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What's going on everybody, Steve here with another pro tip, and today I want to talk about one of my favorite features of the Sony a7S II and the a6500 and that's the in-body image stabilization, or as Sony refers to it, SteadyShot.
Image stabilization housed in camera lenses has been around since the mid-1990s, but in the early 2000's, Minolta introduced the first DSLR with image stabilization built into the camera body itself. And then in 2006, Sony purchased Konica Minolta and the rest is history.
In-body image stabilization is great because it means that even if your lens doesn't have I.S. built into it, your camera does. Your camera physically moves the sensor around across five different axes to compensate for camera shake.
Now, for your Sony camera to accomplish this, it has to know the focal length of the lens you're using. If you're using a native Sony lens, or a Canon or Sigma or some other lens with an electronic adapter, most of the time, the lens is going to communicate with the camera to give it that information.
But what if you're using a vintage lens with a non-electronic adapter, and there's no communication between the lens and the camera?
Good news: you can still utilize Sony's SteadyShot. You just have to tell the camera the focal length of the lens you're shooting.
In-body image stabilization is really great. Since I started shooting on Sony, it's allowed me to get handheld shots that I never could have with my GH4 or my Canon cameras. Especially when it comes to dancing at receptions. These days I just slap on a 35 or a 50mm and leave my monopod behind. It really is fantastic.
So that's really it guys, and as always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them down below!


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Speaker Success Tips
Expectations of Speakers
Presenters are required to register and attend the full conference.
- Laptop computer (if you indicated on your instructor agreement you would provide)
- Your presentation on USB thumb drive
- Presenter notes or Instructor Guide
- Presenter biography and/or business cards
- Copies/handouts - optional
HOURS: Monday - Wednesday 7:30AM - 5:00PM, Thursday 7:30AM - Noon
The Speaker Prep Lounge is available for ASFPM conference presenters to work on their presentations and drop off their concurrent session presentation when it is ready. A computer and printer (for speaker's notes only) will be available. A volunteer will be present if you have any questions or problems.
Laptops at the conference will be running PowerPoint 2016 on Windows 10. This version is capable of running presentations created using older versions of PowerPoint. Speakers are expected to bring their presentation to the conference on a portable USB storage device (also called "thumb drive", "memory stick", etc.).
For presenters who plan to use an embedded video in their presentation, it is recommended that they use a file format that is readily recognizable by a standard computer. There have been some complications with embedded videos in the past, usually as a result of an additional software required on the laptop. It is recommended that presenters do a trial run on the computer in the Speaker Prep Lounge or your meeting room before your presentation.
ASFPM does not provide storage or on-site shipping services for presenters. Presenters are responsible for making arrangements should they need to ship materials in advance. Please note there may be a daily storage fee for this service. Contact your hotel or the UPS Store located in the Convention Center to make shipping arrangements.
ASFPM does not provide or print handouts for workshop attendees. Handouts are provided at the discretion of the Presenter. Copying and print services are the Presenter's responsibility and expense. The Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland does have a UPS store that is open six days a week. The store is located in the Global Center for Health Innovation (inside Convention Center) and can be reached at (216) 303-9360.
Concurrent sessions, Plenaries, Early Birds, and any sessions other than a Workshop or Tour are walk-in sessions and therefore do not have registration lists or numbers for attendees. ASFPM is able to provide registration numbers for a la carte events such as Workshops and Tours two weeks prior to the conference to workshop or tour point of contact.
Copyright - What can I legally quote, play (sound), and use as graphics without permission?
Overview of Using Copyrigthed Material in Your Presentation ThinkOutsidetheSlide.com
Presenter's Role at the Conference
Responsibility of a Conference Speaker to a Conference Patrick O'Keefe's Blog
PowerPoint Tips & Tricks
How to Make an Effective PowerPoint Presentation Olivia Mitchell from Speaking About Presenting
10 Ways to Spot a Lame Corporate PowerPoint Template PowerPoint Ninja
The Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint Presentations Dr. Joseph Sommerville
Really Bad PowerPoint Seth Godin's Blog
Preparing Your Presentation
Successful Preparation is the Basis for a Successful Presentation Ellen Finkelstein PowerPoint Tips Blog
Emergency Preparedness for PowerPoint PowerPoint Ninja
Presentation Skills
Presentation Tips Olivia Mitchell from Speaking About Presenting
Engaging the Audience
Localize Your Slides or Risk Losing the Audience PowerPoint Ninja

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Be the future in manufacturing
June 18-22, 2018
Texas A&M University | Hall of Champions | College Station, TX
161 Wellborn Road, College Station, TX 77840
Texas A&M University would like to welcome the co-located ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) 2018 and the 46th NAMRI/SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC).
Join more than 800 researchers and manufacturers from around the world to share the latest manufacturing innovations and developments in manufacturing and cyber-physical systems and materials processing.
The conference schedule includes keynotes, expert panels, student poster and presentation competitions, an exhibition of industry partners, an early career forum, industry tours and awards ceremony.
About Texas A&M University
Welcome to Aggieland! Located in College Station, Texas (about 90 miles northwest of Houston and within a two- to three-hour drive from Austin and Dallas), Texas A&M's main campus is home to over 64,000 students, with more than 436,000 former students worldwide.
With more than 130 undergraduate degree programs, 170 master's degree programs, 93 doctoral degree programs and 5 first professional degrees as options for study, Texas A&M is full of possibilities.


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Paramount Pictures has promoted veteran executive Syrinthia Studer to executive VP of worldwide acquisitions.
The studio announced the appointment on Tuesday, the day before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. Studer will begin her new role at the festival. The promotion was announced jointly by Marc Evans, president of the motion picture group, and Bob Buchi, president of worldwide home media distribution, to whom Studer will dually report.
Studer will be in charge of acquiring films for theatrical release reporting to Evans. Recently released acquisition titles from Paramount include "Arrival" from director Denis Villeneuve; "Florence Foster Jenkins" from director Stephen Frears; and "Suburbicon" from director George Clooney. She will report to Buchi on all worldwide home media acquisitions.
Evans and Buchi said, "Syrinthia has led the charge for Paramount's international film partnerships and acquisitions and has helped the company grow on a global scale. Her distribution and marketing efforts for the Viacom brands in the home media space were unparalleled and have provided an important integration throughout the company. We are happy to have her expand the role."
Studer was elevated from senior VP of marketing and acquisitions for Paramount Pictures' worldwide home media and TV licensing divisions, where she launched and managed the studio's division focused on ancillary-driven acquisitions, overseeing the negotiation and acquisition of groundbreaking domestic and international film and distribution relationships.
She was responsible for a multi-picture relationship with IFC Films that included the home media release of the film "Boyhood. Studer also acquired "The Intervention," "Goat," "A.C.O.D," "Ashby" and "Love, Rosie" and internationally distributed features including "Spotlight" for select territories.
In addition, Studer previously oversaw the marketing and distribution of home media releases from Viacom brands Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and Paramount's Television and Digital Entertainment groups as well as cable partners CBS and Showtime.


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New arrivals from Peace drums!
Posted by PAW Music on June 26, 2010
New inventory from Peace has arrived. There are some exciting kits and new finishes available for immediate delivery now!
Take for example the Neo Rebel kit...
This kit features 9 ply mahogany shells, single mounted tom, double floor toms, matching snare drum.. all in black finish with red lugs, hoops and hardware! Paw Music has some additional toms available if you want to increase the size of the kit from 5 to 6 or 7 drums. While the kit comes with a hardware package (single cymbal stand, snare stand, hi-hat, kick pedal),Paw Music
also has some additional red cymbal boom stands available. What a great looking and sounding kit for only $695.00!http://www.pawmusic.com/collections/new/products/peace-neo-rebel-drum-set
Want something a bit more upscale? Look no further than the DNA maple kit. This kit features 5 drums, heavy duty hardware package, and some exciting new finishes, like the unique matte Sanskrit lacquer stain. No other company has anything like this!
Toms mount via crescent mounts and ball style arms to clamps that fasten to cymbal stands, leaving the bass drum totally clean! Professional kit, professional looks and sound... but at a fabulous price of only $1,895.00, including a heavy duty hardware package.http://www.pawmusic.com/collections/new/products/dna-maple-sanskrit-drum-set-by-peace
Looking for something more unique? The Paragon maple kit features the innovative Deus lugs and LIFTS tom mounting system... but on this kit, they are finished in brushed copper! A perfect blend with the brown and black fade lacquer stain. This set is a shell pack with no stands or pedals included, so you can order separately or use your own existing or favorite brand.


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Distances are calculated in a straight line and may not reflect actual travel distance.
This is a new build property
Surrounded by beautiful countryside views is this superb 4 bedroom (2 ensuite) home set on a 1/3 acre plot. Mulberry House forms part of this exclusive development of just 3 stunning new build homes built to a high specification by renowned developer Nationcrest PLC. Ready for immediate occupation.
Boasting spacious accommodation for stylish and contemporary living. Thoughtfully designed to make the very best of the surrounding countryside and maximise the use of space and light throughout, Mulberry House comprises of a generous reception hallway, open plan kitchen/dining room, family room, and formal lounge all with bi-fold doors to the rear, utility room and study.
Up to the first floor there are four bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, two en-suites, and a family bathroom. The property benefits from gated entry, attached garage, formal gardens to the front and rear in addition to a wild flower meadow enhancing the local environment.
Experience country living with excellent commuting links to London and Oxford. Oxford town centre can be reached in less than 30 minutes by road and Marylebone in under 34 minutes by rail from Haddenham & Thame Parkway.
Mulberry House is perfectly situated within Shabbington, a desirable village with a popular riverside public house, a picturesque eleventh century church with a bell ringing society, riding school, a village hall, play area, Millennium field and an excellent designated primary school in the neighbouring village of Ickford, which also contains a post office/village shop.
Shabbington is also in catchment for the renowned Lord Williams' Secondary School in the nearby market town of Thame and the three grammar schools in the nearby town of Aylesbury. There is also Ashfold public school in the nearby hamlet of Dorton. Further facilities such as doctors and dentist surgeries can be found two miles away in Long Crendon or Thame you can also find Waitrose, health & leisure centres, award winning gastro pubs, the Phoenix nature trail and several historic buildings.
Additional Information
FOR CLARIFICATION: Floor plans are to be used for guidance only.
Generous Open Plan Kitchen/Dining Room
Bi-fold doors to the Kitchen/Dining Room
Sitting Room and Lounge
Utility Room
4 Double Bedrooms with fitted wardrobes
Two En-suites
Family Bathroom
Countryside Views
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This post is part of my Git for Writers series, which I started posting as an accompaniment to my Git Started: Git for Agile Writers workshop at the STC 2015 Summit in Columbus, OH. These posts expand on some of the ideas I presented, since you can't cram everything on such a large subject into one 45-minute workshop.
**For some more of the reasons why I think writers need Git, read this post.**
In this post, I'm using the concepts from my git log, git blame, and git diff commands to show how you might develop your own Git workflow. Of course, the exact workflow that's most useful to you is going to depend on a lot of external factors (most importantly, the way in which your Agile team uses Git).
Before you can successfully start developing your own workflow, you're going to need:
- Access to your team's Git repositories and branches.
- Information about your team's current project's status.
- A basic understanding of how your team intends to work in Git.
Hopefully, in Agile development, most or all of this will be part of your team agreement. If not, the developers on your team should be able to give you this information pretty easily.
In a perfect world, you know the commit ID that you last looked at, or which commit was the first before your team started development. This is probably not a realistic expectation, though. It's probably fairly reasonable, though, to assume that you know the date after which you want to look at commits.
If you want to see commits since March 1st, 2015, git log's –after option gives me everything that you need. The oldest commit in the list is the commit to reference when running git diff to see the list of changes. (This is an excellent moment, too, to glance through the commit message for each commit.)
Get the list of changes…
To run git diff, you only need the short form of the commit ID, which consists of the first seven characters in the long form of the SHA.
What you do next depends on what you're looking for… If you know for sure that you need to take a look at all of the changes, git diff dd53f32..HEAD will give me the long version of the diff:
If you have enough project knowledge, though, you may be lucky enough to only need the list of files from –name-only:
If you only document user interfaces, you might be able to safely ignore changes made, for example, to CSS files, and will only need to look closer at the other files. (In many cases, the commit messages that you read earlier will tell you what you need to know about backend-centric functionality changes.)
Checking the details…
Once you have the list of files to check, git diff and the filename should give you the details you need, with git blame as a backup if something you see in the diff doesn't make sense. (You can always pull the commit ID from each line of the blame output, if you need to go back to that commit message for more information.)
Go deeper
This post only scratches the surface of the options that you can incorporate into your Git habits. If you want to go into further depth, I highly recommend Pro Git (it's free!).


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Address Home, the luxury home décor brand has introduced its Modern Dining collection of metallic dinnerware for a luxurious dining experience.
This dinning collection is a modern rendition of age old ancestral brass and copper utensils that are now crafted in contemporary shapes and clean lines.
Simple, enigmatic and ornamental, the dining collection is best suited for festive occasions, traditional ceremonial dinners or as a perfect addition to the wedding trousseau.
Modern Dining Collection of dinnerware comprises of thals, portion bowls in different sizes and glasses. Crafted with pure copper and brass, all the utensils have asymmetric fine hammering with black powder coating in a matt finish on the outer surface. The lustrous glow of pure copper and brass is the outcome of the black matt surface.


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ArtPrize — I Still Don't Get It…
Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
October 7, 2012
ArtPrize, the world's largest art competition, took place in Grand Rapids over the past few weeks. Winners were announced last Friday with over $560,000 in prize money awarded. This was the fourth year for ArtPrize, and it was amazingly successful. The big prizes are determined on a public vote — people come downtown and cast votes on what they like. No ads. No campaigning. Very democratic and — especially in an election year — kind of refreshing.
I myself didn't actually make it to ArtPrize this year. On the beautiful weekends when strolling the streets of downtown Grand Rapids was at its prime, I was laboring on my own sort of art project at home — putting a new roof on my shed. In the many moments when I was adapting my plans (and making yet another trip to the hardware store), I thought about how this thing would make, like, the worst ArtPrize entry ever. As with most large, publically viewable art installation, its purpose and worth is subject to opinion. It's either a ghastly but marginally functional architectural solution or some sort of God-awful plastic/treated lumber prophylactic or an unwittingly efficient pre-made home for wasps, hornets, and other very angry buzzy things. Or all of these things. Don't worry. I have no way of transporting it, so you are all safe to go to ArtPrize next year.


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In this 2 hour class, craft your own Macrame wall-hanging using the time-honored tradition of tying knots in rope, updated for modern style! Textile artist Katie Berman will show you all the knots you need to create the perfect handcrafted home decor. ** Instructor: Katie Berman ** Required Materials: All materials included.
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Earlier Event: April 27CLASS: Sewing with Knits: Ebony Tee
Later Event: April 29SOCIAL: Craft Club


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The 18th annual general assembly of Village Tourism Forum (VITOF) Nepal has elected a new committee under the leadership of Chitra Bahadur Gurung.
Of the 322 votes cast, Gurung received 184, while other presidential candidate Ram Prasad Sapkota got 137 votes.
First vice president Dhruba Simkhada, second vice president Damodar Dahal, secretary Basudev Pandey, treasurer Rajendra Man Dangol and five members – Deepak Dahal, Tikadatta Barakoti, Krishna Bahadur Subedi, Gagan Raj Neupane and Indra Bahadur Rai — were elected unopposed.
Similarly, Rajkumar Thapa has been elected to the post of general secretary. He defeated Shekhar Thapa by a massive 163 votes. Deepak Dahal has been elected to the post of joint treasurer. Dahal defeated Deepak Bhattarai by 124 votes.
Immediate past president Shiva Lamichhane is also in the executive committee.
VITOF Nepal's new executive committee will get complete shape once the new executive committee nominates two new executive members.
VITOF Nepal is a forum of individuals/organizations involved in promotion of village tourism products.


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Resources to support music education within primary provision
Sign up as a Sing Up Friend for free access to 10 songs from our fantastic Song Bank, plus a selection of resources in our Teaching Tools Knowledge Hub.
This booklet summarises the 10 key benefits of music, from recognition within the 'National Plan for Music Education ' that music is an educational building block through to the inclusive nature of music irrespective of abilities.
English Ocarinas were introduced to UK schools from 1983 and are specifically designed for Whole-class Music in modern classrooms.
Six songs, bursting with musical integrity, that can be used individually or as a complete 30-minute lesson-resource.
A new way to teach creative music in Primary schools through your interactive whiteboard. Child-friendly activities guarantee clear musical outcomes, but give children control, creating real ownership and achievement.
Musical engagement, games, songs, activities, dancing and instrumental play for young children.
These tasks have been designed to show musical attainment and record progress over time. It is hoped that they will provide a 'musical' assessment experience, practical in nature and not just assessment for assessment's sake.
A video looking at assessment in music education.
BYMT is proud to offer the online resources for BAND ON THE RUN
Blog post from Martin Fautley (Professor of Education at Birmingham City University)


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Weather Station based on Arduino and NodeMCU.
Project tutorial by miklas
Customized Time Announcement and Wake-Up Alarming using MP3 audio files.
Project tutorial by Abe-Z
4D Alarm Clock project is based on the concept of a digital alarm clock.
Project tutorial by 4D Makers
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Derby delight for Ballymurn
Crossabeg-Ballymurn 2-14 Blackwater 2-8
If the Intermediate hurlers of Blackwater were property developers, they might find it hard to stay in business as their display at breezy Hollymount on Saturday illustrated.
In attempting to construct a victory against Crossabeg-Ballymurn in this Courtyard Ferns Group B opener, they made a great job of laying the foundations but then failed dismally to build on their grittily positive start.
With a brisk wind whistling in from the north-east, the elements were always likely to have a significant influence on the hurling - and so it proved.
Pre-match favourites Crossabeg-Ballymurn had first use of the wind and their opponents set about ensuring they did not sail into a match-winning lead with its assistance.
The likes of Ennae Carroll and (until removed from the fray with injury) Lar Leacy showed themselves to be durable and effective defenders in the face of constant probing.
Crossabeg-Ballymurn clearly threatened but were unable to establish a steady source of scores though centre half Pádraig Foley - due to depart soon for the United States - picked off three of the measly seven points they registered up to the break.
Blackwater's damage limitation strategy appeared to be paying dividends when full-forward Paul O'Leary made a good catch under Michael Lillis's delivery and found the net behind Mark Dempsey.
The goal left the sides tied (0-7 to 1-4) at the interval, leaving supporters of the underdogs with every reason to be optimistic that they could forge a win from the fixture.
However, instead of being blown on to victory by the wind, they were blown away by Crossabeg-Ballymurn's greater craft and ability to steal scores - whatever the weather.
By the time Mossy O'Brien collected Blackwater's first point of the half on 50 minutes, their opponents had already pulled away surely out of reach by adding 2-4 to their tally.
The goals came from substitute Ronan Devereux just seconds after he was introduced to the fray, and from Tony Murphy stroking home coolly on the rebound after David Jackman crashed the ball against the bar.
With Oisín Foley posting a steady drip of frees for Crossabeg-Ballymurn, they were well into the driving seat long before the end of play, and O'Leary's second goal was no more than a small measure of consolation for the losers who entered the fray as underdogs.
Just returned from Australia, the number 14 looked a very useful striker and the club faithful were left ruing the fact that he was given scant supply of the ball in the second-half.
Meanwhile, the winners - already shorn of several regulars - were glad of the points as they face the prospect of losing the excellent Foley and Bill Eviston to emigration before the end of the campaign.
Crossabeg-Ballymurn: Mark Dempsey; Paul Roche, Billy Roche, Matthew Sludds; Paddy Devereux (0-1), Pádraig Foley (0-3, 1 '65), Alan Byrne; Conor Devereux (0-2), Bill Eviston; Shane O'Rourke, Tony Murphy (1-2), Oisín Foley (0-5 frees); Sam Kelly, Eoin McDonald (0-1), David Jackman. Subs. - Ronan Devereux (1-0) for O'Rourke (35), David Kehoe for Byrne (52), Conor Shovlin for Sludds (54), Luke Redmond for Jackman (57).
Blackwater: Robert O'Leary; Ennae Carroll, Lar Leacy, Brian Dooley; Richard Blake, Darren Byrne, Kevin O'Brien; Denis Carroll, Michael Lillis (0-2, 1 free); Dean Wright (0-3 frees), James Dooley (0-2), Diarmuid Murphy; Dean Whelan, Paul O'Leary (2-0), Seánie Purcell. Subs. - Mossy O'Brien (0-1) for Leacy (30), Shane O'Leary for Purcell (40), Denis O'Brien for Wright (40).
Referee: Shane Quinn (Ballygarrett).
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Main Street Fabrics was established in 1989 in downtown Ackerman, MS. The store is owned and operated by Christie O'Kelly. The store started out small but has grown to over 3,500 sq. ft. in the 21 years it has been in business. It is a store that has "all types of fabrics for all seasons."


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We Chatted with Chef Chris Szyjka as he had recently joined to participate in legendary cooking classic, Cochon555.
When we entered Cochon555, New Porc City 2017, we were instantly swept away into fierce competition for whole pig cooking. Brooklyn, New York marked the first stop for this multi-city battle, where the ultimate champions will be crowned in the Grand Cochon in Chicago later this year.
Cochon555 is an intense event for top chefs to celebrate heritage pigs one bite at a time. Created in 2008 as a response for a lack of educating of heritage breed pigs, this 'nose-to-tail' competition is dedicated to supporting family farmers and educate chefs and diners about the agricultural importance of utilizing Old-World livestock. Mom and Pop, farm-to-table, BBQ and Michelin Star restaurants are all worked with and share one core value: they source products responsibly.
The Sunday afternoon event was an epic culinary experience featuring heritage breed pork dishes of all kinds with chef-crafted tastings, along with 40+ types of boutique wines, craft cocktails and artisanal brews. On its eighth year, the Cochon555 US Tour is aligned with modern day good food movement – notable chefs, barrier breaking women and men, artist-like butchers, spirited bartenders and brazen pastry talent. Together the ticketed educational event showcases are enjoyed and shared, building a space for safer, honest food. A portion of all sales benefit The Piggy Bank Charity, helps family farmers with a foundation to gift heritage breed pigs in exchange for business plans. It supports existing farmers requiring genetics to diversify bloodlines or rebuild herds as a result of disease or natural disaster.
The inaugural NYC event, New Porc City featured five chef entrants: Chris Szyjka, Chefs Club By Food & Wine (Heritage Foods USA Old Spot pig); Nicole Gajadhar, Saxon & Parole (with Spring House Farm Large Black pig); Ryan Bartlow, Quality Eats (with Dogpatch Farm Mulefoot pig); Greg Baxtrom, Olmsted (with Autumn's Harvest Farms Berkshire pig); Aaron Hoskins, Birds & Bubbles (with The Piggery Mulesoft pig). Indeed, Chef Chris rendered valiant efforts. Chef Nicole from Saxon and Parole took the NYC prize and moved closer to victory. Each made narratives and tasty preparations that enticed and captured our senses.
In our upcoming feature, see Chef Chris preparing the final touches to his menu. Chef Nicole Gajadhar's full menu and winning feast (with piggy banks, festive carnival tents, flying cotton candy pigs bearing her name and all). Also we have a glimpse of Chef Ryan Bartlow with 'Quality Cochon' coat, bringing out a full deli-style creation in all of its glory. We have a moment from the Punch Kings challenge, where Bryan Schneider, from Quality Eats dropped inherently award-winning cocktails, served in shiny gold trophies and find Kool Keith enjoying judging festivities. We see the Somm Smackdown and winner Nicole Hakli from ACME taking the win and DJ Lord from Public Enemy scratching some beats on the 1's and 2's. Our set ends with a dramatic frame of a whole heritage pig being artfully butchered and auctioned for charitable causes by Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest from White Gold Butchers, and a nod toward Williamsburg's Weylin Hall glorious ceiling, constantly delighting us all evening.
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The Village Assisted Living and Memory Care - Denton, TX
The Village Assisted Living and Memory Care - Denton, TX has yet not published prices.
An Adequate Community
I toured at The Village while looking for a place for my loved one, and I thought that the community seemed adequate, but I was worried there wasn't enough staff. The community just opened recently, and it didn't seem like they were quite ready.
Dad is happy here
Dad is here in the assisted living community and it is great. It's like a hotel with room service he's got everything he needs there. They have 3 very good meals a day. All of the staff know him, they are nice and friendly. They come in daily to make his bed and then weekly to clean and to do his linens. They will try to engage him to join the daily activities. It has a square courtyard in the middle of the building with raised gardens out there. I would recommend this community.
Mom has found living at the Village to have many positives
This community is great and mom is fitting in nicely. The staff helps her with bathing and dressing. Her pills are taken care of for her. The food is good and there are always other options at mealtime.The facilities are always clean and welcoming. There are numerous activities in which she can participate. She likes the movies, popcorn and Wednesday Bible study. She has made several friends and they have been helpful to her. They encourage her to get involved with crafts and Uno games. It brings my brother and my peace of mind knowing my mom has staff available to help at any time. The bonus, she lives within a few mile of each of us.
Does Not Follow Procedures
I'm not sure if the staff resents outside people coming in but they certainly don't welcome it. My mother is under hospice care and the staff here does not make it easy. When ever there is an issue the staff does not follow the procedure that the hospice agency has put in place which in turn cost me out of pocket money. They are short staffed here in the memory care unit which effects the attitude of the staff that is here. I feel the staffing is not trained correctly. There is nothing done on a consistent basis from the laundry to the housekeeping is horrible. One night my mother had come home from the hospital granted it was late at night but the chef had gone home and due to there not being a kitchen in the memory care section they had no food to give my mother which is unacceptable. They do offer some activities to stimulate the residents in the memory care unit but the staffing pays more attention to the ones doing the activities than the ones that are not
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Overall Nice Tour
I had a nice experience during my tour of this community of this community. Everything looked nice, and appeared to be well maintained. However I did feel it was to large of a community for my father. I wanted something smaller. The staff was kind, but overall this wasn't the community for us.
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Just Another Tour
They were a pretty good community to see and I thought we had a good tour. Our tour guide was professional and able to answer any questions we had about the facility. I saw staff who were great and helpful. While
nothing was wrong with the community, we thought it was not a good fit for a mom. The rooms were smaller and a spacious room was desired.
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They Could Have Been More Compassionate
My mom was there for a day and a half, it was horrible. She fell and hit her head and broke a bone in her neck. They took her to the hospital but she never recovered. They can improve with more hands on help for new residents and more monitoring. I never blamed them but they were unresponsive and they never asked how she was doing, ever. They charged me $4,000 for the day and half she was there. After I posted a review they refunded me the community fee of $2,000. I tried to get back a month's worth of medication but there were no replies back. Weeks later I spoke to a woman who said they destroyed her medication because I didn't pick them up, but I contacted them with no reply from them.
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Beautiful facility!!
I thought the staff where very friendly to my loved one and I during my tour of this community. They where on time to our appointment and made to take there time with us during our visit. They gave us lots of great information and showed us many of the different rooms. It was just not the right location in the end decision.
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Accommodating staff!
My loved one is doing okay, I think she is in the right place where they are doing what they can for her. The community is close by to our home and they are doing a good job in taking care of her. I would recommend the memory care unit in this community because it is bright and open, and the staff make the residents feel as comfortable as they can.
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Run AWAY
My advice is that you run, not walk, away from the Village.
The care is inconsistent at best and even though you have a contract with them about the services they will provide to your loved one, they change them on a whim and abandon them and then say it is your fault. If you expect your loved one to always be healthy, then is a good place for you. But if illness comes, they are ill-equipped to deal with it.
Head nurse is [removed] and you will not have your loved treated with respect or caring if she decides she doesn't like you.
Forget about trying to work things out with the Director and Head nurse. I know, I have bent over backwards to work with them but after their stunts I am done.
Trying to contact anyone in corporate will be fruitless.
My only avenues, after working though an Ombudsman, is to [removed] and to file a complaint with the Texas Department of Aging.
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I could not have asked for a better community!!
Mom is doing really well since moving into The Village. The staff are nice and helpful. This is a newer beautiful community. The food is excellent and they go above and beyond. Most of the food is homemade. The activities are great. I would recommend this community and A Place for Mom.
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The Ai and i (trailer)
A young man wins the chance to talk to a chatbot, but it seems much more human than he could have imagined.
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I would like to change the look of the emails received whenever a message is sent.
Right now, it is a plain white email that says "XXX has sent you a message" and at the bottom of the message it says "Check your messages here /wp-admin/admin-ajax?message_id=XXX"
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Dr. J. I. Packer
Theologian Emeritus
Dr. Packer is among the best known and most respected Christian theologians of our time and is considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. Originally from Britain, he moved to Canada in 1979 to become Professor of systematic and historical theology at Regent College.
He is a prolific writer and frequent lecturer, but he is best known for his book, Knowing God, which sums up the shared beliefs uniting Christians across denominations He is a frequent contributor to and an executive editor of Christianity Today. Dr. Packer served as General Editor on the team of Biblical scholars involved in the acclaimed English Standard Version translation of the Bible.
J. I. Packer has been the theologian emeritus of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) since its creation in 2009. He was awarded the St. Cuthbert's Cross at the Provincial Assembly of ACNA in June 2014 for his "unparalleled contribution to Anglican and global Christianity".
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- Generate a Balance Sheet Statement
- Reconcile All Your Bank Accounts
- Answer any questions/concerns you may have
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Balance Sheet Statements are another great management tool. They are extremely useful in tax planning and managing your income to debt ratio. On a periodic basis, we sit down with you and explain, line by line, what this statement is telling you, and how to use this information to more effectively run your business.
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Profit and Loss Statements are great management tools that reveal vital business information. Every month or quarter we sit down with you and explain, line by line, what this statement is telling you and how to use this information to more effectively run your business.
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Quality in Healthcare : The New Formula
| July 25, 2018
Redefining Quality In Healthcare
Ever since "Crossing the Quality Chasm" was published by the IOM in 2001, groups have iterated on the need to better define quality and value in healthcare. Driven by changing, occasionally competing, payment models that began to focus on population health management, physicians struggled to clearly articulate "quality" in healthcare. Michael Porter's groundbreaking article in 2010 entitled, "What is Value in Healthcare?" drew a connection between quality and costs of care through measuring health outcomes.
Technology breakthroughs and the age of healthcare consumerism are spurring experts to revisit our notion that traditional value in healthcare is equal to the quality of care delivered relative to the amount the care costs. The new definition of quality in healthcare should expand to include patient experience as well as appropriate care metrics. One way to tackle the upward trend in utilization is to assure the "next best action" taken by clinical teams is necessary and appropriate given the latest guidelines, patient-specific risks, and shared decision-making between the patient and the doctor.
Patient Perspectives
Medicine today has become "on demand." The age of doctor paternalism in medicine has sunset. Patients, who are now tech-enabled consumers like every other industry, often arrive for a physician visit armed with internet research. Imagine a patient with lower back pain visiting a specialist who recommends physical therapy and not a procedure.
The patient, however, believes a spine procedure is in order based on his research. Consistent and standardized shared decision-making is required to educate and inform the patient of the correct course based on the latest guidelines and his personalized risk profile.
Even so, today's consumer-oriented, web-based review environment allows patients to self-report their experience with a physician through online forums. These online reviews are seldom based on actual quality data or cost data, but rather are based on a patient's perception of the experience with the physician.
Rating tools like Healthgrades™ are increasingly playing a role in who healthcare consumers select for care. The industry has a unique opportunity to integrate the consumer experience as a part of the overall quality of care. However, relying on consumer self-reported data alone is an insufficient quality measurement.
Data-driven Opportunities
The emergence of "big data" in healthcare brings with it consumer-driven demands for greater transparency. Because information is more ubiquitous for providers and patients, it can be used to crowdsource patient reviews, learn about hospital ratings and even learn about cost transparency. Many of these measures are crude at best, but actively used by the general public.
Many healthcare companies, large and small, are beginning to offer an array of patient-specific data to providers so they can make better medical decisions.
Perhaps more impactful on the future of medicine is enabling consumers to make treatment decisions on their own through the use of data and technology. Dr. Eric Topol, founder of the Scripps Research Institute, provides many examples of how consumers can use smartphones to diagnose medical conditions like atrial fibrillation.
Ten years ago, this serious condition required a cardiologist specialist to diagnose and treat. Transparency is also taking hold within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which posts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data. Despite the progress, many consumers don't realize this data is available.
Those who are aware continue to struggle with distilling it to a simple, understandable and usable picture of provider performance. Health plans have traditionally attempted to fill this void, but with limited success. Newer insurance companies are beginning to change this paradigm.
Healthy Relationships
As it relates to improving outcomes while controlling costs, the most frequently asked question is, "How do we ensure patients get all the care they need and none they don't?" In partnership with high-performing providers, health plans are in a unique position to manage patients more effectively and efficiently. For example, a health plan that includes embedded care coordination can proactively identify those members in need of better managed care.
Health plans are beginning to collaborate with providers to generate smaller sets of more meaningful measures to monitor physician performance, such as measuring the total cost of care. Health plans and providers together will need to craft personalized patient engagement strategies and comprehensive care coordination that includes pharmacy. Performance-based incentives are a key element in shifting provider behavior from fee-for-service toward value-based care.
In theory, the provider that works to maintain high marks within all six quality pillars set forth by the IOM should also be able to create a better patient experience. In order to be successful, providers will need near real-time data from health plan partners. Creating incentives that continuously reinforce a strong PCP-patient relationship offers an opportunity to improve a member's overall quality of care while reducing the total costs of care.
Creagh Milford, DO, MPH FACOI | Chief Medical Officer, Healthcare Highways Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare Highways, Inc., and a National Academies of Medicine Fellow, Creagh Milford DO, MPH, FACOI has held senior executive positions with FullWell, Mercy Health, Massachusetts General Physician Organization, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Partners Healthcare. He holds a Doctor of Osteopathy from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and a master's degree in Health Management and Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health, where he continues to guest lecture. He also held positions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter and enjoy more of his industry insights, here.


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The Holacracy App Store is a platform for sharing prepackaged governance proposals that have been designed to work within organizations running Holacracy. Apps allow organizations to distill and share governance proposals to address common organizational issues like talent management (e.g. hiring, firing, compensation), operations (e.g. strategic planning, supply-chain logistics, resource allocation), and organization design (e.g. new regional divisions, mergers and acquisitions, expansion). Please also note that Holacracy apps are only suggested governance proposals and may be modified before or during governance meetings depending on the user's needs.
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What does the future hold for customer experience in real estate?
How can we meet customers' new expectations in the real estate market? Whether they're buyers, sellers, landlords or tenants, everyone now expects interactions as fluid as those they are accustomed to in the digital world. In response, the industry's stakeholders must adapt: from the purchasing journey to related services, the time has come for them to take a customer-centric approach. Read on to find out why.
Estate agents can no longer make do with an enticing window display on a popular thoroughfare. However useful and attractive it may be, it misses the considerable number of potential clients that do their research online, using a computer or mobile phone.
The rules of the game have changed, and not only in terms of business development: even before contacting an agency, customers will check their reputation on social media and read the reviews left by others. Once all the business has been completed, they will be sure to leave their own reviews and comments on their experience, whether good or bad, which will also influence other potential clients. Knowing your customer and engaging in a high-quality relationship thus gives a significant competitive edge.
Don't underestimate the importance of customer experience
The impact of this new mindset is not limited to comments on social media. There is, in fact, a striking cleavage between what customers think and what the industry's decision makers understand on the matter. According to a study by Oracle¹, 49% of decision makers believe there is a risk that consumers will switch to another brand if they have a bad customer experience. Actually, 89% claim to have already done exactly that!
What should businesses take away from this dichotomy? They must learn that they cannot simply continue to acquire new customers, deploy marketing campaigns and handle complaints. Instead, they must start taking control of all their customer touchpoints to guarantee satisfaction and perhaps even build loyalty.
Companies like Uber, Netflix and Airbnb have mastered this. Their strength comes not only from offering a new product or service. Most important, they also create new user experiences that first engage the consumer before converting them into loyal customers. They are constantly striving to build brand preference through a variety of means, including creating services, streamlining app ergonomics and improving communication.
Establishing a relationship in the property market
How does that apply to real estate? Despite not often being discussed as such, customer experience has always been a key component of the industry, as much for buyers and tenants as owners and social landlords. Traditionally, it has focused on physical channels: the building's concierge who helps tenants and manages repairs, or the estate agent who holds meetings at their office, sorts applications and carries out viewings.
However, in this model, the only touchpoints are during the move-in, move-out and in the event of any problems. Such a minimal customer relationship cannot create the recognition needed for brand loyalty or positive recommendations. Yet, digital technology gives the industry all the tools and channels necessary for constructing experiences valued by customers.
Using digital technology to create new experiences
A quick look at the market shows that each step of the customer relationship is capable of being enhanced and optimised. In the pre-sale stage, 3D modelling can provide online virtual viewings of apartments being sold off-plan. Technology is nowadays capable of presenting a flattering view of the property and its surroundings, to which we can also add photos, maps and contextual information for the local town or neighbourhood. In addition to being available on mobile and desktop, they can also be viewed with a virtual reality headset for an even more immersive experience. Overall, such a feature saves time for both parties, since only those with genuine interest will book a physical viewing.
The application of digital technology is not only confined to marketing and conversion rate purposes. An estate agent or social landlord can also benefit greatly from using a platform to manage their rental properties, centralising rent payments, due dates, rental applications and all the other property management services. This also makes life easier for the tenant, who only has one platform for all their admin. And last, but not least, the landlord has complete metrics, allowing them to keep a close eye on their portfolio.
Each of these examples show how we can transform a customer's experience and ensure it results in a durable relationship. In both cases, we address the needs of consumers who want full and immediate access to chosen information. The added bonus? Using such technology also makes it easy to quickly comply with any new regulations.
Measuring customer relations
Leveraging these new levers brings with it another significant advantage in the long term: customer intelligence. The use of metrics at each step of the digital customer relationship gives you insights into their needs and desires, which can inform decision making on a wide range of topics from strategy to ergonomics. For example, perhaps one of the website's features isn't used; so maybe the button should be moved. This first level of intelligence subsequently opens the gates to more in-depth analyses and processes, enriched by big data and marketing automation technology. To do so, the stakeholders must learn to exploit these new opportunities. Adopting this culture most often requires an overhaul of the organisational structure and IT systems.
Becoming more than just a property
The property market is already naturally taking on a new service-orientated dimension: buildings are incorporating more and more smart capabilities, allowing them to automatically adjust to maximise the comfort and safety of their occupants. It's therefore only logical that, going forward, developers, landlords and all the industry's professionals will start thinking in terms of real applications, and not simply seeing an apartment as the sum of four walls and a roof. By doing so, they will play an active role at every key moment of the occupancy. In other words, they will be able to adapt the customer experience to of these stages, and thus fully capitalise on any new opportunities for growth.
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Keep Reaching for the Stars
File under "Designer | Entrepreneur", these International Year of Astronomy 2009 Posters seen at simoncpage.com by UK designer Simon Page are an excellent example of what is becoming more and more common. That trend being designers creating work originally for themselves or to bolster their portfolio only to find enough interest online to sell the work. "Spec Work" is still nearly universally decried as a big no, no, but this trend is something new. Apparently Mr. Page created the posters and had enough inquiries that not only was he able to print and sell them through his Web site, but also caught the attention of the International Year of Astronomy organizers who've asked to use some of the pieces in their promotions.
This isn't exactly "owing the content" as Chip Kidd might describe it, but more of what we'd call a "Glenneuver". A "Glenneuver" was first coined when we worked in Ottawa. A friend and fellow designer, named Glenn, had the annoying habit of delivering great work and then some. He would occasionally see greater potential in a project than the client had originally seen and would deliver a tantalizing taste of what could be. After some thought, the client would agree and ask for more work. This maneuver was usually only done when Glenn felt really interested in or passionate about a project. Technically the work was speculative, but he never lost sight of the original goals and always made clear the idea may involve more design time (thus extending a contract beyond its original intent, schedule and costs). A crafty move for a clever design: a Glenneuver.


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I was born in the year that the most Boomers were born, and when it comes time for my twins and I to hang up our spurs, there's no telling what the world will look like. Casting back to 14 years ago, the Canadian dollar was at 71.55 cents U.S. That's different! Bank Prime was between 5 and 6%. That's different! And the level of debt Canadians were carrying… oh, so very different!
Some of us still have time to get out of debt and make savings a priority before time runs out. Or we'll have to reconcile ourselves that we will not stop working just because we've turned 65.
But there are also a few very important lessons in here for the generations who are following the Baby Boomers:
1. Having robust savings doesn't count for much if you're also walking around with a ton of debt. A Royal Bank survey found that 4 in 10 Canadians will retire with debt. I'm willing to bet, based on how delusional I've found people to be, that the number is higher. A subsequent survey reported in the Globe and Mail found that 62% of people plan to retire with a debt load. That's a little more to my thinking.
The lesson: your balance sheet must balance. It's not how much you have saved; it's your overall net worth that really paints an accurate picture.
2. We used to aim to have our mortgages paid off by the time we swapped paycheques for retirement income. An Investors Group poll found that 56% of Canadians with a mortgage do not consider paying it off as an important factor in deciding when to retire. So more than half of us think retiring with a mortgage is now okay. Is that because we don't have a hope of getting it paid off and we're reconciled? If you're living on less income, doesn't having fewer fixed expenses just make sense?
The lesson: if you're buying so much house that you can't afford to pay it off during your working years, you're setting yourself up to have a very stingy retirement.
3. If you can't live within your means while you're working, how the dickens are you going to do it when you're living on a fixed income that is substantially less? Borrowing has made living beyond our means easy. Since most retirement income is predicated on receiving 30-50% less income, shouldn't a body practice living on less so they can learn to be happy with what they have?
The lesson: You're going to have a lot of demands on your money over your lifetime: retirement savings, educational savings for your kids, mortgage repayment. Learning to be happy with what 50-70% of your net income can buy means when you transition into retirement you won't be assaulted by the concepts of frugality. And in the meantime, saving aggressively and paying off your mortgage means you'll have more financial security.
The Big Lesson: Don't make the same mistakes your parents did. Surely you're smarter than that!


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See our national media coverage.
Pregnancy in the workplace is a familiar part of public life. About half of paid workers in the United States are women, and the majority of them will have a baby over the course of their work life. Pregnant women work in all areas: offices, legislatures, warehouses, hospitals, stores, fields, and anywhere else they can collect a paycheck.
And yet, pregnancy in the workplace is nearly invisible. After extensive research from 2009 to 2012, Working Assumptions uncovered only a handful of photos depicting pregnancy in the workplace. Staged stock photos and celebrity "baby bump" shots were plentiful. But real, everyday images of pregnant women at work were few and far between.
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Building solidarity with Palestine –despite Labour attacks
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Recent protests for Palestine have produced new forces that are keeping up the pressure against support for Israel in Britain. These new forces have been forced to organise outside the structures of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) because its leadership will not organise the mass direct action that is needed. The PSC values its friends in the Labour Party above all else.
Round up of protests
In Newcastle, FRFI supporters have consolidated Palestine Action Group (PAG) and are working alongside a new organisation, Response North East. On 16 August activists from PAG, FRFI and Response staged an all day picket of the local branch of HSBC, which underwrites the Israeli state budget. Despite a violent counter-protest by the EDL, the picket forced the bank to close its doors two hours early. FRFI, PAG, and Response have collaborated in other actions, including pickets of Marks and Spencer (M&S).
Liverpool Rise for Palestine (LRFP) was established by activists frustrated with the failure of their local PSC associate, Liverpool Friends of Palestine, to launch any serious boycott campaign. For two months, LRFP have organised pickets of businesses involved with the Zionist state. It also door-stepped Labour mayor Joe Anderson for prevaricating over council contracts with G4S which works for Israel – getting front-page coverage in the Liverpool Echo. Anderson tried to protect himself by making claims of thuggery and intimidation against LRFP, but the response was simple: the real thuggery and intimidation in Liverpool are his cuts in local services and jobs.
In London, FRFI campaign Victory to the Intifada (VTI), has attracted lots of new people to its weekly pickets of the M&S flagship store on Oxford Street. Unison – Britain's biggest trade union – has identified M&S as a key boycott target on its current Palestine campaign leaflet. Once again Zionists have mobilised to defend M&S – evidence of its strong links with Israel. Within weeks the Zionists backed off in the face of a dynamic VTI picket.
Manchester: Labour council and police attack protests
Manchester has recently seen some very effective Palestine solidarity actions, and campaigners have suffered determined attacks. New activists have joined FRFI and others in building consistent protests. On 16 August, four protesters were violently arrested outside Barclays. A day later, five more were arrested outside Israeli cosmetics shop Kedem. There have been more arrests since, with police using bail conditions to ban protesters from the city centre. Defence solicitors had these conditions thrown out. A political defence campaign has begun.
This harassment is part of a premeditated political attack by Labour councillors. From 26 July Labour councillor Pat Karney led a smear campaign in the Manchester Evening News accusing the protests of anti-Semitism and calling demonstrators 'extremists and revolutionaries'. Karney organised a Market Street 'assembly' to 'defend shop workers' from what he said was intimidation. Seven people turned up, all managers and supervisors. His true concern for workers is clear – more than 3,000 council workers have lost their jobs through cuts imposed by the council.
At least another five people are being forced to appear in court on Public Order Act charges as a result of further protests. Police have served a Section 14 Public Order Act notice on the Boycott Kedem campaign, limiting numbers to 15 people in a police pen. We urge all supporters of democratic rights and Palestine to help build the defence campaign. If Manchester Labour council and their police get away with this, there will be consequences for all campaign groups.
Defend the right to demonstrate!
See report on Palestine, p16, and Events on p15 for dates
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Review: Social Animals
Writer-director Theresa Bennett's feature debut Social Animals is a solid entry in the recent influx of female-driven comedies, one that seeks to counter typical representations for a more engrossing and full of feeling narrative.
Noel Wells of Saturday Night Live and Master of None fame plays Zoe, a woman in her late 20s dealing with a failing business, being behind on her rent payments, and living a love life of one-night stands with no romantic attachments. She ends up forming a companionship with Paul (How I Met Your Mother's Josh Radnor), the owner of a video store about to go out of business, on top of dealing with a crumbling marriage and torturous family life. His wife Jane (You're the Worst's Aya Cash) proposes an affair to spice things up, leading Paul to consider being more than just friends with Zoe.
Social Animals is charming with how it plots its course, even when venturing into explicit territory. This is best characterized by the range of cute, animated intertitles that introduce each character by name along with a drawing of their favorite sexual position. The film provides a relief from the typical, archetypally driven romantic comedies we're used to seeing, and it's a decidedly female-driven endeavor in front and behind the camera.
What's most interesting is the way in which it makes room for commentary on the evolving nature of this generation of would-be adults, those dealing with newfound or unexpected responsibilities, while trying to do what they can to shed them, if at all. Set in a gentrifying Austin, Texas, the story is surrounded by a range of characters exemplifying the desire to remain in the past versus those who are doing what they can to move forward. The inclusion of remnants of a bygone, analog era like video stores and the Polaroid photos Zoe takes of her one night stands add to the feeling, not to mention her own dealings with a cutting-edge wax salon known as 'Lazer Town' taking away all her customers.
With good jokes that are raunchy without being overwhelming, coupled with a very laid back soundtrack of local Austin bands, and a great cast of characters that also includes Carly Chaikin, Samira Wiley, and Fortune Feimster, Social Animals comes recommended for anyone looking to see a sex-positive indie from a promising director.


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Sometimes it is better not to give up but find an alternative to your challenge. Even though the battle may not be worth it, there's always a way to leave with something. This is a personal experience that always reminds me not to give up.
25th Jul 2013
I was really looking forward to getting published by Marie Claire UK during their Debut Novel Award in conjunction with Harper Collins UK but then I realized that the writing competition was for UK and Ireland. My heart sunk. I wanted to let go, but I realized that making new friendships out of nearly impossible situations-being casual when need be-is worth it. I didn't know much about novel publications like I do now. I'm still learning. If you are a writer who'd want to go the conventional way and would want your book to be the next Hunger Games, here's what Lucy told me:
"The best advice I can offer is to find an agent."
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I had to take my son, who had to take the exam for a driver's license,to Shiojiri city the other day.
We have 2 major registration centers for driver's license in Nagano pref.
North "Driver's License Center" in Shinonoi( near Nagano city), and
South"Driver's license Center" in Shiojiri.( near Matsumoto city)
Shiojiri is a bit nearer from my place than the other, so I drove the 2 hrs highway ride to Shiojiri city.
You see, Nagano is indeed large! And mountainous,too.
Anyway, while I was waiting for my son, I took the opportunity and visit Daio Wasabi Farm which recently had been granted 1 star by Michelin.
It is in Azumino city, 30 minutes' drive from Shiojiri( via highway, maybe 50 minutes on the ordinary route).
I was biting into the wasabi croquette while reading a board explaining the origin of the name,"Daio " when my cell phone rang.
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via Daily Prompt: Brilliant
I spied a wispy tamarack
alone in a filed of mud,
caused to swing in the gentle breeze,
red from the dead of Autumn's call,
bare without care for a winter shall
in the face of a cold, cold season.
I felt the warm, soft fur,
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I gazed up into my stark, dark night,
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I wanted to say, to pray that I loved you,
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This recipe for a super simple homemade gluten free cereal is delicious, whether you follow a gluten free lifestyle or not!
Here's the thing. I love breakfast. I love breakfast foods. I love cereals and muffins and eggs and quiches and oatmeal and smoothies and… all the good stuff. My problem? I get busy taking care of my kids and forget to eat. Or I have too much on my to do list and anything I "want" to eat takes too long. And yes, I include smoothies in there sometimes because the extra two minutes to clean the blender is sometimes just too much for me.
That's where the idea for this homemade gluten free cereal came about. In addition to liking breakfast, I try to be somewhat health conscious in my everyday decisions. I may love certain sugary cereals, but we never have them in the house. Between my husband and the wee ones, they disappear in a blink. And if I eat my fair share?… Nope, that doesn't work. Most granola bars don't appeal to me either, so I'm left grazing on leftovers in the fridge or often "forgetting" to eat.
Fortunately, this homemade gluten free cereal is quick and easy and it is surprisingly filling for just eating a little bit of it. I usually mix up a batch and store it in my cabinet, then dole it out a third of a cup at a time. Yup, a third of a cup is plenty filling – how many cereals do you know that can say that?
I add it to a bowl (or *cough* a pretty cup) and pour some milk over it. It absorbs the milk and expands after a few minutes, which works out well for me. The exact milk measurement isn't critical (is it ever with cereal?) but I probably put around a half cup or a little more in with the cereal.
While I'm waiting for it to absorb some of the milk, I grab a few dried cherries – literally a few, maybe 5-6 for my third of a cup of homemade gluten free cereal – and toss them in on top.
Then I slice up a banana and add that to the mixture. I happen to prefer my bananas on the greener side. I like the bite they give to the cereal and the firmer texture works well for me, but I know that's my personal preference. You may like your homemade gluten free cereal with bananas just shy of banana bread stage for all I know.
Can you see already how the cereal is starting to expand and fill the glass? It isn't just because I added milk; there's real bulk forming.
Either way you like your banana ripeness, once the bananas are added, mix it up gently to distribute your add ins and enjoy. Healthy, guilt free, and gluten free. Interestingly, I didn't realize this concoction was gluten free at first. It wasn't until I started thinking about everything I put in it that I realized I was making a homemade gluten free cereal.
Yes, it has buckwheat groats in it, but they contain no gluten. They're a grain that comes from Eastern Europe and have a mild, grassy flavor and a crunch that works perfectly in this cereal. It is a gluten free grain that combined with the chia, flax, hemp, and pumpkin make for a unique homemade gluten free cereal. Go fig!
How to Make Homemade Gluten Free Cereal
This is truly as easy as mixing up your ingredients and shaking them to combine. Yes, that easy. Embarrassingly so for me to call this a recipe, but apparently I have the hubris to do so.
The homemade gluten free cereal is mostly the buckwheat groats. There are more of them than there are any other ingredient. Besides them, all you need are hemp hearts, chia seeds, flax seeds, and toasted pumpkin kernels (the pepitas!).
I add them to my container one by one, then….
…shake to ensure they're distributed evenly. I don't want to get all chia or have only flax left behind in my breakfast. And because of the different sizes and textures they do tend to separate a bit in the container as I set it down and pick it up again. Each time before I serve some from the container of homemade gluten free cereal, I turn the container upside down and shake to redistribute to ensure I'm getting an even mix of ingredients.
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Homemade Gluten Free Cereal
This embarrassingly simple and easy recipe has a ton of taste and is incredibly healthy, as well. Enjoy it with milk, a few dried cherries, and banana slices for a perfect quick and easy gluten free breakfast.
- 1 c buckwheat groats
- 1/3 c pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1/4 c hemp hearts
- 1/4 c flax seeds
- 1/4 c chia seeds
- Place all ingredients into a container.
- Shake. Store in a tightly sealed container on counter for up to a month.
- Before serving, turn the container upside down and shake to ensure all ingredients remain evenly distributed.
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Justin Thomas
PETE KOWALSKI: We'd like to welcome Justin Thomas, our semifinalist, lost his match 3 & 2 to Michael Weaver who was making birdies. Justin, that was probably tough for you to watch, but you did probably as good as you can, but when you're getting faced with birdie by birdie by birdie like that, that had to be tough for you.
JUSTIN THOMAS:Â Yeah, it was very tough.
PETE KOWALSKI: You had a lot of birdies thrown at you by Michael. How did you battle through that?
JUSTIN THOMAS: Obviously I didn't battle through it well enough. But yeah, although it hurts a lot to lose, especially this late in the tournament, but it's a lot better to get beat than lose.
I mean I'm going to take a lot of positives from this week. Obviously not now. I'm still down and very disappointed and upset that I'm not playing tomorrow but there's nothing I can do about it now and just looking forward to starting college off again.
PETE KOWALSKI:Â Questions for Justin?
Q. Just take me through how you were feeling as you started to make a rally on the back nine.
JUSTIN THOMAS: It was awesome. I mean I'd been down all week, and you know, I knew I could come back with 5 down through 10 against a player like Michael, when he was playing as well as he was, there's just not enough holes.
But I mean I was very proud of myself that I just gave myself a chance. I very easily could have just packed it in and not even had a chance. And I had a legitimate chance to make it to the finals, two down, three to go and had a perfect tee shot, perfect second shot and a really good putt on 16. If I made that, who knows what he does with his. So it was awesome. I was obviously getting really pumped up. I was just trying to get in the moment and trying to rally up the momentum a little bit, but I was just too down, I was too far down too late in the match.
Q. On the 7th hole there was an opportunity for you to come into the start of this week and unfortunately the putt didn't fall there. Can you talk about that from the standpoint of do you feel like that maybe could have stopped his momentum a little bit?
JUSTIN THOMAS: Yeah. That was definitely a huge putt. 7, 8, 9 I really played well this week. I won at least two to three, I think, almost every match. And you know, that's kind of where I started to turn it on each day, and I had a good tee shot and good second shot in there. I hit a good putt, just a little too hard. If I would have made that, who knows what would have happened, but then he makes that 40‑footer on the next hole and that kind of really put a damper on things, but like I said I was happy I hung in there.
Q. Did you change your strategy or did you have the same kind of strategy starting off the round on Wednesday, especially with the first hole?
JUSTIN THOMAS: Well, No. 1 is not my friend. I played it like ‑‑ I played it like nine over or something. I mean for some reason I just don't play that hole very well.
But yeah, I was just trying to ‑‑ I mean most matches pars are going to win, but obviously it wasn't today since he made like six birdies or something. But I was just trying to get in the middle of the greens. The big thing was I just wanted opportunities to make birdies. I just wanted to putt because the greens are so perfect you can make it from anywhere. So I just wanted to give myself putts. I just didn't hit it well to start the round, so I didn't give myself any putts and opportunities, and that hurt me. But I guess, you know, obviously, oh well.
Q. Just a little housekeeping, your club selection on 15, the par‑3 and then your club and yardage into 16?
JUSTIN THOMAS: Hit gap wedge on 15. I think it was like I think ‑‑ we played it 123 we tried to hit it. And yeah, that was a really hard pin. When I first saw it, I didn't think it was until I got up there and realized how tough that pin was.
16, hit 9‑iron, just a little choke‑up 9‑iron and tried to hit that one about ‑‑ tried to hit that 153. I don't remember the yardages because of the 10 percent with everything. I don't even remember the originals anymore, but tried to hit it about 153 on 16.
Q. Justin, how well did you know Michael? Did you know him before the amateurs started?
JUSTIN THOMAS: Yeah, I knew him. I didn't know him as well as some other people, but I'd never played with him. You know, I know him now, I guess last answer.
PETE KOWALSKI: Any more questions for Justin? Well, congratulations on your great play. Good luck to you in the fall season. We appreciate everything you did with us this week.
JUSTIN THOMAS:Â Thank you.
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2 cups spinach
8 oz unsweetened almond milk
2 Tbsp chia or flax seeds
1/2 green apple (chopped and cored)
1/4 banana
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Handful of ice
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