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MAngband High Scores
These are the scores for Version 1.1.3, ironman scores are here, scores for the 1.1.0 instance are here, scores for the old beta-1 are here
Dead characters who made it to level 20 get a fully detailed character dump, click on the character name to view it. Click on monster names for more information too.
High Level Dead,High Level Alive,All Alive (over level 5),All dead (over level 5)
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[Mangband 1.1.2 Character Dump] Name : Mankey Age 39 STR: 18/200 Sex : Male Height 46 INT: 18/100 Race : Dwarf Weight 153 Wis: 18/100 18/127 Class : Rogue Social Class 85 DEX: 18/210 CON: 18/190 CHR: 18/60 + To Hit 45 Level 44 Max Hit Points 844 + To Damage 56 Experience 3117372 Cur Hit Points -305 + To AC 123 Max Exp 3246320 Max SP (Mana) 156 Base AC 47 Cur SP (Mana) 8 Gold 153593 (Miscellaneous Abilities) Fighting : Legendary Perception : Excellent Blows/Round: 5 Bows/Throw : Heroic Searching : Superb Shots/Round: 1 Saving Throw: Heroic Disarming : Heroic Stealth : Superb Magic Device: Heroic Infra-Vision: 80 feet (Character Background) You are the only child of a Dwarven Priest. You are a well liked child. You have dark brown eyes, straight black hair, a one foot beard, and a dark complexion. [Character Equipment] a) a Blade of Chaos (Holy Avenger) (6d5) (+14,+22) [+4] (+2) b) a Long Bow of Lothlorien (x4) (+20,+24) (+1) c) a Ring of Speed (+11) d) a Ring of Damage (+16) e) an Amulet of Trickery (+3) f) a Feanorian Lamp g) Balance Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+25] h) a Kolla of Stealth [3,+16] (+2) (+1 to stealth) {for sale 130000} i) The Large Leather Shield of Celegorm [4,+20] {special - Mim, Betrayer of Turi} j) The Iron Helm of Dor-Lomin [5,+20] (+4) k) a Set of Gauntlets of the Istari (+3,+2) [2,+9] (+2) {Confusion} l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Elvenkind [3,+14] (+4) [Character Inventory] a) 2 Books of Magic Spells [Magic for Beginners] b) 4 Books of Magic Spells [Conjurings and Tricks] c) 2 Books of Magic Spells [Incantations and Illusions] d) 2 Books of Magic Spells [Sorcery and Evocations] e) 3 Books of Magic Spells [Resistances of Scarabtarices] {Lorgan, Chief of the } f) 5 Books of Magic Spells [Mordenkainen's Escapes] g) 2 Holy Books of Prayers [Purifications and Healing] h) a Potion of Healing {@q2} i) 10 Scrolls of Teleportation {@r5} j) 3 Scrolls of Word of Recall {25% off} k) a Staff of Healing (2 charges) {@u4} l) 3 Staffs of *Destruction* (3 charges) {@u1} m) a Cloak [1,+4] n) a Kolla [3,+7] (+2) {good} o) The Large Metal Shield of Anarion [5,+20] p) a Golden Crown of Serenity [0,+18] q) a Bastard Sword (3d4) (-6,-9) {cursed} r) a Beaked Axe of Slay Troll (2d6) (+19,+18) s) a Flail of Slay Demon (2d6) (+13,+14) t) (nothing) u) (nothing) v) (nothing) w) (nothing) [Character History] Time Dungeon Char Event Level Level 00:00:00 100ft 3 Killed Fang, Farmer Maggot's dog 00:00:03 300ft 5 Reached level 5 00:00:04 350ft 7 Killed Bullroarer the Hobbit 00:00:11 550ft 10 Reached level 10 00:00:21 600ft 12 Killed Grishnakh, the Hill Orc 00:00:28 650ft 15 Reached level 15 00:00:40 650ft 16 Killed Lagduf, the Snaga 00:03:19 800ft 16 Killed Grip, Farmer Maggot's dog 00:14:14 1100ft 18 Killed Mughash the Kobold Lord 00:14:14 1100ft 19 Killed Golfimbul, the Hill Orc Chief 00:14:17 1200ft 20 Reached level 20 00:14:25 1350ft 21 Killed Shagrat, the Orc Captain 00:14:28 1350ft 23 Killed Gorbag, the Orc Captain 00:14:35 1300ft 25 Reached level 25 00:14:39 1450ft 25 Killed Bolg, Son of Azog 00:14:40 1450ft 25 Found The Broad Axe 'Barukkheled' 00:14:43 1500ft 25 Killed Angamaite of Umbar 00:14:44 1500ft 25 Killed Nar, the Dwarf 00:14:50 1500ft 26 Killed Boldor, King of the Yeeks 00:14:57 1550ft 27 Killed Mim, Betrayer of Turin 00:14:57 1550ft 27 Found The Large Leather Shield of Celegorm 00:14:59 1600ft 27 Killed Ulwarth, Son of Ulfang 00:15:22 1800ft 28 Killed Ulfang the Black 00:15:24 1800ft 29 Killed Ibun, Son of Mim 00:15:30 1800ft 29 Killed Tom the Stone Troll 00:16:13 1950ft 30 Reached level 30 00:16:16 1950ft 30 Killed The Queen Ant 00:16:55 2200ft 31 Killed Khim, Son of Mim 00:17:05 2200ft 31 Killed Ugluk, the Uruk 00:17:07 2200ft 31 Killed Kavlax the Many-Headed 00:17:38 2300ft 31 Found The Cloak 'Colannon' 00:19:50 2300ft 31 Found The Dagger 'Nimthanc' 00:21:01 3000ft 34 Found The Long Sword 'Elvagil' 00:21:38 3400ft 34 Killed Rogrog the Black Troll 00:21:53 3950ft 34 Killed Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman 00:22:41 4000ft 35 Reached level 35 00:22:48 4200ft 35 Killed Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings 00:22:53 4300ft 35 Found The Pike 'Til-i-arc' 01:10:12 4350ft 36 Killed Uldor the Accursed 01:10:15 4350ft 37 Killed Ar-Pharazon the Golden 01:10:16 4350ft 37 Found The Dagger 'Narthanc' 01:10:17 4400ft 37 Killed Lokkak, the Ogre Chieftain 01:10:25 4500ft 37 Killed Ji Indur Dawndeath 01:12:32 4500ft 38 Killed Ren the Unclean 01:12:32 4500ft 38 Found The Amulet of Carlammas 01:12:42 4550ft 38 Found The Dagger 'Dethanc' 01:13:52 4550ft 38 Found The Halberd 'Osondir' 01:13:55 4600ft 38 Killed Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir 01:14:00 4700ft 38 Found The Executioner's Sword 'Crisdurian' 01:14:02 4750ft 38 Killed Dwar, Dog Lord of Waw 01:14:06 4800ft 39 Killed Shelob, Spider of Darkness 01:14:15 4800ft 39 Killed Castamir the Usurper 01:14:17 4800ft 39 Killed The Cat Lord 01:14:26 5050ft 39 Killed Scatha the Worm 01:14:34 5050ft 40 Reached level 40 01:15:05 5350ft 40 Found The Cloak 'Holcolleth' 01:15:30 5400ft 41 Killed Khamul, the Black Easterling 01:15:32 5400ft 41 Killed Uvatha the Horseman 01:15:35 5450ft 41 Killed Adunaphel the Quiet 01:16:00 5500ft 42 Found The Scythe 'Avavir' 01:16:18 5750ft 43 Found The Broad Sword 'Orcrist' 01:16:34 2300ft 43 Found The Iron Helm of Dor-Lomin 01:16:47 5800ft 43 Killed Saruman of Many Colours 01:16:48 5800ft 43 Killed Polyphemus, the Blind Cyclops 01:16:49 5800ft 43 Killed The Lernaean Hydra 01:16:50 5800ft 43 Killed Harowen the Black Hand 01:16:50 5800ft 43 Killed Atlas, the Titan 01:16:51 5800ft 43 Killed Medusa, the Gorgon 01:22:45 5800ft 43 Killed Waldern, King of Water 01:22:51 5850ft 44 Found The Large Metal Shield of Anarion [Last Messages] You miss the Hellhound. The Hellhound flees in terror! The Master mystic magically summons animals. The Hellhound breathes fire. One of your Books of Magic Spells [Sorcery and Evocations] (d) was destroyed! You hit the Hellhound. You miss the Hellhound. You miss the Hellhound. You hit the Hellhound. You hit the Hellhound. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound breathes fire. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound breathes fire. Your Staff of Enlightenment {@u0} (l) was destroyed! The Hellhound breathes fire. The Master mystic recovers his courage. The Master mystic kicks you. The Master mystic misses you. The Master mystic misses you. The Master mystic misses you. You miss the Hellhound. You hit the Hellhound. You have slain the Hellhound. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound misses you. The Hellhound bites you. You are enveloped in flames! Your Scroll of *Identify* (k) was destroyed! The Hellhound bites you. You are enveloped in flames! The Hellhound bites you. You are enveloped in flames! The Hellhound misses you. You have 10 Scrolls of Teleportation {@r5}. You cannot cast that spell. The air about you becomes charged... You have 3 Scrolls of Word of Recall {25% off}. You failed to get the spell off! You do not have enough mana. In your pack: The Large Metal Shield of Anarion [5,+20] (p). You feel the Small Leather Shield (o) in your pack is good... You feel the Scimitar (r) in your pack is good... You destroy a Small Leather Shield [2] {good}. You have no more Small Leather Shields [2] {good}. Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst wakes up. You destroy a Scimitar (2d5) {good}. You have no more Scimitars (2d5) {good}. In your pack: a Beaked Axe of Slay Troll (2d6) (+19,+18) (r). You hit the Water vortex. You have destroyed the Water vortex. Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst breathes nether. You feel your life draining away! Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst breathes nether. 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IRS Highlights Education Benefits
With America's children back in school this fall, the Service highlighted education benefits for teachers and students in IR-2017-163 and 166.
Teachers have three potential benefits. An educator may deduct "above the line" amounts up to $250 so long as they are unreimbursed business expenses. This deduction is available for kindergarten, elementary or secondary school staff who teach at least 900 hours per year.
A second benefit for teachers who itemize deductions is to claim "out-of-pocket items such as class supplies, training and travel." This is a miscellaneous deduction.
The third option is for teachers who are continuing their education. They may qualify for the Lifetime Learning Credit or American Opportunity Tax Credit.
Students may also benefit from the Lifetime Learning Credit or American Opportunity Tax Credit. In addition, they may have a Qualified Student Loan used to pay higher education expenses for themselves or a spouse. If so, they may qualify for a special deduction for paying interest on a student loan. To qualify, their modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) in 2017 must be under $80,000 for a single taxpayer or $165,000 for a joint return.
Work-related education may also qualify for an itemized deduction. Applicable education that is used to improve work skills may be deductible for both employees and the self-employed. Self-employed persons may reduce their self-employment tax and their income tax.
Another excellent benefit for funding education is a Sec. 529 plan. Section 529 plans are administered by each state. They permit contributions of cash up to five annual exclusions ($70,000 total transfer in 2017). The contributions of cash will be invested and grow tax free. You can withdraw tax free any payments of tuition, fees and other qualified expenses. The expenses must be at a postsecondary institution.
Editor's Note: Additional information for teachers and students is available on www.irs.gov. Another helpful website to learn about Sec. 529 plans is www.savingforcollege.com.
Big Six Tax Reform Plan
On September 27, the "Big Six" tax reform plan was released. The six leaders are Treasury Secretary Steven Mcuchin, White House Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady.
The tax reform plan has nine goals or sections.
1. Individual Rates - The current seven tax brackets are reduced to three brackets for individuals. The bracket percentages are 12%, 25% and 35%. However, there may be an additional higher bracket to ensure that upper-income taxpayers pay about the same amount that they are paying under the current system.
2. Standard Deduction - The standard deduction will be doubled for both single and married taxpayers. This will eliminate the need to itemize deductions for approximately 90% of Americans and will simplify their tax returns.
3. Itemized Deductions - Most of the itemized deductions are eliminated. There will still be deductions for home mortgage interest and charitable contributions. Retirement plans and higher education benefits will continue, but may be modified.
4. Estate Tax and Alternative Minimum Tax - Both the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax are eliminated in order to simplify the tax system.
5. Small Business Taxes - The tax rate for small businesses and other "pass-through" entities will be reduced to 25%.
6. Corporate Tax Rates - To promote competitiveness and increase employment, the corporate rate is reduced to 20%.
7. Capital Investments - There will be expanded opportunities to "expense" or deduct capital investments.
8. Competitive Corporations - To enhance the competitive nature of American businesses, there will be an elimination of the incentive to keep profits overseas.
9. Repatriation - American businesses will be encouraged to return most of the $3 trillion in wealth currently held in overseas accounts.
Washington Tax Debate Heats Up
With the release of the "Big Six" tax reform plan, leaders from the White House, Senate and House flooded Washington media with their comments.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke to national media and at a Washington forum. He promised increased economic growth to cover part of the tax reform cost. Mnuchin stated, "We think there will be $2 trillion of growth, so we think this tax plan will cut down the deficit by a trillion dollars."
A strident debate is already occurring over the proposed elimination of state and local tax deductions. Senators and Representatives from New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois and other high-tax states are strongly opposing the repeal of this deduction. In response to these statements, Mnuchin continued, "I think longer-term, getting the Federal government out of subsidizing states is the right thing to do. It is just not fair."
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) responded similarly with a defense of the repeal of state and local tax deductions. Brady noted he had received "very good suggestions on how to address that issue in a very positive way forward."
Minority Leader of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) expressed concern about the plan. She noted, "We know the cost of the Republican tax plan will be catastrophic for our budget and for the future of the working people in our country. It will explode the deficit, adding trillions of dollars to the deficit. It will be a back door attempt to devastate the bedrock initiatives that families rely on, like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) supported the plan. He noted, "For too long, Americans have been bogged down by an outdated tax code that runs counter to the goal of growth and fails to promote jobs and investment here at home. Principals in the Senate, House and Administration recognize this challenge and worked with members to find consensus and produce a unified framework that marks a significant shift away from America's broken tax system."
The Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee is Richard Neal (D-MA). He agreed with Minority Leader Pelosi that there are serious issues with the plan. Neal stated, "A key component to this 'middle-class first' test is that any tax reform plan must place workers first. The benefits should not skew towards the wealthy. In fact, we believe that the wealthy should not receive any tax cuts in these efforts. Instead, tax reform should be primarily focused on raising the living standards of the middle-class."
Editor's Note: The next step in the tax reform process is for the House and Senate to pass a budget. The proposed Senate budget envisions $1.5 trillion in expenditure reductions over the next decade. This would permit a tax bill to be passed with cuts of that amount for American taxpayers. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) is Chairman of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee. He indicated it is probable the House bill for tax reform could be marked up by the Ways and Means Committee by the end of October. If this does occur, then it may still be possible for the House and Senate to pass a tax bill prior to the end of 2017.
Applicable Federal Rate of 2.2% for October -- Rev. Rul. 2017-20; 2017-41 IRB 1 (19 Sep 2017)
The IRS has announced the Applicable Federal Rate (AFR) for October of 2017. The AFR under Section 7520 for the month of October will be 2.2%. The rates for September of 2.4% or August of 2.4% also may be used. The highest AFR is beneficial for charitable deductions of remainder interests. The lowest AFR is best for lead trusts and life estate reserved agreements. With a gift annuity, if the annuitant desires greater tax-free payments the lowest AFR is preferable. During 2017, pooled income funds in existence less than three tax years must use a 1.2% deemed rate of return. Federal rates are available by clicking here.
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VAN NUYS, Calif. — Pure Play Media and Lightsouthern ship "Momentum Vol. 2," the second edition of director Michelle Flynn's Australian adult feature now available to order.
According to the company, the movie was "born out of an Indiegogo campaign and evolved via the independent adult film festival circuit," and "brings youthful energy, artful sex scenes, and gorgeous visual aspects to the roster at Pure Play Media."
"Lightsouthern has made an international impact with its elevated brand of artful adult feature entertainment," said Hyland, sales representative for Pure Play Media. "Fans loved 'Momentum Vol. 1' for its visually driven storytelling, deft creation of nostalgia for the sexual explorative period of the '70s, and authentic eroticism of the action scenes.
"We are so excited to present this highly-anticipated second edition of Lightsouthern's magnum opus," Hyland said. "Give me a call to reserve your run of 'Momentum Vol. 2,' and ask me about other titles in this four-part series."
A follow-up to its first volume, "Momentum Vol. 2" stars the all-natural redhead Chloe, "a voyeuristic paper girl with a horny disposition who perves on curvy bombshell Madison Missina and sensual skaterboy Rob Paulson." Later, she hooks up with blue-haired bisexual newcomer Bobbie for a girl-on-girl tryst.
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Team Balloon is planning to launch the first look posters and pre-look teaser of their film through five Kollywood celebrities. Directed by Sinish, the film has Jai, Anjali, Janani and Yogi Babu in important roles.
Talking about their promotional plans, director Sinish says "We have planned a to release our first look poster on 15th Feb, the second poster on 16th Feb, the third poster on 17th Feb, the fourth poster on 18th Feb and finally the 'pre-look of our teaser' on 19th Feb.
What is considered as more special in this is, all these four posters and one pre-look will be released by five top-notch heroes of Tamil film industry. We are pretty sure that, the presence of these five celebrities will help our Balloon to touch the highest altitude".


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Egypt In Chaos: Looters Rip Heads Off Two Mummies
EGYPT IN Chaos: Looters have smashed their way into the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and ripped the heads off two mummies.
This is why the British Museum exists. Send us your antiquities and the Brits will store them for you. you can have them back. One day. All being well…
Egypt Erupts: Ayatollah Khomeini's Sermons Are Now On Twitter
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Despite a disappointing turnout for the annual Port Bannatyne Race, twenty one club boats made the trip to Port Bannatyne, and enjoyed an entertaining evening of Petanque in the rain, and the clouds of marauding midges.
Fiona Rae presents the Sponsor's Sultana Cake
The Petanque tournamet was again won by Twenty Two. Not the Smiths this time, but by a couple of
lassies from their crew, who claimed they'd never played the game before. Well done.
Following the Petanque Competition, we were hosted by Isle of Bute Sailing Club in their Clubhouse, a hearty meal
featuring mini pies in four flavours from our sponsors, Bells, was enjoyed with peas, beans, and chips.
A very convivial evening was enjoyed by all attending. Thanks to our hosts IBSC, for their hospitality, and again to
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The Passage Race Class 1 was won by Craig Anderson's Cool Bandit 2, and Class 4 by Flambuoyant. It took some
time for the smile to leave owners Graeme Randall and Alan Arkison's faces, as it was their first victory with their
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TOKYO — TDK Corp. of Japan has reached an agreement with famed Italian opera house La Scala to make digital archives of about 5,000 hours of analog tape.
The project is expected to take about three years to complete. In the venture, TDK will work with analog tape recordings dating back to 1951 that have been held by La Scala's library. The company will use its expertise in digital recording and CD-Recordable technology and make digital copies that will be archived.
Recordings of operas from masters such as Verdi and Puccini are among the 5,000 hours of tape, as well as performances by singer Maria Callas.
The digital recordings will be stored on CDs.
TDK did not put a price on the agreement, but the company said it will be working with a La Scala foundation and Milan U on the digital archive project.
TDK will make two digital copies of the tapes: one that will go into permanent storage, and another for an accessible archive.


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Online Yoga REsources
The Yoga Quota guide to getting your yoga fix at home. Not to say that online classes can replace going to a good teacher or studio that suits you....but there are times that you need a yoga class at midnight, or on holiday, or on Sunday, or on an extreme essay-crisis-day. I've been there in the 'Old Job' when I was living in hotels and couldn't make it to a studio. After all the more yoga in the world the better however you get it! Please don't stop coming to Yoga Quota though so we can keep up with those charity Quotas! Here's my help for you.....
You want to do yoga at home. You're not quite ready to make your own sequences up. So you crack open your laptop, open google and type online yoga classes........
This is what you get....
A whole tonne of ads, subscriptions and some gyms. So you don't know where to start!
How about You Tube? The Yoga Quota channel on you tube only has a plea for money to help set up as a charity(!) and the others look, well, overwhelming!
Now these tips are totally personal, so if you find you don't like them, and they don't work for you then I guarantee with some more delving you'll find somewhere else to find your online yoga fix. But if you like Yoga Quota you'll like these.
Online Resource:
Gaiam TV (previously known as My Yoga Online) brings together yoga sequences (My Yoga) and other channels which include articles and books so if you want more than just the asana try it. I pay around $5 a month I think. I believe they do free trials.
Teachers on Gaiam who I go back to:
Andrea Marcum is my absolute favourite (Teacher Tuesday blog) but she is not for the feint hearted. Her site. She combines a clear explanation of the 8 limbs of yoga with a sweaty steamy asana sequence. She brings in top students of hers, her director brother, famous american football types and drills them (kindly!) Humbly confessing to tight hips and all round brilliant.
Andrea herself recommends Ashley Turner for beginners (I imagine they know eachother in LA?) I find Ashley talks quite a lot at the beginning (all good stuff but long) and has a more beginner-intermediate practice.
I love Clara Roberts-Oss on there. Her newer classes seem not as well produced for example one of them didn't sync to the audio (which may be rectified by now) BUT her older classes are so original she does some lovely sequencing. She's fab check out her 'belly button' pronounciation! She'll make you smile.
My husband swears by Jesse Enright too. He has good advanced classes to learn how to handstand and for beginner/intermediates like my husband he explains things really well. His scientific approach comes through in his clarity and brevity.
Other teachers
You can never go wrong with a bit of Kino Macgregor. She's an Ashtanga teacher, which is the 'original' version of the style I do, in fixed sequences. You can get her classes on Gaiam but also on YouTube and Codyapp. I like to use the primary sequence one now and again to check my progress and to stay standing on my head. She is a teacher where you MUST remember the reason you're doing yoga and not to feel disheartened by her strength and flexibility!! Whilst she makes the most challenging asana look easy with a smile she does make it very clear she's been working on this for 11 years.
Not my favourite but could be yours...?
A colleague of mine from 'The Job' pointed me to this lady called Adrienne she does little tips and tricks for postures so I think it would be worth checking her out. It's a shame I didnt find her when I was a beginner- I think she started too late! but in any case, my colleague has been using her vlogs lots and recommends.
Two fit moms. These ladies have had 2 kids apiece (approximately) and still have abs as smooth and strong as steel. Fab. Very physically focussed but funky too. I find their website quite hard to navigate so I took you directly to a typical posture post which links you to a video on itunes.
Other online resources:
As you may not want to pay for Gaiam. Try Grokker which is free but not as extensive in my humble opinion or Cody app which is free for the app but you buy little packages from the likes of KinoYoga and Beachyogagirl.
Enjoy yoga surfing my friends... and remember to still to pop in for a face to face class at Yoga Quota so we can make lots of quotas and share yoga to disadvantaged groups UK wide!
Namaste x
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I've just found a free meditation app too which looks interesting coming soon to a blog near you x
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Treatment Centers in Massachusetts
With substance abuse as well as drug addiction numbers well above the national average, every year thousands of addicts admit themselves in a Massachusetts treatment center. The state's proximity to the New England Pipeline famous for drug smuggling across the Canadian border and also the large port at Boston makes drugs easily available. And with the easy availability of drugs, a Massachusetts drug treatment center and alcohol treatment center receives admissions round the year. In the year 2007, about 106,683 addicts admitted themselves seeking substance abuse rehabilitation.
Unfortunately, even though the state has become a hotbed for drug addiction and substance abuse, the number of treatment centers are comparatively far less. A Massachusetts drug treatment center receives the most number of admissions for heroin addiction. Cocaine and heroin are the main drugs of addiction in the state, while the prescription drug oxytocin is used as the gateway drug to heroin abuse. Some of the Massachusetts drug treatment programs use buprenorphine or methadone to help addicts with withdrawal from heroin addiction.
Before beginning with the actual addiction treatment, the Massachusetts treatment centers usually conduct a detox program, which cleanses the system off the drug prior to beginning on the addiction treatment. The treatment centers have both long-term rehabilitation programs as well as treatments in outpatient departments. Besides the detoxification and substance abuse treatments, a Massachusetts drug and alcohol treatment center also holds sober living and counseling sessions. Unlike in other states, Massachusetts residents have more financial options as they receive unlimited coverage from state health insurance agencies for treatment of substance abuse problems.
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New on Spurs TVO/App
We've an exclusive first interview with new signing Stipe Pletikosa available now on Spurs TV Online and the official Spurs App.
We've an exclusive first interview with new signing Stipe Pletikosa available now on Spurs TV Online and the official Spurs App.
We've also Rafael van der Vaart's press conference in full and highlights from Harry Redknapp's pre-West Brom media briefing.
In his first interview Stipe, signed on a season's loan from Spartak Moscow, talks about joining his three Croatian team-mates Luka Modric, Vedran Corluka and Niko Kranjcar at Spurs, the goalkeepers already at the club and his hopes for the season.
Rafael spoke to the media after talking exclusively first to Spurs TVO and we've that press conference in full plus highlights of Harry's conference, when he talks about our new arrivals and West Brom.
You can find Stipe in the 'Interviews' section of Spurs TV Online while Harry and Rafael are in the 'Lodge' area.
All three interviews are also available in the 'video' area of the official Spurs App on the iPhone/iTouch.
NEXT WEEK - Look out for Rafael's thoughts on the Champions League plus we'll bring you exclusive video content as we travel to Germany for our group stage opener at Werder Bremen.
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2016 - 2017 Joint Fundraisers
The Louisiana State Circle will be offering two fundraising opportunities to Squires Circles throughout the State. These fundraisers consist of two raffles. The first raffle will be held from August 6, 2016 – January 7, 2017 and the second raffle will be held from January 7, 2017 – June 3, 2017.
All Circles in Louisiana are encouraged to participate in these fundraisers. The fundraisers will help your circle raise funds for operations, per-capita and costs to attend events, as well as help the State Circle raise funds to cover various expenses (i.e. State Events, Convention, etc.…).
Each Circle participating will receive 500 tickets to sell. The tickets will cost $2.00 each. Tickets will be given out in increments of 500. Once a circle orders tickets from the State Circle, that circle will be required to sell all 500 tickets. The State Circle cannot accept unsold tickets back from circles. Because of budget constraints accepting unsold tickets will severely put our programming in jeopardy for the year.
The payout to circles will be $400 (40%) for every 500 tickets sold. The state circle will receive $600 (60%) for every 500 tickets sold. The state circle will purchase the prizes out of its 60% of the revenue. Once a circle sells its 500 tickets, it can order 500 more from the State Circle. A Circle may sell as many tickets as they want, but the tickets must be ordered from the State Circle in increments of 500.
The drawing for the Fall Raffle will be held at the State Retreat on January 7, 2017 in New Orleans. The drawing for the Spring Raffle will be held at the State Convention Awards Banquet, June 3, 2017 in Slidell. Arrangements will be made for the winner to pick up the prizes at their nearest Best Buy. The Circle that produces the winner of the fall raffle and the spring raffle will get special reserve seating at the State Convention.
Click here to download the 2016-17 Fundraising packet
Please see FLYER to learn what we will be raffling.
Payment & Ticket Stubs
Local circles will sell tickets and collect ticket money. Money should be held by the Chief Counselor of the circle or his designee. Once the circle sells 500 tickets a check should be forwarded to the State circle for $600 (60% of total revenue). Ticket stubs should be collected and kept by the Chief Counselor of the Circle. Ticket stubs must be brought to the drawing location by the Chief Counselor. All ticket stubs should be turned over to the State Fundraising Coordinator, Keith Williams on the day of the drawing. All money from the raffle is due to the State Circle by January 6, 2017.
Ordering Tickets
Circles wishing to participate in the fundraiser should order tickets from the state circle. All Tickets must be ordered from the State Circle. Chief Counselors should keep record of their starting and ending ticket numbers. Tickets can be ordered on the State Circle website at lasquires.org/tickets. Tickets must be ordered in increments of 500. Before a circle can order more tickets, the circle must turn in all money owed to the state circle from the previous set of tickets.
Notification of the Winner
The State Circle will notify the winner of the raffle by email and phone. The winner will also be announced through text, website and social media. Circles should make sure that the handwriting on all ticket stubs is legible. The circle that produces the winner will receive special reserve seating at the 2017 State Convention.
Mailing of Checks
Circles should make checks out to:
Louisiana State Columbian Squires
Mail checks to:
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- Pearl Lee, "National Library Board forms 19-member advisory panel to review library titles", The Straits Times, 15 April 2015[1].
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Murder Becomes Miami is The Cornet Group's second book.
A renowned college football coach is acquitted of murdering his glamorous wife and her lover, despite numerous pieces of evidence pointing to him as the killer. Soon afterward, he turns up dead as well, with definitive evidence attached indicating The Organization was responsible for his death.
But what terrorist plot are they up to now, how did a college football coach figure in their plans and who was responsible for his gruesome death?
Once again, the authorities turn to architect Dalton Lee and his associates to monitor the suspects and piece together odd, baffling clues so they can quickly stop The Organization from moving forward with its plans.


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Had a great evening with 2 inspiring persons – Samuel Eddy and Dr Maharaja
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Had a great evening with 2 inspiring persons – Samuel Eddy and Dr Maharaja
Had a 7 hours productive discussion with 2 inspiring persons. Yes, my mentor Dr Maharaja SivaSubramanian N took me with him to meet Mr Samuel Eddy (http://samglobal.org/) at his house at Velachery today evening. Sam is a person who has inspired us in recent times. We have been planning to meet him for a long time and it has got fulfilled today.
Wow! What an exhilarated evening it was. We visited his house at 4.30pm and left from there by 11.30pm. A lot of discussion, sharing and great learning. 99% of the total time I spent there I was just an observer of their discussion. I have been just wondering on the topics they were discussing. Topics went around personal life, professional life, career, health, fitness, job opportunities in India and abroad, Million dollar ideas and implementation, goals, life purpose, spirituality, Lord Shiva, Vedas, Jesus Christ, business, business tricks and principles, approaching a woman in the right way, International happenings, training programs, students, parents, need of mentor, social media, technology, marketing, celebrities, passive income, tea preparation, auto biography, partying etc.
OMG! Nothing was left in the discussion; every topic under the universe was discussed (though I have slightly exaggerated here). In fact it was one of my long time dreams to spend time with highly effective people and listen to their success journey. And it has happened today. A great learning for me from Sam and Dr Maharaja.
Out of this discussion I have got a lot of validation and reinforcement to my earlier thoughts and I'm confident and strong enough now to carry out them.
Thank you Dr Maharaja to have taken me with you and to have given me such a lovely opportunity.
Sam : You are really amazing. Thank you so much for your time inspite of your busy schedule. I know you are committed to a lot of big projects and still you have spent time for us. I'm sure today's discussion of ours would definitely result in a Win-Win-Win situation and we would be able to contribute a lot to others and our society through our association. Not everyone would like to share their success tips and tricks, but you did it. Keep inspiring people. God Bless you. Hats off to you. _/\_


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Accountants at banks may have to change the way they count the beans that could go bad.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering a new method for calculating reserves as part of a sweeping proposal that has gotten more attention for its fair-value mandate. The new method would be the biggest change to reserving practices in more than three decades, experts said.
Some in the industry favor the proposal, which would require banks to set reserves based on long-term loss expectations rather than wait for possible signs of imminent default. The advantage, they said, is that balance sheets would more accurately portray the present value of cash flows expected to be collected.
Opponents argue that the plan would front-load credit costs, which would also reduce income and pressure capital, without empowering banks to pad reserves during good times. All agree that neither plan fully removes subjectivity from reserving methods, which already vary among banks.
"There is likely to be a huge and immediate charge" to the bottom line if the changes are implemented, said Dorsey Baskin, a partner in the national professional standards group at Grant Thornton. "That's because you would be taking an allowance based on past losses and include more reserves for future losses."
To make their point, experts offered an example of a $10 million credit card portfolio with an expected loss rate of 5% per year over three years — or $1.5 million — based on economic conditions in the financial statement period.
Under the existing "incurred loss" model, banks are only allowed to add to reserves when they can point to an event that indicates that a loss has happened at the financial statement date, such as a borrower's job loss, bankruptcy filing or hospitalization. The event also can be something broader like the closure of a big employer in a community or an uptick in unemployment. Reserves are built — or released — quarter by quarter by taking the recorded amount of the loan and subtracting expectation of unrecovered funds, and it must assume a continuation of existing economic conditions.
The already incurred losses in the $10 million portfolio might be only, say, $250,000 to $500,000, at the financial statement date. Reserves would change as the economy deviates from that assumption and as new loss-causing events occur.
The FASB proposal would shift more toward an "expected loss" model. Using the same credit card analogy, banks would have to reserve for the entire $1.5 million of expected losses in the quarter that the loans were made. Over time they would also have to put the interest income on those losses into reserves, which would further reduce the bottom line.
As with the incurred model, the expected loss amounts would have to take into account existing economic conditions. The reserve would need to be adjusted if at some point the expected loss rate deviates from the original 5% assumption because of changes in economic circumstances.
Tim Yeager, a former Federal Reserve economist who is now a finance professor at the University of Arkansas, said he approves of the new method. "I think it is more realistic and makes the system stable over the long run," he said. "I see having more reserves as leading to more smoothing, which I see as a good thing."
Donna Fisher, a senior vice president at the American Bankers Association, agreed that the existing model must be improved "to include more forward-looking losses." Fisher said, however, that there are many ways to address the issues and that the ABA wants to work with the FASB "to develop a solid model."
Wells Fargo & Co. has already filed a comment on the proposal, saying it supports "an impairment model that allows for earlier recognition of expected credit losses."
Some banks have wanted a bias toward larger reserves to limit the need for building them up, thus reducing volatility. Such an approach backfired in 1998, when the Securities and Exchange Commission forced SunTrust Banks Inc. to restate three years of earnings after determining that the Atlanta company had over-reserved. Though the SEC never took a formal enforcement action against the SunTrust in that matter, the agency had claimed that the moves were meant to help SunTrust manage net income.
Critics of the proposed change argue that it perhaps introduces even more subjectivity by giving banks the ability to use expected losses to determine what they reserve. They also argue that the plan, much like the current model, still prevents banks from adding to the loan-loss allowance during good times.
"In theory the new proposal is subject to more guesstimates," said Dennis Beresford, a University of Georgia accounting professor who was the chairman of the FASB from 1987 to 1997. "Will there be sufficient systems and procedures and can it be done reliably?"
Each has significant discretion that falls well short of a "bright line" standard, according to one accounting executive for a big banking company. "Of all the numbers on an income statement, the allowance is the most subjective and relies heavily on management discretion," said the executive, who asked not to be named. "There is no hard-and-fast approach."
Jon Chism, a partner at the accounting firm Plante & Moran, also argued in a recent blog post that changing systems and procedures would create significant challenges for smaller banks. "Such a shift would create new requirements for valuing loan portfolios, which translates into higher expenses — and more time — for banks," he wrote.
"Perhaps more importantly, moving to an expected loss basis could necessitate that banks tie up more capital for loan-loss reserves, causing greater friction between their regulators and further impacting their balance sheets," he said. A call to Chism for further comment was not immediately returned.
Adding to the uncertainty is the surprise retirement of FASB Chairman Robert Herz and plans to expand the size of the entire board. Meanwhile, the International Accounting Standards Board has its own proposal that would require adjustments to yields rather than an up-front reserve build.
Perhaps the biggest challenge remains the fact that the proposal is embedded within the plan to enact fair-value accounting, which has far more resistance from the banking industry and seems more controversial within the FASB itself.
Beresford predicted it is unlikely that the entity would separate and vote on the two issues, linking the fate of one change to the other. "I don't think the FASB will carve out anything," he said.


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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gillian Flynn is an amazing writer. I loved this story "Gone Girl" from start to finish. As a writer, I love the way she wields her craft and provides permission to all writers with her daring implication to write the story the way it needs to be written. No qualms with language, no qualms with moral code and the way things should just be done in a story, not in this novel.
I have more I want to say about this one. I just need to get my head wrapped around all of it.
"Gone Girl" just became my all-time favorite novel beating out "The Time Traveler's Wife", "To Kill A Mockingbird", "The Great Gatsby" and, perhaps lesser known, "The Gargoyle", and "April & Oliver". Gillian Flynn just became my ultimate literary crush. As a writer of contemporary fiction, I have a true appreciation for the mastery of writing. Ms. Flynn's command of language, narrative, and dialog is a talent to behold. I first read the Kindle version of "Gone Girl"; and then I bought the hardcover copy so I could feed my incessant need to study her talent and better understand her literary technique and style. Flynn's ability to bring out both the worst and best in her characters is easily splayed across each and every page. No notion is left unexplored or unattended as Flynn effectively dismantles the romanticism that still persists around the quest for the perfect marriage, the perfect relationship, and in being the perfect beautiful couple for the world. Flynn toys with readers at the beginning and in her own fastidious way lets the story out in infinitesimal detail in the very first paragraph on page one:
"What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?"
Just the choice use of the verb stormcloud bowls me over. Wow.
Readers slowly discern that handsome Nick Dunne is not all that he portrays himself to be and that his narcissism is not all that far removed from his reality, nor is he all that sorry about it.
The unraveling begins. And, it takes a while for readers to realize it is "us".
"Okay," we say, even as we start to guess what's gone wrong here. But do we?
And, just when we think we've figured it out, the story gets more sinister as Flynn subtly reminds all of us that this roller coaster ride is far from over and as she finesses further with growing intrigue and readers are introduced to Amy through a variety of diary entries. Invariably, readers will buy into all of this clever character's thoughts and feelings, hook, line and sinker. We're all but drowning in the psychotic push-pull of the back and forth narrative of these two even while we senses the unraveling that exudes so deliberately from both Amy and Nick.
Invariably, as readers, we will want to save the victims. But, which ones are they? Who do we save? Ourselves? Flynn flexes her literary brilliance throughout this novel, both in her ability to write and tell the story, but also in the subtle way she keeps all of us captivated by it. Her literary technique is second to no one else I've read. (And, I've read a lot of novels and written a few myself).
"Gone Girl" will permanently destroy any innocent notion that you may still harbor about marriage and relationships and perfection. Flynn remains unapologetic as she pulls readers along this incredible journey if only to find out how it will end. She makes no apologies for these characters' inherent flaws, for the use of fiery language when necessary, for sex, obligatory or otherwise, and murder, necessary or not.
Flynn puts a none-too-subtle literary exclamation point on the idea that all of us are only human after all and as quoted in William Congreve's play, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". The author reminds each one of us that as we trip through life and make mistakes along the way that all is not as it portends to be and that we all play an integral role in our quest to keep up with those neighbors (those Joneses in our lives) while still attempting to show the world our most perfect side. Yet, all the while, inside our own house of cards, we quake and shake and make incomprehensible mistakes that, sometimes, can literally destroy who we are and everything we have.
"Gone Girl" is a journey, however unexpected, that offers a free pass to look inside at both the disintegration of the psyche as well as the myth that surrounds the perfect marriage. Okay. You can say it's only about these two: "Nick and Amy". Or, you can acknowledge the proverbial truth of "Gone Girl" that the novel leaves us feeling bereft of our most treasured beliefs and effectively loosens the tight grip we maintain on naiveté and causes us to look at these truths about ourselves, about our lives.
It's the car accident on the side of the road that we can't look away from. Why? Because it's all true. One day you get married. You wear white. He wears a tux. You marry your best friend. You think you know him. He thinks he knows you. And yet, what we learn over time is that nobody controls anybody and things can spin out of control in an instant with the simplest cruel act even while time marches on and over you and that these things we hold onto and try to control–these precious things–whether they be people, places, or things–splinter us all into a million pieces when they break or we fall.
Gillian Flynn effectively holds up the two-way fictional mirror and allows each of us a chance to look through it; and yet, by doing so, it reflects back at us, upon us. Yes. We feel and see the truth of our mythical lives with "Gone Girl". It's not particularly pretty, this truth, that invariably holds us all captive; but, it appears to be true.
This is a literary masterpiece worthy of ten stars that will embolden the spirit much like a fine wine and the most decadent chocolate do, if ingested together, leading us to an experience of pure unadulterated indulgence and cosmic introspection. This writer is in awe of Gillian Flynn's literary brilliance as she marches bravely upon the path of storytelling and appears unafraid to tell it like it really is. "Gone Girl" is an amazing piece of artwork presented in the guise of fiction and Gillian Flynn is the master above it all.


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Carla Rose started her photography career at the age of 8 with a Brownie Hawkeye. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she has been a TV news photographer and film editor, as well as an advertising copywriter and graphic artist, before discovering the Macintosh. She has written all or part of about thirty computer books, including Maclopedia, Adobe InDesign for the Mac, Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography in 14 Days, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 14 Days, The Whole Mac, Managing the Windows NT Server, PageMaker 6.5 Complete, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 6 in 24 Hours, Mac Online, The First Book of Macintosh, The First Book of PageMaker 4 for Macintosh, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Mac, Turbocharge Your Mac, and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Mac. She is a contributing editor to Photoshop User magazine and has also written for publications ranging from the Atlantic Fisherman to Adobe Magazine to The New Yorker. She lives near Boston, with her husband, audio guru Jay Rose, and three large, friendly cats. She welcomes e-mail addressed to email@example.com.
Kate Binder is a graphics expert who works from her home in New Hampshire. She has written articles on design tools and techniques, publishing workflows, and photography for magazines including Publish, PEI, and Desktop Publishers Journal. Kate is also the author of several books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mac OS X, Easy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, and she is the coauthor of several more books, including Microsoft Office: Mac v.X Inside Out, SVG for Designers, and Get Creative: The Digital Photo Idea Book. To those interested in a successful career as a designer, photographer, or computer book writer, Kate recommends acquiring several retired racing greyhounds (find out more about www.adopt-a-greyhound.org—she finds her four greyhounds extraordinarily inspirational. Kate can be reached via her website at www.prospecthillpub.com.


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Medical Equipment & Supplies in Northridge, CA
Safety Precautions for In-Home Hospital Bed Use
Hospital beds are becoming more and more common in household residencies today. Due to their sturdy frame, effective safety railings, and mobile-adjusting settings, patients living at home are living in a much more functional environment. However, these beds aren't designed to be indestructible. Rather, they must be well cared for. Here are some tips that you can use as a caretaker to avoid having to visit a hospital bed repair service.
Buying equipment online could be a costly mistake
If you order online and get an equipment that's not perfectly right for you, you might end up paying hundreds of dollars to ship the equipment back to the reseller and pay a 10-20% restocking fee. We strongly recommend NOT taking a risk with online purchases, especially if you are ordering from Northridge, CA. Our service area covers Northridge, CA customers, this means we will make sure you get the equipment that you feel most comfortable in by giving you few options to try and choose from. In rare occasion of a product not operating we will deal with the manufacturer for you and give you a FREE loaner as oppose to an online purchase where you would end up without your equipment, have to be on the phone with the manufacturers for hours and pay shipping fees.
We guarantee to beat anyone's online advertised price
We constantly monitor our competitors to assure you get the lowest prices possible. If you find a better deal anywhere else we will match that price and give you all the benefits you get from being a local customer like same day delivery on certain products, we handle warranty issues, and we give you a FREE loaner.
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I was given 2 giant microbes to review in exchange for me writing this post. I was not required to give a favorable review, all opinions are my honest opinions and thoughts.
Do you have a sense of humor? I hope so! I love a good laugh. I think I have a more humorous side then I do a serious side. Sometimes that gets me in to trouble. But I just laugh and go on
I am the type of person that would hide behind something and jump out and yell boo. Hide something from someone and make them look for it for a few minutes before I "found" it for them or told them where it was.
One time I poked a hole in my sisters Christmas box (like airholes) and then put a rubber frog in the package. We were constantly seeing who could come up with the best gag gift. I miss those days since she has been gone for 7 years now
If you have a sense of humor you will LOVE this site I found. It is called: Giant Microbes.
This site has gifts that are cute for teachers, Students, Doctors, nurses. These Giant Microbes are actually stuffed animals in different colors. You will find all sorts of things, such as book worm, kissing disease, cough, earache and even fruit fly. There is dozens of them.
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Sexual assault is a serious crime, made even more so by the feelings of shame and guilt that often accompany victims. Though it may be difficult and embarrassing to report sexual assault, it is important to speak to law enforcement and health officials as soon as possible. Some experts say that it is vital to public safety and personal health to report sexual assault as soon as possible after the event occurs.
With any type of sexual assault, the victim's body is usually the very best source of evidence. Part of the reason that it is important to report sexual assault immediately is that this type of crime often leaves telltale signs on the body that may be contaminated or erased the longer a person waits. Experts strongly advise going immediately to a police station or calling police support immediately after an assault occurs. It is important not to shower, change clothes, or even wash hands first. The scene of the crime should not be cleaned up or altered in any way.
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Company: Aflac, Columbus, GA
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Company Description: Aflac is a Fortune 500 company, providing financial protection to more than 50 million people worldwide. When a policyholder or insured gets sick or hurt, Aflac pays cash benefits fairly, promptly and directly to the insured. For nearly six decades, Aflac voluntary insurance policies have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress.
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Nomination Sub Category: Human Resources Executive of the Year
Nomination Title: Matthew Owenby, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Aflac
Tell the story about what this nominee has achieved since January 1, 2016 (up to 650 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms.
As senior vice president and CHRO, Matthew Owenby has strengthened Aflac's workforce by increasing employee productivity and engagement. To bolster Aflac employees' professional and personal development with a goal of increasing employee morale and engagement during 2016, which currently stands at 88 percent, Owenby created and implemented programs like Aflac's Care Centers, Career Success Center, Real Talk and the Knowledge Sharing Network, and simultaneously shared his insights with the HR industry.
Owenby's accomplishments have not only created an engaged workforce, but have fortified Aflac's bottom line. His efforts concentrated on restructuring Aflac's benefits program offerings have resulted in savings of $100 million annually for the next five years while maintaining top tier benefits for employees. Furthermore, his management has led to a 48 percent increase in employee learning initiative participation, all while reducing operational costs by $2 million since 2013.
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To start, Owenby re-examined the only part-time health clinic on Aflac's Columbus campus. After reviewing how employees utilized its services, he realized that a more streamlined system with full-time access was needed. Under his guidance, Aflac opened two full-time clinics – which were so well-received that Aflac plans on expanding to other locations this year. Aflac Care Centers offer acute and primary care with quality service and accessible amenities. Employees have access to appointments, with the only fee being a $5 copay, regardless of their coverage. Patients receive pharmaceutical services, including medication dispensing of generic drugs free of charge. Owenby identified this opportunity to transform the Aflac workforce's health and well-being, leading to higher employee satisfaction, morale, health outcomes and productivity.
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To ensure Aflac maintains its industry-leading professional advantages, Owenby developed and managed the Career Success Center (CSC), designed entirely to help Aflac employees advance. The CSC improves the way Aflac trains and develops top talent and reinvented how Aflac employees are coached, empowered, consulted and assisted as they grow into company leaders. Services include career guidance testing, résumé consultation, mock interviews, career coaching, career awareness and volunteering opportunities. Most notably, of those employees participating in CSC sessions last year, 40.2 percent received promotions.
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In tandem with Owenby's focus on improving employee retention, he identified a need for more transparent and consistent communication between Aflac's leaders and employees. Understanding that ongoing opportunities to engage with the company's leaders would be vital to continued employee satisfaction and retaining talent, he further developed Aflac's Real Talk program during 2016, which provides employees an opportunity to speak with leaders in an intimate setting. The program fosters open discussion on topics that inspire personal and professional growth.
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Owenby has been instrumental in facilitating the professional and personal development of Aflac employees through Aflac's Knowledge Sharing Network (KSN), which promotes leadership, learning and development. The KSN creates a high-impact learning organization that reflects Aflac values, processes and practices, encouraging individuals — and the organization as a whole — to increase knowledge, competence and performance. It also encourages employees to explore paths outside of their comfort zone and challenges them to grow within the company and in their personal lives.
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Owenby has proven himself an industry resource to arm HR professionals with pertinent resources about benefits-related research that they can leverage in their own workplaces. He served as the champion and spokesperson for the Aflac WorkForces Report (AWR) and Open Enrollment (OE) Survey; research that examines employee and employer benefits trends and attitudes. As a result, he was featured as an expert in national and industry trade media, including Forbes and U.S. News & World Report. With Owenby as the face of the campaign, AWR and OE media coverage generated 2.3 billion media impressions from 2015 through 2016.
Through Owenby's creativity and management, Aflac has achieved an environment that fosters leadership, learning and development. In turn, Aflac was recognized as a best place to work by prestigious accolades, giving it a competitive advantage.
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•Aflac Care Center: Over 5,224 employees received care, resulting in nearly $1.3 million in savings, and an estimated $2 million impact on payroll and productivity. It has nearly tripled in popularity, rising from 1,275 visits in 2015 to 3,937 visits in 2016, with an ROI of 175 percent.
•Career Success Center: In 2016, CSC had an average of 59 monthly visitors. The CSC has quadrupled in the number of completed sessions since 2014, increasing from 430 in 2014 to nearly 1,800 sessions in 2016.
•Real Talk: To date, 426 team members have participated in Real Talk sessions with 38 different senior leaders. Participants rated their experience with the program a 4.85 out of 5.0.
•Knowledge Sharing Network: Nearly 170 team members participated in the program in 2016. The KSN had 81 completed participation sessions in 2014 and progressed to reach a total of 412 members in 2016.


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A £3million loan to assist in the redevelopment of a new data centre has been approved from the Gloucestershire Infrastructure and Investment Fund.
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As a three-phase project, the proposals will commence by turning the site into a co-location data centre, which will be called Shield House Gloucester, housed in a state-of-the art building run by Indectron.
The strategic data centre will bring new high technology employment to Gloucestershire, creating numerous new jobs, the data hub will service the needs of hundreds of businesses, both local and regional.
As part of the plans for the site, existing outbuildings and offices will be removed with new two-storey offices and large data centre block being created.
Indectron managing director Andrew Bence said: "We are delighted to have secured the loan from the Gloucestershire Infrastructure Investment Fund from GFirst LEP which has enabled us to commence the construction of Shield House which will become one of the most advanced data centres in the UK.
"The data centre will allow the delivery of cost-efficient, accredited and environmentally friendly data centre solutions to a data driven economy where serving data from closer to the consumer is key.
"Shield House will help businesses provide innovative and flexible digital IT services at lower cost by benefiting from its highly connected, resilient and secure infrastructure while shining a spotlight on Gloucestershire as an emerging digital ecosystem."
David Owen, chief executive of GFirst LEP said: "I'm pleased that GIIF funding has been allocated to the Shield House Project, and the process of creating a key, strategic data hub in Gloucestershire is now underway."
GIIF can provide upfront capital funding for potential projects to stimulate local economic growth by enabling targeted investment to unlock constrained and stalled development sites and help to realise potential development value, new jobs, housing and regeneration to support the local economy.
Gloucestershire County Council acts as Accountable Body and provides the programme management for the GIIF fund on behalf of the GFirstLEP.
Cllr Lynden Stowe, cabinet member for economy, skills and growth at Gloucestershire County Council, said: "We are committed to supporting economic growth in the county and I'm pleased that we are able to play our part in supporting the GIIF fund which is making these vital investments possible."
Picture: Richard Graham MP and directors from Indectron at the groundbreaking ceremony at Shield House
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Alexander Yannai's widow, Salome Alexandra, reigned for nine years (76 - 67 BCE) with her elder son Hyrcanus as high priest and her younger son Aristobulus as commander-in-chief of the army. During her reign the Pharisees were given direction of the state, led by Simeon ben Shetah, who was the queen's brother. After her death civil war broke out between her two son's. As a result of this civil strife, the Romans occupied Judea in 63 BCE and Pompey, their commander, was given the authority to decide the matter of the kingship. Thus began the decline of Hasmonean Judea's independence, which had lasted 80 years; to all intents and purposes Judea now became a Roman province.
After Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey in 48 BCE, Hyrcanus and his chief adviser, Antipater, who was of Idumean origin, went over to Caesar who tool several decisions in Hyrcanus' favour, confirming him as high priest and ethnarch. Antipater rose to great power and his sons were given influential positions in the government, particularly Herod, who was appointed governor of Galilee. After a further period of civil war during which a son of Aristobulus regained the throne for a short time with the help of the Parthians, Herod was proclaimed King of Judea by the Romans. Although his territory was expanded by successive Roman rulers, Herod was, notwithstanding his title, the governor of a Roman province. He faithfully carried out Roman policy and at no time attempted to follow an independent course.
Herod was not beloved by the Jews, even though he married Mariamne of the Hasmonean dynasty to establish his legitimacy. He was also careful not to flout Jewish religious laws and customs. To demonstrate his loyalty to Judaism he decided to rebuild the Temple and erected a magnificent edifice to take the place of the previous unpretentious building that been built in Ezra's time. He extended the boundaries of the plateau on which the Temple was built; some 11 000 persons were employed for nine years on the project. All this was, however, to no avail and far from winning the hearts of the Jewish people and their sages, Herod was regarded by them as the murderer of their kings and leaders and the agent of a foreign power.
He was pathologically suspicious even of his own children and killed some of them for alleged plotting. Octavian is reputed to have said that he would rather be Herod's pig than his son, because the former had a chance of survival.
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Just days after America woke up to the horror show of a white man's racist terror attack in a Charleston, South Carolina, church that left nine innocent black parishioners dead, "Meet the Press" made the unfathomable decision to air video of a group of convicted murderers expressing regret over their use of a gun. All the murderers presented in the video were black.
For obvious reasons, the uproar was immediate. After the video aired, "Meet the Press" panelist Eugene Robinson objected to the film only showing black shooters. "There wasn't a terribly diverse set of people who were talking," Robinson said. "Right now, we're talking about a horrific crime committed by a white man, we're talking about the search for two escaped murderers who are white men. We should point out that this is not just an African-American problem."
"No, no, no, no," "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd replied. "And it wasn't intended to be that way."
Almost immediately after the show, Todd again defended the video on the NBC News web site:
The original decision to air this segment was made before Wednesday's massacre. However, the staff and I had an internal debate about whether to show it at all this week. When we discussed putting it off, that conversation centered around race and perception – not the conversation we wanted the segment to invoke.
We decided against delaying the segment because we wanted to show multiple sides of what gun violence does in this country. We thought the issue of gun violence in our culture and society was an important conversation to continue — too important to put off for another week. The consequences of gun violence should not be hidden.
This of course begs the question of why an all-black video would have been okay prior to Wednesday's racist terrorist attack.
Context in journalism is always the most important thing.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, the media intentionally use a lack of context to attack their enemies on the political Right. That doesn't make what "Meet the Press" did Sunday okay.
You get the sense that NBC's anti-gun zeal affected their better judgment, and the whole thing blew up in their face. This is not the first time, either. After the Sandy Hook massacre, on the air, then-"Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory brandished an ammo clip that is illegal to possess in Washington DC, the city where "Meet" is taped.
Gregory was using the clip as a demagogic prop against NRA spokesman Wane LaPierre. Gregory deservedly ended up a laughingstock over the whole issue. Here was a news anchor breaking gun laws to push for the government to take guns away from law-abiding citizens.
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