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They have become a popular idiom even in secular literature, in connotative terms, of the 'End Times.'
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MAHWAH, N.J. -- Special Properties Real Estate Services has announced the listing of 263 Canterbury Drive, located on the grounds of the Ramsey Golf & Country Club in Ramsey.
The initial asking price for the four-bedroom, two-bath, two-and-one-half-bath home is $699,999.
"Many homeowners never set foot on the golf course, but choose to live in the club for its sense of community," said Maureen Kuntz of Special Properties. "Many current residents walk, ride and jog through the streets of this unique neighborhood, where residents are friendly and many know each other's names. This property goes well beyond easy access to a wonderful golf course, offering the serenity of country club living and countless luxury amenities, dining possibilities and social events throughout the year."
The property offers picturesque natural surroundings and easy access to the downtown business district and New Jersey Transit, according to Special Properties.
The tri-level home features an open floor plan with 10-foot vaulted ceilings, complete with inlaid hardwood floors, tumbled marble and architectural trim work. A cook's kitchen includes a large island work space that flows onto a rear deck through French doors.
The master bedroom suite, which includes a full master bath, can be found on the second floor, along with two additional bedrooms served by an updated full bath.
A fourth bedroom, half bath with closets and storage can be found on the top floor.
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In addition to the PGA-rated golf course, amenities include paddle tennis courts, a 25-meter pool, a beach on the shores of Wyckoff Lake and access to the lake for kayaking or paddle boarding.
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All property owners maintain a membership in the country club on an annual basis. The first year of membership is offered free to new owners. Paddle tennis and pool memberships also are available.
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Barn Dance Bands: Shropshire - for your Event
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Based on an Irish Ceilidh Band, they can also include Scottish, English and Irish music if desired. The Band have been playing in and around the Midlands since 1979, so their music is spot on for dancing. Shropshire is within this Barn Dance Band's local performance area.
The usual format is based around Roger's driving accordion - which is usually accompanied by guitar and fiddle. However a banjo player is sometimes available if required, especially if the night is crying out for an Irish Ceili 'flavour',with some of the well-known songs for good measure ... more
The SK Band are a fiddle-led four-piece barn dance / ceilidh band and caller playing in a solidly 'British' style with an emphasis upon English tunes. The band members have a wealth of experience and have played together for seven years. Individually and collectively they bring great enthusiasm to country dance music which, when combined with their musical abilities, guarantees a successful, fun event. This Barn Dance Band is a regular visitor to Shropshire. The band is especially sympathetic to the needs of clients and can be both flexible and accom ... more
The FP Band are a professional piano and violin (and flute/recorder) two-piece folk band - plus caller, who specialise in playing for social dance, Playford dances and balls, American contra and barn dances. An ideal Barn Dance Band for a wedding or party in Shropshire. The Band will make any event special, with a tailor-made programme of dances to suit your experience and occasion. This dynamic duo have been playing professionally for nearly a decade.
This Duo are also happy to offer a larger band adding more musicians as required.
This is an experienced band who have been playing together for a variety of functions for a number of years. The basic line-up is fiddle, melodeon, guitar, bass guitar or drums and caller. The Barn Dance Band performs regularly in Shropshire. They often play for dance groups Appalachian included) and as a result their music is guaranteed to make you "lift them legs".
The aim of the STC band is to make sure that everyone has a good evening. Their caller is very experienced and will give very simple instructions just before and during each ac ... more
Based on an English Barn Dance Band, they can also include American, Scottish and Irish if desired. Shropshire is within this Barn Dance Band's local performance area. Hear all the traditional barn dance tunes, dance all the dances, with the SR Band, including accordion, fiddle, bass and Sheila herself, the caller (+ guitar, percussion) ,– and what a lovely Geordie accent she has too! The band's emphasis is on having fun and they are happy to play for any event, from village socials, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings etc.
Smaller bands are also available.
The WC Ceilidh /barn dance band is a lively group comprising of five talented musicians with a wide range of musical tastes and experience, who take common delight in sharing their skills, enthusiasm and passion for live music. This Barn Dance Band is a regular visitor to Shropshire. Whether you have arranged dozens of ceilidhs, or are contemplating your very first - this could be the band for you. They play traditional and contemporary folk dance tunes and call dances from all over the British Isles and beyond. The band also has a selection of cla ... more
Acclaimed for their uplifting, grooving show, this band bring together thrilling arrangements of European folk music and self-penned tracks to craft a diverse and explosive set. An ideal Barn Dance Band for a wedding or party in Shropshire. Fiddles, whistles, guitar, vocals, bass and percussion combine to show their folk, jazz, soul and world music influences with a clarity and maturity that has brought this lively group of young musicians a proliferate following.
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This band can offer Irish, Scottish, English, American Barn Dance & Ceilidh. The Barn Dance Band performs regularly in Shropshire. Ceilidhs and barn dances are a great excuses to share some powerful, exciting music with your friends and enjoy a fun-filled time on the dance floor! You really don't need any experience - this band's caller will simply teach you all you need to know. It's the ideal entertainment for parties and weddings - getting everyone involved.
The CZ Band is a 2-piece barn dance and ceilidh band, playing accordion, keyboard ... more
An all English Barn Dance Band, the Band comprise four musicians and a caller who provide lively and exciting dance music for dynamic dances. Shropshire is within this Barn Dance Band's local performance area. The band formed in 1988 and the line up consists of:- Andy - melodeon, concertina, saxophone and clarinet; John - electric bass guitar, recorders and whistles; Liz - recorders, concertina, saxophone and percussion; Mike - calls; Rob - guitar and mandola.
A period English Country Dance Band. (Ceilidh or Barndance of the time.) Experience the civilised music & dance of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Dance to tunes with names like 'A Trip To Highgate', 'The Alderman's Hat' & 'The Pleasures of the Town' played by a band typical of the period, with oboe, violin, flute/harpsichord, guitar/mandola and cello/bass. This Barn Dance Band is a regular visitor to Shropshire.
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I can't watch until the end but of what I've seen so far I agree that Maritsa does a very good job. Bogmatser and Teneva provide the necessary experience, both liberos are solid, Sabkova is a good OH that could surely play in a better league. Both MBs seem decent but lack a bit of height to be top players (according to CEV site Dimova is 191 and Grigorova 188 but they look much shorter to me). I think Maritsa's problem is OPP position, the short girl who plays there IMO is the weakest player of the team.
By the way, it's quite funny that in every time-out the lines have to be repaired
Yes this is very funny. In Plovdiv there are new and much bigger hall and i suppose that these things cannot happen there but maybe this is hall is choosen because of not so big audience who want to watch female volleyball.I hope so that this will not be a reason for injury.
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New Scientist | Chelsea Whyte:
Could a rare autoimmune disease have left Francisco de Goya deaf for the second half of his life? Often referred to as the father of modern art, Goya was struck by a mysterious illness in the 1790s, and his work became increasingly dark during the later years of his career. In the autumn of 1792, when he was 46, Goya fell ill with what physicians described as colic. The following winter, he was bedridden with a mysterious illness. It took him nearly two years to recover, and he was left deaf for the rest of his life… Read more
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Ever wanted to see only the posts that rate between certain number of shares or are strictly over/under certain number of shares? Well, now you can.
Here is a description:
Go to your feed, for example https://hubski.com/feed/yourUsername. Now you can add parameters to the end of it.
To search for posts under share rating N you need to add &under=N. Resulting in https://hubski.com/feed/yourUsername&under=N URL.
To search for posts over share rating N you need to add &over=(N - 2) resulting in https://hubski.com/feed/yourUsername&over=(N-2) URL.
To search for posts between M and N you add &over=(M-2)?under=N. This results in https://hubski.com/feed/yourUsername&over=(M-2)?under=N URL.
I don't know why -2, but maybe it's related to how comment filters are off by 1 and some </> instead of ≤/≥? Either way, this method works. Och, and please keep M ≤ N, OK? :P
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although it was a test of my first attempts so certain fuck-ups were made and the -2 thing from above didn't occur to me at the moment.
EDIT: Mistake in example 1 :/. Now corrected.
EDIT2: Maybe to make it explicit, if you want to have posts over 2, just make it equal to 0. &over=0, don't write expression and don't use parentheses! The above examples are results of my "I suck at explaining" quality speaking, not how the URL is supposed to look. Sorry.


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We are MencircleMencircle is the leading pinoy gay online community in the Philippines showcasing pinoy gay stories and helpful gay related articles plus live video chat room.
Mencircle (formerly Mensexret) founded by Menver Castro, started in webs.com bearing the name Mensexret or Men's Sexual Secrets on September 25, 2010 and moved to blogger on November 2, 2011. Mensexret added a Chatango chatbox on December 17, 2011 and followed the Tokbox live video chat on April 26, 2012. It became popular with its abbreviation MSR on the third quarter of year 2012.
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It was renamed from Mensexret to Mencircle on September 23, 2013. The second event on January 25, 2014, a Grand Eyeball held in Pansol Calamba Laguna attended by 45 participants, sponsored by chatters from different countries. The third event on November 28, 2015, this is the second Grand Eyeball held in Imus Cavite sponsored by various supporters from different countries.
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While it's common for bodybuilders to suspect that Anadrol would be an even riskier choice for use by women than most anabolic steroids, actually the reverse is true. Medically, once per day dosing of 50 mg/day over extended periods has shown only a moderate rate of virilization problems . The same certainly cannot be said of Anavar , Dianabol, or Winstrol ( stanozolol .) While not necessarily sufficient for high level female bodybuilding competition by today's standards, such a dose actually is considerably more than needed by most women for excellent results in adding muscle, losing fat, and generally improving their physiques. Half this dose — 25 mg/day, preferably taken as divided doses — is very effective and is so far as I know the lowest-risk way to obtain this degree of benefit from anabolic steroids.
Oxandrolone is most certainly a hepatotoxic steroid. It does not carry the strongest level of hepatotoxicity among anabolic steroids, but it is stronger than most. This is due to it being a C17-aa anabolic steroid. All C17-aa steroids are hepatic, but the level of toxicity varies greatly between them. Due to this steroid's strong hepatotoxicity, this is why total use must be limited (see administration section).
Due to use, those who supplement with Anadrol will find their liver enzyme values increase. An increase in values is not a sign of damage but rather a sign of stress that can lead to damage if responsible practices are not followed and the stress is allowed to remain. Proper dosing and duration of use protocols are imperative when it comes to this steroid. Further, it is important the individual avoids excess alcohol consumption when supplementing with this steroid due to the liver stress such consumption will cause. In fact, most will find avoiding all alcohol to be best during use. If this is a problem and you are supplementing for the purpose of performance enhancement remember there is nothing on earth that is as anti-performance as alcohol. Those who supplement are also encouraged to limit their use of Over the Counter (OTC) medications. Many OTC medications carry strong hepatic natures, and the added stress can be extensive when coupled with Anadrol. Use should be limited to when only absolutely needed. If these rules can be followed, once use is discontinued liver enzyme values will return to normal and no damage will be done. As a final note, Anadrol should not be used if the liver is unhealthy.


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You've now been dead for a greater portion of my life than you were alive. I find that so hard to believe, because you are just right here, you know. It is still pure reflex to me to wonder what you would think of something. I frequently find myself looking at things through your eyes.
When I was a kid, you were Christmas. And I guess, no matter how old you get, to some extent Christmas is always what it was when you were little. I remember one Arkansas Christmas in particular. It was snowing like hell and it was beautiful. I can still see you coming through my front door, the snow coming down behind you. You're walking toward me with your smile and big snowflakes on the shoulders of your navy cashmere coat. You were so handsome, so young, and so happy to see us.
I'll never forget the boxes of presents shipped from New York and the excitement of collecting you at the airport. Or the time you bought me a red leather mini-skirt in 1986, when I was 13 and built like an 8 year-old boy. I looked up at you to say thanks and you weren't watching me, you were watching my dad, your brother. You just loved pissing him off, especially if it also meant making me happy.
I wish you could have met Adam. You guys would have had a substantially serious connection, I think. And probably a few rows, too, because he's just as clever as you were, and that would have really annoyed you and thrilled you. You'd be happy to know it is now his job to scoff at my provincial ways.
I remember how, on your death bed, you called the hymn-singing Mennonites "Mormonites" and asked if they could do "Stand by Your Man." You were a riot. And you were so brave in those final days. I hope that I can do that for my nieces and nephews some day -- make them laugh while I'm dying.
After you died, I wished we had an audio recording of your laugh. Then I had Franny and Henry, and, when they really get going, I can hear your laugh in theirs. I wish you were here to dote on Franny and Henry the way you doted on me, and to keep them in (and out of) line.
I live here, now. I have for five years. Adam works in the city. Hardly a day goes by that I don't feel in the pit of my stomach how you would have been here, and we there, all the time. We would have been laughing and laughing and talking and arguing, and my whole family would have been better off for it.
Did you know that HIV is no longer a death sentence here in the first world? Do you know how very narrowly you missed the antiretroviral treatment that makes this possible? I do. And it breaks my heart.


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Year after year, state Rep. Robert Molaro doled out publicly funded scholarships to the family of a longtime political supporter, ultimately giving the four children more than $94,000 in tuition.
The valuable scholarships came with just one legal requirement: that the students lived in Molaro's Southwest Side district.
The siblings signed notarized documents stating they did, while other public records indicate they lived with their mother in Oak Lawn, outside Molaro's district. Their father didn't live in the district either.
The Tribune's examination of awards to the family of longtime Molaro backer Phil Bruno comes amid Gov. Pat Quinn's calls to abolish the General Assembly Scholarship program, a century-old legislative perk long criticized for allowing lawmakers to pass out waivers like political plums.


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Duration: 3.5 hours
Walking: moderate
Venues visited: Alupka Palace, Observation Platform over the Swallow's Nest
Drive to Vorontsov Palace in Alupka, which belonged to one of the wealthiest persons of Russia of the 19th-century. The grandiose building took 20 years to construct and was designed by Englishman Edward Blore as a blend of styles with Gothic exteriors harmonically neighboring Moorish elements. Observe the striking beauty of the southern facade, built in Moorish style and resembling the Alhambra. Walk along the park and take pictures of the local landscapes.
Drive to Swallow's Nest observation platform. Take pictures of Swallow's Nest castle, hanging over the sea on a 38 meter high rock.
Upon request, visit to Alupka Estate can be extended with wine-tasting of the Massandra Wines in Alupka wine-tasting hall.
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First Series Mania fest to kick off in Paris
Six-day event to screen TV series from around the globePARIS -- Small screen series will be given big screen treatment at the Forum des Images' first annual Series Mania festival set to kick off in Paris on April 6.
The six-day event will open with premiere screenings of the first two episodes of ABC drama "Flash Forward" featuring a visit from the show's creator Brannon Braga. "Flash Forward" will first air on Gallic pay TV network Canal Plus then on leading network TF1.
HBO series will have a major presence at the fest including "How to Make it in America," "Hung," "Bored to Death," "Nurse Jackie, "True Blood" and "In Treatment," all of which will air on Orange Cinema Series thanks to their exclusivity contract signed with HBO last year.
Other U.S. shows in selection include AMC's "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," Showtime's "Look" and "United States of Tara," ABC's "Modern Family" and "V," plus FX's "Sons of Anarchy."
"Dexter" creator Clyde Phillips will host a Q&A and Israeli showrunner Hagai Levi will also be in town to talk about his work on "BeTipul" and "In Treatment."
The Forum des Images will also screen homegrown fiction with Gallic series "Fais pas ci, fais pas ca," "Fortunes," "Marion Mazzano," "Empreintes Criminelles," "Engrenages" and "Les Invincibles" in the official screening selection.
British series will also cross the channel for their premieres with French audiences. Small screen BBC series set to show on the Forum's big screens include "Criminal Justice," "Desperate Romantics" and "Money." Channel 4's "Cast Offs," plus E4's "Misfits" and "Skins" will also screen in selection.
Festival participants can also watch TV shows hailing from China, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada. Conferences open to the public will hit upon topics such as "TV Series, how do they work?" or "TV series, have they replaced movies?" and round tables will focus on such subjects as "2000-2010, a new golden age for TV series?"
The Forum des Images is also hoping to spark sales for those TV series still without French broadcasters and have scheduled professional round table discussions including "The development of TV Series, a crucial step?" or a study of hit soaps French series "Plus Belle la Vie" and British show "Eastenders."
The Series Mania fest will close on April 11 with three episodes from the first season of "How to Make it in America. "


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A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is a special type of echocardiogram that uses sound waves to examine the heart's structures. Your cardiologist may recommend it as a way to more closely see the heart's shape, size, condition of the aorta, and if you are at risk for blood clots. The major difference between between a standard echocardiogram and a TEE is that a small wand is passed down your throat through to your esophagus versus it moving on the outside of your chest.
You will connected to a machine that will watch your heart rate and rhythm. You may be given a sedative to help you relax prior to the procedure. Your throat will be sprayed with an anesthetic before a small, flexible probe is inserted into your mouth and moved down into your esophagus. You may be able to feel the probe move during the procedure but it will not interfere with your breathing or cause any pain. The sound waves that bounce off your heart are converted into pictures on a monitor that your cardiologist will be continuously monitoring. The test usually takes about 20 to 40 minutes and is done in a hospital.
You will be asked not eat or drink anything for 4 to 6 hours before the procedure. Talk to your cardiologist about any prescribed medications in the case the medications need to be stopped.
You may feel a little sleepy after the sedative has worn off so please arrange to have someone drive you home. You may find that you have a sore throat after the procedure. These side effects usually go away after a couple days.
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Set Priorities
Learning Objectives
- Learn to become more strategic and successful at prioritizing your time.
"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?" – Henry David Thoreau
"I have so many things on my plate that I feel like I don't have enough time to complete them all, and I feel like I'm not doing any of them very well."
Your Approach
Problems rarely occur in isolation. Perhaps your advisor is unsupportive and discriminatory, your partner seems distant and resentful lately, your labmates are not pulling their weight, and all you want to do is finish your dissertation but nothing is going as planned with your equipment. You may have defined your problems clearly, but now you're simply overwhelmed by all of them!
Although you can't solve everything at once, you can take control over how you will approach the multiple issues vying for your attention. This module will teach you skills to become more strategic and successful at prioritizing your time.
Which of the following is not an example of effective prioritization?
Best Answer: C. It is important to involve others in a group project when prioritizing and divvying up the workload.
If you scored yourself low on the first set of questions, you may be struggling with setting priorities that work for your life. Setting priorities is important, however, sometimes they are not in the right order to help you toward your long-term goal.
In regard to setting priorities, ideally, doing the first three would be most effective. Be CLEAR on what you want and need to get done. Make your priorities part of your daily routine, so that they don't get put off and become emergencies later on.
Good Prioritizing: An Issue of Urgency and Importance
Importance is defined as something that gives your life meaning and richness.1 Things of importance to you (for example, your career goals) often involve planning and commitment to achieve and maintain them.
Urgent activities are those that are asking for immediate attention.1,2 Many daily tasks are both urgent and important (for example, taking your child to the emergency room after she broke an arm, or tending to a lab experiment before it is ruined).
The first part of good prioritizing involves spending less time on things that are urgent yet unimportant, and more time on tasks that are important but not necessarily urgent.
|Not Important
Priority ONE
Ex: submitting a proposal by the deadline
Ex: documenting and reporting a serious sexual harassment incident
Priority THREE (if time)
Ex: trivial phone calls, e-mails, texts
|Not Urgent
Priority TWO
Ex: building a professional network
Ex: talking to your advisor about how to improve your working relationship
NOT a priority
Ex: reorganizing your closet
Ex: volunteering to decorate the TA office
How much is a given problem getting in the way of your motivation and desire to keep going in your program?
The accumulation of several small stressors and daily hassles that may seem minor can easily build up and become just as insurmountable as one major stressor or problem of grand proportion. You have probably heard the expression "it was the straw that broke the camel's back," referring to the last of a series of small stressors or infractions that eventually became too much too handle. See "Stress Triggers."
How much will addressing a certain problem help you professionally and personally in the future? Will addressing it have a great impact, or is the problem merely a nuisance of no consequence? For example, if you are struggling with an issue relating to your lab partner, learning to resolve conflicts with teammates will likely be a good skill for your career. See "Career Goals and Motivation."
Knowing what is most important to you and making choices accordingly can help put the control back into your hands. Prioritizing is resolving to act on your terms, according to what's important to you, instead of reacting to every external event that needs your attention. It helps keep you organized and motivated toward reaching your goals.3
Try taking a moment to write down what is most important to you, from most important to least important. Try not to list any two things as equally important.
Of the dilemmas you are currently facing, what can wait to be dealt with later in the week, later in the semester, or later in your program? What do you feel needs to be addressed now, before it turns into an even greater problem?
It may help to consider how long the problem has persisted. Is it something you have tolerated for the past year and, if so, is there another (more imminent) issue that should be addressed first while the other (more longstanding) issue is tackled afterward?
Research suggests that you may like to reach short-term goals and solve problems that appear urgent before moving on to something else.4The problem in academia is that you will always find yourself dealing with seemingly "urgent" tasks (such as e-mails, doing favors for others, and administrative loose ends). If you constantly tend to the smaller problems and distractions in life first, you will never have time to chip away at your long-term goals.5
Now take a moment to look at the list of what is important to you and think of some problematic issues that you are currently facing that match up with these values you listed. Rank the issues by how urgent they appear to be. Consider which issue must be dealt with immediately, and which ones are not quite as pressing.
You may discover that one specific concern of yours needs to be dealt with now, before it develops further, while others are not likely to change much despite how bothersome they may be.
Sorting Through Problems
How would you sort through the problems in the scenario below, applying what you have just learned about setting priorities?
It's 6:30 pm on a Tuesday. You can't stop thinking about a labmate who recently said to you, "Use your head, sweetie." His disrespectful behavior has started to affect your performance in the lab. You receive an e-mail from your advisor asking you to complete a project for him by 9 a.m. the next morning. This will mean pulling an all-nighter. He can't seem to respect the fact that you need sleep. What's worse, he hasn't taken the time to look over the latest draft of your proposal. Looks like you are going to have to keep pushing back your timeline. Also in your inbox are unanswered messages from your students arguing about their midterm grades, and one from your mother asking about your Thanksgiving plans. You think about your long-distance friends, and how you never respond to their messages on Facebook. They must think you have fallen off the face of the planet. Your partner calls to ask where you are. You had promised to go to a happy hour with him to meet his new co-workers.
Here is a task list based on the previous scenario.
Order the tasks below according to number of priority (#1 = highest priority, #7 = lowest priority).
Respond to your e-mails
Reply to your friends on Facebook
Attend the happy hour with partner
Deal with your frustration toward your labmate
Work on your advisor's project
Talk to your advisor about respecting your time
Try again to get feedback from your advisor on the proposal
Do you find that you rated the items according to your list of what is most important? Remember, some problems might not seem like a high priority, but when you stop to think about what's at stake, you will realize that it is important to deal with this issue right way. For example, if a labmate is hindering your productivity (and your career is of high importance), you should make it a priority to deal with this problem as soon as possible.
Reflections: Determining your own priorities
|Not Important
|Not Urgent
- Highly effective people focus their efforts and energy in Box 2. If you are always doing important things in an urgent manner (Box 1), this may be reflect two things: 1) You didn't plan well so you're doing something at the last minute and 2) You're stressed out! Box 2 indicates that you know what's important but you've planned well enough not to make it an urgent situation.
- See where most of your tasks lie. The Pareto Principle (the 80-20 rule) states that 20% of your tasks determine 80% of your success, and 20% of your tasks are important, while the rest are somewhat more trivial.1 So, be thoughtful about them and prioritize them well.
Factors Influencing Problem-solving
There are many factors that may play a role in deciding which problems to tackle first. Some of these factors might include:
- Control
- The more control you believe you have over a problem (whether it is of importance or not), the more likely you will work toward solving it.
- See "Coping & Self Efficacy"
- The needs of others
- Sometimes you will need to make your needs a priority. At other times you will need to consider the priorities of other people.
- See "Stakeholders"
- See "Consider Other Perspectives"
- Personality traits
- For example, if you have perfectionist traits, you might find it difficult to prioritize at times.
- See "My Individual Prefrerences"
- Emotional states
- For example, when you are frustrated with a task, it might be best to walk away from it or work on something else until you calm down.
- See "How You Feel"
By setting priorities, you can have a clearer picture of what is most important to you and why, instead of feeling overwhelmed by a barrage of different issues. This will assist you with managing your time and energy more efficiently.
- Covey, S. R. (1989). The seven habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Covey, S. R., Merrill, A. R., & Merrill, A. A. (1994). First things first. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Guinote, A. (2007). Power and goal pursuit. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1076-1087. doi:10.1177/0146167207301011
- Schmidt, A. M., & DeShon, R. P. (2007). What to do? The effects of discrepancies, incentives, and time on dynamic goal prioritization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 928-941. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.928
- Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2003). Implications of goal theories for the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 22, 264-280. doi:10.1007/s12144-003-1021-7
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Odense Robotics is the collective term for the high-tech 'ecosystem' created by the robot and automation companies, suppliers, education and research facilities, investment capital and public actors in and around Odense. The team behind Odense Robotics works to develop the city's robotic environment, solve a number of common business and recruitment challenges, and market the city's strengths within the robotic industry.
Odense Robotics stimulates business development, promotes growth and works to attract qualified labor to the city through:
• Strategic market insight in the form of knowledge, research and analytics about the market and companies' business models and strategies.
• Acting as a catalyst for business development and facilitating collaboration across companies and the ecosystem.
• Assisting in solving recruitment challenges that robot and automation companies experience.
• Attracting investor capital and international companies that create value for the ecosystem.
• Establishing accelerator programs for new promising businesses, this includes Odense Robotics StartUp Hub, which currently houses its first new companies (Nordbo Systems and Corepath Robotics).
• Revealing Odense Robotics as the 'frontier for robotic technologies' for robot startups, collaborative robots and food automation.
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We are proud of Odense's achievements in robotics, and commend the strong foundation created more than 30 years ago when Odense Steel Shipyard – Lindø, began developing robots and robot applications in collaboration with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Following this, Mærsk McKinney Møller Institute established a high-tech center of excellence for intelligent autonomous systems as a part of SDU, and Danish Technological Institute's Center for Robotics set up in Odense. To date, the robotic and automation industry in Odense has grown exponentially, including 120 companies and 3,200 jobs.
The consequent robotic ecosystem established, enables companies and research institutions to contribute to each other's growth and make each other stronger. These collaborative relationships have created a unique robot cluster, and advanced Odense Robotics to the forefront in several areas, with a particular strength in collaborative robots and food automation.
Organization and Financing
The municipality of Odense aims to attract new companies and investment capital to the city through an initiative called Invest in Odense. Invest in Odense consists of three branches, each of which highlight an industry where Odense holds a national position of strength. The three branches include: Odense Robotics, UAS Denmark – which focuses on drone technology and Odense Health – which focuses on welfare technology.
• Odense Robotics is organizationally anchored in Developing Fyn. Developing Fyn conducts business and tourism efforts for the five largest municipalities on Fyn (Odense, Svendborg, Nyborg, Faaborg-Midtfyn and Assens), which represents 80% of Fyn's residents.
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At the time of marriage, everything is rosy, so the lawyers in Spain is very rare that their services are contracted, unless they want to sign a prenuptial agreement. But as love is skin deep, nothing happens, they sign and goes for the wedding and reception.
Then reality is that when they decide to divorce, they choose the best team of lawyers in Spain, the family law solicitors in Spain that are most renowned, to leave as soon as possible the situation that is living.
And you can imagine the number of cases there is, that by staying widowers have signed prenuptial agreements at the time, the family of the deceased, have the best family law solicitors in Spain, to fight up what they do not corresponds and in most cases lawyers in Spain, do everything possible to win your case, not only for the prestige especially for the percentage they charge them.
For those who have no idea of the subject, the fees of a lawyer in matters of inheritance, is a percentage of what they are getting the heirs, but of course, for them it is a salary, which should not declare anything to the Treasury and as to the heir they must pay an inheritance tax.
For this reason we always recommend in our post that they should have a group of family law solicitors in Spain, especially for foreigners who marry someone of Spanish nationality and to know their rights, duties under the rules of the country of your spouse. For the time that is necessary, they are ready to respond to any eventuality.
Likewise, it is advisable to advise on everything that has to do with marriage since no person will ever know that could happen in the future, although of course is always thought the best in both cases, ie in both members of marital union; as it is already known, it is better to be safe than sorry, and thus avoid terrible and cumbersome procedures that can lead to divorce, a widow or even in the legal proceedings of an inheritance.


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India lose Junior Davis cup semis to USASeptember 29th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India's hopes in Junior Davis Cup were dashed as they went down 0-3 to USA in the semifinals at San Luis Potosi, Mexico.Saurabh Singh lost the first singles to Evan King 2-6, 0-6. Yuki Bhambri then put up a valiant fight but went down 4-6, 7-6(6), 4-6 to Denis Kudla. Saurabh and S. Abhishek lost to Evan and Sarmiento Raymond 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 in the doubles Sunday.
India though had their chances when Yuki fought back and looked set to level the tie.
Yuki saved as many as five match points and won the second set after a gruelling fight in the tie break but was unfortunate as he suffered severe cramps in his thighs in the third set.
In the first set, Yuki broke Kudla in the third game but conceded his serve in the eighth to equal the score 4-4. Yuki was serving 30-0 in the 10th game but lost the serve with two double faults.
In the second set, Yuki was down 3-5 when he saved a match point and broke Kudla to level 5-5. The Indian then saved three match points in the 12th game and saved another in the tie break to pocket the set.
Yuki broke the American in the second game of the decider to led 3-0 and 4-1 when Yuki's legs refused to move with severe cramps. The physio's help was not good enough as Yuki lost the 7th and 9th game to lose the set.
India plays Russia for the 3rd and 4th position. Russia lost to Argentina in semifinals.
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- Chen faces Vardhan in ITF title round - Jun 15, 2012
- Jeevan survives close match in Bangalore ITF event - Jun 12, 2012
- National Tennis: Vishnu, Yuki breeze into semis - Oct 13, 2011
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- Berdych knocks out Murray, meets Federer in semis, Djokovic pulls out - Nov 12, 2011
- US Open: Azarenka overcomes Stosur to reach semis (Lead) - Sep 05, 2012
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- Djokovic wins Rogers Cup, eyes US Open - Aug 13, 2012
- Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhosale are new national tennis champions - Oct 15, 2011
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I kind of liked my little design cut in the board, but after a few printings, the design began to deteriorate. So, at home I decided to cut one from linoleum.
This lead to more interest in block print making, and especially reduction prints! I remember seeing some prints like this at an art festival, and I wondered how did it happen that you could do a lino or wood cut and the printed design would have many different colors?
I found out that when doing a print like this, the artist carves out only part of the design for the first color, prints it, then carves out for the second color, and so on. You need to print this on as many pieces of paper you want to wind up with right from the beginning, because parts of the design will be carved away and lost at each stage.
It seems that it would be very hard to think of which colors and which part to carve at each stage, but after watching a few videos about it on youtube, it became clearer.
The design is drawn on the block, then only the parts you want to stay white (if any) are carved. The colors are printed lightest to darkest. So, you print the block with the first color, and the areas you had carved are still the white of the paper. Then the areas you want to remain the color you just printed are carved out. The second color prints over the first, but your carved out areas are saved. And so on.... for each color.
I wanted to give this a try, so using a sheet of fun foam, I glued it to a board and drew a quick design of a cup and saucer on it. I carved out what I wanted to stay white, and printed it twice with a light gray. Then I cut out the parts I wanted to stay gray, and printed the next color, red. It could be tricky to line the block back up with the print, but I got lucky. It was awesome!! I was so excited to see it happen. I used some black and printed again. ( I added those little pre cut self adhsive foam flower shapes, it was hard to cut them out with the x acto knife).
Then, my next and final color was a dark brown.
and here is what is left of my printing block. Which makes me wonder... when using a lino or wood block, after all that cutting work you're left with a printing block that can't be used again. But, maybe that is what makes it special. The number of prints you get from this one time only process, is all there will ever be.


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The Cathedral of Pécs was covered with late Gothic mesh and cross vaults on the order of Ernuszt Sigismund, Bishop of Pécs in the last decade of the 15th and in the first decade of the 16th century. According to an imprint destroyed by now, the construction of the arch was directed by stonemason Demeter, and was completed in 1505. Stonemason Demeter taught at Burkhart Engelberg's the workshop in Augsburg, and by his name he was probably of Hungarian origin.
The arch was a masterpiece of its age, an improved version of the Bavarian arches. The vaults were demolished in the 19th century and their ribs and nodes turned up from various buildings of the 19th century.
The former arch can be reconstructed on the basis of the discovered nodes and the surveys done in the 19th century, and can be fitted into the virtual reconstruction of the medieval Cathedral.
Project results can be displayed at the exhibition of the medieval history and artifacts of the Bishop castle and the Cathedral of Pécs in a building of the medieval University of Pécs. The project facilitates the development of methods how to survey digitally the sculpted stone elements of the destroyed Gothic ribbed vaults, how to insert them into the reconstruction of the arch, as well as how to distinguish the existing elements from the reconstructed ones in the process of the reconstruction. The developed methods are applicable for documentation and scientific processing of the large amount of late-Gothic stone carvings kept in museum collections or discovered during archaeological research.
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Ola Poke and Poke Poke get raw
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The bitter truth about fads is that we rarely think things through. True, yesterday's Pogs are no doubt being worked into crochet vests by some spirit healer on Venice Beach and forgotten JNCOs have a little utility left in them as deeply practical carryalls, but most of our fancies deserve to be forgotten. But not poke – that delicious Hawaiian fish salad that this year has become as trendy as the Mannequin Challenge. Still, slave to fashion or not, we won't just sit still for any old raw fish. We're getting our knives out for another Austin Chronicle Food Fight.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary(v. t.) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Greek1286. diaseio -- to shake violently, to intimidate
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Luke 3:14 The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we, what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."
Nehemiah 6:13 For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Nehemiah 6:14 Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
Nehemiah 6:19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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V isn't a perfect show by any means. In fact, most of it's very clumsy. But "Concordia" had some definite thrills and left us with very a interesting change to the Fifth Column group dynamic. Yes, in the end I wish there had been a bigger change to the status-quo (i.e. Marcus actually dying, Erica getting caught, etc), but the whole "Concordia Gala" part of the episode was well done and I really enjoyed Erica's decision to go through with shooting Marcus even though Tyler was standing right next to him.
"Your son's life is in danger if we don't take it," Cohn told her, spotlighting the fact that Anna had immediate, and most likely dire plans, for Tyler and that the reason Erica actually decided to go through with this mission was because of that fact. Erica hugging Tyler off to the side as the shot rang out was great. I also liked Nicholas Lea coming back into the picture, as Tyler's dad, in order to try and pull Tyler out of Anna's clutches by fake re-assembling his real family. So, yeah, there were some good things going on. Hobbes and Eli's menacing look right as the whole thing ended, probably planning to beat the absolute crap out of Ryan for squealing, was also nice.
Of course, the episode wasn't without its plodding. Last week, we already knew that Erica's new partner, played by Jay Karnes, was hip to her whole double-life, so the fact that this week he really knew it didn't do much as far as forward momentum. Things tend to happen on the show that have potential, but they're in no way as interesting as they could be. Perhaps I'm just impatient, but seeing as how this series is now on "the bubble" for the second year in a row, I feel like they should be pulling out all the stops.
Chad is given a new lady journalist to do his new V news segments with, in order to give voice to the opposing side's opinions. It was nice to hear his boss tell Chad that there are people out there who, despite his broadcasts, don't trust the Vs. Chad seemed happy to bring this chick on board, but why? I mean, I can guess. It would be great if he starts feeding her actual information in order to get some dirt out on national TV. Of course, first he's gotta sleep with her right? That was his M.O. at the outset of this series, wasn't it?
Also, having an episode focus on Tyler and his idiotic emotional whims wasn't the best draw here. The guy's a potato. Just the fact that, within one day, Anna and Eric were able to come up with birthday gifts that would, very easily, lure him over to their respective sides shows you what a weak character he is. "Oooh, motorcycle!" "Bigger ooooh, space shuttle!" The awkward Tyler-seduction wasn't the best, but I'm glad he's no longer going to be Anna's focus. Of course, I still think they should just tell him about all the alien DNA garbage going on with him. If he were actually in the know about his predicament, he might start becoming a more likable character.


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I know several people called last week while I was out; however, I was at a conference in Mobile, Alabama. The conference had several tours available, but of course I chose to attend "Where's the Beef?". We toured the following facilities:1. Hastings Farm is located between Mobile and Pensacola. The family raises Rotakwa Red Devon cross cattle, which are fed on grass with no hormones or antibiotics.
2. Perdido River Farms serves as a tribal entity leading the Poarch Tribe's stewardship of agricultural land. PRF produces feeder calves. In addition to the cattle production, PRF manages 2,200 acres including a pecan orchard and 200 acres of row cropland utilized for farming peanuts, soybean, cotton and wheat.
3. Gizmo Angus Farm is located in the Florida panhandle near Pensacola. Because of its location, Gizmo Angus Farm has been active in beef organizations in both Alabama and Florida. Cunningham Farm, founded around 1950, emphasizes marketing replacement females regionally versus locally.4. Located just east of Mobile Bay and 30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, Auburn University's Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center in Fairhope enjoys a climate ideal for a diversified research program. Long growing seasons and mostly mild winters allow research on all of Alabama's major row crops as well as on turf grass, vegetable and fruit crops, pecans, beef cattle and forage.
I was able to take away some keys points.
- First, they have similar forage issues. While Fescue may be our "scourge", they have Bahiagrass. Bahiagrass is well adapted to sandy soils and tolerant to drought and poor drainage. In addition it is very tolerant of low fertility and soil acidity. The aggressive nature and drought tolerance of bahiagrass make it ideal for erosion control along roadsides and highway rights of way. However, its aggressive nature also makes it difficult to control as a weed in the landscape.
Bahiagrass is particularly well suited for use in pastures. It produces forage earlier in the spring and later in the fall than bermudagrass since it is less affected by decreasing day lengths and cool temperatures. Unfortunately, bahiagrass forage is less digestible than 'Coastal' bermudagrass of the same age (maturity). The use of good grazing management to keep the bahiagrass between 2 and 6 inches will keep the quality relatively high (54 to 56 percent TDN and 10 to 11 percent CP) and allow for better utilization.
- Many producers are switching their herds to black-hided cattle. Many are still retaining an 1/8 or 1/16 of eared genetics for heat tolerance. However, the CAB price incentives are affecting the cattle breeds of the area.
- Producers are trying to develop niche markets and have done very well - especially the freezer beef. The main take away was that it has taken them several years to develop the market and word of mouth has been their best advertisement. One facility has requests from TN and LA! The families drive to the farm to pick up their steer - just a little added customer service for those that cannot pick it up directly from the locker.
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Continuing my recent discussion about 'conversational marketing', I would argue that many conversational marketing efforts are flawed because they are far too patronizing.
In an attempt to be "authentic," some brands are willing to pander to the consumer at all costs - even when it doesn't make good business sense.
While I believe good businesses make a habit of going the extra mile to please their customers, I believe they also recognize that they can't be all things to all people.
Given this, I was pleased to see that cruise line operator Royal Caribbean has taken a more pragmatic approach to engaging in dialog with its customers.
After listening to Brenda and Gerald Moran complain incessantly about its cruises, the company ended the conversation by telling the Cleveland couple to use another operator, banning them from future cruises.
As reported by ExpertCruiser.com:
"Cleveland residents Brenda and Gerald Moran are experienced cruisers and big fans of Royal Caribbean. They were so happy with the cruise line they averaged two cruises a year for the past three years. They even bought the company's stock.
"Still, the Morans encountered problems on each cruise — everything from a plumbing problem to being locked out of their cabins — which they itemized and detailed in correspondence to the cruise line. Royal Caribbean worked with the couple to solve problems and offered discounts and onboard credits to keep the couple's business."
The Morans were extremely vocal and made a habit of posting their experiences (and complaints) on Cruise Critic, an online forum, even in cases where Royal Caribbean agreed with their complaints and demonstrated a willingness to make amends by providing compensation.
Some of the posts by the Morans apparently earned them even greater compensation from Royal Caribbean, but also angered other posters who "felt the Morans had complained their way to an unfair discount."
According to ExpertCruiser.com, one of the complaints caused some members of the Cruise Critic community to complain to Royal Caribbean about the Morans. Shortly thereafter, Royal Caribbean informed the Morans that they were no longer welcome on the company's cruises.
Royal Caribbean Associate Vice President of Corporate Communications Michael Sheehan told ExpertCruiser.com:
"On all but one of those sailing the Morans felt there were a variety of service failures they experienced. In a small number of cases we agreed and compensated them appropriately. In most cases, however, we disagreed. Having concluded that we are unable to meet the expectations of the Morans, we have told them that they would be best served by sailing with another company."
I suspect most "conversationalists" would probably lambaste such a move.
I can picture Jeremiah Owyang lecturing Royal Caribbean on how it's "missing out" by not engaging even more with the Morans, ignoring the fact that it's blatantly clear that no matter what Royal Caribbean does, the Morans will not be satisfied.
But unlike "conversationalists" who lack spine, I believe that Royal Caribbean's actions were entirely appropriate and actually serve as a case study for sensible customer engagement.
Royal Caribbean had time and time again made good faith efforts to deal with valid complaints that the Morans made but was clearly still unable to satisfy the couple.
Upon recognizing this, the company decided that it was in the interests of both parties to not conduct further business together.
I applaud the company for having the guts to make such a decision even though it will certainly be criticized by some. Certainly, I doubt that it is easy for any company to "ban" a customer from the future use of its services.
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In a day and age when some marketers implore companies to treat relationships with customers as "friendships," Brenda and Gerald Moran highlight the fact that, just as in real life, there are some people you simply can't be friends with.
Royal Caribbean apparently implicitly understands that the saying "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" can also be translated to "With 'loyal' customers like these, who needs critics?"
Other companies should too.
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Even though Royal Caribbean walked away, the Morans appear to be continuing their campaign against them. The customers now seem to be on some kind of media tour contacting any news outlet that will listen to talk about how the uncaring cruise line has banned them. If the product was so bad that they continue to complain, one has to wonder why they bought it more than a couple of times and now, why do they even care if they've been banned?
Good riddance. They are pure con artists (the Morans). Notice that last name. cant it just be MORON. RCCL did the right thing. No mercy for con artists.