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Each time you access our website and each time you retrieve a file, data about this process is collected by us/our service provider/website host and is stored in a log file. After no more than seven days, the personal data is anonymised by truncating the IP address and sent to us. As a result, we collect the following information and store it until it is automatically deleted:
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The legal basis for processing the data is Article 6(1)(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest stems from the data collection purposes listed above. We will never use the collected data for the purpose of making inferences about you as an individual. We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. Further details can be found in Points 3 and 4 of this data privacy notice.
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If you have given specific consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(1)(a) of the GDPR, we will use your email address to send you our regular newsletter. We only require your email address to receive our newsletter.
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On the download section of our website we offer the option to download information about the company and our products. For this purpose, we ask for your email address. After you have pressed the 'request download' button, you will receive a message and shortly after an activation link to your email address.
We process your data on the basis of the consent you have voluntarily given pursuant to Article 6(1)(1)(a) of the GDPR.
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We do not pass your data on to third parties outside of the SCHEMA Group for purposes other than the following. We will pass your data on to third parties only if:
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The 2nd largest city in the state of Ohio, Cleveland, lies into Lake Erie in the outflow of the Cuyahoga River. Instantly south to the west will be the Central Lowlands also starts the long Appalachian Plateau. The town has a powerful ethnic side, with museums and theatres, and the highly viewed Cleveland Orchestra.History
3 years after a long-term community, in whose seaport the first freights were dispatched in 1813 was created by Lorenzo Carter. Together with the conclusion of the system of canals involving Lake Erie and the Ohio River and the coming of the railway the town grown into among the main ports in an industrial facility and the eastern United States in which their bundles were made by a few of the greatest American entrepreneurs. The high-end homes on Euclid Avenue, known as Millionaires' Row, really are a testament to their own riches. In the 1980s, though, favorable outcomes were generated by a restructuring of the market, as well as in recent decades the city continues to be mostly modernized.
One modern day place that is popular is the Historic Warehouse District where People line the road any night of the week. Nearby is the Historic Gateway District, the centre of big-league and basketball pleasure.
See Where to Stay in Cleveland
The most well-known attractions in Cleveland is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's more of an experience than a museum. It's here that the Rock n Roll music business honors its finest entertainers.
Music enthusiasts could spend days going through all of the museum is offering, with permanent exhibits and traveling international and national shows. The eye catching, state of the art building sits on the shores of Lake Erie.
Official website: http://www.rockhall.com/
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art includes various artwork from all over the world. It's a particularly strong assortment of medieval art and American art from Asia and Europe. Visitors may also discover artwork of North American Indians. Recent growths in the museum contain galleries on Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indian, and Southeast Asian artwork. Along with the permanent set the Cleveland Museum of Art also hosts events and special exhibits.
Address: 11150 East Boulevard, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106 1797, United States
Official website: www.clevelandart.org
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Natural History Museum is home to some great displays. Chief among these is that of a 3 million-year old human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, known as "Lucy", that has been a crucial discovery in the discipline of anthropology. Maybe more sensational in a visual sense would be the dinosaur skeletons as they walk through the Kirtland Hall of Prehistoric Life, which tower over visitors. In addition , there are a number of other displays, from geology to astronomy and stone and minerals. Young folks will take pleasure in the various interactive displays.
Address: 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106 1767, United States
Official website: https://www.cmnh.org/
Great Lakes Science Center
A trip to the Great Lakes Science Center is an expertise that is educational. The centre offers hundreds of interactive displays made to engage visitors of ages. Also is a six-story OMNIMAX theatre showing intriguing nonfiction movies. The centre comes with an event schedule that is active, make sure to have a look at their web site prior to seeing.
Official website: http://www.glsc.org/
West Side Market
West Side Market is the longest running public marketplace in Cleveland. It had been renovated in the early 2000s and has been gaining in popularity on the years with both tourists and locals. The essential characteristic is the 1912 markethouse. In total over 100 vendors selling a myriad of foods and specialty items are accommodated by the marketplace. That is a fascinating spot to go to as well as an enjoyable spot to look.
Address: United States, 1979 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113
Official website: http://www.westsidemarket.org
Cleveland Botanical Garden
The Cleveland Botanical Garden comes with quite a few gardens showcasing all types of plants with amazing displays of colour throughout the springtime, summer, and autumn.
Official website: http://www.cbgarden.org
USS Cod Submarine Memorial
A National Historic Landmark, the USS COD Submarine Memorial, is situated on the shores of Lake Erie. This World War II sub savings and comes with a fascinating history of conflicts. It was responsible for the initial sub-to-sub saving, which happened in 1945. Visitors can go to with the USS COD throughout the summertime months and therefore are encouraged to board the boat. Entry is via the hatchways that are first as it's not yet been changed since war time.
Address: 1089 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114 1003, United States
Official website: http://www.usscod.org
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
5 miles south to the east of Brookside Metropolitan Park, of the Cleveland city center, is among the earliest in America, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The zoo keeps an assortment of exotic and domestic creatures from all over the world, including the greatest number of primate species in North America. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is, in addition, a botanic garden with year round leaves that is attractive.
Official website: http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Zoo/Zoo.aspx
Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery was made in the fashion of the found as a garden with monuments, in Victorian England and France. Referred to as the Outside Museum in Cleveland, the grounds feature exquisite gardens and are enormous. The graveyard was created in 1869 and includes over 100,000 graves of individuals from all A number of the famous people include 20th President of the United States Of America James Abram Garfield, John Davison Rockefeller, and Eliot Ness.
Address: 12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 4313, United States
Official website: http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com
Playhouse Square Center
PlayhouseSquare Center lies in the center of the theatre scene in Cleveland. Local community organizations and individual individuals who undertook a slow restoration of the properties, saved from demolition in the 1970s these theatres, mostly constructed in the 1920s. Most of the restoration occurred in the 1980s and 1990s and can simply be thought of as among the best success stories in Cleveland.
Official website: http://www.playhousesquare.org
Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, more generally called temporary exhibits are featured by the MOCA by international and national artists in addition to local artists in the Cleveland region. The new building, which opened in 2012 of the museum is a remarkable and exceptional construction designed by Farshid Moussavi. This mirror finished construction rises to turn into a square on top, creating a variety of angles and starts from your floor as a hexagon.

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We are Disney Destination Specialists at PAMS PATH TO TRAVEL. I have personally have been a Disney Buff every since I was a kid and if you were to walk through my house, there would be no doubt in your mind. Disney is everywhere. When I first met my husband in 2004, he told me he had only been to Disneyland twice in his life and the last time was over 15 years ago! I have made sure he has made up for lost time! We try to visit Disneyland once per year. We have been to Walt Disney World in 2010 and Cruised on the Disney Wonder in 2007. We also recently visited the Disney's Aulani Resort on Oahu in January, 2012!
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Customer Survey Guidelines for Email Marketing
1. Set expectations appropriately.
Survey participants have an implicit expectation that the survey is being conducted in preparation for improvements to the topics being discussed. It's de-motivating for customers to expend the effort to complete a survey if you're not going to make changes based on the results. Your email marketing survey should arrive with a short cover letter explaining the motivation for the survey, importance of customer participation, and the prospective actions that may be taken as a consequence of the survey results.
2. Choose effective Sender Name and Subject Line.
As with any email, the Sender and Subject Line of your customer survey will be the primary determinants of your open rate and response rate. The Sender Name should be in the form 'Joe Smith [a recognizable name]/XYZ Corporation' or 'XYZ Corporation'; this is more productive than 'firstname.lastname@example.com', and much more effective than using mass market email domains like gmail, Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo. The Subject Line should be appealing and encourage the recipient to open the email and complete the survey. It's best to use the word 'survey', along an encouragement to open the email. Example: 'Customer Survey: We Need Your Input'. It's also important to avoid words in the Subject Line that will trigger
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3. Keep It Short and Simple (KISS).
Only the most loyal and conscientious customer will complete a 100 question survey. Asking irrelevant or low-impact questions at the beginning will cause customers to lose interest. The first few questions in the survey should engage readers with the opportunity to provide meaningful feedback on issues that affect their customer experience. Every additional question increases the likelihood that the survey participant will abandon the survey. So avoid the temptation to ask everything you'd like to know.
4. Use simple language, avoiding jargon and unusual terms.
One of the biggest mistakes we make in marketing is assuming our audience knows what we know, thinks like we think, and uses the same language we use. Every industry has its own jargon, acronyms and arcane terminology we use every day to communicate with colleagues. But in most cases, customers are not industry insiders, and may not be familiar with these terms. Keep it simple -- so your customers don't get confused or discouraged and give up on the survey.
5. Group related questions together.
We've all seen email marketing surveys that look like they were created by committee, with the questions presented in random order and different styles. You'll get better responses from customers if you organize the questions to keep related questions together. In addition to getting better responses, this will show your customers you took the time to organize the survey to make it easier for them.
6. Use single answer multiple-choice questions.
A customer survey is not a logic test; and you don't want readers struggling to decide if the answer is A, B, B and D, or All Of The Above. When you analyze survey results, it's difficult to draw much distinction between 'A and B' and 'A, B and C' response. Multiple-answer questions don't provide as much information or statistical significance as single answer questions, and are irritating to the reader.
7. Offer a Don't Know/Don't Care/None Of The Above/Other option
Even with the most careful email survey design, you may not anticipate all potential customer responses. The reader may not know the answer, or may not like any of the choices you have provided. Give your customer a way to provide an answer; and provide an input field to expand on the 'Other' response.
8. Avoid leading or loaded questions.
Political surveys and polls are notorious for asking loaded questions to achieve a desired result -- but that's not your purpose in a customer survey. Customers resent being asked to agree with a statement that is oversimplified, overstated or ambiguous. This is especially true for 'forced-response' questions (i.e., must choose among A, B, C, etc.) – another reason to include a Don't Know/Don't Care/Other or None Of The Above option.
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Ask one question at a time, and avoid double negatives or multiple qualifiers in a single question. "How likely are you to buy a red sedan or a black pickup truck for less than $30,000?" is an awful question, as is "If you purchased from us last quarter, did you take advantage of our special online discounts or in-store returns process?"
10. Use open-ended questions carefully.
Open-ended questions are a great way to obtain unknown or unexpected answers, get new ideas from customers (or just let them vent). But, since open-ended questions require more effort by the reader, your customer survey should only include a few of these. Open-ended questions should not be used in cases where a multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank question would work.
11. Test your survey on colleagues and a subset of customers.
Begin by testing your draft survey on colleagues and friends, and revise the survey based on their comments. Then send the survey to 5% of your target email list. This will surface any questions that were ambiguous or difficult to understand – and may suggest additional questions customers would like you to ask. Revise the survey and distribute to the remaining customers on your target email list.
12. Provide feedback and follow-up.
In general, you should provide a copy of the survey results to all survey participants. Individual customer responses to a survey – especially open-ended responses with permission to contact – can be the beginning of a productive discussion and closer relationship. Contact these survey participants promptly while questions and answers are fresh in their minds.
Following these recommendations will make your customer surveys easier and more comprehensible to customers, and produce informative responses that can help you improve your products, services, business practices and customer satisfaction.
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Q. In the 1910 federal census of Racine, Wis., I found the abbreviations M0, M1 and S for marital status. The M means married and the S is for single, but what do the 0 and 1 stand for?
A. According to the 1910 US census instructions, the enumerator had to ask if the person was "single, married, widowed or divorced." (Go to <usa.ipums.org/usa> and click User's Guide to see enumerators' instructions for all the federal censuses.) He was to record an S in column eight for unmarried subjects, Wd for widowed, D for divorced and M for married. The enumerator was supposed to inquire about previous spouses and write M1 for a first marriage and M2 (married more than once) for a second or subsequent marriage.
Joseph C. Hamata was the enumerator for the 1910 census in Racine's Ward 7 (you'll find the ward and the enumerator's name at the top of census returns). Hamata wrote M0 in column eight for Leona and Edward Pulda, a couple living in the household of Hannah Dischler – they're noted as Dischler's daughter and son-in-law. Column nine, the length of the marriage, is blank, as is the column 10 space for children born to the mother. (Offspring born prior to a woman's current marriage were included; no code differentiated children born out of wedlock. Stillborn babies weren't counted.)
If a person married after April 15 – the "official" enumeration date used to calculate ages for the 1910 census – and before the date the census taker visited, he or she would be recorded as single. A similar policy applied for widowed people. The enumerator was to use a 0 in column nine for couples wed less than a year as of April 15.
Since the M0 notation is unusual, I looked for similar entries in the rest of Hamata's census territory and found none – he seems to have followed his enumeration instructions quite well. My guess? Edward and Leona weren't actually wed, but Leona used his surname, suggesting a common-law marriage. I recommend looking for them in Racine County marriage records to check this theory. Your other genealogical research also might reveal an explanation behind the Puldas' living arrangement.
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TAHLEQUAH, OK. Northeastern State University has engaged The Scion Group to complete a student housing market and demand analysis for the renewal of its existing campus housing inventory. This study marks 90 campuses on which Scion has been engaged.
Scion will analyze market data, student preferences and University information, and also conduct a walkthrough of existing housing facilities, toward establishing demand for the first phase of renewal contemplated by the University.
Founded in 1846 as the Cherokee National Female Seminary, Northeastern State University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Oklahoma and the state's fourth-largest public four-year institution. With a main campus in Tahlequah and branch campuses in Muskogee and Broken Arrow, the University serves nearly 9,000 students annually with 56 undergraduate degree programs and majors and 21 graduate programs.


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This childhood favorite is made healthy and delicious with fiber-rich whole-wheat bread. The fresh fruit topping adds the perfect sweet and juicy touch.
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Plain fat-free yogurt and mixed berries or other fruit, for serving
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- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a large rimmed baking sheet (or 2 smaller sheets) with cooking spray*.
- In a pie plate, beat the eggs with a fork. Beat in the milk, sugar substitute, cinnamon and vanilla. One at a time, dip a slice of bread into the egg mixture, turning to let it soak into both sides. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Evenly spoon any leftover egg mixture on the bread slices.
- Bake for 18–20 minutes, turning slices once (use a metal spatula as they might stick slightly), until the toast is browned. Remove from the oven and cut each slice in half diagonally. Arrange 4 pieces on each of four heated plates. Top each with some yogurt and fruit. Serve hot.


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Magic 41
Vixens 38
The Magic have finally cracked it.
After a seemingly endless procession of Australian winners in the transtasman league, the Waikato/Bay of Plenty side yesterday broke New Zealand's drought, upstaging the Melbourne Vixens on their home turf to claim the crown.
It was the Magic's third grand final appearance, having made it through to the big show in 2008 and 2010.
A case of third time lucky perhaps? Luck had little to do with it.
In a performance that typified their season, the Magic produced a gutsy, determined display coming from behind to overrun the hosts in the final minutes of the match.
Trailing for virtually the entire match, the Magic had to scrap just to stay in touch with the Vixens, who led by as many as six goals in the third quarter. But a brilliant intercept from Casey Williams with 6 minutes remaining allowed the visitors to level the score, and take the lead from the following centre pass.
Once they had their noses in front, the Magic never relinquished the lead, remaining calm and collected as the Vixens' inexperienced attack line faltered.
Having watched from the sidelines twice before as the opposition captain hoisted the ANZ Championship trophy and frolicked in confetti, captain Laura Langman said she was over the moon to finally get her hands on it herself. "It's lighter than I anticipated," she said of the trophy.
"It's a massive moment and I still don't think it's quite sunk in yet. I'm just very proud and to lift the trophy and celebrate with the team is definitely up there in my books."
The grand final was a game that, on paper, the Magic had little chance of winning. No New Zealand side had won the transtasman league crown. No side has come from third to take out the championship. And the Magic had not beaten the Vixens on their home soil in five seasons. Yet for all the weight of history that was against them, you couldn't write off the Magic.
Dead last after four rounds, the Magic had defied sizeable odds to make it to the title decider. A gut-busting run of 11 straight wins - including a tense one-goal win over the Thunderbirds in the minor semifinal, and an extra time win over the Mystics in last week's preliminary final - helped the Magic develop a harder edge.
Their experience of those tough, pressure-filled matches paid dividends yesterday. It was evident from the opening whistle that after four seasons of one-sided finals, we were in for a tight contest befitting a grand final.
In what was possibly the strangest opening five minutes in an elite netball game, the ball swung up and down the court, with neither side able to convert their opportunities. After six minutes of play, just three goals had been scored. Magic coach Noeline Taurua said the early nerves were telling from both sides.
"It was weird. From both teams it was like a ping-pong match and it was quite surreal," Taurua said.
"But you can't take away the pressure that is out there, and what it brings. And it brings weird stuff."
With both sides struggling to get their act together on attack, the Vixens held an 8-7 lead at the first break.
The game opened up slightly more in the second period, as the Vixens' shooting pairing of Karyn Howarth and Tegan Caldwell worked their way in to the game. The pair shot at just 53 per cent in the opening period, but improved their rate in the second quarter to help their side capitalise on the wealth of turnover ball being won by their much vaunted defensive end.
Two goals in quick succession, or at least what seemed quick in the context of the match, gave the Vixens a handy 22-18 lead at halftime.
They looked similarly strong for much of the third quarter as well, opening out a six-goal lead as Geva Mentor and Bianca Chatfield continued to place enormous pressure on the Magic attack.
But some defensive heroics from Leana de Bruin late in the spell got the Magic back within three goals heading in to the final turn.
With just 15 minutes remaining, Taurua instructed her side to just go out there and leave everything on the court in the final spell. "I think at that point there was a real switch from us and we kind of let the result and outcome go and just focused on trying to play some good netball, and that was the difference," Taurua said.


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Who Invented the Laser?
Physicists had been working for generations toward controlling ever shorter wavelengths. After radio (meters) and radar (centimeters, then millimeters), the logical next step would be far-infrared waves. Masers had been modestly useful, more for scientific research than for military or industrial applications. Only a few scientists thought an infrared maser might be important and pondered how to make one. Infrared rays could not be manipulated like radar, and indeed were hard to manage at all.
Townes thought about the problems intensively. One day in 1957, studying the equations for amplifying radiation, he realized that it would be easier to make it happen with very short waves than with far-infrared waves. He could leap across the far-infrared region to the long-familiar techniques for manipulating ordinary light. Townes talked it over with his colleague, friend and brother-in-law Arthur Schawlow.
Listen: Arthur Schawlow recalls how Rabi inspired him to make discoveries
Schawlow found the key — put the atoms you wanted to stimulate in a long, narrow cavity with mirrors at each end. The rays would shuttle back and forth inside so that there would be more chances for stimulating atoms to radiate. One of the mirrors would be only partly silvered so that some of the rays could leak out. This arrangement (the Fabry-Pérot etalon) was familiar to generations of optics researchers.
The same arrangement meanwhile occurred to Gordon Gould, a graduate student at Columbia University who had discussed the problem with Townes. For his thesis research, Gould had already been working with "pumping" atoms to higher energy states so they would emit light. As Gould elaborated his ideas and speculated about all the things you could do with a concentrated beam of light, he realized that he was onto something far beyond the much-discussed "infrared maser". In his notebook he confidently named the yet-to-be-invented device a LASER (for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation).
Listen: Gordon Gould recalls his creative moment
Listen: Peter Franken recalls hearing Gould's exciting ideas
Gould, Schawlow and Townes now understood how to build a laser — in principle. To actually build one would require more ideas and a lot of work. Some of the ideas were already in hand. Other physicists in several countries, aiming to build better masers, had worked out various ingenious schemes to pump energy into atoms and molecules in gases and solid crystals. In a way they too were inventors of the laser. So were many others clear back to Einstein.
In 1957 Townes talked over some ideas about pumping light-energy into atoms with Gordon Gould, a graduate student who had been thinking along similar lines. Worried that he might be scooped, Gould wrote down his ideas for the record. He developed many more ideas of how lasers could be built and used, and in April 1959 he filed patent applications with his employer, the high-tech research firm TRG. Nine months earlier Schawlow and Townes had applied for a patent on behalf of Bell Laboratories, which employed Schawlow on staff and Townes as a consultant.
When the Bell patent was granted, Gould sued, claiming he was first to conceive the device. Legal battles raged for the next thirty years. If Gould's patents were valid, everyone who built or used a laser would owe him money—and the longer the patents were undecided, the more valuable they became as the laser industry grew. In 1987 Gould and his backers began to win settlements. One of the greatest patent wars in history was over.
The historical question of how to assign credit for inventing the laser remains controversial. Most of the ideas were patented by someone, but that tells little about how the ideas actually arose and spread among scientists.
Listen: Robert Dicke recalls patenting his idea
Listen: Ali Javan comments on credit for discoveries
More reading: A historian's thoughts on what the controversy shows about the meaning of invention


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Once it has been agreed with your landlord and the tenant has passed referencing checks, you'll want to set the tenancy as Let Agreed so you can draw up a contract.
- To do this you'll click onto the LETTINGS tab and select the TENANCIES button; alternatively you can search for the tenancy on the top search bar.
- You will then need to set your agreed start date, to do this click onto Tenancy details on the left hand ladder. To edit the date, click the top right hand add button then click onto the tab called Tenancy specific information.
|To have a tenancy with a fixed term of 6 months, then onto a rolling contract leave the end date blank. If you intend on renewing the tenancy at the end of the fixed term then you need to enter an end date. Click SAVE to complete
Ladder options:
- The next step is to check the rent is correct, to do this see the rent schedule manual.
- For adding an inventory, please see the inventory manual
- For auto charges, please see the Auto charges manual.
- Tenancy specific suppliers can be added to show that a particular supplier is linked to that tenancy, for example British gas
- Add Special conditions and requirements as required
- Notes will give you a list of all notes relating to this tenancy
- Management fees, will be the monthly fee
- Property owners, who owns the property.
To print the tenancy agreement:
- For the tenant's agreement click onto tenants on the left hand ladder, then click onto the actions button next to the tenant who's agreement you'd like to generate, you will then see this pop up box, here you can decide to send check lists/cover letters to the tenants:
- To print the landlord agreement, click onto the top right hand actions button.
- If you select to send by email/ post the letter will generate and show in the Postbag for authorisation.
- To Sign your tenancy off once you have checked all the information is correct, and the document has been signed by both parties you'll need to click onto the actions button and choose sign tenancy .


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Brian, do you believe in God? This guy is the most resilient patient I've ever seen. You are so brave. Oh, you're that guy that Dr. Steig worked on. What an amazing operation. Let me shake your hand. Good job. You're my new hero. They gave you a 5% chance of making it off the table alive. What's going to be your legacy? That is going to be my legacy. All of the above are things I heard from doctors, friends, family, nurses. They were all happy I pulled through. The fact I pulled through and my daughter, that will be my legacy.
Sometimes you go to the beach and the ocean is full of rip currents. Being a surfer, I love rip currents. If you're a swimmer, they can be a real drag. The point is, it depends how you look at something. There's always a positive and negative to everything. As a surfer, I love rip currents because they would bring me out back to the waves real quick. As a swimmer, as long as you don't fight it, you could work with it. But, if you work against it it could take your life. So, once again, it all depends on how you look at it. This is how I live my life now. There's definitely a negative side, but believe it or not, there's a positive side as well. You just have to search for it.
I used to be a negative person. Always looking at the negative side of things. Now I try to do the opposite. And it is like a form of therapy. You gotta stay positive. Go with the flow.
OK, I'll get off of my soap box now and tell you a few things I thought of while I was on my back.
I was in Hawaii on a commercial photographic job. I was walking back to the minivan with my two assistants. Our arms were filled with equipment. My first assistant said, open in a very deep voice, and the door slowly opened. I thought, how cool is that? A voice activated door. Perfect. We got in the van and in a deep voice he said "Close." And the door closed. I was really excited about it for some reason. The next day, when we were finished, we were once again walking back to the minivan. I said to my assistant, "Let me do it. Let me say open. Let me open the door." I stood there and said, "Open" in a deep voice. Nothing happened. I said Open again, nothing happened. The first assistant said, "You sound like a 10 year old girl. You gotta be a real man like me. It's programed for a manly voice like me. You gotta be manly like me. Try again." So I said, "Open" in a voice Pavorotti would have been proud of. And the door opened! Once again, once we were inside, I deeply said, Close, and it closed. Well, this went on for a couple of days, and then one day I said, Open in a deep voice and I looked over. The guys, my assistants were crying they were laughing so hard. The first assistant pulled out a clicker that he had in his pocket. He'd been pressing open or close all week. There was no voice activated door. The bastards got me. I was pissed. The thing that really got me bummed out was there was no voice activated door, so if there's anyone out there with a connection to GMC, let's produce this idea, get it done, and then we can be the ones laughing at them.
While we're talking about assistant, I'm going to tell you another story. I had one guy I worked with who was skinny, skinny like you can't believe, and yet, he ate like an elephant. I had clients who would ask me if I was bringing him because they had to increase their food budget. Well, anyway, we were at a job in a japanese restaurant, me and the crew and this assistant. We had just gotten done shooting. We had a good meal. It was a good crew. The client asked for the check and the waiter said, OK, but you still have one item to come out. She, the client, looked confused. Just then, I saw it. It was a humongous boat complete with masts, sails, and it took 2 people to roll it out. It had sushi all over the deck. I thought, that can't be for us, that's for 8 people. The client said, oh no, that's not ours, and my assistant said, no, it's mine! And he ate the whole thing. I still say he has a tapeworm.
Another story happened in New Guinea. I was on an editorial shoot. We were on a boat along the coast. Anyway, we were all drinking at the end of the day, and I did a few things I'm not proud of. 1. I drank way too much beer. 2. I threw the aluminum cans into the ocean, and 3. I decided it would be a good idea to show the model how to fire a 9 mm handgun. These are all bad ideas when you're really drunk. So, anyway, the girl with our guide decides to use the cans in the water as target practice. Well, after a few rounds she actually hit a can. She was so excited she started jumping up and down and saying I hit it, I hit it. Well I sure was jumping up and down. She was waving her hands back and forth, and in one of her hands was a 9 mm gun. She almost shot my head off. The gun was under my chin. Well, I sobered up pretty quick and after checking my shorts we went home to the hotel.
Well, that's over now. I have many more stories to tell. I think it's good for me to tell them. It's kind of like therapy for me. I'll see you next week. Love, B. Nice


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News spread last year about a horrific case of sexual assault perpetrated by a caregiver as a senior home. According to reports, the perpetrator was employed as an assistant at a nursing home. At some point on his shift, the 30 year old man snuck into the room of an 89-year old resident. The senior was allegedly showing signs of dementia at the time. After entering the room, the attacker gave the woman drugs that he knew would affect her cognitive abilities. It was then, while she was under the influence of the medication and trapped in the room with the caregiver, that he raped her.
Fortunately, the senior was aware of what happened, and reported the incident the very next morning to her daughter. The police were called and the perpetrator was soon identified. As often happens in these situations both criminal and civil cases arose from the incident.
Odd Settlement Details
On the criminal side, prosecutors pursued the matter and the caregiver eventually pled guilty to the crime. A sentence handed down in the matter earlier this year will send the man to prison for over four years.
A civil lawsuit was also filed against the caregiver, seeking compensation for the rape. A settlement was reached in the case recently. Per the released terms, the man will pay the victim slightly more than $1,000 and provide a similar payment to a local rape non-profit center. In addition, the man was ordered to pay $10 million to the resident in damages. Yet, there was a caveat to the payment of that significant sum. The man will only be required to actually pay the $10 million in damages if he commits another sexual crime. The payment would be triggered by any conviction for a sex crime or liability in any future elder abuse incident over the next ten years.
As a practical matter, it is likely that the man does not have anywhere near the resources necessary to pay the damages–even if he violates the settlement agreement. However, it is unclear if another civil lawsuit was filed against the facility itself. Nursing homes as an entity can be held responsible for the misconduct of their employees, or, similarly, for their own negligence in hiring practices that allowed intentional abuse to occur. Unlike individual wrongdoers, nursing homes often have insurance or other resources which can be use to provide actual compensation to the victims.
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This case is just the latest in the long list of reminders of the harm that can befall seniors in nursing homes. In fact, much of this mistreatment goes unreported. Victims are often scared of speaking up or ashamed of what happened. In other cases, seniors may have dementia or Alzheimers and are unable to fully appreciate poor care or even intentional abuse.
For this reason, it is incumbent upon friends, family members, and others to speak up whenever they suspect that a senior is being harmed. Authorities should be called, nursing home administrators need to be contact, and abuse attorneys may be needed to ensure full and complete accountability.
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The purpose of this in-depth and extremely detailed report is to expose the truth of last summer's events and how a democracy that is attacked fights terrorism according to the rules of international law.
On Sunday, June 14, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with the recently completed special report, "The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects," prepared by top experts in Israel's Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Justice, National Security Council and the IDF.
The purpose of this in-depth and extremely detailed report is to expose the truth of last summer's events and how a democracy that is attacked fights terrorism according to the rules of international law – as both the facts and the legal analyses of the 2014 Gaza conflict have been distorted, most often to Israel's detriment.
As was done in the previous conflicts, and along with the commitment of the government of Israel to transparency, this report has been compiled in order to assist with reaching an informed understanding of the reasons for the 2014 Gaza conflict and the actions of the parties thereto. In doing so, the report constitutes an important document for those wishing to know more about the hostilities. It also constitutes required reading for those who wish to better understand the challenges facing a state committed to the rule of law, when forced to conduct military operations against a non-state actor that repeatedly violated and manipulated the laws of armed conflict committing endless war crimes and crimes against humanity against both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.
The report includes Israel's legal positions with regards to certain aspects of the hostilities and addresses some of the most complex and unique challenges in contemporary armed conflicts, which are characterized by the asymmetry between the parties' commitment to the Law of Armed Conflict.
The full report is available online at http://protectiveedge.gov.il
Israel's Commitment to International Law
The State of Israel is committed to the rules of international law even as it fights against terrorist organizations that deliberately violate these rules. Israel's obligation stems from the fact that Israel is a democracy and its own moral values demand that it operates in accordance with international law.
As Israel's former President of its Supreme Court has noted, a democracy must fight terrorism with one hand behind its back. Those who distort the facts and legal basis of Israel's conflict with the terrorist organizations that target its civilians are trying to tie both hands behind its back, denying its legitimate right of self-defense.
The report demonstrates that the actions carried out by Israel during the conflict were in accordance with international law, in particular with the principle of proportionality. Proportionality is a specific legal concept that categorically does not mean a comparison of the total casualties on each side. Rather, it judges individual military strikes by examining whether the expected civilian casualties in a specific incident are excessive in comparison to the anticipated military advantage. This evaluation is not made according to the results of the attack, but according to the judgement of a reasonable military commander taken with the information available at the time. Moreover, balancing the expected casualties with the expected military advantage does not require perfect accuracy in either in predicting the outcome or in carrying out the strike.
Israel's report reveals for the first time insights of the IDF's methods of operation, including with regard to its targeting process. For example, on how the IDF devoted extraordinary resources to warn Palestinian civilians of danger and provide information on ways to avoid threats to their safety.
The report further details its independent and professional mechanisms to investigate any possible deviations from international norms. Israel is fully committed to investigating all alleged violations of the Law of Armed Conflict. To accomplish this, Israel has introduced new and innovative investigatory mechanisms in addition to its already existing ones. Before hostilities had even ended last summer, the IDF established a Mechanism for Fact-Finding Assessments to assist the Military Attorney General (MAG) in deciding whether to open criminal investigations. The MAG has professional independence within the military system and his legal judgements are subject to review and challenge by Israel's judicial system and its Attorney General. The use of an internal legal system, to one degree or another, in the investigation of ostensive violations of the rules of war is common practice in many advanced democracies.
Hamas' War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
The report not only examines Israel's actions, but the conduct of Hamas during the hostilities and leading up to them. Hamas committed war crimes and crimes against humanity both by deliberately targeting Israeli civilians and by embedding its military capabilities in the heart of Gaza's population, exposing them to harm on purpose.
The report publishes for the first time Hamas doctrine and training materials recovered in the Gaza Strip. It clearly demonstrates that both Hamas' strategy and modus operandi rely on its willful disregard of the principle of distinction, which is the most fundamental principle of the law of armed conflict and a primary tool in the prevention of civilian casualties.
Hamas' calculated disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians was also exposed by its systematic rejection of multiple cease-fire proposals and violations of humanitarian pauses. Most significant of these is its rejection of the 15 July 2014 Egyptian-proposed ceasefire, which Israel accepted. Had Hamas agreed to the proposal – as Israel did – much suffering and perhaps 90% of the subsequent Palestinian casualties in Gaza would not have occurred.
The report reveals that at least 44% (and potentially as many as 66%) of fatalities in Gaza were terrorist militants. It exposes Hamas's systematic attempts to manipulate the data and to present all fatalities as 'civilian'. Furthermore, it analyses how the overall figures of fatalities occurring during the hostilities, on their own, impact upon the legal assessment of the IDF's actions during the 2014 Gaza Conflict, and that such statistics cannot be used to base a legal claim of "disproportionate" use of force by the IDF.
Outline of the Report
The report presents in its seven chapters:
• The nature of and the background to the summer 2014 Hamas conflict (Operation Protective Edge).
• The goals of Operation Protective Edge and its phases.
• The war crimes that were perpetrated by Hamas and the other terrorist organizations during the operation.
• Terrorist threats to Israel's citizens and the Israel's efforts to defend its citizens.
• The IDF's conduct during the operation with emphasis on the various steps that were taken in accordance with the rules of international law, the steps that were taken to minimize injury to the civilian population.
• The system that has been in place since the end of the operation to inquire into and investigate claims regarding seeming violations of the laws of war by IDF soldiers during the conflict.
• The report contains also a separate annex, which addresses one of the most contentious issues of the 2014 Gaza Conflict – statistics regarding the number of fatalities occurred.
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is supposed to release a report on the hostilities by the end of this month. This is the product of a mandate given by the UNHRC that concluded from the start what the commission would report before any investigation had even begun. Thus, the UNHRC and the mandate of the commission it appointed are highly-biased.


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If you're looking for a well-financed, work-without-a-hitch, typical commercial farming style experience, we're probably not what you need. But if you want to learn how to carve out your own niche in the competitive world of agriculture, if you want to raise REAL food for your family and others, if you want to live the best lifestyle there is, we may have something to expand your experience.
Currently, we offer three different ways to participate in our farm.
◊ I think I'd like to farm
A one week tag-a-long offering intensive exposure to the farm practices, a lovely camping spot, dinner each evening with our family and a quiet week in the country. As much as we love sharing our place with everyone, we are a working farm and these events take valuable time and man power away from the business at hand, this one will cost you. $750/person ($500 each additional person, children under 12 are free.)
◊ I'm pretty sure I'd like to farm
A four month internship offering hands on experiences with all aspects of farm life, a charming camping spot, dinner each Sunday evening with our family. Although we enjoy sharing our farm with others, this level of internship is both time and labor intensive. While there is no compensation associated with this internship, there is also no cost.
◊ I'd really like to farm!
Periodically, we're blessed with an intern whose interest, capability and persistence causes them to move from liability to asset. By invitation, this internship works more closely with us on the business end of the farm, as well as continuing the learning process in farm practices, for an extended period of time, to be determined between the farm and the individual. These folks are given room and board and some financial compensated.
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Have you ever wanted to erase your past criminal records?
Well, in Maryland, there are ways you can clean up your past, through the process of expungement, so that you can move forward in life and stop being held back by poor decisions that you made some time ago.
In fact, if your prior criminal past meets specific conditions set forth by Maryland law, you may be able remove your criminal files and prevent them from being accessed by both the general public and law enforcement agencies indefinitely.
If you reside in Maryland, and are interested in finding out how to expunge your criminal record, keep reading.
Today's guide will explain what exactly expungement in Maryland entails, what it takes to be considered eligible for expungement, why you should consider removing your criminal records from the public eye, and the basic process you must go through to become fully expunged in Maryland.
What is Expungement?
As mentioned earlier, expungement is the removal (or sealing) of your criminal past from the both the general public and law enforcement agencies. More specifically, expungement is the process by which you ask the court to remove certain court and police records from public view.
Simply put, through the process of expungement, your criminal past is no longer available for anyone to find out about, unless you mention it them personally.
The great thing about a Maryland expungement is the following:
- Maryland employers and educational institutions may not require you to disclose expunged information about yourself in order to qualify for employment or admission
- When applying for a state license, permit, or other registration, the state of Maryland cannot require you to disclose expunged information about yourself
This does not mean, however, that your criminal records disappear forever. Though they are sealed and cannot be viewed by anyone, expunged records are kept on file for the following reasons:
- Expunged records can be used against those seeking to run for public office
- Officials in the United States Military may request expunged records, should you attempt to enlist
How Do You Qualify for a Maryland Expungement of Criminal Records?
Expungement of your criminal record is not a guaranteed right in the United States. Rather, it is considered a privilege, and is only granted under certain circumstances.
Typically speaking, the outcome of your criminal case will determine whether you qualify for expungement in Maryland, regardless of whether the crime you committed was a felony or misdemeanor.
Under Maryland law, you may file for expungement under the following conditions:
- You were found not guilty of a crime
- Your criminal charges were dismissed
- You received a sentence of probation before judgment (except in certain alcohol-related cases)
- The prosecutor dropped your case before or during your trial
- Your case was indefinitely postponed (aka being placed in the "stet docket")
- Your case started in adult court and was moved to juvenile court
That said, there are certain instances in which you cannot file for expungement in Maryland:
- You received probation before judgment for a crime and within three years you were convicted of a new crime
- You were found guilty of a criminal charge (in most cases)
- You have criminal charges pending against you
- Your probation before judgment deals with certain alcohol-related offenses, such as a DUI
- You were charged with multiple criminal offenses and only some of them qualify for expungement
As you can see, not everyone is eligible for expungement, as it is for deserving individuals. In fact, if you are convicted of a crime, the only way you may be eligible for expungement is if the crime was considered non-violent and the Governor of Maryland has agreed to pardon you.
Why Consider Filing for Expungement?
If you are not prone to extensive criminal activity, and simply made a poor decision in the past, it may be easy to convince yourself that it is best to just let it go as a lesson learned and move on. This however, does not protect you in the future from the long-lasting consequences of having a criminal record, no matter how minor you may feel it is.
Here are some of the lasting effects a criminal record can have on your future:
- Denial of employment, required job permits, or licensing
- Denial of housing benefits with a drug conviction of any kind
- Absolute divorce approval if convicted of a crime with at least 12 months jail time served
- Termination of parental rights
- Public access to all of your criminal records including crime descriptions and all court proceedings
- Revocation of your commercial driver's license
- Denial of owning a firearm
- Termination of voting rights
- Denial of entry into the United States Military
- Possible deportation if not a United States citizen
- Loss of government funding for education, such as grants or federal loans
- Entry into the Maryland DNA database unless you receive a not guilty verdict, your case is dismissed, your conviction is reversed, or you receive an unconditional pardon
In the end, an expungement of criminal records will not apply to all of the above scenarios. However, for the sake of explanation, you can see how having a criminal record in Maryland can have far-reaching effects in your life.
So, if you have the opportunity to expunge those records, and save yourself the hassle of being denied for so many things, why not do it?
How to File for Expungement in Maryland
If you think you qualify for expungement, follow these steps to get started:
- Obtain a petition for Expungement of Police and Court Records and the General Waiver and Release form
- Gather the details of your case – case number, date of arrest, summons, or citation, the law enforcement agency that took action against you, the offense you were charged with, and the date your case was disposed
- Complete the forms and file them with the clerk of the Maryland District Court
- Include a copy of all forms for the State's Attorney and each law enforcement agency named in the petition
- Pay the filing fees and wait for a Certificate of Compliance in the case of expungement completion
It is important to note that each agency you dealt with at the time of your arrest, summons, or citation must send you a Certificate of Compliance in order for your expungement to be considered complete.
Getting Proper Legal Help with Your Expungement Process
Cleaning up your criminal past may seem simple enough, but if you have been through the court system for a crime, you know better than anyone that criminal cases are anything but simple. Worse yet, having a criminal record in Maryland can make it difficult to get a better paying job, attend educational institutions, and even rent an apartment.
If you are looking for an experienced defense attorney in Maryland to help you with expunging your criminal record, look no further that Dilip Paliath, Esq. Understanding Maryland Criminal Code and the complex nature the expungement process can have at times, Dilip can help you every step of the way.
Dilip Paliath, Esq. can determine whether you are eligible for expungement and seal these records permanently. In addition, his expertise in defending individuals who have been accused of crimes gives him the knowledge and power to move through the courts in a quick and efficient manner.
Contact Dilip Paliath, Esq. today and see how he can help you remove your Maryland criminal records for good, so you can move forward and make a better life for yourself and those closest to you.


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Although the primary issue in your Social Security disability case relates to your capacity for work, your medical treatment record will function as the main source of evidence used by the Social Security adjudicator or judge to evaluate your claim. A claimant with significant work limitations but a very thin medical history can still win, but proceeding without a good medical record will be an uphill battle.
What, then, constitutes a convincing medical record in a Social Security case? In my experience, Social Security looks for:
Definitive Diagnosis: the medical education system in the United States trains physicians to diagnose and treat medical problems. As such, most physicians in the U.S. are trained to categorize and label the medical problems experienced by their patients.
Many medical offices use a format called the S.O.A.P format – this acronym stands for:
o S – subjective
o O – objective
o A – assessment (often including a diagnosis)
o P – plan
For Social Security's purposes, a firm diagnosis of your medical problems allows SSA employees to categorize your claim. If you have an opportunity to review your medical records, look at what is written in the "assessment" space.
Social Security has incorporated specific medical diagnoses into the Listings published in the Code of Federal Regulations, so it is no surprise that a firm medical diagnosis is favored by Social Security personnel.
Sometimes, of course, a physician will not be able to make a definitive diagnosis. Sometimes you will see terms like "etiology unknown" in a record or "rule out xyz" as the diagnosis. In these cases it is helpful if your doctor will identify one or more of the possible diagnoses that may apply in your case even if he has not made any conclusions yet.
In cases without a firm diagnosis, you will have to overcome this unknown and hope that your doctor will cooperate and fill out a "functional capacity form."
Longitudinal treatment record – the word "longitudinal" is a fancy synonym for "extensive and longstanding." Social Security judges like to see claimants with long and extensive medical files. Fair or not (and Social Security is not supposed to punish claimants who cannot afford regular care).
Social Security judges seem to believe that a claimant who has been receiving regular treatment over many years is deserving of credit, especially if the treating doctor confirms over that time that the claimant's symptoms are real and that the claimant is truly suffering.
There are no set rules, by the way, as to how much treatment is "enough." I would advise my clients that a doctor visit at least once every 3 to 4 months would be enough to constitute regular, on-going treatment.
Absence of any reference to "drug seeking behavior." Social Security has specific administrative policy that denies benefits to an otherwise disabled benefit if substance abuse is a "material contributing factor to that disability.
Absence of any reference to "malingering." The term "malingerer" refers to an individual who seeks treatment and/or drugs when there is no reasonable basis for such treatment. Sometimes individual who seek treatment in the absence of an underlying medical problem may have diagnosed or diagnosed mental health problems. Sometimes such individuals are claiming illness to avoid working. In any case, if a physician suspects that you are malingering and that word ends up in your medical record, it tends to follow you and often can prejudice the opinion of subsequent physicians.
Compliance with medications and treatment – Social Security decision makers like to see claimants who comply fully with prescribed treatment. This means that if a drug is prescribed, you need to take it regularly. If physical therapy, smoking cessation, or a weight loss program is prescribed you need to make a concerted effort to follow your doctor's directions. Social Security does not penalize you if you refuse to undergo surgery or an experimental treatment.
If your medical record paints a picture of you as an individual who is fully compliant with your doctor's prescriptions and treatment protocol and if it demonstrates that you are still experiencing significant limitations that would impact your capacity to work, your credibility will not be questioned and you will have a good chance at winning a favorable decision.


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Omni is another gym more for personally training people and it was moved in with Infinity Fitness. Also it's the entrance to the Body Spa. I was given quotes to paint up along the ceiling edge, filling the entire room.
I also used lettering enamel and hand painted the logos on the door.


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In his 2nd All Star start, Jim Palmer gave up 1 hit and 1 walk in 3 innings. He also helped at the plate advancing battery-mate Freehan on a bunt. Freehan scored on a Rod Carew single.
Bill Freehan had been the starting catcher for the American League All Stars since 1966. But with the 1970 Rookie of the Year, Thurman Munson and the 1972 Rookie of the year, Carlton Fisk coming up behind him, 1972 would be his last start behind the plate.


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Union Letters
L89 34th NY Soldier's Letter
L89 34th NY Soldier's Letter
Written from camp near Falmouth, VA 16 April 1863, Frank Bailey writes to his sister just as they have received word that they are about ready to march, once again, into battle. "We got orders day before yesterday to have five days rations in our knapsacks and three days rations in our haversacks and be ready to march at a moments notice." He is close to the end of his tour and hopes to be able to live to come home once again. He is glad to hear that most of the discharged soldiers have returned to good health once they got home, but has some rather unkind words for a man named "Pearl" whom he describes as "too d—m mean to get well." He notes that several of the girls at home have got married and hopes there will be someone left for him if and when he makes it home. Bailey enlisted as a private on the first of May 1861at the age of 24. The 34th was a two-year unit known as the "Herkimer Regiment" and was composed of five companies from Herkimer county. It was engaged in the Peninsula Campaign, the siege of Yorktown, sustained heavy losses at Fair Oaks and lost heavily again during the Seven Days' battles. It lost over 13% of its men at Antietam, then fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville before returning home for muster out on 30 June 1863. The battle they were anticipating was most probably Chancellorsville. This is a good letter for content, six pages in very fine condition, but a bit faint in places. I have transcribed it to make reading easier. I have Bailey's history to include, plus the regimental history, a Herkimer report and an Antietam "after battle" report.


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Background papers
In 1998 and 1999 ACTA produced a series of papers focussing on key issues in teaching English as a second language at the time. The papers are still relevant today. ACTA Presidents Chris Howell (1998) and Penny McKay (1999) commissioned the papers from leaders in the field. ACTA has recently scanned and uploaded the papers here. We encourage you to read them!
ACTA Background Papers No.1 (1998)
Finding and showing the Way: Teaching ESL in the late 1990s
Alan Williams
This essay examines the role of the ESL teacher in the context of today's sociopolitical culture. Williams begins by describing the conditions that pertained in the late 1980s, then compares this picture with the state of the discipline today. What is clear is that the circumstances have changed: multiculturalism has been politicised, 'corporatisation' is everywhere, and many ES:L teachers feel that their work is not appreciated as much as it once was. Williams argues that the profession may need to adjust its approach, though not its core values, if it is to continue to progress into the next millennium.
ACTA Background Papers No. 2 (1998)
Literacy ESL Broadbanding Benchmarking - Papers by:Penny McKay, Joseph Lo Bianco and Dorothy Hoddinott
The Literacy Benchmarks and ESL
Penny McKay
McKay examines the impact that the federal government¹s Literacy Benchmarks will have on the ESL profession. She identifies the Benchmarks themselves as a manifestation of the government's desire to foster a managerial culture in our public institutions, whereby financial accountability is the overriding goal. McKay draws attention to the dangers that are inherent in the subsuming of ESL under the general heading of Literacy, and suggests possible ways of avoiding or minimising these dangers.
ESL Is it Migrant Literacy? Is it History?
Joseph Lo Bianco
Prof. Lo Bianco argues that the government policy of broadbanding specifically the focus on literacy as the main issue is effectively talking ESL into subordination. Lo Bianco makes several important points: for example, students whose mother-tongue is English will in effect have been learning the language for eight years by the time they reach year 3, whereas ESL students will probably only have been learning it for three years. Further, Lo Bianco argues, the errors an ESL student makes may be creative errors, which are a natural part of the learning process. The ESL program, Prof Lo Bianco concludes, is becoming lost in a haze of administration politics.
Literacy - meeting the needs of all learners
Dorothy Hoddinott
Like many of her colleagues, Hoddinott fears that broadbanding will lead to a loss of focus on ESL students and their particular needs. Under the government¹s broadbanding policy, ESL students are being subsumed into the general category of under-performing students, whereas they may not be under-performing at all. Hoddinott stresses the importance of recognising the differences between ESL students and ESB students, and argues that new benchmarks should be established that acknowledge and cater for these differences.
Discriminatory Features for ESL Learners in the Literacy
Penny McKay
In this paper McKay draws attention to some specific problems that the Literacy Benchmarks may present to ESL students (and their teachers). McKay discusses these issues, and offers suggestions relating to ESL learners that Benchmark developers may wish to consider.
ACTA Background Papers No. 3 (1999)
The Distinctiveness of English as an Additional Language: a Cross-Curriculum discipline. A handbook for all teachers
A paper prepared by the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) UK. Reprinted with kind permission.
Our ESL colleagues in the United Kingdom are facing a similar situation to ours in Australia - that of the reconceptualisation of our field of education. In Australia ESL is becoming increasingly subsumed into wider issues of 'literacy' and the particular learning needs of bilingual learners are becoming increasingly invisible. This paper sets out to describe the distinctiveness of ESL as a field of education by defining its knowledge base, describing the range of learners, providing a perspective on the tasks that face ESL learners, by setting out teaching strategies that have been established by practitioners and outlining some of the key theoretical perspectives that inform the field. The information contained in this paper provides a well reasoned rationale for Australian ESL educators' claims that English as a second language is a field of education in its own right and not merely an aspect of the teaching and learning of literacy.
ACTA Background Papers No. 4 (1999)
ESL Teaching in the Global Hypermedia Environment
Chris Corbel
This paper examines the social, institutional and education changes that have occurred towards the end of the twentieth century, particularly those brought about by the increased use of technology and in particular computers. Corbel examines the impact these changes have had on the ESL field and reports on the findings of his research in this area. He argues that ESL teachers are ideally placed to make use of the emerging global hypermedia environment for ESL instruction and urges members of our profession to address the challenge to "redescribe" ourselves and take on additional roles as online teachers and learners.
ACTA Background Papers No. 5 (2000)
Casualisation of the ESL workforce in Australia
Santina Bertone
This paper focuses on casual and temporary employment in the ESL
(English as a Second Language) profession. It investigates the
implications for the quality, range and accessibility of services
when a significant proportion of teachers are employed und casual
or temporary contracts.
[published in TESOL in Context, Vol. 10 Iss. 1 (June 2000)]


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Preachers' Cave Walk - Blackwaterfoot
Preachers' Cave Walk - Blackwaterfoot
To develop access to and from Preachers' Cave, and to keep access on one pathway, thereby protecting the wider environment, eg seabirds nesting,bog plants, etc.
A group of local people have have been trained by the Arran Coastal Way's Footpath Team, and have developed into a committed group, eager to see the paths in their local area improved. The group have earmarked the section in question as an area of great need.
The group intend to take this project forward by themselves with support for the Arran Coastal Ways' Footpath Team.


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I'm Kristin and I'm so glad you are here. I'm the mom of two beautiful little girls, and the wife of a super cute pastor. We recently moved from the West Coast back to the Southeast to start a church in my husband's hometown. It's been the best and hardest year of our life. We couldn't be more excited about all we have been able to experience and be a part of.
Is it just me, or is life hard? The first time my husband ever preached, our girls were newborn and twenty-five-months old. Our life and ministry were in downtown San Francisco.
I was so nervous. It was such a special day. I wanted to make sure my husband felt like the day was perfect. I was still figuring out how to take care of two babies at one time by myself. I wanted to look great for church since my husband was speaking that day. I wanted to get there early and get a seat at the front so Tim would know I was there to support and encourage him.
I was late. I forgot our stroller and had to carry both girls four blocks. I ruined a brand new pair of Jessica Simpson boots with bacon grease from making a perfect breakfast. Once I arrived and finally made it to the front row, I realized my shirt was completely see through.
I was doing way too much to make myself seem perfect.
That day, I sat on the front row in my see through shirt as my husband preached. I felt very exposed and imperfect. And not just because of my shirt.
For too long I had relied on myself, my appearance, and my circumstances to make me feel important. That day, I realized the weight of relying on those things for my identity and happiness.
I realized that day that I no longer knew how not to rely on them.
We are all looking for something to make us content. To satisfy us. To bring us joy. To make us feel important.
This is where I write my journey and struggles of finding my true identity in Christ. Shedding off everything else.
I'm so glad you are here.


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Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose and San Jose Taiko
DANCE ORIGINS: India and Japan
San Jose Taiko, founded in 1973, is under the artistic leadership of Franco Imperial. Inspired by traditional Japanese drumming, San Jose Taiko performers express the beauty of the human spirit through the voice of taiko.
2011 ABHINAYA DANCERS: Yatrika Ajaya, Anjana Dasu, Eesha Khare, Malavika Kumar, Rasika Kumar, Sindhu Natarajan, Anu Ranganathan, Neeraja Venkat, Preeti Vissa
In 1993, two of San Joses oldest cultural groups, Abhinaya Dance Company and San Jose Taiko, collaborated in performance. Today the next generationchoreographers Franco Imperial and Rasika Kumarpresent a new collaboration: Synergy. Dynamic Japanese taiko drummers awaken South Indian bharatanatyam dancers, and a playful exploration begins . . .
The piece underscores the unique qualities of each form, and it also accentuates what is shared: an underlying spirituality and ancient connection to religion; a dignified and commanding stage presence; commitment to rhythm and movement; and an energy that extends outward, through drumsticks and fingertips.
Bharatanatyam dance originated in South Indias ancient temples, as an exquisite blend of abstract dance (nritta) and graceful expression (nritya). The dancers costumes are modeled after temple sculptures and festive bridal attire, with jewelry, flowers, gold brocade, and elaborate henna designs.
In North America, taiko names both the Japanese drum and the art of kumidaiko ensemble drumming. Taiko was integral to Japanese classical and folk culture and religion. It only recently emerged as an ensemble art form of physical endurance and singleness of mind, body, and spirit.
The art form of taiko continually integrates new rhythms, and San Jose Taiko is influenced by different meters present in various world music traditions. Abhinaya dancers move to the intricate rhythmic cycles and changing meters of South Indian Carnatic music. To collaborate, Franco Imperial and Rasika Kumar created new rhythmic sequences within bharatanatyam signatures. The taiko drummers play hand-held uchiwa-daiko (fan drums), the mid-sized nagado-daiko drum, and the larger chu-daiko drum with bachi sticks. A mridangam (Indian drum) mirrors the dancers intricate footwork, along with cymbals, flute, and ankle bells.
Synergy was created in 2010.


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I first read The Handmaid's Tale in high school at the suggestion of my favorite English teacher. I decided to reread it now because of all the hype surrounding the release of the Hulu adaptation, which I was dying to be a part of even as I wasn't sure I could handle watching everything that I knew was going to happen happen to an actual woman before my eyes, even if said woman was an actress playing a part. I have to be careful what I let into this brain of mine, as she is very visual and also prone to existential crises.
Listening to the audio version proved to be the perfect compromise, as it still felt like a performance but without the visual punch I'm sure the Hulu series entails. Claire Danes's narration is absolutely stunning, one of the best audio book performances I've ever heard. If you aren't convinced of her acting ability already, you will be after listening to this book. Her interpretation of Offred is beautifully understated, almost deadpan at times, which captures the exact tone I think Atwood was going for. (She is the queen of dry wit, after all.) But then, suddenly, she brings an edge to her voice that reminds you how deeply angry she is about her situation and what her life has become. I get shivers just thinking about it.
I was a little hesitant to try this in audio because I sometimes have trouble following dense prose in that format, but I was sucked in from the first moment and had no trouble hanging with it. I would find myself wishing my work day would go faster so I could get in the car and listen some more as I drove home. Normally, my brain is too fried after work for audio books and I have to switch to music or podcasts, but with The Handmaid's Tale I was always eager to get back into the story. I wish I knew how much credit for that is due to Atwood's writing and how much to Danes's interpretation.
Another perk to the just-released audio "special edition" is the extended ending, added this year by Atwood herself. I don't know that it changes much substance-wise, but for die-hard fans it's a neat addition, and some have even speculated that it hints at a sequel. (!) Personally, I wouldn't put anything past ol' Mags. She is clearly as ornery and active as ever (seriously, read some of the interviews she's given lately).
I realize this review is focused almost exclusively on my experience, as opposed to any kind of analysis of the book. Mostly this is because I'm lazy and I'd way rather talk about myself and my feelings than analyze literature. And anyway, if you want that, there's no shortage of it out there, the book has been out since 1985, people. Google it and ye shall find. I will say that I got a lot more out of the book this time around than I did in high school, which is no big surprise. I'm sure that's partly due to the 15 years of life experience I've gained since then, but I suspect it also feels a lot more relevant because of the authoritarian tone of US politics these days. Of course, to that we say "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."