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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) encourages owners of older, heavy-duty diesel engines to apply for new grant funding to upgrade or swap out their dirty old engines for modern ones that pollute far less.
"Old, fully operating garbage trucks, bulldozers or barges may be eligible for funds to upgrade emission controls or repower them with new cleaner engines," said Mark Sulzbach, MPCA's Clean Diesel grants manager. "Diesel owners can save on fuel and maintenance while drastically cutting air pollution," he said.
For example, using a 2015 grant, Caledonia Haulers of Caledonia, Minn. replaced a diesel truck and saved $6,700 in fuel and maintenance costs in its first nine months of operation.
The grants have cut air pollution from heavy equipment ranging from rock crushers to a paddleboat. This past summer, the grants helped repower three garbage and roll-off trucks, two long-haul beverage trucks, a snowplow and two diesel school buses. For 2017, the agency has about $400,000 in grant funds available.
Big diesels manufactured before 2007 spew far more than their share of harmful pollution, so upgrading or replacing these engines gives a lot of air-quality bang for the buck. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates every dollar spent on reducing diesel pollution saves 13 dollars in health-care costs.
The grants require that vehicles to be upgraded are fully operational, and if the engine is replaced, the old engine is permanently disabled so it can't pollute again. Grant applications must be in by Dec. 22, 2016. To apply, use the forms at www.pca.state.mn.us/air/diesel-emissions-reduction-act-grants.


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By Team Mystifly on Nov 29, 2019 9:15:00 AM
Over a decade, Mystifly has been winning numerous prestigious awards, which is a true testimonial to our passion and dedication in delivering tangible business value to our business partners.
Continuing this legacy, we recently have been nominated and awarded as "World's Leading Airline Consolidator" for the perfect fifth time at World Travel Awards. Mystifly's win was announced on 28th November 2019 at the Grand Final Gala Ceremony held at a beautiful open-air venue at the Royal Opera House Muscat, marking the World Travel Award's 26th anniversary. World Travel Awards is one of the finest and most esteemed events organized by the World Travel Media who celebrate excellence in the travel and hospitality industry.
"We proudly share this success with all our Business stakeholders and on behalf of the entire Mystifly Team, I sincerely thank our Business Partners and industry colleagues for their trust, commitment, and partnership" - said Rajeev Kumar, CEO Mystifly.
Mystifly as a brand and pioneer in the Airline Industry, is dedicated to augmenting every stage of the ticket buying process. With our latest feature release OnePoint C2 - we're ready to redefine the airline retailing landscape. This is a hugely exciting time for Mystifly as we look at the future.

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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- It has been 475 days since the addition of the Tusculum's men's volleyball program was announced and the Pioneers finally took to the court on Wednesday night. The team faced the King University Tornado in the program's first-ever match, but the in-state foe squeaked out a narrow victory in straight sets over the Black and Orange.
The Tornado (1-2, 0-0 CC) won by scores of 25-23, 26-24, 25-20 to complete the sweep of the Pioneers (0-1, 0-0 IVA).
King was led offensively by Suetonius Harris's nine kills on a .412 hitting percentage. Sean Kohlhase followed with seven kills of his own, while Jack Sarnowski dished out 21 of the Tornado's 22 assists on the night. Sarnowski also led at the line with two service aces. Harris topped the dig category for the visitors with six. At the net, Sarnowski and Douglas Florencio both collected four block assists.
Matteo Miselli led all players with his 11 kills on a .333 clip. Shaun Kampshoff reach double-figures in the column with 10. Lucas Blanco handed out 26 assists, while Miselli added an electrifying four aces. Kampshoff tied his career-high three aces and Arthur Amorim notched a career mark of two in their Pioneer debut. Defensively, Jaret Knight recorded a game-high 10 digs. Amorim connected on four total blocks (one solo, three assists) and Kampshoff contributed three block assists, tying his personal-best in the category. Shaphar Grant reach three total blocks as well (one solo, two assists).
King finished the match with a .219 hitting percentage with 26 kills, 12 errors, and 64 total attempts. TU tallied 30 kills, 20 errors, and 73 attacks for a .137 hitting percentage. The Pioneers led the Tornado in assists (30-22) and aces (10-4), while the teams tied with 20 digs and seven total blocks.
Tusculum will host a tri-match inside Pioneer Arena on Saturday, January 11 against Urbana and Mount Olive. The first serve of the day is scheduled for noon as the Pioneers square off with the Blue Knights.


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Pet owners urged to protect pooches
22 June 2015
DOG owners are being warned to be vigilant when walking their pets in parks and on beaches as wildlife were not the only animals falling prey to the dangerous effects of litter.
Thousands of pets suffered serious injuries each year from plastic, glass, metal and other litter left in common dog walking areas such as beaches, parks and residential streets.
New research from Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) has prompted the national litter-busting organisation to join forces with Queensland Veterinary Specialists (QVS) to issue a warning about the serious danger to pets.
"Everyone knows litter affects the environment and hurts wildlife but many people don't realise the impact it can have on their pets,'' said KAB Chief Executive Officer Peter McLean.
"Everyday items like plastic bags, broken glass, cans, elastic bands and balloons seem harmless but they can be life-threatening for an animal."
QVS internal medicine specialist Dr Inar Swift said dogs frequently needed emergency surgery or intensive treatment because they had eaten litter or walked over glass or metal left lying around.
"We see it all,'' said Dr Swift. "Deep cuts from broken glass, rusty fishing hooks and line caught in the back of the throat and severe damage caused by things like the skewer from a chicken satay stick," she said.
More than 80 dogs were treated per year at QVS for illness and injuries sustained from litter.
"If you factored in all of the other veterinary clinics and surgeries across the country, the number of pets injured from litter would easily number in the thousands," she said.
"The sad thing is that it's completely avoidable.''
Mr McLean said the latest KAB National Litter Index interim report[i] revealed that in Queensland 1,429 pieces of metal, glass and plastic were found per 1000m2 of common dog walking areas.
The figure was significantly higher than the national average of 688/1000m2, according to the November 2014 litter survey.
"This is a reminder to the entire community to do the right thing with litter – leaving a plastic bag behind at a picnic site is not just an environmental issue, it's about looking out for our best friends too,'' Mr McLean said.
Mr McLean said the top five ways to keep your pooch safe were to:
- Pick up broken glass in parks and other public areas.
- Keep waste and recycling bin lids secure.
- Tidy up after picnics and barbecues, leaving no plastic bags or litter behind.
- Don't leave fishing hooks behind at waterways or beaches.
- Take part in community clean up days at local dog parks or beaches.
Media contact: Asaesja Young, Sequel PR – (07) 3251 8133 or 0439 483 858
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About Keep Australia Beautiful: Keep Australia Beautiful is the national peak body on litter prevention. With more than four decades of experience in engaging Australians to care for their local environments, (not to be confused with Clean Up Australia Day) KAB Programs include Sustainable Cities, Tidy Towns, Clean Beaches, National Litter Index, Eco-Schools, Adopt a Patch, and Keep Australia Beautiful Week in August.
The KAB National website is www.kab.org.au where all information on the organisation can be accessed including the National Litter Index, which is Australia's only independent nation-wide litter research.
[i] MacGregor Tan Research (Feb 2015). National Litter Index – Annual Results November 2014 Tabulations. Keep Australia Beautiful.


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The Georgetown Hoyas' disappointing 2016-17 basketball season came to a disappointing end on Wednesday night with a scuffling Big East Tournament loss to St. John's.
Finishing 14-18 with just five wins in Big East play, the Hoyas officially missed out on the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years.
While the lackluster season is something the entire program is looking to quickly put it in the past, the Saturday decommitment from Top 50 Class of 2017 PG Tremont Waters -- first reported by Adam Finkelstein of ESPN -- makes imminent matters much worse.
ESPN 100 PG Tremont Waters has requested a release from Georgetown per his father.— Adam Finkelstein (@AdamFinkelstein) March 12, 2017
Of the many on-court issues plaguing the Hoyas, a lack of a true point guard is one of the most significant. The 5-11 West Haven, Conn. native was the program's top recruit and was expected by many to provide the steadying hand the Hoyas have been in of for a while.
With the growing discussion regarding the future of John Thompson III, holding a commitment from the No. 33 player in the country was one of the few remaining cards in JTIII's hand.
The addition of Waters was expected to stabilize and renew a uncertain Georgetown backcourt. Graduate transfer Rodney Pryor will be gone, and what rising senior L.J. Peak decides to do this offseason remains a topic of speculation.
Having Waters headed to The Hilltop was also an important commitment because the program's ability to recruit was beginning to follow in the same direction as the on-court product. With Waters decommitting, three-star forward Antwan Walker is the only commit the Hoyas have in the incoming class.
It's a big loss for the Hoyas' roster. It's also a huge loss from a recruiting standpoint.
And following the season-ending loss on Wednesday, it's hardly the way Georgetown wanted to start a very important offseason.


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Over part of the summer, (most of June and a pocket piece of July) I worked at The Boo, home of puppet travelling theatre, Horse and Bamboo. A puppet theatre nestled in the sleepy Lancashire town of Rossendale. My main jobs were to promote the puppet festival running on the 11th and 12th of July. I was assigned to cover the box office, (how many tickets would you like for Three Little Pigs?), write press releases for the puppet companies performing, hand out posters in the local shops, tidy up puppets and collect tickets. My favourite task was to run my own workshop to entertain the children, whilst they were waiting for a show to start. I made a house box out of paper and card to put all my materials in, a chunky yellow coloured house with two windows and an uneven roof top and chimney. I brought some of my puppetry books to inspire the children and brought fabric scraps and wooden spoons to create fantastic wooden spoon puppets! Hoorah!
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Operational Risk Management: Why Automation is Key
By Joseph Denk
In this blog we will explore the topic of Operational Risk and Operational Risk management. The definitions that will be used are as defined by the Basel II Committee.
Basel II is an international business standard that requires financial institutions to maintain enough cash reserves to cover risks incurred by operations. The Basel accords are a series of recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee.
These recommendations contain internationally accepted risk management definitions and principles, which will be used herein as the basis for risk definitions.
The Basel II Committee defines operational risk as "The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events." The Basel II Committee continues to define seven event categories pertaining to operational risk. Today, I will focus on the 7th, which is "Execution, Delivery, and Process Management – data entry errors, accounting errors, failed mandatory reporting, negligent loss of client assets." Click here for more.
As a CFO, you have many concerns. Of these concerns, one of the largest is most likely risk management. With ever-changing regulatory, political, and other external environmental factors you have to find a way to navigate these murky waters and find a way to be profitable. As with the captain of any ship, your navigation abilities are limited to the quality of the maps which you are using. If your maps have data entry errors, accounting errors, and your FP&A department struggles to deliver the reports which you rely on to make these navigation decisions, then it is evident that mitigating this operational risk is imperative.
How do we mitigate these risks? The fast answer: through automated financial reporting and controls. Technology has come a long way and if your FP&A is still using Excel or a platform which requires them to re-create reports each time it is needed, then they are falling behind on delivering the quality analysis and insight that you as a captain need to steer the ship. Not only is the significant time spent developing these reports valuable time lost that could be spent on more analysis and value adding activities, but the potential for error is high.
At this point we're still just talking about standard reporting and analysis. How valuable would automated scenario analysis be to your navigation abilities? Can you see the potential? An FP&A team that spends minimal time on report writing, data validation, and other mundane task gets to spend the majority of their time sophisticating the inputs for strategic scenario analysis. They get to spend time gaining a deeper understanding of the business and locating potential revenue opportunities, identifying process failures, and assisting you in your goals.
We've been able to help multiple organizations minimize their event 7 operational risk, create scenarios which identify profit opportunities, and be fully prepared for the future regardless of the outcome, so that you can always ensure a win.
Want to learn more about how to mitigate operational risks? Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com!


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A great organizational technique that the teacher before me started is homework folders. If you don't do them, start. It decreases the chance of papers being eaten by backpack monsters and increases communication with parents about homework and assessments. I like to prepare homework folders before the school year begins; one less thing to do in hectic September. It's a task that can be done at an outdoor table while still enjoying summer.
We use these folders for the entire school year. At the beginning of each week, I send the folder home with my students and they bring it back to me on the last day of the week. Many parents say how much they enjoy seeing that week's homework at the start of the week. Then they can plan accordingly since all of the homework is not due until the last day of the week, unless I state otherwise with advance notice for special projects.
The folder has 4 page protector sleeves. The first sleeve is for that week's homework schedule to slide in and out. I have students check off the list as they complete an assignment and their parents/guardians sign off on it.
The second sleeve is for work to be completed at home. This is where students can keep the leveled reader book they are working on, the sight word flash cards they are practicing, or any additional sheets you would have them complete at home.
The third sleeve is for assessments or quizzes that I want parents/guardians to see and sign. It comes back to me signed in this sleeve.
The fourth sleeve is for work that we are finished with in class and needs to go home…to stay. Be gone paper bulges and wads of old schoolwork! You belong on a refrigerator door…or dare I say, the recycling!
When the homework folders come back to me at the end of the week (* post to come on how to motivate your students to bring it back on time) I put them in ABC order mark and record the work completed that week. Then move it to the "Keep at Home" sleeve. Check that all assessments/quizzes have been initialed and move it to the "Keep at Home" sleeve. Then I change the homework schedule and work to the next week's and it's good to go.
Here's what I use for each student:
Duo-tang, 4 clear page protectors, 6 white sticker labels, and a sandwich zipper bag or library pocket.
If I'm teaching a split grade I colour-code the folders so it's easier to sort when I get them back at the end of the week. For example, grade 1 gets yellow and grade 2 gets blue. Plastic duo-tangs work best. These ones lasted through out the year so when I my grade 1 students returned for grade 2 they were able to reuse their folders. I just switched grade 1 to blue and grade 2 to yellow.
If you're interested in trying out these homework folders, I'll help you get started. Click on the picture below for a FREE template. Happy Organizing!


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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and The Bookish. This week's theme is top ten authors that you've read the most books from. I'm going to leave off the MG and children's writers who crank out twenty-plus books, mostly because my list would be full from without room for the YA authors I know and love.
J. K. Rowling.
Seven books. Seven million tears.
Cassandra Clare.
I have read the entire Mortal Instruments series, and am working my way through the Infernal Devices. I'm like halfway through The Clockwork Prince.
Holly Black
I've read all of her YA books and some of her MG books.
Julie Kawaga
I've read all of her books, and am eagerly awaiting The Iron Warrior, because the cliffhanger at the end of Iron Traitor was brutal and soul-destroying, I tell ya. As bad as the end of Mark of Athena.
Rick Riordan.
Because Percy Jackson is amazing. And Magnus Chase will hopefully be amazing.
Maggie Stiefvater
Because she is amazing and epic and amazing and unfairly talented. I don't know how much longer I can wait until The Raven King.
Ally Carter
Again, I've read all of her YA books. And I love that she's naming the Embassy Row series after nursery rhymes. I don't know why I love that so much, but I do.
Rainbow Rowell
I'm eagerly awaiting Carry On, and while I'm waiting I've picked up her adult books as well as her YA books. I have come to realize that everything Rainbow Rowell writes is amazing.
Scott Westerfeld
Again, read almost of his YA books, even if I didn't like Afterworlds as much as I expected too.
Wendelin Van Draanan
I've heard that the Sammy Keyes series is MG and YA, so I don't know for sure, but anyways, she's being added to the list.
This list looks so much shorter than usual since I'm not using pictures.
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NEWSROOM: Sodexo, Inc.
In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global recognition that there are basic inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms that apply to every human being. The Declaration made clear that men and women have the same rights to basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
NEWSROOM: International WELL Building Institute
CAMPAIGN: IWBI | Community News
Earlier this month, Anja and I had the opportunity to share our research on nutrition in buildings and communities at the Keeping Our Communities Healthy Conference in Houston, TX. The conference, organized by Hunger Free Texans, is the largest conference of healthy community practitioners and researchers in the Southwestern United States.
NEWSROOM: Yum! Brands
PLANO, Texas, June 29, 2017 /3BL Media/ - Pizza Hut and community-based hunger relief organizations are celebrating a major milestone today: surpassing 100 million pounds of food donated by Pizza Hut to feed those in need locally and across the country.
CAMPAIGN: AT&T: Planet
Yesterday, AT&T launched its 2016 Sustainability Report. This report captures progress toward several initiatives, including our goal to enable carbon reduction 10x the footprint of our operations by 2025.
NEWSROOM: Voya Financial, Inc.
June 29, 2017 /3BL Media/ - Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that it has awarded its second quarter scholarship to financial counselor Desiree Kaul, who is committed to advancing financial literacy in her community. Desiree is married to veteran Army Major Michael Kaul, who transitioned from active duty last year.
CAMPAIGN: The BSR Conference 2017: How Business Leads
Speaker Spotlight
NEWSROOM: Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Sharps brothers were looking sharp on Adoption Day! After 496 days in foster care, Braeden, 9, Koda, 8, and Tyler, 6, were adopted on May 23, 2017. Welcome home, boys!
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is committed to dramatically increasing the number of adoptions from foster care. We believe that every child deserves a safe, loving, permanent family.
NEWSROOM: PNC Financial Services Group
CAMPAIGN: PNC's 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report
Opportunities for growth and development are key drivers of employee engagement and PNC's success. We consistently motivate our employees to advance their skills, excel in their careers and achieve their goals. PNC also provides employees with diversity and inclusion education that illustrates reciprocal respect for colleagues and customers. We continue to offer seminars and workshops that focus on diversity, inclusion and employee engagement topics:
The topics include:
• (dis)Ability Awareness
• Inclusive Language
• Inclusive Onboarding
At PNC, we recognize that innovation is crucial to the long-term success of our organization. In support of this philosophy, our diversity initiatives are designed to intentionally connect and create collaborative networks that help the organization drive innovation.
NEWSROOM: Keep America Beautiful
CAMPAIGN: Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Stories
Members of Keep America Beautiful's headquarters' staff joined volunteers from Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) and the National Park Service to beautify the north end of Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
The Ellis Island project was the third of three events hosted for Liberty International Underwriters volunteers this year.


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Autumn Approaches
September has been a busy one as usual. It kicked off with an energised visit to the fabulous New Lanark Heritage site. 250 children to entertain and educate, and the whole world at my feet. See pic. The kids from the surrounding schools were tops, with loads of great questions about Bears, Bands and Books. There was a very successful signing session and I have to say a very big thank you to the staff at the centre and to Glowworm Books for facilitating my visit.
I then went onto the Bloody Scotland Festival, where I met many of our talented thriller writers at the gala dinner. I was lucky enough to have a chat with Val McDermid and Gordon Brown.
Coming up in the next few weeks I have a trip to the Glasgow Science Centre to discuss events around Windscape and the ever topical wind farm debate. I'm also visiting Hillhead Primary and Kilmcolm Primary in the next few weeks.
Travel-wise, I'm looking at Gran Canaria in November if I can find enough spendoolas.
Writing-wise, I'm working on a few thrillers and on the outline of 'Bear Naked' – an adventure set in my 'Scary-Mary' days as a Game Warden. This will, of course be about big hairy animals that can run at thirty miles per hour and crunch you up in a second.


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Some things just defy explanation.
Paris Hilton In The Round (2.5MB Windows Media – slightly not work safe [bikini modeling])
Some things just defy explanation.
Paris Hilton In The Round (2.5MB Windows Media – slightly not work safe [bikini modeling])
Kevin founded Wizbang in 2003. He still contributes occasionally and handles all the technical and design work for the site.
– Hilton 2005 fashion statement: closed for demolition….
Speaking of defying explanation, why is it you're going after the junior-high-boy market, Kevin?
There are already more excellent blogs out there than I have time to read. And since I like my blogs sans pointless pandering to the pimple-pocked population, there simply isn't any reason to leave WizBang on my reading list.
Not that you should or do care. Just an FYI.
All Ican say about Paris Hilton is, "Not even with a rented d**k!"
I wonder how stoned you have to be to come up with something like that.
And the bunny?
Observation for the benefit of nobody in particular: Blog about what you want to blog about, and read what you want to read about, and STFU about everybody else.
Well, it doesn't look like she'd have the problems with childbirth that I had.
LOL!! She looked like she was thinking to herself.."I'm on this big turntable and I can't figure out how to get off of it!!"
I'm thinking someone has had a boob job done recently.
Yea she looks a little on the trashed side.
I still don't understand the bunny.
Well, I didn't know what yall were talking about with the bunny. I had to go back and see.
Henry, If you saw the bunny it means your a sick pervert that looked at this video WAY too long.
If Paris Hilton were poor, she would be in real trouble. Talk about wasted sperm!
Well, that made sense……
Is that a bikini or bra and panties? The top looks more like a bra than a bikini top to me.
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Do you have a child at home? We have a fun environmental education activity for them!!
We recently worked with CLIMB Theater to develop an online class and a quiz targeted at elementary students. The goal of the class is to help explain what Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are, how they negatively affect our lakes and how they can help control them.
The password protected site includes a quiz, teacher & parent survey, teacher's guide and the support material for interacting with the video.
Link: https://climb.org/2020/05/15/ais-isanti Password: AI$anti2020
Elementary Education- Aquatic Invasive Species Digital Training


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Hello to ICCA members wherever you are in the world today!
It has been an exciting year for ICCA, and for me in particular being elected as your new president. In fact, 2018 has been a time of great change for ICCA, and we know that it has also been a time of great change for our members.
But throughout the year, ICCA members around the world have been doing what they do best: organising meetings and connecting people in their business lives.
As we come to the end of this year and this holiday season, I hope you, our ICCA members, have the chance to meet and connect with your friends and families. I will certainly be spending time with my mini ICCA family at home, and I'm looking forward in 2019 to seeing the rest of the global #ICCAFamily.
But as is customary at the end of the year, it's time to reflect on the past twelve months - so here are some of my favourite highlights from the 2018 ICCA calendar:
- Successful events: We held the 3rd edition of the Association Meetings Programme in Ljubljana and welcomed a record-breaking amount of delegates to this year's Congress in Dubai – thank you for joining us!
- Association meetings continue to show robust growth: ICCA recorded the highest annual figure of rotating international association meetings in our yearly Statistics Report, reporting 12,558 meetings in total taking place in 2017.
- We marked another milestone with the publication of our 55-year advocacy report, in celebration of our 55th anniversary as an association. Here's to the next 55 and the next steps in our journey!
- ICCA is off to Cartagena in 2021. In Dubai, we announced the Colombian city as the host of our 60th Congress.
- Our industry advocacy efforts have gone from strength to strength, with our Incredible Impacts Programme in partnership with BestCities Global Alliance entering its second year.
Let's make sure we emulate this incredible success in the new year.
I believe that 2019 will be a very exciting year for ICCA, as we grow our membership and our services around the world! I know that the ICCA team in the Head Office and ICCA offices globally will be ready to serve you, their members, throughout the course of the next year.
Happy holidays to the #ICCAFamily! I look forward to seeing you all in 2019 at one of the major international trade shows, or at the 58th Congress in Houston or 4th ICCA AMP in Durban, South Africa.
Yours in ICCA,
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Pharmaceutical Consultant with CEE market knowledge and experience
- Project status
- • Cancelled
- Project start date
- 18 Feb 2018
- Project posted
- 7 Feb 2018 17:42
- Project duration (approx.)
- 10 Days
- Budget (approx.)
- £800 / day
- Level of Experience
- Senior
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- On-site in United Kingdom
- Languages
- Czech (Nice to have) , Romanian (Nice to have) , Slovak (Nice to have)
Objectives and Key Deliverables
We are a leading global provider of healthcare- focused advisory and consulting.
We are currently looking for a pharmaceutical expert with knowledge of central/eastern Europe ( in particular Czech Republic, Romania and Slovenia).
Strong preference:
Czech, Slovenian or Romanian language speaker
Consulting background, preferably with experience in the health / social care / pharmaceutical industry
Strong research skills
Ability to undertake independent research with minimal oversight
Able to join a team and quickly get up to speed
Understanding of policy, regulation and reimbursement beneficial in target countries (in pharma/healthcare sector)
Able to work full-time, on-site in central London (this is negotiable but is a strong preference)
Daily rate: depends on experience, between £600-900


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On a new team member's first day, the worst move that you could make would be to gesture broadly over your office floor plan and say,
Welcome to the team! Now go, and…be valuable to the company.
I don't think that anyone would ever do that. At least, I hope not, because you'd be shooting everyone (you, your new hire, the receiving team, and/or your whole company) in the foot and setting up your hiring investment to fail. Gladly, almost no companies actually do that.
Instead, we have this wonderful thing called "onboarding" — teaching an incoming team member everything they need to know and giving them all the tools they need to be successful. It could be called "orientation" or something else entirely, but the idea is the same and it's super duper important.
But onboarding is a whole lot easier said than done. Every company has their own way to onboard and while there are hundreds of books and blog posts on the subject, there's no one size fits all. In fact, there's rarely a "one size fits a few dozen". I've worked at places that had highly formalized onboarding led by a complex HR department and I've managed teams where I'd more-often-than-not have to block out an entire week to do nothing but onboard one new person. [Read more…] about Jumpstart Sessions: How We Onboard at UpBuild


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Starting Fresh
Yet another attempt to get me back to blogging about code. It's been a while, but I have a few posts queued up, so we'll see if I can rebuild the habit. If you're interested in my old stuff, it's still available at my site (although much of it has broken code blocks, etc.). Hopefully, not having to deal with running my own blog software or hosting will make it easier for me to keep it going.
I'm just getting started with Jekyll-Bootstrap and GitHub hosting, but it seems like a great balance for a hacker-blog. Lots of configurability, using git to store posts and site content, yet not requiring management of the hosting or software. It's also where I host my code, so why not host me talking about code?
There will probably be a lot of changes coming to the layout in the near future, as I get more familiar with the tools.Greg Pfeil 02 March 2012


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Australian Iranian Society of Victoria (AISOV) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organisation which started its work in 1990 and was officially established in 1991. The entire effort, funding and income of AISOV are used to achieve the following goals:
- Introducing, promotion and empowering of Iranian culture, music, literature and arts
- Provision of social welfare services and assisting Iranians with the priority of AISOV members
- Assisting Iranians residing in Victoria in employment and beginning a career
- Promotion of social, leisure and sport activities
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Ouch. Actually, double ouch.
Here's why.
The central question for a Biden 2016 campaign would be this: Can he actually be president? As in, is he serious enough to do the job? Biden's gaffe-prone nature — which may be exaggerated but is nonetheless a big part of his image — and colorful personality promise to raise all sorts of "Is he really ready for this?" questions in the minds of voters.
Gates's appraisal of Biden on what is arguably his signature issue — Biden was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — stands to feed doubts about seriousness and qualifications that have already been planted in the minds of voters across the country.
It's the latest piece of discouraging news for Biden, who has been doing the kinds of things one does when seriously considering a White House bid. Things like spending time in Iowa and raising money for the governor of New Hampshire, for example.
Nearly one in five Iowa Democrats and almost six out of 10 Iowans said they viewed Biden unfavorably in a recent Des Moines Register poll. Sixty-two percent of Iowa voters (and 33 percent of Democratic voters there) said they did not think he would make a good president in a Quinnipiac University poll. We're talking about a state where Biden won about 1 percent in the 2008 Democratic presidential caucuses.
There's a broader historical trend that has nothing to do with Biden that is also working against him: Sitting vice presidents simply haven't been elected to the top job often. When George H.W. Bush did it in 1988, he became the first since Martin Van Buren in 1836.
Finally, taking none of this into account, there would still be one major potential obstacle in Biden's way: Hillary Rodham Clinton. The odds that the former secretary of state will run for the Democratic ticket look pretty good at this point. And if she does make a bid, Clinton would be the overwhelming favorite.
The White House came to Biden's defense Tuesday following revelations about Gates's book. "The President disagrees with Secretary Gates' assessment — from his leadership on the Balkans in the Senate, to his efforts to end the war in Iraq, Joe Biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time, and has helped advance America's leadership in the world," said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden. "President Obama relies on his good counsel every day."
But Obama would be put in a very awkward position if both Clinton and Biden were to run. So it's a safe bet that at least some influential Democrats fearful of such awkwardness would press Biden not to make a bid if Clinton does.
Of course, Biden is a politician who has done it his own way throughout his career, so it's possible that none of this would dissuade him from running. And if he does, his long résumé of accomplishments and his tenure in the Obama administration would mean that he certainly wouldn't be a pushover.
But in the here and now, the prospects of Biden winning the nomination, let alone the presidency, are looking dimmer by the day.
Arizona Treasurer Doug Ducey (R) raised more than $1 million for his gubernatorial exploratory committee, he will announce. Ducey has $923,000 cash on hand.
The Ready For Hillary super PAC raised more than $4 million in 2013.
The Obama administration will run health-care ads during the Winter Olympics.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) raised $1.4 million during the final three months of 2013 and ended the year with $6.4 million in the bank. Meanwhile, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) raised more than $1 million for his Senate campaign during the same period. He has $4.2 million in the bank.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is not a fan of the Gates book.
First lady Michelle Obama will make a West Coast fundraising swing for Democrats later this month.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is getting a conservative challenger.
Embattled Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) got his first primary challenger.
"Senate moves ahead with measure to extend long-term unemployment benefits" — Paul Kane and Robert Costa, The Washington Post
"Obama Speaks of Better Days for Economy, With Asterisk" — Michael D. Shear, the New York Times
Aaron Blake contributed.


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I object to the article by Father Raymond de Souza concerning the visit of Prime Minister Harper to Israel ("Sea to Sea," February / March 2014). I am not just complaining as an abused taxpayer who had hoped for a less partisan visit. Harper was effusive in his praise of Israeli democracy and Israeli respect for human rights, and de Souza likewise.
However, some three million Palestinian Arabs have lived for the last 47 years in de facto Israel, Judea and Samaria according to official Israeli maps (the West Bank as defined by the green line has been replaced by "facts on the ground"). These Palestinians are continually subject to the harshest aspects of Israeli law: house demolitions, expropriations, destruction of olive groves and farmland, water restrictions, inadequate protection from armed Israeli settlers… one could go on. Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria have no vote with regard to the laws that oppress them nor do they benefit from the favourable Israeli labour laws. Apartheid is what this has been called in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz. This also, to cite Harper, is a "civilizational test" and a "parable for all nations." The Christian contingent on the trip was not strangely chosen despite what de Souza maintains: excluded were those who might recognize that Judean and Samarian Palestinians do not live in a democracy.
Of course, a peace process was supposed to lead to citizens' rights for Palestinians in the former West Bank. The last several Israeli governments, including the current one supported by Harper and de Souza, have increased the rate of Israeli settlement in the occupied lands, deliberately making the formation of an independent, contiguous Palestinian State more difficult, if not impossible. Harper, in effect, encourages the current Israeli government to snub the Kerry-U.S.A. peace process in order to make democratic resolution of the Palestinian problem even more difficult.
In my opinion, this is not the action of a friend of Israel. There are not a huge number of options if Israel truly wants to be a democracy: give all Palestinians on occupied land citizens' rights or give them the land so they can muddle on by themselves. Of course, security is a huge consideration, but making the Palestinians suffer and creating more settlements on land that could become part of a Palestinian State does nothing to improve security. Democracy would make the Middle East a safer place. Difficult to achieve among Islamic societies; even more difficult if the main local example of democracy makes life miserable for most Palestinians.
Father de Souza wonders why Christian Palestinians view the creation of Israel in 1948 as the naqba catastrophe. One might as well wonder why Jews haven't forgotten being deported from Spain. I suggest de Souza and Harper talk to a Palestinian whose family has been dispossessed and deported—there are many in Canada.
Father de Souza approves of the "aboriginal" theory to justify Jewish return to the Holy Land but confuses genetics with religion (intertwined though they are for most Jews). Many, if not most, oppressed Muslim Palestinians (and Christians) living in de facto Israel share similar chromosomal traits with Jewish Israelis, implying they are equally aboriginal. A democracy does not recognize rights by looking at chromosomes. Most peoples of the world live where they do now by conquest and the best way to recover from past wrongs is by recognizing equal human rights for all.
Harper is, however, quite right to note, in so many words, that the foundations of democracy are Jewish. We are all made equally in the "image and likeness" of God. Human freedom (free will), respect for God-given law as something good, the precedence of justice over power, the obligations of the wealthy towardss the poor: these are the transcendent foundations of today's democracies. All are revealed in the Jewish Bible even if in a seemingly confused and contradictory manner.
Of course, I agree with Saint Paul that God's Covenant with the Jews is irrevocable. Father de Souza writes that this Covenant is congenial with the formation of a modern, powerful secure State in the Holy Land. But this is to avoid the critical point. Can a Jewish democratic State continue to oppress Palestinians for another 47 years? Do Jewish rights trump Palestinian rights indefinitely? There is urgency in these questions as soon Jews will be outnumbered by non-Jews in what is now greater Israel. Surely Saint Paul and the Covenant are not about States and borders but the manifestation of a Light to the Nations, salvation intermittently announced on local billboards by my Jewish neighbours as the Mashiach (Messiah).
Finally, friends are most needed in difficult situations. If the Catholic bishops had had good friends some decades ago, they would have pointed out that sex abuse had to be rooted out urgently and publicly. I suggest that if Harper and de Souza are in fact friends of Israel as a democracy, they should encourage hard, uncongenial decisions now.


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CLOCHAR, Pierre. Palais, Maisons et Vues D'Italie. [8], title, [19], [1] pp. Illustrated with 102 numbered full-page engraved plates by Bence and Clochar. Folio, 465 x 305 mm, bound in original French red paper over boards, leather title label on spine. Uncut. Paris: P. Gueffier, 1809.
First Edition. French architect Pierre Clochar (b. 1774) made these drawings of Italian buildings and architecture in situ. Published upon his return to France, this collection of illustrations documents not only the landmark architecture of Italy but also vernacular edifices, keeping with Clochar's declared intention to present Italian buildings either unknown or previously unpublished (Introduction).
Many of the images in Clochar's Palais, Maisons et Vues show denizens in local costume. Among the plates are floor plans, views of facades and ornaments, and cross sections of buildings. Clochar's study focuses on the buildings in and around Rome, but includes views of Florence, Tivoli, Fiesole, Venice, Ferrara, Pisa, and Genoa, as well. A few very light spots internally. Overall, an extremely fine copy in its original binding, rebacked with matching red paper spine.
PROVENANCE: Circular ink stamp on title of the Convent d'Etude de France; ex-libris of architect Rohault de Fleury (1801-1875), who designed several public and private buildings in Paris and wrote the first "Manuel des lois du batiment" (Paris: Central Society of Architects, 1862), followed by a number of magnificently illustrated works: "Les instruments de la Passion" (Paris, 1870); "L'évangile, études iconographiques et archéologiques" (Tours, 1874); and "La Messe, études archéologiques sur ses monuments" (Paris, 1883-98).
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Released as part of Gael Linn's 60th anniversary celebrations, this double CD comprises a set of recordings of genuine Irish traditional music dating from the late 1960s.Originally published on LP and tape by Gael Linn, in association with Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann, they have been unavailable for a great many years.
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Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) had arrainged well courses of action for its get-together assembling at Minar-i-Pakistan on March 23 (Saturday). Director Imran Khan was line up to manage promise to recently chose gathering authorities, commence-the decision crusaded and presented the gathering declaration. Party authorities stated there might be numerous talks and also national tunes and music suited for a devoted disposition. And they did that
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PTI Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry stated Khan might regulate the pledge to 80,000 recently chose office bearers. Every last trace of the recently chose office-bearers had been administered to guaranteed interest to stamp a show of quality. Chaudhry anticipated over a large part of a million members.
All the people there were with full of zeal and zest and through their faces and zeal it was looking like change has come and Imran Khan will be the next Prime minister of Pakistan. All the people there were with the same hope.
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The New York Times sports department asked some writers around the newsroom for World Series predictions. Here they are, both serious and whimsical.
The Sublime and the Ridiculous
Despite 11 home runs from Daniel Murphy, the Mets lose the opener when Terrance Gore scores the winning run from first on a wild pitch that never leaves the batter's box. Seven shutout innings from Jacob deGrom — and seven more homers from Murphy — help the Mets leave Kansas City with a split.
Early in Game 3, Sandy Alderson negotiates a trade to send Wilmer Flores to Seattle. The deal is scuttled when the crowd at Citi Field begins a Kickstarter campaign to keep Flores, who, after asking the home-plate umpire for a tissue, drills the game-winning homer in the ninth.
Kansas City roars back to win Games 4 and 5, and afterward, Ned Yost praises his pitching staff for holding Murphy to only five homers. Champagne is wheeled into the Royals' clubhouse after they score twice in the eighth in Game 6 to go ahead, 5-3. The Mets, down to their final out and with no one on base, go on to score three times, including the winning run on a muffed grounder by first baseman Eric Hosmer.
Buoyed by that victory, the Mets edge the Royals, 8-5, in Game 7. Even though Murphy finishes the series with 32 homers, Matt Harvey is selected as the most valuable player because voters, 29 years after the Mets' last title, feel like honoring another Knight. Harvey almost misses the ceremony because he has to make deadline for The Players' Tribune. BEN SHPIGEL
Getting a Handle on a Tossup
October means that fans are subjected to much silly talk about what parts of baseball "matter more" now. In truth, there are only a few important differences between the playoffs and regular season.
■ Top pitchers: A team's best three starters and two relievers can combine for almost 90 percent of innings in a World Series. That's an advantage for the Mets, who by some measures have three of baseball's top 25 starters. The Royals have none.
■ Temporary players: Both teams will rely on players who spent much of the season hurt or elsewhere: Yoenis Cespedes, Travis d'Arnaud, Steven Matz, Johnny Cueto and Ben Zobrist. This factor roughly cancels out.
■ Tactics: Managers are more creative in the playoffs, which means they're more important. Ned Yost of the Royals seems to be a master motivator, but game strategy is not his strong suit.
How does it all add up? The postseason factors favor the Mets but mostly serve to close the gap with the Royals, who were better over the course of 2015. This series is a tossup, and the betting markets agree. I'll go with the Royals in seven games. DAVID LEONHARDT
Earning a Ring, and Maybe a Gavel
The Mets in four. Daniel Murphy hits a grand slam every time he bats, catches every ball within a 100-yard radius and becomes speaker of the House of Representatives, thus averting a government shutdown. All the pizza-eating rats immigrate to Kansas City. SARAH LYALL
Step Right Up, but Take Out a Loan
Whatever the outcome, I can confidently predict that ticket prices at this World Series will be extremely high.
According to data from SeatGeek.com, average resale prices for tickets to Games 3, 4 and 5, to be played at Citi Field, are $1,128, $1,089 and $1,150. Those are averages of completed transactions, not of list prices, which can be inflated by optimistic sellers.
These games are set to be the most expensive World Series contests since SeatGeek started tracking ticket prices in 2010, except one: Game 6 of the 2013 World Series, when the Red Sox won the title over the Cardinals. Tickets for that game averaged $1,175.
But there's still time for the Mets to set a price record, driven by fans who may fear this will be the last chance of their lives to see the team win a World Series. JOSH BARRO
Should Have Tried a Ponytail
The Royals are one out from winning the World Series in Game 6 when a wild pitch scores the tying run. Then a slow roller slides through the legs of first baseman Eric Hosmer and scores the winner for the Miracle Mets. So predictable. Alas, in a karmic and tonsorial twist, the Mets blow a late lead in Game 7 when a batted ball gets tangled in pitcher Jacob deGrom's hair, clearing the bases for the Royals. JOHN BRANCH
A Manager Rewrites the Book
Could it be that in a World Series with many rich story lines and intriguing subplots, the most fascinating character is a manager? Consider Ned Yost, who used to spend his winters working as a taxidermist.
Yost entered professional baseball with the Mets. A first-round draft pick, he was dispatched on his first assignment to Batavia, N.Y., for low Class A ball.
"There were like 16 of us living in a two-bedroom house, and they had a pay phone on the front porch," Yost said. "That's how you called home once a week."
Yost got around town on a bike that he bought for $10. "I was driving to the ballpark one day, and I popped a wheelie, and the front tire shot off," he said. "I took a header."
This may explain some of his managing decisions.
Yost doggedly sticks with Alcides Escobar as his leadoff hitter because of a peculiarly complex metric: The team wins. Yost loads his bench with pinch-runners, not pinch-hitters. And when he brought in closer Wade Davis too late — and then too early — in Game 6 against Toronto, it worked out, because it always does.
So even if Daniel Murphy is in an ungodly groove, and Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom seem untouchable, they will meet their match in the machinations of an original Mr. Met.
Mets get Yosted. Royals in six. BILLY WITZ
At Fight, a Ballgame Breaks Out
Game 1: A hard slide to break up a double play leads to a bench-clearing brawl. Game 2: A retaliatory beanball leads to a bench-clearing brawl. Game 3: A provocative bat flip leads to a bench-clearing brawl. Game 4: A violation of an unwritten rule of baseball that no one is quite clear on leads to a bench-clearing brawl. Game 5: A bench-clearing brawl erupts while an earlier, totally unrelated bench-clearing brawl is still going on. Game 6: A knock-down, drag-out, hot-dog-tossing bench-clearing brawl causes Commissioner Rob Manfred to proclaim the day the darkest in baseball history since the Black Sox.
You'd watch Game 7, right? VICTOR MATHER
Can't Beat Kansas City, or Its Food
I'm an easy mark, being a Kansas City native living in New York. My doormen, bartenders, colleagues — even the dads at my kid's school — want to bet me that the Mets are going to beat my Royals in the World Series. I like action as much as the next guy, and I knowthe Royals will take them in six games.
But folks, you've got to come up with better stakes. I'm putting up K.C. barbecue, a hard-to-get, melt-in-your-mouth higher art form. You're countering with bagels, pizza or cheesecake? Really?
Beer — your Brooklyn Lager versus my Boulevard? Ugh-ugh, no deal. Steaks, same thing. K.C. strips trump New York ones. Wine? If you were the Bordeaux Mets, maybe.
Last call: Bryant's, Gates and Oklahoma Joe's are all on the table. Make me an offer. Please. JOE DRAPE
Stars Are Aligning for the Mets
I should pick against the Mets. I'm not superstitious, except when I am, which is to say always around my sports teams. Sometimes, when I watch a game on my DVR, I remind myself I can shift position on the couch because this game was actually played hours earlier and my movement can't affect the cosmic currents.
Backing way up, like peering through the Hubble telescope at a distant galaxy, I see closely matched teams. The Royals are fast and fun, and I dig that they are apostates, violating the Laws of Sabermetrics. They do not deify the base on balls, and they believe in making contact. (There, I've davened toward the Royals — have I covered myself?)
I'm a lifelong Mets fan, traversing many dark valleys and seeing a few brilliant peaks. As the writer Joe Flaherty said, loving the Mets is not a rational thing. This team has brilliant young arms, which call to mind the Holy Trinity of Seaver, Koosman and Ryan. They have a likable shortstop by accident and a second baseman transmogrified into Rogers Hornsby.
My pick? I am going to assume that the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter is aligned with Mars and pick Mets in seven, as Jeurys Familia strikes out someone with the bases loaded. MICHAEL POWELL
Kansas City, There They Go
My home office sits just a modest zip line away from John's Big Deck, a popular Kansas City watering hole. Even when I don't have my TV turned to a Royals playoff game, I can always tell how they're doing by the silence (bad) or exhilaration (good) emanating from John's.
Last year, I made the unfortunate mistake of choosing Game 7 of the World Series to make my first trip to John's. The reaction when the Royals lost? Let's just say that I was glad I took off right as the Giants' Pablo Sandoval got ready to catch the pop-up that ended the game.
So my prediction — like any good journalist's — will be based on what's best for me. Another year of so-close-yet-so-far sullenness from the Royals' faithful? Or a year of braggadocio from a people who are, otherwise, modest and down home? Well, I am a fan of the rival Detroit Tigers, and like most journalists, I prefer covering reactions of despair and disbelief.
So it's got to be Mets in six, right? JOHN ELIGON
A Team Built From the Ground Up
Kansas City is a smaller-market team with a marginally higher payroll than that of the budget-conscious Mets, and the more heart-rending story. After years of spendthrift futility, the Royals have been painstakingly built by General Manager Dayton Moore, who grew up a fan of the team in Wichita, Kan., and watched it win the World Series in 1985 from the I-70 ramp overlooking the stadium now named for Ewing Kauffman, the team's founding owner.
The spirit of the beloved Mr. K will carry the Royals over the Mets. In six. HARVEY ARATON
The Mets' Moment
Those poor Kansas City Royals — they're about to lose their second World Series in two years. I can't imagine they'll go quietly — their lineup is too good for that — but they will go. Good pitching beats good hitting, the way paper covers rock. Harvey, deGrom, Syndergaard — any one of them would be ace of the Royals' staff. Also, Daniel Murphy is Lou Gehrig, only with a little more pop. And even if he suddenly becomes Daniel Murphy again, he has plenty of teammates (David Wright, Lucas Duda, Yoenis Cespedes) who are due to return to form.
Grim, cavernous Shea Stadium has been destroyed; Bernard L. Madoff is in jail; Bobby Bonilla is finally off the payroll (or not). It is time for the Mets to exorcise the demons of 2006, and 2007 and 2008. JONATHAN MAHLER


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The second Iran-Europe Business Forum will be held in Tehran on March 5-7, said Ali Divandari, head of Iran's Monetary and Banking Research Institute.
"The meeting will review ways to improve ties between Iranian lenders and their foreign counterparts. Sixty foreign delegates will participate, including representatives from France, England, Italy and Germany," he was quoted as saying by ILNA.
Divandari, who was speaking at a press conference, added that representatives from the ministries of trade, oil, roads and urban development, and energy—who have projects that are attractive for foreign investment—will be in attendance.
The senior official stated that the CEOs of two German banks and representatives from Germany's BaFin, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, will be among the participants. "To familiarize domestic banks with international banking norms we need to expand ties with European lenders and consulting companies."
CBI governor, Valiollah Seif, was in Frankfurt to participate in the Iran- Europe Business Forum from Nov.17-20. He had called upon the Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schauble and requested he help prepare the grounds for reconnecting banks in the two countries. He also met Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank and Jens Weidmann, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank and participated in closed-door meetings with 60 top European bankers.
Divandari said Iran's banking and trade relations with Germany, Italy and France have a long history and more efforts should be made to revitalize ties with the European lenders. "The conference can be a good step toward reenergizing bilateral ties with Europeans."
Anti-Money-Laundering Measures
A number of anti- money-laundering laws exist in Iran but tracking dirty money is a monumental task and so far there is a lack of a comprehensive system in the country to track suspicious activities in the money market, according to Divandari. He stated that all those involved in the key banking sector should be "determined" to fight money-laundering.
"Presently anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism laws are of high importance in the international banking arena. We have submitted a bill (to parliament) in this regard and are hopeful the Guardian Council will approve it."
Upgrading Services
The senior official pointed to the extended international sanctions and recalled that it had isolated Iranian banks from the international banking network.
Iranian banks should upgrade their laws and upgrade services in order to be prepared for meaningful relations with their European counterparts.
Exaggerations about the health of Iran's economy and the decade-plus sanctions have made European lenders rather hesitant in renewing ties with Iranian lenders according to Divandari. "Iran's image has been tarnished and it will take time for that to heel. We have to try (hard) and reconnect to International banking networks in order to upgrade our banking sector."
Asked about a possible deal with Visa and Master Card, Divandari said it is possible that agreements would be reached with the two top credit card companies.
Recently a Japanese and a Chinese company active in credit card business have showed willingness to enter Iran's market for credit cards.


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A donation of $150,000 from Bell Let's Talk to expand mental health services for Indigenous youth in Winnipeg is "timely and needed," says Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatwin program director Mitch Bourbonneire.
"It comes at a very difficult time in terms of just trying to keep up," Bourbonneire said Wednesday after Bell Let's Talk national chair Mary Deacon announced the funding for OPK at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
"The numbers are overwhelming and we're getting more and more referrals, so this is absolutely timely and needed."
Founded in 2001 by elder Larry Morrissette, most participants come to OPK upon release from provincial or federal institutions, including children in care who are transitioning out of the system.
OPK ensures basic needs of 75 new participants are met each year and also provides culturally-sensitive training to foster life skills required to increase capacity for resiliency. With the support of Bell Let's Talk, they're hoping to expand that to 600 young people a year by 2020.
"It's going to help us keep going and keep helping people. And having people help themselves. That's kind of our treatment motto: 'You're going to receive help by helping others,'" said Bourbonneire.
A number of its participants now work with the program, people he called "my heroes." He also revealed that OPK had six of its participants die in the last year: three by suicide (including one just two days ago), two by overdose and another by homicide.
Bell Let's Talk also announced a grant of $10,000 to NorWest Community Health's Youth Hub on Tuesday.
The announcements come in advance of Bell Let's Talk Day on Jan. 31, where Bell donates 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs through text messages and calls from its customers, as well as various social media interactions. Since 2010, it's donated more than $86 million with designs on topping $100 million by 2020.


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Huye residents will have to dig deeper into their pockets to buy tomatoes and carrots following increase in prices for the two products.
A basket of fresh tomatoes has more than doubled over the past few weeks to Rwf8,000, from Rwf3500 previously, while a kilogramme of tomatoes is at Rwf700 compared to Rwf200. Carrots cost Rwf400 per kilogramme, up from Rwf200 previously.
Gloriose Uwamahoro, a vegetable seller in Huye Market, attributed the increase to scarcity, noting that farmers in the area have abandoned tomato growing in favour of other food crops.
She added that the high prices have also kept away buyers.
Tomatoes are used by most households, restaurants and hotels to make soups and salads. Therefore, the increase in prices affects many families, especially the low-income earners. Emmanuel Nshimiyimana, a tomato buyer, said the hike will affect many poor homesteads "because they don't have alternatives.
Meanwhile, rice has also gone up, with a kilogramme at Rwf850 from Rwf800, while maize flour (Buganza) rose to Rwf750 from Rwf700.
However, those who like to take tea or coffee have a reason to smile as sugar prices dropped from Rwf1,000 to Rwf900 per kilogramme.


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We're two 30 somethings (ok hubs hasn't made it to 30 quite yet), living out our lives hoping to glorify Christ in the way we do it. We've been married just over 4 years now and bought our home 3 years ago. We enjoy doing projects, now and then, around the house. So you'll see a few things like that posted here. My husband is the resident designer, decorator, implementer in our family. Not sure what I am, but I lend my support in any way I can!
We're active in our church and love being a part of such an amazing body of believers. We've been through our share of ups and downs during our married life and couldn't have faced it all without the love and support of our faith family, true family and friends. We hope to share our musings on faith here some too.
Brian is an environmental engineer. How is he the resident designer/decorator you might ask? Well, he may have math-smarts but he also has art-smarts too. I guess he was blessed with a split personality from his parents (dad's an engineer, mom's a preschool teacher). In any case, I think his split personality serves him very well!
I'm a community manager. Talk about customer service! I deal with homeowners, day in and day out. It can be quite the stresser; but it is also immensely rewarding when you've tangibly helped someone or a neighborhood as a whole. I guess I'm more the manager of the family. Making sure bills are paid, budgets are kept up (though I'm not great at that job), etc. I am good when I'm given direction. I kind of flounder aimlessly, otherwise.
UPDATE: This family of two will become a family of three in April 2013! We are expecting our first and we are thrilled!
I think we make a good pair. We're thankful God brought us together to navigate this thing called life. Check out more of our story here.
This blog is mostly a place for me, the external processor, to share photos, ideas, thoughts, experiences and whatnot with the general public. Sounds weird; I agree. Oh well, it is kind of fun to have friends along for the journey. I'm an extrovert and am energized (to a certain extent) by being around people. So, thanks for coming along for the ride; I hope I don't bore you too much along the way!


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This week leaders of the Peters First Nation shared their support of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They're one of many Aboriginal groups that have signed a Mutual Benefit Agreement with the Project. To date, 43 Mutual Benefit Agreements have been signed that will see in excess of $400 million shared with those communities
Concerned that the benefits their community would receive from the Project are in jeopardy because of political delays, Peters First Nation Chief Norma Webb and Council members stated in the letter:
"We are concerned that among all of the well-funded and highly publicized opposition, that the voice of Indigenous Nations that support [Trans Mountain] has been lost."
The Peters First Nation asked the Prime Minister to carry out the Project as planned and in a fair and timely manner so construction can proceed on schedule.
"We fear that if your government does not take sufficient action to address these issues, our work over the past few years to ensure that the Project will benefit our membership will be naught."
The existing pipeline traverses the Peters First Nation community in Hope, BC and has operated responsibly for more than 60 years. The expanded line has permission to cross their land and through the Mutual Benefit Agreement, the community would see direct benefits through tax revenue, jobs, and employment and training opportunities.


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Alto del Príncipe Viewpoint
Inside the Cies Islands there are various hiking routes. We decided to record one of the most beautiful ones: the Alto del Príncipe.
The level of difficulty is low and it takes about one hour (3 km). You will walk by the best beach in the world, Rodas Beach.
The route begins in the Information Post, where all the routes in the island begin (there is an enormous panel that shows all the routes in colors, highlighting the level of difficulty and its interesting points).
We took the right track that leads us behind the beach of Figueiras. The road is well signaled with wooden posts that tell you the distance you have left.
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Ministries Close to My Heart
I am a World Vision Child Ambassador and have been for about 5 years now. I'm one of those people who try to encourage you to sponsor a child! The first child I sponsored was a boy who was born the exact day as my grandson. I want that young man to have the best life possible. Just like his counterpart here. It's fun to watch these boys a world apart grow up!
Anthem of Hope-Mental Health, Suicide Prevention
I love this ministry run by Jarrid Wilson and his wife Juli. Jarrid is a pastor at a church in Southern California and struggled with depression and anxiety for years. He started this ministry to shed light on mental health in the Christian community and provide resources for those suffering. Since I've had these same issues for as long as I can remember, this ministry is a sweet blessing to me. Update: Jarrid took his own life on September 9, 2019. He's with Jesus and out of pain now.
Nabeel was a special man who's book changed my life. He was raised Muslim and converted to Christianity while in college. His book "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" came out in a 3rd edition in September 2018. Nabeel passed away in September of 2017 from stomach cancer.
The Immigration Coalition is exactly what it sounds like. It was started by Rondell Trevino in response to our current immigration crisis in this country. Jesus says to care for immigrants. I can't say we're doing a great job of that right now…
Value Life at Vineyard Columbus
This is a ministry to women in crisis pregnancies. There is NOTHING these women need that this ministry doesn't provide. Including love and care. It's amazing and wonderful.
Community Outreach at Vineyard Columbus. Build a Bridge of Friendship…
Taking Jesus seriously, the members of our church do some incredible things to help 'the least of these' in Columbus Ohio. Including tutoring in the schools and cleaning up the schools themselves. It's a blessing. God must smile at that!


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Karen D'Onofrio has studied theology and religion throughout her adult life, but when she finally found herself working in a church, it was as a chocolatier using a church's kitchen to make candy. After more than a year of operating out of the basement of Christ the King church, D'Onofrio just opened Stargazer Fine Chocolates & Coffee at 700 Colorado Boulevard, next door to Trader Joe's and in the same building that houses Snooze.
Previously, D'Onofrio had spent some time as an apprentice in a chocolate shop. "I've always loved chocolates," she says. "When I was finishing up grad school, I didn't really know what I wanted to do. My dad went to the chocolatier he bought our Easter bunnies from every year, and he was retiring, and [my dad] said, 'Maybe we should buy this shop and take it over.'"
That didn't work out, but the owner shared his years of experience with D'Onofrio before he retired. The connection sparked her interest in chocolate-making even more, and she followed her blossoming passion to Ecole Chocolat, a three-month online program from which she earned the title Master Chocolatier.
While studying for her master's in theology at St. Augustine College, D'Onofrio met Andrew Whaley, who has worked in and helped open roughly 25 coffee shops around the country — in California, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Colorado. Whaley worked at the coffee shop on their college campus at the time, and D'Onofrio shared with him her desire to merge her idea for a gourmet chocolate business with a coffee shop.
Although D'Onofrio is the master chocolatier at Stargazer, she has help from her family, who have been involved from the beginning. Her mother volunteered her dining room for production when D'Onofrio was first starting out, and now takes care of packaging. Her father, John, is the marketer, and her brother is the assistant chocolatier. "This is their family," says Whaley. "We want this to be a family place."
Commonwealth Coffee supplies the beans that Whaley and the baristas at Stargazer turn into espresso and pour-over coffee, Japanese iced coffee, and — of course — mochas and hot chocolates. "We've tried to create some synergy here," Whaley explains. "I've worked with [Karen] to get a 61 [percent dark], a 72 [percent dark] and a milk chocolate for both our mochas and hot chocolates. We also want to bring in some single-origin chocolates and pair them with single-origin coffees from the same places."
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The new retail space allows D'Onofrio to bring her skills out of the basement (so to speak). At one end of the shop is the coffee bar, and at the other is the truffle counter — complete with a work station and marble slab where she demonstrates for customers how she makes her confections.
Truffles are $2.50 apiece and come in a variety of flavors: rosemary-honey in the shape of a beehive; boozy flavors like the Argyle, which is made with whiskey; seasonal flavors like peppermint, eggnog and chai; traditional truffles such as hazelnut and mint (made with fresh mint leaves); and, most important, a coffee truffle made with Commonwealth espresso. The chocolatier has also created space-themed Milky Way, Black Hole and Death Star truffles. The Death Star includes dark, white and milk chocolate rolled in cocoa powder.
If truffles aren't your thing, Stargazer offers chocolate-covered everything — from pretzels to rice-krispie treats and even homemade marshmallows. If you're just not into chocolate (which seems unimaginable), the shop also sells pastries from Sugar Bakeshop.
Currently, Stargazer has holiday chocolates for sale at the shop and online, including Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa specialties. Hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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"Sparks" Self Advocacy Bulletin Launched
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The bright sparks on the new self advocacy bulletin SPARKS are delighted to launch the magazine. The news sheet fulfills the Clare Platform Report authors' undertaking to try to make self advocacy information more accessible to people within the support service and bring in fresh ideas advocates have for everything and anything people maight want to exchange news about. So from Connie Commane Orla MacMahon Brian Hogan and Ger Minogue, graphics selector Kathleen O'Leary and supporters Nora Rahilly and Rob Hopkins who make up the editorial team we hope you enjoy the format and look forward to fresh input in the next issue, Rob Hopkins
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otto and the moog's Great British CakeWatch
We found 3 episodes of CakeWatch with the tag "history".
Episode 55: In Medias Res
12 June 2019 | 1 hr 19 mins
ancient history, brexit, europe, history, politics, uk politics
Classics klaxon! The Brexit news is too depressing so Chris and fellow nerd Katie Low escape to Greece and Rome to hunt out lessons from history.
Episode 26: Tanja drops the C-bomb
4 October 2018 | 1 hr 46 mins
brexit, citizens rights, conservative party, eu, eu politics, free movement, history, tory party, uk politics
Tanja Bueltmann joins us as co-host to discuss citizens' rights and the Tory conference. Expletives abound!
Episode 20: The One With Steve Analyst
3 August 2018 | 1 hr 43 mins
brexit, eu, history, trade, uk politics
Steve is back but Chris is on paternity leave so stepping into the breach is Steve Analyst!