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Most people who undergo cosmetic procedures have no more protection than someone buying a toothbrush, according to an independent review which has proposed a range of new curbs on the industry. Nine out of 10 cosmetic procedures are non-surgical treatments such as dermal fillers or Botox injections. They can currently be performed by anyone. The market, worth £2.6bn in 2010, is projected to rise to £3.6bn by 2015. The review board, chaired by NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, said that they were "surprised" to learn that such treatments are almost entirely unregulated, despite the risk of major and irreversible damage...Continue reading
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Valentine's Day is finally upon us; and like it or not, it's basically impossible to escape. But whether or not you have a real-life special someone, chances are you also have a YouTube crush.
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FRISCO, Tex. — Gazing forward optimistically to the 2017 season during a news media address over the summer, Gary Patterson, the longtime football coach at Texas Christian, also took a moment to reflect on his state's dismal 2016.
It was probably Texas' worst college football season in its long, proud history. For the first time since 1967, when The Associated Press ranked only a top 10, none of the state's top-tier programs claimed a place in the season's final poll. Given the seemingly limitless resources available to Texas teams — in finances, players, coaches, pedigree and fan support — the failure was, for many in the state, hard to fathom.
"We should be embarrassed," Patterson said.
Sheer numbers give Texas little excuse for such a lapse: The state is home to a dozen teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision and to five in the high-resource Power Five conferences; both figures are the most of any state. Texas teams have been crowned national champions five times, according to The A.P. (and more, according to their own accounting), with the University of Texas, the state's bell cow, in the lead with three, most recently after the 2005 season.
On a more spiritual level, the state has a good claim to being football's headquarters, as the home of America's Team and "Friday Night Lights," and a place where, more than any other, fall weekends are reserved for one thing.
"I grew up in Texas, played high school football in southeast Texas," said R.C. Slocum, a former Texas A&M coach. "The dads all worked in the refineries and shipyards together. So there was huge competitiveness: Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange. It was the biggest thing going on when I was growing up. If you were an able-bodied young guy, you almost had to play."
"I know it's big in Ohio and places like that," he added, "but I'd say there's no place it's bigger than in Texas."
So what is to blame for Texas' stunning shutout? And can it recover in time not to undergo the same humiliation for a second consecutive year? Only one state team was included in The A.P.'s preseason top 25, which was released last week: the University of Texas, at No. 23.
To hear Texans tell it, last season's troubles derived partly from misfortune — several simultaneous blips from programs that began the season with high hopes. T.C.U., for example, opened the season at No. 13, ahead of state rivals Houston (No. 15) and Baylor (No. 23).
"It just happened to happen," said Ty Summers, a T.C.U. linebacker from San Antonio. "It's not like we all got on the same page and said, 'Hey, we're going to do bad this year.'"
T.C.U. — the most consistent of Texas' major powers in recent years, having averaged more than nine wins a season in 16 years under Patterson — was 6-7. Texas A&M stumbled to its third consecutive 8-5 finish. Baylor, mired in a sexual-assault scandal and playing under a lame-duck acting coach, sputtered to 7-6. And the Texas Longhorns, not a decade removed from a national title game appearance under the former coach Mack Brown, had their third losing campaign in three seasons under his successor, Charlie Strong. Dogged for months by premature reports that he was out, Strong was finally fired, less than 24 hours after a 31-9 home loss to T.C.U. ended Texas' season at 5-7.
But 2016 was more than just unlucky for Texas. The recent struggles of the state's best teams are also structural, experts say, arising out of documented trends that have weakened several of the programs' built-in advantages.
Most notably, a high school football pipeline that has produced a steady flow of talented prospects, the state's longstanding point of pride, has been increasingly diverted.
Texas produces the most blue-chip high school players in the country, according to 247Sports, but last year, only one of the state's top 10 recruits committed to a team in Texas. The rest were lured north to Oklahoma and Ohio State, east to Louisiana State, Florida State and Alabama, and west to Stanford. Many other prospects followed, taking their talents to places as diverse as Oklahoma State, Southern California, Michigan and Northwestern.
The days when Texas coaches had their choice of the cream of the state's high school crop seem long gone. And Texas-size advantages like facilities, big crowds and television exposure, which once helped sway recruits to stay in the state, can now be found almost anywhere.
"Oklahoma and L.S.U. and Oklahoma State, those are three powerful programs, not to mention the Alabamas that can come in," said Hal Wasson, the head coach at Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Tex. "I've got a kid at Stanford right now. Look what they have to offer. Travel's not an issue anymore. Money's not an issue. You're going to get an education there, play in a great environment."
Several observers suggested that Texas A&M's move from the Big 12 — the league of the state's other Power Five teams — to the Southeastern Conference several years ago greased the wheels for proximate SEC powers like L.S.U. and Alabama to make recruiting headway at Texas high schools.
But for the best teams, recruiting has become more of a national endeavor anyway. Tom Herman, the new Longhorns coach, whose Houston squad last year was the only Texas team even to receive votes in the final A.P. poll, this summer referred to a nameless "Ohio State coordinator" a few years earlier who had signed several top Texas prospects, including the Buckeyes' current starting quarterback, J.T. Barrett. As Herman's bashful tone suggested, he and the aforementioned coordinator were one and the same.
"I think the doors to out-of-state recruiting have been opened a little bit," Herman said.
Yet beyond distant teams' hoarding of talented recruiters with deep Texas ties, life in 2017 has eroded whatever fence used to keep Texas high school players close to home.
"You see these kids being able to look on social media, on Twitter, and see these campuses and all these highlight films," said Texas Tech Coach Kliff Kingsbury, a native Texan and former Red Raiders quarterback. "It makes it feel a lot closer than it actually is."
"Whereas in the past," he added, "they probably weren't getting up to see all those places. It has provided this access, and that's the day we're in."
The nationalization of recruiting in turn reflects the nationalization of the sport, in which coaching talent and resources have been spread ever more thinly, and in some ways more evenly. That has meant that Texas' blue blood teams — and, above all, the Longhorns — can no longer count on contending every season.
"It used to be you could go around the country and think of 10 or 15 teams," Slocum said, "and year in and year out, they were going to be those teams, and they didn't vary too much."
State programs like Baylor and T.C.U. have actually benefited from this dynamic, becoming national (and state) powers in the process. And there is cause to think both will be successful again: Baylor has hired a respected coach, Matt Rhule, as a permanent replacement for Art Briles, who was forced out before last season. Houston and Southern Methodist have promising young coaches in Major Applewhite and Chad Morris.
And then there are the Longhorns and the Aggies. They again produced the most revenue of the country's athletic departments, per USA Today's database. And between them they have secured verbal commitments from seven of Texas' 10 best current high school seniors.
For that reason and others, Herman has infused his new Orange and White constituents with energy, and hope (even as Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin sits in a seat whose heat even he has acknowledged).
"The Orangebloods are as burnt as ever and excited about their new coach," Dan Jenkins, the longtime Texas-based sportswriter, said in an email. "T.C.U. has found fame and fortune like no time since the glorious '30s. There are obviously enough talented players coming out of Texas high schools to supply everybody in this state and others."
This will continue, Jenkins said, as long as the population grows "and high schools build football stadiums that will hold more fans than Princeton."
Jenkins, who was a child during T.C.U.'s "glorious '30s," seemed unworried about the future of Texas football.
"For me," he added, "a larger question is why does the Big Ten have 14 teams, while the Big 12 only has 10?"


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Here is our full disclosure right now about our feelings on social media: The ROI is not high enough to spend a bunch of time doing it.
Sure, a friend or relative of one of your patients may see the nice things they say about you and decide to call your office. But those are going to be few and far between.
In the meantime, you and your staff can spend literally HOURS a day tweeting, posting on Facebook and Pinterest, and engaging whatever other social media outlets you like.
Just to be clear: this is not anti-social media. At SmartBox, we have Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and all that. But we don't recommend them, and we don't spend time on them looking for prospects, as doing so is a waste of resources.
So a blog that seemed to promote small and medium businesses increasing their Twitter marketing campaigns was very interesting.
Here are some of the stats about small and medium businesses:
- 51% of businesses use Twitter every day.
- 73% of people said they feel more confident in a business after following it and reading some of its Tweets.
- 57% of people have discovered a new business on Twitter.
- 32% of people found a new business because of a promoted, or paid, tweet.
- 67% of people have retweeted a business's tweet.
- 81% of people are more likely to take action after seeing something on Twitter than seeing something through any other marketing channel, including visiting the company's website, getting an email, and getting direct mail.
- 85% of followers feel more connected to a business after following it.
- The most common reason someone tweets at a business is to share a good experience.
It makes you want to spend all day tweeting, doesn't it? That would make sense, since Twitter did the study of 1,000 people in the US who use Twitter monthly.
Here are some other statistics that show how unimportant those statistics are:
- Only 16% of American adults even use Twitter.
- Of that 16%, only 11% tweet monthly.
Frankly, that's just not very many people nationally, and it's certainly not a very big pool in your individual community. This post certainly isn't meant to hate on Twitter. In fact, you should market via Twitter IF you can do so without dumping a lot of time and energy into it. You may well get some incidental referrals and new patients.
But like most social media, Twitter can be a huge time suck without getting a lot in return.
There's one other important aspect of these stats: They don't state how many Twitter users actually became paying customers due to reading something on Twitter.
Marketing of any kind has one ultimate goal – to drive business, whether that means increased sales or getting more and better dental patients. If your Twitter presence is putting butts in chairs, then by all means continue. If not, then redirecting that staff time and energy into marketing that brings more quantifiable results is the way to go.


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Tornatore's next film will have even more of a connection to the former Soviet Union - he is planning a historical epic that depicts the siege of Leningrad by the German army in World War II, a subject that was also one Sergio Leone's pet projects before he died.
The Best Film award went to a Russian effort, Travelling with Pets (Puteshestviye s domashnimi zhyvotnymi), a rustic romance directed by Vera Storozheva. The choice gave rise to speculation in the Russian media about a trend of diplomatic western juries aiming to please their hosts by giving this award to Russian films and a possible conflict of interest with this year's choice, as jury member Renata Litvinova played the lead role in one of Storozheva's previous films, Sky. Plane. Girl. (Nebo, samolyot, devushka), as well as directing Storozheva as actress in her film The Godess (Boginya: kak ya polyubila).
Australian director Fred Schepisi, the jury president, said at the festival's closing that none of the jury's choices were unanimous and the deliberations took longer this year than at any other time in the festival's history. The other jury members include Anna Galiena, Ildiko Enyedi, Renata Litvinova, Dito Tsintsadze, Fred Roos and Othman Karim, whose film Om Sara won the Best Film Award last year.
The Special Jury Prize went to Georgian filmmaker Aleko Tsabadze's film Russian Triangle, about the Russian-Chechen conflict.
The Best Film in the Perspectives competition, which honours directors' first or second films, went to Monotony (Monotonija), the first feature from Latvian documentarian Juris Poskus.
'I have to say that the organisers had to exert tremendous effort to put together such a magnificent programme,' said festival president Nikita Mikhalkov at the closing ceremony, 'This year, the festival's attendance has tripled, and this already means a lot! This year, for the first time, we had a full-fledged competition programme that could have been presented any major international film festival.'
This year the MIFF showcased around 200 films, 19 of which were in the main competition and 10 in the Perspectives competition. The festival counted over 100,000 admissions at its main venue, the 11-screen Oktyabr Cinema.
This year's program was notable in that due to administrative difficulties, the festival programme had to be put together in two months, the shortest lead-time the festival has ever had. This year's fest was also worthy of distinction because for the first time in the festival's history, the programme director was a foreigner - Finland 's Kirsi Tykkylainen.


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21 Nov Max's Incy Wincy!
Posted at 09:28h in Featured, Nursery News, Parent Reminders 1 Comment
Max was singing Incy Wincy spider and decided to draw both the spider and the rain.
Amy thought they were lovely pictures and thought you might like to see them too.
Well done Max!


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By Irene Signorelli
European Union manged to survive to one of the worst crisis it ever occurred after the Treaty of Rome were signed.
Nowadays, it is living an unhoped strong and fast-paced recovery, regarding not only economic indicators but also its worldwide leadership, Member's cooperation and popularity among its citizens. Even if for many (but not for all) these difficult days have just become only a nightmare we just have wake up from, the structural problems that generated the nightmare are still there. This moment of recovery and partially regained trust, must be absolutely and fully deployed for amends the past faults, fill up the discrepancies left behind by the building process of European Institutions and finally, concentrate both national and supranational effort in reshaping the sensible areas hit by the crises. Economy, especially financial and macroeconomic frameworks, Foreign policy, Asylum policy included, and internal and external reputation of the Union are the most pressing topic that the Union must face right now.
Since the 2008 economic crisis started to spread from the US to Europe, the Union lived one of its darkest period ever. As the European markets and banks had been contaminated, the financial crisis started to mow down occupation index and investments indicators. Soon after the weakest economies among Member States, faced an unsustainable national debt and required the assistance of the Central Bank to avoid default. While Portugal, Spain, Ireland economies recovered thanks to the European bail out, Italy and Greece are still facing the repercussion of the crisis. Greece national debt drama has kept all public opinion and media attention alive for the past seven years. Was shocking seeing what was supposed to be an "Union" of States acting not so differently from any supranational committee, were every Part (and no more Member) were pursuing their own strategies and where the central Institutions were simply hosting the reunion but not even remotely coordinating the effort of managing the crisis. The lack of coordination between European Members on how to deal with Greek debt embittered countries relations, while austerity fan accused Greeks of laziness and Greek accused austerity fan of smashing down any possibility of recovering from the crisis. The undemocratic management of the crisis as well the astonishing repercussions suffered by civil population, caused a further wave of mistrust and unpopularity toward European institutions.
As Greek situation started to normalize in 2016, the country has been place of another emergency, this time humanitarian one. After the sharpening of Syrian Civil War and the takeover of great size of Middle East by the Islamic State, Europe have had to face the biggest mass migration after the WW II. Even if the flux raised already in 2o11, the 2015 saw a change of routes conducting to the Holy Land Europe. As Balkans started to close their borders and built fences, more migrants chose to tempt the more dangerous sea crossing, sailing to Italy, Spain and Greece. Another time, European Union found itself helpless.
A short sighted existing Asylum framework (Dublin Convention), inner political divisions combined with nationalistic and populistic insurgences, led to a heavy deadlock and the concrete impossibility to implement the Quota System (i.e. the division of migrants in quotas assigned to Member States following economic and population differences).
Last but not least, Brexit, or the coronation of Eurosceptic and Populist parties dream. These are only the most emblematic challenges European Union had to face in these past ten years. To these we must not forget to add a new and probably scarier wave of terroristic attacks, Crimea and Ukrainian war and the raised contentiousness of Russia and the step back of the new US administration on every European (and maybe worldwide) issue.
While summing up all the hostile circumstances, European Union passed throughout, included the lack of leadership of its functionaries and Member states chiefs, the both feared and expected scale down or even collapse of the European project could have seemed reasonable. However, quite surprisingly, economy started to move forward, migrant arrivals are slightly slowing pace and populist endured a harsh debacle after French elections. In May 2017, the last Eurobarometer survey showed an increased percentage of EU citizens thinking positively the Union (+4% respect 2016). Moreover, respect the precedent year, more citizens recognize the action of the EU against main issues affecting the continent (terrorism, unemployment, environment, migration etc.) as adequate. However, the majority of the interviewed agree on the fact that the Eu should take more action in such issues.
And European Union must listen to its citizens. As a more favourable wind just started to blow again, EU must use it for finding and implementing durable solutions to the structural problems affecting its construction. The Union must do everything to avoid the past errors, and not just because is advisable, but because is life-saving. The first priorities to be set should concern the main crisis areas, specifically economy, foreign policy and trust.
In 2017 unemployment rate is at its lowest for almost eight years and economic growth was in the first quarter 0.5. Even if analysts are confident about the self-sustainability of the economic growth, European economic and currency are still in danger and both national and supra-national deficiencies should be addressed. At the national level, bank fragility and low investment rate could endanger all Euro Area as well as weak productivity and innovation of some Members deserve the attention and the support of the whole Union. At the supra-national level, the Maastricht framework setting up a common currency has shown its bounds. Having a common current policy without a common macroeconomic policy has proved to be dangerous as it prolongs periods of low growth and inflation.
Furthermore, analysts agree on the need of a tighter banking union, aimed to break the connection between banks and governments. German concern about moral hazard must behaviour is worthy to be taken in account, however, as Greek debt crisis showed, forbidding any possibility of bail out, didn't work either. The EU should find a compromise that compel national states to take a wider fiscal responsibility on their back while the EU offers them compensations and bail out possibilities in case of need. A complete economic federalist union is still unachievable; however, the Union should take advantage of this moment of regained trust for boost further economic cooperation.
Another area that badly needs to be reshaped is the European Foreign Policy. Several and extremely relevant challenges are gathering around Europe's border. Terroristic attack, mass migration, Russia etc. It's time to move forward toward a common defence policy, more inclusive and cooperative. European Union should improve its capacity in defending itself and to intervene both on the continent and abroad. A possible step ahead would be setting a common military spending between member states. Furthermore, even if migrant fluxes have slowed down, the issue is far to be resolved. The past solutions envisaged the externalization of the problem, the agreement with Turkey and Libya's talks are the outcomes. However, paying countries for preventing migrants to touch European soil, could not be considered a long-lasting solution. Europe need a more forward looking and unanimously agreed Asylum policy, which provisions must respect the principle of Solidarity present on the Founding Treaties.
If the EU take effective actions on these first two areas, then also the third one will be restored. Indeed, the Union needs to raise up its reputation again and gain both internal and external trust. During the different crisis, was clear that the Union lacked political leadership and strength required to effectively face these challenges. Its Institutions lost popularity and attachment among its citizens, while populist and nationalist movement took benefit of its disarray. Nowadays, even if the storm seems to be passed over, the EU must fully restore its name and fix the open wound between its Member States. The open disobedience of Visegrad countries to the implementation of Migration Quotas, the widening division between North and South economies, British refusal to the European Union are damaging not only European external image but also the inner core of the Union. As the Eu has been created on the paradigm of unanimity and cooperation, deep splits among its member States could block any political or institutional process, undermining the implementation of the whole system of values carried on by the Union. The crises made it clear: consensus among Members is still fundamental and forcing solutions openly rejected by some nations, will bring to insurmountable deadlocks.
The Union must return to be a Union, for its own sake.


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Networking at the Everett Aquasox
July 26, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join the EASC for a fun night of baseball, all-you-can-eat barbeque, raffle prizes, and networking!
Chambers from around Snohomish County will be joining together to increase your networking potential as we all enjoy the Everett Aquasox take on the Vancouver Canadians!
Come early to enter the raffle to throw the first pitch!
Registration closes July 25th, tickets will be available to pick up by Will Call on July 26th starting at 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Member & EASC Investors: $18
Non-Members/Non-Investors: $23
Register online: https://www.economicalliancesc.org/events/easc-presents-a-night-at-the-aquasox/


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Faculty & Staff Directory
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Elizabeth Feustel
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Elizabeth Feustel currently serves as the Program Manager for the Master of Public Policy at Jacksonville University. In this capacity, Elizabeth is responsible for the administration of the Academic and Public Policy Programs conducted by JU's Public Policy Institute. Elizabeth is also the Pre-Law Advisor and Faculty Sponsor for the Pre-Law Society for the University. Beginning in January 2019, Elizabeth will teach undergraduate Public Policy courses.
Prior to serving Jacksonville University, Elizabeth was the Public Policy Research Assistant at the Jacksonville Civic Council, and a Research Analyst for the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF). During her time with JPEF, Elizabeth spent a year analyzing the capital infrastructure of Duval County Public Schools, developing a prioritization matrix for capital improvement of school facilities.
Ms. Feustel received her Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2016, where she was a member of the Harding Inn of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society. Simultaneously, Elizabeth was a member of the first Master of Public Policy Program cohort in the state of Florida, housed at the Public Policy Institute of Jacksonville University. Prior to her graduate education, Elizabeth completed her Bachelor of Science in Economics at Jacksonville University, where she was distinguished with University and Magna Cum Laude honors.
In addition to her professional responsibilities, Elizabeth is a member of several community organizations, including the JAX Chamber and ImpactJAX. In February 2017, Elizabeth was appointed by Mayor Lenny Curry to the City of Jacksonville Joint Planning Committee. As further recognition of her leadership, Elizabeth was selected to be a member of the first cohort of the ImpactJAX Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship, and Class IV of the James Madison Institute's Leaders Fellowship. Ms. Feustel currently serves as the Public Policy Chair for ImpactJAX.
Elizabeth is an avid fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and is the pet parent of a rescue dog named Riley. She resides in Arlington with her fiancé Steve.


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I can't believe it's already December and I'm thinking about New Year's Eve. I feel like it was just a month ago, I prepped for New Year's Eve 2018. All of a sudden, it's I'm prepping for my top five picks for what to wear for New Year's Eve 2019. Deciding what to wear on New Year's Eve is a tough decision every year. Here are some of my top picks for what to wear on New Year's Eve. Consider it your stylish guide to New Year's Eve.
Top Five Picks For What to Wear on New Year's
The Modern Scarlet
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Happy Holidays,
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|Spirit of Christmas Past
|D'Arcy Corrigan
|Spirit of Christmas Future
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On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways. Written by garykmcd
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Entergy working to keep reliable power lines in Tamina community
THE WOODLANDS - A 38-mile power line that originates in the heart of South Montgomery County is about to get a service reliability makeover. Contract crews are set to begin work on removing vegetation and trim trees near the line to help keep the lights on for the 3,516 customers it serves in the Tamina community.
The power line originates from the Oak Ridge substation off Main Street and includes an area north of the substation and east along Texas 242 from Interstate 45 to Needham Road.
Drivers are urged to be alert for workers and to drive cautiously in those areas.
"All of our power lines, whether in densely populated cities or along rural county roads, are on a regular maintenance schedule," said Doug McCormick, Entergy customer service representative for the area. "It's an example of how we invest in our system to reduce outages and help ensure a safe, reliable supply of power to our customers."
Entergy Texas invests about $7 million per year in its vegetation management program, trimming an average of 2,000 line miles annually.
While crews will be in highly visible bucket trucks, customers can expect to see specialized equipment in the area, plus crews working manually to remove vegetation. Drivers are urged to be alert for the workers and use caution when nearing work areas.
Entergy Texas Inc. provides electricity to more than 426,000 customers in 27 counties. It is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. Entergy is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation's leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.


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Reader photo: Trumpeter swans return to Turnbull wildlife refuge
Wed., March 28, 2018
A family of six trumpeter swans that lived at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge last year has returned, according to Carlene Hardt. Hardt photographed one of those swans, pictured here, on Saturday, March 10. The swan was feeding on underwater plants on Middle Pine Lake.
She said in an email that you can tell the swans had been "Feeding in iron-rich waters (which) stains the feathers of their heads a rusty-red color."
Hardt is hopeful that the swan couple will build a nest again this year. Hardt said she has seen (and photographed) at least one of the swans since 2016. She can tell by three distinctive yellow spots on its bill.
She said she also saw a robin, which is a traditional harbinger of spring.
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For the second year in a row, Filinvest Alabang, Inc. (FAI) was hailed as one of the 2017 BCI Asia Awards' Top Ten Developers in the Philippines in ceremonies held recently at the Shangri-La Fort.
FAI, Filinvest Development Corporation's arm that specializes in townships and high-end residential developments, is the company behind Filinvest City in Alabang, the premier master-planned central business district (CBD) that is transforming living and working in the south and its neighboring locales. It is also the moving force behind the Parkway Corporate Center in Filinvest City, the first office condominium under the WorkSpaces by Filinvest banner that offers office units for sale in a dynamic, premium location.
Both projects exemplify FAI's ability to take on a diverse development portfolio, recognizing its expertise in undertaking master-planned communities of varying scales and concepts.


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- Title:
- Verdi Gala Concert
- When:
- 14.04.2012 19.30 - 22.00
- Where:
- Sand du Plessis Theatre - Bloemfontein
- Category:
- Symphony Concert
Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Director: Marcus Desando
Soloists: Caroline Modiba (soprano), Brenda Thulo (soprano), Phenye Modiane (tenor), Khotso Tsekeletsa (tenor), Dikgang Mantoro (baritone), Thabang Senekal (baritone)
Choirs from Oranje Meisieskool and Grey College
Bookings: Computicket
- La Traviata Overture
- Excerpte from La Traviata
- E strano! ... Ah forse e Luit ... Sempre libera - Caroline Modiba (soprano)
- Lunge da lei ... De miei bollenti spiriti - Phenye Modiane (tenor)
- Madimigella Valery ... Pura siccome un angelo ... Dite alla giovine - Caroline Modiba & Thabang Senekal
- Di provenza il mar, il suol - Dikgang Mantoro & Thabang Senekal
- Ogni suo aver tal femmina (act II finale) - Soloists & chorus
- La Forza del Destino Overture
- Va pensiero form Nabucco
- La donna e mobile form Rigoletto - Khotso Tsekeletsa (tenor)
- Canzone del velo from Don Carlo
- Cortigiani vil razza from Rigoletto - Thabang Senekal (baritone)
- Qual Volluta Trascorrere from I Lombardi - Brenda Thulo, Phenye Modiane & Dikgang Mantoro
- Un di sebben ramentomi from Rigoletto
More about the soloists
Caroline Modiba (soprano)
Caroline Modiba hails from Soshanguwe and now lives in Pretoria. She started singing opera in High School and in 2003 (during matric) she started singing lessons with Ms Sannie Streicher. In 2005 she started studying with Ms Lorraine Havermann. Currently she receives vocal training from Louis Botha. In August 2006 she successfully auditioned for The Black Tie Ensemble's Incubator Scheme. After a successful final singing assessment in November 2009, Caroline was offered a position in The Black Tie Ensemble. In June 2010 Caroline participated in the Windhoek Best of Operetta concert by Windhoek Classical Productions. In October she sang the title role of Amahl and the Night Visitors during the 2010 BTE School Tours. 2011 started off with Valentine Enchantment and during March she sang the role of Violetta in a vignette performance of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. Then followed her inspiring performance of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and, during September, her heart-warming portrayal of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi. In March 2012 she was a soloist and cast member in the production Bravo Opera Africa. In March 2012 she was a soloist in the BTE VO1SS inaugural concert.
Brenda Thulo (soprano)
Brenda Thulo was born in Sebokeng, Gauteng, and obtained a BTech in Vocal Arts from the Tshwane University of Technology. Brenda has sung in concert with Renée Fleming at the Pretoria State Theatre, and as part of The Black Tie Ensemble's production of The Merry Widow at the same venue. In 2011 she joined the Opera Africa Studio and sang the role of Barbarina in their production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Angelo Gobbato. In 2012 she joined BTE VO1SS and performed with them in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, a television special tribute to Mimi Coertse. Recently she performed the role of Hermia in Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen, presented by Umculo and Cape Town Festival.
Phenye Modiane (tenor)
Phenye Modiane was born in Ga-Rankuwa. He started singing at an early age, in school choirs, church choir and community choirs. He matriculated at Modiri High School in 2002. In 2002 he represented North West at the Tirisano School Choir Eisteddfod (now called SASCE) as a solo tenor, under the guidance of the late Mrs J.C Motshwane. In 2003, he enrolled at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), where he studied under Mr Pierre du Toit. During this time he sang in various choruses and also did the roles of Conte Ivrea in Un Giorno di Regno and Gherrardo in Gianni Schicchi for school productions. He completed his BTech in Vocal Art in 2006. In 2011, he sang the role of El Ramendado in the Opera Africa's production of Carmen. In March 2012 he sang the role of the Guard in the newly composed opera of Ziyankomo by Phelelani Mnomiya, produced by Opera Africa. On 21 March he was a soloist in the BTE VO1SS Inaugural Concert. He is currently also busy with his BMus (Hons) through the University of Pretoria.
Khotso Tšekeletsa (tenor)
Khotso Tšekeletsa grew up in Bloemfontein where he started his singing career by singing in his primary and secondary school choirs, and later with The Bloemfontein Male Voice Choir. Having won school competitions, he received voice training from Wilhelm Theunissen of the Musicon Orange Free State. In August 2002 he successfully auditioned for Black Tie Ensemble (BTE). During this period he sang several roles for BTE, invluding Parpignol in Puccini's La Bohème; Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Arturo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Peppe/Arlechino in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci and Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore. From 2008 to March 2012 he sang King Solomon in Princess Magogo and Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera Africa. He is currently a cast member and soloist in the Bravo Opera Africa Production. In January 2012 he was accepted as an artist for BTE VO1SS. In March he was a soloist in the BTE VO1SS Inaugural Concert held on 21 March 2012. He receives vocal training from Louis Botha.
Dikgang Mantoro (baritone)
Dikgang was born in Parys in the Free State. After finishing school, he went to Bloemfontein where he was introduced to opera and studied with Wilhelm Theunissen. He performed at the Macufe Festival in 2002/03 and joined The Black Tie Ensemble's Incubator Scheme in 2004. As a third-year member in 2006 he sang the role of Belcore in the BTE production of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. After his successful third-year assessment in February 2007, Dikgang was offered a position in The Black Tie Ensemble. In June 2009, Dikgang sang the role of Count Danilo in The Black Tie Ensemble's production of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow. 2011 started off with the Valentine Enchantment and an opera recital with three friends in March. On 28 April 2011 he was a member of the cast for the world premiere of Winnie the Opera. In June 2011 he was a soloist in the BTE production One Voice: An African Celebration. In September 2011 he sang the role of Ser Amantio de Nicolao in the BTE production of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini. In February 2012 he joined members of BTE VO1SS as a soloist and member of the Ensemble at the Tribute Concert for Mimi Coertse on KykNet which will be broadcasted on 12 June 2012. On 21 March he was a soloist in the BTE VO1SS Inaugural Concert – Forté: Power of the voice. He receives vocal coaching from Eric Muller.
Thabang Senekal (baritone)
Thabang Senekal was born in Bloemfontein. He started his singing career at the age of 9, singing in school choirs as well as with the Good Male Singers and the Dinakangwedi Church Choir where he was a conductor. In 2001 he started vocal training with Wilhelm Theunissen and early in 2003 he passed an audition for The Black Tie Ensemble's Incubator Scheme where he received vocal coaching from Eric Muller. In 2004 he understudied the role of Marcello for The Black Tie Ensemble (BTE) production of Puccini's La Bohème and sang the role of the sergeant in the same production. In 2005 he sang the role of Marco for BTE's production of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. In 2007, after finishing his studies in the Incubator Scheme, Thabang joined The Black Tie Ensemble as a soloist. He has since then been involved with several BTE productions including An Edwardian Soiree and an Autumn Enchantment. In August 2007 he performed on the first Black Tie Ensemble DVD, Bravo Mozart. His roles include Bogdanovitsch in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow, Schaunard in La Bohème (Puccini), Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss) Germont in La Traviata , Gill in Suzanne's Secret (Wolf-Ferrari) Enrico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and the title role in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
- Venue:
- Sand du Plessis Theatre


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This is one of those books that surpasses expectations. As Historical Fiction, I expected another World War II story to round out many of the facts I already knew. But this story centers on two things: the reasons why four young people from four distinctly different backgrounds have become refugees from the atrocities of the advancing Russian army and around the ship that will hopefully be their salvation – the Wilhelm Gustloff.
Four young people – Joanna from Lithuania, Florian from East Prussia, Emilia from Poland, and Alfred from Germany. The four come together as they travel overland towards the port city of Gotenhafen. Neither is in the best of health and their trek is long and arduous. Each traveler hides a secret from the others that could put them in extreme danger. When at last they arrive in Gotenhafen, they must band together in order to gain a berth on the ship Wilhelf Gustloff. The Germans are evacuating ahead of the Russian army's arrival and while those from the upper rungs of society are given cabins aboard the ship that hold two thousand, another eight thousand injured soldiers and refugees are taken aboard. This overload strains the ship but those in charge reason that their destination is only forty-eight hours away and the trip should not be too much of a hardship. No one takes into account the Russian submarines lurking in the Baltic Sea and when the ship meets its watery grave only about one-thousand passengers survive. Are the four young people among them?
I found this story riveting as I have always been an avid student of the Titanic disaster and thought this would be a bit like that. But the reality of what it must have been like on that ship makes the Titanic seem like a rowboat on a calm lake. The loss of life is staggering and yet there is so little known about this ship and the tragedy it is linked to. Like the Titanic story, it is a tale of love, loss, hope, and despair. You won't be disappointed.
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CALVERTON, MD (August 27, 2015) – The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) announced today that Stephen A. Keppler has joined the association as Senior Vice President. The Board approval of this newly created position acknowledges IANA's growth in membership as well as its program and service offerings.
Keppler's responsibilities will extend throughout the organization. These include overseeing the Member Services and Conferences/Events departments and developing new businesses for the association's Information Services.
"IANA is lucky to be adding a person of Steve's caliber to the Association staff," said IANA president and CEO, Joni Casey. "His wealth of knowledge, expertise and standing in the freight community will be put to good use on behalf of IANA's membership, starting at the Intermodal EXPO next month."
Keppler brings nearly two dozen years of experience in truck safety and freight transportation issue management. Most recently Keppler was the executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a position he held since 2009.
Before joining CVSA, he served as director of vehicle systems at Intelligent Transportation Society of America, the nation's largest organization dedicated to advancing the research, development and deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Keppler previously worked six years with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration Office of Motor Carriers, which would later become the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. His roles there included conducting field compliance reviews and roadside inspections.
He holds two bachelor's degrees – in civil engineering and architectural engineering – from Drexel University and lives in Ellicott City, Md., with his wife, Dana, and sons Alexander and Elliott.
About IANA
IANA is North America's only industry trade association that represents the combined interests of the intermodal freight industry. The association's mission is to promote the growth of efficient intermodal freight transportation through innovation, education and dialogue. The association offers valuable information and services specific to the intermodal industry encompassing consensus business solutions that facilitate: operations, regulatory compliance, and policy issue management. IANA's membership roster of over 1,000 members represents the diverse companies critical to moving freight efficiently and safely. IANA provides a discussion forum for the many types of stakeholders along the supply chain, resulting in a strong unified voice advocating the needs of intermodal freight transportation. For more information, visit www.intermodal.org.


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We're back and we had a blast! Here's a quick run down of the Royal Stampers on Tour at 2017 OnStage Live! I love these events, and I love sharing them with my amazing team even more.
Sadly one of us couldn't be around much because she was sick during the 3 days, we missed you Di & wish you a speedy recovery. We did however manage to get up to quite a lot between us all!
We arrived Thursday morning (most of us) to be greeted by the huge OnStage sign at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam.
Royal Stampers On Tour Part 1
During the 3 days we had lots of business training, product reveals, swapping, meeting friends and making new ones. Lots of fun, food & pom-poms! Jay made us all pom-poms to shake whenever we felt like we needed to, as a group & of course to help find each other when it got madly busy! We shook our pom-poms all over Amsterdam!
One of the great things about OnStage is meeting other demonstrators and the Home Office team. It is such an honour to get team photos with Sara Douglas CEO of Stampin' Up! Seeing new products being showcased by fellow demonstrators and the design teams is fabulous. Getting the new catalogue in our hands is amazing (but I can't show you that yet!!)
Royal Stampers On Tour Part 2
But the best bit? Having a wonderful time with my awesome team the Royal Stampers. I had my upline there too so all in all there were 4 generations of us together in team terms – amazing. Some of my team have been with me for 5 years – they are my leaders along with others who have joined during those 5 years. It's a brilliant thing to see them off, chatting with others and learning so many things from so many people – including Janet Wakeland and Lisa Pretto (see above) who I have learned masses from!
On the Sunday we got to spend the day doing the sightseeing bit – Amsterdam is a beautiful city and the people are just lovely! I thoroughly recommend a visit!
And then this happened…
The icing on the cake was that while I was there I earned my third Incentive Trip and my team made such a huge part of that possible, along with with my fabulous customers. So we celebrated in style (despite having to get me a wheelchair to get me to the plane home – flipping sciatica!!). I have loved every minute though, so all the pain was worth while! I have the best job in the world, the best team and the best customers! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
If you'd like to be a part of this wonderful group, please contact me I'd love you to join us, but not just yet! I'll tell you why when you speak to me – it's all to your advantage I promise you! (Click here to see how to get in touch).
So after that whirlwind of excitement it's back to work and I'll speak to you again on Sunday! Oh and don't forget about that retirement list – things are selling out FAST!!
Crafty hugs, Pip x
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Blurby the Maestro of Blurbs
Really interesting arithmatical backing, love it when the drums come in. It appears the singer has a meth habit, this song probably works even better when one is tweaking. No need to apologize, we all do whatever we need to do, and this song did it for me.


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Chile Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warning
A powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake hits Chile's northern coast and triggers a tsunami warning. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the magnitude eight point eight earthquake strikes off into raincoats when the bank causing the government to issue a tsunami alert ... in a number of call Sophie ... so far in several people have died including one woman was killed when a wall collapsed ... in a sense that the supermarket ... it flies off the shelves well actually see cuts even outs ... at the center was about one hundred and forty miles north west of Chile's capital Santiago ... the quake was still in swimming pools in some parts of Argentina ... it ... president Michelle Bachelet said the military is monetary MSN CTMH for aftershocks of magnitude six continue to battle the region ... in two thousand and ten and magnitude eight point eight quake and tsunami has left more than five hundred people dead ... and destroyed two hundred and twenty thousand homes ...


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Monday, 9 June 2014
I did some sewing too!
Surprisingly I was able to have a go on my sewing machine too over the weekend, and have a quite a few bits to show you over the next couple of days.
For starters, a couple of blocks for Bee Blessed...
... they were nice and quick(ish).
I also added the next sections to Jo's Brit Bee Medallion, but as secrecy prevails, here's some doctored proof...
I also made my real partner's FQR name tag, and popped it in the post today - so hopefully I will be able to show you that midweek.
I am slowly ticking off my To Do list for June and feeling like the pressure is off a bit... I am just building up my stamina for basting and quilting my Siblings Together quilt. Soon, I promise, soon xxx
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Is your nametag partner Slim Shady? ;o) Glad you were able to get some needle time in tooReplyDelete
LOVE the bow ties! Thank you! JxoReplyDelete
Glad your pressure is easing off , mine looks to be building between now and the end if term - boss sent me a priority email yesterday - five important projects to be done by Wednesday - each about half a day, (so a working day for me) oh and of course the usual day to day registers /lunches / teachers problems / children's problems parents problems - one job got done yesterday, let's see who backs down today! Coz I want to make some if those blocks, they look great! XReplyDelete
cool blockReplyDelete
Don't encourage him too much, you don't want to fighting over the machine ;)ReplyDelete
You're flying through that monthly to-do list! Loved the Bee Blessed blocks. They came together quite quickly and look fab!ReplyDelete
Surprised you had time on the machine - surely he needs the quilt now!?ReplyDelete
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88-49 Win
Mariners took on Macduffie at home to start the week off. Huge contributions from role players led to a big margin of victory for the mariners. Mo Danmola had 8 points and 10 rebounds plus 3 assists. Kobe Polley added 8 of his own to go along with 9 rebounds. Steven Lora led all scorers, 26 points 7 rebounds, 5 assists 3 steals. And Jayjuan Hayes added a double double 16 points 11 assists and 7 steals. Great well rounded effort. Mariners win 88-49.


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The 52nd Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA) conference underway in Mutare got a boost from Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and Manicaland Provincial Affairs representatives. Running under the theme "Libraries in Transition: Emerging Trends and Technologies", the conference has created a platform to iron out issues affecting growth of library and information institution in Zimbabwe.
The keynote address by Professor Judith Mavodza from United Arab Emirates accentuate on the need for library and information professionals to look for alternative funding sources for a sustainable service provision. She noted that information professional should re-assess services they are providing in the wake of emerging trends and technologies to ensure they are within the expectations of our users.
Prof Mavodza noted the impact of library spaces which are technologically-enhanced. She said that, "These spaces are becoming more active virtually, and creating more individual user experiences." Indeed the emerging trends and technologies have transformed the entire library and information fraternity increasingly forcing librarians to ask for more funding. Prof Mavodza said Librarians should build advocacy skills that will enable them to seek alternative funding sources. She said there are private international funders such as the Elsevier Foundation's Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program that awards grants to libraries for improving access to and use of scientific, technological and medical information, and the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation Global Libraries program to expand technology access in public libraries.
The desire to fulfill the transition in libraries hinges around sustainable funding for libraries in Zimbabwe. Prof Mavonda said the current climate of extreme budget cuts can be circumvented through shifting away from local ILS models to a cloud-based service and many other strategies that strengthen consortia involvement in library work.
The conference has shown the significance of the library association with a record attendance of a hundred plus delegates from local and regional library and information professionals.


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His first challenge was to survive! He was chase by an eagle and manage to escape with some luck, not so lucky for the frog though (If i can call it a frog, he doesnt look like a frog though). I love the eagle parts. They should add more plot for this eagle.
Rango moved on and met Beans the heroin in this movie. She's a tough girl and have a bit of short circuit in her brain (watch it n u'll know). She brought her to a small town call Dirt.
In order to blend in the Dirt town, he pretend to be the great killer of Jenkins family. He was lucky that he's stories about his greatness was proved by him accidentally killing the smart eagle, straight away he was appointed as the sheriff of Dirt town.
Rango was at the best of his life, being known and being a Sheriff in the town, what he didn't know is, the history of all their Sheriff and the problems the town face. His true journey starts there when he have to solve the Dirt town problems - To find the robbers who rob their last stocks of water.
Being a responsible Sheriff and again with lots of luck, he successfully solved the mystery of the water and caught the bad guy. He finally found who he was and what he meant to be and off course he found his new love.
Nahhh I'm not gonna spoiled the movie, u have to watch it to know who's the bad guy..
Owl acoustic group - story teller who sang dread songs hoping Rango would be dead
My Rating:
3.5 stars


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- Adjustable shoulder strap is padded for comfort.
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- Zippered main compartment provides secure storage.
- Exterior pocket lets you quickly access your gear.
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Recruitment experts Westray have appointed Denise McGuire, pictured, to work as a consultant in its Washington office.
Denise, from Washington, said: "Whilst working at Scottish and Southern Energy, I got a real taste for recruitment.
"Recruitment consultancy is exactly the challenging position I was looking for. I am really enjoying familiarising myself with both clients and candidates and getting to know the industry.
"Westray is such a forward-thinking company, which offers many opportunities for personal growth and development as well as an excellent in-house training programme and I am looking forward now to a long-term career with the company and helping to be part of its future growth."
Westray also has offices in Consett, Cramlington and Stockton on Tees.


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Annaliese is a champion for our Global Sponsors, she brings an energy and passion for understanding our client's needs at a global level and manages a highly capable team in support of this pursuit. Having also served in various local roles within Advantage, Annaliese also fosters a holistic global/local approach to client development and service. Prior to Advantage, Annaliese worked across both Australia and New Zealand for a DIY market leading brand across marketing, sales, new product development and category management roles before taking the leap in to the service industry, as a consultant with Real World Marketing, where she helped CPG Suppliers assess their internal practices against Best in Class Standards.
Dwight has over 25 years of FMCG commercial and management experience. At Advantage, Dwight has led Commercial and Market Development and currently Global Client Services for clients based out of North America. Prior to joining Advantage, Dwight developed in the research industry across many roles at Nielsen and in client management at Colgate Palmolive
Leandro has over 16 years experience in Retail, in Purchasing and Global Management positions, fostering the international collaboration, projects and initiatives with the major FMCG companies. Joining Advantage on June 2017, has the responsibility to develop global business with the Europe based clients.
Tasked with developing new partnerships with multinationals; Nestor has managed the travel retail programme, and global clientele, since joining the global client service team in 2012. A natural networker, and connector, he has helped launch new markets, and new categories in various countries. Building his experience in CPG, sales, and marketing, Nestor held positions with Kraft Foods, along with various marketing firms. An active board member with non-profit organizations, Nestor holds an MBA from Queen's University.
Joining Advantage in 2009, Ali gained his experience with the Advantage Report as a Senior Manager in Operations. Transitioning to the Global Client Development team in 2014, Ali now leads the Global Analytics team to whom he offers strategic and operational support, as well as taking the lead on some key strategic accounts. Ali offers a unique blend of operational and client service orientation, always fascinated by industry developments and challenging Advantage to continually evolve.


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Building Your Safety Net
- Building Your Safety Net
- The Insurance Plan That Came to the Rescue
- iBiz Stats (v21n02)
Public Internet Safety
9. How safe is using the public Internet to transfer mission-critical data?
The safety of an online transmission depends on the level of encryption that you're using and the type of data being transported. Experts say that most companies will want to avoid using the public Internet for mission-critical data. Currently, most companies are liable for data breaches, as with personal information. For example, any company that deals with health-related information is legally responsible for keeping that data confidential. Not doing so can result in heavy fines, sanctions, and lawsuits. In addition, once a file leaves your gateway, it's subject to whatever bottlenecks it encounters on the Internet.
Currently, there is no way to implement quality of service on the Internet. When your application or storage solution depends on a steady stream of data, a holdup in the transfer of that data may crash your applications, and you may actually lose bits and bytes of data along the way. That's not to say that a company should never use the Internet as a transfer mechanism. Small offices can use the Web to transfer non-mission-critical files in an emergency. And one use creates little if any liability for a company: using Voice over IP as a short-term replacement for telecom services.


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Phantastic Ferniture – Phantastic Ferniture (Makeout Records/Caroline Australia)
They wanted to make a pop record for fun, and yep, that's what they've done. Phantastic Ferniture's self-titled debut album gets the tick for 'pop' and 'fun', but not in that sickly boy-band/girl-band formulaic kind of way. It's much more cool. There's something that evokes the 80s for me, but the more I listen, the […]
Falls Festival @ Byron Bay, NSW, 01.01.2018: Day 2
Let's not put the thumb on Georgia Maq and Camp Cope. Yes, there could have been a few more women on the line-up. But they are only articulating what a large number of their peers, fans, women, allies – Australians young and old – think. I'm not present as she as she causes the stir, […]
In Photos: Laneway 2017 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 26.01.2017 – Part 1
Part 1/3 of photos from Laneway 2017 at Brisbane's RNA Showgrounds featuring Confidence Man, Jess Kent, Koi Child, Camp Cope, Nicholas Allbrook, Julia Jacklin and Whitney.
Haiku from Japan
Earlier in the year I wrote a few haiku reviews that I didn't get around to publishing, the story of my life given the collection of half written pieces and sketched out ideas that clog my hard drive. As I was recently in Japan on holiday, it seemed an apt time to think about posting them […]
In Photos: Julia Jacklin + Middle Kids @ Black Bear Lodge, 27.07.2016
Julia Jacklin plays at Black Bear Lodge, with support from Middle Kids.


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Featured in Nova magazine Oct 09
We need to reclaim our natural power!
You walk into the supermarket, what do you see? …. walls of monoculture, junk food outlets, fashion franchise, electronic goods and glossy magazines, masses of mind-numbing distraction, an avalanche of consumer goods. It's become a kind of 'consumer madness', everything is manufactured and mass-produced – if you can't buy it over the counter then it doesn't exist! We don't do anything much ourselves anymore, it's all done for us and it all comes in little packets. The press button culture. Our 'hands on' creativity, our ingenuity and skills have always been akin to our ability as a culture to survive. Increasingly, those skills have been taken away from us, ignored or removed altogether, in the same way as native languages disappeared or were wiped out in many countries by western occupation. Our ability to be creatively involved in our lives has been tossed out the door and made redundant. Quite simply, as a culture, we have moved a long way from where it all began, from our roots in primordial nature.
nature – the provider
The astonishing thing about nature is not only it's power to startle and amaze, to renew, to reinvent and restore but it's remarkable and seemingly unlimited power to provide and give without measure, it's amazing providence!
It is from within this state of grace, this infinite complexity, that new species and their blueprints, including ours, have emerged. And there seems to be an unavoidable wisdom in this, in that things (species, flora, fauna, and life forms) didn't just come out of thin air but came out of a deep process of variance and selection over thousands of years from complex and multiple cultures. It could be said that nature is all about exploration, and our ability to choose and adapt is our most fundamental tool; that creativity is our natural habitat, a 'magic broom cupboard' in which springtime is everlasting and perennial, a wonderland of possibility.
This is the very stuff of humans / the essence of who we are. We actually need those subtle states of difference; we actually need that discordance at times just so we know what our choices are. We are by nature discordant, spontaneous yet vulnerable and complex at the same time. It is who we are, it is how we evolve, how we move forward, just as new species are announced in nature, through the give and take of extraordinary chaos.
By fully understanding and being prepared to look at who we are, we evolve and learn. That is, we need that ongoing personal dialogue as a sounding board to make choices about our lives. Life is jazzy, open-ended and inconclusive and doesn't run along straight lines or have predictable outcomes. These are fundamental issues. Just as variation in nature ensures the survival of species, so our natural sense of creativity is our most valuable asset.
space and choice
We now live in the most compressed culture in the history of the world. Space is a luxury and it comes at a premium. There is less and less room for deviation or error but more than ever we need that space to chart our experience and position ourselves in the world. There is less and less permission given to be ourselves and more and more pressure to comply.
Debussy said 'music is the space between the notes'.
What is the impact? There seems to be a set of questions that we all share… the sort of questions we are faced with each waking day. These are the questions that are unavoidable yet completely relevant. That is, issues of pain, alienation, disempowerment, anger, guilt….. the struggle for self recognition and authenticity, the ongoing search for fulfillment and peace of mind….. all questions that are so far from our original state of being or innocence. These are absolutely basic issues, the real currency of our lives. But they are, sadly, often experienced alone and without the knowledge or support of those around us. They even operate us without our full consent because most of us are to a large extent in denial of these issues. It mostly gets thrown in the too hard basket. Life is too busy. 'I'll sort it later'. 'Not today'. 'It's too difficult' etc. But how it impacts us and shapes our lives is often not acknowledged or fully recognised.
So we struggle…. and up go the anxiety levels, up goes the stress and up goes the cost of it all, emotionally and physically. It's through looking at these 'internal panoramas' that we get to see our real territory…. who we actually are, not who we've been told we should be and what is expected of us. There are no 'shoulds' in the phenomena of natural experience. The 'shoulds' are all man-made. Nature is a mysterious and astounding display of charity. It runs the way it runs, whimsically and without limit. Not how we think it 'should'. It is full of anomaly, variation and unexpected difference, in the same way as water runs in broken rhythms along a stream or the way each wave breaks differently upon the shore or how each flame upon rising flame makes the enchanting and ever changing shape of a fire. It is sublime and elemental. Just as each flower opens in spring according to it's own natural rhythm, you can neither force people nor anything in nature. Practice rituals of creativity that help you discover who you are, that nurture and look after you.
Each of us is differently written. Our most intimate moments reveal this. Like those flashes of insight that happen when all else is stripped away. That state of inspired innocence within ourselves that the pressure of culture often obstructs. And yet this very question of recognition of who we are, of our 'primary self', is at the heart of our quest for happiness.
All the fundamental issues that arise out of this conflict between who we are and the culture that we live in bring up, again and again, those inescapable issues of angst and shame, identity and visibility, even sanity and madness. Without acknowledging this, we deny ourselves the full measure of our possibilities and our most brilliant moments.
The question of who we are and the expectations of the culture in which we live are mostly never separated or resolved. If we do not recognise this or somehow lose sight of this, then our choices are either diminished or significantly lessened. We become the involuntary servants of the host culture. In the present case, here in the West, naked consumerism has evolved into what could only now be described as 'disaster capitalism'.
So this question of choice becomes really important, even critical not only to our emotional survival but to our very physical existence. Those questions – of empowerment, shame, authenticity, love and survival etc. – come up inexorably and repeatedly. If we don't acknowledge this or affirm that we have the power to make changes, not only to ourselves but also to the culture in which we live, then we jeopardise not only our future but our own unlimited and most beautiful possibilities.
In the history of literature, art and music it is this very issue of variance and particularly individual variance that has been at the heart of the really great movements. It has identified and named the visionaries and major figures in those histories. There never has been fixed ground. What has been classical or representative and authentic about each culture has been these very differences. And what was the truth in those particular historical moments is what has stood the test of time. We all possess an essential truth. The challenge is to find the courage to go on that quest for our own personal truth.
To quote Goethe 'whatever you can do, or dream you can…. begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.'
Like life itself, it's all about change. And to not recognise this is somehow naive. So our ability to make choices and decisions and to recognise the existence of our multiple-sided nature is essential for looking at and resolving our experience. It's empowerment at it's most fundamental level. We need to completely self explore our experience so that we can keep moving, turn things around, make changes in our lives if we are to start to heal. We need to seek out the manuscript of our birth map so that we can navigate our way through the world.
In our present world, we are faced with dilemma at every turn. If we are locked in or closed down, whether that is emotional lockdown or cultural lockdown, it doesn't matter, it's still the same thing. If you are being operated or robbed of your independence in whatever way, then it does not serve you. If your hands are not your hands – and in this press-button, digitalised age of the ready-made and the pre-packaged, so many of us have had our hands taken from us – then this is disempowerment and our natural state of being and our creativity is being dismantled. If our eyes are not our eyes but those of the advertising world, the moguls of the mainstream media, then we are being manipulated and constructed into a geometry that has little to do with our original blueprint. It's cultural disturbance.
We need to pay homage to our original being and find our natural compass. Even the simplest forest animal knows where home is.
surrender and admission
By admitting our vulnerabilities, by returning to our original state of innocence, our seeing begins and it is in this state of surrender that our stories begin. We can maybe start to get clear, to make a claim on reality, attempt some kind of restoration or resolution and touch upon our real identity. Everybody looking for their signature, everyone looking for their words, everyone looking for 'their writing'.
Go to Uluru, go to Daintree, go to the Otway ranges, or even go down to the phone box on the corner and what do you see? You see people's names and initials scratched into rock face, into metal, onto tree trunk, people everywhere searching for identity, wanting to put their name to experience, wanting to document that experience, even in the fractured and dark language of disaffected youth, namely graffiti and 'tag' etc. But mainstream culture constantly repossesses and whitewashes. The great irony, the great paradox of our times….. seemingly so much on the shelves and so many things advertised for sale and yet, on a personal level, so much emptiness, so little choice, so little real nourishment and such lack of opportunity. So much hunger in terms of our real deep down needs.
So it would seem imperative if we want to maintain a meaningful culture that we need to develop our creativity as a conscious tool to maintain our social fabric and resonance. Because the mainstream culture is increasingly reducing those options and locking people into recorded voices, monitored menus and virtual narratives. So what is more important than ever is that we recognise not only our right to individual sanctity but that we become more aware of the role of difference and diversity in the maintenance of our health and wellbeing.
If we repress or deny those dilemmas and deep seated primal experiences that precipitate crises and substitute it with junk food, dvd's, shopping, money, cars, drugs, daytime tv, fashion 'addiction' or whatever, then we'll never develop the power to affirm or find the courage to act and see our way clear of that kind of subtle and yet immensely destructive stuff that prevents us from moving forward and really expressing ourselves. Like experiencing the simple joy of just having an 'empty moment,' like a single white cloud in a big blue sky.
Whether one experiences this 'state of admission' through meditation, dance, music, drawing, song or simply walking in the woods; or achieves it through a flood of tears, or going mad or through absurd laughter or sitting in the desert, doesn't really matter; because until you actually surrender and admit 100% your state of being, who you are and where you're at, you'll never have the kind of freedom that gives you the empowerment of independent choice.
To actively meditate upon all of who and what you are, means to actively and intelligently witness and express, in an all encompassing way, those things which you are presently inhabited by. And with courage and robust intention to go forth, without fear or favour, to embrace the devil and go sit down with your angels and demons and go say your name and yell it out loud……. indeed, make your mark!
Copyright Ron Curran October 2009


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But there are also days when I've looked at other people's lists (I'm not naming any names here) and felt a really junior-high-ish wave of anxiety: I'm not working as hard, or getting as many things crossed off, or being as serious as this other person. And then I feel much worse, rather than better. Even though I know that it's just that pernicious internalized guilt of academia (the categorical imperative: you should be working -- all the time -- and only on things that are Serious Work, not all the prep work, teaching work, job work, life work).
Some of my favorite books as a very young child were the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel -- in Frog and Toad Together , there's a story called "A List." Toad (who I nearly always identify with) starts off sitting in bed making a list (I do this sometimes). His list begins with Wake Up, which he promptly crosses out, and then writes other stuff. (I love Toad's life: eat breakfast, get dressed, go to Frog's house, take walk with Frog, eat lunch, take nap...). (Btw I'm referring to a well-worn copy as I write this, it's not all entirely from memory, although it probably could be.)
Frog and Toad are really good friends. I suspect they formed my first subconscious model of a same-gender romantic relationship -- because somehow they're both boys (they wear pants and little Britishy tweed jackets, except when they go swimming) but they really love each other, they hug and sing songs and are always hanging out. And there are no girl amphibs to get in the way of their affection for each other. Toad is mildly depressive and kind of self-deprecating; Frog advocates will power and activity, but doesn't mind getting sidetracked to comfort Toad. Their relationship is all about mutuality and equality -- Toad has a nighmare once when he's really successful and Frog just keeps shrinking away: the message always comes down to the importance of their love and respect for each other.
So Toad goes over to Frog's house, where Frog admires his list, and they set off on their walk. But the wind blows the list out of Toad's hand:
"Hurry!" said Frog. "We will run and catch it." "No!" shouted Toad. "I cannot do that." "Why not?" asked Frog. "Because," wailed Toad, "running after my list is not one of the things that I wrote on my list of things to do!"
Frog ran after the list. He ran over hills and swamps, but the list blew on and on. At last Frog came back to Toad. "I am sorry," gasped Frog, "but I could not catch your list."
"Blah," said Toad.
I so know what Toad means. I love having a list, but if I get off-track then sometimes I can wind up feeling pretty Blah.
In the story, Toad says that since he can't remember anything that was on his list, he has to just sit and do nothing. Frog sits with him (ah, love). Finally Frog says they should sleep:
"Go to sleep!" shouted Toad. "That was the last thing on my list!" Toad wrote on the ground with a stick: Go to sleep. Then he crossed out:
Go to sleep. "There," said Toad. "Now my day is all crossed out!" "I am glad," said Frog. Then Frog and Toad went right to sleep.
And in the picture they are smiling and snuggled up together. As I see it, posting lists on our blogs lets us play Frog for one another: supportive for the things that get crossed off and liking Toad despite all the things that didn't get crossed off. And we can play Toad, too: full of good intentions, and squeezing whatever satisfaction we can from the process.


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A ClickFunnels Review – Sales Funnel Friend Or Foe?
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AutoStar Solutions Helps Used Car Dealers Build Websites They Can Be Proud Of
AutoStar Solutions Helps Used Car Dealers Build Websites They Can Be Proud Of
Fort Worth, TX – May 3, 2012 – This week Fort Worth based software provider, AutoStar Solutions, announced AutoStar iWeb a website creation tool designed to give independent auto dealers a professional web presence and complete control of their online inventory in the easiest way possible.
AutoStar's latest product offering to independent auto dealerships gives dealers the ability to craft a powerful, effective, and visually appealing website simply by answering a set of questions and making selections. Once the selections have been made, the site is then created for the dealer in two business days, eliminating the complications that can arise during the creation process. This in turn allows dealers with little or no online experience to take advantage of crucial digital marketing opportunities.
Powered by AutoStar's proprietary NetLink technology, AutoStar iWeb pushes inventory details from the user's dealer management software directly to the website, instantly creating a virtual online showroom. With AutoStar iWeb, dealers can also initiate a third party push to popular online vehicle sites like AutoTrader and Cars.com.
"AutoStar iWeb bridges the gap between dealer management software and online inventory management in a simple, but effective way," said AutoStar President and CEO, Allen Dobbins. "Above all else, our goal with AutoStar iWeb is to provide independent dealers with a strong web presence and a true return on investment."
The advantages of a strong web presence are clear in today's information age. More than ever, customers are conducting research online before making important purchase decisions. With this latest tool, AutoStar is giving independent dealerships a way to convert online prospects into qualified sales leads before they even set foot on the dealership lot.
To learn more about AutoStar iWeb, visit http://www.autostarsolutions.com
For over 20 years, AutoStar Solutions has provided dealer management software solutions to independent automotive dealers and finance companies located in the United States. Their web-based software solutions have enabled clients to automate and simplify activities while staying compliant with state and federal regulations. Learn more at http://www.autostarsolutions.com
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We all know Auguste Rodin's 1880 sculpture, Le Penseur. Now that we are really starting a new millennium, it seemed quite appropriate to update this piece of art. And how better to do that than by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics?
These images show the flow of thoughts in a human head, as calculated using Fluent 5. In order to perform this analysis a tetrahedral volume mesh was constructed, and the sliding mesh model was used to solve the model while Fluent was turning heads at a speed of 180 RPM.
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Employee advocacy is a real strategy for companies to heal their reputation, boost their visibility and reputation by making their employees genuine ambassadors of the brand.
Employee advocacy, or employee ambassadors, is a social media strategy that involves transforming employees into brand ambassadors.
Its main objective is to encourage employees of the company to relay the content of the brand, mainly on their own social networks. These are considered as acquisition levers (talents, prospects, etc.) on which the employer relies to achieve its objectives. By regularly publishing quality content, employees interact with a community and create commitment (likes, sharing of publications, comments, contacts, etc.). In fact, by sharing content on their social networks, employees get their contacts, people whom the employer often does not have access to and who are so many prospects, future customers or candidates at hand. These are the actions that will impact the visibility of the brand and participate in the growth of the company.
Employees also allow companies to gain credibility. Their opinions are considered more reliable and more trustworthy than those of a CEO. Thus, your content should be shared by your employees rather than by the different channels of your brand.
Finally, employee advocacy increases the probability of recruiting the best candidates. If we compare two similar positions in two different companies, the structure whose employees extol merit on social networks will make candidates more eager to join than the one nobody talks about.
A strategy of employee ambassadors makes it possible to achieve many objectives: improvement of the employer brand, better visibility, increased sales, etc.
Here are some ways to develop an employee advocacy strategy:
An employee advocacy strategy can increase visibility, attract more leads and create more leads by benefiting from the network of employees, reducing the costs of its social networking strategy, etc. Well built, it will help you achieve your HR, marketing and financial goals!
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A Winter Noon
Almost as Obliged as can be, I have been, and delighted too, on some of the Noons in winters that are just brightly congenial to the eyes and warm enough to swap a snugly cuddle. The moment one gets amply sure to declare: 'A while can't feel warmer than this' only to be followed by a new one and then surprisingly a few more.
Something in the weather feel like Benjamin Button in seasons. These shots could be easily from late autumn. Hell no, it's winters already!
Whoever thought a black-white long maxi skirt with a yellow tee would prove far from Siberian being relished in this slice of the year particularly. For straying curious cats, that skirt passed nth number of neglects on unexplained girly accounts to land in a post like this on what is thankfully a cosy noon (a bit of casual , far from overdressed or maybe Midway?).
Does that imply: I'm feeling snug as a bug in a rug today? Depends…you see.
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