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Being a gamer and physically fit has its challenges and contradictions. All that time you are putting into working out or eating healthier could be spent playing a video game and eating chips on the couch. The main challenge for most, is that a good portion of those who consider themselves gamers are also so lazy that they wont want to spend the time nor effort into becoming physically fit when they can just continue their daily routine. Now fitness games are nothing new; developers have had us up and moving for quite some time now, whether it be dancing, playing instruments, doing simple aerobic workouts, or even yoga. However this time around we have something a bit different, the new gaming fitness innovations brought forth by developer Lightning Fish in their debut PlayStation Move title, Get Fit With Mel B.
If the wife and daughters like this then I will have to get another PS3. I sure as hell will not play / do / whatever this.
Rather play Golf, Table Tennis or some Sport game with Move.
MMMM im going to get this and get fit with MEL B in my bedroom!
we are going to have 1 long workout!
Exercise is good for the body. I don't need a game to tell me that.
"Not everything is perfect however, this is the first fitness game to use the PlayStation Move technology and the game does a poor job of explaining when you actually need to hold the controller and when you can sit it down. Prior to beginning several specific sets the game will pause and tell you, you need the controller, at other times it's more of a guess and go and hope that you're holding it correctly."
Why anyone would want or need to hold a controller, much less guess when to hold it (or how to hold it), is beyond me. I thought this was supposed to be simple and accessible?
Wouldn't it be much more accessible to do away with the controller altogether for these sorts of games?
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TEASER TUESDAYS is a weekly book meme originally featured at Books And A Beat. To participate, just open the book you are currently reading to a random page, and choose two 'teaser' sentences from somewhere on that page. (no spoilers!)
From the Prologue:
"Sometimes, when I'm feeling sad, I like to be around books. They're very good at making you forget your troubles. It's like having a million friends, wrapped in paper and scrawled in ink."
So that's my teaser. What's your teaser this week?


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- Guardian ad Litem celebrates collaborative efforts during National Foster Care Month
Guardian ad Litem celebrates collaborative efforts during National Foster Care Month
on Tuesday, 15 May 2018. Posted in News, Local News
Not all children have a safe and happy upbringing. Some children need our protection because of abuse and neglect. There are currently more than 4,000 children in South Carolina who are in foster care. Foster parents become the temporary parental figures for children who are removed from their homes.
Adults working with foster children include foster parents and volunteers with the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem (GAL) program. Volunteer GALs are trained to conduct independent investigations and make recommendations to the Family Court about what is in the child's best interest.
Foster parents are a primary source of information about the well-being of the child. The collaboration between foster parents and volunteer GALs improves the quality of child advocacy, ensuring that children's needs are met. Ultimately, this collaborative effort between foster parents and GAL volunteers can enhance the chances of a positive outcome and help children quickly find a safe and permanent home.
Volunteer GALs are trained to become the voice of a child in Family Court proceedings. They listen to a child's wishes and share those with the Family Court.
The free, 30-hour volunteer GAL training teaches volunteers about the Family Court system, how to recognize abuse and neglect and how to communicate with children, foster parents and every party involved in the case. For more information about training and how to become a GAL volunteer, visit gal.sc.gov or call (843) 383-2333.


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Hi. I am a data scientist whose primary tool is R. I use R extensively in conjunction with Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB), and Linux commands.
What I do inmore...Hi. I am a data scientist whose primary tool is R. I use R extensively in conjunction with Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB), and Linux commands.
What I do in general:
- Data visualization (e.g. interactive dashboards)
- Report automation
- Machine learning and modeling
- Data extraction, cleaning, feature selection, and preprocessing
- Data mining and aggregation
- API integration
- Visualizations via 'ggplot2', 'googleVis', and 'rCharts' packages
- Interactive dashboard/application using 'shiny' package
- Maps visualization
Prediction modeling:
- Multivariate linear and logistic regression
- Classification and regression trees (i.e. decision trees)
- Linear and quadratic discriminant analysis (LDA and QDA)
- Random forest and variable selection
Clustering and segmentation:
- Data normalization
- Hierarchical and k-means clustering
Here are some sample work from Github:
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/predicting_iris_species_using_multinom_and_pca
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/analysis_of_fuel_efficiency_by_transmission_type
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/hubway_visualization
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/cynicism
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/spam_prediction_with_text_analytics
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/guns_murders_states
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/marijuana_legalization_public_support_trend
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/money_education_religiosity
- https://github.com/feelosophy13/analysisNBA/tree/main/projects/offensiveRebounds
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Professional Title: Researcher
Other: Professor
Primary domain: Information Science
Organization name: Academia Sinica
Organization type: Academia/Research
City / Country: Taipei - Taiwan
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Tyng-Ruey Chuang is an associate research fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, with a joint appointment at the Institute of Information Science (IIS) and at the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI). He also teaches at the Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University, as an associate professor. His research areas include programming languages, Web technologies, geo-spatial informatics, and Internet and society.


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Having been a media professional for over ten years, the only titles that sound - and may be appear - glamorous to all around are titles like journalists, writers, press photographers, editors.
There is a sound and silent army of desk professionals who are quietly churning crappy stories into read worthy articles. And along with them are a handful of cartoonists and traditionalists who read every word printed in the newspaper and craft the most burning issues in the most light manner in form of a cartoon. Now that's the toughest job I feel, for it requires loads of creativity and understanding of issues.
RK Laxman was the leader this gentry with much poise and calm. His 'common man' and issues raised are as relevant as they were years ago. The only difference - people then realised the issue being raised and now have a 'chalta hai' attitude towards those issues.
RIP Mr Laxman, you will be in my heart and mind for as long as I continue to read a newspaper.


text: Fredrick Voelker, Wilkes-Barre, photographed this fishing vessel in Alaska. He wrote, "This is a picture I got of a halibut fishing boat passing, or seems to be passing, right in front of Mount Redoubt. Mount Redoubt is actually 54 miles from the mainland of Ninilchik, Alaska. Mount Redoubt is an active volcano that last erupted in December 1989. Its elevation is 10,197 feet. It is in the ring of fire that encircles the Pacific Ocean and is part of the Alaska peninsula."


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We offer fun, effective training programs that help you lose weight and gain strength.
Click here to get started with a free 1 day pass or workout trial period at our fitness center.
See the different programs we have to offer and join up in all of the fun!
Isn't it amazing that you never realize how bad you want something
until it's taken away from you?
If you've read any of my blogs in the past, then you know about my
story and the journey I've been on the last few years with my health
and fitness. If you haven't, here's the Cliff Notes version: I've
always been active and involved in sports (yes, swimming and running are
sports) and never struggled with my weight until…having children.
After an emergency C-section, a sick baby, and just not having time for
me, I found myself the heaviest and most deconditioned I've ever been.
This was the same time that we started the training program at the gyms.
I got great results!! I fit back in my "skinny jeans" from college!
And then got pregnant again! Fast forward through torn ligaments, another
C-section, juggling an infant, toddler, and full time job, and I was once
again in the same predicament. However, this time, I knew what I needed
to do. But my body did not handle the second pregnancy and the wear and
tear I had put it through very well. I had a ruptured disc, herniated
disc, and bulging disc in my low back and neck as well as arthritis in
my knees and hips. I went through a year of doctors, chiropractors, and
therapy. For most of that time, I couldn't put my baby in his crib
or even put dishes in the dishwasher. I have to give credit to my trainer
and husband, Ty Barrett; he helped me so much with the slow process of
rehabilitation and getting back to just being able to function. He also
became a bit of a back expert in the process!
So now we're in current time…or really about 8 months ago. I
am feeling the best I've felt in 6 years and able to things that I
have never been able to do before like jumping on the tallest box (I've
never been a jumper hence why I failed at basketball despite being really
tall). So I decided I wanted to do a Spartan Race. For those of you who
don't know, it's a Mud/Obstacle course race with a 30 Burpee penalty
for every failed obstacle. Honestly, I was slightly terrified that I would
get hurt and end up back where I used to be—not a good thing. But
I also wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. Plus, I'm really
competitive, and last year, my husband told he didn't think I could
do one—again, not a good thing. ;) Since then, I have been training
my butt off to get ready. I can now do a pull up! I can do lots of Burpees
(with pushups) and I can run again. Woo Hoo! I'm the strongest &
leanest I've ever been.
Now it's 5 weeks until this 8 mile torture race J and I can't wait!
This past Saturday, I went for a run (sprint intervals) and felt great.
I got home and felt sorry for the dog so took her out for a walk to the
end of the street and back (1/2 mile total). When I got to the end of
the street, my foot started hurting and I had to limp home. Now, I sit
at my desk with a boot on my foot and crutches waiting for the X-ray results
that will probably tell me I have a stress fracture. A minor injury that
will take 4-6 weeks to heal. There's a very real possibility that
I won't be able to run the race even after training for months.
Why am I telling you this story?
To finish my story, I still don't know if I'll be able to run the
Spartan Race in May but I will run one as soon as I can. I love to compete
and challenge myself. As crazy as it sounds, I can't wait to climb
walls & ropes, crawl in the mud, throw spears, and jump over fire
because getting the medal at the finish line will feel so good especially
knowing how far I've come to get it. I want to say "I did it!"
not "I wish I had."
I hope that you never give up on your dreams but give it all that you have
to reach them. Experience what it means to make NO EXCUSES and have NO REGRETS.


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When: Sat., Sept. 16, 3-8 p.m. 2017
On Saturday, September 16th, WCSB takes over the Sachsenheim Hall (7001 Denison Ave, Cleveland) for a day of records and vintage clothing, at our 2nd Annual Record & Vintage Clothing Fair. Selling will begin at 3pm and ends at 8pm with WCSB DJs spinning vinyl in the bar until 10pm. There will be a Kids' Record Redecoration table, Celebrity DJs Autograph Table, Games, German Food, Beer Garden and plenty of vinyl records for sale! This is a free event for music lovers of all ages!
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Temporary Lecturer 2017/2018
Open date: May 23rd, 2017
Last review date: June 5th, 2017
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: May 23rd, 2018
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The UCSD Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is seeking one or more temporary lecturers to teach between one and three courses per quarter during the 2017/18 academic year. We seek applicants in all content areas, most particularly those with expertise to teach undergraduate courses in computer architecture and hardware, artificial intelligence and graphics, and basic programming and data structures. Please see http://ucsd.edu/catalog/courses/CSE.html for a complete listing of the courses we offer.
The Jacobs School of Engineering and the Computer Science & Engineering Department at UC San Diego is committed to building an excellent, diverse and inclusive faculty, staff, and student body (http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/diversity/). Candidates with experience with activities that contribute to diversity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates must hold a master's degree in computer science or a related field, and must have demonstrated evidence of effective teaching.
We encourage candidates to send applications as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and candidates will be contacted as teaching needs arise. We expect to have ongoing needs throughout academic year 2017/18.
To apply, submit the following materials to https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01437
If there are any questions, please contact our Search Committee Chair, Mia Minnes at email@example.com. UCSD is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. (see http://diversity.ucsd.edu).
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Note: If you've been sexually abused, this post could trigger you. Please read with care.
You are told as a child that adults are there to protect you.
From the moment you begin exploring the world, you hear, "Give Granddaddy a hug." "Go to the store with Uncle Andrew, you'll have fun." "Daddy and Mommy love you."
So you trust.
It's not a choice. It's what life has opened to you. You are a child.
And you learn and laugh. Cry and are soothed. You trust more.
Then, one awful day, something happens you don't understand. You know in your gut that it feels different. Maybe you are five. Maybe ten.
Granddaddy touches you in a way you have never been touched. Your body feels things it has never felt. You are told to do things that you have never done.
The look in Granddaddy's eyes is not the same, he tells you how special you are to him, or that he is helping you grow up.
You are scared. You freeze up. You just want it to be over.
You love Granddaddy. He says he loves you. But something feels wrong.
The next day, everything appears normal. You get up. Mom has fixed pancakes. It's time to go to school. "Granddad is going to pick you up today and take you to soccer practice."
Nothing is normal for you. You eat a little bit of pancake. And go to school.
When Granddad picks you up, he is jovial. He asks you about how soccer practice is going. He can't wait to see your next game. And he drops you off.
You are left to wonder if it will ever happen again, and pray that it won't. But you don't tell.
After all, it's Granddaddy.
[tweetthis twitter_handles="#CSA"]Sexual abuse in a family isn't a story. It's reality for millions of little boys and girls.[/tweetthis]
Brothers. Mothers. Fathers. Grandfathers. All can be abusers.
It is the ultimate betrayal. Many children never tell, or they don't reveal their abuse for years.
"I don't get the way I feel about him. I remember what he did to me. But there are also really good memories. I loved going fishing with him. He taught me about the kind of bait to use… why did he have to ruin everything?"
"I sit by my brother every Sunday at church. And I cry every week, remembering what he did to me. I'm so scared he could be doing the same thing to others. People have no idea what I am really crying about."
"I dread going to Christmas every year. Because my uncle's there. And I will see that look in his eyes, like he's remembering. I feel dirty. Guys don't talk about this stuff, so I don't know what to do."
Women are afraid to tell, often fearing that they won't be believed, especially when the abuse happened within the family. Men fear more that their masculinity will be questioned. And almost all hate themselves for "doing nothing." Therapy often includes finding compassion for the child that you were, and remembering the powerlessness and vulnerability of children.
Because sexual abuse is about power. One human being is taking control of another. Manipulating. Using a child for their own disturbed, sick enjoyment.
To be frank, even if you tell, half the time you aren't believed by your family. Or you are believed, but no one does anything. The abuse just sits there, like the proverbial elephant in the room. Everyone knows, but somehow ignores it. It would take too much effort. It's more important to maintain the status quo. Any information that doesn't fit with what they want their family to be, or look like to others, isn't welcome.
It's too messy.
So you are left with your pain. And now, lonelier than ever. You may be vulnerable to sights, smells, sounds, textures — anything that is reminiscent of your abuse. When you are hurt again, the feelings you experienced may once again emerge. That is normal. But if you are unaware of the connection with your abuse, it can be confusing.
You can heal. It's a process of weaving the reality of the trauma into how you understand your life. You can learn to trust again, not in a childlike way, but with care.
Think of your life as a tapestry, which has many colorful threads within it. Yet darker threads travel through it. Both give meaning to the other.
The darkness doesn't overtake the light.
The healing process takes time.
I have had the honor of watching women and men take this journey, what Melissa Bradley-Ball, a leader in the field of healing sexual trauma, calls an heroic one.
The courage I have seen is certainly that. Heroic.
If someone tells you they have been abused, believe them.
If you have been abused, please find someone you trust. Have compassion for that child within you who needs comfort — who needs connection.
That child needs understanding and a way out of carrying a lonely burden.
It was never your fault.
If you have been abused, there are several excellent books that might help you. "The Courage To Heal" by Laura Davis and "Waking The Tiger" by Peter Levine are two classics. Many rape crisis centers also run free groups for victims, as do individual counselors. There are chat groups on Twitter — use the hashtag #CSA and you can find (Bobbi Parrish and Rachel In The OC run one that I have been a part of at times.) Child Abuse Hotlines can be found here.
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In just five weeks, learn all the basics you need to know in order to write a feature-length screenplay in this fun and accelerated group workshop.
Each week, there'll be an outside film-viewing assignment, and analysis of this film's story elements will be our jumping-off point to focus in weekly on one specific area of the screenwriting craft (ie, dialogue, character development, etc). There will be lecture material about this area; practical, straightforward techniques and in-class writing exercises to help you master it; analysis of excerpts from professional screenplays (and sometimes viewing clips from the actual film); and commentary on participant-submitted work utilizing our nondefensive, 100% constructive critique tool, "the two way mirror." Participants may submit story pitches and beat sheets/treatments for in-class review.
Here is the syllabus week-to-week:
- Story (developing viable story ideas, the difference between a story and a situation, screenplay story structure & our revolutionary Nutshell Technique which will forever change how you watch and write for film)
- Plot development
- Character development
- Formatting and scene & action description
- Dialogue
Access to free screenwriting software will be provided. Most writers prefer, however, using a pen and paper for the in-class writing exercises, although laptops are welcome in the classroom.
All programs at The Screenplay Workshop are taught by professional screenwriter and script consultant Jill Chamberlain and meet in our central Austin classrooms (near 38 St and Guadalupe). Early registration is encouraged.


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An especially luxurious and silky oil that instantly blends into the skin to provide intensive nourishing benefits while plumping and softening the skin, and adding a soft sheen. This multi-functional oil can be used on the face, body and hands, as well as the hair, to envelop you in its relaxing fragrance for a totally enriching skincare experience.
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This multi-functional oil can be used on the face, body and hands.Skin type
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In your skincare regimen:
After your regular skincare steps, push the dispenser once, warm this amount of oil, and apply it with your palms to your whole face.
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Apply to the skin after mixing with moisturizer*.
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Everyone is invited to join us for an old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner in the 4Oaks Youth Room (located at Killearn Campus). Whether you find yourself alone this year and would like to celebrate with others, or you've got a house full of guests descending and would like to share the prep and clean-up, we'd love to have you! Plus, this is a great outreach opportunity for friends, family, co-workers and neighbors that you've been meaning to invite to church.
We plan to gather for dinner at 2pm, and hang out until we finish off the leftovers! We can watch football on the big screen, browse the Black Friday ads, help decorate the church Christmas tree, play games, and generally do whatever we want. In addition to food, bring your favorite Thanksgiving Day tradition to share!
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- Calories 150
- Fat 3g
- Satfat 2g
- Cholesterol 55mg
- Sodium 250mg
- Carbohydrate 24g
- Sugars 21g
- Protein 7g
- Calcium 20%
- Iron 4%
Fast & Easy Tiramisu
A 150-calorie dessert doesn't have to taste like...well, nothing. It can taste like creamy, delicately layered tiramisu.
How to Make It
Step 1
DISSOLVE combined coffee granules and 1 Tbsp. sugar in boiling water. Arrange 1 pkg. ladyfingers on bottom of 13x9-inch dish; brush with 1/2 cup coffee.
Step 2
BEAT cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add 1/2 cup sugar; mix well. Whisk in COOL WHIP.
Step 3
SPREAD half the cream cheese mixture over ladyfingers in dish; top with remaining ladyfingers. Brush with remaining coffee mixture; cover with remaining cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with cocoa powder. Refrigerate 4 hours.
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Add 2 Tbsp. almond-flavored liqueur or brandy to cream cheese along with the 1/2 cup sugar.


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Aurora and Ariel
A Happy Family
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Cody and Danny
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Against Racism
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Good Night
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First Kiss
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Happy birthday Belle!
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Anya and Tarzan
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Balto and Kim Possible
"Try some!"
Mulan and Phoebus♥
In My Sister's Shadow Poster
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Arthur and Guinevere (Grown)
Eric and Odette's daughter
Belle and Quasimodo
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"Can I Tickle Your Fancy, My Prince?"
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I currently work on a 10-bed labor and delivery unit at a relatively low risk hospital. On most days it is the happiest place in the building. I feel fortunate to be able to say that we don't have patients crash often. However, unlike other departments such as the ICU, for example, here the patient population is generally more unstable, we are less experienced in routinely running codes. Last week I participated in my first code.
Because this was not my patient, I had the opportunity to watch the code unravel and learn from it. In the heat of the moment, it can be hard to recall your resuscitation knowledge and skills, but when a patient's life is on the line, every second counts. Here is what I gathered from my experience:
• Preparing for the worst and knowing your facility's system in place for immediate response when your patient is deteriorating will allow for quick initiation of life saving measures and notification of the appropriate personnel. Early intervention is vital! (ie. pediatrician, PICU nurses, respiratory therapy, pharmacist, etc.) Learn:
• How to call a code overhead
• Where your emergency crash cart is located and familiarize yourself with its equipment
• ACLS/PALS/NRP algorithms and dosages, or where you have access to them
• Pathophysiology of H's and T's
• Initially establishing roles will keep a code organized and running smoother so that everyone involved has a specific responsibility to fulfill (ie. team leader, recorder, compressions, respirations, IV access/medications, defibrillator, runner, etc.) Any other unnecessary traffic should be controlled to maintain as much order as possible
• Clear and concise communications is key. Closing the loop is especially important in giving/receiving orders within a code- by narrating the action as it is being carried out, everyone is made aware that it has been accounted for. The recorder can then note this with the appropriate time
• Debriefing following the conclusion of a code provides an opportunity for an open, nonjudgmental discussion of what worked well and what could have been done differently to improve the efficiency and outcomes of future codes
• Engaging in mock codes regularly offers refreshing of CPR skills, rhythm recognition, and respiratory airway management. This hands on practice helps in getting comfortable with thinking critically and working under pressure within a team
• Being mindful of family in the room is important, but often forgotten. Outside conversation should be left at the door as the only focus of the resuscitation effort should be the patient's life at stake in this crucial time
Codes can be intense and terrifying scenarios for a new nurse. Though we are never ready to dive into a code per say, being informed and staying grounded are the best ways to approach them and make these situations a little less scary. I hope that this reflection helps you to digest your own experiences with codes and to perform at your very best in your own practice the next time you find yourself with a patient who needs help stat.
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I went to Columbia around the same time as two Presidential candidates, one of whom has been elected (Barack Obama) and one of whom probably will never be elected (Wayne Allyn Root.) In a July 2010 blog posting, Root tells a lurid tale of the reaction on the Columbia campus on the day Ronald Reagan was shot— and he blames his classmate Barack Obama (who he didn't know) for it:
A student burst through the doors to our Political Science class to breathlessly announce that "Reagan is dead. He's been assassinated." The reaction of my class? CELEBRATION. They jumped from their seats to cheer, high five, fist pump, hug each other, and even scream "Yes! Reagan is dead." I was the only conservative in the class and Reagan was my hero. I couldn't believe what I'd just witnessed. My classmates- who I wanted to believe were good people- were cheering for the death of my hero. His only crime was being a fiscally conservative, limited government, anti-tax advocate. To socialist Ivy Leaguers these views merit the death penalty.
I wrote about the events leading up to March 30, 1981 in my novel The Forgotten Liars. The facts have been used as part of my made-up story, but Root's story is made-up too. The picture of my reaction and my friends' reaction to Reagan is truthful: we were deeply suspicious of him but not irrationally hostile, and the shooting troubled us. Also, we were not radical Marxists. I might add that the shooting took place very early in Reagan's Presidency, long before his tax cuts were enacted.
The Forgotten Liars
The Republicans, especially the Reagan Republicans, pride themselves on being the party of hard work and Christianity. I used to hear comments about this all the time by Reaganites I bumped into on the campaign trail: I head many remarks about how I should get a job, how "Freedom works, so why don't you?" and how Carter was the instrument of the Devil. And even though it was Carter who was a deacon and a Sunday school teacher, and even though it was Carter who was by far the most spiritual person of the three major candidates in the 1980 race, and even though Reagan seemed to have no interest in religion (aside from some dabbling with New Age spirituality) in his private life, it was Reagan who was the favored candidate of the Bible-thumpers. Ironically, as the ending of the hostage crisis demonstrated, Reagan was the most zen-like of Presidents, and he did his work with little or no visible effort— the instant Carter ceased his efforts to find a way to convince the Iranians to free the hostages, the Iranians (seemingly spontaneously) freed the hostages without asking anything at all from Reagan in return.
I wanted very much to hate Reagan, but I began to love him a little during the aftermath of the hostage crisis. Even though he had been disrespectful of Carter during his inaugural speech, he was extremely gracious during the celebrations after the hostages came home: even though Reagan was the sitting President, he let Carter be the star of the festivities. I joined in those festivities wholeheartedly: when the hostages had their ticker tape parade down Broadway, I simply stood on the sidewalk and cheered. I didn't help Tammi hand out her leaflets. [Tammi Honig had been handing out leaflets accusing the newly-elected Vice President George Bush of of conspiring to delay the hostage release until Reagan was President.]
I tried to defy Reagan by working hard on my master's in English. Most of my other friends seemed to be doing the same. The one exception was Athena Dilfer, who seemed to spend very little time studying— but even she was pulling down straight A's, perhaps because she was incredibly brilliant, or perhaps she was studying in secret. Once every week or two, I got a letter from Shoshana. She and Josh were pissed off by the result of the election, but they had both gotten jobs with lobbying firms which paid about four times as much as their old jobs with the Carter Administration. Josh was thinking about buying a condo in Rosslyn, Virginia, and Shoshana was thinking about moving in with him. I was jealous, but I understood.
The economy continued to be in bad shape, but I didn't care. I was happy because it made me feel less guilty about being in grad school (getting a degree of little or no economic value) instead of being out in the work force.
On the next-to-last day in March, I took the elevator up to the Classics Library on the Fifth Floor of Butler Library. I said hello to Kylie Tomczak, who had quit her job with the Japanese boutique and was now back at school full time (and working at the Classics Library part time.) "Billy! Have you heard?" she responded, smiling a grim smile.
"Have I heard what?" I said.
"The terrible news," she informed me. "Our President has been shot."
"President Sovern?" I gasped. Michael Sovern was the President of Columbia University. He was bland, but I liked him because I had a mild crush on his daughter. I didn't really know her, but she had a sexy voice and was a jazz drummer and hung out at the Green Dolphin Cafe a lot, and I thought she was cool. "Why would anyone shoot him?"
"No, dummy, President Reagan!"
"Oh, that President," I sneered. "He's not my President. I could give a shit."
I went into the small room off the main reading room where the books on William Butler Yeats were shelved. I pulled down Yeats' Variorum Poems, turned to the poem "The Second Coming," read a few lines, and then realized that Reagan was indeed my President. I decided to go find a TV. (This was in the days before libraries were equipped with internet-connected computers, so there was no way to monitor this national crisis from the library, unless you had a transistor radio with you, which I didn't.)
I raced back out of the Classics Library, and as I zoomed by, Kylie waved at me and said, "See ya later, Bill!" I raced down the steps, trotted down to the lobby, and literally bumped into Tammi Honig on my way out of the building.
"What's up?" she said.
"Our President has been shot!" I said.
"Sovern?" she asked.
"Futter?" she asked, referring to Ellen Futter, the President of Barnard College, which technically was a separate corporate entity from Columbia University.
"No, Reagan!"
"Well, you should have said so in the first place," she giggled. "This is scary. What if he dies? He becomes a martyr-- and Bush becomes President. That's not good." We began trotting towards the nearest TV. "I would offer you some cocaine, but you're anxious enough already," she commented as we trotted through the rain.
The nearest convenient TV was in the main lounge in Carman Hall. This was a handsome space half a level below the street, which was normally used very little because it was out of the flow of traffic. Today, however, the room was packed with students. There was a manic, and ironically joyful, energy in the room. At the time we thought that the President would probably die, in which case, today's date (March 30, 1981) would be one of those legendary dates like November 22, 1963 or December 7, 1941 (or September 11, 2001.) So we all made an effort to savor this spring day.
Chad Koenig, Dianne Forget, and Dylan Fyfe were sitting on the floor right below the TV. One of Chad's freshmen commented from the back, "I hope the old bastard dies."
Chad turned around and shouted back, "Don't say that! He's a human being!" The room fell silent for a while, long enough for Secretary of State Al Haig to make the famous statement that "As of now, I— am in control— here— at the White House— pending the return of the Vice President— and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course." Haig was trying to be reassuring, but even under the best of circumstances he was an edgy fellow, and today the circumstances were not at their best. Haig looked like he was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Tammi and I were standing at the back of the room, far away from Chad.
Tammi leaned over and whispered, "Bush is the one who deserves to die. I hope his plane crashes." (Vice President Bush was on his way back from Texas.) Then we made our way through the crowd, and Chad and Dianne made space for us. Tammi sat on Chad's lap and I sat next to Dianne and held her hand for a while. After a while Dianne and I decided to go grab some lunch. When we emerged from the narrow walkway between Carman Hall and Butler Library into the light of South Field, we found that the rain had just stopped and there was a rainbow perfectly centered over the dome of Low Library. The western pot o' gold was somewhere near the Union Theological Seminary, and the eastern one was somewhere near my apartment on West 121st Street. The rainbow faded out before we could get as far as College Walk.
In the end, Bush's plane did not crash, Reagan walked out of the hospital a couple of weeks later, and life went on seemingly as normal.
Read an excerpt (set after the Twilight Jones & the Elvis Clones gig)
Read even one more excerpt (set during the 1980 Democratic National Convention)
Read one final excerpt (this time on Xlibris.com)
See Also:
Wayne Allyn Root's July 21, 2010 blog posting: "The REAL Obama Agenda- Direct From His Columbia University Classmate"
Wayne Allyn Root's February 29, 2012 video: "A Message to Kim Kardashian"
Wayne Allyn Root's Augst 2, 2012 TheBlaze.com commentrary: "Obama's College Classmate: 'The Obama Scandal Is At Columbia'"
Root's commentary gives two main reasons why Willard M. Romney shouldn't release his tax returns:
because David Axelrod is Obama's campaign strategist
because Root believes that Obama's Columbia transcript might theoretically prove that:
He [Obama] rarely ever attended class.
His grades were not those typical of what we understand it takes to get into Harvard Law School.
He attended Columbia as a foreign exchange student.
He paid little for either undergraduate college or Harvard Law School because of foreign aid and scholarships given to a poor foreign students like this kid Barry Soetoro from Indonesia.


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Blake calls US Olympian Steffen Peters the most influential person in his riding career. "He started training Catapult and me in the spring of 2006 to prepare us for the 6 year-old National Championships in Kentucky. He gave us the precision and detail that we had been missing in the past. Steffen was able to simplify the training in a way that made all of our puzzle pieces fit together." Catapult won the 2006 National Championships 2 months later. "Now, Steffen & Shannon Peters took a chance on me by inviting me to train and work at Arroyo Del Mar. This was an incredible move for my business and my career."
Blake first moved to California from Illinois in 1997 to train with Tom Valter in Burbank, CA. Valter had seen Blake ride at a clinic he conducted in Illinois. "Tom believed in me enough to take me on a client and opened the door for me to train in Southern California, a life long dream at that point." For Blake, opportunity and lifestyle intersected in California. "I wanted to be in the area I considered one of the top in the country to get the best education I could."
From 2000 to 2004, Blake was a working student for Jan Ebeling at The Acres in Moorpark, CA. "Jan taught me the importance of working hard and gave me the opportunity to ride and watch him train many different horses."
In 2004, he opened David Blake Dressage, Inc. in Thousand Oaks, CA, where he trained horses and riders from training level through the Grand Prix, along with a successful sales business. He has since moved his business down to Arroyo Del Mar.
"I'm a lucky man in so many ways. I ride at one of the most beautiful stables in the country, with two of the most successful people the business. I surf almost everyday after work with another great Olympian Guenter Siedel. I have a wife who gave up a career to move to San Diego with me to start all over. I have worked very hard to get where I am today but I've definitely had some luck on my side too."
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Travel lesson: Ask questions about how local food is made, the responses will surprise you.
Travel lesson: Ask questions about how local food is made, the responses will surprise you.
Our host in Uyo was a great guy and the first thing we asked him when he showed up is, "Where can we find the best dog meat in this town?" he laughed.
His laugh, to us, meant he knew where to find it. So we set out immediately and our first stop was this little restaurant that still wasn't open.
"I no get dog meat today," he said.
Obong suggested we take a back road, to get to the next place faster. So we did, and we passed by this government school where all the kids were staring at us like we were white men bringing mirrors and gunpowder.
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Then we took a tricycle, and in 10 minutes, we were at Ekpeyong Bar.
We came a little too late for the killing of the dog for the day. But we also came too early in the day, which was fine, because the bar attendants won't be distracted by customers.
To kill a dog.
They had two dogs. Two pet dogs. I wonder how they decided "This won't be for peppersoup. These ones we shall give names and keep as pets."
Idiong, the resident butcher said he was going to show us everything we needed to know about preparing dog meat. To start, he took us to a tiny yard across the quiet street.
There, sitting in a small cage, were two dogs. The exact local breed as the pet dogs.
"What are their names?"
Idiong laughed. "These ones no get name. Them be meat."
The day is Wednesday, so I named them Thursday and Friday, the order in which they'd die.
There's a tool they use in killing them. It's a steel pipe with a kind of noose on one end. It tightens when placed around the neck of the dog.
Then Idiong pulled. He pulled so hard, and the dog fought back.
And the screaming started, but a special scream. Have you heard a dog scream before? But have you heard it scream heard, but yet have no sound coming out? A noiseless scream. Fighting hard.
Then he released it. If he had kept at it for a few more seconds, the dog would have died.
"This one na for tomorrow," so I named it Thursday.
Then the next stage is the burning. He showed us hole in the ground where the corpse of the dog goes in with fire. This removes the hair, mostly. Then a tree stump where all the butchering goes down.
All of the dog pieces go into a pot for cooking.
When the meat has cooked, semi-ripe, thick-sliced plantains are added into the pot. Then spiced. When it has cooked together, vegetables join in.
And in the end, what you have is a dog meat porridge.
At just about noon, customers start to show up. Two bankers who were clearly coming from a market where they tried to get people to open new accounts. A lady who showed up with a huge food flask. The urgency in her voice tells you there's a boss waiting impatiently for his bark-meat.
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The customers didn't seem to care. They just wanted their premium meat.
But where do these dogs even come from?
Mostly the North. Pet dogs aren't so popular in the North, so dog merchants go to the North, grab all of these stray dogs, and ship them back down to the South in tiny cages.
"The first dog I killed," he said when I asked, "was hard. I was scared it will bite me. That was two years ago."
He's killed at least one dog almost everyday since then.
He doesn't look like he's going to stop any time soon.
We weren't stopping our movement too. Not for dog meat, not for anyone.
So we set out to Eket with one place in mind; the Land of Hope.
The Land of Hope.
Remember Hope? From last year? The kid whose family abandoned him because he was suspected of witchcraft?
The Land of Hope is a home for kids like Hope, who are suffering from child stigmatisation, and neglect.
I'd been tracking Anja Ringgren Loven, the woman who rescued Hope, on her Facebook. So we literally just headed for Eket, for the Land of Hope with nothing but blind faith. I guess that's what faith is about.
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"They've travelled" was what the gateman told us. He spoke so gently from old age and courtesy.
Disappointment. Anja and Daniel, the cofounder, were not around.
"But they'll come back today. I just don't know the time."
We were still heading to Calabar, which was at least two hours away. It was already past 5 here.
"Is there anybody we can talk to," I asked. So he got someone.
His name, as I later learned, is Orok and he works with the kids too.
"We are very careful with Nigerian media and donations," he said as we got talking.
Many people, in the name of donating, always want something in return, mostly PR. But they aren't down for any of that.
"All our donations come from Denmark, Anja's country."
And the funds seemed to be doing well. It looked like there was a lot of construction going on.
On entering the compound, to the left is a football field, to the right is a clinic, which is stipo under construction.
"Let me try to reach Daniel to see if he's here already. Anja is still not back."
Daniel is the co-founder and director of the entire project.
When he finally showed up, he seemed a little withdrawn.
While he was nice to us, he seemed to share the same worry Orok had. There's a worry about the Nigerian obsession for clicks. But let's not even ignore the fact that it's a global problem.
I later learned that the most important rule for running a place like this is integrity. Funders and the general public want to know the kids are in the best hands, because scandal causes irreparable damage.
Daniel agreed, after consulting with two of his colleagues, that they'd show us around.
And when we started walking towards the hostel areas, I was blown away. First of all, the structures looked like they were taken care of. The kitchens were clean. The air was clean.
"They have a parliament led by Udoka," Daniel told me. "So we allow them make their rules to a large extent."
The first difference between the kids we ran into at a school earlier in the day and these ones is the level of confidence.
It's quite common for Nigerian kids to not be able to speak up in the presence of adults for fear of punishment.
These ones were very confident. Very.
I met Udoka too.
"Madam Speaker." I was just messing around to be honest.
She blushed. My name is Udoka.
I later learned she was the first kid.
"What about volunteers," I asked later.
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"We're very thorough with our volunteer selection process," Daniel said.
"First, we don't want anyone to come and corrupt the minds of these kids. We don't eant anyone coming to tell them that child witches really exist, especially since that is a problem we're trying to keep behind them. The child psychologists do a really good job. We also don't just accept volunteers. You have to have a special skill. For example, we're going to be needing more doctors now."
Impressive. Very impressive. By now, Daniel was already relaxed. Relaxed enough for a photo.
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Priceworth's April log production hits record high
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah-based timber and sustainable forest management group, Priceworth International Bhd's log production hit a record high of 32,800 cubic metres in April 2018, almost tripling last year's April production of 11,323 cubic metres.
When compared on a month-on-month basis, April's production was an increase of 32 per cent from 24,846 cubic metres recorded in March.
"This is the highest monthly production volume recorded since 2011, after Sabah adopted the Sustainable Forest Management policy in 2010.
"The improved production was attributed to better weather conditions, efficient harvesting and expansion of operations in Forest Management Unit 5 (FMU5)," it said in a statement Wednesday.
Executive Director Richard Koo said the increase in log production was largely contributed by Compartments 57 and 58 under FMU5 which the group started harvesting late last year.
"This enables us to improve the utilisation rate of our downstream timber processing facilities which will contribute positively to the group's earnings in the coming quarters," he said.
The group had also received the nod to commence harvesting activities in Compartments 63 and 64 under FMU5.
"We are optimistic that our log production will continue to trend upwards as we start harvesting the two new compartments in the coming month," added Koo. –Bernama
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Achieve TMS East and West are the Leading Providers of Deep TMS in the United States
Achieve TMS East understands that each person has a unique background and history, which is why we provide a free phone and in-person consultation to understand your needs and how we can help. Our care team consists of compassionate and experienced TMS Specialists and board-certified psychiatrists who will walk you through the treatment process, answer any questions, and ensure high quality are so you or your loved can achieve the most effective outcome.
How TMS Works
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation utilizes a magnetic stimulating coil that is placed gently on the patient's head. The coil produces a magnetic field that pulses directly to the brain where mood is regulated. The stimulation activates the chemicals in the mood to produce the natural feeling of happiness and well-being. The TMS difference is that is produces long lasting results with the fewer side effects than medication.
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Offers New Hope
If you are one of the many who have tried antidepressant therapies but have not found relief, TMS can provide you hope and recovery. TMS was specifically designed to help those who have medication resistant depression and target the direct source of the problem in the brain. TMS treatment restores the chemical imbalance in the brain and has helped a wide range of age groups and backgrounds. There is a new-found HOPE in TMS.
Non-Invasive Treatment
It may seem surprising that such an effective treatment can provide minimal to no side effects. TMS was designed to provide direct contact to the mood centers of the brain which eliminate the side effects that may come from medications or electric shock therapy. The magnetic pulse is typically not felt at all during treatment and a very few have experienced a slight headache at the site of treatment.
The treatment setting in the medical office has been designed to put you at ease and for you to reach your optimal comfort level while receiving treatment. You will be seated in a comfortable chair where you can sit back and watch television, listen to music, or just close your eyes and rest. Once treatment has been completed, you are free to drive home at ease.
No Drug Side Effects
Side effects from antidepressants or electric shock therapy treatment can feel like there will never be complete relief. However, with the revolutionary technology that TMS provides you will experience minimal to no side effects. That's right, imagine finding full relief from depression while not having to endure those common side effects in other treatment options such as weight gain, nausea, dizziness and loss of libido.
If you are currently taking a medication and undergoing TMS treatment, do not stop taking your prescribed medications. Post TMS treatment you may be able to gradually go of your medications with the supervision of a qualified doctor. If you need a doctor to work with you on your medications, we can assign you one from our network.
Restores Chemical Balance
Depression is often caused by a chemical imbalance of the brain which can occur due to high levels of stress, genetics, traumatic events, and other physical and environmental factors. TMS works by delivering magnetic pulses directly to these mood centers of the brain that stimulates the sleepy chemicals to restore the feeling of happiness and well-being.
Signs of a chemical imbalance may include a lack of energy, irritability, change in sleep and/or eating habits, lack of interest in activities that were previously enjoyable, and isolation.
Not Just Depression
The US Drug and Food Administration (FDA) approved TMS for the treatment of depression in 2008. In 2013, the FDA also approved TMS for the treatment of migraines. In Europe TMS has been explored further for additional conditions such as major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), PTSD, stroke after-effects, bipolar depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, nicotine addiction, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger's, multiple sclerosis, and chronic pain. The use of TMS in Europe has shown promise to extend in the nearby future in the United States to help more people with these various conditions.


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- "Account" means the account to which Your Prepaid Card authorised by You are linked.
- "Agreement" means these Prepaid Card terms and conditions and.
- "ATM" means automated teller machine, i.e. cash dispenser.
- "Available Funds" means the value at any given time of unspent funds loaded onto Your Prepaid Card and available to pay for transactions and fees and charges payable under this Agreement.
- "Customer Services": if there is anything You do not understand or agree with please contact Us as follows: Telephone 01753 778785 or Postal address: Card Services, PO Box 67528, London, EC2P 2HU or Email: email@example.com
- "Denominated Currency" means Euros.
- "Lost or Stolen Prepaid Card Contact Number" means +44(0)1753 778785 from within and outside UK.
- "Prepaid Card" means the prepaid VISA card issued to You
- "Merchant" means a provider of goods and/or services who accepts the Prepaid Card as a means of payment whether by distance means (e.g. by telephone and on-line) or over the counter (as applicable).
- "Programme Manager" has the meaning given to it in Section [23].
- "Raphaels Bank" has the meaning given to it in Section [23].
- "We", "Us" or "Our" means Raphaels Bank.
- "Website" means www.prepaid.easyJet.com.
- "You" and "Your" means the named Prepaid Card holder to whom the Prepaid Card is issued
- A "Shortfall" occurs when a transaction is completed when there are insufficient funds on the Prepaid Card for that transaction.
- a)Your Prepaid Card is an electronic money product authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK. Your Prepaid Card is not a credit card and is not in any way connected to Your bank account. Funds loaded onto Your Prepaid Card will not earn any interest.
- b)Your Prepaid Card is not transferrable; it may only be used by You.
- a)To apply for Our Prepaid Card You must be at least 18 years old and a UK resident. We may ask to see evidence of who You are and Your address. We may ask for documentary evidence to prove this and/or We may carry out checks on You electronically.
- b)When We perform electronic checks, personal information provided by You may be disclosed to a registered Credit Reference Agency who may keep a record of that information. A credit check is not performed and Your credit rating will not be affected. By applying for the Prepaid Card You are agreeing to Your information being passed to such agencies for this purpose.
- c)As soon as You receive Your Prepaid Card You must sign the signature strip on the back of it and activate it as per the instructions on the card carrier. It cannot be used until this has been done.
- a)A load fee may apply for certain load methods, please see the Fees and Limits Section 13.
- b)Funds can be loaded to Your Account by You. Instructions on how to do this are available on the Website.
- c)Limits apply to the number of times Your Account may be loaded in a day and certain minimum and maximum load limits apply, these limits are set out in the Fees and Limits Section below. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any particular loading transaction.
- d)Upon receipt, Your funds will be available for use without delay.
- a)You can use the Prepaid Card at any location in the world that displays the VISA Acceptance Mark. Before using the Prepaid Card You need to make sure there are sufficient Available Funds. If You set up a recurring payment or regular subscription using Your Prepaid Card, You must ensure that there are sufficient Available Funds to cover it.
- b)You will not be able to use Your Prepaid Card after its expiry date.
- c)Spending/withdrawal limits may apply to Your Prepaid Card, see the Fees and Limits Section 13 for full details.
- d)All payments made using Your Prepaid Card shall be in its Denominated Currency. If You are paying for goods and services in a different currency to the Denominated Currency, the amount payable shall be converted at the VISA conversion rate at the time they process Your transaction. The VISA conversion rate is displayed on the Visa website. The VISA conversion rate may vary throughout the day and is not set by Us. In addition a foreign currency fee will apply, see the Fees and Limits Section 13.
- e)We will deduct the value of Your transactions from the balance on Your Prepaid Card as soon as they are made. We will also deduct any applicable fees as soon as they become payable by You, see the Fees and Limits Section below for details.
- f)The Prepaid Card belongs to Raphaels Bank. We may at any time suspend, restrict or cancel Your Prepaid Card or refuse to issue or replace a Prepaid Card for reasons relating to the following:
- We are concerned about the security of Your Account or Prepaid Cards We have issued to You;
- We suspect Your Account is being used in an unauthorised or fraudulent manner;
- You break an important part of this Agreement, or repeatedly break any term in this Agreement and fail to resolve the matter in a timely manner; or
- We need to do so to comply with the law.
- if We suspect Your Prepaid Card is being used in an unauthorised or fraudulent manner;
- if sufficient funds are not loaded on Your Prepaid Card at the time of a transaction to cover the amount of the transaction and any applicable fees; or
- if We believe that a transaction will break the law;
When the Card is used at certain merchants including bars and restaurants, an additional amount (typically 10%-20%) is automatically added as an anticipated service charge or tip, temporarily reducing the balance on the Account. When the Card is used to purchase fuel at an automated fuel pump, the Account must have a minimum credit of typically between GB£10-£50 or currency equivalent .This is to ensure there are sufficient funds available to cover the final cost of the transaction and to reduce the risk of a negative balance arising on the Account. If your actual service charge or tip is less than the additional amount added or you spend less than the minimum credit amount when purchasing fuel, it may take up to twenty one (21) days from the date of the transaction before the difference is available to spend. Only the actual amount of the final bill agreed between you and the merchant will be deducted from the Account. For further information please refer to the FAQs at prepaidcard.easyjet.com/faq
- a)The authorisation of a transaction can include authorising any single transaction, a series of recurring transactions (including transactions for an indefinite period) or pre-authorising future transactions of a certain or uncertain amount.
- b)A Prepaid Card transaction will be regarded as authorised by You where You authorise the transaction at the point of sale by following the instructions provided by the Merchant to authorise the transaction, which includes:
- entering Your PIN or providing any other security code;
- signing a sales voucher;
- providing the Prepaid Card details and/ or providing any other details as requested;
- waving or swiping the Prepaid Card over a card reader;
- inserting a Prepaid Card and entering Your PIN to request a cash withdrawal at an ATM;
- making a request for a cash advance at any bank counter.
- a)You have a right to cancel Your Prepaid Card and thereby this Agreement without reason and without being charged the refund fee (as referred to in the Your Rights To A Redemption and the Fees and Limits Sections) for a period of up to 14 days after You receive Your Prepaid Card – this 14 day period is known as the "Cooling-Off Period". You also have the right to terminate this Agreement after the Cooling-Off Period at any time without notice. You can do so by contacting Customer Services and confirming that You have destroyed Your Prepaid Card. If Your Prepaid Card is cancelled or You have terminated Your Agreement in accordance with this Section We will immediately block Your Prepaid Card so it cannot be used.
- b)We may terminate this Agreement for any reason by giving You at least 2 months' notice.
- c)This Agreement will terminate immediately in the event of your death and We may terminate this Agreement immediately and will tell You as soon as practicable:
- if You break an important part of this Agreement, or repeatedly break any term in this Agreement and fail to resolve the matter in a timely manner; or
- if You act in a manner that is threatening or abusive to Our staff, or any of Our representatives; or
- if You fail to pay fees or charges that You have incurred or fail to put right any Shortfall (as defined in Section 13(d)).
- a)You should treat Your Prepaid Card like cash. If it is lost or stolen, You may lose some or all of Your money on Your Prepaid Card, in the same way as if You lost cash in Your wallet or purse. As a result, You must keep Your Prepaid Card safe and not let anyone else use it. You must keep Your PIN secret at all times. Do not reveal it to anyone. If You find Your PIN hard to remember, You can change it at most ATMs, by simply selecting the "PIN services" option.
- a)If You know or suspect that Your PIN is known to an unauthorised person, or if You think a transaction is unauthorised or has been incorrectly executed You must tell Us without delay by contacting Customer Services. If You know or suspect Your Prepaid Card is lost or stolen You must contact Us straight away on the Lost and Stolen Prepaid Card Contact Number.
- b)Your maximum liability for any unauthorised transactions on Your Prepaid Card is €60, unless the investigations show that any disputed transaction was authorised by You, or You have acted fraudulently or with gross negligence (for example by failing to keep Your Prepaid Card or PIN secure or by failing to notify Us without delay on becoming aware of the loss, theft or unauthorised use of Your Prepaid Card), in which case You will be fully liable for any loss We suffer because of the use of the Prepaid Card.
- c)Provided You have not acted fraudulently or with gross negligence We will refund the amount of any transactions which Our investigations show are not authorised by You arising after You notify Us of the loss, theft, misappropriation or unauthorised use of Your Prepaid Card.
- d)We reserve the right to charge You for any reasonable costs that We incur in taking action to stop You using Your Prepaid Card and to recover any monies owed as a result of Your activities.
- a)Any liability on Our part in connection with this Agreement shall be subject to the following exclusions and limitations.
- b)We will not be liable for any loss arising from:
- a Merchant refusing to accept Your Prepaid Card; or
- any cause which results from abnormal or unforeseen circumstances beyond Our control or which would have been unavoidable despite all Our efforts to the contrary; or
- Us suspending, restricting or cancelling Your Prepaid Card or refusing to issue or replace it if We suspect Your Account is being used in an unauthorised or fraudulent manner, or as a result of You breaking an important term or repeatedly breaking any term in this Agreement;
- Our compliance with any applicable laws;
- loss or corruption of data unless caused by Our wilful default/wrong doing.
- load Your Prepaid Card; and/or
- use Your Prepaid Card to pay for purchases or obtain cash from ATMs (if applicable); and/or
- obtain information about the funds available in Your Account and/or about Your recent Prepaid Card transactions.
- a)You have the right to redeem the funds on Your Prepaid Card at any time. You can do so by sending Your request to Customer Services indicating the amount to be redeemed.
- b)When We process Your redemption, or return funds in accordance with the Termination And Expiry And Cancellation Section, We will charge a redemption fee (see the Fees and Limits Section 13) except:
- during the Cooling-Off Period; or
- during the 12 months following the expiry of the last Prepaid Card connected to Your Account;or
- when You are cancelling Your Prepaid Card because You object to a change We have made to this Agreement or do not wish Your Account to be assigned to a third party.
- a)You may be entitled to claim a refund in relation to transactions made using Your Prepaid Card where:
- the transaction was not authorised under this Agreement;
- We are responsible for a transaction which was incorrectly executed and notified to Us in accordance with the Authorising Transactions Section above;
- a pre-authorised transaction did not specify the exact amount at the time of its authorisation and the amount charged by a Merchant is more than You could reasonably have expected taking into account normal spending patterns on the Prepaid Card or the circumstances of the transaction. However a claim for a refund in this circumstance will not be accepted if the amount of the transaction was made known to You at least 4 weeks before the transaction date or if the claim is made more than 8 weeks after being debited to Your Account;
- We were notified of the unauthorised/incorrectly executed transaction within 13 months of the debit date of such transaction.
- a)We may change the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, changing existing fees or introducing new fees) by notifying You by e-mail, on the Website, or other agreed means at least 2 months before the change is due to take effect unless We are required to change this Agreement immediately by law.
- b)The notices and up-to-date version of this Agreement will always be available on the Website. You should check the Website regularly for such notices and changes.
- c)You will be taken to have accepted the notified change unless You tell Us that You do not agree to the change prior to the change taking effect. In such circumstance, We will treat Your notice to Us as notification that You wish immediately to terminate this Agreement and We will refund any balance on the Prepaid Card in accordance with the Your Right to a Redemption Section above. You will not be charged a refund fee.
- a)Please see here for a full list of all the card fees.
- b)When You use Your Prepaid Card at an ATM (if applicable), You may also be subject to fees and/or surcharge rules and regulations of the relevant ATM provider, or other financial institution or association.
- c)Authorisation will be requested for all transactions at the time of each transaction. In the unlikely event, for any reason whatsoever, a transaction is completed when there are insufficient funds on the Prepaid Card for that transaction (a "Shortfall"), the Shortfall must be reimbursed by You immediately.
- d)You agree that once We make this Shortfall known to You by e-mail We will charge You for the Shortfall amount and You must repay it immediately. We may charge the amount of the Shortfall from any other Prepaid Cards that You hold with Us, to any other payment method which You may designate at that time or against any funds which You may subsequently load onto Your Account. We may suspend Your Prepaid Card connected to You until We are reimbursed the Shortfall amount. In addition, We reserve the right to charge You the administration fee for each transaction that You make using Your Prepaid Card that results in a Shortfall or increases the Shortfall amount on Your Prepaid Card (see the Fees and Limits Section).
- e)You are responsible for ensuring that You have sufficient funds when You authorise a transaction.
- a)You must let Us know as soon as possible if You change name, address, telephone number or e-mail address by using any of the details supplied on the Contact page on the Website. If We contact You in relation to Your Prepaid Card, for example, to notify You that We have cancelled Your Prepaid Card or to send You a refund, We will use the most recent contact details You have provided to Us. Any e-mail to You will be treated as being received as soon as it is sent by Us.
- b)We will not be liable to You if Your contact details have changed and You have not told Us.
- a)In purchasing the Prepaid Card and using it, You agree that We can use Your personal information in accordance with Our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is set out on Our Website, it includes details of the personal information that We collect, how it will be used, and who We pass it to.
- b)If, when You apply for Your Prepaid Card, You opt in to receiving marketing information via email/mobile phone and/or do not opt out of receiving marketing by telephone or by post, We and third parties, with whom We may share personal data, may from time to time contact You with details of products and services We think may be of interest to You. If You no longer want Us to share Your personal data or to receive such communications please advise Customer Services.
- a)If You have any disputes about purchases made using Your Prepaid Card, You should settle these with the Merchant from whom You bought the goods or services. We are not responsible for the quality, safety, legality or any other aspect of any goods or services purchased using Your Prepaid Card. Remember that, subject to Section [6(c)] once You have used Your Prepaid Card to make a purchase We cannot stop that transaction.
- a)If You have an enquiry relating to Your Prepaid Card You can call Customer Services. Calls to this number are charged at your standard network rate. Call costs from other networks may vary.
- b)You can report Your Prepaid Card lost or stolen by calling Our Lost and Stolen Prepaid Card Contact Number 24 hours a day.
- a)If You are unhappy in any way with Your Prepaid Card or the way it is administered or serviced, contact Customer Services.
- b)Details of the complaints procedure can be obtained from the Website or by calling our Customer Services Team as provided within the Contact Page.
- c)If We are unable to resolve Your complaint, You may contact the Financial Ombudsman Service at Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR. Telephone: 0800 023 4567 calls to this number are normally free for people ringing from a "fixed line" phone – but charges may apply if you call from a mobile phone or 0300 123 9 123 calls to this number are charged at the same rate as 01 or 02 numbers on mobile phone tariffs. These numbers may not be available from outside the UK – so please call +44 20 7964 0500 if you are phoning from abroad. You can also email: email@example.com. For further information please visit http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
- d)If you are not happy with the product or service provided and feel that we cannot resolve your issue, you are entitled to submit your complaint via the European Online Dispute Resolution platform ("ODR platform") by visiting the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/
- a)Your Prepaid Card is an electronic money product and although it is a product authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, it is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. No other compensation scheme exists to cover losses claimed in connection with Your Prepaid Card. This means that in the unlikely event that Raphaels Bank becomes insolvent Your funds may become valueless and unusable and as a result You may lose Your money.
- a)We may assign the benefit and burden of these terms and conditions to another entity at any time, on giving You 2 months prior notice of this. If We do this, Your rights will not be affected.
- a)We may transfer Your unused balance to a new Prepaid Card provided by a Prepaid Card issuer other than Raphaels Bank at any time. Before We do this, We will give You at least 2 months notice of the new Prepaid Card arrangements and the new Prepaid Card terms and conditions. Unless You advise Us within the 2 month notice period that You do not want a new Prepaid Card from the new Prepaid Card issuer, You agree that We can automatically transfer the unused balance on Your Prepaid Card to a new Prepaid Card provided by the new Prepaid Card issuer.
- b)If You do not want to transfer to the new Prepaid Card issuer You may redeem Your funds as set out in the Section Your Right to a Redemption above and the redemption fee will be waived.
- a)This Agreement is concluded in English. All communications with You will be in English. These terms and conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and are subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
- Your Prepaid Card is issued by R. Raphael & Sons plc, pursuant to license by Visa Europe Ltd. Raphaels Bank is a UK Bank authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (registration number 161302) and is permitted to issue e-money. Head office and registered office at 19-21 Shaftesbury Ave, LondonW1D 7ED, company registration number 01288938. Payment Card Technologies (the "Programme Manager") administers and services the Prepaid Card on Our behalf and is available to give You support if You have any queries or complaints (call 01753 778785) or see Customer Services contact details on prepaidcard.easyJet.com.


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The opportunity is significant, according to Intel's Bryant. The vendor's Xeon E5 chip is the most widely used processor in systems for deep learning inference, and the latest Xeon Phi 7200 "Knights Landing" chips—which offer up to 72 cores—bring the scalability and performance needed for training, she wrote.
"While less than 10% of servers worldwide were deployed in support of machine learning last year, the capabilities and insights it enables makes machine learning the fastest growing form of AI," Bryant wrote.
For Nervana, the deal means that the company can merge its growing AI and deep learning technologies with the resources of the world's top chip maker, according to co-founder and CEO Naveen Rao.
"With this deal, we can now shatter the old paradigm and move into a new regime of computing," Rao wrote in a post on the Nervana blog. "We'll look back in 10 years and see this time as the inflection point of when compute architectures became neural. The semiconductor integrated circuit is one of humanity's crowning achievements and Intel has the best semiconductor technology in the world. Nervana's AI expertise combined with Intel's capabilities and huge market reach will allow us to realize our vision and create something truly special."
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According to Rao, the company will keep its brand and workforce, and will continue to operate out of its San Diego headquarters.
Intel has been the dominant chip maker in both the PC market and the data center. However, while the data center business continues to grow, the global PC space has been contracting for several years, and Intel officials are working to reduce the company's reliance on PCs and expanding into new growth areas, including the IoT and AI. Intel also has turned away from efforts in the mobile device space after several years of fruitless efforts to make inroads into a space dominated by ARM and its partners.


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When I say this to a new client, it is usually met with a frazzled look that I generally take to mean "Are you kidding me? I have so much on my plate as it is!" But trust me, there is value in not scheduling your social media posts in advance.
1) It prohibits you from being able to engage with breaking news or today's trending topic
2) When you post from a third-party platform, social media users can see that you did so and that is often an immediate turn-off for engagement.
3) Social media algorithms are friendlier to original posts
4) This is not how people naturally engage with social media and the point of using the platforms is to engage.
That's not to say that you shouldn't plan social media. We strongly recommend a social media strategy containing content concepts and gives you a simple reference tool so that you can use your time efficiently.


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Creating a Sense of Flow in the Home: The Basics
Published: 23/02/2016 Last Updated: 03/03/2016 14:29:02 Tags: Renovations, Home,
There can be a lot more to creating flow if you want delve deeper into the various methods used to create positive flow in a home, but the following ideas are good basics to start with to see if it's something you might be interested in doing for your own house.
Knock Through Non-Structural Walls
Most of these ideas will depend entirely on the lay out of each individual home, and that's especially the case when it comes to knocking through walls. But if your home features a separate dining room and living room, or any kind of spare room downstairs, then you should seriously consider removing the dividing wall (assuming it is a non-structural wall). While you technically 'lose' a room, you have actually created a huge living area which features less of the divisions that can impede the natural flow of the home.
Remove Kitchen Islands
If you have an enormous kitchen, then a kitchen island might be ideal for your circumstances, but beyond that they can take up unnecessary space and cause blockages in the flow. These blockages are areas that are awkward to access or cause a space to appear smaller or more cramped than it actually is. Kitchen islands can make a kitchen feel so much smaller, so if you are not living in a home with a huge kitchen that practically swallows up the island then start imagining the space without it.
Remove Unnecessary Doors
There are so many homes which feature hallways with an abundance of doors leading off them. This creates the impression that the hallway is a separate entity with little purpose other than to lead you to other rooms. But if you remove the unnecessary doors you can incorporate the hallway into the rooms it leads onto. Do you really need doors on the living room, the dining room and the kitchen? Possibly you do, but if not then remove them so the hallway feels almost like an extension of the rooms it is connected to rather than a closed-off space with little purpose beyond its basic function.
In the future, we will have more blogs detailing more advanced tips and tricks to help open up the right kind of space in the home and create that magical-sounding 'flow'. Such amendments to a house will not only improve your every day living experience, but can also make your property a much more attractive proposition to a prospective buyer.