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How to Create Necessary, Targeted, Authentic Media
We've heard about high-quality hyperlocal digital media and their potential to create sustainable journalism. We discuss a new approach: Creating daily digital news laser-focused on demography rather than geography. Stern discusses her work as director of PBS Next Avenue, which serves millions of older adults. Mersey discusses her research on Al Jazeera's AJ+, which brings international news to millennials. Both platforms create audience-focused media that's necessary, meaningful and authentic.
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I cried for all of that spilled beer. Sloppy gentlemen.
Is there something about that particular beer that had people struggling? Whatever the case, that was both freaking awesome and hilarious!!
This has to be some of the worst beer chugging I've ever seen.
try doing a dh race with a flat sprint to finish then chug a 500ml.
Bowman killed it with the surprise shotgun.
He played through the heckles like a true champ.
After Sven finished the beer he had the Eye of the Tiger
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Welcome to the Supported Higher Education Project. Here you will find information on postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities. Check it out!
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Welcome to the Supported Higher Education Project. Here you will find information on postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities. Check it out!
Although federal funding for Kentucky's Supported Higher Education Project ended in April of 2016, two of the Comprehensive Transition Programs established in partnership with the project are still serving students. To learn about the programs at Northern Kentucky University and Murray State, please use the "CTPs in Kentucky" tab at the top of this page.
Please check out SHEP's latest newsletter, which includes an exciting announcement regarding the new Comprehensive Transition Program at Northern Kentucky University.
The Supported Higher Education Project is pleased to announce that three of our students graduated from three different Kentucky institutions of higher education last weekend.
Murray State University student Blake Hopkins became the first CTP student to graduate from a Kentucky institution of higher education. Blake received his College to Career Certificate of Completion from Murray on Saturday, May 10, and will be seeking employment in Martin, TN, near his hometown of South Fulton.
Local coverage of Blake's graduation can be viewed here.
At Northern Kentucky University, Alex Bonar graduated with the College to Career Certificate on May 9. She is currently employed at the Kenton County Library.
Another student, who has asked that his identity be kept private, earned a Certificate in Information Management and Design from Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington on May 10.
Congratulations to all our students on their achievements in postsecondary education!
New stories about our students and project in the new Spring 15 Newsletter. SHEP April 2015 NL
While at NKU, Jillian Daugherty was enrolled through the Supported Higher Education Project (SHEP). She graduated from the program in 2013 but continues to be a valuable member of the NKU community through her paid employment as the Norse Men's Basketball Team Manager. The book is her father's exhilarating and funny love letter to Jillian, whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach us all about how we can better live our own lives.
For more information about the book: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062359940/uncomplicated-life-an
SHEP has created several video modules on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a set of educational principles geared at making information accessible to all types of learners. By presenting concepts in multiple formats (visual, spoken, written, video), instructors can appeal to students who learn best in each of these ways. UDL is not only for students with disabilities, but can also benefit older students, those for whom English is a second language, and many others. Instructors find that they, too, benefit from using the principles of multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression. Find more UDL materials on our video resources page.
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It was an honour to be able to take out an award for the third time i the last 3 runnings of Deus' Boundless Enthusiasm Bike Build Off. Having come in the top 10 with the Bull Shit Art Bantam, then first in partnership with Joe Fisher with Re-Volt (The Deus Electric), and a third this year in the Small CC category with Bastard Child, the messy merger of a Chinese Quad Bike and a Honda NC50 Express.
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Choosing an international medical insurance plan to cover you and your family while you work abroad as an expat can be challenging. There are many options to consider, from the level of inpatient care if you need a hospital visit, to whether to include your dental check-up. One vital consideration is, does your plan includes medical evacuation insurance?
Medical evacuation insurance covers the cost of travel to the nearest suitable medical facility if treatment is not available locally.
What is the difference between medical evacuation insurance and medical repatriation insurance?
In simple terms, medical repatriation covers the cost of return to your home country for treatment whereas medical evacuation insurance covers the cost of travelling to a nearby country for appropriate treatment. Many international health insurance plans provide both but is essential to confirm this if returning home is important to you.
Why do expats need medical evacuation insurance?
Although you may feel like the city or country in which you are working is a home away from home, there are instances where medical evacuation insurance may become critical:
Uncertainty around care
If you are travelling to an underdeveloped or unstable country where medical facilities may be limited, or basic, medical expatriate insurance can ensure you get the treatment you need in a nearby city or country.
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Emergency care may be available locally, but, if your illness or injury involves a significant amount of recuperation time and rehabilitation, you may wish to go elsewhere to ensure you have access to the best medical care to aid your recovery.
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Although you may feel comfortable speaking in the local language on a day to day basis, things can be more difficult when discussing medical issues. Medical repatriation insurance may be helpful for certain countries, where the penetration of English, Spanish or other common expat languages is not as high as in nearby destinations.
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Finally, if you do need medical evacuation and don't have insurance, costs are extremely high, often in the tens of thousands of euros. Having an insurance company to cover this is critical for most expats. Another consideration is the bureaucracy associated with traveling to another country for treatment, as you will most likely require an emergency visa. Arranging this in the short turnaround times of a medical emergency can be very difficult. Most international health insurance providers will have a good network of medical partners located across the world, so this isn't a barrier to treatment.
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ITB Lecturer, Dr. Francis McGeough has had an article accepted by Financial Accountability and Management, one of the leading international academic journals in the area of public and charitable sectors. Financial Accountability and Management aims to publish new thinking and research in the financial accountability, accounting, and financial and resource management.
The article is titled 'The failed implementation of performance management in Irish central government' and is co-authored with Professor Matthias Beck from Queen's University Belfast. The article examines the implementation of performance management among agencies operating under the control of government departments, such as the Central Statistics Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland.
Internationally, there has been a trend towards expecting the public sector to be more 'business like' in terms of defining clear objective. It is advocated that each of these objectives should have specific targets and so actual performance can be measured against these targets to identify if the organisation is achieving these stated objectives or not. However, such processes ignore the complexity of decision making in a political context. For example, public sector organisations often have competing objectives due to the wide range of stakeholders involved.
Ireland's Strategic Management Initiative was launched in 1994 and aimed to improve public services delivery. In line with public sector reforms in other countries, it placed strong emphasis on performance management in public sector organisations. Many of these initiatives stressed the need for strategic planning and performance monitoring. The overall impact of these reforms was deemed disappointing, with the OECD reporting in 2008 that the Irish public sector lacked a performance culture. This paper utilises a series of interviews with senior managers in order to identify why performance management did not gain traction and, highlight some of the complex contextual factors which undermined this agenda.


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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Movie Stars
Move over, Wizard of Oz. There's a new favorite movie....High School Musical (and High School Musical 2). The girls have been dressing up as characters from the movie. Yesterday, I bought them a HSM microphone that plays 2 songs and also amplifies their voices. I'm starting to regret that purchase already. But the girls are so cute doing their "show" with the microphone.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Another Week Has Flown By
Here's the recap of this week's happenings: Face painting at the MMO End of Camp Party. Lydia was Tinkerbell.
Have a great weekend!
Madeline was the Wicked Witch of the West, along with her balloon broom.
Lunch at the pool before an afternoon of swimming.
Another visit and some sweet smiles from Miss Caroline.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Flashback Friday
Believe it or not, I have gone an entire week without taking a single picture. Yep....I think that's a first for me. Must be the HOT weather. Anyway, since I don't have any new pics to post, here are some oldies, but goodies from three summers ago. Enjoy!
Friday, August 03, 2007
The Week In Review
This week has flown by. Here's what we've been up to. More dress-up.....this time with Daddy's boots.
Happy Weekend!
The Statue of Lydia. They learned about National Parks and Monuments at MMO Camp this week.
Playing Memory with Daddy after dinner.
Happy Weekend!
Madeline being such a good big sister, holding the boo-boo bunny on Lydia's newly scraped knee. Notice the bandage. This one was a big deal!!! Lots of tears were shed.
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This Classic Key Lime Pie hits all of your tastebuds. You may even get up and do a dance in between bites. It's so creamy and tangy at the same time, so easy and so delicious! Pure yum! Good luck stopping at one piece!
We finally got a little break from the heat wave, so we could finally turn the oven on without the worry of stressing out our pour old air conditioner. We moved in this house in 1985 and it's the same unit still going. I really don't even know how long it was here before that. Evidently it's from the years when things were made to last, and as long as it's going I'm not looking to replace it, because they just don't make things like they used to. If it does go everything has to be replaced, because the furnace is even older, so they don't make anything that's compatible with it anymore. Needless to say I keep that in my prayers nightly.
Since we got a few nice days where it actually got cool we were craving a Classic Key Lime Pie. We usually try to make one at least once in the summer. They even had real key limes at the store, so we were in luck.
If you can't find key limes though, we have used Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice before, and that turns out good every time as well. It's actually easier, because you don't have to squeeze all the limes when using the bottled juice, but now that I have a good Citrus Press Juicer it is not AS much of a challenge. Before I would have to squeeze lemons and limes with a good pair of tongs, but you get so much more juice with a citrus juicer. It really is worth the purchase, and they keep the seeds out. Also a handy thing to have for this recipe is a Zester aka Microplane, but the small side of your box grater will also do the job for the lime zest.
According to King Arthur Flour; "REAL Key lime pie, which first appeared prior to the Civil War, was a direct result of the Borden company's invention of sweetened condensed milk. Southern cooks, wanting to take advantage of this great new product, added lime juice, poured it into a pastry crust, and baked up what was destined to become one of America's favorite pies." So they did the homework. I've never been to the Keys, but I'm sure I would love it there.
This Classic Key Lime Pie hits all of your tastebuds. You may even get up and do a dance in between bites. It's so creamy and tangy at the same time, so easy and so delicious! Pure yum! Good luck stopping at one piece!
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This Classic Key Lime Pie hits all of your tastebuds. You may even get up and do a dance in between bites. It's so creamy and tangy at the same time, so easy and so delicious! Pure yum! Good luck stopping at one piece!
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/3 cup toasted coconut to the crushed cracker crumbs (optional)
- grated zest of 1 medium lime, about 1 tablespoon, not packed
- 3 large egg yolks
- 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (1 1/4 cups)
- 12 freshly squeezed key limes or 2/3 cup bottled Key lime juice
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Using a 9" X 1 1/4" Pie pan. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Make the crust by stirring together all of the crust ingredients, mixing until thoroughly combined. (Or use premade)
- Press the crumbs & toasted coconut into the bottom and up the sides of the pie pan. (Use Aluminum foil or a pie guard to keep the edges from burning) & I toasted the coconut in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Bake the pie crust for 15 minutes; it'll start to darken in color a bit. Remove it from the oven, and place it on a rack to cool while you make the filling.
- Whisk the grated lime zest and egg yolks at high speed of an electric mixer for about 4 minutes. The mixture will lighten in color and become slightly thicker.
- Stir in the sweetened condensed milk, mixing till smooth. Beat at high speed for 3 minutes; the filling will become slightly thicker, and gain a bit of volume.
- Add the lime juice, stirring just to combine. The mixture will thicken.
- Pour the mixture into the crust, and return the pie to the oven. Bake for about 25 minutes, until it appears set around the edges, though still a bit wobbly in the center. The center should read about 145°F.
- Remove the pie from the oven, and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.
- For Whipped Cream Topping place bowl and beaters in the freezer for about 15 minutes. Pour heavy whipping cream, sugar and vanilla into the cold bowl and whisk on high speed until medium to stiff peaks form, about 1 minute. Store any unused portion in an airtight container. Using a pastry bag with a star tip, make 2 rows with whipped cream. Slice and serve.
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What a motivating day for our Preps and Year 4s! The wonderful Peter Carnavas, illustrator and author, visited Kelso State School today and inspired our students about writing and illustrating stories. Shan Boller, from CityLibraries Townsville, brought him to visit as part of the Preps at the Library program, which is sponsored, by Darren and Tracy McKenna. Each of our three Prep classes and two Year 4 classes participated in an exciting workshop about writing and illustrating with Peter. In each engaging session, he told us the five secrets of books and explained what an illustrator's job is like (a lot of drawing!). He showed us how easy it is to get ideas for writing and we learned that we all have great ideas.
Some of our students did not think that they could draw but Peter explained that if you could draw a line a circle and a dot, you could draw anything and then taught us how to draw bears, whales, and anglerfish. Peter even demonstrated to the Year 4s how he could draw a horse in 15 seconds. Some of the illustrations from today's session will be on display in the school Library next week. During question time, judging by some of the questions asked, some of our students might be considering a future career as an author or illustrator.
Before he left, Peter kindly signed three picture books for us. They will go into our collection for borrowing next week and are certain to be very popular.
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Fun With Search Engines #120: Pre-Christmas Madness
Now it's time for Fun With Search Engines, the (theoretically) weekly site feature where I take a look at some of the keywords that brought visitors to my site. This FWSE report is for the week beginning December 9th and ending December 15th. As always, these are all real searches. Let's begin…
1. to hell with sesame street - Hey now. Sesame Street may have ruined my life, but it's still pretty awesome.
2. golden book animals christmas eve - Let's see, did I ever read a Golden Book called The Animals' Christmas Eve? Like a motherfuckin' motherfucker.
3. are there any hentai involving food - Well, people eat squid and octopus, so I guess you could count any hentai that involves tentacles as food-related. Oh yeah, and there's probably some Veggie Tales hentai out there too.
4. stone crab christmas ornament - I'd rather have a Stone Roses Christmas ornament.
5. fuck everything t-shirts - I agree. I fucking hate those things.
6. cold november rain - Hey asshole, it's December.
7. girl in christmas costume gets fucked - I'm pretty sure that Naughty America is all over that.
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Quick, easy assembly - No tools required! The rack is arrives out of the box ready to go. Just slide in the support legs, and load up your skis! Set it up wherever you want to store your skis - garage, basement, retail shop, ski lodge, condo, anywhere you have a ton of skis!
How does the rack work with my skis? This rack is simple to use - The base has individual slots for each ski to provide stabilization. By inserting your skis back-to-back or strapped together with our popular Velcro Ski Straps, each pair of skis straddle the center divider to give plenty of stabilization. Looking for a place to put your poles? You can put the straps over the tips of your skis and this rack will hold your poles as well!
What types of skis does it fit?
Standard Version - Holds 5 skis up to 115 mm wide each
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What is the rack made of? A very durable, sturdy polycarbonate (heavy duty plastic) so it will withstand years of use yet is light and portable so you can move it anywhere you want. You also don't have to worry about it warping or shrinking like wood racks. Its vertical design is perfect so that after your ski session as snow melts off your skis and bindings it drips right out the bottom of the rack.
We had our kids skis jumbled up in our garage. Now we can see exactly what we have and where it is. I am very happy with this and wished we had gotten this ski rack a while ago.
Very easy to put together, tidy way to store skis. We did have to buy a larger one also, for some of our wider skis, so check sizes carefully. Great product.
Very well made product that is as advertised. All you need to do is insert 2 leg pieces in the bottom of the stand. Solves all storage problems for ski storage.
Superb customer service by Carli to help determine which size to purchase.
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Excellent product. So easy to assemble. Purchased two stands to store the family's skis. Will be purchasing another stand to add onto the others. Very well made and saves so much space.
The freestanding ski storage rack is a perfect solution for our storage needs. It is well-made and easy to assemble.
The racks arrived, and are so easy to put together, but I wish the two racks hooked together better. When I put the bars in the bottom for stability it seems as if you can't put the racks very close together because the legs/support bars are in the way. Maybe I just don't know how to put it all together. Otherwise fabulous.
Wish they had ones with smaller sections for cross country skis
Living in the mountains means that everyone leaves their skis in your garage. We love our new ski rack. It takes up very little space and can be moved to wherever we want it.
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The Associate of Applied Science in Health Sciences is designed for students interested in or currently working in the rapidly growing healthcare industry, and for those who have completed military training in the medical and health Sciences. This program offers you the opportunity to gain basic general education and earn college credits to complement your medical knowledge and healthcare training. This AAS degree is ideal for a variety of healthcare careers; including medical assistants, laboratory technicians, dental assistants, nursing, and numerous other careers within the healthcare industry.
Note: Students that receive transfer credit for the Army Health Care Specialist (68W10), Navy Hospital Corpsman (B-300-0010/HM-0000), or Air Force Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice (L8AQJ4N031 01AA) course will NOT be awarded any additional transfer credit for National Registry for Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) Basic certification. The NREMT- Basic certification is considered duplicate regardless of certification date and location of military training.
Degree Program Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:
- Apply learning practices from health sciences training to associate degree level education courses.
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Integrate concepts from military health sciences training with broader general education knowledge acquired at APUS.
- Demonstrate a commitment to learning and broadening skills to become eligible for increased responsibility and advancement in military medical services.
- Demonstrate interest in pursuing higher learning opportunities generated by successful completion of the Associate in Applied Science degree.
Degree at a Glance
|Semester Hours
|General Education Requirements
|Major Required
|Elective Requirements
|Total Semester Hours
Degree Program Requirements
General Education Requirements (15 semester hours)
|Semester Hours
|Arts and Humanities (3 semester hours) 1
|Select 1 course from the following:
|Art Appreciation
|Film and Literature
|Image Enhancement using Adobe Photoshop
|World Literature through the Renaissance
|World Literature since the Renaissance
|English Literature: Beowulf to18th Century
|English Literature: 18th Century to Present
|American Literature before The Civil War
|American Literature from The Civil War to Present
|Arabic I
|Arabic II
|French I
|French II
|German I
|German II
|Introduction to Japanese
|Music Appreciation
|Introduction to Philosophy
|Critical Thinking
|Introduction to Ethics
|Philosophy of Science
|Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese
|Introduction to World Religions
|Russian I
|Spanish I
|Spanish II
|Civics, Political and Social Sciences (3 semester hours) 1
|Select 1 course from the following:
|Introduction to Anthropology
|Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
|Human Sexuality
|Social Media and Society
|Intercultural Communication
|Humane Education: A Global Interdisciplinary Perspective
|Introduction to Geography
|Practical Food Safety and Awareness
|International Relations I
|Contemporary World Culture Through Literature
|Cultural Diversity in Contemporary American Literature
|American Government I
|Introduction to Psychology
|Introduction to Sociology
|Social Problems
|American Popular Culture
|Communication: Writing, Oral, and Multimedia (3 semester hours)
|Making Writing Relevant
|History (3 semester hours)
|Select 1 course from the following:
|American History to 1877
|American History since 1877
|World Civilization before 1650
|World Civilization since 1650
|Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War
|Western Civilization since The Thirty Years War
|African-American History before 1877
|African-American History since 1877
|History of the American Indian
|History of Science
|Mathematics and Applied Reasoning (3 semester hours)
|Select 1 course from the following:
|College Algebra
|College Trigonometry
|Total Semester Hours
All literature courses require successful completion of ENGL101 - Proficiency in Writing or ENGL110 - Making Writing Relevant.
Major Requirements (28 semester hours)
Military health-related courses, completed at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), Ft. Sam Houston, TX. Up to all 28 semester hours can be transferred based on METC course completion.
Students that receive transfer credit for the Army Health Care Specialist (68W10), Navy Hospital Corpsman (B-300-0010/HM-0000), or Air Force Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice (L8AQJ4N031 01AA) course will not be awarded any additional transfer credit for National Registry for Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) Basic certification. The NREMT- Basic certification is considered duplicate regardless of certification date and location of military training.
And select from the following APUS courses to fulfill any of the 28 semester hours remaining:
|Semester Hours
|General Biology I with Lab
|General Biology II with Lab
|General Chemistry I with Lab
|Principles of Anatomy and Physiology with Lab
|Elements of Physics I with Lab
|Principles of Microbiology with Lab
|Principles of Genetics with Lab
|Total Semester Hours
Elective Requirements (17 semester hours)
Elective courses may be completed by military training courses recognized by the American Council on Education, college transfer courses, national tests, or courses completed through American Military University or American Public University.


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Graph Transformations
Graph Transformations
An Introduction to the Categorical Approach
Hans Jürgen Schneider
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
At a workshop in Berlin (March 2000), some young participants critized the graph-transformation community for not having written a textbook that facilitates entering the field. I promised that I would do this after retiring. Now, drafts of two chapters are available.
- Contents (PDF)
- 1. Introduction (1st version)
The introduction includes historical remarks as well as some introductory examples.
- 2. Categorical Notions (4rd Version)
In this chapter, we review the notions of category theory as far as we need them to describe graph transformations formally. We give some example categories the objects of which are (labeled) graphs or hypergraphs. We introduce colimits and study the properties of pushout diagrams.
3. Derivability in Categories (4rd Version)
We define productions and derivation steps in a categorical setting without refering to graphs. Then, we apply these definitions to graphs. Interesting features arise from considering mappings that are not injective and/or do not preserve labels.
- 4. Effectively Constructing Derivation Steps (3nd Version)
The main problem in constructing derivation steps effectively is completing a pushout diagram backwards. In this chapter, we show that the problem can be simplified by considering epimorphisms and monomorphisms separately.
- 5. Operations on Derivation Sequences (3nd Version)
- 6. Related Topics (2nd version)
- References (PDF)
- Index (PDF)
- Appendix A: Implementing the Categorical Approach to Graph Transformations With Haskell (PDF)
- Appendix B: Implementing the Categorical Approach to Graph Transformations With Java (PDF)
- Appendix C: Graph Transformation by Computational Category
(A Java-version using generics)


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The ETO Consortium
The ETO Consortium is a global network of over 140 CSOs and academics that seeks to create awareness on and advance the implementation of States' extraterritorial obligations (short: ETOs). These are the human rights obligations States have towards people in other countries. While crucial for addressing the challenges of globalization and ensuring the universal realization of human rights, many States continue to deny having such obligations and attempt to confine their obligations to the domestic sphere.
The ETO Consortium was founded in 2007 with the purpose to address the gaps in the international protection of human rights that have resulted from the neglect of ETOs. The main terms of reference are the Maastricht Principles on the Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Issued in September 2011 by international law and human rights experts from different regions of the world, including (former) members of international and regional human rights bodies, the Principles summarize the extraterritorial obligations States have under international law. Over the past years the Principles have become an important point of reference for both civil society and international human rights bodies.
The Consortium's work consists first and foremost of the individual and collective efforts of its members to advance the implementation of ETOs in their respective areas of work. For some policy fields or specific topics, the Consortium also counts on Focal Points who proactively promote ETOs and serve as contact points for other organisations or individuals seeking further information or wishing to collaborate in these areas.
The Consortium is led by an elected Steering Committee, composed of CSO and academic representatives from the different regions. The Secretariat is currently hosted by FIAN International.
For more information on the Consortium or to become a member, please get in touch with the Secretariat.


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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Bay Area Rapid Transit's unionized employees will meet on Tuesday to vote for a strike authorization that could lead to a walkout within a week. The result, transit officials said, would become a regional transportation emergency that will have commuters looking for alternatives of which there are few…
"It's unused seats in people's cars that can provide the capacity that make up for 400,000 lost BART trips," he said… (more)
But where will those cars park?
This is the perfect storm that many of us have been dreading that will prove the point that the public transit system IS NOT READY to replace cars. People cannot walk and bike to work from all over the bay. BART, AC transit, and Caltrans are all at capacity.
SFMTA spends millions of dollars on PR to try to convince the world that SF has the answer to traffic management and everyone should buy their program.
This week may prove our point that removal of parking spaces is premature, at a time when the County Transportation Authority is weighing which transit projects to finance. We hope they will NOT finance Masonic and Second Street "improvements" at this time.
Question: Will Muni add back the lines they took out during the "slow months" while the students are on vacation?


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You know you love the topic of this Fandom Friday when you feel the heat of the moment all over your body and want to start dancing. Apocalypse here I come! I know, a weird topic to geek out, right? Not if you're the main reason you've produced the Apocalypse… Hang on? What did you say? Yes. If we're going down, better do it in style, with stylish black, green and gold suits. Let's prepare the salt!!!
And, by the way, I don't know if you've noticed the slight change on the prompt!? Yes! Fandom people! I had to introduce a nuance 😉 Don't worry! It's going to be fun! At least you'll know what's going to explode in this particular Apocalypse.
1. Loki of Asgard.
Wait, what? Wasn't he the one to provoke the whole Ragnarok thingy in Norse Mythology? Err, yup. He was, and he died. But, it's the Apocalypse. He had a great time before the final battle, according to the Gospel of Loki (read it, it's awesome.) Besides, if we're talking about the MCU Loki, we're talking about mayhem and loads of mischief. If we're on the road to perdition, better to have some fun along the way, right?
2. The Winchesters.
So, what happens if we're surrounded by ghosts, demons, and all that stuff? No problem! The best are the Winchesters. They're hot, and… by the way, they already stopped one Apocalypse. Okay, yeah, they've released the Darkness. But, hey! Nobody is perfect!
3. Lagertha and Ragnar!
I think that the temperature just went up some degrees. Have you seen the gif? Isn't that hot? You want them on your side. You can have a great night together, sing Viking songs and then die in the midst of the battle like a true Viking. Bring the mead!
4. Snape!!!
It's not always fun during an apocalypse. So, I would need Snape just to remind me to control my emotions. You know, you can panic. Especially if there are zombies all over. I can handle vamps, Windigos and things like that. But zombies? I need a Snape for that!
5. And finally… Robert Downey Jr.
Hang on a second! Did you say, Downey Jr.? What's going on!? The rest are fictional characters, but this dude? Shh, don't tell, but, he's Iron Man. For real! Downey Jr. is Tony Stark. So, I need him for the Apocalypse. You never know when you'll need a weapon of mass seduction.
Oh, and by the way… Have I mentioned…?
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And yes… that's the Apocalypse!
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New tech and investment in writing assistance Taus conference takeaways 3 of 3
New tech and investment in writing assistance
Following the announcements at the TAUS annual conference in Vancouver, we explored, and reported on, two important trends:
- A shift in LSP technology – MLVs future-proof their management systems and make sure they support many new services (not just translation), and;
- An historical milestone reached by machine translation – more than 1 trillion words translated every day
But there is one more trend left to explore – developments in writing assistance technology.
From CAT-tools to computer-assisted writing tools
While most professional translators work in CAT-tools, and technical writers have generally agreed to switch to XML editors that can reuse phrases and ready-made parts of text, the vast majority of copywriters still work in Microsoft Word and Google Docs without any significant computer help.
Enterprise content strategists often consider content creation and translation as part of an overall "center of excellence", rather than two separate functions, so they are interested in new tools for content creation. Tech companies see an opportunity here.
Professional tools for corporate writers aim to have the following features:
- Content scoring with AI (terminology, emotion, style, readability)
- Automatic suggestions to improve
- References to relevant content and integrations with external knowledge databases
- Integration with terminology and translation memory, and;
- Workflow management
New competition enters the corporate writing assistance space
At TAUS Vancouver, two new content tools have been announced by translation tech providers. Smartling has shown the first screenshots of Draft, a Google Docs plugin for text quality, while SDL has hinted at SDL Content Assistant. Smartling Draft scores text quality in Google Docs and provides suggestions for text readability and use of the company's terminology. The aim is to create better content and sync with translation steps for better translation memory reuse. The writer gets suggestions to improve the text and as she does, a large gauge on the right tilts towards green.
When writing content, there is an element of a game for the human and for the underlying computer algorithm – there is a lot to learn about creating an engaging writing style. Smartling Draft syncs with the glossary in Smartling's translation tool so that both the writer and the translator share the same list of terms and speak in the company's voice. It will also be possible to publish content to the CMS from this tool, or send it to translation. Smartling Draft is somewhat similar in its idea to Acrolinx, launched in 2002, which also has a scoring indicator on the right side of the UI, and provides a list of suggestions. Acrolinx can also check the translation memory and suggest changes to the text to improve reuse of the memory during the translation step, thereby reducing the cost of localization even as the text is being created.
In a stint of similar thinking, SDL Content Assistant, which launched on November 7 of this year, can provide content summaries for writers, highlight facts, quotes, and figures, and can suggest relevant information from social media. Congree, a new entrant to corporate writing assistance (and an offshoot of Across Systems in Germany) will compete with Acrolinx mentioned above. New entrants will also compete with the San Francisco-based TMS Qordoba "Text Intelligence" product. The field is quite small at the moment. In fact, all the main players taken together most likely have around 500 corporate clients between them. Priced around USD 30 – 50k a year, these products together should be making up to USD 15 million.
Investors show interest in writing assistance
In October 2018, Congree became independent from their mother company backed by "private investors from the IT industry", while Qordoba's tool, launched in 2017, received USD 11.5 million in series B funding (October 2018). The fact that Smartling and SDL launched content tech, and that there have been investments into Qordoba and Congree, there is clear evidence that this niche is very dynamic at the moment.
In the future however, corporate writing assistance products created by localization people may become overshadowed by consumer products that come from industry outsiders. To put things into perspective, the Grammarly tool, founded by three Ukrainian entrepreneurs, has more than 7 million individual users and has received USD 110 million in funding. There are also other tools to consider, including Hemingway Editor, and Readable App.
At the moment, however, tools like Grammarly don't have have a strong link with translation. They may not allow for organization-specific style guides, they may not have a robust API to connect with a TMS, and they may not be able to leverage TM content and terminology. If at some point, in response to growing customer requests, Grammarly integrates with translation systems for terminology and translation memory, it will be difficult for smaller companies founded by the industry natives to compete with such a presence.
One thing is for certain – investors and technologists want corporate copywriters to eventually drop plain MS Word and Google Docs and begin working in more professional environments so that the art of writing will be backed up by science.
Stay up to date as Nimdzi publishes new insights. We will keep you posted as each new report is published so that you are sure not to miss anything.


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Although the speech is told formally by the Queen, it is written by the government. This is one of those rare occasions when she is seated on the throne wearing the Crown Jewels while performing a duty. As part of the ceremony, the Yeomen of the Guard searched the cellars of the Palace of Westminster prior to the State Opening of Parliament, a tradition that dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up Parliament.
The speech focused on all the important bills the parliament will discuss this session. The Queen emphasized that tackling the economic crisis is a cardinal responsibility for the government in the coming year. Altogether 12 new bills were mentioned in the speech including the new Banking Bill, the Citizenship, Immigration and Border Bill, the Welfare Reform Bill and the Policing and Crime Bill. The Banking Bill will help ensure financial stability. The new Immigrant Bill specifies that the immigration process take into account the behaviour of the immigrant, for example, it will slow the procedure "if immigrants don't make an effort to integrate, or commit even minor crimes." The Welfare Bill aims to re-integrate the long-term unemployed and encourages them via stricter regulations to acquire new skills. The new Policing Bill will help increase the liability of the police.
- parliamentary session – parlameti ülésszak
- to draw up the tasks – felvázolta a teendőket
- Yeomen of the Guard – Brit Királyi Testőrség
- bill – itt: törvény
- to tackle – megbirkózni, megállítani
- cardinal responsibility – kiemelt felelősség
- coming year – elkövetkezendő év
- financial stability – pénzügyi stabilitás
- to aquire – elsajátít
- liability – felelősség


text: Placement is very important. Whenever possible, place phosphorus in the soil not on the soil. Along with that, Sechler says the closer farmers can get P placed to corn seedlings, the more effective the uptake. Ultimately, less P will be needed which can reduce nutrient costs. "In our geography, most corn planters now run a popup fertilizer system. We frequently run with 3- to 5-gal of pop-up fertilizers near the corn," he says. "We still have some 2" x 2" placements that are popular as well." For crops like perennials and forages, application timing is important to consider. "It's better to apply P after the second cut of forage for instance," Bruulsema says. "It's a lot less risky for runoff then than in early spring or late fall." Tissue tests are valuable tools in-season. Sechler says tissue tests give you a snapshot of how a crop is using nutrients at a given time, and you can often adjust your fertility program based on what you learn and potentially improve yield outcome. Farmers benefit from working with a professional. Bruulsema says retailers who have a "certified level" of knowledge have the experience and expertise to provide sound technical advice that's tied to the 4R's of sustainability— the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, the right time, and in the right place. "They benefit everyone in the agricultural community," he notes. Sechler adds that precision ag technologies are helping farmers become better stewards. "We use GPS soil sampling maps and overlay that with in-season NDVI and yield maps." Sechler explains. "And our equipment is set up to variable rate apply up to three products in a single pass to accurately apply the nutrients needed."


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The period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur presents an opportunity to reflect on how the last year went and what we could do better in the year to come.
In that spirit, I need to come clean: I've got an addiction problem … to social media.
Sure, we all are hooked on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram to a certain extent. But lately I've seen the other – some might say the darker – side of Facebook, and my obsession with the platform has grown increasingly unhealthy.
If this is the time of year to make a New Year's resolution, then my soul is calling out for an intervention.
I have long been a frequent Facebook sharer and I've accepted that the dopamine hit of excitement I feel whenever someone "likes" one of my posts is just a part of being a digital citizen of the 21st century.
But in the last few months, I've been using social media in a new way: to publicize my recently launched book.
The problem is that, once Facebook knows you have something you want to sell, it comes at you doggedly with offers, suggestions, nudges and analyses. And in my experience so far, Facebook has proven to be very good at extracting both my time and my money.
This is not to say that Facebook is doing anything wrong. It's a business and this is how you support a platform that has some 2 billion members: by selling advertising.
It starts when you open a business page. Facebook helpfully "suggests" what it calculates would be your best strategy.
Would you like to "boost" a post that you've written? "For just $5, your post could be seen by up to 2,000 more people."
Wow, all that exposure, you think. I can afford $5.
But Facebook is as rapacious as it is relentless. After the post goes out, the site tells you how well it did, and assembles strikingly detailed demographics of just who saw it – where, when and for how long.
And then: Would you like to do another? And another? Each time the suggested price and duration seems to rise just a bit.
I dutifully followed the bait. And it seemed to be working. My page was being liked and shared; people were buying the book. But personally, it was taking a toll.
I was sleeping even less than I normally do. I was constantly looking at my phone, heart pounding, checking how well my ads were doing.
It was just at this moment that Manoush Zomorodi's new book, Bored and Brilliant, was released.
Zomorodi, host of the popular podcast "Note to Self," proposes that we have lost the capacity to be bored. We are never without our mobile devices with which we fill our every spare second with something to read, watch or listen to. But it's during the moments when we are bored that our most profound thoughts come to us.
Now, my issue isn't boredom. But Zomorodi's 7-step program for breaking our tech additions might help me, too, I figured.
One point spoke to me in particular: Take a "fakecation," she says. That's where you go incognito for a certain period of time – maybe a day, maybe only an hour – while not actually going out of town.
Now, the Jewish people have a weekly "fakecation" day: it's called Shabbat. And last week, it was Rosh Hashana – essentially a triple length Sabbath.
For the observant, turning off the computer on Shabbat and holidays is a given. For someone less pious like me, it meant I'd need to voluntarily decouple from social media.
Could I do it?
I was OK for the first part of the holiday. I'd reach into my pocket to take out my phone – but it wasn't there. I gazed longingly in the direction of my office computer while remaining steadfast, sitting on the couch reading The Jerusalem Post in – gasp – print.
But by evening, I began to falter. I'd sneak a peek at a screen – surreptitiously in some cases, with guilty deliberateness in others. By the second day of Rosh Hashana, I'd given up entirely and was checking like it was a regular weekday.
But where willpower waned, Facebook prevailed.
The social network had helpfully suggested that I "invite" my friends to like my new page for the book. So I started clicking. At a rate of one invite per second, I should be able to get through everyone on my list in under an hour.
And in came the responses. "Great job." "How exciting." Multiple thumbs up.
And then a message I hadn't expected.
"It looks like you were misusing this feature by going too fast," Facebook informed me. "You've been temporarily blocked from using it. Blocks can last a few hours or a few days. We can't lift this block for any reason."
Facebook had done a better job at booting me off social media than Jewish Law.
"Your phone is like a baby," Zomorodi says. Sweet and yet also incredibly time-consuming. "They want your attention all the time and the minute you leave them alone, they squawk and yell and drive you absolutely bananas."
My baby, apparently, had decided to take a nap right then and there. I had no choice but to accept it.
And that, ironically, is how I made my High Holiday resolution come true. Will it last? Probably not. But for a few hours I had a happy, Facebook-free New Year.
I first wrote about Facebook addictions in The Jerusalem Post.
Here's my first article about Note to Self's Bored and Brilliant program from 2015.


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How to Know Jesus
The Gospel is, first and foremost, a message of reconciliation.
Adam and Eve were originally created in innocence and enjoyed a healthy and open relationship with their Creator. Their life in the Garden was idyllic and not afflicted with any of the results of the sin that would eventually cost them paradise. Hunger, sorrow, pain, sickness, disease, and even death were never a part of the original design, but were the consequences of their decision to cross the one boundary that God had erected, "Do not eat of the fruit . . . "
With that transgression, Adam and Eve, and humankind as their offspring, were separated from their Creator. The original relationship was severed because as the psalmist says,
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.
Psalm 5:4
To God, however, this was not an acceptable situation, so He implemented a plan to reconcile us back to himself and to restore the relationship as it was originally intended. This plan is what we call the Gospel.
Throughout our history, humanity has attempted to devise systems of good works and other human merit to bridge the chasm created by sin. Yet, because the penalty for sin is death, no less of a payment could be substituted. Only God was able to devise and execute an acceptable solution. He became a man and suffered the penalty of death in our place. As a man, His name was Jesus.
Because He was untainted by sin, Jesus Christ was an acceptable substitute when He gave his life as the payment for our sin. His resurrection demonstrated both that He was God, and that he had gained the victory over death and sin.
Our eternal life with God is provided by Jesus through His death and resurrection. It is offered to us freely as a gift, and it is promised that when we believe that this is indeed true, we receive the gift of eternal life with Him. Jesus Himself said,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:16-18
We were created to be in a right relationship with God. Sin derailed that for a time, but we have been reconciled to God and our relationship has been restored through the Gospel.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10
If you haven't done so already, won't you trust Jesus right now? Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and become part of your life. We know it almost sounds too easy, but God loves us that much to provide His son as payment for our sins.
If you are not sure about your relationship with Jesus and would like more information, you may contact our pastor, Andy Newell at
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Translating ACT Math Word Problems
When you see a word problem on the ACT Math Test, you may feel a little lost at first. Straightforward math equations seem so much more, well, straightforward. Even though word problems are written in English, they may seem like they're written in a foreign language. To help you with the translation, here are some of the more common words you encounter in word problems and tells you what they mean (and look like!) in math terms.
|Plain English
|Math Equivalent
|More than, increased by, added to, combined with, total of, sum
|Add (+)
|Decreased by, diminished by, reduced by, difference between,
taken away from, subtracted from, less than, fewer than
|Subtract (–)
|Of, times, product of
|Ratio of, per, out of, quotient
|Divide by 100
|Is, are, was, were, becomes, results in
|Equals (=)
|How much, how many, what, what number
|The unknown, usually a variable (x, y)
Subtraction phrases such as "taken away from," "subtracted from," "less than," and "fewer than" require you to switch the order of the quantities you're subtracting. For example, "Ten decreased by six" means 10 – 6 (which equals 4), but "Ten subtracted from six" means 6 – 10, or –4.


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Through times of unprecedented change we remain focused on our core purpose to create prosperity for the generations of today and tomorrow. That doesn't just mean economic growth; it means enabling people to thrive and achieve their own life goals. And it goes further than our customers and their families. As a responsible business we also strive to create long-term, sustainable value for employees, partners, shareholders and society more broadly. That's what we mean by Shared Prosperity.
Our Shared Prosperity Plan focuses on three long-term priorities that matter most to our customers and our business; and which will help us achieve our ambitions.
We recognise that we, and the wider financial services sector, have a critical role to play in rebuilding trust and creating a better future by helping to address some of the world's most significant issues; that's why we believe that a company's value goes beyond making a profit. Through our Shared Prosperity Plan we're committed to playing our part.
If you have comments or feedback on our Shared Prosperity Plan please get in touch: email@example.com


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Sewing Machine Day 2020 is on Saturday, June 13, 2020: SEWING MaCHINE?!?!?
Saturday, June 13, 2020 is Sewing Machine Day 2020. Singer Sewing Machines Shop Singer Fashionista Machines with Accessory Packages at HSN!
Sewing equipments were when typical house objects, utilized for fixing worn and broken garments, along with for making brand-new items from textiles and material-- recently, nevertheless, they've greatly faded away from the average house.
Sewing Machine Day urges you to take advantage of a stitching equipment-- dig yours from your attic or cupboard, or take into consideration picking a new or used sewing equipment from a charity establishment or second hand shop. Repair, modify and make clothes, curtains, textiles and designs for the day!
I'm a sewing machine tech and will tell you these are throw-aways because so much of them are plastic. Once a plastic gear wears out or breaks ts cheaper to buy a new one then get it fixed. These machines are all plastic. Ok, if you seldom use them but if your going to sew every day these are not good machines. You would be much better off buying an older used machine and having it serviced by a reputable dealer or tech.
Good luck.
a new sewing machine?
There are many fine sewing machines that you can get with basic functionality. Make sure the machine you pick will sew on the weight fabric you're going to use the most. That is, don't get a low end machine and then expect to sew denim and upholstery weight fabric.
Janome is a good name in machines, so is Bernina, Viking-Husqvarna, Pfaff, White, Elna and Brother. Avoid Singer these days. They aren't what they used to be.
Go to your local fabric shop, such as a joann's, and check out the machines. Ask the salesperson for advice. You can also try a local vacuum/sewing shop. Google for local businesses that sell sewing machines. Once you've done some research and know what brands you like and features you need/want, then you can search the internet for really good deals, such as www.allbrands.com, if your local shop isn't offering a sale. Some shops give additional discounts if you trade in your old machine as well.
Lastly, have you had your sewing machine serviced lately? Machines need thorough cleaning and tune ups (oiling) just like any other piece of machinery. Perhaps a checkup at your local sewing machine/vacuum service center would bring it back to life for much less than the price of a new machine.
Heavy duty sewing machine?
Three things to think about: 1) How much will you use it? 2) How much do you want to spend? 3) How much room do you have to devote to the machines?
If you're using a machine only once in awhile, a gear driven household machine, preferably straight stitch only, like a Singer 201 will work just fine for your canvas and for leathers up to the weight of pigsuede. So will sort of heavy duty machines like a Sailrite. In fact, if this is once in awhile, you can probably manage with a Singer 15-91, which I can often find for under $20, in need of a little cleaning and oil, a new needle, and being threaded correctly. If you're going to be sewing on the machine 20 hours a week or more, week after week, month after month, then you're definitely looking for a commercial machine made for heavy fabrics and light leathers, or an industrial machine designed for that weight.
How much do you want to spend? Could be anything from a few dollars up to several thousand. More money gets you more modern machines that often have stepper motors so that each stitch delivers the same punching force of the needle. With old mechanical machines like the 201 or 15-91, the needle penetration force is lower at slower sewing speeds, which means you sometimes need the force of the needle just when you, as a beginner, are going to want to slow the machine down. If I were to want to sew a gi, I could do it fairly easily on my $10 15-91 (1954 vintage, overhauled by me) and probably would because I've got some attachments for that machine that make doing seams like the double stitched flat-felled seams used for jeans and gis fairly easy. I could also do it on my 2 year old Juki F-600, but I don't have the folders for flat felled seams on it. And I don't need the fancy stitches that machine can do. Difference in current price between the two machines? About $900.
On the other end of things, for machines that you can use practically 24/7, you can find old industrial machines for not much; but you'lll need a place to set it up pretty permanently, because they need a stand (heavy!!!) and motor (the standard wound motors are heavy, the newer electronic motors are not so bad), and there's usually an oil bath filled with a few quarts to a few gallons of oil to cool the machine. Oh, and most of them take 220 V, not standard household 110V.
On the other hand, with an industrial, you've got a machine that will sew for many, many years, can be fitted with all sorts of folders that make life easier to make certain kinds of seams, and some of them are designed to keep the plies of fabric from shifting relative to each other... like: where the needle moves with each stitcn, in addition to the feed dogs feeding the fabric like a home machine. (That's part of the secret why commercially sewn garments tend to have much less ripples in the seams than home sewing machines do... they use higher foot pressure and lower thread tension than home machines.) Industrial machines generally work on only a fairly narrow range of weight of fabrics, so if you want to sew both heavy and lightweight fabrics, you'd have at least two industrial machines.
Between the extremes of the home machines and the industrials are the commercial machines, meant for tailors and dry cleaners and some of the sailmaker's machines. These are usually portable (well, luggable!) and work on 110V. They're meant for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week sewing; and can be found new or used.
If you're thinking about buying one of the old home direct drive (beltless) machines, you probably should read John Giordano's book, The Sewing Machine Guide, which is about selecting and maintaining a good vintage machine. You may also want to join the yahoo group "Wefixit", which is a group of folks who like to keep these old machines up and running -- you'll find a lot of knowledge there.
If you're after a commercial or industrial, new or used, then you need to talk to the manufacturers of those machines (if you're after new) or a good industrial sewing machine dealer. Some home sewing machine dealers also sell commercial or industrial machines, but most do not. In general, you'll send them samples of the fabrics you want to sew, tell them the weight of thread you want to use, and the type of seam needed. They'll sew off some samples and send them back for you to select from, then ship you a machine that you (or your local industrial machine mechanic) will then need to set up. If you think you need an industrial, you may want to start your education with some of the blog posts here: esp.


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Friday, December 1st, 2017
Alison Sweeney
Actress Alison Sweeney visits Home & Family to talk about her new Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "Christmas at Holly Lodge," which premieres Sunday, December 3rd at 8/7c. Alison also serves as executive producer of the film. She even brings a sneak peek of the film for the audience to enjoy. The actress also opens up about her return to "Days of our Lives," where she plays the iconic character Sami Brady.


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After more than a year and a half, investigators on Friday reported the cause of a gas line explosion that erupted in the middle of a south Minneapolis street.
A report by the Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety said that the blast on March 17, 2011, at 60th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. was the result of the pipe's inability to handle the weight of the area's soil, road and traffic.
The report also says there are other high-risk locations on the pipeline system.
A representative for CenterPoint Energy, the gas line operator, said the company was reviewing the report and would respond accordingly. "Safety is our top priority," said CenterPoint spokesman Jim Bartula.
The explosion happened about 8:30 a.m. near the front of a Cub Foods store. Nobody was hurt, but the blast sent flames several stories high and damaged the road, vehicles and facilities within 350 feet. Minneapolis police and the State Patrol closed roads and part of Interstate 35W and evacuated residents.
According to the report, the pipeline failed at two couplings that separated from the pipe. Steel straps that were welded across them to prevent pipe movement broke away at the welds when the stress on the joints was excessive. It was undetermined what ignited the gas.
"Improper design and failure to install the joints in a manner that could sustain external loading experienced at this location were contributing causes to the event," the report said.
CenterPoint has identified other high-risk locations in their system and has initiated a program to weld compression sleeves over other mechanical joints, the report said.
Bartula declined to provide additional details about those locations.
"The entire system is safe," he said.
The segment of pipeline that was affected by the explosion has been replaced, Bartula said.
Nicole Norfleet 612-673-4495 Twitter: @stribnorfleet


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Hitoshi Toyoda "Spoonful River"
Taka Ishii Gallery
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Taka Ishii Gallery is holding "Spoonful River", a solo exhibition with artist Hitoshi Toyoda on July 13th (Fri) and July 14th (Sat). This is the fourth solo show presented by the artist with the gallery and will include 500 images presented in the form of a visual diary/slide show (80min). The images were produced from 2005 to 2006.
Screening Schedule
-July 13, Fri, 2007
Opens 19:00, screening 19:30-21:00
-July 14, Sat, 2007
Opens 16:00, screening 16:30-18:00
¥1000 (1 drink included)
By appointment only. Please e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please call gallery between 12:00 and 19:00 to make reservations by phone (tel: 03 5646 6050).
From 2007-07-13 To 2007-07-14


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When you have more than one child they fight but for the most part get along. When you have more than two children you usually have two who just are at each other all the time and/or they switch partners in crime. I have two that seem to be at each other ALL THE TIME!
These two make me crazy! There is no way around it. They fight constantly and know how to push each other's buttons to the point of screaming matches and physical fighting. I can't drive home with them without a fight starting or one of them making the other cry. And you know it's bad when the queen of moodiness can't take it either!
They have been like this since the moment we brought Gracie home from the hospital. Ella was all over her and always wanting to be around her, play with her, and just love her up. Hunter…yeah he wanted no parts of her. I couldn't get him to hold her yet alone touch her. It was like she was invisible to him or he was just waiting for her to disappear.
I remember when Ella started school and she would be gone all day. Hunter would miss her terribly and ask for her. He would complain about not having anyone to play with and would play alone. I always would remind him how he had Gracie to play with and he would just ignore her. It wasn't until a year or so that he actually started to play with her. But he will still choose to play alone than to play with her.
I know deep down they love each other. I know Hunter would protect her and Gracie would do the same for him. But man these two really know how to get under each other's skin and everyone else's. I hope this phase of not being able to be in the same room, van, or space with each other ends FAST! The constant bickering is driving me insane!


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Cartoon Show
I'm in an Art show this friday Nov. 6th @ Terminal 22 in Oakland. Part of the Oakland Art murmur.
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Mish mash of old and new, me and YOU! Animations, sketches, Prints, you name it even Photographs! Mostly delving into the obscure Arts of Cartoonism...


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MA-Biz Secret agent 007 here with a quick, but powerful, message…
We're gonna talk about how everything is marketing and marketing is everything.
When you begin to market more and drive more traffic to your school you must also remember that an air tight enrollment process, proper follow up to begin the upgrade process and a descent tuition number are all parts of the marketing matrix.
When you pay for any marketing or engage in any marketing activity you should make it a point to answer your phone between the hours of 9AM and 9PM. Call me crazy, but I have set appointments that have turned into long term students, in the car, in my back yard, at gym, on the beach and some other places I don't want to mention.
Was I an obsessed workaholic? NO- not really, I just knew that most of my students came from phone calls, so if I wanted more students I should answer my freakin phone!!!
Eventually I shared the burden with my partner and my assistant. Between the 3 of us sharing "on call hours" our phones were answered live 99% of the time! Therefore our marketing paid off! People often bitch and moan about how the mail piece didn't work, or the insert didn't pull, but then you call their school and they don't answer the phone. I had it out with current business partner about this very subject this week!
So I urge you to answer your phone! In the Secret Society I don't always answer the phone the first time around and that's ok because our clients understand, but your prospect, who's hot to trot, and wants to get going doesn't understand why at in the morning you are not available!
If you are one man show- think about who can answer the phone when you are teaching? Train them completely on my magic intro formula and you'll be pleased with the results.
Copyright 2008 By Mike Dolpies


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"Federal authorities investigating ways securities firms
allocate certain initial public offerings of stock are focusing on
VA Linux Systems' offering last year, according to reports."
"Shares of the maker of software and computers using the Linux
operating system climbed eight times the offering price on its
first day of trading last December. The share sale was underwritten
by Credit Suisse First Boston, whose transactions have been an
early focus of the federal investigation, The Wall Street Journal
said, citing people familiar with the probe."
"The SEC and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan have
begun a joint investigation into whether some investors paid
unusually large commissions for coveted initial public stock
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Thirsty work: report ranks food companies on water management
There can be no food without water - and, now more than ever, it's vital that major food companies use water sustainably, according to a report from Ceres, a non-profit sustainability advocacy group.
Food production is one of the most water-intensive industries globally, using 70% of the world's freshwater supplies. As the world's population increases, using water sustainably will become even more important.
The report, 'Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: How the Food Sector is Managing Global Water Risks', ranks the 37 largest US food companies based on how effectively they manage water.
Unilever, Coca-Cola, Bunge and Smithfield Foods topped the rankings. The lowest-ranking companies were Monster Beverage and Pinnacle Foods, scoring just one point each. The full list of company scores is available from www.ceres.org/foodwaterrisk#scores.
The majority (23) of these food companies have started evaluating water risks in their direct operations but two thirds (22) are still not evaluating water issues in their agricultural supply chains, where the vast majority of water risks lie.
Only 30% of the companies considered water risks as part of major business planning and investment decision making, the report found. Of these, only Nestle and Unilever reported using a 'true cost' for water in analysing the ROI of water-efficiency capital spending.
Just 16% of the companies have sustainable agriculture policies that address water use. Coca-Cola, General Mills, Kellogg and Unilever are the only companies to have set time-bound targets to source the majority of their agricultural inputs from farmers using responsible water practices.
"The twin challenges of global water scarcity and pollution are contributing to a water availability emergency that threatens the profitability of food companies and long-term food and water security," said Brooke Barton, senior water program director at Ceres, who co-authored the report.
"The good news is that more food companies are beginning to respond to these risks, but they must deepen and broaden their efforts, especially in regard to agricultural supply chains."
The report also makes specific recommendations for improving water efficiency and quality across food production operations and supply chains to reduce risks and protect water sources.
To read the full report, visit www.ceres.org/issues/water/agriculture/water-risks-food-sector/food-water-risks.
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With world-famous cuisine and swinging jazz music, you're bound to have a good time ringing in the New Year in New Orleans. If you're looking for a luxurious hotel party with plenty of space for dancing the night away. This venue's got everything from 200,000 square-feet of event space to 8 different eateries. After walking through the city during the daytime and celebrating hard all evening, spend the night in one of our contemporary guest rooms.
When it comes to entertainment, NoLa never disappoints. Enjoy spirited displays of live music and culture as you watch the city's annual New Year's parade. History buffs, pay homage to both our living and fallen soldiers with a visit to the National WWII Museum. After the sun sets, make your way down to Frenchmen street for great jazz music and a lively bar scene. Check out Jackson Square for the countdown to the Baby New Year's drop.
Once night falls, book it down to the Hyatt in downtown New Orleans for a rewarding night of dancing and celebrating the incoming year. We've got a world-class DJ lineup, first class cuisine, and multiple dance floors to get down on. Each party area has its own theme. Both general admission and VIP tickets will grant you a host of party favors to top off the ultimate evening.


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