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Andrew joins in the newly created role and will be responsible for all matters related to the ethical thought leadership and ethical performance at Epworth.
Epworth Investment Management (Epworth), the UK investment manager dedicated to serving the needs of charities, is pleased to announce that Rev. Andrew Harper has today joined as Head of Ethics. Andrew will be responsible for all matters related to the ethical thought leadership and ethical performance of Epworth and the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church.
From Texas, and ordained in the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Andrew was previously Director of Global & Learning Innovation at Cliff College, a graduate and postgraduate evangelical learning community that forms part of the Methodist Church. As part of his overseas experience managing aid programmes, he has witnessed first-hand the social devastation of modern slavery practised in some tea plantations, an issue Epworth has sought to address through engagement with major UK food manufacturers. Andrew holds postgraduate qualifications in theology from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and will shortly complete his Doctor of Ministry with Wesley University in Nigeria.
Christian ethics have been at the centre of Epworth's investment strategy since its inception, and our consistent application of robust environmental, social, and governance standards has been key to the development of the business. In creating this role, Epworth will be even better positioned to champion the ethical requirements of our clients, while ensuring we remain good stewards of our investors' money through our Christian ethical investment process. Moreover, this outward-facing role will provide further capability to support our external engagement with churches, charities, and wider ethical networks.
David Palmer, Chief Executive, commented:
"We're delighted to be welcoming Andrew to Epworth and the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church. His deep understanding of the theology of investment and practical experience in the field will be invaluable assets to our team and will support the evolution of our ethical understanding, standards and engagement".
Rev. Andrew Harper, Head of Ethics commented:
"Epworth is an ethical investor with an exceptional reputation within faith communities, the charity sector and the wider investment community. The organisation's outsized influence on its holdings and corporate conduct is a testament to the quality of their people and the work they do. I am delighted to be joining the team and building on this excellent foundation."


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Did you know November 17th, 2014 is World Prematurity Day ? This is the perfect time to discuss, get educated and SHARE the details of RSV as Preemie children born 35 weeks or less are more at risk. RSV or Respiratory Syncytial [sin-sish-uhl] Virus is a contagious viral respiratory disease that may infect a person's lungs and breathing passages that spreads as fast and as easy as the flu.
Did You Know:
- RSV is contracted by nearly all children by the age of 2
- It's one of the leading causes of hospitalization for babies during their first years
- Can you believe even though it is so common and has been around for a long time 1 out of 3 Moms have never heard of RSV (we had never heard of it until our son was infected)
- People of any age can get RSV, but later infections are generally less severe
- Preemie born children, elderly and adults with chronic heart & lung disease or with weakened immune systems are more at risk for contracting and having severe case of RSV
RSV spreads fast among children and is very contagious. Most children will catch RSV by the age of 2 yrs old. Typically RSV epidemics occur November thru March, but will vary depending on your location. While common RSV causes mild to moderate cold type symptoms and generally clears up in 1 to 2 weeks, children that were born prematurely (35 weeks or less) whos lungs were not able to fully develop are more susceptible to complications, and are at a higher risk.
Signs and Symptoms of RSV:
Your child will start to get sick about 4-6 days after being infected, with typical mild to moderate COLD symptoms (coughing, sneezing, fever, etc). While most recover within 1-2 weeks, children can still spread the virus for 1-3 weeks. RSV is seasonal like the flu.
Always consult your childs doctor, they will better know your childs risk and If at anytime you notice any of these symptoms Contact Your HealthCare Provider Right Away:
- Coughing or Wheezing that does not subside or go away
- Fast/Troubled Breathing
- A fever (especially if it is greater than 100.4°F in infants under 3 months of age)
- A bluish color around the mouth or fingernails
- Spread-out nostrils and/or a caved-in chest when trying to breathe
- Gasping for breath, or trouble breathing
RSV can become severe and worsen creating issues like Bronchiolitis and Pneumonia. So ALWAYS talk to your doctor to find out if your child is at risk or if you suspect they have RSV. There is NO cure for RSV
Help Prevent RSV:
- Share RSV info with friends and family to help educate them
- Wash your hands thoroughly before touching or picking up your baby or child. Teach your children to wash there hands thoroughly and often (I know easier said then done )
- Clean and disinfect surfaces
- Cover your coughs and teach your children to do the same
- Teach your little ones to avoid touching their face with unwashed hands
- Don't smoke or allow smoking in your home or near your children
- Wash your childrens clothes, toys, linens, counters, faucets and anything else that they have exposure to often (I know, I know also easier said than done)
- Stay away from crowds, young children and others with colds or sickly symptoms
- Consult with your doctor and ask questions regarding the risk to your child
My Experience with RSV:
In 2010 our son (who was 3 at the time) caught RSV we're assuming while at pre-school. He was not a premature birth, but was delivered by C-section. Unfortunately, he acquired a severe case and it turned directly into Pneumonia. We remembered what our pediatrician always told us "In younger children, always watch their demeanor/mood/behavior for signs, not just their symptoms". Sure enough our son who is quite energetic and lively, got very quite almost to a point of lethargy, didn't want to eat or drink. Though we were able to treat his symptoms initially, we took him into the doctors because we were concerned of him becoming dehydrated and his mood was scaring us a bit. His doctor admitted him to the hospital right then and there and advised us he had RSV & Pneumonia.
Scared was an understatement as this, at the time was our first and only child, and to see him placed in Isolation (due to how contagious and easily spread RSV is) and for all visitors to have to gown up from head to toe was unsettling at best. Given this is not the norm with RSV, and was a more severe case. I definitely do not want to scare or bring fear, but instead spread the word and educate. We also found out our son was allergic to Penicillin during that hospital stay, so you could say it was a small nightmare. He recovered and was able to be released about 6 or so days later. He had oxygen at home, a nebulizer with breathing treatments and had to take it easy for a few days otherwise he is your typical healthy young boy. For my husband and I on the other hand, we were a mess! Talk about wanting to put your kids in a bubble before sending them out to school!!! Thanks to our sons pediatrician and the wonderful hospital staff who educated us throughout his treatment we are more confident now on prevention and dealing with RSV. My husband and I both contracted RSV from our son and it was like having an ugly cold. So don't be afraid of RSV Be Informed!! Share the information with other parents.
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Government Can Do More to Encourage Families To Save
Suzanne Potter / California News Service
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Families that are struggling to save money for emergencies, for college and for retirement, could benefit from a few small changes in government programs according to a new policy brief released this week.
The brief, from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is called "Investing in Tomorrow: Helping Families Build Savings and Assets." Beadsie Woo, senior associate with the Casey Foundation, says the federal government should create a universal savings account when each child is born, and seed it with a small amount of money to get families started saving.
"There are commonsense federal policies that can create more opportunities for families to save," says Woo. "And those change the life course for their children. Children whose families can save will do better in school and have stronger outcomes through access to opportunities."
According to the Public Policy Institute of California, more than 40 percent of families in the Golden State live in or near poverty and compared to whites, Latinos are twice as likely to be poor, while African Americans have about one and a half times the poverty rate of whites.
The policy brief says the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program cuts people off if they have too much in savings. The asset limit in California is $2,250. But Woo says the federal government should set a minimum limit of $12,125 which equals three month's wages for a low-income family of four so they can develop a cushion.
"We see that those families are more self-sufficient because they have their own savings to draw on. Over time, the number of people enrolled in benefits decline," says Woo.
The policy brief also recommends the government do a much better job of promoting entry-level retirement accounts called MyRAs and should help more eligible families become homeowners through the federal Family Self-Sufficiency Program.


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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 321-333 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Physiological & Molecular Plant Pathology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 5 |
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Publication status | Published - May 1994 |
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Thursday 7 July 2011
Super Edwin!
16 comments:
Awww super Edwin is super cute!
Great card for a little boy.
Hugs xx - 7 July 2011 at 13:52
- Jill said...
WOW Laurie!
Gorgeous card in such bright colours. LOVE it! How cool that I inspire you to ink up your new stuff! You can't just put them away dusting in your secret, special drawers! Hihi
Now you really brighten my day ;)
Big hugs
Jill - 7 July 2011 at 14:32
- Sue B said...
Wow!! This is SUPER fab Laurie! Boys (or even some men!! LOL) would love this card. Super Edwin is very cool. Perfect colours and layout! Love those shiny stars and the Kaboom, Clunk etc. Genius!! Love it!
Hope you have a lovely day!
Hugs Sue xx - 7 July 2011 at 14:40
- Lisa Jane said...
Hey... you caught me out .. 2 cards in one day!! whats going on??
Am loving Edwin with his pants over his tights! He is def us crafters super hero lol.
I love the stars and the words lol reminds me of 70's tv when i was a kiddo
Lisa xx - 7 July 2011 at 15:08
- brenda said...
A really super card Laurie, that you for sharing with us at Stampalot challenge this month and good luck.
B x - 7 July 2011 at 17:38
- pinky said...
Laurie this is flippin brilliant!! What a cute little image and so beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month.
Pinky - 7 July 2011 at 19:08
- Sally H said...
A Fabulous card! Thanks for sharing with us at Sir stampalot this month and Good Luck!
- 7 July 2011 at 19:53
- Mary J said...
Fantastic, Laurie - your card has put a huge smile on my face! Pure brilliance!
Hope your week has been good honey! - 7 July 2011 at 22:29
- Berry said...
Aww how cute is super Edwin?! Just so fab for little boy cards! Thanks for playing at Divas Laurie! Hugs Rebekah xx
- 8 July 2011 at 00:18
- Debs said...
Hiya Laurie
Lovin this card - Edwin looks Super!
Great design too.
Have a fab day.
Debs xx
p.s drop me your e-mail and I will send deets of cutting image outside matt.
xx - 8 July 2011 at 05:30
- Stampin Mindy said...
AWE! This is adorable. I just adore the new stamps. Such a cute card!
Thanks for joining us at Just Magnolia and hAngler this week!
Hugs, Mindy - 8 July 2011 at 06:21
- debby4000 said...
Gorgeous, adorable card Laurie.
Debby - 8 July 2011 at 08:56
- cheryl said...
oh hun this is just brilliant gosh its amazing hun and so are the colors,great detail hun hugs cheryl xxx
- 8 July 2011 at 09:01
- patriziawithaz said...
Aww! This is a SUPER card Laurie ! So glad I managed to pop over tonight and see what you have been up to xHugsx
- 9 July 2011 at 19:48
- Tracy said...
Thanks for joining Sir Stampalot's challenge with this great entry Laurie, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x - 10 July 2011 at 18:12
- Francesca said...
Fantastic card
thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot challenge this month and good luck!
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Chameleon (http://akvis.com/en/chameleon/index.php) for Mac and
Windows. It adds a Montage mode and improved compatibility with
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In Montage mode, for instance, you can take a rectangular part of the
source image and then use two pencils — red and blue– to roughly
indicate the parts that should appear on the resulting photo collage
— for instance, a figure of a person, and the parts that should
blend away — the rest of the background and irrelevant objects.
The other two modes were available in the earlier version of
Chameleon. In Chameleon mode the plug-in pastes an object into a
picture in such a way that the object adapts to the new color range
and blends with the background, as chameleons do. In this way you can
add clouds to a clear sunset landscape and the clouds will adopt a
red tint. Or you can paste a new nose into a face and the nose will
acquire the complexion of the "receiving" face.
Version 6.0 of Chameleon presents a new Emersion mode, in which
images can be combined to create a seamless photo montage. In
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Akvis Chameleon sells for US$75 It's also available as part of the
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Creamy almond cake
Thank you for being interested in our creamy almond cake and an English recipe. So our creamy almond cake is our first recipe we try to write in (British) English and we hope that there are not too many mistakes and all interested readers will understand it as well as they will be able to bake this delicious creamy almond cake… Maybe, there will be some problems. For example, we know, there's not the same custard powder everywhere. Don't hesitate to send us messages, correct our mistakes or ask for further information. By the way, it's our 400th article.
Springform cake tin 26cm Ø
For base
6 egg replacer egg white (we recommend My Ey Eiweiß) or
180g aquafaba
1 pinch of salt
100g icing / powdered sugar
225g ground almonds
For cream
500ml almond drink or any other plantbased drink
80g white sugar
2 sachets (40g) of custard powder vanilla flavour
200g soft vegan margarine
1 teaspoon Agar Agar powder
For topping
50g sliced almonds
Some icing / powdered sugar if you want
- Beat egg white and salt until stiff.
- Sift icing /powdered sugar over it
- Stream it in slowly.
- Add ground almonds continuously.
- Preheat oven 150° Celsius or 300° Fahrenheit ("ventilated convection"/fan heat)
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- Spread custard evenly on the base.
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Religion and Ethics – Are they Connected?
Religion and Ethics – Are they Connected?: Since antiquity, religion has been an important factor in our society. Religion and its impacts are evident in the structure of a family, a society and sometimes an entire county. There was a time when a particular religion or its preachers could create and implement laws in the society. But now it has reduced to a belief or just a prejudice for the generation.
Religion and ethics
These two are one of the basic systems that operate the lifestyle and affect certain decisions of an individual. Religion works on certain norms and ethics work on conscience. Let's have a look at how connected they are.
How are they similar?
A religion is essentially the worship of a supernatural entity that is believed to be the controlling power of nature. The purpose of a particular religion is to attain the goals of salvation for its followers by the aid of obedience and worship of God. But with a deeper understanding, we can realize that the true motive of religion is to promote healthy and fair means of life. Religious norms were created to protect society from evil and show the path to a good and satisfying life. As far as the definition of ethics is concerned, it's an organization or system that conducts and governs the moral behavior of a group or society. Just like religion, ethics prohibit unfair and evil ways of behavior and encourage positive mindset and a clean life. So it can definitely be said that religion and ethics are some way connected at the base. However, there are certain factors that have been and are continuing to contaminate religion, resulting in drastic circumstances.
How are they different?
In the history and even in recent times, religion has been one of the root causes of major conflicts. Two groups of people supporting different religion have been witnessed scorning, shaming and fighting each other time and time again and it always ended in either bloodshed or degradation. Religious leaders have exploited the beliefs of people for their own profit and thus have defied the religion they claim to protect. As a result, religious integrity, quality, and effectiveness have reduced considerably whereas ethics operate at much personal level. It is based on one's opinion and willingness towards certain moral behavior. There is a lesser chance of conflict or difference in opinions as there is not an idealistic figure to be followed. In this way, the society is free of discrimination and superiority to a great extent. The chance of corruption and contamination is also reduced if the benefits of moral conduct are understood properly.
So, it can be rightly said that though the initial motive of the two was the same, with changing time and increasing corruption, they have diverged considerably.


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Star Wars is perpetually a mystery in search of answers. We all have questions about it, from what its biggest reveals mean, to narrative thoughts, to questions of character. The Book of Boba Fett is, of course, no exception… and while we've already had several questions about its latest chapter, one massive query lingers as the biggest mystery of all.
When "From the Desert Comes a Stranger" wasn't laser-focused on a series of major Star Wars cameos that left The Book of Boba Fett's titular protagonist out of the picture, it set up the escalation of Boba's war against the Pyke Syndicate on Tatooine in an explosive manner. Quite literally, as Sanctuary, the casino/parlor operated by Jennifer Beals' Garsa Fwip, was visited by two Pyke agents who left a Camtono full of explosives at their table for good measure.
The aftermath of the blast leaves little to the imagination in terms of who made it out of Sanctuary alive, as what we see is a pretty all-encompassing flame. Poor Madame Garsa is clearly no more, as are her Twi'lek agents/helmet collectors. So are, presumably, basically all of the innocent civilians, droids, and other assorted beings that made up Fwip's employees and clientele. Which means that Sanctuary's house band also got kablammo'd… except one familiar face.
Max Rebo lives to Jizz another day. Because Max Rebo wasn't there.
Go back through the final moments of Sanctuary in this week's episode and pay attention to the establishing shots of the band. Some Bith on kloo horns and what looks like it can only be described as a space bass, a modified astromech just absolutely wailing on its drums, the band's all there save for the Ortolan and his jett organ. And this is certainly suspicious — every time we've visited Sanctuary on The Book of Boba Fett, the camera has invited us to take note of the band, and every time we have, we saw Max Rebo. Of course, why wouldn't we — Star Wars loves itself a reference, and Max Rebo's an easy bonus reference a week. He's just there, a little blue guy playing his little organ having a fun little time! So for him suddenly to not be present, just when not being present saves him from a second brush with a fiery death, feels… notable. We have a few theories:
- Max, who no longer wanted to be tied down as an artist in residence after all the stuff with Jabba, is now much more willing to tour, and while Sanctuary was a regular stop, this was just a night he was elsewhere.
- Likewise, after years witnessing Jabba's criminal empire first hand, Max Rebo knows when to get out of dodge if a situation looks off, and Mos Espa's been on the edge of conflict for weeks at this point.
- Max is a Pyke agent, and knew what was up, having fed information to the syndicate about Garsa's growing relationship with Boba.
- Max is actually Boba's agent, having decided he doesn't mind hanging out in Jabba's palace again regardless of who's occupying it, and was on his way to tip Boba and his growing gang off about the potential threat.
- Max is a Jedi, maybe like his father before him (TBD TBD), and sensed a disturbance in the Force.
- Max was actually on his mandated bathroom break at the time, and was saved from the blast by being jammed in the Star Wars equivalent of a port-a-potty.
So yeah, forget Luke Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Cad Bane, Din Djarin, Grogu, Cobb Vanth, Black Krrsantan (god this show really has had a lot of cameos, hasn't it), or whoever else could show up in next week's Book of Boba Fett finale. Clearly the biggest mystery this show still has — other than why it's seemingly so disinterested in its own protagonist — is what the hell is Max Rebo's deal. That, and whether or not he'll return for a rousing rendition of "Lapti Nek" to cap off the show.


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Telstra voice outage reported by customers
Telstra mobile and fixed-line customers are complaining of yet another outage hitting their voice capabilities.
The complaints were made largely over Twitter and broadband enthusiast forum Whirlpool, with the outage appearing to be sporadically affecting customers across Australia.
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"We are experiencing intermittent voice call failures and connection delays on our fixed and mobile networks -- predominantly in Victoria and Tasmania, but impacting other states sporadically," a Telstra spokesperson told ZDNet.
"We will update with further information as it becomes available."
The voice outage comes less than a week after the telco experienced an hours-long national mobile data and voice outage, which resulted in CEO Andrew Penn offering free data for all customers on Sunday, April 3.
"We are still investigating how the service disruption occurred, but our early findings show we had a problem that triggered a significant number of customers to be disconnected from the network, and as they were all automatically reconnecting at the same time, this caused congestion," Penn said.
"We will be offering all of our mobile customers another free day of data as a way of making this right. This will be on Sunday, 3 April 2016. Customers do not need to do anything to receive the free data."
Telstra last month likewise experienced a similar outage across prepaid and post-paid mobile services, which also resulted in the telco gifting all customers with free unlimited data on February 14 to provide compensation for the outage caused by "embarrassing human error".
Last month's outage took down 2G, 3G, and 4G services across the country for several hours.
Telstra chief operating officer Kate McKenzie previously revealed that February's outage had been caused by an incorrect procedure being followed after one of the telco's 10 nodes was taken down to be repaired.
"Our mobile network is set up with a number of major connection points -- what we call nodes -- around the country, which our customers connect to. These nodes are the equipment that essentially manage the flow of voice and data traffic across our mobile network. The outage was triggered when one of these nodes experienced a technical fault and was taken offline to fix," McKenzie explained.
"This normally wouldn't impact services, as we have processes in place to make sure any customers currently connected to a node are transferred to another node before it is taken offline. Unfortunately, on this occasion, the right procedures were not followed and this resulted in customers being disconnected and consequent heavy congestion on other nodes as customers attempted to reconnect to the network."
Updated at 11.55am AEDT, March 22: Telstra confirmed that the outage is affecting voice, not data, services.


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TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 10, 2021 — Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT), the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ that maximize the value of IT, today announced that it has received a Cisco Partner Summit Global award, recognized as 2021 IoT/Industry Partner of the Year. Cisco announced the winners during its annual partner conference, held digitally this year.
Awarded to channel partners that rise to business challenges, the Cisco Partner Summit Global awards are designed to recognize superior business practices and reward best-in-class methodologies. Areas of consideration include innovative processes, architecture-led successes, strategic business outcome-focused programs, seizing new opportunities, and sales approaches.
"We are proud to be recognized as a global leader of innovation for the Internet of Things (IoT). This recognition from Cisco reflects the strength of the global partnership between Insight and Cisco and our commitment to our clients," said Stan Lequin, senior vice president and general manager of solutions at Insight. "Together with Cisco, we help clients with large-scale intelligent edge deployments and infrastructure modernization resulting in enhanced service levels, improved visibility, and more cost-effective operations."
"It gives me great pleasure to recognize Cisco partners who continue to demonstrate superior performance and drive value for our customers. They are leading and innovating with us to help enterprises solve complex problems," said Oliver Tuszik, senior vice president, Global Partner Organization, Cisco. "It's a privilege to present the IoT/Industry Partner of the Year to Insight in recognition of its outstanding achievement in helping customers respond to their business challenges."
Cisco Partner Summit Global awards reflect the top-performing partners within specific technology markets across all geographical regions. All award recipients are selected by a group of Cisco Global Partner organization and regional executives.
For more information on Insight, visit insight.com or call 800-INSIGHT.


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Keith Boykin – CNBC contributor, MSNBC commentator and former White House aide. Posted: 04/27/11 04:10 PM ET
In releasing his full birth certificate today, President Obama finally played what my CNBC colleague, former Bush White House spokesman Tony Fratto, called his "Trump card." But was that enough to satisfy the Donald? Not by a long shot.
True to form, Donald Trump couldn't resist the glare of the spotlight this morning in New Hampshire, when he climbed off his helicopter and took credit for the White House decision to release Obama's long form birth certificate. "Today, I'm very proud of myself because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish," Trump told the gaggle of reporters at an airport hangar in Portsmouth. "I am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully getting rid of this issue."
Notice the language. "I'm very proud of myself. I've accomplished something. I am really honored." With Donald Trump, it's always about Donald Trump.
But with Trump's biggest campaign issue now put to rest, he desperately needed something else to get attention. First, he tried to squeeze the last bit of life out of the birther controversy. The president should have released the birth certificate "a long time ago," Trump said. Never mind that no other president in memory has ever been asked to show his birth certificate to prove his American citizenship, The Donald has spoken.
Next, Trump promised to examine the birth certificate personally. "We have to look at it. We have to see is it real? Is it proper? But I hope it checks out," he said.
Then Trump, the lead architect of the biggest campaign distraction so far this year, tried to blame the president for the distraction. Instead of talking about birth certificates, Trump said President Obama should be focused on gas prices, which according to Trump, is really easy to solve if Obama just "gets off his basketball court." That's rich. The guy who won't announce his candidacy for president because he's too busy taping a reality show is criticizing the guy who actually is the president for not taking his job seriously.
But there's a deeper meaning to Trump's basketball dig. Trump was once again reminding Americans that Barack Obama is, dare I say it, black. And not one of "the blacks" with whom Trump apparently gets along so well. Obama, in Trump's eyes, is not one of the exceptional blacks like Kwame Jackson, the Harvard MBA who finished in second place in the first season of Trump's NBC show The Apprentice.
Instead, Trump suggests that Obama is one of those stereotypical basketball-playing black men who are, presumably, too lazy or too dumb to get a real job, or to inherit their father's $40 million business, as Trump did.
Just in case you missed the "race card" there, Trump drove it home with his following point at the press conference — that Obama did not deserve to go to Columbia or Harvard Law School. Although our last president was, by his own admission, a sub-par student, Trump argues that our current president, a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, has risen through his life solely because he is the beneficiary of that dreaded right-wing conspiracy theory called affirmative action. That's the code language Republicans have been using for years to win votes in the south, and it's the same language my MSNBC colleague, former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, employed just this week to describe America's first black president.
So here we are in 2011, less than three years after the Wall Street financial collapse nearly brought down our entire economy, and we find ourselves debating what happened in 1961 when Barack Obama was born, and in 1991 when Obama graduated from law school. That's a tragedy for the American voters who deserve a serious election campaign to address the serious issues we face as a nation.
But let's be honest, this distraction is bigger than Donald Trump. Despite his success in the early polls, Trump may not run for or win the GOP presidential nomination next year, but he represents exactly what is wrong with the Republican Party. Trump is a wealthy businessman, flying around in a private helicopter, flirting dangerously with racist fringe elements, and firing workers every week on his TV show to promote his self-interests. That's not the image the Republican Party wants to project in the 2012 campaign. But for a party that wants to eliminate Medicare and affirmative action, deny unemployment benefits to American workers, and give tax breaks to billionaires like Trump, it's an image that hits all too close to home.
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MTV's hit show Awkward. comes to a close after a very uneven second season with a finale episode that not only doesn't satisfy, but basically wastes our time. It's time to send creator Lauren Iungerich hate mail!
Let's bitch it out…After twelve episodes, I can honestly say that Awkward. S2 has been a huge disappointment. I still like the witty banter and Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards) remains a pretty awesome sassy teenager. But in terms of plotting and character development, S2 has suffered from one of the more dramatic sophomore slumps that I've seen in recent years.
S1 was all about Jenna's on-again, off-again relationship with studmuffin Matty McKibben (Beau Mirchoff) and ended with a split-second decision to pursue a relationship with "nice guy" Jake (Brett Davern). It nicely set up the second season to explore the consequences of Jenna's decision and establish a central conflict around the relationships between her and both boys. Unfortunately instead of exploring the interesting elements of these ramifications, creator Lauren Iungerich spent the majority of the first half of the season turning Jenna into an unlikable, petty, jealous harpy caught between two men. Things righted themselves somewhere in the middle but anytime the triangle regained the central focus, it threatened to capsize the show. Lost at the expense of this decision are the majority of the supporting cast, especially Ming (Jessica Lu) who was given juicy storylines only to see them discarded either for the triangle or for frustratingly one-note characters such as Tamara (Jillian Rose-Reed) and Val (Desi Lydic).
After last week's blow-off episode – essentially a stop-holder until the finale – I expected that the triangle angle would dominate the final episode. Imagine my surprise then, to see that the opening of the episode essentially eliminate Jenna's indecision by opening with her having already chosen Matty and reestablishing their relationship. On one hand this is nice because we don't have to spend 22 minutes watching her waffle back and forth between the boys. One the other hand, though, by opening with all of this narrative ground covered, we're all but removed from the decision. After spending an entire season waiting for Jenna to (inevitably) choose Matty, to simply open the episode with that decision already made and Jake being okay with it (?!) is incredibly frustrating. It's as though Iungerich is admitting that she made a mistake and she wants to simply jump ahead. It's as though Jenna making the decision and breaking it to the guys isn't worthy of being included – despite the fact that we've been waiting for this for twelve frickin' episodes!
Similarly the reveal that Clark (Joseph Haro) is the "Anonymous" commenter from Jenna's blog is handled in such a random, matter-of-fact way that it feels incredibly anticlimatic. It's been clear throughout most of the season that this is a less important "mystery" than the S1 care-frontation letter sender. Similar to the reveal that Jenna and Matty are already dating again, Clark's status as 'Anonymous' makes sense, but the reveal itself feels like Iungerich realizing that she has yet to address the mystery, so she just slips it in randomly and then moves on. This leaves us with a sense of nonchalance: so Clark is "Anonymous." Who cares? Apparently we're not meant to, because it has no affect on anything at all.
The other fatal mistake that Iungerich makes with this finale: after choosing Matty, Jenna ends the episode doubting him because he embodies the same qualities that mom Lacey (Nikki Deloach) disliked in her ex-beau, Ben. Obviously we're meant to associate Matty with Ben, and therefore identify him as the "wrong partner." After a season of building him up as a worthy partner for Jenna, we close out the season – a finale filled with Jenna lamenting how awesomely good her life is, waiting for the sky to fall – deciding that her new/old boyfriend is bad (or an ill-fit) because he exhibits the same characteristics as her mom's bad boyfriend. Well, thanks for wasting our investment in this relationship just so that you can pull the rug out from under us in the finale…
Other Observations:
- Another huge disappointment: the random re-introduction of Kevin Wu (Kelly Sry)…solely so that he can dump Ming because he's been "redistricted" to another school by Becca (an unseen Jessika Van). It's a disappointing conclusion to a storyline that never really got off the ground. The fact that there's merely a hint of revenge by Ming also feels like a wasted opportunity – is this going to be a continuing narrative in the third season? If so, that's promising, though the show has thus far failed to follow-through on any of its outstanding narratives aside from those involving Jenna's love-life
- One development that I am kind of excited for: Jake and Tamara. If anyone is going to make Tamara more palatable, it'll be Jake. I'm interested to see this develop…although again,if we consider the show's track record, that may never happen
- After weeks of slowly drifting apart, Sadie (Molly Tarlov) gets the brush-off from Ricky (an unseen Matthew Fahey) and eventually catches him in the closet making-out with Clark. It's always strange when an actor isn't available, but considering that this is the finale and the two have had such a tumultuous relationship, it's yet another disappointment that the big reveal doesn't actually involve any kind of confrontation. The break-up does give Molly Tarlov some scenes of heartache to play, though, which she knocks out of the park dramatically and comedically. After two seasons, it's clear to me that Tarlov remains a key (underused) asset on the show
- Same goes for Lissa (Greer Grammer), who always injects some humour and moves things along. Here's hoping Iungerich finds more for Grammer to do in S3
- In case anyone is wondering, Kevin (Mike Faiola) and Lacey are officially back together. This was more or less confirmed last week, but with this finale – after a full season – Jenna's parents are back together
Best Lines:
- Clark (to Sadie): "I'm not into bears"
- Sadie (to Ricky after he misunderstands her on the phone): "No. Call me. Comma. Beefcake. You're the beefcake"
Soooo…that was incredibly frustrating. Am I way off base with this assessment, or were you annoyed that we seem to be recycling the same old storylines? Are you excited for Jenna and Matty to be together, despite the fact that we're already being told he's no good for her? Is there a future for Jake and Tamara? And what do you want to see with the other supporting characters do? Hit the comments below
Awkward. has now finished its second season. It will return for an expanded twenty-episode third season next summer on MTV


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RECOnnect to your POWER withn.
Everyone has the power to change.
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This is an hour-long experiential workshop where you will learn about this ancient Hawaiian Ho ´ oponopono technique to apply in your day-to-day life.
Some benefits of Ho ´oponopono:
It allows us to release limiting beliefs.
It helps us align our minds thus achieving peace.
It allows us to heal situations of conflict with people (family relationships, friends, co-workers, neighbors, partners, etc).
We feel more confident because we remember that we have the power to act in life.
It teaches us to heal ourselves.
It is a technique accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year ... and it is free.
Workshop plan:
We all seek connection. Today it also works through screens. They do not separate us, but rather unite us. Therefore, we will begin this hour of Ho'oponopono with movement, with a "rooting" dance that you can join as soon as you start the Zoom meeting, and that you can do with your camera on or off, if it is more comfortable for you.
After getting to connect through the body with all the assistants, we will sit in front of the screen to learn a quick way to align ourselves that you can then practice in your day to day, whenever you want.
This part of the meeting will last about 10 minutes.
Next, Manuela and Alex will briefly explain the Ho'oponopono technique and why it works, based on scientific studies, as well as ancestral wisdom. At the end of the day, we will see that they say the same. In addition, both Manuela and Alex have years of experience with the practice of Ho'oponopono in our personal and professional lives.
After the explanation, we will take action.
We will do 3 simple exercises to apply the technique in situ. Living it you will be able to understand how it is used and thus be able to practice it whenever you think you need it.
At the end of the practices, we will open space for those who want to raise their hands and share their experience or sensation of what was lived at this time.
Your Team
Tzeitel Calle is a Nutrition Therapist.
In her workshops you will find many nutritional answers, tips and recipes, healthy, balanced diets, all about vegan and plant based nutrition, food consciousness, therapeutic feeding, detox and infant nutrition.
Being the daughter of a homeopathic and nutritionist doctor and a vegan mother, having been a professional dancer and later studying drama, made her curious to understand how her body works to improve her physical and mental abilities, through nutrition. She has always been passionate about health and has kept her knowledge fresh to try to lead a healthy and balanced life.
She learned about holistic nutrition from an early age at home, worked in her father's clinic where she learned about the role of a holistic therapist and what it meant to help improve people's health by observing the functioning of their organism as a whole and not separately. This is why, in 2011, she decided to train as a nutritionist and to study the degree of Higher Technician in Dietetics and Nutrition, at the renowned Javerianas Professional School of Health in Madrid (Spain).
She was trained in Elena Perea's clinic, a renowned holistic and orthomolecular nutritionist who leads the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Madrid. She received her "Coach in Nutrition" and "Nutrition and Health" and "Therapeutic Nutrition"diplomas at Plaskett College of Nutrition in the United Kingdom.
She is currently part of the team at the Holistic Nutrition Institute of Madrid, she performs the role of tutor of the course of "Coach in Nutrition" and passes consultations too.
She combined all this with consultations in El Vergel, an ecological multispace in Madrid, and has participated in
many workshops and nutrition talks in different centers in Madrid, Belfast and Gran Canaria.
She also collaborates with the "Organic Meeting Point" brand, organising the
nutrition field for their events.
Together with her sister, Yamnia Calle they have founded "Streetsinbio", designed to share information on holistic nutrition, healthy habits, ecological and conscious consumption, recipes, and much more.
She likes to collaborate writing articles on food and health, for the web and print magazine "Objective Welfare" and "Triana Magazine".
In the words of Ann Wigmore: "The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison."
Yamnia Calle
Yamnia Calle has always enjoyed a lifestyle in close contact with Nature, both in the family and at school, something that entailed a type of healthy diet. As the years went by, the passion and interest for this type of life that involves respect for Nature in all aspects increased, that is how she began to investigate how to shape her dream of making the benefits of this lifestyle reach the majority in communion with the most organic and healthy possibilities.
In 2014 she managed to start the first project in Gran Canaria. In a fair / market format and in collaboration with public and private entities, they launched the first organic market under the name of Organic Meeting Point.
Given the good reception of the project, she continued organizing it on different occasions and dates, obtaining excellent support from the Gran Canaria local government. Given the knowledge acquired in this path in which she has known in depth veganism as a way of eating, She has been specializing in it through attending specialized courses in order to make vegan cooking, another way to express that love by nature.
Sarah Mathews
Sarah Mathews of Well Fit Academy is a personal trainer and yoga teacher.
Currently using Zoom to connect with clients, Sarah teaches Interval Training, Yoga and Resistance Band sessions. Combining fitness and strength training with stretch and breath to provide clients with a complete fitness programme.
Sarah's clients vary in ability, age and fitness level as there is a place and a pace for everyone. Modifications and variations are provided to make exercises and yoga poses more accessible or more difficult.
Her clients across Europe continue to hit their fitness goals whether it's weight loss, maintenance or gain, increased cardio vascular endurance and performance in sport, improved flexibility and mobility as well as feeling more light, toned and healthy!
Alex Piñeiro is the Founder of the Existo Personal Development Space and Host and Creator of Existo Radio Podcast.
She is trained in Generative Coaching at the IAGC with Robert Dilts and Stephen Gilligan. She is also a certified Pranayama Instructor (YogaLap Certification) and
Ho ´oponopono instructor by the Joe Vitale y Mathew Dixon training program.
She is also a Kalapgram Gurukulam Ashram (India) certified Meditation Instructor.
She is currently offering private and group sessions to share tools and practices to reconnect with our inner power and learn how to raise our vibe and achieve our goals in a happy relaxed way.
Alex is also an actress (Ministry of Time - Netflix; Foreigner - HBO) , and front woman/lyricist in her band Kapland.
As a writer and filmmaker she is currently in the process of editing her first documentary.


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Minerva Initiative Seems Likely to Avoid Untimely Death
In early February, the proposed U.S. government budget for the 2021 fiscal year featured sizable funding cuts to many federally funded social science research programs. For one example, the proposed budget saw a 9 percent decline in funding for the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Directorate.
Among the many research-program-related-casualties, the budget had been slated to eliminate the national security-focused Minerva Initiative, self-described as a program which "supports social science research aimed at improving [the United States'] basic understanding of security, broadly defined."
Although the White House does not have the power to construct the ultimate budget — the Constitution requires that spending bills originate in the House of Representatives — the White House's proposal was seen as an indication of the Trump administration's budgeting priorities and a guiding force for the Congress, who do have the ultimate power to construct and finalize the yearly budget.
Supported primarily under the Department of Defense's (DoD) budget, the goal of the Minerva Initiative is "to improve the DoD's basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the U.S."
The initiative received $11.4 million in funding for FY2020. Although small, the number nonetheless represents an embrace of the value of social science for the purposes of national security, international comprehension, and beyond.
Despite the White House's proposed defunding of the Minerva, committees in both the Senate and the House have recently drafted forms of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2021 that provide more funding — $17 million, or just shy of a 50 percent increase — to the program. The NDAA is a series of annually drafted federal laws that lay out the budget and its respective expenditures for the U.S. Department of Defense, and is considered a "must-pass" bill, according to an analysis from the Consortium of Social Science Associations.
The House's Armed Services Committee passed its version of the bill on July 1, while the Senate's Armed Services Committee heard some testimony on its own version of NDAA before a July 2 recess and will continue hearing testimony later this month. COSSA notes that "both bills would require that DOD report back on how it plans to continue to cultivate the social sciences within the Department." A single bill reconciling both versions will emerge before heading to the president's desk for signature.
To see some of the intellectual fruits that the Minerva Initiative has given society, check out the Minerva Initiative's News Page, where the articles of awardees are displayed. Some recent articles deal with the social science behind the children of ISIS fighters, the ability of machine learning to help with COVID-19 in West Africa, and terror and crime in Russia. The Minerva Initiative also lists what its researchers are doing to help combat and research COVID-19.


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Have you noticed that no one talks much about perfectionism anymore?
My business coaching clients used to tell me their compulsion to do everything perfectly was getting in the way of their success. But these days, with the fast pace of life, the constant stream of information, and the increased workload on everyone's desks, our struggle for perfectionism seems to have largely disappeared. It's not that people are feeling guilty or making excuses about not being perfect. It's just gone from the conversation. Every success magazine will tell you the same following success secrets because in today's new business climate, things have changed, and so has the way people do business together. There's a new success formula.
As Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg famously puts it: "Done is better than perfect."
So if we're no longer chasing perfection, what should we strive for in its place? Here are seven alternative success secrets to which my clients are now turning their attention. You can, too.
Persistence: Success doesn't come to people overnight. Instead, they create a plan and continually chip away at it. A successful entrepreneur will break their goals into annual, monthly, weekly, and daily actions. Even if each day's activities aren't completed, these folks get back in the saddle the next day, ready to keep moving forward. What do you do to maintain your persistence?
Pacing: Sam, a hard-charging manager at a small company in New Hampshire, planned on retiring in five years. But when he met with a financial planner, he found out he was going to have to work eight more years in order to meet his goals. Sam realized there was no way he'd last eight years at his breakneck pace. Now we're discussing how he can adjust his work habits so he can continue at his job enjoyably and healthfully. Do a double-check: does your pace match your goals?
Possibility: We're all creatures of habit. We eat the same breakfast, take the same route to work, do the same things day in and day out. Today, make a point of trying something new and different. What gets your energy up? What has you thinking new thoughts? Coffee? Brain teasers? Collaboration with your colleagues? Where in your life are you taking time to think about what's possible? Remember, a successful entrepreneur has discovered that anything is possible, which is why they usually create new and innovative products or businesses. You can too.
Play: An entrepreneur who achieves success usually takes a few breaks during their day. Even if it's only for a stretch or a short walk, they stop working for a few minutes and move their bodies. Increased circulation in your body means better blood flow to your brain, which produces clearer thinking. If you tend to sit glued to your desk for hours at a time, think about how you can build play into your day.
Power: We're all naturally more skilled at certain activities than others. Are you a born communicator? A numbers whiz? As much as possible, do the type of work that plays to your strengths. The typical entrepreneur has achieved success by discovering a passion of theirs or a purpose they can serve in filling a need or want in the world marketplace. While no one can (or should) elect to do only what comes easily, you'll achieve more and go farther if you pursue the things you're good at and are passionate about.
Positivity: You know the old saying: you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. People are attracted to people who are positive. Put a mirror on your desk so that when you pick up the phone it generates a positive tone that your listener can literally feel. Success in business is about success in relationships with other people. Always be positive.
Need one more goal to replace perfectionism? How about pleasure? Think about what part of your job you really enjoy, and spend more time doing it. When your work aligns with your interests and values, it makes you feel good. And there's no better definition of success than truly loving what you do.
Contributions by Andrea Novakowski
Andrea Novakowski is an executive success coach who has been helping clients align their professional goals with their personal values since 1997. By tapping into Coach Andrea's knowledge, tools and skills, clients are able to meld career development and personal growth to reach higher productivity and deeper levels of job and personal satisfaction. Learn more at www.coachandrea.com.


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Advances in Evidence-Based Mental Health Care
by Dr. Steven Mee
Part 1: Psychological pain: A critical component of many mental illnesses
In this installment we'll discuss an area of medicine with which each of you has had extensive experience, but which is relatively neglected in medical research: psychological (or emotional) pain. This is the first of a two-part series on this important and newly evolving area of research.
From our first moments outside the safety of mothers' womb, pain has served as a powerful motivator of our behavior. While pain, either physical or emotional, is generally protective (we withdraw our hand from a flame in order keep from being burned) sometimes it can be harmful. We believe this type of pain plays an important role in the development of depression, suicidal thinking, substance abuse, and other conditions such as anxiety disorders.
In 2006, our research group published a review article outlining the importance of psychological pain in these areas and examined previous evidence regarding the particular brain regions that may be involved. Following this effort we developed a patented instrument to assess psychological pain that our doctors at AIP will be utilizing to help assess our patients pain levels. We will discuss the outcome of the first study to examine this scale in depressed patients in a future discussion, currently being readied for submission for publication.
The following are some key points about psychological pain and important brain regions that link it to depression and suicidal thinking.
- It is completely 'normal' to experience psychological pain and there is no medication per se that is used to treat it . Psychological pain can follow life experiences of loss (grief), envy, anger, or be associated with depression.
- Many instances of drug abuse may actually be a person attempting to reduce psychological pain
- Only severe and seemingly unending psychological pain is associated with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or possibly suicidal thinking
- The brain appears to process psychological pain in a manner similar in many, but not all, ways as it does physical pain. In the brain, physical pain is divided into different facets: sensory (what is hurting), emotional (how one feels about experiencing this pain—usually badly!) and motivational (how to make it stop). Brain imaging suggests that psychological pain is processed in a similar way.
- Two brain areas in particular may be critical in generating psychological pain: the Insular Cortex and Anterior Cingulate Cortex.
- Understanding how the brain processes and generates psychological pain may provide powerful clues into substance abuse, depression suicidal thinking, and other issues.
- Accurately measuring psychological pain may be of great benefit for assessing and treating depression and other conditions
Please look for Part 2 in this series as we will discuss how anxiety relates to psychological pain and share some of our most recent research findings, where we developed a tool to measure emotional pain and examine it in patients with depression.
Summarized from 'Psychological pain: A Review of Evidence'; Mee et al., Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2006


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Mornington District Basketball Association – 2018 Annual General meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Mornington District Basketball Association – Annual General Meeting will be held as follows:
Date: Sunday 20th May 2018
Time: 11am
Location: Stratton Room at Mornington Hotel. 917 Nepean Hwy, Mornington
Chair: Antony Hirst
Minutes: Samantha Browne
Nominations for the following Committee of Management positions are invited and must be received by no later than Thursday 10th May 2018 at 5pm.
President – 2 year term (1 position)
Secretary – 2 year term (1 position)
Three General Committee Members – 2 – year terms
One General Committee Member – 1 – year term
Click here to view the 2018 Nominee Guidelines
Click here to download the 2018 Nominee Application
Minutes of the 2017 Annual General Meeting
The Minutes of the Mornington District Basketball Association 2017 Annual General Meeting can be viewed here
General business
No items at present.
Voting guidelines
- Only current registered members can vote.
- Each member has one vote.
- Members must be in attendance at the meeting to vote.
- Members are not able to register, complete their votes and leave.
- Members can leave after the ballot has been drawn if they wish.
- Proxy voting is not permitted.
- Members are not required to vote for all vacant positions.
- Should a member need to leave the meeting prior to the ballot being drawn and not return, the ballot slips must be returned to the Registration Desk and will not be included in the ballot count.
- Should a member need to leave temporarily, i.e go to the bathroom, any ballot slips must be handed into the Registration Desk and will be returned upon re-entry.
To view a copy of the Mornington District Basketball Association Constitution visit MDBA Constitution at May 2018


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Territorial Brewing Weighs in on New Battle Creek Breweries
You've seen a lot of news about new breweries and brewpubs coming to Battle Creek. I've seen quite a few that mention Battle Creek is the only city of its size in Michigan without one. Well, that may be true in the downtown district, but Battle Creek definitely has a brewery. It's growing, and recently won a very prestigious award.
Territorial Brewing Company's Owner/Head of Brewing Operations
Tim Davis and Master Brewer Dan Chapin recently sat down with Tim Collins on the WBCK Morning Show. Davis says he welcomes the competition, and that he thinks it'll be great for the community.
Recently, Territorial Brewing Company won the gold medal in the light lager category at the World Beer Cup. Davis says the award has always went to mega-breweries in the past, but not this time. "BC Light" was the winner.
The World Beer Cup is often touted as the Olympics of beer brewing. It's been held every two years since it started in 1996, organized by the Brewers Association.


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USA.- Scientists from the Rescue a Reef program, part of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, suited up with the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee, NFL Green, FORCE BLUE, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, and Verizon Wireless to build the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee Reef.
Divers harvested some 100 staghorn corals from the Rosenstiel School's Experimental Hatchery to create the reef, affixing the corals to Rainbow Reef off of Key Biscayne on June 13.
"By creating this restoration plot on Rainbow Reef, it's going to act as a hope spot," said Dalton Hesley, senior research associate in the Rosenstiel School's Department of Marine Biology and Ecology and lead diver for Rescue a Reef, who, in a classroom briefing held before the restoration procedure, teamed up with divers from Frost Science to demonstrate how corals are harvested and attached to existing reefs. "The staghorn thicket we build will become a catalyst to seed the surrounding coral reefs."
The coral restoration project commemorates the NFL's 100th season and the league's sustainability mission to leave a lasting legacy in Miami, which will host Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020. It also underscores the the host committee's environmental campaign Oceans to Everglades (O2E).
The O2E campaign is a partnership with NFL Green, Ocean Conservancy, The Everglades Foundation, and Lonely Whale Foundation. O2E will focus on solutions to the critical issues facing the health of the oceans and the Everglades and will leverage the Super Bowl platform to engage the community in the environmental efforts that will leave a lasting sustainable legacy beyond Super Bowl LIV.
Rescue a Reef is the Rosenstiel School's coral conservation program designed to build community and coastal resilience through coral reef research, restoration, and citizen science. The initiative employs science-based techniques to grow threatened coral species in underwater nurseries, creating a sustainable source of healthy coral colonies for restoration. To date, Rescue a Reef has out-planted over 15,000 corals off Miami-Dade County.
Source: University of Miami


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Open tickets are helpful when the creation of orders and payments are separate for a certain amount of time. This allows you to modify orders before making it a complete transaction and closing it through payment. This is usually useful for restaurants and cafes. This is located in the register screen. Activate the "Open Tickets" feature under "Settings > Features" to use it.
Creating Open Tickets
In KaHero POS, you can create open tickets that have not been set as predefined tickets.
On the "Register" screen, select the items for order and then click "Save" to navigate to the Open Tickets screen.
On the pop-up screen, select "Custom Ticket" if you have not input any predefined tickets.
Label your open ticket's name and comment. Click "Save".
Managing Open Tickets
On the "Register" screen, select "Open Tickets".
This is your open tickets screen
A. Use the search bar to search for open tickets.
B. Select the open ticket you want to edit. You will be sent back to the register screen. Edit or add items to your desire.
To delete an open ticket, tick the box beside the ticket you want to delete. Click on the trash bin icon to delete the ticket.


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Phoenix Construction, the contractor working on the water tower project will temporarily close one lane of traffic on Park Avenue, near its intersection with Cliff Street, on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19 and 20.
A section of the northbound lane of Park Avenue will be closed to accommodate work that is being done on the new higher-capacity water tower that is currently under construction in the parking lot of the Idaho Falls Public Library.
Access to businesses will remain open. While the sidewalk on the west side of Park Avenue will not be accessible during construction, the sidewalk on the east side will remain open for pedestrians.
Please reduce speeds, obey posted traffic control signage, and watch for construction crews throughout the work zone. For questions or concerns about this project, contact Idaho Falls Public Works at (208) 612-8250.
Resources: Interactive Construction Map | Water Tower Project | Sign up for notifications | City of Idaho Falls app
Media Contact: Kerry Hammon, Public Information Officer, Idaho Falls Fire Department and Idaho Falls Public Works, (208) 612-8122 or [email protected].


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Wow. Just wow. That may have been the most dour and hopeless first half I have seen since the Gary Megson era. The difference is that in the time of The Ginger Mourinho we had talented players like Nicolas Anelka who could provide a moment of brilliance.
And after that rubbish, no changes at halftime. I like Dougie Freedman, and I think he can succeed at the Reebok, but this is turning into an achilles heel. His substitute patterns are so predictable. Sometimes you need to make a change earlier than the 60th minute. And Freedman just flat out refuses to do so.
When the sub finally came on, in the form of Andre Moritz, the tone of the match completely changed. The Brazilian was playing clever passes and finally creating opportunities for Wanderers. In the 75th minute he actually had Bolton's first shot on target. Did Boro have a bit more space with Pratley off the pitch? Yes, of course. But the home side were ripe for the taking, and Freedman waited too long to go for the jugular.
It was just too reactive. Only after Tim Ream gave away a penalty and Bolton went down 1-0 did Freedman make a tactical change. David Ngog and Joe Mason came on in the 83rd minute for Medo Kamara and Chung-Yong Lee. Some will blame Jermaine Beckford for missing the penalty, and that was bad. But the manager just waited far too long to make the changes.


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"Stand With Ukraine" Fundraising Night On Sunday
The San Diego Sockers will be hosting a "Stand With Ukraine" Fundraising Night on Sunday during the team's MASL Quarterfinal Game Two contest at Pechanga Arena. The team is offering fans a variety of ways to support the cause while attending the game. All donations will benefit the Ukrainian House Of Non-Denomination.
- SILENT AUCTION: Supporters will be able to bid on unique items and experiences in the silent auction
- BUY SOCKERS GEAR: 20% of all sales at the Sockers Shop will be donated
- FINANCIAL DONATION: Fans can give financial donations with cash or electronically
- CLOTHING DONATION: Fans can donate new or gently-used clothing for Ukrainian refugees in San Diego
In addition to Sunday's activities, the team donated 100 tickets for Ukrainian families and refugees to attend the game and provided Sockers apparel for the refugees who recently landed in San Diego.
A Three-Night Park City, Utah House Accommodations (Airfare & other travel expenses not included)
Exclusive Official Sockers Gear By Flite Package
A VIP Experience At A 2022/23 Sockers Home Game
Signed Juli Vee Artwork Collection
San Diego Sports Ticket Packages
Pechanga Arena Concert Ticket Packages
Califino Tequila Gift Basket


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This stylish patio area surrounding the custom fire pit is surrounded by the home's beautiful greenery.
Lovely patio area with wooden seats surrounding the fire pit. This home's backyard looks glamorous.
This awesome backyard offers a classy patio area with a bench seating and a fire pit.
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This small patio area features a cozy lounger seats with a center table along with the four-seat dining table set.
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This home offers a stunning classy patio area featuring cozy seats surrounded by beautiful trees.
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This home's backyard offers a basketball court, lounging area, swimming pool and a patio near the garden.


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In the United Kingdom, Muslims make up approximately five per cent of the population, a number that is slowly growing and bringing with it the benefits of the great spirit of Muslim charity and generosity. Muslim organisations exist and operate all across Great Britain, providing important services and improving the lives of thousands of people, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. Charities of this kind provide many great opportunities to work meaningfully for the benefit of society as a whole, but for some outside the Islamic faith there may be terms, cultural references, and other nuances that could be confusing at best, and unnerving at worst.
To clarify and demystify, this glossary explores some of the more common words you might hear, with a particular focus on Islam's charitable side.
Aqeeqa – The practice of shaving a new-born baby's head and donating the value of its weight in silver to charity.
AS – An acronym that is supposed to evoke a blessing that is often written after the name of a prophet such as Ibrahim.
Eid-al-Adha – A special Islamic festival where Muslims remember the obedience of the Prophet Ibrahim and his willingness to sacrifice his son on divine orders.
Eid-al-Fitr – The ceremony that marks the end of Ramadan, usually characterised by a large feast. Muslims make a special donation at this time, Zakat-ul-Fitr.
Fidyah – A special donation that a Muslim has to make if they miss a day of fasting during the Holy Month of Ramadan for certain specific and unavoidable reasons. The donation's value amounts to the cost of a single meal.
Iftar – The meal that is held at the end of the day, specifically after sunset, during Ramadan. Some Muslim charities offer donors the chance to pay for a single family or household's iftar meal in another country.
Infaq – The habit of giving charity just to please God.
Kaffarah – A special donation that a Muslim has to make if they miss a day of fasting during Ramadan, but the reasons could have been avoided, and the Muslim in question breaks the fast knowingly. To make a Kaffarah recompense, a Muslim has three options. Fast for sixty days, free a slave, or pay for one meal for sixty people.
Nisab – The minimum threshold below which Zakat is calculated. If a Muslim owns less personal wealth than the Nisab, they do not have to give Zakat. There are two measures of Nisab, one based on an approximate handful of Gold, and the other based on a handful of Silver. Islamic scholars disagree about which of these is the closest to true Islamic charitable practice, and which Nisab is used will vary between communities and charities.
PBUH – An acronym standing for 'peace be upon him' often written in parenthesis after the name of the Prophet Muhammad, or one of the holy angels of Islam (Jibreel or Meekaal). This is sometimes written with the Islamic spelling of SAWS.
Qurbani – The ritual slaughter of an animal at the end of the festival of Eid-Al-Adha, that remembers the account in the Qu'ran of a prophet's willingness to sacrifice his son on divine orders. Traditionally this was a form of Islamic charity, as the meat of the sacrificed animal was split into three parts, two of which were shared between the person who donated the animal and their friends and family, and the third was given to the local poor. In modern times many Islamic charities accept donations from western Muslims to pay for Qurbani animals to be sacrificed in other nations.
Ramadan – The holiest month in the Islamic calendar, when Muslims will fast during daylight hours between sunrise and sunset.
Ṣadaqah – Voluntary charity giving that is not specially required because of any Muslim rule or regulation from the Quran
SWT – An Arabic acronym that often appears after the word Allah. When translated into English it means "Glory to him"
Ummah – The Islamic word for the worldwide community of Muslims
Zakat – The third of Islam's five pillars, this is the rule that all Muslims must donate approximately one-fortieth, or 2.5%, of the value of their total wealth.
Zakat-ul-Fitr – A special extra donation given to the poor at the end of Ramadan in addition to Zakat. It is supposed to be enough so that Muslims can celebrate the fast-breaking at the very end of Ramadan in the ceremony of Eid-ul-Fitr
Islamic tradition has existed for the better part of fourteen centuries. As it primarily grew up in the Arabian peninsular, it may seem distant and confusing to many of us. But that does not mean that with a little study and concentration that understanding is impossible. Once a small language bridge is jumped, you will likely find a lot of commonality in our cares, concerns, and passion for charity.


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The Best Home Remodeling and Construction Services
It is a dream of a lot of people to be able to build their own home. It is something that can give us the shelter that we need and a place that we can call our own. We can properly raise a family if we have our own house and it can also give us a lot of comfort. There are a lot of things that we need to know about home building and it is something that we should give a lot of importance so that we can have everything that we need in our home. It is going to be a huge investment that is why we should also take it seriously. There are contractors that we can deal with that offers professional home building and construction services. They can help us out in coming up with a proper design and in making the ideas that we have to be possible. Dealing with a professional contractor is important as they are the ones who knows how to get things done. We are able to get some info from them on what are the best designs that we can have and how much budget would be needed. These companies are made up of different kinds of specialists for any kind of project involving home building. They can guide us all throughout the process so that we would not have any kind of problems in the results that we are getting. We should do some research so that we can have some knowledge on the best contractors or home building experts that we can work with. The quality of their designs as well as the durability of the construction is something that we should give a lot of consideration.
During the planning process, they are going to come up with a draft where we can plan our designs. There are also those that would already have their own templates. They can do any kind of construction on any part of a house that is why we would not have any problems with the results that we are getting. We should let them know of our budget as these professional contractors know how to work around it. It would be best if we can prepare a good amount of money for our budget so that we can also invest in a much better quality design or in the best materials that we can choose from. We should also check out the past projects that these contractors have already made. It can help us determine the quality of work that they can offer so that we would know which are the best companies that we can choose from. Home design, renovations, repairs and constructions can be done properly by professional companies. We would not have anything to worry about if we are able to deal with these businesses. There are also some of these businesses that have their own website where we can check out some info regarding their company as well as the services that they offer.


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The agent of Gareth Bale has said that Zinedine Zidane wants to push his client out of the Real Madrid exit door, despite him wanting to stay at the club.
Bale has been a peripheral figure if Zidane's squad in both of the Frenchman's stints at the club, and he was completely excluded from Los Blancos matchday squad for last Sundays 3-2 win over Villarreal, with Zidane since saying 'You can interpret it as you wish'.
There has been plenty of talk over recent months that the Welshman could be set for a return to the Premier League, but his agent, Jonathan Barnett, has confirmed the winger wants to remain in the Spanish capital and is happy to sit out the remaining three years on his contract if needs be.
"He wants to stay," Barnett told Sky Sports.
"I am not sure that Mr Zidane wants him to stay but at the moment Gareth wants to stay.
"He has got a contract, he will quite happily see it out until 2022. He has been and is, in my opinion, one of the top three or four players in the world.
"This game is a game of opinions and Mr Zidane doesn't think that.
"That is his opinion, he is entitled to it, I won't criticise him."
It is thought that Bale's contract extension which he signed in 2016 sees him earn £350,000-a-week after tax, and when asked if his client could return the English top flight, Barnett admitted that a move is possible, but suggested that he doesn't really fancy taking too much of a pay cut.
"It certainly is possible, if somebody puts their hand in their pocket and pays us what we think he deserves.
"It is going to be a lot of money!"
Manchester United have long been linked with Bale, while a return to White Hart Lane has been speculated also, although Spurs are likely to be unwilling to match his wage demands.
Chelsea have been previously linked, but are unable to sign any players for two transfer windows after their appeal against a FIFA transfer ban was rejected yesterday.
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STRATFORD—Stratford Hall is undertaking several major projects that will enhance both the preservation of the historic property and the visitor experience.
"Fall is traditionally a busy and exciting season at Stratford and this year is no exception," said president John Bacon. "We hope our visitors, guests, friends and neighbors will join us throughout these months to experience the breadth and depth of Stratford, and we're grateful for everyone's patience as we accomplish important improvements that will enhance Stratford for years to come."
The pedestrian bridge connecting the Visitor Center and the historic area is undergoing maintenance including painting and new planking. The bridge is closed during this work and reopening is anticipated by early fall. The Visitor Center and Gift Shop, at either end of the bridge, remain open and arrangements for convenient parking and transportation are in place.
Stratford's iconic Great House, constructed in the 1730s and painstakingly preserved and exhibited, is surrounded by several other historic structures and outbuildings. Five of these structures will receive new, historically-appropriate roofs during the coming months.
The first project under way is the northwest outbuilding, located at the northern boundary of the west yard. When these projects are complete, Stratford will have accomplished an important aspect of its preservation responsibility in connection with these centuries-old buildings.
Installation of a new, historically authentic garden east of the Great House continues. This is a project in partnership with, and led by, the Garden Club of Virginia, continuing a relationship that spans more than eight decades. Construction of the new garden's borders and pathways is proceeding. Later this fall new plant material will be installed, all pointing toward a spring "opening" of this exciting new feature of the Stratford experience.
Stratford's full slate of programs and tours continues amidst these projects this fall, including the Wine & Oyster Festival September 15-16, the ongoing series of landscape treks exploring Stratford's natural environment, kayaking programs on the Potomac, and other opportunities.