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Convert video files to flash movies using Toufee
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Well, firstly this isn't a great trick but something that many of you would have actually used in your project without knowing it. Infact, this isn't completely my thought but that of a Toufee user named Michael Barry who emailed me a couple of days back asking as if he could convert an avi file to flash video file using Toufee. Thats the moment when this though struck...why not use Toufee to convert movie files to flash videos? The process doesn't even take much time or effort. Toufee supports a plethora of video formats from the old MPEG to the new 3GP and AVI files. The complete list of video files supported by Toufee is as follows - AVI, MOV, FLV, MP4, ASF, M4V, M4A, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, NSV, RM, WMV. I know a lot of people searching Google hours on end to find a good software that could convert their favourite videos to flash videos so that they can put it up on the internet and share with their friends. Most of those softwares would be a shareware that will allow converting your movie to a fixed time lenght of some x seconds.
So how does Toufee fill up here? Simply upload the video file to Toufee, create a blank movie project, add the video file to your project and viola you've just converted your favorite video file to a flash movie! Toufee allows you not only to convert the videos to flash movies but Toufee instantly generates the HTML code that you could use to put the flash movie in your website. Imagine if you were trying to put up a QuickTime movie in your website...not only does that require HTML skills but you need QuickTime plugin installed at each of the machines from which your users would be accessing your site. Now, you cannot guarantee that all your users would have QuickTime installed. With Toufee, you don't have that problem as all the browsers nowadays have the latest flash plugin installed by default.
With Toufee, the possibilies seems ever increasing and we've been discovering new ways to use the free flash movie maker tool to a more broader use. If you found that you have used Toufee in a different way and did something out-of-the-box and if you are willing to share with the users, please email me at email@example.com
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YOUR ACHING Body
It is common to hear complaints about aching backs, sore shoulders and stiff necks. Chronic tension in these areas is often caused by how we use our bodies as we go about our daily routines. Hunching over a desk for hours at a time, carrying trays full of food on one shoulder or bending improperly while lifting objects are just a few examples of what can cause repetitive use injuries to a muscle.
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Inflammation. What a pain.
One of the main functions of our body's immune system is to produce inflammation as a way of protecting an area that has been compromised. This acute inflammatory process helps remove harmful invaders from our system to prevent infections and aides in the healing process. In this way, inflammation is like stress; it can be beneficial in small doses at appropriate times but when it gets out of control it is damaging.

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RE: Under 12
This question is a follow up to question 21737
This is a comment to the new referee about them doing your their first game and being afraid. Ask your assignor to do games with adult AR's. A good place to start is the earliest age at which certified referees are used as AR's, and at the lowest competitive level like a 'B' or 'C' team match. I did this with my new referees and I had 90% retention rate. Some leagues do not use AR's for the U9's & U10's. It is VERY DIFFICULT for even experienced referees to get these calls correct especially with the better skilled teams.
Good advice. An alternative my assignor uses for newbies is to place them as AR's in U12 games with more experienced centers, so they can learn. Since USYS's direction is to not call offside at U10 and below, the need for AR's in those games is greatly diminished. In our rec leagues we do call offside in U8 and U10, but note that it must be obvious enough for the lone center referee to see it. The regional competitive league does away with offside, which encourages cherry-picking. It's always great fun to do the first few games in that league when they move up to U11 and offside applies.
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Episode 26: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Episode 26 Part 1 we talk Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" starring David Bowie for part one of our two part theme FLICKS FROM 1976! Ian Simmons, host of "Kicking the Seat" podcast (http://www.kickseat.com/podcast), guest hosts.
Next for Part Two of our FLICK FROM 1976 we talk Brian DePalma's "Carrie" and the amazing Laura Moss (director of the short "Fry Day") returns as guest host. Stay tuned!


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A Broker's Notes on China
by Mike Lubin
China is historically the center of the world, and is an exciting and important player in the global market. It's hard to grasp exactly how different China is from the United States without going there. To give you a sense of China's scope, here are some quick (approximate) figures to chew on:
China is global force and has been an aggressive player in the US real estate market, having acquired such trophy properties as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 40% of the General Motors building, and the Baccarat Hotel.
The average APR for a Chinese citizen is over 5% and there's concern among the administration as well as citizens about an inflated bubble valuation. Many of us have seen images of urban "ghost towns" of stark empty sky scrapers in forgotten sprawling, abandoned cities. The government is working to cool off what they feel is a too hot market by increasing buyers' required equity in a purchase to a minimum of 30%- compared to 15-20% in the US. Second home purchases require much more equity- over 50%. Fortunately, many successful Chinese are cash-rich from such robust industries as tech, trade, and manufacturing.
Home ownership is a highly prized goal for the Chinese. Rentals in desirable locations are scarce and in cities as well as rural areas, the Chinese will save and sacrifice for many years to acquire a home- which may in fact be a lifetime home as well as multi-generational.
The three most populous cities- Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou have very active residential and commercial development. As far as the eye can see- and well beyond city limits- futuristic high rises are sprouting from the ground. China is home to some of the most daring and innovative architecture- eschewing the more conventional towers one is likely to see in the US for sculptural, modern gravity defying masterpieces.
Beijing-based MAD Architecture is among the stars of the architectural elite
The Chinese are limited to exporting $50K in cash per year to the US, which affects their ability to invest stateside-but for Chinese who have international businesses with the ability to transfer assets- such regulation may be circumnavigated.
There is tremendous interest in US residential investment. Real estate is considered a safer investment in China than cash- or the stock market- for many. It is a tangible, reliable asset
The cities most interesting to the Chinese are NYC, SF, LA, Orange County (Irvine came up several times), Houston and Dallas. Miami somewhat but less so as it is considered a "second home" or vacation environment for investors.
Access to top schools is a major priority as well as the ability to easily rent out the property for a favorable return. The many potential investors I met with have assiduously studied online stats for average rates of return, appreciation, interest rates and location research.
Coming to America
Emigrating from China to the US is difficult at best. One must either be declared an extremely unique and talented individual with extraordinary abilities in finance, tech or the arts, or apply for citizenship with an employment based path to citizenship program such as EB-5 through what's known as a regional center such as the highly regarded NYCRC.
EB-5 is a 2-3 year process that requires a $500,000 cash investment in a US government sanctioned project such as LINKNYC that is mandated to create at least 10 jobs for its beneficiaries. LINKNYC- the New York City street WiFi kiosks is a prime example of such an investment. This successful endeavor was lead by the NYCRC.
With an approved investment in an EB-5 vehicle- a Chinese family may obtain a green card. The US government offers only 10,000 EB-5 slots each year and 95% of them go to the Chinese.
Key figures about the eb-5 citizenship process
Financial aid is extremely rare in such cases so a cash investment in this enterprise is required and opportunities to enroll are extremely competitive.
English is taught in school as a required subject for most students starting in grade school but most Chinese have few meaningful ways to practice, so a language barrier does exist. Many Chinese speak either Mandarin (70%) or Cantonese in addition to their regional dialect. English is rarely heard in the latest cities and is not commonly spoken or among its citizens. Shanghai in particular is an international city and English is more widely spoken and understood there.
China Online
Explosive infrastructure growth has connected Chinese citizens in new and remarkable ways that adapt the Western internet to Chinese needs. For instance, the Chinese use Baidu instead of Google, Renren instead of Facebook, and Sina Weibo instead of Twitter. Although many of these services are analogous to what we use in America, the Chinese have come up with some pretty mind-blowing stuff of their own that we don't have- enter: WeChat, the app that does (almost) everything!!
There is interest in American branding, culture and entertainment- but not as much as in countries such as Japan and those of Western Europe. American businesses with a significant Chinese presence include Apple, McDonalds, and Starbucks.
Cultural Treasures
Cultural sites and institutions surround you in China- not surprising given the many hundreds and thousands of years of documented art, writings, and rich imperial and feudal history. Though China has sustained invasions and hostile takeovers for much of its existence, a shocking number of pristine historical sites remain. China hosts a veritable treasure trove of magnificent, historic sites.
Admission to enter such sites is more affordable than in the US and the Chinese take tremendous pride in their vast and rich contributions and innovations. China has indeed enjoyed a position of global dominance for millennia and is considered one of the oldest sustaining civilizations on earth.
Human Interest
There's something about being an interloper in a culture that's thousands of years old: it starts with a bit of culture shock, and in my case it continued into a deep appreciation for the degree of difference between how I might approach the world and how they do. An easy example here: Chinese are generally comfortable squatting rather than sitting, and it's not uncommon to see someone squatting next to an unoccupied bench. And while I still don't quite "get" a few of the things you'll see below- like eating squid gristle or dressing up like a lollipop (or flower?)- I love that someone else has thought to do it!
You can follow all my adventures on Instagram @MikeLubinNYC and check out my website at MikeLubin.com for neighborhood tips and listings for apartments all around New York City. And if you have any questions about New York City in general or buying or selling an apartment here, please reach out to me!
Mike Lubin is a top 100 NYC real estate professional with Brown Harris Stevens representing buyers and sellers for co-ops, condos, and townhouses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Offering discreet, personalized, expert service and attention.


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Would you like a cupcake with that?
Tubby's has announced it bought Just Baked's trademark, product recipes and distribution rights on August 3. The Metro Detroit sandwich chain, known for its grilled submarine sandwiches, will begin selling Just Baked's cupcakes and other desserts in their 60 locations sprinkled across Metro Detroit.
Just Baked will be fully integrated into Tubby's identity in the next few months. Expect the same decadently topped confections Just Baked is known for, but in a new setting.
"This is a great opportunity for us to begin to broaden Tubby's offerings and our overall appeal. That's something we've wanted to do, the time was right for us to do it, and the well-known Just Baked name was available," said Tubby's CEO Robert Paganes.
"We have room to display the desserts in our stores so there's no added cost to our franchisees and they're eager to have delicious desserts to offer customers."
Just Baked announced back in January of this year that it was closing all but four of its stores, two years after Inc. Magazine ranked Just Baked as the 1,011th fastest growing private company in America with three year growth of 426%. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, the owners hoped to keep the brand alive. Tubby's has breathed new life into the almost deflated cupcake chain, proving it's not over until the tubby lady sings.
Several existing Just Baked franchises in Metro Detroit were not included in the deal.


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Round 12 complete
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Sep. 13th, 2008 | 06:43 am
Accumulated since r11 51p
Five townies 5p (Carita, Tessa, Elmer, Robin, Christel)
Ten babies 10p (Hugo, Åsa, Caroline, Stina, Annika, Sofia, Vera, Simon, Noel, Engla)
Zero LTW 0p
Zero top career 0p
One Sum Cum Laude 1p (Christel)
Zero Social Worker 0p
Zero Social Bunny 0p
One shrink -1p (Loke)
Total 66p
15 households + 1 University
0 deaths
10 births
3 graduations
70 sims (3 deceased = 67 active)
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date: Mar. 16th, 2009 09:37 am (UTC)
There was definately expansion in this round - ten babies and five townies! It's amazing how quickly the neighbourhood grows in this challenge.
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Yes, it was at this point I realized that I need to try to intermarry my existing families more!


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The early church was known for its fellowship and gathering together to support and encourage one another as they shared meals, learnt from the apostles and God's word, prayed and supported one another in their daily lives. We're told that as people saw the love they had for one another, this was attractive, and 'God added to their number daily those who were being saved'. What a great picture of the church – a group of people caring for and loving each other and honouring and glorifying God.
Stephen, in his address to the Pharisees and church leaders just before he was taken out and stoned, quotes from scripture God's words to his people:
'What kind of house will you build for me?' Acts 7:49
And He is not talking about the bricks and mortar, but the type of church we will be.
Will we desire to meet and share together, and from that encouragement and closeness of relationship, be attractive to others as we live and offer life in community.
Many in this modern, fast-paced world crave this type of community – where they are valued and loved.
Are we? Will we continue to be this type of church – a church where people come and find friendship and acceptance, a church characterised by fore-bearance and love, joy and peace – and empowered by the very Spirit of God.


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LAGUNA BEACH – Residents skewered institutions from trash cleanups to festivals during the opening of the city's annual satirical musical, Lagunatics, over the weekend. Cast members, who include local officials, sang and danced to parody songs inspired by current events.
The eight-performance musical roast runs Friday through Sunday through the end of the month at the Forum Theater on the Festival of Arts grounds, 650 Laguna Canyon Road. The show's closing gala performance on Oct. 30 will be catered by Ky'a Restaurant, with help from Ketel One Vodka and Purple Wine Company. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes.
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How do you keep the rats out of the camper?
Question on Quora:
The campers with fiberglass interior are easier to clean, the wood absorbs water and odors and is difficult to keep clean.
On the contrary, the fiberglass can be washed and sanitized unreasonably removing crumbs and food residues that can attract mice.
Fiberglass also, unlike wood is not desirable for unwanted guests !!


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Prominent lobbyist, former head of Oklahoma Republican Party arrested on drug complaints
Chad Alexander, a prominent lobbyist and former chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, was arrested on drug complaints after a traffic stop in Oklahoma City in which police officers said they found cocaine and pills.
He was booked in the Oklahoma County jail after his arrest Tuesday evening and was released after posting $5,000 bail, officials said Thursday.
A police report indicates Alexander was arrested on complaints of possession of 3.35 grams of cocaine and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, which consisted of nine pills. His 2014 Mercedes-Benz was searched after he was pulled over about 7:20 p.m. at NW 36 and Western Ave., because his vehicle was "straddling lane lines," according to a court affidavit. The affidavit stated the controlled substance was the painkiller oxycodone.
There was no mention in the police report or the court affidavit of any passengers.
Alexander, 40, of Choctaw, released a statement saying he is taking a leave of absence to seek treatment at an Argyle, Texas, drug rehabilitation center after demanding responsibilities led him to substance abuse.
"I regret to inform you that I will be taking a leave of absence from my personal and professional obligations for approximately the next 28 days," he said in the statement. "I am leaving immediately for inpatient care at the Sante Center for Healing.
"Over the course of the last several months, due to the pressure of meeting the demands of my clients at the state Legislature, 15 campaigns, and my duties as a single father, I became personally overwhelmed and started down a path of dependency on chemical substances in an effort to maintain my workload.
"My dependency on chemical substances unfortunately culminated in my arrest on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Oklahoma County."
He said he was ashamed of his actions, apologized and said he would work to change.
"What began only a couple months ago has quickly escalated to a point that has caused me to carefully re-evaluate myself and I am committed to making healthy and permanent changes to prevent anything like this from ever happening again," he said.
Lobbying work
Alexander and a second person organized Oklahomans for a Conservative Future, which has spent $650,000 to boost the U.S. Senate campaign of state Rep. T.W. Shannon. The group is organized in a way that allows it to keep the names of its donors anonymous.
Alexander is a consultant for Coalition for Oklahoma's Future, which raised large sums from corporations and individuals in 2012 to help Republican incumbents in the Oklahoma Legislature beat back tea party challengers.
He is a registered lobbyist for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Market Wholesale, Glazer's, Oklahoma Home & Community Healthcare Advisory Council, Oklahoma Roofing and Sheet Metal, Primary Vision Care Services, Republic Beverage Company and the University of Oklahoma.
Rick Green is the Capitol Bureau Chief of The Oklahoman. A graduate of Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif., he worked as news editor for The Associated Press in Oklahoma City before joining The Oklahoman. Read more ›


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Jen and Chris Rhoades (Co-Owners)
Chris and Jen opened Renegade Fitness in 2011 after realizing that there were not enough gyms out there who truly cared about their members' success. Renegade Fitness is not just a business for us. It is who we are. Taking the knowledge + ability we have, and using it to help our members create better futures is the best feeling in the world. With almost 20 years of combined experience we are dedicated to helping out clients create sustainable results. Knowing we have information that can help people enhance their quality of life fuels everything we do. It drives us to never quit learning and growing.
Chris's professional certification include: NASM-CPT, ISSA-CPT, Certified Functional Movement Screen Specialist (FMS)
Jen's Professional certifications include: ACE-CPT, Balanced Habits Certified Nutrition Coach, Certified Movement Screen Specialist (FMS)
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Well maintained apartment just 3 minutes walk from Bahia del Duque beach. The apartment is located in the residential complex EL Veril del Duque and offers a bedroom with a walk-in closet, a full bathroom, a semi-open kitchen with separate laundry room and a spacious living-dining room. The living room and bedroom have access to the large, partially covered, terrace with beautiful sea views.El Veril del Duque has a very nice community pool and is a sought-after complex.


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Working with Michigan schools we experience our own seasons, and spring brings a couple of important pieces to the school funding puzzle. First, the Governor and State legislators lay out their proposed upcoming budget which can have a significant impact on students and education. This is also the time of year when those of us in the school business start to plan for how the upcoming year's financial resources can best be spent to improve student achievement.
Although recent years have seen incremental increases in per pupil funding here in Michigan, we continue to recover from the $470 per pupil funding cut in the 2011-12 school year. Governor Snyder proposed his budget a few weeks ago with $100 per pupil increase. Since then, both houses of the state legislature have come out with similar proposals. A couple of the important points are:
- The Governor's recommendation of an additional $50 per pupil for high school students, reasoning that, among other things, high school students are more expensive to educate than their younger counterparts. Until there is equitable funding for charter schools to recognize and rectify the inequity of the base, it makes no sense to go down the road of more refined differentiation built on such an uneven base.
- The Senate's proposal to take some of the funds that have been used in recent years to offset the increased traditional pension system costs and putting them back into the foundation allowance. This trend is one that we can really support. We, as charter school operators, work to find alternative ways to support our teachers' retirement and the failed system of the traditional district's unaffordable and unfunded retirement is not something that should take money away from today's students.
- All three proposals include increasing funding for at-risk students. This funding is very valuable in areas where children's needs are the greatest. In our work with many charter schools, we see that at-risk students require not only additional curricular resources, but also additional staff that can meet their needs on a more specific level.
At CS Partners, our work with our school leaders and boards on budgets at this time of the year is critical. Not only are we ensuring that the current year's resources continue to be spent in accordance with the school's plan, but we are simultaneously looking forward to next year's resources and challenges. For the last few years, we've applied an approach to budgeting that starts with the 3-5 most important priorities of each Academy.
A common priority of all schools is staff retention. In the current teaching environment where teachers are in high demand, the retention of our best teachers is critical to the success of kids. We continue to work to secure the best salaries and benefits that funding will allow for our staff, and spend the majority of our planning time designing a quality staffing plan for each school year.
Other priorities include everything from roofing and security systems to Chromebooks and other technology needs. Each school's unique mission and vision drives their priorities. We are continually examining the resources available to ensure the most essential priorities are addressed.
It will be well into the warm months of summer before all the 2017-18 puzzle pieces are in place for schools, but with adequate preparation we're looking forward to another successful school year!
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Don't worry, no insanely talented visionaries were harmed in the production of this #CoverDoneWell... but plenty were involved.
There's Christopher Columbus who, as the ultimate explorer of "New Worlds" was referenced throughout this heartwrenching piece. A piece which was partially inspired by American author Edgar Allan Poe's final poem (published in 1849 soon after his death) entitled, Annabel Lee. Presumably written for his late wife/cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. The poem pulses with the swells of heart aching sorrow that only Poe can inspire.... the originator of beauty that #HurtsSoGood.
Enter singer, musician and storyteller par excellence, Josh Ritter, the original composer of "Another New World". A song which appears on Mr. Ritter's 2010 release So Runs the World Away. Referencing Poe's impossible love for a woman unavailable to him because, well, she's dead...
Ritter's story is about an Arctic explorer and ship captain, scorned by the failure of an impossible mission and his obsession with his ship... another one way love affair, I suppose. Especially because he had to chop "her" up for fire wood... rough.
Enter Mr. Chris Thile, of the Punch Brothers (see yesterday's post). Standing on stage at Whelan's in Dublin (2011).... Chris and his shredding mandolin finess this piece and it is breathtaking. As it picks up speed you'll see, heart's will race. Thile even gives us a brilliantly played Bach outro (Partita for Violin No. 3, Mvt. 1)
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Shaun King posted a comment on Twitter a few days ago that has since been removed. It was in reference to Deray McKeeson posting a copy of a statement from the Fraternal Order of Police in Baltimore with the caption, "Sigh." See that FOP statement below:
Shaun King commented something to the effect, "Why do they think they're under siege?" This comment is going to be the starting point in my discussion today on the state of policing in America. Obviously, given my background, my comments are grounded in what it's like to be a police officer in the St. Louis region right now. However, as I watch the criminal justice situation in Baltimore continue to deteriorate, it's clear that my perspective may have a more general applicability. Before, I start, I think the siege police in general face today is summed up pretty well by the story in the following article:
"Arriving quickly, [Officer] Wood fixed his attention on Foster, lying semiconscious in a pool of blood, and on the open door of the apartment, where a gunman might be lurking. Officers ringed Foster with their cruisers, trying to shield him.
Police ordered neighbors back into their homes. SWAT was summoned. An ambulance idled a block away, as close as was considered safe. Wood knelt beside Foster. There was so much blood that the sergeant couldn't tell where Foster's eyes were — or even if they were still there.
"C'mon, buddy, we gotta get out of here," Wood said. "Can you get up?"
Foster, his jaw broken, could only mumble. With no time to wait, Wood hoisted him over his shoulder and ran toward the SUV, parked about two houses away. He dumped Foster into the back seat and floored the gas pedal. Once Foster was in the ambulance, Wood ran back to the scene, his shirt and vest drenched in the victim's blood.
Wood didn't hear a small group of protesters nearby, shouting at the police. Their presence at Ferguson police incidents, even sick calls, had become commonplace. But Foster's aunt, Deanne Winters, who had rushed to the scene out of concern for the safety of both nephews, heard it and became enraged.
"Go ahead and kill him already, because that's what you're going to do anyway," she recalled one protester yelling."
By the time I publish this, St. Louis City alone (not including areas like Ferguson which exists within St. Louis County) will have likely exceeded 70 homicides for 2015. Baltimore recently made news when it hit 100 homicides after a particularly violent month, despite having twice the population as St. Louis City. As arrest numbers in both venues continue to dwindle, the importance of proactive policing is on full display.
I should go ahead and define Proactive policing before it's taken out of context. Proactive policing is a strategy defined by the use of any lawful optional action beyond normal calls for service in the interest of crime control/prevention. Traffic stops on suspicious vehicles or pedestrian checks on suspicious persons would apply to this. In areas where reasonable suspicion is not quite attainable to make such investigative actions mandatory, attempts at gaining voluntary compliance are traditionally utilized. Basically, proactive policing involves attempts at interfering in as of yet unreported crime that is either about to happen, has just occurred, or is in progress. As such, pedestrian checks and traffic stops are essential tools toward crime prevention by finding out who is in an area during a certain time frame and trying to find cause to search those persons/property for items such as drugs, guns, or burglar's tools.
Sometimes these fishing expeditions turn up nothing. Other times, the results are more fruitful. More often then not, they are hardly random. An individual walking through a neighborhood in the middle of the night in an area that has experienced a rash of car break-ins, without further justification, will not be able to be stopped without voluntarily agreeing to do so. He may just be a random guy walking through a neighborhood or he may be a car thief.
Even if he is guilty of some crime, my contact with him might not result in enough to make an arrest or take some further action. However, in the grand scheme of things, after having written down his information, I may be laying down the ground work for future cases.
On one hand, if cars get broken into later that night, it might be worth going back and speaking to him again. I can also go look into other nights when cars were broken in and see that low and behold, the same individual was stopped and talked to by other officers just a few hours prior to those events. As the investigation progresses, it could also turn out that this person was convicted of thefts from cars numerous times over the years which would tend to add credibility toward my suspicions. Furthermore, even if my contact with this individual appeared to be completely fruitless or unconnected to any overt crime, just by virtue of our conversation, I may have deterred him from crimes he was planning on committing in my area that night because my presence increased his perception of risk beyond what is acceptable.
On the other hand, the same person may be a graveyard shift worker at a factory who frequently takes walks in the same place at the same time of night on his off nights without ever causing any problems. For future reference, I will know that it's not suspicious to see him out and about on his days off. Furthermore, I now know a member of the community who can advise when specific things are out of the ordinary at night in the neighborhood.
Proactive policing is NOT unlawful, unconstitutional, or unnecessarily violent behavior. People within the Ferguson Twitter Brigade (FTB) and the media tend to equate the two concepts as one but they're demonstratively wrong. It is entirely possible and regularly the case that proactive policing can be conducted without illegal behavior and without a punitive, rude, or condescending attitude. Like anything else, it happens, but in the black and white world that the FTB lives in (pun intended) any anecdote is evidence of a universal trend, the likes of which is apparently not a matter for debate or conversation but a preordained conclusion. Indignation is all that remains for those that dispute their claims.
Humorously, their basic premise of punishing officers who murder people or commit crimes is an almost universally accepted perspective. The problem lies, not in the philosophy itself, but the execution thereof. The officer in S. Carolina who shot the fleeing suspect in the back and then planted a Taser next to him, should have been and was charged. However, for every Ofc. Slager from S. Carolina we have a Darren Wilson who's life was destroyed based upon a series of compounding and criminal lies.
The foundation of the "I Am Darren Wilson" movement in the early days of the Ferguson Riots had less to do with Wilson's personal guilt or innocence but was based upon the philosophy that he deserved a fair shake, deserved due process, just like anyone else. It was also patently clear to anyone interacting with the protesters that the truth didn't matter because these people had shown themselves willing to immediately result to violence and afterwards threats of future violence without having all the facts. As evidence of this reality, Michael Brown has still been the focus of protests even after the most comprehensive Grand Jury process in recent history and followed by a report prepared by the FBI which stated that the only materially consistent witnesses were eight men and women who corroborated Wilson's account, seven of which expressed fear of reprisal from their own community if they dared to tell the truth.
And what remains of Darren Wilson, after the FBI deemed him to be a credible witness whose account was materially consistent with the forensic evidence and that it was objectively reasonable for him to use deadly force to defend himself from Michael Brown?
-He has had his name slandered and libeled across the world as a "Racist" and a "Murderer"
-He has been forced to go into hiding due to death threats and bounties placed on him and his family members.
-He has been forced to leave a career despite there being no evidence that he did anything wrong. He has no future prospects of a career in law enforcement because hiring him would place him and other officers at his new agency at risk.
-He has had his personal address and family members' addresses spread across the internet. Even his mother's burial site was posted online.
-While he received lots of money in donations, most of that money will probably be spent defending himself from the frivolous lawsuits that are already following him funded by outside influences with an agenda not the least of which includes justice.
-He gets to watch a person who assaulted him and others be ordained into sainthood, plaques put up in their honor.
This is the world in which we work. This is the world in which we live. Watching what happened to Darren Wilson, every officer in the St. Louis region and abroad has had to ask themselves the following question: If I lawfully shoot a suspect in self-defense, kill someone in self-defense, is it possible that my life will be ruined? Today that answer is "most likely."
From this perspective, it is a natural defense mechanism to stop engaging in any proactive policing. The correlation between a decline in arrests, of which most are apparently proactively based, and the homicide rate is intriguingly telling. A causal link appears when considering the timeline of events. Darren Wilson is railroaded into losing almost everything based upon a justified shooting. Officers across the region stop engaging in proactive policing in order to limit exposure to a similar situation. Homicide rates increase dramatically.
However, the climate goes beyond Darren Wilson. Now, any officer involved killing involving a black suspect and white officer are now the subject of vitriolic prejudgment. The two questionable shootings in March by black Welston officers proved that the protests weren't about the act of the shooting but only about the race of the participants. Along these lines, the riots in Baltimore set off before the race of the accused officers was revealed.
In Ferguson, I, along with numerous others, was exposed to violence and hatred accusing me of perspectives and actions the likes of which I don't possess and have never committed. Simply wearing a badge while in Ferguson was enough to have bottles and bricks thrown at my head, watch officers and citizens get shot, significant others of mine threatened with rape, all over racist accusations that have nothing to do with me and I wasn't alone. Lots of good officers (and admittedly a few bad ones too) were exposed to despicable conditions from the protesters, all while ironically committed to an ideal that we collectively, protester and police, share.
Bad people should be lawfully punished for doing bad things. However, only one of us is objective enough to want that truly applied universally. With that said, I no longer feel the need to prove my objectivity.


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Total Quality Logistics, better known as TQL is a freight brokerage firm that connects "companies needing products hauled with carriers delivering goods."
TQL recently hosted their first-ever hot dog eating contest and found themselves searching for their first-ever hot dog trophy. Being a Total Quality company, TQL needed a Total Quality award. So naturally, they came to Far Out Awards.
TQL browsed our Hot Dog Category and decided to order the Jumbo Hot Dog Trophy for their event:
The winner (who downed 10 hot dogs in 3 minutes) took home the Jumbo Hot Dog Trophy, a free (hot dog-less) lunch, and a photo shoot with some Red-hot athletes (hint: they're from Cincinnati). Read TQL's blog post on the event to find out which athletes stopped by for a photo shoot and how TQL got involved with them.


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I was down in alamogordo to deejay at shooters for the cktoberfest/transformers 2 party there was a bunch of drama that went down between the lub and tyreese he wanted a bunch of stuff for free and once he didn't get his way he moved the party else where it left me not spinnin on top of that he did this at last minute so you kno what i say fuck tyreese that brother is wick wack the party still came out good without him being there so thanks to the alamo supporters that came out!!!!! jus don't know what to say bout the clubs in this area crazy for real theres gotta be something better and i hope it pops off soon!!!!
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E-mail marketing is now many consumers preferred method of communication, argued Lissa Napolillo, of MBS World Marketing, in a seminar on "Email Best Practices: Finding Diamonds in the Rough."
"The new consumer is not going to be interested in receiving physical mail," she said. "They are going to be interested in communicating in the way they are comfortable, which is online."
Among her "best practices" for marketing via e-mail:
– Take into consideration "cadence" – how often you are communicating with your customers.
"I have a brand that e-mails me every day," she said. "I like the brand but after a while it becomes static to me. Not every one of these things could be relevant to me."
– The most effective e-mail appeals are the most targeted.
"The more targeted you get, the better your sales ratio," she said.
She said you should segment your e-mail file based on past purchase frequency; product affinity; open and click frequency; geography; shopping cart activity; and browser activity.
She said that "every interaction with your customer should be recorded in your database."
"You should know who clicked, who opened and who purchased," she said. "Your e-mail server will give you all the information."
– Choose your subject line carefully.
She noted that 35% of e-mail messages are opened because of the subject line.
"The shorter the subject line¸ the more apt a user is to open your e-mail," she said.
She noted that including your company's name in the subject line increases your chance of click-through.
– Make sure your e-mail is not considered "spam."
"You should make it easy for people to opt and opt out," she said. "The last thing you want to do is to annoy your customer."
In addition have one database that keeps track of your "opt-ins" and "opt-outs."
– She noted that consumers seem more likely to respond to e-mails that arrive early in the work week, and on weekends.
– Design your e-mail with the assumption that images will be turned off by the email program.
"One in five e-mails are invisible and ineffective due to blocked images," she said. "Use description tags for all your images. And never use images for important content like headlines, links and calls to action."
– Make sure every e-mail includes a "link to purchase."
"You have to make it as easy as possible for someone to say: I love this image, and I want to buy it," she said.
– Look into social networking.
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Weight - 170 lbs. Body Fat - 16%
NPC Western Regional Nov 2013
Jen's before picture she is about 140lb- 27% Body Fat. In the after picture she is 127lbs- 21% Body Fat, and she lost over 5 inches all around!!!! You Go Girl!!!! She also recently decided to step up from half marathons to do her 1st official Full Marathon!!!! Finishing under her Goal time Great Work!!!!!!!!!
Before Picture of Grace Rivera:
12-4-2013 – 121.6 lbs. – 25% Body Fat
Great Work and Dedication Grace!- You put your mind to a Goal and Killed it!!-! This journey will set you up for future success in your life!
- Way to Go!! Team Forza baby!! -
My journey with Caleb Paliotto began in January of 2010. When I first met him, I tipped the scales at 286 pounds. I was leading a pretty sedentary life, and ate whatever I wanted. Caleb did my fitness assessment, and asked me at what level my motivation was to change. I told him a 10! You see, I had been overweight my entire life, almost from infancy. I was soon going to turn 30, and knew that I needed to change my life, starting with my body. Along with teaching me how to start exercising, Caleb helped me set up a meal plan that I was able to follow, and coached me on how to make it work in my life. He encouraged me to write down everything that I ate, and checked my journal to help me stay accountable. In January, the gym where I work out announced that they were going to have a fitness challenge that pitted 11 other gyms in the Phoenix area against one another, where the woman and man who lost the greatest percentage of body fat and weight would each win $1000. I knew that it was something that I wanted to do, and that I had a good chance of winning it. Caleb trained and coached me along during the 2 months of the contest. He was so supportive during the whole contest, even when I was panicking or thought I couldn't do it. He kept a positive attitude and encouraged me to keep trying and working. When I went in for the final weigh-in on March 15th, I had lost 50 pounds! Three days later, when the winners were announced, I couldn't believe it when my name was in first place! That was truly one of the greatest days of my life. I had made a significant change in both my body and my whole outlook on life. I was no longer spending hours in front of the computer or the television. I didn't stay up late into the night for no reason other than to eat a late snack and watch 'just one more show'. I didn't mindlessly eat whatever crossed my plate. I wasn't on a first name basis with the fast food drive through workers anymore. It is amazing to me how different my life has become! Caleb continued (and still continues) to encourage me to make new goals for myself. The next goal I set was to compete in a triathlon. Caleb helped me gain the strength and stamina I needed to feel confident enough to race. On August 9th, I completed the Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon. When the race was complete, on a whim I decided to check the standings list to see where I ended up. To my shock and surprise, I had come in 3rd place in my division! They gave me a medal and everything! I couldn't believe how far I had come in those short 7 months. I decided it was time to tackle another fitness challenge. Caleb threw his support behind me 100%. He pushed me harder and farther then I ever thought possible. He kept at it even when I was mean and dispirited. He was my champion! Needless to say, I won the last fitness challenge as well. I couldn't have done it without his support and encouragement. I am now 110 pounds lighter than I started this year. My body fat percentage has gone from a morbidly obese 46% to 26%. I started out as a size 26 and am now a size 12. I can do things I never, ever dreamed it was possible for me to do. I look forward to achieving my next goals, and know that Caleb will be there along the way.
"Temporary Pain 4 Long Term Gain" Caleb P.
When I started my journey at the gym I knew it was not going to be easy. Food was my best friend, and I couldn't stand the idea of changing my eating habits. However, I soon realized that this gym was the best thing that ever happened to me! My trainers taught me the importance of life long goals and held me accountable every day of my journey. The staff treated me special, they took the time to get to know me and help me through all the struggles that come with changing my eating habits as well as leading a healthier lifestyle. One of the most important things that they taught me was that food was meant for survival. I no longer use food as a comforting tool when I am down. Now after a year of hard work and dedication I am down 87 pounds and 15% body fat. I feel better than ever and I cannot thank the staff here, and especially my trainers enough for giving me my life back. God Bless!
NPC Natural Western USA 2014:
3-17-14 – 123.2 lbs. – 13.3% Body Fat
NPC Western Regional- November 2013 This was my 1st competition and it has been an Amazing Experience. I decided to compete when my client Kurtis Overby came to me with the interest to train for a fitness show. Never being in a competition myself only being part of others journey and training. I believed the best way to train my client for an Men's Physique Show would be to train alongside ,and experience every step of the process with him. I would like to thank my family, friends and especially Gabe and Aaron. These two fellow trainers were Great Motivation and Guidance... Now being through the process, I have a new knowledge and appreciation for the Sport!
Thank You....
"Results Start at the End of your Comfort Zone" Caleb P.
So you Run a business and don't have time to WORKOUT!! Well thanks to this STUD that excuse doesn't Work Anymore!!!!!
This "Rockstar" Proves that AGE is just a number and WE can do whatever we set our MINDS to!!! Great Work!!!
I am so proud of my client Kurtis Overby! He decided to discipline himself, and commit to doing a Fitness Show. After months of Hard Work and Dieting it paid off Great Job buddy!!!
After a heart attack, I searched unsuccessfully for a good trainer. Then I met Caleb Paliotto, a high energy guy with a clear vision of health centered training. After we began working together, I found Caleb to be a skilled exercise specialist, a well - informed coach on long term diet and life choices, and one who truly cares about his clients. Because of Caleb, I have, at 76, become healthier than ever before.
Julian B. Rush......
Age does not define what you can do!!!! Awesome Job Julian!!!!
Weight - 190 lbs.
Body Fat - 32%
This women and her uplifting testimony inspired alot of people at the gym I Managed for Pure Fitness!
"I got my life back."
It was October 10, 2012 that I decided to take my health back. I was tired of being tired and feeling sick all the time. I wasn't sure just how to get where i needed to be. That's when i got lucky was told about Caleb at Forza Health and fitness. I was scared and lost when i walked into that gym. I was at ease by the end of our first session and conversation. I knew from my first visit that Caleb was serious about helping me. We worked on a goal and a plan. I can say that there was times I wanted to give up. Caleb was so supportive and wouldn't allow me to. He was always encouraging. Ones health is the most important thing. Caleb helped me to focus on nutrition as well as exercise. I feel so great now. Going from obese to healthy in seven months. Trust in Caleb and his plan, you will see great results. Remember, one bad day doesn't excuse you from working out and eating healthy the next day. Thank you so much Caleb for believing in me :)
"Changing Lives 1 Rep at a time" Caleb P.
This Mother of "3" is truly an inspiration to all of us especially those women who think its to late for them!!!!
Call Today!!!
This Guy is a Stud! He decided to step his Game up and it Paid off!!!
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Body Fat - 24.2%


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It's time once again to recognize the best in local business with nominations for the 2018 Whistler Excellence Awards open until Feb. 2 at midnight.
More than just an honour for greatness in your field, Kara McMaster has seen firsthand what that kind of recognition at a local level can do for an entrepreneur. A winner of the Rising Star of the Year in 2017 for her marketing efforts with Caveman Grocer, she has since started a new digital business in the wake of a strong public response.
"It was kind of crazy. After I won the award, my phone started ringing from local business people within the community and people being referred who wanted my help, and I had to keep turning them down. They wanted me to do digital marketing for them, help them get websites to convert better and do all these things I did with Caveman. Finally my husband was like, 'Stop turning people down, start the agency you've always wanted to do.'"
Partly thanks to the "street cred" provided by the award, her new venture, McMaster Digital, already has a full client load, although she's looking to hire more employees and expand before her second child arrives.
McMaster was nominated for the Rising Star award by Caveman's operations manager Samy Black, for her efforts in growing the paleo meal delivery service, particularly over the last two years, a period that saw their sales double. Started by McMaster and husband Travis back in 2012, the company services the entire Sea to Sky and Lower Mainland, with further potential expansion coming.
While the award recognition helped connect McMaster to new clients, not every business will receive the same benefits. But for Paul Howard and his company, ZEP Mountain Bike Camps, their Innovative Business of the Year award was a nice reminder that all the hard work they've done over the past decade was worthwhile.
"We've worked so hard for 10 years, a lot of it unpaid, behind-the-scenes, so — it sounds kind of selfish — but it's really just nice for us," said Howard. "We have the award sitting in our office. It feels good to know you've done all that work and it was nice for us to have it officially recognized by someone else."
Howard's goal was to raise the standard of mountain bike coaching, and over the past 10 years, ZEP Techniques has grown its unique mountain-bike instructor training camps from a small Whistler operation to a globally certified program. Last year, the company taught 700 instructors from all around the world.
The best part about the Excellence Award for Howard was meeting a lot of similarly driven business owners and entrepreneurs at the event.
"That's what I like about Whistler, there's so many cool business owners in Whistler. They're all taking a risk or making a move, and a lot of them are making it happen. It was definitely a cool event to go to and see all those people in one room at one time. For us, that was the coolest thing; it lets you know you're not the only crazy ones," he said.
This year's awards ceremony is set for April 25 at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
Other awards include Business Person of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Whistler Experience Service (Small Business and Large Business), Sustainability in Action Business, and the Whistler Champion of Arts and Culture.
"It was an amazing opportunity, and whoever wins it this year, they're in for a wild ride," said McMaster. "It was such an honour to be with all those people and be a part of that night and be recognized in that way. The Chamber was awesome. They gave us a really big stepping stone. I don't think even a lot of local people knew about our business before that night."
All nominees must meet a general criteria, like being located in Whistler, not having won the award within the past 10 years (except for Small and Large Business Service Award) and be a Chamber member in good standing. Each award also has specific criteria for nomination. All info is available online at www.whistlerchamber.com.


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COMPLETION DATE: July 2020
The renovation scope includes all trades to upgrade spaces throughout the building such as new finishes in the main lobby, elevator upgrades, new office suites and conference rooms. It also includes significant mechanical and electrical upgrades to replace the boilers and install new lighting. Work is occurring simultaneously on multiple floors requiring a heightened coordination effort to minimize disruptions to existing tenants and the surrounding neighborhood.


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Day 15! Today is the Men's Gift Guide for Christmas! Again, like the women's, if you click on the product name, you will be taken to the website! I hope this gives you something or some inspiration on what to buy!
I have split my gift guides into two parts; the first is my top picks for this year and the second part is other things you can buy.
Even though these can be bought for men and women (which you will have seen in Blogmas Day 13) and they are in both gift guides I really like these cards. They help us look at our relationship with technology and it helps that person who is always typing away on their phone to see what may be happening with their relationship with technology. You can help her GoFundMe campaign if you click on the link above. When you buy the cards you also get the following:
- 30 days Digital Detox course
- Your name on thank you page
- E-book version (pdf)
- First 50 pages of the book
- and 3 more items
Thankful Mail is a company that design thank you cards. I am again putting this on both blog posts so people know about this company. Their designs are so unique and look much more individual to a thank you card you would find in a shop. These are super handy, especially just after Christmas! You pay around £6 ($8) per month to get a collection of unique thank you cards. You also get free worldwide shipping! What could be better than free shipping and unique cards you can send to anyone!
Do you have that man in your life who adores beer and loves trying new ones? I found this Beers of the World on Not On The High Street. It comes with 14 beers and also a glass! For under £50, this is an excellent present!
Other Picks:
- 'Moon And Back' Keyring; £10, Kutuu
- Ultimate Beard And Face Maintenance Kit; £39.95, Grüum
- You're My Guiding Star Steel Cufflinks; £45, Tales From The Earth
- adidas Trefoil Khaki Dad Cap; £12.60, Urban Outfitters
- Colour Block Jumper; £10, Primark
- Vans Old Skool Trainers; £35, Urban Outfitters
Well there are my picks for this year's Men's Gift Guide! I hope you enjoyed this kind of post as I haven't done anything like these Gift Guides before!
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You might have noticed from a previous post, that that I have Closet Envy sometimes.
O.K. so I will admit, I had one, a long time ago, in a house that did not belong to us, in a land that I still hold dear to my heart. It was gorgeous, there were double doors that swung in, and there were 3 sets of dark wood slatted doors on either side as you walked in. It was big enough for a desk, or a bed, or just to do a kart wheel in. This closet waa bigger than all my dorm rooms, and my first apartment. I had no clothes, so, I barely filled 1/4 of one of the double doored closet on the right hand side.
I was 10, I was pretty inventive. One closet opened to what were cubby holes for shoes. I owned 3 pairs of shoes. So instead of shoes. I built my barbies a high-rise. I made little quilts and beds, converted one just for a tiny office. I wasn't big on barbies, I just liked making cool rooms. In another closet. I kept all of my favourite books, and would sit in the corner for hours reading any book I could get my hands on. Seriously, what does a 10-year-old do with a massive walk in closet.
I loved the space. I would turn on the lights of the closet. Close the doors behind me, and sit in the corner and read for hours. I am pretty sure no one ever really cared what I was doing. I would even smuggle in sandwiches and cake, and sit in the corner to read and eat.
My husband and I talked about all the houses I have lived in, and which one's I was happiest in. For some reason, that closet brought back the happiest times, I hated the rest of the room, but that closet became my refuge. During storms, I used to sleep in the closet thinking it was safer, when it was too hot to be outside, I sat and read in there, it is funny how much time I spent doodling, and dreaming of what I would be when I grew up in that closet. My Husband laughed, he said now that I have clothes and a massive shoe collection, he could see me happily have an office surrounded by my shoes.
Oh dear, not sure what I have started, because now I can't stop dreaming of an office surrounded by my shoes! How fantastic would that be.


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There are few things more heavenly than fresh sweet corn slathered with a generous helping of REAL Butter. This summer, why not add a few new corn recipes to the mix, like our Grilled Corn with Herb Butter or savory Cheddar Corn Cakes.
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Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.
It's my favorite song from the latest Radiohead album, played on various pieces of computer hardware. The good stuff starts about a minute into the video.
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The Importance of Thermal evaporation
Thermal evaporation involves heating of metals in a vacuum chamber to form desired metal layer. The procedure is mostly done on aluminum. Vacuum metalizing has many uses such as EMI coating, vapor barriers, metallic finishes, reflective coating and many others. Vacuum metalizing can either be for protective, functional or decorative purposes. To vaporize the coating metal, resistance heating, plasma heating or electron beam can be used. Vacuum metalizing is used to make large glass mirrors that are used in telescopes for reflection. When choosing proper vacuum level you have to first eliminate air in the chamber to avoid discolouration that may occur when heating metals at high temperature. For the metal to vaporize you have to set the right temperatures. It is important to increase the average free path which metal travels.
Vaccum metalizing is ideal for decorating toys to give them metallic shine. The original material is either plastic or metal. The surface is first made smooth without mechanical buffing to give it stunning reflection. Metal has an outside part that is coated which is referred as the front face. This part is usually protected with a transparent vanish because the thin decorative coating is not wear resistant. The part that covers the back of transparent plastic is called second surface coating. The advantage with second surface coating is that the use of plastic as the exposed part. Aluminum is mostly proffered because it is a good conductor of heat, reflects well and is known to be stable in air. Adding color to the topcoat can make different colors of ornaments from red, blue, pink and many others. Apart from aluminum,copper, silver, gold, chromium and cadmium are also used. Large surfaces can be metalized through a continuous process.
The material is mounted in vacuum chamber and unrolled for coating of one side or either side. It is important to have large volumes of aluminum for evaporation. Most recently, vacuum metalizing has been widened to include thick films. The coatings on the thick films are resistant to rust. Vacuum metalizing is used in EMI shielding, RFI shielding, ESD shielding and heat shielding. They are affordable and environmentally friendly as opposed to other shielding processes. EMI/RFI shielding can be used in different industries like, telecommunication, electronics, medical, military and many other industries. Recycling of metalized plastics is possible. When aluminum coating is put in the vacuum chamber it is immediately oxidized. Constant exposure will not change electrical sensitivity.
Vacuum metalizing ensure ornaments and plastics are durable. Onlime marketing has made it possible for vacuum metalizing service providers to advertise their services. Ensure you look at the profile of the company. The capabilities and experience will all be in the company's profile. Read the reviews from different clients to know which companies are legit and which are fraud. Check whether the company is flexible to accommodate your requirements. For any further information it is good to contact the service providers.


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Cancer Alliance Advocacy Toolkit
Palliative Care Policy – Section 3 – Cancer and Children
Children have little access to palliative care. They are at higher risk than adults to face inadequate pain relief. For children, 98% of those needing palliative care live in low- and middle-income countries, with almost half of them living in Africa. – World Health Organisation1
Click here for a pdf copy of the slides, or here to download the text only.
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is aimed at improving the quality of life of patients living with a serious illness, and of their families. It prevents and relieves suffering by ensuring the treatment of pain and other concerns that arise following a cancer diagnosis, so helping people continue to live an active life with their illness.
Palliative care affirms life, but if the cancer does not respond to treatment and the patient's condition continues to worsen, palliative care is there to continue managing their pain and keeping them comfortable. This type of care helps to secure dignity in living, but also in dying should the illness progress.
Is Palliative Care different for Children with Cancer?
The World Health Organisation says palliative care for children with cancer is special. It is about the total care of the child's body, mind and spirit, and also involves support for the family.
It is defined as follows:
- It starts when cancer is diagnosed, and continues regardless of whether or not the child receives treatment directed at the disease.
- Health providers must evaluate and alleviate a child's physical, psychological and social distress.
- Effective palliative care for children requires a broad, multi-disciplinary approach that includes the family, and makes use of available community resources. It can be successfully implemented even where such resources are limited.
- It can be provided in tertiary hospitals, community health clinics, and in children's own homes.2
What are the special challenges associated with Children with Cancer?
While paediatric palliative care is similar to adult palliative care, the specific difficulties associated with caring for children with cancer means specially trained healthcare professionals must be on hand to ensure they are not treated like "small adults", the new policy says.
Some of the barriers to children accessing palliative care include:
- Parents' or doctors' misperception of palliative care, believing this means "giving up".
- Their age or developmental stage.
- Legal status.
- Dependence on parents/guardians.
- Cultural norms.
- Illness and disability.
- Poverty.
- Orphanhood or abandonment.
- Lack of trained healthcare providers.
- Unavailability of essential palliative care medication for children.
- Distance from health facilities.
How will Palliative Care help your child?
Studies have shown that:
- Getting palliative care soon after diagnosis increases patients' coping abilities and their quality of life.3
- Getting hospital-based palliative care resulted in patients spending less time in intensive care units, and they were less likely to be readmitted to the hospital after they went home.
- Patients had better quality of life and experienced fewer and less severe symptoms. These included less pain, less shortness of breath and less depression following palliative care involvement and care planning.
- Palliative care may also increase survival. Patients in a 2010 study who were given palliative care alongside best supportive cancer treatment lived nearly three months longer than those who got no palliative care.4
What does South Africa's new National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care 2017 – 2022 mean for you as a cancer patient?
This new policy recognises palliative care as an essential pat of the continuum of healthcare delivery. This means that this vital care is no longer an option that's available only to certain, privileged communities. The policy applies to all South Africans, regardless of income or where you live.
What does it say about children?
The policy is clear that the following is needed in respect of children specifically:
- Comprehensive services to allow every parent, including young and poverty-stricken mothers, to support themselves and their children.
- More facilities providing palliative care for children.
- An end to futile treatment that sees children suffer unnecessarily due to paternalism amongst some treatment providers, especially those who struggle to accept deaths in childhood.
- Training of a multi-disciplinary healthcare workforce in palliative care, tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of children.5
What are our ongoing concerns?
The National Policy Framework and Strategy for Palliative Care has the potential to improve the care of people living with cancer. It is however essential that the government drives the initiative, ensuring the policy remains an active document that guides provincial strategy to implement its content, so ensuring that those who need palliative care actually receive this vital care.
We also call on the government to ensure that the policy is adequately funded and that healthcare workers are trained to provide palliative care to all – adults and children.
- World Health Organisation. 10 Facts on Palliative Care. Retrieved on March 13, 2017, from http://bit.ly/PalCare10Facts
- World Health Organisation. WHO Definition of Palliative Care. Retrieved on March 3, 2017, from http://bit.ly/PalCareDefn
- Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa. Palliative Care. Retrieved on March 3, 2018, from http://bit.ly/PalCareWhatis
- Asco Conquer Cancer Foundation. The Importance of Palliative Care for Patients and Caregivers. Retrieved on March 3, 2018, from http://bit.ly/PalGuide
- National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care 2017 – 2022 http://bit.ly/PalCarePol
Social Media
- All patients have the right to #PalliativeCare immediately after they get their diagnosis #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- It is a shocking fact, but children with cancer are the least likely to have access to #PalliativeCare. Almost half of the world's children who live with cancer are in Africa, and they are not getting the pain relief they need #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- #PalliativeCare for children needs to focus on the body, mind and spirit, as well as providing support for the family #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- #PalliativeCare for children demands a multi-disiplinary approach. It is also important to provide support for the patient's peers #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- Remember, children are not small adults! They need #PalliativeCare that is designed for their life stage #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- #PalliativeCare for children must take the cultural norms of the family into account #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- #PalliativeCare increases survival rates. Supportive cancer treatment has been proved to extend the life of patients even in late stage cancer #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- South Africa's new National Policy Framework and Strategy for #PalliativeCare calls for more facilities for children #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- South Africa's new National Policy Framework and Strategy for #PalliativeCare calls for an end to futile treatment that sees children suffer unnecessarily due to paternalism amongst some treatment providers, especially those who struggle to accept deaths in childhood http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
- We need a trained, mutli-disciplinary health force who are able to meet the unique needs of children with cancer #PalliativeCare #LetsTalkAboutCancer #RightToHealth http://bit.ly/PalCareToolkit
Return to Palliative Care Policy Toolkit.


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The Venice Film Festival!
OK – so I may have exaggerated a tad – but I had to let everyone know that our very clever Mr Starfall has put together another one of his brilliant movies of the recent Venice Carnival show. I have added the Youtube of the film to the main Venice post, but also wanted to pop it here separately, to make sure everyone saw it 🙂
These bits of film take Sword hours to put together and are a fab way to really get the feel of the shows. He's started dabbling with adding some 'live' action to the stop-motion style he usually uses, although this first variety was filming directly from the screen with a camera phone. Sword tells me that this is quite a tricky method, and the quality of picture is not as good as 'live' filming in-world, so he is investigating various in-world machinima styles. I can't wait to see future releases!
Oh….and one more thing….Sword has forgotten to add his own name to the list of credits for the show! (being his typical modest self), so I will add right now "Filmed & produced by Sword Starfall", as he deserves equally as much credit as anyone else involved in putting together these shows 🙂
So, without any further ado, Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present…Marcel's Caffeine Nights – Venetian Carnival! *wild applause*
Carnival Part 3 – Masquerade in Venice
Carnival with Marcel's
Part #3 – Masquerade in Venice
With DJ G-Winz
Our final evening of Carnival was set in the floating streets of Venice. Dim lights glowing from the high windows of the houses overlooking the canal, and the distant sound of music echoing along the dark waters.
Guests arrived close to a wooden jetty, with the lamplight flickering on the surface of the gently rippling water. They were beckoned towards the water's edge, where a silent gondolier glided up to the edge of the jetty and invited them to sit. The gondola carried our guests across the softly lapping waters to the palazzo at the far end of the canal. They could see the lights flickering in the windows as they drew closer, and hear the strains of the masquerade waltz. The gondola smoothly deposited them at the steps of the piazza, where the guests were greeted by our DJ for the night, Mr G "Winz" Winstanley. The music for the evening was a selection of G's usual eclectic mixes, ranging from Italian classic, heavy opera and light hearted dances.
The set was the perfect backdrop for everyone to really show off their amazing masquerade outfits and as usual, we weren't disappointed by the couture.
And here are some stunning 'real' Venetian masks and costumes, set to music as your backdrop for this page.
The Venice set is still there and will remain there for a while, you if you missed the show, or just want to go back and dance on the piazza and float about in the gondola, you can get there by using the teleporter at the end of the corridor at Marcel's.
I would like to give a big thank you to our 3 amazing DJ's who worked so hard to provide the perfect music for our Carnival nights, and to all our guests who always make such an effort to dress up and have fun. Thank you guys – and hope to see you again soon!
Anouk xxx
It's Carnival Time!
Special Program!
Marcel's will be presenting a special program for the Carnival weekend.
Each participating DJ will tackle one specific Carnival mood, each within the fabulous background of Anouk's famed builds.
Saturday 14.02.2015 – 3pm SL Time
We kick off Saturday with a sail, which is being prepared by our team Captain Gerrard Winstanley, leading Marcel's flotilla on a sea travel of adventure and discovery. Ending the glorious journey, in which we expect to have the sea debut of our newest Matelot members, DJ Magda Kamenev, who will entertain the group with some finely selected tunes for an evening of dancing and partying.
Sunday 15.02.2015 – 4pm SL Time
DJ Rhia will lead the marching band through Boubon Street, celebrating the famed New Orleans Mardi Gras! Be ready for some awesome tunes and that vodoo she does so well….
Monday 16.02.2015 – 3pm SL Time
DJ Lorah's turn to lead the Rio Carnival set with the hot tunes from the most wild and famous Carnival in the world! Prepare for great dancing, samba steps, and exotic plumage on a very sexy evening done South American way.
Tuesday 17.02.2015 – 3pm SL Time
As our holiday comes to an end, we'll have last but not least DJ G-WINZ setting to music the canals of Venice, where masked figures will evolve on a mysterious weave of sophisticated charm and vibrating beats!
So grab your feathers and sequins and come and join us to samba the nights away!


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Junior Courses And Clinics 2016
Bungay Brook Golf is Fun for Everyone
by Jim Hammond
There is an old saying, "The family that plays together stays together." And one sport that the entire family can play together is golf. A local course that has always put out the welcome mat for the entire family is Bungay Brook Golf Course in Bellingham Mass.
For 15 years, Bungay Brook, a family owned golf course has been a favorite destination for area golfers.
With five sets of tees, the front tees playing a very manageable 2300 yards and the tips measuring 3,136 yards, both the novice and the pro will enjoy their round at this nine hole course. If you need to warm up a bit before teeing off, a 300 yard all grass practice range is available to all.
The first hole at Bungay Brook is a short 309 yard par 4 with a generous fairway. Hit a good shot and you have a short iron into a large green. The greens at Bungay roll fast and true so lag it up close and tap it in for a par.
All of the holes have wide fairways and very few trees so you do not need to pull out the driver on every hole. But if you want to impress the family the 4th hole is a 475 yard par 5. So grab your driver and try reaching the green in two shots. It is a large double green but watch out for the mammoth bunker that guards the left side.
One of my favorite holes is the 362 yard Par 4 ninth. You hit your tee shot off an elevated tee. The fairway fades to the right and a pond protects the green. It is a great finishing hole and the people coming out of the pro shot are certain to watch your approach shot. The course from tee to green is always well maintained so if you have time, play another nine!
Bungay offers reduced rates for both seniors and juniors which makes it a perfect outing for Grandpa and Grandma to join the grandkids for a little quality time on the fairways. P.G.A. Pro John Simmons is available for lessons and there are special discounts for the junior golfer in the family. Bungay will also be offering clinics for the juniors in July and August. For more information check out the web site at www.BungayBrook.com
Maplegate Country Club
Junior Golf Schools & Special Rates
Located off Route 495 in Bellingham MA, Maplegate Country Club is host to the very popular Maplegate Golf Schools. Headed by 25 year PGA pro Greg Dowdell, the Golf School offers all kinds of programs for all ages beginning with Toddler Golf right through our Adult After Work programs.
The Junior golf program is especially successful due to our USGTF professional Kevin Weldon, Collegiate player Camden Morrison, Johnson and Wales Collegiate All- Star Peter French, as well as a number of other qualified golf instructors. The 4 Day Junior Golf Academy is an intense five hour a day program with on course competition for golfers age 9-16. Our "Try Golf" class is geared to beginner juniors who may or may not own clubs age 5-11. Toddler Golf is for kids age 1-3 where each student receives a personalized set of plastic clubs and balls.
Maplegate Country Club also plays host to Medway High School golf as well as 2 PGA Junior League teams. This is the highlight of the summer. The PGA Junior League is a super popular, competitive based league where players compete in uniformed shirts versus local clubs. Players can also earn a spot on an All-Star team and even compete at a National junior golf event. The program also offers an end of year family based competition and barbecue. Please go to maplegate.com for more info on the PGA Junior League and all our other programs.
The success of all our programs are due to the host facility Maplegate Country Club. This public golf course provides everything and more for kids to be successful at golf and continue their involvement in the greatest game ever played.
Junior Golf Special Rates
- M-F before 7AM Only $10 to Walk (under 18)
- M-F after 3PM Only $20 to Walk (under 18)
Phone: 508-966-4040
160 Maple Street Bellingham, MA 02019
The Back Nine Club
A Course & Learning Opportunity for Juniors
The Back Nine Club is an executive style 18 hole par-3 golf course and is certified as a Beginner Friendly and Family Course. With three sets of tees, Blue yardage 2967, White yardage 2588 and Red yardage set at 2080. The Juniors rates for 18 holes – $13.00 and 9 hole – $8.00 make The Back Nine very affordable for all junior skill levels. New to The Back Nine this year is our Junior Summer Golf Camp.
Junior Summer Camp Information: The class runs every Monday beginning June 27th and is open to all juniors ages 6-17. Classes are scheduled to run every Monday from the start on the 27th of June up until the 22nd of August. We also have a family day/cookout on the 29th of August. No classes will be held the week of July 4th.
Sessions run from 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. for ages 6-8. At this stage we focus on introducing juniors to the game. Fundamentals are introduced such as grip, stance and posture. Drills and games are mostly played and used to relate the fundamentals and incorporate fun.
The 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. time session is geared to juniors ages 9-10. Those youngsters are also introduced to the game with fundamentals. The range of experience in this group varies so we plan accordingly ensuring everyone learns at an appropriate stage.
Our 11:30 am-1:00 p.m. group ages 11+ typically has the basic knowledge of the game understood. We get into much greater detail with the mechanics and use competition as a way for them to learn but enjoy the time with they're peers.
In years past, we've really focused on not leaving any kids out, especially seeing as it's an individual sport. The teaching methods we use and plans we go by consist of team games and interactions with other golfers.
Junior Development Clinic Summer Series
Application – begins June 27th
- Ages 6-10, $120.00
- Ages 11+, $140.00
(3 or more in same family $110.00 each)
Limited to the first 35 students per age group to register. Call the Golf Shop at 508-947-9981
Bob Giusti, PGA Pro – firstname.lastname@example.com Visit www.thebacknineclub.com for more details
Country Club of New Bedford
Junior Golf Program 2016
Golf: The Game of A Lifetime The most challenging athletic sport, with tradition and character that promotes healthy exercise and great fun is golf! Golf is said to be "The Game of a Lifetime". All ages participate and enjoy chasing that little white ball around the golf course. And the best time to start is now, as a junior's hand to eye coordination is developing. Juniors and Adults share the many benefits of golf. They develop their own golf swings that may individually vary, but have similarities in their ball striking and results. Basic golf swing fundamentals are similar except for physical flexibility, strength, and personal athletic ability. The challenge is there for all golfers, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO START! Golf helps juniors gain their confidence and also affords players a nice social opportunity interacting with a variety of golfers of all ages and personalities, as we all know is a key element in life.
After School Camps These camps will include instruction of Full Swing, Short Game, Drills, Contests and Most all Have Fun! These sessions will be held on 5 consecutive Wednesday afternoons from 3:15 to 4:30 PM. The cost for the five week program is $125.00 per student and the dates are:
April 6th through May 4th Session # 1 (Ages 7-15)
May 18th through June 8th Session # 2 (Ages 7-15)
Three-Day Summer Camps These camps will include instruction of basic skills, etiquette, rules and fundamentals using on course practices, games and contests. Each session will conclude with a skills assessment and an awards pizza party! The cost for the three day camps is $180.00 per student.
The camps will be held from 9-12Noon and the age group for all sessions are 7-15 years old.
Sessions are as follows:
July 5th through 7th (Session # 1)
July 26th through 28th (Session # 2)
August 9th through 11th (Session # 3)
A Junior Golf Meeting to discuss the 2016 Junior Golf Program will be held on April 30 to include information the PGAJrLeague Golf Program. We would like to field a team and have CCNB represented in the league.
Jr. Golf Membership – 300.00
Available to anyone who meets the following:
- Age 17 or under
- Full time student under age 23
- Dependent on parents tax return
Segregansett Family Membership Welcomes All
Great golf courses have great traditions and Segregansett Country Club is no exception. In 1983 the tradition started with the construction of a 3 hole golf course. Over the years it was moved to its current spot in Taunton where it has grown to be an 18 hole championship course that is very challenging, but also very fair. From the back it plays 6,700 yards but there are 4 sets of tees that should accommodate everyone no matter what their handicap may be. The folks at Segregansett have adopted the policy of "playing it forward." A set of green tees are placed in front of the red tees making the course more manageable for less experienced golfers.
Junior golfers are certainly the future of the game, but many courses restrict the times where the youngsters are able to play. However, Segregansett allows juniors to play most of the time as long as they are accompanied by a parent. There is a practice area with grass tees to warm up before your round. If you want to sharpen your skills, make an appointment with head pro Rob Baxter. Rob was the top Rhode Island Amateur in 1981 and last year was named golf teacher of the year. Let Rob work with the young golfers in your family and they will develop their game to their full potential.
Family memberships are available at a very competitive rate. If you would like to give Segragansett a try before you sign-up try the "member for a day" option. Fifty dollars will let you play a round at this historic course and that includes a cart. The members are very friendly, the condition is exceptional and the food is great. Check out the details at www.segragansettcc.com or call Rob at 508 824-9110. And bring the entire family with you. It will be a great day for all.


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HedgeHouse Throw Beds
The other week my mom told me about HedgeHouse and we both quickly became obsessed. The small company, based in LA and New York, takes my love of stripes to a new level! It all started with a throwbed to replace the ugly and uncomfortable air mattresses that we all have. From there HedgeHouse has grown over the years to sell pillows and towels as well. I love the idea of having a few throwbeds tucked away in your closet to easily pull out when guests come to visit, to take outside to lay on the grass or to travel with. They seem like the perfect addition to any beach house!


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Answers to emails from readers...
April 2007
As ever, I am most grateful to all readers for their steady stream of questions, worries and criticisms. Please keep them coming – firstname.lastname@example.com – and I will do my best to keep on replying, and solving the problems you present. This month, I thought it might be worth sharing one or two of the most regular points that have cropped up recently. It's mostly Microsoft stuff, I'm afraid – sorry to Mac users.
First, Autotext; this is an excellent little device. Using it, you can pre-type paragraphs, phrases, or names which you use frequently and then insert them anywhere with a few keystrokes.
Just type the text you want to save, then select it (that is, highlight it by holding down the Shift key and pressing the left or right arrows as appropriate) and press Alt+F3.
The Create AutoText dialog box will appear. Type in a short name for the text in the box (the first couple of words will do, or something more descriptive, like "standard Disclaimer" or "home address", perhaps) and click OK.
Suppose you live in Little Ditchling under Milkwood. Once it's in AutoText, when you next type "Little", you will notice that a magic box will appear offering to insert the full name for you; just press Enter (also called Return) to accept the offer. Or ignore it, if you are typing some other name.
While we are discussing Word, do you know how to force it to start a new page, even if you haven't filled the old one? The wrong way to do it is to keep pressing Return until a new page starts. Don't do it, because if you add some lines to the preceding text, everything on the next page will move down as well.
The right thing to do is simply to press Ctrl+Enter at the end of the text and it will always move onto a nice fresh new page at that point, whatever you do to the preceding stuff. Much neater.
Finally, I am regularly asked how to wipe a computer clean before disposing of it.
It may be full of sensitive information – bank details and so forth – or just bits and pieces that are no one else's damn business. If you delete it in the normal way, all it does is mark that bit of the memory as being available for re-use – and anyone with the right software can retrieve all the "deleted" stuff. It's not difficult, and the police have often put a fraudster (or worse) behind bars using evidence from recovered files that the scoundrel believed were long gone.
There is commercial software that claims to wipe it clean, but most experts don't trust it. The truth is that when you dispose of a computer, easily the best thing to do is to physically remove the hard drive. They are not big (the size of a small paperback) and they are easy to remove once you've taken the side off (unplug it first, obviously). Or ask a geeky friend to do it for you.
Then you can simply keep it secure, just as you might do with old bank statements. When you are sure you won't need it again, merely take a sledgehammer and smash it to bits, just as you would shred those statements.
This is good exercise and also has the benefit of helping you to work out any of the frustrations that have built up whilst using the thing. It's all very therapeutic, and destroys data beautifully


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I was first diagnosed with Hashimotos ( and hypothyroidism) when I was 9 years old and was on Synthroid ( levothyroxine) for the past 20 years. About a year ago I moved to Denmark and my doctor switched me to Eltroxin because Syntrhoid was not available. Since switching medications I have had terrible symptoms--particularly fatigue, brain fog, body aches, and tingling legs/arms. In December my lab results showed I was slightly hyperthyroid and so we lowered my dose to 150mcg 5 days a week and 100mcg 2 days a week. Now my lab results show I'm "normal" but my symptoms are even worse than before. Don't you think the change in medication could be affecting the way I feel? The doctors here have not offered any alternative suggestions to help ease symptoms. Does anyone have any advice on how I should address this issue? I am 31 years old and really want to feel better. Thank you in advance for any advice you have.
Normal test results, still have HYPO symptoms - Thyroid UK
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Normal test results, still have HYPO symptoms