Toronto market and, as the business grew, began importing flowers from Hofland to complement production. In the 1970s, Hofland expanded into hard goods, with basic pottery items and floral supplies.
The Hofland's son, Frank, grew up immersed in the business. Margaret joined the company while she was in art school. They married in 1982 and have been partners in business and in life ever since.
Early in his career, "Frank saw a need for more than basic containers in flower shops," Margaret said. "His father trusted him to travel the globe to find, import and sell unusual products to complement the quality and selection of flowers Holland was known for."
In 1997, Frank and Margaret took a leap of faith and started their own company dedicated to containers and accessories for the floral industry. They chose Atlanta, Georgia, Margaret said, because the AmericasMart showroom attracted buyers, the city was a good location for shipping, "and the weather was much warmer!" They packed up their kids and their belongings, said goodbye to their family and friends in Canada, and headed south.
Accent Décor began with a 1,500-square foot showroom, an empty 6,000-square-foot warehouse, no employees, no inventory, "and 7 days till the first market!" Margaret said. Nonetheless, the company's debut was a success.
"Then, with a laptop, and boxes as makeshift desks, our girls playing roller hockey in the empty warehouse, and a vision of changing the floral industry in America, we got started and hired a handful of employees," Margaret said.
A lot has happened in 20 years. Accent Decor has grown into a group of more than 80 talented people, four showrooms with more than 30,000 square feet, a 240,000-square-foot warehouse, and more than $35 million in annual sales.
Frank continues working with a team scouring the globe for new items, always keeping the floral industry on the forefront. Margaret has now moved to a new position as Director of Philanthropy. Daughter Sarah Bagle has taken over Margaret's role as Creative Director. She and her talented team work the Accent Decor line from concept to completion, finding and developing the items. They are also kept very busy building inspiring presentations, and new concepts for marketing, and changing perceptions by integrating video with social media marketing.
Accent Décor's success is made possible by dedicated team members working together, along with a stream of loyal customers. Team leaders and members work hard picking products, designing and showing them off, taking orders, receiving shipments and sending them off to florists. "They are passionate about making our customers happy and AD fans," Margaret said. "And that is the key to our success."
"We hope that Accent Décor has changed the floral industry with amazing product and awesome customer service," she continued. "We are proud to serve our loyal customers who have made it possible for us to grow and support our local and global communities. Our customers allow us to feed, food, and house homeless families and get kids off the street and onto the beach for a summer break. You are even helping build tiny heart valves, physical therapy for brain and spinal injuries, and teaching kids in West Africa how to read! Thank you for being a part in our journey."


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Everything in our known universe is made up of or emits, light and information, or energy and consciousness. That means your body is not only made up of these energies, but it is consistently and continuously sending and receiving light and information or energy and consciousness.
The energy centers in your body are centers of information. Each center has a plexus of neurons that is correlated to a particular gland in your body. Whenever these plexuses of neurons become incoherent, it is because the brain has become incoherent. When this happens, the plexuses of neurons begin to change the hormonal expression and nerve conductivity of the different corresponding organs, tissues, and cells throughout the body.
During this guided meditation, you'll begin to activate your autonomic nervous system so that your energy centers of your body are more in balance and the energy field around your body is balanced as well.
Dr. Joe will be asking you to rest your awareness in each of the body's 1st – 7th centers and then the space above your head and the field around your body. When he asks you to put your attention on each of the centers, don't try to create anything, just become aware of that center. Then, Dr. Joe will guide you with instructions during your state of coherence, to create your transformation.
"Your job is to raise the frequency of matter with new information. And we know from all of the research that's available, along with the experience in our workshops, that if you combined a clear intention with an elevated emotion you will begin to affect matter." – Dr. Joe Dispenza
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Here are some great introductory videos on the Elements of Thought and the nine Intellectual Standards. For those who wish to master their lives, they will first need to master how thinking works, and how thinking improves and becomes more objective—after all, we do live in a mental universe governed by thought. "The All is mind; the Universe is mental." ~The Kybalion, the First Hermetic Principle; Mentalism Click HERE for […] Read more »
The Seven Hermetic Principles – The First Law of Mentalism
Interested in learning about mysticism and Natural Law? This is the first in an eight part series on the Seven Hermetic Principles, which are what comprise the "Law of Attraction" and are known as "Natural Law". These seven guiding principles are the metric in which we can align our lives, so that we might experience a powerful and harmonious experience while here in a physical form. Join Nathan and Aline, […] Read more »
Exoteric vs Esoteric Spirituality
I see a lot of "teachers" who are exoteric (externalized) in their worldview, aka, they are approaching spirituality through the lens of a materialism, even if they are rebelling against it. Unfortunately, just because they may be rebelling against the effects of materialism doesn't mean that they have corrected the false paradigm from their thinking. Whereas materialism is exoteric, mysticism is esoteric (internalized), and deals with the inner world of […] Read more »


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