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Getting Started as a Provider
Experienced assisted living providers and entrepreneurs contemplating entering the field often ask the same questions:
- What is assisted living?
- Is it different than independent living and other housing with services establishments?
- Is it licensed by the State of Michigan?
- What is an adult foster care home?
- What is a home for the aged?
- Where can I get more information?
These questions as well as dozens more are presented to Michigan Assisted Living Association professionals every week. The purpose of this publication is to provide general answers to these questions. It should not be used as a sole source of guidance.
What is Assisted Living?
The term "assisted living" is simply a marketing term. It is not defined in any Michigan law or regulation. Its origin relates to efforts to market alternatives to institutional living arrangements. For example, the term "assisted living" is typically used to identify alternatives to traditional institutional long term care settings such as nursing homes, state psychiatric hospitals and other similar facilities. The term is used broadly. It is often used interchangeably with other terms such as independent living, senior housing, retirement community, housing with services establishments and more. It can be confusing to providers and consumers.
Because assisted living is used so loosely and is not defined by any state law or regulation, it means different things to different people. For some, assisted living means a large apartment building in which senior citizens receive a variety of supports and services such as meals, transportation and laundry. For others, it may reflect a living arrangement in which three adult females with developmental disabilities share a single family dwelling licensed as an adult foster care group home. Others may associate assisted living with settings offering very extensive services to frail elderly persons in need of 24-hour supervision and protection as well as assistance with medications, bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring in and out of bed and much more.
Existing assisted living providers and companies entering the field struggle to understand all of the possible variations and how they relate to the various state licensing standards. The models vary greatly depending on the needs of persons served, the number of persons served, physical plant characteristics, the relationship between the landlord and the entity providing care, and the level and intensity of the services provided. Some models must be licensed. Some do not need a license. In some cases it is not an easy distinction to make.
Who Lives in Assisted Living?
More than 45,000 adult persons of all ages live in more than 5,000 state licensed assisted living settings across Michigan. Thousands more live in a variety of unlicensed settings.
Pursuant to Michigan law, the licensed settings have a program statement that defines, in great detail, the eligibility criteria used for admission and the types of services provided. The program statement defines the population served as well as the array of available services. Persons that typically reside in assisted living in Michigan are:
- Person who are elderly
- Persons with dementia and/or Alzheimer's related conditions
- Persons with developmental disabilities
- Persons with psychiatric disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with traumatic brain injuries
How is assisted living regulated in Michigan?
In Michigan, the Department of Human Services (DHS), Bureau of Child and Adult Licensing (BCAL) is charged with the responsibility for licensing and monitoring assisted living facilities that provide a combination of housing and services that require licensure. The BCAL central office is located at 7109 W. Saginaw, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 30650, Lansing, MI 48909-8150, phone: 517-335-6124. Information about BCAL and its standards can also be obtained at www.michigan.gov/afchfa.
There are two types of licensed facilities in Michigan. They are adult foster care (AFC) homes and homes for the aged (HFAs).
Adult Foster Care Homes
Adult foster care homes are licensed by BCAL pursuant to the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act, Public Act 218 of 1979. Under Michigan law, an adult foster care facility is defined as a:
Governmental or nongovernmental establishment that provides foster care to adults. Adult foster care facility includes facilities and foster care family homes for adults who are aged, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or physically handicapped who require supervision on an ongoing basis but who do not require continuous nursing care. MCL 400.703(4)
The definition of foster care is a key component of the statutory provision. "Foster care" means:
The provision of supervision, personal care, and protection in addition to room and board, for 24 hours a day, 5 or more days a week, and for 2 or more consecutive weeks for compensation. MCL 400.704(6)
Similarly, the definitions of "personal care," "protection" and "supervision" must be observed:
"Personal care" means personal assistance provided by the licensee or an agent or employee of the licensee to a resident who requires assistance with dressing, personal hygiene, grooming, maintenance of a medication schedule as directed and supervised by the resident's physician, or the development of those personal and social skills required to live in the least restrictive environment. MCL 400.706(1)
"Protection" means the continual responsibility of the licensee to take reasonable action to insure the health, safety, and well-being of a resident, including protection from physical harm, humiliation, intimidation, and social, moral, financial and personal exploitation while on the premises, while under the supervision of the licensee or an agent or employee of the licensee, or when the resident's assessment plan states that the resident needs continuous supervision. MCL 400.706(4)
"Supervision" means guidance of a resident in the activities of daily living, including all of the following:
- Reminding a resident to maintain his or her medication schedule, as directed by the resident's physician.
- Reminding a resident of important activities to be carried out.
- Assisting a resident in keeping appointments.
- Being aware of a resident's general whereabouts even though the resident may travel independently about the community. MCL 400.707(7)
In summary, if all of the following services are provided 24 hours per day, 5 or more days per week for 2 or more consecutive weeks, the facility must be licensed as an adult foster care home:
- room and board
- supervision
- personal care and
- protection
When interpreting and enforcing this statutory basis, BCAL insists on licensure where all of the services are provided by a single entity. When more than one legal entity is involved, licensure may not be required. For example, if ABC, Inc. provides all of the above referenced items other than personal care but the residents contract with a separate legal entity such as XYZ Home Health Care, Inc. for personal care, the setting may not require licensure.
There are four types of adult foster care homes:
- Family homes for 1 to 6 persons: The licensee (the individual who has legal responsibility for the home) is generally the primary caregiver and lives in the home. This is the only category where the licensee is required to live in the home. These homes are typically single family dwellings in residential neighborhoods or rural areas. The homes generally provide private or semi-private bedrooms, semi-private bathrooms and family style common areas for social, dining and recreational activities.
- Small group homes for 1 to 6 persons: The licensee may be an individual, partnership, corporation or limited liability company. Staffing is provided on a 24-hour basis by the licensee and/or qualified staff. These homes typically are also single family residences as described above.
- Small group homes for 7 to 12 persons: These larger homes vary greatly in design and accommodations. Many are large single family residences while some are uniquely designed multi-occupancy buildings with private suites or apartment-style living arrangements.
- Large group homes for 13 to 20 persons: These homes tend to have the greatest number of variations in floor plan and accommodations. A growing number of them offer studios or private apartment-like units. Sometimes the units have kitchen efficiencies and private living areas. Some facilities are part of a community of several large group homes located on one piece of property. For example, some developments have "twin twenties" on one parcel of land. This means that two or more homes licensed for 20 or more are located on one piece of property.
These facilities typically serve the elderly, while retaining a home-like environment. For example, one building on the site may serve a more independent older population, while another addresses the needs of individuals with Alzheimer's or the frail elderly. This approach facilitates the compatibility of residents and the availability of specialty services.
To locate AFC homes in your area, there is a facility "look up" tool at www.michigan.gov/afchfa.
Licensed Homes for the Aged
Again, BCAL also licenses homes for the aged. The statutory authority is the Michigan Public Health Code MCL 333.20106. Size is the single most distinguishing characteristic of a home for the aged in contrast to an adult foster care home. A home for the aged is an assisted living program that serves individuals 60 years of age or older in a setting serving 21 persons or more. (The facility may be smaller only if it is attached to a nursing home.) Younger persons may be admitted to an HFA with BCAL advance approval. There are more than 180 licensed homes for the aged statewide.
Pursuant to state law a home for the aged is a:
Supervised personal care facility, other than a hotel, adult foster care facility, hospital, nursing home, or county medical care facility that provides room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated nontransient individuals 60 years of age or older. Home for the aged includes a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer individuals 60 years of age or older if the facility is operated in conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home. MCL 333.20106(3)
In reviewing the HFA statute it is important to note the following definitions developd through administrative rules:
"Activities of daily living" means activities associated with eating, toileting, bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, mobility and medication management. R 325.1901(2)
"Assistance" means help provided by a home or an agent or employee of a home to a resident who requires help with activities of daily living. R325.901(4)
"Medication management" means assistance with the administration of a resident's medication as prescribed by a licensed health care professional. R325.1901(14)
"Room and board" means the provision of housing and meals to meet the needs of the resident. R325.1901(20)
"Supervised personal care" means guidance of or assistance with activities of daily living. R325.1901(22)
"Supervision" means guidance of a resident in the activities of daily living, and includes all of the following:
- Reminding a resident to maintain his or her medication schedule in accordance with the instructions of the resident's licensed health care professional as authorized by R333.17708.
- Reminding a resident of important activities to be carried out.
- Assisting a resident in keeping appointments.
- Being aware of a resident's general whereabouts as indicated in the resident's service plan, even though the resident may travel independently about the community.
- Supporting a resident's personal and social skills. R325.1901(23)
Homes for the aged range in design from shared rooms to private bedrooms to suites to fully appointed apartments. To locate HFAs in your area there is a facility "look up" tool at www.michigan.gov/afchfa.
BCAL strictly interprets and enforces the provisions of the Public Health Code that govern homes for the aged. In summary, a home for the aged license is required when room, board and supervised personal care is provided to 21 or more unrelated nontransient individuals, 60 years of age or older. Unlike adult foster care, the HFA statute has no requirements regarding the length of time care is provided.
Licensing Rules
The state of Michigan has promulgated administrative rules that govern adult foster care homes and homes for the aged. These administrative rules are commonly also referred to as licensing rules and can be located at www.michigan.gov/afchfa.
The licensing rules interpret the licensing statutes mentioned earlier. The rules provide, in great detail, the licensee's obligations relating to many aspects of overall operations such as:
- Administrator and staff training, competencies, qualifications and good moral character, as well as personnel policies.
- Physical plant characteristics such as the availability of bathrooms, bathing facilities, common areas, laundry facilities, kitchen/cooking facilities, bedroom square footage and much more.
- Admission and discharge policies and procedures as well as resident care agreements (leases and service contracts).
- Financial and administrative capabilities.
- Emergency preparedness.
- Environment, health and building maintenance.
How Are HFA and AFC Licensees and Staff Screened for Good Moral Character?
Under Michigan law, persons hired in positions with regular direct access to consumers or their property, financial information, medical records, treatment information, or any other identifying information are subject to an extensive background check law since April 2006. The background check includes fingerprinting, state police record checks and the review of various registries to determine whether an individual has been convicted of a crime that makes him or her unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults.
The criminal background check law governing AFC homes is P.A. 29 of 2006 MCL 400.701. The law governing HFA homes is P.A. 28 of 2006 MCL 333.20106. Both can be located at www.legislature.mi.gov.
Can BCAL Inspect Unlicensed Facilities?
BCAL has the statutory authority to inspect unlicensed settings to determine whether they should be licensed. BCAL exercises this right on a regular basis. BCAL works closely with other agencies such as Adult Protective Services in an effort to protect vulnerable adults statewide.
If BCAL inspects an unlicensed facility after receiving a complaint or scheduling a more random review, BCAL has extensive policies and procedures that govern the inspection process. If it is determined that a facility should be licensed, BCAL staff informs the operator of its findings and conclusions. BCAL further informs the operator of the statutory and administrative rule requirements. The operator is officially advised to cease providing care immediately or apply for a license within 30 days.
If the operator continues to operate and does not apply for a license within 30 days, BCAL will take official action including involvement of the State Attorney General's Office and/or removal of the residents.
Where can I get more information?
For more information please contact:
Michigan Assisted Living Association
15441 Middlebelt Road
Livonia, MI 48154
Phone: 734.525.0831
Toll Free: 800.482.0118
Fax: 734.525.2453
Website: www.miassistedliving.org
Michigan Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48090
Phone: 517.373.2035
Fax: 517.335.6101
Website: www.michigan.gov/afchfa


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Have a piece of history by purchasing one of Tradition's G-bugles!
Tradition has made the leap to Bb horns, and we need to make room for them by selling our beloved G-bugles. All the instruments have been loved and are in playing condition. Most of them have a great history going back decades! Buy a piece of history today!
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This site was part of some new build student accommodation projects that are being built in Edinburgh. We were asked by a large contractor to clean this site and another site (See post below). This site only required a light rinse-down of all brickwork, but alongside those works, we were asked to carry out a deep clean to all window frames to remove any mortar, mastic & stickers. We removed any staining on the frames by hand, then we used our Pure Water Fed Pole window cleaning system to safely and effectively clean all the glass from the ground. Leaving the windows gleaming!
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Bavaria 47 OCEAN, construido en el año 2000, muy cuidado, con pocas horas de motor y un equipamiento completo, tiene dos Atlánticos.
Center cokpit de Bavaria en muy buen estado, gran oportunidad.
Winning lines, outstanding quality, and exceptional value distinguish the Bavaria 47 Ocean. Designed by J&J Design and built by Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH in Northern Bavaria, high residual values are guaranteed. The Bavaria 47 Ocean is constructed with a sandwich laminate, a technology used with aircraft and icebreaking boats. This laminate of water repellent and closed-pore foam increases the durability of the shell while decreasing heat conductivity, thus preventing condensation and making the living climate more pleasant. As well, Kevlar fabric is worked into the collision endangered forebody, and a coat of isophthalic acid resin combined with powder-bounded glass mat prevents osmosis and keeps the laminate watertight. Bavaria builds according to the specifications and supervision of Germanischer Lloyd.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Walter Logeman says "it all started with a Tablet PC." Pretty impressive start and a pretty impressive challenge. Walter loves to sketch and has challenged himself to create 1000 sketches in a year. He's selling a link per sketch (think sponsorship) and hopes he can sell prints of some of the sketches. Here's a taste.
Here's the link for you to check out his sketches so far and here's the link to his blog chronicling the process.


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We receive requests from clients where we send a first round of samples. The customer evaluates these samples and comes back with remarks of how to adjust the samples to get them closer to what (s)he is looking for. We send another round of samples until we get to the desired result. This costs – relatively – a lot of time and money (shipping costs). We found that it works really efficient and pleasant when a customer comes over for a day or two to work together on the development of a new product or matching of an existing product. That way we can make the adjustments while the customer is here and taste the product right after. At the same time there is time in between the tasting sessions to have tour around our factories, visit local Dutch supermarkets for market research and inspiration. During dinner and/or lunch together we get a better understanding of each other's business, products and markets. This is a very efficient and pleasant way of working. It has occurred that thanks to this way of working the client had a new product on the shelf within six weeks!


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Publication: 26th April/8th May 2012/Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR.
"Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.
Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything."
Review. The review is short because I do not want to give too much away at this early time.
Firstly, I want to say that I love the cover of Struck. I think it is ever so beautiful. The lightning on the book is so addictive to look at like it is for Mia to be struck by.
Mia is not an average teenager, the Lichtenberg figures that are all over body will tell you that. Mia, for me, was an impressive character. Although, she may not have any real friends, she should. She is sweet and compassionate and a little bit serious, but not in a bad way. She is also very mature, taking care of her disturbed mother and younger brother. They are put before anything else for Mia and play an interesting role in the novel.
Struck was definitely not what I expected. The blurb talks a lot about the lightning and storm which I believed would be the core of the story but it was not. Oh, it definitely was a main aspect of the story but other aspect is not in the blurb and that is what? Religion. Now, I do not want to scare anyone with using the word religion, I know it can be strenuous reading books based around religion but do not fret, Struck is different. Bosworth's has created an interesting religious sect and a not so religious sect both vying for Mia's attention and are willing to do just about anything to have her. But Mia? She is vying for the gorgeous Jeremy's attention.
Bosworth's imagery throughout was beautiful and vivid. She has created a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles that is both so interesting and terrifying. Terrifying because it makes me think, will the world turn like that is Global Warming continues?
Final Thought.
Struck is a completely unique novel that does not really fall under any genre that I advise you read.


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The Infiniti QX50 model is in the class of a luxurious crossover with the body style of a 4-door compact executive sedan and it is produced by Nissan's Infiniti brand since 2013. The 2016 Infiniti QX50 will have a stylish look and it will be redesigned to it give a sporty attractive appearance. It is expected to undergo a complete upgrade on both its interiors and exteriors and Nissan will base this car on the EX-37 model of 2013. Critics are excited about the new interiors which are thought to be more spacious and luxurious making it comfortable when on the drive.
2016 Infiniti QX50 Interior and Exterior Redesign
The interiors of the 2016 Infiniti QX50 will be made from high quality materials with some wooden elements. It will come with a large dashboard carrying a large LCD screen that is fitted with the infotainment system. This car will also be fitted with a climate control system for temperature regulation inside the car. White light will be use for illuminating the interior of the car while there will also be a moon roof that will be created by just pressing a button. The 2016 model will be spacious enough as it will have adjustable seats thus creating more space and seats will be made from high quality leather. Other expected features include: A hydraulic power steering, Bose audio system, blue-tooth, aluminum roof rails, a navigation system, several safety features such as a dusk sensing headlamp, among many others.
The new model is expected to have an eye catching appearance since the car paint uses a fluid finish technology that makes it very attractive. Carbon fiber will be the main material used for it construction. The front side of the car will have a new look since there will be a new redesigned small rectangular grille with the longer sides having an elliptical shape. The headlights will be L-shaped. This car will have a sporty design that is emphasized by a spoiler located on the upper rear end of the roof extension. It will have two exhaust pipers located on each end of its rear side.
2016 Infiniti QX50 Engine Specs
This car will be powered by a 3.7-liter V6 engine that is able to generate about 328 horsepower with a 269-Lb-ft of torque. It will be accompanied by an electronically controlled 7-speed automatic transmission with an option for a manual mode. The car has a fantastic speed control and it would be good even on a long distance drive. The fuel consumption rate will be ideal for such a car as it is thought to be about 17-mpg while on city roads and 25-mpg while on highways.
2016 Infiniti QX50 Release Date, Price and Competitors
The 2016 Infiniti QX50 is expected to receive tough competition from the Lexus RX-350, Acura RDX, BMW X3. The starting price is thought to be around $25,000 and though the exact release date is not yet specific, this car should be out by mid of 2015 or towards the end of the year.


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Question about Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S500 Digital Camera
The lens keep extending in and out and then stops and there is a message that instucts to turn off and on., but the same thing happens again
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Hi. I had exactly the same problem with my Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W7. The problem started after while lense was fully open, the battery became 100% empty. I did not have access to new batteries and did not have my charger with me so I put the camera on my car seat and went home. After charging the batteries, I turned the camera Off and the lense retracted 100%. Later on I tried to transfer some pictures to my PC. After connecting the camera to my PC with the dial in the P position and lense fully open I turned the dial to play in order to transfer photos. After transferring the pictures, I turned the camera off and disconnected from the computer.
I turn the camera on to take new pictures next day, The lense would go up, and and turn with lense fully open. It would never close. The screen was black with a message "Turn the camera on and off again". I tried 30 times or more and the same thing would happen again.
Here is what I did to fix my camera and it has been working normally since then.
1- I cleaned around the outside of the lense with lent free cloth
2- I used dust OFF to get raid of the remaining small dust particles from around the lense.
3- While turning the camera off, I pushed (down, up and turn) the lense in (NOT TOO Hard) by my hand. If you push the lense too hard, you may damage the mechanicall moving parts of the lense.
4- After a few tries, the lense retracted 90% +. I then pushed the lense a little harder all the way in, the way it normall retracts. The lense cover also closed 100%.
5- I turned the Camera on and off a few times. It was opening and closing exactly the way it used to. My Cybershot has been working okay since then.
I read a lot and here is what cause my lense to malfunction.
While lense was fully open and battery died, some small particles got on the lense and prevented lense from fully opening or closing.
In summery: two things could have caused your camera lense to malfunction.
1- if you had dropped your camera hard, some mechanical parts may have got damaged or dislocated. In this case you have to open the lense and replace the damaged part, clean and put it back on the camera. This is too risky for most ordinary people. You would most likely make it WORST.
2- If you did not drop it, most likly, some how some small dust particles got on the outside of the lense and they prevent the lense or the lense cover from fully opening and closing. If this is your case, please follow exactly what I did and your camera would be back to normal.
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Black Cloud is the first film written and directed by veteran actor Rick Schroder. Inspired by Navajo boxer Lowell Bahe's ambition to fight in the 2008 Olympics, Schroder developed his script about a Navajo man competing to place on the Olympic boxing team. Schroder first became passionate about boxing while filming The Champ, for which he won a 1979 Golden Globe for New Star of the Year. Schroder is best known for his lead roles on the television series NYPD Blue and Silver Spoons. Schroder lives in the Phoenix Valley in Arizona, and was born on Staten Island in New York.
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"I created Black Cloud to give the Indian youth a hero of their own. Through imagination and faith, the locks and walls around each of us can crumble—which can lead us to dare to accomplish. Within each of us are amazing possibilities."
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Influenced by my Sri Lankan and Chinese roots, tea time has always been an important ritual in my life. To me, tea can be both an intimate and communal experience, meant to be cherished and shared with friends and strangers alike.
On my journey of drinking and spreading the love of tea, I have encountered many who found the traditional tea ritual too complex, daunting, or time-consuming. With this in mind, and with the pure desire to bring a healthy & collective tea experience into people's everyday lives, my idea for a line of dissolvable, shaped organic teas was born. Each tea blend is handcrafted and incorporates the finest organic teas, spices, and earth derived sweetners to create an unforgetable tea experience.
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Without getting overly technical, a computer virus is simply a chunk of code that attaches itself to a document or program. After the program is run, the virus begins to do its thing. Some viruses are downright destructive and will destroy your files and possibly damage your hard drive.
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Danish marine energy developer Floating Power Plant has teamed up with engineering outfit Ocean Power & Energy Services.
The companies have entered into a design, engineering and technology development agreement as FPP gears up for three potential commercial arrays across Europe.
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"The partnership gives FPP the opportunity to draw on OPES's market leading knowledge within design of safe, stable, and cost efficient floating marine structures and mooring systems from the oil & gas industry," said the Danes.
FPP has been grid testing its combined wind and wave power solution off Denmark for a number of years.
"The partnership will bring significant value to FPP's technology design and value proposition of low cost of energy and easy accessibility for operation and maintenance activities," said chief executive Anders Køhler.
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Mark Lanegan, the former Screaming Trees frontman and current avatar of world-weary whiskey-dipped badassery, is effectively a part-time member of Queens Of The Stone Age; …Like Clockwork, the new QOTSA album, is the fifth of the band's albums to feature Lanegan's vocals. (Lanegan also toured with the band for a few years.) And in a recent session for the French radio station OuiFM, Queens frontman Josh Homme found another way to express his admiration for Lanegan: Covering "100 Days," a song from Lanegan's 2004 album Bubblegum. The QOTSA album is a fine example of acoustic tough-guy stoner-rock. Listen to it below.
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An 'eBook' momentPosted: June 20, 2016 Filed under: eBook, eBooks Leave a comment
Today, one of those 'just in time' moments happened in our school library when the student and the book were connected and technology shone.
In this case a student came in to the library duting a class visit wanting a book that was promoted recently during a visit from Bob Docherty of 'Bob's Books', who is the author of one of the best children's book review blogs around. Neither the student nor I could remember the name of the book he tried to describe but we quickly found it on Bob's blog.
I was purchasing books from Wheelers at the time so decided to add the print title to my order. I noticed an EPUB copy was also available so added that in as well.
Now you may be thinking 'so what'. Well that student moved off, logged in to our Wheelers ePlatform on a library Chrome Book and within a few minutes was happily reading the eBook copy of 'Albie Bright' I had just purchased. No downloading necessary, no software required, no need to wait, just reading in the browser. Super fast result.
That, to me, is a successful and satisfying result. The print version will arrive eventually but what a great way to encourage students to read eBooks by providing them with just what they want just at the right time.
Imagistory: wordless story booksPosted: July 20, 2014 Filed under: eBook, eBooks, iPad Apps, NZ, Primary | Tags: AppBooks, Imagistory, Imagistory Publishing Ltd, iPads Leave a comment
Bring your child's imagination to life with imagistory! A creative storytelling app that encourages anyone to be the storyteller, no matter what your age or language.
Designed for children aged 3 and up, the idea behind the app is simple, using wordless picture books it's up to you and your child to use your imaginations to create a story with the pictures. The stories you create are recorded and saved so you can listen to them again later and share them with loved ones.
Imagistory provides an entirely new reading experience, not only is it very fun and easy to use, it's also highly educational! Helping foster creativity, imagination and to develop language and early literacy skills.
The open nature of wordless picture books gives them a huge variety of potential uses, making them great tools for the class room too.
Kids have the wildest imaginations and are already natural storytellers, so help them discover this and unleash their storytelling potential.
This is a truly beautiful app which is a worthy addition to every family, pre-school and primary school device. Designed and developed in NZ this is a quality production with easy navigation and includes a parental guide to the use of wordless picture books for extending children's vocabulary and imagination. I shared the first story with a class of six-year-olds and their teacher via Apple TV to a big screen. The children created their own dialogue for the story which we recorded and played back. The children loved hearing themselves. It's quite a challenge making up a story and the guide with this app is very useful. The option to pause when recording enables teachers or parents to offer guidance without interfering with the children's dialogue. Highly recommended by myself and Room 5.


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Hono AVB Controller
The Hono AVB Controller is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application intended for use with AudioScience products combined with other 3rd party AVB devices. The controller provides configuration and routing of IEEE 1722 audio stream formats using the IEEE 1722.1 AVDECC protocol. It supports AudioScience AVB devices with IEEE 1722.1 dynamic stream mappings, allowing individual channels to be selected from incoming streams and routed to outgoing streams.
Hono AVB Controller is built upon the foundation of avdecc-lib, an open source AVB controller library. Avdecc-lib is part of the AVnu OpenAVB effort, an open source project for AVnu software, drivers and building blocks.
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I thought It's gonna be a smooth sail once the site has launched but apparently I learnt the hard way that it's a nightmare to get your site showed on SERP.
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I would appreciate it very much if fellow learners or teachers can visit my site and throws me any feedback, ideas, or advices on how I can improve my sites from any angles, be it: design, content, keywords, etc.
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It is with profound sorrow that the family of David Gumpper announces his passing early on the morning of January 8th, 2016. David, aged 74, died in his home after an almost two- year struggle to overcome the effects of a massive stroke, suffered in February, 2014. By his side to comfort him that night were his son Paul and his wife Barbara. Born June 6, 1941 in Butler, Pennsylvania, David was the son of Alfred Henry Gumpper & Dorothy Crawford Gumpper Sinkevich, and the stepson of Frank Sinkevich. After completing his high school education in 1960, David enrolled at Penn State University, University Park, Pa. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1964, his Master's in Psychology in 1967, and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1970. While completing work on his graduate degrees, he was employed at the university as a Research Assistant by the Institute for Research on Human Resources. There he was involved in several research projects, including a study of high school dropouts in the Pittsburgh area, a study of the problems of retraining the hard core unemployed, and the design of educational programs for imprisoned juveniles. In the fall of 1970, David was hired by the University of Tennessee as Assistant Professor of Psychology. In 1973, he returned to Pennsylvania where he began a twenty-eight year career as an associate, and subsequently fully-tenured, professor of Psychology at East Stroudsburg University. David served as ESU's representative in the state-wide faculty union, (APSCUF), and chaired the Psychology Department for a number of years. In addition to his duties at ESU, David taught courses at Tobyhanna Army Depot, and came full circle when he was hired by one of his former University of Tennessee graduate students as an adjunct professor at Lafayette College. David retired from East Stroudsburg University in 2001, the same year both his daughter and son graduated from ESU. When David didn't have a garden tool or a paint brush in his hand in an attempt to groom his pre-civil war home and property, he read continually, including many hours reading aloud to his young children who were always the priority in his life. Perhaps David's greatest gift was his ability to absorb and impart knowledge. He was a life-long learner and took great joy in teaching, sharing what he learned unselfishly and humbly. In 1978, he co-founded the Growing Concern Montessori School and served for many years as its first director. But the thing he enjoyed most there, was devising and teaching the Elementary Science program. To the children he was "Mr. Science." For David it was his favorite part of the week Surviving David are his wife Barbara whom he married in 1966, his son Paul Gumpper, Paul's wife Molly Belmont, and their sons, Henry and Reece. His daughter Leah preceded him in death. Those who wish to join in a Remembrance and Farewell for David are invited to gather at Stroudsmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania on February 27 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted by the Growing Concern Montessori School in Tannersville, Pennsylvania in honor of David and can be sent to PO Box 828 Tannersville, PA 18372.
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It is an intense weekend of in-depth and practical evangelism training. Classes will equip students with skills to share the Good News with their friends, as well as increase their knowledge of mission works at home and abroad. Elective classes will give young people the opportunity to learn about areas of evangelism most pertinent to their lives.
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It's that time again. I'm giving y'all full access to my Kindle. Take a look at what I've downloaded in the last month. Some of these items I bought, some were on free promotion, and one of them I won! I told you guys that stalking authors on Facebook pays off. Don't sleep on "liking" author pages! Anyway, check these books out. If you see something you like, add it to your Amazon or Goodreads wish list.
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Title: What God Has For Me (Love at the Crossroads Book 4) *Note: This book is the 4th in a series
Author: Pat Simmons
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, African-American, Christian
Book Description: Halcyon Holland is leaving her live-in boyfriend, taking their daughter and the baby in her belly with her. She's tired of waiting for the ring, so she buys herself one. When her ex doesn't reconcile their relationship, Halcyon begins to second-guess whether or not she compromised her chance for a happily ever after. After all, what man in his right mind would want to deal with the community stigma of 'baby mama drama?' But Zachary Bishop has had his eye on Halcyon since the first time he saw her. Without a ring on her finger, Zachary prays that she will come to her senses and not only leave Scott, but come back to God. What one man doesn't cherish, Zach is ready to treasure. Not deterred by Halcyon's broken spirit, Zachary is on a mission to offer her a second chance at love that she can't refuse. And as far as her adorable children are concerned, Zachary's love is unconditional for a ready-made family. Halcyon will soon learn that her past circumstances won't hinder the Lord's blessings, because what God has for her, is for her…and him…and the children.
Title: Sifting Through Mud
Author: Demetria Foster Gray
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Description: The death of Nyla's husband comes as a shock to everyone except Nyla. What's shocking to Nyla is her inability to grieve his death like a typical loving wife should grieve. But Nyla isn't a typical loving wife. She's a woman in desperate need to breathe. The oxygen in her life has long gone, and the astonishing thing she feels from her husband's death is relief, not grief.
Even more astonishing is the rare and unexpected friendship which develops between Nyla and her dead husband's mistress. However, Nyla isn't aware her new best friend is a former mistress. And as their friendship deepens into an unshakable bond, Nyla is forced to face secrets her husband took with him to his grave. This means she has to sift through mud to unravel the truth. A truth that's better off dead. Yet through it all, the one thing which makes Nyla violently breathless, is the exact same thing that causes her to finally breathe.
Title: The New Mrs. Collins
Author: Quanie Miller
Genre: Paranormal Fiction
Book Description: In the small town of Carolville, Louisiana, no one knows that Adira Collins inherited mystic powers from her great-grandmother. All they know is that she's beautiful, poised, graceful, and ruthless—especially when it comes to love. And no one knows that more than Leena Williams, who was all set to marry the man of her dreams until Adira swooped into town and stole the man's heart.
Being left at the altar is bad enough, but Leena and her ex share custody of their son, so she has to see the new Mrs. Collins on a regular basis.
And it burns every time she does.
But soon, Leena starts to suspect that there is more to Adira Collins than meets the eye. And it's not because she owns some kinky lingerie shop or allegedly insulted the pastor's wife—it's the strange way she can make a door close without touching it, or take one look at something and make it drop dead at her feet.
Leena starts digging for answers and soon discovers that, unlike her public persona, Adira's true nature is somewhere on the other side of grace. She also learns, a little too late, that some secrets are better left buried.
Title: Kiss A Cowboy (Kiss A Cowboy Series Book One) *Note: This book is the 1st in a series.
Author: Deanna Lynn Sletten
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Fiction
Book Description: Sometimes fate steps in and changes everything…
Andi Stevens drives away from her home town of Seattle and says goodbye to her sister to begin a new life with her fiancé in Buffalo, New York. When her car breaks down in the mountains of Montana, she reluctantly knocks on the door of a cabin for help. What she finds is Luke Brennan, the most handsome man she's ever met, who appears annoyed by her bothering him and is also downright rude. He takes her up to the main ranch house where his mother welcomes her warmly, opening their home to her for as long as she needs to stay. Andi quickly falls in love with the ranch and its occupants, and the beauty of Montana. And no matter how hard they fight it, she and the brooding cowboy form a bond that becomes stronger by the day. Andi soon finds herself struggling with her promise to marry one man and the attraction she feels for another.
Luke Brennan isn't interested in having his heart-broken again. He's loved and lost once, and he's hardened his heart against ever falling in love again. But when a beautiful woman with the most tantalizing green eyes shows up at his door one night, he is taken by surprise. As hard as he tries to stay away from Andi, he finds himself drawn to her time and time again. But she's a city girl, and engaged to another man. She's off-limits. Yet, he finds his heart slowly giving itself away to this woman. Should he bet against all odds and tell her how he feels before it's too late?
Does fate hold all the cards for the cowboy and the city girl, or will they choose their own destinies?
(Please Note: This is a Contemporary Romance novel and does contain tastefully written sexual content.)
I've had the pleasure of featuring two of the authors on this list! Check out and excerpt from The New Mrs. Collins here and Deanna Lynn Sletten's Author Spotlight interview here.
I hope you found something you'll enjoy while curling up with a blanket and a book this winter! What're are you currently reading?


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Wales' Chloe Tutton produced a three-second personal best to secure 200m British breaststroke gold and put herself into Olympic contention.
Tutton, 19, stormed to victory on the second night of the British Championships in a British record of two minutes 22.34 seconds.
"It couldn't have gone any better at all," she told BBC Sport.
There were also wins for Georgia Davies and Chris Walker-Hebborn in their respective 100m backstroke events.
Adam Mallett was the surprise victor in the 200m butterfly final.
Tutton had qualified for the 200m breaststroke final with the second-quickest time, with rival and favourite Molly Renshaw expected to claim the title.
But the Cardiff-based swimmer impressed throughout and moved clear of Renshaw in the closing stages, missing out on automatic Olympic qualification by just 0.26 seconds.
"I didn't expect [to swim so quickly]," she said.
"I've trained so hard and have struggled with a lack of self-confidence, but I beat it."
Tutton added: "It's my dream to go to the Olympics and I would love to make the team, but it isn't in my hands."
She will now await the decision of Team GB selectors, who are due to announce their choices later this month.
Commonwealth backstroke champion Walker-Hebborn will also be sweating on his place after missing his qualification target.
With a medley relay place up for grabs, he should be picked for Rio – with runner-up Liam Tancock also in contention – but believes he needs to improve.
"I'm a bit disappointed with the time," said Walker-Hebborn, after finishing in 53.73secs.
"I am not one for excuses, but I had a few issues before trials and if I'm firing on all cylinders I know [faster times are] there."
Davies too missed out on her target time of 59.05secs but was pleased with a 59.64, which put her ahead of rival Lizzie Simmonds.
"I am so pleased," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I was really disappointed with trials last year [which saw her miss the World Championships], but it fuelled me to get more hungry in training.
"I hope it's enough for Rio."
Mallett's first British title was an impressive achievement, but with his winning time four seconds slower than the Rio qualification mark, his best chance of making the Games will come in the 100m butterfly event later in the week.
"Being the British champion was something I wanted to achieve," said the 26-year-old.
"I want to start making senior international teams and keep moving forward and one day win medals."
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Prep: 5 Mins
Ortega Chiles with Garlic & Oil
- 2 cans (7-oz.) ORTEGA Whole Green Chiles, cut into strips
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves large garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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Kim Campbell on panel about American Exceptionalism on Real Time with Bill Maher. She defends Canada, of course.
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I keep hearing politically active people, women included, say No to the suggestion of quotas for women candidates. Why are they considered so terrible?
Quotas are one of the key ways that most of the world's leading democracies -- and many smaller ones -- have so many more elected women than we have in Canada, the USA and the UK (Canada is ranked 48th in the world for percentage of elected women). From Sweden to Belgium, Germany and Spain and from Rwanda to South Africa and Peru, quotas for women candidates are used to great success.
Some say that women who get in because of quotas won't be respected. In 2005, the Labour Party in the UK had Women-Only Short Lists for candidates in some ridings. A few years later, no one remembered which MP's were from those quota ridings and which weren't -- there was no discrimination.
We Canadians use quotas all the time: geographical quotes. This ensures no one region dominates in government. But men still dominate politics for many reasons, so we need gender quotas until the barriers to women are gone.
Some barriers?
1. party elites prefer to choose men candidates
2. the high cost of campaigning (women still earn only 70% as much as men)
3. politics is time-consuming and not family friendly, which puts off more women than men (as society still expects women to do the majority of housework, childcare and eldercare)
4. the aggressive nature of politics puts off more women than men
5. media sexism
For info on quotas for women:
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
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The reason why I'm putting my activist energy into getting more women elected is that until women gain fair representation in government, we won't achieve social or economic equality. So much of what controls us is laws and policies.
About 80% of our lawmakers (in Canada, the US and UK) are men. Actually, when you consider that only those in top positions, such as premiers, PM's, presidents, heads of parties and committees, who get to make decisions, then it's close to 100% men. Until women have an equal say in government, we won't make quick headway in things like pay equity and domestic violence.
For example, the judiciary is appointed, in Canada (and I'm no expert) by premiers and PM's. They take advice from others but they get the final say usually.
So we have male political leaders appointing mainly other men to sit in judgment of still others who might have threatened to kill their ex-girlfriends or beaten up their wives. No wonder we see precedents in law set from a male perspective.
To see if my suspicions were correct, I clipped out newspaper articles in New Brunswick about sentencing for various crimes with and without a gender slant. Here's what I found:
1. A man stole an ATV: 3 months in jail.
A man punched and kneed his wife in the head: 1 month, served on weekends.
2. The same man who stole the ATV first broke into (it said "entered", so maybe it was unlocked) a stranger?s house to steal the car keys: 12 months.
With a baseball bat, a man beat his way into his ex-girlfriend?s house to push and punch her and to smash her walls and dishes: 8 months.
3. A man was convicted of drug trafficking. He was found with 26 ecstasy pills in his pocket: 4 months in jail.
Another man was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend by punching her in the face. No jail time. Just a conditional sentence.
4. A woman committed robbery with a syringe: 3 years in prison.
A 48-y-old man got a 15-y-old girl drunk then had intercourse with her after she passed out. Later the girl suspected what had happened, there was an investigation and he confessed. 1 year house arrest.
That's rape, right? Sex without permission. One year of having to stay in your house is the punishment here. I doubt New Brunswick is any different from most places in North America and the UK.
We have centuries of precedents in law set from a male perspective. It seems that we punish minor crimes against property more harshly than minor violence against people, and crimes against strangers more harshly than crimes against family members. Am I wrong in this? But I've never heard anyone talk about it ? let alone complain.
If anyone has knowledge about sentencing comparisons, I'd love to know whether my conclusions are wrong. I'm about to promote a documentary that gives these examples and states the conclusions. If I'm wrong, I'd like to know now.
I'm not passing judgment (ha!) on male judges. And I imagine most women judges follow the precedents fairly closely because if they don't, the case goes to appeal, right? But if women had always been half the judges, then the relative harshness of sentencing would be much more in line with women's points of view. To me, crimes against partners and your own kids should be treated at least as harshly as crimes against strangers. And crimes of sexual assault should be punished much more harshly than crimes against property or minor drug trafficking.
And won't having half our judges be women slowly make a difference, as slightly longer and longer sentences are given for these offenses?
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Who wants to help in the movement to gain political equality for women in Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom?
Have you noticed how few women we elect to office? Canada has 22% women in Parliament, the UK 19.5% and the USA only 17% women in Congress. Yuk. Meanwhile, Germany has 32% elected women, Spain has 36%, Argentina 40%, the Scandinavian countries are all high, with Sweden at 47%, and Rwanda has 56%! (So many of their men were killed in the genocide, plus now they use quotas for women, as do most major democracies).
And our real decision-makers -- premiers, prime ministers, the president and VP, heads of parties -- are close to 100% men.
No wonder our democracies do such a lousy job of representing the varied views of women. Not just with obvious issues, such as pay equity, childcare, maternity leave, domestic violence and reproductive rights. Almost every law and policy affects women differently from men, eg. pensions and taxes, Employment Insurance and healthcare, divorce law and education. Anything that affects children and the elderly affects women differently because we're the main ones who look after them.
Until I started researching all this for a documentary I'm just finishing (called Menocracy), I didn't realize that most other major and many smaller democracies have more women elected than we three countries do. Canada is only ranked 46th out of 187 democracies for its percentage of elected women. The UK is 58th and the USA only 70th. That's ironic, considering that England used to boast that it 'spread democracy around the world' (like butter? spread with knives), the USA sees itself as the leader among democracies and we Canadians like to think of ourselves as among the most fair-minded and just people in the world.
How can our democratic systems be fair when over half the population has about 20% representation? There are many systemic reasons for this, but that doesn't mean we should accept it.
Anyone else as ticked off as I am at the dearth of women on city councils on up to state, provincial and national bodies? Women live different lives from men in many ways, and have points of view that many men do not. Yet we have only a tiny say in law-making and the judiciary. We need both genders at decision-making tables.
Should we settle for male domination in politics? I'm not going to any longer. That's why I spent 2 years making this documentary. Now if only I can find a distributor. Universities should buy it, but I'd love to find a broader audience. The trouble is that most men and many women glaze over with boredom at the mere mention of women and politics. I discovered that early on in my research.
Despite that cynicism, I'm hopeful that women are starting to be alerted to our lousy democratic system in bigger numbers. Even the media is printing more articles about the lack of women in office and of the possibility of changing our voting system to catch up to the 21st century.


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The Toy Xylophone application was specially released for children's amusement and also simulates a xylophone, but not a real one, because it is a toy. This application brings you a multicolored xylophone, made from wood as it seems from the video and with the possibility of multitasking (you can touch up to four keys at a time, so for Lumia 900 with its huge display won't be such a big challenge).
Also, the application has a mode that lets you enjoy a song of the xylophone, option included automatically in this app, so that you can teach how to "play" at this instrument, by tapping the display to reproduce the sounds. Also, you can change its tempo, by making it slower or faster, as you or other user wishes.
Now, there are tips that will allow you to learn to play this instrument, so that you can learn its function, even if the application has to wait for you to tap the right key, before you are going to reach the next one, as many other applications do.
App price: Free


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Billions are sort of hard to think about
I've been watching and enjoying the update Cosmos, so I've been bombarded with the inevitable billions that come about when talking on the cosmic, geologic, or atomic scale. The numbers—size of the universe! age of the universe! numbers of stars! numbers of atoms!—are so vast that they're nearly incomprehensible.
Thankfully Neil deGrasse Tyson is quite good at turning gigantic numbers into something you can understand, as he does in this 2011 talk where he discusses exactly how wealthy Bill Gates is.
Am I doing it wrong?
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