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Work-life balance: Unplugging after hours
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Alaska authors and books
Sunlight North The Wisdom of the Arctic Wilderness Forty Seasons in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Clarence A. Crawford writes about some of his experiences in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, recalling the many ways it has shaped his life during the past forty years. The bulk of these chapters narrate some aspect of travel in the Arctic. Several deal with contemporary attitudes that may adversely affect the Refuge and other wilderness areas. And several chapters deal with the mythical and philosophical underpinnings of why people quest, in the wilderness and elsewhere.
Ross Homer
Ross Homer is the author of an interesting and unusual take on dragons. The book is titled "The Life Giver". Upcoming books include the first in the 'Angel' series, "Avenging Angel." Other pursuits include: photography; music - he's a flat-pickin' blue grass/folk guitar player; bicycling, both road and mountain, hiking and cross-country skiing.
The Alaska Writers Directory
Connecting writers across the 49th state.
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After the Macondo oil spill in 2010, we started engaging with ten companies in the deepwater drilling industry. Objective was to gain insight into the risks and investment opportunities, and encourage best practices. We were impressed with the improvements and the sense of urgency we observed.
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I have never seen such a cloud formation! Looks like a dragonhead on the upper right corner, from thereon to the left the throat towards the body. Also there is almost a square opening in the clouds. Has anybody ever heard something of RAMTHA, the master of winds? Spooky! I did not realize what I had captured until I´ve opened the image on my PC last night! I think it´s well worth getting it´s own post! Enjoy!
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The mega merger is twice as big as the previous largest tech-only deal, which was the Compaq-HP deal, valued at $33.4 billion.
Here's a sneak peak at other tech acquisitions that pale in comparison to the Dell-EMC merger.
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Following up from the previous post, I have to acknowledge my commitment to nonviolent communication and the scaffolding it provides for my personal teaching experience.
Heh, I'm not saying that I'm always a nonviolent communicator! But it does inform my perspective. Students will be exposed to this approach if they spend more than a few hours in my classes. Given recent readings, I question this but I also say: that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Some sources that have been important to me over the years (since way before I began teaching English):
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
My husband picked this book up from an independent bookstore in Victoria, B.C. one year when we were on vacation. Perhaps August of 2001? The fundamentals of good communication, in my opinion!
The Assertiveness Workbook by Randy Paterson
I think I may have gotten this one in an independent bookstore (maybe in Canada too!). Anyway, It blew me away. Chapter 5 alone is worth the price of admission -- it lists a number of solid, emotionally-sound beliefs that one can carry into life. Successful communication depends (in my opinion) on having these beliefs in the back pocket while communicating. I'm still learning (and always will be), but whenever possible I try to model these in class. They do flavor my approach.
Ethics for the New Millennium by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
If you happen to find this book in the library or a bookstore and don't have a lot of time, just read the last chapter. A rational and non-religious argument for nonviolent communication as the foundation for life. Of course, the Dalai Lama is not a non-religious man -- but his ideas can be used to strengthen and support ANY religion. Or none.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Yeh, I could be reading my already-strong beliefs into his book. Or not. I think he argues for much the same as the books above. From the perspective of a man who survived a concentration camp.
Although The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching was more influential to me in general, Thich Nhat Hanh's book Anger is more specifically about nonviolent communication. Don't be fooled by the simple language. ETA: Another deceptively simple, but highly influential book is Peace is Every Step.
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Many of her books have been helpful, but this one addresses nonviolent communication very well.
Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Paul Ekman and a number of other rational-minded authors also tie in to my thoughts on nonviolent communication. Hey, Lakey's book (just finished, see earlier posts) fits right in! ETA: also local heroes Aaron Beck and Martin Seligman ...


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I came across the perfect image for Cass and Aimee sometimes last year and Kody Boye (who had credit on his stockphoto account) bought it for me.
This is what it looked like BEFORE and AFTER Claudia McKinney of Phat Puppy Art did her magic.
I really, really loved the image because I felt it went perfectly with the Pretty When She Kills cover artwork and the yet to be revealed Pretty When She Destroys cover.
Today I got a Twitter mention by KT Grant that read:
Now, I had actually seen this cover about two weeks before Pretty When They Collide came out, but I wasn't worried. My novel is UF/Horror and her works are Erotica. There was a possibility of fan bleed over to some degree, but I didn't see an issue with the image being shared on novels. The vibe (hehe) on both covers is totally different anyway.
But today they are pitted against each other in a battle of covers! So go vote for your favorite!
Special thanks to KT Grant for giving me the heads up and also being so cool. I'll be guest posting on her blog in the very near future.


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On Sunday, April 9th, during an interview with Bloomberg, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard laid out a potential path for the Federal Reserve to shrink its $4.5 trillion balance sheet.
Bullard began by saying "first of all, $4.5 trillion is higher than anyone thinks it should be," acknowledging that the central bank's massive holdings threaten to limit its available policy responses to future downturns. He then went on to say that the Fed could shrink its balance sheet more passively by allowing "the reinvestment policy to end and then … gradually run-off the balance sheet over time."
Bullard highlighted that this approach would avoid much of the volatility which many fear could be sparked by a Fed move to unwind its holdings, saying rather that it would "be taken in stride by markets."


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Native Country USA
Season Outdoor 2016
Level HS
Meet Date May 20, 2016
Date Added May 21, 2016
Grade 2019
Timing FAT
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Degree Programs Bachelor of Professional Studies in Guitar
Private Guitar Lesson Level 7
Private Guitar Lesson Level 7 builds upon the knowledge gained in earlier levels regarding the harmonic minor scale and its chordal possibilities. You will also revisit the diminished scale. Both scales will be studied in all keys. Chord inversions will be expanded upon and voice leading will be practiced by way of triads in C harmonic minor. You will also explore harmonic minor four-part chord forms further, knowledge which will be applied to a final musical piece under the guidance of the instructor.
By the end of Private Guitar Lesson Level 7, you will be able to:
Play the harmonic minor scale in all keys from any degree or mode in three octaves (min. tempo of 60 beats per minute)
Play the diminished scale in all keys in three octaves from the tonic (min. tempo of 60 beats per minute)
Play triads diatonic to C harmonic minor, voice led through six cycles from Root, first and second inversions, close and spread.
Play augmented triad arpeggios three octaves from any chord tone, all keys (min. tempo of 60 beats per minute)
Play four-part chords of Maj7, Min7, Dom7, Min7b5, Dom7sus4, 7#5, and Dim7 in all inversions and all keys
Play four-part arpeggios of Maj7, Min7, Dom7, Min7b5, Dom7sus4, 7#5, and Dim7 in three octaves from any chord tone, all keys (min. tempo of 60 beats per minute)
Read level-appropriate single notes and chords with rhythm notation
- Perform an instructor-approved performance piece
Completion of Private Guitar Lesson Level 6 is required.
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A recording tool is provided within the course that will allow students to record videos of themselves playing for assignment submission. Alternatively, students can use a digital camera, smartphone, or tablet to record assignments.
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- A built-in microphone or an external microphone plugged directly into your computer (via built in ports or an external audio interface)
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 500 MB hard drive space
- Speakers or headphones
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BOYNE FALLS — Jewel Heart Northern Michigan will welcome Gehlek Rimpoche, world renown Tibetan master, best-selling author and founder/spiritual director of Jewel Heart, a worldwide Tibetan Buddhist organization, to Northern Michigan for Buddhist teachings and a Mother's Day morning talk.
The programs will take place May 12-13 at Solace Spa at Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls.
The teachings are open to all, regardless of religious background.
The Saturday format will allow for a question-and-answer period following the workshop. The talk and workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a lunch break from noon to 2 p.m. Reservations for both events can be made by calling Solace Spa at Boyne Mountain at 231-549-7946. The cost is $40.
The Mother's Day morning event will celebrate mothers and unconditional love through the lens of Tibetan Buddhism from 9:45 to 11 a.m. Donations will be accepted.
Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche was born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1939 and was recognized as an incarnate lama at the age of 4.
Carefully tutored from an early age by some of Tibet's greatest living masters, Rimpoche gained renown for his powers of memory, intellectual judgment and penetrating insight.
In the late 1970s, Rimpoche was directed to teach Western students by his teachers, the Senior and Junior Masters to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Rimpoche founded Jewel Heart in 1989, a nonprofit organization based in Ann Arbor dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and to bringing the practice of this rich tradition within the context of contemporary life to everyone.
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April 2011
MIK in the News
Hedge Funds Eye Broker Relationships -- MIK provides insight to Hedge Funds that need to organize and maximize relationships with their brokers.
April 2011
Tabb Forum interviews MIK's Marshall Saffer
Watch COO Marshall Saffer's interview by the Tabb Forum where he discusses the present day challenges in the Hedge Fund Industry and how the needs of Hedge Funds have evolved in the past several years.
March 2011
Press Release
March 2011
A Multi Billion Dollar Credit Fund has chosen to implement the MIK Data Warehouse and MIK Security Master
February 2011
A well recognized start up has chosen to implement the MIK Data Warehouse in conjunction with their launch
January 2011
MIK launches the new Price Manager product
MIK has launched a new application called Price Manager that works in conjunction with the MIK Security Master. Two clients are currently implementing the MIK Price Manager.
December 2010
Another $13 billion hedge fund has begun the implementation of MIK's Data Warehouse solution
December 2010
The MIK Data Warehouse now seamlessly interfaces with Advent Axys
November 2010
MIK continues to grow by adding two new multi-asset clients
MIK's Data Warehouse and Security Master solution have been selected by a multi-billion dollar, multi asset-class hedge fund for implementation. In addition, a three billion dollar, long/short equity hedge fund has chosen MIK's Real-Time Portfolio Monitor platform.
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MIK adds a multi-billion dollar Hedge Fund as a client
A multi-billion dollar Hedge Fund has selected the complete MIK Broker Relationship Suite (Event Tracker, Commissions Tracker, & Broker Vote) to facilitate their in-house broker analysis and oversight.


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Laying On of Hands
John the Baptist taught that our baptism had three parts to it. First and foremost, baptism of water which is for the forgiveness of our sins, but also anointing by the Holy Spirit and "fire" which is the trials that arise on account of our lifelong committment to follow Jesus no matter what. In the very earliest days of the Church, the Bible introduced us to the meaning of baptism's second part:
"When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, and they went down there, and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit, for as yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them , and they received the Holy Spirit." (Acts:8:14).
By doing this, Peter and John showed us a sacrament that almost every church in Christ has followed ever since. The reasoning cannot be contested. If the Apostles did it, then we must do it, too. This "laying on of hands" by the elders and officials of the Church after baptism brings us into a deeper closeness with Jesus so that the aura of God can surround us more tightly. That is the Holy Spirit which comes into us to teach us, comfort us and guard our lives in the Lord. Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a spiritual anointing, but the apostolic actions of Peter and John illustrate the need for the Church's role in it as well.
The third part of baptism is trial. When you look at the story of Moses leading the Israelites across the Sinai desert to the Promised Land, you will see that the journey lasted 40 years and was filled with many trials which they had to overcome. Moses did not take them to Jerusalem straightaways. That journey and those trials is an allegory of our lives committed to follow Jesus to the kingdom of heaven. It shows us the need for our lifelong committment to trust God no matter what and to persevere in our faith.
"I have found over the course of my own life that it was filled with decisions I had to make whether to obey the commandments of Jesus or do things He said were wrong. Sometimes I made the wrong choices and always, when I did, my life began to founder. But it was like falling down. When I got back up to tell God I was sorry, He welcomed me back on His path and my faith became stronger, and so I persevered." That is what John the Baptist was talking about the third part of baptism, the "fire" of those kind of trials that come in our way as we journey through life toward His kingdom and the eternal life He promised. Staying close to Christ is the ongoing confirmation of our faith we must hold onto for life.
That is the full meaning of our baptism in the Lord.
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Kwame Despite not using blood for rituals – National Blood Service
The National Blood Service (NBS) has refuted claims that the owner of the Despite Group of Companies, Osei Kwame Despite, has been using blood donated for rituals.
A Youtube page published a video in which a man named Evangelist Emmanuel Addai alleged that blood accrued by the Despite Group's organised blood donation exercise is used for rituals by its owner.
The National Blood Service has, however, come out to state that "these assertions by the said Evangelist Addai on the recordings are palpably false, baseless and most regrettable."
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In it's 1999 annual report, Yahoo included 34 old-school postcards featuring retro images and illustrations. The upstart corporate effort toward hipness a half-generation ago now looks cocky.
Yahoo is looking for buyers. It hopes to have a slate of interested parties in the week ahead.
The story of Yahoo and how it has gone from a do-no-wrong online pioneer to a struggling veteran staring in a series of boardroom dramas serves as a lesson for investors.
The one-time, and by some measures still, internet giant has stumbled through it's existence. Hundreds of millions of people use its online services from email to original content to Tumblr, providing a platform for advertisers. The company's revenues have grown eight-fold since sending out those postcards. However, it's share price is one-third what is was at the turn of the century.
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Long-term shareholders have been subject to several turnaround plans (focused on search, mobile and services), activist shareholders eager to install their own executives and multiple promises of future performance.
Several dozen companies are interested in buying parts of Yahoo, according to the Wall Street Journal. They include dinosaurs like AT&T and Verizon and some of Yahoo's own competitors such as Google and IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Yahoo's business is not lifeless. It's digital advertising and video technologies, thousands of patents and foreign investments like Yahoo Japan and Alibaba, the China-based web commerce portal may be worth more separately than together as they are in Yahoo. And yet, long-term shareholders are left hoping the check is the mail.
Financial journalist Tom Hudson hosts The Sunshine Economy on WLRN-FM in Miami. Follow him on Twitter @HudsonsView.


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Imagine you have a apartment manager who is as sexy as AV idol Juri Kitahara and she, like may Japanese people hangs her laundries outside to dry including her underwear. It's too tempting for guys living in her apartments building…
Buy Juri Kitahara's Hot DVD today!
A young and sexually unsatisfied apartment manager Juri Kitahana catches a panty thief and finds out he is one of her apartment dwellers. She promises not to report him to the police on the condition that she will fuck her until she really cums! Though him, she comes to know the horny male apartment dwellers and have secret and perverted relationships.
Blowjob, bareback, creampie, bukkake facial, masturbation, threesome, gang bang
Starring: Juri Kitahara
Title: Red hot Jam 271, RHJ-271
Length: 120 min
Release Date: 1/18/2013
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3 1/2 miles of salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishing on the River Dysynni in Gwynedd. Day tickets and season tickets are available through the estate, Tynycornel Hotel, or from the local post office. 3 romantic country cottages are also available.
Set in a fabulously secluded location surrounded by mature broadleaf woodland, these cosy detached cottages offer peace and tranquillity in abundance. Part of a 100-acre estate, these 200-year-old stone cottages are ideal for those wishing to escape from it all, making the perfect romantic holiday hideaway.
Cormorant Cottage
Beamed living room with wood-burning stove and stable door to garden. Modern kitchen/dining room. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. External toilet. Very steep narrow stairs leading to first floor: Double bedroom with low sloping ceiling. Sleeps 2.
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Gamekeepers Cottage
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Tyn y Cornel
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WOW! It's been a year since I had my last birthday. Time flies! This year has been incredibly good to me. With all of the gifts He gave to me, all of the happiness I experienced in the beginning of 2015, it's too awesome! And I'm so grateful of the blessings I've got. Thank You, Allaah! I can't thank You enough.
And now, it's my birthday. I wish that everyone is in a good health and a good mood today. Pssst! I secretly hoping that this day is going to be the best day of my life (HAHA!).


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First Ever Cali Paddler Retreat – March 3-5 2017
Cali Paddler will be hosting a first of its kind retreat March 3-5 in Santa Barbara County for the paddling community. The all-inclusive Friday-Sunday event is aimed to bring together paddlers of all craft backgrounds and create a welcoming atmosphere for all skill levels. It will be held at the beautiful Refugio State Beach, with friend and world class paddler Danny Ching headlining the event, various clinics and lots of paddling.
"Towards the end of last year, my partner Greg and I were talking about how we could do something special for our team paddlers that would be a paddler's dream weekend", said Cali Paddler Co-Founder Clarke Graves. And so the idea was born to create an awesome retreat. "However, our mantra is to Be E.P.I.C. (Every Paddler in California), so we quickly decided we wanted to open it up to everyone in our Cali Tribe."
"It started with everyone just bringing their own craft, but then we wondered, 'Hey! What if some of the best paddle craft companies also came to join us?' " shared Greg Gagnon, Cali Paddler's other founding partner. So the process began to connect with various companies and see if they liked the idea. "Everyone was pretty stoked about the concept and wanted in!" explained Clarke.
To represent the various paddle craft, Cali Paddler has announced that 404SUP, Bark Paddleboards, Kamanu Composites, and Epic Kayaks and Surf Ski will all be attending. They will have booths setup and staffed with experts and paddlers to meet and talk to, along with all their newest craft to try out. In true Cali Paddler style they invited these iconic companies to stay and enjoy the retreat. "How great would it be to sit around the campfire with these folks and share stories and talk paddling" Clarke excitedly shared. "It would be amazing to hang with a legendary shaper and Olympic Trials Finalist roasting marshmallows!"
Ultimately though, Cali Paddler knew it wanted to have an inspiring icon to headline the event. Clarke explained "When you think about top California paddlers, Danny Ching immediately comes to mind. So we contacted Danny and shared our vision of creating something unique. He was in!" Danny Ching will be delivering the keynote presentation with a focus on how all paddle craft can help improving your skills in the water, along with what has helped him, on the water and off, succeed.
Sprinkled in with an already awesome lineup are clinics of various topics such as craft care and maintenance, paddle nutrition, injury recovery and prevention and, staying true to one of Cali Paddler's core pillars of environmental stewardship, an Eco-conscious and sustainability clinic. Throw in some on-site massage therapists, sunrise yoga, local food, music, a killer swag bag, and camping. All in one of California's prettiest coastal locations. Cali Paddler has created a paddler's dream retreat.
Space is limited. For registration and more information visit CaliPaddler.com.
For questions please direct to firstname.lastname@example.com or (619) 432-2254 (CALI).
Companies participating and supporting include:
- Bark Paddleboards
- Epic Kayaks and Surfskis
- Kamanu Composites
- HippoStick Paddles
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30 years (F), Unmarried, Muslim, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
She is pious, result oriented, family oriented and loving caring for everyone.
Master / Post graduate in Science, currently enjoying profession as Student. I am She competed her honours and masters from Eden college. In honours ghe got first class And in masters she was first class 6th. Now studie for BCS ..
I am with Average body & Fair body complexion, No smoking & No drinking habit. I follow Bengali community with Conservative style.
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Fractional plates are a rare commodity, which defies the incredible benefits you will get if you add these to your program. One of the many problems lifters face in their training is dealing with the jump in increments offered by bumper plates when trying to increase their weights training. The trick to combating this is through making gains in smaller increments, also known as micro-loading.
The SMAI and CrossFit Aphesis Fractional Set has been calibrated to IWF specifications, making it the best quality on the market. Each plate will slide onto all IWF and SMAI barbells to fit smoothly and firmly. The collar opening is precisely 50.4mm, allowing for minimal slop and movement. Fractional plates are designed to fit tightly, allowing for a secure and comfortable lift when collars are not used.
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Waterborne exports of U.S. crude reached a record-high amount in April, according to Genscape's North American Waterborne report. The trend of high export volumes is expected to continue due to an ongoing, relatively wide NYMEX Light Sweet crude (WTI)/ICE Brent spread.
Crude exports in April, all from the U.S. Gulf Coast, averaged 2.053mn bpd, a 489,000 bpd increase from March. Genscape data showed the 31 percent month-to-month gain led the April average to surpass the previous high in October 2017, which was 1.843mn bpd.
The biggest recipients of U.S. crude exports in April were Asia and Europe, as both regions took in record-high amounts at 863,000 bpd and 697,000 bpd, respectively. According to Genscape, the April averages were 305,000 bpd and 131,000 bpd higher than March postings.
Delivery locations also included ports on the Canadian East Coast, India, the Middle East, South Africa, the Caribbean and South America that month.
Genscape data showed that refiners in East Asia took in the largest portion of the American crude, at 714,000 bpd in April, up 278,000 bpd from March. Chinese refiners received 498,000 bpd, while the largest single location to import American crude to the region was Ulsan, South Korea, home to SK Energy's 850,000 bpd refinery, which received three separate cargoes carrying a combined 4.348mn bbls.
In Europe, the United Kingdom received the most of any sub-region at 273,000 bpd, which was a decrease of 29,000 bpd month-on-month, with shipments to Fawley, Pembroke and Transmere. Genscape analysts saw that the storage hub of Rotterdam, Netherlands, took in the most U.S. exports of any single location in Europe via six cargoes, carrying a total 4.715mn bbls.
Exports Affect Regional Crude Storage
Relatively high export volumes contributed to a destocking trend along the Texas Gulf Coast. Inventories fell more than 6.6mn bbls between weeks ending March 9 and May 4, including a 1.8mn-bbl draw for week ending May 4, according to Genscape's Texas Gulf Coast Crude Storage report.
Genscape noted storage levels in Houston accounted for more than 3mn bbls of the two-month draw in the broader region. Waterborne loadings averaged 488,000 bpd during the past five weeks, compared to the Q1 2018 average of 415,000 bpd.
Additionally, loadings from the Galveston Offshore Lightering Zone (GOLA) averaged 803,000 bpd through the past five weeks, compared to the Q1 2018 average of 489,000 bpd. GOLA has the capability to load Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), which can improve export economics by allowing shippers to load more than 2mn bbls aboard one vessel. There were 15 cargoes loaded from GOLA in April, 11 of which carried at least 2mn bbls, according to Genscape. The lightering zone primarily sources crude from Houston.
Additionally, Corpus Christi, TX, inventories decreased 2.4mn bbls between weeks ending March 9 and May 4, with more than half of the draw taking place in the past three weeks. Corpus Christi waterborne loadings in 2018 averaged 502,000 bpd through week ending May 4, compared to the 2017 average of 407,000 bpd, but did not increase substantially in recent weeks. Loadings averaged 512,000 bpd during the past five weeks, compared to the Q1 2018 average of 499,000 bpd, Genscape analyst reported. The port of Corpus Christi plans to increase the depth of the port to fully load VLCCs in 2020 and has already successfully tested partially loading a VLCC earlier this year.
Wide Arbitrage Spread, Other Factors Lead to High Exports
The new high water mark for exports was spurred by an inflated Dated Brent price and a relatively wide WTI/Brent spread, in addition to low freight costs and demand from foreign refiners that have grown fond of the U.S. barrels in their crude slates, according to market sources.
The export surge initially began following a widening of the WTI/Brent spread after Hurricane Harvey hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in late August 2017, when more than 20 percent of the nation's refining capacity was shuttered, according to Genscape's North American Refinery Intelligence report.
The front-month WTI/Brent spread in 2017 pre-Harvey averaged $2.75/bbl, but following the storm it closed out the year at an average of $5.99/bbl.
The wider spread presented an opportunity for foreign refiners to run relatively cheaper WTI-based crudes. Genscape analysts observed that exports before Harvey averaged 688,000 bpd from January 2017 through August 2017, but closed out the year at an average of 1.416mn bpd post-Harvey.
Through April 2018, the WTI/Brent spread averaged $4.61/bbl. During the same time period, Genscape waterborne data showed that, exports shipped to foreign docks at an average of 1.626mn bpd.
Market sources noted relatively low freight rates have contributed to the recent upswing in exports, as they averaged approximately $1.50/bbl to Asia and $2.00/bbl to Europe during week ending May 4.
As long as the low shipping rates persist, and with the WTI/Brent spread averaging $5.44/bbl in April and $5.56/bbl this month through May 9, crude exports at these levels are expected to continue.
Access Genscape's North American Waterborne Crude report to gain a more complete understanding and stay up-to-date on the U.S. crude oil delivery supply chain, published weekly. This includes monitoring of domestic loadings of exports with ship names, volumes carried, and destination information to help traders make more informed decisions knowing where the marginal barrel of oil is going. To learn more, or to request a free trail of Genscape's North American Waterborne Crude report, please click here.
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An Experiment: No More Guest Posts and a Focus on Quality
As some of you guys will remember, a couple of years ago I changed the direction of my business activities. Until 2010 all my income was coming from my blogs and websites, mostly from advertising, affiliate marketing and from selling my own products online.
That year I decided I wanted to move to software development. First of all because I was having a blast programming, which I started as a hobby. Second because I figured I would be able to tackle larger problems/projects writing software.
I spent most of 2011 and 2012 learning more about programming and working on the development of web and mobile apps. 2013 will follow along the same lines, as I have a couple of large/ambitious mobile projects to execute.
In other words, it was getting tough to keep updating this blog daily as I was spending most of my day coding and working on other areas of the business.
My initial solution was to reduce the frequency of updates slightly to four posts per week, and bring guest authors to fill the days I wasn't able to write. It worked relatively well, as 2012 was a record year in terms of traffic, but I wasn't happy with it.
Pretty much every week I would receive a couple of emails from readers who thought the guest posts had a different style and voice, arguing that they came to the site to read my stuff.
I thought about it and decided to run an experiment in 2013: I won't be publishing guest posts anymore and will write all the posts myself (so be warned: you are stuck with my ramblings now!).
On top of that I will also focus on the quality of the posts and not on the quantity. In other words, I will only write when I have something to say. I won't be running filler posts anymore.
Obviously the frequency of updates will fall (I am planning to write 1-2 posts per week), but at least you can be assured that whenever you come here you'll find something worth while to read.
I am not sure if the traffic will increase or decrease with this change, but at least I'll be proud of the content on the site. And despite spending most of my time coding these days, about 60% of my income still comes from my blogs and websites, so I am still in touch with Internet marketing and website promotion/monetization. In other words, stay tuned for some cool stuff in 2013!
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Ha! You're right. I looked back at the last few and they're all list or "how to/why you should" type posts. Either way I take one look at the titles and say "pass".
Anyway I hope it works out for you. If I had to make a guess I'd say traffic will drop. Of course you may only be losing junk traffic anyway so it may end up not mattering.
Thank you. It is the reason I was not reading much of your blog and also some other popular blogs for the last few months. Since the guest posts are not written by you, the writing style is entirely different and most of the posts are not as interesting as yours.
I am not against guest posting. But I am fond of your writings. You have taken the right decision in right time. Looking forward for some great tips and tricks from the blogging guru.
Jeri Dansky
I have no opinion one way or another on the guest posts, but I loved this: "I will only write when I have something to say. I won't be running filler posts anymore."
I wish more bloggers would follow this strategy, and not waste anyone's time – theirs, or their readers' – with those "filler" posts.
Taswir Haider
Great news. Make one quality content from ourselves is better and more mean than 100 quality content from other people.
Hi. Guest posting is great when you do it having something great to share on a more popular blog. You offer traffic to the owner and you can get some visibility.
But most bloggers do guest posting just to get a link … and it's not good. It doesn't bring any value to the readers.
So, probably you are right … no or very very few guest posts here.
Abdul Basith
Good Move Brother! I am your blog's old reader. Filling your blog with more guest post is little annoying. Hereafter i will come often… 🙂
I honestly see this becoming a new trend in 2013. I can see more and more blogs tightening up and being less generous or even stop letting guest blog posts.
I have seen and heard of several others already this year. We shall see where this leads.
Daniel, I really applaud your move. Few years ago when I discovered your blog I was really inspired by you. Your posts are down to earth, useful and practical. You also tok the effort to actually reply emails and offer your advice. So I always visited your blog. But then, the guest posts start to come in. First the guest posts were few on and off. Then they become more frequent and then your blog eventually does not have your voice. When I see the posts are not written by you, I would just exit too.
I think your loyal readers would be cool about your reduced blogging frequency.. We appreciate your sincerity and truthfulness in your writing.
Thanks for this experiment.
Shalu Sharma
This is going to be an interesting experiment. I would be interested in know what happens as far as traffic is concerned.
LJ Earnest
I am doing the same thing, disallowing guest posts and cutting back on the frequency so I can concentrate on other interests. I think it's a good idea…our lives change and so does our focus. We have to adjust to those new priorities or risk getting stuck in a monster we have created.
Excellent news, I usually leave your site as soon as I see that it is a blog post, I do come to read your thoughts, so thank you!
Dean Saliba
This is an interesting move, especially as everyone is saying that guest posting is the way forward, but I enjoy your ramblings so I'll still be coming back. 🙂
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Recipe to make praline chocolate squares with list of ingredients:
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Praline Squares
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Anne recommends buying the paste because making it requires a great deal of effort and it will be cheaper to purchase it.
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100ml double cream
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"Oh, for crying out loud!"
I had spilled some moccachino (coffee, chocolate, whipped cream) down the front of my shirt ... a fairly long drizzle in fact ... as we sat in the back room of La Noisette on busy marché day.
As I wiped up the spill, I wondered briefly, where did that phrase come from? I had uttered it reflexively, almost automatically.
Of course, I realized. That's something my Dad used to say regularly. It was his way of cursing, in a sense, because he never mouthed a profanity. And when one of his five boys would use a euphemism such as "jeepers creepers," he would let us know this was unacceptable as well, borderline blasphemous.
Today, across most age groups, though it seems especially with younger people, vulgarity seems more the rule than the exception. And not just for something they don't like. Even positive comments are sprinkled with F**, S**, A**, and similar. The re-invigorated gun control movement is popularizing the phrase "We Call B*S*."
My two cents, I think profanity and vulgarity tend to diminish the message, whatever the message. It also diminishes the messenger. It's lazy language. Be a little more creative. If you want people to help carry your banner, come up with something everyone can say without cringing.
Unlike my Dad, I am not a saint when it comes to cursing. Used sparingly, though, I think it has more effect for its rarity.
The same goes for temper. If we are constantly outraged at every issue, major or minor, every day, how does someone else distinguish what is important to you? Choose your battles. And choose your words well to fight those battles.


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This will be the tenth match between Real Madrid and Borussia in the Champions League from the season 2012/13 - no confrontation during this time has scored so many matches;
The opposition of Real Madrid and Borussia in the Champions League has more matches without red cards than any other (13 matches);
Real for the 21st time in a row plays in the Champions League and this is the longest series for the tournament. In this case, never "Royal Club" did not fly out of the tournament after the group stage;
Borussia lost the chances of reaching the playoffs of the Champions League. To get into the playoffs of the Europa League in the last round, she needs to play no worse than APOEL will play with Tottenham;
For the first time in its history, Borussia can complete the group stage of the Champions League without a single victory;
In each of the five matches of the current Champions League, Borussia scored exactly one goal each;
Borussia does not win in the Champions League seven consecutive matches (= 2-5);
None of the 37 previous matches of Borussia in the Champions League ended in a goalless draw;
Real Madrid won 21 of 24 last home games of the group stage of the Champions League, without losing once. The last defeat in his native walls he suffered from Milan in October 2009;
Real Madrid won the main European Cup 12 times - more than all. Including he won the tournament three times in the last four seasons;
Real Madrid won the last six finals of the Champions League;
Cristiano Ronaldo - the best sniper in the history of the Champions League (113 goals in 145 games);
Ronaldo scored 98 goals in 93 Champions League matches in Real Madrid;
18 of the last 28 goals of Real Madrid in the Champions League were scored by Ronaldo;
For Gareth Bale it will be the 50th match in the Champions League and he will be only the second Welsh player to reach this mark - the first was Ryan Giggs (141 matches);
Pierre-Emerick Obama has scored nine goals in the last 14 matches in the Champions League;
For five matches against Real Madrid in the Champions League, Obama won three goals.
Forecast for the match Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund statistics: both teams will score, and the effectiveness of the game will exceed three goals. The victory in this meeting will be won by Real Madrid, who will be able to score at least two goals to the opponent's goal.


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For Sale | Retail | Shop 3 & 4/46 Porter Promenade, Mission Beach QLD 4852 | $99,500 + SAV
The best surf shop in Mission Beach is now for sale at a surprising low price of $99,500 + S.A.V.
Big surf brands like Billabong, Element, Von Zipper and accessories galore are available from this premier retail outlet in Mission Beach.
Catering for tourists and locals alike, offering resort and beach wear, swim wear and complimentary tropical holiday items including snorkelling accessories, boogie boards, shoes, sunglasses & jewellery.
Located in a prime retail location in ' The Hub' complex with main road frontage onto Porter Promenade.
Other attractions in the immediate area include, post office, newsagency, coffee shops, take-away cafes & restaurants.
"Mission Beach Workx" has acquired the sole rights for the sale of the Billabong clothing brand.
Also stockists of the stable of resort and swim wear fashion products in the Mission Beach area which include the following labels:-
Billabong Sunseeker Jantzen Bodacious Orientique
Moontide Miss Cocoa Piha Jacaru Laze
Aqua Blue Platypus Go Girl Havaianas Crocs
"Mission Beach Workx" caters to the demands of a diverse local, regional and international clientele which includes babies, teens, adults and "grey nomads". The "grey nomad" and backpacker markets are expanding rapidly and the business has adapted its product range to cater for these customers who have a significant disposable income.
"Mission Beach Workx" is open for business from 8:30am to 5:00pm seven (7) days per week and is easily managed by one (1) person with support from casual staff during peak tourist season.
This is a business with a proven track record over the past twenty (20) years and it still has great growth potential with an injection of new management ideas and strategies.
If you're looking for a change of lifestyle in one of the most magical beachside locations in the world, inquire today and you can make your dreams become a reality.
Offered for sale for the first time by the original owners of 20 years.
Contact Executive Marketing Agent, Di Wagner NOW on 0419 685 495
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Shop 7/32 Porter Promenade
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Price $99,500 + SAV
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Bullying is not a normal part of childhood and is considered to be a serious public health problem. Recognizing that bullying behavior is an issue that demands the concerted and coordinated time and attention of parents, educators and school administrators, health care providers, policy makers, families, and others concerned with the care of children, Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of peer victimization and the risk and protective factors that either increase or decrease peer victimization behavior and consequences.
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ~ Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Terminator Salvation ~ In the aftermath of Judgment Day and the machine takeover, resistance leader John Connor must counter Skynet's plan to terminate mankind. Also available in Blu-ray.
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Back to reality.. I am wanting very neutral colors for my bedroom/bathroom area. Such as grey, sand, or a powder blue.
So I have been a regular visitor of Pinterest, as I have stated before. My home design board is loaded with inspiration.
Source: design-seeds.com via Hannah on Pinterest
Source: salvagedior.blogspot.com via Hannah on Pinterest
Source: unskinnyboppy.blogspot.com via Hannah on Pinterest
Source: myadventureisyouradvantage.com via Hannah on Pinterest
Source: mylusciouslife.com via Hannah on Pinterest
The top photo is the inspiration for my ripple afghan (still in the works).
To add another thing about my daddy, he has been working very hard on my bathroom. He spends a couple of hours working on it every night after he gets home from work. I am very thankful for that. I am blessed with one of the sweetest, hardest working father's I know.
Have a wonderful weekend!
God bless!


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Craig Newmark is the introvert who founded Craig's List. Now he is turning his attention to the needs of organizations seeking to do excellent news reporting and fact checking. The story appeared in NiemanLab:
In recent weeks, Newmark's foundation has given $1 million gift to the Poynter Institute for a chair in ethics and a $500,000 donation to Wikipedia for its anti-harassment Community Health Initiative, after giving Wikipedia $1 million last June. Those gifts look like they be might be just a start of his news/information-centric philanthropy; Newmark now tells me he is committing to give away, at this phase of his philanthropy, another $3.5 million. Those further gifts — to companies in the news and information sphere — will be announced over the next weeks and months. Taken together, we've got to be impressed with this renewed spurt of news-oriented philanthropy and the big subscription upticks we've seen post-election.
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The A&S Top 10 of Graphic Patterns
It's been almost impossible to ignore the current trend in graphic patterns that has been dominating the recent sneaker release calendar - and it's a trend we've been paying particular attention to here at Art & Sole…
The all-over pattern is a trend that, in part, owes its existence to the progression made in sneaker production technology. Long gone are the days when a sneaker needed to be made from numerous different nylon/leather panels stitched together to make a whole – the advent of two or one-piece uppers characterised by modern minimalist silhouettes such as the Nike Roshe Run and the newly released adidas ZX Flux has opened up the sneaker industry to much more than just flat colour blocking.
NIKEiD have even been offering a graphic pattern-based option on a number of their shoes for a while now, and it seems mi adidas (the three stripes' very own custom platform) are about to release a version of the ZX Flux that allows the public to upload their own images to be used as an all-over print (more to come on that soon).
With so many releases featuring graphic artwork (even if it's not created as part of an actual artist/designer collaboration), we thought we'd show a selection of the best and most interesting shoe patterns here on the blog. We're sure there's much more to come from this trend in the future and, of course, we'll be watching closely to see what happens…
In order of appearance, the shoes shown here include:
adidas ZX Flux - Photo Print Pack
Nike Kobe 9 EM - Pop Art Camo
Nike Lunar Force 1 - Superheroes Unleashed Pack
Nike Lebron X - MVP
adidas Stan Smith - Battle Pack
Nike KD VI - 'What The' Pack
Nike Lebron 11 - Everglades
Nike Roshe Run - Halftone Print Pack
Puma Blaze Disk - The Girls of Disc Blaze Pack
Nike Air Max 90 - Ice


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General questions
What is continuing education (CE)?
Continuing Medical Education (CME) refers to a specific form of continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. It is designed to enhance health professionals' knowledge and skills, which will result in better health services provided.
What is the purpose of continuing education (CE)?
Continuing Education (CE) is designed to enhance health professionals' preference, which will be reflected in better patient care, or public services or health system. It also helps health professionals to maintain a high level of professional competence.
What does continuing professional development (CPD) mean?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is ongoing systematic maintenance and growth of the knowledge and skills required for a health professional to remain competent in his/her occupation for the benefit of that particular profession. As an example please find below a list of competencies:
- Communication: communication is increasingly recognized as a necessary element of all efforts to improve health. Health communication can contribute to all aspects of disease prevention, health promotion, and medical care. It is also relevant in a number of contexts of our lives as individuals, patients, members of families and communities.
- Collaboration / Team Building: This is the skill to consult effectively with the healthcare team. It requires interdisciplinary team building skills.
- Management / Leadership / Quality Issues: This requires skills in leadership, management of time, limited Resources, quality issues and risk management.
- Strategic Plans: Healthcare professionals should acquire the skills to develop, implement and monitor strategies that will improve the health of the community by both comprehensive prevention and therapeutic research and planning the delivery of care.
Is CME different from CPD?
Continuing medical education: Refers to a specific form of continuing education (CE) that helps health professionals maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or other electronic media. Content for these programs is developed, reviewed, and delivered by faculty who are experts in their individual clinical areas. Similar to the process used in academic journals, any potentially conflicting financial relationships for faculty members must be both disclosed and resolved in a meaningful way.
Continuing professional development (CPD): is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives.
CPD is defined as the holistic commitment to structured skills enhancement and personal or professional competence.
CPD can also be defined as the conscious updating of professional knowledge and the improvement of professional competence throughout a person's working life. It is a commitment to being professional, keeping up to date and continuously seeking to improve. It is the key to optimizing a person's career opportunities.
Why a minimum requirement for CE being introduced for physicians, dentists, nurses and pharmacists?
The minimum requirement will enable health professionals to stay abreast of the knowledge and developments in their areas of practice, including the introduction of new treatments and technology.
Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) believes that all health professionals have a professional obligation to maintain, develop and expand their knowledge throughout their careers. This belief was reinforced in meetings with physicians, dentists, nurses and pharmacists in Abu Dhabi Emirate who supported the implementation of CE minimum requirements for health professionals.
Is HAAD the first organization to introduce minimum requirements for CE?
No, CE has already been introduced internationally by many health professional organizations throughout the world for health professionals. However, Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has one of the most innovative international systems and standards to maintain competence and licensure amongst many healthcare workers
What will continuing education (CE) provide me?
Continuing education (CE) is purposed to improve health professional performance in his/her practice, and thus enhance the care that patients receive. Beside the benefits of acquiring new knowledge / skills, participating in CE:
- Helps you to identify your individual learning needs and plan where you require additional knowledge and skills
- Means you have taken responsibility for life-long learning, development and career advancement
- Supports the basic principles and obligations of your chosen profession
- Demonstrates to patients, peers and the public that you are taking appropriate steps to maintain and increase your level of competence
How do I benefit from the HAAD continuing education (CE) Program?
The HAAD CME program enables health professionals to keep abreast of the developments in their specialties, and helps them to provide high standards of care to the community. HAAD requires health professionals to participate in accredited CME/CPD activities and submit evidence of participation for Licensure renewal.
Where can I get more information?
Information on minimum requirements, the accreditation process and a full outline of upcoming events (including the introduction of "on line" CME) can be found on:
Can I renew my license, if I fail to obtain the minimum requirement for CME credit hours?
Yes, you can renew your license for one year only, but in next renewal cycle, you will submit the missing hours from the previous year plus the required CME hours for that year.
Fulfilling the minimum requirements for CME credit hours will be one of the important criteria considered when:
- Re-validating the license for renewal
What is the difference between Category 1 and Category 2 CME hours?
Activities under Category 1 comprise formal learning opportunities provided by recognized educational institutions or professional bodies, which are accredited by HAAD or any other recognized body. These activities are structured and generally entitle the participants to claim 1 credit hour for every hour of educational activity.
Activities within Category 2 are essentially of a self-learning nature, and should be beneficial to the practice. Many of the activities that fall within Category 2 may be less structured from the viewpoint of learning than those in Category 1. Activities in Category 2 would (in general) entitle the participant to claim 1 category 2 credit hour for every hour of participation.
How do I calculate participation in CME/CPD activities?
All accredited CME/CPD activities would have a credit value assigned to them and indicated clearly in the certificates of attendance. Participation in programs organized by accredited institutions abroad could be considered for recognition by HAAD.
Which kind of documents should I keep to demonstrate that I have participated in continuing education (CE)?
It depends on the type of activity. Often when you attend continuing education (CE) events, you will be given a certificate of attendance that clearly indicates the number of credits and the accrediting body. Sometimes you will get a receipt if you have paid to attend an activity or you might have a program that is distributed to you. Your employer may also track your attendance at CE and provide you with an annual transcript of attendance.
Keep all these documents and file them (according to which category the credits belong) in your CE Portfolio. Also make a note of them on your continuing education (CE) Log Sheet. That is where you can record your participation in all activities, such as undertaking research, preparing literature review, reading journals and texts, etc.
Many activities held locally are not in my best of interest, do not apply to my profession or my specialty and do not meet my learning needs. What should I do?
Many local providers of continuing education (CE) (including the HAAD) will attempt to provide a wide variety of CE activities; however it is not always possible to meet specific needs, given such a diverse population of thousands of health professionals.
If you have a specific learning need, we would recommend that you search for a topic that is of particular interest to you (which would be eligible for credits in Category 2) and then share that knowledge with others through a series of accredited lectures or workshops (eligible for category 1 credits).
I live in a rural part of the Abu Dhabi Emirate and our small facility does not have regular training or education events. What should I do?
We encourage you to discuss this with your administration and determine how you can work together to start a continuing education (CE) program, within your organization. Even though your facility is small, you could present interesting or difficult cases that could be discussed in multi-disciplinary rounds. Even two rounds per month (assuming they meet the standards for accreditation) would help to meet your minimum requirement for participation. Attending (or researching and presenting rounds) along with journal reading (there are many free journals available through the Internet) would be a good way to fulfill your total CE requirement.
Sites such as Medscape (www.medscape.com ) make recognized (accredited) CE available to participants following a free registration process.
Your facility might also want to start a "life support program" and becoming involved in that, as an instructor is another way to earn credit hours. Regularly checking the programs available in the larger centers of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain (through www.haad.ae) would allow you to select those that are of interest and importance and possibly plan to attend on your off time.
Some health professional journals provide free access directly through the journal web page. Other can be accessed through the following sites:
I have already gained more than 100 credit hours within one year, my minimum requirement is 50 hours per year, can I carry over the extra hours to next year cycle or do I need to collect new CME credit hours?
It is possible that you reach and exceed the total hours required within 1 year cycle. However, you still need to engage in appropriate CME/CPD activities every year during the balance period in the 1 or 2 year cycle, and show evidence of it when requested. The goal of HAAD Program is maintenance of professional competence through continuing education that covers the whole year, therefore it is recommended that for a 2 year period the CME/CPD hours must be distributed to cover the 2 years cycle. Collecting credit hours is only an indicator but not it's the primary aim which is to continually update Health Professionals' knowledge and skills
What if I give a presentation? Can I earn credits for that?
Yes – let's say for example you want to give a 60-minute lecture on "Optimal Patient Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery". You would earn 2 credit hours from Category 1 (accredited).
Once you have developed the presentation (based on the learning needs of your audience and using specific learning objectives), you could submit it for accreditation by HAAD. Assuming the event was accredited for 1 credit hour, you would earn 2 credit hours as the faculty member providing the one hour lecture.
Speakers may be awarded two (2) HAAD Category 1 credit hours for each credit hour they present at an accredited, live activity with a maximum of 10 credits per year
Speakers may not claim simultaneous credit as participants in sessions at which they present; however, they may claim participant credit for other sessions they attend at an accredited live activity.
Credit hours may only be claimed once for repeated presentations.
The CME Program Guide indicates that watching CME video counts in Category 1 Credit hour. Is that the case?
HAAD will allow the viewing of a taped, accredited CME event to be counted in Category1 (Accredited Group Learning Activities), provided it is viewed in a moderated group setting. The moderator is responsible for the following:
- Previewing the program.
- Verbally defining the learning objectives of the program for the attendees.
- Preparing appropriate questions for discussion.
- Conducting a formal Question and Answer period following the viewing.
- Ensuring that a written evaluation is completed by the participants.
- Reviewing the evaluations to assist in quality improvement and planning future CME/CPD activities.
I am busy with extra shifts and find it difficult to attend lectures. Is there anything new to assist me?
Completion of accredited Online CME: Medscape (
) is an accredited CME provider in accordance with the standards established by the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME). If a health professional successfully completes an online Medscape activity, a Letter of Completion which indicates the maximum number of CME hours allowed for this activity will be accessible online to the participant.
The number of hours indicated in the "Letter of Completion" will be accepted by HAAD and may be counted in Category 2 (Self-Learning and Professional Development Activities) Letters of Completion (CE Tracker) must be printed and filed in the health professional's CME portfolio, to substantiate his/her claim of completion.
Health Professionals
The maximum number of CME hours allowed for this activity
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Physicians Dentists
Maximum of 30 hours out of 50 per year
A maximum of 5 hours will be counted as category 1 and 25 hours as Category 2
Maximum of 12 hours out of 20 per year
A maximum of 2 hours will be counted as category 1 and 10 hours as Category 2
Maximum of 12 hours out of 20 per year
A maximum of 2 hours will be counted as category 1 and 10 hours as Category 2
Other online activities such as literature and information searches (MEDLINE®) remain in Category 2 and a maximum of 25 hours may be claimed in this section.
Are live operative procedures relayed to an audience or clinical sessions accepted as CME/CPD?
Operative procedures relayed live to a group of practitioners do not qualify to be registered as CME/CPD. However, segments that are planned and presented as practical components of a learning activity could be considered for registration, provided the organizer gives information on the learning objectives, content area and how the observers are to be guided during the demonstration to ensure that the event becomes a learning experience
I attended Basic Life Support (BLS) Course; will it be counted towards my continuing education minimum requirements?
- All healthcare professionals, regardless of their area of practice in all health facilities are mandated to undertake BLS & ILS (Basic and Immediate Life Support) courses. Credit hours designated to this course are not counted towards the CME/CPD minimum requirements
- Staff members who provide direct care and services and other staff identified by the hospital to directly communicate with the referred or ICU patients are annually trained in Basic Life Support, International Trauma Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support ( BLS, ITLS & ACLS), Pediatric Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Advanced Trauma Life Support (PLS or PALS, and ATLS) certification according to the direct care provided
- Staff members are recertified every two years
How do I find suitable continuing education (CE) activities for me to participate?
Everyone will start from a different perspective – CE is a very personal journey – and you are best qualified to assess your own learning needs as well as your individual learning style. However, the following questions might be a good place to start:
- Is the activity essential or important to my professional practice?
- Is the activity related to a career aspiration that I have?
- Is the activity accredited (a minimum requirement exists for each professional group related to accredited CE)
- What learning materials and methods do I find most useful? Lectures – workshops -books, etc.? Do I prefer to learn alone or in groups where I exchange information?
- Is this activity within my resources – time, budget, etc.? If not, is there another way that I can access this information?
- Does this appear to be a quality activity? Are the organizers experienced as providers of CE? Is the location easily accessible?
- Does this represent "new learning" for me that is clearly related to my profession and my specialty – that will provide me with original ideas that I can incorporate into my practice with a goal of improving patient care?
Gap of practice
How many CME hours required for one year?
All healthcare professionals are asked to submit 50 hours / year in a gap of practice case
When can I say that I have a gap of practices?
Gap of practice is when you are out of practice (in your specific filed) for more than two years.
What is the process to cover my gap?
- You need to count a number of required hours
- Start to collect these hours by attending events and visiting some websites
- Visit the CME/CPD office at the HAAD building to submit a hard copy of all certificates and CE tracker, pulse print out the comment you received from HPL section regarding your last date of experience and gap of practice.
- CME/ CPD officer will check all documents and prepare a completion paper mentioning that you covered your gap.
- Scan and attach the CME Gap of practice verification sheet into your online application under the attachments tab
Can you explain how a Gap of practice is calculated?
- Check last day of experience
- First two years is exempted
- Count number of months after the two exempted years
- Multiply number of months preceding the current date by 4.5 hours
- From the total number 50% of the total hours will be category one and the other 50% of hours can be either category one or category two
What happens if I fail to obtain the minimum requirement for CME credit hours to cover my gap of practices?
You cannot obtain a license to practice if you fail to complete the required hours.
If I attend courses outside UAE can these be counted as Category.1?
There are many acceptable CE accreditation systems throughout the region and the world and HA-AD recognizes many of these systems as "equivalent". That is, participants in CE accredited by one of these recognized bodies can count the CE for Category 1 credit hours, just as they would if they had attended a HA-AD-accredited event.
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Where I can find CME events?
For Category 1 events, you can visit our website:
- Call healthcare organization (e.g. hospitals) to learn about the activities they are offering in their establishment.
For Category 2, check websites that provide CME such as:
What do I need in order to apply for HAAD accreditation?
- You need to send a company profile to CME/CPD officers
- After CME/CPD section approve your case, you will contact IT to give you access (password and user name)
- Enter the system, complete the application online and attach all the required documents
- The application will be reviewed by CME technical and scientific reviewers
- If your request is approved you will receive an approval letter
Why do you have many criteria and why does an organizer need to submit all contents and speaker CVs?
This policy exists to ensure that Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities accredited by Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD) fulfill certain criteria, thus fostering a standard of excellence for continuing education and continuing professional development.
What are the requirements to get HAAD accreditation?
- All activities* to be accredited by HAAD must be submitted for approval in advance, with the information received no less than six weeks prior to the activity being held.
o Information must be submitted on a CME Accreditation Application form and be accompanied by any relevant supporting documentation. A contact person must be clearly identified for all communication related to accreditation of the activity. Details on sending the completed CME Accreditation Application form to HAAD are included at the end of the form.
- In order to gain HAAD accreditation, all activities must meet the following criteria:
Activities must be no less than 60 minutes in duration
Activities must meet an identified learning need(s) amongst those likely to participate (i.e., the target audience)
Activities must be planned and developed in such a way to maximize input from those in the field of expertise and those from the target audience
Activities must be advertised well in advance and encourage widespread participation amongst the target audience
Activities must have a specifically defined purpose including learning objectives, which are clearly identified and communicated
Activities must allocate no less than 25% of the total time for interactive learning (e.g., audience participation, questions and answers, etc.)
Activities must have a comprehensive evaluation on format, venue, content, relevance, speaker(s), contribution to learning, etc. The evaluation must be tabulated and the results used to improve future activities
Activities must have a formalized method of documenting and tracking participant attendance so that confirmation can be provided to participants
Activities with sponsorship or financial assistance (e.g., industry funding) must be managed (i.e., content, format, choice of speakers, etc.) by a planning body of professionals from the field of expertise and from the target audience. Advertising of the sponsor's specific products on written materials associated with the activity is not permitted.
- Those activities that fulfill the criteria will be accredited as follows: 1 HAAD credit for each hour of activity. HAAD will inform the contact person of the approved credit allocation no less than one week prior to the activity.
- Should credits not be awarded, HAAD will specifically outline to the contact person, the reason an activity is not eligible for accreditation (i.e., which criteria are not fulfilled). If the contact person can demonstrate steps to rectify the situation so that an activity will meet the criteria in advance of being held, accreditation may be possible.
- Where reciprocal arrangements have been established, activities that have already received accreditation by a body recognized by HAAD (e.g., Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) will automatically receive HAAD recognition.
Who organizes CME/CPD activities?
Institutions and organizations possessing the essential expertise to function as CME/CPD providers, after accreditation by HAAD or by recognized bodies that have assessed the quality of the activity according to generally accepted standards and count the CE for Category 1 credit hours.
What are the procedures for CME/CPD activities participation?
Participation in CME/CPD activities is open to all interested health professionals. Organizers will provide information about accredited programs by distribution of flyers, brochures, advertisements on websites, or through circulars. For any updated information regarding registration procedure, re-scheduling, venue and other relevant details, health professionals should contact event organizers directly via their contact details provided in the activity advertisement.
How can I gain credits from accredited activities and events?
Look for accredited activities – those which have the recognition of a legitimate body that has assessed the scientific contents and the quality of the activity according to generally accepted standards. Please refer to HAAD website and abudhabicme.com to find out the list of activities from which you can choose to attend that are relevant to your area of practice. You can also register in abudhabicme.com to subscribe and you will receive the announcement of the upcoming activities via your registered e-mail.
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