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Robin Sweeny
Financial Advisor
Ms. Sweeny is an Investment Adviser Representative of Apella Capital, LLC, and Symmetry Partners, LLC. Ms. Sweeny started with Symmetry Partners in 2006 as the Senior VP of Business Development, and in 2011 she was the named the Chief Operating Officer, responsible for strategic firm initiatives and business development planning, working closely with the principals of the firm. Prior to joining Symmetry, Ms. Sweeny spent 30 years on Wall Street and held significant positions at UBS Financial Services, Inc. (formerly PaineWebber, Inc.), including Director of Retail Marketing for Municipal Securities, Managing Director of the Municipal Securities Group as well as National Institutional Sales Manager for Municipal Bonds. Ms. Sweeny makes her home on Long Island in Cutchogue, NY.
Jason Gentile, CFP®
Director of Financial Planning, Senior Financial Advisor
Director of Financial Planning and Senior Financial Advisor Jason Gentile has been helping clients reach their long-term financial goals for over 15 years. Mr. Gentile joined Symmetry Partners, Apella Capital's sister firm, in 2006, and holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP) certification.
In addition to his financial planning responsibilities at Apella, Mr. Gentile is a member of the Financial Planning Association and Board. He also has more than eight years of experience in the qualified plans space. Prior to joining Symmetry Partners, Mr. Gentile was employed by Advest, Inc./Merrill Lynch as a Senior Registered Associate.
Mr. Gentile holds B.S. in Business from Eastern Connecticut State University and currently resides in Hebron, CT with his wife and three sons.
Connor S. Maniatty
Senior Associate
Connor Maniatty joined Symmetry Partners, Apella Capital's sister firm in 2014. In his role as Senior Associate, Connor provides financial planning and technology support to the firm's financial advisors. He also provides cross-departmental support for company growth initiatives.
Mr. Maniatty received his B.S. in Finance from the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University. He currently resides in Avon, CT.
Meghan Martin Gormley
Operations and Client Relationship Group Supervisor
Meghan Martin Gormley provides operational and client relationship support to Apella Capital's team of financial advisors. She believes in providing a superior customer service experience to every client. In her last role, Ms. Gormley was employed by Symmetry Partners, Apella's sister firm, as the Director of Operations. During her 14 years at Symmetry, Ms. Gormley gained experience with billing, trading and customer service. She stepped down from her position at the firm in 2014 to raise her two daughters.
Ms. Gormley lives in West Hartford, CT with her husband and two daughters, Hayden and Winnie.
Jennifer Biamonte
Senior Client Relationship Specialist
Jennifer Biamonte provides client relationship support to Apella Capital's team of financial advisors. She has more than 15 years of experience in financial services and has worked with individual investors, small businesses and endowment plans. Prior to joining Apella, Ms. Biamonte was employed by the Chief Investment Officer at the University of Connecticut Foundation to assist with investment committees and hedge fund manager due diligence. She was awarded the Excellence in Fundraising Award for her work with the University of Connecticut's Newtown, CT scholarship fund.
Ms. Biamonte lives in Storrs, CT with her three children.
Christopher Longo
Client Relationship Specialist
Mr. Longo provides administrative, operational and systems support to Apella Capital's growing network of financial advisors. In his previous role as Marketing Specialist for Symmetry Partners, LLC, Apella Capital's sister company, Mr. Longo focused on digital communications, web administration and CRM implementation.
He holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Connecticut and currently resides in Glastonbury, CT.
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Please be advised that Apella Capital, LLC does not provide tax or legal advice and nothing stated or implied here in this material should be inferred as providing such advice.


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|Yay for concept art~ By Ryan Huggins
Let's start ONCE again, with what's gotten done in the last week.
Completed Start-Menu HUD Shop-Menu HUD
- Weather system (either dynamic or static)
Choices in the Message System
- Animated levels (Animated background, foregrounds, water, grass, etc)
- Animated anything really...(ART Stuff)
- Variable Wall Scaling (where the type of terrain affects if/how you can grab onto it)
- More or less Enemy AI is incomplete (stupid) <-- saving this for last
And the most important facet... De-generative gameplay focus (will be completed when all enemy AI is done...TONS of balancing will be required. ugh)Everything but balancing is done [NEW] Cutscene control engine D:
|This picture is probably more representative of what's gotten done this week.
|This was an idea for an interior of CAS. By Ryan Huggins.
|Another interior concept (the first one actually). By Ryan Huggins
|This is the concept to outside of a factory type place. By Ryan Huggins
|This is the grasslands concept piece. By Jack Yeates
|This is the same piece, just at a different time. By Jack Yeates
|This was a quick concept piece of Lily and Castiel. By Jack Yeates
I'm aiming for a large update in the next week or two. So, expect greatness. Ryan Huggins~

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On Sunday night, Damayan Board member and trafficking survivor Judith Daluz and Community Organizer Riya Ortiz were featured on I Am Pinoy, Proud Ako, a local TV magazine show.
Hosted by Ethel Constantino and Joel Inocencio, I Am Pinoy features Filipino individuals and organizations in the community and is broadcasted live on Facebook from Queens, NYC, every Sunday at 7pm. Damayan's segment starts on the 16:00 mark.
The hosts, Judith and Riya engaged in a lively discussion about the situation of undocumented Filipino migrant workers in NYC, especially domestic workers and trafficking survivors. Judith shared about her hardships as a trafficked domestic worker severely abused by a Japanese diplomat and his family. She eventually escaped and sought Damayan's help. Damayan provided her with a free attorney who submitted a trafficking visa on her behalf. Judith won her trafficking visa and was able to bring her four children, who she hadn't seen in 10 years, to the US. To date, Damayan has won more than 25 trafficking cases and has reunited more than 10 families with more than 30 children and five spouses.
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Fort Kent planning work on trail trestle, river levee
FORT KENT, Maine — Several construction projects planned in Fort Kent this summer are aiming to fix a bridge on the Heritage Trail and improve the town's levee system.
Fort Kent is planning to fix a part of a retaining wall on the town's levy and extend another portion of the levee along the Fish River, said Steve Pelletier, Fort Kent's planning and economic development director.
During last year's annual inspection of the levee by the Army Corps of Engineers, a 100 foot section of a concrete retaining wall showed signs of failure "where there are some compressions going on," Pelletier said. "The Army Corps has noted it and recommended fixing that section."
Fort Kent's public works department should be able to do the repairs in-house, but as a contingency, the town appropriated up to $20,000 in reserve funds in case a contractor needs to be hired to complete the project, Pelletier said.
The town also is planning to extend a block wall system from the Fish River Bridge on Main Street near where the Fish River empties into the St. John River — a site of previous floods.
The project will connect a concrete wall, going around Block House Row on the banks of the Fish River, with the levee system, Pelletier said.
The project is still out for bid, though will likely total around $800,000 or more, with funding from multiple sources, Pelletier said.
The town has lined up funding sources that include $360,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $250,000 from the Northern Border Regional Commission, $100,000 from the Maine Community Development Block Grant Program and $150,000 in local reserve money.
"We're hoping those funds will cover the costs," Pelletier said. "Work would need to happen this summer, because a good portion of the funding we have has a deadline for usage this year."
In other construction work this summer, a crew with J R Boucher & Son's Construction will start replacing the timber beams and decking of a trestle bridge on the St. John Valley Heritage Trail,
Pelletier said the town has been eyeing a fix to the aging wood on the trestle for several years and secured a $65,000 grant from the Maine Recreation Trail Program to pay for the fix on the bridge in Fort Kent.
The 20-mile multi-use Heritage Trail runs along an old railroad bed from Fort Kent to St. Francis.
"The timbers on the trestle are rotting more and more every year," Pelletier said, adding that the trestle dates back to the 1950s. "It has become unsafe to cross."
The J R Boucher crew, which won the bid for the project, will be removing all the trestle's wood down to the metal girders and replacing the beams and decking, Pelletier said.
"We hope to start as soon as snowmobile season is done," he said, "and we'd like to have the job completed by May 15, the target date for the start of ATV season."


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R&Q Files Amended Answer to St. Paul's Counterclaims in Pa. Federal Reinsurance Action
September 25, 2017
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge has allowed R&Q Reinsurance Co. to assert a statute of limitations defense to breach of contract counterclaims filed by St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. in a reinsurance dispute.
In a Sept. 20 order, Judge Berle Schiller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania accepted R&Q's amended answer, in which it argues that St. Paul's counterclaims are barred by both Pennsylvania's and Illinois' statute of limitations for breach of contract.
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List of the best Simon Baker movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Simon Baker's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Simon Baker movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Simon Baker movies will be at the top of the list. Simon Baker has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Simon Baker movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Simon Baker films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Simon Baker role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Simon Baker performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
List below includes Sunset Strip, Sex and Death 101 and more films."This list answers the questions, "What are the best Simon Baker movies?" and "What are the greatest Simon Baker roles of all time?"
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Answering Your Michigan State Basketball Questions and Emails...
Hondo do you happen to know who the three unnamed players are in the latest suit? Carmen H.
Yes, I do.
Hondo what are your thoughts on the latest lawsuit against three basketball players? John Hammond
First, it was a lawsuit filed against Michigan State. Second, they are NOT current basketball players. Lastly, what do I think? Who knows if the alleged crime happened? If it did I pray for justice for the victim. If it is not true I pray for justice for the alleged players and Michigan State. I will add that whether it is this case or other cases, I struggle to understand or comprehend people coming back YEARS after an alleged crime who never went to law enforcement and claiming something happened. I also struggle to assume a counselor at MSU discouraged a victim from reporting a crime. I am NOT saying it didn't happen, I am saying that I pray for justice for whoever the victim is.
Hondo I just read an article that said Dane Fife was a potential candidate at Detroit Mercy. Do you agree? Do you think he would be interested? Kyle Wright
No, and that is so far-fetched I am sure you misread it. Dwayne Stephens was a final candidatefor the job previous and would be a homerun hire there.
Hondo, when does Nick Ward, have to make his decision on going or staying? Y. Tom
April 22 is the early entree deadline.
Hondo what are you hearing from NBA people on Nick Ward? Kim Simmons
Nick Ward is a 6-foot-8, 245-pound big that averaged 12.4 points and 7.1 rebounds. I am not hearing for him what I am hearing about his teammates. I will have a full detail starting Monday on Miles Bridges, Nick Ward and Jaren Jackson based on my discussion with seven NBA teams. Keep an eye out next week.
Hondo where did Ben Carter go? Thank you. Mac Ervin
Per MSU, Ben Carter was born in Israel. Now, Carter will fulfill his childhood dream of playing professional basketball, and he will return to Israel to do it. Israel professional team Hapoel. The team plays in the Euro Cup, the Israeli Premier League, and the Israeli State Cup.
Hondo how is Tom Izzo paid in comparison with other coaches? Thank you, Paul Donnelly
- Duke Mike Krzyzewski ($8.98 million)
- Kentucky's John Calipari ($7.45 million)
- Ohio State's Chris Holtmann ($7.15 million)
- Kansas' Bill Self ($7.15 million)
- Michigan State's Tom Izzo ($4.36 million) were the five highest paid.
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October 16, 2018 | UCLA scientists develop a nano-enabled chemo-immunotherapy platform for breast cancer
Study shows that dual drug delivery by a nanocarrier can trigger and expand the use of immunotherapy for breast cancer and related immune depleted cancers
October 16, 2018
This article was originally published by the The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Although localized breast cancer treatment is highly successful with a five-year survival rate of around 90 percent, metastatic breast cancer continues to show a high mortality rate. Despite this bleak picture for metastatic disease, new optimism has emerged for the treatment of solid cancers with the emergence of cancer immunotherapy. These approaches utilize the power of cancer killing T-cells to destroy primary tumor growth and metastases.
The study, led by Huan Meng and Dr. André Nel, both members of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was published online in ACS Nano. It shows that the efficacy of breast cancer immunotherapy can be enhanced by using a nanocarrier.
The team developed an extremely small lipid-lined vesicle, known as a liposome, to deliver a chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin — or DOX — and a small molecule compound called indoximod. Indoximod interferes in a metabolic immune suppressive pathway, known as the IDO pathway. With this, indoximod prevents a major immune escape mechanism used by the cancer to circumvent tumor killing.
The liposome was smart-designed by conjugating indoximod to a phospholipid, which self-assembles into the liposome. Once assembled, DOX can be loaded inside the liposome. DOX triggers a special form of tumor cell death known as immunogenic cell death, or ICD.
ICD is responsible for the death of cancer cells, providing them with an "eat-me" signal to a group of immune cells called antigen presenting cells. These immune cells engulf the dying cancer cells, which presents tumor antigens to the immune system and leads to the appearance of other immune cells, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. With this, ICD provides a mechanism where solid cancers, like breast cancer, can overcome an inherent inefficiency of generating these lymphocytes. These cancers are often labeled as exhibiting a "cold" immune status.
This is not the case for cancers such as melanoma or some forms of non-small cell lung cancer, which frequently exhibit a large quantity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. These lymphocytes allow the cancers to respond to a new class of antibodies known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. Checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of melanoma by interfering with immune checkpoint "off-switches" that flip the cancer-killing response of T-lymphocytes off. The team asked if it is possible to use ICD to switch the immune status of breast cancer to immune prime or "hot" —making the cancer responsive to immunotherapy.
"Being able to convert the status of breast cancer from immune 'cold' to immune 'hot' was seen as an effective means of improving cancer immunotherapy for cancers that do not readily respond to treatment with checkpoint inhibiting antibodies or IDO inhibitors," said Nel, who is a distinguished professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and research director at CNSI. "The same strategy can also be used for immune responsive cancers, where response rates seldom exceed 20-40 percent."
As a proof of concept, the scientists injected breast cancer cells into the mammary glands of immune competent mice. With the growth of primary breast cancer tumors, the researchers observed tumor metastasis to the lung, and ultimate mortality.
The team then injected the drug carrying liposomes intravenously to distribute via the bloodstream to the primary and metastatic tumor sites. Results showed increased tumor uptake and effective regional buildup of both DOX and indoximod at the tumor site. This buildup and synergy could not be achieved by using free drugs. The encapsulated drug delivery by the nanocarrier also dramatically reduced primary tumor volumes and lung metastases.
"Liposomes are already approved by the FDA and used for delivery of cancer drugs in the marketplace," said Meng, who is an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "It's advantageous to use this type of carrier for purposes of future research translation for the treatment of patients with breast cancer."
Results also showed that the use of the DOX/indoximod combination was highly synergistic and significantly outweighed the effect of free drugs or a liposome only delivering DOX. In addition, the efficacy of the dual delivery liposome was significantly enhanced when combined with a checkpoint blocking antibody, leading to the elimination of lung metastases.
Another significant advantage of using a nanocarrier was the elimination of DOX toxicity. The encapsulated DOX delivery was accompanied by a dramatic reduction of cardiac, liver, and kidney toxicity compared to the free drug.
"Drug delivery by nanocarriers contributes to improving drug safety which is incredibly important," said Jianqin Lu, a postdoctoral fellow and first author of the study. "Our study demonstrates the value of using a nanocarrier for combined and synergistic drug delivery in comparison to free drugs. This has significance for clinical translation in human metastatic breast cancer."
The effective use of ICD along with interference in the IDO pathway was also shown in previous research from the same group to be potentially beneficial in pancreas cancer. It could constitute an effective approach for solid cancers characterized by a "cold" immune status. This ICD approach could also dramatically reduce the cost of treatment with checkpoint inhibitors and antibody treatment side effects.
The study's other authors are Xiangsheng Liu, Yu-Pei Liao, Xiang Wang, Ayman Ahmed, Wen Jiang, and Ying Ji of UCLA.
The research was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. First author Jianqin Lu was supported by the UCLA Tumor Immunology Training Grant.


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- August 10th 2018: Epic Meltdown! Check out this unboxing and review of Grumblies!
- March 28th 2018: These are going to be the hottest toys of 2018 - GoodHousekeeping.
- March 8th 2018: These interactive toys can be calmed down or provoked - Trendhunter.
- Match 6th 2018: Watch Grumblies go insane with Dad Does Reviews.
- April 4th 2018: News12 features the hottest new toys from the 2018 toy fair.
- Feb 18th 2018: CNET covers Grumblies, the coolest toy of 2018.
Grumblies are interactive creatures that liver secretly from mankind & react when you poke, flip & shake them. The more you mess with them, the grumblier they get! Legend tells that the mischievous and short-tempered, Grumblies' powerful tantrums are the root source of mother nature's awesome power! Some have tried to separate and tame them, but be warned...Messing with Grumblies could lead to and epic...MELTDOWN!
Don't Make Them Meltdown!
Bolt is an electric grumblie! Electricity Grumblies have shocking dispositions, generating thunder storms and lightning strikes. Maniacal outbursts of laughter are a sign of Bolt's mental instability. He may be a little crazy.
How To Play
Messing with Grumblies is fun! But if you're going to provoke them, get ready for a meltdown.
Here's some sure-fire ways to get them riled up:
Poke Them: Poke a sleeping Grumbly in the belly and you'll startle them awake. Keep poking and there may be gassy consequences.
Flip Them: Flip Grumblies around and upside down. Warning: May cause dizziness, belching and tossing of cookies. Eeeewwww.
Shake Them: Not grumpy enough? Time to shake things up. Shake Grumblies back and forth to send them into hysterics.
MELTDOWN Imminent: You can also try rolling, juggling or smacking Grumblies. The only real rule is don't follow the rules!
- Hot Potato: Toss Grumblies back and forth…maybe give 'em a quick shake before passing. But whatever you do, don't get caught with shaking Grumblies in your hands!
- No nurturing here - Poke, shake, tilt and roll them
- The more you mess with them the angrier they become, try to get them to full meltdown mode!
- More than 40 different reactions and custom sounds
- Each grumblie has his own personality, sounds & design
- Requires 3 AA batteries (included)


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Growing up, I had a bad habit of avoiding asking for what I needed and wanted. It's taken practice and mindfulness to change this pattern and that's why I am quick to recognize it in my client groups and my peers. While the sufferer may initially avoid confrontation, or the potential disappointment of being rejected, this self-sabotaging habit usually leads to frustration, resentment, animosity and other toxic behaviors. While witnessing me suffering in silence years ago, a colleague firmly said to me, "Close mouths don't get fed!"
This quote has stuck with me through the years - it is a powerful reminder to speak up and out, and reap the rewards from making needs and wants known.
Requests are powerful tools for making things happen, and we often avoid them in our hyper-individualistic culture. Yet, to expand our impact, we must enroll others. When we make effective requests, expectations get clarified, needs get met and thus the objective and relational aspects of our work are improved. So, in an effort to spread some knowledge and reinforce my own learning, I share with you the five components of effective requests:
Who: The request is made to a specific person
What: It describes the action to be performed
When: It includes a time frame
Why: The reason for the request is clear
How: Ask directly, and consider the listener's feelings
To learn any new skill we must first connect to the subject, learn new tools/skills, practice the new tool/skill, and reflect on our own learning process. The more we practice using these five components, the easier asking gets, and the less we have to think about these components. With practice, asking becomes more natural and less threatening.
When we make a request the person we are making our request of can either agree, ask for clarification, negotiate or decline your request. So what's the worst that could happen from opening your mouth and asking? You are declined? Well, by not asking in the first place, you are automatically declining yourself!
What are some small things you should be asking for? What is a need you have that is not being met? Who do you need to ask to get his need met? The more I lean into asking, the more I learn that our needs and requests can be a gift to others. When you allow others to give to you, you help them meet their need to be seen and contribute their skills.
I committed to changing my old ask-aversion habit by practicing asking for small things more often - from foot rubs to lower monthly fees from service providers (e.g. PG&E) to referrals from satisfied clients. When I feel the seeds of resentment and frustration growing inside me it is a signal that a need of mine is not being met. If I am aware of the signal, then I can take the time to identify the need, and request help in getting my need met.
I hope you take the time to think about your own needs and consider how you can practice making more effective requests to further the work you do and increase the impact you make.


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Consistent, small steps often make the big difference.
The fulfilling life God intends for me is found in community with other Jesus followers.
Scripture is consistent is sharing the importance of being in community, which is a group of Jesus followers who intentionally meet in the name of Jesus. By being in community we can live the full life the way that God desires. Jesus actually modeled living life in community by choosing to live life with the twelve disciples. As Jesus followers meet together the most important member of the group is Jesus. We are like the first believers and can and should experience teaching, building relationships, eating, praying, celebrating the stories of God working in them, helping others, and sharing Jesus. Community happens in both the small group and the larger gathering. The first believers embraced the same mission as Westside of loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and sharing Jesus. We therefore carry on a 2,000-year-old mission. Being in consistent community is a small step that is critical for the life God wants for all of us.
TALK IT OVER (Discuss One or More):
Share a story about your nuclear family when you were growing up. Why or why not would you consider your growing up family to be functional or dysfunctional?
How can a group address everything that occurred with the first believers living in community (teaching, building relationships, eating, praying, celebrating the stories of God working in them, helping others, and sharing Jesus)? How would you include everything in a monthly rhythm of life together?
What are the most challenging things that can / should be done in a group? Why?
Explain why celebrating stories of God working and you taking next steps are important.
What was the biggest obstacle for you to join a group? What are the most effective ways for people to successfully join a group?
How can God grow the number of groups?
Other Scriptures to Read:
John 13:34-35
Acts 5:42
Galatians 6:1-2
1 John 4:11-13


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Harlequins prop Paul Doran Jones can't wait to lock horns with former club Northampton on Friday.
A quirk of the Premiership fixture list has pitted the 28-year-old against some of his closest pals in the game and it is an opportunity he is relishing.
'It's a massive game for both clubs as we can both lay down a statement for the season,' the England front-row said ahead of the clash between the 2011 Premiership winners and last year's runners-up.
'I'm delighted to be at a friendly, progressive club like Quins – just like Northampton in that regard. I can't wait to get out at the Stoop for my home debut.
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'I'm not too worried about who will have bragging rights but I will definitely catch up with some of my old team-mates afterwards. It should be a cracking game and it may be settled by just one score.'
Doran-Jones believes both clubs will be prominent in the race for the play-offs and added: 'Northampton have made great signings in George North and Alex Corbisiero, who were exceptional for the Lions in the summer.
'A lot of clubs have strengthened and there could be five or six clubs chasing the four play-off places.'
Doran Jones aims to return to the England fold and hopes his move to Quins will help, adding: 'My first aim is to settle here, play my best rugby and we will see where that takes us.'
Paul Doran-Jones was speaking at the launch of DHL Front Row. DHL has teamed up with Harlequins to offer fans the ultimate matchday experience at The Stoop. To enter, visit dhlrugby.co.uk and follow @DHLRugbyUK


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Wouldn't it be nice if someone was watching your back?
As a plant operator there is much to be concerned about and only so much time in a day. And sometimes it is the little things, the hidden things that can cause you to get stuck with problems and often at the worst possible times.
Your challenge
You need to maintain regulatory compliance with EPA, but you also need to keep an eye on emerging technologies that can improve operations and efficiency. You need to manage source water threats such as droughts and contaminants, but you also have to be vigilant against cyber security threats. You have to manage an Operations and Maintenance budget, but to you also have to be aware of control system and component obsolescence. You need to focus on commodity pricing for chlorine and charcoal filtrates to make sure your plant runs cost-efficiently. But if you ignore the proper management of Windows patches, your SCADA software may break causing costly process interruption. If your operating system becomes obsolete, your SCADA software may become unsupportable. But if you upgrade your operating system, you may need to purchase a new SCADA license.
You don't have the luxury of ignoring any element of your operation. And due to the rapidly changing nature of of technology, the time and attention required to keep your systems operational will only increase.
But what if you had someone watching out for you? What if someone kept an eye on your monitoring and control systems, let you know about potential problems and had a ready solution to keep you out of trouble? What if they were always ready with solutions to improve system performance and reliability. Even better, what if your systems supplier offered this level of service at no additional charge?
The Instrulogic Advantage
Make Instrulogic your technology partner and we will keep an eye on your systems so you don't have to. At no additional charge, we maintain system configuration details for any system installed or maintained by us. Our customer's systems receive periodic status reviews of all hardware and software components for cyber security vulnerability, supportability concerns, component obsolescence, incompatibility issues, manufacturers alerts and potential for replacement wth newer more cost effective alternatives. We notify our customers of potential problems and offer cost effective and innovative solutions.
We keep an eye on the little things so your are not surprised or embarrassed. We watch your back, helping you steer clear of problems rather than getting stuck with problems.
So let us do what we do so well, so that you can do do what you do, better!


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Careers at Sophia
Position: Front-End Developer
Job Type: Full-time or Co-op (Contractor/Internship negotiable)
Salary: $60,000.00 to $80,000.00 per year
Possible equity compensation of 0.1% to 1%
Want to write code that helps people live better lives? Sophia empowers people to take charge of their mental wellness through therapy. We're looking for a front-end developer to join our team in Boston, MA.
We're a spritely team of three, so you'll have the opportunity for true ownership over the product. We're looking for someone who can lead front-end development for us. We need an awesome developer who learns and adapts quickly, and is passionate about our mission.
What we're looking for:
- An experienced front-end developer who loves React.js
- A self-starter who can show a portfolio of past projects
- A humble heart who doesn't take themselves too seriously
Bonus points:
- Knowledge of security best practices
- Experience with AWS and Node.js
- An eye for web design
- Must be in the Boston, MA area
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Visa sponsorship not available at this time
Thanks for reading! Hope you'll join us :)


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#1 Why case studies are best if they make your client look amazing Featured
Case studies are a great way to show how you help your clients. They reassure prospective clients that you can do great work. Further it can help to cement your relationship with the client for whom you did the job. In many proposals, having some good case studies, or project descriptions, is an essential part of a winning proposal.
Yet how many times has a client said to you, "You did good work on this project, but we want you to keep it confidential." How do you get your client's buy-in about publishing a case study about your work?
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April 5
5:30 pm to 6:45 pm
Please join us on Thursday, April 5th, as The Fred Parks Law Library and Gale co-sponsor a reception at South Texas College of Law Houston. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages while taking in the elevated view of the city from the 6th floor Emilie Slohm Room and terrace.
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- invitations are in and envelopes are being addressed
- National Counseling Exam is passed and paper work is being filed for supervision
- living room has been painted
- bathroom sink has been fixed (thank you fiance)
- sister and brother-in-law are visiting (along with the cutest niece and nephew)
- MAP testing is complete
- countdown to end of school is in full swing
- two more showers have been thrown, lovely, pictures to come
- animal calls have been practiced, in case the rain does not stop
- graduation this weekend
- family shower on Friday
I am ready for this wedding to happen! I leave you with a small glimpse into beautifulness. My future in laws took Chris and I out to the Schaffitzel's on Saturday to see all of the hanging baskets future father in law planted. Thirty three of them!! They will be all over the place at the wedding.
|Ours are the lower hanging beauties.


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The Computing Subject Leader is: Mr Adam Stockhill
Computing at Fitzwilliam Primary School – Statement of Intent
Technology is changing the lives of everyone. Through teaching Computing we equip children to participate in a rapidly-changing world where work and leisure activities are increasingly transformed by technology.
It is our intention to enable children to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present information. We also focus on developing the skills necessary for children to be able to use information in a discriminating and effective way.
Computing skills are a major factor in enabling children to be confident, creative and independent learners and it is our intention that children have every opportunity available to allow them to achieve this.
The national curriculum for computing aims to ensure that all pupils:
- can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
- can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
- can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems
- are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology
At Fitzwilliam Primary School we recognise the fact that the effectiveness of any resource is dependent upon how and why it is being used. We are aware that clear objectives, direct teaching and good class management are the key elements of an effective Computing lesson. However, we believe that the appropriate use of good quality resources will enhance good teaching. Whilst we are aware of the limitations of any resource, the resources used at Fitzwilliam have been developed to enable children and teachers to participate fully in all Computing teaching.
Please see the links below regarding how to use the internet safely. School has also uploaded a number of information guides regarding online activities which may be of use.
- http://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
- http://www.childnet.com/
- http://www.standuptobullying.co.uk/
- https://www.internetmatters.org/


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LONDON, July 5 (INP) – European stock markets enjoyed solid gains Thursday on robust German data, brushing off trade war fears that sent Asian indices falling.
Asian stock markets closed with losses and the dollar fell against major rivals, with US-China tariffs kicking in Friday.
"Europe has rallied in advance of the US return to trading following its (July 4) holiday, even as the deadline for the imposition of US trade tariffs looms," said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG trading group.
"One point of hope has been German factory orders, which have moved higher and posted their strongest growth since February, boosting the euro as well as German stocks."
The US is set to begin enforcing tariffs on more than $34 billion (29 billion euros) in Chinese imports from Friday.
Beijing has vowed to respond with its own tariffs immediately, arguing it has "no choice but to fight" and accusing Washington of "opening fire on the whole world" with the trade restrictions.
But Washington has threatened to introduce even steeper US counter-measures, potentially covering another $400 billion in Chinese goods, if Beijing retaliates.
Washington describes its tariffs as retribution for Beijing's theft of American technology and other unfair trade practices.
Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at AxiTrader, said "there has been a subtle but distinct shift in the number of voices who are now saying this could all end up in a big global mess with a huge hit to global growth".
Traders may have underestimated the resolve of the US administration to pursue President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda, he said.
In Europe meanwhile, official data showed German industrial orders bounced back in May after a string of setbacks, suggesting Europe's largest economy may not face the sharp slowdown some observers feared.
Thursday's positive data was "more evidence that the economy could rebound during the second half of the year", ING Diba bank economist Carsten Brzeski commented.
Elsewhere, oil prices traded mixed after Trump fired a warning shot at OPEC.
"The OPEC Monopoly must remember that gas prices are up & they are doing little to help," Trump tweeted, adding: "REDUCE PRICING NOW!"
Oil prices have been on an upward trend as Saudi Arabia struggles to offset supply disruptions around the world including in OPEC and non-cartel producing countries.
The prospects of Iranian oil exports being curtailed owing to US calls for countries to stop buying from them — and Tehran's belligerent threats to choke Middle East crude supply routes — have put upward pressure on the market.
" can tweet as much as he wants but until the oil flows successfully, or there is a real belief it will, prices will remain elevated," McKenna said.


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100 Miles Finished, Many Miles for Missions to Go!/
This last weekend I had the privilege of of joining Pastors Eloy Gonzalez and Harry Smith on a 100 mile bicycle journey across the Lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. This ride was in part to show support for our pastor brothers facing great difficulties as they serve in the Lutheran Churches of Mexico. While we believe strongly in the mission work T2C2 is doing here in the DFW Metroplex we are also mindful that there is much work to do beyond here. Pastor Eloy organized this ride, so enjoy this article as he gives a great explanation for what motivated him to spearhead such a journey. A future ride to support T2C2 and La Paz is in the works for 2018 and in the mean time you can support T2C2 directly here.
In HIS Service,
Pastor Chris Holder
Director T2C2 Mission Network
Spin the pedals at about 80 revolutions per minute for about six and one-half hours and you will have traveled about 100 miles. Hopefully that four-letter word, "Wind," won't be howling and the temperature will be neither too hot, nor too cold. If all goes well, neither "cramping" nor "bonking" will become issues, because either of these could put an end to any hopes of finishing the course.
What am I talking about? – Why the one-hundred mile Pico de Gallo 100! This is a one-hundred-mile bicycle ride that took place on December 2nd in the Rio Grande Valley. Three pastors associated with T2C2 took part in this ride: Pastors Chris Holder, Harry Smith and Eloy González.
Why did these pastors train for this bicycle ride? – 1) to raise awareness for the mission of Christ that begins right outside our front door! Our prayer is that this participation will - in a fun way - draw attention to work that our good and gracious God has given us an opportunity to do. 2) to ask for your support in the form of prayers and finances and service. With this kind of support, we will be able to insure the continuity of "missions near" and "missions far".
"Missions far" means KIMA – the organization that helps support a number of the impoverished Lutheran ministries in Mexico. Through KIMA's ministry, Bibles and VBS materials are provided to congregations in Mexico so that children and pastors can have what they need to make disciples for Jesus. And, in some cases, KIMA provides a small stipend to needy pastors and pastors' families to help them with basic needs.
Missions near – means the nations that are right in our very own communities. People from all over the world are moving into the very neighborhoods where our LCMS congregations are losing membership and, in some cases, struggling to remain open. It is precisely these congregations with whom Our Redeemer Lutheran Church has purposed to enter into partnerships. Through those partnerships, we hope to support the cooperative work being done with T2C2, Faith Lutheran Church and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.
The Pico de Gallo 100 is a fun bicycle ride. We pray that by participating in this event, we helped to raise awareness for the mission of Christ. Our hope is that by doing this we were able to get greater participation in the form of prayer, financial support and active volunteer support for the mission of Christ.
Are you able to help? Let us know if you can become a regular prayer partner. If you are able to offer financial assistance, please visit: www.youcaring.com/orlc. And if you are interested in being actively involved in any of the T2C2 ministry efforts (including the Pico de Gallo 100 bike ride!), just let us know.
Rev. Eloy Gonzalez
Senior Pastor
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Irving


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Netherfield Village Fete: This will be held on Saturday 18th August 2018. More details regarding the attractions as they become available.
Netherfield Village Hall Library Service: To all my readers may I say here and now that plans are gathering apace to finalise matters regarding the setting up of a Library Service for Netherfield and the surrounding area to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of the Mobile Library Service in May. To begin with, it may not have the range of books on offer which matches its predecessor but hopefully what it will offer is an alternative way of selecting a book. Times have not been determined as yet, as these need your input to map out a strategy which works for you, its patrons. Would it be better in the morning, the afternoon or early evening; once a week, once a fortnight, once a month? Should it stay open for 20 mins, an hour, two hours or more? Such a lot goes into getting the right balance. That is why we need your help. Come on, let us know. Details at the end of the column as to how to get in touch. Here's hoping!
Netherfield and Battle Radio: All these projects such as the library and the radio could enhance living in the community, not only of Netherfield, but Battle and Mountfield for that matter. What is needed though is your help to make it a reality. I know I initially indicated that local radio is likely to have a limited time to broadcast, but that should not hold us back in getting it off the ground. It is there primarily to inform the residents and the community as a whole, of what is happening in their area.
Come on everybody don't let me down let me have your comments and opinions. It will be self-supporting so will not be a drain on your purse It would be sited in Netherfield to provide the best coverage and could widen the listening capability to some of the surrounding villages. It would provide a platform from which to promote and advertise. Interviews and items of special interest could be a mainstay. Tell me what you think by contacting me at email@example.com or any of the alternatives highlighted at the end of the column.
Reflections on a garden: Heat, heat and more heat! The grass looks the colour of a desert. The rhododendrons are beginning to turn yellow and droop. Flowers are keeling over and turning brown as though they have been out for a month and the bird baths dry up as quick as the water is put in them. When you try to work to weed and fuss the heat makes you feel drained and ready for bed after five minutes. At last – a proper summer is really here.
With it set to continue for a while longer you know that hose-pipe bans will be on their way and your home-grown veg will take a pounding, requiring a trip to the supermarket to purchase produce at inflated prices. It also makes the water in the pond evaporate that much quicker too. I am sure I saw a goldfish with a fin round its gills pointing at me with the other fin gasping for oxygen. I would have helped but don't like getting my feet wet.
It is the pond that provides the real colour at the moment as the pink and white lilies are out adding a touch of class to the struggling vegetation which surrounds its banks. It also has the different coloured mayflies darting across its waters as they look for mates in their short life cycle. To see them joined and still flying shows what an experience it must be.
More next week........
Claverham Monday Badminton Club: With eleven players this week it felt like a re-run of the England football team's excursions into Russia, with Gareth Southgate at the helm trying to find the best match for each of the opposing teams. With the return of our two new members from Netherfield Hill, together with Ben our globe trotting stalwart, back from his holiday, we seem to be breaking records on numbers for attendance during the summer sessions. Despite the heat the games were phrenetic or frenetic depending on whether you like the older or newer version of the word, meaning mad. I mean, you have to be bonkers to be running around a court in this heat. Good job they don't do this with tennis. What is that you say – they do! Wimbledon? I thought that was a tube station.
What is clear is that nothing deters our committed players and it fulfills all the hallmarks of a keep-fit regime due to its pace, agility and co-ordination requirements. It gets the heart racing and gets all your muscles burning up energy and fat. Who wants to watch football when you have badminton as a replacement?
More next week.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What should I wear?
The age-old question, to which there is no simple answer. Basically: as little or as much of whatever you want. Even though we encourage kinky/fetish wear, there is no dress code at Indigeo Dungeon Parties; no one is required to wear Fetish gear or revealing clothing. If you want to, then go for it! If you want to show up in your PJ's, then rock that onesie! Even changing mid party is absolutely OK. A lot of attendees find that "dressing up" is a big part of the fun!
What is appropriate behaviour at your parties & events?
Indigeo's Enthusiastic Consent Policy
Although Indigeo has rules posted by the dungeon floor, THESE are the house rules at every Indigeo event. Agreeing to these rules is mandatory for temporary membership and entry to the event.
- I will ask for explicit consent before touching anyone or their possessions.
- I will not interrupt scenes, even if they appear to be done, or join scenes unless I have been explicitly invited to join before the scene started.
- I will report any violations of these rules to a DM or a Board member immediately.
Failure to follow rules 1 and 2, when pointed out to you by a DM or Board member, can lead to your removal from the event and possible banning from future events.
Everyone attending an Indigeo party must be 19 years of age (proof with valid ID) and sign a Release of Liability Waiver before being granted entrance to the event.
Can I wear perfume, cologne, etc.?
Indigeo munches and events are Scent-free spaces! Please leave your colognes, perfumes, eau d'toilettes, and heavily scented skin lotions at home for the night! We have several members who have severe scent allergies and sensitivities, and you may be asked to leave if your scent is interfering with another member's health.
How much does it cost?
Members get a reduced rate for our all of our parties & events. Members also get:
- 15% off at Susan James (942 Hillside Ave., Victoria)
- 10% off at The Garden of Eden (1483 Douglas St, Victoria)
- 15% off at the Romance Shop, and
- 15% off at Deadly Couture in Vancouver.
Tickets for all of our events can be found at our weekly munches (cash or credit card) or via e-transfer (please contact us at email@example.com).
For Members to receive any discounts, you must present your "Membership" card at time of purchase. Discounts are not transferable to other people, meaning that you if you have a Membership and your friend/partner does not, you may only purchase your ticket at the discounted rate.
To purchase a Membership contact, email@example.com, or pay with cash or credit card at one of our weekly munches or at our monthly party. Memberships cost $15, and is valid for one full year from the date of purchase.
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How To Run Your Own Literary Series: Lynne Procope, louderARTS
Publication is important, but being able to perform your work in public is critical to the life of the written word. Because of our belief in going beyond the page, Moonshot is pleased to feature an online series that highlights the hard work that event producers, independent venues, and other like-minded individuals put in to give writers everywhere a platform to reach an audience. This week, we speak to Lynne Procope, who produces one of the most venerable literary series in New York City, louderARTS.
Hi, Lynne. Tell us a little about how you got involved with louderARTS.
Strangely enough I started out producing larger scale poetry performances, full staging, lights, sound, magic, craziness, early onset grey hair. When we started louderARTS, it was almost a relief to scale back to a basic reading. The series that we run now is the little engine that keeps doing it. It's a very simple but intricate formula. A consistently high quality open mic, wonderful features from every aspect of the poetry world, and occasionally either a slam or a Q&A session with the audience. Right now we're working on developing a new element to the show that's all about collaborations between fairly established artist/performers who may want the added challenge of presenting multi-voice or multi-disciplinary work. That would run as an alternative to the Q&A sessions and the slam.
Why literary events?
If we wanted to attend literary events that were compelling and helped us to live in a literary and creative community outside of the academy, it didn't seem that we had much choice.
How does louderARTS inform the larger literary world?
Well, louderARTS is a very special sort of series. We're renowned for being the best possible bridge between literary or exceptionally well-crafted writing and performance. We've worked hard to develop that aesthetic and are pretty strict about it despite being a very welcoming and safe space. That leads to real particular conversations about the craft of performance, how you translate the page under a spotlight, what does the poem want from the body, how does performance—whether it's in the first listening to yourself on the open mic or in developing a body of work for a feature—inform the editing process, and so on.
We really push people who come to listen to also go out there and read, read, read. We push books by authors from all over the world and poetry by folks who haven't been on HBO or whatever really hard. We've know that folks are inclined to pretend that only people who look like/think like/live like them are out there/writing, so over the years we've done shows where you couldn't read on the open mic unless you read a poem by a woman or a poet who identified as LGBT or a person of color. That lead to some of the most agonizing readings I've ever heard but also to some of the most amazing. Some people would not want to get stuck with the poets that we selected—we always provided poems for the unprepared—so they'd go out of their way to find people whose work they really felt to read and that often was revelatory in the extreme for everyone in the room.
What are some of the biggest challenges of producing a series like louderARTS?
Oh, that's easy: funding, time, manpower. I've got my own art and my career as well as a variety of side projects. I'm blessed to have a great volunteer team at louderARTS but we all still feel like we need 3 heads and 6 hands to get it all done. If I had my way and the funding we'd pay each of the 48 poets who grace our stage each year as features a minimum of $500 for that amazing 20-30 mins of their hearts. As it is we pay out of what we make each night at the door and that's got to cover the bar, the DJ and incidentals (Oh, you have a Pulitzer Prize winner on stage tonight, boom! The mic doesn't work! Send someone out 5 mins before showtime to purchase a new one.) as well as the featured poet. So we ask our features to agree to a nominal honoraria. Amazingly, they all do it. Sometimes the biggest names will most often just give us their time for free, hang out with our audience, and send us the most remarkable love letters afterward. So I guess it's a challenge but we're more blessed than most series at the same time.
How has running louderARTS changed you?
I get asked a lot how I can still be running the series after all this time. Mostly by people who despair at the idea of sitting through open mic Monday after Monday. I'd say that the open mic has taught me more than I ever admit. I can't stand how bad some of the work is, to be honest, but I'm so in love with what people do with the opportunity. I'm a really harsh critic. Ask anyone who has volunteered for us or come to the show regularly and they'll tell you that I have no poker face and everyone can tell when what I'm hearing is shredding my soul. I despair with each of those poems but at louderARTS, more so than any other venue, I hear people who, frankly, suck in January, but months later, are writing work that has such remarkable threads of beauty in it that I have to hug them as they're coming off the stage.
I think in part it's because we've got a tight community of great writers who come through on a Monday night just share their works in progress and so you can't help but notice if you hear Patrick Rosal hammering out his new work that he's doing something special. You can't help but want to write something that resonates like that, can you? I suppose that if I had to claim an area of personal growth, it would be my ever blossoming faith in the possibility of gorgeous art, gorgeous poetry from every soul I pass on the street.
It's made me more hopeful of my own writing and more patient with myself as well.
What is some advice you might give to someone who wants to start their own literary series?
I'd tell them not to do it alone and not to do it with any expectation of thanks or adulation. You can't have any ego about running a reading series. You have to be about making the event or the ongoing experience incredible and memorable for the artists and the audience and be willing to walk away with just that in your hat.
louderARTS has become one of the most iconic series in the New York City literary scene. How has that impacted your ability to curate and produce these events?
Yikes! Iconic…that's a lot of pressure! I worry that we'll turn into the a sort of sad museum of specific voices or that we'll go the other route and forget the incredible emergent voices that have shaped us and just swing wildly in the popular kids corner. Still, I think the impact of developing into an icon (if that's what we are) has worked out to be good for us, so far. We try really hard to keep on our toes. We keep one eye on the ethos that shaped us and one on the new work that's constantly coming out of the ether. We were incredibly fortunate to have developed under a remarkable group of writers and it's important to note that while we had some MFAs, many of them came from outside the academy with a real passion for poetry, for great writing and with a commitment to keeping louderARTS on that path. Oscar Bermeo, Fish Vargas, Rich Villar, Eric Guerreri, Marty McConnell, and this year's Whitman Award winner Elana Bell were all part of louderARTS in our formative years. They help shaped a mission for the series around excellence in writing and performance.
My co-founders, Guy Gonzales and Roger Bonair-Agard, were unwavering in their energy for that kind of thing and also their passion for every possible kind of diversity. So it's in our DNA in a way to work hard at widening the range of voices and the scope and nature of the talent that takes the stage. Roger is our current Artistic Director. He and I have long conversations about the direction of the series about how we stay true to our vision and even the motivation of the writers who are involved in it today. We agonize about how hard it is to keep the series from slipping into being a cult of personality, especially with both of us having pretty intense personalities. We exchange notes on what work is reading well and great performances that we encounter in our travels. Producing the series has become old hat as a result however. I know that there are a couple thousand wonderful writers that I can holler at for input on possible features in times of curatorial crisis and that makes all the difference.
Is it ever hard for you to turn away prose writers or poets who ask to perform at louderARTS?
Absolutely. We're an invitation-only series so while we have criteria for people to submit their work in case they're going to be in NYC at a time that we might have room in the schedule, the fact is that we're going to always default to the particular and timely needs of the series. I've found that whenever we step out of that guiding notion, we end up with work that simply isn't up to the standard we've set for ourselves and we do a disservice to our audience and the writers involved.
So how do you determine who's reading when?
We try to look at each month for a variety of subject matter, style, and performance technique as well as the more obvious points of diversity. Plus we like to pull back and look at what that means for each quarter etc. When we have to say no, it's always hard. We've had instances where poets have argued the point and that was just plain weird but most people are very understanding.
In an ideal world, how would louderARTS grow?
In an ideal world we'd have the reading series, a performance ensemble, a townhouse in Brooklyn with rehearsal and writing space for our writers and contributors to our magazine, Union Station and fully-staged productions every quarter that really push us as artists followed by quarterly retreats.
I don't think it's too much to ask.
Lynne Procope is a widely-published poet and curator. She is the Executive Director of the louderARTS Project, editor for Union Station Magazine, Cave Canem fellow, and former National Poetry Slam Champion. She is a New Yorker at heart and by choice.


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Episodes 11-14 with Lisa Carpenter
Lisa Carpenter is a life coach that teaches her clients to embrace Full Frontal Living. She's the secret weapon for high achievers ready to face the bullshit holding them back from feeling fulfilled in their lives, businesses and bodies. And as someone who's worked with Lisa, I can say it's all true.
Where to Find Lisa
CEO Stories 011: Confronting the Hidden Beliefs that Hold You Back
Lisa Carpenter, life coach + proponent of Full Frontal Living, gives us a look at her journey from salesperson to life coach and shares the deeply personal struggles she had that led to her where she is now.
- How entrepreneurship is in her blood but she sought the corporate climb
- Her first entrepreneurial pursuit as a personal trainer
- The beliefs she grew up with and how it led to her "I'm gonna show you" attitude
- The belief she shifted to make her business "easier"
- How she transitioned into life coaching
- The personal struggle that brought MAJOR transformations in every part of her life
- What took her out of alignment and how she got back in it
- The #1 thing she helps entrepreneurs do to grow themselves and their business
- A little homework assignment for you!
CEO Stories 012: How a Failed Launch Changed Everything
Launching in the online world for the first time can be scary, but even if it doesn't go as planned there's a lot to learn and lots of good that can come from it. Lisa Carpenter shares her experience of a failed launch that shifted how she does everything in her business
- What happens when you don't break even
- Why energy alignment isn't always the issue
- How she hustled to recover
- How that failure helped her realize something about herself
- How the money eventually came back to her
- The signs she needed to release her loss and step into a new role
- How she found alignment and peace in her business
- What it feels like to leave behind your creation
- the way her business has grown her
- The main question that now guides her business decisions
- How she broke out of self-sabotage
- Her new view of competition
CEO Stories 013: Why You're Not an Amazing CEO {And How to Fix That}
Being a CEO means figuring out the balance between being a "doer" and a "be-er," and we often fail at it. But Lisa Carpenter shares how she was able to make the CEO shift and how her business is better off for it.
- The difference between being a doer and a CEO
- The paradox of letting go to grow
- What CEO means to her and how she's intentionally exploring it
- How she was her worst boss
- Ways she check in on what she wants
- Why she now spends money on team members over courses
- Her filter for saying "yes" and "no"
- What integrity really means
- The balance of doing and being as a CEO
- The surprising way success comes in
- How she creates CEO space
- What we're really working for and how to stay healthy to get there
CEO Stories 014: Getting High-End Clients Without a Website
Lisa Carpenter has an unconventional business and she found an uncomplicated way to get high end clients even before she had a website that reflected her work -- and it doesn't require a lot of "hustle" either. She shares her secret to serving and selling today.
- Her uncomplicated strategy for more clients
- How live events built her business
- The scary asks she's made to make more connections
- What she does instead of hustle
- The role faith plays in her relationships
- How she uses deadlines to hold herself accountable
- How you can simplify in your business for faster success
- Finding where to spend and where to cut back
- Why you don't have to push through everything
- How she genuinely connects for more client generating relationships
- How she keeps up with connections and continues to serve


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Fitch attempts to take Europe hostage.
First, the scoreboard:
Dow: 11,866.4, -2.4, -0.0% S&P 500: 1,219.7, +3.9, +0.3% NASDAQ: 2,555.3, +14.3, +0.6%
And now, the top stories:
- Fitch decided to flex its muscle. Last night, the credit rating agency downgraded eight big banks including Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale. These Are The 29 Massive Banks That Could Take Down The Global Economy >
- This morning, Fitch fired a warning shot at Europe, placing the ratings of Belgium, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Slovenia, and Ireland on creditwatch negative. From its note: "Fitch has concluded that a 'comprehensive solution' to the eurozone crisis is technically and politically beyond reach." See Also: Did The ECB Just Pull Off A Back-Door Bailout That Will End The Crisis?
- November CPI came in at 0.0%, which was much cooler than the 0.1% expected. However, core CPI came in at 0.2%, which was modestly higher than the 0.1% expected.
- Adobe surprised investors last night by announcing better-than-expected quarterly financial results. Net sales jumped 14% to $1.15 billion, and EPS came in at $0.67. This beat the Street's consensus estimate of $1.09 billion and $0.60, respectively. The stock jumped 6.6%.
- Research In Motion managed to disappoint investors yet again with another terrible earnings announcement. Q3 revenue came up short, but EPS beat estimates. Q4 guidance, however, was awful. Management projects $4.6-$4.9 billion in nets sales and EPS of $0.80-$0.95. Analysts were expecting $5.2 billion and $1.24 respectively. The stock plunged 11.2%. CITI: Here Are The 20 Best Stocks That The Rest Of The Street Hates >
- Zynga, the programmer of FarmVille, IPO'd today. The stock was priced at $10 per share, but opened at $11. However, the stock quickly saw some selling action. It closed at $9.50.
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Yankees welcome Singleton for HOPE Week
NEW YORK -- He hears it all the time -- that he's a role model. His friends tell him. Strangers tell him. And on Monday, a group of Major League Baseball players even told him.
But Chris Singleton isn't sure.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- He hears it all the time -- that he's a role model. His friends tell him. Strangers tell him. And on Monday, a group of Major League Baseball players even told him.
But Chris Singleton isn't sure.View Full Game Coverage
"That's what people keep saying. I don't know if I'm a role model," he said Monday. "But I feel honored when somebody says that to me."
• New York Yankees HOPE Week initiative
Singleton made national headlines earlier in the summer for his response to the death of his mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, who was a victim of the Charleston, S.C., shooting at the Emanuel A.M.E. church on June 17. His maturity captivated the nation when, just one day removed from the tragedy, he chose to publicly forgive the shooter -- choosing love instead of hate, because that's what his mother would have wanted.
And though he might not fully recognize the impact he's had on others, the Yankees have. On Monday, to begin HOPE Week, the Yankees arranged for Singleton, 19, his sister Camryn, 15, and his younger brother, Caleb, 12, to spend the entire day with the team. All three threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the series opener against the Twins.
Video: MIN@NYY: Singleton tosses ceremonial first pitch
It started when Brett Gardner, Dellin Betances and Alex Rodriguez surprised Singleton on the TODAY Show. From there, the siblings joined other current Yankees, as well as Willie Randolph, for lunch and a private tour of One World Observatory.
But Chris' face lit up the most when he walked into the Yankees' clubhouse, where a No. 3 jersey and his own locker were waiting for him.
"Oh wow," he mustered behind an emotional smile, as he immediately pulled out his phone to capture the moment.
A baseball player at Charleston Southern University, Chris took batting practice with the Yankees, where he hit at least two balls over the fence and shagged balls with Gardner, a South Carolina native who also played collegiate baseball in Charleston. The two formed an immediate bond, and Gardner has plans to visit Singleton in Charleston during the offseason.
"It's pretty special. It's pretty evident his mom was a special person, and she did a really good job raising those three kids," Gardner said. "He's got a younger sister and a younger brother that he's basically taking on more of a parenting role to those two, and he's obviously been doing a great job with that."
Video: Hope Week School Supply Drive
Singleton said he's always dreamed of stepping onto the field of a Major League stadium, but he had no idea Monday would turn into what it was.
At one point, Twins Joe Mauer and Torii Hunter came over to express how proud they were. Before Monday, Mauer and Hunter were just two players he played with on video games.
"Honestly I was in shock at first, but now it feels like a dream," Singleton said. "It's been ... a really crazy rollercoaster for me. But I feel like I've been doing all right."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi seemed to think so, too. Monday may have been Singleton's first appearance on an MLB field, but Girardi thinks there's a chance it won't be his last.
"Obviously it's an amazing young man that has had to deal with a lot of sadness recently in his life but has chose the high road and the importance of love, so I'm anxious to see him," Girardi said. "You never know, maybe he'll be here in a couple of years on an everyday basis."
Grace Raynor is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Mona Haydar – Hijabi (Wrap my Hijab)
Key Lyrics
"All around the world
Love women every shading
be so liberated
All around the world
Love women every shading
power run deep
So even if you hate it
I still wrap my hijab"
Where's The Meaning?
Mona Haydar, a Syrian-American artist, released "Hijabi" in 2017 to honor Muslim Women's Day and expose misconceptions about Muslims in American culture.
When asked about the song, Mona explained that in many ways the goal was to break down these pre-conceptions: "It's about tearing down the invisible structures that oppress women in ways most of us don't even realize. Hijab, pregnancy — none of it holds me back," Haydar said. "In light of the current American government's agenda to demonize and malign the bodies of women, Muslims, and others, like trans people, I'm intentionally putting out this message now to help shift the narrative back to one that is positive and full of love," Haydar added.
The music video features a diverse group of Muslim women, though Haydar expressed a specific interest in spotlighting Black Muslim American women and their empowerment. While most of the online feedback praised Haydar for empowering minority women, "Hijabi" faced some backlash from traditional Muslims who consider the song to be disrespectful.
Muslim women who wear the hijab have been increasingly targeted in the U.S., as Islamophobia has risen over the past few years. The number of physical assaults against Muslims in the United States since 9/11 has increased every year. The FBI reported 388 incidents of anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2017, a 26% increase from the previous year. Furthermore, 55% of surveyed Americans had an "unfavorable" opinion of Islam.
A brave song about a strong woman who isn't afraid to wrap her truth – You don't need to be naked to discover your art and true skin.
Muse Points
How will Mona's expressive song be interpreted? As a celebration of expression from a woman freeing herself from a confined background or as a celebration of diverse self expression and identities of Muslim women?
We tend to view the world as two binaries - the "developed" West, and the "undeveloped" East, and perhaps we criticize the West for not accepting those are non-Western. Why are we even still confined to this divide? Why are we trying to separate "us and them" and to define different ways of behavior to set social ground rules? Moreover, when we create this divide, we assume that the "other" should want to be more Western - do we ever question if we are the ones that can learn from them instead of assimilating them into our own beliefs?
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Spring Break Part 2: My Homeland
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When my mom informed me that she, my step-dad Steve and my little sister Holly would be coming to Ireland, I was overwhelmed with excitement. Ireland is just one of those places I have always wanted to go, but I didn't think that it would be while I was in Denmark. Continue reading…