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Renewal of an Expired Smartcard (Repair)
Smartcards contain two digital certificates which are valid for two years. If a smartcard expires it will no longer authenticate and a user will lose access to the systems they use their smartcard for.
PLEASE NOTE: The Registration Authority cannot renew expired smartcards remotely – it is not technically possible to do this. Please bear this in mind should you contact us. It is also not possible to self-renew an expired smartcard.
An ID Checker can renew an expired smartcard since they have access to the "repair smartcard" functionality within Care Identity Service. This process will describe how an ID Checker can repair a smartcard.
A detailed downloadable PDF version of this process is also available. Please scroll down the page to the end of this process for the download link.
PROCESS STEPS – Re-Isssue of an Expired Smartcard
This process must be carried out by an ID Checker.
Log in to Care Identity Service (CIS) using the appropriate role profile which has been set up with ID Checker access. (using Internet Explorer 11)
From the CIS Dashboard click on Manage Smartcard at the top. If this is not visible you may not have the required access or have selected the wrong role profile when logging in.
After a short time a prompt should appear asking you to insert the smartcard you wish to manage. Insert the expired card into the additional smartcard reader. After a short while the user details should appear including their photograph. (This can take up to two minutes depending on the network/computer speed)
Scroll down to the Smartcard Details section and click the + sign to expand the details. This section will also display the certificate expiry date. Select the radio button next to the serial number then press the Service button.
The available smartcard service options should now appear. Select Repair Smartcard then click Continue. If repair smartcard is not visible you do not have permission to perform this function or you have logged on with the wrong role profile.
The cardholder must now set their desired passcode/PIN in the appropriate fields (they can set the same PIN they used before). Click Confirm
New certificates will be generated and stored on the smartcard – this may take several minutes. If there are any red error messages please retry the process again. If the errors occur a second time please stop and contact the NECS Service Desk for assistance. Errors are quite often due to computer configuration being incorrect. You may be directed to your own IT Service Provider if NECS do not manage your computer systems.
Once complete, the cardholder should test their smartcard to ensure it authenticates successfully.
Download PDF Version – CIS PROCESS Re-Issue of an Expired Smartcard Certificate
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Thank you for posting this! I had no idea you could do that.
Removing Your House from Google Maps
We removed our house from Google Streetview because when I was running a business from home, it felt a little strange that absolutely anyone who ordered products from me could see our house. I don't know why it really mattered, but somehow it did. I felt like if it wasn't me posting photos of my home, then it shouldn't be posted at all.
My 7-year-old daughter loves looking up places around the globe where her grandparents travel, and it's amazing what you can see on Streetview. So amazing, in fact, that thieves are utilizing it to case homes and find seasonally unoccupied in properties to rob. So there are a few compelling reasons to have your home removed.
Google Maps doesn't so much remove your home as they just blur it out, but hey, at least now you don't know how many windows I have out front, I guess? Here's what it looks like when you Google my address (the Google folks obviously captured our 'hood before we moved in, because that's not our vehicle):
Anyhow, I've been asked a number of times how we had the house "removed" so I thought I'd share:
1. Find your address at Google Maps
2. Click on the little "person" and drag it to the red address button
3. Release the person icon to see what's around in Streetview. Note that I've chosen the CN Tower, which, when you release the icon on the CN Tower, doesn't show you the ground view, but a really awesome aerial view instead. To see the ground view, you need to use the street address itself (which I'll show after).
Here's the view from above:
Here's the CN Tower from the ground:
4. Click "Report a problem" in the lower right-hand corner
5. Follow the steps on the next screen, which will ask you to identify what you'd like blurred. For instance, if you were captured in a shot, you could ask for your face to be blurred, or for a license plate or house to be blurred.
Once you submit your request, Google gets on it pretty quickly. Within a couple of days our house was blurred. And that's it! Easy.
10 thoughts on "Removing Your House from Google Maps"
Neat, right? 🙂
That's great that you can do that. I had no idea.
I appreciate that I can do it… although I am happy not everyone does, because I do love looking at places around the world.
Done! Thanks 🙂
You're welcome! 🙂
Thanks for posting this. I think its important that people have the option to do this and now have the info on how to.
You're one of my smartest friends. 🙂
This is a great post! I bet there are a lot of people who would like to blur their stuff! 😀 Sharing!
great post and very helpful too. lucky me i'm on a T corner and google shows another address on search.. blurring mine will just point it out to a searcher lol.
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Add Balance To Your Cash App Using Debit Card Transfer
How to Check Cash App Card Balance?
The Cash App users can transfer or receive money in a simplified manner. Sending money or receiving funds with Cash App is a process of a few clicks. Users can also withdraw the Cash App money using a Cash Card from ATMs. The Cash Card helps users to make an online purchase, offline shopping and payments for different bills.
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Cash App Card and its wallet are linked together, which means the balance you have in your Cash app account is the actual funds you have in your Cash App Card.
Now the question is, can you check the Cash App Card balance? Yes, you can easily access the balance you have on your Card. Simply access your Cash App account and locate the balance under the $ sign. To enjoy Cash Card for payments at stores, online and withdrawal of payment, you need to maintain the Cash App balance.
Procedure to Check Cash App Card Balance
The users need to follow the instructions below to know the Cash App balance:
- Unlock your phone and run Cash App.
- Cash App dashboard will open.
- At the homepage, you can see the Cash app card balance under the $ sign.
- It is the balance of your Cash Card as both are connected.
The users should keep sufficient funds in the Cash App account so that Cash Card can be used for payments. You can't use the Cash Card unless you have a balance in your Cash App account.
How to check Cash App Card balance online on the website?
If you don't have a phone at any point in time but, you want to check your Cash Card balance. Don't worry, you can easily access your Cashapp account online through the official website. Check your Cash App card balance through the website as per the steps below:
- Visit the official Cash App website on a laptop/computer.
- Go to the Sign In page.
- Enter your login credentials like mobile number, e-mail ID and password.
- Your Cashapp dashboard will open.
- Now see the Cash App balance under the $sign.
Check Cash App Card Balance with Customer Support?
The other way to check the balance on Cash Card is via Cashapp Support. You can follow the instructions below to check Cash Card balance via customer support:
- Access your Cash App account on phone.
- Visit the profile section of your account.
- Tap on the support link.
- Now, contact the customer support team and get the balance information.
Can I check the Cash App Card balance at ATM?
No, you cannot check the Cash App Card balance at ATM. However, you can withdraw the money that you have in your Cashapp wallet. The ATM does not display your remaining Cash Card balance. . If you try to check the balance, it will reflect a Zero balance.
How to add money to Cash App Card?
If you are running out of balance, you can add money to the Cash App Card. There are three methods through which you can load your Cash App Card. First of all, Add Balance To Your Cash App Using Debit Card Transfer. However, you should have sufficient funds in your linked bank account.
Secondly, request a friend or relative on Cash App to transfer the funds to your account. Thirdly, visit the cash reloading facilities or stores like Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Rite Aid, 7Eleven and Walgreens, etc. Request the cashier to load the amount on your card.
You need to share the Cash Card details or Cash App details like mobile number, e-mail ID and Cahstag with the cashier. Pay the desired amount that you wish to add to your Card. Once the cashier adds money to your card, it will reflect in your Cash App balance.
The users can check the Cash App Card balance on the Cashapp. Simply log in to your Cashapp account the find the balance under the $sign. One can also check the Cashapp Card balance from Customer Support.
Users need to maintain the balance in the Cash App account to use the Cash card for payments for different services. One can add the balance to the Cash App if there is a low balance.
If there is an issue with the Cash Card payments, you can approach customer support to get help.


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In week 1, Casey breaks down the exact steps he will focus on in the course. You will also learn the 3 C's Method for a quick win. This will help you land clients with a credit card in hand right away.
We teach the 60k foot view of your webinar funnel. This will help you get targeted with your message and who your audience is so you can convert more visitors to customers.
This is where we hone in on the following areas:
Within this webinar, you will receive resources to help you begin creating your first webinar.
The live streamed event is on Tuesday at 12pm Pacific.
If you cannot make the live streamed event, register for the event away so you can get the replay of this event.
Click on the tab "Materials" above for the supporting materials.
Here are the files and resources we mention to help you out.
Go into the EWM program and start to consume The Webinar Foundation Module.
This module carves out your WHY and WHO you are serving. Knowing your audience and defining your audience are the 2 most important things.
We all think it is the webinar that's the most important thing...that is only partially true. Understanding and finding the perfect audience will allow you to charge higher prices and serve those who resonate with you while having to 'market' or 'sell' less. Our entire approach is to avoid having to oversell. It is to hit the right points for the right person.
"Are you a Physical Therapist who is earning high 5 figures to low 6 figures and you want to move into earning mid 6 figures and beyond in your business while working less and impacting more?"
"Are you burning yourself out through taking on too many clients who don't value the service you provide? Are you finding your time being sucked through low-level actions of marketing that don't seem to go anywhere?"
These are some exercises that can help you to solidify your audience. Inside the EWM program, Module 1, Lesson 2 there are resources to download for tapping into creating that perfect customer avatar. There is also some homework.
Please create your perfect customer avatar and submit that to email@example.com so that we can check, critique, and help you hone your avatar.
Go out and survey and create a conversation with your audience about their biggest problems...
Here is a template to work off of:
Plus, inside this video training, we pivot to a video where Jeremy discusses how he lands clients through conversations and moves them into his webinar...or direct to sale.
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The clock is ticking! Today is your very last chance to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and this amazing Here's to You Paper Pumpkin Kit (and the FREE stencils, as a gift just for you this month).
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Watch: Salman Khan looks like 'Sultan' of bodybuilding in latest fitness video
'Be strong': Salman Khan's advice to fans, as he gives a glimpse of his low cable cross over workout, sets the Internet on fire | Watch
Even at 54, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's perfectly muscled body is the envy of fitness enthusiasts and the actor's latest workout video only added to the steam. Having launched the fitness equipment called 'Being Strong', which encompasses a worldwide range of fitness products, Salman was seen promoting the 'complete family training machine' as he sweat it out on the same.
Being Strong's Instagram handle, treated netizens to Salman's jaw-dropping robust exercise session and the Internet was instantly on fire. Looking like the 'Sultan' of bodybuilding, Salman donned all black athleisure wear as he did low cable cross over workout.
The very effective isolation exercise involves a cable stack to target the upper portion of the pectoral muscles and works on all portions of the chest in upper-body. The combination with presses or flyes from other angles is used for chest-focused muscle-building workouts.
Check out Salman's latest workout video here:
The elbows should be kept slightly bent to generate more power and to get a better contraction in the chest as the exercise stretches the chest muscles under load. This can lead to greater muscle gain.
To decrease the front deltoid involvement and keep tension on the chest, it is recommended to use light to moderate weights.
Instructions for beginners:
Stand in the centre of the cable machine and grab the handles with each hand after attaching two single grips to two low cable pulleys. Place one foot forward, bend your knees slightly and then lift both cables upward at about head level while keeping the arms extended to the midline of your body.
Remember to contract your chest at the same time and exhale during this step of the exercise. Inhale while lowering your arms back to starting position slowly.
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ASI has been providing award-winning products and services to the advertising specialty and promotional products industry for over 50 years.
A useful tool for all Human Resources professionals. There are regional chapters all over the country.
ASHHRA is a useful resource for human resources professionals in the health care industry.
The authoritative association for all things Recognition, visit their Resources/Research for the latest data and recommendations from industry thought leaders.
Visit the World at Work Resource Center for useful information and tools to help plan and execute your organizations Total Rewards strategies.
This association shares the latest promotional industry news, data and trends.
Visit their Research and Resources section for white papers and findings impacting employee performance and incentives.
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Lancaster Condo Near Shaw & EDSA for Sale
Location: #622 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong.
This is very near EDSA. Within 2-minutes walking distance to the corner of Shaw and EDSA, that allows you multiple means of transportation. The MRT3 station is just 2-minute walk.
This vicinity is the hub of Metro Manila in terms of mobility. Since it is at the center of Mega Manila, it offers you a very convenient starting point — whether you are going to Makati to the south, Quezon City to the north, Manila, and Pasig to the east.
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"Brand New Bare Studio Unit. LIVE A WORLD CLASS LIFE. All offers considered. Enjoy its strategic location, which brings you conveniently close to Metro Manila's major shopping and business districts, exclusive schools, state-of-the-art medical centers, and hospitals. Its proximity to the mass transit systems and major highways of the city makes the hotel-style living an accessible destination. This is in addition to being a mere walking distance to Ortigas Center."
"MRT is just a walk across the street. Top schools and hospitals nearby. The price is flexible and negotiable. 21st-floor living overseeing golf course.Safe area."
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Price: ₱ 2.5 Million
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This is part 1 of the traditional monthly review of my beloved Macau based manufacturer, Inno64. Various type of news for late May / early June, and I'm sure there is something for everyone.
For this first round, I've selected a theme with kit models. We will have a look at :
- Honda Civic EF9 No Good Racing (IN64-EF9-JDM09)
- Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Pandem / Rocket Bunny Japan Police Livery Drift Car (IN64-R32P-JPDC
- Nissan Silvia S13 Coca-Cola "Rocket Bunny" V2 (COKE037) HK TINY Exclusive
The Honda Civic EF9 is a masterpiece made by Inno64, and it is not an easy car to tool. It is wide, has some rounded angles and is pretty low. This is the 14th EF9 model of my collection, and I'm sure I'm still missing some. This release is from the JDM collection, a line from the brand for JDM cars.
I've already presented what is No Good Racing through older posts, and recently with the No Good Racing police EF9 livery. This time, we head to the Red Bull world, with a very nice and iconic livery. Though quite unexpected, but damn cool. All the details you are expecting are here, from the stickers to the brake disks to the exhaust in the middle of the car. The interior is also treated with care, with a nice white roll cage, and red seats. The only thing that could be done better, imo, are the wheels, that could have a little more depth.
Let's add this Red Bull piece proudly in my Honda Civic EF9 row!
The second car of our tour is the very well done Pandem R32, in a fantasy but existing Japan police livery. Same refrain as the EF9, the R32 Pandem is a very well executed casting as you might have already read in my previous articles on the blog.
What I truly love on this casting ? The stance! The car sits so low, with a super exact assembly. A great job done by the factory. It's such a nice display car. As usual for the Pandem cars, the baseplate is in this premium look, in metal grey.
The Japan Police livery is obviously a delirium of the drifters, but why not ? All the codes of the Japan police cars are here, quite simple but really working. The car is neat and super photogenic. Inno64 has already announced a "real" Japan police car with the Nissan Skyline R32, but don't seat on this version. First, the casting is a masterpiece, second it will make a pair with the standard police car just announced. Stay tuned.
Finally, will you have a drink of Coca Cola ? After a Nissan Sunny Hakotora in a Coca Cola livery some moths ago, in collaboration with Tiny HK, it is now the Nissan Silvia S13 Pandem Rocket Bunny (V2) that supports the famous red and white drink colors. Why not ? Do the car exists ? Not sure. Can it exists ? Maybe. Does it work ? Yes. Red/white combination is a damn good old working look, and the gold wheels are OK with that. I do prefer this version better than the light cream Hakotora to be honest.
It is an official Coca Cola product, and seems to be a HK Tiny Exclusive, distibuted by TOYEAST LIMITED. Again, lot of fun in this Coca Cola car, that will certainly find a success among Coca Cola collectors. After all, M2 Machines had success with their Coca Cola line. Here, the product is totally different, but nice.
The execution is surely, again, totally mastered, and the stand of the car is stunning. Oh, I said it was a V2, which means it is the version without the rear bumper, with a more "free" exhaust, and a front with a see able radiator. I also love the hidden details such as the treatment of the exhaust, underneath. All in all, I really appreciate this Coca Cola version, even if I'm not a Coca Cola things collector, and I'm not especially interested in these kinds of products. Well done Inno!
All those cars are easy to find, and at very accessible prices on eBay!
See you soon for Inno64 news Part 2!


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Calvin Klein Eternity Woman
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EDP | Woman | 100 ml | Product
Outlet Price : Rp 1.750.000
Eternity is another very successful fragrance of Calvin Klein, which was designed as a tribute to his marriage.
Eternity is a hymn of eternal values: love, family and peace.
The composition opens with fresh citrus and green notes, that is followed by the note of violet and lily-of-the-valley.
The note of carnation with its spiciness gives the floral heart slightly peppery accord.
The final notes are gentle with powdery heliotrope, pink sandalwood and transparent musky notes.


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Masonry Services in New Tampa
Make your property stand out with the masonry contracting services from Maverick Masonry Company. With several years in the industry and a history of client satisfaction, you can always count on us for remarkable stone and brickwork.
You can reach us at (813) 732-7591 today for answers to all of your questions.
Consult with Our Masonry Restoration Experts
We strive for customer satisfaction with every project, which is one of the reasons that we make sure to begin every job with a detailed consultation. We want to make sure we completely understand the work you are looking for and that you have a realistic expectation of what we can do for you. Once everything is laid out, you can make an educated decision about whether you want to work with us.
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With over two decades in the construction business, we have developed a broad skill set and a strong sense of design. We have been around for so long because we provide remarkable work on every job, making us a valuable resource for anyone who needs masonry repair or construction. Hire us for your next job and discover why so many people consider us their go-to source for masonry.
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Thanks to our wide range of masonry services, you never have to look far for the work you need. We are constantly working to improve our abilities and provide our customers with the best masonry that money can buy. Make us the first company that you contact when you need any type of stone or brickwork, and you will never be disappointed.
We are your source for:
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We strive for perfection every time we break out our tools. What this means is that you never have to worry about sloppy work when we are behind your masonry project. We operate with the utmost focus and a commitment to provide our best work. You never have to worry about cut corners or lackluster results when you choose us to handle your job.
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Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)
The Pincher Creek and District Family and Community Support Services facilitates preventative social services and community initiatives which contribute to quality of life and family wellness in the communities of the Town of Pincher Creek, the Municipal District of Pincher Creek #9 and the Village of Cowley.
What is FCSS?
Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) is a joint municipal/provincial funding program established to develop, support, and fund preventive social services.
FCSS is an 80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta, municipalities and Metis Settlements. Provincially, the FCSS Program receives its mandate from the Family and Community Support Services Act and Regulation.
Under FCSS, communities design and deliver social programs that are preventive in nature to promote and enhance well-being among individuals, families, and communities. The programs depend on community resources, often involving volunteers in management and delivery.
The FCSS philosophy is based on a belief that self-help contributes to a sense of integrity, self-worth and independence. The developed programs are intended to help individuals in their community to adopt healthy lifestyles, thereby improving the quality of life and building the capacity to prevent and/or deal with crisis situations should they arise.
One of the key principles of the FCSS Program is local responsibility in priority-setting and resource allocation. FCSS emphasizes local decision-making for programming, based on the belief that communities have the desire, energy and resources to build community capacity. Each municipality or Metis Settlement, therefore, determines how the dollars they receive should be allocated to best meet local needs.
Who benefits from FCSS?
Programs funded by FCSS provide preventive services to all age groups and people from all walks of life, such as family counselling for persons in distress, care for isolated seniors, and support for children and youth.
Why focus on prevention?
Research shows that an investment of $1 in preventive services yields a $7 return in avoided costs such as police, justice, additional treatment and increased productivity in employment and contribution to society.
Who manages FCSS programs?
The Town of Pincher Creek FCSS manages the FCSS funding programs for the Town, the Municipal District of Pincher Creek #9, and the Village of Cowley. The Town also collaborates with agencies and the community to better understand the magnitude of social issues and how best to respond to them.
The FCSS Board of Directors, with representation from the Town of Pincher Creek, Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Cowley, and four members at large from the community, reviews funding requests from social agencies and selects projects for funding.
What types of programs and services will FCSS fund?
In addition to being consistent with the FCSS Act, programs and services must:
- Be consistent with the funding priorities of the Town and Municipal District of Pincher Creek and the Village of Cowley
- Be collaborative and not duplicate existing programs
- Involve volunteers
- Leverage additional funds to assist with program costs
- State objectives in measurable terms
- Demonstrate the capacity to achieve stated outcomes
- Demonstrate good governance and administration
2024 Funding Application
Deadling is September 15 at 4 p.m.
(Clicking on these links will download the file to your computer)
Additional InformationNeeds Assessments
- Child Care Needs Assesment
- Child Care Proposal September 2017
- Social Needs Assesment March 2020
- Community Health Needs Assessment
Provincial Websites
Contact Information
The Pincher Creek and District FCSS office is located at the Town of Pincher Creek Administrative Office (962 St. John Avenue)
FCSS Coordinator: Andrea Hlady
Mailing Address:
Box 2841
(403) 627-3156
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World Atlas: Macau. On this page you can see the map, country flag and many detailed information about the people, history and economy of Macau.
Here you can find online selected information about the geography, inhabitants, government, economy and history of Macau. Included are selected statistics, an overview map and the detailed map of Macau. But let's start with the flag of Macau here:
Macau - Overview:
What you should know about Macau? Let's start with this: Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the subsequent 50 years.
Geography of Macau
Where on the globe is Macau? The location of this country is Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China. Total area of Macau is 28.2 sq km, of which 28.2 sq km is land. So this is quite a small country. How could we describe the terrain of the country? This way: generally flat. The lowest point of Macau is South China Sea 0 m, the highest point Alto Coloane 172 m. And the climate is subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers.
Inhabitants of Macau
Let's take a look how many people live in Macau. The number is: 601,969 (July 2017 est.). So not so many people live here. Who lives here? Chinese 88.7%, Portuguese 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, other 9.2% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2016 est.). What are the languages in Macau? Cantonese 80.1%, Mandarin 5.5%, other Chinese dialects 5.3%, Tagalog 3%, English 2.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 2.8%. And the religions: Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none or other 35% (1997 est.). How old are the people in average? 39.3 years. We have to add that this number is the median - so one half of the people is older than this, one half is younger. And what is their life expectancy (at birth)? This: 84.6 years. Where the people live in Macau? Here: population fairly equally distributed. The major urban areas of Macau are: unknown.
Government and Economy of Macau
The capital of Macau is unknown and the government type presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Let's take a look at the administrative divisions - none (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China). Regarding the economy of Macau, important industrial products are tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys. Important agricultural products are only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong. The most important export commodities are clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and parts and the most important export partners are Hong Kong 64.1%, China 20.2% (2016). The most important import commodities are raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, garments and footwear, motor vehicles), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils and the most important import partners are China 36.7%, Hong Kong 8.6%, Italy 7.9%, Switzerland 7.6%, France 7.4%, Japan 6.3%, US 5.8% (2016). How rich is Macau and how rich are people in this country? The most important number here is GDP per capita (PPP): $114,400 (2017 est.). So the people are extremely rich on average here. Let's add that this means Gross Domestic Product per person, which is recalculated with respect to the relative cost of local goods and services. And one more important number - population below poverty line: NA%.


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TACOMA, Washington — In 2020, Bhutan was "the only carbon-negative country in the world." This means it was removing more greenhouse gases from its atmosphere than it was emitting. However, Bhutan's devotion to environmental health did not end there. On June 2, 2019, Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen launched the "Zero Waste Hour" project in order to have a "Zero Waste Society by 2030." This initiative shows how Bhutan continues to be a leading example of an eco-friendly country.
How Zero Waste Hour Works
Bhutan has reserved the second day of each month for its Zero Waste Hour. During this hour, everyone around the country, whether they be at school or work, must clean their surrounding environment. Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen developed the National Environment Commission's (NEC) "My waste, my responsibility" campaign. This initiative is a part of the Zero Waste Hour and is meant to motivate citizens to participate in small eco-friendly acts to take care of their environment.
Zero Waste Hour is also mandated. Besides the NEC, the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs will work with different districts of the country and many groups such as non-profit organizations, U.N. agencies and media houses. Each area will submit an annual report to make sure the Zero Waste Hour has effective participation and results.
Bhutan's Eco-Friendly Focus
Although the country's small population allows for lower carbon emissions, that is not the only reason for Bhutan's low emissions. In one article of its constitution, Bhutan states that a minimum of 60% of its land must remain under forest cover. This goal has clearly paid off since it is one of few carbon-negative countries in the world.
Article Five of its constitution focuses on the environment. In fact, one section of this article actually puts the responsibility of environmental health on each citizen. This emphasis on accountability is prominent in the Zero Waste Hour initiative since it is up to the citizens to do something as simple as clean their surroundings for an hour every month.
Bhutan also has a unique approach to its policies that specifically focus on the well-being of its citizens. Whereas most countries use Gross Domestic Product to measure their success, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck developed the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in the 1970s. GNH has four pillars, including environmental conservation and nine domains, including the environment. This measure of success heavily focuses on the role the environment can play in the well-being of a country. It effectively makes environmental health a priority in Bhutan.
Other Zero Waste Initiatives
Zero Waste Hour isn't the only program in Bhutan to accomplish zero waste by 2030. The Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative is part of the Bhutan Foundation with multiple zero waste strategies. There are zero waste communities used as models in different villages and towns. This nonprofit has also created different training techniques to encourage zero waste. It has even gone as far as creating training sessions for citizens. Overall, the Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative focuses on how the community can participate in zero waste.
Sustainable Development Goals, Zero Waste and Poverty
Bhutan's loyalty to zero waste is in compliance with many of the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals. In fact, four SDGs, including SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and SDG 15 (Life on Land) all focus on the role waste management can have on the environment.
Environmental health goes hand in hand with global poverty. People who live in environments with poor sanitation are at risk for different diseases. This makes them more likely to fall into the cycle of poverty unless something is done about waste management. Bhutan's Zero Waste Hour initiative is one example of how the country is continuing to maintain environmental health for its citizens.
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For companies such as Corzan Industrial Pipe Systems, plastic does make sense. "For years, the industrial market has looked at metals as the only alternative for industrial systems. If they would open their minds to evaluating other possible materials, they might discover that CPVC or other plastics would perform better and be more cost effective," says Donald R. Townley, P.E., marketing manager of the company.
With the skyrocketing cost of metal, volatile may be the best way to describe how the market expects copper pricing to fare over the next 12 months. "Plastic alternatives have gained market share. This conversion will continue so long as copper remains unstable and at elevated pricing levels," states the ASA report.
The major manufacturers are the biggest players within this debate, and their concern is apparent. Lee Brass President and CEO Bruce Jameson is currently dealing with the reaction of escalating prices of copper and copper-based alloys. "The higher price is forcing many to look at alternatives such as plastic fittings. This in combination with the housing decline has greatly reduced the demand for smaller diameter copper-based products used in the residential market," he says. However, economic and technological developments - along with the commercial markets - are said to remain strong, absorbing the potential excess supply.
"We see the market remaining slow through the second quarter with a slight upturn during the third and fourth quarter, but not significant enough to fully make up for the first half-year's shortfall," notes Jameson.
Plastic Trends Vice President Sales and Marketing Jay Eversoll agrees with the prediction for the market's future. "Although commercial/industrial construction is better than the housing market, we still see soft demand," he says. "This is resulting in over capacity, which will result in downward pressure on pricing. We see these trends continuing throughout 2007."


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British Airways is planning to drop the London (Gatwick) – Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood route as on September 8, 2019.
The route currently operates three days a week with Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft..
The route was added in July 2017 to compete aggressively with Norwegian.
In other news, BA will drop the daytime Johannesburg – London (Heathrow) flight on June 1 and redeploy the aircraft to the London (Heathrow) – Mumbai route. The carrier is attempting to fill the void left by the demise of Jet Airways.


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Dr. Lisa Thompson attended veterinary school at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 2004. After completing her rotating internship in Phoenix, Lisa realized her passion for critical care, and moved to California to complete her critical care residency in 2008.
Following residency, Lisa developed one of the first critical care departments in Dallas and started a CRRT dialysis program. She later joined a practice in the Portland area where she has practiced over the past 5 years.
Lisa enjoys all aspects of critical care but has a special affinity for extracorporeal therapy, acute kidney injury, septicemia, and ventilator therapy. She has been fortunate to be able to participate in intern training where she enjoys sharing knowledge and collaborating with the referral community.


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> Resumes in Today's World
If you are a job seeker, you most likely have read articles telling you what are the top things to do in order to get your resume noticed. There are countless opinions as to what makes the best and most impressionable impact on a hiring manager; there are a few unwritten rules as well as a few accepted norms. I have my own opinions to throw in to the lot.
1.) Keyword searching. As people lean more and more on technical advances to streamline the recruiting process, it is sure that if you have submitted your resume for review to multiple companies, it has at least once been perused by a digital gatekeeper. It is important to remember that many companies use software to qualify and rank candidates prior to a human ever laying eyes on your resume. These gatekeepers fail to see the dedication to layout, "interesting" font, or polished word choices you have carefully selected to put the most pizzazz on your points. Remember to have enough "meat" in your resume to appetize the screeners, as well as key words which correspond to the job you're applying for which will show up in keyword searches. This leads me to my next point
2.) Tailor your resume. Yes. It may be easiest to make one resume and hit the mass "send" button to 100 jobs. This may lead to success, but truly if you spend just a few moments to tweak your resume and pull out applicable experience for each position, you may meet with better success. This would add a more targeted approach to your search; you would apply for those positions with only those companies that you are really interested in. Again, pulling out key verbage or words from the job description itself may help with keyword searching mentioned above. Please do not take that as license to copy and paste directly from the job description as this is a sure way to end up in the bottom of the waste basket.
3.) Social Media. Realize what your social imprint is and use your network to the best of your advantage. Always make sure that your social networking profiles display your best self (if you do not have one, this is a great opportunity to get one, fast – LinkedIn is most useful for the professional job seeker). Ask for recommendations, post useful industry information, join professional associations online, etc. I guarantee prospective employers will look; I do every day. Also, connecting to people within a targeted company through LinkedIn may be a great way to push your experience to the forefront. Feel free to add a link to your successful LinkedIn profile on your resume.
4.) Keep it simple. Unless you are a graphic designer, keep your format simple and easy to read and impress them with a direct approach and display your experience. Here, I find "Objectives" to be just a time-waster. I prefer summaries that tell me why someone is a great fit for what I need. The "Objective" section is often bland and tells me very little about your actual experience. If your education is your strongest asset, list it first; the same with technical skills, certifications, or your experience. Lead with what is most relevant to the position and with your strongest asset.
5.) Action verbs and Uniqueness. Your resume may only be viewed for a few seconds before a manager moves on to the next; entice them! A list of responsibilities does little to tell me of what your experience is. The stronger action verb used, the greater the connection. Example:
Customer service
Created dynamic displays and implemented merchandising strategies to increase revenue through up-selling
Yes, the latter may be a little more "fluffy", but you may see the idea. Also, demonstrate what you bring to the table that is different from others. A list of duties only tells of what you can do, I want to know what made you "special"; what made you an asset, someone indispensable to the company. If you created a new way of doing things, saved the company money, streamlined a process, increased efficiency- please share. The best examples of these are ones that are quantifiable.
6.) Be truthful. Remember to sell the best version of yourself, but that you must portray an accurate representation of your experience and skills. Never lie on your resume. Even if you do end up with the job, you can be fired later, a la Yahoo! CEO, Scott Thompson. Accurate education and work history (including employment dates) are essential; remember everything listed should be verifiable.
So what do you think? What is the best resume-writing advice you've ever received?
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Best Lawyers®, the only purely peer review™ guide to the legal profession, has selected a total of 51 Lowenstein Sandler lawyers for inclusion in its 28th edition of and its second edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Thirty-seven Lowenstein lawyers were named to the Best Lawyers in America publication as recognized by their peers in the legal industry for professional excellence in their respective practice areas; numerous lawyers were named in multiple practice areas (*). They include (in alphabetical order):
- Lynda A. Bennett
- John L. Berger*
- Jeffrey Blumenfeld
- Edmund S. Cohen*
- Douglas S. Eakeley*
- Peter H. Ehrenberg*
- Michael S. Etkin*
- David W. Field*
- Michael N. Gooen*
- Andrew E. Graw
- Mary J. Hildebrand*
- Michael B. Himmel*
- John D. Hogoboom*
- Jonathan Lewis
- Jennifer Kimble
- Robert G. Minion*
- Anthony O. Pergola*
- Jeffrey D. Prol
- Warren K. Racusin
- Andrew Reidy
- Richard F. Ricci*
- Gavin J. Rooney
- Kenneth A. Rosen*
- Mark Schamel
- Steven E. Siesser
- Steven M. Skolnick
- Brian A. Silikovitz
- Kenneth J. Slutsky*
- Norman W. Spindel*
- Ashley Steinhart*
- John S. Stolz
- Raymond P. Thek
- Jeffrey J. Wild
- Gary M. Wingens*
- Alan Wovsaniker*
- Michael Vito
- Ed Zimmerman*
Richard F. Ricci, Chair of the firm's Environmental Law & Litigation practice, also received a "Lawyer of the Year" award based on his extremely high overall feedback within his specific practice area and metropolitan region.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years.
The 14 Lowenstein lawyers honored with this accolade include:
- Arielle B. Adler
- Saman Aminolsharei
- Kent Anderson
- Tracy F. Buffer
- Eugene R. Cheval*
- Justin Corbalis
- Frank W. Eucalitto*
- Alexander Dinur*
- Mark S. Heinzelmann
- Rachel Ingwer*
- Ana L. Jara
- Phillip Khezri
- Jeremy D. Merkin
- Michael Papandrea
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Its methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. For the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 10.8 million evaluations were analyzed in the United States,
The methodology for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America is the same as that of Best Lawyers: all candidates recognized in the previous edition are eligible to vote on other nominated lawyers working in the same practice and located in the same geographic region. More than 990,000 evaluations were analyzed for the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
About Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lowenstein Sandler is a national law firm with over 350 lawyers based in New York, Palo Alto, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington, D.C. The firm represents leaders in virtually every sector of the global economy, with emphasis on investment funds, life sciences, and technology. Recognized for its entrepreneurial spirit and high standard of client service, the firm is committed to the interests of its clients, colleagues, and communities.
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'Batman Evolution' By The Piano Guys: The Perfect Batman Music Mashup
Batman fans are in for a treat with The Piano Guys' newest music video, 'Batman Evolution.' If you like Batman, good music, special effects, or just want to hear some incredible musicians, check out the video – you won't regret it.
If you've never heard of The Piano Guys, I give you fair warning that once you start watching their videos you'll quickly realize that all the other soundtrack covers on YouTube just don't live up to their standard. The Piano Guys features pianist/composer Jon Schmidt, cellist/composer Steven Sharp Nelson, producer/videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer/songwriter Al Van Der Beek. According to the group themselves, they're "just a bunch of ordinary 'guys' playing classically influenced instrumental music in videos that showcase incredible locations" and their YouTube success is a matter of "happenstance." Personally, I think that they're due a little more credit than they give themselves, and I think that you'll agree with me once you see the skill, passion, and creativity that they bring to their videos.
As well as composing original music, The Piano Guys have covered several incredible movie soundtracks including The Lord of the Rings, Mission Impossible (featuring the talented Lindsey Stirling), a mashup of Frozen's 'Let It Go' and Vivaldi's 'Winter,' and, of course, the famous Star Wars tribute 'Cello Wars.' 'Cello Wars' still remains a favorite in terms of special effects, because what could be better than cellists who duel with lightsaber bows while simultaneously performing a rocking version of the Star Wars soundtrack? There's even Force lightning – it just can't be beat. But The Piano Guys' latest video, 'Batman Evolution,' is a close second.
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'Batman Evolution' is a creative compilation of all of the different Batman soundtracks, from the original 60's TV show to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. The music is amplified by the set, which showcases replicas of the different versions of Batmobiles over the years. The set changes to mirror the feel of the different eras, with campy special effects and gadgets for the 60's soundtrack, a darker set and an ominous looking "batcello" for Tim Burton's 1989 film and Danny Elfman's music, and finally a sleek performance of Hans Zimmer's soundtrack from Nolan's trilogy.
The Piano Guys' description of the process sums up the epic scope of this project, as well as the enthusiasm that was clearly put into it:
"Holy hemiola, Batman! 50 years of music and film all rolled together in front of the cars that have become icons of super hero history. This is one of those projects we've wanted to do from the very beginning of The Piano Guys. We love super heroes, the dramatic music that has brought them to life, and the vivid films that have made them legends. We used piano, cello, handheld cameras, a radio controlled helicopter, and some scrappy special effect techniques in the most creative ways possible to emulate the three epic eras of one of the greatest super heroes ever created: BATMAN!"
"Batman Evolution" is currently available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon, and will appear on The Piano Guys' newest album, "Wonders."


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Best Home Schooling Tips for Beginner's
Updated: May 23, 2020
Amid Covid-19 thousands of schools have closed, leaving many parents to home school their children. Whether you're just temporarily homeschooling, or you want to home school permanently; ProdiGY Prep is here to offer you some excellent tips as to how to provide the very best home school experience for you and your child.
Create an Environment for Learning
Designate a specific area of your home toward homeschooling. Doing this will allow your child's brain to associate with learning and serves to enhance their concentration.
First determine where you want to conduct your classes. Will classes be held in the dining room? A guest room? Or your entertainment room? No matter where your classroom area is located, make sure you have a desk with essential school supplies like notebooks, computers, pencils.
You want your child to associate this area with learning and concentration as much as possible. Get organized by purchasing textbooks, a calendar, and a blackboard for assignment. Use baskets to further organize school supplies.
Set A Schedule
It's important to abide by a schedule so you don't get off track while homeschooling. Create a weekly plan. Set goals you want to achieve for that week or day.
A huge part of succeeding at homeschooling, is your ability to organize and adhere to a schedule. There are plenty of tools and resources available to help you keep on track while educating your child at home. For example, you can purchase an academic plan book that will instruct you on how to plan out your child's daily lessons.
Make sure your schedule is flexible and plan for recreational activities like field trips. For younger children in elementary school, it's wise to teach only two subjects per day, while rotating topics throughout the week to get the best academic result. Keep lessons short for young children since their attention span is shorter. A lesson lasting 30 minutes per subject is ideal to help children stay focused.
Create a time for physical activities and games
Children's main way of learning, especially in elementary school, is through fun activity and play. Do not spend several hours teaching one subject straight. Setting a time for physical activity allows the brain to rejuvenate and creativity to flow.
Join a Local Homeschooling Group
Meeting in homeschooling groups will allow your questions to be answered, you can review and improve your teaching habits, and create more effective habits which enhance homeschooling for you and your child. You can learn about activities your child can do, field trips your child can do to and much more.
Make room for extracurricular activities or time to interact with other children
Although COVID-19 might make it difficult for children to interact with their peers, it's still important for kids to learn social skills. Encourage children to keep in touch with their peers by joining extracurricular activities. You might want to use Zoom or Face Time or the Messenger Kids app to enable regular social Interaction.


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Kingswood Oxford loves to pride themselves on traditions. So much so, that one of the oldest traditions at Kingswood Oxford is in the middle of campus: the senior green. The senior green is a giant patch of grass that only seniors can walk on. The underclassmen are allowed but have to be invited on. They can walk with seniors to classes and play games like Spikeball and KanJam.
The senior green is a fast, easy way to get to classes, it is a reward to the senior class for accomplishing so much and getting to the point where their high school career is almost over. It is something students look forward to after working so hard for so long, especially those who are seven year seniors.
However, the issue is that we have become too relaxed with who exactly is walking across the green. Now that it is getting colder, it is not as much of an issue but earlier this autumn there were times when juniors and sophomores outnumbered the seniors on the green three to one. I am not saying that you can't invite your friends onto the senior green or that underclassmen aren't allowed on there. But it gets to a certain point where the underclassmen just assume they can walk onto the green without being invited or asking to come just because there was one time where they were invited on either the other day or week.
There are also instances where underclassmen walk on without a senior and seniors reserve the right to ask them to get off; however, they turn, laugh, and proceed to carry on. This is a huge slap in the face to all seniors because we have worked hard to get to this point in our lives, and the green is a symbol of that. I used to be absolutely terrified to walk across the green in my previous years even when invited on, the green was sacred and the seniors wouldn't tolerate kids walking on it with a senior that well.
I applaud Kingswood Oxford for creating a better community and having friendships that stretch across ages and forms, but there are also things that can be represented by just the class. A problem, however, is that the faculty loves to press the idea of tradition, but when it comes to keeping the tradition intact especially something as old as the senior green they neglect the importance and move on. For years, kids knew not to cross the green out of respect and then the faculty enforced the tradition better.
However, now if a group of seniors yells to a group of sophomores or juniors to get off, the faculty will automatically punish the seniors, or at least given them a stern talking to about being respectful. When kids are laughing at what students are saying, it is more disrespectful especially since what the seniors say isn't ever mean or impolite. Also what the juniors who do this don't realize is that they are only making this harder on themselves because when mainly sophomores and freshmen see them just walk onto the green and disregard what the seniors say, they are going to believe that it's okay to do as well.
This will then create a cycle that goes on until the senior green doesn't even matter anymore and the tradition has completely deteriorated. Also what they don't realize is that if they were invited onto the green by a senior one day, that does not count as a pass to walk on it every other day.
Although they could be one senior's friend, that could be their only senior friend that and then the whole group of seniors on the green get annoyed because someone they didn't invite is walking on the green like they are all that.
So basically what I am trying to say here is, would it kill you to ask?


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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lawrence A. Downs papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 96
Scope and Contents The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1894 - 1939
Harry O. Garman papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 22, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSF 141
Scope and Contents One folder containing publications by Harry. O. Garman.
Dates: 1907 - 1914
Railroad Scrapbooks collection
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSP 10
Scope and Contents 4 Railroad Scrapbooks, c. 1940s-1980s
Dates: 1940 - 1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2009
Thomas Taber papers
Collection — Box 1 Box
Identifier: MSP 210
Abstract Bibliographies, handbooks, and indexes documenting the historical research of railroads in the United States by Thomas T. Taber III.
Dates: 2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010
Vincent Robinson papers
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Identifier: 20190423
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A Good Cause
Brick Recycler accepts new and used Lego toy donations
Lego creates the most popular (and awesome) toys in the world, which are so durable that they can be used by generation after generation. Kids thrive on building with them. It doesn't matter if sets are complete or not since you can build ANYTHING with these amazing bricks and pieces.
If you don't know what to do with your old pieces, which are collecting dust in your attic, or what to do with your previously loved pieces, then BrickRecycler.com can help. We accept donated Lego pieces and send them to countless new homes. We enjoy working with great nonprofits that desperately need them, but can't afford to buy them. We make sure we don't overwhelm organizations by shipping more than they need, because we know every organizations quantity and timing needs vary.
Here are just a few examples of countless one-time requests we have catered to in the past:
- Flint Michigan organization helping disadvantaged children exposed to lead.
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- A summer camp held by an orphanage in Zimbabwe.
- An architectural design class for high school students.
- Many great new and existing Lego clubs.


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This weekend my wife and I were incredibly blessed by being able to attend this year's Linger Conference. Shane and Shane, Bethany Dillon, and several other talented lead worshipers stirred our affections for Christ through music and spoken word. Matt Chandler, JR Vassar, and several other pastors and phenomenal communicators preached the gospel from the Psalms lighting a fire that had all but diminished in my life over the past couple years of whirlwind changes, albeit very good changes.
I sat in my truck on Saturday as we ran an errand in between services and listened to Shane and Shane's Bring Your Nothing album and found myself saying "God, I just want to rest in this. I want to sit in this and stay here where your presence feels so tangible and thick."
I felt God answer me with "Don, you're missing the point."
We had already talked about this some during a panel discussion on Friday, this desire to keep the mountain top experience from fading back into normalcy. So, I wasn't really surprised to hear God tell me this, but I was rather annoyed at how quickly I forgot what I had just heard the day before.
Mountain top experiences aren't meant to sustain us indefinitely. They are meant to quicken us, to remind us of that which we have forgotten or teach us something new, and send us back out into normal life. Spiritual highs and Theological epiphanies are meant to give us a taste of the future to come when Christ comes and restores creation and brings about the New Earth filled with His glory and divine presence.
Mountain top experiences are designed to bring us closer to God, to give us a glimpse of his glory in ways that we may not see it every day. The purpose of this is two-fold: First, to stir our affections for Christ in perhaps deeper ways so that we would be more inclined and desire to make time to linger with God as we go about our daily lives. Second, that we would walk back down the mountain and reflect and radiate the glory of our great God and King.
This may mean finding ways to love and live with a family of Christians and graciously navigating the effects of living with sinners who love Jesus. It may mean walking down into a valley filled with idolatrous people who have turned their back on God and calling them to repent and come home.
Leading both by example of lingering with God in prayer and the study of his word.
As someone who hasn't made the time to linger with God in quite some time, let me encourage and challenge you to make this a priority for God's glory and your joy in Him.


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KARANGASEM, KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian National Police's Bali Regional Police might have seen more than their fair share of foreign tourists committing crimes and other infractions on the resort island.
But police in the Balinese regency of Karangasem literally saw the depths that overseas visitors can go as they investigated two foreign tourists who pulled off and recorded a stunt that went viral on social media.
The footage showed an unidentified foreign man, with the woman riding behind him, revving a yellow Honda C70 motorcycle at the docks before speeding the vehicle headlong into the sea.
Also read: Bali Police Arrest 2 Foreigners for Drug Offenses
"We are trying to determine how the duo entered Karangasem's Tanah Ampo harbor, then drove their motorcycle into the sea on Thursday, December 10," said Karangasem Regency Police Precinct head Police Chief Commissioner Ni Nyoman Suartini on Monday, December 14.
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Knackly Talks About Why We're Out To Kill Copy & Paste in Law Firms
Episode description
Transcript for "Why We're Out To Kill Copy & Paste in Law Firms!"
Transcript of Episode 07, Released 27 July 2021
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Lowell Stewart: "You copied and pasted from the wrong source, from a source that wasn't up to date."
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Kim Mayberry: "It was taking him 35 minutes to create a set of legal documents. Now it's taking him five."
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Lowell Stewart: "How does Knackly improve the situation, I think is a really interesting question."
Michael Lane: Welcome to Knackly: The Podcast. My name is Michael Lane. I am the sales and marketing director at Knackly and I am your host as well. With me, as always, are Knackly founders Kim Mayberry and Lowell Stewart. Hey guys, how are you?
Lowell Stewart: Hello.
Kim Mayberry: Great.
Lowell Stewart: Doing great.
Michael Lane: Let's talk about one of the biggest wasters in almost every single law office in the country. I'm talking about something that, every single day, takes a firm's time, steals its money, and sneaks mistakes into their clients documents and files. This thing is ubiquitous, it's baked into nearly EVERY piece of software in the modern law office, and it may even be the single most frequently used tool in computing today. It's so well used, we barely even think about how lame it is.
Lowell Stewart: What is this horrible thing you're talking about, Michael?
Michael Lane: I'm talking about "copy and paste," right?
Lowell Stewart: Yeah.
Michael Lane: So a little history. This thing was invented in 1983, and it was an amazing thing then. I remember. Do you remember your first copy and paste experience?
Lowell Stewart: Yeah.
Kim Mayberry: No.
Michael Lane: I was in a computer store in San Diego in 1984 with my dad, and there was a Macintosh and it was the first time I'd used a mouse, and the guy was like, "Watch this." And he made a word go away and then reappear. It was a big deal.
Lowell Stewart: Magic.
Kim Mayberry: I had no idea. This was like the moon launch experience. I didn't even know that that existed for copy and paste. (Laughter)
Michael Lane: The thing is, as revolutionary as that was, and it was, it isn't anymore. And yet, our customers are, and law firms all over the place, are still relying on copy and paste from one system to another, from one document to another. And today, let's talk about why that's not a good idea. About how that introduces errors. About how it's so slow. And about how it's limited, because it can only do one thing at a time.
A little while ago, in a different podcast, in an earlier episode, Lowell made a remark, kind of almost offhand, about how one of Knackly's core values is to "stop copying stuff and start reusing it." Talk a little more about that, Lowell, because I think that's fundamental to what Knackly's strategy is and why our customers are benefiting so much from it. Go expand on that a bit.
Lowell Stewart: Sure. Well, I mean, it's like when you copy and paste, you're saving some effort, but the effort that you're saving is exactly the effort that would be required to retype exactly what you had before. And retyping what you had before is not what you want. You want to then adapt it. And it's the adaptation from time to time that's where copy and paste falls down. Because you get a copy of whatever you had before, whatever you copied, and then the changes that that might or might not have had in it, as compared to other versions that you've got out there, need to be taken into consideration, the changes to the client's details have to be taken into consideration. Essentially, every time you copy and paste something, you're making another… You're just increasing the size of information out there that you have to keep in sync as you move forward. You're making another copy that you have to remember and keep in mind, because the customizations to this one might not match the customizations to another one.
And so this is a huge problem for a firm that's trying to keep their language modern, trying to keep stuff in sync with legislation and statutes and so forth that are changing over time and evolving. Copying and pasting just makes more work for you.
Michael Lane: It reminds me of the horror movies where you make so many clones and they get out of control.
Lowell Stewart: (Laughter) Right, exactly!
Kim Mayberry: On that same note, is copy and pasting entire documents, which is commonly done, right? And think about what is in one document isn't in another document, but we've found over 20 odd years of doing document automation, someone comes to us and says, "These two documents—for example—these two wills are exact same. All we have to do is swap out … just make … it's a husband and wife, they're the exact same." Well, we go through, we do some document compares and we find out no, they weren't the exact same like you thought they were. So that becomes a real risk in the whole copy paste mentality that's available today.
Lowell Stewart: Right. And if you think they're the same and you need to make another copy, which one did you pick to copy for your next will and did it have the …. Memory is famously imperfect, right? We tend to oversimplify and think, "Yeah, those two were the same," when they weren't. So it matters which one of those you copy for your next job. Quick, why does it matter?
Michael Lane: Yeah, the why it matters is, let's talk about that. You're talking about wasting time, which equals wasting money. And introducing errors, which risks a firm's reputation. It risks the client's outcome. So let's talk about … put a value on that. How much money, how much time, what can people actually lose by using copy and paste so much, do you think?
Kim Mayberry: Well, I can say from our statistics that we're seeing with our clients, those that have moved from copy/paste in their practice, to using Knackly and document automation, we're seeing … We've got one client that just saved 95% of their time. It was taking them 80 hours, and now they're down to four minutes. That's a big jump. But we've got another one that's just an average attorney, it was taking them 35 minutes to create a set of legal documents, and now it's taking them five. So we're seeing the range from 95% savings up to 80% savings. So that's a viable cost reduction, when you're spending that much less time. Which means that you can now bring in that many more clients, bill out that many more people. That's the time savings that we're seeing.
Michael Lane: Yeah, the act of copying and pasting is actually a tedious repetition. You're just doing it. And like I said before, it's so baked in, we don't even think about how wasteful this thing is or how limited it is. It's just what we're handed and we use it all the time, right?
Lowell Stewart: Right. I mean, the time that it's saving was the time that it took your secretary to retype a contract. But that's not really relevant to today's world.
Michael Lane: Yeah. Because when you think about it, copying and pasting is, it has a file cabinet background. It's kind of based and rooted in that mentality.
Lowell Stewart: Exactly, yeah. It's not the mentality of a … It's not a software mentality or a knowledge-capture mentality. Because if you think about your knowledge, you know that you can't put your knowledge in a file cabinet and file it away, and have it still be relevant. It has to be kept up to date. And it's the same thing with the language that you produce. If it's in a file cabinet, gathering dust, it's going to sound like it in 10 years. It's going to sound like, "Well, this is creaky." So you've got to have a tool for creating your documents, that reflects the fact that your own knowledge doesn't stay static, it expands. When you make a change in the way you word something, you want that change to go with you on all the future documents you create.
Michael Lane: All right, this is super important. Let's drill down a bit. Describe that process a bit more in detail. When something, using the file cabinet metaphor, if you drop a file in that folder, in a drawer, it's static and it never goes anywhere.
Lowell Stewart: Right.
Michael Lane: With not just by eliminating copying and pasting, but by implementing a more modern tool, that piece of paper in that file cabinet now becomes a living document to which you can change, add, query, pull reports from, and make modern. And so you never have to redo anything. You just kind of update and it keeps up with your needs, right?
Lowell Stewart: Yeah, that's right.
Michael Lane: Talk about how much … Is there a way to put money on that? How much can the average law firm, how much are our customers talking about saving on a weekly?
Lowell Stewart: Well, that's kind of hard to put concrete numbers on it, but if you just think about the number of errors you've made in the past, because you copied and pasted from the wrong source, from a source that wasn't up to date, and then the chaos that you created for yourself with that, where you had to then go find something else and resynchronize and make other errors and stuff. I mean, I don't know, what do you think, Kim?
Kim Mayberry: Not only that, but you think about, if you have an assistant that's going through and copying and pasting into the document, one, you hope that that assistant has worked for you for a long time, that they kind of can read your mind, right?
Michael Lane: (Laughter) Very good point.
Kim Mayberry: So you've got that side of it, but what happens when that assistant is no longer there? It gets hit by the proverbial bus or whatever happens. That means that someone new coming in doesn't have that knowledge and it's hard to get up and going. The second part is, is that you've got the assistant going through, and this is the way it works in a lot of law firms, they go through and do the first draft. Well then the attorney has to go in and proof it to make sure that they comply. So that means that now, you're spending even more time in the proofing process. So you're spending thousands of dollars every month on creating your documents, that you don't have to spend. And think about it. The attorney goes in. They redline it, which is common. Say, "This doesn't work, this doesn't work." It goes back to the paralegal. The paralegal now goes through, makes those changes, has to resubmit it back to the attorney to look over, then they submit it to the client. The client finds a problem, it now comes back to that whole process. It's a continuous loop that takes up hours that aren't being accounted for right now.
Lowell Stewart: Yeah. And that problem is just made worse if you happen to copy the wrong thing to start with. You're making extra cycles in that whole horrible draft there. And how does Knackly improve the situation, I think is a really interesting question. It requires a bit of a different mindset, right? You have to think not necessarily about the specific language, but you have to think a little bit more generally. Like what are the mental steps I go through when I'm drafting this? And it's those mental steps and the logic involved there, that you're able to capture in Knackly, and you can break it down into little chunks of a document. This chunk that you reuse over and over again, you would make a template out of that. And so that template knows how to create that certain clause or that certain paragraph, with the logic that belongs in there and so forth. And you can systematize the way that you draft those documents, in a way that just makes it radically easier moving forward.
Michael Lane: And we are expanding this. Knackly, in particular, doesn't just kill copy and paste in Word—in documentation. But folks are either wasting time or they're not taking advantage of the opportunity that exists, to integrate their systems. So they only have to enter data once, and then it gets applied to all of their systems, and all of their documents, and all of their intake forms, and all of their correspondence all at once. Talk a little bit about how that works with Knackly.
Lowell Stewart: Well, one of the features that is relatively new, we just introduced in the last couple months is called queries. Queries let you go grab data that you've got, that you have entered one time in say your case management application like Clio. You can grab that information and use that in your documents that you're generating for those clients. And so, really eliminating the need to copy and paste the client's address into the fields and so forth. You can pull it straight from the source. And in the same way, if your data has been entered in one place, and Knackly used it for one kind of an app or a set of documents you were creating, and you want to reuse that data in a different set of documents, you can use a query to pull the data in from other places within Knackly. So it's super flexible. We're not just talking about avoiding copying and pasting text in your documents, but avoiding duplication of work more generally.
Michael Lane: Yeah. It's not so much we've got an alternative to copy, cut, and paste. It's actually a totally different mindset of how you deal with your data.
Lowell Stewart: Yeah.
Kim Mayberry: Yeah. Lowell came up with the idea in the previous podcast, said, "Stop copying, start reusing." But we really have refined that concept from stop copying, start leveraging. So how do you leverage your information? How do you leverage your knowledge? For us, we've kind of put it into five different buckets. One is the document creation, which we've been talking about that a lot already. Second, is within Knackly, we use what's called an object. So we can reuse automations that we've done for one place, and reuse it in other places, which gives us a savings of 30% of the time it took to automate documents before, we're seeing that savings just in the automation. Then you think about external client intakes, so that your clients can start filling out information for you, as opposed to them filling out the PDF form or whatever it is, then bringing it in, and then you have to retype it. So we're stopping copying there. With our CRM integrations, we've got Clio, we've got Curo, we've got Zapier right now. Other ones are coming up too. And our API integration. So applications are starting to connect information together.
And the fifth one that we see that's the future, is what we call micro-publishing and publishing. Where it's not just about document, it's not just about using your own documents. In the future, it means that you can grab from other documents from other people in the state that are doing something similar, and you can now integrate with those other documents and pull, and not have to re-automate those. Because how many of the exact same document gets re-automated throughout the US or throughout the world, multiple times? It's like why are we still doing that, when you could just have one person automate it, and then the whole country can use it? That's kind of the future of where we see… When we start talking about stop copying, start leveraging, that's where we're starting to see is in the future.
Lowell Stewart: Right. Another way to look at that, Kim, is when you are doing this new way of thinking about your documents, this systematized way of thinking about the way you produce documents, what you're actually doing is creating software. And for two different people to spend time and money, two different firms to spend time and money to build the same piece of software in house, well why doesn't one of them do it and license it to the other? That's where this new mindset can take you, if you think about drafting in this systematized way. Once you've got a document that drafts itself, why not license that to other people so that they can leverage the work you've done? It takes leveraging right to the next level. That's certainly something we plan to do in the future in Knackly. Keep your ears peeled for that.
Kim Mayberry: Keep your ears peeled on that one, right? It's an undertaking to do that, but the advantage we have with the architecture that we have is, we can do it.
Lowell Stewart: Yeah.
Michael Lane: And we have a growing list of interested partners to help us do that as well.
Kim Mayberry: Correct. Yeah, actually this morning, I got off of a phone call with one of those interested partners. So it's
Michael Lane: Shh. We'll talk about it later. (Laughter)
Michael Lane: I want to talk a little bit more about efficiency, overall. I know that word gets used, overused. Nobody knows exactly what it means, everyone's got their own expectation of what that means. But everything we've talked about is about making the job better. Making your documents better, making your intake procedures better, making communication within your office better. All of these things are under the umbrella of efficiency improvement, right? And they all trickle down to really a couple of benefits for every firm who employs them. And that is, no errors, more money in your pocket, better work flows. So I guess I kind of just talked to myself about efficiency rather than you guys, but is there –
Kim Mayberry: You did a great job.
Michael Lane: This is sort of … Knackly is … we aren't so much selling the software, as we are a new way of doing things better for the office, overall. This isn't specifically—solely—limited to documentation. This is again about removing the file cabinet from our heads, and thinking about digital data in a completely new way, that allows a modern office to do things on an efficiency scale that you didn't think was possible before.
Lowell Stewart: Yeah. Yeah. Kind of like becoming your own software company with… No, that's not it.
Michael Lane: Yeah, but you're creating your own applications to solve the issues in your own particular offices, and so we're providing a tool set for people to build what they need to get their jobs done, right?
Lowell Stewart: Right.
Michael Lane: And part of it is, we get together all the time, we talk about this and it's so frustrating, because we want everybody to know this!
Lowell Stewart: Yeah, but it's significantly … It's very flexible in the way that, it's a tool that gives you a lot of latitude in the way you want to solve your problems, and it pays to get creative with it, too.
Michael Lane: Yeah. Absolutely right. So guys, this seems like a good spot to end this. (clears throat) Excuse me. I want to extend an invitation to listeners, check us out. Book that demo. You can find us at Knackly.io. K-N-A-C-K-L-Y.io We look forward to showing you what we can do.
Lowell Stewart: Yeah. Absolutely. Good to talk.
Kim Mayberry: It's been fun to talk about this, and go through and think about what the future's going to be, and where Knackly fits into that future.
Michael Lane: And that concludes Knackly: The Podcast. Please be sure to leave us a review and if there's something you'd like to hear from us, reach out and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and our website, knackly.io That's spelt K-N-A-C-L-L-Y.io. Thanks for joining us, we'll catch you again soon. Meanwhile, be well and be kind.
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