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Coaxing Auto Makers to Go Electric
What will it take to get more electric cars on American roads? Lots of federal cash and maybe the auto-industry version of a "buy one, get one free" deal.
The Obama administration is proposing to spur production of electric cars with a "build one, get one free" offer: Build one "zero emission" battery-powered vehicle, and get to count it as up to two vehicles when figuring the average fuel efficiency of a new-vehicle fleet.
The details of federal fuel economy rules are what those of us who refused to take math and science classes in college will be forced to read in purgatory. But government and industry officials familiar with the proposal say it works something like this:
Say Green Motors Co. builds 200 cars that emit 300 grams of carbon dioxide a mile, and 50 all-electric cars that don't burn any petroleum to operate. Those electric cars would get a rating of 0 grams of carbon per mile, and the car maker could use a multiplier of 1.2 to 2 when counting them toward a fleet-wide average calculation. So, in the best case for the car maker, 50 electric vehicles becomes 100. And instead of averaging 300 grams per mile per vehicle, Green Motors' fleet averages 200 grams per mile per vehicle—even though the company did nothing to the bulk of its vehicles.
That's a crude illustration, but it represents a scenario that has provoked concern from environmental groups in recent hearings conducted by Environmental Protection Agency officials in several cities, including Detroit.
"We believe the credit for a vehicle should be commensurate with its environmental benefit," says Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign in Washington, D.C. Electric vehicles are cleaner than most cars, Mr. Becker says, but they aren't strictly zero-emission cars. The electricity comes from somewhere, and in much of the U.S., that means a power plant burning coal.
Boosting Fuel Efficiency
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents 11 of the biggest auto makers in the U.S. market, has testified for the credits as proposed. "The ability to earn, trade and bank credits" by producing electric and hybrid vehicles "is essential to meeting the goals of the national program," which calls for auto makers to boost the average fuel efficiency of their fleets to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, says Charles Territo, an Alliance spokesman.
The next two to three years could see the arrival in force of a new generation of electrified vehicles. More than a dozen car makers have announced plans to offer battery-powered vehicles in the U.S. by 2013, among them Ford Motor Co.'s Focus BEV ("battery electric vehicle") and Nissan Motor Co.'s LEAF. Chrysler LLC and Volkswagen AG also plan electric models, according to the Electric Drive Transportation Association, an electric-vehicle trade group in Washington, D.C.
Some upstarts are already out with electric vehicles, including Tesla Motors Inc., or plan to bring vehicles to market in the next year or two, among them a California company called Coda Automotive, which counts among its backers former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Throw in partially electric vehicles—plug-in hybrids such as General Motors Co.'s Chevy Volt and similar models promised by Toyota Motor Corp. (which makes the Prius, the bestselling hybrid on the market), Chinese auto maker BYD Co. and U.S.-based Fisker Automotive Inc.—and people who want to drive a car that can go a long distance without burning petroleum will have the widest array of choices since the early 1920s.
Betting on Buyers
This outpouring of new electrified cars is a testimonial to the new mantra in Washington—policy creates markets. The U.S. government has committed billions in taxpayers' money to the proposition that American consumers will embrace electric vehicles in substantial numbers if car makers can just overcome the high start-up costs to build them.
The long-term question is whether a market dependent on government subsidies—financial and regulatory—can sustain itself without them.
The proposed extra fuel-economy credit for electric vehicles is supposed to end in 2016—by which time, presumably, mass-market demand will be self-sustaining. But the economic and performance advantages of gasoline-fueled internal-combustion engines could take longer to overcome than that.
One reason car makers are racing to get electric vehicles into the market is that "advanced technology" vehicles produced ahead of 2012 can generate credits auto makers can bank and use to reduce their overall fleet average—and cover temporarily a failure to achieve the mileage targets in the real world. Manufacturers that accumulate more credits than they need can sell them to a rival, offering another potential way to cover the costs for developing new green technology.
Make no mistake. Green is what this is all about—greenbacks, that is. Auto makers, particularly Detroit's battered giants, have no choice but to meet the government's demands for high mileage, high-tech cars. But they are still worried these cars will cost too much to sell profitably, especially if gas remains comparatively cheap.
"The business equation ... to make electric vehicles work doesn't exist without something like this," says Nancy Gioia, director of Ford's effort to offer electric vehicles world-wide, referring to the credit program. Customers want to see the extra money they pay for advanced technology recouped in fuel-cost savings in "at most three years," Ms. Gioia says, or even less.
That can't happen unless car makers can offset the costs of advanced batteries, exotic materials and extra engineering that goes into an electric car, enabling them to sell it for less.
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Hungerthon is an annual Thanksgiving radio tradition started in 1975 by WhyHunger to raise awareness about hunger and poverty and to invest in long-term solutions that help people in need in communities across America.
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ratio limits in Oklahoma?
I've been at a hospital for 4 months now and am working on a general medical floor. Like every facility, there are problems. However, there have been a lot of staffing issues that scare me. I recently had a day when I was assigned 9 patients at the start of shift, with an LPN taking the team with me. However, our facility doesn't allow LPNs to administer any medications through central lines of any kind or ports and 5 of the 9 had this type of access. She also had broken her wrist the night before and was extremely limited in being able to administer medication. They are also not allowed to do assessments, admissions or discharges. Over the course of the day, I had 5 discharges, 2 admissions from ER and an ICU transfer. 3 of my patients got blood tranfusions oredered within about 1 hour of each other and my LPN couldn't do those either. I kept asking for help and was told they couldn't do it. But we had one nurse who had been on-call all day and another that was sent home in the middle of the shift because she had discharged her whole team! The 3 transfusions were insane, along with my other patients who were all very acute (no walky-talky patients here!) I've never had such a situation where I was asking for help and refused because "you have an LPN with you" but she was barely able to function and I made this known. I was NOT safe that day, broke down twice in tears. I can't find any info about ratios in Oklahoma. Does anybody know about patient limits? I've talked to several people who say their facility has limits on the number of blood transfusions that can do at the same time while taking care of other patients. We don't have that. This is not an isolated incident, but is my most recent. I'm taking my concerns to administration but was wondering about other facilities.
Sorry this is long, I've just been very upset about the working conditions and staffing lately.
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Specialty: Level III cardiac/telemetryApr 27, '09Wow Lana. I have no idea about ratios, and that is such a good question. Have you called and talked to someone at the BON...I would imagine they should know?
I graduated a year ago with my RN and got out of the hospital asap....I really do understand your concerns.
Let us know what you find out.Apr 30, '09I'm sorry about your experience. I'm a LPN that works at a hospital that doesnt really care whose a LPN or a RN. That could be a good thing, but a bad thing. One night they tried to give me two patients with transusions, I threw a fit. That is just too dangerous.Apr 30, '09Yes, most hospitals have ratios... They are really just more of recommendations though in my experience. (Especially in the ER) I'm sorry that happened to you. It is really a patient safety/license safety issue. Throw a fit! If your charge nurse didn't respond in an appropriate manner to your direct request for help because of a safety issue. Go to the manager then director then whoever else. Yes, it is painful, but if you feel strongly about this, stand up for it. Because eventually, you will get used to it and it will feel normal to you to be abused like that, and it shouldn't be that way. Same thing happened to me for 7 years.... You don't realize how wrong it is until you experience something different! Good luck!May 5, '09I am a new grad and was offered a position and was told the ratio was 1 nurse to 7-9 patients... I walked away and took another position at a different hospital that offers 1 to 3... it's out there and you need to leave that dangerous situation. Good luck!May 5, '09Thanks everyone. I talked to our clinical instructor and manager about this and they say it's being addressed. I would love to leave this position and find something else, but that would mean at least a 45 minute drive since this is the only hospital and we're in a small town. But I'm keeping my eyes open for other options.May 15, '09Hey. . .I simply wanted to add my $0.02 on this issue.
I am a Texas LVN/LPN who attends an RN program in Oklahoma City. There are absolutely no legally mandated nurse/patient ratios anywhere in the entire country with the exception of California. California is the only state with ratio laws. The remaining 49 states have no legally mandated ratio limits at all.
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Today, at our Learning Leaders meeting, we reflected on the need for schools to develop a Target. A Target is a one-page document that clearly states the school's goals for instructional improvement. People who are involved in knowledge-work are more likely to embrace these organizational goals if they have say in their creation. This collaboration is often a balancing act between freedom and structure. It is my opinion, when any team, staff, or professional organization embarks on developing goals they are in fact creating a powerful FOCUS.
"Focus sets a purposeful direction, brings meaning to our work, and helps us make better choices. In work-life, you can either be the hammer or the nail. You can apply force and energy where you want it to go, or you can react to outside forces. The more you react instead of act, the harder it is to set your own direction. A collaboratively developed target gets all on the same page, keeps us on an agreed upon course and sets a positive direction for a team. A typical school day can be packed with many things to do, many of which have nothing to do with a well designed plan. When your mind and efforts are scattered like that, nothing gets done well, and some high priorities may get set aside or forgotten. With focus, distractions are kept to a minimum and your days are spent in a meaningful way. Motivation is high. You have control and success will follow." Learning Leaders Google Group


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The South African Journal of Sports Medicine (S. Afr. j. sports med) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, letters and case studies on topics related to the disciplines represented by the South African Sports Medicine Association. One volume is published a year with articles added as they are ready for publication. These disciplines include sports medicine, biokinetics, physiotherapy, exercise and sports science, dietetics and psychology. Material that is particularly unique and relevant to South Africa and its inhabitants are given preference; however, any other material of general interest and relevance will also be considered.
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- New format of the South African Journal of Sports Medicine
- The use of negative pressure wave treatment in athlete recovery
- Injury incidence and characteristics in South African school first team rugby: A case study
- The prevalence, risk factors predicting injury and the severity of injuries sustained during competition in professional mixed martial arts in Africa
- The forgotten coracoid: A case report of a coracoid fracture in a male cyclist
- Targeting sedentary behaviour for behavioural change: Opportunities for new strategies
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Texas ranks near the top of the nation in weather-related property damage each year. A large portion of this damage is caused by flooding. Homeowners policies do not cover flood damage. To protect yourself from losses caused by most flooding, you can purchase a separate flood insurance policy from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Local insurance agents sell NFIP flood policies and can tell you about the program in your area. For more information, call NFIP.
If a lender determines that a property is at a high risk of flooding (called being in a "special flood hazard area"), it will require you to purchase flood insurance. A special flood hazard area has a 1 percent chance of being flooded in any given year. NFIP defines a flood as an excess of water on land that is normally dry, including overflow of inland or tidal waters.
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Tue, 28 May 2013
Preached at Island Community Church on May 26th, 2013.
The Lord Jesus says, "The kingdom of heaven is like..."
Join us today for the Gospelstudy podcast as we listen intently to our Lord, and His word!
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Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we see the Apostle Paul totally abolishing the Old Testament ceremonial law, and replaces it with the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, and He being made a curse for us. Join us!
Gal 5:2-4 "Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. (3) And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. (4) You have become estranged from Christ, you who are justified by law; you have fallen from grace."
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"Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free, and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1)
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we look once again at freedom versus bondage (Law).
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"Tell me, you who wish to be under the law, do you not hear the law?" (Gal 4:21)
Once again we find the Apostle Paul showing us the purpose of the Law, and the reminder that we, believers in Christ, are no longer under that Law! Join us today for the Gospelstudy podcast!
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Jesus said, "It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; (29) but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:28-29).
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we go back to Genesis 19, and we discover what the real sin was in Sodom, which caused God to destroy the city, and just about all of its inhabitants: Homosexuals.
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Mon, 20 May 2013
Jesus said that just as it was in the days of Lot, so will it be when He returns.
How was it in the days of Lot? The town was overrun by homosexuals, who bullied the righteous Lot, and told him to stop judging them. Sounds alot like today.
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Jesus said that not only would the last days resemble the last days of Noah, but He said that the last days would resemble the final days of Lot as well.
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Today we look at Matthew 24:32, and the Parable of the Fig Tree. Join us for the Gospelstudy podcast!
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Today we see a transaction take place at our salvation: We are now known by God!
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Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we look at the WHEN-HOW & WHY of God's adopting us into His family.
"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, (Gal 4:4)
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Peace Village renovation project
After one month and a half in Peace Village, I can say that I'm living such a rich experience here. I had the opportunity to meet many Thai volunteers and foreigner, always so kind… You learn a lot about Thai culture and how to manage an association. At the beginning it wasn't easy for me especially because it's really different here from my country but I got used to it quickly and we have so much fun between volunteers.
I'm glad to choose to come in Thailand because Thai people are so nice, welcoming then always ready to help you.
In March I did farming, we planted banana trees, I saw another way to grow up mushrooms, green beans and morning glory. I helped Bird to build his clay house for the renovation of Peace Village then some painting.
VSA has many short camps and when you are long term volunteer you have chance to join those camp. So I helped to build a public building in school and my best experience has been teaching. I've been teaching in Non Formal Education and for a teacher training.
Right now, we have started to do VSA Education in Peace Village on April, I enjoy it. It's hard someday with kids, but I learn from my mistake and try to do better the next day.
Then, I'll finish by talking about what I've seen around during my free time. I've been to Buddhist community one weekend, we stayed with monks it was so interesting to see their life and I've been to Patthalung, another province. Then I've seen Songkhla beach with coconut ice cream! .. Monkey temple and the beautiful view of the sea when you go up, Water falls, Songkhla zoo where a seal kiss me, Hat Yai city.. many things!
And the next will be Thai New Year this weekend!! J
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What Did It Cost to Be Kanye This Week?
Fur pillows: $240
Suppose you had the energy, means, and lack of good sense to try to live like Kanye West for a week — how much would it cost you? Now that he's on Twitter and cataloging his hourly expenditures, we can finally know. Today, on the six-day anniversary of Kanye's inaugural tweet, we've estimated and added up the prices of everything he's claimed to have spent money on (not included: things he wants, but does not seem to have actually bought yet, like this awesome goblet and the Palace of Versailles). Our scrupulous math, after the jump.
yooooooo it's been a busy day.. heading to Asia now... I'll get some pics when I land!!!
Flight to Asia: About $1,000
Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on
Fur pillow: $240
pic coming from lunch a couple days ago http://williamyan.com/
Lunch with Jay-Z at Nello: $200 (or about $100 per person)
No seriously ... I said my teeth are real diamonds... these are not fronts... I replaced my bottom row of teeth with diamonds
Diamond grill: $2495
I know everybody at Rolling Stones had one question on there mind... and the answer is... yes, the shoes are Dreis http://twitpic.com/2af5qa
Dries Van Noten shoes: about $600
watching Avatar on the bis screen ... Ruby Red mixed with the Grey Goose... Vintage Versace glasses (not shades)... how you want it!!!
Avatar on Blu-ray: $21.99
Ruby-red-grapefruit juice: $4.14
Bottle of Grey Goose vodka: $52.99
Versace glasses: $198
11 YSL suits I have to try on before 2mrw morning... thats what I like to call good problems!! hahahahaaa
Yves Saint Laurent suit: $1,836
I got my projector in today for the living room then image is about 13 feet wide 10,000 lumins watching Dark Knight in the day
Top-of-the-line Panasonic home projector with 10,000 lumens: $59,000
The Dark Knight on Blu-ray: $17.49
this J.Press tie is the greatest tie of all tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!!!!!!!!! Kool Aid smile!!!! It's the small things that mean so much
J.Press tie: $70
Sipping Molnar Family Poseidin's Vineyard Chardonnay in the middle of the day sidebar out of gold cups for whatever that's worth
Bottle of Molnar Family Poseidon's Vineyard Chardonnay: $20.94
I specifically ordered persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh
Persian rug (we couldn't find one with cherub imagery either): $5,000
Is the Versace sofa to hood? Might need to cover it in plastic!!! http://twitpic.com/29mm56
Versace sofa: $5,500
hold on.... I'm bout to hop on this #BABYMAMAJET the jets Billionaires give to they baby mamas or they 1rst 2nd or 3rd wife
Chartered jet from Los Angeles to New York: about $10,000
I jog in Lanvin
Lanvin high-tops: $1,195
Total: $87,451.55


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Blossom Cottage awarded 4 Stars by Visit Scotland sits within its own secluded and private garden and is within the Nith Estuary National Scenic Area. The cottage is close to Caerlaverock Castle and is also adjacent to Caerlaverock Estate, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
If you visit over winter then you will have noisy neighbours as thousands of barnacle geese and hundreds of Icelandic whooper swans make Caerlaverock one of the best places to get close to big numbers of wintering wildfowl further information at: http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/caerlaverock/
Dumfries is close to hand with a full range of shops and places of interest. There is easy access to the coast and forests including Mabie Forest Mountain Bike Trails and walks across Caerlaverock Estate and nature reserve. The area has excellent salmon fishing on the river Nith, wild fowl on the National Nature Reserve and excellent golf courses at Dumfries and slightly further afield to the links championship course at Southerness.
Post Code DG1 4RS
Security Deposit £150
Blossom Cottage is let Friday - Friday or Monday - Monday. Short breaks are accepted for either 3 nights Friday - Monday, or 4 nights Monday - Friday outside school holiday periods.
£20 discount for parties of 2 or less. £50 off 2 consecutive weeks booked. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
Guest Comments:
'Another comfortable stay to see in the New Year. Cafe at Wetlands centre is superb and Caelaverock castle is a must' Jan 2016
'Lovely, comfortable house with great walks, wildlife and attractions. Brilliant weather. Thanks so much!' Feb 2016
'Lovely, well equipped cottage, we enjoyed our stay. We ate every lunch time at the cafe in Glencaple - well presented and home cooked food' March 2016
Accommodation for 8 on one floor: One double bedroom with ensuite shower room/wet room; One double bedroom; One twin room; Single bedroom with guest bed; Open plan living room/sun room with wood burner stove and outlooks to the south with views of the Nature Reserve and over the Solway towards the Lake District hills; fully fitted kitchen with dining area; Bathroom with bath, wash basin, WC and over bath shower. Underfloor heating in the bathrooms.
Services: Oil central heating * Electricity and heating included * Bed linen and towels provided * Washing machine * Drier * Dishwasher * Fridge * Freezer * Electric oven and hob * Wood burning stove * TV and DVD player * CD player * WIFI * Pets welcome.
EXTRAS: £20 per dog/week
|Blossom Cottage
|£418 Per unit per week
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.


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July 18, 1913-Oct. 15, 2010
Tempe Newsom Prouty, 97, passed away on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, at Sterling House of Goldsboro surrounded by family members.
Following a private interment there will be a celebration of Mrs. Prouty's life and resurrection on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. at University United Methodist Church, 150 East Franklin St. in Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Prouty was born in Durham on July 18th, 1913. She lived a life of relentless love for her family and for those less fortunate.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick Prouty of Chapel Hill; her sister, Dorothy Newsom Rankin, of Durham, and brother, Dallas Walton Newsom Jr. She is survived by her three children, Frederick Prouty and wife, Cheryl, of Nashville, Tenn., Pat Forrest and husband, Terry, of Goldsboro, Pam Naugle and husband, Richard, of Fuquay-Varina; and five grandchildren and one great grandson.
Mrs. Prouty's mother, Tempie Battle Newsom, was Durham's first public school music teacher and revered soloist and voice teacher. Her father, Dallas Walton Newsom, was Registrar and Treasurer of Trinity College (later Duke University), and was the first County Manager of Durham County.
She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her degree at Duke University. She married CDR Frederick Morgan Prouty Sr. (USNR), of Chapel Hill. She continued employment in various administrative assistant capacities until the untimely death of her husband in July 1966.
Moving to Chapel Hill, Mrs. Prouty was administrative assistant to Professor Albert Coates, founder and director of the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, and was administrative assistant to Dr. Benjamin Swalin, Director of the North Carolina Symphony. She was employed until retirement as administrative assistant at General Administration of the University of North Carolina.
After retiring in 1979 Mrs. Prouty enjoyed life in Chapel Hill and her beloved family. Throughout her life, she was a loyal member of the Methodist Church, was a long-time volunteer with Interfaith Council for Social Services in Carrboro, and performed many quiet, unsung missions of aid and encouragement to people in the community. She spent the remainder of her life close to family at the Sterling House of Goldsboro. The family expresses their gratitude to the staff of the Sterling House for their wonderful, compassionate care, along with gratitude for caregivers at Community Health and Hospice.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Interfaith Council for Social Services in Chapel Hill, at 110 W. Main St., Carrboro, NC 27510. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
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Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield Has Become a "Real" Disgrace to BoxingNovember 3, 2010
Former four-time heavyweight champion Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield's scheduled Nov. 13 bout against the iconic Sherman Williams was postponed for the second time earlier this week.
Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) is now slated to scrap Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs) Dec. 9 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
Holyfield, also a past cruiserweight titlist who captured a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, will be 48 when he battles the 37-year-old Williams later this autumn.
"The Real Deal" is a warrior, and he deserves to be remembered as the legendary pugilist that he was in his heyday.
Unfortunately, Holyfield is now more decrepit than the entire cast of "The Golden Girls" and he should immediately relent and hang up his gloves.
"Holyfield is a classic case of not letting go," said Ed LaVache, the owner of the Boston Boxing Club in Allston. "For a lot of these guys, boxing is all they know, and it's the only way for them to make money. So, they keep fighting until the fight is lost in them."
Holyfield, who has long been a rumored abuser of performance-enhancing drugs, was banned in August 2005 by the New York State Athletic Commission due to his "diminishing skills."
Pathetically, boxing is a rogue business, and money is an even more sinister element in pugilism than it is in other sports.
Hence, Holyfield is still enabled to enter the ring.
Holyfield is delusional, and he firmly contends he will again become the undisputed king of the heavyweight division in the near future.
"The Real Deal" is in dire need of a dose of reality.


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The At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program helps children get the nutritious meals they need in a safe, supervised location. For many children, this is their only opportunity to access a healthy meal after the school day ends.
Through the At-Risk Afterschool Meal program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides reimbursements for snacks and meals served at afterschool programs offering enrichment or education programs under USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The program is available in locations where at least 50 percent of children are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Afterschool care programs that are currently participating in afterschool snack programs can participate in the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Supper program.
Many afterschool programs already feed students, using money from their own budgets, because they recognize that for many students, lunch is a distant memory and they may not get an adequate healthy dinner at home. By participating in the At-Risk Afterschool Meal Program, organizations can use the money saved for additional programming, staff and outreach or to provide healthier meals to students. Additionally, evidence suggests that by providing meals, programs realize an increase in attendance and improvements in student behavior.
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How will this affect my bottom line?
Sites do not have financial responsibilities for the afterschool meals program. Once matched with a sponsor, that sponsors takes on administrative and fiscal responsibilities for the program on your behalf.
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Where can children receive meals?
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FrostWire 0.4.12: New Feature: Delete files from the "Downloads" screen. (featured invented by Travis Rhodes, thanks) New Feature: "Cancel all Downloads". Stops and removes ALL unfinished transfers, no matter what their state is. New Feature: The first time the application runs the user must accept the terms of use or else the application won't continue. - UX-upgrade: Search is now friendlier and more obvious to use for the new user. - UX-upgrade: When browsing a peer the last clicked file type button will appear selected (like in Search) - UX-upgrade: D-Pad can now be used to click on items. - UX-upgrade: Visual Feedback upon List Item Touch. - UX-upgrade: Pressing 'Done' on search virtual keyboard starts a search. - UX-Fix: Manual Listening Port couldn't be set higher than 65000 (thanks votaguz) - Core-Upgrade: Flood control mechanisms to reduce message forwarding. - Core-Upgrade: Smarter search algorithm, improved result accuracy, reduces network load. - Bug-fix: Searches with single quotes would yield no results. - Bug-fix: Now the application shuts down properly. FrostWire 0.4.11: - Core-Upgrade: Revised Peer crawling strategy when FrostWire finds itself almost alone. - Bug-fix: A lagged Browse response from another peer could interfere when browsing a new peer. FrostWire 0.4.10: - Bug-fix: Chat issues fixed. FrostWire 0.4.9: - Upgrade: FrostWire will find better quality peers based on both Geo Location and Network Distance. Better experience when browsing. - Bug-fix: FrostWire should not display chat messages from unknown peers (issue with empty chat messages) - Bug-fix: FrostWire would return negative numbers of shared files if users would delete Unshared files outside FrostWire. FrostWire 0.4.8: New Feature: Remove Peer. It will remove the peer from your list and black list it during the session's lifetime.9 - UX-upgrade: Typos and updates in the UI's text (thanks James W. Wilson) - UX-upgrade: Warning on disconnect if there are any active transfers. - Bug-fix: Issue with shared file count if user unshared all files one by one and then unshared all in bulk. - Bug-fix: Generic socket errors caused by older clients in the network. - Bug-fix: Issues with GPS and Network location providers. Location updates will only be requested every 5 minutes if location providers are available. FrostWire 0.4.7: - Installer size reduced to 357K New Feature: "/me" in the Chat room is replaced with your nickname. IRC old school 3rd person. - UX-upgrade: Peer list shows the version number. If your FrostWire is old, it will appear in red. - UX-upgrade: Search and Chat tabs are disabled when disconnected. - UX-upgrade: Context aware display of Go to: Home | My Files. - UX-upgrade: Offer to change nickname for first time users will re-appear if the user tilts the phone to use keyboard. - Core-Upgrade: Improved port handling for LAN interaction. - Core-Upgrade: Better maintenance of Peer List and revisited ping heuristics. - Bug-fix: Force Close when trying to browse yourself if disconnected. - Bug-fix: Force Closes when trying to manage incoming and outgoing candidate peer lists. FrostWire 0.4.6: New Feature: Go to My Files New Feature: Clear Chat. Long press on the text box to make this appear. New Feature: Share your Documents,Pictures,Photos and Audio via email, android's bluetooth service, sms and via web services (e.g. twitter, facebook, flickr) New Feature: "Copy" search a result (to share it via private message or to everyone in the chat). - Upgrade: Considerable optimization of object management when displaying peers, files, transfers and chat messages. - Bug-fix: Deleting too many individually unshared files could cause a bug where no files of that type would be shared. - Bug-fix: Cleans all temporary files on exit. - Installer size reduced 16%. FrostWire 0.4.5: - Networking-Upgrade: Fixes in search routing algorithm to avoid redundant message forwarding. - UX-upgrade: Touching the FrostWire logo shows a menu to Go Home, See About or Show FrostWire some love. - UX-upgrade: Several optimizations for smoother scrolling and better resource management. - UX-upgrade: Tapping on someone's nickname on the Chat will autotype @Nickname on the text box. - UX-upgrade: New icons for Settings, Home and Love. - UX-Fix: Private messages take you to the Chat tab, not the Chat Activity by itself. - UX-Fix: When a file's shared state is changed using the padlod icon the number of shared files of its kind gets updated. - UX-Fix: Padlock icons are not shown on search results. - Bug-fix: Downloading the same file twice from the same peer would fail. Memory referencing issues fixed. FrostWire 0.4.4: New Feature: Auto update. New Feature: Change your nickname by long pressing on your own name on the Browse Peers screen. New Feature: "Padlock" button when browsing your shared files to toggle sharing status without much hassle. - Networking-Upgrade: New Peer Exchange policies result in considerable bandwidth. - Search/Transfer-Upgrade: All peers involved in a file transfer are now keeping a metafrost file when finished, thus announcing themselves in search results as confirmed sources for that file. Metafrost files are now kept in folders by type to not put a strain on the file system as more and more files are shared. - UX-upgrade: Chat tab now shows the number of unread messages. - UX-upgrade: When starting up FrostWire will ask new users to change their nickname. - UX-upgrade: When disconnected you are taken to the home screen so you won't be confused by things not working. - UX-upgrade: Application search results now include version number. - UX-upgrade: Search Result Batch Downloads (using checkboxes) - UX-upgrade: Search results are cleared before new results are in. - UX-upgrade: Checkboxes auto-clear when you start a batch download. - UX-upgrade: Failed, Out of sources and Timed out transfers can now be individually deleted from the list of transfers. - Bug Fix: Fixes SQLite 'where' clause bug with multiple keyword queries. Search will yield more results as everyone updates. - Bug Fix: Incoming repeated Search responses are short circuited. Distinct results are forwarded only once. Traffic savings. - Bug Fix: Fixes logic issues for optimal LAN packet delivery. You should feel faster peer browsing and discovery. - Bug Fix: Audio player when browsing yourself works as expected. - Bug Fix: Possible Force Close when pinging peer list and a peer says good bye. FrostWire 0.4.3: - UX-upgrade: Chat window should receive messages even if you're not looking at it. Layout updates. - UX-upgrade: Transfer screen will autoscroll to the bottom to show the newest additions. - UX-upgrade: When files are downloaded file names are marked in a different color. - UX-upgrade: No more multiple FrostWire icons on the notification bar. A number will display how many finished transfers you have. - UX-upgrade: Download indicator now stays after all downloads are finished if transfers have not been cleared. It will display in orange the number of finished transfers so you can go back to your finished downloads even if disconnected. - UX-Fix: Fixed size of "Delete" icon. - Bug Fix: Internet Discovery toggle bug fix. - Bug Fix: Force Close when starting a download of more than 15 checked files. - Bug Fix: Force Close when setting Simultaneous Uploads to 0. (thanks Steven Peterson, Eric O'Brian) FrostWire 0.4.2: New Feature: New Setting to discover (or not) peers over the internet. Limit your searching to your LAN only if you need to. - UX-upgrade: Thumbnails are shown when browsing your own pictures and videos. - UX-upgrade: New search controls. - UX-upgrade: Batched downloads start faster. - UX-Bug Fix: Force close when changing manual listening port fixed. - UX-Bug Fix: Clicking on the Active Downloads button won't reload the Transfer's screens if you're already standing on it. - UX-Bug Fix: About screen can be scrolled down. Includes Thanks to alpha testers. - Bug Fix: Search results outside local Wi-Fi network couldn't start a download. FrostWire 0.4.1: - Bug Fix: NPE when changing simultaneous upload setting. - Bug Fix: Multiple NPEs when handling Search Requests and Search Responses. - Bug Fix: Chat messages and Private Messages back to work. FrostWire 0.4.0: New Feature: Search. - Bug Fix: Completed,Failed,Cancelled,Timed Out file transfers won't change status to "Out of Sources" if peer leaves. FrostWire 0.3.10 (file transfer breaks backwards compatibility) New Feature: New Setting to limit the number of concurrent uploads. - Upgrade: Better rendering of active download(s) progress. - Upgrade: File transfer management optimizations (which break compatibility) - Bug Fix: Correct display of concurrent uploads and downloads. - Bug Fix: 'Application' Download bug fixed. - Bug Fix: Multiple Force Close issues fixed. FrostWire 0.3.9 (breaks backwards compatibility): - Upgrade: Rewrite File transfer. Considerably faster transfer startup, progressive file validation, Minimizes Disk/IO and Garbage Collection. Swarming friendly algorithm. - Upgrade: New File Transfer state: 'Waiting...' at start of transfer. (Cancellable state) - Upgrade: Improves robustness of Message delivery. - Upgrade: Automatic Peer Browse retries, updates peer list when peer is unreachable. - Upgrade: Faster internal messaging between network core and UI. - Upgrade: Protocol Message Types re-arranged for new message queue management strategies. - Upgrade: About page shows name of current Wi-Fi network - Bug Fix: Peers leaving won't appear again on Peer List. - Bug Fix: Multiple NPEs on Browse Peer when a responses would arrive too soon. FrostWire 0.3.8: - Upgrade: Improved Peer Discovery and Peer List maintenance. - Upgrade: Adds new 'failed' state to downloads. We were abusing the 'timeout' state. - Upgrade: Smarter caching of file counts by kind should yield faster browsing responses. - Upgrade: Fixes potential IO (Index Out of Bounds) errors when reading the last part of a file from the socket. - Upgrade: When user is leaving it will also be asked if it's ok to leave while UPLOADs are going on. - Bug Fix: When user is leaving now there's a negative option on the dialog. (thanks Phase3d) - Bug Fix: Patches a NPE when fecthing Application info from .apks that have not been installed. Still to be fixed. FrostWire 0.3.7: - Update: Longer TCP timeouts (20 seconds) - Bug Fix: Found NPE when fetching Application info on some phones. - Bug Fix: Misc. NPEs handled. FrostWire 0.3.6: New Feature: Sharing Android Package Files (.apk) New Feature: Configuring an arbitrary manual port when UPnP is not an option (between 1000 and 65535 inclusive) - Bug Fix: Several force close issues fixed. FrostWire 0.3.5: New Feature: Show number of active Uploads. New Feature: Delete multiple (checked) files. - Upgrade: Refactors on File Transfer, leaner code. - Upgrade: Faster Ping message creation (battery savings) - Bug Fix: Right text coloring, Numbering on Shared/Unshared files. - Bug Fix: File transfer errors and time outs are displayed correctly. - Bug Fix: Tilting the phone while browsing remote files recovers state as expected. - Bug Fix: No more repeated files when browsing peer. FrostWire 0.3.4: - Bug Fix: Private messages and "Copy & Share" over the internet work FrostWire 0.3.3: New Feature: Fine grained sharing. - Upgrade: Faster retrieval of shared files. - Upgrade: Faster browsing of your own files. - Upgrade: P2P Peer List Exchange on 'handshake' and when you have few Peers available. - Upgrade: Support for remote chat, remote private message, remote "copy & share" file. - Upgrade: Audio playback is now done through a much simpler audio player inside the application (works for now) FrostWire 0.3.2: - Bug Fix: Internal and Visible Peer lists are cleared upon disconnection. - Bug Fix: FrostWire says good bye properly to all peers and to altamira. - Bug Fix: Memory Leaks fixed in Altamira. - Upgrade: Altamira keeps track of the last time a peer received a peer list for smarter behaviour. - Upgrade: FrostWire now says hello back to unknown peers (pong upon first encounter) FrostWire 0.3.1: - Bug Fix: Android XML Parsing patch for all phones running < Froyo. UPnP should work on all pre-Froyo phones. - Bug Fix: Fixes issue where UPnP map attempt would happen only the first time FrostWire opened. - Update: Distances between peers shown in meter,meters,Km.,Kms. - Update: About screen now shows information about internal & external ports. FrostWire 0.3.0: New Feature: NAT-UPnP support to connect to other FrostWire's over the Internet (via Wi-Fi only) New Feature: Ability to select multiple files and perform other actions on them. New Feature: Ability to rename files. This will make it easier to search images and videos taken with Android phones. - Bug Fix: Fixes WiFi auto connect/disconnect issues. - Bug Fix: Fixes WiFi connectivity issues when switching to other hotspots. - Bug Fix: Fixes intermittent (double connected message) connection issues. - Bug Fix: When disconnected FrostWire won't try to connect if you tilt the device. FrostWire 0.2.0: - Bug Fix: Fixes crash when sending a message to the chat if user is not connected (thanks adwin) - Bug Fix: When the phone was tilted during file browsing the current list of files got lost. - Upgrade: Avoids possible situation where FrostWire cannot know about itself. Faster startup. - Upgrade: Custom looking checkboxes. (FrostWire.Theme in place) - Upgrade: Multiple UI/Text corrections. New Feature: Select multiple files from another user to perform batched downloads. (download enquement pending, so take it easy) FrostWire 0.1.0 - code name "Von Neumann" New Feature: Peer auto discovery on the Wi-Fi network. New Feature: Wi-Fi network availability awareness. New Feature: Introducing MetaFrost Mobile P2P protocol version 1 New Feature: Setting to send Geo-Location information to other peers. New Feature: Displays distance to other peers if available. New Feature: Settings to Share/Unshare files by file type. New Feature: Users can be identified by nickname. New Feature: Community Chatroom over Wi-Fi. New Feature: Sends private chatroom message to another user. New Feature: "Copy & Share" your own files in the Community Chatroom to all participants. New Feature: "Copy & Share" other user's files in the Community Chatroom to all participants. New Feature: "Copy & Share" files with another user via Private Message. New Feature: Community Chatroom has 'history' support if user presses D-pad up or down. New Feature: Community Chatroom has 'history' support if user gestures up or down on the text field. New Feature: Community Chatroom messages can be cleaned with commands "/cls","/clear" and "clear screen". New Feature: Browse, Filter, Open and Delete your own shared files. New Feature: Browse, Filter and Open other user's files. New Feature: Download other user's files when browsing. New Feature: Download shared files from chat. New Feature: Download multiple files at the same time. New Feature: Open downloaded files. New Feature: Context menues are available upon Long Click on almost every user interface element. New Feature: Screen orientation awareness on every screen. New Feature: FrostWire Status bar indicates number of ongoing downloads. New Feature: Share picture files. New Feature: Share video files. New Feature: Share document files. New Feature: Share audio files. New Feature: Connect/Disconnect from local p2p network. New Feature: "Love FrostWire?" Tip/Donation support to development team. - Pending Feature: Share application files (.apk)


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Our success is built on our partnerships with the professional clinicians who support our leadership teams and our staff who provide expert care, diagnosis and support for thousands of people every day.
We recognise the important role they play in helping us achieve our goals and investment in our people is one of our strategic pillars. We strive to create world class working environments that attract talented people, provide competitive and rewarding remuneration and foster cultures that celebrate and encourage success.
Recruitment and retention is a key priority and each of our businesses is encouraged to create and uphold its own unique culture, where employees are respected and valued. An important part of developing these cultures is providing opportunities for employees across our businesses to come together to share knowledge, take advantage of development opportunities and build collegiality. These include company-wide conferences, leadership retreats, team building exercises, clinical seminars and management courses.
I would like to thank all our people in Abano businesses across New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia for their contribution towards our success.


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India: Indian GDP growth rate in Q1 was 8.6%. Ind (Singapore)
NEW DELHI—India's economy bounced back in latest quarter, as a surge in industrial activity and strong services growth helped it regain its scorching pre-crisis pace.
The economy expanded 8.6% in the period ended in March from a year earlier, data released by the government Monday showed, slightly slower than the median estimate for 8.8% growth in a Dow Jones Newswires poll of 11 economists.
.The government raised the growth rate for the December quarter to 6.5% from the provisional 6% rise reported earlier, and for the September quarter to 8.6% from 7.9%, lifting the growth rate for the last fiscal year through March to 7.4%, a tad higher than its own estimate of 7.2%.
The pace of growth in the just-ended quarter matched that of March Protected content , when deceleration set in because of the global financial turmoil.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the latest readings are encouraging and that he expects the economy to expand 8.5% in the current fiscal year.
"I expect the current economic momentum to remain," he told reporters.
Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura Securities, said private sector demand remains strong while services and manufacturing are gaining strength. "We are sure that the economic growth will be sustainable and services sector should pick up further."
The strong growth underscored a revival in domestic and overseas demand, raising prospects of a continued rollback of easy fiscal and monetary policies as authorities grapple with high inflation.
Some economists expect the central bank to raise its key policy rates, possibly even before the next scheduled rate-setting meeting in July, to curb spreading demand pressures that are fueling inflation.
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India's economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate at the beginning of the year.
.Inflation remained close to 10% during the March quarter, hitting a high of 10.25% in February. Economists say the government could also revise upward the March inflation rate to the double digits from a provisional reading of 9.9%.
The Reserve Bank of India is already moving away from a growth-supportive policy that helped India's economy emerge from the global crisis in better shape than most advanced economies. So far in Protected content has raised its two main policy rates by half a percentage point and withdrawn Protected content rupees (US$10.43 billion) of liquidity, as the reviving economy gives it room to focus on inflation.
Economists expect the RBI will continue with an aggressive policy stance and may raise rates by as much as another Protected content points by March.
Rupa Rege Nitsure, chief economist at Bank of Baroda, said the central bank will continue raising rates in a calibrated manner and may hike its key lending and borrowing rates by another 25 basis points each at the July meeting.
Rate hike expectations have been bolstered by robust factory output, which grew in the double digits during the latest quarter due to a low base of comparison and as a pickup in demand has prompted manufacturers to boost production. Heavy demand for automobiles, strong services growth and healthy exports of textiles and jewelry are among the drivers of the economy.
Industrial output rose 13.5% in March, slowing from 16.7% in January.
India's exports grew at the fastest pace in six years in March, the fifth straight month of gains. Exports in March rose 54% from a year earlier to $19.9 billion.
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It was just two months ago that Financial Planning Association President Paul Auslander was suggesting that the organization was ready for fresh views on its future—a new chief executive, for example, didn't necessarily have to come from within the financial advisory industry, he told REP.
But when the FPA announced a successor this week for outgoing CEO Marvin Tuttle Jr. (right), it didn't go far. Lauren M. Schadle, the group's chief operating officer and associate executive director, will assume Tuttle's job on Oct. 3.
The news was a surprise; Tuttle has said he planned to retire in 2014. A release by the group said the time was moved up so he could handle issues at home. The board of the Denver-based 23,500-member organization undoubtedly had planned on a more leisurely search for his successor.
Schadle has a long history with the group. She joined its predecessor, the Institute of Certified Financial Planners, in 1996 and was named COO six years ago.
Here's the organization's announcement:
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) announced today that Executive Director/CEO Marvin W. Tuttle, Jr., CAE, will be stepping down from his leadership role on October 2, 2012. Tuttle had originally announced a 2014 retirement date but the timing was adjusted so he could focus fully on family concerns. The FPA national board unanimously appointed Lauren M. Schadle, CAE, as Executive Director and CEO, a role she will officially assume on October 3, 2012.
"While I had intended to complete the two-year contract extension approved by the Board last November, it has become increasingly obvious that I am not able to optimally provide focus and leadership to FPA at a very critical time in its history," said Tuttle. "I look forward to supporting Lauren's transition into the executive director position. She's a very capable and accomplished association executive and enjoys the respect of the FPA staff and financial planning community."
Tuttle began his career with the organization in 1983 when he joined the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP), one of two groups that merged to form FPA in 2000. He held a variety of positions at ICFP and FPA and was elevated to his current position in 2004. Tuttle has been instrumental in the development of numerous programs at FPA and is recognized as a leading voice in the ongoing development of the financial planning profession.
Schadle joined ICFP in 1996 and led efforts in communications, marketing and membership. In 2006, she was promoted to Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of FPA.
FPA 2012 President Paul Auslander, CFP®, praised Tuttle's tenure. "Marv Tuttle's influence extends far beyond FPA and his importance in shaping the profession will be felt for decades to come. His legacy will be as a true collaborative leader, a steady hand that led many through tumultuous times and part of the foundation and soul of FPA. His unmatched insight and presence will be sorely missed by us and countless others, yet we fully respect and support the difficult decision he made."
The board leader also recognized the continuity Schadle will bring to the organization. "Lauren is the perfect combination of operational and strategic savvy; cultural understanding of both FPA and the financial planning community; and the long-standing respect of her staff, peers and professionals. Our confidence in her abilities is extremely high and she brings tremendous passion, energy and vision to lead FPA into its next phase."


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We at Inneventive are thrilled to announce that we are hosting Malaysia Week this year! Hand picked due to our experience in the field we have no doubt it will be the best yet, please come down over the 19th-23rd September weekend to say hi and experience the Malaysian culture first hand.
Southbank will be turned into a festival filled with delicious food, entertainment and Malaysian fashion. Needing no ticket, the festival is open to the public from 11am -6.30pm everyday. After Prince William and The Duchess of Cambridge visited the country in 2012, they described the tour as 'a stunning country that has so much to offer through their heritage'. Therefore we would like to bring their heritage to London; you will not only taste the likes of their traditional food such as The Tank, Roti Cania and fruits but absorb and hear it through the live entertainment and art show.
This will be a great day for all ages and groups, as it will be not only educational but fun too, with so much to offer. Over the four days, expect to see fashion shows, arts and crafts stalls, live food demonstrations and much more.
We are so excited to be returning to this festival; (we also hosted it in 2008) and believe that it is going to be bigger and better than the previous years. We are pulling out all the stops and the whole team has been involved, making it a lovely event that has brought the team together with all of our skills and attributes needed!
Inneventive have hosted many festivals in the past ranging from fair-trade festivals to spring-summer festivals. Not only do we offer services such as:
- Christmas parties
- Summer parties
- Private parties
- Team building events
- Incentive trips
- Venue finding
- But feel we excel in the chosen task
We would like to emphasize how much we enjoy hosting festivals, with such eclectic incentives behind them; they test our skills and keep us on top and forward thinking. To keep updated on all latest news regarding Malaysia week and Inneventive's last events follow us on twitter. @inneventive
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Tel: 0207 518 2480