text: When Moneyball (the book by Michael Lewis, not the movie starring Brad Pitt) came out, it turned our traditional understanding of baseball on its head. Despite, or maybe due to, its popularity, it is often misinterpreted. The lesson that many took away from reading Moneyball was that walks were good and defense didn't matter. This is superficially true -- the Oakland A's management team of the early 2000s was able to field a competitive team on the cheap because they did not place a premium on defensive skill and acquired players who often walked. However, this is not the insight of Moneyball. The real lesson is about resource allocation. Through the use of data and analytics, the A's had a better grasp on which types of resources (players) produced the best output (runs). They found market inefficiencies -- specifically that walks were undervalued and defense was overvalued. So, their roster of no-defense, high-on-base-percentage players was the outcome, not the cause. In the following years, the market adjusted to the A's strategy and teams started paying more for high-walk players and less for good defenders. This sequence of trying to find market inefficiencies before the rest of the league is a never-ending game of Whack-a-Mole for MLB front offices. This cycle has been talked about so much that it has become a running joke among baseball fans. I encourage you to search "is the new market inefficiency" on Twitter. For businesses, this concept is nothing new. You spend resources in the places that have the best return until that channel is saturated or its return is less than another channel. Conceptually, this makes sense, but in practice, the biggest challenge is measurement. Any business leader would spend more on employee engagement programs if they could prove that it had a better return than on marketing, pricing, technology, or any of the other myriad ways they could spend that incremental dollar. Employee satisfaction, specifically, has been difficult to measure because it is several chain links removed from revenue generation. I think the links in that chain are beginning to be better understood. The work we've done here at Maritz revealed a ROI of employee-program spend of 5:1 (download a PDF of our book on the findings here), through increased retention and a lift in customer satisfaction. At 5:1, it looks to me like employee engagement is the new market inefficiency. Companies should be spending more in this area. I find the results of this analysis exciting because of the downstream implications. If prioritizing employee engagement and happiness is indeed a market inefficiency, then it is only a matter of time before companies spend more money and effort in that area. Imagine a world where companies are spending the same amount on making employees happy as they do on their marketing campaigns. Another implication from Moneyball is that first movers have an advantage. The A's were able to compete for a World Series on a shoestring budget because they jumped all over a market inefficiency. I think companies should have that same attitude with their employees. It is an immediate opportunity to jump ahead of their slower-moving competitors.Jesse Wolfersberger is chief data officer for Maritz Motivation Solutions, and specializes in merging the fields of behavioral science and artificial intelligence. Contact him to discuss if you are using data in your programs to make them smarter at [email protected] He will also be speaking at this year's Incentive Live hosted-buyer conference, taking place at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium on March 3-6, 2019. Jesse will be part of an extensive education schedule covering the biggest trends, the biggest influencers and the biggest spenders in the industry. Find out more here.


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At Avanza, we begin such projects by asking who your buyers are and
what motivates them. Then we make sure we understand your firm's
business strategy and success factors.
Creating excellent content then involves devising messages that
link your buyer's motivations with your offering, making sure
to position your capabilities and differentiators in a powerful,
buyer-relevant, and honest way.
Prudential Financial hired Avanza to draft
16 articles on key aspects of annuities and retirement planning.
Designed to help Prudential's
customers prepare for and live in retirement, the informative, yet
entertaining articles were distributed to Prudential agents and independent
investment professionals for use in their customer communications.
Sample content:
"Asset Allocation: A Lifecycle
"'Asset allocation' sounds
complex, but its essence is simple. It is the systematic process
of diversifying your wealth among different investments such as
stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents. Your goal is to achieve an
investment portfolio with the highest potential return for the
least amount of risk. However, asset allocation does not guarantee
a profit...
"How do you determine the
right allocation? By forging the
right mix of assets for your current lifecycle stage. Put simply,
every investor has two impulses: to grow assets or to protect
assets. Where you fall depends on your life stage. If you are fresh
out of college, you probably will want maximum potential gain. If
you are in your peak family formation and child rearing years, you
may still want to grow assets, but your risk tolerance may be lower,
since you'll need to put your kids through college or to buy
a bigger house. And if you are only a year or two away from retirement—or
already retired—you will tilt toward principal protection."
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article [PDF]
This firm retained Avanza to provide marketing communications and
public relations counsel. The objective was to communicate the strength,
stability, and competence of the firm by devising a new corporate
identity, collateral package, and media presence.
Sample content:
Financial Management"
"An excellent financial management firm is
like a classic piece of architecture: Its advice is well-crafted.
It combines various financial strategies into one harmonious design.
It strives for long-term performance. If this is what you're
looking for in a financial advisor, then look no further."
This highly successful financial firm serves family business owners
almost exclusively. Although they had great visibility through a
series of public seminars, they had no method to build and maintain
their client relationships. The firm commissioned Avanza to develop
and publish a quarterly client newsletter and to create a more effective
capability brochure.
Sample content:
"The Killer Disease and the Cure."
"There's a killer disease stalking family businesses.
Once it takes hold in a firm, it clouds the owner's judgment
and saps the company's financial strength. It paralyzes decision-making
at critical periods in the firm's growth. And worst of all,
it can threaten a company's ownership succession. The disease?
Lack of objectivity."
Business Success Tools, LLC retained Avanza Communications to develop
content for its second-generation web site. The result: an information-rich
site that makes a strong connection between customer needs and firm
Sample content:
"The Vicious
Cycle of Doing"
"In business today, leaders, managers, and front line people
are caught in a vicious cycle of doing with precious little learning
from their doing. Unfortunately, this leads to performing the same
activities again and again, regardless of whether they are effective
or even consistent with tomorrow's challenges. What's
wrong with this picture? It doesn't include two key aspects
of effective learning: reflective observation and experimenting with
new goals and activities.
"Coaching is designed to provide these
two missing pieces. Coaches provide a safe harbor for reflecting
on past decisions and extracting the lessons learned from them. It
also provides encouragement for establishing non-traditional goals
and for experimenting with new activities and skills in an environment
of safety and acceptance.
"By encouraging doing and learning
along with reflection and experimentation, coaches help their clients
unleash extraordinary performance improvements and increased satisfaction."
Go to BusinessSuccessTools.biz
Drug Assist Licensing provides innovative medication management
solutions to community health and social services agencies through
a licensee network. It hired Avanza Communications to develop trade
advertising and several collateral brochures for recruiting new licensees.
Sample content:
"A Growth Prescription
for Independent Pharmacies"
"In the age of big chains, independent pharmacies must compete
effectively—or die. Many pharmacists add scale to their business,
building or buying stores in order to compete. But this comes at
a cost: added complexity, more management problems, higher
costs, and less time to do what you really love: being a pharmacist.
There's a better way to grow: Drug Assist Licensing."
Drug Assist Licensing
brochure [PDF]
Alabanza, a Baltimore based web technology company, pioneered the
concept of automated web hosting, providing the technology web hosts
need to manage their businesses. Alabanza hired Avanza to conduct
a brand-voice and content edit for its new web site. It also
charged us with developing a corporate brochure reflecting its new
positioning strategy.
Sample content:
"Focus on Growing Your Business: Managed
"Alabanza has been a leader in automated
web hosting services
since launching our business over a decade ago. Our experience and
expertise allow us to deploy effective technology, weather business
cycles, and provide our clients with proven business solutions. In
fact, we invented the term 'Automated Hosting' and are
one of the Internet's best-kept secrets.
"Today, Alabanza continues
to leverage its experience to help our clients grow. Our Managed
Automated Hosting solutions enable web firms to run profitable hosting
businesses. But we're much more than a web automation company.
We also provide a robust suite of Managed Services that help small-to-medium-sized
firms achieve their goals through effective IT management. So whether
you're a web host that needs the best hosting solutions or
a growing company that wants to outsource its critical business applications,
Alabanza's experience has met the test of time."
Go to Alabanza.com
Alabanza brochure (pdf)
TruePresence is a franchise company that provides web development
services through its franchisees to small- and medium-sized business
across America. It retained Avanza to develop a marketing brochure
that effectively made the TruePresence business case to potential
franchisees, helping to lay the groundwork for a national franchise
Sample content:
"TruePresence Franchise Opportunities."
"What if. . .
"Then you'd be a TruePresence franchisee. Interested? Read
on to learn more about a new franchise opportunity that is reshaping
the web services business."
TruePresence collateral brochure
Sample content:
"Growth Advisors to Companies
with Dreams"
"International Expansion Consultants is a management advisory firm
that helps companies expand distribution through franchising, licensing,
and other methods. Because becoming a franchisor is so complex, the
company wanted a web site that would enlighten prospects about the
franchising process, attract qualified prospects, and screen out
inappropriate franchise candidates. They hired Avanza to organize
and write their first-generation site, with a strong focus on prospect
and client education.
"You know what it takes to run a successful business. But
what do you do for an encore? Do you add corporate locations? Franchise
your company? License your business concept? Or do you consider forming
a distributorship?
"If you're committed to growing your business, but don't
know the best approach, it's time to speak with International Expansion
Consultants (IEC), growth advisors to companies with dreams.
"Since 1993, we have been helping clients large and small
envision their growth potential, plan their growth strategies, and
achieve their profit objectives. Devising highly effective franchising
and licensing systems is our specialty. And our passion is helping
clients achieve profitable, sustainable growth.
"Interested in expanding your scope of distribution or creating
more effective operational systems? Then we encourage you to explore
our site."
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School's back in session and we are ready for the cooler weather, especially with our annual Jam on September 8 and The Quarry Farm 5K just around the bend. Click on the cover here to read the Fall 2018 Newsletter and join us for the upcoming programs listed, including the new Give Thanks Woodland Hike, or give us a call/email to schedule an outing or program.
Winter news
With temperatures above 0°F and sun overhead, the visuals are breathtaking on the banks of Cranberry Run today.
Goat-tracked corridors criss-cross the upland sanctuary. Wild turkeys are on the move on the paths as these elusive birds forage in the floodplain and on the cover of the 2014 winter newsletter. Click of the cover to the left to read more.
Hope to see you under the stars later this month. Don't forget to RSVP.
The Quarry Farm Fall 2013 Newsletter
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No Point In Mopping
The word of the day is WET. The Quarry Farm, indeed all of Putnam County, went from snow and blue skies to green grass, brown fields, swollen and fast-moving streams and gray skies in 48 hours.
Saturday's 60-degree temperatures saw the flock–all ten Priscillas, Barbara, Big Girl and Karen–out of the hen-house. As I cleaned their digs, as well as the goose buildings, the girls murmured their pleasure at being out to scratch in the grass and in their tunnels under the forsythia, elderberry and tamarisk. I swear they even purred.
Buddy brayed a few times, bringing me on the run to see what concerned our good guard donkey. Twice it was to let me know that Beatrice was thinking about visiting the neighbors. The third I found out later was because a pair of bald eagles had led a Gilboa couple from the Blanchard down the Riley Creek river valley to The Quarry Farm and the banks of Cranberry Run.
Last night's and today's rains have laid low the eagles as well as the hens. The geese enjoyed splashing in the puddles, but the girls preferred to scratch through the fresh straw of the hen-house. Buddy stuck his head out a couple of times, but he and the goats mostly stayed high and dry. Not so for anything in the floodplain. Compare the photo taken during the fall photo shoot and sketch walk (right) to the one taken today of the same foot bridge and you'll see that Cranberry Run has some receding to do from the rainfall, snowmelt and torrential runoff from surrounding fields. But if you scroll back to the January 1 post you'll see how quickly the scenery changes here.
Here's a little quiz for you: Your eyes and nose present clues that can help you determine cause and effect. We all know that. When you study the photo above of the flooded foot bridge (click for an enlargement) you can see different kinds of plants, trees, and even water. See the stacked foam along the bridge? What does an accumulation of six inches or more of foam along a water body's edge indicate? Check back tomorrow for the answer.
No doubt we'll have clear skies and firm ground by January 19. Click on the cover of our current newsletter (upper left) to download the complete issue. You'll find announcements for two upcoming events including this weekend's first Stargazing Walk. Hope to have a good gathering for this new event. Mike Erchenbrecher is a dynamic speaker and educator. He's one of those people who can draw you into a subject with his infectious love for all things earth science. Top that off with hot chocolate and a warm campfire and you couldn't find a better way to spend your winter Saturday evening. Owl calling and counting is optional.
Since The Quarry Farm trails aren't open to the public without appointment, at least until the boardwalks are in and the permanent trail markers are up, we ask that you call or email ahead. Plus we need to know how many lanterns to have on hand to light the way.


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In memoriam of Charles Perry, a Luther Place member and a career United Nations officer with a profound appreciation of all cultures, the Charles L. Perry Memorial Fund was established with the express purpose of assisting those who come to this sanctuary congregation without paper documentation. Contributions to this fund are utilized for both the legal and educational needs of undocumented immigrants who come to Luther Place seeking sanctuary.
Contributions may be placed in the offering plate during worship services, or online at lutherplace.org/give, select the "Perry Fund," or by texting the dollar amount and Perry Fund to +12028166673. You may also send contributions to the church office at:
Luther Place Memorial Church
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There are various means of improving your fan base on Instagram, and they can be generally categorized into 2 groups. Instagram marketing strategies (gone over) are extremely reliable in boosting sales. In order to apply these methods to maximum effect, it is essential to have a multitude of followers. Posting images with relevant Hashtags is a wonderful means of drawing in the interest of Instagram customers. Resolving influential Instagram individuals in your photos/comments via @mentions is likewise a tried and tested method for acquiring followers.
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One more organic method for getting followers entails advertising your Instagram account on your organization internet site, e-newsletters and advertising securities. This method is really handy in obtaining existing consumers and prospects to follow your brand on Instagram, and it could be carried out with hardly any effort.
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Parent Pay
Parent Pay is an online system where parents can pay for their children's school dinners, school trips and Before and After school childcare provision.
When paying for items on Parent Pay you can either pay for a payment item directly or choose to Add Parent Account credit. If you top up your Parent Account with funds you can then choose where to direct your funds, this is especially useful when paying for a variety of items.
If you have not yet signed up to Parent Pay please come to the office where we can provide you with your child's unique username and password. The benefits of paying online not only saves you time but also enables you to see all your children's trips, dinner balances and Goslings balance. You can also individually customise your Parent Pay account and set up notifications to be sent to you regarding new trips and balances.
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- 2cupsshelled hazelnuts((8 ounces))
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- ⅓cupDutch-processed cocoa powder
- 2tablespoonshazelnut oil
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract
- ⅛teaspoonsalt
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spread the hazelnuts out on a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until dark brown and fragrant, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking. Keep a close eye on them, as they can go from perfect roasted to burnt in a short amount of time. Transfer the hazelnuts to a medium-sized bowl.
- Once the hazelnuts are cool enough to handle, place a second bowl upside-down on top of the bowl with the hazelnuts. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds to remove the skins of the hazelnuts. It may take a few times to get all of the skins off; each time, remove the hazelnuts that have lost their skin to the bowl of a food processor, then continue shaking.
- Process the hazelnuts in a food processor until their oil is released and they form a smooth, loose paste, 2 to 5 minutes, scraping down the bowl often.
- Add the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, hazelnut oil, vanilla extract and salt and process until fully incorporated, scraping the bowl as needed, about 2 minutes. The mixture will loosen and become glossy. Transfer the spread to a jar with a tight-fitting lid or an airtight container. You can store it in the refrigerator or at room temperature for up to 1 month.
Recipe Notes:
- If you want to do away with having to remove the hazelnut skins, you could purchase blanched hazelnuts, which I might try next time.
- I was not able to find hazelnut oil at any local grocery stores (including Whole Foods), so I ended up ordering it from Nuts.com. You could substitute walnut oil or vegetable oil, but the hazelnut oil really helps give the spread a silky smooth texture.
- You can substitute regular unsweetened cocoa powder for the Dutch-processed cocoa powder.


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Marco Kurz believes Adelaide United could have killed the game off sooner in their win over Western Sydney Wanderers on Friday night.
The Reds laboured to a 2-1 victory as Craig Goodwin starred with a goal and an assist in the stifling conditions at ANZ Stadium.
Kurz said while he was pleased to secure the three points, he stated his side made it more difficult than it needed to be.
"It was a hard game against a good opponent," Kurz told Fox Sports after the match.
"We always made it too hard for us because we can score earlier the third or the fourth goal.
"And then we must fight until the end, but in the end I still think the victory was fair."
The win pushes United further clear from the bottom four, but intimated they have plenty of room for improvement.
Kurz admitted the Reds must be more ruthless in front of goal to avoid nervous endings to games.
"When we score a goal we always want to score the next one," he said.
"And in the second-half as well because we had a lot of big chances.
"That's maybe our weakness that we have too many chances and don't score enough goals."
Western Sydney began the match with a new formation – a back five defensive line.
The German added his side were ready for whatever their opponents would throw at them.
He thought his players actually defended extremely well as WSW were largely kept at bay.
"We know the quality from them and they changed the line-up," he continued.
"They played with five at the back but we're always well-prepared against each system.
"They've a lot of young, quick, and technically good players, but I think today our defending was good."
Adelaide United face Perth Glory in Round 15 of the Hyundai A-League 2018/19 season on Wednesday, 23 January at HBF Park. Kick-off is at 9.30pm ACDT. Live on Fox Sports, and streamed on the My Football Live App.


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Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is not ready to be sentanced as of yet, prosecutors say. Lt. Gen. Flynn pled guilty last year to lying under oath to the FBI about lobbying for the Turkish Government and meeting with Russian officials.
Prosecutors have continually post-poned his sentancing due to his cooperation in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. The Joint Filing on Tuesday, August 21 signals that Flynn's cooperation with the Special Counsel continues.
The next sentancing hearing will be on or before September 17.


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Silver Jewelry, Opal (simulated) 1 3/4" x 3/4", 18" Length
In China, there is a tree called the Empress and it is planted at the birth of a girl child.
This tree has lovely heart-shaped leaves and because it grows so quickly, it matures as the child does. When she is eligible for marriage the tree is cut down and carved into wooden articles for her dowry. In legend, it is said that the Phoenix will only land on the Empress Tree when a good ruler is in power. Now you too can own a small piece of the Empress tree legend!
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Hi and welcome to my website. I am a full-time guitar tutor based in Stamford, Lincolnshire teaching guitar to pupils from the surrounding area including Oakham, Bourne and Peterborough. I teach a wide range of musical styles to guitarists of any age and ability. If you're a total beginner wanting to learn from scratch or if you've been playing for years and just want to brush up on a few techniques then feel free to get in touch and we can discuss your requirements. Click here for information on my originals project The Empty Pages.
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The Campbells have authors in the family!
Erica Campbell's sister Alana Atkins-Jamison and her daughter Anala released a children's book at the top of the year called It's OK To Be Angry, which centers around a young giraffe named Nally who struggles with how to deal with her anger.
Nally was named after Anala. In the book, instead of her mom telling her not to be angry, Nally's mom helps her identify her feelings and work through the emotions. It provides a lesson on "constructive behaviors" many could learn from.
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***BOOK SIGNING*** (Swipe left) So excited about Nally's book signing!!! She's been working on her signature! 😉 #repost #share #Nally #Nallypop #kidauthor #girlsrock #mybabygirl #girlsrock #blackgirlsrock #smartkids #genius #scholastickids #kidauthor #4yearoldauthor #shine @kidcasting_official @theellenshow @pbskids @leapfrogofficial @pinkaliciousandpeterrific @pbs.teachers @kidentrepreneurs @blackplatinumkids @entrepreneur @just.cute.kids @penguinkids @booksfordiversity @girlsreadtheworld @scholasticinc @blackgirlsrock @wellreadblackgirl @blackgirlnerds @blackgrilmagic
As the book was listed in parenthesis as (Little Minds, Big Ideas Book 1) on Amazon, we expect more from the mother-daughter duo!
Erica Campbell's Sister & Niece Release Children's Book, 'It's OK To Be Angry' was originally published on getuperica.com


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An Ultimate Pass offers everything a Magic Pass does every year and is active for a period of 10 years after purchase. An Ultimate Pass purchased in 2019 will expire on September 30, 2029.
Please keep in mind that accounts that haven't been accessed for a period of 26 months expire, and everything on the account is lost. This means your Ultimate Pass will be cancelled if you have not accessed your account for at least 26 months. So make sure to login at least once every 2 years!
At any given time we reserve the right to update or modify any of our product packages, including the options available in a Magic Pass.


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Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO)
Position: ECD Teacher
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Reports to: Headmistress
Hours: Mon- Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm
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My son, and business partner is pursuing other interests and I need someone to help with the tasks he used to do. I've been told this is called an "operator", or someone who has experience in business strategy, interpreting cash flow projections, finding money. My business doesn't have the cash flow to pay someone yet. What are my options?
Are you revenue generating? Where are you in your business stage? My firm specializes in providing these services on an outsourced basis and I am the Capital Specialist, structuring and securing capital for businesses. Let's chat. email@example.com
"Operator" is not a term I've heard in relation to startup/early stage businesses before. They typically are brought in by private equity investors as part of a roll-up or turnaround acquisition. Other times they are "finders" themselves with an investment thesis they sell to PE firms. It usually means current management/ownership is removed or limited to advisory capacity. They get paid well including equity. If you have grown to a point where you need hands on operations help and don't have the cash flow to support same, you have a problem. Either you're not pricing appropriately or the market does not value your offering enough to support the business. I suggest you seek out mentor/advisory services from an incubator or SBA office to give you some guidance and realistic feedback. If you still want to continue, you may just have to perform the critical operational aspects of the business yourself and set some of your current tasks aside until you generate better financials.
Much depends upon your needs from a time perspective and a duration perspective.
Your options can include: 1. find a charitable organization that will c9me in and help you immediately but then leave. 2. find someone who will help you out as a charity for a few hours each week (would this be enough?) 3. pay equity which has both positives and negatives 4. make an arrangement with Seneca College or George Brown for apprentices (may not be the level you are seeking or need). Feel free to call me to talk this challenge out. 416-546-7052 Chris Neuman
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2019: Continuous assessment, feedback loops and analytics
Presenters: Ole Eggers Bjælde (Science and Technology Learning Lab & Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark) and Annika Büchert Lindberg (Science and Technology Learning Lab, Aarhus University, Denmark).
The webinar will focus on how a combination of feedback loops and continuous assessment can enhance student learning and produce data to illustrate it, to both students and educators.
To register for this session please login (or create an account) then click the 'register now' button.
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We are pleased to inform our valued customers, associates and suppliers that Insiyabi Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd has relocated our Karachi office to a new location. We look forward to seeing you at our new location in Karachi. Kindly mark the change in your records for all future correspondence!
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World Cup 2018, Brazil vs Switzerland: Neymar's Quest For Glory Begins With Tricky Opener
Neymar is expected to start when Brazil start their World Cup 2018 campaign against Switzerland on Sunday at the Rostov Arena.
Brazil start World Cup campaign against Switzerland
Neymar broke a bone in his right foot on February 26
Neymar is expected to start for Brazil vs Switzerland
As the world geared up for the start of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, the entire nation of Brazil held it's breath, waiting for news on their superstar. Brazil fans feared that Neymar's absence would be catastrophic for their title aspirations but the Brazilian forward will take the field when the South Americans start their World Cup 2018 campaign against Switzerland on Sunday at the Rostov Arena. The Paris Saint-Germain star seems to have fully recovered after undergoing an operation in March on his fractured foot.
However, there is still a little concern about Neymar's lack of match fitness. The Brazilian forward injured his foot in February in PSG's clash against Marseille and since then has played just 129 minutes of competitive football, all off which have come during Brazil's World Cup warm-up matches.
Neymar, though, showed that he is ready for his assault, coming off the bench to score against Croatia and the producing a wonder strike in Brazil's win over Austria in Vienna a week back.
"After three months, and having played just a game and a half, he is already playing at a high level. Nobody expected that. Not even him," Thiago Silva, a close friend of Neymar's and a club teammate at PSG, said in a report on Brazilian website Globoesporte.
The 26-year-old, who saw his time on the sidelines as one of the lowest points in his career so far, has looked in excellent spirits this week as Tite's Brazil squad settle into their Russian base -- the speculation about his club future, and links with Real Madrid, seem far away right now.
Home from home
Neymar has been laughing and joking with his teammates on the training pitch in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, and took time to sign autographs and pose for pictures with supporters at an open training session on Tuesday.
He will be in the starting line-up in Rostov-on-Don, for what will be his first game at a World Cup since being taken off with a fractured vertebra in Brazil's win against Colombia as hosts in the 2014 quarter-finals.
And Neymar's importance in this new-look team -- he is one of only six survivors from four years ago -- is clear from the comments of his teammates in Sochi.
"Neymar is great, thanks to God," goalkeeper Alisson replied to one question about their talisman, while Gabriel Jesus spoke of his admiration for the former Barcelona man.
"I got to know Neymar personally at the Olympics. He treated me very well, and not only me, also my family and friends too," he said.
"He is important off the field as well. He is always giving advice. That is very important. I really believe that having a good relationship, considering one as a brother, lifts you on the field. You run more for your friend."
Brazil came to Russia among the favourites as they look to put firmly behind them the 7-1 semi-final humiliation against Germany four years ago.
While fellow contenders Spain have threatened to implode with the sacking of coach Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the competition, Neymar and the Brazilians are relaxed and at home in pleasant surroundings in Sochi.
The lush green coastline and sea views are reminiscent of Brazil, the Selecao have been enjoying dining with views out over the Black Sea, and they also have access to the beach.
It augurs well for Tite's side as they prepare to face a Swiss outfit ranked sixth in the world in their first Group E game before tackling Costa Rica and Serbia.
Winning a sixth World Cup is the objective, but Neymar will also have personal aims.
Last weekend he scored his 55th international goal, moving level with Romario in Brazil's all-time list. There are now only two players left ahead of him.
A great tournament and he could catch Ronaldo's tally of 62, before eventually targeting the 77 scored by Pele.
"I would say that it's going to happen. Neymar doesn't just have playing well as an objective, he is always looking to score goals," Ronaldo, in Russia on media duty, told Brazilian television.
(With AFP Inputs)


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Module details on 'Basic Topics of Data Science - Basic Topics of Data Science'
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|Prof. Dr. Nejdl, Wolfgang (Hannover)
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|Lecture 2LE + 1/2E
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|125 (42 / 83)
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|Module Description
|Learning from data in order to gain useful predictions and insights is an important task, covered under the data science umbrella. This involves skills and knowledge from a wide variety of fields such as statistics, artificial intelligence, effective visualization, as well as efficient (big) data engineering, processing and storage. Given data arising from some real-world phenomenon, how does one analyze that data so as to understand that phenomenon?
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|This course teaches critical concepts and practical skills in computer programming and statistical inference, in conjunction with hands-on analysis of datasets, involving issues such as data cleaning; sampling; data management to be able to access big data quickly and reliably; exploratory data analysis to generate hypotheses and intuition; prediction based on statistical methods such as regression and classification; and communication of results through visualization.
|Recommended Literature
|- R for Data Science (by Garrett Grolemund and Hadley Wickham) O'Reilly Media - Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, A Desktop Quick Reference, Sarah Boslaugh, O'Reilly Media - Doing Data Science – Straight Talk from the Frontline, Cathy O'Neil, Rachel Schutt, O'Reilly Media - Statistical inference for data science (https://leanpub.com/LittleInferenceBook)
|Written exam, graded (90 Minutes)
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I am not a fan of electric cars. Why? Because of the masterful, deceptive marketing, The culture has brought into the lie that electric cars are "green" and environment-riendly.
The facts?
Devonshire Research Group, an investment firm that specializes in valuing tech companies, dug into the data and concluded that Tesla's environmental benefits may be more hyped than warranted. Their research shows that Teslas (and, by extension, all electric vehicles) create pollution and carbon emissions in other ways. Each stage of an EV's life has environmental impacts, and while they aren't as obvious as a tailpipe pumping out fumes, that doesn't make them any less damaging.
An electric car may not need gas, but it still usually gets its energy from burning carbon; it depends on how the local grid generates electricity. "If you use coal-fired power plants to produce the electricity, then all-electrics don't even look that much better than a traditional vehicle in terms of greenhouse gases," says Virginia McConnell, an economist at the environmental research firm Resources for the Future.
The math gets trickier, though, when you include other forms of environmental damage. Electric cars need to be light, which means they include a lot of high-performing metals. The lithium in the batteries, for example, is super light and conductive—that's how you get a lot of energy without adding a lot of weight. Other, rare metals are sprinkled throughout the car, mostly in the magnets that are in everything from the headlights to the on-board electronics.
But those rare metals come from somewhere—often, from environmentally destructive mines. It's not just Tesla, of course. All electric vehicles rely on parts with similar environmental issues. Even solar panels depend on rare metals that have to be dug out of the earth and processed in less-than-green ways, says David Abraham, author of the book "The Elements of Power."
Rare metals only exist in tiny quantities and inconvenient places—so you have to move a lot of earth to get just a little bit. In the Jiangxi rare earth mine in China, Abraham writes, workers dig eight-foot holes and pour ammonium sulfate into them to dissolve the sandy clay. Then they haul out bags of muck and pass it through several acid baths; what's left is baked in a kiln, leaving behind the rare earths required by everything from our phones to our Teslas.
At this mine, those rare earths amounted to 0.2 percent of what gets pulled out of the ground. The other 99.8 percent—now contaminated with toxic chemicals—is dumped back into the environment. That damage is difficult to quantify, just like the impact of oil drilling.
Batteries are some of the most toxic things on the planet that humans produce. Creation of the Tesla's huge, powerful battery pack releases as much CO2 into the atmosphere as an astonishing 8 years of gasoline driving (see here.) Thus, before you even drive 1 mile with your new Tesla, you've already put 8 years of CO2 into the atmosphere that driving a conventional, gasoline vehicle would have. Electric car batteries are eco-villains in the production process of creating them. Several tons of carbon dioxide are necessarily emitted even before the battery is installed in the car. Manufacturing an electric vehicle generates more carbon emissions than building a conventional car, mostly because of its battery, the Union of Concerned Scientists has found.
Of course, recharging the battery pack will release even more CO2 into the atmosphere (unless the power plant providing the electricity is either solely solar or wind powered, which very very few are in the U.S.). Since very few Tesla's owners will still be driving their Tesla after 8 years of ownership, they will never be as "green" as they would have been driving a traditional gasoline engine during the same period. In addition, batteries always decline in efficiency ... meaning if one keeps the car long enough, the highly-toxic (and enormously expensive) battery pack will have to be eventually replaced (releasing another 8 years worth of CO2 into the atmosphere.)
The same thing is true on a smaller-scale for hybrid cars (electric/gasoline). The production of the much smaller battery pack for a Toyota Prius releases 3 years of CO2 that driving a gasoline engine would produce.
In fact, the primary reasons (whether one acknowledges it or not) to buy an electric car are to (1) impress your friends with the powerful acceleration inherent in electric vehicles, and (2) make a statement to all those who have been suckered into the deception that electric vehicles are "green". They are certainly not practical for long-distance travel because of the recharging requirements.
[On a related note, people often desire to install solar panels on their roof for clean electricity. Solar panels will power little more than lightbulbs and radios unless they are the size of an acre. People buy into the deception they will "save money" - i.e., they fool themselves into thinking that solar panels will pay for themselves. (They are not even close to doing so today, though perhaps someday they might.) You can take the money you would have spent in the solar equipment, and put it in other investments and get back more than the panels save in electricity bills. Plus, while the panels sit there losing money, they also depreciate (become less efficient) as they age. Nobody would normally buy an investment that returns 4% and where the principal depreciates to nothing over time.]
Currently it is far easier and cheaper to reduce pollution by cutting output at the big polluting factories and power plants. A dollar spent there does an order of magnitude more to cut pollution than a dollar spent on a personal hybrid or electric car.
The deception concerning electric cars and hybrids is a classic example of how easily an entire culture can be duped. But that deception - as bad as it is - is peanuts compared to the ultimate deception that is being supernaturally unleashed upon the world.
... that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world ... (Rev 12:9, ESV)
Truth renders all deception powerless.


text: Tourism is booming in Jerusalem and despite the recent opening of three new hotels occupancy has risen to 62% since the start of 2017, compared with just 50% over the same period last year, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The three new major hotels are Orient in the German Colony, the Leonardo Boutique in Haneviim Street and the TRYP Batsheva Hotel on King George Street. The Orient is a 243-room hotel, which is part of Isrotel's Exclusive Collection (Bereshit, Carmel Spa and Kramim), at the northern end of Rmek Refaim near the Old Railway Station complex. The Leonardo Boutique is a 74-room hotel in downtown Jerusalem and part of the Fattal Group. The TRYP Batsheva Hotel is a 79-room boutique hotel, part of the international Wyndham Group, and essentially a rebuilt version of the veteran Batsheva hotel. RELATED ARTICLES Fattal opens boutique hotel in Jerusalem Over 3m tourists visit Israel in record year so far Ben Gurion passenger traffic up 16% in 2017 New hotels have been flourishing in Jerusalem in a range of categories from hostels for backpackers through budget hotels and the more expensive boutique hotels mentioned above. Another smaller boutique hotel to have opened recently is the 24-room Villa Brown, also on Haneviim Street in a late 19th century Ottoman house. Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 12, 2017 © Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2017


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|I'm writing in response to the Open Pantry crisis. I am the executive director of one of the local food programs who will be expected to "pick up the slack" if the Open Pantry reduces services.
The Community Survival Center in Indian Orchard is already doing more than our share of providing food security to the residents of Springfield. We are the only food program in the area open five full days a week. We are the only program offering special needs assistance to our senior population and to our youngest residents. We have assisted 3,061 Springfield households, some 7,500 people in the past 12 months. We have done this in conjunction with also offering food assistance to 2,000 people who are residents of Ludlow, Wilbraham and Hampden. Additionally, we provided assistance to over 36,000 residents of the Greater Springfield area in need of clothing and necessary household items.
Does the City realize or care what an addition of one-third of the Open Pantry's food clients would do to our agency and other smaller pantries? It would double the number of requests for food, which would double the amount of food needed at a time when donations are down and requests are already increasing. The additional expenses would be a hardship for all our programs. I am begging the City to help keep the Open Pantry open. The existence of the Survival Center and many other smaller agencies is dependent on the programs of the Open Pantry continuing to do the work they have done so well for so many years.
Chris Cargile
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Cycely McMillan is so well known, six people from different industries nominated her for the Rising Stars award.
Rita Short has known McMillan more than 15 years, having supervised her work at a small business in Texas, McMillan's home state.
"She really does give 100 percent," Short said. "She's very outgoing, empathetic, sympathetic, loving and caring and one of the hardest workers I've ever seen. She's just a very well-rounded young lady. She's got the whole package."
McMillan began managing properties at age 18, after being introduced to the idea one day while paying her rent.
"The manager ended up being my leasing agent. She said, 'You're cute as a button and outgoing. You would be a great fit. Would you ever consider leasing?'" McMillan said. "My first weekend, I leased 16 apartments."
When she arrived for work Monday morning, her manager double checked the numbers, saying no one had ever leased that many apartments in one weekend.
"I said, 'Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?'" McMillan said. "I knew then that property management would be my career."
McMillan loves turning around beleaguered apartment properties.
Three years ago when she began managing the 288-unit Village at Lionstone for Griffis Blessing, the apartments made a return of 87-cents per square foot. Now it stands at $1.10, "a huge growth," she said. Also, three years ago, the apartments had a higher vacancy rate and were not highly thought of, she said.
Now, "people want to be there. It's been used as an example," of successful management, she said.
McMillan described herself as "very outgoing and very determined and very competitive. I like taking on challenges."
McMillan is also active in the community as a den leader with the Boy Scouts of America and is a board member of the Parent-Teacher Organization at her son's school. Professionally, she is active with the Apartment Association of Southern Colorado and helped develop its Leadership Lyceum Program. A certified apartment manager, McMillan also volunteers as chairwoman of programs for the Institute of Real Estate Management.
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heard about the impressive capabilities of the in-beta Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools -- and recently, we've seen the SDK's fantastic handiwork -- but we haven't had a chance to get our hands on it yet. Luckily, Valve is dropping an update for the zombocalypse sim on Steam next week; one that will give everyone access to the authoring tools, and allow everyone to play the community's homegrown campaigns.
The level hunting process sounds simple enough -- amateur level designers bundle all their maps, posters, models, and textures into a single .VPK file, which players must download and drop into the game's "addons" folder. Voila! Now you have access to even more
Update: It's here.
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Spencer Barn planning success
B|D are excited that our work with Zac Monro Architects on the contemporary reworking of the Spencer Barn in Sussex recently achieved planning consent.
This project aims to create an inspiring landscape that pays homage to the former agricultural use of the farm buildings and working livestock courtyard whilst sympathetically sitting within the surrounding landscape of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Maha Helali earned her Masters Degree in Inclusive and Special Education from Institute of Education of University of London. After Maha's son, Mostafa, was diagnosed with autism in 1995, she quit her post with UNESCO to establish the Learning Resource Center (LRC) in 1996. In 1998, Maha established with other parents, the Egyptian ADVANCE Society for Persons with Autism & Related Disorders and has been the Chairperson since. In 2004, Maha was elected as the Coordinator for the UNESCO "Education for All" Consultancy Committee meeting for NGOs (EFA/UNESCO-CCNGO) for the Theme of Special Needs Education in the Arab Region. In 2006, Maha was recognized by the American University in Cairo for her efforts in advocating special needs persons. In 2007, Maha was chosen as an Ashoka Fellow to support her mission of including persons with Autism in the Egyptian Community. Maha is a member of the "Partners in Inclusion Network" which deals with the education of children with learning disabilities in the Arab region since 2008. In 2009, she co-established the Arab Network for Autism (ANA) has served as Secretary of the Board since. In addition, Maha is a member of the Committee on Basic Education Development Project "Social Contract" of the Information Centre for Decision Support of the Prime Minister's Office of Egypt since 2009. In 2011, Maha was elected President of the Foundation of the Egyptian Experts and Organizations in support of Inclusive Education Foundation in Egypt (IEF). Maha has been elected in March 2012 as President of the Inclusion International – Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In 2015, Maha was chosen as a board-member of the Egyptian National Council of Disability Affairs (NCDA).
The ADVANCE Program for Adolescents & Adults with ASD in Egypt.
The lecturer will present the experience of the Advance Society in Egypt in designing their Transition into Adulthood (TIA) and Adults Experimental Work Placement (EWP) Programs that offer vocational assessments, career awareness and exploration, pre-employment skills training and work experiences. In addition, both programs continue to develop students' domestic and life skills whilst providing the needed support to facilitate independence for each student based on their individual needs.


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Except for some odds and end and art work, we finished our furniture shopping for the condo. It's been two jam-packed weeks but we now have just about everything we need.
It will all be delivered in a month, giving us plenty of time before our first guests arrive for the Fourth of July holiday.
My favorite purchases this week were the items we need for the two balconies. Two luxurious chaise lounge chairs and a table will go one one, four extra tall chairs and a table for outdoor eating will go on the other.
We didn't skimp on these items. A big draw for our condo are the beach views from those two balconies. I know I'll want to spend as much time out there as possible when I visit, so we looked for solid, comfortable furniture, which we found at Destin's Patios Plus.
ennifer bought bedspreads, sheets and lots of pillows for the beds and the sofas. We also bought lamps, tables and a couple more inside chairs.
We met with Jeff Vaughn from All Pro Blinds, who came by and measured all the doorwalls and windows for custom blinds and draperies.
The granite countertop guys came by and measured the granite countertops for the kitchen and baths.
And I stopped by Cox cable to pickup the five cable TV boxes and Internet modem. Earlier in the week, I stopped at the local Best Buy and picked up five wall mounts for the TVs.
Meanwhile, our contractor Al McNew and his crew were finishing up the ceramic tile installation for all rooms in the condo. They start on the bathrooms next and then the final painting.
It was pretty much all work and no play, though. The only beach time we got was on Friday afternoon, just before we headed back to our Michigan home for two weeks. In the photo above, those are my feet chillin' in a beach chair out front.
We ate out most nights, which gave me time to collect menus which we'll leave in the condo with our recommendations so our guests will have some ideas on the area's dozens of top rated restaurants.


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For When Your Loved One Has Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease is complex and difficult to cope with, affecting not only the five million Americans living with the disease, but those that care about them as well. If someone you love has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, you may be at a loss for what to do next. Both your lives can change in even the early stages of the disease, but guidance is available to support your loved one to the best of your ability.
Remember: Taking care of yourself is a vital part of taking care of your loved one. Caregiving can be physically and emotionally exhausting. Giving yourself time to rest, relax and recover will allow you to maintain your own health as well as help your loved one.
Prepare for Care
Alzheimer's can be incredibly difficult for the family and friends of those suffering from the disease. Talk to your loved one's physician about what to expect as the disease progresses and recommendations on care. Find out how you can help in a way that is healthy for you, too. It can be hard, but you'll want to begin to get in the habit of detaching — be prepared for mood swings and try not to take behavior too personally.
Your loved one's Alzheimer's may get worse no matter how much time you invest in visiting and playing memory games. Understanding the disease can help you cope and provide care without blaming yourself. Don't be afraid to ask for help if the situation escalates beyond your control; isolating yourself can be dangerous for both you and your loved one.
Ultimately, try not to let Alzheimer's define your lives. Caregiving will be a team effort from your family and medical professionals. And remember — there will be good days, too.
Safeguard the Home
After an Alzheimer's diagnosis or when you notice the symptoms getting worse, you may want to check your loved one's home for safety hazards. Keep in mind his or her capabilities as you consider safety locks in the kitchen and other places that house potential dangers like knives, matches and chemicals. Installing a shower chair or grab bars and treating particularly slippery surfaces is recommended.
Try to keep the clutter to a minimum and install night-lights. Keep a list of emergency contact numbers easily accessible. As you make adjustments for someone with Alzheimer's, be sure to communicate what you're doing as gently as possible so he or she feels in control and not lost at home.
Keep Activities on the Schedule
Routine activities are an important part of life with Alzheimer's. A sense of structure and familiarity will be comforting, and consistent times for meals, bathing and visitors will help orient your loved one struggling with memory lapses.
Encourage those with Alzheimer's to participate in daily activities as much as possible, and plan excursions suited to their interests and abilities. Stimulate different senses with a variety of activities like singing, telling stories, swimming, painting and gardening. From a walk in the park to sitting in the backyard, any time spent outdoors can be therapeutic.
Communicate Kindly
Connecting with your loved one as Alzheimer's progresses can be one of the biggest struggles both of you face. People with the disease may begin to have difficulty finding the right words and increasingly rely on hand gestures. Your loved one may be easily confused or prone to inappropriate outbursts, and — especially tough for you — he or she may forget personal or important things.
Do your best to speak in short, simple statements with one clear direction at a time. Address your loved one by name and ask yes or no questions when possible. Try not to question his or her memory specifically or talk as if he or she isn't in the room. Sarcasm, irony, slang and baby talk can hurt or confuse the person you care about. You may find yourself frustrated or losing patience; if you think you'll lose your temper, take a break and ask for help.
Plan Your Next Steps
Your care can be invaluable during the early stages of Alzheimer's, but the disease may progress beyond your capability to provide support. Just as you should feel comfortable asking family and friends for help in the beginning, be prepared to consider long-term caregiving and decision-making. At some point, you'll need to establish who will be making caregiving, medical and financial decisions as the disease progresses. You may want to do this early when your loved one can lead the discussion.
The importance of taking care of yourself during this time cannot be overstated. Similarly, if you choose to seek the help of outside or professional caregivers, remember that personal time is an essential component of their ability to do their best work, too. All caregivers — you and those who help you — deserve care too.


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Nielsen: Most HDTV Owners Happy With Picture
Nearly 85 percent of HDTV owners rate the picture quality of their TV as "excellent" or "above average"- but less than 40 percent say the same about selection of high-definition programming available to them. That's according to a survey released this week by The Nielsen Company.
According to the survey, 47.9 percent of respondents rated their picture quality "excellent," while 37.4 percent called it "above average." 10.3 percent answered "average," with two percent or less answering "below average," "poor," or "don't know." However, 37.6 percent of respondents called their selection quality "average," with just 11.7 percent answering "excellent" and 27.5 percent calling it "above average."
In addition, 19.7 percent of respondents claimed that they watch more TV since acquiring an HDTV set.


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The OUCLJ is pleased to announce the appointment of Leo Boonzaier as its new General Editor. Leo joined the Journal as an Associate Editor in 2015 and was promoted to the Editorial Board the following year. He is doing a DPhil on the philosophical foundations of tort law.
The outgoing General Editor is Tobias Lutzi, who has been in the position since August 2016. The Editorial Board would like to thank Tobi for his leadership and hard work. During his tenure the Journal has expanded and evolved in important ways; for example, the Journal now has three new patrons, a much larger group of Associate Editors, and a new section in which we publish lectures by distinguished speakers. Tobi has been an exceptionally capable and dedicated General Editor, and will be sorely missed.


text: 3rd October 2013On Monday 30th September we had a special visitor from Uganda, Denis Agaba. Denis works for the Great Ape Film Initiative (GAFI) and tours around Uganda with his Pedal Powered Cinema (PPC), showing children the importance of conservation. We were able to experience the PPC in action to watch some films about the great apes; some of us were even lucky enough to have a go! We also managed to fill both of our 'Mountain Gorillas' full of copper coins to raise money for the project. http://www.gafi4apes.org/


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'The Crown' Season 3: The New Cast Is Looking Quite Regal (PHOTOS)
Netflix's hit series The Crown is returning for its third season with an all-new cast.
The British Royal Family drama is jumping significantly forward in time, thus the series needed older actors to portray the monarchy members at different points in their lives. Broadchurch star Olivia Colman is taking over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from the award-winning Claire Foy, and Prince Philip, who had been portrayed by Matt Smith, is now being played by Outlander star Tobias Menzies.
Olivia Colman Teases 'The Crown' Season 3 Details
Meanwhile, Helena Bonham Carter is set to star as Princess Margaret, and Ben Daniels will portray her husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones.
The first two seasons covered 1946 to 1964, while Season 3 is slated to pick up in 1976, which means other real-life characters will also be featured. Josh O'Connor will be Prince Charles, Erin Doherty will play Princess Anne, and Marion Bailey will play the Queen Mother.
One major figure that still reportedly has yet to be cast is Princess Diana. The beloved Royal will reportedly be introduced at the end of Season 3 and then be featured heavily in Season 4 and a potential fifth season.
Click through the gallery above for a look at some photos of the new Season 3 cast.
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How Will COVID-19 Affect the Economy of Nepal?
With businesses coming to a global halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global financial markets are in freefall. The whole world is in lockdown.
According to the Bank of America Global Research, Global GDP growth is likely to be just 2.8% in 2020 which would be the worst year since the financial crisis and the Great Recession ended in 2009.
Altogether, Nepal's economy is being severely impacted. Although Nepal has not faced severe problems health-wise, its economy is expected to worsen in the coming months. The Asian Development Bank's 'COVID-19 Economic Impact Assessment Template' released the best and worst-case scenarios for countries in the region, which predicts a loss of up to $322 million.
Let's find out how this soon-to-be global economic crisis will affect the economy of Nepal.
Agriculture Sector
Agriculture remains Nepal's principal economic activity. Agriculture is the main occupation of around 66% of the population, which provides 36% of GDP.
Nepal Rastra Bank, in its Mid-Term Review of the 2019-20 Monetary Policy, said that the spread of the coronavirus, along with decreased paddy production this year, would hurt the economy and this lockdown is sure to bring more harm.
Nepal's GDP is heavily dependent on remittance (16.39%) from foreign workers. If industries and businesses operating in the Gulf shut down due to the coronavirus, many Nepali workers will have to face unemployment for some time. Nepal has also stopped issuing labor permits to Nepali migrant workers for the time being.
Tourism Industry
The tourism sector has been the biggest victim of the Corona Virus. It has been impacted by travel restrictions imposed by Nepal and other countries. The Nepal government has also canceled all climbing expedition permits, including Mt. Everest for the spring season.
The government of Nepal has postponed Visit Nepal 2020 campaign, Sagarmatha Sambad 2020, and other international events until further notice.
Manufacturing Industry
The impact of the coronavirus has been most visible in the manufacturing industry, as most raw materials come from China. "Nepal's pharmaceutical industry is heavily dependent on China for the chemicals used to make medicines," said Shekhar Golchha, senior vice-president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Construction Sector
The construction sector has already been sluggish from the early days of this fiscal year. Nepal imports a significant quantity of hardware used in buildings from China and hardware traders have said they will be in short supply after a month.
Projects like the Kathmandu-Narayangarh Road Widening Project and the expansion of the Kathmandu Ring Road, various hydropower projects and transmission line projects have been affected as Chinese contractors and workers have not returned.
The deadline for the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa has already been postponed until mid-May from March 31 as vital components like runway lighting, baggage handling and other equipment for the airport terminal are unlikely to be delivered on time.
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Who am I? I'm a CafCA regular. My name's Lisa, and I've been writing a novel at CafCA for the past four months. Something about the energy, the art, the spirit of the people makes CafCA one of my favorite hang outs. So, this morning, the idea of contributing to this blog came to me. After all, it joins my two pastimes: drinking coffee and writing.
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Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals - 8/3/17 NFL Pick, Odds, and Prediction
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Dallas Cowboys (13-4) at Arizona Cardinals (7-8-1)
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The NFL's annual Hall of Fame Game takes place on Thursday as the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals meet up at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
The Cardinals come into this season after a 7-8-1 mark in 2016, missing the playoffs and finishing second in the NFC West. Arizona lost of couple of key players from that squad in Tony Jefferson and Calais Campbell, but filled the voids pretty well by signing Antoine Bethea and Phil Dawson while re-upping center AQ Shipley.
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Over on the Cowboys' side, they're fresh off a dominant 13-3 season which led to an NFC East championship in 2016 under head coach Jason Garrett. Dallas lost in the divisional round of the playoffs to the Packers 34-31.
Dallas has one of the most enviable offenses in the league, which will be a key factor in their success this season. The O is helmed once again by QB Dak Prescott, who logged 3,667 pass yards with 23 pass TDs last year, and RB Ezekiel Elliott, who managed 1,631 rush yards with 15 rush touchdowns behind a formidable offensive line last year. The Cowboys lost a few key pieces from their 2016 run, including QB Tony Romo, RB Lance Dunbar, OT Doug Free and CB Brandon Carr. Incoming impact players who got new contracts this year include WR Terrance Williams and CB Nolan Carroll. The Cowboys are fairly healthy coming into the season but will likely be without rookie WR Ryan Switzer, who is nursing a hamstring issue.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Oh baby baby
Christine aka Nanaseaside who pointed me in the direction of Digi Doodles I found this cute little baby, perfect for Christenings:)
This particular card, along with 2 others were delivered to a place for collection by a lady. Unfortunately she was off sick and her friend said she would take them to her. She took them out to her car, left them on the wall while she got her coat off. Forgot she had left them and drove off! The cards where left outside the building all weekend!! Needless to say they were ruined. One completely disappeared, the other two were damp and warped and so I had to redo them. The poor lady was so annoyed but hey we all do things like that, well I know I do anyway. So it was back to the drawing board, but easy enough to replace them.
Its one gorgeous day here today and I have spent most of the afternoon in the garden, doesn't look much better but a bit of an improvement!
Image - Digi Doodles
Papers - Daisy Company
Embellishments - pearls, glitter
Sentiment - Daisy Company
Medium - Promarkers
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My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Cooking it up with katie - 1image, 2 patterned papers (blue stripe, flowery) 3 embellishments (pearls, birds, fonts)
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32 comments:
- Christine said...
Awww what a shame the cards were left & ruined.. think I would have cried..gorgeous baby creation fab colouring amazing colours..
smiles Christine xx
- April 19, 2011 5:57 pm
- Riet said...
What a wonderful card Pinky.
Hugs Riet.xx
- April 19, 2011 6:01 pm
- Anne said...
Oooops, done that before!!! Hugs x
- April 19, 2011 6:16 pm
- Denise said...
Such a shame about the ruined cards after all your hard work. Still, this creation is totally gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at DDSB xx
- April 19, 2011 6:39 pm
- Fleur said...
Fantastic card Pinky,
Hugz Fleur xXx
- April 19, 2011 6:57 pm
- Chrissy said...
What a lovely image..and gorgeous card..love baby cards..the little birds are so pretty too.Lucky you out gardening..have you tried giving it 2 1/2 feet...it's amazing how much more room you get...lol..
Luv CHRISSYxx
- April 19, 2011 7:09 pm
- Diane's Card Designs said...
Such an adorable image Pinky. Love all the details.
Diane :-) xx
- April 19, 2011 7:12 pm
- Sue said...
Hi hun
aww an adorable card, lovely image,beautiful detail hun, sue,x
- April 19, 2011 7:47 pm
- Tammy said...
Beautiful card Pinky and such a sweet image! Thanks for Cooking it up with Katie this week!
Tammy x
- April 19, 2011 8:33 pm
- Debs M said...
so sorry to hear about the first batch but this one is lovely! Thanks for joining the Stripes Challenge at DDSB
Debbie DT
- April 19, 2011 8:58 pm
- Lisa Jane said...
aww what a little sweetie .. i love it
what a shame about the first batch.. but as you say ,, we could all have done it
Lisa x
- April 19, 2011 9:18 pm
- Sue U said...
Awww, such a cute image, although you must have been gutted at having to replace the damaged cards! Sue xx
- April 19, 2011 9:20 pm
- Donna said...
Oh wow Pinky, I too love this image and you've done wonders with it, you've coloured it beautifully! Well, I don't think you really missed that much at the craft show, I had a great day and of course still managed to spend loads of money but there was nothing new and exciting. All stuff we can get off the internet for probably cheaper but I still had a great day out. Anyway, thanks for joining us at the DDSB with your lovely card. hugs Donna x
- April 19, 2011 9:27 pm
- Unknown said...
Hiya Love this baby I got it over a month ago I think and havent even ink it up, printed it out and forgot about it, imagine leaving them on the wall silly woman, a beautiful card.
Chris x
- April 19, 2011 9:37 pm
- jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...
just adorable,a really lovely Christening card.janex
- April 19, 2011 10:10 pm
- Ger said...
Cute image and a gorgeous Christening card. Shame about the ruined cards! Sorry I'm not around the blogs much at the moment, should have more spare time very soon. Ger x.
- April 19, 2011 10:41 pm
- Kitty said...
Gorgeous card hun, love all the delicate details.
Thanks for joining us at My Mums Craft Shop Challenge and hope to see you again this week for the nex challenge!
Kitty xx
- April 19, 2011 11:00 pm
- scrappyjacky said...
You always find such cute babies,Pinky.....a perfect christening card.
- April 19, 2011 11:20 pm
- Clare said...
Wow how annoying to leave those cards, i would have been so upset!!!. Such a lovely Christening card Pinky and that image is so sweet. Atleast all worked out in the end. Hugs Clare xxx
- April 20, 2011 1:08 am
- ahlers5 said...
Such a cute baby. Thanks for joining us at DDSB.
- April 20, 2011 1:56 am
- Unknown said...
Aww how adorable, me too got this sweetie.. shame about the other cards, I would hate that after all the work. Hugs xx
- April 20, 2011 6:33 am
- cowboydutrem said...
Oh I love this image, so cute!
- April 20, 2011 6:48 am
- Unknown said...
Beautiful Christening card Pinky, fab as always! Jo xxxx
- April 20, 2011 7:33 am
- cheryl said...
oh such a shame hun the cards were ruined,oh I think I would have cried,as for your card hun its just stunning,oh just gorgeous hun,hugs cheryl xxxx
- April 20, 2011 8:18 am
- Tracey said...
This is sooo beautiful Pinky - I love it!
Hope you're having a great week.
- April 20, 2011 8:45 am
- KraftyKoolKat said...
What a gorgeous card Pinky. Such a shame the first one's were ruined but it did give you another reason to play!!!! Thank you so much for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.
- April 20, 2011 10:29 am
- Karen said...
Gorgeous Pinky, thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best.
- April 20, 2011 11:06 am
- Julie said...
Oh wow! This is one of the prettiest christening cards I have seen. Thanks for joining us at DDSB
- April 20, 2011 4:18 pm
- dj1952 said...
Wow Pinky, you still make some of the prettiest cards. I haven't been by in a while, but I'll try to stop by more often. Your colors and the baby are so adorable. Thanks for joining us at DDSB this week, and we hope to see you again soon. Hugs, dj
- April 20, 2011 8:41 pm
Delightful card.You've done a great job with the image.Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best :D
Lisa x
- April 20, 2011 11:46 pm
- Anita said...
Very pretty. I love that image ... the baby looks so sweet. Oh, she had to be heartbroken about the cards. But you are right, sounds exactly like something I would do lol!
- April 21, 2011 4:21 am
- skylife said...
Oh, that's absolutely adorable! Great idea!
Thanks for sharing with us at DDSB
- April 21, 2011 10:26 am


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This past weekend, the University of Rhode Island women's tennis team went one and one as they played away at both Davidson and Wofford.
In what was the first time playing outside since October for the Rams. Rhode Island lost 2-5 to Davidson making their overall record 3-5 and 0-1 in Atlantic-10 play.
Davidson would first sweep all three doubles matches to collect their first team point of the day. URI was not down for long as freshman Erin Chratian would even the overall team score as she would dominate Megan Scholvinck (D) 6-2, 6-2 .
Davidson followed back with straight set wins at four and five singles resulting in a 3-2 lead until URI Junior Tiara Higuchi would tie the score up at three a piece with a big win at two singles, winning 6-2 6-2. Rhody's luck ran out there as Davidson would clinch the match at six singles.
A highlight of the match was at three singles where URI's Mihaela Codreanu would push it to three sets before losing 3-6, 6-2, 11-9 to Davidson's Alexandra Abele.
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"The confidence of these girls is back up again after a few touch losses," said Head Coach Gordie Ernst. "They are learning to get better and showed toughness against these teams and their were just a lot of bright spots in the match."
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Robertson, Colin M. ORCID: 0000-0002-6186-8466, Pullinger, Samuel A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7680-3991, Robinson, William R., Smith, Mathew E., Burniston, Jatin G. ORCID: 0000-0001-7303-9318, Waterhouse, James M. and Edwards, Ben J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8913-0941 (2018) Is the diurnal variation in muscle force output detected/detectable when multi-joint movements are analysed using the musclelab force–velocity encoder? Chronobiology International, 35 (10). pp. 1391-1401. ISSN 1525-6073Full text not available from this repository.
We have investigated the magnitude of diurnal variation in back squat and bench press performance using the MuscleLab force velocity transducer. Thirty resistance-trained males (mean ± SD: age 21.7 ± 1.4 years; body mass 80.5 ± 4.5 kg; height 1.79 ± 0.06 m) underwent two sessions at different times of day: morning (M, 07:30 h) and evening (E, 17:30 h). Each session included a period when rectal temperature (Trec) was measured at rest, a 5-min standardized 150 W warm-up on a cycle ergometer, then defined programme of bench press (at 20, 40 and 60 kg) and back squat (at 30, 50 and 70 kg) exercises. A linear encoder was attached to an Olympic bar used for the exercises and average force (AF), peak velocity (PV) and time-to-peak velocity (tPV) were measured (MuscleLab software; MuscleLab Technology, Langesund, Norway) during the concentric phase of the movements. Values for Trec at rest were higher in the evening compared to morning values (0.48°C, P < 0.0005). Daily variations were apparent for both bench press and back squat performance for AF (1.9 and 2.5%), PV (8.3 and 12.7%) and tPV (−16.6 and −9.8%; where a negative number indicates a decrease in the variable from morning to evening). There was a main effect for load where AF and tPV increased and PV decreased from the lightest load to the heaviest for both bench press and back squat (47.1 and 80.2%; 31.7 and 57.7%; −42.1 and −73.9%; P < 0.0005 where a negative number indicates a decrease in the variable with increasing load). An interaction was found only for tPV, such that the tPV occurs earlier in the evening than the morning at the highest loads (60 and 70 kg) for both bench press and back squat, respectively (mean difference of 0.32 and 0.62 s). In summary, diurnal variation in back squat and bench press was shown; and the tPV in complex multi-joint movements occurs earlier during the concentric phase of exercise when back squat or bench press is performed in the evening compared to the morning. This difference can be detected using a low cost, portable and widely available commercial instrument and enables translation of past laboratory/tightly controlled experimental research in to main-stream coaching practice.
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