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5 events that shocked the world in 2015
In line with the recent events and happenings around the globe, three words come to our "times are changing" was there a way to avert these disastrous act or minimize the effect? Let's look at the recent events that made the world stood still and we can only pray t never repeats itself again. Below are the list of five recent events I can point out. If u have any other one in mind lets contribute.
Boko Haram Baga massacre, the four coordinated bomb blast left over a hundred dead on jan 12th
Kenya college attack leaving 147 students dead on the 3rd of April 2015
May 12th an earthquake that killed over 8000 people in Nepal
A stampede in Mina killed at least 717 people on the 12th of September 2015


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Hourolein Arab *, Farshad Keshavarzi
- Study of Serum Paraoxonase and High Density Lipoprotein Fractions in Diabetes
Arati Adhe-Rojekar, Mukund Ramchandra Mogarekar, Mohit Vijay Rojekar *
- Serum Adiponectin and Vaspin levels in Abdominal Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Farzaneh Montazerifar *, Mansour Karajibani, Mahmood Ali Keikhaie, Maryam Mohammadi, Shaghayegh Hemmat Jouy, Maryam Rezaie
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Mohammad Hossein Sorbi, Kheirollah Sadeghi, Masoud Rahmanian *, Seyed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Hamid Paydarfar
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Vahid Imanipour, Nader Shakeri *, Khosro Ebrahim, Shahram Soheyli
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The Motet will perform a live set on this Sunday's Jam Nation radio program. The show airs from 8 – 10 p.m. every Sunday on Radio 104 WMRQ in Hartford, CT. It can also be heard nationally on XM Satellite Radio (XMU, Ch. 43) Thursdays at 10 p.m., with encore presentations Fridays at 4 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturdays at 1 a.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
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Mediation may be particularly attractive for Probate, Estate Planning and Elder issues. Factors that are usually present in these matters that can be addressed more adequately in mediation are:
- Parties have a need to maintain an ongoing familial relationship
- Parties want to avoid using up assets and funds with the time and expense of litigation (remember Charles Dickens' Bleak House!)
- Parties want to keep family matters confidential
- Strong emotions are involved that court litigation would not address
- The importance of involving myriad family members and giving them the opportunity to have their say face to face and to be validated
- Assuring the the elder party gets to have input in the process and a sense of self determinatiion
- Parties can come up with creative solutions that a court would not be able to order
Often a skillful mediator can help family members address difficult issues that would not be resolved by a court ruling. If Mom left second son out of her will, all a Judge can do is decide if she was competent when she wrote the will. If she was, second son is out of luck. In the same situation, a mediation could bring all the family members together to discuss the reasons behind this clause. Maybe it was written 15 years ago when second son was sowing his wild oats and wasn't communicating with Mom. But those conditions no longer existed by the time of Mom's death and he and Mom renewed their relationship. Mom just never got around to changing her will. By bringing the family into mediation, the other heirs and family members could decide to share their part of Mom's inheritance and/or make sure that second son at least gets something of sentimental value from his Mother.
There are many more situations where mediation would help families resolve these kinds of disputes. We will discuss them more in later entries.


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Jobs available with Barrington Outdoor Adventures
February to May 2018
Barrington Outdoor Adventure Centre (BOAC) is currently looking for staff to join our team for the busy autumn season, from early February through to the end of May 2018 as follows:
More details: Call 02 6558 2093 or email@example.com
Contract Positions (x 2) Whitewater Qualified:
- Dates: 5 February to 24 May 2018
We work on one of NSWs most pristine whitewater rivers and require Whitewater Skills Instructors with a minimum Level 2 Whitewater Certification from Australian Canoeing or the equivalent.
Ideally you will also have a minimum Certificate 3 in Outdoor Recreation or equivalent experience. This is a varied and exciting role where you will gain experience across a broad range of outdoor recreation activities from guiding day tours to teaching skills to school groups through to joining staff for development and training adventures. All Contract Employees are expected to have first aid qualifications.
Contract Positions (x 2) Outdoor Education:
- Dates: 20 March to 24 May 2017 or 20 March to 13 April 2018
Our Outdoor Education Activity Instructors must have a minimum Certificate 3 in Outdoor Recreation. Whitewater Qualifications are preferred but not essential. Our Outdoor Education programmes are a combination of centre based and expedition style programmes.
We have one of the most scenic abseil sites in NSW and many of our programs are held at our beautiful campground, the Steps of Girrba, which boasts 3.5km of mountain biking single track. Whitewater and flat water kayaking and canoeing are our biggest drawcard but our programmes also include bushwalking (on trail and off trail), high ropes, initiatives, survival skills and group challenges. All Contract Employees are expected to have first aid qualifications.
Casual Positions:
BOAC is looking for confident Outdoor Education professionals to join our team for a series of programs in February, March and April on the following dates:
- 12 – 16 February 2018
- 28 February – 2 March 2018 (Kayaking Guides)
- 27-29 March 2018
- 3-6 April 2018
We are offering fixed term and casual positions working on a variety of centre-based and expedition-based programs for our tourism clients and outdoor education clients.
The activities we offer include whitewater kayaking and canoeing, mountain biking, abseiling, bushwalking, whitewater rafting, sea kayaking and flatwater canoeing plus a range of outdoor education activities such as high ropes and survival skills.
We are looking for staff who show a commitment to outdoor recreation and the environment, have excellent customer service skills and enjoy working in a busy, fast-paced environment. You must have a real enthusiasm for the great outdoors and a passion for empowering people, young and old, through outdoor activity. Of course we are looking for people with a desire to work hard and who are willing to live in a rural area. You will also need to hold a need a full drivers license and a Working with Children's Check or have the ability to get one.
In return, all BOAC employees are paid above the industry award and we offer great incentives to complete your ongoing work with us, including training and additional certification as well as generous discounts on personal adventure equipment for paddling, mountain biking and climbing through our retail outlet – Random Adventure Gear.
You will be joining a team of existing, highly experienced and friendly staff and you will have access to top quality equipment across all activities. Cabin accommodation for staff is also available at our beautiful campground, The Steps of Girrba, which is located on the Barrington River.
We are based in the scenic rural town of Gloucester on the doorstep of the World Heritage wilderness of Barrington Tops. The town boasts all modern amenities such as supermarkets, Olympic swimming pool, pubs and clubs and train and bus services. More importantly it is close to stunning National Park walking trails, mountain biking trails and is just one hour's drive from the Pacific Coast around Forster, Port Stephens and Shoal Bay.


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In an attempt to be more regular with my blog posts on here, I have a surprise for you all.
During the month of July, I plan to interview four successful writers from Wattpad about their writing journey. Every Friday in July, you'll get the chance to read a new interview.
I'm hoping that these interviews will motivate you all to work hard and make July's Camp NaNo a success. (For those of you who don't know what Camp NaNo is, click here.)
Depending on how well the interviews go, I might extend it into August with four more writers. So, if you'd like to see more interviews on this blog, please be vocal.
In other news, I made a Twitter account last month. You can find me at @astrolumi.
As of right now, there is barely any content on it, but as soon as I get more comfortable with it, I hope to use it more for sharing quote art and other miscellaneous writing tips.
For those of you follow me on Wattpad, this next bit may be old news, but I have a new story on Wattpad! It's called The Happiness Project. Here's the lovely cover that KellyGe designed for me:
A dialogue story about a depressed girl who signs up to have her own life sponsor. The content may be a bit triggering for some, but the story is meant to be light-hearted and inspiring.
As always, the cover above is a clickable cover, so if you'd like to see what happens in the story, just click the cover to read more. As of this post, there are seven parts posted.
Thank you all so much for reading this post! Enjoy the rest of your day/night. 🙂


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1. Some arguments have been addressed to us on behalf of the defendants-appellants with reference to the calculations on which the lower Court's judgment is based. We have not, however, been shown how any question of law is raised in connection with their correctness and we, therefore, decline to interfere with the conclusions on which those calculations resulted.
2. The remaining ground, on which the appeal is argued, is against the lower Court's refusal to make any provision in its decree for an award to the defendant on account of the improvements they allege they have made on the suit property. The suit property is part of a larger area in common ownership of the plaintiff and defendants. The plaintiff let his unascertained share to the defendants, and the present suit is brought for the eviction of the defendants from the share, the form of the decree being, of course, a decree for partition by metes and bounds of the plaintiff's share and delivery to hi in of possession thereof. It cannot, therefore, at present be said that the improvements are on the portion of which the plaintiff will be entitled to delivery. But, in any ease, we cannot see how one tenant-in-common, who makes improvements on the property of the co-tenancy, can ordinarily be entitled to compensation for doing so. The defendants' argument has been on the dictum of Mookerji, J., in Upendra Nath Banerjee v. Umesh Chandra Banerjee 6 Ind. Cas. 346 : 12 C.L.J. 25 : 15 C.W.N. 373 that, 'if one joint owner has in good faith effected valuable improvements upon the common property at his own expense, equity will take this fact into consideration upon a partition and in some way will make an allowance to him therefor, in addition to his rateable share of the property.' The learned Judge has proceeded to explain the nature and the grounds of this equity, but we prefer to decide whether any such principle as that relied on by him is really recognised by authority. Certainly, it is not recognised in the unqualified form in which he stated it in the cases referred to in his judgment. In Swan v. Swan (1830) 8 Pri 518 : 22 R.R. 770 : 146 E.R. 1281 the Court ordered a referee for an account to be taken of what had been expended by a co-tenant necessarily or with the concurrence of the other co-tenant; and these qualifications were fully recognised in Jones, In re, Harrington v. Forrester (1893) 2 Ch. 461 : 62 L.J. Ch. 996 : : 69 L.T. 45. No doubt, the reference in that case to the observations of Cotton, J., in Leigh v. Dirkeson (1885) 15 Q.B.D. 60 : 54 L.J.Q.B. 18 : 52 L.T. 790 : 33 W.R. 538 is, at first sight, in favour of the existence of a general right in one co-tenant to compensation for improvements made by him against another. But in the judgments of Brett. L.R., and of the other learned Judges in Leigh v. Dickeson (1885) 15 Q.B.D. 60 : 54 L.J.Q.B. 18 : 52 L.T. 790 : 33 W.R. 538, the right was only sustained as subject to proof of the necessity for repairs or improvements or of the co-tenant's concurrence, express or implied, in their execution. The portion of the judgment of Cotton, L.J., to which reference has been made, appears, on a perusal of his judgment as a whole, to be concerned solely with procedure, that is, with the existence of a remedy in equity by a partition suit, which the Common Law could not afford. In the present case the defendants have never in their written statement or elsewhere alleged the plaintiff's concurrence, expressed or implied, in what they did and no issue on the point was framed, or even asked for. In these circumstances, this objection to the lower Appellate Court's decree must fail.
3. The second appeal is, therefore, dismissed with costs, including costs of Civil Miscellaneous Petition No. 2483 of 1921.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. --Comedian Stephen Colbert held a political rally with a humorous twist in South Carolina, calling for voters to support one Republican who has already dropped out of the race: Herman Cain.
"So it is my great honor to introduce to you the Her-Man with a plan. The plan so fine they named it 999. The mad max of the flat tax, the Indiana Jones of opportunity zones, the Her-Man, Her-Myth, the brother from another mother, Mr. Herman Cain," Colbert said.
Although Colbert urged the crowd to vote for Cain, the former candidate said people should vote for anyone but himself.
On a serious note, Cain challenged the audience to get out and vote on Saturday, and then ended the rally by singing to the crowd about believing in themselves.


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'The addition of SREB states is huge for the institutions,' explained Compact President Larry Isaak.
Minneapolis (PRWEB) October 16, 2013
A recent agreement between the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) will allow U.S. colleges and universities; K-12 districts and schools; city, state, and local governments; and non-profit organizations to receive significant discounts and services from Dell's global technology.
The MHEC-SREB agreement expands the opportunity for cost savings to the 16 southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The agreement with Dell is a result of a Request for Proposal process conducted by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's Network Hardware Committee that has been in place since 2009. Midwestern states realized cost savings of over $22 million on hardware contracts in FY 2012.
"The addition of SREB states is huge for the institutions," explained Compact President Larry Isaak. "With our 12 states in the Midwest, our agreement with 13 additional states of our sister compact in the West - the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) – and now SREB's 16, there is a lot of potential for cost savings with the contracts we have in place."
According to John Dunning, chief information officer for Wayne State College in Nebraska and chair of the Compact's Technology Committee this has been something Texas-based Dell has been asking for in their negotiations. MHEC's Technologies Committee guides the work of the Compact to determine viable technology contracts and services to explore. "It's great that we can not only look to these vendors to help us identify and address the common challenges our states face with technology within our region, but that we can now also expand this to the benefit of many with this aggregated purchasing power to other regions," said Dunning.
A website, specifically for the MHEC contract, may be accessed at: http://www.mhectech.org/dell.
About MHEC
The compact saves members time and money with technology, insurance, and tuition savings. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the compact consists of twelve member states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Statutorily-created, the member states' five commissioners are appointed and are leaders from higher education, the legislature, and the governor's office. Commissioners meet twice a year and will meet again November 17-19, in Omaha, NE. The commission is currently chaired by Dr. Randolph Ferlic, former regent for the University of Nebraska System. For more information about the compact, please visit http://www.mhec.org or call 612-677-2777, or for specific questions about the technology contracts and services contact Nathan Sorensen, strategic information technology (IT) procurement officer, at nathans(at)mhec(dot)org.


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Hi Blurbies! I cannot believe it is September already! BER months is here! Oh goodness, Christmas time is almost here! Yay! I envy those people who can make snow angels and wear winter clothes! Unfortunately, we don't have snow here in the Philippines but our weather is fair chilling. So anyway, here are my new-release picks for the month! There are a ton of books I think I would put on my wishlist!
*Info are all from Goodreads so release dates might be changed*
September 03 - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (Little Brown)
September 03 - Starry Nights by Daisy White (Bloomsbury)
September 10 - Monsters (Ashes Trilogy #3) by Ilsa J. Bick (EgmontUSA)
September 10 - The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White (HarperTeen)
September 17 - The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy #1) by Sherry Thomas (Balzer + Bray)
September 17 - 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil (Balzer + Bray)
September 17 - Kinslayer (The Lotus War #2) by Jay Kristoff (Thomas Dunne Books )
September 17 - Frozen (Heart of Dread #1) by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston (Putnam Juvenile)
September 24 - The Whatnot (The Peculiar #2) by Stefan Bachmann (Greenwillow Books)
September 24 - Untold (The Lynburn Legacy #2) by Sarah Rees Brennan (Random House)
September 24 - Through the Zombie Glass (White Rabbit Chronicles #2) by Gena Showalter (Harlequin)
September 24 - Inhuman (Fetch #1) by Kat Falls (Scholastic)
September 24 - Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (Katherine Tegen Books)
September 10 - Thornhill (Hemlock #2) by Kathleen Peacock (Katherine Tegen Books)
September 17 - Tumble and Fall by Alexandra Coutts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux )
September 17 - The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
I've already read All Our Yesterdays and borrowed Dream Thieves ARC. Am so excited to devour these pretties and these are actually my most anticipated releases!


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Latitude: 52.3481 / 52°20'53"N
Longitude: 1.1717 / 1°10'18"E
OS Eastings: 616122
OS Northings: 276958
OS Grid: TM161769
Mapcode National: GBR VKK.P24
Mapcode Global: VHL9G.879T
Entry Name: 11
Listing Date: 14 April 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1032495
English Heritage Legacy ID: 281089
Location: Brome and Oakley, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP21
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
Civil Parish: Brome and Oakley
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Brome St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
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House, originally a farmhouse. In 2 main sections: early C17 parlour cell to
right; left hand range probably C18, replacing earlier work. Earlier section
timber framed, later range probably clay lump, all plastered. Pantiled roofs.
2 storeys, part with attic. Casement windows, mainly of C19 date. Parlour
cell has an C18 ground floor window with square-leaded panes and a hoodmould;
above is an original 5-light window with ovolo mullions. Boarded entrance
door. Gable end facing road has mid C19 small-paned metal casements with
cusped heads to the upper panes; wooden hoodmoulds. Gable stack at the
junction of the 2 ranges. Left hand range has 2 additions, the one to the
rear formerly used as a Post Office. Parlour cell has intact framing; ovolo-
moulded floorbeam in ground floor ceiling.
Listing NGR: TM1612276958
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2018 SEVENTEEN Concert 'IDEAL CUT' in Singapore
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Seventeen Lit The Place Up Like A 'Shining Diamond'
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Hardware support improvements coming for Linux 4.19 aren't limited to the x86 space but a lot of new ARM hardware support is also being introduced in this imminent kernel cycle.
NetBSD on Arm started in 2014 with the release of version 7.0, and last year device tree support was implemented and tested on some Allwinner H3 boards.
This is a non-sponsored guest post written by Marc Goodner: Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, and Jeremias Cordoba: Innovation Engineer, Toradex.
The openSUSE Project announced today that it released images for its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system for a bunch of ARMv7 and AArch64 (ARM64) devices, including the popular Rasberry Pi.
Last summer, Hardkernel launched ODROID-HC1 Home Cloud 1 taking a single 2.5″ hard drive, and based on a modified version of their popular Exynos 5422 powered ODROID-XU4 board where they removed HDMI, and added a SATA interface (via USB 3.0), but based on the initial announcement, we also knew the Korean company was working on ODROID-HC2 supporting 3.5″ drives instead.
Armbian v5.35 has been released last Friday as a major update that brings Linux mainline kernel to version 4.13, U-Boot mainline to version v2017.09, adds support for 7″ Raspberry Pi display, Realtek WiFi drivers (mainline), and new stable hardware support for NanoPi Duo, Pinebook, and Orange Pi R1.
iWave's "iW-RainboW-G23S" SBC runs Linux on a Renesas RZ/G1C, and offers -20 to 85°C support and expansion headers including a RPi-compatible 40-pin link.
As far as I know NanoPi Duo is the only quad core ARM Linux development board that can fit on a breadboard. We've already seen it's much smaller than Raspberry Pi Zero, and the company offer a mini shield exposing USB ports, Ethernet, a few I/Os, and an mSATA slot in in NanoPi Duo Starter Kit Review – Part 1: Unboxing and Assembly.
I've just showed how to install Debian, and build a Linux image from source on VS-RD-RK3399 board (akak Mecool VS-RK3399) last week-end, but at the time I did not run any benchmarks on the board. We already have plenty of benchmarks for Rockchip RK3399 in Android, so instead I started by installing the latest Phoronix Test Suite in Debian:
Earlier this year ASUS announced the Tinker Board as their first step into the ARM single board computer world. Earlier this month I finally received a Tinker Board for testing and it has been quite interesting to say the least. The Tinker Board with its Rockchip SoC has been among the most competitive ARM SBCs we have tested to date in its price range and the form factor is compatible with the Raspberry Pi.
FriendlyELEC NanoPi K2 is a board powered by Amlogic S905 processor, just like ODROID-C2 board, so while only the Android image was available at launch, it was expected to also support Ubuntu or other Linux distribution shortly after. This was put in doubt by comments on the company's forums claiming the board would not get Debian images, and only Android was supported.
After launching PINE A64 as the world's first $15 open source gaming machine that runs Android and other Linux-based operating systems, the PINE64 company has created a new, more powerful single-board computer that they call ROCK64.
Hardkernel is doing a good job at providing working images with GPU / VPU support, and documentation for their ODROID boards. But while Exynos based ODROID-XU4(Q) boards already get firmware images with a recent Linux 4.9 kernel, Amlogic S905 based ODROID-C2 board's Ubuntu 16.04 images still rely on the Linux 3.14 kernel released by Amlogic, plus various patchsets.
Chromium OS for SBC aimed to bring Chromium operating systems to low cost development boards such as the Raspberry Pi 3 board, but the website is now down, and the developer announced he had stopped working on it several months ago due the hardware limitations of the Raspberry Pi 3 board.
Hardkernel ODROID-C2 board is getting some direct competition with FriendELEC's NanoPi K2 development board powered with Amlogic S905 processor with 2GB RAM, a very similar form factor, and many of the same features, which together with Khadas Vim (Pro) brings the number of low cost Amlogic based development boards to three.
I've received NanoPi NEO 2 boards, add-boards and sensor modules last week, where we could see how small the boards were, and how it could be suitable for IoT projects or "hardware hacking" education. Before testing the board with the add-ons, I have to select the image to run on the board, and currently we have two choices: Ubuntu 16.04.2 FriendELEC image with Linux 3.10 "legacy" kernel, or Armbian Ubuntu 16.04.2 Xenial nightly build with Linux 4.10 "mainline" kernel.
Orange Pi 2G-IoT was unveiled at the start of the year as an ultra cheap ($10) Linux development board with 2G cellular connectivity. The board has just launched for $9.90 + shipping on Aliexpress.
Everyday we can read stories about password database hacking, malware, ransomware, and so on, and companies can try to protect themselves by paying professionals that do a more or less good jobs, but individuals can't afford professional service, so it is harder to protect oneself.
Friends and fellows, we're super glad to announce the outcome of a beautiful partnership with ARM University Program and Mouser: the Embedded Linux Education Kit. This is the ninth and latest Education Kit from ARM University and it's beautiful to be part of such a great initiative.
For some weekend benchmarking fun, I compared the Jetson TX2 that NVIDIA released this weekend with their ARM 64-bit "Denver 2" CPU cores paired with four Cortex-A57 cores to various other ARM single board computers I have access to. This is looking at the CPU performance in different benchmarks ranging from cheap ~$10 ARM SBCs to the Raspberry Pi to the Jetson TX1 and Jetson TX2.
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Moteino R4 with RFM69HW 433MHz (High Power)
Product Description
Moteino is a low cost wireless Arduino based on the Atmel ATMega328P microcontroller:
- Low cost Arduino clone fully compatible with the Arduino IDE
- The regular version includes an onboard RFM69HW transceiver and separate 1/4 wavelength monopole wire antenna
- RFM69HW is a 20dBm output power transceiver, 130mA in TX, 16mA in RX. You will need to use the setHighPower() function after the initialize() function in the RFM69 library.
- This forum thread reveals a 1.5mile range on RFM69 using a dipole antenna at 1.2kbps!
- Low power battery power friendly
- 3.3V onboard regulator (MCP1703) provides up to 250mA, input up to 16V
- Very small size – 1.3 x0.9 inch (33mm x 23mm)
- Breadboard friendly header layout allows you to attach female/male header pins on the top or bottom and make shields for it or just use it on the breadboard for prototyping
- FTDI programming header (Programmable using the FOCA in 3.3V mode.)
- DualOptiboot bootloader for fast programming and no delay startup. Choose Arduino Uno under Tools>Boards from Arduino programming environment.
- Onboard LED on digital pin 9 (D9 / PB1) for debugging or visual indication
- New R4s comes with ENIG gold RoHs lead-free finish.
To make a wireless link you will need at least 2 Moteinos. Alternatively this is compatible with other Arduino clones that use the RFM69 transceiver.
All Moteinos come with a wire antenna cut to length to match the transceiver frequency.
Programming guide
Click here for a more detailed guide. For an introduction to Moteino click here.
You can upload a sketch to a Moteino just like you would normally do for any Arduino. In the Arduino programming environment you need to select "Arduino Uno" under Tools>Boards.
You will need a USB-serial adapter to connect to the FTDI header.
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For example code and RFM69 library click here, and Github libary and examples are here.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Gaming and Christian Values: Compatibility Issues?
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- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM
Excellent Article! By the way, I will more than likely be getting rid of some items in my collection. I have recently been playing a game called Uncharted Waters Online. It's a free MMORPG no subscription required. I encourage you to check it out only because I haven't found nasty content in it. In fact, the story lines seem to line up with History, it takes place in the mid century and you sail your ship anywhere around the world. The only thing of course, as like all MMORPG's it has a chat open for all people. Censorship is in place but players know how to bypass that by splitting up words into single letters and adding a period like so: a.ss. Check it out!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Wow! So very glad to find this article! I'm shocked that so few people would have googled 'christian video game' in an attempt to sway young minds with adventure and truth! My 13 year old son has been a delight forever but is really being affected with the onslaught of hormones, peer indiferrence, TV attitudes and videogame addiction. It used to be Club Penguin--I foolishly let the subscrition expire...OK so it's online. Somehow he got a copy of 'Ironman' videogame and went to a friend's house where I found them playing a soldier game they assured me had no gore, as I watched them wipe out ground and air forces. So can you please educate me about what online or video games actually are fun, adventurous but not objectionable please? Could you post it here and I'll check back? Thank you so much....MargaretReplyDeleteReplies
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Visit the following site: www.mmorpg.com and go to the 'Game List' (or get there directly by visiting www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm). Now from there I'd recommend pressing on the Rating/Hype category on that list so the games are ranked from "best" to "worst". From there you can browse through the list and follow the links to games that pique your interest. The website will tell you if there is a subscription fee, what kind of content the game has, etc. It may also be worthwhile paying a visit to your local games retailer and asking the shop assistant from recommendations and inquire about the game's content and if it would be appropriate for your 13-year old son.
Use your parental judgement and involve your son in as much of the process as possible. It may also be worthwhile asking him what kind of online games he would like to play and something as simple as a Google search will aid you in familiarising yourself with the game(s) and the content.
If there is a game title you can agree on - and I'm sure there will be a few - then it will be very important to discuss with your son what an appropriate amount of time to give to them game would be, and make sure he's doing his chores, homework, and doing plenty of outdoor/physical activity as well.
This is the advice I would give from one gamer to another.
- danielJuly 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Hi Stephen,ReplyDelete
Thanks for writing about this topic. I have been a Christian since young, and picked up gaming around 12 years old when my uncle bought me some games. In secondary school, I played games with friends; in fact may have gotten to know them from the common interest in gaming. We went to LAN shops, stayed over in each other's house to play a multiplayer game into the night. It was quite fun.
In secondary 4, I had a period of depression near my exam period. It was significant, and seemed to have a spiritual slant to it - i felt like God had left me. Me & my parents investigated into the situation, and we found out that I had started playing a particular game a few months prior that had questionable content. In the end, we decided that that game could be the cause of my depression, and we even invited a pastor to come by our house to symbolically destroy the game. I came out of that period of depression quite soon after.
As a result of this incident, I uninstalled all the games from my computer, and avoided gaming more or less completely for the next 2 years of pre-uni education. The following 2 years were compulsory National Service for my country and so I did not game then too.
Then, whilst in university, I was going through considerable difficulties in my course. I probably decided to game as a form of release, entertainment, perhaps as a form to take my mind off the seeming depressive situation. Of course I didn't play the same game in secondary 4; but other games which I enjoyed in the past.
To cut the long story short, I eventually switched my course/major in university after a period of deliberation with parents.
What affects me now is this: I kind of want to game cuz of the strategy, engagement & challenge it has, but struggle with playing games with any spiritual content in it i.e. magic/spells/creatures/names etc. It seems like I am very sensitive to this area. Even art with symbols I am wary of. Also music that has chanting.
So, here I am, kind of wanting to enjoy computer games (perhaps thanks to the enjoyment in my childhood days) but now struggle with unease with such gaming content. Thing is many games have such content.. I know Christian friends who play such games but seem to be fine with it..
Okay, thats it for now, appreciate your two cents worth of advice/comment on my situation! I don't mind giving u more details about the games if need be..
Daniel, thank you so much for sharing your story. I would encourage you to take some of the steps I have outlined in the blog entry and what I have given to others have have commented here already.Delete
If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me via the link on the front page of this blog (left column).
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When making a Will, there are various types of gifts that a testator may wish to include: general, specific and demonstrative legacies. Before considering the effect of failure of gifts in a Will, it is important to identify each of the types of legacy available to a testator.
A general legacy, as the name suggests, comes out of the testator's estate generally, and does not specify a particular item or class. This includes pecuniary legacies – general gift of funds from an estate "I gift the sum of £500.00". By comparison, a specific legacy identifies a particular item "my Rolex watch". Finally, a demonstrative legacy outlines a specific fund out of which the gift is to be made "I give £1,000 from my Lloyds Bank ISA".
Quite often a significant amount of time passes by from a Will being written to the death of the testator and circumstances can change meaning that the testator's estate is vastly different upon death. On some occasions, assets referred to in a Will may no longer exist or be owned by the testator, or the estate may have insufficient funds in which to settle all legacies in full. This will result in the failure of the gift by either Abatement or Ademption
Abatement is the rule which applies where the testator's estate is solvent, but unable to satisfy all legacies in full following the payment of any tax and administration expenses. As a result, the gifts in the Will are reduced in a certain order depending on the nature of the estate.
The order in which legacies in an estate abate are as follows:
- The residuary estate abates first as this is everything remaining after the payment of all other legacies, tax and administration expenses
- General legacies abate next, which usually means pecuniary legacies but also any demonstrative legacies where the designated fund has ceased to exist (as above, should the Lloyds Bank ISA no longer exist at the date of death)
- Specific and demonstrative legacies abate last and all in proportion to one another
It is important to note that the order of Abatement is subject to any contrary intention by the testator in the Will.
Ademption applies where the subject matter of the gift no longer exists at the date of the testator's death. Any disposal of an intended gift – sale, loss or destruction will result in ademption.
The intended beneficiary of a gift which fails by ademption will have no automatic right to any cash equivalent where the subject matter was sold by the testator, or proceeds of an insurance claim if the asset was destroyed, unless there is an express provision by the testator in the Will.
The issues of Abatement and Ademption can provide complicated and frustrating for both Executors and Beneficiaries of an estate upon administration. The likelihood of any gifts failing by either Abatement of Ademption can be reduced greatly or avoided altogether by regular review and update of your Will to ensure that it accurately reflects your estate.


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Jenny and Rob at the Workshop are not only creative geniuses who make the most beautiful jewellery, but they also really take the time to get to know you and what you like to make sure they can come up with something perfect for any budget. The process we went through with them for my engagement ring was so much fun, and resulted in a gorgeous and unique design. Can't wait to go back to them for wedding rings.Rebecca Mattingly
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I knew the basic design I wanted for my engagement ring and from the first consultation with Jenny she understood my ideas. She cleverly asked all the right questions in order to produce the design exactly as we'd pictured it.
I'll never forget the day I got to choose my diamond from a selection shipped in especially for me…perfection!
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County Sears stores to close
By Chad Ingram
Published Oct. 12, 2017
The Sears stores in Haliburton County are closing in the wake of the retailer's announcement this week that it will shut its remaining locations and liquidate its inventory.
Sears Canada announced Tuesday, Oct. 10 it was seeking court permission to liquidate about 130 remaining stores, and their merchandise, across the country. In June, the chain announced the closure of 59 stores and was granted protection from its creditors. Its stocks were also halted, as the company planned a restructuring.
However, it became clear the longstanding chain will close its doors.
Both the Sears store in Haliburton Village and the Sears catalogue depot in Minden will shut down.
Adrian Vargas, owner of the Sears store in Haliburton, said he received a conference call on Oct. 10, the day the national announcement was made.
"They basically stated that Sears is going out of business," said Vargas, who has operated the business for the past four years. "We're liquidating everything as of Oct. 19."
Vargas said the store may close for a few days ahead of that date, to prepare for the liquidation, the nationwide period which could last up to 14 weeks.
As for what Vargas, who owns the building along Highway 118, will do next, he's not yet sure.
"Right now, we're just looking at all the options," he said.
Vargas thanked his customers and expressed apology.
"The bottom line it's come down to, is we want to say sorry it's happening, to all our customers and friends," he said. "We're saying sorry to the public and to our customers."
In Minden, Rawnie Moore, who's run the catalogue depot for more than 13 years, told the paper she received an email from Sears with the news.
"I got an email just telling me . . . so sad, but it looks like we're closing," Moore said.
As for how the closure of catalogue pickup centres would work, "they really don't have any details on that yet," Moore said, but indicated she didn't believe the depots would be involved in the liquidation sale, so therefore probably closing as of Oct. 19.
"None of my customers will be affected," Moore said. She said returns and repairs for appliances are typically handled through the manufacturer.
Four months ago, Moore started a used furniture shop in part of the building she owns along Bobcaygeon Road. Between the shop, renting out some space, and perhaps acting as a depot for something else, she told the paper she would be fine.
"It was a fantastic business," she said of running the Sears depot. "I'm not really worried, as much as I am sad."
Sears Canada began as Simpsons-Sears in early 1950s, a partnership between the Canadian department store chain Simpsons, and the American company Sears, Roebuck and Co.
About 12,000 people nationwide will lose their jobs in the closures.


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Something seriously needs to change with both the Leadership and the Governance of Sporting Bodies and International Sports Federations.
From FIFA, to the IAAF, to the ICC, there are sad and worrying scandals from corruption, to doping, to fraud.
The Americans appear to have resolved their issues many years ago, when their big 4 sports; Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey and American Football went through a total transformation as they brought heavy duty professionals in to oversee professional sport. Since then, they have gone from commercial strength to strength, and have dealt with all issues without the ongoing mess that we appear to be experiencing with our favourite sports in Europe and beyond.
It might be high time to remove and replace the long serving, and in the main, very well intentioned amateurs who are at the top of far too many of these now wealthy sporting bodies, who are crying out for better oversight, stronger governance, and most of all, professional leadership.
But many cry that this drive for profitability at all costs is sucking the passion and the authenticity out of these games that we so love.
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As ever, at the Inspired Leaders Network, we are going to wrestle this thorny issue to the floor. On the evening of January 20th, at the most inviting of venues, at Newcastle University London (NUL) near Liverpool Street in London.
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|Nick Sims
I am a first-year teacher from Blair, Nebraska. I attended the University of Lincoln Nebraska for a year and a half, before transferring to Hastings College. I wrestled for three years at Hastings College and will be the new head wrestling coach here at DC West. After Graduating from Hastings in the spring of 2014 from Hastings with a degree in Physical Education k-12, I decided to go back to school to receive my Masters degree in Special Education. For the last two years I have taken online classes through UNK and have been a substitute teacher. I look forward to having a great school year and a great wrestling season.
|Phone: 402.359.2121
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State health officials ordered these Miami-Dade restaurants shut this month after failed inspections. All of them reopened after follow-up inspections. Notes included are from violations observed by inspectors. Find the latest restaurant health reports and reviews with the Miami.com Dining Adviser: dine.miami.com.
▪ Elwoods Gastro Pub, 188 NE Third Ave., Miami: "Observed six live roaches crawling on wall inside kitchen area...nine dead roaches found on floor." Inspected Jan. 6.
▪ Miller's Ale House, 3227 NE 163rd St., North Miami Beach: "15-20 live roaches found in the kitchen...approximately 4-8 live flies in the kitchen." Inspected Jan. 6.
▪ Mondo Pasta, 328 Crandon Blvd., Key Biscayne: "Dead roaches on premises... No potable running water... Establishment operating without a license." Inspected Jan. 5.
▪ China Wings, 12938 NW Seventh Ave., North Miami: "Observed three moist and fresh rodent droppings and approximately 50 dry rodent droppings." Inspected Jan. 5.
Evan S. Benn is Miami Herald food editor: 305-376-4624, @EvanBenn
Miami.com Dining Adviser
Instant access to Miami Herald reviews, state health inspections and more: dine.miami.com.


text: By Kate Webster @TravellerKate17 Jan 2017Flight Centre is dropping in this summer to partner with Surfing Queensland as the naming rights partner of the 2017 Flight Centre Burleigh Pro. The travel experts are well familiar with sending travellers to the surfing mecca of the Gold Coast, so it was a natural fit to rip it up with Queensland's stand-alone World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) event. The Qualifying Series takes place at one of the world's most iconic waves at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, running over four days during the Australia Day weekend. Flight Centre Travel Group's General Manager of Marketing, Darren Wright said "Flight Centre embodies the spirit of surfers travelling to surf the world's most iconic destinations, including Burleigh infamous Point break with the event offering a perfect platform to convey our company's DNA and spirit." The event also opens opportunity for Flight Centre to talk to a wide array of surfers during the event and assist them in the best way possible to build their next dream surf trip. "The Burleigh Pro is a perfect event for the surfers, families and supporters to see what Flight Centre can offer with some fantastic specials to all famous surf destinations around the world. We can look after their every need and take any hassle out of booking their travel so they can concentrate on enjoying the waves." Flight Centre Travel Group's General Manager of Marketing, Darren Wright Surfing Queensland's CEO Adam Yates was also stoked with the partnership, adding "for any avid surfer, travelling and surfing our most desired surf destination are two activities that have historically always gone hand-in-hand, so the alliance between Flight Centre and Surfing Queensland for the 2017 Flight Centre Burleigh Pro was nothing but a natural fit." This event is one of the largest surfing events sponsored by Flight Centre this year with surfers from all over the world including some world championship tour level surfers and some leading World Qualifying Series surfers likely to take to the water for the event. Flight Centre's inflatable surfing machine and cash cube will also be deployed to maximise the fun for spectators at the event and give participants the chance to win some Flight Centre travel vouchers to go towards their next surf adventure. Flight Centre has been dropping in on surfing events all over the country lately, working with Surfing Australia. Its boardsports partnership strategy spans all of Australia, with relationships with the major grom series over the summer. The company recently took part in the 30th year of the single fin classic where visitors took part in an inflatable waves and surfboard challenge mixed with a cash cube booth offering chances to win travel vouchers. The 2017 Flight Centre Burleigh Pro is proudly supported by Flight Centre, Tourism and Events Queensland, Telstra, City of Gold Coast, 90.9 Sea FM, Health Insurance Fund, Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, World Surfaris, Coastalwatch PLUS, Pages, Queensland Government, World Surf League and Surfing Queensland. If you do head to the event, spectators and competitors are encouraged to interact via Instagram under the hashtag #burleighpro Find out more Will you be heading to the Flight Centre Burleigh Pro to see some rad surfing action and win some epic travel prizes? Other stories you may like PUTTING THE BOOT IN: Flight Centre comes under fire from ABC investigation WE'VE GOT YOU: Flight Centre TG steps in to shape future Travel Agent tech PICTURES: Flight Centre Agents get a first look at Rocky Mountaineer's new railcars


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Stumped for a great conversation starter at this year's Thanksgiving gathering? How about striking up a healthcare discussion on the ever-popular subject of healthcare coverage? Here are some basics that will help you both educate and entertain your friends and colleagues:
Today's Terms for Healthcare Coverage:
- Obamacare
- The Marketplace
- Healthcare.gov
- The memory-defying, Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
All of these terms refer to how a person is purchasing insurance – usually with the help of tax credits or cost-sharing allowances.
How Medicare and Medicaid Play a Part:
The other two avenues of healthcare coverage in Ohio are Medicare and Medicaid, two words similar enough to confuse most of us! Generally speaking, Medicare covers folks 65 and older or those with certain specified disabilities. Expanded Medicaid covers those ages 19-64 with limited income and no other insurance.
What We Do at Carmella Rose:
Part of our mission at Carmella Rose Health Foundation is to make sure there is healthcare coverage for EVERY Ohioan. That's why I wanted to make sure you were equipped with enough basic information to start a fascinating healthcare discussion this Thanksgiving! Still scratching your head? Contact us…we're here to help!


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Joaquin's Rap Hoax Is A Wrap
Today EW.com is reporting that Joaquin Phoenix's recent claim that he's retiring from acting to pursue a rap career is actually part of an elaborate hoax concocted by the "Walk The Line" star and his pal Casey Affleck (who has been serving as Joaquin's personal documentarian since November)
EW's source was quoted as saying, "It's an art project for him. He's going full out. He probably has told his reps that he's quit acting. Joaquin is very smart. This is very conscious. He has a huge degree of control."
We always felt like Joaquin's whole "trading in my Oscar for two turntables and a microphone" spiel sounded sort of fishy, particularly when you consider that his so-called rap career thus far has consisted mostly of looking like a bearded weirdo on various red carpets and a single disastrous freestyle performance at a Las Vegas nightclub that culminated with the actor comically falling from the stage.
Whether you think he's the Picasso of performance art or the Bob Ross of bad jokes, Joaquin is nothing if not entertaining.


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Paula Morand
Bold Courage: How Owning Your Awesome Changes Everything!
Bold courage is about shifting your perspective, discovering your possibilities, making the decision to take risks and learning to play a bigger game in life. With insights from her international best selling book, Paula Morand shares with high energy and humour what it means to own your awesome both as an individual and as an organization.
Paula Morand is a leadership-building, revenue-boosting, strategy-expanding keynote speaker, author and visionary. This "dreaming big and being bold" leadership expert and brand strategist brings her vibrant energy, humour and wisdom to ignite individuals, organizations and communities to lead change, growth and impact in a more bold fashion. Paula's international best-selling book, "Bold Courage: How Owning Your Awesome Changes Everything" has just been hailed as one of the must-have books for this year in leadership, motivation and personal growth.
How To Raise Your Team's Employee Engagement Scores
According to Gallup, employee engagement hasn't budged in 17 years…while we spend $1.53 billion each year to fix it. How can we flush so much money for nothing in return? Engagement surveys, exit surveys…and more engagement surveys and more exit surveys. We've bitten the hook that says surveys solve engagement but they don't. They just give scores but no solutions.
This session will provide THE ANSWERS on how managers can raise their engagement survey scores. The top solution is to build trust with each member of their teams, based again on Gallup research. Dick Finnegan will explore how to do so via Stay Interviews, and also topics including how to recruit and hire pre-engaged employees, how to provide specific, one-on-one engagement solutions, how poor performance management dilutes engagement, and ways to leverage employee programs so each manager takes ownership of them.
Reinventing the Customer X-perience:
The real service mission of any business is NOT just get the customer in the door, but to make sure they come back again and again. Even a 5% increase in customer retention can boost profitability by 25-100%. REINVENTING THE CUSTOMER X-PERIENCE helps owners, managers and troops in the trenches 'land on the same page' to sell bigger orders, attract new customers, and most importantly generate consistent, repeat business.
Gair Maxwell helps identify inconsistencies on what you have been promising in your marketing to what is actually delivered on the front-line. If work is theatre and every business is a stage, Gair helps you develop standing ovation strategies to create customers for life. You can expect to challenge the norms of your own industry with an explosive mix of newfound energy and creativity that translates into specific, doable action steps ready to be implemented Monday morning.
Discover how you and your team can script and perform memorable and meaningful moments of 'magic" (even if you're on a $10 ad budget) with REINVENTING THE CUSTOMER X-PERIENCE.
In this session you will learn:
Creating a Culture of Security:
Customer Experience vs. Security – The culture clash that makes contact centres a target for skilled hackers.
The focus on speed to resolve and keeping the customer happy are being increasingly exploited by skilled hackers who know how that the clock is ticking for agents and for an industry that views time as money. This session will talk about what you can do to prevent hacking.
Sangeeta Bhatnagar is principal at SB Global Human Capital Solutions, where she helps companies recruit, retain and develop top talent. Sangeeta is an instructor at Seneca College and chair of the Greater Toronto Area Contact Centre association. She is passionate about both the current state as well as the future state of the contact centre industry. Sangeeta is recognized nationally as an innovative and engaged voice for the issues and opportunities facing the industry and is the first in the industry to recognize front-line security training as a requirement for the future
Katherine Thompson is the Founder and Chair of the Cyber Council at the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. In that role, she leads a national team of industry advisors whose objective is to increase dialogue around the issues and opportunities facing Canadian industry and government as it pertains to cyber security. As advisors to the Canadian government, the CATA Council is currently engaged in the development of a national mandate to ensure Canadian organizations remain secure and prosperous in the global digital economy.
Amy McIntosh
How is Your Social Media Customer Service Impacting Your Brand?
According to J.D. Power, 67% of consumers have used a company's social media channel for customer service. And when they do, they expect a fast response. Research cited by Jay Baer tells us that 42% of consumers expect a response within 60 minutes.
Customer service has been undergoing a major evolution, with online communication moving away from the typical voice channels and with the introduction of social media…twitter, live chat, facebook, for examples. Basically social media is changing the entire business of customer service, which in turn poses challenges and presents new opportunities for brands as it relates to customer service. However, it's important to remember that the core principles of great customer service still apply.
Donna will share best practice and insights on how to execute internal quality assurance programs, whether it be for voice or social media customer/agent interactions. Insights will be shared on how to help your leadership team harness the power of your agents to deliver contextual, intelligent and resolution-oriented engagements.
Donna Carson has over 34 years of experience working, leading and influencing clients' Net Promoter (NPS), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and Customer Effort (CES) metrics, through creative, innovative quality assurance programs. Donna's experience comes from 22 years with Bell Aliant, senior manager for an inbound/outbound contact center for four years; as an owner of her own contact center for five years and as a strategic leader focused in on contact centre quality assurance for the past 16 years. Donna is passionate about awesome customer experience and supporting and edifying front line agents and just doing what is right for the greater good of all. In March of 2017, Donna joined the Enkidu team who leverage Diversity Intelligence™ to produce metrics and actionable insights to shape healthy and productive workplaces. Unlike traditional diversity initiatives that concentrate on differences alone, Enkidu's Diversity Intelligence™ approach uses the powerful science of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to build on similarities, so our clients can better leverage differences.
Amy McIntosh has over 13 years working with Concentra Solutions and has held various leadership roles during her tenure. For the past six years, Amy has held the position of Senior Client Services Manager for a major Canadian client. Amy develops, leads and executes innovative quality programs that address a fast-changing environment in terms of communication channels within contact centres. Amy has been successful in building strong partnerships with the client's internal and outsourced vendors. Through innovative and actionable quality programs she creates common ground for meeting goals with legal adherence, product accuracy and exemplary customer service. Amy is a recognized leader in the quality space in terms of needs analysis, creativity, financial and contractual management as well as her unrelenting 'can do' demeanor. She leads with strong motivation and facilitates a team approach whether it is with her internal team or external contact centre teams. Amy is a strategic thinker and aligns quality programs to meet and exceed her client's business goals and requirements.
Rachel Mills
Award-Winning Strategies for Developing Customer Heroes
Medavie Blue Cross, with over 200 contact centre employees located in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, handles over 1 million interactions annually through its private line of business. Recognized for its award-winning approaches to its employee experience, training & performance support, the organization boasts a stellar leadership team and a passion for making every customer experience matter. Find out how it transformed training and performance support, improved its KPIs, and ultimately integrated its employee onboarding for seamless results.
Key Takeaways: · Transforming learning to reduce training time and improve performance support · Engaging employees to improve metrics FCR & consistency · Overcoming legacy knowledge management systems with user-friendly, integrated interfaces.
Rachel Mills is Director, Member Experience at Medavie Blue Cross. With more than fifteen years in contact centre leadership roles, she has the proven ability to build relationships and deliver excellent customer service to clients, in addition to enhancing the member experience.
Passionate about operations, and committed to providing coaching and mentoring to further engage her teams, Rachel brings a fresh perspective to employee engagement.
Rachel holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Moncton University. She also holds numerous leadership certifications from the Leadership Management International Canada Program.
Corey Poirier
Conversations with Leaders: A Panel Discussion
During this panel session, Radio Show Host and Interviewer Corey Poirier will interview three incredible transformational leaders in their respective fields; in a late-night interview/coffee shop talk style format. We will learn about what they did as leaders to differentiate themselves and their businesses in an atmosphere where change is critical to survive and thrive.
Corey Poirier is an award-winning Keynote speaker (having presented to over 150,000 attendees), sought-after Leadership Expert, and host of the top-rated Conversations With PASSION Radio Show which features the likes of Chicken Soup Co-Creator Jack Canfield, Rick Hansen, Olympic Gold Medalist Silken Laumann, Turbo Jam Creator Chalene Johnson and hundreds more.
Corey is also an International Best-Selling Author who has appeared on television specials on Eastlink and Tellie TV, and been seen on CBC, CTV, and Global. He is the Founder of a Business Publication, a 9-time acclaimed 'and International best-selling' author, and the CEO of a Seminar Company and Media Company who has interviewed more than 3500 Super-Achievers. He is also a seasoned Stand-up Comedian and a Rock Recording of the Year Nominee who has surfed in Tofino, B.C. despite being unable to swim and skydived in New Brunswick despite a fear of heights.
The Timeless Secrets and Traits of Influencial Leaders
In Corey's second session with us on Thursday, November 9th, based on his 4000+ personal interviews with the world's top leaders in each of their respective industries, Corey Poirier will reveal the top 5 Timeless Secrets that all top leaders (personally and/or professionally) share regardless of their title, and position, in the company they work for. This is revealed in such a way that attendees will know how to incorporate these secrets into their personal and professional life the very next day; for improved personal and professional success (inside and outside the contact centre).
Some of the leaders who were interviewed in learning these Timeless Secrets include: Rick Hansen, Dragon's Den's Arlene Dickinson, Chicken Soup Co-Creator Jack Canfield, Hall of Famer Jake The Snake Roberts, Olympian Silken Laumann, NHL Pro Rob Brown, Turbo Jam Creator Chalene Johnson, P90x Creator Tony Horton, former World champion Trish Stratus, popstar Keshia Chante, Actor Kevin Sorbo, LA Ink stars Khoi and Dan Smith, etc.
Jessica Gallant
Measurable Outcomes of Creating a Coaching Culture ...
It's not often that a Canadian organization wins the International Coach Federations' Global Prism Award, and in 2015 Rogers Communications was the only recipient of the award. The award is the gold standard of professional executive coaching and recognizes excellence in organizations who use coaching to drive their business. Rogers coaching story has been told in conferences around the world including Harvard's Institute of Coaching, Columbia University's International Coaching Conference, Queen's School of Industrial Relations and the Conference Board of Canada.
Join Jessica Gallant and Silvia Lulka to learn how Rogers integrated coaching into their strategy and day to day operations, built consistent and sustainable coaching capability across the country, and how they can measure and attribute business results directly to coaching.
Silvia Lulka is currently the Director, Coaching at Rogers Communications. She has built and implemented an international award winning strategy that enabled a coaching culture with sustainable results. Silvia takes an integrative approach to her work and describes her role as being a coach to the organization as a whole. Previously, Silvia held senior Human Resources leadership roles, in generalist and talent acquisition functions across different industries in the US and Canada.
A catalyst for personal and organizational transformation, she is consistently recognized for her collaborative approach to enable others' success and ability to build long-lasting high-trust relationships. As a coach, she creates a safe space for her clients to explore and develop in a way that taps into their strengths and expands their potential beyond what they thought possible. Silvia has spoken at various conferences including Harvard's Institute of Coaching, Columbia University's International Coaching Conference, Strategic Capability Network and the Conference Board of Canada.
Silvia has a Master of Industrial Relations and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology, both from Queen's University. A life-long learner, she credits her Montessori roots for her curiosity and ongoing pursuit of knowledge. She is a Business Coaching Advantage Certified Coach and has been granted the designation of Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation.
Outside of work, Silvia serves on the Board of Directors at Beth David Synagogue and volunteers with Up with Women, a charity that provides coaching support for women emerging from homelessness. Most importantly, she loves to re-discover the world through the eyes of her eleven-year-old son and nine-year-old boy-girl twins.
Jessica Gallant is the Site Director for Rogers Communications Canada Inc in Moncton, NB. Jessica has been with the Rogers family for 22 years and has a way of leading, engaging, collaborating and driving performance that makes you want to be part of that passion she shows in all her undertakings.
As a leader, Jess brings high energy and a sense of possibility to her teams. She is "gently relentless" and fosters a sense of accountability at every level. She knows that investing in people will in turn drive world-class customer experience. Jessica loves to connect with customers and her frontline teams, and is often seen on the call floor taking calls and chats, demonstrating the culture and empowerment that's expected at Rogers.
Jessica cherishes her family above all else and in her spare time enjoys travelling Atlantic Canada in an RV along with her husband, two kids and dog.
Omnichannel Deployment Centered on Customer Experience (CX)
In the current contact centre market, the transition from "Multi-channel" to "Omnichannel" mode leads organizations to want to better understand their clients' current behaviour and their preferences, as well as to design an optimal customer journey according to their expectations. This presentation will focus on the benefits of Omnichannel Deployment, the challenges and their solutions.
Susan Carrier has worked with contact centre technology for nearly 30 years. She was involved in more "hands-on" functions for about 12 years to eventually focus more specifically on the role of technical resources management for nearly 10 years. This knowledge was a springboard to become a business consultant since 2009. Indeed, her career has allowed her to develop the knowledge of banking and insurance lines of business as well as contact centre infrastructure and voice applications deployment. Her greatest strengths are definitely the mobilization of resources, translating technology solutions in laymen's terms for clients, analyzing business needs, application's architecture and team management.
The Human Element - Turning Brand Words into Living Actions
This interactive session will have delegates working together to explore the true meaning of company values, and how these can be used to support and inspire their people. A common sense of purpose and a shared value system is the foundation of all communities and cultures. Companies behave like humans because they are driven by humans: from storytelling to core behaviours, these words should form the basis of employee engagement and the delivery of a branded customer experience. This fun and practical session is one not to miss.
Canadian born and educated, Dale Smith is the founder and Director of Creation at Bridge Training & Events and has worked extensively with clients in both the UK and abroad. Dale began his business learning with event companies such as IIR, Marketing Week/Centaur Publishing and was Director of Seminars for Euromoney Publishing. However, he also attributes his success to practical life skills and experiences gained across many interesting jobs in his teens as well as extensive backpacking around the world following University. Embracing these experiences, he later turned his interest to behavioral sciences, Employee Engagement, Training and building organizational cultures that best reflects the brand promise.
A Modern Call Model for a SmartPhone Nation
We are a smartphone nation with over 90% of North Americans relying on smartphones with texting to communicate. But businesses and contact centres have not caught up. They continue to rely on wire lines with limited functionality, offshore agents and IVRs; making it difficult for them to provide the fast, friendly resolutions that customers seek.
Technological innovation and the rise of sophisticated automation will drive significant changes in customer contact centres. It's time for a Modern Call Model to meet customers where they are. Learn how simple bridging software enables wire business lines to work like smartphones. Contact centre agents can alternate between two-way texting, voice, link and data sharing to make calls friendly, comfortable, convenient and easy.
Allowing agents to move between texting and voice calls, as needed, increases productivity, customer satisfaction, and positive outcomes, while cutting costs, stress, and friction.
Learn how with the Modern Call Model, telephony infrastructure—land lines—the life blood of Contact Centres are able to meet the world of texting, automation and artificial intelligence, internet messaging, apps, web browsing, and media sharing to improve customer experience and keep brand performance strong.
Gary Brandt, CEO and Founder of TEN DIGIT Communication, is a proven C-level executive, entrepreneur and mentor with thirty years of leadership experience in clean technologies/renewable energy and telecommunications with extensive corporate experience in strategy, operations, corporate finance & development, raising capital, M&A, negotiations and entrepreneur. From Canada, Brandt earned his BCom. Honors degree from Queen's University and MBA from York University.
Thomas Howe, TEN DIGIT's CTO and Founder, is an expert in the design of innovative new communications services and equipment, particularly in the application of modern Web technologies to extend traditional telecom infrastructures. In his twenty-seven-year telecom career, his teams designed first-ever products in DSL, VoIP, Internet communications and messaging automation. Howe won the 2015 TADHack Global competition, the O'Reilly Mashup Competition and the VON Innovator's Award. Thomas was awarded his BSEE from the University of Massachusetts, and attended Northeastern University where he studied Communications, Digital Signal Processing and Abstract Mathematics.