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One of the key types of consulting engagements conducted by Tractica is research and analysis that supports the development of successful strategies for overall market positioning in addition to product development and management, both for individual products as well as at the portfolio level. Tractica conducts such projects for a range of industry participants, from those considering entering a new sector to established market leaders.
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Located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Sandbanks is the World's largest baymouth barrier dune formation. It is among the largest and most beautiful beaches in Ontario, with golden sand and sparkling water.
You can enjoy so many activities on the beach, from windsurfing, sailing, and canoeing, to sunbathing ☀ while laying on the soft sand 🏖
Start your morning with a nice brunch 🍳🥓 at one of the restaurants in the city centre. Then, head to the wineries where you can enjoy locally made wine 🍷. Hike the trail or head to the beach 🌊 and finish your day by visiting the spectacular lavender fields. Don't miss the sunset 🌅 in the evening!
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In today's virtual world, it's surprising that there are still brick-and-mortar stores and offices still in existence. With the modern technology, it seems as if almost every business can ditch the real office and instead opt to offer your service or services from a virtual office.
Some business owners have already made the switch, and some are still holding on tight to their real storefront or office. Like anything, there are downsides to a virtual office, but there are also many benefits to having a virtual office that you should consider to determine if you too should make the switch for your business.
Virtual offices are cheaper to operate.
In most cases, a virtual office is much cheaper to operate. You don't have to pay rent on a building, and you don't have to pay utilities for that establishment either. Plus, you don't have to pay maintenance fees to upkeep or remodel the building either, which is a huge plus. Instead a virtual office is something you can do from anywhere, whether your home or even poolside if you'd like. Only having to pay for the essentials, such as an Internet connection and any other virtual office technology you may need is much more cost-effective, and can save you a fortune.
With a virtual office, you can still collaborate with your team of employees too. Video conferencing, cloud-based software and other state-of-the-art technology can ensure that your business still runs just as smoothly as it would if you and your team were constantly face-to-face.
Virtual offices allow you to impress clients.
Some companies think that going virtual means having to find random locations to meet clients, and this could mean looking unprofessional. But they're wrong. With a virtual office space, you have access to conference rooms, meeting rooms, a business address, and all the amenities of a physical business without having to pay for one.
Virtual offices increase employee morale.
If you run a virtual office, you may just find that your employees are happier to go to work—and that they're more productive. Your employees will enjoy not having to physically go to work in the morning, especially if it involves ditching a long commute and wearing pajamas to the "office". As long as you stay in contact with your employees, and as long as you still provide fun get together every now and then, you may just find that your employees are happier. This boost in employee morale not only increases production, but it reduces turnover, and that's a huge benefit to your business.
Virtual offices allow you to acquire the best employees.
When you have a physical establishment, you are limited in the employees you can have. Obviously, you can only employ employees who live close enough to commute to your office. While you may have decent employees in the area, having a virtual office allows you to acquire employees from anywhere in the world. Because of this, you can hire the most talented individuals for the positions you need to fill, and this can be beneficial for your business. Plus, if you employ individuals who live in another country and are on another time zone, you can actually run a 24-hour business, and this can be extremely beneficial to your bottom line.


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The clear quartz is the most popular stone
This is a very versatile crystal, you can use it for healing, developing your psychic ability.
I use the clear quartz crystal to help me focus and give strength to my ritual. Can also be use to remove block
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This blog domain had been existing for more than 11 years now. I was compelled to buy my own after having earned some from the blogging world much earlier. I had so much in my mind that I busy writing. After all, I was a better writer than a speaker. I often used to say, "my pen/keyboard is mightier than my tongue."
About 5 years later I had some blogger friends say that they are in blogging hiatus. I just thought then, how could that be? It wasn't until much much later that I understood the feeling.


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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera on Thursday presented a supplementary budget for 2017-18 with an allocation of Rs 9,828.57 crore.
As much as Rs 1,791.65 crore was proposed for administrative expenditure, Rs 6,812.76 crore for programme expenditure, Rs 1,142.38 crore for disaster response fund and Rs 81.79 crore for transfers from the state.
The Minister said the supplementary budget has been presented to meet the expectations and needs of the state's people and carry out developmental activities.
"The supplementary budget of Rs 9,828.57 crore is to be financed by tied-up resources to the extent of Rs 3,907.28 crore, untied resources to the extent of Rs 3,300 crore, surrender of provisions in grants and appropriations to the extent of Rs 1,216 crore and Rs 1,405.28 crore from overall savings and surrenders towards the financial year's end," said the Minister.
As much as Rs 1,400 crore was provided towards fiscal incentives to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (in the form of interest-free loan for 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Rs 700 crore per annum, as per a revised agreement signed between IOCL and the Odisha government for the Paradip refinery project, Behera said.
It has a provision of Rs 96.18 crore towards salary for regularisation of Sikshya Sahayaks while Rs 1,142.38 crore is provided for disaster response against the year-end balance available in the state disaster response fund, he added.
A provision of Rs 3,507.47 crore has been made for the rural development sector, including Rs 300 crore for different rural infrastructure development fund projects, Rs 2,173.40 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Biju Pucca Ghar, Rs 714.99 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and Rs 197.93 crore for the National Rural Livelihood Mission.
The Minister said it has provisions for increased salaries and pensions after the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for state government employees and pensioners. (IANS)


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Oscar Corral | Miami Herald
With George W. Bush and Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry both campaigning in Miami in the next few days, expectations are high among Cuban Americans that they will present some new, effective anti-Castro plans.
The political stakes are high in South Florida, with Democrats and Republicans battling to win votes in the state's volatile Hispanic electorate.
In the past year, dozens of state and local elected officials have warned Bush through letters that he risks losing Cuban-American support if he doesn't get tougher on Castro. Bush's scheduled visit to Coral Gables on Thursday would be his first to Miami-Dade since the letters were sent to him.
"Cuban Americans are hungry for bold and dramatic new messages," said Republican State Rep. David Rivera, a critic of Bush's Cuba policy who says Cuban Americans are frustrated with hollow anti-Castro rhetoric. "President Bush should use this as an opportunity to begin to galvanize and motivate Cuban-American voters for the upcoming election."
Cuban-American Democrats also have high expectations. Miami-Dade Mayor and Senate candidate Alex Penelas said he planned to meet with Kerry this week. Penelas said it's important for Kerry to talk about Cuba.
Kerry "has to have a strong position on Cuba, and he also has to be right on other issues, and that's where he has a clear advantage over Bush," Penelas said.
While Democratic strategists hope that a strong anti-Castro pitch by Kerry could help erode Cuban American support for Bush, Kerry will have to prove that his recent anti-Castro vitriol is not just an election-year conversion from a liberal Cuba record.
Florida is a key swing state in this year's election, and the state's nearly 500,000 Cuban American voters could be pivotal.
Kerry has not announced any major new plans or initiatives that he would implement if elected to speed up a Democratic transition in Cuba. Kerry spokesman Mark Kornblau said Kerry is not planning any Cuba policy announcements during his visit, but plans to roll out a Cuba initiative in the future.
"You can stick with the failed policies or try to find a better approach, and that's what John Kerry will do," Kornblau said.
Bush strategists say they feel Bush still has strong support among Cuban Americans.
But to send a message of support to Miami Cubans, Bush should express "eager anticipation" toward receiving a report next month from the Cuba Advisory Committee, which was formed to find ways to speed up democracy in Cuba, Rivera said.
He said Bush should also express a commitment toward "speedy implementation" of the committee's recommendations.
Other Republican Cuban Americans frustrated with the lack of progress in Cuba are leery.
"We are tired," said Republican Hialeah Councilman Esteban Bovo, who wrote a warning letter to Bush last year that was signed by dozens of local Republican leaders.
"We've listened to enough rhetoric from politicians looking for votes. We know Castro is evil, that he is a dictator, that he violates human rights. We need to know what they are going to do about it."
Bush supporters say he has been a loyal ally in the anti-Castro fight, and point to his 11th-hour phone call to Mexican President Vicente Fox on Tuesday asking Mexico to support a United Nations Resolution censuring Cuba for human rights violations.
According to published reports, Bush also called the president of Paraguay to ask for support.
Paraguay abstained from the vote, but the U.N. voted 22-21 in favor of the resolution.
"It says a lot about the president's commitment to do all he can to get a free and Democratic Cuba and highlight the human rights violations occurring daily in Cuba," U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said.
"I don't know how Kerry can repackage himself to the Cuban-American community and say he will be tougher on Castro than Bush."
Cuban American Democrat Roland Sanchez-Medina, a board member of the Cuban American National Foundation and the Cuban American Bar Association, is planning to meet with Kerry next week and advise him on Cuba issues.
"I think [Kerry] is going to have to make some sort of statement with respect to Cuba," Sanchez-Medina said. "If he wants to get more of the Cuban-American vote than he currently has, he is going to have to take a stronger position. I think the time is becoming ripe."
Depends who you listen too. I saw another article regarding younger Cuban Americans that Castro is not their main concern in this election.
Most Cuban Americans now have been born here and are Americans with a Cuban heritage.
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This is an 8 week program for parents with a child 0 to 3 years old that will focus on understanding behavior as well as strategies to teach new things. Each session will be held at the Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church located at 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue from 8:30—10:30 am.
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Tires are one of the most important pieces of equipment on your truck. They are quite literally the rubber that meets the road. Without good tires, you're not going anywhere. Despite this, tire issues are often some of the easiest for drivers to overlook.
There is no doubt that the Freightliner Cascadia Evolution is cutting edge when it comes to fuel economy. When Freigtliner released the Evolution in 2014 they set a new standard for fuel efficiency in long-haul trucking.
We are thrilled to announce that we have been recognized as a Top 100 Trucker for the 6th year in a row. This honor is both humbling and gratifying to everyone here at Nussbaum and stands as a testament to our drivers who work hard each day to ensure quality reliable service for our customers. We'd like to thank Inbound Logistics for this recognition.
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The New Orleans neighborhood, Venetian Isles, gives a vibe that you're a world away from living in an urban city. It's 25 miles from downtown and every home overlooks the water – with most having boat docks and bulkheads too. Their homes are found on larger lots, almost all raised, and each one looks different… Read more »READ MORE


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By Odisha Story Bureau, Bhubaneswar:
Popular daily The Indian Express released a list of '100 Most Powerful Indians' in which 4 from Odisha got placed. They are CM Naveen Patnaik, Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pramod Kumar Mishra.
The Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra comes in at 3rd place weathering many storms and unprecedented dissent from within the ranks. He went past the storms like the Kalikho Pul controversy, medical college bribery scam and the unprecedented press conference against him by four senior-most judges of the apex court. He is retiring on October 2 this year.
Placed at Rank 30 in the list, BJD supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is considered as a no-nonsense CM and has an image of zero tolerance for corruption. He sacked around 44 ministers from his party for their alleged personal and financial misconduct in his 17 years of rule. Naveen has scripted history by becoming Odisha Chief Minister for the fourth time in a row.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has found a spot of No 32 in the list. The BJP poster boy in Odisha is to play a crucial role in the forthcoming 2019 Assembly polls despite his recent failure in Bijepur by-poll. However he had led the party to a good performance in the panchayat polls.
68 year old Gujarat cadre IAS officer Pramod Kumar Mishra, the Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is considered the 44th most powerful Indian in 2018 byThe Indian Express. He is considered to be in close proximity to the PM.
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This is how to remove and install the front wheel on your 1997 – 2001 Honda CR250.
Tools You Will Need:
- 22 mm socket for the axle nut
- 12 mm socket for the pinch bolts and brake caliper
- Large ratchet or breaker bar
- Torque wrench
- Block of wood
- Pliers
Click Here For Wheel And Tire Specifications
Start with your bike on a stand with the front wheel off the ground.
Related: 1997-2001 Honda CR250 Rear Wheel Bearings Change
Front Wheel Removal
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|Step 1: Unbolt the brake caliper from the fork and hang it out of the way. This is not a necessary step, but it will make installing your wheel much simpler.
|Step 2: Loosen and remove the axle nut.
|Step 3: Loosen the pinch bolts, but do not remove them.
|Step 4: Use your block of wood to knock the axle out of the mounts.
Step 5: Pull the axle out.
|Step 6: Pull up on the wheel to relieve the pressure on the axle. Finish pulling the axle out of the mounts with your pliers.
|When you pull the wheel away from the forks, make sure the hub spacers come with it.
Front Wheel Installation
|Step 7: Wipe down every part of the wheel and hub before you install them. If you have grease, apply a thin layer to every part you can.
|Step 8: Align your wheel hub with the fork and install the axle. Make sure to install the hub spacers if they were removed.
|Step 9: Install and torque the axle nut to 65 pound-feet.
|Step 10: Tighten the pinch bolts on the axle nut side first. Torque the pinch bolts to 14 pound-feet.
|Step 11: Install the brake caliper.
Step 12: Take your bike off the stand and compress the front forks several times. This will allow the forks to align themselves to the axle.
|This is a very important step; misaligned forks will bind and potentially cause severe damage.
|Step 13: Tighten the pinch bolts on the opposite side of the axle nut. Torque the pinch bolts to 14 pound-feet.
|If you want to help take fix your dirt bike to the next level, check out my Patreon page!
If you have any questions or anything to add, please leave them in the comments or on our FaceBook page!
Keep Your '97-'01 CR250 Running Right!
- Service Specification
- Clutch Replacement
- Carburetor Service
- Engine Top End
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- Brakes
- Exhaust
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Last week, 7 other National Health Corps Chicago health educators and I got the chance to assist at a two-day student health event, focusing on sexually transmitted infection screening and education at Senn High School on the North Side of Chicago. The STI Blitz was hosted by Heartland Health Centers, the organization that provides health services at the school-based health center in Senn High School.
600 Senn students had the option to complete a confidential test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, and all 600 students, whether or not they chose to test for the infections, received sexual health education from the NHC Chicago health educators who volunteered. Each student also met confidentially with a provider from Heartland to discuss sexual health. If the student chose to take advantage of the screening, they would receive their results in 1-2 weeks.
This event aimed to provide free, convenient, and confidential sexual health services to high school students. This was a great opportunity for us as NHC Chicago health educators to be part of a major school-based sexual health initiative, as well as to improve our communication skills as health educators. Each of us got the chance to present sexual health education to classes ranging from 30-60 students, which included information on STIs as well as demonstrating how to use both internal and external condoms.
One of the most rewarding aspects for me was educating students in small groups or individually after they had tested. As a health educator, I spoke with the students about contraception, STIs, and answered any questions. I found that when the students were in small groups or were talking to us individually they often felt more comfortable asking questions, and responded positively to these conversations. Many students had questions that stemmed from myths or misconceptions that they may have heard in popular culture or from their peers, and it was rewarding to provide them with correct information and watch their "a-ha" moments when concepts began to make more sense.
These interactions were also a great learning experience for me, because by talking to students directly, I found myself able to get a better sense of their experiences with sexual health information, including what they already know and what kinds of information they would like to know more about. In the future, I can use this to better present information to high school students and to make the information more accessible to them.
At the end of two very long, hectic days, our team had provided sexual health education and the opportunity to test for STIs to around 600 high school students. The preparation was a lot of effort, but by the end, it felt extremely rewarding to have provided this service to the students of Senn High School.
This blog post was written by NHC Chicago 2018-19 member Julia Smith.
Julia serves as a Health Educator at Heartland Health Centers - Kilmer/Sullivan.


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In Loving Memory of Fr. Don Schwalm 1927-2018
On the evening of Ash Wednesday we lost our dear spiritual father and friend, Fr. Don Schwalm. He passed just as the 6:30 pm Mass was beginning at St. Hedwig. We are all grieving together and grateful that he has been so much a part of our lives and the life of our parish. Sunday, February 18th would have been his 91st birthday. We entrust him to the Lord's mercy and care. The visitation will be held at St. Hedwig from 3-8 PM on Tuesday, February 27th. A rosary will be prayed at 4 PM, a Divine Mercy Chaplet at 4:45 PM and the Vigil Prayer Service will take place at 6:30 PM. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 AM at Holy Cross on Wednesday, February 28th followed by a luncheon in Kolbe Hall.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Dear friends in Christ,
About a month ago I shared a message from Fr. Don Schwalm about his need for a respite from parish ministry to find proper rest and support. The team of caregivers assembled around Fr. Don in recent months have been striving to respect his desire for privacy while at the same time keeping his beloved parishioners informed. With Fr. Don's willingness to now have this information shared, I write to offer an update and clarify some recent developments. Following a cancer diagnosis and the need to begin hospice care, Fr. Don has been moved to a different facility where he can receive more adequate support and pain management. We can be confident that he is receiving the care that he needs. If you wish to write to him, cards can be dropped by the St. Hedwig office and they will be delivered to him. This is heavy news about one who has given us so much. I ask you please to keep him in your daily prayers, especially using the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet asking for him (at his own request) the grace of a happy death.
May Jesus, Mary and Joseph be close to Fr. Don in his time of need!
Fr. Howe


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I appreciate it very much that many fans came to the stadium in spite of the bad weather. Before the game, I was thinking it would not be an easy game because the opponents are Tokyo FC, who registered a four game unbeaten run. Even after the game, I have the same feeling. That said, in terms of the game, my players displayed fantastic concentration and perseverance. Some mistakes created dangerous situations but we eventually took our chances to win. Needless to say, amid our busy schedule, we cannot perform at our best every game. Today, our defense was better than our attack. We won with a clean sheet, which was long time, no see. On the whole, what made me delighted was that every player focused on the game. We will continue to work hard and do our best at every game.
Players comment
■Toshiyuki Takagi
The result is more important than how we played.
I was desperate for a goal. In the last game against Kawasaki Flontale, Takaki Fukumitsu, my good friend, got the winner, so I was thinking that this game is going to be my turn. On top of that, the same members who played at the last game performed very well. Definitely, the last game gave us momentum.
■Yasuki Kimoto
Q: Defenders did not lose their focus during the entire game. In this respect, was it the best game for you as a defender?
" Well, it was good for us to win with a clean sheet. Before the game,
the manager said that we could win as long as we do not concede any goals. I was sure that forwards would do something. Consequently, their goal brought us a win.
Q: In the second half, Diego Oliveila was brought on. Did you think Diego strengthened Tokyo FC's attack?
" He is one of strongest players among the J league players, which gave me good experience for the forthcoming games. We were not capable to block him down perfectly, but did not concede any goals, which somehow brought us confidence.
■Hotarhu Yamaguchi
I am happy that the game finished with a clean sheet. Our past games were not so bad, but our lack of communication or concentration sometimes caused problems. Our front and back were well focused on the game today, which ended up with a clean sheet.
■Kota Mizunuma
We patiently played throughout the match during a hard schedule, in which we had to play games consecutively. The opponents consistently attempted a goal. We did not have many chances but eventually luck was on our side. So, I am pleased with the three points we have got today.
■Kim Jin Hyeon
Q: Why do you think that the game finished with a clean sheet?
We aim to win with a clean sheet but it did not happen for a long time. I thought it is difficult, and a single goal would bring us a victory. I believed that if I save their attacks faultlessly, my team scores a goal. The manager suggested to us to sit deep to shield the Tokyo's forwards who run very fast. This tactics might have prevented many attacks. After interception, both teams put up a solid defense. I strongly felt that a single goal would be decisive. The team knew about that. This is why we put out a defensive side with the back 4 and forwards.


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Major areas of the Indonesian Islamic finance industry are Islamic banking, Islamic capital markets (including Sukuk and Shariah compliant equities), and Islamic insurance. There are other Islamic financial players such as Islamic multi-finance company, Islamic rural banks, and Islamic microfinance institutions, known as Baitul Mall wa Tamwil (BMT), but their sizes are still relatively smaller compared to Islamic finance players mentioned earlier.
By Farouk Abdullah Alwyni
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Choosing long-term care for a loved one is never an easy task. Whether you are looking for assisted living, continuous care (where the living facility advances as your loved one's care needs change), or a nursing home, there are some similar questions you should ask as you visit facilities. A March 2018 article in the Jacksonville Business Journal shared questions to ask when visiting care facilities, to help make your search a little easier. The questions were shared by AARP and former nursing home administrator Maryglenn Boals. Here are just a few of the questions shared in the article:
• Is the facility clean and operating legally?
• Has its license ever been revoked—and if so, why?
• Do residents look as if they have their needs met?
• Do staff and residents treat one another with dignity and respect?
• What training does the staff receive?
• Is someone on duty at all hours of the day, or is there an emergency call service?
• Does the facility have easy access to safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and a sprinkler system?
• Is the facility in good shape?
• What meals are provided? Is meal quality and quantity up to par?
• Does the food suit your loved one's taste and nutritional requirements?
• Does the facility have good social and recreational programs?
• Is the facility in a good neighborhood, located close to shops and doctors' offices?
• Is transportation provided, or is public or private transportation easily accessible?
• Does the staff appear to be overworked?
• How do residents spend their afternoon?
Call Home Helpers to Care for Your Loved One
Need better care for your senior loved one? Give Home Helpers a call. We provide companion care, personal care, homemakers services, and Alzheimer's and dementia care so family members can rest easier. Call us at 941-999-1960, or visit us online at http://www.homehelpershomecare.com/bradenton/home.


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We understand how important the appearance of your home is to you and that any paint job can greatly enhance it. We're one of the best Residential Painting Companies in Broward County and will make sure you are satisfied with the job we do for you. Other than painting, there are many services we can also provide, such as sandblasting, waterproofing, parking lot striping, historical renovations, and so much more. We only use the highest quality tools and materials so the job we do for you is long lasting and flawless. Whether you need work done on a high-rise, mid-rise, hotel, hospital, shopping center, private residence, or office building, we will be happy to help you.
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Sometimes it seems that the vine grower has prepared the vineyard and gone off to a remote island where things are warmer and nicer.
A hired hand is all I've ever been, professionally speaking.
Jesus' death is almost impossible to accept. Then he comes back.
Some people say they don't identify as Christian because of what they see, or don't see, in the church.


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How to Do Usability Testing on Your Mobile Data Collection App
November 20, 2018
Why should we do usability testing?
The short answer is that we (the designers and implementers) are not the user. We might empathize with them, understand their workflows, and think we know how to simplify the app to make it usable, but ultimately, we aren't the ones who will be using it day to day.
Therefore we need to perform some simple check-ins with actual users, to ensure the app meets their needs and suits their level of knowledge.
Sometimes during the scoping phase where we gather all the requirements, we miss some aspects. These will be picked up during user acceptance testing with a version 0 of the application, an app which is working and built, but not yet deployed. For example, in a project in Malawi, the community health workers follow paper-based protocols to screen sick children for malaria. During scoping, we understood their needs and based the app on the paper workflow. Everything seemed to work perfectly.
But during user testing, a community health worker noticed that the app didn't let him pause the screening for one child while he waited for the malaria test result. In real life, when they have to wait 30 mins for the test to confirm, they carry on with screening the next child, to save time. But the app didn't let the health worker exit at that point, rather they were forced to wait the full 30 minutes without moving onto anyone else. This important issue was flagged, and during version 2 of the app design, we built in a pause functionality that enabled them to submit half the form, and carry on with another child, and fill in the test results later.
Quick tips for usability testing:
Usability testing does not have to be that hard, but you do need to make sure you understand it. For instance, some easy tips are:
- Any user testing is better than no user testing
- An ideal number of people to test with is five
- Consider having two people to run the user test – someone to facilitate and someone to take notes
Here are some more in-depth tips that you should consider while performing usability testing on your own mobile data collection app:
1. Consent is important.
Always give people the option to opt out, and if they do want to participate, get them to sign a simple form that explains the following:
- Reason for research
- Allows you (NGO/ Company) to use the research to improve the app
- Add in any details about if you can use the voice recordings, and pictures, and for what purposes
2. Consider reimbursing participants for their time or travel costs.
You value the research and feedback you are getting, so ensure you adequately compensate the fieldworker for their time, or at least their travel costs. You could provide an airtime voucher, a meal, or something of value to the participant instead of cash if necessary.
3. Focus on the app, not the person's skills.
Explain you are focusing on what can be changed with the app, and not evaluating their skills. Give an example such as:
There is a bridge, and every time too many people walk on it, another brick falls into the water. Whose fault is that? The people walking on the bridge? Or the bridge engineer? (Answer: the bridge engineer, but we needed to use the people to test the bridge, now we can fix it)
Remove yourself from the process – claim you are helping to audit another team's mobile data collection app, or that this tool was given to you broken and you need to fix it – this helps people feel less shy about giving honest feedback to the "person who built the app." Remember to state that honest feedback is what you are after, and changes can be easily made.
4. Don't tell the user what to do. Observe while they follow a storyline.
Create a script that enables you to test certain functionality piece by piece. This helps the user know what to do, while you can see how they approach the problem naturally without intervention:
Correct prompts:
- A child walks into your clinic, very sick. Please register the child
- Now screen the child for illnesses
- Say they have a fever for 8 days and no other danger signs
- You do have the equipment to perform the malaria test
What you don't want is step by step details that prompt the user too much and doesn't let them interact naturally with the app. This will just evaluate if they can follow instructions, and not how intuitive your app is to use.
Incorrect prompts:
- Unlock the phone
- Press CommCare
- Now press "Register New Client"
- Now press next, then select "age 5", it's over there by the green button
You want to evaluate how the user reacts naturally, and where they might get stuck. If they need more detail, give story details, not technical steps.
5. Note down any and all observations.
It helps to get people to "think aloud" while they are following the steps. This helps the facilitator reduce assumptions about the participant's behavior, as it gives them a chance to explain their own reasoning for their actions. For example:
Interviewer: Please register the child, her name is Abigail. While you do this, speak about what you are doing step by step.
User: "Okay, I am looking for CommCare, now I am clicking it, but it's opening so slowly. Okay, I'm inside, now I'm trying to see. Where should I go? Hmm.. that didn't work. Okay, found the form, I'm trying to write 'Abigail' but there is no capital letter. Ah, there I found it."
Any exclamations of frustration, side comments, expressions can be signs that point to something that is not working. Note down when and where that happens.
If you come across any bugs, note them down too, but remember to focus on workflows, ease of usability and any assumptions the users are making, not just the quality of the app.
6. Explore solutions
If you notice something during user testing (for example, the community health worker who said, "Okay, while I wait for my malaria test I want to carry on with another child but I can't."), start exploring solutions together.
Ask more questions:
- Why do you need to do this ("The clinic gets busy.")
- How do you do this on paper currently? ("We just change to another paper and come back later to fill in the test results; the child sits and waits.")
- How do you think the app could help you? ("I want the app to freeze on this child and open another one without losing information.")
If you have an idea for the tech workflow, sketch it out on different screens. Show them to the user one by one and see if it helps them understand your proposed solution and if it needs changing.
This is very useful for user-testing reports – sketch out the table of what data they want to see, the headings and columns and where the data is coming from.
Checklist for Usability Testing
- Facilitator and notetaker (they should either understand local languages or be able to effectively communicate within the cultural context)
- Consent forms printed
- Participants identified – try to find some who are in different areas, ie. urban users, rural users, experienced clinicians versus new clinicians, older people versus younger people (to see how the technology is used)
- Scripts for workflows printed
- Notebook and pens
- Voice recorder (if necessary)
- App set up with a demo account so that the user can make mistakes, register test clients, etc.
- If you are user testing in remote areas, make sure the app is synced and ready beforehand
- "Screens" templates printed that you can tweak to add more details – or just more blank paper to draw out workflows
Once you have completed your user acceptance testing, analyze the results to find patterns of behavior, acknowledging both things that worked well and that should be improved. What did users like, and find easy to navigate and understand? Which features confused them, and could be improved in future iterations? It can be helpful to tag and group common themes across users, to help in determining the prevalence of certain behavior and also which areas need the most improvement first.
Sometimes you will have an outlier – a user whose behavior does not match the others. Try to understand from the qualitative interviews why that could be, and either incorporate the feedback to improve everyone's experience or use your judgment if the feedback is less applicable for other reasons.
Now that you know how simple user testing can be, it's time to get out into the field, whether that is a rural area, a hospital, agricultural co-op, or supply chain warehouse, and test with the people who will use your mobile data collection app on a daily basis. With careful listening and observation, you will find many clues to areas that need improvement in your app – from the icons, the written wording, and most importantly, the workflow.
Read up on more ideas of how to improve your app here, and if you want to consider a pilot as part of your testing process, read up on why piloting is still important.


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Reinhard Pötz wrote:Kamal wrote:Hi,It occured to me that Cocoon could probably benefit from a Javascript Reader. This JS Reader would do what a normal resource reader would, unless the user specifies a compression-method parameter. If the compression method is supported, then the JS will be compressed. Right now, I think we can only use JSMin[1] or Package[4], as Dojo ShrinkSafe[2] and YUI compressor [3] rely on custom version of Rhino. Packer [4] is written in plain old javascript. JSMin and Packer are open source, but it is not distributed on any Maven repositories that I can see, so we would need to include them in source.Have you had a look at http://alchim.sourceforge.net/yuicompressor-maven-plugin/overview.html? This plugin could be used as part of the build process. Then you could use the uncompressed Javascript files for development and then when the module is packaged, the Javascript and CSS files could be compressed.And, AFAICS, this plugin uses standard Rhino (1.6R7). See http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/sf/alchim/yuicompressor-maven-plugin/0.7.1/yuicompressor-maven-plugin-0.7.1.pomHmmm... Don't know how they did that. I will look into it.This would be useful for the (very large) JS dependencies in CForms (though, it could be argued that we should be bundling the already compressed version of Dojo and the other Cocoon JS files).I, personally, would find something like this really useful as we have lots of code that we like to keep uncompressed for development, but compress at runtime.What does everyone think? I don't mind coding this up (using just JSMin).I'm not sure if it is really good idea to compress Javascript files at runtime.I guess that depends (in part) on whether people generate javascript at run time. If so, then it would be useful to create this reader.If you write the plugin, it would also be possible to reuse the yuicompressor-maven-plugin but not as Maven plugin but as a normal dependency. By doing it this way you wouldn't have to pull in any third-party code into our code base.I don't follow this, can you elaborate?
A Maven plugin is just a JAR file that can be used as a normal dependency. The yuicompressor-maven-plugin already contains com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor classes that can be used this way:
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>net.sf.alchim</groupId> <artifactId>yuicompressor-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>0.7.1</version> </dependency> </dependencies>Provided that it's legally correct for an Apache project to depend on this code (needs to be checked before somebody starts to code!!!), this looks to be the simplest way to use a Javascript/CSS compressor.
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Written By: Joel Palmer, Op-Ed Writer
The U.S. Treasury Department has made more than 80 recommendations designed to create a streamlined regulatory environment for mortgage underwriters and processors to use technology more in the mortgage process.
The department also said its recommendations will enable traditional lenders to better compete with nonbank mortgage providers.
The recommendations were contained in the recently released report: "A Financial System
That Creates Economic Opportunities: Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation."
"Treasury's recommendations are designed to facilitate U.S. firm innovation by streamlining and refining the regulatory environment. These improvements should enable U.S. firms to more rapidly adopt competitive technologies, safeguard consumer data, and operate with greater regulatory efficiency," read a press release announcing the report.
The recommendations for the mortgage industry are based in part on the growing market share of nonbank financial firms. These entities now account for half of new mortgage originations, according to the report.
The report suggests that the regulatory environment following the 2008 financial crisis is partly to blame for this trend. In addition, nonbank lenders have been better adopters of financial technology that speeds up and simplifies the mortgage process for borrowers.
"Policymakers should address regulatory challenges that discourage broad primary market participation and inhibit the adoption of technological developments with the potential to improve the customer experience, shorten origination timelines, facilitate efficient loss mitigation, and generally deliver a more reliable, lower cost mortgage product," read the report.
The report contains a lengthy section titled "Updating Activity-Specific Regulations." Within that section is a 25-page overview and recommendations dedicated to mortgage lending and servicing.
According to an accompanying fact sheet, this section recommends "promoting changes to accommodate an end-to-end digital mortgage, including acceptance of digital promissory notes, recognition of modern digital notary standards, and automated property appraisals."
Specific recommendations include:
Ginnie Mae should accept electronic promissory notes, known as eNotes. This would include developing greater digital capabilities, which would require Congressionally approved funding.
According to the report, eNote deliveries represented less than 1 percent of 2017 GSE acquisition volumes. One of the reasons cited in the report is the lack of acceptance by key secondary marketing participants.
"For federally insured mortgages from the FHA and VA, lenders generally prefer to securitize and issue Ginnie Mae mortgage securities. However, Ginnie Mae stated in an All Participant Memorandum in February 2014 that it was concerned with maintaining the liquidity and negotiability of its pools and would not allow electronic signatures or electronic documents on promissory notes, security instruments, or loan modification agreements."
Agencies should be promoting more automated appraisals. The report recommends that Congress review and update Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), which governs property appraisal standards for federally related real estate transactions. The report suggests this would enable more automated and hybrid appraisals.
Treasury also recommends that FHA and other government loan programs develop "automated appraisal capabilities to improve origination quality and mitigate the credit risk of overvaluation." Agencies should also "consider providing targeted appraisal waivers where a high degree of property standardization and information about credit risk exists to support automated valuation."
States and the federal government should create modern digital notary standards. The report calls for states that do not yet allow online notarization to do so through legislation. Treasury also recommends that states align their notarization practices and that Congress also consider legislation to provide uniform national standards.
There should be less utilization of the False Claims Act (FCA). There has been greater use of this Civil War era statute against lenders of government mortgages since the financial crisis.
According to the report: "The cost of FCA liability for lenders and servicers, and the ongoing fear of future action by the government is often cited as a factor in the shift away from depositories and toward non-depository mortgage banks in the government mortgage loan market. The departure of depositories from federally insured mortgages has likely had negative impacts on borrower access to credit by reducing the available lending universe and encouraging remaining lenders to add credit and risk overlays to their underwriting to mitigate lower credit quality, but nonetheless creditworthy, borrowers."
Among its detailed recommendations for FCA enforcement, Treasury recommends that HUD establish more transparent standards for determining FCA violations to pursue.
Finally, the report on activity-specific relation recommends:
• Aligning federal mortgage loss mitigation standards.
• A model foreclosure law, or modifications deemed appropriate to existing state model laws.
• Expansion and alignment of reporting requirements on nonbank counterparty financial health.
This was the fourth report issued by Treasury in response to an executive order issued by President Trump in February 2017. The executive order called on Treasury to "identify laws and regulations that are inconsistent" with the administration's principles for financial regulation.
Treasury released its first report for Banks and Credit Unions last summer. Last fall came reports on Capital Markets and Asset Management and Insurance.
About the Author
As an NAMU® Opinion Editorial Contributor, Joel Palmer is a freelance writer who spent 10 years as a business and financial reporter and another 10 years in marketing for the insurance and financial services industries. He regularly writes about the mortgage industry, as well as residential and commercial real estate, investments, and retirement income planning. He has also ghostwritten books on starting a business, marketing, and retirement income planning.


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MENLO PARK, Calif.—August 28, 2018— SRI International has initiated dosing in a clinical trial evaluating a new vaccine against Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE), a serious viral infection for which there is currently no commercially available vaccine. SRI is conducting clinical testing under an agreement sponsored by the United States Army's Joint Product Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) Medical Countermeasure Systems (MCS) Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (JVAP).
The VEE virus (VEEV) is an alphavirus that causes mild to severe influenza-like symptoms, but can progress, in a small number of individuals, to severe encephalitis with neurological complications such as seizures, paralysis, or coma. Military service members can be exposed to VEEV from the bite of an infected mosquito when deployed to regions where the virus is endemic (e.g., Central and South America), or from aerosol exposure if VEEV is used as a biological weapon.
The Centers for Disease Control has classified VEEV as a Category B bioterror agent. Previous VEEV vaccines had issues with tolerability or failed to provide adequate protection against aerosol exposure to VEEV.
"The initiation of human testing for this VEE monovalent virus-like particle vaccine is a significant milestone, and we are hopeful that when this trial is completed it will show we have a VEEV vaccine with better safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity than previous vaccines," said George Hughes, Jr., M.D., FACP, medical director of SRI Biosciences and physician investigator for the clinical study.
The clinical trial is being conducted at SRI's Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) in Plymouth, Michigan. SRI anticipates that the study, which will be conducted in 90 healthy adult volunteers, will be completed in 15 months.
SRI's 9,200 square-foot CTU in the Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center facility includes an investigational pharmacy, a sample-processing laboratory, and amenities to accommodate extended overnight stays for research participants.
The VEEV vaccine was developed and manufactured by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as part of an Interagency Agreement with JVAP. Manufacturing of the finished vaccine product was performed by SRI in its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-certified production facility in Menlo Park, California. SRI holds the Investigational New Drug (IND) for the vaccine, with plans to transfer the IND to the U.S. Government at completion of the trial.
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Have you thought how it would be staying on the mountain, yes its possible.
Prabalgad Fort in its present form, was built during Bahmani Sultanate to keep an eye on Panvel Fort and Kalyan Fort in North Konkan. The beauty of this trek is the amazing rock cut steps that make their way up the mountain to take you to the top of the fort. Once you reach the top, you get the most beautiful panoramic view.
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We're having a mini movie marathon at the moment. This one, at least, as not recorded under dubious circumstances (see yesterday) as it's from ITV. No, really, it's true.
Aside: What the hell are they thinking squashing these bumpers vertically? Quantel picture stretching was all over the place in those days, and it's horrible.
It's a good thing the film is good. This recording isn't, though. It's wobbling a bit, and the sound has a horrible buzz on it, which sounds like bad tracking, or possibly dirty heads. I've tried to clean the recording heads on my VCR regularly as I've been archiving these tapes, but sometimes the tape itself just has dodgy sound.
I'm cheating and watching it on a streaming service.
Holly Hunter is a news producer. She's serious and driven, cares passionately about serious news, hates the trivialisation of news.
After giving a talk on the subject, where her serious points about the news were overshadowed by a film of a domino topple, she meets William Hurt, who tells her he liked her talk. He's a news anchor, but he's conscious that he's not that smart, and doesn't always understand the news. He's basically everything that she hates.
Oh, and he's just got a job in her newsroom.
Albert Brooks is the nerdy intellectual reporter, and her best friend. He's also in love with her but can't tell her.
This is a film full of lovely moments. There's the frantic last-minute editing of a news story, and Joan Cusack's run to the broadcast gallery with the tape.
The special bulletin about airstrikes in Libya, where Hurt has to anchor, and Hunter has to guide him through the newscast. Brooks phones in information from home, and Hunter feeds it to Hurt, leading to my favourite line, and one I use all the time, as Brooks says "I say it here, it comes out there."
The two men who are there to demo a potential new theme for the news.
It's so good they even reprise it during the end credits.
Hunter tells her boss off when he won't use Brooks for the report. He says "It must be nice to think you're always the smartest person in the room."
She replies "No, it's awful."
Jack Nicholson makes an appearance as the bigshot New York anchor. Hurt's star-making story is a piece on date rape – a new phenomenon at the time, even Brooks is sneery about it. "You've really blown the lid off nookie." But Nicholson's anchor has an interesting reaction to the piece, a long pause before he carries on. My personal reading is that he's a Bill O'Reilly type, guilty of exactly that kind of harassment. Later, there's a very odd scene where he visits the Washington newsroom, and Joan Cusack introduces herself to him, in a very pointed way, suggesting they have a history. I reckon he'd harassed or assaulted her at one point.
Brooks gets a chance to anchor the weekend news, and ends up in the most horrendous flop sweat.
The newsroom lays off a large number of people, and Nicholson comes down to show solidarity. But not too much solidarity.
"It's a brutal layoff" he says to the station chief.
"You could make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary." replies the chief.
As he's laying off an older staff member he asks "If there's anything I can do for you?"
"Well, I certainly hope you'll die soon."
And Hunter's outrage as she realised Hurt had faked crying for his reaction shot in the date rape news report.
The only things I don't like about it are Hunter's frequent 'crying breaks' where she takes some time out of her busy schedule to just sit and cry. Not over anything specific, it would seem, just random crying. I just don;t understand that.
And Albert Brooks comes very close to being the awful 'nice guy' who turns on the woman because she won;t go out with him. He doesn't quite fully go there, but he's close a few times.
After the film, recording continues for a few minutes with the start of an episode of Prisoner Cell Block H.
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I recently wrote to a dear friend, and fellow champion of the wild edges, that I truly don't believe that (most) people are willful destroyers of habitat or consciously set out to damage their own ecosystems. After all, that would seem very contrary to that millennia-old instinct of self-preservation. I believe that, in 99% of cases, people just simply don't know any better.
I also believe - perhaps, as some would argue, a bit naively - that, given the proper information and viable alternatives, they would happily change their ways in favour of being good stewards of the earth.
The (not small) difficulty lies in undoing the great efforts of the vast marketing machines that have taught people that dandelions are wrong and that meat should be cheap and plentiful*
So what are we to do - we sensitive, prone-to-hermitude types that sidle away from direct conflict and suffer the effects of excessive human contact? Those of us who are at our best whilst remaining small (and yet big-hearted)?;)
I think that depends.
I think that it can be as simple and as complicated as choosing not to use chemicals in the garden; as choosing to buy local produce, only when it's in season; as not using your front door all spring and summer because the eastern phoebes are nesting in the alcove; as planting a flower, not because it's the prettiest or most fashionable, but because it provides food and shelter for another creature; as foregoing the lure of notebooks and choosing provenance of paper over gorgeous design....the options are as numerable and variable as there are people to enact them.
For me, at this moment, it's as simple and as complicated as writing a blog post.
We all have our jobs to do and we, most likely, in our heart of hearts, know what they are and how we could best go about it. Again, none of it needs to be grand and that I, personally, have no intention of becoming worthy of a documentary — but it doesn't mean that what I feel and believe and know emphatically to be true, is not of worthwhile contribution.
Same goes for you, my tender-hearted friends.
There's a need for understanding, for people to know how so very closely woven we all are - that we are kindred to the dandelions and the long-suffering bees and to the wild edges we seek to trim into submission. Therein, I believe, lies the key to changing minds and hearts. People need to understand that it matters when you don't stop to think, that there are always, always repercussions - perhaps not immediate ones, but there are always ripples.
I've been thinking a lot lately about my own ripples and how I'd like to add to them. More writing, more photography, more garden-love. And this, below, a tentative experiment (very tentative and very experimental at this point!)....an effort to capture, to document, to chronicle....it's hard to grasp the tangible reasons, other than I offer it in service of Beauty. Which isn't a bad start, I don't think, technical skills notwithstanding :)
Ripple along with me, then?
~m. xo
*Regardless of your position on whether or not we should eat animals, it's an irrefutable fact that current factory-production methods of supplying us with food animals - methods which guarantee that meat is both cheap and plentiful - are a major perpetrator of crimes against the environment.


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An Ashtanga Immersion with GREG NARDI
March 11-13, 2016
at Lotus Yoga
Prices of individual sessions are set forth below.
Full weekend investment: $180; EARLY BIRD: $165 (payment in full must be received by 1/31/16) [Sorry; no refunds.]
Fri. 3/11: 6-8:30p Mindful Ashtanga - Pattabhi Jois often talked about the importance of mental training in Yoga and how the asanas will lead to a strong mind as well as a strong body. This workshop will look at the practice of ashtanga yoga as a mindfulness technique. We will explore how the right attitude and focus are key to fulfilling the deeper wisdom of yoga. The body is transformed into a vehicle for our awareness and transforms the practice from physical exercise to moving meditation. Please bring a mat and practice clothes. (COST: $40)
Sat. 3/12: 6:30 - 8:30a Led Primary Series (COST $30)
Sat. 3/12, 12-2:30p Core, Jumping Back + Jumping Through - We will explore how to utilize the full strength of the torso and bandpass to support our body weight. This will facilitate the smooth transition of energy necessary for graceful jump backs and jump throughs. We will also explore the spine as a smooth chain for the rolling poses in the second half of the primary series. (COST: $40)
Sun. 3/13, 6:30-8:30a Mysore Practice (at least basic knowledge of the sequencing of the primary series is preferred.) (COST: $30)
Sun. 3/11, 12-2:30p Backbends - Explore the fine art of backhanding. We will work through a progressively challenging series of backbends that will educate you about the finer points of spinal extension. Learn how to distribute energy through the entire body during your backbends to avoid overloading the lower back. If you are challenged by the process of deepening your backbends, or just beginning to explore advanced backhanding, this workshop is not to be missed. (COST: $40)
Greg Nardi, founder of Ashtanga Yoga Worldwide, has spent years of dedicated practice under the guidance of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. In 2003, he was given authorization to teach from Pattabhi Jois, and in 2009, he completed a level 2 authorization course from Sharath Jois. He is currently learning the advanced series under Sharath's guidance at the KPJAYI. Greg perpetually studies and practices Yoga, Eastern Philosophy and Sanskrit mantra chanting. He participates in Georg Feuerstein's Traditional Yoga Studies course and has studied with Vyaas Houston of the American Sanskrit Institute. Greg founded Ashtanga Yoga Worldwide, a resource which strives to explore the traditions that give rise to modern Yoga methods, to maintain the Ashtanga Yoga system as taught by Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois, and to make these traditions and methods intelligible to the Western practitioner.


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To some, costume makeup, rubber noses and silly hats are just play things. But when these very items are placed into the adept and skillful hands of Lev Leytzan medical clowns, these objects become more than just an accessory, they transform into powerful remedial tools in an effort to mend and heal emotional, physical, and mental trauma.
Therapeutic Clowning is a great way to bring cheer and friendship to those who are going through difficult times. It's a great way to just have fun, be crazy and experience new things all while using this energy for a great cause.
One time while doing rounds at a hospital, we spent some time with a patient and family. We were all having a great time and the room was filled with laughter as we played music on our instruments. As I watched the mother looking on at her smiling child, I noticed her expression slowly shifted from happy and cheerful to being on the verge of tears. I couldn't possibly know what she and her family were going through, but I knew that what we were doing was something that was impacting her family's lives in a positive way.


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Watch TV Online
HomeShop18 is the pioneer in TV shopping in India as it changed the way India shop by launching the first 24 hour Home Shopping TV channel. It has all the popular channels like ABC Family, CNBC, Court TV, Comedy Central, ESPN, MTV, Star Sports and many more which you can get from cable TV. Therefore, the America's Top 100 is seemingly the most popular for those who want to try out satellite TV.
For example, Mark Burnett, the executive producer of CBS's "Survivor" and USA Networks' "Eco-Challenge," repaired to the the Chat Cafe immediately after his recent 30-minute stint on television promoting merchandise related to "Eco-Challenge." Executives at said Mr. Burnett sold about $40,000 worth of merchandise during his 90 minutes online, and they said that the number of chat participants was roughly 30 percent of the total number of buyers during Mr. Burnett's televised appearance.
Due to that, TV shopping clients don't feel any more particularly inconvenienced when purchasing through TV, and it's even better for them since there's no limit on number of things a shopper buys since it will all be delivered directly to their doorstep.
Entertainment Television, ESPN, Food Network, Healthy Living Channel, The History Channel, Holistic Television Network, Home & Garden Television, The Home Shopping Network, The Learning Channel, Lifetime, Men's Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, QVC Shopping Network, The Sci-Fi Channel, The Travel Channel, TBS, and TV Games Network.
If world news used to reach you when it was already considered history, satellite TV on a PC will allow you to watch TV online and instantaneously watch the news whenever you need it. See all the news unfold as its happening and it doesn't matter what country you live in, you can now compare world events as they are broadcast by different countries.


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I just wanted to let you all know that I'm scared. I know I should listen to myself. I know I should trust my training.
But I'm a nervous wreck.
I am running a marathon in 5 weeks or so. I'm not sure of the exact number because I don't want to know. All I know is that I'm nervous.
I know I'm not as trained up as I was this far out from the marathon I stopped training for when I hurt my foot last fall.
I know I'll be running alone and that isn't my strength. At all.
I know I've finished a marathon before, but the heat got to us. I feel like I never really hit the wall because we were walking at 19 due to heat instead of exhaustion.
I just don't feel ready.
I'm going to do it, but I don't feel ready.
That's all.


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23 September 2008
Finding Nemo
If any regular readers still harbour doubts as to whether secret societies and individuals with enough resources have the power to influence the content on google maps, then THIS LINK is for you. A fantastic digital mosaic I've just chanced upon in the port of Amsterdam, just opposite Renzo Piano's fabulous ship-shaped NEMO museum. A large part of the abstracted area is occupied by historic ships in the Maritime Museum but presumably there is a particularly sensitive military presence here too?
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Los Angeles Engagement Session | DTLA Arts District + LACMA | Krystle + Aaron
I'm so glad you stopped by because I have an awesome, urban style engagement session here for you today :) I shoot A LOT in Orange County but anytime my couples want to venture to LA I'm always more than excited to go exploring! Krystle and Aaron took me to the Los Angeles Arts District and then over to Urban Lights at the LACMA for their engagement session.
Krystle and Aaron are absolutely precious in every way. Aaron even proposed to her in a hot air balloon, talk about jealous! When it came down to their engagement session they wanted an urban backdrop and great light, well, ask and you shall receive! Everything was so perfect. Not to mention, they had the "we're just chillin on the couch having a conversation" vibe totally down. This made for so many great, authentic moments throughout the shoot, while I got to play around with the really cool scenery.
These two lovebirds are tying the knot this April and I cannot wait to share their special day with them, capturing even more amazing memories! <3
Congratulations Krystle and Aaron!


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1. Started part-time tuition since 1988.
2. Author of the first story book: "The Unbelievable Eerie Ghost Stories" in 1994 (ISBN: 981-00-5471-8).
3. Founder of Crestford Education Centre in 19th Jul 2002.
4. Started full-time tuition from 2003 to 2008 (6 years).
5. Founded the website: www.arkcrest.com on 18 Oct 2003.
6. Author of the first Grammar book: "The Guide Book to Better English" in 2004 (ISBN: 981-05-0776-3).
7. More than 800 students have been taught by Uncle Raymond and the number is still increasing (since 1988).
8. Using CEC pedagogy like FISPOP, SO…THEN…HOW?, 1Master and 3 Slaves, PPF , PIE and many more methodology in learning and teaching.
9. Trainer for Microsoft products (Win 3.11, Win 95, Win 2000, Outlook and MSOFFICE 97).
10. Research on Inquiry Based Learning (IBL), Probelm-Based Learning (PBL), Critical Speaking Skill (CSS), Creative Reading Skill (CRS) and Constructive Writing Skill (CWS).


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We sing the Psalms in our worship services! Are you familiar with this practice?
Of course, more explanation is probably required of our practice of singing the Psalms in worship. During our corporate worship services, we sing only the Psalms as they are inspired by God the Holy Spirit and fitted for worship of the Living God! The very God who inspired the Psalmists has entrusted these wonderful texts to the Church for edification and worship. We refrain from singing hymns and contemporary songs which are uninspired compositions of human authors for a host of reasons.
This practice of a capella Psalm singing was much more widespread in past generations (many Reformed and Presbyterian denominations have added hymns only in the last 100 years) and it is only recently that it has become a rarity in Protestant denominations. We continue to sing the Psalms every worship service! We find in them an incredible array of emotions. The Psalms capture, provoke, and comfort you in equal measure as you lift up your voice in song to the LORD God!
If this tradition is unfamiliar to you, we would encourage you to learn more about it by visiting our services and experiencing this practice for yourself - you may be surprised by what you discover about the psalms through singing them with us!


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Reef Not Coal
GREENING OUT Ep. 10 - Reef Not Coal
[recorded in the sand dunes in Myall Lakes National Park]
DIARY EXCERPT 13/9/17: Despite no tools and a severely punctured spare tyre, Big Suse and I continued onward into the sand dunes and set up camp for the evening. Whilst definitely a reckless decision, it proved worth it as the stars provided a spectacular vista beneath which to sleep. The Sun broke to an unseasonable - though timely - 34-degree September day, to be spent reading and swimming, punctuated by a podcast recording. Rolls you Lucky bastard!
This episode is an admittedly rambling summary of what endures as the most significant opportunity to evaluate our slippery and toothless federal climate policy.
Mining monolith #Adani continues to capitalise on Australia's lack of legitimate environmental law, namely the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 - almost twenty years old!! Sorely outdated, right?? Wrong! It's actually a great opportunity for our Environment Minister #joshfrydenberg to continue demonstrating denial of many obvious redundancies within this country's primary piece of environmental legislation. Bugger! In any case, it has revealed the fiscal greed embedded throughout Parliament. on display for all to see. Even @alanjones has piped up! Our politicians consistently prioritise economics over sustainability; nothing new, but rarely so transparently on display as right now.
Australia! Soon-to-be home of the largest coal mine in the southern hemisphere?
[Spoiler Alert: current status is for Adani to start digging in October.]
PS if you haven't found me on iTunes, search 'Lucky Roland' and hit subscribe!
#greeningout #podcast


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Today's time-waster is Line Rider, a simple little Flash-based toy that marries a colorblind Microsoft Paint with a physics engine. Its astoundingly simple: you draw a line, then hit "play" and a little man on a sled rides that line, his red scarf flapping behind him. I confess it didn't take me too long before I was designing death traps designed to fling him about more than I was trying to actually keep him seated.
Category: Games
Ramadan roundup
ok so this time I have a good excuse for not posting! the first week of fasting is always the toughest 🙂 The funny thing is that I've found myself thinking about adding a food category to the blog (primarily a paean to Chipotle). But food blogging during Ramadan would be just masochistic, so it will have to wait until Eid.
There has been a lot of stuff going on though. Galactica season 3 starts soon, and there have been online "webisodes" at Scifi.com that have a very interesting prequel storyline to the season that really delves into the resistance fighter mentality – with our own sympathetic and loved characters making decisions that we would normally decry. It's odd how I am willing to give a fictional character more slack and make excuses for their behavior that I condemn in the real world – like strong weapons in a shrine. Of course the Cylons are Evil Incarnate (or are they?) so the universe of Galactica is more black and white (or is it?).
Also the Intel Developer Forum is going on and has all sorts of awesome, sharikou-head-exploding stuff like 80-core chips, roadmaps to 45nm processing, and laser FSBs (from Day 1 alone). Anandtech has probably the best coverage. Yesterday during Day 2 they also talked about the Santa Rosa platform, one of my particular interests. One tidbit I'd missed earlier: the FSB clock frequency will also be adjustable, to further improve power management. Right now on the new Centrino platforms running Yonah/Merom, only CPU clock speeds adjust, but the FSB runs at full all the time. And there are even cooler innovations to reduce power that I won't spoil. The promise of all-day computing gets stronger and stronger.
Shamus' "DM of the Rings" comic is awesome. I almost choked with laughter at the whole "Leggo my ass" thing. It reminds me of Summoner Geeks – but better.
And Sugar is still losing to a demented penguin. Oh, the humanity!
Chronon v0
The game-masters at Eyemaze have released a new game, Chronon:
The premise is much subtler and complex than previous games (of which Grow Cube is perhaps the most famous). Time – as represented by the timepoints along the top, is not as linear as it appears. In fact there is even a hidden timepoint that is critical in solving the game.
As is typical with Eyemaze, you are dropped into the game without any clues other than the visual ones. There's no backstory, and no means of interaction other than pointing and clicking. In some ways it's like the Myst genre, only served in bite-sized pieces and with cartoons rather than photorealism. You just start playing, and puzzle out things the way you would in the real world – with some liberties, of course (cases in point: a milk plant? Trees with zippers?).
That said, Chronon is still very much in beta and the author mentions the difficulties they had in crafting such a complex game.
As usual, I am also interested in how kids (specifically, a certain now four-years old girl) would react. I can report that my daughter likes Eyemaze a lot, though she has yet to really make the larger leap in terms of relating cause and effect within the games to the real world. Hence she doesn't have all the tools an adult would have in figuring out the context for some solutions. However she really likes the simplicity of the interface – drag and click and what not, and things happen. It's uncomplicated. I think that these games have genuine educational value and as a result I plan to drop them a donation in support.
And if you find yourself cursing my name three weeks from now, just remember that it was Steven who got me hooked on Eyemaze in the first place, so PWL to him, not me 🙂
How about a nice game of Chess
Shamus inspired me to add a Games category to the blog. I'm not much of a console guy but I think that geek culture gaming is a broad field, encompassing old-fashioned PC games, arcade games, and even AD&D and Magic: The Gathering. So there's plenty to talk about. But in the meantime, let's inaugurate the category by mentioning the fantastic website, ItsYourTurn.com, which offers online versions of every classic game you can think of, including chess, battleship, othello, Go, and more. Check it out, I am user "abde" if you want to invite me for a match.


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Anabolic steroids are illegal in most countries and are only prescribed for serious medical conditions. If used for sport or personnel gain they can cause serious side effects, detrimental health issues and over time creates a serious addiction. Anabolic steroids are created as a substitute for the male hormone (testosterone) this type of steroid should not be confused with (corticosteroids steroids) which are used for medical conditions such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and Asthma plus many other health conditions.
With the use of anabolic steroids increasing year on year in the fitness and bodybuilding world to get that extra edge and muscle growth, side effects are becoming a common occurrence. So within this article we will be explaining how they are taken, health risks associated with the use of anabolic steroids, side effects and why so many people are turning to these extreme measures to boost performance, stamina and muscle mass.
How are Anabolic steroids taken?
Anabolic steroids come in many forms and can be taken in many different ways which are:
- Injections
- Creams and gels
- Pills and tablets
Anabolic Steroid Stacks and Cycles
Steroids are used in cycles as users try to avoid the dangerous side effects and believe that stopping stop at a certain time will avoid these. but this does not work because side effects will always be present when taking anabolic steroids. Stacks are when users use different types of steroids for maximum exposure and effectiveness.
Why Users keep taking Anabolic Steroids
Anabolic steroids increase your performance, stamina levels, reduces your fat levels but most importantly increase muscle growth. Body builders, athletes and fitness fanatics find that once they have tried these drugs they cannot live with out the competitive edge steroids deliver and find that they are hooked and now have an issue with addiction.
But other people take steroids to boost confidence, increase weight, get ripped and get healthy, but the end result is much further from the truth. Users then find out these pills, injections or creams have a dark side if used for the wrong reasons.
Side effects caused by Anabolic Steroids
Anabolic steroids and side effects go hand in hand especially if used over longer periods, these side effects are listed below for both men and women:
Effects of steroids on males
- Mood swings: People who use steroids suffer from severe mood swings and can become violent very quickly if rubbed the wrong way, but sufferers can also expect to feel depressed, nervous and anxious.
- Man hood: Men can expect to see a considerable genital reduction, low sperm count and a lower libido.
- Skin conditions: Men can expect to see severe acne all over the body.
- Breasts: Men will develop the appearance of having breasts, which will be very embarrassing down the gym.
- Hallucination: Which can cause many injuries and social difficulties around family and friends.
Effects of steroids in females
- Deeper voice: Your voice will get deeper and sound more manly.
- Hair Conditions: Women will develop facial and body hair, but will also see a reduction in your head hair.
- Mood Swings: Women will also develop mood swing like aggression, anxiety and nervousness.
- Hallucination: Are a common side effects of anabolic steroids which can cause serious social problems.
Steroids also cause serious addiction which will cause serious withdrawal symptoms!
Health Risks associated with Steroids
Other than side effects there are also some serious health implication from using anabolic steroids which are:
- Much higher risk of heart attacks and strokes
- Tumours will develop in the kidneys and liver over prolonged use
- Increase your blood pressure and cholesterol levels which can cause other medical conditions
- Blood will have the tendency to clot and cause heart attacks
- Teenagers who use steroids will reduce their growth and development severely
With everything listed above it goes without saying that anabolic steroids are bad and have lifelong effects on your overall health, but also effect on your friends and family. For an alternative to anabolic steroids we have listed some legal steroids that work just as good as the real thing but do not come with the effects and health risks.


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Russian Soprano Julia Novikova
Julia Novikova studied opera singing at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in her native city, St. Petersburg, and made her first stage experience during her study, singing Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Serpina in La Serva Padrona, and Marfa in The Tsar's Bride.
Julia Novikova celebrated a great success as Gilda in the television production of Rigoletto (directed by Marco Bellocchio), which was filmed in the original locations and transmitted live to 148 countries. The opera was conducted by Zubin Mehta and the cast also included Placido Domingo as Rigoletto, Ruggero Raimondi as Sparafucile and Vittorio Grigolo as Duca di Mantova.
In July 2011 she was highly acclaimed in Bonn for her performance of the title role in Bellini'sLa Sonnambula and in August 2011 for the title role in Stravinsky's Le Rossignol at the Quebec Opera Festival and at the Salzburg Festival.
The engagements during the season 2011-2012 include the roles of Königin der Nacht, Oscar, Fiakermilli (Arabella) in Vienna State Opera, Gilda in Teatro Verdi (Trieste), the roles of Amour/Roxane/Zima (Les Indes galantes) in Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse), Königin der Nacht (Das Labyrinth) at the Salzburg Festival.
Julia Novikova gave many concerts and recitals perfoming at the Muziekdriedaagse Festival in the Hague, Grachten Festival in Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Nancy and Paris (Champs-Elysées), New York (Carnegie Hall) and Budapest National Opera.
Swiss Soprano Regula Mühlemann
The soprano singer gained her first opera onstage experiences as Maturina (Don Giovanni/G. Gazzaniga), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Papagena (The Magic Flute) and as Doralice in Il Trionfo dell' Onore by A. Scarlatti at the Lucerne Theatre. Recently she sang Giannetta in L' Elisir d'amore (Donizetti) at the Zurich Opera House and at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and a Despina in "Così fan tutte" at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice.
A particular highlight is her part as Ännchen in the feature film Hunter's Bride (Der Freischütz, C.M. von Weber), in which Regula Mühlemann appears for the first time on the silver screen. The movie was directed by Jens Neubert; Daniel Harding conducted the London Symphony Orchestra.
American Soprano Barbara Bonney
Barbara Bonney is one oft the leading lyric sopranos of her generation. With over 100 recordings to her name, her artistry has been documented for generations of singers to come. Her "Sophie" (Rosenkavalier) is legendary the world over, as her Mozart roles of "Susanna" (Figaro) and "Pamina" (Zauberflöte). Miss Bonney devoted much of her 30 year career to Lieder, and continues to sing Lied-Recitals and Orchestral-Concerts. She is a devoted mentor of the new-generation-singer, and is currently Professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as Guest Professor of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Romanian-American Soprano Laura Tatulescu
Romanian-American soprano Laura Tatulescu has gained recognition for her beauty of voice and her exciting portrayals on the operatic stage. She has performed under the batons of such eminent conductors as Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, James Conlon, Marco Armiliato, Sebastian Weigle, Danielle Gatti, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Peter Schneider, Constantinos Carydis, Juraj Valcuha and Ivor Bolton.


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Amulet Spanish Black Artwork has a gold amulet designed on it. The artwork has a distinct simplicity to it. It can totally transform a dull looking room. There are two frames available for this product- black and white. The material used is 100% linen with gold amulet.
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