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Customer Specific Pricing Shopify App
Set up different price levels for different customers that display when they login. You can now offer VIP, wholesale and preferred pricing!
Install Difficulty Explained
Each app has different installation requirements. Some require no work at all, while others require a few modifications to the liquid code in your store's template.
Below is a general definition of difficulty to give you a better idea what to expect. We also offer installation services so no matter how difficult (or easy) it is to install, if you can't figure it out, don't want to try or just don't have the time, we can help.
We consider an app easy to install when it requires either NO modifications to your store's template, or a single line of code copy & pasted into your liquid files.
We consider an app medium to install when it requires a few different lines of code copy & pasted into one or a few of your store's templates.
Some of our more complex apps require a litte modification to your theme's template files. These would be considered hard to install. We recommend you use our app installation service for these apps, unless you are comfortable with liquid and HTML.
Customer Specific Pricing Shopify App
Customer Specific Pricing allows for the creation of alternative pricing tiers for specific groups of customers. Customer tags are associated with these tiers, and if a tag is applied to a specific account, when they log in the appropriate price is displayed based on their tag.
There are so many more options you can use though! You can sell memberships and offer those customers a permanent discount, creating a sense of belonging. You can also use memberships to reward customers for spending more money to create loyalty or to offer wholesale prices on your store. Just imagine the marketing possibilities!
Other wholesale apps rely on coupon codes that can be easily figured out and abused. Good news: our membership app doesn't rely on coupon codes to create special pricing! But you can still create coupon codes for promotions, wholesale, or VIP customers if you want.
- Use this app to offer multiple levels of wholesale pricing and use your same store for wholesale and retail.
- Allow customers to buy memberships to get discounted prices.
- Not only can you offer store-wide discounts, but you can also specify a certain collection, product type, brand or hand pick products to go on sale.
- Nothing creates loyalty more than automatically rewarding customers with membership statuses that include a discounted price!
- Create personal, customized emails that automatically get sent to a customer when a customer gets auto-tagged into a new pricing group.
- The only app that allows you to auto-tag customers by how much they spend and how many times they order.
- The only app that allows you to auto-tag customers based on what products they buy and what country they're from.
- It's the only app that allows bulk pricing imports. Have all your wholesale or member pricing on a spreadsheet? No problem!
First of all, the basic way the app works is you create tags for specific groups of customers and then price levels for that customer group. Then when a customer logs in, the appropriate price is displayed based on their tag. The premium version extends the functionality to automatically tag a customer when their total spending reaches different thresholds, they've placed a certain number of orders, purchased a selected product or are from a specific country.
How many different pricing tiers can I create with the app?
You'll be able to create as many pricing tiers with the app as the variant "space" for each product allows. Shopify has a variant limit of 100 per product, and the app will create app variants at the discount specified in the app, based on number of regular pre-existing variants on the selected products, and the number of tiers you have currently created.
What is the difference between Customer Pricing Groups and Detailed Pricing?
Customer pricing groups, available with the basic version of the app, and detailed pricing, available with the premium version of the app, are two different ways of applying customer pricing to products.
Applying customer pricing through customer pricing groups involves creating a group, selecting a group of products, then assigning a discount for each pricing tier within that group for those products. With the detailed pricing functionality, products and customer pricing tags are listed in a grid type format and you're able to easily specify the fixed price or discount for a particular product or variant.
Does the app have email marketing built in?
Yes! You can create personal, customized emails that automatically get sent to a customer when a customer gets auto-tagged into a new pricing group. For example, if they spend a certain amount, order a number of times, buy a certain product or move into a price level.


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Historic Ormiston House was built in the 1860s by Captain Louis Hope, who was to become known as the Father of the Australian Sugar Industry. The house is surrounded by 14 acres of equally historic grounds and gardens overlooking Moreton Bay, a beautiful setting for one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Queensland. Ormiston House is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
The house and its grounds have been carefully restored over the past 44 years, funded by the fundraising activities of a volunteer committee and a team of dedicated volunteers. Throughout the year, Ormiston House has a busy and varied calendar of open days and special events that attract many visitors and tourists to sample the delights of the house and its surrounds. There are occasions that celebrate the house's strong Scottish connection, its history and its beautiful gardens; several Concours d'Elegance, Mother's Day High Tea and elegant Edwardian Tea Parties on the verandah, with spectacular views of the bay.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).

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January 14, 2010
Horizon Lines trims debt
Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) announced today that it reduced funded debt by $38.1 million during the fourth quarter and completed its fiscal year with $28.0 million less in funded debt than a year ago.
The company says it achieved stronger-than-projected free cash flow during the fourth quarter ended December 20, 2009. Cash was deployed to voluntarily pay down $35.0 million on a revolving credit facility and $1.5 million on a crane loan, as well as for a $1.6 million scheduled term-loan amortization payment.
The fourth-quarter voluntary payments followed voluntary payments of $10.0 million in the third quarter and $5.0 million in the second quarter. At December 20, 2009, funded debt totaled $542.5 million, compared with $570.5 a year earlier.
"In the face of a still challenging fourth-quarter business environment, we were able to produce very strong cash flow and voluntarily pay down debt," said Chuck Raymond, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "While our revenue continued to be negatively impacted by lower volumes relative to last year, the rate of the volume decline lessened, continuing the improvement that we first experienced in the third quarter. EBITDA was in line with our internal expectations. We believe we are well positioned both financially and operationally for 2010, and view the year with cautious optimism."
Horizon Lines will report fourth-quarter and full-year financial results on January 29, 2010, at which time management will conduct a conference call with investors to more fully discuss its financial and operating results and discuss the outlook for 2010.


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Org bila dah Jumaat lega sbb the week is over, can rileks sedap2 kat umah. But I face a different challenge every weekend. Getting Umar to do his homework. Dah tetap ada tiga - maths, english n bm. Senang jek hwork dia kalau ikut the sisters. Tapi Umar will auta his ways to ensure his homework drags till Sunday. Antara alasan femes dia are "Umar sakit kepalalah...", "Umar sakit perut, cuba Mummy check (tpi tunjuk dahi suh check temperature)"...
And today, di saat menulis ni, dia sibuk nak buat hwork on our bed. Dah ler daddy baru balik event subuh tadi so he needs to sleep lama skit sbb ptg nak gi keje lak. But noooo... Ngempet la tepi Daddy dia sambil buat hwork super slowly.
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Actress Tea Leoni, a UNICEF ambassador, headlined a June 5 fundraiser, hosted by Samar and Will Langhorne at their Georgetown home to benefit UNICEF's education programs for Syrian children.
Leoni spoke movingly of her visit to the Za'atari camp -- the world's second-largest refugee camp -- in Jordan during an interview with Lynn Stratford of U.S. Fund for UNICEF at the Langhorne home.
For Samar Langhorne, the benefit was personal. Her father was in a Palestinian refugee camp, she told the crowd, and got an education through UNICEF. She, herself, lived in a refugee camp for a time.
Displaced by the civil war in Syria, many Syrians have gone from a well-to-do life to living in a box on the street, Leoni said. At the refugee camp in Jordan, she was struck by the amount of children -- "70 percent under the age of 11." There, "the teenage boys are angry," she said. "There is no life."
"Getting kids back in school is urgent," she said. "There has to be a safe place for children. … We are looking at the potential for a lost generation. … These children may grow up without a country."
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria enters its fourth year, children continue to be the most vulnerable. According to UNICEF, "the conflict has affected 5.5 million Syrian children, including 1.4 million children living as refugees in the surrounding countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt."
The one uplifting about the crisis is that "the partnerships are wholly impressive," Leoni said. She was including, of course, UNICEF -- her grandmother was one of the co-founders of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Leoni has been a UNICEF Ambassador since 2001 and a national board member of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF since 2006. UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Fund, formerly United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
We will be seeing a lot more of Leoni in D.C. this fall -- at least on television. As a actress, Leoni will be in a lead role that is decidedly Washingtonian. She plays the Secretary of State in "Madam Secretary," a new CBS drama, set for a September debut.


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Contemplative Kitten Handkerchief
Designer: Deserts + Lakes
$32.00 $60.00
"This is a photograph of my feline soulmate, Fritter, who has been in my life for over a dozen years. She has always radiated a sense of calm and stoicism that I did not before know was possible for an animal. When this picture was taken we were living in a friend's storefront apartment while I decided whether to move across the country or stay in my hometown for the foreseeable future. Fritter's comforting gaze made that transition bearable. Her face is the best thing I see every day." - Jennifer Bastian
This handkerchief is an limited run of 10 exclusively for www.mooreaseal.com.
Dimensions: Measures 16 x 16 inches.
Details: Each handkerchief is digitally printed with colorfast inks on 100% silk. They are durable, but do not forget that silk is fragile! We recommend you hand wash in cold water for best results. You can iron on the lowest setting to remove creases.
Deserts + Lakes was started in 2013 by photographer Jennifer Bastian. Each scarf features a photo chosen from Jennifer's collection of work taken on 35mm film. Jennifer considers herself an emotional archivist, and scarves show off moments or places captured with her camera. Made in Milwaukee, WI.
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Sean Dougall
Adjunct Instructor
- Program:Screen Scoring
- Division:Contemporary Music
Sean Dougall is a composer, software designer, and proponent of the "mad scientist" creative tradition. In addition to teaching music technology in the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at the University of Southern California, he is the human force behind the innovative software of ElectroMonkey Media.
He instructs the SMPTV Technology Bootcamp which is designed to immerse students in all aspects of computer technology relating to film scoring, from mock-ups to delivery, at the beginning of their careers. Acting as producer and music editor for the scoring sessions during the remainder of the year, he helps students apply those lessons on SMPTV scoring dates as well as student film sessions.
Before studying film scoring at the University of Southern California, Sean Dougall studied oboe with Ray Still at Northwestern University, and composition with Phillip Rhodes at Carleton College. He lives in Point Richmond with his wife, composer Jen Wang.


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Who We Are
Rainforest Trust is a world leader in the protection of tropical ecosystems and wildlife. We have protected millions of acres of rainforest from destruction while helping the world's most endangered species rebound and thrive.
Rainforest Trust is a world leader in the protection of tropical ecosystems and wildlife. We have protected millions of acres of rainforest from destruction while helping the world's most endangered species rebound and thrive.
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Rainforest Trust purchases and protects the most threatened tropical forests, saving endangered wildlife through partnerships and community engagement.
Through these highly effective partnerships, we can ensure sustainable results necessary for the long-term protection of tropical ecosystems and the wildlife they hold.
of your project gift directly funds vital conservation action
Our unique, cost-effective conservation model for protecting endangered species has been implemented successfully for almost 30 years.
We establish strategic partnerships with the world's most experienced and committed conservationists.
Our partners' intimate knowledge of their regions' ecosystems and local communities is key to achieving long-term land and species protection.
Together, we identify critical sites that provide a permanent refuge for endangered species. These biodiverse areas face immediate and direct threats, typically from loggers, miners or ranchers.
Protection requires swift action, and we work with our partners to develop scientifically based conservation plans that are not only timely, but also resilient and sustainable. With detailed plans in place, we raise the funds necessary to implement them.
Our partners work closely with their national governments and local communities to formally establish reserves protecting the land.
The creation of a new protected area is only the beginning.
We are committed to providing lasting, on-the-ground protection, which requires the ongoing support and participation of local communities. These communities are engaged through the creation of sustainable economic opportunities for local men and women, including training as forest guards, wildlife monitors and ecotourism guides.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the expertise of our partners and the participation of local communities across the tropics, our reserves are exemplary models of international conservation.
We work to protect the worlds' most threatened species by protecting the ecosystems they depend on.
Tropical rainforests affect the daily lives of every person on the planet.
Rainforests are one of the most important natural resources left on Earth. They safely store billions of tons of carbon, helping ward off climate change. Tropical forests remain untapped resources for scientific and medical discoveries—a quarter of all medicines are sourced from plants found deep in the rainforests. They are also home to thousands of unique animals that depend on their protection for survival.
Healthy tropical ecosystems are imperative to maintaining a healthy planet, and it's up to us to save them.
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Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
Description: This report provides an overview of Jordanian politics and current issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. It provides a brief discussion of Jordan's government and economy and of its cooperation with U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East.
Date: January 27, 2016
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
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Enjoy soothing massage technology that delivers a stress-reducing experience like never before, offering a seamless glide to help you bask in the glow of ultimate relaxation.
Hi. I'm Mark, and I want to tell you a little bit about the WholeBody 7.1 Massage Chair. This massage chair will relax your whole body. You can let your back, neck, and shoulders surrender into great relaxation and comfort through independent leg and backrest adjustment. You can recline this chair to several positions of your comfort, back all the way, legs up further. The dual motor capability give you infinite positions that you can design your massage.
This chair will also have warm air technology, which is another feature, for one, just providing warmth for those that want it, but it also helps improve circulation. It will also relieve more tired, aching, sore muscles. It gets that tension out and gives you a great, rejuvenated feeling. You also have the ability that this chair can swivel up to 55 degrees at the base, so you can swivel it anywhere to your desired position without having to move the entire chair.
The WholeBody 7.1 also has FlexGlide Orbital Massage technology. This technology is like getting a hands-on massage with warm oil so that you have no friction or pinching of the skin, a very rejuvenating massage that can give deep penetration into the muscle.
You also have the patented Figure-Eight technology in the foot and calf portion. What this does is, unlike other massage chairs that may only clamp on the ankle, trapping blood down in that ankle, this will simulate a motion going around the calf, forcing blood back to the heart, improving circulation. You can also flip this ottoman over if you just want to relax without having the massage function on, and you can relax your legs in that way.
The WholeBody 7.1 also has a feature called BodyMap PRO. It allows you to pinpoint the roller movement to the exact point where you need relief from either tired or aching muscles. By pushing whichever area on the BodyMap PRO, the rollers will move to that area and begin the massage and eliminate any pain or tension felt in that area.
The WholeBody 7.1 also has a nice, comfortable, cushioned backrest as well as a cushioned head pillow that you can move up or down for your desired comfort level. If you prefer a more intense neck massage, you can eliminate it and flip it off the back to get that desired comfort level for your neck massage.


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I always wondered if a defense of "I didn't ask for it" wouldn't work. After all, if a company mails you a product which you did not order and then sends a bill, you are under no obligation to pay for it. Even more, you can use the product; you are under no obligation to send it back. I would assume that someone has tried this defense, but I know of cases where there was summary judgment and payment for the cable services was due immediatelyI think this would only work if you didn't own a television, and could show you hadn't owned one during the time the service was on. After all, if you watched television, even though you didn't request the service, you were using it, so I don't think the same law would apply.Might make a fun trial to watch, though.Pam
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510-496G Ostomy Care Workshop
Under the instruction of a Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society-certified nurse, learn the newest management and care of patients with various types of ostomies. The class includes product demonstration, hands-on practice and case studies.
Course Credits
Sections this Semester
Offering number: 510-496G-002
Tuition/fee: $17.92
Seats Open: 18
Instructor: Genrich, Renee L
Dates: 10/27/18-10/27/18
Days: Saturday
Times: 09:00am-11:50am
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Kraft Foods Group CEO Tony Vernon saw a 49 percent increase in total compensation during 2012, to $6.83 million, according to a company filing Friday.
The Northfield-based maker of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Planters and Cool Whip was spun off from Mondelez International in October. Vernon was president of the North American business for Kraft's former parent company. His pay increase reflects a higher salary and greater incentives available to him as CEO.


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About Helen
I have been bought up with many dogs of various breeds all of my life from the age of 6. There have been seasons where I have lived with 5 dogs at a time while I was growing up. I have always been a dog lover, both when I have had dogs in the household and whenever I have met other dogs. I am happy to drive to people's houses in the daytime or evenings to dog sit, and happy to take them out on walks, and to drop them off by driving or walking. I am willing to do dog-sitting anywhere from Rhayader to Builth Wells. Please note that I am not allowed to dog sit in my own flat where dogs and most animals are forbidden.
There are some great countrysides in the Mid Wales area where I am based, where I can enjoy taking dogs out for walks. I can also enjoy spending time in the dogs' company in their owners' homes while they are away. I can keep an eye on them constantly to check if they need to go out in the garden to do their business or when they are hungry, or if they need playtime then I can use dogs toys to play with them.
- Property type: Apartment
- Resident dogs: One
- I have a car for emergencies
All DogBuddy bookings include:
- 24/7 Emergency support & cancellation protection
- Up to £1.7M pet & liability insurance
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Condo in Yaletown for rent October 1st (Vancouver)
$1900.00 per month. Furnished One Bedroom and Office. 15th Floor facing North and park. Beautiful views, and inspiring office setting. Rent amount negotiable for the right fit.
Stunning 1 bedroom furnished condo in the ultra sought-after Eden building! Located in the heart of Yaletown, (trendy downtown neighbourhood) it is walking distance to EVERYTHING that Vancouver offers: the hottest restaurants, shops, cafes, bars and night clubs, and of course, the beautiful Seawall and many parks.
*** 2 blocks from Canada Line station (rapid transit to Vancouver International Airport, Richmond Olympic Village, BC Place/ GM Place)***
Guests can enjoy the park directly across the street, Blenz coffee house downstairs, the Seawall 2 blocks away, and the convenience of the Choices Supermarket across the street.
Secure parking will be included.
Queen size bed in the bedroom and a sofa that opens into bed, making the suite for sleeping up to four, to accommodate any out of town visitors. A full supply of linens and towels are provided.
Dark Hardwood Floors. Beautiful kitchen, with gas stove and stainless steel appliances.Fully equipped with everything including kitchen utensils, spices, cleaning products, etc.
Condo offers:
• 1 bedroom
• 1 den/office
• 1 bathroom, with large jetted bathtub
• In-suite washer/dryer
• High-speed Internet, Cable TV
• Electric fireplace
• Great layout
• Open,covered, north-facing balcony
• Granite countertops
• Bedroom: queen sized bed, bedside tables, dressers, large closets, TV
• Living room: comfortable sofabed, arm chair, TV, stereo, etc.
• Kitchen: gas stove, fridge, dishwasher, microwave, garburator, coffee-maker, toaster oven, utensils, etc.
• Towels/linens
Eden amenities include:
• Lounge/ Party room (pool table, flat screen TV, kitchenette, couches, etc.)
• Gym and Yoga room
• Hot tub
• Steam room
• Inner courtyard
One month's rent as damage deposit, to be refunded as per no damage, minus $100 any cleaning costs.
Rent payable upon agreement.
Credit check may be required.
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Be the first OregonLive.com user to add photos or videos of Hair by Jeannie
Hair by Jeannie can be found at Beltline Rd 870. The following is offered: Salons. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Springfield there are 45 other Salons. An overview can be found here.
Hair by Jeannie is located at 870 Beltline Rd, Springfield, OR. This business specializes in Beauty Salons.


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Early in the morning on Friday, May 6, Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX pulled off its most impressive landing yet.
After launching a satellite into geostationary orbit, about 25,000 miles above Earth, the SpaceX team managed to land the lower half or first stage of the 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket on a robotic drone ship with the delightful name "Of Course I Still Love You."
SpaceX has now released a YouTube video showing that incredible landing from three different camera angles, all up close.
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield said on Twitter that it looked "like a magic trick."
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Village Chikuni was covered by the morning sun rays which were cozily shinning brightly over creation. Birds were happily singing in trees, well-coming the sweet smelling breeze from the east, as cocks crowed announcing their survival from the night jars while hens crocked in homesteads as if announcing how wonderful their sleep was. Animals on the other hand were mooing in kraals and insects bursting out in squeaking irritating noise. Women were seen walking up and down stream, their heads carrying pails of water as their wooing voices were being carried away with the morning dew. The homesteads were already filled up with flying dust as girls swept compounds to make sure before visitors moved about; it was all neat and tidy.
At Hamooya's home the wife Lubono was busy washing kitchen utensils as her daughter Purity was sweeping the compound. Her last born child Dan was already at the kraal milking the cows in readiness for the morning meal. Her husband Hamooya had left home before sun rise to check on his friend in another village about the sale of an animal that was not feeling well of late in his kraal.
After sweeping the compound Purity took a pail and headed to the east to draw water at the Well. Her mother prepared fire at the heath in the grass thatched kitchen. By then the sun was shooting smilingly far away from the eastern dome. "Dan!" she called out from the kitchen. But Dan could not hear. "Dan woo…" she repeated. And from the kraal Dan answered in an occupied voice, for at that moment he had put the cow's nipples into his mouth gulping stocks of milk direct from the cow's adder.
"Can you please hurry up we are running out of time", she said.
"I am coming mama." He replied. And talking to himself he remarked, "This cow is stupid. It has hidden the milk". He lifted the Can with milk and walked to the compound. His mother asked him to sieve the milk and boil it as she prepared nshima. Then Purity entered the compound her clothes soaked with water to her brother's surprise. "Why is your dress so wet Purity?" Dan asked.
"Why do you ask as if you don't know that water makes things wet", she snappily answered.
"Why do you answer your brother like that Purity. He is concerned, that's why he asked. When are you going to grow up? I thought those things protruding on your chest are not horns but signs of maturity", her mother unhappily remarked.
"That's how she is. She is very naughty because no one beats her. Just wait, one day I will forget that you are my elder sister. I will whip you like a baby", Dan said walking into the kitchen carrying a pot of milk with both hands.
"You can't whip me you goat! Atah! Why don't you try now and you see how I will whiz you around like a ball. Why don't you just shut up your beak if you have nothing else to say…?" Purity angrily said.
"Purity, stop that!" her mother commanded. "Who taught you such bad manners of using such kind of language? What's wrong with you? He was just asking you a genuine question and you bout out in anger why?"
"Dan is sometimes foolish mama. He thinks that I am his age-mate whom he can just be playing around with me."
"Come on, go bring the table in the house and set the food outside here. Your Father will be in soon. He is going to town".
"But where is Bridget?" Dan asked from the kitchen.
"Who is spending nights with her that should know where she is?" Purity commented.
"Purity I did not ask you okay. Did you sleep well last night? Don't tempt me, its still morning okay", Ben moodily warned.
"Hey people! What is going on with you? Get down to your work and stop the nonsense. Is Bridget sick? I thought she had gone to the Well to draw water. This time and she is still sleeping as old as she is? This is a taboo. Let me see her first of all", Hamooya's wife Lubono retorted and dashed in to the house. She went straight to Bridget's bedroom and knocked on the door. But before Bridget could allow her in, she sprang the door wide open and stepped in. Bridget was only heard by her heavy breathing under the blankets.
Lubono moved close to her bed and shouted; "Bridget what the hell is this!" she roughly pulled the blanket from her head and Bridget screamed scarily as she tried to hide herself in her arms, "Not again please! Leave me alone! Dad! Dad! Mum! Please!" Lubono was shocked and realized something was wrong with her daughter. "Bridget! Bridget it's me your mother! What's the matter?!" she announced as she held Bridget by the hand trying to pull her up. Bridget opened her eyes and they met with a bright lightened room, her mother gazing at her surprisingly worried.
"Oh it's already morning?" she said full of embarrassment on her face.
"Are you fine Bridget?" Lubono asked.
"Yes mother I am very fine", Bridget answered in a low sad voice.
"But why were you wailing so loudly calling for help when I came to wake you up?" Lubono worriedly asked.
"Me? Wailing? I don't remember having been wailing mother. Maybe I was dreaming when you came in," she lied.
"I hope so. But why are you still sleeping up to this time? Look at your wall clock. Its half past eight and you were in the middle of sleep had I not come to disturb you. Are you sure you are fine?"
"I am fine mother. I don't know why I slept like a baby today. I am sorry mother".
"Wake up and help your brother and sister working. I thought that you had gone to the Well to draw water. How does a woman like you for sure sleep so carelessly?" Lubono complained as she walked out of the room not believing what Bridget told her. She suspected very much that she might have been sick for her to react that way when she went to wake her up.
Once outside she sent Dan to call the visitors at the far end of the compound to have their morning meal.
The two visitors Jack and James were two weeks old at Hamooya's home. On the day of their arrival they were passers by going round the villages selling second hand clothes of all types. They would be carrying heavy bags on their shoulders and spent nights at the last point of their sales when the sun sank in the west. Then as days went by they found it so tiresome carrying the heavy loads and walking long distances. They also realized that it was very risk for their business as they could be attacked at any time.
So one day as they were trading their products at a beer party, one man approached them to sample what they had.
"How much is this shirt?" the man had asked.
"Twenty pin bosses", James had responded giving it to him.
"No twenty pin is too much", the man had protested.
"Okay, bring eighteen pin bosses. These shirts are from South Africa they just arrived three days ago", Jack had joined in.
"You town boys are a problem. How do I know that you just brought them three days ago? I don't even know where South Africa is. Just give it to me I will pay you ten pin", the man had suggested.
"Ah bosses muzatipaya manje. We won't make any profit. We actually buy these shirts at eighteen pin. So if we sell you at ten pin then we have made a big loss. Okay just bring fifteen pin since it's you", James had explained. The man accepted but did not pay them saying they keep it for him and would collect it when leaving for home.
"In case we forget you since we are still new here, what is your name?" James asked.
"Oh just write Hamooya, everyone knows me here", the man had told them and left to join his friends in drinking gaankata opaque beer. In the evening as the two traders were about to leave, Hamooya came to demand for his shirt. He told them he had only five thousand kwacha instead of the fifteen thousand kwacha agreed before. Jack refused to give him the shirt until he paid in full. He told Hamooya that just as he is a farmer they also depend on this business for survival. Hamooya told them to go to hell with their shirt saying after all he can afford a more expensive shirt in town than this one. But James intervened asking him how he would pay the balance. Admiring James's diplomatic language, Hamooya rebuked Thomas. "Look at your friend. He knows how to talk business. It doesn't mean that I can't manage to buy this shirt. I have money it's only that I have used it. So next time you do business with me, try to be business-like. So let's go home you get your ten pin", Hamooya had said and started walking, Jack and Thomas trailing behind.
When they arrived at Hamooya's home it was getting late though the family members were still watching a television broadcast from a TV set powered by a car battery. Hamooya knocked at the door and Dan opened the door for him. He entered in the house and went straight to his bed room leaving Jack and James outside. When he came out of the bedroom he sat at the dinning table, washed his hands and started eating. Just as he was finishing his evening meal, Bridget came out of her room going outside. She greeted her father complaining that he has not been home the whole day.
"That's what it means to be a man my daughter. If you stay at home the whole day idling around then, you wont feed your children", Hamooya responded.
"Look at this shirt its nice father where did you get it?" Bridget asked.
"Ahoo! A snake finds food by walking about my daughter. I bought it from these boys who sale salaula. Oh by the way; look at my foolishness I actually came with them! They are outside. Gosh tell them to come in", Hamooya regrettably said.
Bridget peered outside through the window and told Jack and James to get in the house. Hamooya apologized to them and without wasting much of their time gave them their money so that they leave quickly in time for looking where to spend a night. James thanked him but asked whether he can help them with somewhere to sleep just for a night since it was already very late for them to look for somewhere to lodge. Reluctantly Hamooya told Dan to clean the small grass thatched house adjacent the main house outside so that Jack and Thomas could use for a night.
After cleaning, Dan led them to the hut to sleep. James asked for a pot so that they could prepare some food before they went to bed. As Jack started cleaning Kapenta in a plastic plate, James sat beside the heath waiting for the water to boil in the pot on fire. Then he told Jack that the coming morning they should take their merchandise to a neighboring Kachenje village to sell so that they spend a night there. But Jack disagreed saying that village Chikuni was good enough for their business. He emphasized that all they needed was to find a settling place so that after their walk-about they could just go to their lodging place and rest.
"But where can we find a place here boy when we are just strangers in this area?" James asked.
"What is the problem with you James? Were we residents in Pingililo when we found a home to lodge? Even here someone can help us. We just have to ask. Why don't you try this same man Hamooya at least you have gotten on well today", Jack suggested.
"He looks to be a difficult man my friend. May be we try that man at the beer party", James fearfully stated.
"That's a sheer waste of time. Let's just see him tomorrow and if he refuses then fine; we will look for another place", Jack insisted. James agreed saying that it would be a good place for them to do business while residing from here since Hamooya was one of the respected people in village Chikuni. Then James out of topic remarked, "Did you see that girl? Who could she be?"
"The brown one we found in the sitting room?" Jack asked.
"It's like she is Hamooya's daughter. I looked at her very closely mwana. She is a baibe and a half. Her legs are as smooth as a bottle. And you know what? She had even put on a see through night dress. I could see beyond her dress".
"Thomas, you talk as if something has already occupied your dirty mind".
"You know James it's very difficult to resist attraction to girls like her. She is beautiful, boy. Even in town she can be among the top five. That's very true", Jack said admiringly.
"Hey don't lose your senses into things that you can not manage to have. Come and fry the kapenta I have finished preparing nsima" James advised.
"James you talk as if you don't know me. I am capable of doing anything that my heart desires. Have you forgotten our famous town saying: 'there is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure'. And I am far from that. We will see as days go by mwana. We just have to make sure we convince Hamooya that we stay here during this period", Jack explained.
He then prepared the relish and they had their supper. They then chatted a bit before they retired to bed where they continued talking about their business, hardships and future plans and finally were caught up un aware by sleep.
And that's how the two young merchants found themselves being two weeks old at Hamooya's home.


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"Thank you: The funding has been most appreciated by the families and children who benefited from this upgrade of their living conditions. Circumstances can be quite harsh particularly for orphaned children/youth who have no ready income to do any major maintenance. The water project has enabled these beneficiaries to experience a better quality of life. To all who have contributed to these donations we owe a debt of gratitude. May God bless your generosity.
Fencing around properties was the first priority and then pit toilets were dug and structure above ground was completed.
This necessitated buying water to mix cement and having drums to keep it in.
After small houses were built the guttering, tank stand and tanks were purchased, fitted or built. The household then needed wheelbarrows and water containers to bring river water/village pump water for washing and gardens as tanks only provided drinking and cooking water.
The pit toilets are a boost to health and hygiene, self-esteem and dignity.
Tanks, stands and guttering have helped with drinking and cooking needs and assisted with safeguarding against infections prevalent from diseased river water."
Sr Christine's acquittal report included copies of written accounts, receipts, and photo's, some of which are shown here.
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What is Asthma? Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment
Medically reviewed on Nov 27, 2017 by L. Anderson, PharmD.
What is Asthma?
Catching one's breath is not always an easy task.
In fact, roughly 30 million Americans have asthma. Asthma is a lung disease caused by inflammation (swelling) that leads to wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Many people with asthma also have a family history of allergies, such as hay fever or pet allergies. It's a common ailment and complaint.
Although asthma cannot be cured, it can be controlled with medications and patients can live an active and normal lifestyle. Follow along for tips and treatment.
What Happens During an Asthma Attack?
An asthma attack is exactly that - the muscles around the airways and the lining of the air passages tighten. Swelling reduces the amount of air that can pass through the airways and leads to a high-pitched, wheezing sound.
Asthma attacks can become life-threatening if the airflow in the lungs becomes severely blocked. Quick-relief asthma inhalers like albuterol (ProAir HFA, ProAir RespiClick, Proventil HFA, Ventolin HFA) are often used to treat sudden asthma attacks.
What Causes Asthma?
The exact reason why people get asthma is not fully known. A family history and the environment seem to play a role for most, but not all, people.
In sensitive people, breathing in allergy-causing substances (called allergens or triggers) can start asthma symptoms. Triggers include pet dander, dust mites, cockroach allergens, molds, or pollens. Respiratory infections, exercise, cold air, stress, food sulfites, tobacco smoke, and other air pollutants can also trigger asthma symptoms.
What Are the Symptoms of Asthma?
Asthma symptoms may persist regularly or come and go with the season or asthma triggers. In the fall or spring asthma symptoms may worsen, especially in patients with mold or pollen allergies.
Asthma prevention is the mainstay of therapy - using inhaled corticosteroids like fluticasone (Arnuity Ellipta, Flovent Diskus, Flovent HFA), and adding a long-acting beta2-agonist like salmeterol (Advair, Serevent) for more severe or poorly controlled asthma. Acute asthma symptoms are often treated with a fast-acting bronchodilator inhaler such as albuterol (ProAir).
How is Asthma Diagnosed?
A doctor visit is in order if you have asthma symptoms. Asthma is diagnosed based on your medical and family history of asthma and allergies, a physical exam, and test results. The doctor will use a stethoscope to listen to your lungs and look for signs of asthma such as wheezing, swollen nasal passages, and runny nose.
Asthma tests may include a lung function test called spirometry that measures how much and how fast you can blow air in and out. Your doctor might recommend allergy testing, too.
How is Asthma Treated and Controlled?
Asthma treatment is aimed at controlling airway inflammation and avoiding known allergy triggers, like pet dander and pollen. The main goals are to restore normal breathing, prevent asthma attacks and restore daily activities.
Daily asthma treatment helps to prevent symptoms, and asthma inhalers are the preferred method because the drug can be delivered directly into the lungs in smaller doses with less side effects. Some asthma medicines are given in pill or injection form, too.
What Are Some Common Medications Used to Treat Asthma?
Asthma is treated and controlled primarily with two types of medications: inhaled corticosteroids (examples: Flovent, Pulmicort) are used to control lung swelling over the long-term, and quick-relief beta2-agonists like albuterol (examples: ProAir, Proventil) are used as "rescue" inhalers when symptoms occur.
Quick-relief inhalers like albuterol don't reduce lung swelling and should not be used in place of long-term, inhaled corticosteroid treatment. A long-acting beta2-agonist, such as Advair, may needed in more severe asthma.
What Other Treatments Are Used to Treat Asthma?
Other treatments include leukotriene modifiers, such as montelukast (Singulair), zafirlukast (Accolate) and zileuton (Zyflo CR). These drugs block chemicals that cause inflammation and airway narrowing in asthma. Montelukast is also approved for allergy treatment and exercise-induced asthma. These drugs are taken in a pill form by mouth, not by inhalation.
Other long-term asthma control drugs include cromolyn, theophylline, and omalizumab (Xolair injectable).
How Should I Use My Rescue Inhaler?
Work with your doctor and pharmacist to develop an asthma action plan, particularly for when you have an asthma attack. Be sure you are using your quick-relief inhaler correctly and keep it with you at all times. If you use the rescue inhaler more than two times a week, contact your prescriber; your asthma may not be well-controlled and you might need a medication change. If you aren't sure how to use your inhaler, ask your pharmacist or learn more here.
You should be able to sleep at night without symptoms. Be sure a caregiver or a child's school understands the asthma action plan and inhaler use, too.
My Child is Having Trouble Using an Inhaler, What Should I Do?
Children, especially those under 5 years of age, may need a spacer device or nebulizer to help with breathing in asthma medication. Spacer devices have a chamber that receives the aerosol before it is inhaled. Nebulizers convert medication into a fine mist breathing treatment to ease inhalation.
Spacers are portable, while nebulizers are available for home (electric) or portable (battery) use. Spacers and nebulizers are also useful for anyone who has trouble with an inhaler. Your doctor can order these for you. Learn more about how to use a nebulizer here and about spacers here. If you still aren't sure, ask your pharmacist.
What Are Common Side Effects with Asthma Medications?
Inhaled asthma medications are usually well-tolerated with few side effects when used as prescribed.
Inhaled corticosteroids can cause thrush, a fungal infection of the mouth. Rinsing your mouth with water after using the inhaler or using a spacer device might help prevent thrush. Contact your doctor if you notice white patches in your mouth, which could be thrush.
Inhaled quick-acting medicines like albuterol can also cause shakiness, nervousness, difficulty sleeping or a fast heartbeat.
How is Exercise-Induced Asthma Different From Regular Asthma?
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) is a swelling of the airways during exercise. EIA can occur in people with or without asthma. EIA may happen during or after physical activity, especially in cold weather, with asthma triggers, and during an illness.
Symptoms like coughing, wheezing, fatigue, chest tightness, or headache may occur. To treat EIA, you may need to avoid triggers and take medicine before you exercise or on a daily basis. Many of the same drugs used for asthma can be used for EIA, such as albuterol and montelukast (Singulair).
What is a Peak Flow Meter? Should I Use One If I have Asthma?
A peak flow meter is a small handheld device you can keep at home that measures how well your lungs are working. It measures how much and how fast you exhale after taking a deep breath in and blowing out hard. The numbers tell you and your healthcare provider if your asthma action plan is working.
Your peak flow number can help you predict times when your asthma may worsen; the numbers may decrease a few hours or days before an asthma attack. Your doctor can show you how to use a peak flow meter or you can read about it here.
Are Asthma Medicines Expensive?
Many asthma treatments are available generically and can save money. However, some asthma treatments are expensive. Inhaler medications reformulated to be more safe for the environment, like ProAir HFA (albuterol), are costly, but ProAir is expected to be available generically in Dec. 2016. Patients should talk with their doctor when getting their prescription to be sure they can afford their medications; less costly alternatives may be available.
Drugs to control asthma are usually taken every day, so it is important to work with your prescriber and pharmacist to find treatments you can afford. Check with your insurance carrier for cost information, too.
Latest Asthma Approvals: Cinqair and Nucala
In March, 2016, Teva Pharmaceuticals' Cinqair (reslizumab) was approved as an add-on maintenance treatment of severe asthma in adults not well-controlled on their current asthma medications. Cinqair reduces eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that contributes to asthma development. It is classified as an interleukin 5 antagonist monoclonal antibody (IgG4 kappa). Cinqair is given once every four weeks by injection in your doctor's office. Common side effects included anaphylaxis, cancer, and muscle pain.
Nucala (mepolizumab) is GlaxoSmithkline's IL-5 antagonist FDA-approved in November 2015 for the add-on maintenance treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma. Nucala blocks interleukin-5 and reduces inflammatory-producing white blood cell accumulation in the lungs. Like Cinqair, Nucala is given by injection every 4 weeks. Common side effects may include headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and weakness.
Latest Asthma Approvals: AirDuo RespiClick and ArmonAir RespiClick
In February 2017, Teva's AirDuo RespiClick (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) and ArmonAir RespiClick (fluticasone propionate) were both FDA-approved for adolescent and adult patients with asthma. AirDuo is a combination corticosteroid and long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist, while ArmonAir is the single corticosteroid. Both products are breath-activated, dry powder inhaler formulations. AirDuo RespiClick contains the same active ingredients as Advair while ArmonAir RespiClick contains the same active ingredient as Flovent.
The most common side effects for both asthma products were nasopharyngitis (common cold), headache, cough, and oral candidiasis (thrush). Back pain was also reported for AirDuo RespiClick, and upper respiratory tract infections were seen in the ArmonAir RespiClick group.
The available strengths of AirDuo RespiClick are: 55/14 mcg, 113/14 mcg and 232/14 mcg administered as one inhalation twice daily. ArmonAir RespiClick will be available as 55 mcg, 113 mcg, and 232 mcg also taken as one inhalation twice daily.
Latest Asthma Approvals: Fasenra
In November 2017, AstraZeneca's Fasenra (benralizumab) was approved for severe eosinophilic asthma. Fasenra is an interleukin-5 receptor monoclonal antibody used as an add-on maintenance treatment. Fasenra is given initially as a subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks for the first 3 doses, then once every 8 weeks. It is available in a prefilled syringe.
Eosinophilic asthma patients have limited treatment options and often rely on oral steroids to manage their symptoms, which can lead to serious side effects. Elevated levels of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, are seen in about half of severe asthma patients and results in inflammation, increased asthma severity, decreased lung function and increased risk of exacerbations.
In studies, Fasenra reduced the annual asthma exacerbation rate by up to 51% compared to placebo. Other results included a significant improvement in lung function (FEV1), a 75% median reduction in use of oral steroids, a 52% discontinuation rate of oral steroids, and a favorable side effect profile.
Finished: What is Asthma? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
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- Fasenra Prescribing Information and Patient Information. AstraZenenca. Nov. 2017. Accessed Nov 27, 2017 at https://www.azpicentral.com/fasenra/fasenra_pi.pdf#page=1
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). Asthma overview. Accessed 03/07/2017. http://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/asthma.aspx
- Fanta CH, M.D. Asthma. N Engl J Med 2009; 360:1002-14
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Asthma. Basic Information. Accessed 03/07/2017. http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm
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write compelling sales copy - Why Buy? - Writing Compelling Sales Copy
by Chris Malta
Online sales are not all together that different from brick-and-mortar sales. The bottom line is that you're still trying to convert shoppers into buyers. So while it's great to have great products, if your sales copy is ineffective, you'll find yourself unable to move them.
So what should sales copy look like? According to Home Shopping Network host Bob Circosta, who has personally sold over 75,000 different kinds of products for over a billion dollars, there are three main components of a good sales message:
- Component One - The Problem
- Component Two - The Solution
- Component Three - The Difference
Advises Circosta, "Forget about selling a product. Start by creating a need by helping others with what you have." In other words, don't write your copy trying to just describe your product or service, or telling people why you want them to buy it. Figure out what difficulty your item solves for your customers, and you've found the opening for your sales pitch.
The second component follows the first naturally: you explain to your customers exactly how your offering solves their problem.
You're trying to establish an emotional connection - if what you present provides a solution or meets a felt need for your customers, you won't have to convince them to purchase it. They'll already want it.
Good sales copy not only communicates the dilemma and the answer; it also answers the question, "What does this product do for me, more than other, similar products?" For every fixed feature on your product, or every facet of your service that's not going to change, you need to be able to clearly state the tangible benefits to your buyers. You can't assume customers will choose your product offerings over your competitors - you have to tell them why it's to their advantage to do so.
The final rule for writing good sales copy is "Keep it simple." Be straightforward and stick to the point. Your job is to help your target audience understand what your product or service does for them, so that they want to purchase it. Says Circosta, "The message you're communicating - the problem, the solution, and the difference - needs to be demonstrable and easy to understand. When it comes to sales, simplicity always works."


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Augmented Reality in Information Systems: Setting a Research Agenda (ARatICIS2012) - Full Program
December 16, 2012 08:30AM-12:00PM
at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2012)
to be held in Orlando Florida, USA from December 16-19, 2012
Augmented Reality Toy by Frantz Lasorne
Project Phone Pad on Hand. MIT Media Lab.
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Arijit Sengupta &
ICIS http://icis2012.aisnet.org/ is the major annual international meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which has over 4,000 members representing universities in over 95 countries worldwide. It is the most prestigious gathering of academics and practitioners in the IS discipline, and provides a forum for networking and sharing of latest ideas and highest caliber scientific work among the IS professions. Each year, over 1,000 IS academic professions from around the world participate in the conference program, which includes about 60 sessions and 180 presentations, in addition to keynotes, CIO panels, and research panels.
The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://jvwresearch.org), following a successful workshop in Shanghai at ICIS 2011, will host a special face-2-face workshop on Augmented Reality.
Background About AR
Journal web: http://www.jvwresearch.org
Confirmed SpeakersYesha Sivan, Jon Preston, Jeff Chastine, Dov Teeni, Arijit Sengupta, Shu Schiller, Lester Leavitt, Anna-Kaisa Sjölund
Agenda08:30--09:00 Breakfast & Welcome
09:00--09:30 Status of AR Today (followed by the "SIGHT" Movie)
Prof. Yesha Sivan, JVWR Managing Editor, Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College, Israel
A review of the current state of the field, and its potential impact.
009:30--10:00 Augmented Reality: a Narrative, Symbiotic Approach in Combining Virtual and Physical Worlds
Jon Preston, Associate Professor, Computer Game Design and Development, Southern Polytechnic State University, GA , USA; and Jeff Chastine, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Software Eng., Southern Polytechnic State University, GA, USA
Present a new breed of AR computing services and applications to explore collaborative, location-aware augmented reality. Such a system could be visually based, but could also be passive and be working within a user's pocket while they go about their daily activities. We foresee applications of gamification and encouraging positive behaviors such as attending meetings, courses for students, and visiting stores from a marketing perspective based upon this system. Our approach is novel in that it explicitly asks what is possible via non-visual augmented reality and how far this passive computing system can be expanded with virtual interactions. We will demo this fully-functional system at the workshop and seek partners in expanding this research.
10:00--11:00 Submitted Presentations:
- Enabling Virtual Assistance in the Real World using Augmented Reality and Sensor-equipped Mobile Devices
Arijit Sengupta, Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Information Systems and Operations, Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, OH, USA; and Shu Schiller, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Systems and Operations, Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, OH, USA.
The aim of this research is to create an augmented reality architecture and application, the Virtual Assistant, to link the real world and the virtual equivalent using mobile technology. The presentation will cover the model, its underlying architecture, applicability and extensibility in current AR research, and provide a working demonstration of the developed application that implements this concept.
- Augmented Reality ICT and Governing: Imagining a Day When Elections become Redundant
Lester Leavitt, Graduate Assistant, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University.
This presentation outlines an augmented reality socio-technical governing institution that has been designed singularly for marginalized minority groups and global solidarity movements such as those witnessed in 2011. Beyond providing a simple virtual office environment or legislature, the ICT and database algorithms described in this presentation outline how the creation of a global, crowd-sourced, multimedia "institutional memory" that supports progressive "collectivethought" policy-making will serve to incubate comprehensive, community-sized, virtual collectives from which entire web-based economies might emerge, complete with brick-and-mortar extensions.
- AR-tools for Emergency Care – Education in Virtual World
Anna-Kaisa Sjölund, Doctoral Student, researcher at Digital Culture, University of Turku, Finland
This presentation is about creating AR–tools and describing how to use them in immersive way. Paramedic students and teachers from Turku University of applied sciences will have a course in Second Life to test AR–tools in two-way, to and from virtual world.
11:00--11:30 Augmented Reality in IS: Setting a Research Agenda
Dov Teeni, Professor of Information Systems in the faculty of Management at Tel-Aviv University, Israel
11:30--12:00 Review and Discussion
How to Register
Please register soon, space is limited.
You can register to this event in three ways (a) as part of your ICIS registration or (b) just for the workshop (c) fax based registration.
We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!


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"Millions of women don't have ready access to contraception, either due to not having a convenient local provider that offers the full range of birth control methods or not having the time or transportation to get to a pharmacy."
Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 28, 2017
For many women, getting birth control isn't as easy as it should be. In fact, millions of women live in contraceptive deserts, meaning they either don't have access to a health care facility or a pharmacy within 60 minutes of where they live. This is especially true in the rural and remote regions of the United States or for many who are faced with health or personal issues that leave them homebound. To help facilitate better access for all women, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's Bedsider.org, the nation's leading online birth control support network, is pleased to announce its new Delivered to Your Door service.
Bedsider's Delivered to Your Door search tool allows users to enter their zip code, city, or state to receive a listing of service providers who can deliver birth control (usually hormonal methods like the pill, patch, ring or emergency contraception) directly to their home. In many states, these online services are making it easier than ever to get birth control delivered conveniently and discreetly.
"Millions of women don't have ready access to contraception, either due to not having a convenient local provider that offers the full range of birth control methods or not having the time or transportation to get to a pharmacy," said Ginny Ehrlich, CEO, The National Campaign. "Bedsider's new service is not just a convenience, it's an important tool that helps women more effectively access contraception."
Most states allow contraception to be delivered to your home. However, due to differing state regulations, some users may be required to speak with a prescriber before receiving their birth control. This might entail a Skype-style video chat with a health care provider or that the patient complete a short health questionnaire before receiving her method of choice. Bedsider's Delivered to Your Door finder lists details about services available in users' states, allowing them to compare options.
To find out which birth control methods are available in your state via Bedsider's Delivered to Your Door search tool, visit bedsider.org/where_to_get_it. Many of the services listed provide free shipping and accept health insurance. Some of them also provide online health care and prescriptions and some allow users to sign up for automatic refills.
About Bedsider: Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women age 18-29 operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a private non-profit organization. Bedsider is not funded by pharmaceutical companies or the government. It is an independent organization providing honest and unbiased information to users seeking to learn more about birth control. Our goal is to help women find the method of birth control that's right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively. For more information, visit Bedsider.org.
About The National Campaign: The National Campaign is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization that seeks to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families by preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy. Please visit us at http://www.TheNationalCampaign.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.


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In a recent Reddit Post, a Bobcares employee has come out criticizing the competency of his employer as well as publishing what appears to be their client list. The publication of confidential information will not go down well with either Bobcares or their customers.
The Reddit post containing the negative comments and client data made by Reddit user, "NaughtyBaig" has since been deleted along with the account used to make the post. Unfortunately, the archived version of the post on archive.org has also been removed (it looks like they were having issues). In the meantime, while we contact archive.org for the full version, or to ascertain why it was deleted, you can see the discussion surrounding the deleted comment (we have quoted most of the original post later in this article) below:
It is useful to say a little about Bobcares, and some of the choices that face smaller web hosting companies as they scale up their services while endeavoring to keep support response times low.
Bobcares is a server management company that offers a variety of services, from infrastructure management, design, and development, and the topic of this article; Managed Technical Support.
Web Hosting Providers will fully integrate the Bobcares support team into their support desk, live chat and even phone systems, allowing them to undertake technical and pre-sales queries on behalf of the web hosting company. We understand that ticket support is maintained from their staff in India, with more basic Live chat and phone support being undertaken by English Speaking Americans.
Bobcares offers two methods of paying for the support; on a per ticket basis, or for a larger monthly fee on an unlimited basis. Considering a server can hold anywhere between 200 to 1000 (or more depending on specifications of the server) users, the service is not necessarily cheap.
The diagram below indicates the pricing involved:
Telephone and live chat support come at additional cost:
As you can see, a simple server of say, 500 users, could easily run into the region of $500 — $800 per month.
Looking at the client list, many of the companies are relatively small. Having a scalable support infrastructure when money is relatively tight is a very sensible business decision. Bobcares is designed to grow alongside its customers' growth. The alternative is to hire multiple support staff to ensure 24/7 coverage. This would be too expensive for many small hosting companies.
Of course, outsourcing of support will have its trade-offs. The support staff most likely deal with a multitude of different hosting providers simultaneously, so you won't get that same personal touch than larger companies that do everything in-house. Equally, a small hosting provider can provide a more personal service when the owner deals with all the support issues in-house, or more often than not by the owner themselves. Depending on how keen the owner is at getting up at all hours of the night, the support response times may be slower.
Therefore, in principle, we think that Bobcares is an excellent idea for micro and small web hosting providers. We cannot speak as to their performance, and how good they are, but as a company, they are recommended by some of the large software providers such as cPanel (moderated listing) and LiteSpeed (Support Partner).
For medium to large web hosting businesses, it is more usual to deal with support in-house which would enable them to give a more personal and overseeing approach to ensure high standards are met. That being said, companies such as CloudLinux successfully built outsourced support teams with companies such as Remsys.
But this is just our general opinion. We are sure there will be many polarized views against and for the use of outsourced support, which is outside the scope of this article.
Employee Data Criticisms
We shall firstly deal with the complaints made by a "current" employee of Bobcares about the alleged poor service offered by Bobcares. The employee is "ranting" (at least this is the impression the post as a whole gives off) about the company being mostly run and controlled in India (again, the mention of outsourced support in India can be subject to some strong views).
They then proceed to set out why they are bad, which you can see below, in their own words:
- Phone support, manned by us Americans, is restricted to what it can do in terms of any type of support, we literally just
anwser(sic) the phone, and make a ticket. Literallyexactly what the Customer can do their selves and save time. We literally cannot do anything else.
- Chat, Ticket, Billing, and server support are all ran by the Indian side of the company. When it comes down to it, these guys to way more harm
thengood. For example, one of the "Server Techs" decided glibcneeded to be removed form(sic) a Centos 6 server that ran a web server...................Need I explain more about their incompetence?
- The company takes on ALL clients, I literally mean all, from Mobile phone support to
Data centersupport. Yet no one is trained on any thing, most have zero experience,and learn on the job (One of the guys here has never touched a computer running anything newer thenXP).
- If you have ever hired these guys, I bet your wallet felt a bit heavier when you finally left them. That would be because for the amount of support, or lack
there of, you pay a surprisingly high amount, specially(sic) for extremely s--- support.
This section of the post then proceeds to state:
When it comes down to it, what I am saying is, as a current employee of BBBobcares (sic) DO NOT HIRE THESE PEOPLE FOR YOUR COMPANY.
As you can see, he calls out the Indian support as incompetent and "overpriced", and advises potential customers not to use them. For many companies, a rant by a former employee is sometimes expected, but it starts to get a little more serious when that same "current" employee proceeds to make client lists public.
The Data Breach
Unfortunately for Bobcares, the disgruntled employee didn't just stop at criticizing their level of competency, but also leaked a list of web hosting companies using the service. This has the potential to get both Bobcares in trouble for client confidentiality, but also the employee for a breach of Arizona Trade Secret Law.
Upon request from
Bobcares we will be removing/not releasing the exact names of the companies involved. The point of the story is not the company names released, but the principle behind it.
Furthermore, the leaking of customer data by an employee is incredibly unprofessional, and we did wonder about their motives. Before the employee deleted his Reddit account, a capture of some past posts was made showing that he was promoting another web hosting company.
We can't say for sure what links the user has with this other company, but it is not unknown for Reddit users pretend to be a third party to promote their own services. It is possible that "
You can see a copy of the promotional Reddit Post below:
What Affect Will This Have on the Listed Companies?
If we were using Bobcares to run a hosting company, we would be extremely concerned that a data breach like this took place. If an employee could release this data, what other data might they release? Individual web hosting companies own client lists? If they are promoting third party companies, this would be a great source of data to create email or other campaigns to build their own (or friends) business up. This could be far-reaching, especially for a small web hosting company that may not have lots of cash flow.
Also, there may be some competitors who may like to point out the use of Bobcares for these companies and claim their support is better because it is all "in-house," making it harder to attract new business, especially on public forums such as Webhostingtalk.
Whether Bobcares is better or worse than in-house support probably won't be noticed by many. There is good and bad in-house support, so it is a matter of doing your homework before signing up to anyone. Bobcares (or at least the type of service they provide) is in our opinion is a positive thing for micro or small web hosting providers. If however, they cannot keep their customer data secure then their future does not look positive financially.
We will be reaching out to Bobcares, some of the leaked companies, as well as "
Update 1: The owner of
Update 2: Bobcares has identified the person responsible for the breach, and is in the process of initiating legal action against them. Furthermore, the employee in question only had access to a small number of customer names, but despite this Bobcares are currently undertaking an internal audit. In a statement to us,
Bobcares has been providing hosting support services since 1999. Over the years we have served a lot of hosting companies, small web hosts and large ones too. All through this time, our only service has been to help their growth. With ISO 9001 & 27001 certifications we have implemented strong measures to protect our customer information. Information is segregated and is accessible to the employees too only on a need to know basis. Hence the employee in concern had access to partial list of "names" of customers which he has outed. Even though they are just names of companies we have supported and nothing critical was let out, we take our security seriously. We are in the process of internal scrutiny.
Within hours of this being posted, we have gotten it removed from the websites in concern. It was at this point that you posted this. We are thankful for you to having removed this.
"The said employee came with an excellent recommendation from his previous company and had been with us only for about a month. His services have been terminated and our lawyers are initiating legal action at present for the violation.
Bobcares appears to have dealt with the matter very professionally and to be taking steps to ensure this will not happen again. It is tough to lay blame on Bobcares when a rogue employee is not something that can be predicted. Let's just hope they identify improvements they can make to their recruitment policies to avoid similar occurrences. We will await further updates.


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text: The Mercyhurst University Department of Religious Studies will present its Archbishop Oscar Romero Award to Erie optometrist Dr. Douglas Villella on Thursday, March 23. Dr. Villella will then speak about his work as executive director of Vision for the Poor, a nonprofit that develops sustainable eye care facilities to serve the poorest of the poor in Latin America and Haiti. All are welcome to attend the presentation and lecture at 7 p.m. in the Mercy Heritage Room. The Religious Studies Department has been presenting the Romero award since 1991 to individuals or organizations "living the call of faith and justice in an extraordinary manner." For more information, contact Dr. Robert von Thaden.


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Monday the 1st of August was finally the day my rebuilt BMW R80GS "Finnduro" aka Basic replica of sorts got on the road for the first proper outing. What a soothing experience it is to ride with an airhead boxer humming and growling beneath you! The first ride theme was set already moths ago: ride and find wild flowers to bring on to my sister's grave. Forever in my heart, sis.
Russian adventure 2016
I spent five days riding in the North-West region of Russian Karelia with likeminded adveture riders, scouting some historic WW2 sites along the then famous Rukajärventie service road.
Husky 701 Enduro was a perfect companion, with added 5 litres of fuel in a rear bag, with really good 2 x 15 litres enduro rear side bags from www.xcountry.pl and a small tank bag & rucksack with water bladder and rain covers.
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Boxer got some new legs installed. They're Marzocchi USD45 out of a Husqvarna TE, fitted and shortened stroke, with the Husky front wheel and triples, too. It's only missing top outer steering bearing race still, but otherwise it's starting to get close to test ride. Hmm, probably need the front brake lever and fluids as well!
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X70 hits the spot
I got the new Fujifilm X70 a few days ago, and have been shooting with it constantly. It's like the 3/4 squeezed down X100S, with 28mm (film) fixed lens, and tilting backscreen instead of OVF/EVF, but still getting the same sensor and processor (and image quality) as with X100S. I was worried I'd sorely miss the electronic viewfinder (EVF) from X100S, but in all honesty, I have enjoyed the benefits of 28mm focal lenght and smaller size so much that the lack of EVF has not come into being an irritation at all. In fact, the tilting screen has been a big plus for angled shots on waistline. Also, the 28mm f2.8 lens has proven to be of outstanding quality, right from the full f2.8. The X70 has hit the spot in my heart, and I wonder what's going to happen with my X100S now. I guess more of my typical shots benefit from 28mm focal lenght, so that's the biggest single plus for me, and retaining that b e a u t i f u l X-series filmlike image tone, quality and emotion.
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- Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Dedication of the Stephen E. Smith Center
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
February 4, 1991
Stephen Edward Smith was born in Brooklyn on September 24, 1927, the youngest of five boys. He attended Polytechnic Prep, where he was an outstanding athlete. While studying history and social sciences at Georgetown University, he met his future wife of thirty-four years, Jean Kennedy. They married in 1956. Their children are Stephen Jr., William, Amanda, and Kym.
In 1960, Stephen Smith became the political advisor and finance chairman for the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy. He also managed the presidential campaigns of Robert and Edward Kennedy. After the death of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., he became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Joseph P. Enterprises, Inc., responsible for the Kennedy family's financial interests.
Stephen Smith was the master builder of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. As Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library Corporation, he undertook the initial fundraising for the Library and oversaw its construction. To support and supplement the Library's ongoing programs he then developed the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, a not-for-profit organization. As its first president, he established an endowment for it.
Stephen Smith died on August 19, 1990. On February 4, 1991, the new program facilities wing of the Kennedy Library was named in his honor to recognize his groundbreaking work on behalf of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
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The Thom, James Alexander mss., ca. 1966-2013, consist of the correspondence and papers of bestselling author James Alexander Thom, whose works have sold over two million copies.
Born in 1933 in Gosport, Indiana, Thom graduated from Butler University and subsequently served in the Marine Corps. After an early career as a reporter and journalist at the Indianapolis Star, he joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Journalism. His career as a novelist began in the 1970s. Known for the depth and accuracy of his research, Thom was the inaugural winner of the Gene and Marilyn Glick National Indiana Author Award in 2009. His major historical novels include Follow the River, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, and Panther in the Sky. Thom lives with his wife, Dark Rain, in a 130-year-old cabin he rebuilt in the hill country near Bloomington. Dark Rain co-authored Warrior Woman with Thom.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Writings; II. Correspondence; III. Printed; IV. Biographical Material; V. Drawings; VI. Clippings; VII. Business Records; VIII. Writers' Conferences and Workshops; IX. Miscellaneous; X. Audio-Visual; XI. Additions. Writings include research, notes, drafts and page proofs pertaining to novels, articles and short stories by Thom, Dark Rain, both Thom and Dark Rain, and other authors.
Correspondents include: Otis R. Bowen, Richard Cady, Ken Coates, Bill Moyers, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Scott Russell Sanders, Kurt Vonnegut, Howard Zinn.
The Printed series contains Thom's writings, as well as promotional materials and other printed materials. Business Records include contracts and agreements relating to Thom's novels and materials from Dark Rain's service on the National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council. The Audio-Visual series includes tapes from "James Alexander Thom: Storyteller," a program about Thom's life created by Indiana University Radio and TV Services that aired in 1990.
Additions to the collection include Thom's writings, correspondence, clippings, printed materials, drawings and miscellaneous items. Writings include drafts of Thom's later novels and screenplays for adapted works. Also included in writings is a draft of an unpublished short story, "The Boy Who Didn't Want Anything." Drawings include Thom's comic strip from the 1970s, Mr. Flooby, and an illustration for his novel The Red Heart.
An inventory and a finding aid are available.
Acquired: 2005-2010, 2012, 2013
Collection size: 10,000 items