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Pagan Kosher: Eat Clean Food
The next principle is eating clean food produced without chemicals, preferably using biodynamic or permaculture standards. Even the average American today understands the concept of "organic," although the reality is not quite the same. USDA organic certificationis most certainly better than conventional agriculture in terms of spraying fewer nasty chemicals on our food, which adds up to less poison in our air, water and bodies and healthier farm workers.
It does not however, mean that there are zero poisons on the veggies. Organic standards allow for naturally occurring pesticides, herbicides and fungicides to be used. In addition, these standards, in practice, do not do anything about feeding soil fertility, or about the quality of life for livestock.
In fact they can be downright cruel. Federal organic standards do not allow for any antibiotics at all, even if the animal is sick. It is important for human health for us to not eat meat that is constantly dosed with antibiotics and hormones, but it is inhumane to not treat a sick animal. Nor do federal organic standards mean that cows graze, or chickens go outside. Cows can wander in a dirt lot, and chickens have a small door to an outside yard. In practice, the chickens are kept in for the first few weeks for "health" reasons, and once past a certain age, they will not exit even when the door is open.
If organic is the next step up from conventional agriculture, then permaculture and biodynamics are the frontier. Permaculture originated in New Zealand and biodynamics came out of the work of Wilhelm Reich. Both methods seek to create food systems that are productive – if done well, incredibly so – easy, and in harmony with Nature. There are known principles of these systems that can be taught and are widely applied, but it is up to the individual farmer to figure out what is the best and most efficient method of working their own land.
Techniques include but are not limited to: crop rotation, companion planting, ground covers, attracting predator bugs and composting. Animal inputs are considered crucial for their valuable manure, and for calcium and phosphorus, two essential soil nutrients. Healthy plants and animals, living as they evolved, do not need large inputs of chemicals or antibiotics in order to thrive and be strong. Permaculture and biodynamic systems are ideally closed, producing everything needed in order to grow.
For example, aquaponics is the combination of fresh water fish farming with hydroponics and vermaculture (worms). Like conventional agriculture, both systems alone are wasteful. Both require huge water inputs and hydroponics requires a steady flow of artificial fertilizer. But combined, they create and elegant interaction. The water containing fish poop is pumped into the plant beds, which fertilizes the plants and cleans the water. The addition of worms provides essential bacteria, and makes the system self-contained except for some additional fish food, and the power to run the pump. This is a high tech example, but most farmers are much lower tech.
The farmer from whom I buy my chickens and lamb, does his cultivating with draft horses. They are quiet and run on hay and grain instead of fuel oil, and they add to the soil. Regularly. At Polyface farm in Virginia, they compost cow manure in a unique way. During the winter, the cows are kept indoors and instead of the manure being removed, it is covered with clean straw and a few kernels of corn tossed about. As the winter progresses, the pile gets higher and produces heat which keeps the cows comfortable. In the spring, the cows go out to pasture, and the pigs come into the barn. They small the fermenting corn kernels and root them up with enthusiasm, turning the pile in the process. This makes for a fine compost, which is then put down on the hay fields and pastures.
When food is produced in this way, not only are there no chemicals being sprayed into the environment, but because the animals are so much more healthy and happy, they hardly ever get sick and do not need the constant intervention required on a factory farm. Produce grown organically generally has a higher content of vitamins and minerals. Mineral content in particular is better because natural inputs contain a complete spectrum of minerals, not NPK only.
Factory farming – either with plants or animals – is highly destructive to the planet, and utterly unnatural. Growing plants without animal inputs is just as destructive as the inverse. But combining the two mimics Nature and creates elegant and productive solutions. Farms that operate in this way are also highly productive, growing much more food per acre than a factory farm.
Finding farmers that use permaculture and biodynamic methods is more challenging, but it is easy to ask the person you are considering purchasing from how they farm. Do they use compost? Does the compost have animal inputs? Do they use pesticides? If so how much? Some farmers spray on an "as needed" basis, which is vastly better than the amount of chemicals dumped on the average factory farm.
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Whom was I kidding? I could not let a half finished shawl keep lying around, and start another one, as much as I wanted to. I just couldn't.
I asked my son to rip back more than half of it, which he obviously enjoyed. I picked up hundreds of stitches, and decided to change shawl design altogether. Apart from the wrong color choice before, I didn't like the long tails this pattern called for. I was glad that I got to see that. A little thinking was in order, and thus I pulled out the needle once again, to rip back further. The "Feather & Fan" shawl was now going to be the "Wool Peddler" shawl. :o)
I finished knitting on Friday, blocked it on Saturday.
pattern: Wool Peddler shawl from "Folk Shawls" by Cheryl Oberle
yarn: Classic Yarns RY Cashsoft DK, 6 balls - 852yds (each ball 50g/142yds), color # SH 506, 57% extra fine merino, 33% microfiber, 10% cashmere. The quality of this yarn was crap, but the feel is very soft, and it's light. I like how it feels, but will not buy this yarn again. I think I've got a bad batch. The store I bought it from said, it's half prize because the colorway is going to discontinued. I wonder if that's true.
The shawl has a halo, when you start pulling at the halo, white stuff gets easily pulled out.
needles: 5mm circular
size after blocking: wing span 73" x 39"
destination: comfort shawl for Christl
The color in this picture is not true at all, but I like it anyway. I like how the garter stitch part starts to ripple, when you start the lace pattern. This is one of the easiest shawls, but I like the simple look. I admit, I like garter stitch, and why not? The funny thing is, this is my first FO in 2008. In 2007 my first FO was a Wool Peddler shawl too!
I like to block the edge to points, because I like it, but also because it's much easier than to block it in a straight line, which one day I'd like to do also. I like both looks.
The original Wool Peddler doesn't have yarn over rows in the garter stitch part, but mine does, because it started out as another shawl.
I'm going to pack it up today and tomorrow it will be on its way to Europe. I sure hope Christl will like it. I've put it over my shoulders this morning, after I cut off the ends. It's light on the shoulders, but warm, and so soft. The size is just right too, at least for me. Christl has a daughter who has cancer. She told me on the phone, "Why does it have to be her (daughter), and not herself?" She also said, she's old and would love to give her life for her daughters. A little later she found out, that she had a growth on her kidney, which didn't help her daughter at all, and now Christl has to deal with her own problems as well.
Since I can't be there to give her a hug in person, I hope this shawl will hug her many times in my place.

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Xi3 Piston isn't a Steam Machine so it can play non-Steam games
Xi3 Piston, the first device revealed when Valve admitted it was getting into hardware, is not a Steam Machine – because "if you can play it on a computer you should be able to play it on a Piston". UPDATE: The team at Xi3 have contacted VG247 to state that the Piston is in fact […]
Steambox headlines
Stardock's Star Control to be a prequel, release date to be decided next year
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has told Ars Technica the firm's upcoming Star Control title will be a prequel taking place 40 years before the events of Star Control 2.
Steambox gets unboxing, teardown videos
Valve has has already started shipping Steambox prototypes to beta testers in the US last week, and one user's gotten his hands on one and made an unboxing video, and another video showing all the guts of the machine.
Piston controller to be co-developed by Scuf
Piston manufacturer Xi3 is working with peripheral company Scuf Gaming to design a controller specifically for the Steambox micro PC.
Sony "can't afford to ignore SteamOS", says Gara
PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara is keeping a very close eye on Valve's plans to conquer the living room.
Xi3 teases more information for Piston console
Xi3 has teased that more plans are coming for its Piston console. You know, the one that's supposedly a "SteamBox."
Valve hardware news "rolling out" next week, Newell promises Linuxcon
Steambox news is coming next week, Valve boss Gabe Newell told an audience at Linuxcon 2013.
Piston: Xi3 "asked to build a product specifically for Valve"
Xi3, the company behind the $1,000 Piston Steam box, has shed some light on its relationship with Valve after the latter apparently attempted to distance itself from the product today.
Steambox testing to kick off in three to four months
Valve's living-room friendly hardware could be in tester's hands in just a few months.
Gabe Newell's DICE 2013 talk covers cloud gaming, next-gen, and Steambox
Valve boss Gabe Newell gave a talk at DICE 2013 this week, and he said all sorts of lovely things like: the Steambox price point will be a much lower cost than many living-room devices; he talked about how he is skeptical of cloud gaming; how his vision for video games is a bit on […]
Newell: Steambox racing against Apple, not consoles
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has said Steambox and its brethren will race to beat Apple to the living room, while traditional consoles will be left eating dust.
This changes everything: Valve enters console race
Gabe Newell has confirmed Bigfoot, a Valve-made, Linux-based, console-like Steam box. Pay attention, says Patrick Garratt: the TV games market is about to be shaken to its "core".
SteamBox - Gabe Newell confirms Valve-made hardware
Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed that an internally-developed SteamBox is inbound, as distinct from Xi3's Valve-funded effort, giving scant details of its biometric controller and open nature.
2013 – the year PC gaming disrupts the console business
The console market is begging to be broken, says Patrick Garratt, and Valve is more than aware of the opportunity. This is the year that could change video gaming for good.
Valve to reveal Linux-based Steambox in 2013 - report
According to reports out of Germany, Valve's long-rumoured Steambox will turn up this year.
Valve hardware division hoping to launch public beta next year
Valve's new hardware team may have something to show as soon as 2013.
Steambox latest
Xi3 Piston isn't a Steam Machine so it can play non-Steam games
Stardock's Star Control to be a prequel, release date to be decided next year
Valve hardware news "rolling out" next week, Newell promises Linuxcon
Piston: Xi3 "asked to build a product specifically for Valve"
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* Aims to raise 9 bln euros from Brazil sale-source
* New CEO to present strategy on Nov 7
* Break-up of TIM is possible with bid from local rivals
* Telecom Italia, TIM shares rise more than 6 percent
By Danilo Masoni, Arno Schuetze and Guillermo Parra-Bernal
MILAN/FRANKFURT, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is considering a sale of its 67 percent stake in Brazilian mobile operator TIM Participacoes in a bid to reduce its debt, said a person familiar with the matter on Wednesday.
The Italian operator, which was downgraded to junk on Tuesday by Moody's credit rating agency, aims to raise at least 9 billion euros ($12 billion) from the sale, the person said.
A sale of the Brazilian business is one option being looked at by Telecom Italia's new chief executive, Marco Patuano, who is expected to present his strategy to the board on November 7.
Analysts say Patuano must find a way to cut its debt of almost 29 billion euros and turn around the faltering domestic mobile business.
No banks have yet been mandated for a Brazilian sale, several sources familiar with the situation said, and any deal would be complex given the market realities in Brazil and regulatory issues.
The company also denied it has started a sale process. "Telecom Italia specifies that there is no formal or informal process ongoing for the disposal of its interest in TIM Participacoes," it said in a statement late on Wednesday.
However, Spain's Telefonica, which is Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder, is expected to back a sale of the Brazilian unit, said the sources.
It remains to be seen if TIM Participacoes could be sold in its entirety to one buyer or if it would need to be broken up and sold in parts to local rivals Telefonica, Mexico's America Movil and Brazil's Oi.
Regulators in Brazil are not likely to allow one of the three to buy the whole of TIM Participacoes because the resulting operator would be too big in terms of market share but sources familiar with the situation said Telefonica, America Movil and Oi could make a joint bid and carve up the asset by region within Brazil.
However, such a move would be complex and risks taking up to a year to carry out, the sources added. Oi's involvement would be complicated by the fact that it announced last week a merger with Portugal Telecom and needs until mid-2014 to close the deal.
However, a price tag of $12 billion would give a 50 percent premium to the current $8 billion market value of Telecom Italia's stake in TIM Participacoes.
"Telecom Italia would have to launch (the sale) process and one possible buyer group is Telefonica, America Movil and Oi," said one person familiar with the situation.
"Does Telefonica have a preference to split up TIM ? Clearly yes. Will Telecom Italia decide overnight that it wants to sell Brazil ? Clearly no."
A senior telecoms banker said that Telefonica and Carlos Slim, the founder of America Movil, are already "actively working" on splitting TIM Participacoes between them.
"That is the Telefonica end game - to split TIM between them and Slim."
But the uncertainties around the disposal mean that credit rating agencies remain concerned over whether it can solve Telecom Italia's debt problem.
Carlos Winzer, the Moody's analyst who downgraded Telecom Italia on Tuesday, said the sale could take a year to close.
"We are concerned that the options Patuano has to strengthen the balance sheet, which include asset sales, could take a long time to carry out and also face high execution risk," said Winzer in an interview.
Telefonica's Vivo brand is the leading mobile carrier in Brazil with a 28.7 percent market share. Tim Participacoes holds a 27.2 percent share, while America Movil's Claro has 25 percent and Oi 18.6 percent, according to the telecom regulator's data.
Telecom Italia shares closed up 6.2 percent at 0.66 euros on Wednesday while shares in TIM Participacoes were up 6.4 percent at 11.60 Brazilian reals by 17:35 GMT after hitting a record high of 11.99. Oi shares were up 1.3 percent.
Spokesmen for Telefonica and America Movil declined to comment. Telecom Italia could not immediately be reached for comment.


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I own an HTC one X, but just over a month ago I had some technical issue with the handset so took it to the store I brought it from Ezigadget.co.nz. I brought it from there store In Dukes Arcade, Maners Mall,Wellington.
The phone was sent to his Auckland tech center who confirmed that the motherboard had a manufacturing fault and needed to be returned to the factory to the be repair or replaced.
Today I was going to check in on my warranty, so I googled the Store to get the phone number (seemed easier than getting all the paper work out) only to find this posted.
Due to personal circumstance, we have come to the conclusion that we can no longer serve the customer as we would like in our business endeavours.We are therefore reluctantly forced to anounce that we are closing down on 31st Oct. 2012.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish our customers and clients the very best and thank them all sincerely for their support.If you need to claim the warranty, please email us to firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
This as you can suspect had me very worried. I then got the paper work out of my back and phoned the number listed only to find the phone had be disconnected.
At this point I ran down to the store in the hope of talking to the manager only to find the store closed and stripped empty with a real-estate agents sign in the window.
I managed to obtain the managers personal cell phone number and phoned him, he was very defective and cagey.
He told me that he was no-longer running the store, that "I don't work there anymore" He then said he would follow up on my phone for me and was in the middle of writing a email or Text to everyone with outstanding issues, he then tried to imply he was starting up an online only store but as you can tell the only site has been taken down as well.
So any-how.... long story for a simple question: Do you think I have legal grounds to ask for a cash refund, It has been over a month, his own tech team said it was a factory fault and I have very very strong fear that he has infarct liquidated and has no intent to honor my warranty.
Thanks team I know this inst really a Android tech issue but any help would be great!!


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The question was to prove $\{\frac{n-m}{n+m}|n,m\in \mathbb{N}, m<n\}$ is bounded, and have a supremum and an infimum.
Proving it's bounded was easy, But I got stuck on proving 1 is it's supremum.
This is what I have:
i. We'll hypothesize that $\sup\left(A\right)=1$
This means that $\forall\epsilon>0,\exists x\in A,x>1-\epsilon$
$$\frac{n-m}{n+m}>1-\epsilon\implies n-m<\left(1-\epsilon\right)\left(n+m\right)\implies$$ $$\implies n-m<n+m-\epsilon n-\epsilon m\implies\epsilon n<\left(2-\epsilon\right)m$$
But I'm not sure how I continue from here. If epsilon is $\geq1$ then this can never be right, and I'm actually confused as to why (or even if) the steps I did untill now are true. Can I just find an example for when $\epsilon\geq1$ and then expain why a solution exist for when $\epsilon<1$ (Though I'm not sure how to do that either...)?
I'm assuming proving supremum is the same, so I guess this is a double question :p
p.s. I don't know how to tag this, but it's homeworks in infi so I guess calculus it is...


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Derrick Rose scored 15 points and the Chicago Bulls ended the preseason with a 94-89 win Friday over the Denver Nuggets.
Rose and the Bulls, who were without Joakim Noah (groin) and Kirk Hinrich (concussion), went 8-0 and completed their first perfect preseason of at least eight games since 1992.
Carlos Boozer led the Bulls with 24 points and Luol Deng added 23 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago, which fell behind 48-29 with 2:16 left in the first half on a JaVale McGee basket.
Chicago took its first lead at 60-58 on a Deng 3-pointer with 4:26 remaining in the third and took the lead for good on a Boozer layup with 1:50 left.
Anthony Randolph and McGee each had 15 points for Denver, which lost four straight to end the preseason at 2-5.
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Agenda: May 18th 2017, Magdeburg, Germany
Topic: BioEM Simulation for UHF MRI
Date: Thursday 18th May 2017
Time: 12.00 to 18.00 o'clock.
Participation is free of charge.
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software Zoom to open up this workshop to all of our Korean and Germany partners.
At the evening we would have a social get-together in an Italian restaurant.
12.00 Reception and welcome snacks
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Do we transfer your personal data to other countries?
From time to time your personal data is transferred from an EEA country to a member of the ITWP group of companies and our trusted service providers, which may be located in a country that has not been recognised as providing equivalent protection. Toluna has put in place transfer agreements using the standard model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third parties in non-adequate countries as decreed by the European Commission. See in the attached list of all the ITWP companies: https://www.toluna-group.com/search-results/contact-us-main
Toluna USA Inc., - The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
Our global back-up and hosting service centre is located in the USA. Toluna USA Inc., ("Toluna USA") is a member of the ITWP group of companies and all data we use are transferred to Toluna USA for those purposes. Toluna USA recognises that the EEA has established strict protections regarding the handling of personal data from the EEA, including requirements to provide adequate protection for such personal data transferred outside of the EEA. Toluna ensures that it provides adequate protection for the processing of certain EEA personal data about all individuals (including about you).
Toluna USA participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Privacy Shield") in respect of the collection, use and retention (processing) of personal data transferred from the EEA to the U.S.A.
Toluna USA is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Toluna USA complies with and has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement, Liability and including in particular, the Accountability for Onward Transfers when transferring personal data to its third party service providers and agents. If there is any conflict between the terms of this privacy notice and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield framework and view the Toluna USA certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/list.
For purposes of enforcing compliance with the Privacy Shield, Toluna is subject to the investigatory and enforcement authority of the US Federal Trade Commission. For more information about the Privacy Shield, see the US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield website located at https://www.privacyshield.gov. In certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Toluna USA commits to resolve complaints about its collection or use of your personal data. EEA individuals with enquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Shield policy should first contact the Data Protection Officer via the Contact Us page.
You may have the option to select binding arbitration for the resolution of your complaint under certain circumstances, provided you have taken the following steps: (1) raised your complaint directly with Toluna and provided us the opportunity to resolve the issue; (2) made use of the independent dispute resolution mechanism identified under the How do you ask a question or make a complaint? paragraph below; and (3) raised the issue through the relevant data protection authority and allowed the US Department of Commerce an opportunity to resolve the complaint at no cost to you. For more information on binding arbitration, see the US Department of Commerce Privacy Shield Framework: Annex 1 (Binding Arbitration) at https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
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We send you push notifications from time-to-time in order to notify you about surveys and ask you if you would like to participate in certain marketing research studies in accordance with this Privacy Notice. If you no longer wish to receive these types of communications, you may turn them off at the device level. To ensure you receive proper notifications, we will need to collect certain information about your device such as operating system and user identification information.
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We partner with third parties to either display advertising on our site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on their site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based on your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here (or if you are located in the EEA click here). Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
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In general, digital Fingerprinting technologies assign a unique identifier or "Machine-ID" to a user's computer to identify and track your computer. We will not use digital fingerprinting technology (the "Technology") to collect your personal data, or track your online activities; and will not disrupt or interfere with the use or control of your computer or alter, modify or change its settings or functionality. Occasionally, in specific market research programs, we will use the Technology to assist our clients in ensuring the integrity of survey results. The Technology will analyse publicly available information and data obtained from your computer's web browser and from other publicly available data points, including the technical settings of your computer, the characteristics of your computer, and its IP Address, to create a unique identifier, which will be assigned to your computer. The unique identifier will be an alpha-numeric ID In order to assist our clients in protecting and ensuring the integrity of survey results, we may; (a) link or associate your unique identifier to you and any of your personal data; (b) share your unique identifier with our clients and with other sample or panel providers; and (c) receive or obtain a unique identifier linked to you from a third party, including without limitation a sample or panel provider or our client, however we will only provide such information to any third parties (including our clients) on an aggregated and anonymised or pseudonymised basis. In addition, any unique identifier(s) received or obtained by us and linked to you will be protected in accordance with this privacy notice and if required by law, we will ask for your consent in advance.
We shall do everything we can to ensure that the Technology is safe, secure and does not cause undue privacy or data security risks and we shall use and distribute the Technology in a professional and ethical manner and in accordance with (a) this privacy notice, (b) any other statements and/or disclosures made by us to you and (c) applicable laws and market research codes of practice.
In the event that we discover or learn of any unethical conduct in connection with the use of the Technology, or that the Technology is being used in a manner that is inconsistent with the statements and/or disclosures made by us to you or is in breach of applicable laws and the market research codes of conduct, we will take immediate action to prohibit such unethical conduct and to ensure the proper administration of the Technology.
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How do you access your information; use the member services area and/or update, correct or delete your information?
Upon request, Toluna will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal data. If you are based in the EEA, you should refer to the section entitled Your legal rights if you are in the EEA to understand more about your rights. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data, or terminate your membership by logging into your Member Account. By following the appropriate directions, your information should be automatically updated in our database. For these purposes, and if you are unable to correct your personal data yourself via the Account, you may write to us at the postal address found at the end of this Privacy Notice, or contact us here. We will respond to all requests within a reasonable timeframe.
How do you terminate your influencers panel membership?
If you are a Member and terminate your membership, we will no longer use your personal data for any purposes, but in accordance with our backup procedures, we will retain your personal data until your personal data is eventually destroyed in accordance with our policies and we will continue to employ the security procedures and technologies to keep your personal data safe.
How do you ask a question or make a complaint?
You can direct any questions or complaints about the use or disclosure of your personal data to our Privacy Contact. We will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints or disputes regarding the use or disclosure of your personal data within 30 days of receiving your complaint.
If you are based outside the EEA and have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request. Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website [https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=How-to-Submit-a-Complaint], you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
If you are based in the EEA and have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, then please refer to your rights to make a complaint under the section entitled Your legal rights if you are in the EEA.
What is our winner's policy?
Members and others who take our surveys are randomly selected to win prizes for participation in surveys, polls, and other promotions. All winners are notified by email of their winnings. For more information, please visit our Terms and Conditions page. Cash and other prizes awarded to non-members will be awarded directly. Toluna shall post the usernames of winners on our site and on our own blogs and newsletters.
What security measures do we undertake to protect your personal data?
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulatory or supervisory authority of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
How do you opt out from your influencers panel membership?
If you choose to end your membership with Toluna or to require us to cease processing your personal data, you may discontinue your membership by going to "Account" and selecting "Unsubscribe Options" on the bottom left-hand corner, then "Cancel your account". By following the appropriate directions, your record will be marked as "do not contact", and you will no longer receive invites to participate in future Surveys from Toluna. In addition, you will forfeit any incentive balance that has not been requested as of the time you opt out. In most cases it will take 2 to 3 days to process this change, but please allow up to two full weeks for your status to be finalised. In the meantime, you may receive emails from us. As an alternative, you may send an email directly using the Contact us com requesting to be removed. Email links are provided on the site so that you may contact us directly with any questions or concerns you may have. Each email we receive is read and responded to individually; please allow two to three business days for us to get back to you.
What are our data retention and destruction policies?
How long will you use my personal data for?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
If you are a citizen or resident of the EEA, or we are processing your personal data in the EEA, in some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see the section entitled Your legal rights if you are in the EEA below for further information.
As the results of the surveys and other aggregated or Pseudonymised data are used for research and/or statistical purposes, we and our clients or other third parties may use this information in accordance with the terms indefinitely without further notice to you.
Business Transfers
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy additional assets. In such transactions, Toluna's right to contact you as a Member and the information you have voluntarily provided in your user profile would generally be one of the transferred business assets. Any sale or transfer of Toluna or substantially all of its business assets, which included our influencer panel, would be to an entity that agreed to comply with all of the material terms of our privacy notice. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our site of any change in ownership.
From time to time we may offer visitors the ability to voluntarily link to other sites. Toluna does not review, and is not responsible for, the content or effect of the privacy policies of these sites.
Children's privacy
Toluna will not knowingly collect any information from any child under the age of 16 without permission from his/her parents, legal guardian or an adult responsible for the care of the child. Eligible 'young people' (individuals aged between 16 and 17) may be invited to participate in our Teens panel from time to time. We comply with COPPA, the EU "Safer Internet programme", the General Data Protection Regulations and the ESOMAR guidelines in relation to surveys concerning children and young people.
Your legal rights if you are in the EEA
If you have signed up with a Toluna company that is located in Europe or you are a resident or citizen of a country in the EEA, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us.
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request access to your personal data and we may conduct ID checks before we can respond to your request.
have your personal data erased, corrected or restricted if it is inaccurate or requires updating. You may also have the right under certain circumstances to request deletion of your personal data; however, this is not always possible due to legal requirements and other obligations and factors. You can update your account information via your Account or by contacting us at the address given below.
object to the processing your personal data if we are not using your personal data for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.
have your personal data transferred to you or to a third party from 25th May 2018. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
make a complaint at any time to a data protection regulator. A list of National Data Protection Authorities can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the data protection regulator so please contact us in the first instance.
What are the legal bases we rely on when using your personal data?
The law on data protection in the EEA sets out a number of different reasons for which a company that is processing personal data may collect and process such personal data, including:
Consent – In certain cases, we collect and process your personal data with your consent e.g. when you participate in surveys, we will ask you if you wish to participate.
Contractual obligations – In some circumstances, we need to process your personal data to comply with a contractual obligation e.g. when we use your personal data to send you your rewards.
Legal compliance – If the law requires us to, we may need to collect and process your personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities or if e.g. we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, to protect your safety or the safety of others, to investigate fraud or breaches of our site terms, or to respond to a government request.
Legitimate interest – means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
Who is the data controller?
The Toluna company with whom you registered with as a Member is the controller and responsible for your personal data.
We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPO using the details set out below.
Changes to the privacy notice and your duty to inform us of changes
This version was last updated on the date at the top of this privacy policy.
If we decide to change our privacy notice, we will post those changes to this privacy statement on the homepage, or other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page prior to the change becoming effective.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep your Account details updated if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
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Today, September 18, 2012, Walmart will award 20 Salem Elementary teachers with $50 reward cards to purchase classroom supplies that will help students start the school year off right. As part of the Teacher Rewards program, the local educators will be honored during an award ceremony at Salem Elementary. In its fourth year, Teacher Rewards will donate up to $4.5 million to provide 90,000 teachers across the United States with reward cards that will help offset the cost of classroom expenses. These funds come at a critical time, as the majority of U.S. teachers going back to school will spend their own money to ensure their students have the supplies they need to learn throughout the school year.
More than 4,600 U.S. Walmart stores, Distribution Centers and Sam's Club locations are eligible to select one local kindergarten through eighth grade public school and provide reward cards to 20 teachers from the selected school. Winning teachers can use the funds to purchase essential items for their classrooms such as paper, folders, binders, clipboards, pens, pencils, crayons and markers.
"We are proud to honor our community's teachers, who give time and often their own money to ensure our students have everything they need to be successful throughout the school year," Jamie Thompson. "At Walmart, we are dedicated to supporting our nation's teachers by providing them with the support and resources needed to continue educating the future leaders of our country."
The Teacher Rewards program is an extension of Walmart's ongoing support of education initiatives that help students better prepare for their future. In 2010, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation made a historic 2 billion dollar commitment to help end hunger in America, which includes support for backpack, summer and afterschool feeding programs for kids. In 2011, Walmart and its Foundation donated more than $50 million to fund education programs across the country.
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Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are proud to support initiatives that are helping people live better around the globe. In May 2010, Walmart and its Foundation made a historic pledge of $2 billion through 2015 to fight hunger in the U.S. The Walmart Foundation also supports education, workforce development, environmental sustainability, and health and wellness initiatives. To learn more, visit www.walmartfoundation.org.


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The 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' release of Ubuntu Linux will allow users to abandon conventional application menus in favour of a "HUD" command line from which commands can be summoned simply by typing them.
For decades graphical user interfaces have depended on anchoring functions in software using menus that vary from GUI to GUI and application to application; keyboard shortcuts are just as diverse.
A blog post by Canonical founder and former CEO Mark Shuttleworth takes the wraps off the new design in which users type the function they wish to access into a global 'heads-up display' command bar.
This searches through Unity-based apps, returning possible matches (including fuzzy ones) as might a search engine. This can adapt to the commands (including eventually voice commands) most are often entered by the user.
"Searching is fast and familiar, especially once we integrate voice recognition, gesture and touch. We want to make it easy to talk to any application, and for any application to respond to your voice," said Shuttleworth.
"When you've been using it for a little while it seems like it's reading your mind, in a good way."
The level of application control offered by the new HUD, or as Shuttleworth calls it the "express your intent" interface, is potentially very powerful. An example offered is of a user who can change his or her status on IM or Skype without having to enter and leave an application to do so, avoiding the need to interrupt the flow of work.
This suggests an 'unlearning curve' where users have to abandon application menus that have become second nature for Ubuntu's HUD. It could work better for keyboard-driven users rather than those who have taught themselves to generalise their relationship to applications through mouse control and feature hunting.
"Instead of cluttering up the interface ALL the time, let's clear out the chrome, and show users just what they want, when they want it."
The new HUD will be enabled in April's 12.04, one of the twice-yearly releases offered with long-term support, with voice-driven commands promised for future releases. Menus won't disappear for those who prefer them in 12.04 although it is clear where the long-term direction of the controversial Unity interface is heading.
Ubuntu remains hugely popular despite some drift of power users to the rival Linux Mint distro.


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Sadly underutilized, C. palustris 'Summer Sunshine' was the highest-rated perennial coreopsis in Mt. Cuba Center's trial. Vigorous plants grew to a height of 30 inches and bloomed for six weeks starting in late September.
Interest in native plants, such as Coreopsis, continues to surge as gardeners realize their benefits. Breeders respond with a dizzying array of new cultivars, but which one is right for you? A research report issued in December 2015 by Mt. Cuba Center can help you decide. They trialed 67 different varieties of perennial coreopsis over a three-year period, and after speaking with George Coombs, research horticulturist at Mt. Cuba Center, it's clear that only the toughest survived.
None of the plants were coddled, because the average gardener doesn't have time for that. They weren't staked, sprayed, or fertilized. Winter hardiness was an issue; not because of temperature, but because Coreopsis prefer a sandy, well-drained soil, and the soil at Mt. Cuba is loamy clay. Mostly, it was the clumping types that perished; the rhizomatous ones were more adaptable. Another source of causalities was a wet summer – 12 inches of rain in June – that caused widespread root rot followed by disease.
The top four varieties that not only survived, but thrived, under these adverse conditions are listed in the quick facts or the photo captions. You can read the entire report on Mt. Cuba's website, mtcubacenter.org. And if you have well-drained soil, consider some of the varieties that scored well, but didn't survive a winter. For instance, 'Mercury Rising' died in Mt. Cuba's trials, but it's a winner in my garden. It's all about your soil and picking the Coreopsis that's right for you.
C. verticillata 'Zagreb' garnered fourth place at the trials.
Beginning in June, bright yellow flowers carpeted the 20-inch tall plants.
Common Name: Tickseed
Botanical Name: Coreopsis
Cultivars to Look For: Coreopsis tripteris 'Flower Tower' took second place in the trial. In August, sturdy, 8-inch-tall stems are topped with cheerful yellow flowers that measure 2½ inches across, the largest flower in the trial. C. tripteris 'Gold Standard' took third place, but many not be available at nurseries for several years.
Zones: Vary for different species, often 4-9
Type: Some are annual, but this article focuses on perennial Coreopsis.
Exposure: Full sun for all but C. latifolia, which prefers shade or part shade.
Soil: Well-drained soil is best, but rhizomatous types adapt to clay soils.
Watering: After their first year, trial plants survived on rainfall alone.
When to Prune: In late winter, cut to the ground.
In Your Landscape: Plant a pollinator garden with a variety of Coreopsis to extend the bloom season and support a great diversity of pollinators.
A version of this article appeared in Alabama Gardener Volume 15 Number 4.
Photography courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center.


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In a recent Careers newsletter, I asked whether readers thought engineers should bolster their technical education with a more business-oriented degree, like an MBA. The responses (flooding my inbox all week) have been quite staggering and run the gamut from strong agreement to vehement rejection of the notion.
For those who don't receive our weekly Careers updates, I asked whether you felt supplementing your engineering degree with an MBA would boost your job prospects and propel you to the top of the career ladder or waste your precious time?
My question was prompted by a recent survey from the tech career recruitment Website Dice, which claimed that nearly a third of its 3,121 respondents (32 percent) reported seeing an MBA as important for future tech employees, while more than half (52 percent) saw it as unnecessary.
The firm said requests from employers for candidates with an MBA as a prerequisite or a preference were relatively rare, but that despite this, perceptions about the need for an MBA among non-MBA-holder tech professionals continued to lag.
Tech pros who had opted to get an MBA believed it would give them the potential to achieve higher pay and allow them to move more easily into management within the technology department, obtain employment at a preferred company, or land work in a new, business-oriented technical role.
Dice reported that technical MBA holders were still few and far between, making them a rare commodity, but whether or not the degree actually helps employees do their job better is very much up for debate.
"MBA's are a dime a dozen. You are better off identifying an allied technical field that is in high demand and then get your Masters Degree in that," wrote one reader, John Kiekhaefer, in an email response to me.
"A Technical MBA is a worthwhile pursuit only if your employer pays for it," wrote another reader, Brian Bissett, a holder of both an MBA and MSEE. Bissett said an MBA could open doors and be used as justification by senior management to upgrade an engineer's position, but that effectively, the only new things an engineer would learn in an MBA program were how to give effective presentations and enhance one's writing skills.
"For people involved in the execution of product development, I don't think an MBA is helpful," wrote Chuck Hill, chief architect at Radisys, but for people who want to be more involved in the creative side, it is actually very helpful. "The execution doesn't happen unless someone first turns loose some of the money."
Neil Farukhi, a materials and process engineer at Geospatial Systems, said he got his MBA not because it would have any direct impact on extra money or career status (although he agreed that would have been a bonus), but because he wanted to understand his business-oriented bosses better. "What the degree has given me is the understanding of how the business works." This helped him focus on what he needed to do, how things moved through the system, and who the key individuals were to get things done. "This results in becoming a key resource for everyone."
What do you think, readers? Is an MBA a worthwhile academic pursuit or a total waste of precious time? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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When I looked at the SRD for the first time, I couldn't believe how completely barren it was of all the things that I play DnD for: elaborate descriptions of strange creatures and places, mythical races and magical items. It was DnD boiled down to the bones: Rules and Guidelines.
With this Wiki, I want to change that. I'm not saying that we should copy the DnD Rulebooks and put them online. The descriptions and pictures I want to add don't have to do with DnD at all. There are many kinds of elves and other creatures in myths and legend. There are feindish imps and towering golems. Fairies of all shapes and sizes. So research the ancient lore of the past. Describe the icy chill of a necromancer's touch. Sketch your version of the mysterious drow. Let your imagination free. Let go.
----Sleepycjkun 23 November, 2005


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Thiessen, Bernhard (1814-1855)
Bernhard Thiessen: minister of the Ibersheim Mennonite Church; born 12 June 1814 in Danzig, the third of five children of Bernhard Thiessen (17 March 1783 – 3 June 1826) and Maria (Deveer) Thiessen (16 November 1777 – 10 October 1852). Bernhard married Henriette Sophie Mathilde Schmidt (9 September 1820, Danzig – 9 September 1849, Ibersheim, Germany) on 22 June 1845 in Danzig. Bernhard and Henriette had two children, Maria Franziska and Otto Bernhard. Bernhard died 28 May 1855 in Ibersheim, Germany.
Bernhard was baptized in Danzig in 1831 and studied theology at the universities of Berlin and Bonn. He was the first theologically trained and professional Mennonite minister in Ibersheim. On 11 June 1843, while on a journey, he had preached a sermon in the Ibersheim Mennonite Church, and was thereupon chosen on 16 July 1843 as minister of the congregation. On 17 September 1843, he was ordained as elder by Johannes Risser, minister of the Sembach Mennonite Church. He performed the functions of his office until 1855, when he died of a stroke.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 315.
Thiessen, Hermann. Bartholomäus Tiessen: 350 Jahre Familientradition. Hamelm: Frank Tiessen, 1986: 31, 57.
|Allen Bender
|Richard D. Thiessen
|Date Published
|February 2007
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Have you ever been "talked over" in a meeting? So has Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Ever wonder why you can chat away with a girlfriend or small group, but hate to get up to speak? Most women prefer one-on-one communications; most men prefer making public statements. Ever wish you could adopt the male uniform of flat shoes, pants, jacket, shirt and tie instead of the heels, skirt, and jewelry that seem to trip you up on stage? They're all double-edged swords for women in terms of their public appearances.
To get Stephanie started on our coaching for week 5, I'm sharing the presentation I made to Washington Women in Public Relations about how to step up your speaking, which shares a lot of information about the challenges that women, in particular, face in public speaking.
Most important to remember are the words of Kathleen Hall Jamieson: "History has many themes. One of them is that women should be quiet." From the days of ancient Greece and Rome to today, women have often been forbidden to speak in public, or discouraged from doing it with punishment, name-calling or simply making it logistically difficult.
Ironically, Jamieson also notes that women's style of communicating--connecting with one person, sharing emotions and listening--work best in the age of television. In fact, it works so well, that some of our most successful presidents (all men, of course) have adapted these skills (think Presidents Reagan, Clinton and Obama). Yet many women go the opposite way, wearing male-style uniforms of power suits, making strong-sounding verbal statements, not sharing emotion or personal stories for fear of seeming too soft.
If you'd asked me when I was Stephanie's age whether I observed this, I might have been defensive and said, "Not at all." But today--especially as one who trains speakers--I've heard from many women about the discomfort they feel about speaking. Sometimes that's due to their introverted personalities, lack of training or experience, or nervousness. But often, it's because they've experienced or sensed an issue because they're women. They may feel they're called out for more attention because they wear colorful clothes--something women have as an advantage in their wardrobes--or sometimes they're told their presentations aren't "sexy enough." But whatever the situation, their confidence is undermined. Here's a great example: Women often hear that they "talk too much," yet men and women speak about the same number of words in a day! (16,000, to be exact.) Many more women find that they have trouble seeing women speakers at the conferences they attend, and getting women on the program as speakers continues to be an issue to this day in many settings.
For Stephanie, a beginning speaker, my advice is to be aware of this phenomenon. It's been around for thousands of years, and may be more subtle today than in ancient times, but it's still an issue for many women who speak. It's important to figure out when the problem is about you--or not about you. If it's not about you, it may be that someone's trying to marginalize you in order to get you to stop talking.
Mainly, I want Stephanie to remember that we can coach her in speaking skills and speaking confidence, two big essentials. But she'll also need opportunities to speak, and that sometimes relies on others. If they're uncomfortable with a woman speaking, she may not get that opportunity...and may need to create her own opportunity to speak!
Have you experienced any issues as a speaker that are gender-related? Leave your insights in the comments.


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Dylan Axelrod, RHP, White Sox (Triple-A Charlotte)
The fact that Axelrod even reached the big leagues is quite an achievement. A 30th-round pick in 2007 by the Padres, Axelrod lasted a year and a half before landing in Indy ball, but all he did was get better. His primary skill is the ability to throw strikes. He pounds the strike zone with an 88-91 mph fastball, has a decent slider, and a somewhat-less-than-decent curve. He has no changeup, but he hits his spots and keeps hitters off balance; while that's the kind of pitcher who should hit a wall, he just hasn't yet. With 7 2/3 shutout innings on Sunday, he now has a 1.08 ERA in four starts for the Knights to go with 26 strikeouts and just four walks. He's already a great scouting find for the White Sox, and has to upgrade that status by becoming a usable arm as a No. 5 starter or middle reliever, which exceeds any expectation ever put on him.
Axelrod struck out 6 and walked 1 on Sunday:
Charlotte Knights Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Dylan Axelrod (W, 2-1) 7.2 4 0 0 1 6 0 1.08 Deunte Heath (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 Brian Bruney (S, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.80
WP: Axelrod 2.
Pitches-strikes: Axelrod 97-67, Heath 1-1, Bruney 17-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Axelrod 10-5, Heath 0-0, Bruney 1-1.
Batters faced: Axelrod 27, Heath 1, Bruney 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Heath 2-0.


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