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I am very excited to be part of the St. Dorothy Family. This will be my 16th year of teaching in the preschool setting. I began teaching at St. Matthew's in Springfield in 2005 and moved to Holy Child Academy in 2015, before joining the St. Dot's Community.
I grew up in the Wallingford area and graduated from Strath Haven High School. I earned my Bachelors of Science Degree in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education from Neumann University in 2011. I had the privilege of staying home with my children prior to starting Neumann.
I currently live in Springfield, PA with my husband Pat, who I met in high school, and have been married to for 28 years. I have two children, my son Brian, a graduate from Temple University with a degree in Film and Media Arts, and my daughter Caitlyn, who is beginning her second year at Millersville University.
In my free time, I love to travel, cheer on my two favorite sports teams, the Phillies and Eagles, and spend time with family and friends.


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The Nylex Heavyweight garden hose has a kink resitance rating of 7 and has been designed to have an extra thick rubber hose wall making it ideal for heavy duty applications. It is 18mm in diameter which is larger than the 12mm standard garden hose making it ideal for when a flow rate is required. The Heavyweight garden hose is fitted with heavy duty Nylex anti-leak fittings for a quick and secure tap connection.
The Nylex Flat Water Weeper delivers rollout drip irrigation for simple and efficient watering of garden beds and borders.
Nylex's Soaker Hoses are ideally suited to watering lawns, garden beds, ferneries and vegetables patches. The soaker hose works by having fine holes on one side of the hose and when the holes are faced upwards the spray pattern is a fine multi directional stream in an even "strip" style watering pattern. When faced down, it becomes a great water saving product that deep waters your plants close to their roots where it is needed most helping to keep your plants hydrated while reducing unnecessary over-spray and evaporation. Due to its purple colour it can be used with recycled water to advise the water is not safe for drinking.
Drains grey water to buckets or directly into your garden.
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The Nylex Shower Spray gun provides a gentle spray making it ideal for watering delicate plants and seedlings. It can be used with recycled water as its purple colour indicates the water is not safe to drink.
The Nylex Brass Nozzle provides a range of watering patterns by simply rotating the barrel to adjust the spray from a gentle mist through to a powerful jet stream. Its solid brass construction and UV protection make it ideal for harsh Australian conditions.
Perfect for hard to reach places with its total length of 90cm including a 180 degree swivel head. The wand allows for quick and easy flow adjustment as well as a lockable trigger for continuous spray. With its choice of 7 spray settings is ideal for watering all types of plants.
The Nylex Oscillating Sprinkler Plus is an extremely versatile sprinkler offering complete customization of watering pattern. With its adjustable flow, length and width, it will suit your watering needs no matter the area you need to water. The spray width reaches an area up to 170m2.
Ideal for spraying indoor plants and general household and spot cleaning.
Ideal for spraying the underside of leaves in small plants in gardens and potted plants in balconies or greenhouses.
Ideal for spraying small plants and shrubs and plants in greenhouses.
Ideal for spraying large plants and trees.
Ideal for a more accurate spray application or when spraying on windy days.
Accurately measure rainfall.
The Nylex 9L Watering Can is sturdy and durable. It features graduated marks to assist in mixing, a fitted watering rose with small holes that gives an even distribution of fine water droplets and two ergonomically designed handles for greater balance, stability and comfort. Ideal for the home gardener, it will give you precise control over watering to achieve a green, luscious garden.
The Nylex Self Watering Planters blends home fashion with function. The in house design includes a water spout that allows water to travel directly into the resrvoir. With a built in sight glass and fill level indicator allows your to see your water levels at anytime. Perfect if you are going on a short trip or if you have a tendency to overwater.
The Nylex joining cuff joins any two hoses together with an internal diameter of 22mm to 25mm.
Disperses grey water, minimising the risk of harmful bacteria.
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Super-talented Ugandan songstress Cindy Sanyu, who is a former member of Blu 3, has released a new song and it's totally worth your time.
The song dubbed Boom Party is about having a good time. If you are the kind of person who looks for a message in a song, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
I really love this song never mind the fact that I could not understand most of the verses since they were in her native Luganda language but as you know, a language barrier should not stop you from jamming to a good song.
I'm also in love with Cindy Sanyu's music style. In as much the song borrow a lot from Uganda's popular music genre – Kidandali – you will also notice some elements of dancehall in it. Perhaps, that's why it slaps so hard.
The video for this jam is too dope. Although, it was shot inside a house, the videographer made sure that he used the space to the maximum. Props to Zero One Media!
The beat for this jam is also on point. It puts you in a good mood from the moment you hit the play button. Chances are you'll hit the club after listening to it.
Watch Boom Party below and tell us what you think.
- Cindy Sanyu's new jam dubbed 'Boom Party' is absolutely amazing (Video) – Kenyan Digest : October 9, 2019 at 8:32 pm
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5 Factors to Consider when Selecting a Barcode SDK
Building an app that needs the latest in barcode reading technology? Frustrated by invalid output you keep getting from scans of barely legible codes?
You can't always control the quality of the barcodes you're trying to decipher, but you can choose a barcode SDK that consistently produces reliable output regardless of the quality of input it receives.
Here are some of the most important characteristics of a high-performance barcode SDK:
This, of course, is the most important consideration when evaluating barcode readers, yet it can be easy to overlook. Reading barcodes is very simple in theory, but not so straightforward in the real world. Barcodes can be blurred, torn, upside down, even printed in reverse.
These type problems are beyond the control of the reader, but one intelligent approach is to handle the situation in two steps: preprocessing the problematic image, editing as needed (rotation, perspective, etc.) to create a readable black and white image; and calling upon a library of customized algorithms to apply the most relevant solution for common problems such as image blur, missing pixels, etc., to maximize reading accuracy.
For applications where barcodes must be read in large batches, speed is essential. A high performance barcode SDK will be optimized for processing speed and will support multi-threading so you can read barcodes as fast as your hardware allows. To test barcode reader speed, simply run a timed test of 1,000 barcodes from your set of data. This will give you a real-world speed measurement for your specific situation.
Modern barcodes present many challenges to readers. First, there are many types of codes. The most common are classified as either one-dimensional (the familiar vertical UPC, for instance), which is read horizontally, or two-dimensional (QR is a common example), read both horizontally and vertically. Secondly, formats of input pages typically vary from source to source. Will you need your barcode reader to search a full page for all types of codes, or only search certain areas specified by preset coordinates or fields? A quality scanning tool will be able to handle these situations and others, such as the processing of very different source formats.
Ease of integration
SDKs should be flexible enough to integrate seamlessly with an existing application. Can the app easily and quickly access the functionality the SDK offers? Can the developer be confident that each call will return the requested data smoothly and quickly?
As noted earlier, barcode processing doesn't happen in a vacuum. There will always be problems with source data (scanned images), and code types are constantly evolving. Will your vendor help you customize barcode SDK algorithms to optimize accuracy for the specific codes you're reading? In many cases, this fine-tuning is essential to achieve high accuracy in real-world situations where barcodes and images are far from perfect.
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Accusoft's Barcode Xpress addresses the barcode reader demands listed above. In just a few lines of code, you can give your application the power to detect, read and write more than 30 different types of barcodes.
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1.What have you been doing recently?
went to gym....urgh! having arms and abs pain..(ngengada sangat nak pi!)
2.Do you ever turn your cell phone off?
erm, if feel want 2 be alone or my battery run out..either one
3.What happened at 10am today?
im thinking! its my islamic study hour..im thinking whether my lecturer coming or not..huhuhu
(have something to share about this lesson..read previous post)
4.When did you last cry?
erks! have no idea..tapi yang aq ingat ingat last aq nangis sebab tekenangkan arwah nenek aq..al fatihah
5.Believe in fate/destiny?
yup..definitely..everthing is in Allah's hand..(ayat fiqa)
6.What do you want in your life
a partner?
7.Do you carry an umbrella when it rains or just put up your hood?
i rather put up my hood..look nice lol!
8.What's your favourite thing to do on the bed?
listen to my favourite songs and made up dreams! hahahaha
9.What bottoms are you wearing now?
jeans...my favourite one!..blue in colour and it makes me look cool..hehehe(cool kew?)
10.What's the nicest things in your inbox?
urm... messages from my lovely friends?
11.Do you tend to make the relationship complicated?
not for now..
12.Are you wearing anything borrowed from anyone?
i think yes..yesterday i borrowed my friend neck tie to match with my shirt..as long as i return it back its okay right?
13.What was the last movie you caught?
ermm...the coffin...ghost movie from thailand
14.What are you proud of
my parents! they bared with me since im child...thanks abah..thanks mama!
15.What does the oldest text msg in your inbox say?
hari ni kita gado,
saya men2,
awk ingat betol2,
sy xtau nak bt cene lagi,
lantak awak la..
smlam kte selisih,
sy buat dunno,
awk pandng sy,
sy buat dunno gak,
degilnya sy...
sy nampak awak,
sy nak pngil,
tapi awk x toleh,
sy panggil awk dlm hati,
sedeynya saya...
awk tego saya,
sy buat dunno,
tapi awk x tahu hepinya saya,
awk bengang,
awk trus x toleh,
sy cuma nak bgtau awk..
sy kejar awk,
awk jatuh,
sy nampak lori,
betol2 depan sy,
kalo sempat sy nak bgtau,
sy tetap sayng awk selamanya =)
16.What was the last song you sang out loud?
a song divine master..besh giler
17.Do you have any nicknames?
shy...but name is saiful iman...
18.What does the newest text say?
"..group presentation today for ss. get notebook please.." that was from my Social Studies lecturer(he is the other group lecturer but since our lecturer is not around, so he take incharge)..everything went wrong today for our ss lesson =(
19.What time did you go to bed last night?
urm about 12..after watched the perfect couple movie part 1..hehehe (dont get wrong..im done my homework first before watching the movie..huhu) have another 1 part more to be watch!
20.Are you currently happy?
im not sure bout my feeling right now..serious! whether im happy, sad or neutral...i really dun no!
21.Who gives you the best advise?
al- Quran and sunnah..(ayat fiqa lagi)..sometimes my parents and lectures...
22.Do you eat whipped cream straight from the can?
nope..need to be "beradap" lol!
23.Who did you talk on the phone last night?
last night?..i did not receive any calls last night...(my phone is in silent mode..concentrate for the movie..kih3!)
24.Is something bugging you now?
my financial...i need to be more aware of my finance..im getting bancrup..
25.Who was the last person to make you laugh?
my friends ..we are talking about the movie ( the one that i told earlier) and she comes out with crazy ideas and thoughts! hahhaha damm funny!!
this tag is specially dedicated to:
urm..huh..huhu.hehhehe.kih3! ek?...tak tahu..sape nak ambek la..free in charge!
yahoo! im done..
fiqa..im done ok?
p/s* hampeh tol...my damm crazy position in "rumah sukan'!..entah macam mana boleh jadik malang hari neyh..adew ke patot aq dipilih jadik ajk keceriaan tuk umah sukan..AJK KECERIAAN!!! hua3! naek kembang tekak aq!..
ish mcm mana la neyh..penim kepala aq!
btw rumah sukan aq ialah umah temenggung tau umah ijo..yang lawaknyer..mentang2 lah umah sukan kaler ijo, kami sepakat tuk pilih "kesan rumah ijau" as official theme and incredible hulk as kami punya maskot(cadangan..belom diluluskan lagi)..hahahaha mcm2!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
tag tag n tag!
1.What have you been doing recently?
bicara kalam Saiful Al - Ieman at 5:03:00 AM
2 kalam yg berbicara:
- Aliaa Zulkifli said...
i hope the theme along with the mascot approve! coz i'm from the shiny yellow house, the more nonsense the other houses, the better! i'll be happy too! hehe.
btw, nice post u've got for green house. AJK keceriaan? u're also in ART Dept for the play,huh?
patotlaa..... =p
- February 5, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- fieqa said...
hua2..sory 4 da late rply..
tq 4 doing this tag..
erks, sokong kate aliaa..nape cam tu lak..ngeh3..ok what post tu..;)
- February 8, 2009 at 6:37 PM


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– Tate Intermedia Art: agoraXchange
– http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3972/2/Bookchin_Natalie.pdf
agoraXchange 2003
Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens
Detail from agoraXchange (Theatre), Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens, 2003.agoraXchange was initiated by Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens as an online community focused on designing a multi-player game.
Throughout 2003, Bookchin and Stevens implemented various incentives intended to solicit contributions, creating a forum for the exchange of ideas, where people were asked to work together and engage in an open dialogue. Participants were encouraged to answer questions that prompted them to make decisions about the game design and, in the process, explore political alternatives to the present global order by accommodating four decrees that challenged present conventions for awarding nationality and wealth.
The interface was proposed as the first phase of a long-term project, after which a committee of artists, activists, and political theorists would convene to review the contributions, and propose three distinct game prototypes. A jury comprised ofagoraXchange participants, would then vote on the proposals and decide on the final game to be developed.
Detail from agoraXchange (Theatre), Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens, 2003
Detail from agoraXchange (Theatre), Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens, 2003agoraXchange carries on from previous projects by Natalie Bookchin, such as Metapetand The Intruder, where the artist has engaged with some of the issues surrounding genetic engineering and women's rights through the use of humour, irony and a connection with popular game culture.
agoraXchange received financial assistance from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology.
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CAREC Reptiles
Latest version published by The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM) on Oct 1, 2018 The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM)
This dataset contains records from some of the CAREC (now CARPHA - Caribbean Public Health Agency) reptile collections.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 177 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:
|Data as a DwC-A file
|download 177 records in English (12 KB) - Update frequency: unknown
|Metadata as an EML file
|download in English (13 KB)
|Metadata as an RTF file
|download in English (9 KB)
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Rutherford MG and Auguste RJ (2018): CAREC Reptiles. v1.2. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=carecreptiles&v=1.2
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c151307b-d8f4-49e3-878d-ea3ab8f3bd65. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Occurrence; Reptiles; Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean; Venezuela; Specimen
Who created the resource:
Who can answer questions about the resource:
Who filled in the metadata:
Who else was associated with the resource:
Geographic Coverage
Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, Venezuela
|Bounding Coordinates
|South West [-0.527, -72.422], North East [17.225, -59.502]
Taxonomic Coverage
Specimens were identified to species level.
|Alligatoridae, Amphisbaenidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Dactyloidae, Dipsadidae, Elapidae, Gekkonidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Iguanidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Phyllodactylidae, Polychrotidae, Scincidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Teiidae, Tropiduridae, Viperidae
Temporal Coverage
|Start Date / End Date
|1954-10-02 / 1986-03-16
Project Data
The purpose of this project is to make the various collections at the main institutions housing the biodiversity information available digitally through publication and the possible creation of a CariBIF portal for the region.
|Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
|This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF
|Study Area Description
|This project covers zoological specimens collected in Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, Venezuela.
|Design Description
|The goal of this project is to make the records contained within the UWIZM accessible to all.
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Specimens were collected by hand or brought in.
|Study Extent
|Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, Venezuela.
|Quality Control
|Specimen identifications were checked by at least two people.
Method step description:
- 1. Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (labels in jars, details in registers, etc,) 2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources) 3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.
Collection Data
|Collection Name
|CAREC Reptiles
|Parent Collection Identifier
|UWI Zoology Collection
|Specimen preservation methods
Additional Metadata
|Alternative Identifiers


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Complete Communities
News from your City of Houston
Planning & Development Department
June 20, 2017
Introducing Complete Communities
If you're just finding out about Complete Communities now, or you've been on board for a while, this premier issue Newsletter for Complete Communities has something for everyone!
Complete Communities is about improving neighborhoods so that all of Houston's residents and business owners can have access to quality services and amenities. It's about working closely with the residents of communities that haven't reached their full potential, understanding their strengths and opportunities, and collaborating with partners across the city to strengthen them. While working to improve these communities, we must also work to ensure existing residents can stay in homes that remain affordable. Find out more on the program web page:
Mayor Sylvester Turner kicked off this partnership, that will transform under-resourced neighborhoods, with a press conference on April 17, 2017. Click to view the
Press Conference.
Community Highlights
As an outgrowth of Plan Houston, each edition of these monthly news comments will highlight ideas, actions or accomplishments for the 5 targeted Complete Communities, listed below.
Acres Homes
Near Northside
Second Ward
Third Ward
The goal is that these communities will serve as practical examples for expansion of locally based initiatives to many other City areas. Each of the 5 pilot communities has a profile page with Resource Assessments, Maps, Coordinating Teams listings, and more.
Special Edition Updates
According to Program Manger Lynn Henson, of the City of Houston Planning and Development Department, activities around Complete Communities have been broad and exciting.
Here is what's been happening since mid-April:
City staff have been examining existing plans in each area.
City coordinating teams have been meeting with neighborhood leaders to introduce the program and learn about the communities.
The Complete Communities Advisory Committee met twice to provide advice and comments on the planning approach in each area.
Representatives from almost all City departments met to discuss opportunities for quick-delivery projects.
Public meetings will be scheduled for late August. Watch for details in future newsletters and on the program web page.
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How to concatenate columns with Alt + Enter in Excel?
Let's say you have a list of data in Excel, but now you want to concatenate the list with separating by Alt + Enter, how could you handle it? Here I will share two solutions to solve this problem.
Concatenate columns with Alt + Enter by formula
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Concatenate columns with Alt + Enter by formula
This method will guide you to concatenate data in each column with the Alt + Enter by a formula in Excel. Please do as follows:
1. Select a blank cell you will place the concatenation result, type the formula =A1 & CHAR(10) & A2 & CHAR(10) & A3, and drag the AutoFill Handle right to other cells as you need.
Note: In the formula =A1 & CHAR(10) & A2 & CHAR(10) & A3, A1, A2, and A3 are cells you will concatenate.
2. Keep the formula cell selected, and click Home > Wrap Text.
Now you will see each column is concatenated with Alt + Enter. See screenshot:
Concatenate columns with Alt + Enter by Kutools for Excel
With Kutools for Excel's excellent Combine feature, you can also concatenate data in each column with Alt + Enter by several clicks in Excel. Please do as follows:
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1. Select the columns you will concatenate, and click Kutools > Combine. See screenshot:
2. In the Combine Columns or Rows dialog box, please:
(1) Check Combine rows option in the To combine selected cells according to following options section;
(2) Check the New line option in the Specify a separator section;
(3) Check one of options as you need in the Options section. In my case, I check the Delete contents of combined cells option;
(4) Click the Ok button.
Now you will see data in each column is concatenated with Alt + Enter. See screenshot:
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'Just as we unified TNT's portfolio of express delivery services worldwide, we now introduce a consistent packaging line worldwide to offer customers a clear choice of convenient packaging options', says Jan Willem Breen, Director Marketing and Sales of TNT's Express division.
The new packaging line offers customers more choice, ease-of-use and protection against damage. There is a proper parcel, envelope, tube or satchel for any shipment ranging from confidential documents to temperature controlled medical samples. For example, the new BubblePak (410x330 mm) has an inner bubble lining, making it quicker to send breakable goods. TubePak is designed for posters and MedPaks for medical samples. Choice does not rule out simplicity: each type of packaging is identified by a simple name and visual. All new parcels feature simple pictorial instructions, describing the best way to pack, seal and send items. Redesigned envelopes and satchels have perforated openings for easy opening. To reduce the chance of damage, envelopes and boxes are made of strengthened sturdy cardboard.
The highly recognizable packaging better promotes the TNT brand. The new packs boast TNT's energetic color orange as well as bright, attractive close shots of sunflowers, oranges, goldfishes, sea stars, flower petals or butterflies. TNT also offers a new line of packaging stickers to better reflect its new services portfolio and help the packaging stand out.
The new packaging is part of TNT's comprehensive environmental push. All cardboard envelopes and boxes are made of recycled materials and are recyclable. The new plastic satchels are biodegradable after two years. Each one of them bears an expiry date.
TNT's new express packaging line consists of the following:
- Envelopes: Pak 1 (320x300mm) and Pak 2 (400x300 mm) – recycled material, recyclable
- Satchels: Pak 3 (410x330mm) and Pak 4 (525x380mm) – designed for documents and small goodfs, protective inner lining, degradable
- BubblePak: BubblePak 3 (410x330mm), extra protection for fragile deliveries
- Carton Box: Pak 5 (317x260x37mm), designed for goods, recycled materials, recyclable
- TubePak (designed for posters). Recycled materials, recyclable
- ParcelPaks: ParcelPak 2 (360x300x90mm), ParcelPak 5 (370x305x140mm), ParcelPak 8 (360x300x220mm), ParcelPak 12 (420x255x340mm), designed for goods, pictorial instructions, recycled materials, recyclable
- BottlePaks: BottlePak 1 (328x110x113mm), BottlePak 2 (328x220x113mm), BottlePak 3 (345x331x118mm), designed for bottles, recycled materials, recyclable
- Medical Packaging: MedPak A Small (185x130x100mm), MedPak A Large (220x180x100mm), MedPak Sleeves (Large and Small), Thermo 72 (360x310x330mm), Thermo 96 (470x470x410mm)
- PathoPaks (240x150mm)
The packaging line being replaced was introduced in 2000.
High-resolution pictures of the new packaging line can be found online at www.tnt.com/brandweb .
About TNT
TNT provides businesses and consumers worldwide with an extensive range of services for their mail and express delivery needs. Headquartered in the Netherlands, TNT offers efficient network infrastructures in Europe and Asia and is expanding operations worldwide to maximize its network performance. TNT serves more than 200 countries and employs more than 161,500 people. Over 2007, TNT reported € 11 billion in revenues and an operating income of € 1,192 million. TNT is publicly listed on the stock exchange of Amsterdam. TNT recognizes its social responsibility, and has formed partnerships with the United Nations World Food Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme to fight hunger and pollution in the world.


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Intel in Israel
- Intel Haifa: Development center of hardware and software for processors and AI
- Intel Petah Tikvah: Development center for communication and Artificial Intelligence solutions
- Intel Jerusalem: Global development center of autonomous cars (Mobileye); Development center for communication, SW, and cyber security solutions
- Intel Kiryat Gat: Intel's most advanced manufacturing facility
In Israel, our activity is in two main fields: Development and manufacturing. Israel is home to the largest development center of Intel in the world and our contribution to the Intel's global technology development is significant. For example, the 7th and 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processors were developed mainly in Israel. Our factory (FAB) in Israel is one of the most advanced and highest quality among Intel factories around the world.
As one of the leading companies in the Israeli market, we are committed to contribute to local economic development. We do this through the 12,800 people we employ in five centers in Israel, through our significant procurement of products and services from local suppliers and through exports of around $ 3.6 billion in 2018, representing 7.5% of hi-tech exports in Israel.
Beyond our business activity, we have led a national initiative to advance science and technology education at an investment of NIS 20 million in the past four years. At the heart of this initiative is our 5*2 project that encourages high school students to opt for the highest level of math matriculation – five units. Around 6,000 Intel Israel employees volunteer in this educational program and other community activities.
The way we do business is equally as important as our business results. Intel Israel integrates corporate responsibility and sustainability in its business strategy and partners with other companies, local authorities, institutions, government offices, and many social organizations in order to support economic growth and a more just society in Israel. We work according to our ethical standards and values which are embedded in all aspects of our activity. Also, Intel Israel has participated in the annual Maala Social Responsibility Ranking since 2006, and in 2018, we again achieved the highest possible ranking, Platinum Plus.


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Update 0.0.11.102
- Game performance has been improved.
- Posters and maps have been added to the sides of bunkers.
- The cellar of the chateau has been fixed. There are now no mud on the ground.
- You can fire through the bushes around the chateau.
- Reloading time of the Browning Auto 5 has been changed from 1.6 to 3.5 seconds.
- Display of the car for passengers has been improved. The car should now twitch less than earlier.
- The display of experience boost in the squad has been added.
The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. Cuisine Royale is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.


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Quinta do Noval Port, 1955
Vintage Port (unlabelled embossed capsules very top shoulder )
Description and Reviews:
"Red mahogany in colour, 30% opaque. Gentle on the nose, with a pleasant and mildly fruity smell. Modest entry, with modest levels of fruit and a gentle acidic structure. Aeration brings out more fruit. Warm and pleasant afrertaste, full of orange peel and with a lingering finish. 86/100. Was significantly better a day later when it had put on substantial weight." Review on The Port Forum
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Top shoulder levels damaged embossed seals unlabelled
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There were two main influences on goth fashion: bands and the Batcave.
The main influences here were probably Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Cure. Other bands were influential later, but in the early period these three bands defined the goth look. Not only were they seen live, and occasionally on television, but pictures of Siouxsie, Pete Murphy, Daniel Ash and co appeared quite regularly in the music press and on their records. Any striking look will attract imitators and Siouxsie in particular spawned a host of clones- in fact she has claimed, with considerable justification, that she invented the goth look, at least for women.
The Batcave
Obviously, individual Bauhaus and Banshees fans were already looking "goth" before the Batcave opened, but the Batcave can probably be held responsible for turning the goth look into a "fashion" as such- it got a lot of exposure in the press, pictures were seen by people around the country and the basic style was copied. Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend, both Batcave bands, were also very influential in the developmdent of the goth look (in particular, Jonny Slut from Specimen- there is a large section in Mick Mercer's Goth Rock book about that).
From an article entitled "The Gloom Generation,"by Suzan Colon which appeared in the July 1997 edition of Details Magazine:
DANIEL ASH: Within six months of starting, Bauhaus started getting the black-wearing audience and seeing the kids dressing up like us. We used to call them the androgynous space demons. Or the wildebeests.
IAN ASTBURY: Some of the bands, like Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend, had jet-black hair, black eyeliner, black fishnets -- a futuristic vampire thing. It came more from glam than from any kind of grave robbing. It was just a reaction against the New Romantics, because they were just so posey and shallow.
IAN ASTBURY: There was also a flirtation with pre-Nazi decadence, that sultry, smoky period from late-'20s Berlin that was very androgynous.
FRED BERGER: The aesthetic was pretty much set by Bauhaus, who were a very gender-ambiguous group. The guys wore makeup and they were pretty, and that carried over to the fashion, which for men was lace, high heels, jewelry, thigh-high boots, fetish clothing. Sometimes skirts, but it wasn't drag. Rozz Williams from Christian Death was gender-bending, but definitely a guy. No drag queen would ever consider these gothic boys to be trannies.
IAN ASTBURY: The archetype for the male was Sid Vicious: black spiky hair and a black leather jacket. For the women it was definitely Siouxsie from the Banshees -- that S&M look with the black fishnets, the black leather thigh-high boots, the pale face paint and the dark makeup, and then the big black spiky hair.
SIOUXSIE: I never wore white face makeup; I was never that clowny looking. Actually, it's funny -- at quite a lot of our concerts, I used to look out and see all these little Robert Smiths.
ROBERT SMITH: The Banshees used to give me so much grief about how I looked in the Cure -- we were a raincoat band, but we were never goth. A lot of the photos of me wearing a rosary or a crucifix or something is exclusive to the eighteen-month period that I was playing with the Banshees, because they determined that I should wear their uniform, which I had to go along with because it wasn't my group. But I enjoyed being in it and I really got on with [bass player Steve] Severin.
SIOUXSIE: Put it down to Robert and Severin together. It's all their fault. Both of them would take my clothes and my jewelry. There were some strange nights going on there, lots of cross dressing and clothes swapping. Except they never had anything I wanted to wear.
Note the apparent discrepancy above between Fred Berger's and Ian Astbury's description of the male "goth look". This is because Astbury is describing the early goth gig-going look, which was essentially punk, whereas Berger is describing the later goth club look. Early goth gigs were often very hectic affairs, and the audience dressed accordingly.


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Welcome to the senior meals program for the Warsaw Senior Center at Harbor Village. Cooking and serving nutritious, delicious meals to people 60 and older are at the core of our operations. We are always working to provide more variety of quality lunches in a relaxed, fun environment where you will be welcomed. People 60 and older may enjoy lunch in our dining rooms, regardless of their ability to contribute; however, we encourage contributions. People younger than 60 are welcome to enjoy lunch for the actual cost of the meal. The Warsaw Senior Center at Harbor Village is light, bright and cheery with a great menu and an expansive view of the countryside.
Center Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday
Home-delivered meals available to qualified seniors.
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Human Resource Management (533), Management (620), Operations Management (716), and Business Law (140)
Human Resource Management (533)
53:533:501 Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics & Law (3 credits)
A business organization's relationships with the external environment; the influence of consumers and labor organizations; ethics; governmental influences, such as taxation, rules and regulations, and antitrust policy; the role of business in the economy. Problems and cases used to illustrate the decision process necessitated in various environmental situations. (MBA core course)
53:533:524 Leading Change and Organizational Development (3 credits)
Focus on the process by which managers' sense and respond to change. Emphasis on proactive, planned, and managed change that may involve adaptation of structure and policy, as well as influencing the underlying system of beliefs, values, and attitudes. Examination of leadership climate, organizational culture, and individual resistance as limiting factors. Interventions compared. Prerequisite: Leadership & Managing Human Capital 53:620:505 (MBA elective)
53:533:527 Leading Innovation and Creativity (3 credits)
This course examines how managers can create value propositions and be strategically innovative in their companies. The course also examines how established firms can respond to disruptive threats through the innovation process. This course should be of interest in those interested in managing in high- or low-tech firms as well as those interested in consulting. Course objectives are to develop skills in creative strategic thinking, build familiarity with innovation concepts and terms, and develop skills in communicating and persuasively presenting creative ideas. Through in-class exercises and cases, the emphasis is on helping students develop these skills as well as how they, as future managers, can influence the creative and innovation process in organizations. Prerequisite: Leadership & Managing Human Capital 53:620:505 (MBA elective)
53:533: 521, 522 Directed Study in Management (3 credits)
Supervised by an individual faculty member and approved by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.
53:533:670 Special Topics in Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Topics vary from winter to winter sections. Consult the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for specific content each winter. Prerequisite: Leadership and Managing Human Capital 53:620:505.
Management (620)
53:620:505 Leadership & Managing Human Capital (3 credits)
This course is designed to help students acquire new knowledge and develop skills related to the understanding of managing behavior and processes in organizations. It is also the goal of this course to help you become more aware of your effectiveness as individuals and group/team participants in an organizational setting. Topical coverage includes, but is not limited to, organizational culture and structure, group/tem dynamics, leadership and power issues, communication, decision-making, motivation theories and applications, managing stress, and individual differences such as perceptions, attitudes and personality. (MBA core course)
53:620:506 International Business Environment (3 credits)
Introduction to the context of international business. Overview of the economic, ethical, cultural, legal, and political issues that affect operations in the global arena. Discussion of various trade theories, trade barriers, and trade agreements. Modes of entering foreign countries. The study of multinational corporations in terms of their strategies, structures, human resources, and operations. Various regions of the world are explored through case studies. (MBA core course)
53:620:672 Strategic Management: Integrating the Enterprise (3 credits)
Provides a top management view of the firm. Students analyze the internal and external environments of firms, develop strategy, and work out its implementation. Emphasizes team-building and verbal presentation skills. Improves understanding of diverse critical industries and mega-trends.To be taken in the final term or last term available. Course offer during spring and fall. (MBA capstone course)
53:620:570 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (3 credits)
This course examines major concepts, theories, processes, and practices associated with conflict analysis, resolution and negotiation. Within an interactive learning environment, emphasis is placed on preparing for and analyzing conflict and negotiation situations, various goals of conflict management and negotiation, principles of constructive and destructive communication, biases and barriers to effective conflict resolution and negotiation, and reflecting on these processes for managerial growth and development. Prerequisite: Leadership & Managing Human Capital 53:620:505 (MBA elective)
53:620: 521, 522 Directed Study in Management (3 credits)
Supervised by an individual faculty member and approved by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.
53:620:670 Special Topics in Management (3 credits)
Topics vary from winter to winter session. Consult the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for specific content each session.
53:620:597. Internship in Management (3 credits)
An Internship provides real world experience to those looking to explore or gain the relevant knowledge and skills within the Management field.
53:620:800 Matriculation Continued (0 credits)
Continuous registration may be accomplished by enrolling for at least 3 credits in standard course offerings, including research courses, or by enrolling in this course for 0 credits. Students actively engaged in study toward their degree who are using university facilities and faculty time are expected to enroll for the appropriate credits.
Operations Management (716)
53:716:513 Operations Management: Productivity and Quality (3 credits)
This course provides the foundation for managing the operations of both manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include operations strategy, product and service design, inventory management, facility and capacity planning, forecasting, quality management, supply chain management, and just-in-time operations. Prerequisite: 53:135:502 (MBA core course)
53:716:502 Business Analytics (3 credits)
Managers, regardless of their functional responsibilities, make decisions that are driven by data and analysis. This course will help in development of important skills in data analysis and modeling. Through rigorous and guided exercises, students will gain the ability to synthesize pieces of analyzed information to make better decisions. A combination of theoretical and practical mathematical and software tools will be used. In addition to regular lectures, the course will employ computer exercises, case analysis, discussions and team presentations. Special emphasis will be on making the results/decisions end-user-friendly. (MBA core course)
53:716:535 Big Data Analytics and Visualization (3 credits)
The course provides students with an in-depth introduction to the Hadoop ecosystem, which is an environment used by companies to store and manipulate "Big Data" of a size and scale that cannot be fit into traditional databases. Students will be exposed to tools such as Sqoop, Pig and Hive – for ETL (extract-transform-load) operations within Hadoop. The course also provides exposure to state of the art data mining algorithms for clustering, classification and collaborative filtering (a technique used by businesses to recommend products to customers). Participants will build machine learning applications with Apache Spark. In the second half of the course, students will learn information design, specifically tactics for visualizing Big Data that can consist of temporal, spatial, topical or network relationships among entities. Prerequisite: Data Management & Business Intelligence 53:623:517 (MBA elective)
53:716:540 Social Media Analytics and Sentiment Analysis (3 credits)
The course enables students to ingest Big Data from APIs for social media platforms such as Twitter. After assembling data from social media, students learn to analyze the data to gain business insights. Concepts for the analysis of social media, such as community detection and assignment, node centrality, information diffusion and opinion formation will be presented. The course also addresses analyzing unstructured text information using open source software. As an application of text analytics, the course explores the issues of analyzing product reviews and opinion mining. Students will learn the process for sentiment extraction, opinion mining and recognizing opinion spam. Prerequisite: Data Management & Business Intelligence 53:623:517. (MBA elective)
53:716:670 Special Topics in Operations Management (3 credits)
Topics vary from winter to winter session. Consult the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for specific content each session. Prerequisite: Operations Management: Productivity and Quality 53:716:513.
53:716: 521,522 Directed Study in Operations Management (3 credits)
Supervised by an individual faculty member and approved by the Associated Dean of Graduate Studies. Prerequisite: Operations Management: Productivity and Quality 53:716:513.
Business Law (140)
53:140:512 Introduction to the Law of Business Entities (3 credits)
This course will cover the law governing business entities, including agencies, partnership, and corporation with some discussion of alternative business entities such as limited partnerships and limited liability companies. It covers choice of organizational form, fundamentals of entity formation, duties of fiduciaries; corporate governance; and the basics of regulation. (MBA elective)
53:140:514 Identifying Legal Risks in Business (3 credits)
This course will introduce major themes in business law, such as antitrust, securities regulation, employment law, environmental law, etc. and how they affect business strategy, sustainability and growth. (MBA elective)


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Is this a good thing? Or is it another nail in the amateur sport that we love? Myself, I don't see this helping the college game at all. Sure it will be good for the individual player making money off the sell of his T-shirts or whatever but isn't that going against the whole amateur idea?
We already basically have free agency in football, now we are going to allow them to be paid outside of their scholarship. I guess waiving the three-year rule will be next.
I see teams using this as a recruiting tool. Come here...our runningback made $200,000 off of T-shirt sales last year. Maybe I'm making too much of this I don't know but I see it as opening Pandora's box. I am well aware of how much money these universities are making and that they are profiting off of unpaid athletes but that is how it has always been in the amateur game it is just at a larger scale now. Anyway, thoughts.....


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Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Mat Work
Diverse Trainers are delighted to offer our Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Mat Work course, complete the qualification through our distance learning approach, offering flexibility of study, supported by our Diverse Trainers Tutors.
Diverse Trainers have been delivering recognised and respected health and fitness courses for over 15 years. We are one of the industry's leading suppliers of health and fitness courses both in the UK and overseas. We don't just provide qualifications; all our students are provided with career advice and guidance to help them have the best chance of succeeding within the industry.
- Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise and Health
- Health and Safety and Welfare in a Fitness Environment
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- Programming Pilates mat work
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You will gain three REPS and CIMSPA recognised qualifications
- Level 3 Pilates instructor qualification
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The Level 3 Pilates Instructor course takes 4-6 weeks to complete and can be completed nationwide through our distance learning delivery model. The course is assessed via course work and practical based video assessments.
Our students will be expected to complete online portfolio work utilising the e-learning platform and tutor support that will deliver both the practical and theory-based understanding. Diverse Trainers' overall pass rate is currently 99.4%, so you can be confident in obtaining your qualification by choosing our team to support you.The course price is just £999 and can be completed in just 6-8 weeks.
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A Story about our Founder Jeanne LaRouche
Friday August 18 marks the 36th anniversary of the founding of Surrey Services for Seniors. We celebrate this occasion with a fond look back, today with Dr. John Crosby, past superintendent of Radnor schools.
In 1989, Jeanne LaRouche, founder of Surrey Services came to Dr. Crosby's office with a bold proposition. Dr. Crosby did not know Jeanne very well, but had heard that she had started a non-profit called Surrey that she was running from her attic.
Jeanne had grown Surrey to the point that the space in her attic was no longer sufficient and she had noticed an empty office in the school administration building. Jeanne approached Superintendent Crosby about the office. "Of course, she had no money," said Dr. Crosby. "But she really made her case."
Jeanne outlined Surrey's core services: transportation, help with grocery shopping, small home repairs, and helping some folks downsize to a smaller home. She shared that although the Main Line was overall an affluent area, there were many seniors who needed assistance in our community.
"She had a bold vision. She did not hesitate to reach out to anyone she thought could help older adults in our area," added Dr. Crosby. "Jeanne inspired others to give back."
She inspired Dr. Crosby to give Surrey an office in the administration building so they could expand efforts to help seniors.
Nearly 30 years later Dr. Crosby is still involved with Surrey, eating lunch at Jeanne's Place, the Café at Surrey in Devon named after our Founder.
We also celebrate with a special Founder's Day lunch at our Devon location and invite you to join us. Please call us at 610-647-6404 or stop by. This special lunch is only $5.


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SCCI 2020 CFPDownload
Presenter Sessions
Thirty-minute sessions where one person (or a panel) shares ideas with attendees, using 15 minutes to share their work with the remaining 15 minutes dedicated to discussions among attendees. The objective is to help individuals plan the next steps of a project, share ideas about future research options, discuss opportunities for collaboration, and ask questions about approaches. During these sessions, attendees should feel free to interact with presenters via asking questions, making suggestions, or noting areas for collaboration.
Poster Sessions
Poster sessions accommodate the presentation of late-breaking scientific research or preliminary research results. Posters will be on display throughout the conference, and poster creators will present their posters at a dedicated session during the conference.
Eunice C. Williamson Health and Medical Communication Track
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Kira Hawai'i Boutique Opens in Mililani Town Center
We love finding new, urban-chic shopping outside the city limits.
One thing that really does drive us crazy? Being stuck in the boonies with nary a boutique we can hit up when we're craving a fashion refresh. How's a girl supposed to get her retail fix when these suburban sticks are so painfully lacking in style? Sorry, Mom, but we probably won't be home for Christmas if you insist on living in the hinterlands.
Thank goodness for Kira Hawai'i's new, chic-as-can-be boutique in Mililani Town Center, bringing fashion forward to all you western dwellers—or urbanites taking a little road trip. No more rationing your edgy jumpsuits and stylish kimonos for the prospect of facing a barren tasteland: Now, you can stop by this watering hole for hip, distressed denim shorts, batik tanks, ultra-feminine lace dresses and layer-ready jewelry pieces by Kira Hawai'i's own Sheri Kira. You'll go bonkers for the boutique's sexy body chains, flirty swimwear and boho, floral maxi dresses, enough to keep you prepped and dressy for the long road ahead.
The shop opened earlier this month, but the Kira brand has had a West Side presence for over a year: a small kiosk in Pearlridge Center. The Mililani locale, though, is a definite trade up. Think a roomy, bright interior, with pretty details including dip-dyed curtains and comfy, damask chairs—not to mention all that shoppable bling.
One more little addition to the Kira Hawai'i stock list we love? A special section of baby clothes for you little boo, featuring onesies, tees and pouches.
Excuse us while we shop off into the sunset.
Kira Hawai'i, Mililani Town Center, 95-1249 Mehe'ula Parkway, Mililani, 382-7330, kirahawaii.bigcartel.com.


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Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has some explaining to do after it was revealed that she supports nullification of Obamacare and arresting federal officials who implement it.
According to Talking Points Memo, Ernst responded in the affirmative to both questions "in a Iowa State Legislative Candidates survey for Ron Paul's libertarian-aligned Campaign for Liberty in 2012."
Ron Paul, of course, has run for president on multiple occasions with the agenda of tearing the government apart, including ending Social Security, Medicare, and the Environmental Protect Agency. He also supports turning America into an isolationist nation that would never again participate on the international stage. Oh, and he's also a racist who supports nullification laws and secession.
Enter, Joni Ernst, who is currently in a tight race for the US Senate with her Democratic opponent Bruce Braley. She filled out the seven question survey two years ago and question five read:
Will you support legislation to nullify ObamaCare and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement the unconstitutional health care scheme known as ObamaCare?
And obviously, seeing as Ernst is a Koch brothers-backed conservative extremist, she answered "yes."
States aren't allowed to nullify federal laws. That practice is unconstitutional and has been settled since the end of the Civil War. Since then, nullification has been brought up consistently by southern states in an effort to escape compliance with federal laws ending segregation, which leads us to the present day where conservatives are trying to nullify the Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled against nullification, with the final ruling coming in the 1958 decision in Cooper v. Aaron.
In addition, Ernst indicated in the survey that she supports allowing people to carry concealed guns without a permit and opposed charging TSA agents with sexual assault if they are invasive during pat-downs. So, gun nuts will be happy while women going through airport security will fear being violated.
Here is an image of the survey and Ernst's answers on the bottom via Talking Points Memo.
As expected, Democrats seized on the survey as further proof that Ernst is a Tea Party extremist hell bent on continuing the agenda of obstruction and destruction that has defined the Republican Party in recent years.
"Apparently arresting health officials for giving Iowans access to quality, affordable healthcare is something Joni Ernst believes in. This is just another example of how her radical Tea Party ideas are wrong for Iowa," Iowa Democratic Party spokeswoman Christina Freundlich said in a statement.
The Iowa Senate race is a key race for Democrats as Election Day in November approaches. At stake is control of the Senate. If Republicans take control, we can all expect BOTH houses of Congress to be brain-dead for the next two years. We can also expect Republicans to block every single presidential nominee and appointment from filling critical government posts that need to be filled. That may also include the Attorney General, since Republicans are already saying that they don't want to vote to confirm any nominee for the position until after the new Congress begins next year. Basically, we can expect Congress to completely shut down normal operations while Republicans plot to find a way to remove President Obama from office, even if it means impeachment, which Ernst says she supports.
Beyond the survey, Ernst not only supports impeaching President Obama, she opposes raising the minimum wage as well. Clearly, Joni Ernst is not fit to be a US Senator. She supports unconstitutional actions against laws she doesn't like and would aid the GOP in sabotaging President Obama and the nation on behalf of the Koch brothers who have her bought and paid for. And the only way to stop her is to vote.


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"On The Way Home" lyrics - NEIL YOUNG
"On The Way Home"
When the dream came
I held my breath
with my eyes closed
I went insane,
Like a smoke ring day
When the wind blows
Now I won't be back
till later on
If I do come back at all
But you know me,
and I miss you now.
In a strange game
I saw myself as you knew me
When the change came,
And you had a
Chance to see through me
Though the other side
is just the same
You can tell
my dream is real
Because I love you,
can you see me now.
Though we rush ahead
to save our time
We are only what we feel
And I love you,
can you feel it now.
Live At Massey Hall (2007)
- On The Way Home
- Tell Me Why
- Old Man
- Journey Thru The Past
- Helpless
- Love In Mind
- A Man Needs A Maid
- Heart Of Gold
- Cowgirl In The Sand
- Don't Let It Bring You Down
- There's A World
- Bad Fog Of Loneliness
- The Needle And The Damage Done
- Ohio
- See The Sky About To Rain
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"Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him. [Num. 24:17; Jer. 23.5; Zec. 9:9.] (Matthew 2:2 Amplified Bible)."
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
What did Mary know?
"And Mary said:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
because He has looked with favor
on the humble condition of His slave.
Surely, from now on all generations
will call me blessed,
because the Mighty One
has done great things for me,
and His name is holy.
His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.
He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;
He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.
He has satisfied the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped His servant Israel,
mindful of His mercy,
just as He spoke to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his descendants forever (Luke 2:46-55 HCS)."
Mary knew God, her Savior.
We will not find it at the mall, super stores, or favorite .com sites.
I surmise it would be a best seller the first season that manufacturers released it to distributors. Even our traditional Christmas greeting of 'Merry Christmas' carries a wish for joy…
In Santa hype, advertisers depict him as merry, jovial, and jolly. Joy, deep joy is a gift from the Lord. In this season of gift giving, Jesus hopes we will receive the year-round gift of unequivocal joy.
"I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete (John 15:11 HCS)."
Our joy feeds on faith in our Savior and His promises. The angels delivered news of great joy!
"Don't be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people; today a Savior who is Messiah the Lord was born for you in the city of David (Luke 2:10b-11 HCS)."
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You decide, winter wonderland or wasteland?
It depends on your point of view; barely daylight and there is a foot-deep fresh blanket of snow. Children beg mom to turn on the news in hopes that their school is closed. She feels a bad head ache coming on. Dad dresses in layer upon layer of winter clothing before shoveling out the driveway.
Forty-seven years ago on December 30, I married my Louisiana Rebel in Syracuse, NY 32 below zero temperatures, amid mountains of snow. Boasting, a few weeks later he moved me south saying that it hardly ever snows in Mississippi. One morning, to our surprise we woke to a Mississippi Delta winter wonderland. Six inches fell from southern skies.
I anticipate a heavenly wonderland!
"But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him (1 Corinthians 2:9 NKJ)."
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Did it begin with baby dolls dressed in flannel gowns & matching booties or starched dresses under the Christmas tree ? The new doll smell drifted up to my nose as I quickly named them. I played mommy; the make-believe feeding, dressing, and rocking baby dolls came naturally.
Each year Mom & Dad added childcare essentials, placing dolls in toy baby strollers, cribs or high chairs under our Christmas tree. They were too big to wrap but that afforded me the added pleasure of seeing them at first glance. Mom lovingly displayed my dolls under drooping light-decked branches.
Playing dolls prepared me for real-life babysitting jobs. I was caring for newborns by the early age of eleven, quickly bonding with the bundles of joy. Infants were dependent on me and gave unconditional love. Holding a contented baby in my arms made the hours of clock watching worthwhile.
Baby Jesus grew to sacrificial lamb, willingly giving His life that we might receive everlasting life. Christmas led down the path to Calvary. We open Christmas packages in both celebration of His birth and resurrection. Grieving followers discovered His open and empty tomb. Jesus lives and waits to wrap us in His blanket of grace.
"But God being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:4-6 NAS)."
Preschool age children love to get their hands in Play-Doh and cookie dough. They roll it, pound it and squash it too.
Mommy ads to their fun when she puts cookie cutter molds into their tiny hands; youngsters now have the excitement of creating favorite shapes.
The tikes laugh with glee when they see animals, Christmas trees, stars or snowmen.
As mothers or grandmothers, we guard our hearts and minds. We must not conform to the molds of our godless society.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12:2 KJV)."
The Creator places no cookie cutter into our feeble hands; He writes His word upon our hearts and watches to see its transforming power in our walk with Him.


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Purisima to take over as PNP chief on Dec. 18 -Roxas
December 13, 2012 11:23 pm
By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan
MANILA, Dec. 13 — Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II announced on Thursday that Deputy Director General Alan Purisima will be the 18th chief of the Philippine National Police as he is taking over the post of Director General Nicanor Bartolome next week.
Im happy to announce that there will be a formal turnover of leadership in the PNP next week, December 18, Tuesday," Roxas said in a press conference at the PNP headquarters in Quezon City.
"We are very pleased at this smooth turnover of responsibilities in the PNP as it ends 2012 and looks forward to 2013," facing many challenges, most importantly in ensuring peaceful and orderly elections in May, Roxas said.
The DILG chief thanked Bartolome for the leadership distinction with honor and legacy that he will leave behind under his administration, including the policy capability with respect, discipline, transformative crosses of moving the PNP increasingly into an organization and sensitive policing and also for statesmanship.
We also thank General Bartolome for his statesmanship. As you all know, his term ends in March of next year, but knowing that March is in the middle of the election period, he voluntarily agreed to step down early so that this transition can happen with the five or six months between the new PNP chief taking on the actual job as the elections is coming, Roxas said, adding that the PNP is an election partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
For his part, Bartolome said that he is happy for the turnover of the responsibility as chief of the PNP to Purisima, whom he described as well-rounded and very much prepared senior officer.
I am indeed happy to formally turn over the responsibility as chief of the PNP to a very well-rounded and very much prepared senior officer in the person of Director General Alan Purisima. I will not go on non-duty status, instead I will have an early retirement because I would rather that the new chief of the PNP will be able to get immediately the four-star rank because it is just fitting to the chief of the PNP will have that full authority, Bartolome said.
The DILG secretary also expressed confidence in Purisima's ability to lead the 148,000-strong PNP with his "strong foundation" in police service.
He has received international training from the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), from Maryland, in crisis management and critical incident courses and was the chief of the Directorial Staff and in that capacity was effectively the Chief Operating Officer of the PNP has performed competently and professionally and Im very pleased and recommended him to the President, Roxas said of Purisima.
Meanwhile, as a newly appointed PNP chief, Purisima said that this is the new challenge for him to instill discipline in the police and to educate them, as well as continue the programs started by Bartolome, particularly the Patrol Plan 2013.
Actually, this is a new challenge for me and I would like to tell the PNP that we will continue the programs started by our PNP chief, particularly the PNP patrol plan 2030 which will be used to better serve the community and protection of community with the PNPs, he said.
He added that the motto under his leadership will be "Serbisyong Makatotohanan" or truthful service which means that each policeman will serve every member of the community with his full strength and vigor.
Purisima is a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1981. He once served as aide of the late President Corazon C. Aquino, mother of the present President.
As a member of the Presidential Security Group then, Purisima was assigned specifically to guard the young Aquino who would later become president, too.
Purisima also served as the director of the National Capital Region Police Office. (PNA)


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P.M. says talks with B.E.L. lawyers and Lord Michael Ashcroft
A large part of the country's future debt is tied up due to the nationalization of two utility companies. The debts to the former owners of Belize Electricity Limited's and Belize Telemedia Limited are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Regarding the companies, the PM says that the government is about to enter discussions with the attorneys regarding B.E.L. and he continues to engage Lord Michael Ashcroft on how to move forward without conceding certain core principles that he adheres to since taking over Telemedia.
Dean Barrow
"There is, in fact, an agreement to talk. The B.E.L. attorneys wrote to us a couple of weeks ago to say; look, we would want to enter into discussions. So that's now been agreed; those discussions should start very shortly. In terms of Michael Ashcroft, I have had, I've been engaged in correspondence with him to see if we can arrive to a suitable framework that might sustain negotiations. Up to this point in time; that's not yet happened. The fact that I spoke at the Belize Bank's twenty-fifth Anniversary Occasion should not be misunderstood. Number one; I think we need to compartmentalize. The Belize Bank and in fact the banking sector and what Central Bank is trying to do by way of regulation to ensure stability is one thing. The question of Telemedia and the need to pay compensation is quite another. All I will say is that we are engaged in a continuing—or rather the Central Bank is engaged in a continuing effort to ensure that the regulation of the financial sector will in fact underscore the prudential responsibility of Central bank without, as I put it, sucking all the oxygen out of the system. You tie up the bank's capital for prudential reasons, it means there is less money to lend—that's a balancing act that will continue. In terms of Telemedia as I said, I am trying to find a framework that would allow ourselves and Michael Ashcroft to talk without ever conceding certain core principles that I am committed to and that I have in fact indicated to the Belizean people are non-negotiable."
Jules Vasquez
"I would imagine that includes the accommodation agreement."
Dean Barrow
"Indeed I have made clear from the start that I would not voluntary honor the accommodation agreement or any accommodation agreement claim. So you can imagine that that does mean that there is not a great deal of joy to be had initially in terms of the very preliminary engagement between myself and Mr. Ashcroft. I'd leave it at that. It's not; we have not called a halt to the effort to try to come up with a basis, as I've said, on which things can perhaps move forward, but so far we have not yet agreed to that basis either."
It is expected that further information on the restructuring of the Bond will be known at budget time.


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A new report has revealed that the National Security Agency, US is emphasising on a "cloud-centric" approach to facilitate an improved collaboration with other intelligence agencies in the country.
In an exclusive interview with InformationWeek, the Chief Information Officer of the Agency Lonny Anderson said that the agency is opting for a more advanced architecture, both in terms of hardware and software.
Anderson said in interview, "Some people say we've just got to get some better tools. Well, tools come and tools go".
He added, "The key is architecture. You build architecture, then it doesn't matter that tools come and go. There's no doubt in my mind that when we connect architectures, we'll never look back."
Anderson also expressed his optimism that technology teams in the Intelligence Community should, and definitely can work in collaboration on bringing up some much needed improvement in the existing IT architecture and infrastructure.
According to reports, the agency is currently putting an effort towards replacing its 3 code deciphering centres in Texas, Georgia, and Hawaii as a part of the process.
Some other areas that the agency is working on are: introduction of new and advanced Mobile Devices, embracing the open source code for data gathering as well as using the cloud technology for sharing information internally.


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CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2018, Windows 7 Pro, Laptop PC
When I enter text I see this strange slanted purple box next to the cursor. See attachment. The text in the purple box is barely readable. If I click outside the purple box the text appears as it should. Problem is I can not edit the text as it either goes into the purple box or the program crashes.
I have tried clearing all cache systems. Even uninstalling and reinstalling the program.
Please, if you have any idea what I am doing wrong, let me know. I have used CorelDraw for many years and have never encountered this.
gsandf said:I have used CorelDraw for many years and have never encountered this.
So what did you do differently before this? I.e. Were you using a previous version of CorelDraw that worked fine for years and then install 2018?
I've been using 2018 for a good 6 months. No problems up until this last weekend.
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'Maniac' trailer: Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in new Netflix black comedy series
'Maniac' trailer: Jonah Hill and Emma Stone star as Owen Milgrim and Annie Landsberg, two strangers who are enmeshed in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
Netflix has released the trailer to 'Maniac', its new black comedy series starring Academy Award winners Emma Stone and Sally Field, Academy Award-nominee Jonah Hill, and Justin Theroux in prominent roles. Based on a Norwegian television series of the same name by Hakon Bast Mossige and Espen PA Lervaag, the web series is set to premiere on the streaming platform on September 21.
Directed by Cari Joji Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation), the 2:36 minute trailer to 'Maniac' opens with Theroux's Dr. James K. Mantleray questioning Annie Landsberg (Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Hill), about where they think they are and what they think is wrong with them. "It's not therapy, it's science," Mantleray snaps, as Annie wonders whether what she's going through is a form of therapy.
"Pain can be destroyed. The mind can be solved," the doctor proclaims, with a room full of anxious test subjects half-heartedly applauding his rousing speech. But it soon becomes apparent that the trial may just have some unforeseen consequences.
"How many of your subjects have ended up catatonic?" Field's Dr. Greta Mantleray asks, to which Mantleray unsurely replies: "Zero. Roughly." The rest of the trailer hints at the fact that Annie's and Owen's stories are inherently connected, with each inevitably finding one another as they plummet through multiple different realities in their heads. Describing their current plight to Owen, Annie quite aptly says: "This is some multi-reality brain magic s***."
According to an official description, 'Maniac' tells the stories of Annie and Owen, two strangers who are drawn to the later stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. Annie's disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister; Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Neither of their lives has turned out quite right, and the promise of a new, radical kind of pharmaceutical treatment — a sequence of pills its inventor, Dr. James K. Mantleray, claims can repair anything about the mind, be it mental illness or heartbreak — draws them and ten other strangers to the facilities of Neberdine Pharmaceutical and Biotech for a three-day drug trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently.
The series also stars Sonoya Mizuno, Julia Garner, Jemima Kirke, Geoffrey Cantor, Josh Pais, Rob Yang, Christian DeMarais, Gabriel Bryne, and Billy Magnussen.
Watch the trailer for 'Maniac' here:


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Meet FLS Partner Evidence Based Fitness Academy
The Evidence Based Fitness Academy (Dr. Emily Splichal) is a Continuing Education Institute created to provide scientific and research-based curriculum for health and fitness professionals. EBFA offers Specialist Certificate Training in Barefoot Science.
The EBFA offers several home study courses created by FLS:
The Functional Foot and Ankle Level 1 (Available in Spanish Soon)
Biomechanics of Low Back Pain
Barefoot Balance Training
More courses coming!
Meet FLS Partner For the Love of Fit
For the Love of Fit (Connie Jasinskas) strives to provide the knowledge, resources, and motivation to help people become their best. For the Love of Fit provides quality education for exercise and rehabilitation professionals as well as the general public.
For the Love of Fit offers an Aquatic Fitness Specialist Certificate Program called AQX. The course can be taken online, live, or as a blended course.
FLS courses offered:
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Body Basics for Aqua Fitness: AQX Course 3
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I do?
October 13, 2008 at 9:20 pm 1 comment
Weddings are going to be a thing of the past. It is tradition that I don't think I will conform to.
I am don't believe in organized religion and weddings are a religious ceremony.
If you are a truthful in your relationship why do you need to be married? Now a days couples keep everything separate, and with finances being the number one conflict with relationship it makes perfect sense. I don't see what would change with a marriage.
A few people think I say this because I don't want to change my last name but that is not the point at all. I wouldn't mind changing my name, it is not the point at all.
I would hope that nothing would change about my relationship because I would already be in a strong and honest relationship.
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Drizzle when we got up with rain predicted but it soon looked like it was going to clear. We started from the end of Kittredge Rd. and as we turned onto the West Trail we met a neighbor and his dog Homer ( a friend of Kelley's) and walked that trail with them. We had a nice chat, Kelley found water to get into, and Homer ran non stop - he's still a pup.
Some of the things we saw and a couple of pictures of Kelley in the water.
looking for a way out
Turned out to be a nice day with the rain not starting 'till after dark. We had a nice 2 hour hike.


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What it is
1,3-Propanediol, also called 1,3-Dihydroxypropane, can be derived synthetically from oil, or from corn sugar.
What it does
1,3-Propanediol is a humectant: it can attract water from the environment into the skin, thus helping to keep it hydrated.
In addition, it is also used as a solvent to dissolve other substances.
Side effects
1,3-Propanediol is a relatively-new ingredients so very few studies have been so far conducted to determine both its efficacy and side effects. However, it is generally considered to be safe.


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And there it is: that terrible temptation to swear – and in front of witnesses! – that things are going to be different this year.
Instead of succumbing to that particular temptation, I will simply thank everyone who stopped by the blog in 2012, and particularly those who took the time to comment and chat.
Here's hoping for a more productive year in 2013, as we continue the endless journey back and forth along the cinematic bell-curve!


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Every bike ride should start with putting on a helmet. Our program provides bicycle helmets for as low as $5 to Boston residents, health centers, and other local agencies. We also provide free bicycle helmet fittings, educate communities on bicycle safety, and partner with health centers, public schools, and other local organizations to organize bicycle safety events for the public.
You can order bicycle helmets by completing the "Bicycle Helmet Request Form" below. Please contact us at 617-534-5197 if you have any questions about our Bicycle Helmet Program.
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The Bluebikes Income Eligible Program allows residents who qualify to use Bluebikes for $50 for a year of riding or $5 for 30 days of riding. Your membership will include unlimited 60-minute trips and a Bicycle Benefits sticker.
Residents who are income-eligible or participate in the following assistance programs qualify for the membership:
Sign up for the Income Eligible program with the Mayor's Health Line (617-534-5050) and receive a bicycle helmet from our program. Learn more about the Income Eligible Program at: https://www.bluebikes.com/pricing/income-eligible-program


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Day 47 (September 6, 2018)
Hindsight is 20/20
Today I wrote a few lines of code and altered the way we post items on our board.
After our morning daily, I worked with Maikha and Emily on defining the epic and the stories and spikes that comprise it. The idea being that each step taken towards completing a particular goal should be broken down into smaller steps and recorded on our board so that at any point every team member and stakeholder can in a glance understand what we have done, what we are doing and what we have left to do.
In our case, our epic was issue#3881. The stories were the parts of the code that needed to be modified in order to complete the epic. The spikes are the things we needed to learn in order to write the code to complete each story. Today's goal was to write a test for an area of the code that had not been tested, the link in an email to the mentors.
What I coded today:
- Added a failing test of the link in the mailer notifications.
- Changed the code to get it to pass.
Sounds so simple, doesn't it? To get to this point, there were so many things we had to understand. Once you become an expert, it is so easy to forget all the bits of accumulated knowledge that turns the complex into something simple and obvious.
A short list of what we needed to understand to complete this task:
- A bit about how mailers work
- How to generate mock data to trigger the mailer
- Mailer previews
- How to recognize a Rails link
- How to decipher said link
- How links are generated
- What a route is and how they are generated
- How to find routes (
bin/rails routes)
- How to test routes
- Where to add the tests in the codebase
- How to change the link.
- Rails helper functions
- Know the difference between
Along the way we also learned how to better distinguish between what information we need to understand to complete the task and what need to put aside to learn about later.
It has been a long journey through mailers, controllers and routes, to understand a single line of code
#{link_to "view it here", [:mentor, @solution]} so we could fix it. Behind this simple PR is hours of tutorials, coaching sessions, and practice exercises, consistent with the RGSoC objective: "learn, learn, learn".
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Be thankful for difficult times, because during that time you grow.
There'd be no good days, if there weren't any bad ones. The sky wouldn't be blue, if it were never black.
The end is uncertain and I've never been so afraid, but I don't need a telescope to see that there's a HOPE and that makes me feel brave.- tidal wave, owl city
Keep your chin up! Be strong


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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Speaking with the Chancellor on the Budget
Dear Mr. Klein,
I was in "shock and awe" at our last school budget meeting. We are held harmless for over $200,000.00 and are expecting increased austerity for the next two years - all of this in a post-CFE world? It's hard to believe that we are not feeling any of the trickle-down from the CFE money. We need smaller class sizes for our freshman and advisories as a fifth (not sixth) class. Mr. Klein, we want to succeed and demand a chance to do so. ....Can you explain where our share of the CFE money is going, and when we will feel it at the school level?
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How green is ICF construction? (VIDEO)
A house that the big bad wolf can't blow down and is more cost-effective and eco-friendly isn't the stuff of fairy tales. But home builders should be aware of the environmental tradeoffs that may come with insulated concrete form (ICF) construction.
A year-long study from MIT found that homes built with insulated concrete-form construction were stronger and more energy efficient than traditional wood frame buildings and would have a lower carbon footprint over the life of a home.
Homes built with ICF are constructed of hollow expanded polystyrene foam blocks that interlock, much like Legos. The blocks are then filled with concrete to form a strong and airtight building.
However, some green building experts contend the environmental costs of building with concrete and synthetic foam blocks are too high.
Lloyd Alter, a green architect in Toronto, wrote on Treehugger.com that that while homes built with ICF construction may have energy efficiency advantages, "neither concrete nor expanded polystyrene foam are particularly green materials."
Alter noted that concrete has a large carbon footprint due to the energy used to make and transport it. The foam is made from hydrocarbons such as oil, which also contributes to a large carbon footprint. Alter cautioned home builders to take into account the overall environmental impact of ICF construction, not just the potential energy savings.
"An equivalent insulating value can be achieved without such massive use of carbon and hydrocarbon intense materials," he said.
The ICF findings came out of an MIT research program funded by the Portland Cement Association and the Ready-Mix Concrete Research Foundation called the Concrete Sustainability Hub. The ongoing research will develop a model for assessing the carbon emissions of homes during a 75-year period.
Ultimately, the research will "demonstrate the potential energy savings due to the benefits of thermal mass, effective insulation, and reduced air infiltration, which are inherent in ICF homes," said John Ochsendorf, an associate professor for MIT's departments of architecture and civil and environmental engineering, one of the researchers on the study.
During the year of analysis, MIT researchers found that:
- The advantages of higher R-value and lower thermal bridging enables ICF homes to deliver energy savings in heating, cooling, and ventilation compared to conventional wood-frame construction.
- For residential buildings, ICF construction can offer operational energy savings of at least 20 percent compared to code-compliant wood-frame buildings in a cold climate such as Chicago.
- More than 90 percent of the life-cycle carbon emissions are due to the building's operation phase, with construction and end-of-life disposal accounting for less than 10 percent of the total emissions.
Awareness of ICF construction is growing in the building industry. According to a market research survey by the Portland Cement Association, 36 percent of builders surveyed have used ICFs at some point in the last decade, while 6 percent of the homes built in 2007 by this same group utilized ICF construction. This represents a 60 percent increase in use since the last survey in 2003.
ICF construction can provide contributions toward points in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating systems.
MIT will release a follow-up study in 2011 that examines the economic costs of ICF construction to provide the most comprehensive analysis of the total costs of building materials. Since HVAC energy savings directly translate to cost savings, much of the economic studies to come will build upon existing findings and highlight additional economic life-cycle attributes of building materials, Ochsendorf said.
Watch this video on ICF construction basics from Amvic:
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