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We're very proud to invite you to CU-NAHJ's marquee event of the year, an all-star panel of editors discussing the future of Latino media in the US. Please join us!
The Columbia University chapter
of the
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Perspectives on
Latino Media in
the United States
A Sevellon Brown Lecture featuring
- Galina Espinoza, Co-President, Editorial Director, Latina magazine
- Miguel Ferrer, Director, AOL Latino
- Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, Senior Editor, Fox News Latino
Moderated by Laura Martínez, journalist and blogger
CNN en Español just got a big reboot relocating from Atlanta to Miami in March.
Fox News Latino was launched as a web outlet last October.
Latina magazine is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.
AOL just merged with the Huffington Post.
The 2010 US Census is expected to count a record 50 million Latinos in the US – almost 1 in every 6 people in the country.
How can Latino media companies better reach this huge and largely diverse population? In addition to English versus Spanish issues, what are the biggest challenges? What are the possibilities for niche Latino publications within bigger media conglomerates? How can these operations, big or small, make content more appealing?
WHEN: Monday, April 4, 2011
LOCATION: World Room – 3rd floor, Columbia Journalism School
Click here for Directions and Map
TIME: 6:15-7pm – pre-panel networking hour (light refreshments will be served)
7-8pm – panel and Q&A
Galina Espinoza (Columbia J-School '92) rejoined Latina Media Ventures as Co-President and Editorial Director in May 2010. She is responsible for overseeing Latina magazine, the leading fashion, beauty & lifestyle magazine for acculturated U.S. Hispanic women, Latina.com and brand development across multiple platforms. Espinoza regularly appears on numerous TV shows as a pop culture expert including NBC's Today Show, Access Hollywood and HLN's The Joy Behar Show.
Prior to joining Latina, Espinoza was a senior editor at People magazine, where she oversaw the annual, best-selling 'Half Their Size' issue. She also introduced a weekly Bodywatch section about celebrity weight loss, and scored exclusive, headline-generating cover stories with Tyra Banks and Valerie Bertinelli. As a spokeswoman for the People brand, Espinoza appeared frequently on national TV shows ranging from CNN's Larry King Live to The Rachael Ray Show.
Espinoza's first stint at Latina was as Deputy Editor from 2003-2005. During that time, the magazine was honored with a Folio Silver Medal for general excellence in the women's lifestyle category (2004), a GLAAD award for best magazine article (2005) and a NAHJ Award for best commentary (2005).
Before joining People in 1999, Espinoza spent four years as a staff writer for Money magazine, where she specialized in banking, investing and retirement issues. Previously, she had been a correspondent covering municipal government at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Espinoza received a B.A. in English in 1991 from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1992. She is a native New Yorker and currently resides in Manhattan.
Miguel Ferrer is the Director of AOL Latino, the leading online destination for bicultural U.S. Hispanics. In this role, Ferrer drives content programming in support of the stated goal of focusing on the authentic voices and views of the contemporary U.S. Hispanic community. In addition, he's responsible for creating and implementing media and content partnerships within the Hispanic market.
Ferrer joined AOL Latino from People en Español where he served as the magazine's Business Development Manager, responsible for creating and executing digital media opportunities for the magazine's premier franchises, including the creation of People en Español's family festival series FIESTA 2006.
Prior to that Ferrer was the President and Founder of Axexo Corp., an online community platform for entertainment marketing. His clients included PepsiCo Beverages International and Mannon Group. He was also the founder of A Konshus Moment, Inc., a boutique public relations, marketing and artist promotion firm.
Earlier in his career, Ferrer served as head of International Marketing Development for Warner Music Brazil and Senior Marketing Manager of Latin America Region for Warner Music International in New York.
Originally from Puerto Rico, and a graduate of Cornell University and Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, Ferrer currently resides in New York City.
Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush is Senior Editor of Fox News Latino. Prior to helping launch foxnewslatino.com, Vourvoulias-Bush served as Corporate Executive Editor of impreMedia where he planned online, multimedia and print editorial strategy for all impreMedia news brands including La Opinión of Los Angeles, El Diario/La Prensa of New York. He joined El Diario/La Prensa in 2005 serving as its Executive Editor overseeing the growth in the paper's readership in print and online. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Editor of TIME Magazine's Latin America Edition and Director, TIME Americas. There he assisted in managing the launch of TIME Magazine's Spanish and Portuguese language weekly supplements.
Before serving as an editor in various platforms, Vourvoulias-Bush was a Research Associate on Latin America for the Council of Foreign Relations commissioning working papers from leading U.S. and Latin American policy analysts and academics. A graduate of Yale University and University of Pennsylvania, he co-edited The City and The World: New York's Global Future co-edited with Margaret E. Crahan (1997). In 2008 he was awarded second place in the National Association of Hispanic Publications Award for Editorial Writing and in 2007 he was honored as a Hispanic Media Awards honoree. He also received the 2007 Latin Pride National Award for Excellence in Journalism.
Laura Martínez is a bilingual journalist and editor specialized in marketing and advertising. She is a contributing editor at Multichannel News, and is the writer in charge of the magazine's Hispanic Television Update. She is also the founder of MiBlogestuBlog.com, a daily commentary on Hispanic-targeted marketing and media, and a regular columnist at Advertising Age's The Big Tent, a blog devoted to the discussion of diversity in the advertising, marketing and mediaindustries. More recently she joined Voxy.com, an interactive language tool, as Editorial Director.
Born in Mexico City, Ms. Martínez completed her high-school education in Singapore, and haslived and worked as a journalist in Mexico City, Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires. Priorto joining Multichannel News, she was responsible for the creation and launch of Nielsen's Marketing y Medios magazine, an English-language trade publication devoted to explaining the Hispanic market to a non-Spanish speaking audience of executives and marketers. She also was behind the creation and launch of the Spanish-language weekly edition of The Wall Street Journal, as well as coordinating and editing their Spanish language Web edition at americas.wjs.com. She lives in Manhattan and is fluent in English, Spanish and French.


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This post was written by Sarah Rudd, Sage Corps' marketing intern.
We are eager to continue with our University Spotlight posts! Up today: Vanderbilt University.
Located in the Country Music Capital of the World, Vanderbilt is accredited for its competitive academics, D1 sports teams, and, of course, southern charm.
We had eight total Commodores in our 2017 summer program located all around the world in Santiago, Singapore, Paris, Dublin, Berlin, and Amsterdam. We checked in with four of our Vandy fellows to learn a little more about what they were up to this summer:
Becca Xu
Becca Xu interned for ZestMeUp, a Paris-based company that offers employee engagement software to help employees get anonymous feedback from their employees. At ZestMeUp, Becca wrote product specifications for new features or improvements to the company's application and kept track of technological development and competitor advances in order to offer a leading, cutting edge product. She also helped develop a chatbot feature for the application.
Becca is rising sophomore hoping to double major in Philosophy and Computer Science, with a minor in Engineering Management.
Name one of your biggest wins of the summer.
"One of the greatest feelings in the world is being able to experience the fruit of your labor! Because a startup is so fast-paced, I have been able to witness the features that I helped design and write the specs for go through the entire UI design and development process, before finally being implemented in the application. It really made me feel like the work that I was doing was meaningful, and that even though I was only an intern, I was making a difference in the company."
What is the most valuable lesson/ most valuable skill you've learned or strengthened during your internship?
"One of the biggest skills I believe I was able to hone was my ability to adapt to any situation. I needed to be able to handle whatever they threw at me, no matter how unqualified or unknowledgeable I felt. I've been to client meetings with the executives of huge multinational companies, have delved into the world of AI and chatbot technology, and have wireframed numerous screens for the application. I had absolutely zero background in doing any of that before starting my internship!"
What's the most fun/ coolest thing you did with your cohort this summer?
"It's just cool to be able to live in a city. Once we did all the touristy stuff, it felt like we really got to absorb the real Paris by walking around and exploring. Even doing simple things like having picnics along the Seine river at sunset were incredible experiences because we only got to do stuff like that—to live like locals—because we are here for so long. As a cohort, we explored so many niche restaurants, museums, parks, and cool areas off the beaten path that we started to feel like real locals. And that in of itself is pretty cool."
When asked if she had a favorite faculty member back in Nashville, Becca gave us Christopher Davies' name, a Professor/Advisor in the Philosophy Department. He was able to provide some insights on the value he sees in internships:
"First, internships encourage students to see the relevance and practicality of the seemingly abstract things they've learned in their classes by forcing them to apply it in real life circumstances. This can bring home the value of a college education in a way classroom assignments can't.
Second, internships can sometimes help students to concretize their educational plans by giving them a preview of what their professional life might be like after college. Once they've gotten a sample of how a certain career feels first hand, they can better understand what course of study best prepares them for it and can make more informed decisions about what major or minor to choose."
Though she isn't sure exactly what it is she wants to do post-graduation, Becca hopes to work within the tech industry in one way or another. She is interested in what she refers to as the "nuts and bolts" of software development, and also the problem-solving and visualization skills of UI/UX design. Eventually, she anticipates going back to school to attain some sort of higher degree.
Michael Umenta
Michael actually graduated from Vanderbilt this past May! He studied Computer Science and minored in Engineering Management. This summer, Michael interned at Soundbrenner in Berlin, Germany, where he worked on improving iOS accessibility for visually impaired musicians, constructing a more efficient localization workflow for the multiple platforms that the company runs on, and providing a more optimal user experience for Soundbrenner's iPad users.
Name one of your biggest wins of the summer.
"Definitely learning to speak German. Doing so has really allowed me to grasp so much more of the German culture, and has allowed to engage with its people on a much deeper level."
Why did you decide to participate in Sage Corps?
"I decided to participate in Sage Corps because it turned out to be literally the perfect opportunity. For the past few years now, I have been itching to both work for a startup, and travel abroad, two things that I never had the opportunity to do before. Because Sage Corps allowed me to do those things simultaneously, before deciding and committing to any post graduation path, I wanted to explore what Sage Corp had to offer in order to figure out if this experience would be a good fit for me. Turns out the fit was perfect, and I have never felt more assured of the future."
What's the most fun/ coolest thing you did with your cohort this summer?
"The coolest thing was by far traveling to the former NSA listening station in Teufelsberg, in West Berlin. You have to hike up an artificial hill in order to get to the site, getting the opportunity to enjoy the more rustic side of Berlin. Then, when you get to the site, you encounter some of the most jaw-dropping post Cold War graffiti art you will ever see. Not only that, but because of the altitude, you also get a chance to see all of Berlin in the distance— and for really cheap! Teufelsberg was truly awe-inspiring, and because of the strong connection the site has to German and US history, visiting there was truly a full-package experience."
Michael is considering staying in Berlin now that he has graduated - we can't wait to see where the future takes him!
Jonathan Greenfield
Jonathan worked as a Business Development intern for FoodCloud, a non-profit tech start-up in Dublin, Ireland that helps facilitate food donations to various charities around the area. Some of his duties included developing a good overview of the US and European markets in relation to food donation opportunities, relationships with retailers, and food waste policies, conducting research on methods to increase operational efficiency within the company, and reaching out to more food retailers and charities within the Dublin area to expand the company's operational footprint.
Jonathan is a rising junior majoring in Economics and minoring in Corporate Strategy.
How has this experience helped you get closer to achieving your post-graduation/ career goals?
"The programs set up by Sage Corps have allowed me to understand the true factors needed for a startup to be successful, and working for a startup has allowed me to comprehend exactly what is needed operationally and managerially in order to grow and expand a startup."
What is the most valuable lesson/ most valuable skill you've learned or strengthened during your internship?
"I've learned a lot about the entrepreneurial process and how devoted and motivated one must really be in order to succeed in this field. It is awesome to see so many people coming together working on a single, collective goal. Working at a startup has been awesome as I've really felt that my input is valued."
What is the most valuable lesson/ most valuable skill you've learned or strengthened while abroad in your city?
"Just learning that not everyone has the same ideals/values as you. Traveling expands your horizons and shows that there is so much diversification in our world, to where everyday you learn something new."
Jonathan explained that Sage Corps has given him an affinity toward both entrepreneurship and technology, and he is hoping to go find a job connected to venture capitalism after graduating.
Hannah Waters
Hannah Waters interned for Dashmote, in Amsterdam, where her job responsibilities included researching current and prospective client bases, reaching out to and helping to draft proposals for prospective clients, and other various projects that the CTO, Stefan Tan, needed help with.
She is a rising junior majoring in Cognitive Studies and Communication Studies, and minoring in Business.
At this time, what are your post-graduation plans?
"My dream is to work for The Walt Disney Company in business development, corporate strategy, and communications at an international level. I want to aid the growth of the media conglomerate into one of the world's leading producers and providers of entertainment and information while preserving the integrity and warmth of the brand."
What is the most valuable lesson/ most valuable skill you've learned or strengthened during your internship?
"The strategy of your business has to incorporate truly empathizing with the customers' wants, values and/or needs. Researching and developing the experiences, goods or ideas your company produces with that knowledge in mind and that motivation in mind is what will help your business succeed. There is no magic formula for an idea, funding, or a team that will be successful, and this is especially true if the end goal does not appeal to the consumer. So, in tandem with learning that ideology, I have also learned how to empathize with potential leads and clients. Being able to put myself in their shoes when trying to appeal to them has completely changed my mindset on what a modern salesperson or marketing strategist has to accomplish."
Why did you decide to participate in Sage Corps?
"I decided to join Sage Corps in order to further develop my motivators of ownership, excelling, and challenge, and so that I would have an even stronger understanding of the unique gift that I offer to any organization that I am a part of. I am fortunate enough to call my university my second home, and the comfort that comes with that kind of environment has led to my success in activities and experiences where I am familiar with the territory. I wanted to be completely immersed in a space where I would be challenged to accomplish novel things on my own. The second reason that I joined Sage Corps is because I knew the program would provide me with a role that satisfies my strong motivators: purpose and empathy. In working for a startup that is made up of people dedicated completely to growing the company's success, I knew there would be a mission that I could put all of my efforts into supporting. That would satisfy my desire for purpose. Empathy is a large component of how I decide to appreciate and understand the world around me, making it so that I can learn from others' experiences and relate to people on a deeper level. I believe that this is especially important when I am interacting with people that are different from me, and in an international business setting, I would not only get to interact with team members and learn about their backgrounds and what makes them so passionate about their product, I would be able to make authentic connections with a select group of student achievers and learn from them as well. Because Sage Corps promised these opportunities, I was and still am intensely interested in the program."
We asked Hannah if she had a favorite professor back at Vanderbilt; she directed us to Craig Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. This is what he had to say about Hannah's time as a Sage Corps fellow:
"I am very pleased to learn that Hannah Waters is participating in Sage Corps' global entrepreneurship program in Amsterdam. Hannah is an extremely smart, capable, and hard working student, for whom I have been pleased to be able to serve as her academic advisor. Hannah stands out as a student who is determined to make the most of the opportunities for personal and professional growth that are afforded her through her student experience at Vanderbilt. Not only is she a diligent student who works to take the most from each of her classes, but she has engaged in a wide variety of extracurricular activities, both on- and off-campus in ways that support her personal growth. Among these, her current internship through Sage Corps stands out as an especially valuable opportunity. At Vanderbilt we value immersive experiences, and it is evident that the experience that Sage Corps is offering Hannah in Amsterdam is an extremely valuable one: Her working in a meaningful role in a tech startup in an international context will provide Hannah with a wealth of experiences and connections that will prove to be of great value to her for years to come, in terms of both personal growth and career development. I couldn't be happier for her!"
And we could not be happier for each of our fellows from Vanderbilt, either! We are so proud of all of their accomplishments thus far, and cannot wait to see what's next for them as their Sage Corps fellowships draw to a close. Go 'Dores!
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This is the first day of Fundations Unit 3 Week 1 Day 1 lesson in PowerPoint format. This PowerPoint follows the Fundations curriculum with visuals to support all learners. It allows teachers to stay on track/time manage, learners to have more visuals, and students with differing needs to access the Fundations curriculum. There are hand picked dictation choices from the Unit Resources section under the Notes section so you do not have to flip back and forth. This PowerPoint is also a helpful tool to send home to parents as a resource or to use as a reteaching supplement.


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The Poet and the Girl.
Branner, H. C.
Copenhagen: The Wind-Flower Press, 1980. 8vo. 27 pp. Some pencil marks in text. Cover sunned, pages slightly sunned at edges, otherwise in very good condition. Short Danish fiction. Very Good Pamphlet 8787694042 (Item ID: 22948)
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Day 0: Manila to Bangkok, Thailand
Day 1: Grand Palace, Chao Phraya River and MBK
Day 2: Songkran and Khao San Road
"May ten minutes pa sya", Kat said. I felt sick the moment I woke up. The room was clean, I saw my clothes still hanging beside the window. It was 3AM, "Shet nakakalat pa mga damit ko". I jumped out of my bed and fixed my stuff. I immediately took a bath after fixing everything. We went to the nearest 7-11 and bought water and lunch. At 3:45, people are starting to go down the lobby. We met the others and exchanged names, had a little chat and waited for the van. At 4:30 in the morning, our van left Rambuttri House, it is goodbye then, the short three days in Thailand was one of the craziest I had.


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A WREXHAM entrepreneur who runs a temperature-control packaging company has created an all-cardboard insulated mail order box, the first of its kind in the UK.
David Jones, managing director of IcerTech, has responded to calls from food producers for environmentally friendly boxes suitable for posting chilled and frozen products to customers.
Most insulated boxes keep their contents cold by having thick polystyrene or foam liners inside the box.
But logistics expert Mr Jones has created a box that uses corrugated cardboard liners instead – and tests prove it's just as good at keeping contents cold.
IcerTech, on Wrexham Industrial Estate, helps independent food and drink producers sell their items via internet mail order, supplying the special packaging and giving advice on logistics.
The packaging industry has been seeking alternatives to polystyrene and foam boxes and liners for some time. IcerTech's research and development department has become the first to develop one.
Mr Jones said: "Many of our customers are organic producers and they don't like using materials such as polystyrene to mail their food. But until now there has been no real alternative.
"The concept is pretty simple but our tests have shown it's just as good for insulation as polystyrene and foam."
IcerTech also makes food-friendly, recyclable gel packs that keep the box contents cold, and supplies other kinds of boxes for temperature control mail order.
Mr Jones set up his own business after working for a global biopharmaceutical firm, where he was in charge of logistics.
He said: "Some of the gels being used in the coolant packs for shipping pharmaceutical items got us thinking.
"We set up a research company and worked with the gels to develop a prototype mail order coolant pack suitable for food."
Getting funding to develop these concepts was proving difficult until Wrexham firm Lyan Packaging showed interest. With their backing IcerTech was launched, based at Lyan's warehouse.
It was a real leap of faith for Mr Jones, who took a 36% cut in salary to fulfil his ambition. The 50-year-old took a hands-on approach to get IcerTech off the ground, even driving a fork lift truck when needed.
IcerTech now employs 10 and expects to double sales this year.


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Asbestos was once an important construction material for homes and buildings as it is cheap and durable. In Australia, hundreds of thousands of homes were constructed with asbestos containing materials (ACM) up until the 1980s. Asbestos wise reported that:
● A quarter of Australian homes is contaminated with asbestos cement in the 1960s.
● About 52% of all houses constructed in NSW used to have asbestos cement in 1954.
● Only 2 percent of homes in Victoria ARE free of ACM, in 1976.
Although the use of this material plummeted in 1980s, only on 31 December 2003 when Asbestos and all Asbestos containing materials were banned throughout Australia. However, time and again, remnants of asbestos contamination is discovered in a few homes.
As the season comes to an end, you may be already doing some last-minute spring cleaning and preparing your home in time for summer. Make this the perfect time to do visual survey around your home to check whether you have these 5 indicators of asbestos contamination.
5 Tell Tale Signs of Asbestos Materials in Your Home
1. If a house was built during or before 1980s, chances are it is contaminated with asbestos. Homes during the period used to contain asbestos in its floor tiles, walls, ceilings, insulation, and in pipe cement among others.
2. Most of flat corrugated roofing and bitumen roofing are contaminated with asbestos. These roofs are contaminated with white asbestos, the least dangerous of the three types, but still not short of causing health hazard.
3. Flooring tiles with 9 by 9 inches of of size, Vinyl tiles and vinyl sheet with paper or millboard are most likely contaminated with asbestos. The probability is higher if your home was built or renovated during or prior 1980s.
4. Due to asbestos' insulation and fireproof property, grey or white asbestos is widely used as insulation for pipes, particularly the fittings. White asbestos tapes were also used on pipes as insulation.
5. Old ceilings can be made of asbestos cement sheet. Check for cover traps, light bases, and vent covers as all these can be contaminated with asbestos.
What to do if you have an asbestos contaminated home?
Do nothing if the material is intact or in good shape
If you suspect that your home is contaminated with asbestos, leave it alone. If the material is in good condition, without any sign of wear and tear, do not damage or disturb it. There are also cleaning mistakes that must be avoided to stay away from further problems and make proper use of your time, at the same time. As a rule, do not dismantle it lest fibres would come out in the air that could permeate your body as you breathe. Scrubbing or cleaning an asbestos cement, for instance, is a big cleaning mistake that you shouldn't commit.
Remember that asbestos, especially the non-friable, is not hazardous when it is not exposed to air or when it is tightly sealed off and isolated. Only when it is damaged, sawed, drilled or sanded that it can release inhalable asbestos particles in the air.
Temporarily isolate non-friable Asbestos Containing Materials
As a temporary solution, you can seal off non-friable asbestos in floor tiles and wall with encapsulants. This airtight coating keeps asbestos fibres isolated so as not to diffuse in the air. It is a good choice for ACM that is not damaged, but can aggravate damaged asbestos containing materials.
Call for Professional Asbestos Removalist
The same way that you seek the help of a cleaning professional when house cleaning gets tougher than usual, you also have to keep in mind that the only real solution to this health hazard is asbestos removal. If you suspect your home is contaminated with asbestos, inform the local authority, arrange an asbestos survey or abatement by a licensed contractor. You cannot do this by yourself, only government approved asbestos removalist should remove asbestos containing materials.
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The Charm of Scarlett O'Hara
Richard Forsyth
Just like this opening line about Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, you don't have to be traditionally beautiful to attract men. Charm is much more important, and that, you can do something about. In Fascinating Womanhood, you will learn how valuable you are. You can also become truly charming which is the real beauty of a woman. This charisma can outlive youth and any lack of physical perfection.


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Senior Hurling Championship
Well done to our Senior hurlers and management who defeated Kinnitty by 2-17 to 1-13 on Sunday evening in Bord na Mona O'Connor Park, Tullamore. With a place in the knockout stages already assured before the game, a draw between Coolderry and St Rynagh's means the lads now finished second in the group and progress to the Semi Finals along with Coolderry.
Intermediate Hurling Championship
Well done to our Intermediate hurlers and management who secured top spot in the group and a place in the Semi Finals after a 1-25 to 3-10 victory over Seir Kieran on Saturday evening in Kinnitty. Seir Kieran hit an early goal to move 1-1 to 0-2 ahead after 2 minutes but K/K responded well with nine points in a row from Harley Dalzell (3), Lochlann Kavanagh (2), Mikey Ryan, James Kilmartin, Shane Guinan and Karl Guinan to move 0-11 to 1-1 ahead after 11 minutes. Seir Kieran got their second goal in the 15th minute and had reduced the gap to two with half time approaching. A brace of late points from Shane Guinan left K/K 0-16 to 2-6 ahead at the break. SK got the first two points of the second half to reduce the gap again but five in a row for K/K from Mikey Ryan, Rodge Deegan, Shane Guinan, Karl Guinan and Lochlann Kavanagh kept them in control. SK hit two points in a row before Lochlann Kavanagh struck a crucial goal for K/K in the 55th minute to leave it 1-21 to 2-10. The game closed out from there with four points in a row for K/K before SK got their third goal with the last puck of the game. Team & Scorers: Mark Gleeson, Shane Melia, Chris Guinan, Owen Dunne, Cathal Gath, Mikey Ryan (0-3, 2f, 1 '65), Shaun Lowry, Rory Gleeson, James Kilmartin (0-2), Shane Guinan (0-5), Mark Leonard, Rodge Deegan (0-1), Karl Guinan (0-4), Harley Dalzell (0-4), Lochlann Kavanagh (1-5, 0-3f). Subs used: Bryan Mullen (for C. Gath, 45mins), Alan Spain (for S. Lowry, 49mins), Joe Burke (0-1) (for R. Deegan, 56mins), Kevin Coyne (for H. Dalzell, 56mins), Peter Howley (for R. Gleeson, 58mins).
Junior A Hurling Championship
Well done to our Junior A hurlers and management who are through to the Semi Finals also after a 0-15 to 0-8 victory over Kinnitty in the group play-off on Thursday evening in Crinkill.
Junior B Hurling Championship
Hard luck to our Junior B hurlers and management who lost out to a strong Coolderry team by 2-12 to 0-7 in the Semi Final on Friday evening in Rath. Coolderry had 1-2 on the board before Martin Murray got K/K first point. A brace from Colm Cassidy and a point from Joey Corboy left it 1-5 to 0-4 after 20 minutes. Coolderry got the last couple of points of the half to leave it 1-7 to 0-4 at the break. Coolderry got their second goal in the 45th minute to go 2-9 to 0-5. K/K tried in vain for goals to get back into the game but it wasn't to be as Coolderry ran out winners in the end. Team & Scorers: John Deevey, Peadar Coughlan, Paul Dillon, Eoin Troy, Cormac Dunne, Kevin Rigney, Micheal Guinan, Niall Leavy, Kevin Ryan, Joe Daly, Martin Murray (0-1), Dan Mahon, Joey Corboy (0-2), Colm Cassidy (0-4, 2f), Brendan O'Malley. Subs used: John Spain (for K. Ryan, HT), Barry Gorman (for B. O'Malley, HT), Steven Rosney (for M. Guinan, 37mins), Paul Leonard (for P. Dillon inj, 41mins), Joe Ryan (for J. Daly, 59mins).
U13 Football Championship
Well done to our U13 footballers and management who are through to the U13A Shield Final against Rhode after a 2-7 to 1-7 win against Ballinamere/Durrow in Rahan on Friday evening.
U17 Hurling Championship
Well done to our U17 hurlers and management who had a very good 3-17 to 0-11 win against Tullamore in O'Brien Park, Tullamore on Wednesday evening in the second round of the championship.
Offaly Development Squads
Well done to all our club members involved in the U14, U15 & U16 development squads who played in the Sonny Walsh, Arrabawn and Michael Foley tournaments on Saturday last.
Night at the OsKars
We are delighted to announce that we are hosting a 'Night at the OsKars' fundraiser on Saturday 10th November in the Tullamore Court Hotel. This will involve up to 60 local actors and actresses taking part in seven well known short films which will all be filmed locally prior to the event and will then be shown on the night where the OsKar winners will be decided. Thanks to the fine crowd who turned up to our information evening on the event last Thursday evening in the Clubhouse. For those who couldn't get to the event for whatever reason, please note that the casting evening will take place on Tuesday 11th September, we would love to have you all along. After casts are decided, there will be four 30minute rehearsals and these will take place on Tuesday evenings 25th September and the 2nd, 9th & 16th October with the filming taking place on the weekends of the 20th & 27th October. Those present at Thursday's information night were treated to samples of films made by other clubs and all agreed that it will be a most enjoyable event to be involved in, and a fantastic fundraiser for the club. For more information, please contact any of the committee members: Damian White 086-3809708, Paul Craven 087-9407757, Mary Kilmartin 087-7931292, Niamh Slevin 085-8428923, Tom Feighery 085-1218566 and Mary Kiely 087-2242908.
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The process of sexual reproduction involves a host of requirements that must be met before an oocyte and sperm can fuse together to form a zygote capable of further functional development. One such requirement that remains incompletely understood, despite years of study in multiple model organisms, is the complex cellular program of meiosis. Meiosis is the specialized cell cycle by which the haploid gametes (oocytes and sperm) are produced. It is not only of crucial importance to successful sexual reproduction or propagation of a species, but also to human health. Defects during the meiotic divisions have serious deleterious outcomes such as infertility, spontaneous miscarriages, birth defects (such as Down Syndrome), and even tumorigenesis. In addition, many of the mechanisms that regulate meiosis are reutilized in the mitotic cell cycle, and improper regulation of mitosis is a critical factor in many diseases, such as cancer. Furthermore, comparisons of the general strategy and currently known factors involved in meiosis shows a high degree of evolutionary conservation between mammals and more amenable model organisms such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans.
We utilize the nematode C. elegans and are taking an interdisciplinary approach involving genetics, molecular biology, cytological, and biochemical techniques to study two specific aspects of meiosis, oocyte meiotic arrest and oocyte maturation. In a majority of sexual reproducing animals, the female meiotic cycle involves a characteristic arrest that is alleviated at a later time point to ensure the proper coordination of oocyte maturation and fertilization such that no precious oocyte is wasted. Cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) are universal regulators of both mitotic and meiotic cell cycle progression in eukaryotes. It is a complex of Cdk1 and cyclin B, termed maturation promoting factor (MPF), that acts to drive the meiotic cell cycle forward. It is essential that the MPF complex be kept in an inactive state until maturation is required, which is accomplished via inhibitory phosphorylations of Cdk1 by the Wee1/Myt1 family of kinases. In C. elegans, when oocytes are depleted of the Myt1 ortholog, WEE-1.3, the animals exhibit precocious oocyte maturation, consisting of premature nuclear envelope breakdown and chromosome over-congression where the chromosomes have coalesced into a single mass of chromatin, and are fertilization incompetent and thus, infertile.
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In Parshas Kedoshim, we learn about three commandments having to do with the harvest. We are first told that one should not harvest the corner of one's field (ויקרא י"ט:ט'); this is the Mitzvah of פאה, referring to the פאה, the corner, of the field. In the same Posuk we are also told not to gather the gleanings of our harvest; this is the Mitzvah of לקט, the gleanings. In the next Posuk (שם פסוק י'), we are told not to gather the fallen fruit of the vineyard; this is the Mitzvah of פרט, the fallen fruit.
With reference to פאה, Rashi says that not harvesting the corner of the field means to leave a corner at the end of one's field for the poor. Regarding לקט, Rashi says that if one or two stalks fall, one must leave them for the poor. However, if as many as three fall, that is not considered לקט and one need not leave them. And regarding פרט, Rashi says that the fallen fruit of the vineyard refers to single grapes, as opposed to the whole clusters. What is Rashi getting at with these remarks? Why these details about exactly how much fell and where they fell? Aren't these all just cases of accidental leftovers that go to the poor man and the stranger, as the Posuk tells us "לעני ולגר תעזב אותם," "to the poor man and the stranger shall you leave them?" What difference does it make how much fell? Furthermore, the Posuk (שם) ends with the words אני ה'" אלקיכם," "I am Hashem your G-d." Why the dramatic ending? Rashi explains that these words tell us that Hashem is the one who will exact punishment and will fight on behalf of the poor. But why are we so serious about all this, when we are talking about only a little charity from what one has in one's field?
Perhaps the answer is hinted to by Rashi's comment about לקט. Rashi says that if one or two stalks fall, that's לקט, but more than that isn't. Why? Maybe this is what the end of the Posuk comes to explain by saying "אני ה'," "I am Hashem." This means that Hashem is responsible for this so called accidental dropping of stalks. It's the person's accident, but it is supervised by Hashem. If more than that small amount falls, it can no longer be considered an accident, and the Torah specifically wanted the poor people to be provided for by means of an "accident." Why does Hashem want it this way? This is Hashem's way of building into the harvesting process a method to support the poor person and the stranger. One should not think that just because one planted something, he gets all the crops. Hashem will always provide ways to help others through the leftovers; this is why Hashem is ready to fight for the poor and stranger. After all, Hashem made these "accidents" happen, and thus for us to keep the leftovers would be a denial of Hashem's involvement in our world.


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Would you trade your morning glass of orange juice for something new? Welch's boasts its Healthy Start 100% White Grape Orange Mango Juice contains twice the amount of antioxidant vitamin C found in orange juice as well as calcium and no added sugar or sweeteners.
Sound promising? Before you go out and purchase a carton, read what our Consumer Panelists have to say.
Personal banker Roger Bridge likes Welch's grape juices but wasn't crazy about the combination of grape, orange and mango juice.
"I could taste the flavor of all the juices, but I think it has a little too much mango. It has a heavy thick aroma when you put the glass to your mouth and an odd taste."
He said the amount of calcium and vitamin C in the juice is certainly something to consider but pointed out the drink is also high in sugars and has too many carbs. "I probably won't buy it again. I'd just as soon have orange juice."
Forget the flavor of mangoes. The mixture tasted more like apricots to lead computer analyst Mac McKernan, who thought the drink was too sweet. He detected the flavor of apples, too. "They're in the list of ingredients, and you can definitely taste them," he said.
He drank the juice for breakfast. "There's nothing on the label to lead me to believe it's any more nutritious than orange juice. I wouldn't drink it instead. It tastes more like a drink than a juice."
Technology manager Marcella Lowney tried a different flavor, Welch's White Grape Peach Mango Juice, and loved it.
"It's just delicious! I mainly tasted peach. It has a nice light flavor and is an excellent blend, not as heavy and thick as orange juice or overly sweet."
She drank the juice with her dinner and also mixed it with white wine, to make sangria, which she served to guests. "It was outstanding. Everyone liked it."
Homemaker Susan Drain and her family tried the Healthy Start Concord Grape Juice, which she said tasted fine but was very sweet. "My husband likes Welch's Light Grape Juice and said it isn't as sweet. This is very high in calories; I probably won't buy it again."
Retiree Cheryl Lacombe describes the juice as very sweet with a strong mango flavor. "My husband didn't like it at all. We try to watch our calories, and it's high in calories and sugar. If you have other options, why buy this? I'll give it to my daughter for the grandchildren."
One 8-ounce glass of juice contains 150 calories, 40 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of sugars, 38 grams of carbs and no cholesterol or fat.


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Breaking It Down: Your Health Insurance
One of the biggest rights of passage into adulthood is hopping off your parents' health insurance plan and getting your own. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, this is something your full-time employer has to give you, whether you understand how it works or not. Health insurance is a real money-saver, so it's pretty important you know the ins and outs of your specific plan. But sadly, just like filing your taxes, health insurance can be a little complicated. Here's a go-to guide for understanding your health insurance:
Where do you get health insurance?
Like we said above, health insurance is a basic part of your benefits from a full-time employer. If you're out in the adult world working your tail off at your big girl job, you definitely have a health insurance plan as a part of your work. Depending on your employer's plan, you get a certain part of your paycheck taken out to be able to have healthcare coverage. This is called your premium.
If you aren't working full-time (or for some people, even if you are), you're a dependent on your parents' plan. The ACA lets you hang out on there until you're 26.
A lot of schools will also allow you to sign up for their health insurance plan. This is especially good for those folks headed to graduate school full-time after turning 26.
What's a deductible?
Your health insurance deductible is the amount of out-of-pocket costs you rack up before your health insurance steps in. This is set at an annual cap, and depends on the kind of plan you have. If you're the only one on your plan, you'll have a smaller deductible than those with dependents or a family plan.
For example, if your plan has a $5,000 deductible, this means you pay $5,000 out-of-pocket costs before your health insurance steps in.
What's coinsurance?
Coinsurance is the shared cost you have with your insurer. For example, say you have a health catastrophe and you spend all $5,000 of your deductible. From there, you start paying with coinsurance. If you have a 20 percent coinsurance rate, and you spend $1,000 more than your deductible, you will pay $200 and your insurer will pay $800.
What's an out-of-pocket maximum?
Your health insurance plan will spell out an out-of-pocket maximum, which means the maximum amount of your own money you have to spend before your insurer steps in entirely. Say your out-of-pocket maximum is $6,000. After you've paid your $5,000 deductible and the $200 from your coinsurance rate, your insurer will start paying for everything.
And what about that copay thingy?
Copay is the part of health insurance you're probably most familiar with. It's what you deal with every time you get a physical or a small prescription. For example, if your copay on your plan for a wellness visit is $15, that's how much you need to write a check for at your annual check-up. Because your health insurance really doesn't want to step in after your out-of-pocket maximum (costing them a ton of money), they make your copays pretty cheap so you stay healthier.


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The Floral Street Festival will take place from December 30, 2011 to January 2, 2012 in Hanoi city centre to celebrate New Year 2012 and the 82nd anniversary of the Vietnamese Communist Party (1930-2012).
Streets around Hoan Kiem lake including Dinh Tien Hoang, Le Thai To and Le Thach, and the area around the Ly Thai To Monument, Ba Kieu temple and Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square will be festooned with numerous floral exhibitions featuring the cultural heritage of Thang Long – Hanoi and the lifestyle of Hanoians.
The tangible and intangible heritage of localities across the country, including 'Quan Ho' (love duet) singing from Bac Ninh in the north, the gong culture of the Central Highlands, and the traditional culture of Hue imperial city and Hoi An ancient city will also be reflected in the floral displays.
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Musician said he was 'pleased' about Trump's election win and Brexit because 'it gives us a kick up the arse'
Brian Eno has clarified recent comments he made about Donald Trump's Presidency.
Earlier this week, Eno made headlines after a Guardian interview in which he described himself as "pleased" about Trump's election win and Brexit if only because "it gives us a kick up the arse".
The seminal ambient and electronic musician has now elaborated on his stance, saying in a Facebook post: "May I make something absolutely clear: I think Donald Trump is a complete disaster. And Brexit is a disaster too. That said, what I think is an even greater disaster is that we in the US and the UK – and increasingly the rest of the world – live inside political systems that can produce absurd results like these."
Eno went on to add: "My hope – the only hope really – is that Trump in office will reveal himself for what he really is, and that the public will roundly and unequivocally reject him and everything he stands for – his terrible policies, his jingoism, his arrogance, his childishness, his lies, his prejudices and his small-mindedness. In rejecting Trump we'll also start to take down the whole malignant media-political structure that so lovingly nurtured him."
"As I've written before, I believe that Trump can turn out to be not the beginning of a long decline, but the end of one – the turning point. For 40 years we've been sliding into a deepening pit of inequality, fear-driven nationalism and conservatism, and mostly not noticing. Trump's presidency could inadvertently change that – not because he's going to do anything right but because his election is energising people to come to grips with the fact that their political system is fundamentally broken and it's time to do something about it. The demonstrations that happened last weekend are a reflection of this new mood."
"It would have been better if we hadn't got to this point, but that's where we are. My feeling is that a Clinton presidency (or even a 'remain' vote in Britain), though more comfortable in the short term, wouldn't have dealt with the fundamental problems that beset both our political systems. Trump has proven beyond doubt that the system is broken, so let's fix it."
Read Eno's previous comments about Trump and Brexit here.
Eno recently shared an extensive New Year's Day message, urging the public to push for equality.


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Things To Do with Kids in Decatur, AL | May 2018
May is a busy month in the River City! From Dragon Boats to Hot Air Balloons, there is no shortage of things for families to do in Decatur, Alabama!
PACT Touch-A-Truck
When: Saturday, May 5 | 10AM-2PM
Where: Morgan County Fairgrounds
Cost: FREE
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Children of all ages will enjoy sitting behind the wheel of their favorite vehicles and learning about the people who operate them. Parents and Children Together (PACT) will bring in emergency vehicles, construction and farm equipment, boats, trucks, and more for kids to explore. Sensory sensitive hours are from 10AM-11AM. During this time, there will be no horns, sirens, or loud noises from the trucks and equipment. Touch-A-Truck benefits PACT, a family resource center committed to stopping child abuse.
The Market on Bank
When: First Saturdays of the Month, Now through October | 6PM-9PM
Where: Bank Street
Cost: FREE
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The first Saturday of each month brings entertainment, food, and fun for the whole family to Decatur's historic Bank Street. This month features Jazz Under the Stars with Hartselle High Jazz Band opening for Randall Key and the Jazz Allstars.
Dragon Boat Festival
When: Saturday, May 12 | 8:30AM-4PM
Where: Point Mallard Park
Cost: FREE
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For the past 7 years, authentic drum ceremonies have enveloped the beaches at Point Mallard Park have 46-foot long authentic Hong Kong-style dragon boats have cut a race course through the waves of the Tennessee River. Join the Decatur Morgan Hospital Foundation for the annual Dragon Boat Race and Festival presented by Toray. Proceeds will provide funding for a new state of the art Mobile Medical Unit to be used for community outreach. This event is fun for both participants and spectators and is a fun cultural event like no other in the area.
3rd Fridays
When: Third Friday of the Month Now through October | 5PM
Where: 2nd Avenue in Downtown Decatur
Cost: FREE
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Join the merchants and restaurants of 2nd Avenue for the best block party in town. Special discounts at stores, live music and entertainment in the streets, a classic car show, and games for children of all ages, and artisan vendors will line the historic downtown street which will be blocked from traffic so that everyone can enjoy this fun night in the River City.
When: Friday-Saturday, May 18-19 | Gates open at 5:30PM on Friday; Continues all day on Saturday
Where: Point Mallard Park
Cost: FREE
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Join all your favorite Christian bands for a free concert for all on the lawn in front of the Spirit of America stage. The event is free and fun for the whole family. However, event organizers are asking everyone to bring new or gently used shoes to donate for those in need.
Diner En Blanc
When: Saturday, May 19 | Buses begin departing at 4:30PM
Where: It's the best kept secret in town!
Cost: $35 per person
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Established 30 years ago in Paris, Diner En Blanc is a chic all-white picnic that pops us in secret locations throughout the world, and it's coming to the River City! You'll need to grab a babysitter for this one, as Diner En Blanc is a 21 and older event. Admission is by invitation only, so contact the event organizers today to secure a spot on the waiting list.
Daikin Festival
When: Friday, May 25 | 6:30PM-9PM
Where: Morgan County Fairgrounds
Cost: FREE
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Attracting over 20,000 visitors, this event blends Japanese culture with Southern hospitality. Event goers can try traditional Japanese food or opt for Southern classics like BBQ or hamburgers and hotdogs. The Daikin Taiko drummers will highlight this evening of music, dancing, games, and fun!
Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Festival
When: Friday-Monday, May 25-28
Where: Point Mallard Park
Cost: FREE
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The Alabama Jubilee is probably every River City kid's favorite time of year. Hot Air balloons from all over the country will take over Point Mallard Park over Memorial Day weekend. Tethered balloon rides, a nighttime balloon glow, concerts, carnival rides, delicious food, games galore and a commanding display of fireworks are just a few of the activities that will captivate your entire family and make you wish Memorial Day weekend will never end.
Join us for a fun-filled May in Decatur-where-it's-greater! You won't be sorry you crossed the bridge into the River City for family fun!
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It was a beautiful beginning to the Fall season at Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver for Eunice & Kenny's engagement session. They are such a gracious couple and we were incredibly ecstatic to document their love for one another during golden hour in September. We cannot wait for their wedding at Rosewood Hotel Gerogia in 2019!Read More
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Gastown and West Vancouver Engagement Photography | Vivian & Rick
One of the more ambitious engagement sessions, we visited three locations! Our day started off in Gastown where it was evident from the start that this was going to be a special day based on Vivian and Rick's comfortability with each other. We then found ourselves at Rosewood Hotel Georgia before finally ending up in beautiful West Vancouver for the sunset. We are very much looking forward to their wedding at Rosewood Hotel Georgia this summer!Read More
West Vancouver Engagement Photography with Brittany & Kyle
It was truly an honour to capture Brittany & Kyle's engagement session in West Vancouver at Caulfield Park this summer. I have known Brittany over the past few years whereby we've had the pleasure of working together on several published fashion photoshoots in Vancouver. With love in their hearts and a beautiful location to match, here are highlights from Brittany & Kyle's engagement session.Read More
West Vancouver Engagement Session with Mytyl & Vincent
As much as we enjoy capturing your love filled moments, it's always a treat to photograph friends. That holds especially true when those friends are getting married! Not only is Vincent a close friend, but we hold him in high regard as a photographer and business partner through another venture as well. We knew this was going to be fun even before it started.Read More
Portrait session in West Vancouver at Lighthouse Park with Lily Ling
Exploring Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver with hair and makeup artist, Lily Ling.Read More
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Drones Uses in Governmental and Private Instances
A drone is an unmanned remotely controlled flying vehicle that additionally can be utilized for particular work notwithstanding simply having the capacity to fly around. Drones are utilized for photographic and video recording from above. Some are utilized to perform logical or specialized estimations. Some convey weapons and are utilized as battle instruments. Still other is utilized to convey payload and post between spots. The most recent advancement is drones that convey devices for establishment and fix.
The fundamental innovation in a drone comprise or the like of intensity plant, some impetus component, some sort of guiding system, some sort of sensors to perceive place and way and a sender-recipient unit to transmit and get signals for controlling and recording. Drones are found in all shapes you can discover in more noteworthy planes, and furthermore in all sort of extraordinary shapes, similar to elongated carriers, circles, triangles, doughnuts, stars or can take after enormous creepy crawlies or flying creatures.
Little or light drones are commonly determined by propellers associated with electric engines fueled by batteries. Consistently more one delivers light drones, controlled by sun powered boards that can fly noticeable all around for half a month on a fundamental level. A few drones are held on high by gas lighter than air, similar to an airship, which additionally makes the drone ready to hold itself noticeable all around for quite a while. More prominent or heavier drones are generally controlled by some sort of burning motor, similar to cylinder engines, turboprop engines or turbojet engines. It is additionally conceivable to build dronex pro fueled by atomic vitality that can remain high up for quite a long time or weeks, and particularly if those drones are in part made as gas-filled dirigibles. Such atomic power sources require not be what is viewed as nuclear reactors. The vitality source can be uncommon isotopes that emanate seriously and accordingly deliver enough warmth to control the drone. A portion of these isotopes emanate for the most part alpha-beams or beta-beams that can be protected off without substantial coverings.
Since most employments of drones are held mystery or not reported openly, it is hard to give a full record of the degree of their utilization and who are utilizing them, however a genuinely clear picture develops dependent on authority sources, journalistic and logical articles, ads from drone makers, and accounts of individuals coming in contact with drones being used. Most drones are presumably utilized by common experts and property proprietors for local reconnaissance of different kind, similar to fringe control, street activity observation, fierce blaze recognition, air photography, geographic mapping, pipeline control, electric lattice control and observation of group conduct. Drones are relentlessly more used to transmit perspectives of game titles. Police powers utilize drones for discovery and examination of violations, a training that additionally appears to include coordinate spying by drones on private nationals at their homes.


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As leaders, our success depends on how we are seen by others because moving others to a set of goals is our job. Leadership is not a solo act. Without the support of your team and strategic partners, nothing will happen.
If you're feeling stuck professionally, have you sought feedback about how others see you? We use mirrors to check and calibrate our physical selves. We have principles we live by that drive our decision making and determine some of our habits (e.g. being responsive to voice mail and email, or meeting deadlines). But there is more to each of us than our physical appearance and our conscious habits, and it takes input from others to see these things.
Information that is valuable to us includes: Do we inspire others to follow us? How do we show up when we're under fire? Do people think that we listen? Do people trust us?
Once I was fortunate to have a friend who gave me feedback about how I was coming across in meetings where I was under fire. She told me that I was sinking in my chair. After that, I was much more mindful of my body posture, especially when meetings were not going my way.
How can you get that feedback? Here are three possibilities:
1) Find a trusted professional friend or two who will give you that feedback. Of course you won't have constant coverage like Pinocchio had in Jiminy Cricket, but even intermittent feedback is helpful.
2) Take a personality assessments such as Hogan. When I first took the Hogan, I was put off by the results. Later, I realized that they they tell you things about yourself that everyone else knows about you (but is painful to hear). I look for signs of my dark side popping out just as I monitor my the conscious aspects of my behavior as a coach.
3)There are also 360 reviews, where you get feedback from your boss, subordinates, and peers. These can be helpful, but sometimes the questions are vague. The most helpful part of these surveys are the comments.
Having insight into how we come across is critical to leadership success. We cannot rely on ourselves alone for this input.
QUESTION: How do you get feedback?
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When you're launching a primarily slightly Apple-focused site that covers tech in the world today, it'd be nice to have some shiny news to discuss. Maybe I should have done this last Wednesday when the iPad was announced! Or maybe tomorrow, since our favorite fruit company typically releases new stuff on Tuesdays. But I'd also have to compete with the groundhog tomorrow. My feelings on it? It's the beginning of a new month, and it's the best time to begin something.
Welcome to techēse. The language of ones, zeros, and more acronyms than you can shake an iPod shuffle at. My goal on this site is to offer news and opinions about the latest in tech. I'll be the first to admit that I am an Apple zealot, so expect a lot of talk about Cupertino. But I've been wanting to expand to talking about any interesting tech advancements, without having the name of the site give visitors the impression that all things will lead back to Apple. MacGeek Pro (the previous home of my writing) was so focused on one thing that I felt painted into a corner topically. That severely hampered my writing during times when Apple would go on a dry spell of announcements. Now is the time to start fresh with a new name, new design, and a new platform (Squarespace is much nicer for me than Wordpress).
Enjoy the new look and feel. Go ahead and take a look around the site. Don't be surprised if there are a few tweaks (nothing too drastic) over the next week or too as I settle in. Enjoy.


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Wayne Anthony Ross
Sarah Palin (R)
JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline)-Gov. Sarah Palin's nominee for Alaska attorney general appeared before state lawmakers Wednesday for the start of his confirmation hearings.
The Republican governor has nominated Wayne Anthony Ross, a leader of the National Rifle Association and two-time gubernatorial candidate, to serve as the state's next chief legal officer.
Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ross was peppered with questions about his position on a range of issues, including subsistence and tribal sovereignty for which Native Alaskan leaders have opposed his nomination.
Palin has drawn fire over Ross's nomination from the Association of Village Council Presidents, which provides social services to Alaska Natives.
Ross, during his 2002 gubernatorial run, pledged to "hire a band of 'junkyard dog' assistant attorney generals to challenge the federal law that requires a subsistence preference" for native groups.
"Nobody ever accused me of tippy toeing around the issues. Now I'm asking for this job of advocating for Alaska, for the state that I love almost as much as I love my wife," Ross told the committee.
Ross was also asked how he would handle situations similar to the ones encountered by former Attorney General Talis Colberg while Palin was the center of an ethics probe at the same time she was the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Colberg, a Palin appointee, was criticized by some lawmakers for being more loyal to the governor's political interests than he was interested in being an advocate for Alaskans.
"How would you handle a conflict between your duty to the governor and your duty to the law?" state Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, asked.
Ross said he would serve the interests of the state rather than of the governor.
"My duties to the law come first. I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and that of the State of Alaska. I didn't take an oath to support and defend the governor," Ross said.
Ross will appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday. State legislators are scheduled to vote April 16 on whether Ross should be the state's attorney general.
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Wonder Women, Final 16
You don't know what's lurking a few scrolls down, and I'm afraid for your sweet souls.
This week will destroy you. Truly. I recommend a batch of Cumbercookies to drown your sorrows.
REGION ONE, Final Four
#1 Sandra Bullock v. #4 Emma Watson
And this one isn't even that hard.
Sandra is America's true sweetheart... spunky, resilient, and has played some of the most likable characters we still obsess over. It could be that we love her characters more than we actually love her? It's hard to say.
Left in her wake so far: Jessica Alba, Jenna Fischer, and a trashing of Julia Louis Dreyfus
Emma is Hermione. I mean, we know other films she's been in (right?), but she's Hermione through and through. Plus she does all of that work for gender equality and looks like Audrey Hepburn doing it. And British accent yes please. She's not the greatest actress, but she seems like a stellar person. In fact, she's part of my dream celebrity dinner party.
Left in her wake so far: Margot Robbie, Robin Wright, Allison Janney in an extremely close race
#2 Tina Fey v. #3 Emily Blunt
Now we're talking. And crying. So much crying.
Tina is the spirit animal of every cynical white lady in her 30s. Her brain is amazing, and I'm an enthusiastic yes to anything she wants to do, even if it's terrible. Plus Liz Lemon is one of the greatest television characters of all time.
Left in her wake so far: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Helen Mirren (although the Dame put up a good fight)
And Emily??? To think that I'd even waver in my vote here is scandalous, but that's how powerful Emily Blunt is in my life. I know that nobody's perfect, but Emily might be close. I don't know who I'm going to choose. MY SOUL HAS TURNED TO VAPOR THIS IS TOO HARD.
Left in her wake so far: Anna Kendrick, Sally Field, and the beautiful but not quiiiiiite as beloved Rachel McAdams
The winners of these two pairings will match up. There are no good scenarios here.
REGION FOUR, Final Four
#1 Meryl Streep v. #4 Lauren Graham
It's like choosing between your best friend and your insanely talented aunt/mom/grandma (depending on your year of birth) who happens to have a million Oscars.
Meryl is Meryl. It feels silly to try and quantify her. As Cameron from Modern Family said, "Meryl could play Batman, and it'd be the right choice." Plus she's such a badass activist and has been known to kindly but truthfully advise young costars. Raise 'em up, Meryl.
Left in her wake so far: Kathryn Hahn, Judi Dench, and barely beat Melissa McCarthy... that was a tough matchup
Lauren has really just been three people to us - Lorelai Gilmore, Sarah Braverman, and herself. And frankly, herself is my favorite of the three, and I LOVE those characters. She's about as regular as they come, seemingly unaffected by fame, and starting a writing career in her 40s! A good one! She's a little bit my hero.
Left in her wake so far: Holly Hunter, Ellie Kemper, and a slaughter of your beloved Zooey Deschanel
#3 Jennifer Garner v. #7 Julie Andrews
Julie has taken down some big names; does Jennifer have the goods to do the same?
Jennifer is the country's beloved jilted wife (boo, Ben) and Sydney Bristow. Plus she's kind and spunky, puts her dad in her credit card commercials, and has dimples. All the checks for Jen.
Left in her wake so far: Felicity Jones, Lupita Nyong'o, and (sob face) Mindy Kaling but it was SO CLOSE
Julie... what are we supposed to even say? She makes the word classy seem low class. No one is more poised, lovely, and British than Julie Andrews. She's been killing it for literally decades, and I need her face cream STAT.
Left in her wake so far: Sarah Paulson, Kerry Washington, and EMMA STONE... and while it wasn't a blowout, it wasn't close either
Again, the winners of these two pairs will face off and then go against the winner of Region One, i.e. many more tears to come, guys.
REGION TWO, Final Four
#1 Reese Witherspoon v. #12 Claire Danes
Which blonde do you prefer - the cute business owner who happens to get super entitled when she's drunk or the beautiful robot? I mean, I do love them both. But that's super real.
Reese is a delight. Truly. Her Instagram account shows us that you can be rich and also regular! (Kind of.) And she's incredibly talented no doubt hashtag Oscar. If it wasn't for that whole yelling at the police situation, I'd be all in.
Left in her wake so far: Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana, and most recently the beautiful and supremely talented Amy Adams
Claire has been around forever with her tears and her awards and her miraculous aging.
Left in her wake so far: Vanessa Williams, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Keri Russell by A NOSE
#6 Emma Thompson v. #10 Maggie Smith
McGonagall versus Trelawney! The no-restraint Dowager versus the complete-restraint Elinor Dashwood. THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET.
Emma is sassy and perfect. End of story.
Left in her wake so far: Amy Schumer, Rashida Jones, and SHE TOOK OUT JENNIFER ANISTON, Y'ALL
Maggie is also sassy and perfect. End of another story.
Left in her wake so far: Ellen Page, Nicole Kidman, and SHE TOOK OUT JENNIFER LAWRENCE, Y'ALL
They took out two of the most beloved Jennifers around without skipping a beat. Crazy. And also awesome. How do we even do this.
The winners of these two pairings will be mortal enemies next week. I'm calling it now though that the winner of Emma and Maggie takes either blonde.
REGION THREE, Final Four
#4 Betty White v. #16 Kristen Bell
Now don't freak out, but in some ways, I can see Kristen Bell becoming Betty White-esque as she ages. Saying what she wants and never making a wrong move... they're oddly alike.
We all think Betty is actually Ryan Reynolds' grandma in The Proposal, and I'm totally okay with that assumption. She's just way too fun.
Left in her wake so far: Tatiana Maslany, Kristen Wiig, and Ellen Degeneres... taking out some power houses, man
Kristen wasn't on my radar until Veronica Mars, and now I'm obsessed. And I've heard that The Good Place is fantastic... can't wait to actually find out. Sell me a fridge, Kristen!
Left in her wake so far: Octavia Spencer, Julia Freaking Roberts, and now the Amazonian pixie Cate Blanchett
#2 Kate Winslet v. #3 Amy Poehler
Kate makes us all go pitter patter with her talent and her hips and her missed connection with Leo. (Somebody PLEASE make that happen forthelove.)
Left in her wake so far: Mariska Hargitay, Anne Hathaway (good riddance), and your recently beloved Mandy Moore... This Is Us couldn't save her
Amy is Tina's best friend, a baller working mom, runs an organization for young girls, still has a hand in the improv theater that gave her her start, and the cutest foul-mouthed human around.
Left in her wake so far: Rosamund Pike, Cobie Smulders, and most recently Drew Barrymore
This region is the biggest tossup. I have zero idea what you guys are going to do. It's RIVETING.


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#2. Go for lower prize payouts if you want regular winnings.
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By Melissa Lake
An important part of stating Armenian culture has never died is to focus on its evolution. In biology we determine the fitness of a species by its ability to adapt to and cope with its environment, and just like animals will experience the Darwinian "survival of the fittest" law of nature, cultures throughout society have come and gone, waxed and waned, morphing and changing with time, some continuing on while others are left to die. As a scientist, I'm inclined to draw parallels to the laws of nature, so Armenian culture was no different to me. I see our common ancestor, a rich but concentrated culture exclusive to almost one singular area of the world, and I see its descendants, its gradual evolution and growth, its continued adaptations needed to survive in new environments. I see the branching from the original, the creation of different sub-families within a greater species. And like species in nature, while we all share a similar common ancestor, while our basic foundations are from the same source, all different Armenian cultures had to individually adapt to survive to their unique environments.
For my personal cultural experience, I was raised believing I was Turkish while still knowing I was Armenian. Whether it be to spare a child from tales of horrific violence, the inability to speak of a wound still raw and painful, or the fact that the reason my family is here today is thanks to the kindness of Turkish strangers, my mother never really spoke to me of the genocide when I was young. So my youth was a mix of two conflicting cultures: I ate breakfast in a kitchen adorned with Armenian flags but then talked about Turkey when people asked what ethnicity my mother was. My mother never renounced her nationality but also never abandoned her heritage. She was Turkish-Armenian just as American diaspora-born Armenians are Armenian-American. But I think this cultural fusion speaks more for Armenian perseverance than it does of forced Turkish cultural assimilation. My mother and her family spent years hiding their true ethnicity, adopting a culture that had seen to the decimation of their own. And yet their root culture was not lost, it had simply changed, evolving in its latency.
I'm here now, an adult raised a part of two enemy cultures, proud to say I am both, but also acutely aware that I am an Armenian by blood and birthright, and a Turk by genocide. And thus, I don't think it would be too bold to say that Armenian genetics are a dominant trait. Somewhere on one of our 46 chromosomes sits an allele unique to Armenians and even through generational dilution it still permeates as strong as ever.
Even I stand up here today, half Turkish diasporan Armenian and half generationally American, raised in a town where I was the only Armenian, incapable of speaking the language of my ancestors, more than aware that I am Armenian before I am anything else. And whether it be through generations of ethnic mixing or from sheer distance from an elusive homeland, this genomic marker still remains permanent and impervious to the effects of time and other evasive cultural interference.
We are a culture of a people marred by tragedy and driven by strength. We are a culture of people who refuse to be forgotten, a people who refuse to be ignored and driven into obscurity. We are a culture that has survived through insurmountable strife and impossible odds. We are a culture that has come back from the systematic annihilation of our people stronger than we were before. You can drag us from our homes, you can burn us and rape us and reduce us to nothing, you can forcefully and coercively take the people out of Armenia, but you cannot, through any form of abuse or injustice or forced assimilation, take Armenia out of the people.


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FRIDAY FIVE: July 20, 2018
DID YOU KNOW? The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 by one of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers during their campaign in Egypt.
Though several scholars have tried to crack the code found on the Rosetta Stone, a French Egyptologist named Jean-Francois Champollion was the one who ultimately deciphered the hieroglyphics using his knowledge of Greek as a helping guide. His contribution gave way to new insight on Egyptian culture and language and brought hieroglyphics back to life – a language thought dead for nearly 2,000 years. Now that you've been inspired by this story of how discovery led to a bringing-together of the cultures, let's check out these five timely nonprofit headlines from the news this week.
1. Leveraging the Pro Bono Business Model for your Nonprofit
People are happy to volunteer their time if they know that doing so will give them a sense of purpose. A nonprofit may encounter some unique challenges in seeking to leverage a pro bono business model though. For example, how do you ensure people honor the commitment they make? Effective leaders should tap into their employees' emotional intelligence and use positive reinforcement where needed in order to provide a platform for their working-for-free employees to thrive. In order to create an operational system to facilitate the work, nonprofits should focus on finding the right people, such as business-minded people who value the cause and dedicated people who want a more authoritative position in order to create a larger impact. Burnout and attrition among volunteers must be tackled as well though. It is important to maintain a strong sense of community, ensure that time off and breaks are taken, and celebrate victories while taking into account individuals' needs. Learn more by clicking on the link above!
2. Current news on suggestions for 501(c)(4) reformation
Section 501(c)(4) has, at times, undermined provisions of section 501(c), leading to statutory changes for veterans' organizations, homeowners' organizations, amateur sports, and credit counseling. As a result of these negative impacts, Ellen P. Aprill has written an article with suggestions on how to reform the 501(c)(4). She makes the case for possible taxation of investment income and predicted growth of the subsector in light of 2017 tax legislation that increased the standard deduction and limited certain itemized deduction. Check out her article by clicking the link above.
Want more information connected to 501(c)(4)s engaged in political activity? Want "More About 501(c)(4)s Than You Ever Wanted to Know? Check out this link.
Do you have 501(c)(3) status and want to learn more about the effects of lobbying on your nonprofit? A 501(h) election may help you. All charitable nonprofits may freely engage in legislative lobbying as long as those activities remain an insubstantial amount in comparison to the nonprofit's other activities. A 501(h) election is a consideration for those nonprofits who may be worried whether their legislative lobbying activities will interfere with their tax-exempt status. Essentially, it is a form that nonprofits can file in order to elect to be measured by an "expenditure test." In other words, it serves as insurance for nonprofits who may otherwise overstep their tax-exempt status into IRS no-no land.
Table of Limits specified in section 4911.
Organizations with an interest in filing 501(h) election should submit Form 5768 at any time during the tax year for which it is to be effective.
Learn more by clicking the link above for more info.
4. How to counteract workplace toxicity
Though nonprofits do great work, it should not be taken for granted that they are great places to work. Are your organization's values and cultural norms explicitly stated? If not, create an explicit values statement. Are there accountability policies in place? Start with incorporating questions about values and culture into the board's annual performance assessment. (Check out the National Council on Nonprofits for helpful resources in this area.) Have members reflect on their overall performance in light of the organization's mission, values, and goals. Have in place a 360-degree feedback process to provide employees perspective on their achievements. To this end, managers should use a survey tool or confidential interviews from peers.
Does your organization have policies in place to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at all levels? With the help of strong human resource policies, nonprofits can develop a culture of belonging in which employees can thrive. Does your revenue model take into account fair and equitable employee compensation? It is clearly bad practice to overwork and underpay your employees, and attracting and retaining talented staff involves fair compensation. Make the case to your funders that your budget must include the full cost for delivering great programs. Don't forget other employee benefits, such as sabbaticals, wellness or self-care programs, and professional development opportunities as well! Click on the link above to read more.
5. How to handle customer disappointment
Nonprofits provide important services, and complaints inevitably crop up. However, customer complaints are often preventable. A mantra for your organization to live by:
1) Open communication lines with customers.
2) Set good/feasible expectations with customers.
3) Maintain high commitment to customer service.
a. This will help prevent issues before they become problems.
Research shows that resolving a customer complaint in a positive manner will lead the customers to
1) recommend the business to others
2) return as repeat customers
Top Customer Complaints:
1) Product Disappointment
a. Customers will often leave negative reviews of the product and business on Yelp and Google, which can then result in businesses responding in a manner that worsens the situation.
i. Remedy: Have an excellent Quality Control department and Customer Expectation Management.
1. QC- Is it the right color/size/etc. for the order? (Don't have a QC dept.? You, the owner, can fill this role and be your own quality control member.)
2. Customer expectations- share important product details with the customer before purchase so reasonable expectations are set.
2) Poor Service
a. Bad service experiences can lose customers to the competition. Reports of employee rudeness/knowledge/speed
b. Customers need the assurance they'll be treated with courtesy, and that their issue will be resolved in a timely and satisfactory manner.
i. Remedy: Breed a culture of service within the team. Every team member (including those not directly involved with customer service) should exemplify customer respect.
3) Negative Atmosphere
a. Think dirty restrooms, uncomfortable seats, horrible temperatures, and aggravating music.
b. A lack of transparency that allows for customers to find what they need can also contribute to the problem.
i. Remedy: Be honest when you answer this question: Is your establishment user-friendly? The physical grounds are an extension of the business and play a part in representing the whole of the establishment.
1. Open communication lines à Dirty restroom – Call this number and leave feedback. Thank you for your time! (It's super important to catch these issues in real time!!!)
4) Poor Communication
a. (E.g. Product is no longer available; There was a mistake in the order; Can't deliver as promised.) Hey, mistakes happen. Don't fret, just communicate. Companies should be more up front with customers about issues that have popped up. Secondly, have a game plan in hand for when an issue arises, and communicate with the customer about it. Make sure a game of phone tag doesn't ensue and allow for follow-up with the customer so that the issue doesn't stay unresolved.
i. Remedy: Be upfront, clear, and always available. Even if there's bad news, deliver it to the customer.
5) A Lack of Information
a. Customers want to know the services your business provides.
i. Remedy: Share important details about your business.
1. Clear, easy to find contact information with phone, email, and mail options
2. Directions and parking options
3. Menus or prices
4. Service details and amenities available
5. Testimonials or reviews
6. Options for giving feedback
Want more top customer complaints? Click on the link above. 😊
That's it for this week's Friday Five! We're all set for a great weekend ahead. See you next week!
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