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October 19, 2005 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM
PLEASE NOTE ACTUAL START TIME: 7:30 PM Location: West Hall Auditorium. For directions to the RPI campus please access the college website at www.rpi.edu and click on Visit RPI. Composer, sound artist and writer Miya Masaoka is a virtuosic experimental performer whose musical compositions and performance works pose questions about identity, the body, and the relationship between humans and the plant and animal kingdoms. iEAR Presents! will feature composer and performance artist Miya Masaoka in concert on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 7:30 PM in the West Hall Auditorium on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Admission is $5 for general seating; free with RPI ID. For directions to the RPI campus please access the college website at www.rpi.edu and click on Visit RPI. For more information please call (518) 276-4829. Miya Masaoka, musician, composer, and performance artist, has created works for koto, laser interfaces, laptop and video and written scores for ensembles, chamber orchestras and mixed choirs. In her performance pieces she has investigated the sound and movement of insects, as well as the physiological responses of plants, the human brain, and her own body. Within these varied contexts of sound, music and nature, her performance work emphasizes the interactive, live nature of improvisation, and reflects an individual, contemporary expression of Japanese gagaku aural gesturalism. Masaoka's work has been presented in Japan, Canada, Europe, Eastern Europe and she has toured to India six times. Venues include V2 in Rotterdam, Cybertheater in Brussels, Elektronisch Festival in Groningen, the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, The Electronik Body Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, Radio Bremen, Germany, Festival of Lights, Hyberadad, India, and the London Musicians Collective. iEAR presents! is a series of public performances, exhibitions and lectures featuring pioneering and emerging artists who explore the boundaries of electronic art. Curated by the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, iEAR Presents! offers a unique local forum for some of today's most world-renowned electronic media artists. For more information, please call (518) 276-4829. www.pamelaz.com/pzreviews/sfemf2000.html After Chris Salter of "sponge" said a few words about the installation "Sauna #1", Miya Masaoka began the evening's performances with her "Bee Project #6" for koto, electronics, moving image, and live bees. This work featured a newly edited version of a video made by the composer that opens with footage of the bees in their hive overlaid with a seemingly straightforward text describing the colony culture of bees. Gradually the story is diverted to that of a wayward, dissident bee who rebels against drone life and strikes out on it's own to explore uncharted territory. At some point realize that we are no longer watching bees traversing the wax compartments of honeycomb, but rather a new bee-counterculture traversing the skin of a human body. Ms. Masaoka interacted with these images- first using her PowerBook to do live processing on the live amplified bees, and later by performing extended techniques on koto and laserharp. The result was a richly textured and constantly building barrage of sound that surrounded the audience and filled the room. www.jonroseweb.com/f_projects_string_em_up_rott.html 5. RITUAL by Miya Masaoka... another purge of the Man Ray violin/body industry expressed with the spirit of Yoko Ono. 'Ritual' Multi-media body performance with giant hissing Madagascar cockroaches A visually stunning and conceptual piece, this Butoh-inspired performance reflects the progression from the extremely internalised movement of the slow-moving body-- to no movement at all. 'Ritual' seeks to re-conceptualize the body as a canvas on which to deconstruct notions of gender, ethnicity and power. A body in motion that gestures and poses inherently displays idiomatic movement references, both cultural and aesthetic. A passive, non-moving body holds multiple readings for the viewer, and the level of interpretation is broad and limitless. 'Ritual' is a multi-media piece which includes the performer, Miya Masaoka, lying naked with giant Madagascar cockroaches roaming freely on her body. Close-ups of the roaches are projected onto a large video screen. 'Ritual' is an offering to encourage the viewer to consider the relationships between the social construction of the body, race, and gender in performance. Recent theoretical work by various critical theorists suggests bodies tend to indicate a world beyond themselves, beyond their own boundaries, a movement of boundary itself. Bodies cannot be said to have a signifiable existence prior to the mark of their gender; the question then emerges, how do we reconceive the body no longer as a passive medium or instrument for which cultural meanings are inscribed? The body, can, for example, be thought of as machine, a work of art, an object of desire/revulsion, a site for hegemony and control, or... an ersatz violin. "This performance was almost like an installation... there was a certain sense of Japanese minimalism that rendered Miya Masaoka's 'Ritual' a gem, a masterful embodiment of sound and image, live and on video projection. I highly recommend this for those interested in the new burgeoning genres of performance." Anthony Burton, High Performance "Miya Masaoka's performance 'Ritual' is quite simply, a 'Tour De Force'." La Monte Young, American composer "A standing room only crowd packed the 300 seat hall for the 90 minute performance, the last 15 minutes which featured Miya Masaoka's 'Ritual'. And, as if in a church, the audience sat in silence as Masaoka ly naked. ...police were stationed outside Friday night's Watkins' Hall, and officials received more than 100 calls of complaint, some threatening to protest at the performance and one vowing a citizen's arrest for public nudity, according to assistant professor Deborah Wrong." www.plonsey.com/beanbenders/reviews97.html#010597 Miya Masaoka can play at Beanbender's whenever she wants to! On this occasion, she played a fairly short set: one solo piece (maybe 20 minutes), and a duet with Larry Ochs (maybe 10 minutes). This time around, Miya had herself taped into place and was playing electronically enhanced koto. I don't know how everything worked - Miya referred to the use of samples, but the samples blended so well with the amplified koto that often it sounded like a giant koto. A giant koto tromping down the alleyways of our city in pursuit of evildoers - or maybe a bit evil itself, but comically so. A giant cartoon koto with eight legs, crushing cars and buildings and fighting off the giant wasp, as played by Larry Ochs on sopranino sax. Ochs buzzed around and around, only provoking Masaoka to further stomping and shouting. This is all figurative, of course. Poetic license and all that. Anyway, there was a double-giant hermaphrodite, and it was twanging on a zither which Hermes had given to Apollo: the frame was a shell of a turtle. Also, there were many periods of great delicacy, but that doesn't make for as good writing. So there was a battleship - a battlestar - and a giant sun which exploded and everyone cheered!Add to calendar


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Medical professor will bring PEACE to patients with Alzheimer's
Greg Sachs, Associate Professor in Medicine and a nationally recognized researcher in geriatrics and dementia care, will be leading an innovative, end-of-life care program. The program will provide full-service palliative care earlier in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The program is called PEACE, Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer's Care Efforts, and will be administered in conjunction with Hospice of Michigan. Palliative care is an approach emphasizing physical comfort as well as emotional, social and spiritual well-being across a full range of clinical settings for seriously ill patients.
Under Sachs' direction, PEACE and the Windermere Senior Health Center will address patient and family goals and preferences for end-of-life care, including advance care planning, appropriate treatment for Alzheimer's disease and its complications, such as pneumonia or feeding problems, and treatments to improve patients' comfort and dignity.
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Ok so I can understand the need or want to re-brand, or re-invent your corporate identity from time to time. It's a good idea to refresh every now and again, ask Madonna. But this is just, to put it simply, STUPID. Maybe they should've gotten a different PR guy to do this interview, maybe then I wouldn't be grinding my teeth. I have a sneaking idea that if I ever see David Howe in the street I will have to fight the urge to have words him, and by that I mean push him in front of a bus. (Violence solves everything, kids.) What gives you the idea that alienating almost THE ENTIRETY of your fan base with insulting broad generalizations like the one quoted below is gonna be good for business?
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Sci Fi Channel Aims to Shed Geeky Image With New Name
'Syfy' Will Announce Name Change, Other Plans at Upfront
By Jon Lafayette
In some universe, the name "Syfy" is less geeky than the name "Sci Fi." Dave Howe, president of the Sci Fi Channel, is betting it's this one.
To that end, the 16-year-old network—owned by NBC Universal—plans to announce that Syfy is its new name March 16 at its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York.
"What we love about this is we hopefully get the best of both worlds," Mr. Howe said. "We'll get the heritage and the track record of success, and we'll build off of that to build a broader, more open and accessible and relatable and human-friendly brand."
Sci Fi is coming off the best year in its history. In primetime it ranked 13th in total viewers among ad-supported cable networks in 2008. It's a top-10 network in both adults 18 to 49 (up 4%) and adults 25 to 54 (up 6%).
During its fourth-quarter earnings call, parent General Electric said Sci Fi racked up a double-digit increase in operating earnings despite the beginnings of the recession.
Nevertheless, there was always a sneaking suspicion that the name was holding the network back.
"The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular," said TV historian Tim Brooks, who helped launch Sci Fi Channel when he worked at USA Network.
Mr. Brooks said that when people who say they don't like science fiction enjoy a film like "Star Wars," they don't think it's science fiction; they think it's a good movie.
"We spent a lot of time in the '90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it's called Sci Fi," Mr. Brooks said. "It's somewhat cooler and better than the name 'Science Fiction.' But even the name Sci Fi is limiting."
Mr. Howe said going to Syfy will make a difference.
"It gives us a unique word and it gives us the opportunities to imbue it with the values and the perception that we want it to have," he said.
In terms of television, the new brand better reflects that the channel has programs that are not about the typical sci-fi themes of space, aliens and the future.
"We really do want to own the imagination space," Mr. Howe said. "We want to get the credit for the range of content that we already have on our air and that we'll be doing more of in the future."
Mr. Howe said Sci Fi looks at its branding every couple of years. He added that when new executives join the network, they usually ask if it has ever thought about changing the name.
The network worked with the branding consultancy Landor Associates and went through about 300 possibilities before selecting Syfy.
"When we tested this new name, the thing that we got back from our 18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd, which is quite a lot of our audience, is actually this is how you'd text it," Mr. Howe said. "It made us feel much cooler, much more cutting-edge, much more hip, which was kind of bang-on what we wanted to achieve communication-wise."
The network plans to make the changeover July 7, when it will launch the new series "Warehouse 13."
The series, about a secret government facility in South Dakota where all mysterious relics and supernatural souvenirs are housed, is emblematic of the channel's programming direction.
"It is a dramedy and it is set in the here and now. It's a kind of an Indiana Jones meets 'Moonlighting' meets 'The X-Files,'" Mr. Howe said. "This is a very accessible, relatable, fun show."
The network will begin briefing cable operators about the transition this week and plans a trade ad campaign in April as part of the upfront. The new campaign will use the slogan "Imagine Greater," which Mr. Howe thinks will resonate with both consumers and media buyers.
"It's a call to action," he said. "Look at the everyday and how you can turn it to the extraordinary. It's an aspirational, optimistic message about enhancing people's lives."
Mr. Howe said the international Sci Fi channels will transition to the new name over the next six to 12 months.
Web site SciFi.com also will make the change to Syfy.com.
Sci Fi has been working to branch out from being simply a linear cable network to become a hub of businesses operating in the imagination under the Sci Fi Ventures banner.
"We need an umbrella brand we can attach to new businesses: Sci Fi games, Sci Fi kids. It does no use to attach 'Sci Fi' because there's hundreds of sci-fi Web sites and sci-fi publications. So it's changing your name without changing your name," Mr. Howe said.
Sci Fi also will be unveiling some of its programming and development plans at its upfront.
But one key venture it won't discuss is its work with Trion Worldwide to create content designed from the beginning to work on multiple platforms. Mr. Howe said the network is close to announcing a title and description of the project, which will launch as both a subscription-based, massively multiplayer online game and a television series.
A writer has been assigned to the project. The idea is to have the show completely synchronized so that when events happen in the show, they are reflected in the game, and vice versa.
"Because it's a server-based game, as the storylines evolve in the TV series, so the game echoes that," Mr. Howe said. "It's a completely, uniquely interactive 24-7 immersive entertainment experience."
He's seen some "amazing demos" from Trion of the graphics and how the world will be built out.
"What that launches, it truly is the next evolution in dynamic storytelling," Mr. Howe said.
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"The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,"What the hell kind of way is that to treat your audience!? If you aren't going to base your product around Science Fiction, DON'T CALL IT SCI-FI, OR ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE SCI-FI. If you want to change your image, your product, your freaking mission statement? Fine. But don't treat the people you are marketing to like idiots. You came right out and said it. You don't want to market to geeks, losers, and nerds? Your loss, brother. We've got the money. Whatever. Take the cash you'll save by not producing D-movies every week or the rights to the syndication of shows like Heroes and Battlestar Galactica and buy yourselves a clue.
"We spent a lot of time in the '90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it's called Sci Fi," Mr. Brooks said. "It's somewhat cooler and better than the name 'Science Fiction.' But even the name Sci Fi is limiting."
The network worked with the branding consultancy Landor Associates and went through about 300 possibilities before selecting Syfy.
"When we tested this new name, the thing that we got back from our 18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd, which is quite a lot of our audience, is actually this is how you'd text it," Mr. Howe said. "It made us feel much cooler, much more cutting-edge, much more hip, which was kind of bang-on what we wanted to achieve communication-wise."
So instead of going to your fans, your meal ticket with your marketing equivalent of a Dear John letter, you go ask some "techno-savvy" hipsters? Quite a lot of your audience are the people you just decided you want nothing to do with! You wanna put out MMO's and "video games and stuff" based on your new, anti-geek identity? Wow. It's like the Sci-Fi channel turned into the guy who just ditched all his real friends for the cool kids table. Did we stumble into an 80's after school special and I missed it? I feel like a sad metal key-tar riff should be playing in the background as the Sci-Fi channel looks back with regret over it's acid-wash-denim clad shoulder and then plunks its plastic cafeteria tray down next to a bo-hunk in a letterman jacket and two girls with giant hair chewing bubble gum and giggling obnoxiously. Congrats SyFy, you're hip now. Hope that new fan base works out for yah. Hipsters and normals right? A notoriously fickle group. You're ditching Geeks and Nerds, a group famous for loyalty that borderlines on a disorder, for them? Best. Idea. Evs.
(BTW, what 300 other options did we sift through to get to SyFy? The language of text outside of the forum of texting is NOT COOL. AT ALL. EVER. )
And what's this crap about lumping all us females in with the "normals"? Girls don't like Sci-fi? (insert keyboard mashy rage ranting here)
What the hell is wrong with being a geek!? We practically rule the entertainment industry right now, iron fist style. Media is catering to us left right and center with web content, explosive DVD extras, viral advertising and casts that embrace their fandoms with gusto. (Even the scary ones.) Web TV shows and short films are exploding all over the internet; shows and movies made exclusively for us, by us. The industry is embracing us right now and we're lapping it up. We determine what's cool in show business now and you, SyFy, don't think we're cool?
Speaking as a dysfunctional anti-social GIRL in my mother's basement with video games and stuff, I am officially boycotting the SyFy channel. What an insulting crock.
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And it wasn't really...
John was game too. By default the other kids were vegetarians this week too, although I think Jonas had a turkey sandwich for lunch Monday.
The meals were a complete success. John said I hit it out of the park with the new recipes!
I have to admit...these meals were delicious and easy. But by Friday, Bailey and I were having a bit of tummy troubles. Too much fiber I guess! :).
Yesterday morning we called off the meat less challenge. Bailey doesn't know it, but he ate meat first. We had a great morning together just the two of us. He had his high school orientation at Health Careers! Yes...you heard me, high school orientation. I have a child starting high school in less than 6 months! We were both highly impressed with the school. It's incredibly small and a very unique magnet school. His freshman class will be small, the whole high school has less than 1,000 students. It's like a private school environment? A lot of the staff has been the 20+ years. His new orchestra director has a Ph.D! Her primary instrument...the viola! We knew this was the perfect school for him. After orientation, he had to get some labs draw and of course, we were in the medical center area so it was right around the corner. We stopped at Starbucks after for a late morning treat. Bailey was eyeing their breakfast sandwiches with meat. He looked at me and said, "Are we still doing the meatless thing?" I told him no...go ahead. Enjoy the sandwich...you deserve it! He said it was delicious, best breakfast sandwich he ever had! ;). I had a cheese Danish...so I still hadn't had any meat! Last nights dinner finally broke my meatless streak...I had lasagna with meat sauce. Although it would have been fine without it, it was a frozen Marie Calendars lasagna John had bought.
I'm planning to keep up as many meatless meals as possible, but think I'm not going to ban it from my diet altogether. Plus my growing boy needs the protein. Him and I agreed we were hungry all week!
I also found an awesome app last week that helped me with recipes and the meal planning called Mom Meals 365...powered by Food on the Table. I highly recommend it! (No they are not paying for this...I wish!!) This app lets you create a schedule of meals, generates the grocery list from the recipes, let's you load your own recipes, searches the web for recipes and even has a database of recipes right there. A neat feature I haven't tried is the "on hand recipe search", where you can list 4 ingredients in your fridge or pantry and it will search for recipes to match. You can even search recipes by sale items, as it can link to your closest grocery store too! Love it! I'm looking forward to this weeks meals.
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Downtown Block Party Unanimously Approved!!!!!!!
Request to temporarily close a portion of Main Street.
MOTION: To recommend to the full City Council granting a request to close Main Street from Hancock to its intersection with Washington Street, Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. with the following conditions:
- No vendor/merchant set ups on the sidewalk blocking entrance ways to retail or residential units, hydrants, crosswalks or handicap ramps.
- All vendor/merchant setups in the street are to allow for no less than a 10' unobstructed, drivable area along the entire route – slightly wider at the curve of Palazola's Sporting Goods to maintain adequate access for emergency vehicles. Failure to provide this 10' unobstructed margin of drivable area may necessitate the removal or relocation of the vendor/merchant at the discretion of either the Fire Department, the Police Department or the Block Party committee.
- The organizers shall allow the Fire Department drive through access with the fire engine at the convenience of the Fire Department.
- Any restaurant/merchant set up of tables and chairs should extend into the street no further than the lines painted on the street for vehicular parking.
- Restaurateurs must notify the Board of Health of their interest in participating in the event at least two days in advance and apply for any necessary permits.
- Vendor/merchants shall be responsible for their own trash removal.
- Signs indicating the location of comfort stations shall be the responsibility of the committee.
- Special lighting and electrical requirements necessitate approval of the Inspector of Buildings.
- The closure of the street at the intersection of Main and Hancock Streets shall be by means of saw horses or the like as directed by Lt. Joseph Aiello, Police Department.
- It is the responsibility of the committee to procure all other Federal, State, and local permits and approvals associated with this event.


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Training with Iron Men.
Saturday morning, I joined Keren's workout at Arakawa. He said we would do "brick workout", but I actually didn't know what it was and just blindly followed him. After some kilometers of bike ride, we stopped at a track along the riverbank and took off helmets, changed shoes into running shoes, then started running 3 laps of 400m track. Then wore helmets and bike shoes again and started another lap of bike ride. After all, we did 5 times of 5km bike rides & 1200m runs. It was hard (for me). Each time I ran at the track, my time got 20 seconds slower and I was almost dying at the end. But it was very good practice for bike/run transition, and also for using different muscles alternately.
In the evening, I joined a wetsuit swim at Yoyogi Taiikukan swimming pool with Keren and David. I was in the slower group and did 100m x 15 intervals, then 500m of drifting. It was hard (for me) and got really exhausted after the morning brick thing, but Keren, who was supposed to be tapering, did even more.
Sunday morning, I went out for an open water swim with Keren and Jay in Hakkeijima. It was the first experience for me to swim in the ocean, but thanks to the instruction by Keren the master of OW swim, I survived in the sea without drawning, I even enjoyed the experience. But I learnt how hard swimming straight in the ocean is, and how salty the sea water is. After that, we went out for jogging around Hakkeijima. (BTW, Hakkeijima is a great place for a training weekend. We talked about proposing a run/swim/BBQ weekend with Namban people sometime in summer.)
It was a tough weekend for me, training with these Iron Men, and I really wonder if Keren is actually tapering...But Keren, I would say you missed one thing. You skipped the Gary & Mami's party part. It was actually a bike/run/swim/party day. I am the only one who completed whole programme!!! :-D
◎Bike: 85km(Sat)
◎Run: 6km(Sat) and 8km jog(Sun)
◎Swim: 2km(Sat) and 1.5km(Sun)


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Earn a Full Degree Overseas
Many students are unaware that a semester or year abroad program is not their only option to overseas study. There are thousands of full degree opportunities available at international universities throughout the world, offering a variety of programs and language options.
Seven reasons for why earning a full degree overseas offers many benefits to students:
You can save pennies on the dollar studying overseas.
US students are spending anywhere from $20,000 to over $50,000 dollars a year for a college education, while German students can attend most colleges in their country for less than a $1000 dollars a year. Higher education is subsidized by the government and in some countries, tuition is free or so low it seems free.
Students will also find that the quality of education throughout Europe rivals the United States. Take a look at the World University Rankings and compare tuition for the top international schools with the top US schools. You may be very surprised by what you find!
You are in school overall for a shorter period of time.
Another way students are able to save on tuition costs overseas is because you are in school for a shorter period of time overall. Most Bachelor's degrees overseas take three years to complete, compared to a four year degree in the US. While many Master's programs can be completed in one year.
Getting an international degree overseas can also provide huge benefits to your career over your lifetime.
An international education will become more and more valuable due in part to an expanding global economy. In addition to academic achievement, you may also experience career advancement by distinguishing yourself from other applicants by having international experience on your resume. You can find our article about why studying overseas is good for your career, here.
You gain confidence by learning your way around a foreign city and a new culture.
Studying abroad forces you to do many things. You are forced to encounter unfamiliar situations when living in a new environment. You will be making new friends, talking to strangers to ask for directions or guidance, you will be faced with new challenges everyday like learning how to open a bank account or change buses. All of these experiences will ultimately lead to an increased sense of confidence.
You're able to immerse yourself and learn another language.
When studying abroad it is fulfilling to communicate with local people in their own language. Speaking the local language help you understand the culture and become a part of it. Your own understanding of the world changes as well. Speaking the local language helps you immerse yourself and become more connected to your surroundings.
You learn many new skills while studying abroad and the best way to hone them is with a part-time job or internship.
Working while studying abroad will help you hone a variety of skills and competencies that might be cross-cultural, industry-specific, or transferable. It is also something that employers back home will find very attractive on your resume.
An international degree will ultimately be a life changing experience.
Studying abroad will challenge you in many ways. You will be academically challenged through your studies, you will discover a new location, learn a new culture, make new friends from all over the world, and you may travel. All of these experiences will ultimately lead to personal development. You will leave your study abroad experience a different person.


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Posted on October 9, 2013 - by Denise
Spiders everywhere!
Has anybody else noticed the huge number of spiders around at the moment? It feels like we can hardly move in our garden without disturbing a web. This week, I watched a horsefly fly into the nest of a Garden Spider and was astounded to see that it was restrained in silk within about five seconds. The spider immediately dragged it to the middle of the web, injected it with its venom and within 2 hours, it was totally unrecognisable. For a few minutes, I understood arachnophobia; they are such efficient predators.
Photograph: S. Vowden for the International Year of Biodiversity photography competition
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Overland Park Regional Medical Center has been serving the healthcare needs of Johnson County and the surrounding counties since December of 1978. The hospital is a licensed 343-bed facility offering acute medical care services to our patients. The hospital campus features four medical office buildings, two pharmacies and the offices of more than 100 physicians.
Our services include Emergency Services, a Regional Trauma Center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, the Women's Center with Level IIIB NICU, the Human Motion Institute, advanced diagnostic imaging, a Diabetes Center and many other specialty care services. We offer the latest in technological advances and we are committed to providing every patient with the highest level of care in an environment where people, compassion, community and integrity are valued. For more information about Overland Park Regional Medical Center please visit our website at www.OPRMC.com.
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Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri told Reuters on Thursday the company was "quite happy" with how manufacturing of the iPhone X was progressing, noting that "production is growing every week, and that's very, very important during a ramp period".
Each year Apple's sales quarters generally follow a pattern - or have over the past 6 years or so.
Apple said it expects revenue of $84 billion to $87 billion for the first three months of 2018, which would be a record quarterly sales and indicate healthy consumer demand for its latest iPhone lineup.
Selena Gomez Snapped Wearing The Weeknd's Clothes Post-Breakup
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Chapter 16: Jesus, The Great Teacher (Miracles)
As we have learnt earlier, Jesus is not just a prophet. He is much more than that. The Bible declares him to be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.[1] The things He did and said are witnesses to His authority and power. He said to some unbelieving Jews: "Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."[2]
Both the Qur'an and the Bible agree that Jesus did miracles. He gave sight to the blind, and He raised the dead to life among other things. In the Gospels we find that through His sayings and miracles Jesus wanted to show the significance of His coming from God. He performed miracles in response to particular needs. It was never merely to prove that He could perform miracles, but because He had something more to teach people.
The first miracle
At a wedding party Jesus changed water into wine (see glossary). It had such a beautiful taste that the guests had never tasted anything like it before.[3] Now what was Jesus showing by this? He was showing that He was bringing in something, [His Kingdom], that was far better than anything that had gone before. We learn from this miracle that God is the Master of quality. Whoever and whatever we may be when we accept Jesus as our Savior, He changes us, melts us, and molds us into something of great quality.
Life to a child
A bewildered father came to Jesus and asked Him if He would go back with him to the village where his child lay dying. Jesus said to the man , "You may go. Your son will live."[4] The father went back, and while He was still on the way, his servant met him and told him that the boy was living. He asked as to the time when his son got better and realized that it was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him,"Your son will live." He and his household believed in Jesus.
We learn from this event that Jesus has the power to overcome distances. God is never far from us. Jesus said, "...surely I am with you always ...". [5] No wonder he was named Jesus, which means the Lord saves. We should turn to Him who has unlimited power.
A man at the pool
The pool of Bethesda was well known in first-century Jerusalem. Crowds of sick people used to gather around this pool everyday. There was a legend that when the water was stirred up, the first sick person into the water would be healed.[6]
One day Jesus went to visit the pool and saw a sick man lying there on his mat. For thirty-eight years he had been paralyzed. Jesus said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" Then He told him to get up and pick up his mat and walk. The man was immediately cured and did what Jesus had told him.
What do we learn from this event? We may be the worst and most wretched person but there is the door of repentance is open to us. Jesus can forgive and heal us, but it depends on our willingness. God's plan of salvation through Jesus cannot be forced on anyone. There has to be openness to God, to allow Him to make us whole people. He is in control of the situation, but He will never force His way into our lives unless we are willing to accept Jesus as our saviour.
Feeding several thousand people
On one occasion Jesus amazed a crowd of over 5,000 by feeding them all, using just a few loaves of bread and some fish. Many people had gathered around Him. The place was very remote and it was late in the day. The apostles wanted to send the people away, but Jesus wanted to feed them. One of the apostles found a boy who had five small barley loaves and two small fish. He asked Jesus, "How far will they go among so many?" but Jesus did not answer. Instead He directed His disciples to make all the people sit down in groups on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, He gave thanks, and and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. They all ate, and afterwards they collected twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread and fish that were left.[7]
What do we learn?
People were looking for a Messiah who would look after them. They were more concerned about their bodily needs. They ran after Jesus to make Him their king, but later Jesus told them clearly that His real purpose in coming to the world was to save people.[8] He told them that their forefathers had been given food and had been helped in their physical needs in the wilderness, but those people had not lived long. By contrast, the food Jesus brought lasts forever, and it is He Himself on whom we have to feed.
For those who have believed in Jesus there is something more to be learned from this event. Here was a boy with only a few loaves and fish, but God was able to multiply them. Here is an encouragement for us; whatever we can give God of time, energy, and income, He is able to multiply the result. He is the master of quantity.
Jesus walks on water
After feeding the multitude, Jesus asked His disciples to take a boat and go ahead of Him. They left, and rowed towards their destination, but because of a strong wind blowing against them they were very slow. It was already dark and Jesus had not yet joined them. After they had rowed about three miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water. He was about to pass by them, but when they saw Him, they thought He was a ghost and cried out. Immediately He said to them, "Take courage ... Don't be afraid."
When Peter saw this, he asked if he also would be able to walk on the water. Jesus said, "Come." Peter got down and walked on the water towards Jesus, but when he saw the wind, he was afraid and began to sink. Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and saved Him.[9]
A lesson for us
Jesus is the master of nature. When we decide to follow Him, He says, "Come and follow me." And when we face trouble and cry to Him to save us, He is there to help. He calmed a storm and enabled Peter to walk on the surface of the water. This may not seem very relevant to us today. However it teaches us that in every situation of life Jesus is present and His confidence and calmness are available to those who believe in Him. Today Jesus also stills the storms in the hearts of many people. No matter what trouble, pain or sorrow there may be in a believer's life, with Jesus there is peace.
Jesus : the master of life
Jesus gave sight to the blind, made the deaf to hear, and gave life to the dead. Lazarus had been dead for three days and had been buried, but when Jesus cried out at his tomb, "Lazarus, come out.", he came out alive.[10]
Thus, Jesus has the power to raise the dead. No wonder He said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."[11] Jesus is coming again to judge the world. He has promised to raise his followers to eternal life.[12]
The miracles and teaching of Jesus are, "written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."[13]


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Usher in your unwinding time with the Sandy Illusions Chai Glass. The chai glass has a wonderful print etched across its body. Colored in hues of navy blue and beige, the chai glass has camels printed all over.
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Having learnt about the Mughals in all their art and glory was lovely. But when you see the Mughal Opulence collection of designs by Krsna Mehta, they will take you a few notches above. There is a glory and pride in each of the ornate and lavish figures. These give a high wrought look and a feel of extravagance and luxury.
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Sustainability Report 2015
CEO message
ERM continues to focus on helping our clients understand, create and implement solutions and programs in response to their changing needs around the broad sustainability agenda. Everything that we do is aimed at building the capacity to help clients create value in their businesses. We do, of course, recognize the important contribution that ERM makes to the environment and the communities in which we live and work. This report presents our sustainability performance in FY15 using examples of the valuable insights we provide to our clients, profiles of some of the 5,000 dedicated employees across ERM and the impact we are having as a result of the way in which we run our company.
We see 2015 as a turning point for the planet's sustainability agenda. On the one hand, this agenda is likely to have a direct impact on the strategy and operations of our clients going forward, whereas the agenda itself may well also be influenced by many of ERM's leading clients. We are positioned uniquely to help clients understand and respond to the changes associated with the sustainability agenda. The United Nations, working with the corporate sector, government and other leaders, is determined to increase the levels of co-operation needed to reach agreement on how, together, we can create a more sustainable future. This is against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions in parts of the world, with low commodity prices and a changing energy landscape.
ERM, along with other leading private sector businesses, is working proactively to contribute practical solutions to address these global challenges while balancing actions associated with the current short-term challenges. The United Nations has adopted Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes the 17 far-reaching Sustainable Development Goals. As a member of the UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, ERM is playing a key role in the private sector's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus of these efforts is to help make corporate sustainability more scalable and to turn business into a truly transformative force.
In December 2015, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) will be held in Paris. The United Nations' expectation is that leaders will commit to an approach designed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius through a range of national and regional plans and targets, which will have a direct impact on business now and into the future.
ERM is preparing a range of thought leadership activities as well as practical tools to assist our clients in understanding the implications of the COP21 discussions for their business. In turn, we will develop strategic and tactical responses to managing risks and maximizing opportunities in 2015 and beyond.
Solutions in a changing landscape
We are adapting our client service approach to ensure we can make a greater difference to our clients in terms of how they respond and contribute to what we believe will be a more robust global sustainability agenda in the future.
This includes, for example, how the world's energy demands are changing and how creating solutions to renewable energy development, energy efficiency and storage, as well as reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from conventional fossil fuel power generation, all form part of a more holistic approach to energy.
In addition, we are increasingly adopting a more integrated approach to solving our clients' challenges to create high-value outcomes as they deal with more dynamic and difficult conditions in some sectors and end-markets. This includes helping clients respond to what many of them describe as a "new normal," where their focus is on operational efficiencies and cost reductions – and the really hard questions around what sustainability means in tough, resource-constrained times. We are helping our clients to work through these questions – and find the right answers.
We have increased our focus on and capability to serve clients in the Chemical Sector as companies establish new facilities or repurpose old ones, seek efficiencies in operational performance and respond to new regulatory requirements. This has prompted an expansion of our product stewardship services, which help clients effectively manage the risks across their value chain.
In the past year, we made three key acquisitions to enable us to offer a broader range of services to clients in some key sectors. We welcomed the team from the Natural Resource Group to broaden ERM's capabilities in the energy sector, in both mid-stream oil and gas and in electricity transmission in North America. The strong alignment of our two organizations will ensure we leverage this additional knowledge, talent and expertise for the benefit of our clients.
We also expanded our Safety and Risk consulting business through acquiring Safety Design A.S., a Norwegian consultancy. We also acquired ReachCentrum, a leading company managing the registration of chemicals for REACH, the European Union's Regulation on chemicals and their safe use. We are continuing to look for opportunities to build our capabilities, talent and global footprint as we anticipate and respond to the needs of our clients.
Our focus on delivering sustainable solutions extends to the communities in which we live and work through our employee-led ERM Foundation. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Foundation this year. Over the past two decades, we have awarded more than $3 million in grant funding to non-profit organizations and social enterprises, and invested an additional $1.9 million in developing countries through our Low Carbon Enterprise Fund. To complement those funding initiatives, our employees have provided nearly 10,000 hours of pro bono technical support to 200 environmental initiatives around the world.
Responding to stakeholders
Each year, we seek to extend the breadth and depth of our engagement with stakeholders in order to remain responsive to emerging trends. We have again based this report on the G4 Guidelines, our third in alignment with G4, to describe more directly our material issues and our performance and initiatives for each.
Once again this year, I joined members of our Senior Leadership Team to engage in reviews with some of our most significant global clients. This engagement provided important insights into ERM's understanding of the current and future needs of these clients and how we can continue to provide real value by addressing those needs. We also reached out to contractors and suppliers involved in our Contractor Management Program this year to gain feedback into improving our own supply chain.
This report serves as our Communication on Progress, an annual disclosure to stakeholders on progress made in implementing the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
In June 2015, the management of ERM announced that it has partnered with OMERS Private Equity ("OPE"), the private equity investment arm of the OMERS pension plan, to buy out ERM from our former partners Charterhouse Capital Partners ("Charterhouse"). The Alberta Investment Management Corporation ("AIMCo") co-invested in the transaction. The transaction enabled ERM's employee shareholders, the ERM Partners, to re-invest in the business alongside OPE and AIMCo, highlighting their continued commitment to ERM and the confidence they share in the long-term outlook for the company, as well as their excitement in working with our new financial partners.
As indicated above, ERM exists to service our clients and I would like to thank all of our clients for the confidence and trust that they place in us every day. Much of our contribution to making the world more sustainable comes through the work that we do on clients projects and we appreciate the opportunity to do this and create value for our clients.
Equally, our ability to deliver for our clients is based on the talent, creativity and passion of our employees.
On behalf of the Board and management team, I would like to thank them all for their hard work and dedication that helps make the world a better place by meeting the sustainability needs of our clients, and the communities in which we live and work.
John Alexander, Chief Executive Officer
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This is my first example of a project for the Woodshop Geometry curriculum that I am working on.
I want to blend woodworking with geometry and physics. Bringing woodshop back to schools and integrating it with core classes to help make learning hands, bring the art of woodworking back, and not to mention fund woodshop classes that are quickly being cut in education.
I would love any input that anyone can give me/ideas :)
You could also check out the website that I am starting to put together.
-- Sven Gasser
5 comments so far
#1 posted 10-17-2013 01:35 AM
Sounds nice, but I'd be concerned about the students learning basics first. Then again, I didn't make the hammered bunnies and ashtrays and such projects that were in the regular curriculum when I was in metal (or wood) shop. I asked for projects that could be used by people. One example was a burlap bag holder for the janitors to use after they emptied them. This was in the '60s. I developed a spring loaded clip and bracket that they could use to load the bags after they were emptied. 40+ years hence, burlap is a designer material and plastic goes out with the trash. I applaud your efforts to give the students a connection between math, physics and wood.
-- Random Orbital Nailer
#2 posted 10-17-2013 04:13 AM
There are some wood puzzles that teach/show math/geometry/physics.
The SOMA cube from Piet Hein who was a mathematician, furniture designer, author, poet, etc; check him out on the web and I think you may find some answers.
IBM also has some research available on the web regarding "burrs" that can also be very challenging both in math and woodworking.
-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"
#3 posted 10-17-2013 05:19 AM
Interesting project. Looks like an abstract of the state of Texas. I do wish you luck on your endeavor.
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
#4 posted 10-17-2013 11:46 AM
As a high school teacher (teaching music) the non core classes such as shop and music are always seen as less than the other subjects. It seems to imply that students don't learn anything in those classes; and they are always the first to go if the budget doesn't allow for it.
Anything you can do to teach the art and integrate learning in the minds of students (and most especially the other students and other faculty/administration who don't see it that way).
Great Job. I'm with you 100%
-- Just trying to build something beautiful
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How to teach your child to sit
Small and tiny baby that is born completely helpless all have to learn in the process of adaptation to the surrounding world. All parents caring for a child, I dream to soon to hear his first word, to rejoice, as he sits confidently, and then watch as he takes his first steps. But everyone ― it is the personality and the little baby is no exception. Each of them has its own characteristics in the development of someone before starting to walk, someone speaking, etc. All provided by nature and worry about not need. The most important task of parents ― to be attentive to your children and help them learn about this world that is so rich in impressions.
When the child begins to sit up?
During its first months the baby most of the time sleeping, and the most important thing for him now to be well-fed and dry. But at the end of the second month, he already can clearly track and some period of time he is awake.
The third month of life the child ― it is a period when he easily flipped from back to tummy and Vice versa. Mom needs to be especially careful, because to leave the baby alone can be dangerous too.
The period from 4 to 5 months to remember the fact that the child can't stay still ― he learns his legs, Continue reading
Thematic classes for kids
Themed activities for kids — «Birds»
7. The game "the thieving Magpie"
Show your tot toy a magpie or a picture with her image.
Tell us what magpie loves shiny things, and offer to do for her gifts.
Give your child the foil and small toys. You can also get boxes from kinder surprise with toys inside.
Task baby wrap toys in foil, and then all this beauty to give the magpie, which will be of interest to deploy them and marvel at the beautiful toys (Soroka, of course, will be the baby).
8. The game is "something missing"
Develop attention, fine motor skills and coordination.
8.1 Cut out from a magazine or printed from the Internet images of birds. Cut several individuals of any part of the body — tail, wings, beak, feet, etc.
Pre-glue the birds onto a sheet of paper and ask the child to choose and to finish gluing the missing piece itself, spreading before him the needed elements.
I cut out the birds from the children's magazine. If you wish to use this template, then after the assignment, ask your son or daughter to find two same birds. In addition, one of them has no missing parts. Guess if in what the toddler?
And don't forget to tell me what bird is depicted on the picture, and the sounds Continue reading
Child loves your father or your mother
Your child loves your father or your mother?
Very often the child more love not Papa and Mama, and prefers to spend time with her. Accordingly, the father worries about that. And sometimes the opposite situation occurs: the child loves daddy more.
Any change in the child's behavior has a logical explanation. We rst consider the situation when the child loves the mother . than dad. This is quite typical.
The kid spends more time with his mother. Him with her calm, comfortable, he feels protected. And since dad most of my time at work, the child spends little time with him.
For the father has earned the love of his child, need to make some changes in the behavior of the Pope.
The child is more like mom than dad
If a child grows up "Mama's boy", and his father is not pulling, then the problem lies precisely in the behavior of the Pope . Should something change in your behavior towards the child, and you will notice how the kid will be attracted to you.
Devote free time to the child and not the computer
Often the father, returning home from work, immediately Continue reading
Children's fears: "Mom, I'm scared! "
School online for kids and parents
The Ministry of education has posted in the open access textbooks from 1 to 11. The unified collection of digital educational resources contains more than 111 thousand materials in all subjects of the basic curriculum and additional subjects.
The tragedy in Mecca: more than a hundred dead
Children's fears: "Mom, I'm scared!"
Every mother must have heard from the lips of their child such a phrase. Adults usually find such statements children the next Caprice. But should first ask yourself: do we help the child to overcome the fear or begin to manipulate it?
Meanwhile, fears inherent in all children. This is a normal stage of maturation of the psyche, a natural reaction to the knowledge of the outside world. No need to worry about parents, because fear is based on creative thinking.
The development of fears associated with the mental development of the child – the child afraid of what they don't know or understand. The degree of fear may change depending on the imagination of the child. The more the child is gifted with a rich imagination, especially since he's shy.
Fear is fear, a state of anxiety, restlessness, mental confusion in front of any danger or trouble. Distinguish between natural fears and neurotic.
Natural fears are temporary and resolve spontaneously. Parents Continue reading
About honoring parents
Honoring parents is the first duty of children. Even in pre-Christian times, all peoples inviolable rule was that the youngest always revered and respected elders. Especially the children of their parents.
FILIAL piety requires, first of all, nature itself: thanks to the parents because we are called to life. And for this one needs to appreciate mother and father. And not only for that. His parents raised us, educated, caring, and vigilantly watched over every step, and helped when we had need of assistance. Moved in his heart the greatest grief, hardship, illness, failure. And, of course, all this teaches children to honor, to respect their parents.
In Scripture we can find many examples of love of parents to their children. And even the vices of children, their incorrect actions of maternal and paternal love can forgive them. Therefore, children must remember this and try to be thankful to our parents. Grievously insulted Absalom his father, prophet and king David, who rebelled against him with his unworthy subjects. But listen to what David says to his generals: deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom (2 Sam. 18, 5), and when Absalom was killed, David was deeply grieved, cried, sobbed and said: "my son, my son Absalom! Oh, I had to die instead of you. (2 Sam. 18, 33). Remember and the new Testament Continue reading


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The other day I upgraded nodejs with Homebrew to a new version, and when my system rebooted a couple of days later and Phusion Passenger restarted my local install of ghost, the shit hit the fan.
Suddenly ghost complained about the dependency sqlite3 and all attempts to install it failed.
Even after downgrading to the required version of nodejs, the blog was down.
I then decided to move the data stored in the sqlite3 database into a MySQL database I already had on my system (from whaaaay back when I still used to LAMP a lot).
To my utmost dismay, the MySQL install was semi-corrupt. Several .MYD files were missing and I had upgraded to a newer version of MySQL, but forgot to run the mysql-upgrade command and now it wouldn't run and just core-dumped.
I decided to mysqldump all the databases I wanted to keep, rebuild mysql and then restore the dumps. That worked.
Afterwards, I
sqlite3 .dumped the ghost database, massaged the output to work with MySQL (mostly the dates being stored as seconds I changed to
FROM_UNIXTIME(seconds/1000)), and imported it back into MySQL.
Tada, blog restored.


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Your carry-on bag is basically your survival pack for your flight, regardless of how long you are in the air for. It should contain everything to make your flight more comfortable, entertain you throughout, and also have a few 'just in case' items in there too.
If you're always forgetting something important when it comes to packing your carry-on bag, instead being too distracted with the task of packing your actual suitcase, here are ten items you should absolutely have in that bag.
Passport – Goes without saying really! Check, double check, and triple check you have your passport, and make sure it is in a safe part of your bag, preferably another compartment, so you're not pulling everything out of your bag when you're trying to find it at that specific moment.
Chargers – Now, this could simply be for your phone, or it could be for all your technical gadgets, but whatever it is, make sure you pack it! It's always a good idea to purchase a universal charger if at all possible, or one with several different attachments on one, to save space. Of course, you may also need to pack a travel adapter too.
Cash – This is a no brainer, but it's one of the most important items! Remember your currency, in whatever domination you're taking it with you, but do remember not to travel with large amounts of cash. Instead, look at ways you can carry it safely in a different way, such as by using your debit card overseas, or using a pre-paid travel card.
Tablet/Kindle – Hours of entertainment at your fingertips! Load it up with games, apps, books, and movies, and charge it right up. You could consider buying a back-up battery charger too, just in case it runs out halfway through a long-haul flight.
Lip balm – This is one for the guys out there too! Air conditioning on a plane can seriously dehydrate not only your skin, but also your lips. How many times have you got off the plane thinking your lips feel like sandpaper? Take a lip balm for those dry lip moments.
Thick socks – Seriously, how cold can it get on a plane? Having cold feet is the worst feeling for me, so I always take a pair of thick socks with me for comfort. You need to be comfortable when you're traveling, it simply makes time pass much quicker!
Paracetamol – There is always the mid-flight headache to deal with, so take some painkillers to counteract it and you should have a much more comfortable flight as a result.
Sweets for take-off and landing – Popping ears are not pleasant, but sucking a boiled sweet is a good way to help avoid it as much as possible. Of course, you can always munch on them through the flight too!
Neck pillow – If you want to sleep during your flight, there is no more annoying feeling than not being able to get your head comfortable, and then you get the resultant neck pain. You can cheaply buy a neck pillow for your flight, which rolls up small enough for your carry-on bag.
Earphones – Finally, for music, films, or for the annoying sounds on your game apps, remember to take your earphones; not everyone wants to hear what you're listening to!
Now, of course there are countless other bits and bobs you could take in your carry-on bag, to make your flight more comfortable, but as a general rule, these are ten of the most important.
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|Player skills
|Angela / Edgar
|Frantz / Roselle / Leila
|Tude / Chen
|Natasha / Ian
The main characters all have a set of skills they learn as they level up, see their individual page for details.
Skills cost points, which (unlike in most other games) are gained as you gain Experience rather than a set amount each level. If you are at the level cap you will no longer gain skill points.


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Zimbabwe Educational Trust
Charity information
Zimbabwe Educational Trust
Zimbabwe Educational Trust is a small, Leeds-based, diaspora-led charity which works with local communities and partners in Zimbabwe to support people into education and out of poverty. We currently work with three partners on access to education and human rights, girls empowerment, and tackling the effects of poverty and climate change.
Founded 1987
Mission statement
Working together for education and prosperity in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Educational Trust aims to:
- Our main charitable aim is to support the work of local partners in Zimbabwe in promoting and advancing quality education, which can provide a route out of poverty for disadvantaged individuals
Established: August 1987
Registered Charity Number: 327519
Board members: 6
Part time staff: 1
Volunteers: 10
Phone number: 0113 3731761
Address: Ebor Court, Skinner Street, Leeds LS1 4NDView charity accounts on the Charity Commission website


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Atlanta buys old railroad land for $6M in Beltline expansion
Officials say the city of Atlanta has spent more than $6 million to buy a stretch of old railroad that will provide land for the Beltline project.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the city and Atlanta BeltLine Inc. announced Monday the purchase of the nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) of land from CSX Corp. Atlanta and the Beltline say in a statement that the $6.3 million used came from a sales tax approved by voters in 2016 for special local transportation projects.
The statement says CSX will be removing the rails over the next six months. It says the Beltline will evaluate converting the corridor to an interim trail.
The Beltline is a network of parks and trails on a more than 20-mile (35-kilometer) former railroad corridor circling Atlanta's in-town neighborhoods.


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UK Police have begun an investigation into why a gay couple were turned away from a guest house in Berkshire because they are a same-sex couple.
Michael Black and John Morgan who live in Cambridgeshire arrived at the guest house in Cookham Berkshire only to be told that the [female] owner was unhappy with same-sex couples sharing rooms. The couple were surprised and somewhat embarrassed by the situation and asked for their booking deposit to be returned. The money was refunded and the owner of the guest house was polite but unflinching in her conviction that her establishment would not allow gay couples to stay.
The case highlights the problems of ensuring equality for all sexualities even in a society where homosexuality has been legal for 40 years. Legislating for equality is relatively easy but it is impossible to ensure that all citizens comply with laws which may contradict deeply held beliefs derived from social, ideological or religious upbringing.
The UK police intend to investigate the incident as is their duty, yet in doing so are they at risk of amplifying the feelings of some anti-gay groups that such anti-discrimination legislation infringes their civil liberties?
In the battle for hearts and minds, the constant struggle to ensure that we build a society where everyone's sexuality is understood and embraced confrontation like this are not only necessary but essential. On the scale of homophobic incidents this one is relatively minor, despite the acute embarrassment and obvious injustice involved for the couple.
Safe sane and consenting sex between adults of any orientation has to be a fundamental right for all of us in a modern society. It is small battle like this one that must be fought to bring about the acceptance of that fact.


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Saturday, 4 April 2015
Penny is quite laid back about an exciting encounter
Now, you have to understand - no dogs look like Penny! People are always asking us what breed she is, and we say, she's a 'bitser'. That's Aussie slang for a dog who's 'a bit of this and a bit of that'.
But this dog looked like her!
Ever-so-casually, I said to the woman with him, 'What breed is your dog?'
She replied, 'He's maltese/shih-tsu/poodle.'
My heartbeat sped up. That's what we think Penny is. I said, 'Did you buy him from your vet?'
'Yes!" she exclaimed.
OMG! This was Penny's brother. When we decided to get our first-ever dog, we didn't know whether we could cope with two dogs, as beginners. We paid for Penny and left her to grow a little older with the one remaining litter mate, but said that if he was unsold when we returned for her, we would take him too. We had mixed feelings when we heard someone had bought him.
It was wonderful to know he has a loving home and is happy.
Penny's named after the copper coin, because of her puppy colouring, but has long since become a blonde. He, on the other hand, is still coppery. When you see them together, the difference is plain.
It was such a happy and exciting meeting that I can't resist posting lots of photos.
4 comments:
- Mitch and Molly said...
How exciting for you, Penny! We hope you made plans to get together again soon!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
- 5 April 2015 at 05:50
- proud womon said...
what a wonderful encounter parlance!!! you have to wonder if penny and the boy (you didn't mention his name) had any inkling they were long-separated siblings...
- 5 April 2015 at 13:12
- parlance said...
Mitch and Molly, it was indeed exciting! I think we'll see him again, now we know where he sometimes walks. We'll be on the lookout!
- 5 April 2015 at 21:31
- parlance said...
proud womon, you've asked the question that was in our minds also. Surely, having grown up together for the first couple of months of their lives, they should remember each other? They seemed more interested in the humans who came along as we chatted, which I now think might be a family trait. Penny appears to think she's a human and doesn't spend any time socialising with dogs if there are people to 'talk' to.
I didn't mention his name because I didn't know whether I had his human's permission to do so. It's a cute name and suits him well, I can tell you that much, lol.
- 5 April 2015 at 21:34


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On Sunday night I went to see Death Grips at XOYO in glittering East London. To say it was not really a Sunday night kinda show would be a bit of an understatement.
If you're not familiar with Death Grips, they are MC Ride, producer Flatlander and Hella drummer Zach Hill. They make dark, unwelcoming, industrial hip hop, a sound which was represented on Sunday (other than by the music itself) by the lack of almost any discernable lighting or on stage banter. It was brilliant.
Mind suitably pummelled by the aggressive sounds of Death Grips, I stumbled out into late night Shoreditch and waited for my eyes to adjust to the night sky, which was considerably brighter than the lighting inside the venue.
The fact that I had just returned to London after a weekend in the countryside provided further contrast to add to my Sunday evening experiences.
I'm telling you about the contrasts I experienced the other night mainly so you can contrast this Editor's Letter from last week's, because I'm about to bang on about Facebook and Spotify again. Though with a week to reflect on the new look Facebook, and the various subsequent events relating to Spotify's hook up with it, there are some new things to say.
As you'll remember, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the social network's big new redesign last week, and he put Spotify right at the heart of it. Although plenty of other content providers will be feeding endless amounts of user data into Facebook's new activity tracker, it was Spotify's Daniel Ek he called up on stage to talk about it. And although the latest redesign is yet to properly roll out, it's Spotify which has probably garnered the most attention for hooking in to the evolving social network, though not with entirely positive results.
Spotify displeased a very vocal and sizeable minority of its users on Monday when it announced that from now on new users would have to sign up for the streaming service using their Facebook account. No Facebook account, no Spotify account. That's it.
This assumes two things. Firstly, that everyone is happy to have a Facebook account. And secondly, that everyone who does is happy to use it to sign into other services. But not everyone in the world is a Facebook user, and many of those who are not – especially if they are web savvy enough to want to sign up to Spotify – have made a conscious decision, on whatever grounds, to not use the social network. Therefore, Spotify's advice to just "set a Facebook account up and not use it" wasn't very helpful. And even those who are Facebook users aren't necessarily going to be comfortable with it having access to their wider online lives (even if it's getting harder to stop that being so).
Then came the next change: Without really explaining properly what was happening, Spotify asked current users to agree to send data about every track they play via the service over to Facebook, so the social network could build a profile of their listening habits, and share details of every single track played with their friends. It is possible to turn this data sharing off, even if you inadvertantly allow it when presented with an update window by Spotify, but at the outset it wasn't especially clear how to do this. Responding to criticism (and, to be fair, they did do this pretty quickly), Spotify added a 'private mode' to its software on Thursday.
Spotify argued that all these changes were justified because they added up to "creating an amazing new world of music discovery". But even if you agree that this is where Facebook and Spotify are taking us, trying to force everyone to join them on their journey, from day one, isn't really on, and is particularly unfair on those who object to having a profile on Facebook.
The way Spotify seems to have leaped so resolutely into the Facebook camp – and the way in which the company seemed to try to trick its customers to follow – was either a gross misjudgement, perhaps because the geeks at Spotify got carried away with Zuckerberg's grand plans, or was perhaps the result of some sneaky deal with the social network, which got Ek top billing at Facebook's party but tied his team to certain Facebook promoting commitments. Conspiracy theorists speculated that the reason Ek was so openly responding to criticism on Twitter on Monday night was so he could persuade Facebook to let him out of previous commitments.
That all seems a bit far-fetched – Ek was probably just doing the decent thing, and handling the critics head on rather than hiding behind a PR machine – but even if we assume good faith on Spotify's part, and that they genuinely believe the Facebook hook up will deliver the holy grail of music discovery and that we'd be mad not to want to be part of it, does that justify the rush? After all, the immediate benefits of Spotify-hooked-to-Facebook for the user are few and far between (the benefits for Spotify itself, of course, are more obvious, the Zuckerberg induced hype has scored them a flood of new sign ups).
As I noted here last week, the changes Facebook are implementing provide a service akin to Last.fm – ie one that logs your online activity, and makes recommendations and tries to form communities based on your tastes – though rather than just logging the music you play on your computer, it will try to record everything you do online, from reading news stories to watching films. This information is then shared with your friends in real time. For the reasons outlined above (ie the almost forced participation), the newly shared data from Spotify is most obvious as a Facebook user, because now you're being bombarded with information about every track every one of your friends (well, the opted in Spotify users) ever plays. It's a huge amount of data I've subconsciously trained myself to ignore within five days.
It comes in constantly via Facebook's new 'ticker'. It flashes before your eyes so quickly it's hard to take in, even if you're not already ignoring it, which you almost certainly are. It's hard to see how this will ever amount to an "amazing new world of music discovery". Of course, this is presumably just stage one. But what's stage two? Even if Facebook begins grouping together tracks, so it tells you "ten or so of your friends have listened to track X", how does that help? It assumes that a play equals a recommendation. Which it doesn't.
In my job I listen to a lot of new music that I definitely don't want to inflict on others. Even some of the things I like, I might not want to explicitly recommend to all my friends. When Spotify announced its easier opt out button – the 'private mode' – it suggested this would be used to hide "guilty pleasures" you don't want people knowing you listen to. But that misses the point – a play doesn't equal a recommendation, whether it's a guilty pleasure or not. On top of all that, because Facebook logs a track as soon as it begins playing, rather than (as Last.fm does) half way through, I found it was logging an awful lot of stuff I wasn't actually listening to, but was skipping or stopping after a few seconds. Or on a couple of occasions, after I'd mistakenly clicked on a link and a track had automatically started playing. That doesn't aid music discovery in any way at all.
By confusing tracks being played (or even just clicked on) with tracks being recommended, Facebook and Spotify's bid to find this new world of music discovery is heading in the wrong direction. Which is why I'm not travelling with them, and have turned the tracking function off.
I'm hoping any of you out there who I'm friends with on Facebook appreciate my selfless act of not filling your newsfeeds with pointless information. I'll continue to help out by not installing any other tracking apps either. Because, frankly, who wants to be told every time I click on a link to a news story, which I may or may not then read or enjoy or find useful or want to recommend. If I want to recommend something on Facebook, I'll just carry on linking to it manually, as before.
Of course Facebook and Spotify will say "that's fine, we're not forcing you to join us in this brave new world, so stop your moaning". Which is fair enough. Except I suspect sharing information via Facebook in the old way will become an increasingly infruriating thing to do, as partner websites make it harder to link to and embed content without installing their activity-tracking-apps. I say "suspect", I've seen that happen already this week.
I don't want to sound like a luddite, and I'm willing to accept Facebook's data capture frenzy might – might – result in some genuinely interesting services down the line. But until it does Facebook is going to have to do a lot to convince me that these new changes are a good idea. For the first time since I signed up to the world's biggest social media network I'm genuinely thinking I might have to give up on it. I'll just stick to Twitter, or maybe I'll give Google+ another go. Maybe this will be the making of Google+. We'll see.
Or perhaps I'm sounding like a luddite because that's what I've become, the lone moaner who harks back to the good old days of the internet, aka 2009. Is that what Spotify getting all these sign ups since its hook up with Facebook actually means? Maybe I'll just go back to standing in the dark listening to aggressive hip hop. That's the future, I tell you!
This is taken from my CMU editorial for this week. Read the whole thing, including some links to music I actually recommend you listen to, here.


text: Career politician, leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, briefly prime minister of Canada (1979). Clark was first elected to Parliament in 1972 after years of work in the youth ranks of his party. In 1976 he was elected leader, and in 1979 won a minority government. It was defeated after only six months on an ambitious program of budgetary restraint which was largely retained by the following Liberal government. Clark lost the leadership in 1983 to Brian Mulroney. Rapidly becoming more progressive than conservative, he worked two ministerial portfolios under Mulroney and stick-handled the massively-rejected Charlottetown Accord, before running from the certain defeat that was visited upon Mulroney's hugely unpopular government in 1984. In 1998, Clark was again elected to lead the drifting of what has become the smallest party in Parliament.


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INSIGHT Emergency Increases Productivity with 19%
By introducing the Cetrea technology, productivity in terms of patient throughput was increased by 19% in the A&E department at the regional hospital of Horsens, Denmark. This is the main conclusion from an independent study funded by the Danish Welfare Technology Foundation.
The quantitative effects amounted to a 19% increase in production between the first half of 2009 and the second half of 2010. At the same time, an analysis at micro-level indicates that the improvements to efficiency achieved in 2010 corresponded to the workload of four full-time positions. The analysis is based on 21 specific assignments for which the patient flow system has provided a number of benefits.
In addition to these quantitative productivity gains, the report also concludes that the Cetrea technology had significant qualitative benefits:
The qualitative benefits materialise in the form of increased security for the patient and improved patient treatment quality, which is also based on the assessment provided by the parties involved. Patients were not asked to participate as they have no knowledge of the patient flow system, as the system is used only by the hospital staff. However, the hospital staff has assessed the indirect effects and their assessments are concordant.
Read the full report here
Case Background
The Danish Public Welfare Technology Fund (Danish: ABT-fonden) is a government initiative, administered by the Danish Agency for Digitisation – an agency under the Danish Ministry of Finance.
Denmark is facing a number of challenges relating primarily to demographic developments in the coming years: The population is aging and the workforce is shrinking as more people retire than those entering the labour marked - not least in the public service sector.
Further, public expenses to health care and health services are increasing as more and more people are diagnosed with a chronic disease or having age-related heath ailments. In addition, the international financial crisis has imposed the Danish government with an imminent challenge in terms of keeping public spending down.
Key Messages
- INSIGHT Emergency was evaluated in the period from June 2009 to January 2011 (19 months)
- 9.3% reduction in clinical staff during the period
- 7.03% increase in production (no. of patients)
- Overall, clinicians became 19% more productive
- In total, 6,400 hours saved, equivalent to 4 FTE
- Return on Investment (ROI) in 2 years
- Improving patient safety
- Better overview of patient flows
- Reduction of stress, interruptions, and noisy calls
- Better management information
- Better location of people


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Monday, March 21, 2011
Cupcake Challenge 134
I am also entering my card for the following challenges; Just Magnolia and Hanglar have a theme this week of favourite colour combo (a tough one as I love so many, especially pink, but you can't beat a classic black and white combo for any occassion!), this week's Papertake challnge has a theme of three - I have used three different magnolia stamps and three different patterned papers if you count my doily as one!
For my card I have used Secret Tilda from the Magnolia Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010 and she is coloured with copics and accented with silver stickles and a ranger inkssentials pen. The sentiment is one of the Magnolia minis and it is just the perfect size to pop on the side of an image, and the flourish is also from Magnolia but it is actually a long stamp for a border, but I just partially stamped it to get the effect I wanted.
My DP is from DCWV and the doily is from Create4fun. I used a spellbinders fancy tag to create my two white tabs, which also came from Create4fun. Finally, the ribbon and jewels are from my stash.
This month our icing on the cupcake prize is sponsored by Wild Rose Studio who are giving us two gorgeous stamps as a prize, and all you have to do is enter at least one of our challenges this month to be in with a chance to win.
Finally, we are having a DT call over at Cupcake Craft Challenges, please see the details below.....
Would you like to join Cupcake Craft Challenges? We're looking to expand our Design Team, so, if you fancy being a Cupcake and can commit to:
Creating a new project each week
Commenting on all entrants allocated to you
Suggesting Challenges and picking a Top Five when it's your week
Having a giggle! ;)
Then we'd like to hear from you!
Please e-mail Cupcake three samples of your work, along with a link to your blog.This DT Call will run until 12 Noon, GMT on Wednesday 23 March. Good Luck!
Card/Paper: Black and white card, DCWV - Linen Closet
Stamps: Magnolia - Secret Tilda - Merry Little Christmas Collection 2010, Magnolia - flourish and mini sentiment
Colouring: Copics - E00, E11, R20, C1, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5, W7, 100, 0
Embellishments: Doily, stickles, inkssentials pen, ribbon, jewels
Tools: Cuttlebug, sewing machine, spellbinders fancy tags
Thanks for looking x
19 comments:
Wow hunny, the black and white look is fab, and your colourwork is simply perfection. Absolutely gorgeous! Hugs SxxReplyDelete
WOW! What a STUNNING card - simple but SO effective! Love your colouring.ReplyDelete
Judi x
Gorgeous, cute card LizReplyDelete
Woww this is absolutely stunning Liza! Wow love your colouring as always!ReplyDelete
Hugs Kristel
OMG ! What a fantastic card Liza ! Your colouring is simply amazing... Hugs and love from La Chic !ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous Liza! Looove your colouring especially Tilda's hair. Your layout is so beautiful and classy too. Hugs, MariaReplyDelete
Wow!! *Picking up my jaw from the floor* This is such an amazing card! Love the colors, the papers...Your coloring is amazing! have a fab day!ReplyDelete
Such a pretty card Liza, you're colouring always blows me away :) Donna xReplyDelete
Wow, Liza this is absolutely gorgeous! Admire the way you color, awesome!ReplyDelete
hugs Yvonne
Hi Liza,ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card. love the black & white colour combo.
love Kerry xx
So beautiful card Liza,I love the image and the colours.ReplyDelete
So gorgeous papers.
Hugs Riet.xx
Simply WOW! Your colouring is amazing and I your choice of black and white perfect! Love it 200%! Hugs Delphine xxReplyDelete
Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous! I love the black and white theme. Thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly :)ReplyDelete
Stunning card, your coloring is gorgeous Liza!!!ReplyDelete
Liza this is gorgeous! Wow your colouring is the best!!! Hugs Shelly xReplyDelete
Wow - beautiful card! I am blown away by your colouring too :-)ReplyDelete
Stunning, absolutely stunning. xxxReplyDelete
Lovely card and the colouring is greatReplyDelete
What fabulous colouring, and gorgeous papers too. A stunning card.ReplyDelete


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Jordi by Cynthia Spencer
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Jordi is a ponchette or shawl made from 4 different sizes of seven total wedges. They are knitted individually, then joined with a decorative 3-needle bind-off.
The center-back wedge has 6 colors; the others have one fewer section of color on each wedge. This creates a stair step of color.
Unlike most shawls, where you are working huge rows by the end and feel as if you are never going to finish, with Jordi you will be doing less and less the further you go!
Choose six colors that blend, and that move from light on the top to dark on the bottom.
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115 yards / 25 grams
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