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Qantas Announces Record Profit for the Half-Year Ended 31 December 2007
Sydney, 21 February 2008
Qantas today announced a record profit before tax of $905 million for the half-year to 31 December 2007, a 73 per cent increase on last year's reported profit result.
- Record profit before tax of $905 million
- Net profit after tax of $618 million
- Revenue of $8.1 billion
- Earnings per share of 31.6 cents
- Operating cashflow of $1.2 billion
- Interim fully franked ordinary dividend of 18 cents per share
- On track with Segmentation and Sustainable Future programs
- Progress on key strategies has positioned the Group for future success
The Board declared an interim fully franked ordinary dividend of 18 cents per share, a 20 per cent increase on the 15 cents per share special interim dividend in 2007.
The Chairman of Qantas, Mr Leigh Clifford, said following the excellent performance of Qantas and Jetstar in particular, combined with strong operating cashflows, dividends had been increased and capital had been returned to shareholders, with gearing increasing by only one percentage point to 42 per cent.
Mr Clifford said the result also reflected the ongoing success of the company's business transformation program over the past five years.
"While we have benefited from a strong revenue environment, our focus has also remained on costs, efficiencies, customer service and product improvement.
"Our results reflect these efforts and I would like to thank all employees for their continued contribution to the company's success."
Mr Clifford said the announcement today of a merger between Qantas Holidays, Qantas Business Travel and Jetset Travelworld (see separate release) would be earnings per share accretive.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said the Group's two brand strategy had again underpinned the result.
"We have two very strongly performing full service and leisure brands. Our ability to direct our flying to the most appropriate markets is giving us a unique competitive advantage."
Mr Dixon said the key drivers of the results were:
- strong domestic and international demand which led to a 2.2 per cent yield improvement and a 1.8 per cent improvement in seat factor to 82.1 per cent for the Group;
- a strengthening and significant investment in the Qantas brands - domestic, international and QantasLink - that led to a doubling of operating profit;
- aggressive build-up of Jetstar in both the international and domestic markets, leading to a quadrupling of profit to $113 million for the half-year;
- a further $311 million in efficiencies under the Sustainable Future Program; and
- operating expenditure increasing only 3.0 per cent, compared to capacity growth of 3.9 per cent, and unit costs reducing by 3.3 per cent.
Mr Dixon said the Sustainable Future Program would deliver a cumulative $3 billion in efficiency improvements by the end of the financial year.
"The program is critical to our growth strategy and to our ability to compete successfully in the international market, particularly against those carriers that have extensive government ownership underpinning their growth. To this end we are targeting further cumulative savings of $1.5 billion by June 2010."
Mr Dixon said that the December 2007 results, for the first time, included separate reporting for the Group's Loyalty and Freight businesses, in line with its Business Segmentation strategy.
"This is in accordance with our announcement last year that we will position these and eventually other portfolio businesses for greater growth outside their traditional aviation areas, and to provide alternative ownership options."
Mr Dixon said Qantas Frequent Flyer (QFF) was well placed to capitalise on its unrivalled position in the Australian loyalty market.
"It has a wide network of partners, more than five million members, and attractive redemptions. It also generates 60 per cent of its revenue outside Qantas and has excellent growth prospects.
"It will be in a position to launch an enhanced program mid this year including the use of points for any seat on Qantas and Jetstar, and merchandise and shopping vouchers.
"We will, if we believe such a move would add significant value and shareholders agree, be in a position to implement a new ownership structure for QFF by late 2008."
Mr Dixon said Qantas Freight was continuing to look for opportunities to expand in Asia and within Australia.
"We are leveraging our existing Qantas and DPEX networks and developing new markets with Qantas and Jetstar."
Mr Dixon said while Qantas' position was very strong, there were ongoing challenges for the industry overall.
"Qantas has built a great deal of flexibility into its various businesses to enable it to better handle these challenges.
"For example, we manage our fleet to provide extensive flexibility for periods of strong growth or periods of no growth.
"We have the mechanisms in place to defer or accelerate the retirement of aircraft and the mechanisms to delay or advance deliveries of new aircraft through slide rights of up to 20 per cent of our fleet."
Mr Dixon said this flexibility had enabled Qantas to avoid difficulties following the delay of the A380 (which will enter Qantas service in August) and the B787 Dreamliner.
"We are well placed to successfully manage this aspect of our business in an increasingly competitive environment."
Qantas is seeing no significant dampening in demand in most markets, especially in the domestic and Australian outbound travel markets, as a result of the global economic slowdown, although there has been some softening in the UK and continued weakness in Japan.
The first seven weeks of 2008 and our forward bookings are in line with forecast and we are confident of achieving a full year profit for 2007/08 of at least 40 per cent higher than the reported 2006/07 profit before tax result.
As well, the Group's ongoing business transformation initiatives have ensured that Qantas is well positioned to meet ongoing challenges, including fuel prices and competitor capacity growth.
Accounting Policy Change
Qantas announced in August 2007 that it was early adopting International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee 13: Customer Loyalty Programs (IFRIC 13), as it applied to the Frequent Flyer Program and the accounting for earned Qantas points. The implementation of this change, which is detailed in Qantas' Half-Year Report, had the effect of reducing the comparative half-year profit before tax from $523 million to $450 million, and reducing opening retained earnings at 1 July 2007 by $555 million.
Group Revenue
Total revenue for the half-year was $8.1 billion, an increase of $491 million or 6.4 per cent on the prior comparative period compared to capacity growth, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), of 3.9 per cent.
Net passenger revenue including fuel surcharge recoveries increased $504 million or 8.4 per cent to $6.5 billion. Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPK), increased by 6.3 per cent while yield improved by 2.2 per cent. Excluding unfavourable foreign exchange rate movements, net passenger revenue was up 10.6 per cent, with yield improving 4.3 per cent.
Other revenue categories decreased by $12 million to $1.6 billion, which reflected activity growth net of lower liquidated damages receivable from aircraft manufacturers.
Total operating expenditure increased by 3.0 per cent or $213 million to $7.3 billion, excluding borrowing costs and hedge ineffectiveness on open derivatives, which was below the combined impact of capacity growth and price rises.
Employee related costs increased by $32 million or 1.9 per cent. Capacity growth and wage and salary increases were offset by cost saving initiatives and productivity improvements of $61 million under the Sustainable Future Program (SFP). Restructuring costs totalled $16 million, with 505 managed redundancies effected or announced during the period.
Total fuel costs for the six months to December 2007 were $28 million lower than the same period last year. The underlying into-plane fuel price was 11.9 per cent higher than the prior year, increasing costs by $175 million, while increased flying added $68 million in costs. Hedging benefits were $147 million higher than the prior half-year before an adverse effect of hedge accounting ineffectiveness which increased costs by $57 million. Favourable foreign exchange rate movements reduced fuel costs by $203 million. Fuel costs would have been $26 million higher had it not been for SFP initiatives delivered during the half-year.
Aircraft operating variable costs increased $69 million or 5.3 per cent to $1.4 billion, reflecting higher domestic airport charges and engineering costs, offset by cost saving initiatives and lower ground handling charges.
Depreciation and non-cancellable operating lease rentals increased by 5.3 per cent or $48 million, while financing costs were a net credit of $22 million (compared to interest expense of $22 million in the comparative half-year) due to higher average cash balances and capitalised interest against aircraft progress payments.
Open hedge positions resulted in ineffective derivative gains of $33 million due to timing differences from the recognition of future hedge instruments under A-IFRS. This compared to ineffective derivative losses on open positions of $99 million in the comparative half-year.
Net Impact of Foreign Exchange Rate Movements
The net effect of foreign exchange rate movements on overall profit before tax was a favourable impact of $113 million.
Sustainable Future Program and Group Unit Costs
The Sustainable Future Program is on track to achieve its cumulative $3 billion target by June 2008. Benefits delivered across the Group under the Program totalled $311 million for the half-year. These benefits comprised labour savings of $61 million, fuel savings of $26 million, distribution savings of $38 million and $186 million in fleet, product and overhead initiatives.
SFP savings contributed toward a reduction in net expenditure cost per ASK of 3.3 per cent.
Restructuring costs associated with the Sustainable Future Program totalled $34 million, including $16 million in redundancy payments and provisions.
Qantas Brands
Qantas brands includes QantasLink, Qantas Defence Services and other subsidiaries but excludes Freight, Loyalty and Corporate Centre costs which have been separately disclosed.
The Qantas flying operations contributed a PBT of $830 million, which was an increase of $428 million on the previous half-year. Passenger revenue increased by $250 million to $5.5 billion, or 4.8 per cent. Revenue growth was driven by a 4.4 per cent increase in yield while a 2.4 percentage point increase in seat factor largely offset a 2.6 per cent decrease in capacity.
Net expenditure, excluding fuel, reduced by $96 million or 3.0 per cent on a capacity reduction of 2.6 per cent resulting in a net expenditure unit cost reduction of 0.5 per cent.
Qantas Defence Services, other subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities contributed $24 million.
Jetstar Brands
Jetstar Brands comprises Jetstar's Australia-based operations, Express Ground Handling and Qantas' equity investment in Pacific Airlines and Jetstar Asia.
Jetstar Brands achieved a PBT of $113 million, nearly a fourfold increase on last years' half-year result of $25 million.
Passenger revenue increased by $250 million or 53.6 per cent, largely driven by a 62.9 per cent increase in capacity, arising from the continued expansion of the Jetstar International network.
Despite the significant capacity increase, seat factor was largely maintained decreasing only 0.1 percentage point to 78.6 per cent while yields reduced by 5.6 per cent.
Jetstar's net expenditure cost per ASK was 6.15 cents, an improvement of 16.3 per cent on the prior half-year comparative. On a total expenditure basis, cost per ASK reduced 14.8 per cent versus the comparative half-year.
Both net expenditure and total expenditure have benefited from capacity increases and productivity improvements. Start-up costs of $26 million relating to the international operation were also incurred in the prior half-year compared to $3 million incurred in this half-year.
Market Share
Total Qantas Group international market share was 32.1 per cent based on the latest Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE) statistics for the October 2007 year to date period, a 0.9 point increase on the prior year.
Total Qantas Group domestic market-share for the 5 months to November 2007 as reported by the BTRE was 68.0 per cent, a 0.5 point increase on the comparative half-year.
The Loyalty Segment reported a PBT of $62 million. The result included revenue of $399 million primarily from the redemption of Qantas Points for flight and other awards. Total costs for the period were $337 million with the majority of costs being the purchase of airline seats from Qantas group airline businesses.
Freight Enterprises
Qantas Freight Enterprises (QFE) includes Qantas Cargo, Express Freighters Australia and the Group's equity investments in Star Track Express Holdings Pty Limited (STE), Australian air Express Pty Limited (AaE) and Jupiter Air Oceania Limited.
QFE has reported a PBT of $53 million for the half-year ending 31 December 2007, compared to $56 million in the prior year.
Qantas Flight Catering Group
Qantas Flight Catering PBT increased by $1 million or 10 per cent to $7 million. The result reflected a downward adjustment to Qantas Airlines' pricing (to market levels) offset by higher external revenue and lower restructuring costs.
Corporate Centre
The Corporate Centre includes the central functions essential for maintaining governance, minimising risk and optimising performance of the Qantas Group portfolio of businesses. The $218 million in half-year costs include the additional $64 million provision for freight cartel fines.
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
Net cash held at 31 December 2007 was $2,910 million, a decrease of $453 million compared to 30 June 2007.
Cash flow from operations totalled $1,223 million, an increase of $173 million or 16.4 per cent, which reflects increased after-tax earnings.
Net capital expenditure totalled $818 million and included the purchase of two A330-200 aircraft and progress payments on A380, A330, A320, B738 and B787 aircraft, modifications, spares and related equipment. Proceeds from the sale of investments totalled $106 million and included the sale of the investment in Air New Zealand. Although this sale and its associated gain on disposal were recognised in the prior year, the cash proceeds were received in July 2007.
Net cash outflows from financing activities totalled $929 million, and included $295 million in dividend payments, net debt repayments of $224 million and the purchase of 71.1 million of shares under the buy-back announced in August 2007 at a cost of $410 million.
The book debt to equity ratio (including operating leases and the hedge reserve) at 31 December 2007 was 42:58 compared to 41:59 at 30 June 2007.
Earnings Per Share (EPS) was 31.6 cents per share, a 102.0 per cent improvement on the prior comparative period, which was broadly in line with the improvement in profitability.
Interim Dividend
The interim dividend of 18 cents per share represents a payout ratio of 57.0 per cent and an annualised fully franked dividend yield of approximately 9.5 per cent (based on the 31 December 2007 share price of $5.44). The interim dividend is payable on Wednesday, 2 April 2008 with a record date (books close) of Wednesday, 5 March 2008. The Dividend Reinvestment Plan will remain suspended.
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A military draft for women? Yes, if needed. Fair is fair.
Today, there is one major way in which federal law in America explicitly discriminates between women and men.
All men 18 to 25 must register for military service or lose access to a variety of government benefits, including student aid; women are exempt from the registration.
That would change under legislation introduced last week by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Ryan Zinke (R.-Mont.).
Their legislation would extend Selective Service to women. The bill might not be intended seriously. Duncan, at least, strongly opposes new policies opening all combat roles to women and is apparently trying to force debate on the issue.
But in fact, ending sex discrimination in this area — whether by including women in draft registration or by abolishing it — should be a no-brainer.
Objections to women in combat have been based on several rationales. One is practical: Critics argue that gender differences in physical abilities make women less efficient in ground fighting and that mixed-gender troops are likely to have worse cohesion. These issues need to be examined honestly, without regard to either traditional prejudices or newfangled "political correctness."
Among other things, a recent study which concluded that gender-integrated Marine units performed worse than all-male ones, and which Hunter and others claim was rejected by the brass for political reasons, should be impartially reassessed. Special training to improve women's performance is worth looking into. So is the controversial option of all-female units, which have done well in other nations — in Kurdistan, for example.
What shouldn't hold back change is the argument based on chivalry.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Republican presidential candidate, has said that it's "immoral" to "draft our daughters to forcibly bring them into the military" and "put them in a foxhole with a 220-pound psychopath trying to kill them."
But why shouldn't we be as horrified by the prospect of forcibly putting our sons (or brothers and husbands) in close combat? Whether the message is that young men are more expendable or that young women should be more sheltered, it's ultimately unfair to both.
Draft registration is a separate issue. Conscription did not exist in the United States before the Civil War and was often seen as incompatible with liberty. At present, we have not had a draft in more than four decades; registration is viewed as a slightly bothersome formality that does not cause young men to feel aggrieved, but also does not inspire much patriotism.
Writing in The Washington Post, former U.S. Navy officer Christopher Preble, vice president for defense studies at the Cato Institute, argues that Selective Service is an anachronism that should be ended. (Disclosure: I am an unpaid media fellow with Cato, a libertarian research center.) Preble says our modern wars do not require mass conscription and that, if an emergency required a draft, it could be easily conducted without advance registration.
As a policy matter, Preble is almost certainly right.
But if only for symbolic value, I would favor at least a five-year period of draft registration for both sexes. It would send a powerful message that, if an actual draft were needed, it would include both men and women, and they could serve wherever their contributions would be most effective. Equal rights must come with equal responsibilities.
So two cheers for the Hunter-Zinke bill. Even if it was meant to subvert the equalization of military roles, there's nothing to say it can't have the opposite effect. The ban on sex discrimination was originally inserted into the 1964 Civil Rights Act by opponents of the law who sought to undermine it. Progress can happen in mysterious ways.
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Now Food like many other essential oil companies boasts therapeutic grade, third-party tested oils that offer things like immune system support or energy revitalization. But Now Foods goes way beyond what you expect from any essential oils company, and their oils are a very recent addition to their massive list of product lines.
Company History
So, although Now Foods has only recently introduced essential oils the company started in 1968 with a focus on all thing's health foods. With today's understanding of nutrition and dietary health, we know that their start with granola and other "hippy" foods were a different understanding of health. But Now foods kept bringing in nutritional experts and increasing their product lines to realign with the changing health and wellness world.
Over the many decades of business, there were many expansions and advancements in the way of manufacturing methods. Today, Now Foods is still family owned and operated.
Now Foods takes their concern for health past the general idea of helping people lead healthier lives. They also take a philanthropic approach to the communities to establish that they're focused on health from where our food starts as seeds in a field all the way to consumption whether that's through cooking a nice meal at home or using essential oils in a diffuser.
Product Quality
Now Foods takes care of their manufacturing which is rare for essential oil companies which usually outsource the manufacturing or distillation process and then rely on testing afterward. Now Foods uses American farms to cultivate the plants used in their oils and use four different extraction methods depending on the plant and the type of oil they're creating.
Typically, essential oils go through a steam distillation process where the steam vapor is a condensed liquid form of the plant. But this process can dampen the effects of many plants that are delicate such as Jasmine, or plants they are exceptionally hardy like lemon.
To get the best quality oils, Now Foods uses steam distillation, cold press extraction, solvent extraction, and CO2 extraction methods. Using the method that works best for the plant at hand allows them to achieve the most potent extraction, while also having the best aroma — a winning combination.
Having these many different methods of extraction speaks volumes for Now Foods quality. Because they put so much care into the manufacturing process, they do end up with a far superior product.
Many essential oil companies will have one or two products that are outstanding, and the rest is kind of like sidekicks. But Now Foods has many shining stars in its essential oil's product line. Each one tested internally, externally through a third-party company and finally with the FDA for USDA certification.
Finally, all of Now Foods essential oils are certified USDA Organic, which is something that no other essential oils company can claim. They don't use any synthetic compounds, or non-natural chemicals during any of the plant's growth phases. That means that there is no pesticide or synthetic fertilizer.
Now Foods has complete control over their botanicals, and herbs because they farm the plants themselves. Some people argue that farming the plants in the United States diminishes the effects of plants which aren't native to the U.S., but the quality proves otherwise.
Customer Service
There isn't much information about the quality of customer service available from Now Foods, and it's probably because they don't do much in the way of direct sales. Most of the Now Foods essential oils products reach consumers through Whole Foods or Amazon.
Using major retailers means that their customers will hardly ever need to contact them. If you have a problem with a Now Foods Essential Oil which you purchased through Amazon, you will contact Amazon and the same with Whole Foods.
You can reach the Now Foods corporate offices at 888-669-3663 or file a product complain through an online form. It seems that online forms are the primary way to communicate with the company regarding questions, concerns or complaints.
The downside is that the response time on these forms can range from a few hours to a few weeks. It could be that the long wait times are due to investigations taking place, but it's frustrating as a customer having to wait weeks for a response.
Price Range
Now Foods is the most affordable essential oils company on the market right now. It's partially because they don't outsource anything except the third-party testing, but it could also be that they have so many other product lines that they can afford to lower the price of the essential oils. Because the company is so diverse, they can work with pricing more than the competition.
Product Variety
Because Now Foods is such a huge manufacturer, we're only looking at the essential oils they offer. They do have a small collection of diffusers which range in size from portable to large enough to fill your living room with wonderful essential oil aroma.
The product variety is massive, and that word still doesn't come close to capturing the magnitude of their essential oil's product line. They have about 100 different single oils and maybe 20 or so essential oil blends. Their products range from woody essential oils such as Fir or Pine which can both be difficult to find to the standard peppermint or lavender.
Because the product variety is so huge, it's easier to buy the kits and then build upon the essential oils that you need outside the kits.
So, what doesn't Now Foods have? Well, as misleading as the name of their company might be in the essential oils industry, none of the oils are food safe, which is standard in the industry. Don't try to ingest any essential oil, ever.
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New Year's Eve, 2013: I had just returned to New York after living and working for more than a decade abroad in countries with universal health care systems.
Transferred by the company I then worked for to join a then-nascent New York City office, the start date on my American contract was January 1, 2014. This was a problem when the prixe fixe dinner I was enjoying at an East Village restaurant turned out to be contaminated with lobster: I'm highly allergic.
Hours from being eligible for health insurance, I made the risky call to dose myself with Benadryl rather than attempt an ER visit that would cost me thousands of dollars. I lived. But I'll never forget how astonished and frightened I felt to realize that my access to health care was so tightly linked to my employment.
The number of Americans who get health insurance through their work hovers just above the 50% mark. As long as we keep our jobs, the fight to preserve Obamacare may feel less relevant to those of us who are full-time employed-with-benefits than to folks who don't have that access—whether that's because they're unemployed and disabled, or because they are hired on contracts that don't offer health benefits.
But for those of us used to being able to walk into a clinic when we're ill without concern that we'll be asked for our credit cards before our health is assessed, it's very disturbing to realize that one bad PowerPoint presentation or an unreasonable line manager could in theory lead to the end of our at-will employment–which in turn could lead to the loss of the benefits that allow us to pay for life-saving treatments.
It's a lot to think about when you're preparing a quarterly report.
Getting employers to care about health insurance is not just about altruism. It's actually good economic practice, because guess what? Ill people can't work. If your company is young and largely comprised of spry millennials, it may seem like providing them with adequate ping-pong tables and protein-rich snacks is a priority of higher order than making sure that they can go to the doctor when they're not well. But this is shortsighted. And that's not just because it underestimates how often people who are seemingly young and healthy may still have a host of reasons why they need to seek (and afford) medical treatment on a regular basis.
Skimping on health insurance is bad for innovation: It means that smart people with health issues may struggle to take the leap of faith required to work for a startup or chase a risky, entrepreneurial idea without a safety net. I am a great example of this. Diagnosed with a hereditary cancer syndrome six months after I returned to the U.S., I know that so long as I live the the U.S., I must always work for a large company that offers the kind of insurance that will fund the thousands of dollars of tests I require each year to stay healthy.
I'm lucky to have found such a role, but I'm disappointed to know that if I stay in this country I'll never be able to afford to work for a scrappy startup again. Even small companies that think that employees should rely on spouses for better insurance are really missing the point. The last startup I worked for gave New York employees California health insurance, which meant that essentially every doctor in the city was out of network. I wasted many hours of company time trying to convince our HR department that my team needed a better solution.
This lack of investment in health care at young organizations will limit the diversity of their workforces, because it can prevent people with dependents (especially women) from joining their teams. Inadequate insurance stymies growth in young companies when they desperately need to add more-seasoned team members.
Crucially, buying into corporate health care policies supports the most inefficient and often shambolic corners of the American health care system. Companies that invest in good health care for their workers aren't just ensuring that they'll have smart bodies in their cubicles: By proxy, these companies help shore up the health care systems that their employees and their customers rely on.
Despite the determination of a legion of (let's face it) rich white men in Congress to let the ill and weak perish, keeping people alive is good for business. Suffering and death, not so much. This is why businesses must stop regarding the provision of health insurance to their workers as a financial burden, and start viewing it not just as a moral duty, but also a financial responsibility.
This story reflects the views of this author, but not necessarily the editorial position of Fast Company.


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The position for a School Resource Officer has been filled, after a unanimous decision between the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office and the Moniteau County R-1 School District. The announcement was made during the Nov. 19 school board meeting.
Scott Harkins, a reserve deputy for the sheriff's office, already is considered a county employee, Superintendent Dwight Sanders explained. This new title will be a deputy reassignment. Harkins will begin his duties in January.
An update on the 2020 bond issue also was discussed during the meeting. Sanders said the planning process is still in motion.
"Right now, we're working to fine tune some of the numbers," Sanders said. "After they are finalized, we will take a look at our priorities for this bond as we go."
The main priority will be to add to the elementary and middle schools.
"The bulk of the construction will be connecting the backside of the middle and elementary schools back by the bus drop off/pick up area," Sanders said. "It will be a two-story building, so we'll actually be expanding the middle school library and cafeteria."
In this addition will be room to build classrooms in order to allow the fifth grade to join the middle school. Also in the expansion, the school board is looking to "demo the kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms and add them into the new section."
Sanders also mentioned building a gymnasium that could serve as a safe shelter in the event of a natural disaster. This safe shelter would be partially-funded with FEMA grant money, if the proposition is approved.
In other business, the board recognized California High School English teacher Dana Barr as a nominee for the LifeChanger of the Year award. She was formally nominated by a former student, Tyler Gowans-Husted, who described Barr as "being the Michael Jordan of teaching."
The board also approved the request by California High School choir director Michele Bilyeu to allow her choir to perform in Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2020.
Last spring, four large ensembles from CHS competed in Chicago and won first place in their division. Bilyeu said the men's choir also won the Judicator's Award. These accomplishments led the choir to be invited to the Festival of Gold in Carnegie Hall. The Festival of Gold, Bilyeu said, is not a competition, but an opportunity for choir students around the country to sing together.


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Tullis Russell Paper Mill in Glenrothes, Fife produced paper and board for use in cards, covers and premium packaging. The Markinch Power Station was built to provide electricity and steam to the paper mill. Construction began in 1912 and was completed in 1914.
Originally consisting of a single Parsons turbine and generator unit, the power station was enlarged in 1921 to add another two units. The ability to co-fire oil along with coal was also introduced at the same time. The powerhouse was then expanded once again and a fourth, larger Parsons turbine was added.
In 1979 David Russell expressed his concerns about energy shortages and suggests that Tullis Russell must save coal. He devised a method of continuous working to avoid closing down at weekends which saved 70 tonnes of coal. He also started looking for an alternative to burning oil.
In 1999 one of the boilers was converted to run on gas, but it was realised that cleaner and cheaper energy was still required. In 2012 RWE invested in the Glenrothes site to build a biomass power station to replace the ageing coal plant. The new plant provided both steam and power to Tullis Russell, and made the old plant obsolete.
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Jesus taught a lot during the last week of his life, the part before the Crucifixion. Mark and Matthew and John and Luke all devote many column inches to this teaching.
And most of them report on the responses.
There seem to be two dominant themes: delight and destruction.
The crowds, the people, the masses, are delighted. The way Jesus carries himself in the arguments. The way Jesus takes on the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the teachers of the law. The way Jesus tells stories.
Everyone was delighted.
Except the leaders, of course. They wanted his influence destroyed. They were determined to trap him, to get rid of him, to kill him. They feared what the crowds would do, feared for their own power. They planned and plotted and had delight of their own when Judas arrived, ready to betray Jesus.
The point of his teaching, however, was neither delight nor destruction. He was seeking disciples, people who would obey what he taught.
In the middle of the week Jesus has a conversation that delights him. A man asks Jesus about what he really thinks. It's not a trap, it's an invitation to teach. And so Jesus does.
"The most important [commandment]," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
The best response to Holy Week is not emotional, though that is appropriate. Delight in the teaching, contriteness over betrayal, sadness in the dying – all these make sense. But the response that Jesus invited and affirmed was much deeper.
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I am not embarrassed to say that one of the great benefits to publishing a book is jewelry. When my first novel, "The People in the Trees," came out in 2013, I bought just one thing with my advance: a deep-blue enamel ring that I had lettered with the first line — Kaulana na pua a o Hawaii/Famous are the flowers of Hawaii — of one of the most resonant Hawaiian protest songs, "Famous Are the Flowers," written in 1893 to voice support for the overthrown Queen Liliuokalani, the islands' last monarch. My book was an allegory of Pacific colonialism, and it seemed right that I should wear this reminder of Hawaii, what it had been and what it had lost, on my hand.
When my second novel, "A Little Life," was published last March, I didn't buy any jewelry. But people gave it to me anyway: a reader sent me a silver cuff. A group of my close friends got together and bought me a ring — a heavy gold bird with round, brilliant-cut diamonds for eyes and dangling a briolette-shaped ruby from its mouth like a drop of blood — from the renowned Jaipur-based jeweler Gem Palace. (This very creation had actually inspired a similar piece of jewelry that appears in the book's final chapter.)
But even so, I wanted a piece of custom jewelry, something to commemorate the novel's characters, who had become as vivid and complicated to me as my own friends: certainly it felt as if I had spent more time with them in the year and a half it had taken to write the book than I had spent with actual humans. And then my friend Claudia, a jewelry editor, told me about a label called Foundrae.
Foundrae was begun and is designed by Beth Bugdaycay, the former CEO of Rebecca Taylor, and consists of women's ready-to-wear — silky, slouchy jumpsuits; micro-pleated, shell-pink chiffon skirts; knitwear stippled with holes and slashes — and a fine jewelry line. Co-designed with Leeora Catalan, the jewelry designs include triangle-shaped earcuffs and medallion-shaped charms, but the most distinctive pieces are enamelwork on 18k gold. Pleasingly hefty, they come in four colorways meant to represent a different quality or endowment one needs to find one's way through life: Strength (red), Karma (blue), Dream (black) and Protection (green). The label's own pieces are gorgeous — they have a graphic, talismanic quality that makes them appear at once assuringly ancient and attractively modern — but Bugdaycay and Catalan also do custom work, and really, jewelry is at its best when it's made for only you. When we wear a piece of custom jewelry, we are adding ourselves to a legacy as old as the Romans, the Greeks, the Persians — older. Very few traditions can be said to have remained unchanged over the history of time, but the act of announcing oneself to the world through jewelry is something that has endured through millennia and across cultures. We may no longer formally declare our tribal affiliations under flags or with particular hairstyles or colors, but we still do with what we choose to display on our fingers, our ears and around our necks and wrists.
Bugdaycay and Catalan talk a lot about the ineffable qualities of their jewelry, and I was at first skeptical, even though they are both so radiant and kind that feeling any doubt seemed churlish, somehow. But then I went to visit them. Foundrae's New York City offices and showroom are on Lispenard Street, an obscure, narrow corridor south of Canal Street, just on the edge of TriBeCa, that happens to be the place my characters live: I had never before met anyone who knew of the street's existence, much less anyone who actually lived on it. It seemed like an omen. I went up to Bugdaycay's apartment — she lives above the store, just as a 19th-century shopkeeper would have — and she and Catalan let me fit different bangles around my wrists, let me try to cram their beautiful rings onto my fingers, let me tangle up their fine gold necklaces. They waited as I made my decisions, and then waited again as I remade them.
And then, two or so months after that, a visit: a copy of my book, its pages glued together into a solid brick, wrapped in red ribbon and hand-delivered to my office by Catalan (Bugdaycay was out of town). "Open it," she said, smiling, and I did. There, in a square coffin Bugdaycay had carved out of the book's innards, were two pendants, one with the names of the two central characters, another with "Lispenard"; and a ring, with all four of the main characters' names, the space between them punctuated with tiny diamonds. I put everything on at once, of course: the gold felt warm against my skin; I could feel the weight of the ring on my finger. They weren't there to protect me, necessarily, nor offer me strength — but they reminded me, and remind me now, of something I'd made, something that will always be mine. What better to announce to the world than that?


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My name is Peach, and I am a Kdrama-holic. Yes that's right, I'm obsessed. I spend countless hours in the middle of the night glued to my computer screen, gawking at Oppas (오빠) and Unnies (언니) eating Ramyun (라면), while knocking back shot after shot of Soju (소주)!
Korea is a beautiful country, with a beautiful culture. If you have never delved into the world of Korean dramas, I implore you to grab some popcorn and do so now!
Here are some 2014 Korean Dramas that I loved! I must reiterate, that this is my personal list and I am not claiming these to be the best of the best! I'm sure each of you Kdrama lovers will have your own personal list! If so, please share! Kuma and I could always use some more Kdrama in our lives!
From the makers of 'I Hear Your Voice', this drama focusses more on mystery and political power play rather than romance.
Along with Lee Jong Suk as the lead, you'll notice a couple of the same actors in this drama as well, and they've done a great job at playing completely different roles.
Our lead, Choi Dal Po has a pretty messed up past which has caused him to have a burning hatred for journalism , but certain events force him to become a journalist in order to set right the wrong that has been done to his family… perfect scenario for a Kdrama!
That hair transformation though! (❤ _❤ )
His BFF/love interest Choi In Ha, played by Park Shin Hye has a peculiar Pinocchio syndrome that gives her a fit of hiccups each time she tries to lie. Her dream to become a journalist is not an easy one, as lying is considered to be a given in our current world of corrupt journalism!
Her struggles with getting a job, are very relatable to the audience, and her blatant honesty is just one of the things that makes this drama very fast paced. You will be kept on your toes, and never feel like things are dragging on!
Despite this drama having dark undertones, it's very entertaining and funny at just the right places. This is a must watch!
~My Love From Another Star
This drama features the extremely beautiful and hilariously talented Jun Ji Hyun, if you've seen My Sassy Girl, then you know for a fact that her acting skills are top notch!
She plays gorgeous actress Chun Song Yi, who has a bit of a narcissism complex. Unlike the usual Kdrama female lead, she is as feisty as can be and oozes confidence! If she wants something, she will go after it with full force!
Her leading man, the always handsome Kim Soo Hyun, plays Do Min Joon, an alien that has been living on earth for centuries, collecting PhDs left and right, whilst being a bit of an introvert. Yes folks, he's an alien. This is a Korean drama, anything is possible!
This drama isn't all about romance, there is an intriguing murder mystery on the side, that perfectly balances out the storyline.
What really makes this drama, one of my all time favourites is their chemistry, and Jun Ji Hyun's award winning acting. Look at them, they are absolutely gorgeous!
This drama will leave you balling your eyes out at the end, and wishing for your very own man from the stars!
~Let's Eat
Do you like food? Yes? This drama is for you. Let's Eat is all about delicious food!
Although Let's Eat wasn't as popular as the other two, it was certainly an entertaining watch for me!
Yoon Doo Joon from Kpop group BEAST, plays a food obsessed insurance salesman, who seeks every opportunity to sweet-talk people into buying insurance from him.
Female lead Lee Soo Kyung, plays a usually dignified woman, who loses all self control at the first sight of food. Sounds a lot like Kuma and I! >_<
Just one of the many food shots that you can expect to see in this show! I'm warning you now pals, do not watch on an empty stomach!
If you want to know more about Korean food then this is for you!
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LINLITHGOW Rose gaffer Mark Bradley reckons facing arch-rivals Bo'ness is the perfect fixture to start his reign at Prestonfield Park.
The new man in charge of Lithgae has taken part in his fair share of clashes between the two Superleague heavyweights.
And Bradley believes it will be an easy game to get his players motivated for.
He said: "It's a huge game to start my time as the manager.
"There's a fierce rivalry between the two sides that everyone at both clubs understands and a win would be a fantastic way to start.
"It is a great game to have first – the players won't need any extra motivation and I expect they will all be right up for it before I say anything to them in the dressing room."
But while Bradley talks up the advantages of facing the auld enemy, there will surely be thoughts at the back of his mind of what defeat could spell.
Last time the sides met, Stewart Devine's deflected free-kick handed Bo'ness a 2-1 win and dumped The Rose out of the Scottish Junior Cup.
Former Lithgae gaffer Dave Baikie blamed that defeat at the hand of Bo'ness as the reason he got the boot in November.
And while there won't be anything as drastic as that happening if Bo'ness do prevail, it highlights how important the big game is to the club.
The Superleague clash could go a long way to deciding Linlithgow's season with the two-time champions three points off table-toppers Hill of Beath with a game in hand.
Since taking the hot seat last month, Bradley has been working closely with his squad of players.
And he reckons his squad is strong enough without adding extra players.
He said: "I think some managers make the mistake of bringing in new players to put their stamp on a team when they aren't actually better players.
"We've a good team of players as it is and I won't be making changes to unsettle things.
"Obviously that will change if performances drop, but as things stand I am happy to keep the squad the same."
Kick-off at Newtown Park is 1.45pm.
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Budva – With a great fiesta which the night before last night in elite Becici hotel "The Queen of Montenegro" was organized by the Montenegrin tourist association, in the presence of more than 500 guests from cultural and public life, solemnly they have celebrated the beginning of the New Year, for the first time in Montenegro.
The manifestation, according to the words of the director of the company "Springer & Placer Montenegro", which is the owner of the Becici hotel, Dragan Purko Ivancevic, should become a traditional one and that people from the area of tourism after the season, especially a successful one such as the year 2006 was, should celebrate and mark the beginning of a new business year.
Ceremonial dinner on which there were specialties of domestic and foreign cuisine, along with a well thought entertainment program for which "Montenegrosingers", "Atlas band" and the famous Montenegrin singer Zdravko Djuranovic were in charge, with the host of the night Marko Novakovic, was a great recommendation for a good fun which lasted until late in the evening.
In the luxurious hall of the hotel they have placed a Swedish table, and the central part of the table was occupied by a three floored cake.
Exactly at midnight Minister of tourism Predrag Nenezic has cut the cake with which he solemnly marked the beginning of the new tourist year.
Wishing everyone a successful 2007, Nenezic pointed out that the year 2006 was a historical year in Montenegrin tourism, during which extremely great results were achieved.
We have extremely well predictions for 2007, because we are becoming well known on the international market. It is good that that is not happening too fast, because there are a lot of things which need to be prepared in order for us to welcome our guests in the right way, starting from the communal and traffic infrastructure, up to the quality of the total tourist offer. Montenegro in the future will not count tourists, but money, and it will analyze the quality which from year to year has to be better. Our goal is to animate those markets which will elongate the tourists season – noted Nenezic,
He adds, that the good announcements for the year 2007 are encouraging, as well as the arrival of the guests in the second half of March.
We also have the reconstructions of hotels "Avala" and "4 jul" (4th of JULY) in Petrovac, the putting into full function of "Splendid", as well as the challenge to develop in the tourist sense, as soon as possible, in a sustainable way, Buljarica and Jaz, because those are two pearls which very few countries have – concluded Nenezic.
President of LP in the role of a bar tender
A great number of guests from the public life have accepted that during the celebration of the tourist New Year takes over the role of the tourist worker.
In that way Dragan Purko Ivancevic was the chief of pastry men, and in the role of the waiters one could see the president and the secretary of CTU Branko Diki Kazanegra and Milena Raickovic, as well as the journalists of radio Budva and "Vijesti" Branka Cvorovic and Vuk Lajovic.
The president of the Liberal party Miodrag Zivkovic was a bar tender and the journalist of "Pobjeda", Nikola Perkovic, was the chef.


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The first picture we got of our sweet baby. He was so tiny.
First Birthday...oh, those cheeks!
Second Birthday....sweetie pie!
Third Birthday...eager for Batman!
Third Birthday...eager for Batman!
And...Fourth Birthday. He had a party at the Little Gym, a gymnastics place. It was so much fun. He invited his pre-school class. This was his first party with friends from school. He had a great time playing with everyone. And....whaaaaaa! Look how big he is. This Mama thinks he's getting too big too fast but he sure is a joy to watch grow up.


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Yellowcard have posted the following on their website "Looks like we can finally announce that we will be touring the United Kingdom and Europe in February and March of 2013! Set It Off will be supporting the whole tour, Like Torches (new album out next year produced by Ryan Key and Ryan Mendez) from Sweden will be with us in the UK, and we will be making another amazing announcement about additional support very soon. We have been working really hard overseas these last two years so we are really looking forward to this headlining tour. Stay tuned for more details as they come!"
The tour will be in support of their most recent album Southern Air, which has hit the charts worldwide and gained a top 10 spot in the US Billboard charts.
25.02 – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
26.02 – KoKo, London
28.02 – QMU, Glasgow
01.03 – Ritz, Manchester
02.03 – Kasbah, Coventry
05.03 – Waterfront, Norwich
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Unless you golf or live within the gates of the Oak Bridge Club at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach's 3 Palms Grille might not be on your dining radar. And that's a shame.
Since fall 2016, the lakeside bistro and bar has been very much open to the public. Just ask for it at either Sawgrass community guard gate, then be prepared to wind your way through the curves of rooftops and cart crossings that make up the circulatory system of Ponte Vedra golf country.
Open six days per week for lunch and dinner, along with Sunday brunch, 3 Palms offers the feel of a private club with a modern-yet-comfortable vibe and a daring, contemporary family of menus to match. The restaurant interior is bisected into bar and dining area, with an expansive patio and fire pit extending toward the lake and 18th green.
The culinary team at the foundation of 3 Palms is a collaboration between the partners at 11 South in Jacksonville Beach and Cap's on the Water in Vilano Beach. They've created an inventive casual fine-dining scene with menus for lunch, dinner, brunch, bar bites and happy hour, all of which rotate seasonally. Dinner is, as you might expect, heavy on fully involved entrees, while lunch ushers in sandwiches, sliders and flatbreads alongside standard entrée fare. The brunch menu brings in five brunch standards and nice deals on mimosas and bloody marys.
My family came calling last Saturday with an early-evening reservation in the main dining room. While Mom and I appreciated the tony décor and social clamor of the chatty dining room, our 3-year-old transformed into an insatiable wiggle worm. At least for dinner, consider 3 Palms date night territory and get a sitter.
For starters, we called up the Artisan Cheese Plate ($15). This plentiful platter featured slices of aged English cheddar, manchego and truffled Gouda alongside a mound of blue cheese crumbles, along with candied pecans, honey and crostinis (on the side in a nod to my wife's gluten-free palate). The offerings were mild, easy-to-love crowd-pleasers.
The Caesar Salad ($10) was a standard arrangement of baby romaine, grape tomatoes and shaved Parmesan, pleasantly punctuated with tasty herbed garlic loaf croutons that gave this salad a nice and memorable edge.
For our main plates, my wife's Atlantic Salmon ($25) was a moist, melty and healthy portion finished in a tangy, great honey mustard-rosemary-orange glaze. The medley of baby spinach, blistered tomatoes and baby carrots over whipped potatoes gave a varied texture in every bite.
My selection, the Lamb Rack ($25), was a delicious, melt-in-your-mouth half rack of celery spice-crusted and grilled lamb, paired with a colorful foundation of Israeli couscous chock-full of grape tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, olive, lemon zest and feta. It was a winner.
The dinner menu features six dessert offerings; we sampled two. My wife's Vanilla Crème Brulee ($7) was a smooth, perfectly creamy custard assembled from Madagascar vanilla beans, accentuated with fresh berries. My Warm Flourless Dark Chocolate Cake ($7) resembled a lava cake, served in a ramekin dish, with a wilting scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. My wiggle-worm daughter suddenly straightened up with her spoon, all business.
The 3 Palms happy hour, available Tuesday through Sunday from 3:30-7 p.m., is an extensive one with $5 wine pours (red, white and sparkling included), $5 single-pour premium cocktails and $2.75 Bud Light, Miller Lite and Michelob Ultra. Eight Bar Bites, including such selections as Prime Rib Spring Rolls and Truffled Parmesan Frites, run $6 to $7 during the same hours. Live entertainment acts perform Thursday and Saturday evenings as well as during Sunday brunch, with expanded performances coming the week of The Players golf tournament, Thursday through Sunday nights.
While tucked away from the rest of the Beaches dining scene, 3 Palms Grille is right at home in the heart of Sawgrass. It's a very pleasant dine we'll enjoy again soon.
Jay Magee is a regular guy who needs a little balance in his life. That means spending as much time in the gym as he does in new restaurants. Find out how that'sworking out for him at jaymagee.yelp.com or read one of his intermittent blog posts at jaymagee.com.


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IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Syllabus is similar to that of CBSE class 11 and class 12 syllabus, as defined officially by IPU for the candidates willing to appear in IPU CET 2018. For the B.Tech Courses, the candidates will be preparing Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects. The important books to refer to prepare the topics from the syllabus are also given below. The IPU CET B.Tech 2018 will be conducted on May 13, 2018.
IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Syllabus
IPU CET 2018 Syllabus for B.Tech comprises of physics, chemistry, mathematics up to class 12th under 10+2 scheme. In other words, refer class 11 as well as class 12 syllabus of CBSE for clearer details.
IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Syllabus PDF: Physics
View the syllabus for Physics here:
IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Syllabus PDF: Mathematics
View the syllabus for Mathematics here:
IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Syllabus PDF: Chemistry
View the syllabus for Chemistry here:
IPU CET B.Tech 2018 Important Books
To prepare for IPU CET B.Tech 2018 it is advisable to stick to the NCERT books and solve a lot of IPU CET 2018 previous years question papers. Also one can take the help of few other reference books as mentioned below. This reference books will help the candidates with some tricky questions that might come up. Although it is said IPU CET B.Tech is easy and straightforward but there is no harm in being ready for the uncertain.
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|Problems In Mathematics with Hints and Solutions
|V. Govorov
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|Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
|Butterfly Edufields
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|Physics at a glance
|Abhay Kumar
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|Hc Verma Concepts of physics 1&2
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Preparing for IPU CET B.Tech 2018
The level of the IPU CET is considered average, but that does not mean you should have an average preparation. To crack any examination you need dedication and a full proof strategy. here are few tips that one can use to score well in IPU CET 2018.
- Have a plan: Know the important topics and the weightage of each subject and make a strategy accordingly.
- Stick to your plan: Not only having a plan is important, but executing it on a regular basis is what makes your preparation strong and long-lasting.
- Stay Motivated: Wake up every day with a goal. Try to finish the goal on the entire day.
- Evaluate Yourself: Take mock tests and know your score. Compare the scores to know how much more you need to prepare. At every level judge your performance to know whether or not you are going towards the right direction.
Know the Exam pattern to start Preparing
B.Tech entrance exam of IPU CET 2018 will have physics, chemistry, mathematics in equal proportions. Exam pattern for IPU CET B.Tech 2018 is as follows:
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(ii) Negative Marking
For every incorrect answer, 1 mark will be deducted.
(iii) Type of questions
All questions will be MCQs with four options. Only one option will be correct.
(iv) Exam duration
IPU CET 2018 for B.Tech will be of 2.5 hours duration.
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Feb 1, 2018
Preparing for a career in the post-digital world
Following the release of her report on Women and STEM last fall, TD Bank Group Chief Economist Beata Caranci received an outpouring of messages from people sharing their personal stories. A common theme of fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) emerged from parents anxious to know how best to prepare their children for careers in a post-digital world. Caranci tackles these questions in a new follow-up report.
Caranci found that parent-FOMO can be sorted into two categories. In the first, parents lack sufficient knowledge about STEM resources that are available. To be sure, there are many programs but the range of options can be overwhelming and costly. In the second category are parents who are concerned that even a university education won't help their children secure jobs due to the rise of technology that can displace large swaths of highly educated workers, like artificial intelligence.
To achieve success in a post-digital world, Caranci says, individuals and companies will need to demonstrate agility, embrace life-long learning and understand career progression as movement along a lattice, rather than up a ladder.
"As technological change intensifies, so will the pressure on firms of all sizes to re-tool and focus on continual learning environments," said Beata Caranci, Chief Economist, TD Bank Group. "The transformation of workplace skills happens in real time, and speed will matter."
According to Caranci, in order to adapt, deeper partnerships will likely form between private-public educational curriculums, and employee-employer life-long learning journeys.
"This offers an opportunity for governments to revisit guidelines and incentives for current corporate training funding models to positively encourage firms of all sizes to do more heavy lifting on workforce reskilling."
For more information, click here for the full report on Parent-FOMO in a Post-digital World.
To read Women and STEM: Bridging the Divide, click here.


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Lemon Ice F1 Hybrid Seedless Watermelon Seeds
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Note: Watermelon Release Form must be completed and returned to neseed before watermelon seed orders can be shipped. This release must be received within 14 days or your watermelon order will be canceled.
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(10-12 lbs.) Lemon Ice F1 Hybrid seedless watermelon features a firm, crisp, lemon-yellow flesh with high brix. Lemon Ice F1 exhibits a round/oval shape with a Jubilee/Tiger Stripe. 85 days.
Seedless Type
Seedless varieties are triploid. They should be started in the greenhouse and transplanted when soil temperature in the field are 65°F. Seedless watermelons need a pollinator variety planted with them.
Seedless watermelons require special attention. They must be started indoors. Start at the same time as your pollinator variety (packet of sugar baby gratis with your order).
Use very well drained seed starting mix kept at a steady soil temperature of 85°F. Sow seedless watermelons 3 weeks before outside soil reaches 65°F. Seedlings cannot be transplanted until they have 2-3 sets of leaves and their roots have filled the soil in the pot.
300 seeds/oz.; 8 days, 70-72°F.
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text: PCMag Staff Zmodo Pivot Reviews/ Consumer Electronics/ Smart Home/ Home Security/ Home Security Cameras/ Zmodo Pivot PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. View As: One PageSlides Back to Review Share Tweet Pin Email 1 Pivot The Pivot camera is housed in a black cylindrical enclosure that stands 5.3 inches high and has a 3-inch diameter. Share Tweet Pin Email 2 Live View The Pivot delivers sharp 1080p video with rich colors and minimal pin-cushioning. Share Tweet Pin Email 3 Alerts Tapping the Alerts icon takes you to a screen that lists each triggered event (motion and door sensor) accompanied by a 30-second video clip. Share Tweet Pin Email 4 Settings The Settings screen uses large icons to guide you to each submenu where you can do things like enable the microphone and night vision LED, turn 360-degree motion detection on and off, schedule notifications, share the device with friends and family, and check storage usage. Share Tweet Pin Email 5 Speaker The built-in Bluetooth speaker is loud and can be cranked up without distortion, but it doesn't offer much in the way of bass response.


text: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fitch Ratings on Wednesday affirmed the ratings for Toronto-Dominion Bank TD, +1.19% and its principal subsidiaries and said TD's rating outlook remains stable. The affirmation comes on the heels of Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s AMTD, -2.60% planned purchase of the bank's U.S. arm of its TD Waterhouse online brokerage division. The transaction would result in TD holding 39.9% of TD Ameritrade common stock and having five of the company's 12 board seats, Fitch noted, saying that it considers TD's proposed investment to be substantial. "This level of investment, along with the fact that TD's name will be associated with the combined entity, supports Fitch's view that TD would likely feel compelled to provide ongoing financial support for TD Ameritrade, should it be needed," the agency said. Fitch rates TD's senior long-term debt at AA- and its short-term debt at F1+.


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plant gets limp during day, perks up in evening
Wondering why late in day plant gets all limp but early evening it perks up. It has plenty of water and is in full sunlight. It's bout 18 inches high and has about five buds on it now, and see new blossoms.
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Plants wilt during the hottest part of the day because the plant is losing moisture through its leaves faster than it can take up water through its roots. As the weather gets cooler in the early evening the plants do not transpire as much and bounce back.
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Deville man killed, Pineville man injured in Grant crash
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans in rural areas are less likely to wear seat belts. The study, which was from the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Rural Health Series, says adult motor vehicle drivers and passengers in rural counties had motor vehicle death rates 3 to 10 times higher than those living in urban areas. It then goes on to add that seat belt use in rural counties in the United States was around 74.7 percent, compared to 88.8 percent in most urban counties. Wochit
An unrestrained Deville man died early Sunday morning in a crash, while a passenger who was wearing a seat belt sustained only minor injuries, reads a release.
The crash happened just after 4 a.m. on La. Highway 8 near La. Highway 492, which is just outside Colfax in Grant Parish.
Benjamin A. Williford, 18, was driving a 2000 Nissan pickup truck westbound on La. 8 when he lost control and ran off the right side of the road, according to Louisiana State Police. Williford overcorrected, then ran off the left side of the road.
When he did that, the truck hit several small trees and overturned. Williford died at the scene.
His passenger, 20-year-old Timothy S. Darnell of Pineville, was taken to Rapides Regional Trauma Center.
The crash remains under investigation. It's the 12th fatal crash within Troop E in 2018, and the 12th fatality.


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We are starting to finalize our next trip and probably our final big adventure in the "Ole Fun Finder". If all goes well, it will be traded in so that we can take delivery of the Newmar. Since we are taking an October delivery instead of the September 14th date that Newmar offered, we decided to head back to Nappanee and watch the build in Plant 7 from July 29th thru August 4th. Its a bit of a trip, but I think we would regret not going. We are also looking forward to meeting some other Newmar owners who we met on one of the Newmar forums. One of the best things that we have found in our short RV life is that we have met a lot of great people and made a lot of new friends.
We try to pick a different route each time we go North so we can see new sites, plus we try to work in a new casino for Liz when we can (I enjoy it too). I'm also a fan of the tv show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Triple D) hosted by Guy Fieri so I downloaded an app that shows the restaurants that he has featured on his shows. We are going to try to hit a few of them each trip. Should be fun!
Below is a list of our stops and a map of our journey. We will be overnighting on the Northbound leg in:
Kinards, SC – Magnolia RV Park
Clinton, TN – KOA
North Bend, OH – Indian Springs Campground
Bremen, IN – Pla-Mor Campground
On the Southbound return trip we will be overnighting in:
Shepherdsville, KY – Grandma's RV Camping (hmmmm)
Cullman, AL – Cullman Campground
Americus, GA – Brickyard Plantation Golf and RV
Home Sweet Home!!
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by John Galt August 5, 2019 05:00 ET
To be quite honest, I like President Donald J. Trump's approach to the Presidency in many ways. However, I fear some of his tactics and personality traits are putting us on the road to disaster. His history of "getting going" when the going gets tough is not an attribute I would rate as a premium optimal outcome for our society. After all, there is this as evidence, among a lot more:
Thus as I discussed in a previous article about the fork in the road, there is a dark, dire series of outcomes which are both realistic and believe it or not possible between now and the end of 2019. Buckle up as none are predictions but some I would rate as higher probability events over others.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards attack a United States naval vessel or ship under protection of the U.S. Navy in the Straits of Hormuz. Without a doubt this will require President Trump to abandon any charade of negotiation and acquiesce to an attack on the Iranian naval facilities killing hundreds and sinking a large majority of their vessels. The risk is that Russian personnel are killed also while providing "training" at any facility. West Texas Intermediate oil prices will almost certainly top $75 per barrel within hours of the news.
- Hong Kong decouples from the U.S. Dollar and adopts the Chinese Renminbi immediately followed by the People's Liberation Army occupying and terminating all protests and the current structure of Hong Kong as an independent entity within the People's Republic of China.
- Global warming is once and for all disproved and dismissed by serious scientists. Despite the stupidity of some groups claiming that the sun is overheating the earth's climate, the data from the Parker Solar Probe and viable measurements of sunspot activity and related solar heat output reveal that the Earth is potentially entering into a period of solar cooling. This revelation shocks the world as agricultural output is projected to plunge by 40% to 50% in many of the world's breadbaskets as well as northern regions like Alaska becoming almost inhabitable as the highest annual temperatures may average only 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The initials GSM(Grand Solar Minimum)become part of the modern lingo. Agriculture futures soar in price.
- The instability in the Donbas region of the Ukraine plus provocations by the Georgian government lead to an autumn surprise of hostilities initiated by Russia. Within a few weeks the Republic of Georgia is occupied and on the western side, the Kiev government sues for peace after NATO is once again proven to be a paper tiger by advocating negotiation over direct action. During the settlement, Russia occupies Odessa and seals the Ukraine's fate as Trump's foreign policy hawks are silenced do problems elsewhere in the world.
- The Federal Reserve looks at the economic data, as bogus as much of it is, and determines there is no need for a rate cut in September. As a result them markets are thrown into turmoil. Then after trying to jawbone the markets in October without a rate cut, the resulting market crash causes an emergency cut towards the end of the month of 50 basis points, outside of the normal meeting schedule. The U.S. 10 year yield falls below the 1.40% level in less than 60 days after the proverbial Trump Stock Market Crash. The panic causes the Federal Reserve to re-initiate Quantitative Easing by year end, adding further instability to world markets. German 10 year Bund yields crash below -0.75%.
- The United Kingdom has a hard Brexit causing the Euro to crash to parity with the U.S. Dollar and the Pound Sterling to test the parity levels before soaring back above 1.20.
- North Korea successfully launches a new ICBM which lands between Hawaii and California causing panic within the U.S. defense community. All talks are broken off and President Trump publicly entertains a naval blockade of North Korea.
- An African migrant is discovered to have a confirmed case of Ebola inside of a refugee camp in Northern Mexico. The rumors spread about a massive outbreak bringing commerce and tourism to a standstill.
- India and Pakistan go into another ground war over Jammu and Kashmir.
- Angela Merkel passes away in office causing a major disruption within the European Union. The Euro crashes below parity with the U.S. Dollar.
- President Trump announces that since the Chinese government refuses to negotiate in good faith after the 10% tariffs go into effect on September 1st, 25% tariffs will be implemented on November 1st. China retaliates by cutting off all talks and in a surprise move, announces the setting of the overseas Yuan rate at 7.50 per the U.S. Dollar.
- After the stock market crash and months of frenetic activity, President Donald Trump goes on to nationwide television to announce that due to a previous undisclosed health ailment, he can not run for President in 2020 and will encourage Americans to support Vice President Pence. World markets crash over 20% more as a result. The U.S. Dollar index (DXY common) crashes from 92 to 80 in less than a week.
While this might sound like good old fashioned doomer porn, the truth is any one or combination of several of these possible outcomes could indeed change our society forever.
Or does the phrase "President Warren" not terrify my readers enough?


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August 29, 2012, on the road of the eighteenth International Mushroom Science Confernce Tongzhou trip , we are very honored to interview Professor Hassan who is now living in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and former Iraqi Minister of Agriculture, accepted our emushroom's interview.
Accept emushroom's interview, Professor Hassan introduce the the eighteenth international edible fungi convening of the General Assembly, made him realize that the world leader in the development of the mushroom industry, he praise the mushroom industry in China is the world's No.1.
Hassan professor now is director general of Mesopotamia Company , the company is founded in 2000 in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, later moved to Amman, capital of Jordan, is an agricultural based investment consulting firm. Hassan Professor introduce mushroom have few aspects of development in Iraq, and Jordan as the Middle East a more developed constitutional monarchy, the development of the mushroom industry is real good, and he thinks in edible fungi aspects should learnning a lot from China .