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Good Energy beats big names at BusinessGreen Leaders Awards
100% renewable electricity company Good Energy has been named 'Company of the Year' at the 2015 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards.
The renewable electricity supplier and generator triumphed at the awards following its continued commitment over the past 12 months to promote a low carbon economy and develop new and sustainable ways of doing business within its work.
The company beat several well-known organisations to win the title including IKEA UK & IE, Nationwide Building Society and BUPA.
The annual awards, now in their fifth year, were set up to celebrate those businesses, individuals and campaigners from across the green economy who are taking action to tackle environmental risks and promote cleaner technologies and business models.
James Murray, Editor of BusinessGreen said: "Good Energy has long been a champion of the green economy and now it is the BusinessGreen Company of the year.
"Having pioneered the development of green tariffs, the company last year put in a stellar performance, expanding its customer base, topping customer satisfaction polls, investing in new renewables capacity, supporting independent generators, launching new community tariffs, and investing in innovative new clean technologies."
Juliet Davenport OBE, CEO and founder of Good Energy, said: "It's brilliant to receive this award as it acknowledges the efforts of everyone's hard work over the past year.
"Our mission to tackle climate change remains hugely important to us and despite 2014 being a tough year; we've continued to grow as a business, seeing even more consumers opt for 100% renewable electricity.
"Every single employee at Good Energy has played a part in achieving this so it is fantastic for their successes to be recognised in this way."
Judges came from companies including Tesco, Aldersgate Group, the Renewable Energy Association and the CBI.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Corrections officers say they found 30 cellphones, makeshift knives and other contraband after an uprising at a prison.
A Department of Corrections spokesman on Sunday said emergency response teams searched the prison housing units after the situation was contained at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility.
During the Friday night disturbance, inmates stabbed the prison warden and a corrections officer, lit a fire and tried to take over the prison dormitory.
Emergency response teams brought the situation under control by Saturday morning.
Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn praised the work of the warden, officers and response teams. Dunn says they prevented a volatile situation from escalating to something even more serious.

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We're smack in the middle of our week-long celebration of Kanye West's iconic debut album The College Dropout, but Yeezy won't let us forget his most recent accomplishment: the fantastical, theatrical Yeezus Tour. Tomorrow (February 13), Ye will hit the road again, starting in University Park, PA—but there's no word on whether or not the tour's first leg opener, Kendrick Lamar, will be back for this go-round.
Kendrick was a suitable start to the show. His album good kid, m.A.A.d. city was received as a particular kind of genius. But what about the people who needed a buffer before the aurally ambitious and sometimes alienating Yeezus performed lived? Complex's own Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins said he wasn't prepared for the severe, fiery show after watching Lamar.
Everyone knows that Kanye likes to disarm, but if he wanted to the create a cushion for his concert goers, these ten artists would do the trick. Some worked on Yeezus, others are artists that Kanye's initial SNL performances were compared to, and others are just the right kind of scare-the-crap-out-of-you to hit the bill.
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EXCLUSIVE! Danielle Staub Loved That 'South Park' Spoofed Her: She's Always Seen Herself As A Cartoon!
The former star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey was thrilled South Park parodied her last night — now she feels like she's come 'full circle' in her career!
Danielle Staub can officially cross one thing off her bucket list — she was made into a cartoon! The reality star spoke to HollywoodLife.com about the Oct. 13 episode of South Park, in which her entire Bravo cast was made fun of, and she wasn't offended at all!
"I've come full circle now," she says. "I'm very entertaining and I've always thought of myself as like a Disney character out of a film. I found myself laughing, South Park really hit the funny bone."
The mom-of-two says it was refreshing to not be the "brunt of the jokes."
"I was treated very kindly and I thought wow that's really something," says Danielle. "It was one of my shinning moments knowing I wasn't the one going down."
Danielle, who's the host of WealthTV's new show Social, says she's about to announce her new reality show spin-off!
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Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC offers several cancer support services to assist you and your family with coping with a cancer diagnosis:
Patient navigators are available to provide individualized assistance to you, your family, and caregivers throughout your health care experience. Their mission is to help guide you through diagnosis and treatment — answering your questions and providing information about available services and amenities — to ensure a comfortable experience.
Call 412-641-1926 to reach a patient navigators at Magee.
The Center for Integrated Medicine provides multidisciplinary holistic care for individuals with pain, physical health, and stress related problems. Pertinent to the care of cancer survivors, services include acupuncture, massage therapy, shiatsu, Qi Gong (a Chinese mind-body practice), and naturopathic counseling around diet and supplements. Additionally, the Center for Integrated Medicine holds classes in yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, and nutrition.
To schedule an appointment, or for more information, call 412-623-3023 or visit UPMC.com/IntegrativeMedicine.
Counseling services are available at Magee for you and your family to learn different ways of managing the challenges brought on by cancer.
Our team of experienced psychologists are knowledgeable about:
Our professionals represent a collaborative initiative between Magee and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Behavioral Medicine to provide counseling and psychiatric consultations, assessments, and treatments.
Call 412-623-5888 to schedule an appointment.
Many women with ovarian cancer find it helpful to talk to another woman who has had the disease. The Magee-Womens Cancer Program offers Picking Up the Pieces, a peer counseling program that pairs long-term ovarian cancer survivors with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients. As an ovarian cancer patient, you can talk with a survivor who remembers the uncertainties of a diagnosis and treatment.
Call the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Pittsburgh Division at 412-661-1095 to find out more.
The burden of cancer can sometimes be eased when you are able to talk to others who share or have experienced your same condition. Magee's Breast Cancer Peer Support Program is a group of compassionate, dedicated breast cancer survivors who are available to offer support to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. All volunteers are at least one year past breast cancer treatment and have received special training to help them listen and communicate with sensitivity and care.
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The Lymphedema Support Group, sponsored by UPMC Centers for Rehab Services (CRS) at Magee, is open to anyone with lymphedema, a chronic condition often resulting after surgery. The group is led by physical therapists specializing in lymphedema management. The group meets the third Wednesday of every month.
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Look Good...Feel Better is a monthly beauty program sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS) designed to help women cope with the cosmetic side effects of cancer therapy. A trained cosmetologist from the ACS and a registered nurse conduct the program for cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment. This two-hour program offers assistance on makeup application, wig selection, and other types of alternative headwear.
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10 Time-Saving Strategies From Parents Of Many, Many Kids/
By Laura Vanderkam
One child can introduce chaos into your daily schedule. So it seems like large families would never make it anywhere on time. Yet talk to parents of big broods and you find that their households often function quite well. Their secret? These 10 time management tips that help them do more and stay calm.
Meagan Francis, mother of five and host of The Mom Hour podcast, says, "One thing I've always done is group like tasks together. If I'm signing permission slips, for example, it's easier and faster to go through a big stack all at once then deal with them one by one as they trickle in." To be sure, "This has necessitated some 'training' for my kids," she says. "They know they can't just wave papers in my face, but need to put them in the inbox on my desk so I can take care of them all at once."
House policies cut down on the whining. "For many years we had a universal bedtime of 7:30 p.m. for all the kids," says Abbi Perets, a mother of five who lives in Israel. It might be early for the older ones and late for the younger ones, but you can always let people read with a bedside lamp. Perets says, "You have to have some unbreakable rules. For example, no sleepovers in the middle of the week, or all play dates end by 6:00 p.m., or you can only do an extracurricular on Tuesdays."
Keeping track of one's own schedule is complicated enough, let alone half a dozen other people. That's why you need a system. Tammy Metz, a Colorado-based mom of 10 (nine of whom still live at home), uses Google Calendar for her family schedule, but has other systems, too. "We have a paper calendar on the wall in the kitchen and a lovely dry erase board that lists in detail what is going on that week plus what's on the menu," she says. "This cuts down on the constant stream of questions that come our way each day from the children asking what we are doing that day. And if people are motivated, they can start a meal."
Big families can generate a lot of clutter, so many are ruthless about minimizing extraneous things. That said, stuff you use a lot should be easily accessible. "Keep low-cost supplies you know you'll need on hand," says Carrie Lukas, managing director of the Independent Women's Forum, and a mom of five. That includes art supplies and "other items kids run through frequently, and you can drive yourself crazy trying to keep track of: socks, gloves, pencil sharpeners, tape."
Likewise, "When you find a good affordable birthday present in your kids' age group, buy several of them so you have them on hand for last-minute gifts, and so you don't have to go to the store every time there is a birthday party," Lukas says. "Remember, your time is valuable, too."
Metz says that in their house, "Everything has a place. We take time to put things in their place, so when we need them we can find them: shoes, jackets, bags, papers, etc." Things that go out the door are generally located near the door. "We also have a basket that holds things that need to be returned to others," she says.
Francis says that these days she sees herself "much more in a household manager role than I did when I had fewer kids. Think Mrs. Hughes from Downton Abbey. Sure, I do some housework, but the majority of my time is spent delegating to my 'task force' and then following up to make sure it was done correctly (or done at all!)."
Jamie Smith, a professor who has five children, agrees that big family management is all about "teaching kids to be self-sufficient in an age-appropriate way. I offer my kids a lot of autonomy and I expect them to use it well." So, for instance, she doesn't make lunches, though she will help younger children with tasks such as slicing apples. Likewise, "We start early teaching our kids how to get around town, and we expect them to pick up on those skills. We were free-range parents before free ranging was in the news." Independence is a virtue she wants to foster for its own sake, "but incidentally? It saves me a lot of time."
Some parents feel like they spend their lives in the car. Parents of big families simply can't ferry everyone everywhere. "Our kids learn early that it's normal to ride the city bus, and normal to bike to soccer practice, and normal to walk a half-mile to the library without complaining even if it's cold," says Smith. Key to this is that she chose a home in a walkable neighborhood that's convenient to public transit and her job. Result: "I do not ever wait in a school pickup line; I do not ever get stuck in morning commute traffic because it's just a short walk to my office." The kids' activities also get put through this rubric of accessibility. "I nudged my daughter toward ballet rather than gymnastics, because the ballet studio is an easy walk from our house, but the gymnastics facilities are a 15-minute drive."
Metz says her family knows how long it takes to get to all their regular destinations. Then, "We generally add 15 minutes to this for general forgetfulness. Many times this kid or that will have to run back into the house for a forgotten item."
You can waste a lot of time worrying about things that don't matter. Perets says, "My house is only all clean at the same time for 10 minutes after the cleaning lady finishes. The rest of the time, something is always messy. And there is always more laundry to do. I'm okay with that."
Lukas says, "Ideally, I'd stand next to my 3-year-old while she colors and all the caps would be put back on her markers. But when you have lots of kids—when I'm jumping up to deal with the 1-year-old or helping the 10-year-old with homework—that doesn't always happen." For a long time, she felt it was "a moral failing" to allow markers to dry up. "Now I try to cut myself a break and keep this in perspective. Markers cost a couple dollars a pack. If they only last for a few hours of coloring, that's really not a big deal."
Michele Jones of Charlottesville, Virginia, has five children under age 10. "When we need to be somewhere early the next morning, I have the kids sleep in their clothes," she says. They might be a bit wrinkly, but kids get wrinkly anyway, and that's one less task on the to-do list.


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I am now writing to let you have details of
the decisions made in the light of the very full consultation
on school inspection arrangements from 2003. These outcomes owe
much to the quality of discussion during the consultation period,
and the large number of written responses we received. We are
very grateful for the efforts made, at a very busy time, which
have enabled us to draw on such a wide range of views.
I am enclosing a summary of the outcomes on
each consultation issue. It refers back to the issues set out
in detail in our consultation paper. If you have not kept a copy,
the consultation paper can still be found on our website (www.ofsted.gov.uk)
by following the link to consultations.
Also on the consultation page of the website
is a fuller announcement giving more detail about consultation
responses, issue by issue, and explaining the thinking behind
our decisions. The full MORI report on the 9,000 written responses
to consultation is also available from that source. If you would
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write to Sheila Scales at the address above or e-mail email@example.com.
Consultation discussions demonstrated widespread
agreement on two underlying issues.
The decisions we have taken about inspection
models respond to messages from consultation. In nursery and primary
schools, high standards in core subjects are important but they
are not enough. Pupils are entitled to a wide range of subjects
and experiences and we want inspection to reflect and encourage
that. We also need to look in more detail at a sample of work
in our best primary, secondary and special schools. They generally
welcome inspection, and can furnish us with evidence of good practice
to share more widely. The attachment describes in outline new
primary and secondary inspection models. We shall be working further
with an expert working group, which includes many experienced
headteachers, on the model for special schools and PRUs.
Our discussions have also shown widespread support
for developing more consistent and rigorous school improvement
processes in all schoolsbringing together self-evaluation,
resource and development planning, staff development and performance
management (both of individual staff and of the school as a whole).
This was not a consultation issue but we signalled in the consultation
paper our intention to increase our support for effective school
management, working jointly with NCSL and DfES. This will be the
main focus of a further working group, which involves headteachers
and local authority advisers.
I am sure that the decisions we have taken offer
a stable foundation for the next round of school inspections,
and the flexibility to address future changes. Our system of independent
and rigorous school inspection has been a powerful force for higher
standards. I hope you will continue to work with my successor
to develop and maintain an inspection system which can continue
to play its vital role in the years to come.
Mike Tomlinson
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Issue 1: A school-selected issue
Issue 2: Choice of inspection model
Issue 3: A form of short inspection for all primary
For primary and nursery schools, we shall look
at the core and a small sample of foundation subjects in the large
majority of schools, but extend coverage to most if not all subjects
in less effective schools. All schools will also have the option
to choose one subject or aspect.
For secondary schools, we shall look at the
core subjects and a small sample of others in the most effective
schools, and most if not all subjects in others. All schools will
also have the option to choose one subject or aspect.
For nursery, primary and secondary schools,
we shall ensure that the most effective schools normally have
an inspection only once every six years, while others are inspected
more frequently. The interval between inspections will be determined
in the light of the evidence of the previous inspection, as well
as pupil performance figures. Schools emerging from special measures
will be inspected, as now, two years later, as will those found
no longer to have serious weaknesses.
Issue 4: Special schools and Pupil Referral Units
We shall develop with our working group proposals
for a flexible model to meet the specific inspection needs of
special schools and PRUs.
Issue 5: Reporting on a consistent basis to parents
We shall ensure that concise and readable summary
reports are provided after each inspection, designed to meet the
needs of parents and pupils.
Issue 6: Post-inspection meeting between parents
and the headteacher and governing body
We shall continue to encourage schools to involve
parents regularly on important issues, including holding meetings
to follow up the outcomes of inspection. We shall also explore
the most effective ways of seeking parents' views before and during
Issue 7: More serving teachers and headteachers
on inspection teams
We shall develop and publish a strategy for
increasing the number of inspection teams involving serving school
Issue 8: Improving feedback to individual teachers
We have already stopped providing profiles of
teaching grades for individual teachers, and shall take further
steps to improve feedback including allowing more time for it
under the new inspection arrangements.
Issue 9: Making better use of parents', governors'
and headteachers' views
We shall establish and publish clear procedures
for dealing with requests for inspection from parents, governors
and headteachers.
Issue 10: Using questionnaires to survey pupils'
We shall explore the most effective ways of
securing pupils' views before and during inspections, and trial
new approaches with both primary and secondary age pupils in all
types of school.
Issue 11: Asking schools to invite the pre-inspection
views of their partners
We shall encourage schools as part of the new
arrangements from September 2003 to assemble views from their
partners to feed into inspection, and also ensure that partners
know how to contact inspectors directly if they wish to do so.
We shall work with schools and inspectors to try out ways of doing
this in advance of 2003, to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy.
Issue 12: Refreshing the pool of lay inspectors
We are determined to widen the pool of lay inspectors
and make it more representative. We shall take steps to recruit
and train new lay inspectors, and consider in the light of experience
what further steps may be needed to ensure their use on inspection
Issue 13: Joint work with DfES to reduce bureaucracy
We shall continue to work actively with DfES.
We recognise the concerns of schools and share their desire to
keep the demands of inspection and associated paperwork to a minimum,
while maintaining an effective and rigorous inspection system.
Issue 14: Extending survey and pilot inspections
to count as statutory inspections
We shall allow pilot and other inspections to
count as statutory inspections where it makes sense to do so.
Issue 15: Linked inspection of groups of schools
We recognise that this is a complex area. We
shall take some obvious early steps to inspect closely-linked
schools at the same time, and test and evaluate possible further
options for joint inspection.
Issue 16: A common start date for new arrangements
We are planning to introduce new arrangements
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The pedagogical approach of the Children's Innovation Project is driven by inquiry and positions both students and teachers as learners. Through exploration with raw materials, children experiment, notice, wonder, draw, debate and explain their processes of learning with each other. Learning experiences include opportunities to work individually, with a partner, in small groups and as a whole class. The core methodologies of our approach are listed below.
observational drawing
Children learn to draw what they see, not what they think something is supposed to look like. Children notice carefully and slowly in order to focus on line, shape, texture, size, space, orientation and position of individual objects and of parts inside whole systems. Drawing what they observe allows children to look more closely and notice more of what is there (and what is not there). We often ask: "What did your drawing help you notice?"
predict - test - reflect - revise
Children learn to make predictions, test them out, reflect on what happened (or didn't happen) and make revisions as their inquiry continues. This process becomes a seamless part of children's learning experience and is deeply embedded in our lesson design. This is the work of children's play.
discuss - critique - debate
The process of learning (where children predict-test-reflect-revise) is a social process with rich opportunities for children to talk, listen and grow conversations with each other. Specifically, children learn to have focused discussions, listen carefully to give meaningful critiques, and debate ideas in ways that grow learning for all people in the class.
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It's no secret that grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren. While our parents typically mean the world to us, our grandparents usually hold a special place in our hearts. They may seem strange and old fashioned at times, but there is something so honest and sweet about how they appreciate the simple things in life. Nothing ever seems to make them nearly as happy as when they are spending time with family, and they have no greater love than spoiling their grandkids.
A group of eight-year-olds were ask to define what a grandparent is. The brutally-honest answers they gave are nothing short of hilarious.
- Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of her own. They like other people's.
- A grandfather is a man and a grandmother is a lady!
- Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
- When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
- They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on "cracks."
- They don't say, "Hurry up."
- Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
- They wear glasses and funny underwear.
- They can take their teeth and gums out.
- Grandparents don't have to be smart.
- They have to answer questions like, "Why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?"
- When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.
- Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television, because they are the only grown-ups who like to spend time with us.
- They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time and kiss us even when we've acted badly.
- A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. ''Oh,'' he said, ''She lives at the airport and when we want her we just go get her. Then when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.''
- Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
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Eisai in deal to acquire MGI Pharma for $3.9 billion
Japanese drugmaker Eisai said Monday it would pay $3.9 billion in cash to buy Bloomington, MN,-based MGI Pharma.
The deal marks the largest acquisition of a foreign firm of any kind by a Japanese company so far this year, according to data tracker Thomson Financial.
Faced with major patent expiries in the US, Eisai is seeking to boost its product line.
Eisai's Aricept for Alzheimer's, which had sales of around $800 million in 2006, will lose patent protection in 2010, and has left the company looking for other drugs to fill the hole.
MGI Pharma makes Aloxi, an injection for cancer patients to help prevent post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting. It also sells injectable Dacogen for the treatment of bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, the Gliadel Wafer for brain cancer, and Hexalen, a chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer. MGI Pharma reported 2006 sales of $342.8 million.


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The grammar school in Slough - one of only 164 remaining grammars - faces being axed to make way for one of the Government's flagship academies.
Under the plans it will merge with a nearby high school to form a new school which would not be selective.
Families with children at the grammar school, founded in 1897, have accused Government officials, council officers and the Diocese of Northampton of riding roughshod over parents' wishes and pushing through a covert deal which would see selection abolished.
A date has already been set for the opening of the academy, even though there has yet to be a formal consultation with the parents of children at the grammar or at the school it will merge with, St Joseph's Catholic High School.
A "Statement of Intent" letter from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to Slough council, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, said: "Following recent discussions between the council and department officials, it has been agreed that the new Academy will open in September 2011 in existing buildings with newbuild accommodation opening no earlier than 2014."
Paul Welsh, a parent who is campaigning to save the school, accused officials of deliberately keeping parents in the dark about the plan and said the project would decimate two thriving schools.
He said: "The closure of St Bernard's is an act of academic vandalism by a bishop who himself went to a grammar school. Academies were designed to replace failing schools. St Bernard's can in no way be classed as failing.
"The diocese is just looking at the prize of a brand new school, but it is completely out of touch if it thinks parents will simply continue to send their children to a Catholic academy when they have got rid of selection.
"More than half of the children at the grammar come from outside of Slough to attend the school. That's not going to happen after a merger, and there will be a falling roll."
Mr Welsh, 45, an IT network manager whose elder daughter Anastasia, 12, attends St Bernard's and whose younger daughter, Katherine, 10, is due to sit the 11-plus exam next term, said parents faced unacceptable uncertainty over applications to the school for next September.
"Families fill in secondary school forms in the autumn and children sit the 11-plus in November," he said. "But no-one knows what to do now.
"I would not be surprised if there is a big drop in applications to St Bernard's because of the uncertainty. It will decimate a great school."
The rules on grammar school closures are different to those that apply to closures of other schools.
Labour introduced a parental ballot system in 1998 which allows for selection to be scrapped if enough parents support the move; it is not yet clear whether this will apply in Slough. Whitehall lawyers are looking into the legal position.
Frances Image, the Northampton Diocese schools' commissioner, said that the diocese was trying to do what was best for the two schools.
"St Joseph's is on a very small site and whatever you spend on it, it is not going to be the right size," she said.
"St Bernard's has major problems with its building, which is not fit for the purpose of a 21st century education.
"Our vision is that we want to be able to offer excellent education to all Catholic children in Slough and beyond, in buildings that are fit for purpose. I understand parents' concerns and they understandably think in the shorter term.
"We have to think in the longer term and we want to offer something that is quite outstanding that the community will want to use."
Mrs Image said the Diocese was in discussions with the Department about a later start date for the academy, and stressed that parents would be fully consulted at the feasibility study stage of the academy plan.
James Welsh, the head of St Joseph's, said: "I totally understand parents' fears, but the plan is a great opportunity that will enrich these schools.
"You can still have excellence without selection. I have worked at both schools and there is excellent teaching and work going on at both. You can have your Oxbridge classes and your special needs department existing in the same school."
The Slough plan comes as the 164 grammars are being urged to "federate" with nearby comprehensives and secondary moderns to help raise standards. Federated schools share a governing body but remain separate entities.
However, Bob McCartney, the chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association, said that such moves were a covert threat to the grammar school system, and warned that the Slough proposal set a "dangerous precedent".
He said: "The last thing Labour wants is open warfare on selection, so it has contrived a number of insidious and covert means. One of these is to underfund grammars so they look at federations, consolidations and mergers."
The Conservative Party has angered many of its traditional supporters with its new policy of backing existing grammars but opposing the creation of more. The issue could once again flare up in the run up to the General Election.
David Davis, the former shadow Home Secretary, and Graham Brady MP, will argue for more grammar schools at the Spectator magazine's inaugural political debate on Tuesday.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire men's hockey team came out strong in its home opener defeating Bethel University 5-0 Friday night at Hobbs Ice Center.
The first period started out slow with only nine shots total being made on goal by both teams. The Blugolds led the way outshooting the Royals 8-1.
The second period was a different story with the Blugolds coming out and putting three goals on the board. The first goal was put into the back of the net by Jordan Singer (Lino Lake, Minn./Centennial) on a penalty shot 3:44 in. The penalty came when Bethel's Tyler Swanson was called for hooking as the Blugold forward was making his shot on goal. Isaiah Bennis (Jr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) got the second goal of the night on a pass from Devin Mantha (Jr.-Sturgeon Falls, Ont./Ann Arbor Pioneer). Two minutes later, Kurt Weston (Jr.-Roseau, Minn./Roseau) got his first goal of the season after David Donnellan (So.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) got him the puck.
The Blugolds put the nail in the coffin in the third period scoring two more goals. Eric Mclintock (So.-Traverse City, Mich./Central) got the first goal at 8:08. Travis Peckskamp (Jr.-Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids) then came up with the final goal of the night.
Brandon Stephenson (Jr.-Saline, Mich./Saline) got the shutout win for the Blugolds. He had 15 saves on the night and is now 1-1 on the season.
The Blugolds outshot the Royals 39-15 and improved on the season to 2-1. They come back Saturday to play Hamline University. The game will start at 7 p.m. at the Hobbs Ice Center.


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|Contrary to a friend's opinion, this is a piece of chicken breast and NOT a tonsil. Haha.
I thought... and thought... and decided HECK NO! I do not need something else to nag at me on a daily basis. Ha! But I could definitely handle one thing a week!! Then that concept would surely guarantee me a blog worthy report at least 52 times a year. At least in theory anyway... So, here I am gathering myself to present you with my first weekly project. I got the inspiration from a Pinterest and it led me to an awesome website full of yummy recipes. I suggest you go head over and check it out, when you get a chance. Table For Two, is its' name. Tell them I sent you. (Not that it matters. I just think it would be fun to baffle them.)
This is the recipe I tried tonight. They call it Chick-Fuh-Lay nuggets and sauce. WOW, was I impressed! Knocked my families socks off! I mean, we LOVE Chick-Fil-A!! But we have to drive 45 minutes out of town to enjoy it. And of course, we always get a craving for it on SUNDAY! (The day it is closed, for those of you unfamiliar folks...) And we LOVE the sauce. It is one of the reasons that make their food so good. Needless to say, we are happy happy people now that we can make a copycat Chick-Fil-A sauce recipe all by ourselves. I went ahead and made some homemade macaroni and cheese and got a fabulous seedless watermelon to go along with our dinner. Such a yummy spread, if I do say so myself. I will say, in our defense, we know (at least I know,) that it is, without a doubt, a sometimes meal. I promise we will not be making this 6 times a week or even 6 times a year for that matter. I mean, any chicken recipe that calls for powdered sugar in the coating and then deep frying?? It is something you save for special occasions. Maybe. ;-)
Anyway, I just want to go on the record and be held accountable. I will be blogging a recipe, tip, project or SOMETHING that I get the inspiration for on Pinterest. I will be sure to link to the original website and tell you all about it. I promise to even show you my failures. I am just cool like that...
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The MSt in Music is a one year course which offers an introduction to the broad range of current methodologies and approaches in music scholarship. Students choose on application to specialise in either musicology, composition or performance.
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The MPhil in Music is a two-year course whose first year, and assessment, is identical to that of the MSt course. Students may apply directly for entry to it or MSt students who successfully complete their course at a high level may apply to proceed directly into the second year of the MPhil. In the second year Musicologists produce a 12,000 word project and a 25,000 word dissertation, Composers produce a project and a portfolio of compositions and Performers a 19,000 word dissertation and a 45 minute recital.
The Oxford 1+1 MBA is a unique opportunity for talented individuals to combine the Master of Studies in Music with a one-year MBA at Oxford's Said Business School. This powerful combination allows you to gain deep knowledge and expertise in your specialist fields, as well as developing a comprehensive understanding of business, exceptional leadership skills and practical experience.
As a 1+1 MBA student, you will spend your first year completing the MSt in Music before joining the MBA in your second year.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are history. So … all your holiday shopping is done, right? If the answer is yes, go bake cookies. Oh, they are also finished and in the freezer? Well, good for you. Go put up some more holiday lights.
Now, for my peers that said "no," I have some ideas for you. Overachievers are invited to read on, as well — you may take notes for your 2018 gifting.
Your artsy friends can be challenging to shop for, but don't give up — give a class. How many times have you heard them say, "Someday I'm going to learn (blank)"? Here's your chance to show them you've been listening. Give them a little jump start with the needed supplies and a gift certificate to participate in a class.
And if you are also artsy, consider a mutual gift of a shared evening with your friend painting or creating. The painting night programs are still growing in popularity and are easy to find.
You also could plan an afternoon visiting one or more of Cleveland's outstanding museums. That could be the catalyst for a great adventure day. Pack your sketchbook for an outing to Rockefeller Park Greenhouse, Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History or Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, just to name a few. Throw in lunch or dinner, and you have a serious event planned.
The hardest part is coordinating schedules, so it is helpful to know that most museums are open late on Wednesdays.
"The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s" is the special exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., through Dec. 31. This is the first major museum exhibition to focus on America's taste in art and design during this exuberant era.
>> Cleveland Museum of Art celebrates 'The Jazz Age' with myriad types of work by many artists
General admission to the museum is free, but special exhibits such as this one require tickets and cost $15. There are discounts for students, seniors and members' guests (admission is free for museum members).
Don't miss the 46th annual Juried Art Exhibit at Valley Art Center, 155 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. The exhibit ends Dec, 13. VAC also has a gift shop to help you support local artists.
Stella's Art Gallery
Second Fridays are special at Stella's Art Gallery, in Mentor's Match Works Building, 8500 Station St. In fact, this month's event is extra-special and runs Dec. 8 through 10.
The weekend event includes great deals and activities with the cooperation of several additional galleries and art hot spots from Mentor, Painesville,Fairport Harbor, Perry and Madison, plus the opportunity to win prizes.
Start at any of several locations to pick up a passport, explore and shop each location, and have it stamped before you leave. Turn it in at your final location to be entered into the prize drawing.
SAG is hosting a meet-the-artists event from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 8. There also will be deals and classes, ornament making, glamour photo shots and more all weekend.
The event also includes Flux Metal Arts, 8827 Mentor Ave., Suite A, Mentor. They are offering a free gift with an artist-made jewelry purchase or a 10-percent discount on class registrations and jewelry-making tools and supplies.
At Gallery One, 7003 Center St., Mentor, specials include buy-two-get-one deals on select Gallery Giclees and Daly or Bullas figurines, plus signed and numbered Laessig or Lawton prints for just $10, as well as a hand-signed Ptacek poster for just $5. Yes, there's more — check it out.
At Starfish and Coffee, 154 Main St., Painesville, there will be live music with Markus West from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 and a beaded ornament class from 2 to 4 Dec. 9. Registration is required. Call 440-853-0360 to register.
Locations in Fairport include Old Familiar Ways, 312 High St.; The Gravel Pit, 225 High St.; Love Us Boutique, 215 High St.; Barn Bridge Mercantile, 217 Third St.; and My Junque Shoppe, 215 Third St.
Make a wire twisted bead tree for just $10 on Dec. 9 at Craft Smiths, 3708 South Ridge Road, Perry. Classes begin at 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m.
Get 20 percent off your entire purchase at Wit & Whimsy, 1940 Hubbard Road, Madison, when you present your passport.
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Lakeland Gallery
The Lakeland Community College Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, in the Gallery at Lakeland, 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, welcomes two new faculty members.
Carol Adams, who teaches drawing, is showing drawing, enamel with embroidery sculpture, and a fabric and copper installation sculpture. Bryan Rinnert teaches digital photography and is showing oversized fashion photography.
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Continued heavy rains across south Louisiana forced the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to close all hunting seasons, except for the waterfowl seasons, on the Pearl River, Joyce, Manchac and Maurepas Swamp wildlife management areas.
The Pearl River WMA was closed Friday morning. The LDWF took the action after the Pearl River hit a 16.5-foot reading on the Pearl River. The gate at the Old U.S. 11 access point was closed and the advisory indicated the gate will remain closed until the river falls below 16.5 feet and the LDWF determines that "all roads and bridges are determined safe for vehicle passage."
The Joyce, Manchac and Maurepas Swamp WMAs, closed Saturday morning, are in parts of Ascension, Livingston, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Tangipahoa parishes and will remain closed "until further notice."
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Yilmin Koo, who was a graduate assistant for the Meadows Chair, is a recent PhD graduate from UNT's program in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Language and Literacy Studies. With a background in English language and literature from Sogang University in Korea, he has studied in the fields of formal linguistics and applied linguistics, including the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). While studying applied linguistics for his MA degree at Northern Arizona University, Koo also taught English as a Second Language and was awarded Teacher of the Year for 2011 and 2012. He has presented and published papers in pragmatics, L2 writing, corpus linguistics, and educational policy. His current research project, which relates to a longstanding interest in pragmatics and corpus linguistics, focuses on the framing of policy discourse.
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Dung Nguyen successfully defended her dissertation based on research into the translingual practices of university students who are bilingual in Vietnamese and English, and she will receive her PhD degree in December 2018. Her bachelor's degree in Teaching English as Second Language (TESL) is from the University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and her master's degree in TESL is from Hawaii Pacific University. In Vietnam she filled a leadership role with teacher development projects, which included Project 2020, coordinated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, and also a program in Binh Duong Province that she helped develop when she was a Ford Foundation Scholar. In addition to her research, she teaches courses in Teacher Education for undergraduate students and also assists with the Center for Teacher Preparation. Besides translanguaging, her research interests include TESL, contrastive linguistics, and extensive reading.
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Adepeju Olaniyi is a doctoral candidate whose research interests include language policy analysis, comparative studies, and discourse analysis. Her major is Curriculum and Instruction, and her concentration area is Language and Literacy Studies. She is an experienced facilitator who has participated in various kinds of international and national educational experiences through organizations working on advocacy and gender issues as well as educational policy. Now a graduate assistant and teaching fellow in Teacher Education and Administration, she holds a master's degree in Curriculum Development from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, and she has presented and published papers locally and internationally. Her current research project is a critical analysis of language policy.
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Boys for Men
Nintendo woos adults with a next-generation Game Boy.
Nintendo has sold almost 170 million Game Boys, making it the top-selling piece of game hardware of all time. Those monstrous sales figures have come without caving to the baser instincts of the gaming public. As the big home consoles have rolled out gorier and sexier titles, the Game Boy's biggest hits have remained cuddly, goofy adventures starring Mario the plumber and the Pokemon monsters.
The Game Boy's family values have been driven as much by technological limitations as by choice. Handhelds have always stuck to simple puzzle games or nonviolent jump-and-bonk action titles because that's all their weak chips and graham-cracker-sized screens could handle. What's more, since handhelds are played on the go, they've always been best for short blasts of not-too-complex games like Tetris or Pokemon.
No one will mistake Nintendo's new handheld, the DS, for one of the weak sisters of gaming. The DS's graphics chip is as powerful as the one used in the Nintendo 64—complex artificial intelligence, realistic exit wounds, and virtual D-cups aren't just for consoles anymore. It also has two screens, one on each side of the device's flip-it-open, clamshell form, allowing for terrific flexibility in game design. In a complicated first-person-shooter like Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, the top screen shows you the gory action and the bottom one a map. In The Urbz: Sims in the City, a hipster version of the Sims, the bottom screen lets you trade items, chat, and check your goals while you watch your little avatar stumble around up top.
The DS has two other major innovations: wireless networking and a touch-sensitive lower screen. I wasn't able to test out the wireless, but Nintendo claims that up to 16 players can hook up within a range of 100 feet. I wasn't expecting much from the touchy-feely screen—how, exactly, are you supposed to play a game with a stylus, particularly the DS's lightweight, 2-inch plastic stick? (There's also a little plastic nub you can strap to your thumb, allowing you to use the touchscreen like the trackpad on a laptop.) I was surprised, then, to find that the stylus gives you something handhelds have always lacked: sophisticated, mouse-like control. When I tried to play Metroid Prime with the usual up-down-left-right buttons, I couldn't aim for beans; when I used the stylus, my aim was fluid and precise—it was easy to look up and down or to spin around and zap an alien.
With all those new features and that heft under the hood, is the DS not just for 8-year-olds anymore? You'd certainly think so, judging by Nintendo's ribald marketing campaign. An ad in the current issue of Maxim shows a voluptuous blonde purring, "I love a man with a soft, sensitive touch." Next month, you'll start seeing television ads in which a sultry female voice coos that "touching is good." One of the first DS titles, Feel the Magic: XY/XX, is a dating game in which you perform Jackass-style stunts to woo a pixellated chick in a miniskirt. It's all enough to make that 2-inch stylus feel kinda inadequate.
Nintendo's grown-up marketing campaign is likely part of a pre-emptive strike against Sony, which is releasing its handheld Playstation, the PSP, next year. Still, after playing around with the DS for a couple of days, I'm not sure that ditching its kid-friendly image is a smart move for Nintendo. When it comes to appealing to adults, the DS has one serious problem: size. Up until now, the Game Boy had been getting progressively tinier—the previous version, the Game Boy Advance SP, looked almost like a powder compact—but this thing is nearly as big as a Walkman circa 1987. As the ever-shrinking iPod and Nokia phones prove, adults—particularly the ones who carry tiny purses—crave small, compact gadgets.
There's also something about combining the words "Nintendo" and "sexy" that kind of makes my skin crawl. In one round of Feel the Magic, I had to "clean off" a girl by rubbing off the muddy spots that cover her body. The more I stroked her with my stylus, the more she writhed in ecstasy—she was having, essentially, a tiny digital orgasm. When my wife leaned over to figure out what in God's name was going on, I had to confess the embarrassing truth: I was doing the nasty—with my Game Boy.
When I checked the Nintendo Web site, I found that there's even hotter fare to come. To see a preview of Sprung, the "game where everybody scores," I had to navigate past a mature-player warning from a wide-eyed Mario. That's almost as creepy as getting beckoned into a strip club by Mickey Mouse. Of course, I'm joking. I think. The company's reputation for family values will probably limit Nintendo's raunchiness—even Sprung is only rated "teen." Still, promoting games most people would be ashamed to play on the subway doesn't seem like the best strategy for dominating the handheld market. Let's just pray that Nintendo's marketing plan doesn't include Strip Tetris.


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The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS offers investors an opportunity to secure potentially attractive returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of seed-stage innovation companies, whilst taking advantage of the considerable income tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax benefits available under the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.
Providing seed investment to emerging technology-focused companies, the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS seeks to fund selected investee companies that possess an exciting new innovative approach to meet the existing and emerging requirements and demands of both corporate and consumer markets. The overarching focus of the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is to offer investors a diversified exposure to companies engaged in a variety of technologies, including:
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Specifically, the investment strategy of the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is to invest in a diversified portfolio of a minimum of five investee companies, each of which will focus upon the development and/or application of technological innovation to address an identifiable market demand or consumer need.
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Sci-Tech Daresbury
Established in 2006, as a national innovation and science campus, Sci-Tech Daresbury is internationally recognised through the reputation of the STFC Daresbury Laboratory and Cockcroft Institute in leading-edge research and development. The Campus operates large-scale facilities used by many UK universities as well as an increasing number of industrial companies (e.g. IBM, Unilever, Bentley Motors, BAE Systems).
Sci-Tech Daresbury is home to over 100 high- tech companies employing over 600 people in areas such as advanced engineering, digital/ICT, biomedical, energy, and environmental technologies. These vary from start-up companies to more mature SMEs to international corporates such as IBM, Atos and Hitachi. About one in six companies have their headquarters outside the UK.
Sci-Tech Daresbury enables companies at the campus to benefit from a collaborative environment and provides access to top-class facilities with the aim of providing companies on the campus with the best possible chance of succeeding and growing.
Since the advent of the Campus in 2006, Sci-Tech Daresbury has seen a wealth of highly innovative companies join, bringing expertise in areas ranging from medical devices and diagnostics to data analytics, control technologies to instrumentation, renewables to advanced materials.
We Are Nova
We Are Nova describes itself as a digital development organisation that specialises in creating and growing digital start-up businesses. Working with digital innovations, We Are Nova confirms that it operates a partnership-style approach to helping entrepreneurs from an initial idea to discovering its market and building the product.
We Are Nova states that they work with companies to explore ideas and accomplish three primary things;
- Prove that a real unmet need or problem in the world has been identified
- Identify initial customers who will help test and provide future feedback on the product
- Develop a concise business plan.
With over 30 companies developed so far, We Are Nova works at the initial stage to assess ideas, identifying if there is a potential market for the product, undertaking customer research and developing a business plan. Beyond this, We Are Nova, with support from Deepbridge, will work with investee companies with the aim of producing prototypes and then developing commercial products, as appropriate.
Through prototyping, We Are Nova's experienced team assesses which solutions could solve the identified problem. Following collation of real user feedback and data, We Are Nova will also look at the business model and start to understand how they can turn the original idea into both a scalable and sustainable company.
Once the product is created, We Are Nova's digital and commercial experts seek to commercialise and further grow the companies.
SEIS Tax Reliefs
SEIS relief is available to investors in respect of each investment in an Investee Company made by the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS, by reference to the date the investment is made. Under SEIS, the main tax advantages that may be claimed by a qualifying investor are as follows:
- 50% income tax relief up to a maximum investment in SEIS of £100,000 per tax year per individual.
- Capital gains that are reinvested in SEIS shares qualify for a 50% exemption from CGT.
- Tax free gains. There is no capital gains tax liability on gains on the first disposal of shares which have been held for 3 years in SEIS qualifying companies, on which SEIS income tax relief has been obtained.
- 100% inheritance tax exemption after each individual investment has been held for at least 2 years.
- Income tax carry-back relief. Investors can claim income tax relief for the tax year in which they invest in the underlying companies, as well as the tax year immediately preceding the investment. This enables the investor to claim tax relief in the period(s) most advantageous to him/her.
- Loss relief (providing potential total tax relief of up to 72.5%). A loss on any qualifying investment in the portfolio, irrespective of the overall performance of the portfolio, can be offset by individuals against income of the tax year of loss, or the previous year, or against capital gains of the tax year of the loss and future years.
The 100% Rule
The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is an investor fee-free Seed EIS opportunity, when introduced via an authorised and regulated financial adviser. Investors are therefore not charged any fees at point of investment. Upfront and ongoing fees are paid by the Investee Companies: this advantage allows investors to enjoy 100% of SEIS tax benefits and to have 100% of their investment actually put to work earning potential investment returns.
The Target Return
The investment objective of the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is to generate substantial tax-efficient mid-case capital growth of 200p for every 100p invested, over a minimum 5 year period.
Exit events will be sought at the earliest opportunity after the third anniversary of the investment made.
Who Is The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS Targeting?
The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is targeting UK taxpaying individuals:
- Seeking an attractive, medium term investment opportunity
- With income tax liability in the preceding and/or current tax years
- With a large capital gain
- Who will benefit from IHT relief.
The minimum individual investment in the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS is £10,000. Investors should note that their investment comprises of shares in small unquoted companies (often with high risk) and that they are unlikely to have access to their capital for a minimum of 6 years from the date of application. Please refer to the risk section for further information.
Investors should be aware that investment in smaller unlisted companies (including SEIS qualifying companies) carries with it a high degree of inherent risk whether or not it is done through a diversified portfolio and regardless of any tax advantages which such an investment might carry and/or any steps taken to attempt to mitigate that risk. Investors are unlikely to have access to their capital for at least a period of 6 years. Investors should be aware that thier capital is at risk and they may lose all or some of their investment. Please refer to the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS Information Memorandum for further information regarding risks.
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People are destined to die once.
Hebrews 9:27
People have funny ways of dealing with death. Some laugh at death, or at least make jokes about it. I love Woody Allen's take: "I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." Others try to cheat death, although I don't exactly know how that's done. It's not like death is a final exam. Oh wait, it is the final exam. So how do you cheat? Copy off someone else's exam? What if the person you're copying dies before you?
Some of those who aren't into humor or cheating try to confront death by exercising so they'll live longer. But that seems more like an exercise in futility. The gym I frequent is filled with older people who apparently are trying to make up for 60 or more years of potato chips and inactivity by riding a stationary cycle while reading the newspaper. Is this helping to stave off the grim reaper? Hard to say.
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My good friend George asked me to collaborate with him on a project called InfluenceHR.
Don't worry. I am not trying to sell you anything. You are not the target audience*. But you should read about it, anyway.
George is launching a symposium for executives who work in the HR technology space. His event will feature the latest HR marketing trends, and the speakers will offer exclusive insight. And there will be lots of talk about go-to-market strategies.
And oh yeah I am working with the speakers and driving some of the content and agenda. I am sorta excited to work with George on this project because I have all this experience as a Human Resources lady. Then I developed my skills as a marketing strategist. And now I get to see it all come together.
One of the sessions I am most excited about will be moderated by Lance Haun. He will lead a panel of seasoned journalists and PR professionals who will talk about what works and what doesn't when pitching to journalists and bloggers (like me).
Honestly, marketing people should know how to pitch. Many of them don't. There. Are. Best. Practices. Yes, it is about building relationships, offering a compelling story and demonstrating how your product will solve a problem. But there is a specific way to pitch. And that rarely happens.
Lance recently highlighted some of the garbage that is sent to bloggers. (There are worse examples. He was being kind.) So if you work in marketing, please slow down with your blogger outreach program. Take a little time with your pitch. If you don't understand the basic components of a PR pitch to digital journalists and bloggers, do your homework or pay an expert. Stop clogging my inbox with your smelly pitches.
Yes, you have to do this.


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Why Choose T1 Lines?
Although cable, DSL and fiber optic Internet services from your local phone or cable company seem fast and reliable, they are not the best choices for businesses and other individuals requiring uninterrupted service and high bandwidth. Businesses that rely on their telephone and Internet services choose to install T1 lines instead of standard phone and Internet services, which are aimed at the consumer market.
What is a T-Carrier Line?
T-carrier lines were first developed by Bell Labs over 50 years ago to handle heavy telephone traffic at communications hubs. These wired connections capable of handling 24 simultaneous telephone calls were made available to businesses in the 1970s but did not gain wide acceptance until the early 1980s. In addition to the higher capacity permitted by these lines, the calls made on them are of higher quality because the lines are not shared with other users. Traffic is routed directly through the telecommunications company to and from the subscribing business without any outside interference.
Years later, when the Internet became more popular and more important to businesses, it was a simple matter to convert T1 service from voice communications to data communications. The maximum bandwidth of a T1 connection is 1.544 Mbps, but the usage can be split between voice and data traffic by dedicating any number of the 24 available channels to a particular service. In recent years, prices for T-carrier service have dropped drastically, and subscribers to the lines have multiplied. Today, T1 is very affordable, and it can be shared with a limited number of users in what is called fractional service.
Primary Uses of T1
T1 voice service is usually used with 23 of the 24 lines open for calls and one line dedicated to caller ID or other data signals. However, this common arrangement has been largely replaced by integrated service that uses half of the available bandwidth for calls and half for Internet data. When even greater bandwidth is required, customers can upgrade to T3 lines, which are bundles of 28 T1 connections working in conjunction to provide a total bandwidth of 44.736 Mbps or 672 voice channels.
The 24 channels of a T1 line makes it perfect for businesses with 20 to 100 employees who all require separate lines. Some businesses use two T1 connections so that the full 24 channels of one can be used for voice while the full bandwidth of the other handles Internet traffic. Some companies may also dedicate channels to particular functions, such as email servers, Web servers, local area networks and virtual private networks.
T1 Installation
T1 service runs through the same copper cables used by standard telephone and DSL Internet services. This means that installation is simple and affordable. Most buildings are already wired for T1, so all that has to be done is to reroute the traffic to a dedicated line outside the building. This also means that businesses may be able to subscribe to T1 service in remote locations where DSL and cable Internet are not available. In such locations, the only other offering is satellite Internet, which is notorious for having low bandwidth and unreliable service.
Digital Advantage
All of the signals sent and received through T1 lines are digital, which means calls and Internet signals are free from noise and other analog disturbances that may affect the quality of signals. In the past, analog signals had to go through expensive converters as they left the subscriber's facility, but now, these converters are widespread and very affordable, which defrays much of the cost that was associated with the lines in the past. The digital lines are also perfect for VoIP telephone service, which offers high-quality calls and features that are superior to standard telephone service.
T1 Internet Rates
The T1 Internet rate varies for every subscriber because one of the primary factors in cost is the distance from the subscriber's location to the telecommunications company, which is known as the local loop. If the local loop is greater than two miles, signal repeaters are required, which may increase the cost.
Typically, T1 rates start at around $350 per month and go up to $1,000 per month. However, online T1 brokers now offer comparison services to provide potential customers with the best deals.


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Federal grand jury subpoenas released Monday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration after a long court fight show that a widespread-corruption investigation of state hiring extended even to decisions made before the Democratic governor took office in January 2003.
The Tribune first reported in 2005 that prosecutors were examining possible criminal wrongdoing involving state hiring, and U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald confirmed a probe into allegations of "endemic hiring fraud" in a 2006 letter to the attorney general.


text: This graph shows system energy densities. By "system", we are taking into account typical efficiencies of the systems that these chemicals are used in. Note that the closer a system reaction is to the upper right hand corner of the graph, the better the overall energy density. A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) can exhibit higher efficiency and comparable energy density, but problems like cross over tend to kill its ability to be a legitimate reactant. An ICE typically has poor efficiency (around 35%), and is mathematically limited to around 48%. This cannot compare with FCs that operate typically in the 60% to 90% range. Then note also that a hydrogen fuel cell has excellent gravimetric energy density, but volumetrically is terrible and hence is the reason why it must be stored in high pressure tanks that are anything but safe in a vehicle. The eVia project believes that a H2O2/NaBH4 system is the best option of the main competitors for this reason among the following in the subsequent slides.


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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's top anti-drug official is crediting Brazilian reconnaissance drones for a series of recent blows against the cocaine trade.
Felipe Caceres does not provide details about the unmanned aerial vehicles other than to say they are Israeli-made, patrol the border and also enter Bolivian airspace.
Bolivian police say they destroyed more than 240 drug labs early this month in the eastern lowlands state of Santa Cruz, which borders Brazil.
Brazil became an important drug-fighting for Bolivia after the latter kicked out U.S. drug agents in 2008.
Bolivia is the world's No. 3 cocaine-producing nation and officials estimate that 92 percent of domestic cocaine production heads to Brazil.
Caceres told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that Colombian, Brazilian and Mexican cartels control its export.


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The new design this week is Gizelle, a mesh choker, earrings and bracelets set with flower and leaf motif in pear and brilliant cut, Photo Real Diamonds. A real sparkler with hanging drop diamonds to earrings and necklace front.
Just 2 sets in the collection, in gold or silver with diamonds. All sets offered at only L$150 this week for group members, less that half the normal price.
The other 2 releases are Joanna and Tyche, both previous jewelry designs but now offered as texture changers. Joanna with Pearls and Roses, and Tyche with gemstones on precious metals. The texture change options are versatile and will match most outfits perfectly. They are also very low lag, with only 1 script per piece and HUD.
The advent calendar continues with a unique gift each day. Today is the 8th of 25.
The Group Limited editions released last weekend will be available until Christmas, these include Holly Jewelry in Gold & Silver and Tyra and Candice Festive Boots.
With all discounted special offers and Advent Gifts, please join Virtual Impressions Retail Group and wear the tag to buy from the Members Stand (inside the door to the right) .


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Julia Misawa studied traditional Japanese taiko for ten years under the guidance of Taiko Master Seiichi Tanaka. It was Sensei Tanaka who first brought Taiko to the U.S. in 1968 when he founded the San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
As part of the professional team at this dojo, Julia Misawa traveled throughout the United States.
Some memorable experiences included performing at Carnegie Hall and recording a DVD at studios owned by George Lucas. Along with intense devotion to her own practice, Julia also assisted workshops for emotionally disturbed children at a hospital in Napa California. She continues in Boulder her commitment to teaching taiko to children and adults.
"Hibiki" means 'resonance' and many audience members report feeling inexplicably moved by the incredible sound of the drums.The resonance in the sound of the drums is due in part to the master craftsmanship that goes into making these amazing instruments. Many taiko drums are hundreds of years old, and the best drums are made entirely from one single tree trunk. It is believed that the spirit of the tree from which the wood came and the spirit imparted by the performers through the years helps produce the unique sound of the taiko.
Boulder Taiko Hibiki is working on bring the rich cultural experience of Taiko to local communities by integrating artistic skills and knowledge with traditional Japanese drum music through on-goin classes, performances, workshops and demonstrations for the general public. The study includes the discipline of Mind, Skill, Body and Manner in a spirit of complete respect and unity among people. Last but not least, it includes the pure enjoyment of playing Taiko from the bottom of one's heart.


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SOURCE: BC Rental Housing Coalition
March 21, 2016 13:24 ET
Non-Profit, Municipal, Co-operative Housing Sectors, Along With Private Sector, Seniors Advocate, Homelessness Organizations and Aboriginal Housing Providers Make Key Recommendations to Ottawa
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - March 21, 2016) - The BC Rental Housing Coalition is calling on the federal Liberal government to fulfill its encouraging election platform commitment to renew federal leadership in housing policy ahead of tomorrow's budget.
Specifically, the Coalition wants new investments to be spent on three housing priorities in BC: creating new supply, supporting tenants to keep and access housing, and aligning housing with other areas of social policy, such as health and public transportation.
Kishone Tony Roy, CEO of BC Non-Profit Housing Association, said: "If the Liberal government delivers on its election commitment, it will be the first meaningful new federal investment in rental housing in over 20 years. Therefore, the Coalition, which represents nearly all aspects of the rental housing system -- is providing evidence-based recommendations to ensure the investments have maximum positive impact for the people who need it most."
Thom Armstrong, Executive Director of the Co-op Federation of BC, added: "Delivering on commitments laid out in the election platform is a vital first step to tackling housing affordability in BC and addressing homelessness -- both issues highlighted earlier this month by the United Nations as requiring urgent attention in Canada."
David Silva, Interim CEO of Aboriginal Housing Management Association, echoed: "These recommendations are supported by the Aboriginal community, who are over represented among those in need of safe, affordable and health housing."
More specific recommendations from the Coalition include:
1) Creating new Supply: BC needs 80,000 units of new rental housing by 2021, of which 25,000 should be subsidized housing for households that cannot afford market rents. (1) The Coalition is calling on Ottawa to:
2) Support Tenants: Over the next decade more than 20,000 units of social housing will lose their subsidies in BC. This includes federal rent subsidies for 4,000 low-income co-op households. The Coalition is also calling on the federal government to:
3) Align Housing Policy: Economic development, transportation, health care, immigration, refugee services, aboriginal affairs and other areas of social policy are all intimately linked to housing. The Coalition is encouraged that federal ministers have been mandated to work collaboratively across these portfolios and seeks further collaboration moving forward.
David Hutniak, CEO, LandlordBC, says: "As private sector landlords, we are hopeful that the federal government will look to the success of a past program, Rental RAPP, and provide landlords with funding to pay for structural repairs, life safety repairs or new energy efficient heating. With all the aging rental stock we have today, which also happens to be the most affordable, it would be a fantastic program to reintroduce. This funding is easily deployed and would also create an immediate boost to the economy by providing work for contractors and purchase orders for suppliers."
Garth Davis, CEO, New Market Funds, confirmed: "The rental crisis is clearly not being solved by the invisible hand of the market and it is too big a problem for government alone. However, the federal government can take the critical first step in providing public funds, appropriately leveraged by private capital, in building vital community infrastructure where ownership ultimately resides in the community, ensuring a healthy long-term affordable rental stock."
The BC Rental Housing Coalition encompasses nearly all of the umbrella associations in the province that provide, advocate for, or develop rental housing including:
(1) BC Non-Profit Housing Association -- Rental Housing Need and Demand projections.
For further information, or to schedule an interview, please contact: Dean Pogas,Communications ManagerBC Non-Profit Housing Association604 363 firstname.lastname@example.com JacksonCommunications DirectorCo-operative Housing Federation of BC604 879 5111 (ext. 139)firstname.lastname@example.com
For further information, or to schedule an interview, please contact: Dean Pogas,Communications ManagerBC Non-Profit Housing Association604 363 firstname.lastname@example.com JacksonCommunications DirectorCo-operative Housing Federation of BC604 879 5111 (ext. 139)email@example.com
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The Monarch is the world's only migrating butterfly. Each year tens of millions of these fragile insects make a round-trip journey across North America to Mexico and back. Now a group of humans have embarked on a bold mission to track the Monarch's migration and help protect the insect and its habitat.
On a soccer field near downtown Washington, Francisco Gutierrez is working with his crew to assemble his ultralight aircraft. The veteran pilot has painted the wings black and gold -- just like a monarch butterfly's.
"It's exactly the same as a hang glider," he says. "You can see now they are putting down the wing and then we put in a unit with the engine that can carry two people - pilot and passenger. This light aircraft is like a butterfly for us. We are like monarchs and sharing the weather with them. So they don't fly. We don't fly."
Francisco Gutierrez and a team of co-pilots from Canada, the United States and Mexico are flying the migration route of the Monarch. Their journey in the Papalotzin - which means little butterfly in the ancient Aztec language - began in August in Canada and ends in November in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, where Monarchs hibernate in winter.
"It is amazing that this incredible insect that weighs less than one gram flies 5,500 kilometers each year with no problem," Mr. Gutierrez says. He adds, "Not one, but millions of Monarchs from North America go to this place that is just an area of a few square miles."
Monarch expert Lincoln Brower from Sweet Briar College is on hand to welcome the pilots and crew to Washington, one of more than a dozen stops they'll make between Canada and Mexico. He says the Monarch's realm is a three-country phenomenon. "The monarch migration is dependent upon what happens in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, and particularly in the U.S.," he says, "because the Monarchs lay their eggs only on milkweed plants. The caterpillars can't eat anything else. And the females never make a mistake. They only lay on milkweeds."
By November tens of millions of monarchs born in the United States and Canada will converge on the high elevation fir and pine forests of central Mexico.
Carlos Galindo-Leal is forest coordinator for World Wildlife Fund, a co-sponsor of the tracking mission. He says despite a reserve established to protect Monarch habitat, illegal logging continues to destroy valuable forestland.
He says the successful efforts to halt this practice reach beyond the Monarch to the ecology of the region. "The Monarch is only one species. It is an important species, but these forests have a lot of unique species," Mr. Galindo-Leal says. "These are really tall mountains. The monarch is basically sitting at 3,000 meters and up there are species endemic to the mountains - salamanders, birds and a number of species. No only do we protect these species, but the water - about 30% of the water that is there goes to the main cities including Mexico City." So protecting the Monarch butterfly's habitat he says, improves the lives of people as well.
Monarch expert Lincoln Brower says a sustainable environment requires balance between human and economic uses of the land.
"You just can't keep extracting," he says. "You are going to destroy the biodiversity on vast areas of this planet."
The pilots and crew tracking the Monarch migration route share Mr. Brower's passion for the insect. The team - which is producing a movie about their journey - is also writing a daily web log that details their progress and invites you along for a virtual ride with the Monarch butterflies.


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Harry Potter star Emma Watson has topped a new poll of outstanding women.
The young actress, who was recently named a leading celebrity feminist, has beaten mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey to the top of online site AskMen's new 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015 list.
Also making the top five are Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Tiger Woods' girlfriend, skiier Lindsey Vonn, while Beyonce, George Clooney's new wife Amal and Jennifer Lawrence make the top 10.