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feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam Publishing Group (March 2007)
Children/juvenile books: ages 8-12
(118 pages)
feathers was handed to me with little more to recommend it than "Have you heard of Jacqueline Woodson and feathers?"
"Newberry Honor's list, right?" I recall.
Yes. And the next time I see Connie she lends me her copy, "You'll like it."
I can and will say more, but let me first say, "You'll like it."
At 118 pages feathers is a quick read that should be no less savored. The prose are liquid and smooth and when the book is finished you are surprised, woken from a lull–a contemplative lull, not a mindless lullaby–though all feels all right in Frannie's world, contentment amidst the changes.
The author begins by evoking (and quoting) Emily Dickinson:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune—without the words,
And never stops at all.
I know that that premise alone will not win everyone, but the contemplation of the first line of the poem by a 6th grade girl will. A young black girl living on one side of the tracks in the winter of 1971; eating "free-lunch" at school; who has experienced death and grieving in her small family (and concerned they may face more); has a deaf older sibling; and has the memory and social consciousness regarding racial oppression/segregation, black power movements, and Vietnam roiling in the background. Yeah, there is a lot there. Hope seems an appropriate overriding theme; however, the Hope found thematically is not viewed solely with regards to Frannie's discontent, rather much belongs to those around her.
Hope is a present tense idea for Frannie. Unlike those around her, she does not lack an essential moment of discontentment. That is not to say that she is without concerns or worries. Her worries find resolution, as resolved as living life will allow. Her self-deprecating observations are charming, but they also reveal a youthful understanding of change, and an evolving awareness of self. She has a wonderful teacher, an incredible mother and father (loving and affectionate toward each other and their children), a brilliant older brother, a best friend, and a girl in her class that annoys her.
The first line of the book introduces an impetus for change in Frannie's school room, and the story ripples outward. The conflict (which carries the story) moves us along through the images of Frannie's world. She shares a loveliness amongst the grit, in any way beauty may be found in life's realities and potential unfairness.
Woodson explores longing alongside contentment, memory, and anticipation. There is fear and questions of worth. Frannie's family and her community are worthwhile. They are worth the while. There is an appreciation for the very human moments that everyone can relate to without being bogged down with anything other than joy; a joy that Woodson conjures into the complex weight of feathers.
There are so many conversations to be had; impressions to make and consider. Read it aloud, or just plain read, with someone. It is a thought provoking contemplation of "hope as a thing with wings," one you may not read into the poem yet can remain undiminished by the story.
More than the contemplation of hope and belief (a subject with which best friend Samantha concerns herself), inside lies the older brother's discussion of bridges, and the image of Trevor and others trying to fly over the fence off the swing, looking to someplace else, someplace with opportunity. Even so, Frannie does not concern herself so much with what is over there, but what is right here. Woodson tightens the scope to look at the individual and the community around them. Doing so, the book reinforces a love of community and pride in the culture. It reiterates the value in our shared humanness and the appreciation for the beautiful moments, both difficult and comforting that make up life–the very things that go into the creation of hope. Indeed, a love and appreciation for Frannie's culture is perhaps an even greater them than the Hope you'll read about in most reviews—perhaps it is embarrassingly apparent, and I am too much the novice.
I've yet to decipher the partitioning of the book into four sections, especially as the second is only two chapters (5-6) and 5 is only one page (three paragraphs). It may be attributed to the idea that the book is formatted and written within the influences of an epic poem.
Look up the late-1960s and early-70s if they are unfamiliar (or if you are as bad with dates as I am). Woodson provides cultural indicators but does not belabor the setting with anything more than she needs. She is precise, and dangerously close to delicate.
Woodson has a compassionate gaze, observing the landscapes and her characters with an abiding love for all she surveys. No thing and no one is left without context, without texture.
The book is marketed as early as age 8, introduce it at 8, and maybe again at 10, tuck it in with the poetry, and DiCamillo, and Pam Munoz Ryan, and Margarita Engle. I'm not sure if feathers will prove ageless or timeless; but it is worth a moment of your time whatever age you presently find yourself in.
~leslie d.
(written June 2009)


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We were standing in Tarpon at 7:15 am this morning jigs and live crabs in hand. Surrounded by happy silver monsters, many over 100lbs when, 3 big black Bull's slid in and made everyone nervous especially the Poons!
David tossed a mylar jig in the direction on a pod of Tarpon that popped up 40 ft from the boat and he came up tight on a good hard pulling fish that stripped of a lot of line but, didn't jump.
Must be a Permit! says I, no it was a really huge jack that ran up on the flat and then,
the Black Evil's came flying in and the biggest gobbled up Dave's big Jack!
Exciting but, you always feel bad when you helped feed the Big Black Evils.
That was enough to really upset those Tarpon and send them packing, so off we went to fresh
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Don't feel too sorry for David he got a nice Cobia and three hundered (seemed like) Jacks, Lady Fish, Lookdowns and........ a great Shark story.........mike

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Detroit area homeowners alleging that investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS) violated discriminatory lending laws by encouraging lender New Century Financial to write, high-risk toxic mortgages in predominantly African-American neighborhoods.
These mortgages were allegedly originated to wrap into private-label securitizations.
The plaintiffs say the case is the first brought by homeowners against investment banks for their alleged role in the securitization of high-risk mortgages that impacted minority neighborhoods in Detroit.
In its suit, the ACLU claims Morgan Stanley securitized the loans to turn profits on mortgages that were packaged and sold off to investors, with little regard to the risk.
Mary Claire Delaney, executive director for Morgan Stanley, told HousingWire, "We believe these allegations are completely without merit and plan to defend ourselves vigorously."
But the ACLU, which made this the first case against an investment bank, made several allegations of discriminatory lending.
"Hoping to realize large profits from the securitization of extremely risky mortgages, Morgan Stanley worked hand-in-glove with New Century, encouraging it to issue mortgages that ignored all of the most basic fair lending principles in order to create a large number of mortgages that could be processed and sold as securities," the ACLU said in a statement.
At the height of the housing boom, New Century was the second-largest subprime mortgage originator.
The suit alleges Morgan Stanley incentivized and even partly funded New Century's push to write high-risk mortgages.
The key plaintiffs are African-Americans who claim the investment bank and lender targeted vulnerable individuals with loans that were at high risk of default and foreclosure.
The ACLU complaint accuses Morgan Stanley of racial discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, discrimination as a violation of the Fair Housing Act and race discrimination as a violation of the Michigan-Elliott Larsen Act.
The ACLU's executive director Anthony Romero acknowledged in a conference call with journalists that "by no means was Morgan Stanley the only actor in the subprime debacle." He added that if more had been done to deal with the behavior of the banks, additional litigation may not have been needed, but he felt that was not the case.
"We begin with Morgan Stanley," he said.
One of the plaintiffs, Rubbie McCoy, was part of the conference call and broke out in tears, saying she did not understand what had occurred in the lead up and fall out of the housing bust. She did say that at one point her and her four children were "excited about becoming homeowners."


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It drives but it definitely needs a clutch. It goes through the gears fine but if you stomp on it, the RPM's fly... but you certainly don't. It also has a very slow oil leak and needs brakes but it was really hard to pass up at the price she wanted. The woman who owned it bought it new in 1991 and nearly cried handing over the keys. Now the fun starts - starting with upgrading the clutch and flywheel.
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Optimizing The Getup - Part 3: Roll to Elbow
Last week I tackled Part 2 of Optimizing The Getup: The Set-up
In that post I broke down
- Hand/wrist placement on the bell
- The roll to press
- And hand and leg placement on the floor
Which leads us up to today, the Roll to Elbow.
If you missed Part 2 you can check it out here.
In my opinion the roll to elbow is a step that most people struggle with. Many people like to turn this step into a weighted "sit-up" rather than a literal "roll to your elbow."
While you might be able to get away with this with a lighter load, it's a poor habit to develop. You'll struggle when the weight reaches an appreciable level.
To prevent you from developing poor habits and reducing your risk of injury, I'll show you 5 different ways you can improve your roll to elbow:
- Driving through your heel
- Punching to the sky
- Keeping your eyes on the bell
- Training the arm bar
- Avoiding the "Hey girl" pose
Afterwards I'll share a few troubleshooting drills you can use if you're still having problems with the pieces of the roll to elbow or the entire move itself.
Optimizing The Getup: It's a Roll Not a Sit-up
Constantly remind yourself that the roll to elbow is a literal "roll to your elbow."
The Getup is one of the best exercises there is to develop core strength. Yet in no phase of the Getup is a "sit-up" incorporated.
I see this problem with people who are first learning the Getup, which is why I'll always teach the Arm Bar before teaching the Getup.
...more on that in a minute.
A roll is a lateral movement. A sit-up is a vertical one.
Like all other strength exercises, leverage will play a significant role into whether or not you can successfully build to appreciable load with the Getup – or whether you're simply able to do it in a safe manner.
Remember, what you can get away with using a light bell, will pin you with a heavier bell.
Optimizing The Getup: Drive The Heel
To my earlier point about making this step a "sit-up" versus a roll to your elbow, the heel is your primary driver that makes the roll happen.
A couple weeks ago StrongFirst shared a blog written by Matt Kingstone titled, "The Roll to Elbow: How to Build The Foundation for a Beautiful Get-up."
I found some great cues in here and highly recommend you check it out if you haven't done so already. Here's a piece from his part on breaking down the heel drive, or what he calls, "making a mountain."
"There is a great reactive neuromuscular training (RNT) drill that I use here for someone whose bell-side foot loses contact with the floor during the roll. I put a towel under the student's bell-side foot and as he or she moves through rolling to the elbow, I tug on the towel enough that he or she needs to drive through that foot so the towel doesn't move."
What a great cue!
I love cues that involved little to no verbal instruction; rather the cue or act itself is instructive by nature.
"Don't let me pull the towel away from your heel" will immediately trigger you to drive through your heel – thus helping you "roll" to your elbow instead of trying to "sit-up" to your elbow.
Optimizing The Getup: Punch To The Sky
This next part goes hand in hand with the former step. As you're driving through your heel and begin to roll, you want to think of punching towards the ceiling/sky.
This aids your heel drive and keeps the bell heading upwards rather than at an angle with your roll.
Your body wants to move laterally. The bell wants to move vertically - with a little lateral movement.
Additionally, there are 3 things you want to keep in mind here:
- Keep your shoulder packed
- Take the slack out of your arm
- Roll with a purpose
Once you pack your shoulder in the prior step (The set-up), you should be able to maintain that stability and move around a stable shoulder as you perform the rest of the Getup.
If you maintain a packed shoulder, you should naturally be able to keep the slack out of your arm – slack is another way of saying "looseness."
When you've got 100lbs over your head energy leaks are a bad idea, which is exactly what slack in your arm will lead to.
Squeeze the handle of the bell like you're trying to crush it. Create maximal tension throughout your loaded arm. And roll with a purpose.
If you maintain a packed shoulder and take the slack out of your arm, your roll will be more crisp and powerful compared to a loosely packed shoulder and flimsy arm.
Optimizing The Getup: Keep Your Eyes on The Bell
This cue is short and simple: Keep your eyes on the bell.
You have a heavy metal object over your head that would do plenty of damage should it fall on your face. So for obvious reasons, keep your eyes on the bell.
What you might not find so obvious however is how your technique will improve when you keep your eyes fixated on the bell.
While this isn't as present in the roll to elbow, you'll notice a difference with your leg sweep both on the way up and down in your Getup.
When your eyes are fixated on the bell you tend to move around the bell more naturally. Whereas when you're looking off in another direction your posture can easily fall out of line with the bell over your head.
I'll address this some more in the leg sweep and tall sit so in general keep this in mind:
In the video above you should have noticed:
Eyes on the bell from the floor to half-kneeling, eyes straight ahead from half-kneeling to standing, eyes back on the bell as soon as your knee hits the floor on the "get-down" portion of your Getup.
Make it a habit, not excuses.
Optimizing The Getup: No "Hey Girl's"
This was a cue I picked up from my Team Leader and Senior SFG Dr. Mark Cheng.
Doc led us through the Getup and had a great cue for what NOT to do when training your Getup.
No "Hey Girl..."
The idea is simple, when you make it to your elbow you want to maintain your packed shoulder and keep a tall posture.
A "hey girl" posture is lazy, slouching posture and no way to do a safe Getup.
I've since stolen Doc's cue and will frequently use it when teaching new students how to perform the Getup.
Here's how it works: Important to note – no weight involved
- Using your bodyweight, roll to your elbow using all the cues mentioned before
- Once you're in position, purposely slouch into your bottom shoulder
- Then push your forearm into the floor and regain a tall/tight posture
- Slouch again
- Then get tall and tight again.
This drill teaches you what to do, but giving you the feeling of what not to do.
Again, no weight involved. You can also use the drill for next weeks post, The Tall Sit.
Optimizing The Getup: Roll to Elbow Troubleshooting Tips
Leg Kick
A common issue with the Getup is the straight leg "kicking-up" on you when you initiate your roll. This can happen for a number of reasons.
To correct this I'd place my foot in front of your foot and tell you to "reach into my foot as you roll to your elbow."
It'll likely be jerky at first, but once you get it you'll notice significantly more tension – or linkage – between your upper and lower body.
The Getup is a total body lift, to execute it properly you want to make sure you have maximal linkage.
Grease the groove
A great way to improve your roll to elbow is simply to practice it. If you already train the full Getup, practice rounds of multiple times transitioning from the floor to your elbow and back.
If you're new to training the Getup, this is your sweet spot for right now. Practice for a week to develop a solid foundation. In a week's time you'll be more than ready to add the next phase, the tall sit.
3-5 reps of practice per set is sufficient. If you want to challenge yourself even more, grab a shoe or a water bottle.
This drill will smooth out your getup real quick. I haven't had the guts to try this yet...
Practice your arm bar
I mentioned earlier that I always train the arm bar before training the getup. I do this for two reasons:
- It helps the student learn and feel what a packed shoulder feels like
- It mimics the exact motion you want to initiate your roll to elbow
Once a client understands how to get into the arm bar position, I'll instruct them to do so, then find their hand/leg placement as mentioned in Part 2 – The Set-up.
When they're here I tell them to "roll as if you're doing an arm bar, but punch to the sky at the same time."
A great arm bar will almost always lay a solid foundation for the Getup. If you struggle with the roll to elbow, consider re-training your arm bar.
Kettlebell training is a systems-based training model. If you're having trouble with one lift, there's almost always a drill you can regress to that will improve the lift you're having trouble with.
In the Getup your natural regression is the arm bar.
Enjoy it. Relax into it. Love it. You'll see, the world is a better place after you get out of a well-executed arm bar.
Optimizing The Getup: Time to Roll!
If you have any questions/comments on the tips covered in today's post please feel free to post on our Facebook or Instagram pages.
I'd also recommend following those pages as well so you stay up to date with each weeks post.
Stay tuned next week for Optimizing The Getup – Part 4: The Tall Sit. Until then,
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Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. is widely considered the greatest fighter to ever walk the planet earth.
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New Delhi: South Indian actress Laxmi Raai who was recently seen in AR Murugadoss' 'Akira' starring Sonakshi Sinha is again hitting the headlines.
Laxmi's relationship with cricketer MS Dhoni is making news before the release of Dhoni's biopic 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story'.
Annoyed with such rumours Laxmi said, "I don't know why people are asking me about Dhoni's biopic and whether I'll be featured in it. I have nothing to do with Dhoni now and he has moved on in life. He is happily married and has a child. Why are people dragging me into this now that his biopic is coming out?"
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What's New In Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom remodeling is just like any other fashion sense or furniture you would usually buy for aesthetic purposes, they always follow the trends. We all obviously do not only want to consider the likeness of an object or an area to function properly, but we are also concerned as to how aesthetically pleasing they can get for us to marvel at. And as we can see now, the trends have been changing faster than we thought it was supposed to, much different from the trend durations in the past. This is usually somehow an ordeal to some homeowners who are always on the trend and are also on the verge of remodeling their own bathrooms to make them look better every now and then. So what exactly is the new thing to follow to in this day and age? Trends nowadays change often, which is why we should be aware of what's in and what's already out of the game.
Homeowners would usually be more concerned about the comfort that their home brings and the designs are usually supposed to suit what they personally like for themselves. Usually, homeowners, when they want to have a better looking home, would prefer changing it up to a way that can suit what the trend is, rather than actually looking out for a new one in another town. People back then fancy remodeling their houses in order for their houses' resale values to increase, making them gain more money once the house will be sold, and we all know times are different now. People in this era do not necessarily remodel their houses for the sake of a future buyer's purpose, but they now remodel their homes because they feel like remodeling them and they want another look for their own abode. The remodeling projects made these past few years have been possible because of homeowners wanting to have a modernized look for their abodes and making sure that as time passes by, the value of the abode itself would also increase through these projects.
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Modern bathrooms tend to be bigger and more spacious as compared to those bathrooms that people loved to have back in the late twentieth century. Our bathrooms of today are now basically made to look even better and more comfortable, which is why to name a trend that many people have been wanting to have is this holding sink that makes it look as though there has been this tiny piece of furniture placed inside the bathroom. Part of these modern bathrooms would be those radius cabinets that many people have been trying to acquire these days since they looked really cool inside bathrooms. All of these things basically make the entire bathroom look really modern, without having to let go of the functionality aspect, which is of course very important when it comes to remodeling any type of room.


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Chief Sports Writer Hyder Jawad catches up with Blues striker DJ Campbell, who has just turned 25 and yet has more life experience than most of his contemporaries.
Nobody acquires an honours degree merely for playing non-League football but, in one sense, there is no worthier education.
Ask DJ Campbell. Here is a man who learnt that to fully appreciate the celebrity of life at the top, you have to first appreciate the anonymity of life at the bottom.
When he joined Birmingham City on January 31, 2006, he looked like somebody who had actually spent time on planet earth. Not many of his team-mates carried that same hungered expression.
Campbell had lived a life — a real life, which involved expending energy in a warehouse for #280 a week.
"The people closest to me know how hard I have worked," he says. "They have seen me take the knock-backs. It has been nice showing those who doubted me that, yes, I am good enough. I was right about myself, even if I was a bugger way back then."
Dudley Campbell Junior celebrated his 25th birthday this week and he is still walking on air. Birmingham might have endured relegation last April, they they might have suffered a setback when they lost to Norwich City last month, but Campbell still strolls around as if he is the luckiest man on earth.
In his eyes, he is. Only 18 months ago, he was playing non-League for Yeading and was seemingly no closer to a career in professional football than the thousands of men up and down the country who dared to dream.
"I would have said, two or three years ago, that it was impossible for non-League players to get a breakthrough in the Premiership," Campbell says. "I am not saying I have changed things but I think I have helped.
"It is surprising to me how much things have changed in the past year or so. In any case, to go from non-League to the Football League was big enough; to go from the Football League to the Premiership was something else altogether. It has been a big ride for me."
Existing in non-League football can be tough. Campbell had to train twice a week on top of his full-time job in the warehouse. On erratic pitches, in front of low crowds, and against hardened defenders, he hoped that the right person would be watching.
He performed well enough for Yeading against Newcastle United in the FA Cup two seasons ago and aroused the interest of Brentford, his local club.
A year on, his performances for Brentford against Sunderland, again in the FA Cup, caught the eye of Steve Bruce, the Birmingham manager, who needed a striker at the right price. The right price in this case was #500,000, which was a hundred times what Brenford had paid Yeading for him.
"I would say that the happiest moment, certainly in my career, was the day I signed for Birmingham," Campbell says. "This is life-changing, not just for me; for my daughter, my girlfriend — everyone is happy.
"I have had so many great moments in my career, and I am only at the start. Even joining Yeading was important, because I was down in the dumps before that. The chance to play at Yeading made me happy again and that was such a big thing for me."
Campbell is good at spotting the pivotal moments in his life. He has learnt to turn obstacles into opportunities, even when Birmingham have endured a difficult time.
The 1-0 defeat to Norwich on October 17, described by Bruce as the worst moment for Birmingham in five years, carried positive implications for Campbell.
"There is a part of me that looks at the Norwich match and regards it as a blessing in disguise," he says. "The form since then [five successive victories] has been exceptional. Maybe you need things like that to give you a kick up the arse. And it has done that.
"It has been a strange year and a good learning curve. It has been a good learning curve for the gaffer, too, because of the relegation last April. When I came to Birmingham, we were in a difficult situation. But I am sure we can bounce back. We have picked it up again. It is up to us to prove we are a Premiership club.
"This league is tough because everyone seems to beat everyone else. That is what it is all about. But if we keep doing as we have been, we will be right up there at the end of the season."
Since arriving at St Andrew's, Campbell has watched the club change dramatically. Relegation hastened the departure of players like Emile Heskey, Mario Melchiot, Chris Sutton, Stan Lazaridis, Kenny Cunningham, Jiri Jarosik, and Jermaine Pennant. It was a revolution.
"It is strange," Campbell says. "I was talking to one of the lads and I told him that, all of a sudden, I was one of the older players in the squad. It is funny. But all I can do is talk to the youngsters. That is all you can do.
"I haven't been at the clubs that they have been at. But I know other things and I have this appreciation. In training, they will see how enthusiastic I am. I just want to be there every day. They see that enthusiasm.
"It is the same club, the same settings, but the players seem so different. Yes, it almost feels like a different team. Obviously last year, because I only came in January, I didn't have much chance to play with the lads.
"These players are hungry and want to get back into the Premiership. The cups are a bonus but I am sure the gaffer is largely interested in getting back into the top flight.
"I made my debut against Arsenal last season and that gave me the taste for it. And that taste can drive you that little bit harder. I am in a good situation, at a lovely club with lovely people, but I am determined to be back in the Premiership."
The contrasts between life in a warehouse and life at a leading football club would challenge any man. To his credit, Campbell has not changed much. There are, of course, the inevitable transformations — he is richer, more famous, and professionally content — but they are largely artificial.
The Campbell of 2006 is no different from the Campbell of 2005.
"I am still me and people see that," he says. "I still go to London and do the things I did in the past, when I was with Yeading and Brentford. I've still got the same friends. The only thing is now I live in a better house.
"And, yes, I sign more autographs now. And there is more money. So what do you do with it? Well, you support your family, your kids, your girlfriend. But I am still me. At least now my family doesn't have to struggle.
"And it makes all the sacrifices worthwhile. To see people around you happy and smiling. I think I am a much better player now. In non-League, I would train twice a week, usually after I came home from work. Making the step-up to Brentford, where we trained every day, was tough at the start. But I got used to it. And I liked it, because that is what I had been striving for.
"Then to go to training every day with Brentford to training every day with Birmingham was another big step-up again. Suddenly, I was alongside the likes of Emile Heskey and Jiri Jarosik.
"Given my background in non-League football, I learnt that you are not given anything. You have to earn everything and that gives you a certain work ethic. That is why I know I can achieve at this club.
"From having nothing to having something, you do appreciate that little bit more what you have got. I am not saying Premiership players don't appreciate what they have got. But I think I have learnt to appreciate it more.
"Maybe it is difficult for people to realise what it is like when you don't have the money that you have here. I am sure there are some players who do not realise it. They have never been in a situation where they don't have money.
"But I have been there and it has made me stronger and made me appreciate things."
Campbell, who spent time as a junior with Aston Villa, and also played for Chesham, Stevenage, and Billericay, never felt the weight of expectation at St Andrew's, even when relegation was staring the club in the face.
"When I arrived in January, all I could do was do my best," he says. "It was a massive ask, coming to Birmingham and helping the team to avoid relegation, and it was a big thing for me. Coming here was such a thrill, being alongside so many great players, never mind the ones at other clubs whom I was playing against.
"It was a great achievement for me, personally, because the Premiership is every boy's dream. Unfortunately, we got relegated. It was a sad moment. But we are doing our utmost to get back there, where we belong.
"It was definitely the right club for me. I am still happy and loving every minute of it. It is still a dream for me, coming here every day. It is a pleasure and, when I leave — and I hope I don't leave — I will never forget this place."


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Compromise vs Vulnerability Assessments
Compromise vs Vulnerability Assessments: Which Should You Choose First?
During the recent International Cyber Security and Intelligence Conference, info security execs were lectured on the importance of being proactive vs reactive to stop cyber attacks. As part of a proactive strategy speaker Nik Alleyne, senior manager of cybersecurity at Forsythe Solutions Group, recommended vulnerability assessments and regular penetration tests. While these are important tools for evaluating cybersecurity risk, they only answer half of the security paradox; "Can I be hacked?" They do not answer the more vital question; "Am I already breached?"
With growing global regulations around data protection in the enterprise, from GDPR in Europe to the new NIST framework in the US, information security managers need the ability to quickly discover and address security breaches and then validate whether the network and its endpoints are in fact clean of malware, APTs, and unauthorized access. That's why Compromise Assessments are just as important as their more widely adopted cousins the pen test and vulnerability assessment.
What is a Compromise Assessment?
Any proactive cybersecurity strategy needs to include an assessment of your current security posture and state. Attackers are often resident inside a network for months, sometimes years, before being detected using malware to infect endpoints. As evidenced by the growing number of breaches, existing technologies are no longer enough to stop all threats from penetrating the perimeter. The 2017 Hacker's Playbook™ Findings Report found "malware infiltration success rates in excess of 60 percent, and the ability to successfully move laterally as high as 70 percent of the time."
While vulnerability assessments and penetration tests look for security gaps and vulnerabilities, they do not detect existing compromises. Today's enterprises need to add compromise assessments to their security practices to proactively verify whether a network has already been breached and more effectively mitigate risk.
Since a Compromise Assessment focuses on identifying previously unknown, successful or ongoing compromises, the tools and techniques used to perform the assessment must be able to identify post breach activity, dormant and hidden malware, malicious use of credentials, and Command and Control (C2) traffic. This differs from traditional solutions which focus on early detection of attacks, exploits, malware installation events which attempt to prevent an attack from succeeding or catching an attack early enough to reduce damage during a breach.
Assessing Your Compromise State
How do you assess your compromise state? While there are a handful of custom methodologies for conducting compromise assessments, these are often services engagements that use mostly manual processes to comb through logs and analytics from security systems – taking months to complete. What's needed is an approach that utilizes automated scanning to speed up the process of assessing your environment for threats.
Infocyte has found that independent scans of your network's endpoints using a methodology called Forensic State Analysis (FSA) is the most effective approach. An FSA based approach allows you to:
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- Review collected intelligence and actionable data for swift remediation and incident response.
- Complete an assessment in days, not months.
- Run as frequently as needed: daily, monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.
A Holistic Approach to Network Health
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Infocyte HUNT uses the FSA methodology to scan every endpoint on the network (workstations, servers and endpoint devices). The survey validates everything running on them, what may be triggered to run (via an autostart or persistence mechanism), and analyzes each system's volatile memory to discover signs of manipulation or hidden processes. The scan is agentless, meaning it does not require software to be pre-installed on systems it is scanning, and it is completely independent of the network's existing security infrastructure, so your results are untainted.
Our networks will always have a degree of vulnerability as organizations struggle to keep determined attackers out of their networks, and skilled attackers can successfully remain hidden for months, sometimes years, before being discovered. Unless you can measure the current compromise state of your network, your cybersecurity risk profile is incomplete.
Learn more about using Infocyte HUNT to conduct compromise assessments objectively, rapidly and affordable.


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I'm writing this with very sore legs after a week of probably over doing the training. I jumped up significantly from last week and my legs don't feel ready for it.
The week started with my first ever spinning class on Monday which I enjoyed, for those who haven't done one, it basically involves cycling on imaginary hills whilst someone at front shouts at you to go faster. I ended it with my legs feeling like jelly. I do worry that this much intensity might break me with such a short training schedule, but it was good fun.
On Tuesday I aimed to stretch out the tired muscles with an hour of yoga, again this was good and my muscles felt really tight so I'm glad I went. I then ran from work back home.
Wednesday I again went to yoga which was more based on leg stretches this time, I then tried to run to an organised run, got lost, ran around in the dark for a while and made it home after 15km absolutely knackered. Not ideal.
Thursday was another spinning class…lots of pain and sweating again there.
Friday was just a short run home from work, I had intended to go to yoga, but when I arrived I realised I'd left my trainers in the office, went back to the office and realised you don't need trainers for yoga…by which time it was too late. What a div.
Saturday was my long run and I started out feeling very tired in my legs, it was also -5c outside and the sweat froze to my face. I decided to take it slow, but by 8km I was really wanting to give up. I couldn't get any speed and every step felt like really hard work. However, once I hit half way I started to count down the kilometres and I felt a bit better, I ended up doing 25.1km / 15.6 miles, which I was pleased with.
Today my calves are killing me though and I wonder if I will be good to run tomorrow. Full details below:
This week calls for more of the same with just a longer run next Saturday, I will be trying to stretch my calves out frequently too.


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Regional Sales Director - West
SOTO Sake
SOTO SAKE is a premium Japanese Sake company. With great respect of the past and the historical significance of sake artistry, SOTO brings sake into the modern world with an approachable premium sake in a recognizable bottle. SOTO means 'outside' in Japanese: a celebration of the earth's purest elements brought together to make this premium quality all-natural product: finely polished specialty rice and pristine mountain water from Japan. The expertise of our Toji (brewmaster) ensures a delicate smoothness with a mild taste and elegant aroma. Ingredients matter to us and while we use quality rice and pure water to create our sake, the key ingredient in SOTO is our people.
The Regional Sales Director is a senior role concentrated in direct sales and management of the sales team and our distributor partners. The Director represents the SOTO brand and will lead the Sales Managers, Brand Ambassadors, and Event Manager to deliver the business against the sales plan and key performance metrics. The role encompasses a balance between On-Premise and Off-Premise responsibilities, and the Director shall be held accountable for both quantitative & qualitative objectives. The Director will manage all distributor relationships and interface with agencies, brand partners, customers, and consumers to lead the company and represent SOTO professionally and culturally. Working on a start-up brand, this person needs to act entrepreneurially and get the job done.
Internal: Sales Managers, Brand Ambassadors, Event Manager – both directly and indirectly based on our changing structure
External: Distributors, Vendors, Agencies
Sales Responsibilities:
Sales Depletions - Achieve sales depletion and value goals
- Drive sales with the Sales Managers by introducing the brand to key targeted accounts and recruiting new customers and consumers to SOTO
- Diligent follow-up to ensure strong re-order rates
- Get ahead of the sales cycle and deliveries to provide excellent service to all customers
- Manage sales orders
- Track account performance and celebrate success
- Collaborate with Importer, Distributor, and all personnel across all layers of the supply chain to assist with a smooth transfer of the product to the accounts
- Ensure SOTO is listed on the menu
- Develop unique ways to gain visibility in a category that has struggled to gain presence - bottle displays and installations, supplementary feature menus, signage (where appropriate)
- Create innovative solutions that leverage SOTO; service by the glass/carafe/bottle, service opportunities, cocktails, food pairings
- Manage relationships with targeted accounts across all levels of their operations – owner, manager, beverage director, sommelier, bartender, server, busboy
- Be the On-Premise expert that identifies opportunities in influencer accounts by knowing their business and always being observant, supportive, collaborative
- Educate key stakeholders about all aspects of the brand
- Assist with and conduct bar and wait staff trainings to ensure that SOTO is properly represented with a trade focused educational program on the category, always highlighting the brand
- Showcase points of differentiation and unique selling points between SOTO and competitors
Trade Marketing & Event Responsibilities:
- Plan and execute events and other initiatives from the marketing plan
- Create and foster relationships with key stakeholders and strategic cultural partners: local trade community, purveyors of art & design, models, key influencers, and the expanded creative class
- Design custom activities that focus on local trade relations to ensure SOTO has a leading presence, while ensuring premium positioning
- Conduct tastings, pairing dinners, and custom advocacy programming
- Manage point-of-sale
- Monitor and report on competitive trends
Key Task Overview:
- Account Management: management of target accounts across On-Premise and Off-Premise. Key focus on Influential Accounts: Fine Dining, Craft Cocktail, Boutique Hotels, Asian-Fusion restaurants, Nightclubs, and Premium Retail Stores
- Business Management: establish, manage, and execute against key goals across Volume and Value. Manage Pricing, Budgets, Inventory, and the Supply Chain through the sales channel. Handle Account Receivable and cash flow for the sales team. Plan and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual sales forecasts and measure against these key goals
- Reporting: establish and manage all sales and marketing reporting including: Account Tracker, Sales Team Goals, Performance Scorecard, Budget and Budget Report vs Plan
- Recommendations: Provide recommendations to support brand building activities
- Brand Program Execution: management of event executions, strategic partnerships, media and public relations outreach, social media amplification
- Communication: local market collaboration and communication
- City Ambassador: be the local market expert – know the city, the people, the culture and be a representative of the company in the community
Desired Skills and Experience:
- 10+ years of field sales experience
- Relevant experience across beverage alcohol or consumer packaged goods
- Frequent travel to accounts and customer sites
- Previous budget management / resource allocation experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Advanced proficiency with MS office and related applications
- Solid presentation skills
- Ability to manage distributor personnel and to create, maintain, and build professional relationships
- Performance monitoring, goal setting, training and coaching
- Ability to work independently and contribute in a team environment
- Desire to succeed
- A great attitude is integral to join this faced paced company
- Bachelor's Degree or above
SOTO SAKE is an equal opportunity employer. We pledge equal access to employment, facilities, and programs, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran or marital status.


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General introduction to cultural competence
Using theory, practical examples and activities the training explores:
Invisible/ visible aspects of culture
Own cultural rules and behaviours and how cultures differ
Key areas where cultures clash
Reactions to differences and how misunderstanding can arise
Differences in verbal and non verbal communication
How culture affects work, management, teams, meetings
Different ways people negotiate, communicate and resolve conflict
Tips, techniques and strategies to improve comunication skills
Workshop themes include:
Managing a cross cultural workforce
Managers today work with colleagues, staff and clients from all over the wold. Managers require skills in cultural competence to avoid cultural misunderstandings that can damage internal and external working relationships which damage business.
Cultural competence training for management looks at how to manage diverse teams, how to communicate across cultures, plan meetings and how to maximise on a multicultural team.
Working in cross cultural teams/ EU Project Partners
People work better when they know each other's cultural styles such as differneces in approaches to meetings, correspondence, negotiating, planning, setting deadlines. These cultural differences mean that working with colleagues from other cultures can lead to misunderstands which can damage relationships and damage business!
Cultural competence training for teams helps members understand and appreciate cultural differences, looks at the visible and invisible aspects of culture, verbal and non verbal communication to promote better understanding and builds trust and strengthens working relationships which leads to a successful team building business success.
Relocating staff to this region
One of the main reason why staff don't settle in a new job in a new region is the difficulty they face trying to understand and adapt to a new culture.
Relocation training provide the necessary cultural briefing to provides an introduction to the region, its history, politics and culture, advice on local working practices, how to work with colleagues and settle into a new life by helping them understand and minimise culture shock.
Working with Youth
Our world is much more accessible for young people both in real life and online. Young people now study, live and socialise in a very diverse landscape.
Cultural competence training for youth explores cultural expectations of how we act and behave, how to communicate and how we react to differences to avoid misunderstanding and promote better understanding across cultures.
Sector Specific
We have delivered tailor made training across all sectors, including youth, education, hospitality, engineering, science, local authority, healthcare, public and community sector. Contact us for more information and sample programmes for training in your sector.


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Ostersund 2017 factfile: JapanTeam preview ahead of Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament 04 Oct 2017
With less than a week to go until the World Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament in Ostersund, Sweden, we're taking a closer look at each of the five teams competing for the chance to appear at PyeongChang 2018.
Next up is Japan, who have a history with the Czech Republic. Twice, the two teams faced each other for the gold medal in the World Championships B-Pool, and both times the Czechs ended their hopes. Japan are expected to face tough competition from the Czechs again in the battle for a top-three finish.
Paralympic Winter Games
Vancouver 2010 - silver
Torino 2006
Salt Lake City 2002
Nagano 1988
World Championships history
2016 World Championships B-Pool – silver
2013 World Championships B-Pool – silver
Key players
Mikio Annanka and Nao Kodama were Japan's top scoring threats at the 2016 World Championships B-Pool. Also watch for Satoru Sudo on the defensive end, who has played a crucial role in developing Japan's national athletes at training camps.
No. 27 Mikio Annaka
No. 70 Nao Kodama
No. 96 Masaharu Kumagai
No. 79 Keisuke Nagumo
No. 16 Taimei Shiba
No. 40 Yoshihiro Shioya
No. 55 Kazuhiro Takahashi
No. 32 Daisuke Uehara
No. 13 Mamoru Yoshikawa
No. 6 Wataru Horie
No. 33 Hideaki Ishii
No. 25 Eiji Misawa
No. 18 Toshiyuki Nakamura
No. 24 Satoru Sudo
No. 15 Junji Tanaka
No. 21 Shinobu Fukushima
No. 30 Kazuya Mochizuki
Head coach: Kojin Nakakita
Ostersund 2017 runs from 9-14 October. The top three finishers will earn the last qualification spots available at PyeongChang 2018, joining Canada, Italy, Norway, South Korea and the USA in March.
Live coverage and the game schedule are available on the official Ostersund 2017 site.


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Personalized Cube Necklace, Custom Message Engraved Brass Cube Necklace
Simple geometry meets rustic brass. This necklace is composed of a solid brass cube suspended from faceted tiny ball chain in doubled chain. On three sides of the cube, "If not now, when" is engraved. The listing is for ONE large cube necklace with "if not" "now" "when" on three sides of the cube respectively. Or you can choose any other Three Words (for the same price). Additional word is $4 extra.
Understated and modern with a metallic edge. It is the perfect adornment for dressing up or down. On the model photo, The longer double chain with the larger 18mm cube pendant is 28 inches long. (the smaller 12mm cube is plain and is available in the shop too).


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Entrance exams for September 2014 entry take place on Saturday 18th January 2014.
The entrance examination consists of standardised English and Maths tests and a Verbal Reasoning test. The children are then observed in groups to assess how they interact and to ascertain their verbal skills in an informal manner.
Pupils from Stamford Junior School have automatic entry into the senior schools and need not take the entrance examination.


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Mercy completes a seven-year plan to combine sleep clinic and laboratory
Mercy Clinic Sleep Medicine has completed its seven-year journey to combine sleep laboratory and clinic functions under one roof. The sleep center hosted a ribbon cutting to commemorate that combination of services from its new address at 5401 Ellsworth Road across from Central Mall on Thursday (Aug. 23).
While the move took nearly a decade to work out, actual construction on the 2,000-square foot addition began this spring and lasted roughly six months, according to Mercy Clinic COO Amy Fore.
"It's been a long time coming. Poor Dr. (Stephen) Snell and his team have been kind of bounced around a little bit, but it's so nice to be able to have this beautiful space next to our sleep lab where all of the studies are conducted," Fore said, telling Talk Business & Politics that "Moving into this space allows us to increase our access to five days a week clinic visits and then, of course, the sleep studies overnight."
The clinic and laboratory combine to support Snell, nurse practitioner Paula Brosnan, and a staff of about 15 that also includes seven registered polysomnographic technologists and a certified polysomnographic technologist.
"It's a small practice, but we are able to reach a lot of patients and take care of our primary care base, which comes from our main referral source — our PCPs," Fore said.
Most of the cases the center deals with include mild to severe forms of sleep apnea. "It's by far the major thing that we do because there is a high percentage of people who have sleep apnea, especially in our country where we're well-nourished or over-nourished, you might say," said Snell.
"But we also see insomnia, narcolepsy, and various sleep issues along the way."
Snell sees "about 20 patients per day" during the two days per month he's in the office, while Brosnan "will see about 40-50 patients a week," he said. "So, we do see a fair number of patients, and we can always see more. The goal is to let us sort of be the liaison and let us get the primary care docs involved since they see the patients more."
While patients are present, Snell noted, the new setup will allow greater efficiency for both staff and patients.
"Since we have both (services) right here, if someone is having a problem and wants to go over their sleep study, we can open it up, and if I have questions, I can just walk over and ask the staff that did it what's going on. Or, if there's a mask issue or I'm concerned about a mask issue or anything like that, I can walk over now and have everybody in the same area as opposed to being half a city apart. It's much better for the patient as well because we can be a lot more efficient for them."
Until recently, Snell said, the process moved slower.
"We didn't have the luxury of showing different masks and such because we didn't have them in the regular clinic when we were stuck in oncology, pulmonology, and all that."
Of the costs, Fore said Mercy doesn't break it down "per business unit," and multiple calls to the city's building and safety department for permitting values were not returned.
Mercy Clinic Sleep Medicine operates two additional facilities specific to sleep studies, diagnosis, and treatment. They are located in Ozark and Waldron.


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Chuwi is running a one-day sale on its LapBook Air, dropping the price down to $399. Available at AliExpress, that's a 25 percent discount from the laptop's current list price of $533.32 at the online retailer.
In terms of specs, the LapBook Air includes an Intel Celeron N3450 processor at a base clock rate of 1.1GHz. That's in addition to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The display is a 14.1-inch 1080p IPS panel.
As for ports, Chuwi says the LapBook Air is packed with an SD card slot, two USB 3.0 ports, a single micro HDMI port, and, of course, a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. You'll also find a 2MP webcam peering out above the display.
The LapBook Air isn't going to set any benchmarking records, to be sure, but it's not a bad option if you just need a simple, budget laptop to do some writing and web browsing. The $399 sale is set to run for one day, and Chuwi says it is also throwing in a free leather laptop bag for the duration as well.


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Black Sea resorts in Odessa or Crimea offer amazing opportunities for comfortable rest and exciting time-spending. We can bet that hospitable atmosphere of sea resorts in Crimea won't leave you indifferent. High quality services in Crimean hotels and sanatoriums will surprise even most experienced tourists, and gentle Black Sea will grant unforgettable memories. Having visited Black Sea in Ukraine, you'll dream to visit it again and again.
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The NW Community Network are hosting this event to provide a community response to the DoE consultation on its Waste Prevention Plan.
Wed 20th November 10am to 12.30pm
Playtrail Cabin, Racecourse Rd Derry
Speakers include Mal Williams, Zero Waste Wales and Vyvyan Howard, environmental toxicologist at University of Ulster Coleraine. Representatives from Derry City Council Environmental Services Committee, the NW Region Waste Management Group (the seven councils proposing to build a £500 million gasification plant in Strathfoyle) and the DoE have also been invited.
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text: IMG APPOINTS TIM PERNETTI PRESIDENT OF MULTIMEDIA FOR IMG COLLEGE Jan 29, 2015 NEW YORK (January 29, 2015) – IMG today announced the appointment of Tim Pernetti as President of Multimedia for IMG College, effective March 2015. In this role, Pernetti will report directly to WME | IMG COO Jason Lublin and IMG College Chairman and President Ben Sutton. Previously, Pernetti served as Chief Business Officer of the New York City Football Club (NYCFC), where he was instrumental in the building and launching of New York's newest Major League Soccer franchise. During his tenure, Pernetti oversaw all commercial operations at NYCFC, including television and media rights, marketing, partnerships, sponsorship, and ticket sales. Prior to joining NYCFC, Pernetti served as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Rutgers University. In this role, he designed and executed Rutgers' entrance into the Big Ten Conference across all sports, providing the school greater conference support, an enhanced student-athlete experience, increased financial resources, broad based media exposure, and access to the new college football post-season. Pernetti transformed the business of athletics at Rutgers, generating a significant increase in revenue over a four-year period through fundraising, sponsorship, venue and facility naming rights, premium seating and hospitality, and food service/concessions. "Tim's a true expert in collegiate athletics and multimedia rights," said Sutton. "Combine that with his entrepreneurial approach and outstanding leadership abilities and he's the perfect fit for this role." IMG College's exclusive multimedia rights span more than 90 universities and conferences, covering 51 of the top 56 U.S. Nielsen markets. The business' national collegiate sports marketing platform includes 35,000 hours of radio programming produced annually on the nation's largest independent sports network; 5,000 hours of annual TV programming; university sports publications; and schools' digital channels. Pernetti's early career included various roles in sports television and media as a programming executive and deal-maker for networks including CBS College Sports and ABC Sports. He received both his B.A. and M.A. from Rutgers University, and is an active member of his community, serving on the Board of Directors of The Eric LeGrand Foundation, The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and the Reed Academy, a school for children with Autistic Spectrum disorder. He also serves his hometown of Oakland, NJ, as Commissioner of Youth Football. "There's never been a more exciting and transformative time in collegiate athletics," said Pernetti. "The landscape is changing rapidly, and IMG College is well-positioned to lead this growing industry forward. We will work hard to provide expert outside support in all areas of the business of athletics and deliver universities and brands the best and most innovative solutions and opportunities." About IMG IMG is a global leader in sports, fashion and media operating in more than 25 countries around the world. IMG's businesses include Events & Media, College, Golf, Tennis, Performance and IMG Academy, Fashion, Models, Clients, Licensing, Joint Ventures, and creative management agency Art + Commerce. In 2014, IMG was acquired by WME, the world's leading entertainment and media agency. Together, the companies offer an unparalleled client roster; strategic partnerships with sponsors and brands; and marquee assets across sports, entertainment, events, music and fashion.


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At Globaltrack, we pride ourselves in offering our customers' responsive, competent and excellent service. Our customers are the most important part of our business; we work diligently to ensure that our clients are completely satisfied with the service offered. Once our clients sign up with Globaltrack, our Growth Department provides comprehensive training on how to effectively use
If you are a high-performing individual, quick to adapt to change and take initiative, then Globaltrack could be for you. Globaltrack staff are working hard to continuously make a difference in the transport industry. We consistently come up with innovative solutions to solve fleet management problems. Our innovative approach is to make use of technology
85% of clients use our Cross-Border and Fuel Management Solution, for the following reasons: High fuel bills and fuel theft are becoming a thing of the past for our clients We offer satellite tracking instead of cross-border roaming, making our solution more cost effective. Because we use satellite tracking we always have "eyes" on our
Founded in 2001, Globaltrack is the leading service provider of Cross-Border vehicle tracking solutions' within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. What makes our product and service offering unique is that we believe in providing African Solutions for African challenges. One of the current challenges that transporters are faced with are the waiting times
We recently interviewed Mr. Kelman Reddy owner of PKR Transport regarding the successful management of his fleet. PKR Transport's journey with Globaltrack started two months ago. PKR Transport came as a referral from RMD Transport as Mr. Reddy was looking for ways to reduce fuel consumption on his vehicles. After a phone call from Mr.
At Globaltrack we design our products with three questions in mind: how can we make our customers' lives better, profitable and easier. Our fleet management solutions are designed to do exactly that. Once our products have been fitted onto your vehicles, the devices are immediately connected to Webtrack. Our Growth Consultancy team are there to help guide
One of the pressing issues in cross-border transport are delays and congestion at border posts. Our cross-border waiting times reveal the average waiting times, in hours for road transporters for the past week, while comparing them to the week prior. Our cross-border posts include links to Google Maps that shows you the exact location. Avoid
Across Africa there has been an increased usage of generators as electricity is in short supply. Most business firms must provide their own generators among other infrastructural requirements. Power remains a high business expense and in markets like Nigeria, mega size generators are a common sight. The major operational cost for a generator is fuel


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Novel Triple Therapy Combination Shows Promise for Relapsed, Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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An investigational triple combination therapy including 2 immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy demonstrated positive results for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a phase 2 study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The therapy, which combines nivolumab and ipilimumab plus chemotherapy azacitidine (AZA), was evaluated in 20 patients compared with 70 patients who received AZA plus nivolumab.
Overall, patients treated with the triple combination showed a complete response rate of 43% and a projected 1-year overall survival of 58%. According to the data, the AZA plus nivolumab arm reported a complete response rate of 22% with a projected 1-year overall survival rate of 40%. In both groups, the best responses were within 3 months of therapy initiation.
"The response rate and survival in patients with relapsed AML treated with azacitidine with both nivolumab and ipilimumab, appears encouraging and potentially superior to azacitidine with nivolumab in a small cohort of patients," lead study author Naval Daver, MD, associate professor of leukemia, said in a press release. "However, we need to study more patients with longer follow-up to make firm conclusions."
According to Dr Daver, the triply therapy also comes with the risk of more common and more severe immune related toxicities, which indicates providers should be vigilant in monitoring the effects and treating any toxicities.
In the trial, 11% of patients in the AZA plus nivolumab group reported adverse effects, with the most common being pneumonitis and colitis. Thirty-five percent of patients in the triple therapy group reported grade 3 or 4 immune adverse effects, including pneumonitis, skin rash, pituitary hormone and liver enzyme irregularities, and colitis.
The AZA plus nivolumab cohort is now closed and the triple therapy cohort will continue to enroll up to 30 patients. Dr Daver noted that another trial will open to evaluate a higher dose of ipilimumab and a lower dose of nivolumab to determine the appropriate dosing for a larger multi-center study.
The study findings are being presented at the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California.
Immunotherapy combination and chemotherapy show encouraging results in Phase II acute myeloid leukemia study [news release]. MD Anderson Cancer Center's website. https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/2018/11/immunotherapy-combination-and-chemotherapy-show-encouraging-results-in-phase-2-acute-myeloid-leukemia-study.html. Accessed November 13, 2018.
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Advantages of Using Business Texts to Communicate with Customers
A business can use a variety of ways to communicate its existence to the market. While there are numerous ways out there to advertise your business, it is important to be intentional with the ones that you choose so that you make sure that you are getting return on investments. One way a business can do this is buy opting to use text messaging service to its intended market. Below are some of the benefits of using text messaging service as a form of communication to customers are briefly highlighted below.
When you use text messaging, you are able to communicate faster. The message is passed across faster compared to the other forms of marketing. After the message has been sent, it will reach the market within a few minutes.
When you use texts, it is also easier to target a specific group of people. Using texts is ideal because you are able to send the texts to specific groups of people which makes using messaging ideal. Since your marketing efforts are intentional you get return on your investments.
This form of marketing is active since you are having direct interaction with customers. You are sure that the texts reach the intended audience unlike other forms of marketing where it may not. The goal of this communication reaches its objective unlike other forms of communication where the message never gets to the customers.
You can also use this form of communication to fish out clients who do not know about your business. There is a high chance that people will look up your business when you send texts. You can then easily qualify leads and turn them into clients.
Business text messages can also help you to create a rapport with your clients. It is important to build a good relationship with your clients since how you treat them will determine if they will be your brand ambassadors. Text messages can be used to get immediate response from clients and this helps with feedback.
It is easy to forward text messages. There is wide coverage of the message when it is sent by text. It is easy to reach more people than what you may have on your database.
When you use text messaging services, you are able to send promotions to the market about what you are offering and you are sure that they will get to know about the offer. There are some promotions that reach customers after their due date and lock them out on participating. People can know of competitions and giveaways on time when you communicate it to them by texts.
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Wireless Network Installation Sports Celebrities (Basketball, Baseball, Golf)
Installed secure wireless networks in homes for internet access.
Problem: Running data cables throughout the house would have been an expensive solution due to size of the homes.
Solution: Installed wireless access points throughout the home to provide fast and secure internet connectivity.
Anti-Spam Firewall Installation: Riffner, Barber, LLC
Problem: Email users were inundated with so much spam that it took 10 min. each day to delete spam from the inbox. With more than 20 employees, this impacted productivity within the firm.
Solution: Installed an anti-spam hardware solution (Barracuda Firewall) that significantly reduced the amount of spam, as well as virus threats, delivered to the users' email accounts.
Off-Site Backup Implementation: University Dental Associates
Provided a centralized backup solution which protects patient data for five office locations' servers. The objective was to have all patient data stored at a secure off-site location.
Problem: Housing a server at one of the offices is an option but which location? What would happen if the location where the backup server was housed loses connectivity, is damaged in a fire, or theft, then none of the locations would be backed up.
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Why I Love South Africa
I love the familiarity, even forwardness in which South Africans relate to each other. They are quick to smile, to greet and to initiate a conversation whether you find yourself in a queue in a bank, shop or public loo, at a party, petrol station or on the beach. If you drive past someone with the same unusual or new car as yours, they signal you by throwing brights – I kid you not - I have experienced this! People are just so easy going; they have this informal way about them that I love.
I have seen Afrikaans folks chatting away in broken English, English guys laying themselves bare in Afrikaans and a friend of mine praying for a Zulu gogo – they couldn't understand each other but their hearts spoke the same language.
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#soberoctober day 23: charting f1 (barely)
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Continuing from yesterday, I've got a new hypothesis. The lap times of individual drivers will follow a sawtooth pattern throughout the race, as tires wear out and pitstops replace them with faster fresh tires. Additionally, refueling was allowed in past years. I think that the deviation between slow and fast laps will be lower in the refueling races than in post-refueling races. (Because the modern cars have to carry the whole race's worth of fuel from the start, they will show a more significant difference between early slow laps and late fast laps, than the refueling cars.)
OK scratch that lol, I hoped to gain some D3 skills but instead I learned how to wrangle data. It might be a good idea to lower my expectations.
I spent many more hours of trial and error to combine multiple pages from the Ergast API, then extract individual lap timing data objects, and then an unholy amount of googling until I found jq's
--slurp option to input objects and output an array wrapping them. The result was three shell scripts and one go script.
Once I had data, learning elementary d3 code was a breeze, clocking in at only 40 minutes or so. Yes, I know it's ugly.
Historic Formula 1 Suzuka Grand Prix lap time records: