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What are my designer's legal responsibilities?
Our architect failed to identify that the presence of three trees near to our planned garage was serious enough to threaten its completion. Our contractor had just started to dig the foundations when building control stopped them and demanded a full engineer's report (priced at £600). Their specifications will add at least £6,000 to our construction costs. What duty of care did the architects have to identify the likely impact in advance of the build?
The issue of liability comes down to the contract you have with the practice. The final decision on foundation requirements falls to building control (BC), not your architects, so it depends on whether they were contracted to check this. My advice is always to speak to BC first about likely foundation specifications. If they can't give a precise answer, a soil survey is definitely going to be needed to identify conditions and determine a suitable solution for groundworks and foundations. It's additional expense, but it flags up the costs you're likely to face so you can budget for them.


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Circle View, by Brad Barkley
Circle View, by Brad Barkley
Brad Barkley's first collection of short stories centers on the lives of working-class men and women frequently fighting desperation or dissatisfaction, but a few of the thirteen illuminating tales maintain hope, despite the long odds against happiness.
From Publishers Weekly
Barkley's 13 stories are built around concrete things: a tunnel, a book, a drive-in, a diner, a grove of trees. These settings and props anchor a memorable cast of small-town Americans who, battered by fortune, live in the wreckage of old dreams: the owner of the defunct drive-in theater of the title story; the former garage mechanic of "Porter's Dodge"; the once-great clown Hobo Ned of "Clown Alley." The bewildered family of "The New Us" finds that having too much money can be as corrosive as having too little. But these characters are not to be denied. The deadbeat dad drifter of "Extent of Fatherhood" bases his paternal fantasy on an unread book. Even when too telegraphic, the stories have the sweet resonance of Saturday Evening Post fiction caught in a 1990s milieu. Perhaps the most impressive work is "Smoke," which deftly overlays a web of relationships around Eck Voight, a former cop and cigarette-maker dying of cancer. In this solid debut, Barkley manages the admirable trick of getting the reader to care about his all-too-recognizable burnt-out cases.
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From Booklist
Barkley's first collection of short stories centers on the lives of working-class men and women frequently fighting desperation or dissatisfaction, but a few of the 13 illuminating tales maintain hope, despite the long odds against happiness. The title story is a rather desolate piece about a couple who owns a drive-in theater that, like their marriage, never gets off the ground. The wife thinks she has accepted her life until a stranger shows up. Another wife in a troubled marriage appears in "Knots," where the main character becomes fed up with her husband of 10 years, a man who has become increasingly childish. In "Under Water," the unpredictability of life is explored, often humorously, with the characters trying to find peace among the chaos. And a strange validation of the self occurs in "Porter's Dodge." Barkley's a talented new writer who deserves a wide readership. Brian McCombie
Brad Barkley grew up in North Carolina where he still visits a few times a year. After that, he lived on the coast of Maryland, the mountains of Arkansas, the coast of North Carolina (again), and the mountains of Maryland (again). A pattern emerges. Besides Scrambled Eggs At Midnight, he is the author of two novels and two story collections for adults. He has also co-authored, with Heather Hepler, Dream Factory and Jars of Glass. To learn more about his work, please visit www.bradbarkley.com

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*UPDATED 9/28/10: additional entries added*
**UPDATED 12/5/10: I've decided to make this post my official Eduwonk link page, so I will continue to update this with relevant links to all debates I've encountered**
Exciting debates ensue on Eduwonk. I've probably posted there this summer more than I've ever posted here, so I'll just go ahead and link to the notable debates and "debates" (in order, oldest first):
7/24/09: Education's Moon Shot Or Race To The Annenberg? (standardized tests, ed schools)
8/7/09: If the Race to the Top were the Olympics... (Teach For America)
8/17/09: Do teacher need education degrees? (ed schools)
8/25/09: Reinventing Ed Courses 1: What courses? (ed schools)
8/29/09: Help Wanted (testing)
10/19/09: More DC (Rhee and DCPS)
10/29/09: Mad Members (irony)
1/22/10: Brown Out ("teacher bashing")
1/29/10: Stiff Cup of Joe ("teacher bashing", professional development)
1/30/10: LA Confidential ("teacher bashing")
2/2/10: Say Anything? ("teaching to the test")
3/9/10: Randi V. Rhee ("teacher bashing")
4/17/10: Cardinal Sin? ("teaching to the test")
7/26/10: Teach For America And The Problem Of Study Laundering (Teach For America)
8/5/10: Unmasking the "Blame the Teacher" Crowd ("teacher bashing", professional development)
8/6/10: DC-CAS Test Scores and Rhee (Rhee and DCPS)
8/10/10: KIPP and Catholic Schools (KIPP, charter schools, white supremacy!)
8/18/10: If Irony Were Bread... (unions)
8/19/10: LA Confidential? (standardized testing)
8/25/10: Good Reading – Now With More Polls! ("student bashing", Daily Howler)
8/27/10: Whole Lotta News! (Rhee and DCPS, reform)
8/30/10: Adding Value? (Rhee and DCPS, value added, Teach For America, UTeach)
9/7/10: Expecting What Never Was And Never Will Be? (Rhee and DCPS, racism!)
9/8/10: Five Ideas, And A DC Round-up (Rhee and DCPS, evaluations)
9/15/10: Eduimplications! (Rhee and DCPS, "teacher bashing", value added)
9/16/10: Rhee-Assessing (Rhee and DCPS, evaluations, unions, Teach For America, teacher prep)
9/23/10: The Value In Value Added (value added, evaluations, testing)
9/27/10: Candor ("teacher bashing")
10/7/10: Superman Is Here? I'm Not So Sure... (Rhee and DCPS)
10/8/10: Clipper Joint? (evaluations, "teacher bashing")
10/12/10: Show Them The Money (charter schools)
10/15/10: Two Sides Of The Dep't Ed "Labor Summit" (unions, Rhee and DCPS)
10/21/10: Irony Alert (unions, evaluations, value added, "teacher bashing")
10/29/10: No! It's The Wrong Teacher Voice! (unions)
11/2/10: Good Reading (evaluations, value added, Rhee and DCPS, "teacher bashing")
11/9/10: Less of X... (standardized testing)
11/11/10: Paint It Black (NY schools)
11/17/10: A Clinic (accountability, reform)
11/17/10: Adding Value (value added, evaluations)
11/22/10: Chattering Confusion (charter schools, accountability, "teaching to the test")
11/24/10: Not Wired! (Valerie Strauss)
11/30/10: Dropping In On Dropouts (evaluations, accountability, "teacher bashing", reform)
12/4/10: More Teacher Voice (accountability, "teacher bashing", Stephanie Salter)
12/6/10: Rhee Invented! (Rhee and DCPS, GAO Report)
12/10/10: The Second Conversation (reform)
12/15/10: First Out On Seniority? (value added)
12/22/10: They're Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs! Plus An Edujob (common core standards)
1/6/11: 11 for 2011 (reform, Stephanie Salter)
1/7/11: State Of Play (DCPS, reform)
1/10/11: Housekeeping (Joel Klein, pensions)
1/10/11: *Except For Them! Plus, What's Next? (reform, testing, international comparisons, achievement gaps, Robert J. Samuelson)
1/22/11: Tastes Great But Is It Less Filling? (Rhee and DCPS, GAO Report, reform)
1/26/11: In The Game... (Teach For America)
1/27/11: Too Good To Check, Part Deux! (WaPo, NCLB)
2/2/11: And More Live From Copley – Fairlawn Prison (Williams-Bolar, reform)
2/7/11: Double Option? (Teach For America, Valerie Strauss)
2/9/11: More Copley – Fairlawn Prison (Williams-Bolar, reform)
2/10/11: Why They Fight (Teach For America)
2/11/11: No Value-Added (Rhee, GAO Report, UMBC Report, WaPo)
2/23/11: Bears and Bulls (reform, accountability)
2/25/11: More LIFOsuction (value added, evaluations, seniority)
3/18/11: Must-Reads (reform, accountability, value added, DCPS, Rhee)
4/1/11: LIFO (Teach For America, merit pay, tenure)
4/4/11: Still Going... (KIPP, reform, accountability, school effects, peer effects)
4/14/11: The Big Lesson Of The Cathie Black Debacle? (Billionaires!)
4/22/11: Weekend Reading (Reform, motivation, Teach For America)
5/6/11: Appreciation ("teacher bashing", accountability, value added)
5/9/11: Political Maze (reform, teacher quality, poverty)
5/13/11: Duncan Dodges Cold Iron Shackles And A Ball And Chain? (Billionaires!)
5/17/11: Over Regulated? (charter schools)
5/26/11: STEM, Roots, And Strategy (STEM, teacher prep, alternative routes into teaching)
5/31/11: Good Reads (Jay Mathews, honors, expectations, student ability
6/6/11: Square This Circle (evaluations, observations, value added)
6/10/11: New TFA #s (Teach For America)
6/24/11: OK, I'll Bite! (Joel Kline, The Answer Sheet, education "debates")
6/30/11: Let's Be Careful Out There... (education "debates", "teacher bashing")
7/1/11: Clips ("teacher bashing")
7/5/11: A New Generation of Ed Reformers: What's the Big Idea? (NYC, DCPS)
7/26/11: If dogs became kings And the Pope chewed gum (reform, accountability, policy wishlists)
7/29/11: Going Corporate (Corporations!)
8/11/11: This Week's TIME School Of Thought: The Renegade Upstarts (reform, unions, poverty)
8/30/11: Common Sense Last (Rhee, union-supported attack website)
9/1/11: Is The Pig F**ked? (tenure reform)
11/2/11: Ignoring Red Herrings (name calling!)
11/3/11: Second Response From Diane Ravitch (accountability, tenure, poverty, testing is racist!)
11/10/11: Too Much? Too Little? Just Right? Our Goldilocks Problem On Teacher Pay (teacher pay, reform, corporations)
11/11/11: CMOs – Are We There Yet? Guest Post By Lake & Hill (CMOs, charters, peer effects)
11/17/11: Occupy The Schools (poverty, achievement gaps, IQ and genetics, The Bell Curve, in-school factors, motivation, TFA, charters, peer effects, "teacher bashing")
11/28/11: Carey on Ravitch (amazingly astute policy proposals)
12/2/11: Edujobs (It's not a conspiracy but...)
12/21/11: Class Matters, Plus Nutmeg Action Just In Time For The Holidays! (Jaime Escalante, AP Calculus, achievement gaps, IQ and cognitive differences)
12/27/11: Resident Knowledge? (Boston Teacher Residency, STEP at UMASS, SATs, achievement gaps, IQ and cognitive differences)
1/6/12: Good Teachers Matter (value added, impacts of good teachers, poverty and policy, education reform, false dilemmas, Michael Winerip, sockpuppets)
1/19/12: Teacher Choice! (teacher quality, value added, peer effects)
1/20/12: Publish And Perish? (teacher quality, value added)
Mini-Corbett Catches a Mini-Perch
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text: The intruders hung a sign outside the embassy that read 'we will kill ourselves if you try to come in' [Reuters] Police have stormed the Libyan embassy in Stockholm and arrested seven men who had broken in and threatened to kill themselves or set fire to the building if their demands were not met. The intruders hung a flag of the Libyan revolution on the embassy's door and threw pictures of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi out of its windows. One poster hung outside of the embassy read: "We will kill ourselves if you try to come in." None of the protesters demands were made clear. Police said they suspected the demonstrators had carried flammable liquids in with them. Police spokesman Ulf Goeranzon told the AFP news agency: "We tried to negotiate with these people, but came to realise that the negotiations would not succeed, and since there was a real danger that human lives could be lost and of serious material damage, we went in. "We arrested seven people. They have been removed from the building and they are now being interrogated at a police station." 'Complete chaos' About 15 police patrols, as well as a number of fire engines and ambulances, were dispatched to the scene. Activist Helmi Alnadori, who witnessed the events unfold, described the scene as "complete chaos". According to Swedish media reports, a small group of demonstrators gathered in front of the embassy and chanted "Libya" when police broke the siege. Many were also waving the flag of the monarchy that ruled Libya before Gaddafi. It was not clear if those arrested were Swedish nationals or residents. Alnadori told the Reuters news agency that two of the intruders contacted him and said that they were all asylum seekers whose applications to remain in Sweden had been denied. With the exception of a single guard, the Libyan embassy was vacant at the time of the break-in. No one was hurt in the police assault. SOURCE: Agencies Europe Libya Sweden


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How Much "Data Program Governance" Do You Really Need?
Definition of terms
Let's first define some terms. In Thinking About Data Program Governance I suggested the following:
- Data includes any kind of data such as numeric, financial, textual, image, or meta.
- Program means an organized set of activities designed to accomplish a defined set of objectives.
- Governance means the program is planned and managed in an organized and sustainable way.
Note the terms "program" and "governance" are used together. This implies an ongoing effort, not just a one shot deal.
Where to start
If you are thinking about improving how your organization governs data, you need to consider why you want to do so. Your immediate interest for improved data governance might be the result of some very tactical situations, e.g.,
- Management has heard about what some competitors are doing to analyze their own data. You realize you need a more consistent way to approach data sets that are currently managed independently.
- A staff member saw a data visualization demo at a conference. She wants to know what it would take to do something similar with a growing collection of transactional data you control.
- The last time you pulled together data from your organization's different divisions you spent all your time manually dealing with fundamental differences in what Manufacturing and Marketing were supplying about the same product line.
- Management wants both your internal reporting and external web pages to standardize on terminology required by government regulations.
- Management wants you to begin analyzing and reporting chat session text from your customer support operation in parallel with demographic data you already have in your customer file.
- You've just discovered that the data conversion shop you hired to key data from handwritten forms has been following inconsistent coding rules that has led to an increasing number of rejected records -- which is causing you to underestimate your outgoing bills.
These are just a few examples. Each potentially has both short and long term implications. Sometimes there is a "quick fix." But in many cases you realize that something more permanent and potentially more consistent and wide ranging needs to be done.
Where do you start? How can you ensure that what you do is not only effective but applicable to other problem areas as well?
A balancing act
In Improving Data Program Management: Where to Start? I suggested that deciding where to start a data governance program may require a "balancing act" between doing something quickly and addressing the problem more strategically:
Despite the importance of strategy, you also need to start somewhere and deliver benefits to the project sponsor as soon as possible in order to gain support for the work. It's important to balance the desire to comprehensively realign how data are governed -- which can take a long time -- with convincing and useful solutions to specific and important analytical or data management problems.
One approach is to focus on a well-defined or important business problem – or "pain point" -- where a solution will have a measurable benefit in terms of one or more of the following types of metrics:
- Cost or time savings
- An increase in an important metric such as satisfaction or sales
- A reduction in errors or returns
Fundamental: a language based approach
The approach we recommend, even with a "small" or well defined problem area, is to start with a focus on the language and terminology used by people and systems, beginning with an inventory of all the data you have that's relevant to the problem.
Focusing your efforts only on formal database contents, data dictionaries, and existing technical standards, while useful, will not be sufficient if you really want to get at the core issues associated with data governance and the problem you're attacking. You also need to understand the variations in terms used in relation to this problem, who "owns" or manages the systems and processes this problem touches, and the media (including emails, documents, forms, presentations, regulations, rules, and reports) that relate to this problem. To tie all this together you also need:
- A process for identifying and documenting (and potentially modeling) the core concepts and terms used to address the problem.
- A way to document the connections or traceability among your goals and objectives and the systems, processes, data, and relevant business concepts.
- A governance process to resolve differences, inconsistencies, and definitions in those areas where undesirable variation exists.
How language and terminology are used across your organization, systems, and processes are critical, hence our suggestion that you focus on a definable project or problem in order to control project scope and the variety in the language used. Once you do that, you will be well positioned to (a) prioritize which data needs to be "governed" and, (b) adapt these systems and procedures to other areas of the enterprise where data governance challenges exist.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D. Email (email@example.com) or call me (703-402-7382) to discuss how this approach can help you address your own data governance challenges.


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NCORD Biotech Limited- M.Sc Microbiology Fresher JobsMay 31st, 2011 Posted by VFreshers
B.Sc / M.Sc Microbiology Freshers Recruitment as Lab Technician in India at Pune NCORD Biotech ltd – 31 May 2011
Job Position : Laboratory Technician
Number Of Posts : 3
Name of the Organization : NCORD Biotech limited
Experience: 0 – 2 Years
Job Location: Pune , Maharashtra
Qualification : B.Sc – Microbiology ,M.Sc – Microbiology
Job Duties :
- Collect diagnostic samples for clinical assessment and quality assurance from a variety of laboratory.
- Process blood, Urine, saliva, samples, and bacterial culture for diagnostic testing.
- Track and monitor progress of results and patient responses.
- Check, Maintain inventory and order and supplies for clinical use.
- Maintain controlled substances records
- Verify instrument functioning by checking and calibrating specific lab instruments.
- Verify test procedures are performed in accordance with standard operating procedures
Details of the organization :
We are a biotech company based in Pune, involved in stem cells Cryopreservation, and treatment center.Ncord is mainly involved in stem cell cryopreservation and treatment center; using stem cell therapy with high profile multispeciality pathology laboratory and state of art healing center; and a full fledged residency unit.
Website: http://webmail.ncordindia.com
Address of the organization :
Bhudhan organic manures pvt ltd
1073, Bhosale Mystiqa, Gokhale Road
Model Colony
PUNE,Maharashtra,India 411016
Apply : Email ur cv to firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Presentation Sisters are a religious congregation of women who are committed to promoting peace and justice in the world. Their ministries include pastoral care, health care, social services, faith formation, spiritual enrichment, and housing assistance on Indian Reservations and throughout the Red River Valley, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and South America. Conference of Presentation Sisters
The Sisters of Mary of the Presentation are women who serve in a variety of ministries including education, healthcare, spirituality, hospitality, and prayer. Maryvale, their Provincial House, is in Valley City, where 31 of their Sisters reside. It is also their Hospitality Center, Spirituality Center, and Retirement Home for the Sisters. They own four hospitals, three of which are in North Dakota: Bottineau, Harvey, and Rolla. Their other hospital is in Spring Valley, Illinois. They also own several nursing homes in North Dakota: one each in Jamestown, Valley City, and Enderlin, and two in Fargo.
Learn about Carmel of Mary. If you feel an inclination to live a contemplative life totally for Our Lord, then listen for His gentle invitation, follow His inspirations, and seek to know and follow His Will as a Carmelite.
The Sisters are the North American Province of the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany—an international congregation that has existed since 1241. The Sisters serve in seminaries, elementary schools, hospitals, and homes for the ill and aged; in Pro-Life activities; in religious education on the parish level; in the making of vestments; in social works with the poor; and in the promotion of church vocations. To learn more about the Franciscan lifestyle, check out their blog Our Franciscan Fiat.
The Sisters are in Dunseith serving the St. Louis Parish, as well as serving St. Ann's School on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt. The SOLT Priests (The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity) have been in Belcourt since '97, and the Sisters came in 2001. The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity was founded in 1958 by Father James Flanagan. They are an international community composed of priests, deacons, brothers, sisters, and laity (married and single) working together on Family Ecclesial teams. They serve in areas of deepest apostolic need, witnessing to the life of the Triune God, and striving to bring all peoples to union with the Most Holy Trinity.
We strive to promote and engender devotion to Our Lord Jesus through devotion and total consecration to Mary Immaculate, His Mother, through the writings and Mariology of St. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM Conv., priest and martyr of Auschwitz in 1941.We are absolutely loyal to Holy Mother Church, to the Holy Father, Pope Francis. We are faithful to the liturgy, both to the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Mass, to the Lord Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and to Adoration, to Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to following St. Francis in humility, poverty, simplicity, and penance - All for the conversion of self and the whole world. To learn more visit www.fmifriars.com
Are you still not sure what to do? This link might help you discern.


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From the wedding planner: On a sunny day Willeke and Rutger came to Tuscany to find a venue and church for their wedding. I remember taking them to one of my favourite wedding locations, a romantic chapel surrounded by vineyards. Exactly as one would expect when coming to Tuscany. Upon arrival Willeke and Rutger looked at each other and knew right there and then that it was the perfect place for them.
From where we were standing I pointed to the castle where we would go right after. Standing on a hilltop this castle is everything a couple might want, and after we visited it together they absolutely agreed! They wanted both the civil and religious ceremony and right next to the castle stands a romanesque church built in 1000 a.d. Perfect!
It didn't take long for them to decide and very soon after their visit we received the Save the Date and started planning their Tuscan wedding weekend with lots of personalised details such as the Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 with their wedding date on the license plate. The wedding date was also sown into the suit of the groom and of course we hàd to play around with sparklers at night to make sure none of the guests would forget 20-06-2014.
From the florist: For the church decoration we decided to go with lots of peach coloured avalanche roses and babies breath. The bouquet was a mix of peach, grey and white and looked beautiful together with the brides delicate but stunning lace wedding dress. Of course we did not forget the little flower girls and made wreaths of babies breath for them and little flower baskets to carry as they walked down the aisle.
On the dinner table we decided to add some DIY elements and sprayed tin cans and prosecco bottles in gold and copper tones. All of this filled with Sweet pea, peach coloured stock flowers, hypericum berries and white lisianthus. Instead of going with the usual white candles we preferred grey ones and peach paper lanterns were hanging down from the balcony.
We really enjoyed working with Willeke and Rutger and FunkyBird Photography captured the whole day perfectly. The delicate colours and beautiful surroundings shine through on all the images.
All photos are taken by FunkyBird Photography ©2014 No images may be used without prior written permission from the wedding photographer.
Do you want to get married in Tuscany and have your own Romantic Tuscan Wedding? Please fill out the contact form on our Inquiry page. We can arrange your wedding location, wedding venue, catering, wedding photographer, wedding flowers and many many more details!


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FIFA 14 TOTS (Team of the Season) – Gold Most Consistent But Never IF
The big one that you've all been waiting for has finally arrived! The FUT 14 TOTS (Team of the Season) Gold most consistent but never IF (In-Form) players are here. EA Sports officially unveiled the players that have made it into this years squad at 4PM today, and they were made available in Jumbo premium 15K packs from 6PM (UK Time) today April 23rd 2014, and running up until 5:30PM on Wednesday 30th April 2014.
This seasons TOTS consists of players such as Wayne Rooney, De Rossi, Cahill, De Gea and many more. The full list of players in the starting lineup, subs bench and reserves can be viewed below.
Starting Lineup (11)
GK: David De Gea, Manchester United – 82>87
LB: Cesar Azpilicueta, Chelsea – 77>82
CB: Gary Cahill, Chelsea – 80>85
CB: Leandro Castan, Roma – 78>84
CM: Gabi, Atletico Madrid – 80>86
CDM: Daniele De Rossi, Roma – 84>88
LW: Danny, Zenit ST. Petersburg – 83>88
RW: Markel Susaeta, Athletic Club de Bilbao – 78>83
CAM: Wayne Rooney, Manchester United – 87>92
ST: Jackson Martinez, FC Porto – 81>86
CF: Alessio Cerci, Torino – 81>86
Substitutes Bench
GK: Jasper Cillessen, Ajax – 75>81
CB: Vedran Corluka, Lokomotiv Moskva – 77>82
CDM: Nemanja Matic, Chelsea – 80>86
CDM: Morgan Schneiderlin, Southampton – 77>82
CDM: Thiago Motta, PSG – 80>85
CF: Raffael, Borussia M'gladbach – 78>83
RW: Kevin Volland, 1899 Hoffenheim – 77>82
Reserve Squad
CB: Kostas Manolas, Olympiacos – 75>81
CM: Enzo Perez, SL Benfica – 78>83
RW: Everton Ribeiro, Cruzeiro – 78>83
ST: Andre-Pierre Gignac, Olympique de Marseille – 77>82
ST: Alfred Finnbogason, SC Heerenveen – 75>82
Leave all your comments on who you felt should have made it into this years final cut, and also tell us who you have got in your pack openings too. Some more detailed information on the stats of key players from the starting 11 can be seen at the footer of this page as well.


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My entry into global health blogging, which was due to joining APHA's International Health section and eventually led me to becoming the chair of its Communications Committee, has also taken me to some very interesting social media and other internet community platforms. Along with my generation's love-hate relationship with Facebook, the questionable attempt to gain utility from LinkedIn, and the standard activist's presence on Twitter, I have recently forayed into Reddit's health-related communities (including /r/globalhealth, /r/doctorswithoutborders, /r/publichealth, /r/epidemiology, /r/humanrights, /r/worlddevelopment, and /r/internationaldev), some of which are more active than others. Most of what is useful comes in the form of news articles posted, although there are opportunities for mentorship, giving and receiving education and career advice, and even a weekly journal article discussion.
However, you occasionally find public health gems on other, less serious boards, including the occasionally inane /r/adviceanimals. For example, yesterday I stumbled onto some rather apt commentary on the ethically dubious rush to develop Ebola treatments:
#Globalhealth insight on Reddit
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
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Here's the first capsule collection between iconic Venice Punk-Metal band, EXCEL and Paper Work NYC that features some of their favorite designs the band has used throughout the years, alongside artwork created by legendary artists Ric Clayton and Alexis Ross. If you like what you see, head over to the brand's online store for more info.
For more new fashion, check out Highsnobiety's Under the Radar series.
Also, Paper Work NYC taps Russian beauty Ksenia for NSFW film & T-shirt.


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The party won't pit anyone against Supervisor Leslie Bamann, but members gave John Accorso and John Palomaki the nod to run for Town Board.
Town Democrats are picking their battles.
Republican Supervisor Leslie Bamann won't have any competition from them in her bid for reelection this November, but Town Board candidates on the ticket with her will go up against two planners.
At their caucus Thursday night, the Democratic Committee gave John Palomaki and John Accorso the nod to run for the two open board seats, now held by Republicans Richard Maltman and David Wright.
Maltman said he plans to run again; Wright has only said he would be at the GOP caucus Aug. 9.
Palomaki has represented Victor on the Ontario County Planning Board for the past four years, while Accorso has served on the town's Planning Board for four years and has been its chair for the past 18 months.
"After careful consideration by the executive committee and officers of the Victor Democratic Committee, we believe that devoting all resources and efforts to electing two Town Board members from the Democratic Party will yield the most benefit to the future of all individuals residing in Victor," said party Chairwoman Mary Jo Cascini at the caucus, held at the Victor Free Library.
All current Town Board members are Republican, though Peter Hessney ran on the Democratic ticket with supervisor candidate Heather Zollo two years ago. He won, but Zollo lost to Bamann by just five votes after weeks of controversy over contested votes.
Palomaki, 73, is a retired poultry farmer. He and his wife, Pat, live on Sachem Trail and have three grown children and nine grandchildren. He has long been a fixture at meetings of the Town Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals. In addition to his seat on the county Planning Board, Palomaki is vice chair of the county's Water Resources Council and was active in creating the town's strategic plan last year.
Palomaki came under fire last year for his public opposition to the Victor Crossing project, which called for a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Route 96. Though he abstained from a vote on the project when the county Planning Board was asked to weigh in, the project developer, Benderson Co., suggested that he had tried to sway the opinions of fellow board members. Ultimately, the developer withdrew that accusation and the county Board of Ethics sided with Palomaki.
Palomaki said he "didn't really see anybody stepping up" to run for Town Board. "I think I have got the qualifications. I think I know what to do," he said.
"I really enjoy my work with the county. This is really a next step."
Accorso, 61, said, "I was called and asked if I would consider running, and, after I thought about it, I just thought with my background I could do a lot more for the town on the (Town) Board than I am on the Planning Board. On the Planning Board, I am reacting to what's given to me, and on the Town Board I have a chance to be pro-active."
Accorso was appointed to the town Planning Board four years ago and was picked to be its chairman 18 months ago. He retired in 2001 from a 33-year career with the city of Rochester. The last of various positions he held was deputy commissioner of community development, which included overseeing the Bureau of Buildings and Zoning.
Accorso, also a retired Army reservist, is the past managing director of a housing consulting company in Syracuse and New York City, and he is a part owner of the Holiday Inn Express and The Distillery, both in Greece. He's also a volunteer driver with Victor-Farmington Ambulance.
He and his wife, Kathleen, live at Taylor Rise and have three grown children and two grandchildren.
The Democrats cross-endorsed Republican Justice Edward "Marty" Lyng Jr. to seek another term. That position earns $30,969 a year, while the supervisor seat pays $54,540, and the board seats pay $7,710 each.


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User " on "Extreme Left vs. Greece""
>every Prime Minister since the fall of the center-right decades ago<
The center-right was in power between 2004-2009...Certainly not decades ago.... That little evidence shows how little you know on the subject...Yet being an ill informed individual who visited the country as a tourist (once or twice perhaps?) you make wild claims about Greek politics of which you obviously have not even an elementary knowledge...
The current prime minister of Greece is a full blown american and his first and original name was Jefferson Papandreou (he was born in the US), the family later changed it to Georgios ( this information was available on his wikipedia entry as well until a few years ago ) . He is the "greek" version of Bill Clinton, a real child of the 60s. In reality he is jewish (the maternal line of his father was jewish) and most probably his mother was jewish as well. Until recently there is clear evidence that he was renewing his US passport (...)
The center-left in Greece was developed and supported by the West. The socialist party PASOK was a 100% US creation since it was the only way the communists could be stopped from gaining astounding electoral results in the 1980s. The idea was to create a third force in Greek politics which would be between the Right and the Left, and would also use the leftwing rhetoric and would be supported by the vast majority of those who wanted economic reforms but without having red commissars and soviet troops welcomed to Greece. It is a typical US Cold War strategy which worked pretty well in Greece.
Andreas Papandreou (jewish by his mother), the founder of PASOK, spent most of his time in the US, served in the US navy and was a trotskyist (something which apparently opened all the university doors for him in the US) was always claiming that there were 2 Americas, on the one hand there was the "bad" America of the corporations, the CIA, Reagan etc and on the other hand there was the "good" America of the Kennedys, the democratic party etc. He was (according to his claims) with the "good America". For all his anti-NATO, anti-US, anti-West pre-elections rhetoric he kept Greece in NATO, he did not severe the ties with the European Economic Community and of course never expelled the US-NATO bases (and the stationed nuclear weapons) from Greece.
The socialist Papandreou dynasty was and is the sole real pro-american force in Greece. No wonder Jeffrey Papandreou (the current prime minister) essentially severed all the ties Greece had developed with Russia between 2004 and 2009.
Andreas Papandreou served US by keeping Greece in all western institutions and away from the USSR, he also did it in a few other ways but no time to mention them here. Jeffrey/Georgios Papandreou serves the "US" by supporting multiculturalism and the "Open Society" policies of Soros which essentially mean the replacement of the native Greek population with islamic/asian and african hordes. Keep in mind that until 1991 Greece was an almost 100% homogeneous country and with 98% Greek orthodox population (the rest 2% were a few catholics of ethnic Greek origin and some muslims). Now? 1/3 of the population are illegal immigrants.... Hostile foreigners who mr Papandreou due to his 1960s "american" way of understanding race and nation thinks they can be Greeks. As he said there can be Greeks of Phillipino or Somalian or Pakistani origin. As you have Americans of Japanese or Mexican origin...
I could go on writing about the behind the scenes Greek politics without stop. But I assume you get the idea....
Let me ask it again, you guys on the other side of the Atlantic if you don't understand the politics of the European countries, please abstain from expressing opinions.
PS I have many relatives in the US, half of them are married to non-greek white americans (Irish, Italians etc). The religious aspect of these weddings is indeed hilarious. The "greek-only" policy of the greek-american families is a thing of the past, third generation greek-americans are more american than greek after all.


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Buster Posey sustained a broken fibula and severely strained his left ankle ligaments in Wednesday night's home plate collision with the Marlins' Scott Cousins. The injury will put the Giants star catcher on the shelf for at least six to eight weeks — and possibly much longer — according to the team's head trainer Dave Groeschner.
Posey underwent three MRIs Thursday to determine the extent of his injuries. If there is any good news in this situation, it would be that Posey's knee sustained no damage.
"The fracture will be fine," said Groeschner. "The ankle injury is most concerning to us."
To heal his ankle, Posey will have to undergo surgery to repair ligaments on both sides of his ankle. Groeschner said the team is consulting with outside doctors before embarking on a treatment plan. He said one option would be to insert a screw into Posey's ankle to help set the broken bone and secure the ligaments.
The team hopes to get Posey into surgery within a week, and recovery from such a procedure usually takes about two months.
"It's severe," said Groeschner, who repeatedly referred to the injury as "football-type." "We're not going to waste too much time."
Asked what impact this would have on Posey's ability to catch in the future, Groeschner said the team has had other catchers sustain similar injuries and return to play the position.
"He's got age on his side," said Groeschner.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Posey was down about the situation.
"He's taken this pretty hard, as has his wife," said Bochy in his post-game conference. "He's doing as good as he can be."


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Antitrust investigation launched against Google, but by who? The Indian government, that's who
Indian government launches antitrust investigation against search giant Google
By Anthony Garreffa from May 7, 2012 @ 19:59 CDT
While Google are busy battling a censorship case with the Indian government, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Competition Commission of India is launching an antitrust investigation of Google, where they'll examine the company's alleged "discriminatory and retaliatory practices relating to AdWords".
Where did this all stem from? A complaint filed from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., who is an Indian web conglomerate which apparently requested that the Competition Commission step in to ensure fair competition in online advertising.
What the investigation is set out to do isn't 100-percent clear, but the commission will start off by taking a look at AdWords and go from there. Google are in for a treat this year, it seems.
NEWS SOURCES:Engadget.com, Online.wsj.com
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And apparently you can't see my super-cute header image in Internet Explorer (although it works fine in Firefox and Safari). No idea why. I have a support ticket in, and hopefully this will get resolved soon!
And this should be fixed now. They pointed me in the right direction for fixing the issue for IE, and it should be working in all browsers now. Love good customer service!! :D


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Tag Archives: hair styling
Welcome to NY Hair Company
Thank you for visiting NY Hair Company's official website! We are a Las Vegas Hair Salon and have been established since 2004. NY Hair Company has been rated one of the BEST hair salons in Las Vegas! We are located only 5 minutes from the fabulous Las Vegas strip, servicing not only Las Vegas locals, but clients traveling from all over the world! We have the best value and service anywhere near the strip without the expensive Las Vegas Strip prices. We specialize in all aspects of hair including haircuts, haircoloring, platinum blonde and color corrections. Haircoloring services including ombre and balayage color techniques. Texture hair services including silk press, two-strand or flat twists as well as Spiral/Flexi rod services for our clients with kinky textures. Formal hair styling, bridal hair and make-up, waxing and more!
Please call us to book your next hair service appointment!
(702) 432-3333
4825 W Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, Nv, 89156
You know that feeling…. leaving the salon with perfectly styled hair. You can't stop running your fingers through it, can't stop looking at yourself when you pass by a mirror. It's a great feeling to have perfect hair! Then tragedy strikes! You wash your hair at home and can't get it styled the same. "It's the stylist! I just can't style my own hair like she can!" is what most people think. You look at your can of hair spray and question why you can't get that perfect style at home. Is it the hair cut? Is it the texture of your hair? Is it just too hard to do it yourself? Good news!! No it's not! It's what you use at home!
As stylists, we use a variety of products in your hair. Each product is picked specifically for your hair type and for how we are styling your hair. On average, we use at least five different professional products in your hair each time you come in for a cut, color, or just a wash and style. These are the basic five items:
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Leave in Conditioner
- Blow Dry Spray
- Thermal Protector
Using professional products is a must when it comes to your hair. Have you ever felt your hair after using drug store shampoos and conditioners (even the "professional" brands from WalMart are usually watered down of the original products or expired after sitting for too long in a hot warehouse!!!) and it felt either extremely waxy or like straw? That's from silicone. It says it's silicone free?? Usually that's a lie! If one of these are the top 5 ingredients in your shampoo or conditioner, it means there is a good amount of silicone in your hair. They hide it with new names!!
- Amino bispropyl dimethicone
- Amodimethicone
- Behenoxy dimethicone
- Cyclomethicone-Mimethicone
- Cyclopentasilaxane
- Dimethicone
- Dimethiconal
- Phenyl Dimethicone
- Phenyl Trimethicone
- Phenylpropyl Dimethicone
Too much silicone weighs down the hair, and for certain hair types this makes it harder to style!!
Now onto leave in conditioners. This product protects your hair through out the day. Most have U.V. protectants in it (yes, your scalp and hair can get "sunburned"!!). Not only will this product keep your hair moisturized and soft, but it protects your hair! Tangle easily? Use some leave in conditioner and you'll be brushing right through your hair!
Blow Dry sprays are a must when using a blow dryer just like Thermal Protectants are a must when using a heated styling tool. Think about this: You're baking cookies or cooking a roast in the oven at 400+ degrees. The timer goes off and it's time to take it out. What do you do? You put on an oven mitt so you dont burn your hand! Now, if you wouldn't put something 400+ degrees on your skin, why would you be okay with doing that to your hair? Not only does it dry out the hair, but it also can severely damage it! Too much heat with no protectants can weaken (sometimes completely break) the hair strand, causing split ends that can work their way up your hair! Why would you pass up paying around $20 for a thermal protector or blow dry spray when any split end repairing treatment it $200+?? That's at least $180 in savings! Not only do these protect your hair, but they aid in the styling process! Healthier hair holds styles longer! These will give your hair the smooth and polished look when finished.
There are so many different brands, different strengths, and different ingredients in products. Trust your hair care professional! Us girls at NY Hair will ONLY recommend what you truly NEED! We are not salesmen, we are educators! You wear your hair every day, why not invest money into the maintenance so you have beautiful hair every day?


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P.O. Box 821 · Stillwater, MN 55082
Phone: (651) 275-0568 · Fax: (651) 275-0457
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The MAARS Board of Directors is responsible for the intake process from beginning to end. This is to ensure that all necessary documents are complete and proper protocols have been followed. Eileen and Kathy need to be notified of any new birds coming into MAARS including medical and behavioral history and the date and time of surrender; appropriate veterinary care and suitable housing will then be arranged accordingly. Notification of all intakes should be made via e-mail for MAARS records.
Contact the individual surrendering the bird and assess the urgency of the situation
Provide educational support, options and contacts to assist with keeping the bird in the guardian's home
If there is an emergency case:
1) Contact Eileen and/or Kathy who will confer with vet(s),
2) Get the bird ASAP - be sure to obtain a SIGNED Surrender Form (use the one-page version if necessary)
3) Set the bird(s) up in the Quarantine Area of The Landing or suitable Foster Home
In a non-emergency case:
1) Obtain all medical records and a completed, signed Surrender Form
2) If no medical record/history is available, request that the guardian obtain all tests (at his/her expense) required by MAARS (CBC, chemistry, Chlamydia, PBFD, Pacheco's) and quarantine the bird(s) at his/her home until test results are available (1 week +/- )
3) If the guardian refuses to comply with the above requests, arrange for the bird(s) to go into the Quarantine Area at The Landing or a suitable Foster Home
4) If cage(s), toys and accessories are donated with the bird(s), request that everything be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected prior to surrender
5) Arrange surrender date, time and place
6) Ask for a donation to cover MAARS expenses in caring for the bird(s)
Notify Eileen/Kathy of the new intake including date and time of arrival and provide any available history
Notify Shift Managers of the new intake including expected date and time of arrival
Arrange with Shift Managers and/or other Volunteers for assistance with drop-offs, pick-ups, transportation and/or housing and Quarantine Area set-up
All cages, carriers, toys and accessories must be washed and disinfected with Avitec upon arrival at The Landing or Foster Home
All Surrender Forms and related paperwork should be placed in Eileen's file at The Landing
Interoffice paperwork (pink cards) must be completed for every new bird and filed appropriately
Kathy/Eileen will arrange for appropriate veterinary exam/testing/treatment
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OK, the rumours can all be put to bed. The Northburn 100 miler and 100k is all go for 2016!
Click on races above and for more details or click on the big blue 'Click here to enter' button on your right and get entered!
See you in March, 2016.


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New Zealander Andrew Nicholson is firmly on course for another title just a week after winning the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.
Nicholson, a member of New Zealand's bronze medal-winning eventing team at London 2012, leads the Blenheim CIC three-star class in Oxfordshire.
A clear round in Saturday's showjumping phase means that Nicholson will take his dressage score of 35.1 penalties on Quimbo into Sunday's cross-country finale.
Britain's Piggy French remains second with West Side despite collecting three showjumping time faults, with German Bettina Hoy third aboard Designer 10.
British number one William Fox-Pitt, meanwhile, holds fourth spot with Bay My Hero.
The CCI three-star section continues with cross-country, when Australian Olympic rider Christopher Burton will look to retain his overnight lead on Underdiscussion.
Fox-Pitt showed his class in the CCI three-star competition, delivering a brilliant clear cross-country round inside the time on Seacookie.
He was one of just six riders from 88 starters to achieve that feat, and it takes him into the showjumping finale on Sunday on a score of 39 penalties as leader.
New Zealand's double Olympic champion Mark Todd lies second with Conair on 42 penalties, just ahead of Fox-Pitt's London 2012 Great Britain colleague Tina Cook and De Novo News, with Oliver Townend and Outside Chance fourth.
Burton dropped out of contention after a disappointing cross-country round saw him pick up 20 jumping faults and eight time penalties.


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LED Lighting Systems
In 2010 Racetech began development of an LED forward lighting system for endurance race cars. Utilising the latest automotive thin film LED chips from the Opto-semiconductor industry we have developed a range of innovative Headlight modules capable of withstanding the harsh environments of an endurance race car.
Developing these robust, efficient headlight systems is very challenging due to the various engineering disciplines incorporated within the system. Mechanical, Electronic, Thermal & Optical engineering combine in the design & development requiring a broad range of specialist knowledge, experience and not forgetting CAD tools!
Our current range of standard LED Headlights offer various physical sizes, light intensities and beam geometries. However, we also offer a custom service where we are able to develop headlight systems to suit your requirements. Please contact us for more information.
Standard range of LED Headlights include 3LED, 5LED & 9LED with Narrow, Medium & wide angle Lens options
The images shown above are our "GT" system which was developed for installation in the bumper area of GT cars. Due to the lack of space within the bumper area the Headlight driver electronics (normally housed on board each headlight) are remote mounted within a specially designed "MDM" (Multi driver module) which can be mounted away from the lights. This makes each headlight shallower and allows for easier installation.
The MDM modules are CNC machined and hard anodised black with Autosport & Souriau connectors for connection to the vehicles electrical system & each headlight. These systems can be built to drive a various number of headlights – please contact us for more information.


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Hard EDM Drops
Promo video
What you get
- 1.5 GB of Total Content
- 398 x Audio Files
- 62 x MIDI
- 36 x Spire Presets
- 16 x Claps
- 40 x FX
- 133 x Kicks
- 153 x Loops
- 11 x Rides
- 6 x Snares
- 6 x Toms
- 16 x Fills
- 3 x Percussion
- 4 x Cymbals
- 2 x Logic Pro & Ableton Live Templates
- 3 x Prod-Cast Video Tutorials
- 1 x Music Productivity Video with Mike Monday
- 1 x 'Art of Pitching' Video with Budi Voogt
- 1 x Production Booklet
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From the same producer that brought you our top selling pack Melbourne Bounce Drops and Melbourne Bounce 2 we are very proud to present Hard EDM Drops!
This pack contains a whopping 1.5 GB of content and is one of our drop packs which contains 10 of the finest songstarters including all the content you need to create absolutely top notch tracks. Each melodic part is also available as a MIDI file and every kick drum not only key labelled but are also available in every note of the chromatic scale!!
At Sample Tools by Cr2, we are constantly looking to develop our products to give you the producer all the resources you need to make great music right now whilst simultaneously helping you develop your sound and your skill set, thats why with Hard EDM Drops we include Logic and Ableton project templates alongside our usual top quality audio, MIDI loops, Massive presets, Prod-Cast video tutorials and a booklet containing tips and tricks from the producer. As usual our packs contain a video with music production productivity guru Mike Monday and another video which is the ultimate guide to pitching your music to labels and industry professionals from the Music Marketing Academy's Budi Voogt.
We are confident that with Hard EDM Drops we have provided you with the most powerful EDM resource on the market.


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Four kids are sailing in the middle of nowhere with their uncle and his friend. Vanessa is the oldest, her younger brother Buzz would rather be anywhere else (preferably somewhere with a tv and no seasickness) and they can't imagine ever being a family with their new siblings, arrogant, athletic Carter and his super-smart little sister Jane.
Then their boat wrecks, the adults are swept away on their only lifeboat, and the four kids are stranded on a tiny island. Will they learn to work together to survive, or will risky decisions, arguments, and the natural dangers that surround them take them down one by one?
This isn't great literature. The characters are one-dimensional, identified mostly by a single characteristic (Vanessa - bossy; Buzz - tv/games obsessed; Carter - athletic; Jane - child prodigy) and there are several info dumps and passages about mechanics of things (fixing a solar panel) that I found boring. The writing is rather bland.
It will check out like crazy. Is the writing as good as, say, Gordon Korman's adventure stories? No. But it's exciting, kids like the informational spots, and it's got enough family drama to keep those not interested in survival stories reading.
Verdict: Great literature? Nope. A fun, fast-paced story that will appeal to a wide range of readers? Yes. Bonus, it's less than 200 pages (you can purchase the first three volumes in one book, but I think that kind of defeats the purpose). If you have all Gordon Korman's adventure series and need more - and who doesn't? I recommend this series.
ISBN: 9780142424247; Published 2013 by Penguin; ARC provided by publisher at ALA; Added to the library's order list


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Skilled Appointment setter and Lead Generator
Budget $15-25 USD / hour
This position requires an experienced and resilient person with excellent phone etiquette to help generate leads in the real estate industry, While previous formal real estate training is not required, the caller will be entrusted to read from a customized and proven effective script while sounding personable and trustworthy. The homeowners you will be reaching out to are going through a tough time so it is important that the caller talk to them in the appropriate manner. We are a small company of young entrepreneurs trying to maximize our outreach with help from some talented individuals. We are very communicative and open to advice and suggestions on how to maximize our lead generation. There is a CRM and dialer system available to make it the process seamless.
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U.S.-Iran Relations After the Nuclear Deal
Last year's inking of the resolution ending the nuclear standoff between the P5+1 and Iran provides hope for preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It also offers a unique opportunity to gauge the consequences of multilateral diplomacy by testing Iran's willingness to fulfill its international obligations, as well as the great powers' ability to respond positively by adopting a new constructive working relationship with Tehran.
The challenges facing the sustainability of the deal notwithstanding, the Iranian nuclear program signals the first significant opportunity for the nation to directly negotiate with the West – particularly with the United States. Yet, a number of key questions remain: why and how has the nuclear deal fallen short of a grand bargain? And what will it take to thaw the U.S.-Iran relationship, which has been long strained by deeply rooted mistrust, hostility, and conflicting policies?
Both the United States' and Iran's domestic politics and foreign policies continuously confound any prospect of improved relations. The Obama administration's attempts to engage Iran have encountered significant resistance from a Republican-controlled U.S. Congress, the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and the Saudi lobby. The prevailing expectations of many pundits, policymakers, and a large sector of the public have glossed over the complicated and contentious political and domestic contexts within which each country operates.
There is a real risk of deteriorating U.S.-Iran relations should a Republican administration occupy the White House in 2017 or should Iran's hardliners gain the upper hand following the country's 2017 presidential election. The fact remains that even if Iran fulfills its end of the bargain, the nuclear deal may prove to be an agreement that benefits private corporations and business rather than one that acts as the harbinger of a strategic shift in U.S. policy toward Iran. Perhaps cognizant of this fact, the Islamic Republic has not abandoned its "Eastern Strategy" and instead maintained extensive bilateral ties with Beijing and Moscow. Iran is likely to continue to cultivate these ties as an insurance policy against the possible continuation or escalation of Washington's strategy of containment and confrontation.
Iran's February 2016 parliamentary elections, during which moderates and pro-Rouhani factions scored major victories, markedly strengthened the power of Iran's President. Given the fact that the Iranian president is the chief of the National Security Council and a key decision maker in matters relating to foreign policy, this victory for Rouhani and his supporters signified the momentum and political consensus necessary to prioritize shifts in foreign policy. The 2016 U.S. presidential election, by contrast, has put a damper on the already uncertain prospects of the U.S.-Iran relations, particularly as both the Republican and Democratic nominees have failed to map out a clear strategy to preserve the diplomatic progress made under the nuclear agreement. Neither tearing up the agreement nor avoiding engagement with Iran is a viable option for United States policymakers, and to sustain the momentum of the historic deal, new diplomatic efforts must be taken to break through the current impasse.
Now, as the United States becomes less dependent on the region's oil and natural gas supplies, oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia are increasingly losing their geostrategic significance. American policymakers may find that maintaining balanced ties with all countries in the region particularly suitable to the United States' changing interests. In the politically polarized Middle East, such balancing acts can pay great dividends. China is seeing enormous returns on its strategy in the region, which focuses on preserving balanced relations with key countries in the region – including with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel – even as those countries continue to see strained relations amongst themselves. China's expanding trade network and political influence in the region over the past three decades attests to the viability of this strategy.
The fact that middle-power states, tend to negate each other's hegemonic ambitions as long as competition invites no outside intervention adds further credence to a policy of balancing, rather than one of containment.[1] In some cases, the United States may justifiably seek reconciliation, better ties, and security pacts with regional powers that have compatible agendas, which is quite reminiscent of the "Nixon Doctrine." The United States' massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in 2015, while simultaneously cementing the nuclear deal with Iran, may indicate a shift in Washington's thinking toward this very balancing strategy.
Arming Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two of the more powerful Gulf Cooperation Council alleviates worries about Iran as a rising power in a post-nuclear deal era. However, striking an economic deal and cooperation on specific political issues of mutual interests with Tehran can drive Iran to be increasingly cooperative on key on regional issues, such as the fight against ISIS and the Taliban and in shaping the futures of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Given the uncertainties surrounding the future of U.S.-Iran rapprochement beyond the Obama administration, however, the Islamic Republic has not only reaffirmed its "Eastern Strategy," but also deepened its bilateral ties with Beijing and Moscow. In doing so, Iran is enacting a hedging policy to protect against any possible escalation of Washington's policy of containment or confrontation in the future. By expanding and solidifying ties with great powers such as Russia and China, and by seeking better relations with EU, Iran not only hopes to end its isolation, but also to normalize its relations with the Western world through the back door. Becoming a responsible stakeholder in the eyes of the international community counters the "pariah status" that has haunted Iran for the past three decades.
Upending traditional U.S. politics of confrontation and coercive sanctions may offer more benefits than risks for both nations. Given how significant a role Iran plays in the region, a general consensus holds that a limited form of U.S.-Iran rapprochement makes good geopolitical sense and is preferable to the current policy of cold peace and containment. Over the last four decades, Washington's ideological and political differences with its global opponents and rivals, such as with the former Soviet Union and China, never prevented business dealings or cooperation on issues of mutual interests. This pragmatic string in past U.S. policies should guide its current relations with Iran. American foreign policy toward Iran in this post-nuclear deal era should be predicated on the considerations of a new political realism that combines aspects of off-shore balancing and pragmatic reconciliation, while also realizing that some major policy differences—most notably regarding Syria—between the two countries may remain unsettled as of yet.
Using the nuclear deal to establish a rapprochement with Iran could potentially generate great dividends in the economic realm—most notably within the oil, petrochemical, and gas industries, aviation, banking and finance, and other mutually beneficial commercial ties. In the political realm, any U.S.-Iran cooperation aimed at addressing the crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen could prove vital to finding and implementing lasting solutions. The United States would be remiss not to engage Iran diplomatically and lift all remaining sanctions, particularly as these sanction have thus proven to be counterproductive to the normalization of bilateral relations. Lifting remaining sanctions would also bolster the position of moderates in Iran's political establishment and offer additional opportunities for extensive cooperation between the two nations.
Regardless of which new administration that takes power in Washington next January, the next U.S. president must remember that Washington and Tehran have common enemies and shared interests – politically and economically. Both nations' efforts in combating ISIS in Syria and Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be significantly elevated and offer the region itself a greater chance at some semblance of order and stability.
Absent this realization, a unique opportunity to seek Iran's cooperation under Rouhani's government, which has displayed a willingness to work with the West on issues of bilateral interests, and to meet region's serious challenges, will be missed. It is high time to end the cycle of political blunders and missed opportunities that characterized U.S.-Iran relations in the last thirty-seven years and seize the opportunities present in a post-nuclear deal era to cement U.S.-Iran cooperation more in a way much more befitting of a rapidly changing world.
[1] Donald M. Snow, The Middle East, Oil, and the US National Security Policy: Intractable Conflicts, Impossible Solutions, New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, pp. 164-165.


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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold six public hearings in January to gather public comments on the Deep Sea Corals Amendment to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The amendment considers measures to address the potential impacts of fishing gear on deep sea corals in the Mid-Atlantic. The hearings will be held January 12 – 20, 2015, and written comments will be accepted until January 28, 2015. Click here for additional details.
Public Hearing Schedule
The dates and locations of the public hearings are as follows:
- Monday, January 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Hyatt Place Long Island/East End, 451 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901, telephone: (631) 208–0002;
- Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 7:00 p.m., The Grand Hotel, 1045 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204, telephone: (609) 884–5611;
- Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW., Washington, DC 20005, telephone: (202) 737–2200;
- Thursday, January 15, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451, telephone: (866) 460–7456;
- Friday, January 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Ocean Pines Library, 11107 Cathell Rd., Berlin, MD 21811, telephone: (410) 208– 4014;
- Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Internet webinar.
Webinar Link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/corals-hearing/: Audio: 800-832-0736, Room number 4472108.
NOTE: If you have difficulties joining the webinar using the link above, please use this link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/corals-hearing-2/.
These public hearings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to Kathy Collins, (302) 526-5253, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Written Comments
- Written comments will be accepted until January 28, 2015. Written comments may be sent by any of the following methods:
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Boy Who Cried Poop
LL is now reaching for toys! He did this once, over Thanksgiving, but hadn't done it since then. But while we were in Wisconsin, he learned this one for real, by watching his cousin, LiLi, who is three months older than him. We laid them down next to each other under a play gym. While LiLi immediately started reaching for the toys, LL just stared at LiLi. Then he reached out and started stroking her shoulder. Then he played with her ear. (She's ticklish, so she kept giggling, which gave him positive feedback to play with her ear some more.) When LiLi had had enough, she grabbed his hand and started munching on it, which confused him, because he's used to his fingers being wet only when he's munching on them himself. Eventually, LiLi went back to her toys, and after watching her a while longer, it was like something clicked in LL's little mind. He suddenly understood that his hands could do the same things that her hands could do, so he reached for the toys himself. It's a whole new world for him now. His very favorite toy is this bizarre thing, which he can grab with both hands and chew on, no matter how it's oriented.
LL loves books! You can hold books above him and he'll stare at the pictures, and he loves listening to people read. His current favorite book is "Barnyard Dance" by Sandra Boynton, which has really bright pictures and great sing-songy rhymes. If I just hold the book up in front of him, he gets excited and wiggles all over the place in anticipation. "Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaur" is a close second.
He has also become a This Little Piggy junky. He mainly tolerates the first several piggies, for the wonderful payoff of the final little piggy going wee wee wee all the way home. He can't get enough of the wee wee wee. Read into that what you will.
The only real problem that we're dealing with right now is the continuation of our pooping problem. As I previously mentioned, starting in late December, LL decided that he doesn't like pooping. When he was a newborn, he pooped constantly. Several times a day. Every single diaper had some poop. Then he slowed down a bit, which is totally normal. Once a day. Then, he settled into a solid pattern of once every other day. Which was fine with us, because let's be honest: changing a wet diaper is really easy, but changing a really messy one is a bit of a pain in the butt. (Get it? Butt? Hee hee.)
Then he went 6 days without pooping, several times in a row. Breastfed babies can go a week or more without it being a problem, but by day 4 or so, LL always starts looking uncomfortable. He fusses constantly while eating, arching his back and crying while also rooting. He seems hungry, but also seems to be out of space to put it, if you know what I mean. So, on day 3, we start giving him pear juice to get things going. We met this week with the lactation consultant one more time, who verified that he's eating enough food (and he's gotten much faster, which is good news for me!) and suggested that we try gripe water to relax him a bit. We'll see how it goes.
The funny part of this whole thing is that, while he's not pooping, LL still has amazing gas. He toots all day long, and they smell, really bad. I'll come in to pick LL up after a nap, and as I lean over his crib, I'll be hit with a tremendous odor. And I'll think, "Wow, that is incredibly smelly! He must have pooped!" But then I check his diaper and no, it's just farts. Amazing. (We have joked that the gas scare at my parents' house over Chanukah was entirely LL's fault.) I fall for it every time. Surely he can't be producing that much stink without having a really messy diaper to go along with it?! But he always does.
We call him The Boy Who Cried Poop.
If you're more into history than literature, try this one out: "I have not yet begun to poop." Suggestions for additional mottos are more than welcome.
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I never thought that watching a baby grab something would be such an exciting milestone until I watched Jillian do it. I felt like filling out the application to Harvard then and there.ReplyDelete
Good luck on the pooping thing. Who knew so much of my life would be dedicated to poop discussions.
the boy who cried poop is a totally normal phenom. The best/worst part is the amazingly HUGE poop that comes out 6+ days later.ReplyDelete
I hope the poop situation resolves soon. And regularly from now on.ReplyDelete
Harry has that same toy -- he was really into it for a while but has lost interest lately. Now he is all about any toy that plays music. Repetitively. Awesome.
We'll have to check out Barnyard Dance -- we have a good Sandra Boynton collection but don't have that one. (I like Blue Hat, Green Hat and Moo, Baa, La La La.)


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A Dog is like a person. . .he needs a job and a family to be what he's meant to be.
About A Good Dog Day TV Show (coming soon)
We are proud to announce the production of "A Good Dog Day" TV Show –a day in the life of a special dog serving special humans.
The concept of A Good Dog Day Show began in 2014 when Kathy Tarochione, owner of The Dog Connection TV, designed a show honoring Service Dogs. The show originally was scheduled to be broadcast thru The Dog Connection TV Network as a WebTV Series. Gaetan Charest, owner of Today Productions Film & TV LLC located in Naperville, Illinois became involved in the production. It was his idea for A Good Dog Day as an actual TV Series. Gaetan has produced over 400 Documentaries of which some have been broadcast on the Disney and Animal Planet channels.
Gaetan and Kathy had a vision and now it has become a reality. They knew Dogs have played a special part in people's lives, but did everyone really know to what extent? After 3 years of research they have been touched by the reactions of people with stories that will not only break your heart, but enlighten you as well. People who know the value of their Dogs.
The research continued into every area a Dog has helped people. As a Service Dog for disabled individuals, for Emotional Therapy for people suffering from PTSD, Military Dogs protecting our Soldiers, K9's protecting our Police and people in our communities. Comfort and Therapy Dogs have continued to help people with special needs as well as nurturing children in hospitals and seniors in nursing homes. Yes, Dogs have played a major role in everyone's lives in one way or another. Now it's time to know how, when and why they do it.
Imagine watching a TV show about the days in the lives of service, K9, military, assistance, therapy, comfort dogs, their trainer, and those who benefit from their services.
Series to air in USA 2019
A Good Dog Day; One day in a life of a special companion:
30 minutes television shows and 10 episodes per season and 2 to 3 seasons a year.
Topics Season 1
Service Dog 1: child with Speech impairment.
Service Dog 2: The Eyes of a Blind Person
Service Dog 3: Rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Service Dog 4: Search and rescue
Service Dog 5: Deaf Person
Service Dog 6: Cancer detection
Service Dog 7: Assistance to Diabetic Person
Service Dog 8: Help for Vet with Severe Post Traumatic Disorders
Service Dog 9: Children and Autism
Service Dog 10: Disability limited mobility
Service Dog 11: Depression and Suicide prevention
Service Dog 12: Child and Epilepsy
Service Dog 13: Herding Dog
Service Dog 14: Border Patrol dog
Service Dog 15: Drug anti-smuggling
Service Dog 16: Military Dog
Service Dog 17: Bomb Squad Dog
Service Dog 18: K-9 Unit in the city.
Service Dog 19: Avalanche search and rescue dog
Service Dog 20: Dog on the frontline
And many many more occurrences where dogs can't be replaced
TV series is being presented to Premium Channels operators and Broadcasters
A Good Dog Day Show is developed as a TV series of 10 episodes per seasons. Good Dog Day Show also includes a website, a YouTube TV channel with subscription service, a Facebook page, and a Twitter page. We will offer the chance to the audience to Sponsor a Service Dog and the Trainer working with the Dog.
Good Dog Day Productions will also publish e-books on dog and dog training and dog care. A Good Dog Day also promotes training, research and development of Service Dogs by honoring once a year, exceptional service dog, Service Dog Trainer, and Service Dog users. The votes to elect the Service Dog of the Year© will come from the public .
The Good Dog Day Show is being presented to major Premium Channels Operators like Animal Planet in the US. Then after the first season on air, we will put an effort in cooperation with our premium Channel operators, to reach audience worldwide. On YouTube and on our Website we will have side stories related to the show produced and presented. Mini documentaries and extended interviews and specialized topics on Dog Care will be part of the programming of our Website.
We look forward to you joining us on this journey.
Submit Your Story
We are so very thankful for all the people, handlers and organizations who have contacted us about A Good Dog Day Show.
We have designed this "Here's My Story" form for you to submit a story about a special Service/Military/K9/Therapy/Comfort/Assistance/Skilled Companion/Facility Dog. We also welcome stories about Handlers, Training Facilities, Organizations, Shelters and Individuals working with Dogs to become special companions for people in need.


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On the back of the box it explains the origins of this hand cream. It came from Norwegian fishermen! Whom hands were getting such a beating from their hard work in the harsh elements the fishermen developed a glycerin rich cream to survive even through the storms.
What is glycerin? You probably can check most of your beauty products especially the lotions and locate it somewhere in the ingredients lists. Glycerin protects the skin and creates a protective barrier and it also prevents drying and reduces itching.
My hands: I wash my hands A LOT and because of that my hands are always feeling dry and much rougher than they should. I was forever trying to find a hand cream. The number one problem that I kept running into was that while the creams felt moisturizing when I applied them they didn't provide any lasting hydration to my hands. With the cold winter weather my hands were feeling even more dry then usual. My hands are definitely in need of some rescuing!
As pictured above I have some some samples and I shared this my mom and she loves it as well!
Claims that just one dab repairs 7 signs of damage: dryness, chapping, splitting nails, dry cuticles, scaliness and roughness.
Would be amazing for nail enthusiast that find themselves always updating their manicures.
Texture: When it comes out it's a cloudy opacity and when you initially start to blend it kind of remind me of petroleum jelly in its emollient texture but it turns white as common in many lotions. It's super smooth.
Hands: So far so good as far as I'm concerned, my hands feel SO much softer than before already and has lasted through out the day even with multiple hand washing. I'm really impressed.
Lips: I'm surprisingly enjoying this on my lips. Unlike many lip balms this doesn't leave a residue on my lips and has no kind of shine. It simply absorbs into my lips, makes them super soft and leaves them the perfect canvas for lip colors.


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Travel Update II
We're getting ready to do some un-cyber Monday shopping on the Avenue des Champs-Élysée, but first, here's a little travel update.
We're on the longest leg of our trip in Paris and I could get used to the Parisian life! Before France, we spent a few days in Amsterdam, riding bikes around town, visiting the museum and of course, eating lots of delicious food.
My morning croissant is waiting for me so I'll say au revoir for now and have a great Monday!
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With arms outstretched on the hill
An American chestnut tree stands resurrected.
In powerful silence she draws new life from an old stump.
Its blighted roots died with millions
Of her brothers and sisters
A hundred or so odd years ago.
She is a witness to the truth that love thrives,
As she casts a shadow over shallow graves lying
Stoneless and invisible in her valley.
The sunken earth is the only marker showing
Where our brothers and sisters enslaved were laid
A hundred or so years ago.
They were laid to rest in hallowed ground,
Wreathed in wildflowers, acorns and vines.
Laid among scattered paw paws and May apples.
Their graves are filled with the memory of seasons.
Beneath tulip poplars that witnessed
The solemnity of these graveside wakes.
This is the valley in the shadow of death where I am not afraid.
I want to lay down in her green pastures and weep.
This valley holds our broken history in her belly
And the hope of new life that sprouts on hilltops.
On this sacred, holy, ground you can hear
Owls flying at half mast cry out,
"We cannot kill what the creator knows is beloved."
Nothing is forsaken since love runs deeper than
Shallow graves and dead stumps.
Love seeps through roots into hearts and blesses everything.
Over the shallow graves and under the resurrected chestnut,
We remember our treasure lies in these woods
Where thieves cannot break in and steal or rust ruin.
This land is where our hearts live and
Where we weep for blights, floods, and injustices.
But even if we wanted to hang up our lyre,
The bluebirds and yellow-bellied sapsuckers, like a faithful choir,
Raise a song that makes the weary believe there will be love after death.
The woods themselves join forgotten bodies, blighted stumps, and birds
In "Alleluias" for this sacred, hallowed ground . Amen.
Written in Celebration of Warner Parks' Sunday in the Park, November 2012


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Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Child Neurology; Epilepsy; Neuromuscular Disorders; Pediatrics
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As a pediatric neurologist, my clinical practice focuses on the comprehensive neurologic care of infants, children and adolescents. Having completed fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology, my expertise focuses on the evaluation and management of epileptic and non-epileptic (stress-induced) seizures, as well as neuromuscular disorders, with particular skill in performing electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG). I am one of the panel neurologists in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (WCHOB). As a physician for the inpatient and outpatient neurology service, I attend to the needs of patients who present to WCHOB with a variety of neurologic symptoms.
In addition to epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders, my clinical interest includes stroke in the young. I am fascinated by the various factors that may predispose infants and children to cerebrovascular ischemia. After an ischemic event, I work closely with the patients and their families to help coordinate long term care and rehabilitation in their road to recovery.
I am actively involved in research mentorship and in the teaching of medical students, residents in adult neurology, pediatric neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry and fellows in clinical neurophysiology.
I am further interested in autoimmune, demyelinating and infectious processes within the nervous system. After the 2009 influenza A - H1N1 pandemic, I extensively researched the neurologic complications of H1N1 in pediatric patients in Western New York. I compared our results to those of other groups in the global pediatric and neurologic communities. I presented my results at various international medical conferences.
I feel fortunate to have participated in and conducted numerous clinical research projects. I have a track record of research, collaboration and publishing in the field of pediatric neurology. I intend to continue blending research with my clinical work, as I feel that both of these are essential for the art of practicing medicine.
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