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WFL Consultant, FFSP
Port Hueneme CA 93043 Fed 1000 23rd Street
Job DescriptionThe Work and Family Life (WFL) consultant supports Navy Fleet and Family Support Programs, a central delivery system for service member and family support. The WFL consultant works at the installation Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) to provide services that facilitate personal and family readiness and adaptation to life in the military. The programs they support are designed to keep individuals and families resilient and strong, preventing individual and family dysfunction, facilitating personal and family self-sufficiency, and creating overall command and community well-being.
WFL Consultants are non-clinical personnel who may provide one-on-one consultation, information and referral, classroom training, workshops, and seminars. The employee filling this WFL Consultant position will work as a specialist primarily in the Relocation Assistance functional areas, but could be assigned to assist in any of the Work and Family Life Consultant programs and services identified below.
Deployment and Mobilization Support:
• Provide pre-deployment, mid-deployment, return and reunion, and post-deployment briefs/ workshops for commands, sailors and their families.
• Provide outreach efforts that target (at a minimum) the most at-risk groups to include: first-term service members geographically separated or socially isolated families, single parents, foreign-born spouses and others with
special needs.
• Provide deployment briefs/workshops that are tailored to the command demographics needs (e.g., singles, new parents, couples, and children) and should address the needs of the type of command (e.g., special warfare, air, submarine, surface, etc.). Deployment materials and checklists should be appropriate and be provided to requesting commands.
• Provide deployment services and information to mobilized reservists and family members, as well as to individual augmentees and family members.
• Provide information to school staff, teachers, and guidance counselors to ensure they understand the unique needs of military children.
• Provide training, briefs/workshops to Command Family Readiness Groups.
• Provide aggressive command outreach and liaison to ashore and afloat commands.
• Provide Pre- and Post-Deployment SAPR training using Navy standardized curricula, when not provided by SAPR personnel.
Individual Deployment Support
• Provide standardized Individual Augmentee (IA) family case management IAW CNIC Individual Deployment Support Desk Guide.
• Serve as the designated POC for an individual Sailor or family to support them in obtaining necessary services before, during and after IA assignment.
• Serve as a liaison with other military community agencies. Provide regular follow-up and case management services per family request for assigned IA sailors or family members.
• Using existing resources, support families by providing necessary required forms, obtaining explanation and directions from subject matter experts, and advising them through the bureaucratic requirements associated with
IA assignment.
• Provide feedback and information to CNIC leadership regarding family needs, lapses in the system, and
response times.
• Address system lapses in a timely and professional manner.
• Utilize information technology including the internet as available to keep abreast of changes.
• Serve families and provide support where needed, while being responsive to the overall needs and tempo of
the FFSP.
• Coordinate and integrate family services and referrals utilizing on- and off-installation resources, state, intra-state, and federal services as necessary.
• Provide current information, referral and a range of support services to families when designated as the family's safe haven POC.
Ombudsman Training and Support
• Coordinate and offer the standardized Ombudsmen Basic Training (OBT) course locally by certified OBT trainers to meet training need.
• Coordinate and conduct advanced Ombudsman Training, to include after hours training to best meet the needs of the customers.
• Maintain a current and complete roster of local Ombudsmen including Naval Reserve Ombudsmen.
• Provide support and consultation to Ombudsmen, Assemblies, and Commands.
Relocation Assistance
• Maintain current, updated installation relocation data that are available to customers and on OSD websites.
• Provide inbound and outbound relocation programs through briefs/workshops and individual assistance for eligible military and family members.
• Provide full-range of Inter-Cultural Relations programs OCONUS and a full range of overseas preparation briefs/workshops and individual assistance CONUS.
• Provide homeport change assistance services and support.
• Conduct Sponsor training.
• Liaison with School Liaison Officer and Child and Youth programs to ensure Military children are provided relocation support.
Life Skills Education:
• Provide life skills education for sailor and families in seven core content areas including: stress management, anger management, suicide prevention, relationships, new spouse orientation, communication skills and parenting.
• Provide Operational Stress Control information during existing programs and services whenever feasible
and practical.
• Provide a comprehensive array of parenting classes that are tailored to specific developmental periods, e.g., parenting newborns, toddler, teens, etc.
• Develop an extensive variety of class materials for customers to enhance the learning experience.
• Coordinate with other support programs such as Chaplains, Child and Youth, and Drug and Alcohol programs to ensure consistency in delivery of life skills programs and services.
• Be prepared to offer programs as single or multi-session classes/workshops and to offer workshops/classes at times and locations, to include after hours, to best meet needs of customers.
Transition Assistance:
• Coordinate, publicize, facilitate, and host TAP workshops (e.g., 5-day Transition GPS workshop, Career Tracks, and Capstone Event) in coordination with partner agencies to include, but not limited to, the Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Small Business Administration.
• Ensure that TAP workshops include all required content areas, adhere to class size requirements, are offered with sufficient frequency to minimize wait time, and ensure each student is given the opportunity to complete the on-line feedback survey prior to the end of the final day of the course.
• Provide individualized counseling and assistance to all transitioning military and family members.
• Provide assistance to customers utilizing the FFSP Career Development Resource Center.
• Coordinate delivery of workshops and individualized assistance on Career Technical Training, Accessing Higher Education, and Entrepreneurship.
• Serve, as needed, on the Family Readiness Coordinating Committee (FRCC).
• Organize, promote and/or support area job fairs and employment expositions with local, state and/or Federal agencies.
• Provide CONSEP seminars to first-term and mid-career personnel in coordination with Command Career Counselors.
• Provide training to command/unit leaders on Transition Assistance Programs detailed in the VOW Act of 2011, and VEI Task Force requirements.
• Ensure Transition GPS group workshops are entered into DMDC TAP data collection system.
• Provide both group and/or self-paced facilitation for the Accessing Higher Education (AHE) Career Track, as outlined in the standardized curriculum. (The NAFI will provide training to any contract personnel requiring training on the standard curriculum.)
Family Employment Readiness:
• Coordinate, publicize and provide a wide variety of family employment readiness workshops (e.g., effective job search and interviewing, resume writing), with outreach into the community.
• Provide individualized skill assessment, career counseling and coaching.
General Job Information
TitleWFL Consultant, FFSP
Job FamilyFederal Contracts Group
CountryUnited States of America
FLSA StatusUnited States of America (Exempt)
Recruiting Start Date9/25/2019
Date Requisition Created9/25/2019
Work ExperienceTraining
EducationA Combination of Education and Work Experience May Be Considered. (Required), Bachelors (Required)
License and Certifications - Required
License and Certifications - Preferred
Other Job Requirements
• Bachelors in a social science or related behavioral science field OR combination of social science education and equivalent experience to a bachelor's degree OR 4 years' equivalent experience.
• Must demonstrate skills in making presentations and facilitating training for groups.
• Must possess professional knowledge of social services and/or education delivery systems.
• Must work well both independently and as a member of a team.
• Well organized and flexible.
• In OCONUS locations, strong preference is given to hiring on-site spouses/family members to minimize relocation requirements.
• Staff providing Return and Reunion services must be physically and emotionally able to withstand the rigors of Return and Reunion trips. Some Return and Reunion trips may require a VISA.
Magellan Health Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tobacco-free workplace. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. Every employee must understand, comply and attest to the security responsibilities and security controls unique to their position.


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Didn't make me dizzy… Just gave me a headache -.-
Ha. I get it. Have someone watch you and then ask what it looked like you were doing. Priceless.
As soon as i put my hand to my face i was like WAIT A MINUTE… I continued anyways
It doesn't work
yeah, and if you pretend to shake salt out of a salt shaker you can taste it lol
into your mouth
I still don't get it, and I'm not blonde!
I must be one of the 30-32% that CAN…either that or I'm a total idiot…one or the other!?!?
I tried it. Either I wasn't doing it right or the ear problem I've had for a while cancels it out.


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- Tutorials
- Best Practices
- A guide to AssetBundles and Resources
A guide to AssetBundles and Resources
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This is a series of articles that provides an in-depth discussion of Assets and resource management in the Unity engine. It seeks to provide expert developers with deep, source-level knowledge of Unity's Asset and serialization systems. It examines both the technical underpinnings of Unity's AssetBundle system and the current best practices for employing them.
The guide is broken down into four chapters:
Assets, Objects and serialization discusses the low-level details of how Unity serializes Assets and handles references between Assets. It is strongly recommended that readers begin with this chapter as it defines terminology used throughout the guide.
The Resources folder discusses the built-in Resources API.
AssetBundle fundamentals builds on the information in chapter 1 to describe how AssetBundles operate, and discusses both the loading of AssetBundles and the loading of Assets from AssetBundles.
AssetBundle usage patterns is a long article discussing many of the topics surrounding the practical uses of AssetBundles. It includes sections on assigning Assets to AssetBundles and on managing loaded Assets, and describes many common pitfalls encountered by developers using AssetBundles.
Note: This guide's terms for Objects and Assets differ from Unity's public API naming conventions.
The data this guide calls Objects are called Assets in many public Unity APIs, such as AssetBundle.LoadAsset and Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets. The files this guide calls Assets are rarely exposed to any public APIs. When they are exposed, it is generally only in build-related code, such as AssetDatabase and BuildPipeline. In these cases, they are called files in public APIs.


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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has no legal right to see the instructions that were given to a grand jury that indicted him on corruption charges, federal prosecutors say in court papers.
The filing in U.S. District Court came in response to an unusually strident motion by McDonnell seeking the instructions. McDonnell also asked for recordings of prosecutors' statements to the grand jury about the legal validity of the 14-count indictment against the former governor and his wife, Maureen.
"This court will have ample opportunity to opine on the defendants' challenges to the legal sufficiency of the indictment, should the defendants file a motion to dismiss,'' prosecutors said in the response filed Monday.
Instead, they said, the McDonnells are using the motion for disclosure ``as a public forum to castigate the government'' without stating why they are legally entitled to the instructions.
Prosecutors said anyone seeking information from secret grand jury proceedings must make a strong showing of a specific need, but the McDonnells "appear content to offer conclusory protestations of innocence'' and "hurl invective at the government.''
McDonnell, once a rising star in the Republican Party, and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges they illegally accepted more than $165,000 in loans and gifts from a former CEO of a dietary supplement-maker in return for promoting his products. Their trial is set to begin in July.
McDonnell repaid former Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams for most of the loans and gifts.
Hours after being charged on Jan. 21, the former governor's lawyers said in their motion seeking the grand jury instructions that the decision to prosecute McDonnell days after his term ended ``is disgraceful, violates basic principles of justice, and is contemptuous of the citizens of Virginia who elected him.''
In another filing Monday, prosecutors opposed the McDonnells' motion seeking immediate disclosure of all evidence potentially beneficial to the defense. They said the request was too broad and that legal precedent only requires disclosure of the evidence in time for effective use at the trial. Evidence will be turned over to the defense ``on a reasonable schedule,'' the government attorneys said.


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Next Council Meeting
Grasscycling is a simple way to recycle your yard waste. If you mow your lawn so that grass is never more than 2 to 3 inches tall, leave the grass clippings where they fall and allow them to decompose. To foster healthy grass, don't cut more than one-third of the blade, and no more than one-inch total. The clippings return nutrients to your yard, and you don't have to spend time and money bagging or hauling them away.
Contrary to the popular belief, grass clippings do not cause thatch. Thatch is actually a layer of organic material made up of grass roots, not mown grass blades. Grass roots contain lignin, a substance that decomposes very slowly and causes thatch. Grass clippings are about 90 percent water, so they decompose very quickly.
Mulching is another way to reuse so-called yard waste. Make mulch from chipped or shredded wood waste or dried leaves. Mulching involves spreading thin layers of dry organic waste around the base of plants to prevent weed growth, retain water, regulate soil temperature, and add nutrients back to the soil. Grass clippings also make excellent mulch.


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Black History Month, 2009: Book List
This Black History Month book list is made up of wonderful books that celebrate African-Americans and their history. With so many amazing books out there, it was incredibly hard to select which books to include in my 2009 list. I plan on expanding this list


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The Climate's Second Chance
In Bolivia, indigenous people and grassroots groups are creating a second chance to stand up to climate change.
In Bolivia, thousands of indigenous people and climate activists from around the world have gathered to make their voices heard in a way that they weren't during the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen. Their hope: a second chance to take powerful action to stop disastrous climate change.
- from the World Peoples' Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
- :: YES! Magazine's Winter 2010 issue on how to beat denial and rescue the planet.


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Consumer Information
Institutions that participate in the Federal Student Aid programs must disclose certain consumer information in compliance with the Department of Education's Consumer Information Act, the Student-Right-to-Know Act, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act.
Although every effort is made to present the most accurate, helpful and up-to-date information, the content of this information is subject to change due to alterations in federal, state, or college policy and procedure.
- 2019-2020 Consumer Information Handbook.pdf (Updated May 31, 2019)
*A printed version of this document may be obtained in the Office of Financial Aid, Scholarships, & Veterans Services or the Office of Admissions.
Net Price Calculator
The 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires that institutions provide a Net Price Calculator (NPC) to estimate what a student's typical out-of-pocket expenses might be if they attended the institution based on data from current attending students. Please note that Net Price Calculators are estimates and should not be used for actual awarding, final determination, or final net price information.
The NPC is only an early estimate of possible assistance and results cannot present a complete picture. The best way to determine the college education for you and your goals is to visit campus and speak with counselors from Admissions and the Office of Financial Aid, Scholarships, & Veterans Services.
(based on 2017-2018 data, updated 3/6/19)
NPC drawbacks
- Depending on the student population data, there may not be enough data to provide an estimate and the calculator will show $0 for estimated aid.
- Cannot describe the overall value of that education to a student's personal and professional goals
- Implies that price is the only consideration when selecting a college
- Does not take into account all possible funding available (for example, outside scholarships and grants or federal direct unsubsidized or parent loans for which a student may be eligible)
- Does not take into account special circumstances the financial aid office may consider with an official application
- Can dissuade the user from conversations with college employees who can clarify and help, especially if the results are incorrect
NPC benefits
- Gives some early insight into college costs for better planning and saving
- Shows immediate results
- Provides a starting point for families unfamiliar with the college search process


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Parker leads Spurs past Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tim Duncan stood under New Orleans' basket for several seconds, a bemused expression on his face, seemingly pondering how he could have fouled out with half a quarter still left in a surprisingly tight contest between the Western Conference-leading Spurs the reeling New Orleans Pelicans.
As Duncan finally starting walking to the bench, with mocking cheers raining down from the stands, Spurs point guard Tony Parker decided it was time for him to take over.
Parker capped a 27-point outing with three clutch layups in the final minutes, and the Spurs held on for their fifth straight victory, 101-95 on Monday night.
"I was in attack mode," Parker said. "When I saw TD go out, I knew I was going to be aggressive and try to create for myself or for my teammates."
Duncan scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds before fouling out with 6:02 to go. Manu Ginobili added 14 points, Kawhi Leonard 13 and Marco Belinelli 12 for San Antonio, which sent hobbled New Orleans to its sixth straight loss since leading scorer Ryan Anderson went out with a herniated disk.
Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Brian Roberts, starting at point guard for the injured Jrue Holiday (fracture right tibia), scored a season-high 19 points for New Orleans. Eric Gordon added 12 points and Al-Farouq Aminu pulled down 13 rebounds.
"We really don't like moral victories, but we came in and competed," Roberts said. "Unfortunately, they made plays down the stretch. They are a veteran team. They are going to keep their composure through those stretches. Hats off to them.
New Orleans led from late in the first quarter until late in the third, when Parker's 17-foot jumper gave the Spurs a 74-73 lead. The shot was part of an 11-0 run, capped by Matt Bonner's 3, that put San Antonio ahead 79-73 early in the fourth quarter.
New Orleans, however, declined to fold, and kept it close into the final minute.
"They made it hard on us. We were in survive mode in that first (half)," Parker said. "You have to give them a lot of credit. They played with a lot of energy and it was hard to get that win."
Davis' running hook as he was fouled by Duncan gave New Orleans one more brief lead at 87-86 with 7:08 to play. San Antonio regained the lead on Parker's layup, but then Duncan fouled out when he tried to stop Gordon's drive.
Gordon missed the second of two free throws to tie it, however, the Pelicans were further hurt by three turnovers down the stretch, two by Davis and one by Aminu.
San Antonio led 94-90 on Belinelli's 3, but Roberts came right back with a 3 for New Orleans. Leonard responded with a 3 of his own, but Roberts' runner off the glass pulled New Orleans to 97-95 with 1:46 still left. Gordon's steal set up a potential tying possession, but Davis' short jumper rimmed out, and Parker converted a difficult reverse scoop with 44 seconds left to make it 99-95.
The Pelicans set up Roberts for a quick 3, but it rimmed out and New Orleans did not threaten again.
"We had our chances tonight and we just didn't execute down the stretch. We had three costly turnovers in the last few minutes of the game," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "We had 87 looks tonight — 87 shots. We just need to put the ball in the basket."
The Pelicans managed to open up a double digit lead in the second quarter when Anthony Morrow's floater made it 41-30.
The Spurs quickly closed the gap later in the period with an 8-0 run capped by consecutive layups by Duncan and Parker.
The Pelicans maintained the lead for the rest of the half, but Belinelli, who played for New Orleans when the club was called the Hornets, hit a 20-foot fadeaway to pull San Antonio to 51-50 at halftime.
NOTES: San Antonio G Danny Green missed his first game with a fractured finger in his left hand and is expected to be out for about four weeks. … The Spurs improved to 24-0 when leading after three quarters. … New Orleans G Austin Rivers scored 11 points, his sixth time in double digits this season. … Davis now has 12 games this season in which he has scored at least 20 points and grabbed at least 10 rebounds.


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Netflix Makes Some History With Showing at Emmys
If Hollywood wasn't already taking Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.27% seriously, it is now.
The streaming video service scored a win at the TV industry's Emmy Awards on Sunday night as David Fincher took the best director prize for political drama "House of Cards." It marked the first victory in a major category for an online video distributor.
The Emmy win could boost Netflix's prestige in Hollywood as an outlet for high-quality original series and further encourage writers, producers and actors to consider Netflix projects at a time when competition for talent among TV networks is as fierce as ever.
But despite the milestone for Netflix, high-profile cable channels racked up victories, too, showing their continued strength in the face of new competition.
With excitement building for its series finale on Sept. 29, AMC's "Breaking Bad" won the best drama award for the first time. Anna Gunn took the prize for best supporting actress for her role in the show, which centers on a chemistry teacher who turns to the drug trade when he is diagnosed with cancer.
Vince Gilligan, creator of "Breaking Bad," complimented his competition in the category, noting the "golden age of television we feel so proud to be a part of."
Time Warner Inc. 's HBO had a strong showing. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of HBO political comedy "Veep," won for best actress in a comedy series, her fourth Emmy award, while Jeff Daniels took the prize for best actor in a drama for his performance in "The Newsroom." The HBO movie "Behind the Candelabra" took home three awards.
HBO's main rival, Showtime, also had a very good night, winning multiple awards for counterterrorism thriller "Homeland," including for Claire Danes in the best-actress category.
The Emmys once were a showcase for the best broadcast TV. Then cable networks started grabbing the lion's share of awards with increasingly ambitious programming in recent years. And now Netflix and other online players represent a new wave of competition.
No broadcaster was nominated in the best-drama category for the second consecutive year, a sign of how much competition major networks face from basic cable channels, premium cable and now Netflix.
Gareth Neame, executive producer of PBS's "Downton Abbey" and the coming NBC series "Dracula," said in a recent interview broadcasters "are being forced to catch up to Netflix and cable channels" by making edgy, serialized dramas.
Broadcasters did have continued success in comedy categories. ABC's "Modern Family" won for best comedy for the fourth consecutive year. Jim Parsons won his third best actor award for his portrayal of a quirky scientist in CBS's hit "The Big Bang Theory," and NBC's "30 Rock" won a writing award.
Critically acclaimed shows that were nominated for multiple awards but didn't win included HBO's "Girls" and AMC's "Mad Men."
The 65th Emmy awards, aired on CBS, were held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and were hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris, who stars in the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother."
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves made an appearance in the recorded opening as a security guard letting Mr. Harris into the complex.
Mr. Harris said the night would celebrate TV and then clarified that with a comic nod to how the industry is changing. "For our younger audience, that's the thing you watch on your phones," he said.
The broadcast included tributes to actors who died this year, including Jean Stapleton of "All in the Family" and Cory Monteith of the Fox musical comedy "Glee."
Kevin Spacey appeared in character as the machinating congressman he plays on "House of Cards," taking credit for sabotaging the host. "It's all going according to my plan," he said into the camera. Mr. Spacey was in contention for the best-actor award but lost to Mr. Daniels.
Mr. Fincher's win for Netflix's "House of Cards" may validate, at least in part, the unorthodox approach the company took to developing the series. It committed $100 million for two seasons of the show upfront, without requiring a pilot as networks generally do. And it distributed all 13 episodes of the first season at once to facilitate binge-viewing.
At last week's Creative Arts Emmy awards, Netflix took top honors for casting in a drama and cinematography in a single-camera series.
Netflix's decision not to disclose viewership figures for its programs has been controversial in Hollywood. In the absence of that information, some TV executives have questioned how popular Netflix's acclaimed shows like "House of Cards" really are, even as many express admiration at what Netflix has been able to produce.
Netflix says it has no reason to release ratings since its programming is commercial free and it has no advertisers to impress. "Netflix really plays by their own rules," Ryan Kavanaugh, CEO of the studio Relativity Media, said recently. "We've come to accept them as a contender," he added.
Netflix has more than 37 million subscribers globally, including over 28.6 million paying customers in the U.S.—roughly on par with HBO. Investors so far are buying into the company's strategy of making big investments in its original programming and licensing of popular TV shows, even though the company isn't yet generating big profits.
For the second quarter, Netflix reported net income of $29 million on revenue of $1.07 billion. Its shares have been on a tear all year, up 238%.
Complete List of Emmy Winners
List of winners at Sunday's 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
- Drama Series: "Breaking Bad," AMC.
- Actor, Drama Series: Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom," HBO.
- Actress, Drama Series: Claire Danes, "Homeland," Showtime.
- Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Bobby Cannavale, "Boardwalk Empire," HBO.
- Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad," AMC.
- Directing, Drama Series: David Fincher, "House of Cards," Netflix.
- Writing, Drama Series: Henry Bromell, "Homeland," Showtime.
- Comedy Series: "Modern Family," ABC.
- Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory," CBS.
- Actress, Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep," HBO.
- Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Hale, "Veep," HBO.
- Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Merritt Wever, "Nurse Jackie," Showtime.
- Directing, Comedy Series: Gail Mancuso, "Modern Family," ABC.
- Writing, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield, "30 Rock," NBC.
- Miniseries or Movie: "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
- Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
- Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, "The Big C: Hereafter," Showtime.
- Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell, "American Horror Story: Asylum," FX.
- Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ellen Burstyn, "Political Animals," USA.
- Directing, Miniseries or Movie: Steven Soderbergh, "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
- Writing, Miniseries or Movie: Abi Morgan, "The Hour," BBC America.
- Reality-Competition Program: "The Voice," NBC.
- Variety Series: "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central.
- Writing, Variety Series: "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central.
- Directing, Variety Series: Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live," NBC.
- Choreography: Derek Hough, "Dancing With the Stars," ABC.
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Office for the Aging Medicare presentation Friday
CANASTOTA -- Madison County Office for the Aging presents "Changes in Medicare and the Health Care System" on Friday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the conference room, 138 Dominic Bruno Blvd.
Gene Dumlao, outreach counselor from the NY Statewide Senior Action Council, a grassroots senior advocacy organization, will be guest speaker. Topics will include the Affordable Care Act, EPIC, Patient Rights, and Medicare Open Enrollment. For more information and to RSVP call Office for the Aging 697-5700.


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If you're in the New York City area and love outer space, then you won't want to miss a chance to score free tickets to io9's special invitational screening of Dark Universe, the new Hayden Planetarium show about dark matter at the American Museum of Natural History. Here's how to win!
The show will be next Wednesday, 12/11, and begins at 6:30 with cocktails, followed by a special screening of Dark Universe at 7:15. The best part? We'll begin by talking to AMNH astrophysicist Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, a curator on the show, and the legendary Carter Emmart, who created the visualizations for the show (as well as the other amazing visuals at the planetarium). They'll be in conversation with me, your host Annalee Newitz, and with you, during the audience Q/A. Ask whatever you want about dark matter OMG!
We're going to give away 30 free tickets on Twitter today at 8 AM PST (that's 11 AM for you New Yorkers). At 8 AM sharp, we'll ask a question on Twitter, and the first 30 people to answer will win. You must be following io9 on Twitter to win, because we will DM winners with details on how to get the tickets.
Please don't enter unless you really think you can make it to AMNH in New York next Wednesday evening. Thanks, my astronaut friends!


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On Sunday I wrapped up the last chapter of a short, four session chronicle of Vampire: the Masquerade using the new 20th Anniversary "V20" edition. It feels so good to run a game and have it finish. That sounds silly, probably, but to see a narrative reach its conclusion and everyone close the book on it together is so incredibly satisfying. It's a sense of accomplishment in which I've been basking non-stop ever since – and yet, here I am, still high on the sense of success from my V20 game (no one died and the players didn't revolt so I'm putting a mark in the "win" column) and already I have only one thought: what's next?
Record Scratch…
Wait, has it really been twenty years since Vampire hit the scene? I haven't been playing Vampire for the full twenty years but I have been playing it for fifteen. Fifteen years ago I sat down with a few members of my fraternity and made my first VtM character after complaining that D&D was fun but I constantly found myself wishing my character could just pull a gun and start shooting.
One fae-obsessed Malkavian neonate later, I had what I wanted and I never looked back.
For the intervening decade and a half I've been in two gaming groups with overlapping memberships, known colloquially as "the vampire group" and "the D&D group". The former has actually played a wide variety of systems and settings and games, not just Vampire: Trinity, Exalted, D&D 3.5, D&D 4E, Pathfinder, Palladium Fantasy, Aberrant, Mage, Changeling, Kindred of the East, non-Werewolf-but-still-WoD shapeshifters (Judge Fang! ♥), Vampire: the Dark Ages, Vampire: the Requiem, Vampire: the Dark Ages fast-forwarded to modern day and any other combination of World of Darkness systems and settings we could possibly put together. We've also swapped around player and GM roles, traded people and characters in and out with wild abandon (including roping in members of the D&D group from time to time) and scheduled games of Vampire to start at 11:00 AM on Sundays because the bells of the church across the street made for a deliciously ironic way to call the game to order.
The D&D group has always played D&D and always will and that is completely OK. Our D&D group is happy playing D&D and so am I. I'm not happy just playing D&D, though, and neither is anyone in the vampire group. That's why we keep branching out into something different and swapping roles and trailing off mid-chronicle to try something new: we're curious, restless, fickle people and the only cure for boredom is the new.
Opportunity Knocks
It just happens that a gaming blog to which I am completely addicted, Gnome Stew, is running a New Year, New Game contest. That's all the excuse I need. As soon as I read the post about it I realized that I had the excuse I needed to run a game of Third Eye Games' excellent-looking Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. It's all zany action and crazy apocalypse stuff and the creator of the game is very explicit when discussing it that he draws on White Wolf's World of Darkness games as one of his influences. Whereas WoD sometimes tries really hard to make the player feel bad about their character, however, API seems to have "fun first" as its conceptual foundation. It's meant to be a little funny. It's meant to be a lot of fun. It's meant to be over-the-top and silly and at the same time it's meant to be scary and horrifying, too. It's all the things I love about a lot of different games and shows and ideas: Buffy mashed up with X-Files and John Woo and China Miéville's Kraken and some Good Omens and a dash of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. It reminds me of the crazy good times that group has had in our most memorable, most reminisced-about games: Pants Wilder's "Seattle by Lava Lamp" and C's Trinity game are two that leap to mind. Those were games in which we, as players, were rewarded for being creative. I want again to nourish and produce that sense of wondrous delight at toys of our own making and I think one of the keys will be to engage what hunger everyone in that group already knows we all feel: the need for new.
Running a game of API is going to require a lot of preparation, though. I envision this as third-rate globe-hopping adventure: being sent to Cleveland instead of Malibu to cap a demon with distinctly bargain-basement desires; at least, that's how it starts. If I'm going to run a short game of API – I'm a big fan of limited series and short campaigns – then I'm going to need two or three really evocative locations in one or two cities that are not exactly vacation destinations and at least one setting for a big-finish set piece. The exotic, in the world of API, is as often found in a grimy, shadowed alley as it is anywhere else. I want to preserve that sense of the gritty and faded, of encroaching entropy, that the World of Darkness so effectively presents. I want the mood to be one of fighting to save a world that could, when all is said and done, use a good washing up.
The Big Problems
There are a lot of challenges to this idea, though, and I'm pretty sure they're challenges faced by many gaming groups if not most:
- We had a lot more time on our hands ten years ago than any of us does now. We've got careers, mortgages, trash to take out, cats to feed, work to do. A couple of us even have schoolwork, still, on top of all the petty water-carrying required to maintain a pretense of adulthood. Players may not have the time or desire to read and absorb an entirely new game system, especially not for a short game.
- That Vampire game I just ran? It was about people madly obsessed with an apocalypse and all the stupid/crazy things they do to make it happen or try to avoid it and both the final combat boss and the off-screen figure manipulating the party to arrange events in a certain way were obsessed with that apocalypse. So, yeah, I know, why don't I run a game about people trying to stop apocalypses? Er…
- API might feel too much like White Wolf's World of Darkness. There's an argument to be made that there's no reason not to run a WoD game instead, especially since they already have characters created and one of the players said just yesterday that he hopes we come back to them. It's possible that the most practical option would be to come back to what we've got in a few months rather than yet again reinvent the wheel. The main advantages of API are (a) its unbelievably diverse array of possible characters and (b) the fun of trying a new system. WoD isn't exactly lacking in options, however, and I have always had a strict "play whatever you want" policy when running games; as to new systems, see problem #1 above.
- Someone else might want to run a game! I've heard murmurs from other players about other games they're interested in trying, especially Mouse Guard and the E6 variant of D&D. The very little I've read or heard about them has me very intrigued as a player!
- I'm in my second semester of grad school. Yikes! Am I crazy?
Medium-Sized Solutions
There are ways I can imagine to try to address those concerns. Some of them probably need a lot of work and no plan is ever perfect, but I'm going to give it a whirl:
- One of the best solutions to the time issue is just that: short-term, limited-run games. Our most memorable campaigns have felt open-ended but had defined victory conditions that, when met, meant the story had come to a natural conclusion. The V20 game was an experiment in shortening that to just a few sessions instead of a year or two and it seemed to work reasonably well. The last session ran long and I did a terrible job of explaining why certain things had happened behind the scenes but it was fun and it worked and I never felt like anyone at the table hated me for wasting their time. Those are the real victory conditions for any game: a fun, worthwhile way to invest a few hours. Viewing that time as just that – an investment – is key. I worked to set hard start and end times for each session as a way to respect that all of us have stuff to do. Only with the final session did I fail to stay within my boundaries but that's at least in part because I also failed in the first place to set them for that session.
- One big difference between "the apocalypse" in API, in contrast to most games, is that there are many apocalypses. This is where some of it reminds me of Miéville's Kraken, actually. The eponymous investigative organization in this game isn't trying to stop an apocalypse, it's constantly trying to uncover and defuse new ones. In many of our games there's an overarching narrative of stopping the end of the world or otherwise overthrowing a specific power structure to establish our own. In the Vampire game, much of the plot was driven by trying to stamp out a specific aberration of the normal order – an obsessed Salubri antitribu who believed a specific spontaneous revenant was the key to preventing Gehenna – and an assumption that dealing with those factors would resolve the situation more or less permanently. Getting there required learning what it was the various NPCs wanted and finding out their relationships. In API, characters and players know from the get-go what the story is about. Also, having the day-to-day of the company be the prevention of the apocalypse opens up the idea that the exceptional series of events – and every good game tells a story that is somehow outside the bounds of the expected or the known – is about something else.
- One big advantage of going with API is that the tremendous diversity of player options for characters is built in and I have access to the books such that I can lend them to players. No one will need to spend money on new books and no one will need to do more than the degree of reading up on the various character species than they would if they decided to try on a new flavor of White Wolf character for a White Wolf game. On the other hand, figuring that stuff out and getting to flip through new books is sometimes half the fun of a new character.
- I'm going to stay mum about my new game idea (except for this post and a few conversations and – OK, no I'm not, but neither will I hammer away at it) and give others the chance to suggest something. If no one else does, I'll bring up Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. If anyone else suggests something first then I will respect our group's give-and-take dynamic and shelve this idea until the autumn.
- Grad school is a huge time sink, it turns out. Not only that, but I'm also playing SWTOR a little here and there. YOWZA! It's like I want to fail! That said, I successfully juggled the huge group project phase of my Autumn 2011 class with D&D and National Novel Writing Month, so surely I can manage doing nothing more than prep work and planning during the spring semester, right? If I do run this game this year then I will schedule it for the summer and that will relieve me of a lot of the pressure.
All those sound good, but there will undoubtedly be things that crop up that I can't anticipate. It may be that no one else shows any interest whatsoever, in which case I'll tuck this away and come back to it at a later time. Even if the group doesn't bite, the "New Year, New Game" challenge is a great way to reinvigorate my interest in running games and to get groups like mine to come up with strategies for continuing to enjoy a favorite way for us to spend time together.
This post was written for the first annual New Year, New Game blog carnival hosted by Gnome Stew as part of the 2012 New Year, New Game challenge and, for it, I have blatantly ripped off elements of what I think of as the Gnome Stew style.


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Target and Walmart have been pulled into the console wars, with new information from InfoScout, a sales and research firm, where it was revealed that the Xbox One has won in the Black Friday sales wars and pulled in more sales at both the aforementioned retailers over the competition.
I guess this proves that Walmart and Target shoppers really love to watch sports TV on their TV.
Venturebeat spotted the chart over on the InfoScout blog, where you can see how the percentages roll out in the comparison sheet below.
Well, will you look at that. The big bad Microsoft managed to take the lead with their all American-made muscle consoles, the Xbox One and Xbox 360; flexing the sales pecs like Lex Luger before he succumbed to has-beendom, or Chris Masters before he stopped juicing and deflated.
Both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 captured 31% and 30%, respectively, at the major retail giants. They led the pack of new and old consoles during the holiday shopping spree weekend, beating out both Sony's consoles, which managed only 15% of the market share. Although, that last metric may or may not have been affected by the PS4 being sold out at many retailers due to stock shortages.
Sadly, last but most relevant, is Nintendo's little Wii U... putt-putting in last place with its crippled, sickly little brother, the Wii. It's like a hobo trying to help a beggar make a coin. So sad.
As noted on Infoscout by John Brellg...
"The majority of console consumers were in the giving mood on Friday as 80% purchased the item as a gift, though 10% of those admitted it would likely get pulled out from under the tree before Christmas."
This is somewhat troubling news for The Big 'N', as they've been having some trouble getting the Wii U recognized despite doubling down and pumping out some quality first-party titles for the system.
As noted by Siliconera, Nintendo had a rather low shipment of the latest Mario title for the Wii U, either expecting lower sales in Japan or because retailers put a full stop on how many units they were willing to receive. Combining this with the data from North American Black Friday sales, it does appear to come across as if Nintendo is in dire straits, despite coming out with new bundle packs for the Wii U.
However, the biggest problem facing Nintendo is not that the Wii U is a bad system (because it's not) and it's not that the system doesn't have software (because it does), but the main issue is that the system needs a handful of diverse killer apps; right now those killer apps aren't expected to arrive until 2014.
While an argument can be made that neither the PS4 nor the Xbox One have killer apps on hand, at the moment, it's that distinct promise of games like Uncharted and Halo that helps fuel expectations. The good and bad about Nintendo is that, technically, you have no idea what you're going to get with the system (just like it's up in the air if there will even be an F-Zero game this generation), and this could prevent some gamers from pledging allegiance until they know for sure the system will receive noteworthy killer apps from first and third-party developers.
In the meantime, Microsoft's biggest challenge will be to get out of the way of their own bumbling marketing tactics and Sony – despite losing in Black Friday sales at Target and Walmart – just needs to keep doing what they're doing and they'll be all right.


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In a description of the upcoming ESPN Mobile program, which will give Sprint customers easier access to sports scores while they're bashing their phones against their heads because they're not working because they're Sprint, ESPN Mobile senior vice president Manish Jha described some of the other services that will be provided when it launches next year. The highlight:
Although he would not offer specifics, Jha said it would be reasonable to expect the service to offer specialized graphics and ring tones that might incorporate such exclamations as broadcaster Dick Vitale s "Awesome, baby!" or ESPN anchor Stuart Scott s trademark "Boo-yah!"
We're not going to lie to you: If we are walking down the street, and we hear someone's cell phone ring, and Stuart Scott's voice comes on, we're going to shoot them. We didn't carry a gun until reading this story; we now feel like we have no choice. Extermination is the only option. Particularly if the guy is Stuart Scott himself. Which, somehow, seems really likely.
Tailoring Cell Pitches To Niches [Kansas City Star]


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(AP) — McDonald's Corp. is adding a permanent new offering to its menu next week: chicken McWraps.
The world's biggest hamburger chain says the new sandwich wrap will come in three varieties — Chicken & Bacon, Sweet Chili Chicken and Chicken & Ranch. The company already offers similar wraps in other parts of the world, including Europe.
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based chain says the wraps range from 360 to 600 calories, depending on whether people pick grilled or deep-fried chicken. They will include cucumbers, the first time the vegetable is making an appearance on the chain's menu.
Dan Coudreaut, director of culinary innovation of McDonald's, says the wraps will be a new "platform" and that new varieties are already in the pipeline.


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Gaumont Cinema, Piccadilly, Hanley, Staffordshire
The final night of the Helen Shapiro package tour. By this time, the Beatles had been elevated on the bill from playing the first spot to the final act in the first half.
Gaumont Cinema, Piccadilly, Hanley, Staffordshire
The final night of the Helen Shapiro package tour. By this time, the Beatles had been elevated on the bill from playing the first spot to the final act in the first half.
City Hall, Barker's Pool, Sheffield, Yorkshire and then Studio One, Didsbury Studio Centre, Parrs Wood Rd. Manchester, Lancashire
After finishing the 2nd Shapiro "House" at Sheffield, the Beatles drove 38 miles to Manchester, to appear live on the ABC TV news magazine program ABC At Large, boradcast in the Midlands and north regions only from the company's Didsbury Studio Centre between 11:00 and 11:50pm.
Together with Brian Epstein, they participated in a lengthy interview with David Hamilton (later a top radio DJ) answering questions about their sudden fame and pondering why they had succeeded where hundreds of other groups, from Liverpool to elsewhere, had not done so.
The feature also included interviews with pop fans and an appearance by Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers. The Beatles did not perform music on this program, although a brief clip of a mimed "Please please me" from their most recent appearance on ABC'S "Thank your lucky stars" (taped February 17) was shown again.
The Beatles at the Odeon Cinema, Lord St. Southport, Lancashire
Granada Cinema, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
While traveling this day between York and Shrewsbury, on the coach containing the entire Shapiro entourage, John and Paul wrote the Beatles' next single "From me to you". On this date, Helen Shapiro resumed her role as headliner, and Billie Davis left the tour.
The Beatles at the Rialto Theatre, Fishergate, York, Yorkshire - Helen Shapiro bowing out to do illness.
Gaumont Cinema, Corporation St. Taunton, Somerset
Back to the package tour. in the terrible winter weather, Helen Shapiro came down with a cold and was forced to miss this date. Danny Williams assumed top-of-the-bill status and Billie Davis, currently charting with "Tell Him", was drafted in to pad out the line-up.
Casino Ballroom, Lord St. Leigh, Lancashire
In the Beatles absence, George Martin and his team produced the mono and stereo masters of the "Please please me" album, mixing and banding the 14 tracks in 10:00am to 1:00pm AND 2:30PM to 5:45pm sessions in Studio One at EMI. The group were in a van on their way to Leigh for a NEMS Enterprises dance booking.
Granada Cinema, West Gate, Mansfield, Notts
Part II of the Helen Shapiro package tour. Before going on stage for the first of the two "houses", the Beatles crowded into Helen's dressing room and watched their latest appearance on "Thank your lucky stars", taped the previous Sunday. Being the headliner, Shapiro had the only TV set among the artists. :)
The Beatles at the Oasis Club in Manchester
Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead
Once again there were two separate "House", the Beatles appearing at 7:30 and 11:30 pm.


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The Virgin Trains Customer Service training department acts as a consultant to Virgin Trains, supporting company training needs, development and delivery of training. The department uses Thomas assessments to improve teamworking, management skills and identify development opportunities.
Virgin Trains training department are responsible for all orientation training into the company for onboard catering, train managers and station teams. They support the company with training needs, development and training.
Gaynor Stewart, Training Development Manager at Virgin Trains comments, "We wanted to use a tool within the department that would help the team understand each other better as well as identify their own personal opportunities."
Virgin Trains started using Thomas' Personal Profile Analysis within the training team initially. "We profiled each of the team using PPA and gave individual feedback; explaining their profile and what it meant. It is an assessment tool that is very easy to understand. Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance are all characteristics people find easy to relate to. The team also liked it because it's very visual and with no jargon or hefty terminology."
PPA is the most accurate psychometric tool I have ever used. The reports are invaluable; I keep them to re-read and focus on throughout the year with the team.
Gaynor Stewart, Virgin Trains
PPA is the most accurate psychometric tool I have ever used. The reports are invaluable; I keep them to re-read and focus on throughout the year with the team.
Gaynor Stewart, Virgin Trains
"Initially we gave one to one feedback on the PPAs to the team to ensure they were familiar and understood their analysis. At our next development team meeting, each person drew a shield on a flip chart which was divided into three areas – strengths, opportunities and threats. They shared their profile with the team in a pictorial, non-threatening manner. We wanted them to understand their own and their colleagues behaviour so that they could work more closely together. We also talked about profiles each time we came together as a team, as I felt it was an important point of reference to who we were collectively. At the Winter Conference, each member of the training team did an overall presentation on PowerPoint about their individual Thomas profiles."
Gaynor also used it when managing her team:
As a manager I am able to understand my team better. I know how they like to work and I try to alter my management style accordingly.
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As a manager I am able to understand my team better. I know how they like to work and I try to alter my management style accordingly.
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"As we recruit new members to our training team we take them through the Thomas profile as well. We then introduce them to their PPA in the same way used within the team initially."
"We have just profiled the team again a year on and it's amazing how some of the profiles have changed; some of this is through the individuals wanting to enhance and develop their profiles throughout the year which has had a big impact on team effectiveness."
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This knife block serves as a stunning display stage for your Michel Bras 7-piece knife collection. The two blocks of Corian function as both kitchen tool and sculptural art - fit them together as a compact tiered block, or place them apart for an artistic arrangement.
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I was almost entirely unaware of it until late in the day on our travels around the Tower of London and then Trafalgar Square on the Wednesday after Kyle arrived, but whilst I was snapping off shots of the sights around London, often Kyle was snapping off shots of me [as well as myriad shots of the sights].
Only when going through our shots on our respective computers or on the LCDs later in the day did I realise exactly how many shots of me he was taking. Mostly captured as I was taking photos, or perusing what I'd taken on my LCD, or wandering ahead of him here and there. He was actually shooting me here as I shot him, I believe.
I usually dislike being photographed by other people, especially candidly, but he managed to capture quite a few that I really like [including some very odd ones]; though there are also many of me, as I turned to find him aiming his camera at me once more, with an "Oi! Quit that!" look on my face.
Between his recent visit and his random screenshots from our Skype conversations, I think his collection of photos of me might now have exceeded that of my parents, though would still run second to my thousands of self-portraits.
He also captured some excellent images of subjects other than me during his stay, including some taken on a reconnaissance around the cottage we stayed in, that I didn't go on [I was enjoying a rare lie-in, savouring the warmth of our cosy bed as the sun rose].
Admittedly I was a bit rubbish on the exploration side, as the cold was getting to me, and my trainers really weren't appropriate footwear for clambering over fences and clomping through mud and snow. Add to that the cold I came down with [and still have!] on the Monday after we arrived in County Durham, and I was a bit reluctant to venture too far from the car if I didn't have to.
I'm ashamed to say I didn't even manage any self-portraits whilst we were away. We were so rarely at the cottage we rented as we had long days exploring the local regions, and were usually knackered by the time we finally returned in the evenings, with only enough energy for imbibing a few cans of cider and Guinness, respectively, and a few quick games of Monopoly.
But sometimes you just need a holiday, right?


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BWG Public Library necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 289 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library is a single branch library serving a population of 26,000. The library will be moving to a new, 40,000 square foot facility in Spring 2011. We want a fresh new look to match our new library and new website we're currently working on.
Our modern library carries more than just books, with music and books on CD, DVDs, audio and ebook downloads and other online research resources. We also have a local history room with newspaper archives, family histories and local resources. We do not want a logo that focuses solely on the book. The new library will also function as a cultural centre with art displays, meeting space and a large community room.
Our Mission:
to make the Library the heart of the community
Our Vision:
that everyone, infants to seniors, will look first to the Library to fulfill their informational, educational, leisure and cultural needs.
Some keywords that appeal to us include community, imagine, welcoming, accessible, inspirational, creative, valuable, and professional. We want to stress how easily we can fit into people's lives and provide them with free resources for information and entertainment.
We would like to use the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury's logo (attached) as an inspiration for our logo. See examples we like from the Bradford Board of Trade and the Farmer's Market who have also adapted the town logo. We do not want to use their tagline, but would like to keep their colours and are open to adding additional colours.
The community includes both urban and rural areas with the majority of the population centered in the town of Bradford, located on the fringe of the GTA and adjacent to the Holland Marsh (farming). Easily accessible from Highways 400, 27 and 11 (Yonge Street), Bradford West Gwillimbury is a growing community, reflected in the increasing demand for library services. Our patrons are restricted to this geographic location and include young professionals and families, rural farmers, commuters to Toronto, empty nesters and retirees. While the population is predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon, there are segments of the population with Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Punjabi or Mexican backgrounds. There is a strong sense of family values and local churches, mainly Protestant, are well attended.
We need a CMYK image (preferably SVG) and a layered RGB file (png) and jpg.
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Well Recognized French Bistro
Branches:Gemmayzeh, Dbayeh
Price:Between 30$ and 85$
Review by Souad
Couqley is a very famous French bistro in Beirut with two branches in Gemmayzeh and Dbayeh. The restaurant's menu offers the traditional French musts from the soupe à l'oignon to the traditional entrecôte. In addition, if you're a wine lover, you'll be thrilled with the wine variety.
The Gemmayzeh branch has an inside hall and a terrace. The design of the restaurant is very typical of a French bistro with a warm atmosphere.
Couqley is famous for its good cuisine but when we visited the restaurant we didn't appreciate the experience. The meat was less than average and the service was awful. I had a fly in my salad so I didn't eat it. When the server came to take the plates, he saw the fly but didn't apologize or react.
Prices are higher than average but some people think it's worth it.Write a Review
Traditional Bistro French menu: starters, salads, main courses in addition to a wide variety of wine.
The restaurant offers a weekday lunch menu for 29,000LL.
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Good to know
Has a terrace. Recommended for business lunches and friends.
8 Reviews
Oct 29, 2011 at 12:39My favorite French restaurant in Lebanon. Great atmosphere, good food - and a constancy in delivering such quality - it almost feels as though you're no longer in Lebanon for a brief time. Don't get me wrong I love Lebanon... But this place really has a French feel to it. A must-try!
Feb 14, 2012 at 16:41The quintessential french bistro... I liked the food (steak, tiramisu, ...), the atmosphere, the service... Everything was perfect!
Mar 22, 2014 at 08:42Good food but very expensive for what we eat. Gemmayzeh is good but Dbayeh no. I could not eat the greasy grilled salmon.
Jan 27, 2012 at 17:16Very good place, outstanding service and quality of food.
Feb 3, 2012 at 10:27It is the typical spirit of a french bistro. You will enjoy it as a couple or group, whether at lunch or dinner. It is worth a try!
Feb 16, 2012 at 18:43Best way for visiting france and enjoying the french food, is by passing to the alleyway in gemayzeh and having lunch or dinner in a romantic ambiance, delicious food and wonderful service.
Apr 22, 2012 at 21:38I love this restaurant. The best french restaurant in beirut.I recommend it for all
May 26, 2014 at 14:02I like the gemmayzeh atmosphere more than the one in Dbayeh. Like the food and find that the pricing is good too.
At the end of Gouraud street, after Saint Nicholas stairs, on your right there is a small alleyway. The restaurant is hidden in this alleyway on your right.
Phone Number: 01 442 6789
(Lunch: Monday to Saturday 12 pm to 3:30 pm - Late Lunch: Monday to Saturday 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Dinner: Sunday to Thursday: 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm & Friday to Saturday 3:30 pm to 12:00 am - Brunch: Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm)
Blueberry square, Dbayeh highway, direction Beirut
Phone Number: 70 323 272
(Lunch: Monday to Saturday 12 pm to 3:30 pm - Late Lunch: Monday to Saturday 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Dinner: Sunday to Thursday: 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm & Friday to Saturday 3:30 pm to 12:00 am - Brunch: Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm)
See Also
Goûtons Voir(7 votes)
French Bistro with a Modern Setting
Blackrock Steak Lounge(5 votes)
Prepare your Own Steak on a Preheated Volcanic Rock
La Estancia - Gemmayzeh(1 votes)
Argentinean Steakhouse with a Rooftop
Cru - Hamra(1 votes)
Cosy Wine Bar and Restaurant
Coquelicot - Gemmayzeh(2 votes)
French Bistrot with a Warm Atmosphere
Rare The Restaurant - Ashrafieh(3 votes)
Steakhouse and Restaurant with a Paul Bocuse Institute Graduate Chef


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Take in some futurology from the past in these videos – A combination of industry propaganda and promotions from the early 20th Century.
"Frontiers of the Future" (A Screen Editorial With Lowell Thomas) (1937) Archive.org
"To New Horizons" (1940) Archive.org
"Century 21 Calling" (1964) Archive.org
"Connected Earth" (1969) Youtube
Can you see some modern day inventions, perhaps in a slightly different form? And how about those inventions that never eventuated – was it because they were impractical, or an industry related reason, or perhaps they still might-someday-be?
What things did these futurologists never take into account? Perhaps the inverse growth relationship between the size of a TV screen and the size of a mobile handset…


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ATS, Inc. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Total Marketing Mastery
We at Accelerated Training Solutions build course curricula in different subjects, which are delivered through consulting agencies around the globe.
Our newest product is a course on marketing called "Total Marketing Mastery."
So far, most of our designs are generally very clean, modern and minimalistic, but we are definitely open to new thoughts and ideas!
Our target audience is business owners large and small that share one thing in common--the desire to become better at marketing, whatever the media.
We'd like the crest to follow traditional design: a shield with imagery capped by an object of some kind (something marketing related or representing mastery or total knowledge--a light bulb would work, for instance), and some ornamental element wrapping around it. It doesn't have to be a stodgy, overly-ornate type of crest, but the general design pattern should be followed.
The name of the course, Total Marketing Mastery, will need to be worked into the overall design of the crest too--a banner-like element under or over the crest could carry the name. This banner will need to be featured prominently however as the name of the course needs to be immediately noticeable.
The crest's imagery should communicate various elements of marketing:
- A light bulb (like an idea)
- A product (perhaps a shiny box?)
- Advertisements going out (TV, print, radio, Internet
- Customers buying or money coming in
- Happy customers talking to others about the product.
This crest is going to be the primary element in the packaging of the course materials, so make it stand out! Use color for sure!


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Fuzhou Open | 22 - 27 April 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 20, 2014—Pre-season training is complete, several partnerships have been switched and others are re-confirmed, as the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball launches the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this week in Fuzhou, China.
The season-opening, double-gender, US$150,000 FIVB Fuzhou Open will see the men's competition running Tuesday through Saturday, and women's competition running Wednesday through Sunday. The Open event uses a format of a one-day qualification tournament to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments, followed by round-robin pool play and a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams. It is the second year in a row that the FIVB beach volleyball season kicks off in Fuzhou, at the purpose-built site on the sands of Mianjiang Riverside Park.
Reflecting the enthusiasm of a new season, 66 men's teams from 29 countries and 55 women's teams from 25 countries – all selected by their national federations – are officially entered in the talented field of the Fuzhou Open.
As the excitement builds for the season opener, here are 10 things to look out for, and look forward to, in this year's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour season opener:
NO. 1's RETURN
While there are a number of new partnerships slated to start the season in China, both the No. 1 men's and No. 1 women's team in the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings return as early favorites to repeat as the top teams in the world. For the men, Latvia's No. 1 ranked Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins (61-14 with a 81.3 percent winning percentage in 2013) return for the men, while Brazil's No. 1 duo Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima (61-10, 85.9 percent) are also back on the court this year.
After sitting out last year's FIVB World Tour, Brazil's iconic Juliana Felisberta Silva returns to the beach with veteran Maria Antonelli. Juliana played domestically in 2013 following the retirement of her legendary teammate Larissa Franca, with whom she won an unprecedented seven FIVB World Tour season point championships between 2005 and 2012 and the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Juliana and Antonelli will start the year by playing in the women's qualification tournament in Fuzhou. Antonelli played last season with Agatha Bednarczuk and finished fifth in the FIVB World Rankings.
The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features a record purse of US$10.2 million, with a season that extends from late April to mid-December at 21 venues in 18 countries. This year's FIVB World Tour includes a record 10 FIVB Grand Slam events, the inaugural Grand Slam Final and 11 FIVB Open Tournaments around the world, helping expand the door for development of the sport.
FIVB Grand Slam competitions, all double-gender, feature eight tournaments with $800,000 in total purses, while the events at The Hague, Netherlands and Long Beach will have $1 million each in prize money – the most in FIVB Grand Slam history.
The 11 FIVB Open tournaments – seven double-gender, two men-only and two women-only – will have $150,000 total in prize money for the double gender events and $75,000 for the single-gender competitions.
As the host nation of the Fuzhou Open, China will receive three teams in each gender pre-seeded into the main draw. For the men, China's teams are Likejiang Ha and Cheng Chen, Jiaxin Wu and Jian Li, and Cong Yang and Jian Bao will compete. The women's teams pre-seeded from China are Fan Wang and Yuan Yue, Yuanyuan Wang and Yuanyuan Ma, and Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia. China's two teams in the women's qualification tournament are Meimei Lin and Ningya Tang, and Xinxin Wang and Yixin Zheng. China also has one men's reserve team, Zhuoxin Li and Lizeng Zhang.
Fans can get to know some of these Chinese athletes by participating in a special Q&A feature on FIVB's Facebook page.
With several partner switches during the off-season, the new men's teams featuring top players from different partnerships last season are: Brazil's Pedro Salgado and Emanuel Rego, Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, and Brazil's Marcio Araujo and Thiago Santos Barbosa. Besides Brazil's Juliana and Antonelli, other new women's teams feature top athletes from Brazil, Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas, Liliane Maestrini and Eduardo Lisboa, the USA's Jennifer Fopma and Whitney Pavlik, Brittany Hochevar and Lane Carico, and China's Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia.
While the new teams will have an immediate impact on the competition, numerous top-ranked teams from last year will be playing together in Fuzhou, including Latvia's No. 1 ranked Samoilovs and Smedins, Italy's Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai (No. 3 in 2013 FIVB World Rankings), Brazil's Alvaro Filho and Ricardo Santos (No. 5), Spain's Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera (No. 8), and Kazakhstan's Alexandr Dyachenko and Alexey Sidorenko (No. 9).
On the women's side, the top 10 ranked teams from 2013 entered in Fuzhou include Brazil's No. 1 ranked Antunes and Lima, Brazilian sisters Carolina Salgado and Maria Clara Salgado (No. 2), Germany's Katrin Holtwick and Semmler (No. 3), Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (No. 4), and Spain's Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernandez (No. 6).
Gold medal teams from the 2013 Fuzhou Open will try to repeat their success this week. USA's Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal will compete together, while China's veteran two-time Olympian Chen Xue will try to find success with new partner Xi Zhang among the other women.
Also on the men's podium last year were Italian Olympians Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai (silver) and Austria's Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl (bronze).
Rounding out the women's podium were Spanish Olympians Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernandez (silver) and German Olympian's Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler (bronze).
As part of the initiatives of FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° and his leadership team, the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball international calendar also includes a record four age-group FIVB World Championships along with the 2014 Nanjing (China) Youth Olympic Games. The FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships will debut this year, while the U23 championships will make its second appearance. This year will mark the 14th annual U21 championships and the 13th annual U19 championships.
Visiting Fuzhou for the second time, the FIVB Fuzhou Open will be the 18th all-time FIVB World Tour men's event and 27th FIVB World Tour women's tournament in China. In 2014, China is again hosting three FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events. Visiting the same three venues as in 2013, 2014's tour will also include the FIVB Shanghai Grand Slam (April 29-May 4) and the FIVB Xiamen Open (Oct. 7-12). All three will be double-gender events.
China will also hosting the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing (Aug. 17-27)
The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Fuzhou Open will each split $11,000, the silver $8,000, the bronze $6,000 and fourth place $4,500. The men medal matches will be held Saturday and the women's medal matches will be held Sunday.
FIVB Fuzhou Open will be the 298th FIVB men's event since the FIVB began play
in 1987 and the 261st FIVB women's tournament since they started in 1992. The
tournament will also be 81st men's and 74th women's FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
Fuzhou Open Tournament Page
Fuzhou Open Tournament Notes
07.05.2014 17:00:18
USA's Kerri Walsh and April Ross answer fan questions
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 7, 2014 – The first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event of the year kicked off with a bang in Fuzhou, China, with a thri... More...
28.04.2014 16:48:47
Ross and Walsh "know exactly what is required" - Natalie Cook
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 28, 2014 – Australian beach volleyball legend Natalie Cook looks back at the World Tour's first stop this year at the Fuz... More...
28.04.2014 15:14:53
Chinese beach volleyball stars answer fan questions
Fuzhou, China, April 28, 2014 – New Chinese beach volleyball partners Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi made great strides at the first FIVB Beach Volleyball Wor... More...
27.04.2014 12:08:46
Walsh and Ross clinch Fuzhou Open gold
27.04.2014 10:50:13
Juliana makes successful comeback to FIVB World Tour
27.04.2014 05:27:36
Juliana and Antonelli to meet Walsh and Ross in women's final at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
26.04.2014 16:17:48
Netherland's Meeuwsen expected to return to FIVB World Tour in May
26.04.2014 13:55:43
Defending champs Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi on course for gold at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
26.04.2014 11:49:29
Italy's Nicolai and Lupo grab first FIVB World Tour title
25.04.2014 17:06:35
Samoilovs and Smedins through to semis at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
25.04.2014 16:32:39
Talita and Lima labor into second round knock-out phase at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
25.04.2014 12:14:46
Catch the action of the Fuzhou Open on FIVB Web TV
24.04.2014 14:47:00
Defending champ Xue and Xia stunned by Japanese qualifiers at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
24.04.2014 12:07:28
Emanuel and Pedro progress to knock out stage at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
23.04.2014 15:41:35
Plavins and Solovejs upset defending champs in Fuzhou
23.04.2014 13:16:13
Laboureur and Sude storm into Fuzhou women's Main Draw
22.04.2014 18:05:19
Walkenhorst and Ludwig aiming to take final step
22.04.2014 17:01:00
German pair Laboureur and Sude top seeds at Fuzhou Open Women's Qualification Tournament
22.04.2014 11:38:34
Salvetti/Daguerre lead eight teams into men's Main Draw at FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open
21.04.2014 20:43:00
Fuzhou Open starts Tuesday with men's qualifying
21.04.2014 15:20:09
Fuzhou Opens marks start of record-breaking season
20.04.2014 23:55:20
2014 FIVB World Tour debuts with Fuzhou Open
20.04.2014 17:36:14
Phil Dalhausser looks to climb back to the top in beach volleyball
20.04.2014 10:42:25
Fuzhou gets ready for first FIVB beach volleyball event of the year
19.04.2014 09:43:34
Fuzhou Open Q&A: Get to know China's beach volleyball stars
18.04.2014 10:41:08
Venezuelans back in tandem for Fuzhou Open
17.04.2014 17:59:46
Thailand and Iran claim gold at latest Asian Beach Volleyball Tour event
15.04.2014 17:27:05
Alison and Bruno continue impressive form
15.04.2014 16:58:05
FIVB World Tour champs hitting top form
14.04.2014 18:21:12
Zurich glory for Swiss and German duos
13.04.2014 11:20:07
Top New Zealand pair out to boost beach volleyball's profile before taking on world
10.04.2014 15:04:34
FIVB stars on show as Swiss Tour gets underway
02.04.2014 21:27:50
Juliana back in business as Fuzhou kicks-off World Tour
24.03.2014 12:47:30
Juliana makes mark before World Tour return
30.01.2014 10:04:59
2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ready for more highlights in record-breaking year


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For day four of Nihil's One Interesting Post a Day for 28 Days Challenge I've decided to ask for a little advice for my website.
Check it out: http://www.jeremydean.co.nr
I would like to know -
What can I do to improve the layout?
What do you think of using the .htaccess/.htpasswd system like I have setup in the downloads section? Secure?
How can I improve my Google ranking - I'd like to be in the top five when someone Googled for "Jeremy Dean" - is that setting the bar too high (with all of 55 hits in a month. :P)
Is there any simple code to enable users to add posts and upload files? I have WordPress installed, but I need to spend some time getting it configured.
What I'm wanting to do is to basically set-up a little private facebook-like site (based around me of course) and also provide a place for registered users to securely share files w/out having to worry about "the man" :P
What are your thoughts? Be critical - hell, be outright mean! But try to be helpful.
If you find any gaping holes in security, please PM me rather than posting here - shouldn't be any, but then what do I know?


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VENICE, Italy (AP) — What is it like to look into the eyes of the men who killed your brother and went unpunished?
It's almost impossible to imagine, but "The Look of Silence" provides a glimpse at an answer.
Joshua Oppenheimer's haunting documentary follows Adi, whose brother died in mass killings in Indonesia in the 1960s, as he tracks down the perpetrators — seeking not revenge, but understanding.
His quest is both heroic and brave. The men behind the violence, in which hundreds of thousands died, remain powerful and untouchable. Their victims — trade unionists, alleged communists, and Chinese — are still demonized, their families cowed into silence.
"Of course I was afraid," said Adi, a soft-spoken ophthalmologist in his 40s who traveled thousands of miles from his home in Java for the movie's premiere Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
"But fear was a part of my everyday life, and the everyday life of my family, for so long that it wasn't a totally new thing," he said in Indonesian as Oppenheimer supplied translation.
"The Look of Silence" is a companion to Oppenheimer's Academy Award-nominated "The Act of Killing," which tracked down former death squad members and found them unashamed, unrepentant and willing to describe — even to re-enact — their brutal murders.
The killers' brazen and bizarre behavior made that film a sensation, both internationally and in Indonesia, where the slayings — sanctioned by longtime military dictator and U.S. Cold War ally Suharto — remained a taboo topic.
The follow-up, one of 20 films competing for the Golden Lion at Venice, is quieter but just as shocking. Adi, who like many Indonesians primarily uses one name, is a compelling protagonist, calmly determined to break the silence.
Oppenheimer lingers on his quizzical, open face as the now-elderly killers — some of them customers whom Adi fits with eyeglasses — describe how they slit victims' throats, hacked up their bodies and even drank their blood, considered a precaution against going crazy.
Adi was born two years after his brother Ramli was killed — his mother had prayed for a new child to replace her lost son — and grew up in a family wracked by loss and fear.
"My mother would talk about it with me a little bit, because I was the replacement," he told The Associated Press in a Venice luxury hotel jarringly at odds with the horror he was describing. "But no one else in the village, in the community, none of the other survivors' families, had the courage to talk at all about what had happened."
When the family visited his brother's grave, "we had to do it in secret. If we were seen going to the grave, we could be arrested."
Oppenheimer, a Denmark-based American who began filming survivors' stories more than a decade ago, said he always knew "The Act of Killing" would need a counterpoint, focusing on the victims rather than the killers.
He said recording the interviews in which Adi confronted the killers "was much more frightening than filming 'The Act of Killing.'"
The director took rigorous precautions, taking an extra getaway car to the interviews to avoid being followed and bringing only Danish crew members. Many of the movie's Indonesian crew are listed in the credits as "Anonymous."
The perpetrators reacted to Adi's questions with evasion and sometimes anger, but — somewhat to Oppenheimer's surprise — they never grew violent. He thinks they were shocked "by the fact that Adi is saying the unsayable."
"The Act of Killing" opened up debate about the killings in Indonesia, prompting an admission of regret from the government. But truth and reconciliation are a long way off. The new movie includes a scene of a primary-school lesson — Adi's son is one of the pupils — in which the victims are demonized and the killers extolled.
Adi said meeting his brother's murderers had brought relief, though none expressed regret, "and maybe they never will." But, he said, "at the very least they now realize that all of us know what happened." And, he said, he never felt the desire for revenge.
"I really, honestly want us to be able to have reconciliation and forgiveness," he said. "Because if these kinds of events are always met with revenge, the world will never be safe for anybody."


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Instructor: Joseph Corella
Combo: WHEN YOUR AN ADDAMS from THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Please note the minimum age requirement is 16 years old.
The class is divided into two sections: 1) 25-minute cardio routine that stays the same every week & 2) a choreographed dance combo that changes week by week.
What to wear/bring: Running shoes, water, and a towel.
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Anything else I should know? This is a safe space for you to dance, sing, wear costumes, and just have fun! We can't wait to see you in class!


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Olathe police release photo in Subway heist
Men fled after getting cash at gunpoint
Olathe police asked the public for information about a robbery at a Subway sandwich restaurant late Wednesday evening.
Officers said two men went into the restaurant in the 13700 block of South Black Bob Road just before 10 p.m. and demanded money from the register.
Jenna MacKay said her co-worker was alone in the store washing dishes when the men came in.
"Some guys came in and came back there and got him at gunpoint and asked him to open the safe and give them the money," she said. "They took cookies and bottled drinks and left."
MacKay said that even though she was trained about how to handle a situation like this, she didn't think it would happen at that store.
"Especially here in the middle of Johnson County. It's kind of odd," she said.
Police said the men were wearing black hooded sweatshirts, black pants and skeleton masks. One of the men had a gun, police said.
Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call the Olathe Police Department at 913-971-6950 or the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.