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Appliance repair Woden Valley, ACT
Appliance repair services in Woden Valley, Australian Capital Territory
Woden Valley is one of the original Australian Capital Districts and is subdivided into both sections and blocks. The entirety of Woden Valley lies within the capital of ACT, Canberra which is the Australian capital. The district is made up of numerous residential areas surrounding the town centre which is made of of a large shopping district, Westfield Woden. Besides shopping, the town centre has numerous other points of interests including fine dining establishments including Space Kitchen, the Green Bamboo Vietnamese Restaurant and the Golden King Chinese Restaurant on Dundas Ct.
We cover the entire area of Woden and all surrounding suburbs of the Australian Capital Territory. Our appliance repairs service takes on any challenge and with a whole team of professional and experienced technicians there is no task we can't handle. We fix all major household appliances including everything below and much more and we do so correctly the first time giving our customers the experience they're looking for.
Some of the most common types of appliances we're used to working on include:
- Dishwasher
- Dryer
- Garbage disposal
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Stove
- Washer
Our team of technicians have become well-known throughout the Woden Valley area and we make service calls throughout the Australian Capital Territory. Our dependable service puts our customers first and we go out of our way to make sure you get a service date and time that is convenient for you. Give us call and our Belconnen appliance repair team will be there before you know it and won't leave until appliance is fixed and you're 100% satisfied.
Woden Valley Appliance Repair Brands We Service
AAEG, Amana, Ariston, Baumatic, Beko, Blanco, Bosch, Chef, DeLonghi, Electrolux, Euromaid, GE, Hoover, Jenn-Air, Kleenmaid, Lemair, LG, Maytag, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens, Simpson, Speed Queen, Technika, Westinghouse, Whirlpool, and more.
Appliance Repair Canberra Suburbs We Service
We provide our appliance repair service in Canberra, ACT in and around the following suburbs:
Give us a call and let's talk about your appliance. We'll schedule a service date and time when it's convenient for you and give you a better idea of the price right over the phone.
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Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Dennis Linck was the speaker at the Rotary Club of China Lake meeting Wednesday. The topic was the Knights' purpose and history and possible opportunities to team with the Rotary Club.
Linck, who is the Grand Knight of Council 3199 in Ridgecrest, started with the organization's history.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic family fraternal service organization that was started in 1882 by Fr. Michael McGivney, a Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut.
Locally, the organization has been around for 70-plus years.
The initial purpose of the organization was to do something to help families that lost their main breadwinner in those days, Linck said.
"That's where the Knights of Columbus was born, in the basement of a church out of the idea of one priest," he said.
In addition to rendering financial aid to members and families, the organization provides social and intellectual fellowship, serves as a Catholic benefit society and a worldwide financial and charitable organization.
The fraternal society has about 15,342 councils across the world, according to Linck, with close to 2 million members.
The local group grows 10 to 12 a year and has roughly 140 members. Membership is limited to men, but most parishes have informal women's groups that run parallel to the men's.
Linck said that providing insurance was a big part of Fr. McGivney's original vision for the organization.
According to his presentation, Knights of Columbus has $100 billion-plus of life insurance, $22 billion in assets and no debt.
He added that the Knights of Columbus has what he called "a claim to fame" explaining that "the words 'under God' are in the Pledge of Allegiance [due to a] main push [from] to the Knights of Columbus."
The organization has the guiding principles of charity (with donations of over $177.5 million and 75 million hours of service in 2016 alone); unity; fraternity (founded to provide assistance to widows and children); and patriotism.
"Like you guys," Linck said to the Rotarians present, "we give every dime we make away," adding that all money raised stays in Ridgecrest.
One purpose of his presentation was to look for opportunities for the Knights to partner with the Rotary to serve the community, "One of the goals of coming to talk to you guys today is what can we do in a collaborative effort?"
He said that in fulfilling the organizations commitment to patriotism, the Knights often provide flag bearers to community events.
"You guys will probably recognize them," Linck said. "They are the guys with the funny purple capes and the hats and the swords and everything else."
He said core values of the organization include integrity, professionalism, excellence and respect, "with a big emphasis on respect." Linck said this last value in particular was developed to help counter anti-Catholic and anti-Irish Catholic discrimination in the 1880s in certain areas.
Service activities of the Knights include serving the church, including Saint Ann parish in Ridgecrest, All Faith Chapel on base and helping support the church in Trona and the Knights of Columbus in California City.
"We do anything and everything we can for the community," Linck said. "The challenge I have had since I have been the Grand Knight for the last year and a half is saying no to people. That's hard."
As such, the group provides community support to the Women's Shelter, Pregnancy Care Center, Community Christmas Dinner, YES, DART, the fifth-grade basketball tournament, Respect for Law dinner, college scholarships, Keep Christ in Christmas campaign and Walk for Life.
He said the group also supports families and the culture of life. He added one of his goals is increasing youth involvement in the group and the community.
The Knights annual free Christmas dinner is a local institution. Linck said anybody and everybody is welcome with no questions asked. He added 539 people were fed last year, including home food deliveries.
The Knights also sponsors bingo at 725 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. every Sunday.
"Please come down, spend your money. We'd love it," Linck said. "It has been going on for years and, to be honest, the bingo is one of our biggest fundraising capabilities. It helps us keep our hall open and keep the doors open to do things."
The hall is available for use by non-profits for a donation. It was recently used to host a trivia night for Relay for Life, which was a wildly popular event.
"I never knew people got so excited over trivia," Linck said about the first event as everyone laughed. Another trivia night for Relay for Life is coming up Oct. 26. Look for fliers around town. The Knights will once again donate use of its facility for the event.
Rotary President Jim Hoover honored Linck as a Paul Harris Fellow. Hoover explained that the Paul Harris Fellowship is intended to recognize special people in the community for service. The Paul Harris Fellowship is a tradition in which Rotarians honor worthy folks with a $1,000 charitable donation in the person's name.
"I can't think of anyone in my mind who stands out as a more service-above-self person. Nearly every event that we have raised money for, this man has been behind the scenes with an apron on and probably with a spatula in the other hand — either barbecuing something or serving somebody something," Hoover said about Linck.

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Consider this for a moment: You're planning your trip to Walt Disney World, maybe it's your first trip, or maybe it's your first in a long time. Whether you're planning to visit all four parks, or you're having difficulty selecting which park/s you visit, there's one park that you should be wary of: Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Don't get me wrong, Hollywood Studios is a great park, when it's in its prime. As of the time I am writing this, Disney's Hollywood Studios is undergoing a major overhaul. While the park is still open for guests, many find that currently the park is lacking in comparison to Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Animal Kingdom, but it's for a reason (it's a good reason, but it might take some time). This post is not meant to discourage you from choosing to go to Disney's Hollywood Studios during your vacation. It's simply a reminder that the park is not in the best shape it's usually in, and I will explain what I mean by this, but rest assured there are still many Disney-quality attractions to be experienced, once you look past the construction walls.
I'm sure you may be familiar with a little Disney project named Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, or, as it is more commonly known, Star Wars Land. Despite most news sites reporting this as a separate park, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is a land that is being added on to Disney's Hollywood Studios, replacing the former "Backlot" area housing attractions like Lights! Motors! Action! Extreme Stunt Show, and the Studio Backlot Tour.
Model of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, photo credit disneytouristblog.com
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will simulate the trading-post planet known as Batuu, a new planet yet to be explored in the Star Wars universe. Here guests will have the opportunity to fly the Millennium Falcon, escape Imperial Forces, and interact with alien life forms and droids alike.
This land is not set to open until 2019, but that's not the only project in the works at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Opening a little sooner is Toy Story Land, a second expansion set to open June 30th, 2018. This expansion replaces the Pixar Place area where you could find the hit interactive ride Toy Story Mania. While the ride will not be closing, it will be accessed from a different spot, this time inside Toy Story Land. Joining Toy Story Mania are two new attractions, Slinky Dog Dash and Alien Swirling Saucers.
Concept Art of Toy Story Land, credit Disney
So, as you can see, some really great experiences are coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios in the future, but what does that have to do with your trip? Well, let's just say that Hollywood Studios has lost quite a bit of space with all the construction going on, as you can see below.
Left, Disney's Hollywood Studios map circa 2013, Right, Disney's Hollywood Studios map 2016-current, credit Orlando Sentinel
On top of this, quite a few attractions have been lost. Along with the Backlot Tour and Lights! Motors! Action!, we've also lost The Great Movie Ride and The American Idol Experience. The Great Movie Ride is another example of an upcoming change, once found inside the Chinese Theatre replica that is now the major landmark of the park, The same attraction building will be redone on the inside to host a new attraction, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, the very first Mickey Mouse-based ride in any of the parks. As for the American Idol Experience…well, I think we can do fine without it. In any case the American Idol theatre space is already being used for For The First Time In Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, which is now a big hit for younger ones.
So, between the loss of attractions, general lack of roaming space, not to mention the construction walls that are quite literally everywhere, Disney's Hollywood Studios has become much more of a Half-Day park than it ever was before. However, as I said before, there are still things to do if you're willing to look past all of that.
An example of something to do once you, quite literally, look past the construction walls, credit wdwmagic.com
Hollywood Studios has far more shows and entertainment than it does rides, to be specific there are currently only 4 rides at Hollywood Studios as opposed to their 8 shows, not counting their 2 nighttime spectaculars. For thrill seekers, these 4 rides make for a perfect day; Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Star Tours, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and Toy Story Mania (which, admittedly, is the least thrill-seeker-y of the group). If you're not a thrill seeker though, it's up to you to decide whether or not it's worth it to go just for shows. You can see more information about the rides and shows (mainly the few that offer fastpass) here.
I'm sure that once Toy Story Land opens, this problem will be halfway solved, but until then, take this into account when booking your vacation so that you'll be more prepared when you arrive.
UPDATE JULY 2018: Greetings from the future! As of this update Toy Story Land has been open for almost a month, and I can confirm that yes, the problem is partly solved. It has its bugs, but the addition of two more rides into the park has helped, along with the reopening of Toy Story Mania. Now all that's left to do is to wait for Star Wars.
Thanks for reading! Today's further reading is Four Parks, What's the Difference? In which we highlight what makes each park unique to the rest, and why each one is worth a visit.


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Grains closed strong with wheat leading the way higher. March corn settled 9 cents higher at $6.53 ½, March beans 11 ½ cents higher at $13.05 ¼, and March wheat 16 ½ cents higher at $6.62 ¼.
The soybean market has been especially supported with the assumption that South American production will be well below current USDA expectations. We are now above the $13 level and have almost reached the 61.2% retracement level at $13.34. Again, looking at the weather reports, we seem to have received plenty of rain towards the middle-end of their growing season and some of these production-cut estimates we have been reading seem over exaggerated to us. We would be using these targets to catch up on sales if you haven't done so yet. For corn we have a couple of interesting patterns forming in the March and Dec charts. We are at the top end of a large wedge in March corn. For Dec corn, we broke through the bottom support but ended up being a false breakout as we are now back within the wedge range. The upside resistance level is now near $5.72.
Chart: March Corn
Chart: December Corn
For the majority of the day the market was "bullspreading" November 12 – November 13 beans and "bearspreading" December 12 – December 13 corn. This seems obvious when we look at last week's Commitment of Traders report and see the "managed money" decreasing net longs in corn and increasing their longs in soybeans, soyoil, and soymeal. With a record net short position in Chicago wheat by the funds, we can still see that market find extra support from liquidation.
The next USDA Supply and Demand report will be released next Friday, March 9th. The report that could show the most surprises is the March Planting Intention Report on March 30th. Now that we are back to a corn-bean ratio of 2.30 (new crop) we could see some of those acres start to move back to soybeans.
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New England Aquarium
©2017 New England Aquarium, an affiliate of the HandsOn Connect, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110 | 617 - 973 - 5200
Aquarist Intern, Quincy Animal Care Center
Apply now for: Spring 2021
*Spring applications will be available in October
Time commitment:
Winter: 125 hours minimum
Spring: 12-16 weeks - At least Two/Three Days per week
The Aquarist Intern position will assist staff with basic husbandry responsibilities of the New England Aquarium's offsite holding facility in Quincy, MA, which cares for animals being quarantined and/or awaiting exhibit display. From sharks to corals to endangered shorebirds, working at the NEAq's Animal Care Center presents an opportunity to care for a very diverse group of species, both small and large systems.
This position is not located in Boston and is at our Animal Care Center located along the Fore River in Quincy. Transportation to this facility is easiest by car but one can also reach the facility by public transportation. Public transportation requires taking the Redline to Quincy Center, transferring to bus, and walking about 5 minutes.
Organizational Description:
The New England Aquarium's mission is to protect the blue planet through hands-on programs, live animal and interactive exhibits, public lectures and forums, and research and conservation projects.
This mission is fulfilled through exhibits, and through education, conservation and research programs. Exhibits showcase the diversity, importance and beauty of aquatic life and habitats, and highlight critical aquatic conservation issues. Programs emphasize species, habitats and issues critical to New England. The Aquarium is also a pioneer in marine animal rescue, and a leading ocean conservation organization with research scientists working around the globe.
The New England Aquarium serves as a responsive community resource that attracts and involves the broadest possible audience; seeks a culturally diverse staff and governing board that reflect our community; adheres to the highest standards of animal stewardship; and is committed to delivering the highest quality visitor experience in a welcoming and enjoyable manner that evokes wonder, curiosity, understanding, caring and action.
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Contact Women's Committee Liaison Kate Baker
Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins and Oregon Senate President Pro Tempore Diane Rosenbaum (D-Portland) will be the featured speakers at the Oregon AFSCME Women's Conference, now set for Jan. 22-23 in Salem. The event was originally slated for September but had to be rescheduled.
Sponsored by the Council 75 Women's Committee and to be held at the Salem AFSCME office, registration is limited to the first 90 people. A registration form is attached to this article. The conference cost is $25 for AFSCME members; members of other unions are also welcome to attend, their registration cost is $50. Hotel rooms are available, or you have the option of sleeping over at the union hall; see the registration form for details.
Women's Committee member Denise Choin of Local 3241 (OEM) says the event will be a combination conference and training session. There will be a focus on how women can best flex their political muscle as well as AFSCME Strong training, as well as social times and the two speakers.
Atkins was appointed Secretary of State in March when sitting SOS Kate Brown ascended to the governor's office. She has a long political history, including time with Jeff Merkley back when he was in the Oregon Legislature and then later after he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Rosenbaum served in the Oregon House beginning in 1998, and has been in the state senate since 2008. She was the Senate Majority Leader from 2010 until her recent election by her colleagues as Senate President Pro Tempore, essentially No. 2 in the pecking order in Oregon's upper chamber behind President Peter Courtney (D-Salem). She is a long-time staffer for the Communications Workers of America and a former lobbyist.
You can e-mail Women's Committee Chair Theresia Lloyd-Siemer if you have any questions.


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Peppermint Chocolate Bars
During the holidays, chocolate and peppermint sweets are abundantly popular because the cool flavor of peppermint combined with chocolate is hard to beat. A classic holiday combination of crushed candy canes blended with rich dark chocolate makes for a winning combination but if the candy canes happen to be organic and the chocolate happens to be made by Videri then you're in for a very special treat.
The Videri Chocolate Factory – a chocolate maker – who specializes in bean to bar chocolate creates one of the most delicious Peppermint Chocolate Bars using four ingredients: roasted organic cocoa nibs, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, and organic candy canes to make their very special bars.
The Peppermint Chocolate Bar is a seasonal favorite available during the holidays while supplies last. A fantastic gift or stocking stuffer for chocolate lovers, the 1.5 ounce bars come two to a box and are $9.99 through the chocolate maker's website: www.viderichocolatefactory.com.
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The two images created in both the first reading and the gospel of today give us a picture of two contrasts: the mercy of God and the judgment of man. Man is full of judgment, but God's forgiveness supersedes human judgment and condemning attitude.
In the first reading, David's actions fit correctly into the church's definition of what constitutes mortal sin namely: (1)The object of David's sin is a grave matter (2)David possesses full knowledge that the act is sinful and (3)David gives his full consent to the sin. The prophet Nathan marshals out David's case this way, "You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, taken his wife for your own, and killed him with the sword of the Ammonites". The preceding chapters of second book of Samuel tell us that David was overcome by concupiscence of the flesh. He desires Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, sleeps with her. Bathsheba becomes pregnant for David. David tries to cover his first sin of lust, conceives of taking over Uriah's wife completely. Since he is the king, David orders that Uriah be put at the war front to die, that way he will be free to marry the woman as wife (cf. 2Sam.11). That was what prompted Nathan to expose David's sins and marshal out the consequences from God. Those sins are really great- lust, covetousness, injustice, hypocrisy, murder. David was guilty of everything grievous and deserved condemnation for sure.
Meanwhile, David's judgment is reversed by a singular statement after having come back to his senses, "I have sinned against the Lord". This brings us to the subjects of sin, repentance, forgiveness, mercy and gratitude in relation to our faith in God. David sins. He's exposed. He acknowledges his sins. He feels terrible for his offenses. David asks for forgiveness. The prophet assures him of God's mercy thus, "The Lord for his part, forgives your sin; you are not to die" (2Sam.12:13). "The Lord is compassionate and love, slow to anger and rich in faithful love; his indignation does not last for ever, nor his resentment remain for all time; he does not treat us as our sins deserve, nor repay us as befits our offenses (Ps.103:8-10).
In the gospel, we see a more dramatic image of sin, forgiveness and gratitude. The Pharisee who invites Jesus to dine in his house is apparently a good man. He needs to prove that by associating with Jesus. He organizes a feast for Christ, expresses his commitment in keeping the commandments. Unfortunately, this woman crashes in to spoil his show. This man must have been scandalized at the sight of this woman in his well packaged stainless party for Jesus. Scripture describes this woman as "a woman who had a bad name in the town". She was obviously notorious. She was known to be bad. This prompts the Pharisee to react. Scripture says, "When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, he would know who this woman is that is touching him and what a bad name he has" (Lk.7:39-40). This is human approach towards sinners and notorious persons. Simon who is Christ's host is not alone here, so we need not condemn him yet. Even the followers of Christ react negatively at the end. Thus, "Those who were with him at table began to say to themselves, 'Who is this man, that he even forgives sins?".
In relating the action of the woman who was a sinner with David's in the first reading, we notice not only the individual dimension to sin but also the social effects on the community. David kills Uriah, impregnates his wife, then takes her over completely. The woman of the gospel is said to have a bad name in town. The people therefore become judgmental in approaching them. We all wear our judgmental cap when we encounter notorious sinners in our society. I have a personal experience with a parishioner. This guy is so scared to come to church now because of what the people think and say of him. He is accused of identifying with a drug addict, so he is no longer good for the faith. His friends reject him. Some make him feel that he's no longer worthy to be before God. All he feels is judgment, not friendship. Now he lacks courage to face fellow Christians. He prefers to stay away, to deal with God personally. This is our human approach.
God's approach is different. Think about Christ's attitude towards the notorious woman today. She walks into the party without invitation. That would have been her first offense because we are so legalistic. This woman has no ticket, no ID card. But she has faith in the Master. She recognizes the power of Jesus to save her, the reason why Saint Paul states that what makes a person righteous is not obedience to the Law, but faith in Christ Jesus. The Pharisee, on the other hand, is interested in the Law. If this woman is a bad person, by law she should be handed over for judgment and possibly condemned. The Pharisee sees himself as super qualified to dine with Jesus because of his apparent righteousness, but the woman is not.
Jesus starts by letting Simon know that no one is completely innocent before God. He starts by pointing out some loopholes in Simon's reception for him. "Simon" Jesus says, "you see this woman? I came to your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but she has been covering my feet with kisses ever since I came in. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. For this reason I tell you that her sins, her many sins must have been forgiven her, or she would not have shown great love". Simon must be weak by now. He might have realized that he sinned after all, that he's not perfect. Jesus uses that moment to teach the great lesson of forgiveness. The woman shows gratitude as the Psalm says, "How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, whose sin is blotted out" (Ps.32:1). And David prays, "a broken, contrite heart, O God, you will not scorn" (Ps.51:17).
We learn the following lessons from the readings: (1)We are not perfect as human beings. Even though we may not have committed grievous sins, we can be carrying tiny particles of sins. The anger we bear against fellow drivers on the road, the envy we entertain, the beggar we neglect on the road, the gossip we share in, the time we waste, the sarcastic joke we promote, etc. These are all sinful acts although they may not be too big.
(2)We need not be too quick in judging and condemning others. There are obviously notorious persons in our midst- addicts, criminals, sex offenders, etc. Let's not judge them as not worthy of God's love and mercy. Let's give opportunities for change and help them with our prayers.
(3)We need to open our eyes to God's grace in our lives. Christ came that all may have life and have it in abundance. Let's come to him in humility and always recognize that we are in continuous need of mercy. The Jubilee Year of Mercy is a special time to come to Christ regularly in the sacrament of reconciliation. Only humility guarantees openness for grace.
(4)Finally, let's learn to show gratitude to God for his forgiveness in our lives. The woman who was said to be notorious teaches us of the need for gratitude today. Often times, we take God's mercy for granted. Do we appreciate that we have been redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb? Do we give God enough time to show this appreciation? Do we forgive our transgressors recognizing that all of us are beneficiaries of God's love and mercy? Remember, each time you forgive, you show gratitude to God for forgiving you.
Therefore, let us put off the cap of judgment today and put on the crown of mercy and forgiveness, as Saint Paul says, "The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same" (Col.3:14).


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A list of member of the D Company (Waikato) Nominal Roll.
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If you know who you are looking for the easiest way to find a name you are looking for is to use the CTRL+F and a search box will pop up. Type a name into the box then you can highlight all of the words that match and use the arrows to go up and down.


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Cigarette litter can have devastating effects on the environmental health of this place we call home – The Natural State. From our roads and highways to our state parks and natural areas, these are not places to trash.
More than 4 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide each year; cigarette butts are the No. 1-littered item in Arkansas. There is only one source of cigarette litter, and 75 percent of smokers admit to flicking their butts to the ground.
First and foremost, littering is illegal in Arkansas – all littering, including that cigarette butt. The fine for the first littering offense can be up to $1,000. Cigarette filters are also not biodegradable; they are plastic. And, those butts are toxic, full of the chemicals they filtered from your cigarette, such as arsenic and formaldehyde.
Plenty of places in Arkansas are no longer welcoming to smokers, so where smokers do congregate, let's provide places for them to dispose of their cigarette butts. Whether it's an ashtray on the picnic table in the smoking area, an ash receptacle at your business's door or a coffee can filled with sand, those butts can be disposed of properly.
It takes all of us to preserving the natural beauty of our state. As proud Arkansans, it is our duty to keep The Natural State clean. We can and should work together to help keep Arkansas beautiful by disposing of all litter responsibly.


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Carrot and banana smoothie is a great way to start the day with your family & friends.
It's made with carrots, bananas, and milk and this delicious smoothie taste like dessert.
Prep time: 5 min Total Time: 5 min Serves: 2
Main Ingredients: milk, carrot, and banana
Recipe Type: beverages& Drink
Cuisine: Fusion
Level of cooking: easy
Author: Swati Paathak
Taste: Sweet
2 cups of dairy or non-dairy milk
2 chopped carrots, peeled and chopped
2 banana, fresh or frozen
4 dates or 1 tablespoon maple syrup
2 scoop vanilla ice cream, optional
Combine all ingredients in a blender.
Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately.


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Horn and Collins provides cost-effective, timely landscape gardening and yard maintenance services in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, and St.Albert.
Our equipment is clean, our gardeners friendly, and we can offer flexible visit schedules to suit your yard's particular needs. Whether you need simple lawn care or a complete overhaul of overgrown garden beds, Horn and Collins is excited to tailor our services to you. We also offer landscaping services and residential snow clearing services.
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Royal Opera House/Royal Ballet – Live from Covent Garden: First Concert
★★★✰✰ The first concert was not much of a consolation for all that we have lost. So far, the Royal Ballet appears a token add-on to the opera's contributions…
Feature – Ashton Rediscovered Masterclass: Voices of Spring, coached by Merle Park and Wayne Eagling
For anyone with an interest in the machinations of bringing a difficult pas de deux to performance standard, this was an experience to cherish.
Eifman Ballet – The Pygmalion Effect – San Francisco
★★★★✰ Yes, the narrative has its inherent challenges, but the choreography, performances and design all riveted with drama, intensity and humour.
Memorable Performances of 2017 – New York
Six Performances That Stayed with Me in 2017 – Marina Harss with her personal selection of New York dance memories this last year.
New York City Ballet – Divertimento No. 15, Episodes, Vienna Waltzes – New York
★★★★✰ Divertimento's aura still shines; you want to see it again, to figure out its fluid, almost magical transitions. It's a shame it will only be performed four times this season; it takes more than that for the audience, and the dancers, to really get to know it.
Ethan Stiefel – Freelance director, choreographer…
Following 3 years directing Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ethan Stiefel is now back in New York – which is where Marina Harss caught up with him…
New York City Ballet – Fall Gala – New York
It's as pointless to complain about ballet galas as it is to grumble about the weather. They serve a purpose…
Royal New Zealand Ballet – Anatomy of a Passing Cloud, Of Days, Bier Halle – Auckland
Three radically different worlds are conjured up by strongly contrasting styles of dancing, music, set and design…
Paris Opera Ballet School – Spectacle Ecole de Danse bill – Paris
While all the young people were lovely to watch, Roxane Stojanov, the girl in yellow, stood out. She had the fullest extension of arms and upper body, the lushest movement quality. It would seem great things are expected of her, as she was cast in every part of the program.


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Social Security Fraud: A Rocky Issue
Being approved for social security is about as guaranteed as a coin flip coming up tails. Statistics vary, but on average, anywhere from 50 to upwards of 70% of applicants are rejected on their first pass. While this may seem unwarranted to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are genuinely suffering from a disability, the rationale behind the grueling approval process boils down to the deterrence of fraud and white collar crimes. In 2011, over 100,000 allegations of fraud were made, ultimately leading to thousands of investigations and hundreds of millions of dollars wasted. With the recent case of Glenn Taylor in the news, disability fraud is rearing its ugly head — again.
"Disabled" Man Finds the Strength to Topple Boulders
Glenn Taylor is the man at the center of the latest disability fraud imbroglio. In a twist of irony, the Boy Scout leader did anything but "leave no trace," as the famed Scout saying goes: instead, he uprooted a natural structure which took millions of years to form.
The scene of the crime was Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. The eponymous "goblins" are actually large boulders which, in a rather unusual presentation, perch atop narrow spires of rock and dirt underneath. These sandstone goblins can weigh thousands of pounds.
Had Taylor been a healthy man, it would have been an embarrassing gaffe, and the story would have tapered off there. But as they say, the plot thickens — because while upsetting the ancient structure was bad enough, the real crime is in Taylor's back-story (no pun intended).
It has now come to light that Taylor — a man who managed to shove a massive boulder off of its pedestal — had filed a lawsuit to claim social security benefits only a month prior to the incident, citing "serious, permanent, and debilitating injuries." What's more, the source of these "debilitating injuries" had supposedly occurred a full four years earlier when, in 2009, Taylor was involved in an auto accident.
Skepticism for Taylor's Disability
Alan MacDonald, the defendant in the suit, is not impressed with Taylor's conduct. "Someone with a bad back," MacDonald said, "who's disabled, who can't enjoy life, to me, doesn't step up and push a rock that big off the base."
Taylor defends his actions, saying the precarious formation was posing an immediate threat to unobservant park-goers. "That wasn't going to last very long at all," he explained to CNN. "One gust of wind and a family's dead."
Jeff Rasmussen, who has been the Deputy Director of Utah State Parks and Recreation for over two decades, said in more than 20 years of service he had yet to see a goblin detach from or be blown off its base.
Perhaps it is cynical to be skeptical of Taylor. Perhaps it is unfair to consider that he is attempting to siphon money away from those who truly need the assistance. But for the thousands of Americans who are physically limited by disabling back injuries, a lively afternoon of hiking and boulder-toppling seems just a little far-fetched. Perhaps Taylor can put his remarkable strength to good use — at work.
If you or a loved one is facing fraud charges or allegations of committing other white collar crimes, call the law offices of Young, Marr & Associates at (609) 755-3115 in New Jersey or (215) 701-6519 in Pennsylvania, or contact us online.
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Client was charged with three separate DUI cases calling for mandatory minimum imprisonment of 90 days on each case. Client was advised to seek immediate intensive alcohol counseling. Client was sentenced to 1 year of house arrest after serving 3 days in the county prison.
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Client was charged with felony Delivery of drugs and illegal gun possession and was facing a mandatory 3-6 year prison sentence in the State prison system. Client was sentenced to one year of house arrest.
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Client was charged with simple assault, domestic. After a hearing where evidence and testimony was presented, the entire case was dismissed by Judge Leonard Brown.
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Charges for young man charged with second degree aggravated assault were downgraded to third degree and he was accepted into the County Pretrial Intervention program with charges to be dismissed and record expunged after one year of misconduct free behavior.
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How To Delete Zorpia Account
Zorpia company was founded by Jeffrey Ng in December 2003 and as per sources the website used scam messages system to lure their client but it seems in china zorpia has genuine due to to ban of social media website like Facebook and Twitter. Currently the website is getting 2.4 million visitors on their website every month.
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This is the second blog in a four-part series that focuses on estate planning.
One of the goals of estate planning is to maximize the value of the wealth you pass to your family members while minimizing the impact of taxes through trusts. However, an equally important objective is determining what these trusts should provide—and what that means for your family. If you're unsure where to start, answering some basic questions can help facilitate the planning process.
To answer this question, it's helpful to consider who you wish to provide for now and in the long-term, and how much access to your assets you would like your beneficiaries to have. Specifically, this may involve asking yourself:
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There are various methods for administering your assets, whether they include tangible and real property, trust income, or trust principal. To determine the best method for your family's circumstances, helpful questions to ask may include:
Planning for the distribution of your wealth can be a daunting and overwhelming task. If you begin with the end in sight—how you envision your legacy and your family's future—it's often much easier to then determine the best way to get there. For more information, visit our Estate Planning Fundamentals resource page.
Becky Milliman is a senior wealth strategies professional and fiduciary representative for CIBC Private Wealth Management in Chicago, with 19 years of industry experience. In this role, she is responsible for the development of integrated wealth management plans for clients and provides the fiduciary administration for individual trusts and foundations. She also sits on the firm's Trust Discretionary Committee.
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Having recently undergone a major external and internal refurbishment, this centre offers semi-serviced or conventional managed office space. Offices are available on lease or short term license terms. The centre is located opposite Eccles town centre and benefits from close proximity to the train station and transport network.
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A selection of offices is available to let in a modern building, located a few minutes away from Manchester city centre and close to the railway station. These offices are provided with parking area, security systems and all the services and facilities needed to run a successful business. Manchester Airport can be reached within half an hour by car, and there are hotel options within close proximity.
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After a custody battle awarded temporary custody to an Illinois father, the mother, Shannon Wilfong, took her 4-year-old son and vanished. They were reported as missing persons, and the father, Michael Chekevdia didn't know if he would ever see his son Richard again.
Then two years later in 2009, police got a tip and returned to the house of Wilfong's mother, just several miles away in Royalton, Illinois. The boy had been kept in a crawl space, not allowed to see the outside world much, if at all.
Police had searched the home of Wilfong's mother, Diane Dobbs, before, but they weren't able to find any trace of Richard. That's because when visitors arrived, he was told to stay in the 12 ft by 5 ft crawl space used for items like Christmas decoration and cosmetology books. The ceiling was just 4 ft high.
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This type of ceremony is a special opportunity that allows you to celebrate the birth of a child or to welcome adopted or step children into the family.
Although traditional christenings or baptisms are still popular, there is an increasing need for an alternative, non-religious ceremony.
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You can acknowledge brothers and sisters within a ceremony and also grandparents. Parents can make promises as to how they will care and raise their child as can other adults who have been chosen to play a special part in the upbringing of the child. Words spoken can be light hearted and fun yet still evoke emotion whilst bringing a smile to everyone's face.
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Samsung Heavy begins construction of Johan Sverdrup riser platform
Norwegian oil company Statoil on Thursday marked the start of construction of the Johan Sverdrup riser platform at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea.
Johan Sverdrup is an oil field located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The riser platform is the largest of the four platforms constituting the Johan Sverdrup field centre. The platform will be 124 metres long, 28 metres wide, 42 metres tall, and have a total weight of 23,000 tonnes.
Statoil awarded Samsung Heavy Industries the contract for decks for both the process and riser platforms exactly a year ago.
Statoil said on Thursday that construction of the processing platform (P1) for Johan Sverdrup will start during July 2016.
Project director for Johan Sverdrup Kjetel Digre project manager for the riser platform and the processing platform Ståle Nordal and head of Samsung Heavy Industries' offshore division Younsang Won led the formal celebration of the construction start in South Korea on Thursday, June 30.
"As we are starting the riser platform construction we are taking another important step in delivering the Johan Sverdrup project on schedule," says project director for Johan Sverdrup Kjetel Digre.
The Norwegian company said that the preparations for the riser platform construction started already in January 2015, when Aker Solutions was awarded the contract for engineering and procurement management for the processing platform and the riser platform for Johan Sverdrup.
The platform construction work started in the beginning of June 2016.
"As of today Samsung Heavy Industries will gradually be given more responsibility for ensuring that the riser platform is built without any HSE incidents and that the platform is delivered according to plan and cost. We have an ambitious project plan for Johan Sverdrup, and we depend on high-quality and precision work from Samsung and more than 100 equipment package suppliers when they are delivering the riser platform and the processing platform topsides," says Kjetel Digre.
Key role on the field
The riser platform will play a key role on the field centre, as it will be the receiver of land-based power that will maintain operation on the Johan Sverdrup field for more than 50 years, said Statoil. From this platform the oil and gas from the huge Johan Sverdrup reservoir will be exported to land, to Kårstø (gas) and to Mongstad (oil).
The riser platform also represents the future of the Johan Sverdrup field, Statoil noted.
"Our Johan Sverdrup development is based on 40 years of experience from the Norwegian continental shelf. We know that by working hard every day we are able to improve the oil and gas recovery and extend the life of our fields.
"During the 50 years of production from Johan Sverdrup, innovation and new technology will open up new possibilities. That is why we, for the first time in an offshore project, have more than 2500 square metres of free deck space, which will be used for equipment and technology that may improve recovery and extend the life of Johan Sverdrup," says Digre.
The free space will be used for realizing measures for improved recovery and phasing in future phases of the Johan Sverdrup development, and any other future discoveries on the Utsira High.
Statoil is the operator of the field with 40.0267%, and its partners are Lundin Norway with 22.6%, Petoro with 17.36%, Det norske oljeselskap with 11.5733% and Maersk Oil with 8.44% interest.
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CompTIA Names New Partner Advisory Council Members
Downers Grove, Ill., May 19, 2015 – Executives from 20 of the leading companies in the information technology (IT) industry channel have been named to the CompTIA Partner Advisory Council for 2015-16, the IT industry association announced today.
The Partner Advisory Council provides CompTIA with strategic insight and perspective on issues affecting the IT channel. In 2015, the council is focused on strategies, tactics and tools to help channel partners evaluate their current business models and explore options for transforming their company as market conditions change.
"Business transformation is the primary trend in the IT and telecom partner channels, and one of the main concerns keeping business owners and executives up at night," said Paul Cronin, co-chair of the CompTIA Partner Advisory Council and senior vice president with Atrion Networking, Warwick, R.I.
CompTIA research has found that nearly eight in 10 U.S. channel firms have experienced some transformative activity – moving from product sales to recurring service revenue; embracing a new cloud portfolio; gaining vertical industry expertise; or expanding customer targets.
"There are many options for how to change your business, but none of these changes are easy," said Bruce Enright, council co-chair and CEO, Tallgrass Technologies LLC, Lenexa, Kan. "Each option has a unique set of requirements and best practices."
"Through the efforts of the Partner Advisory Council we're creating resources to help ease the transformation process for channel partners so they can achieve their growth and financial goals," said Annette Taber, vice president, channel strategies, CompTIA.
Already this year the council has developed the CompTIA Business Model Benchmark, an assessment tool to help technology solution providers gain better short- and long-term insights into their financial and operating models. With this information companies can make more informed decisions about their current practices and future plans. CompTIA Premier Members and Registered Users can sign up for the program at www.comptia.org/businessbenchmark.
Other members of the CompTIA Partner Advisory Council for 2015-16 are:
· Joe Ambrosole, president, NetConnect, Staten Island, N.Y.
· Bill Barry, senior vice president, enterprise sales, CompuCom, Dallas
· Mariano DyLiacco, vice president of services, U.S., Insight Enterprises, Inc., Tempe, Ariz.
· Kevin Garrett, vice president of services and operations, Pomeroy IT Solutions, Hebron, Ky.
· Matthew Hahn, vice president, network services, SWK Technologies Inc., Livingston, N.J.
· Floyd Henson, chairman and CEO, Veytec Inc., Orlando, Fla.
· Eric Hughes, managing partner, Komodo Cloud, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
· Joe Infante, president, Dynamic Strategies, Cranbury, N.J.
· Lester Keizer, CEO, Business Continuity Technologies, Las Vegas (council vice chair)
· John Koval, director, network services, Syncretic Software, Inc., Wilmington, Del.
· John Krikke, vice president, Onward Computer Systems, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
· Stephanie Martin, CEO, Exigo Group, San Clemente, Calif.
· Todd Neves, managing partner, Neves Media Solutions Group, Panama City, Fla.
· John O'Shea, president, Vology, Oldsmar, Fla.
· Mauricio Oyola, CEO, CiberC, Miami
· Rich Schofield, global business development manager, Dimension Data, Framingham, Mass.
· Scott Wilson, co-founder and CEO, Marathon Consulting, Brooklyn, N.Y.
· Patrick Zimmer, co-founder and CEO, 18out, Kansas City, Mo.
The Partner Advisory Council is also developing a series of videos to provide guidance on the elements that go into building a "Hybrid VAR" practice. In this business model a channel partner offers a combination of digital services – such as cloud, storage, mobility and information management – along with more traditional technology services.
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a non-profit trade association serving as the voice of the information technology industry. With approximately 2,000 member companies, 3,000 academic and training partners and nearly 2 million IT certifications issued, CompTIA is dedicated to advancing industry growth through educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications and public policy advocacy. Visit CompTIA online, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Taylor Swift can't be kept down for long.
Fresh off of a countersuit win against former radio host David Mueller, who the jury found guilty of assaulting Swift back in 2013, Swift deleted all of the posts from her social media accounts and let her profile pictures default to gray–that was last week. Today, Swift put up a single 10-second video on Instagram and Twitter. And it features what appears to be a snake, slapping its tail forcefully on the ground amidst retro, VHS-tape quality editing.
Now, Swift has a complex history with the snake as a symbol. If you recall, Kanye West wrote a song for his 2016 album Life of Pablo called "Famous." It featured the now iconic line, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. I made that bitch famous."
Swift's representatives released this statement in response: "Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single 'Famous' on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, 'I made that bitch famous.'"
Last summer, Kim Kardashian West released evidence via Snapchat that told a different story. The phone recording of Kanye and Swift's conversation contained Kanye asking for Swift's approval, and Swift being in on the joke. Later, Swift would write another iconic line in her defense: "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative."
But Swift haters immediately stormed her social media with snake emojis, implying that she was a sneaky snake with a hidden agenda. Instagram itself stepped in, censoring the emojis from her feed. With today's video drop, she appears to be reclaiming the emoji for her own devices.
It's pretty auspicious timing. In case you've been living under a rock, we're having an eclipse this afternoon. BuzzFeed has a very thorough investigation into what this means in relation to Swift. But it doesn't take an investigation to see that Swift could very well be taking advantage of a rare event to drop a new single for her sixth album.
ALSO, today happens to be the day that other feud-ee Katy Perry dropped a preview for the music video for "Swish Swish," a song that is almost definitely about Swift. The video will feature two celebrity-heavy basketball teams playing against each other. That sounds a lot like Swift's 1989 video for "Bad Blood," but with, you know, basketball.
Swift has already proved she likes to steal Perry's thunder, like when she released her entire catalog to Spotify on the same day Perry's album came out.
In conclusion, by this afternoon we very well could have a new Taylor Swift song to stream. As you're protecting your eyes by not looking directly at the sun around 2:45 p.m. EST, keep refreshing Spotify/Apple Music/Tidal.


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We are happy to serve you for all of the typical auto repair and preventative maintenance services you may need over the life of your vehicle and when you need a service that falls outside the traditional auto repair service list, call us anyway!
It may be a service we provide and if it's not--we'll be happy to recommend a trusted local business who can help.
Jim's Auto Center in Sunbury services the needs of Sunbury, Delaware, Johnstown, Centerburg, Westerville, Galena.
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text: Still have a few odd jobs to complete but the main work is all done and the Electra is back on the road and safe to use according to the State of Massachusetts! I tend to get rather wordy when writing things up so to spare you all that I put together a more pictorial record of the project that you can find here: Holley Sniper Project Feel free to shoot me questions and comments both here and privately. Overall this was a fairly involved but pretty simple project complicated slightly by having to use a non standard fuel tank. I replaced everything from the filler cap to the manifold to have a nice clean and safe fuel system end to end. By far the most time consuming part was removing all of the old plumbing while lying on a cold concrete floor under a car supported by ramps at all four corners. Once everything was installed and final checks complete it was time to fire it up. I turned the key expecting to hear the fuel pump start so I would be able to set the fuel pressure and check for leaks... nothing! I shut down and started doing electrical tests on all fuses, relays and connections. Everything checked out. Huh? Turned the key again and this time waited for the Sniper screen to finish booting and went through the initial configuration. You get to set number of cylinders, capacity, target idle speed etc.. Once that was done and the system powered off and restarted the sniper decided to send power to the fuel pump. What a relief! I wrote Holley support and suggested they add a note to that effect in the manual. With the fuel pump running I could set the fuel pressure to 60 psi. Checked for leaks and found none. Pressure testing fuel lines is an absolute must do! I had to redo one hose end due to a leak. With fingers crossed I gave the key a further turn and... fired right up after being idle for a little over a month. A few seconds of roughness and then settled down to a smooth idle. Score! Longest trip so far has been to work and back, about 15 miles each way, so still lots of self learning to do for it to create a fuel map for the car. Overall I've noticed a bit more pep, smoother running from start up to idle and cruising and no more fiddling to set the choke and attendant fuel smell. Not expecting a huge improvement in gas mileage but 1 MPG more would be a ten percent improvement Cheers! Bob


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For 49 years, NACo has recognized innovative programs in county government through the Achievement Awards Program – an excellent opportunity for counties to promote successes and share best practices.
As a non-competitive awards program, each application is judged on its own merits and not against other submissions. Awards are given in 18 categories and one outstanding program from each category will be selected as the "Best in Category." Winners of the Achievement Awards will be recognized onstage at the 2019 NACo Annual Conference and Exposition in Clark County/Las Vegas, Nev. from July 12 – 15, 2019.
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We look forward to hearing from you and learning about the outstanding accomplishments of counties across America!
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- Deadline for Submissions: March 25, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. EDT
- Notifications of Decisions for Achievement Awards: April 2019
- 2019 NACo Annual Conference and Recognition of Award Recipients: July 14, 2019
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- Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation
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No application deadlines | The 2020-2021 TELUS Fund Program Guidelines are now available
This gripping documentary series follows the paramedics and dispatchers at British Columbia's Emergency Health Services, from the highly pressurized dispatch control centre to the crews on the street.
Paramedics: Life on the Line takes us to a place we never hope to be – the front-line of emergency medical care with the paramedics and dispatchers of British Columbia's Emergency Health Services. This gripping ten-episode documentary series follows call-takers and crews from dispatch to the streets, as they deal with the unthinkable each day. From the team that created the acclaimed Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH, this "prequel" opens our eyes to the emergencies happening around us every moment. We see the impact they have on the health of the patients, to the paramedics themselves where minutes – even seconds – can make all the difference when life is on the line.
Vancouver-based Lark Productions is an award-winning boutique television production company. Established in 2010, Lark develops and produces thought-provoking scripted and unscripted content that travels internationally. The company also enjoys a distribution and development deal with NBCUniversal International.
Behind every mental illness there is a person. Hear their stories. Witness the strength of the human character.Learn more
J'aurais donc dû, docteur!, strikes us by showing us people just like you and me who should have run to the doctor right when the first symptoms came out, before the situation got out of hand…Learn more
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Angela Gordon (b. 1974)
Angela Gordon was born in Nottinghamshire, England. She is best know for her work as multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist in British progressive rock band Mostly Autumn who she has performed and recorded with since 1997. Her work with Mostly Autumn has taken her across the world, notable venues including New York Town Hall and The Baja Prog Festival in Mexico. MA regularly perform in The Netherlands and neighbouring countries where there is a particular love for their strain of Celtic-tinged progressive rock.
The Mostly Autumn family extends to many side-projects including for Angela the acoustically-driven duo Odin Dragonfly and celtic band Stout Boots.
Angela also performs with Leather'o (think Raggle Taggle Gypsy; "… put on her suit of Leather-o"), an eastern-European gypsy/Alt-Celtic group who have received great critical acclaim and warm reception from audiences at festivals and venues across the UK.
As well as these regular commitments Angela is often called upon for studio sessions and one-off live performances by highly regarded artists and groups including Fish (Communion live album), Blackmore's Night, fellow flautist Thijs van Leer and York Symphony Orchestra.
You can read more about Angela Gordon on her website. Angela is endorsed by Pearl Flutes.
Click on the buttons, below, to download arrangements by Garland of Flutes member Angela Gordon:
Quartet No. 4 – William Shield
This is an arrangement for three C flutes and alto flute.
(there is currently no full score for this arrangement)
A Pearl for Rosalind – Bizet/Hook
This was an arrangement commissioned by David Grice for his wife, Ros, a member of the quartet, on the occasion of their 30th wedding anniversary.
Parts: coming soon!
A Winter Wedding
Angela composed this piece for the wedding of fellow Garland of Flutes member Lindsey Woods in December 2014. The quartet performed it at the wedding reception where they were the first of seven bands to play. The Garland of Flutes was one of only two of the seven bands that Lindsey's son Jack did not play in.
Score in sibelius:
Coming Soon:
O Come All Ye Faithful
Away in a Manger
O Little Town of Bethlehem


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We have worked closely with the FMCSA, Commercial Driver Training Schools of all types, the Trucking Industry and Safety Professionals dedicated to increasing driver capability and increasing safety through participating in the development of meaningful public policy.
There was a void of a true assessment tool to completely evaluate the training for Entry Level Truck Drivers. The Foundation undertook development of the assessment tool in order to fill that void. The Focus of the assessment tool is what should be the overall goal of any training requirement for entry-level commercial drivers – increased highway safety. Prior to the creation of the validated assessment tool by CDTF, there was no scientifically proven way to assess the knowledge and skills required to prove a mastery of the subjects contained in the Model Curriculum.
The Commercial Driver Training Foundation, Inc. recognized the need for a comprehensive assessment tool that could measure the knowledge and skills in all areas contained in the "Model Curriculum." The Current Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Entry Level Truck Driver Training specifically asked whether a performance-based alternative to the proposed hours-based approach was possible. CDTF has created a validated assessment tool that addresses this issue, and the test was submitted to FMCSA as a response to this question.
The Performance Test, developed by the CDTF represents, for the first time, a broad consensus on performance measures which has (to date) been lacking.
- The test is based on 102 specific Performance Standards developed by a panel of 45 subject matter experts from training schools and trucking companies
- These performance Standards were reduced to a comprehensive test based on the "Evidence Centered Design" approach developed by Educational Testing Services, Inc.
- ETS administers the SAT, GRE and other recognized national tests
- The Performance /test involves written and skills tests as appropriate
- The test has been reviewed by subject matter experts from schools and motor carriers, and a pilot test has been conducted to ensure that it adequately relates testing to the subjects proposed in the Proposed Rule.
Upon completion of the development of the test and the pilot testing project, all materials were submitted to Prometric, Inc. for review. Prometric is a subsidiary of Educational Testing Services, Inc. Prometric actually administers tests to a wide range of government entities and private businesses worldwide.
"Prometric provides testing and assessment services in `135 countries to over 450 clients and is the sole provider of exams for such high caliber clients such as Association of American Medical Colleges, the National Board of Medical Examiners, Johns Hopkins University, the College Board, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. The company has government contracts in Ireland, England and Saudi Arabia, and federal and state contracts in the United States. Exclusive clients in the technology market include IBM, Microsoft Learning, Oracle and Sun Microsystems."
The review of the developmental procedures was conducted by Dr. Linda Waters of Prometric. Dr. Waters was asked to review the process used to develop the performance measures that underpinned the test; the development of the specific test question; and the administration of the "pilot test" project. She was asked to determine whether the methodology known as "Evidence Centered Design had been followed consistently, and thus whether the resulting test was a valid measure of the knowledge and skills standards developed by the subject matter experts. Dr. Waters also commented on models for delivering knowledge assessments, preparing test examiners for test administrations, determining a passing point, reporting scores, maintaining test taker data files, ongoing analysis of results, and considerations for future development.
It is well established in academe that different students have different learning aptitudes (e.g. they do not all learn at the same pace.) The whole premise of the performance based approach advocated by CDTF is that the student can demonstrate that he or she has actually learned the material and is capable of performing the requisite skills necessary to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle on the highways.
By definition, students seeking a Commercial Driver's License to enable them to operate in interstate commerce are adult learners. It is well recognized in the academic community that adult learners learn material in ways that differ from younger learners. The learning experience for adult learners allows them to draw on previous life experiences; thus they generally respond better to being shown "how to" rather than a survey-type course. Unlike younger students being exposed to material for the first time, adult learners learn at a pace that is unique to the individual.
There is a strong temptation to count the number of hours that a student spends in school and equate those hours to the acquisition of knowledge and skills; however that temptation should be resisted because it is a flawed approach. Counting the inputs does not take into account the quality of the teaching materials or instructors, the aptitude of the individual student or an assessment of the outcome of the educational effort.
CDTF appreciates the opportunity to present its material and respectfully requests that FMCSA adopt the comprehensive, content validated written and performance objectives and assessment that were submitted as an attachment to its initial comments as a means of assessing entry-level drivers. The Foundation would be pleased to have the opportunity to work with FMCSA on resolving any remaining issues.


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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
EMDR is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from symptoms and emotional distress that are a result of disturbing life events/ trauma. It works by the client tracking the therapists hand with their eyes which dual processes information within the brain. I offer this to both adults and children.
SFBT (Solution Focused Brief Therapy):
This approach focuses on a person's present and future circumstances and targets realistic goal setting. This can be offered to adults, children or whole families.
BA (Behaviour Activation):
This is used a lot to treat depression and anxiety and is similar to CBT approaches. It focuses on goal setting and looks at patterns within thought processes. This can be offered to adults and children.


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MONDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER – Wife of the first Chief Minister, Allahyarham Tun Fuad Stephens, Toh Puan Rahimah Stephens advised the young generations to emphasise on knowledge and learning to face the coming challenges.
According to her, university students should understand today's life pattern that needed action more than theory learned during their study.
"When you have all graduated, don't be too proud of yourselves. You are nobody until you can live independently," she said.
She said this at a meeting with Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Media recently.
Touching on Malaysia Day, Toh Puan said that today's challenges was to make the youngsters understand the meaning of Malaysia.
"This must be explained to all Malaysians especially the young generation and interior community who might still be confused and not clear about the whole point, so that they will not wander away with all the slander and incitement based on personal agenda," she added.
She also invited all community to make Malaysia a prosperous and peaceful country without hoping for assistance from outsiders.
"Make Malaysia a country that can give happiness to us all. No one will help make our country better but we ourselves," she pointed out. – ZMD (fl)
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~ Jennifer Hough (Tweetable)
Don't you love your peeps? The ones who remember you even when you forget? The ones who see you? The ones who will work through all misunderstandings because they know all there is in the end, is love?
Ah, soul family! Providing the environment of non-judgment and, therefore, the freedom to get on with creating.
And as for you:
- I wonder how many others you could be that person for?
- I wonder how many there are for whom you have already been this person?
- I wonder, if we all took on those characteristics, how much more Heaven we would experience together, beyond judgment?
Are ya catching my drift?
With Love,
Jennifer xoxoxo
P. S. I love seeing and being seen, don't you?
If this resonates for you, maybe it will for your friends, too…


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5:45 am and I am sitting on the train on the way to the office.
I got into this habit of going to work at the @ss crack of dawn when I was still under the employ of Siemens. If one wanted to get any significant work done, one would have to come into the office well before the masses. The routine was fairly simple. Arrive at the office at 5:00 am (or earlier). Work on emails, estimates, paperwork, etc until 8:00 am or so, spend of the rest of the day on sales calls, customer visits, etc, then return to the office or go home. A lot of us would come back to the office in the late afternoon because, similar to the early morning hours, one could get a significant amount of work done after everyone has left for the day. Granted, these hours made for some long days, but in Sales, you chart your own course to success. I would see some of the guys in the office at 4:00 am and stay until well past 6:00 pm.
What I had come to appreciate from that experience was the amount of work that can be completed in the absence of distraction. It's a lesson that was lost when I worked for Toll, when, near the end of my tenure, there was not enough work to keep me busy in the course of a normal eight-hour work day, let alone enough work to support an early morning arrival. Just for the record, lest anyone think I was mailing it in while at Toll, my last year of employment coincided with the onset of the downfall of the housing market. I was on the cusp of what would come to be a massive layoff that would happen in waves over the next six months. I proceeded to make my exit prior to that. When I started at Toll, my group, Engineering, had 15 engineers and architects (who supported the engineers). There are now 2 engineers. I figure that I would have gone within the first three months after I had left. My boss went in/ around that time frame and I presume that I would have followed him not soon after.
So, as of late, I have been arriving at the office around 7 and in some cases, like today, earlier. About a month ago I did a stint of about four days where I was in as early as 4:45 am. My company gives each employee the opportunity to do something called "Summer Hours" which is a format that many other companies have adopted. The employee works four nine-hour days, and then takes a half day on Friday. I do not participate in the program. The point of me coming in early is to get more work done. Taking a half day on Friday seems like a waste of those hours. I will admit, however, that I have left early for the day on occasion because I have come into the office early, but that's the exception, not the rule.
One of the things that I have been omitting from my various blog entries is my knee issues. As mentioned in previous entries, I have had knee pain for the last 10 months. I had gone through physical therapy with an ART specialist, to no avail. I took time off, to no avail. Since nothing seemed to have worked, and the pain is annoying at best, I decided to "run through it."
I am happy to report that the pain has not gotten worse, but it hasnt gotten better, which would be expected, since I am not doing anything proactively to remedy the situation. I am running in a new pair of shoes, and I have noticed that the pain does not seem to be as intense when running. A good pair of shoes goes along way. Additionally, as I run, the knee gets "warmed up" and the pain usually disappears (for the most part) once I get into the heart of the run.
Originally, I was diagnosed with patella tendonitis and/ or patella sublexation. Patella sublexation is the dislocation of the tracking of the knee cap within its "groove" in the knee joint. Originally, the pain was directly on top of my knee cap. For whatever reason, the pain has now migrated to the outside of my knee cap. My research indicates that the location of the pain is indicative of iliotibial band syndrome. You can google it, or accept my brief and more than likely flawed explanation. The iliotibial band is a tendon that passes just on the outside of the thigh and connects just below the knee. When the band becomes tight, it tends to pull the knee out of alignment and rubs against the outside of the knee, hence the pain. With any type of inflammation injury, warming up the muscle loosens up the tightness, which subseqnr
Its a fairly common runners injury. Most people recommend RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Rest means no running. Oi. There are numerous stretching and exercise protocols that can also help with the syndrome, and I am going to explore those. I will not stop running. I'll see what the next step is after the PRD.


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Project management software maker Basecamp has launched a feature-packed hosted email service, called Hey -- which they tout as taking aim at the traditional chaos and clutter of the email inbox.
Two years of work comes alive today. Couldn't be more proud of our team. It wasn't easy, but it was incredibly fun. And today we get to show the world what we've been working on. Email's new heyday is here. HEY: https://t.co/Qyp1WsIIly
— Jason Fried (@jasonfried) June 15, 2020
Hey includes a built in screener that asks users to confirm whether or not they want to receive email from a new address. Inbound emails a Hey user has consented to are then triaged into different trays -- with a central "imbox" ("im" standing for important) containing only the comms the user specifies as important to them; while newsletters are intended to live a News Feed style tray, called The Feed, (where they're automatically displayed partially opened for easy casual reading); and email receipts are stacked in a for-reference 'Paper Trail' inbox view.
Other notable features include baked in tracking pixel blocking (with Hey acting like a VPN and sharing its own IP address with trackers, rather than email senders learning yours when you open a mail with embedded trackers); a handy looking attachment library that lets you view all attachments you've ever received in one searchable place; and a 'Reply Later' feature that lets you tag emails you want to follow up on, teeing them up in a stack -- clicking a 'Focus & Reply' button then displays all stacked emails in a single page so you can take a one-hit run at replying to everything you teed up earlier.
The software is the literal opposite of an MVP -- with all sorts of organizational workflow style hacks baked in at launch, such as the ability to merge different email threads; rename email subjects; set up notifications for individual contacts; take clippings from within emails to save to a reference library; and attach your own sticky notes to keep further tabs on emails you may want to revisit or remember.
Some other salient points: Hey is not free (they're offering a free 14 day trial but pricing thereafter is a flat $99 per year, billed in one go, for 100GB storage; NB: certain vanity email addresses may cost you more); Hey is not end-to-end encrypted (they make an up front promise that they're not data mining your inbox but they do hold the keys to access your info); Hey does not support IMAP or POP, so Basecamp is giving the middle finger to standard email protocols -- instead you're tethered to using only Hey's apps forever (hence they have apps for web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android right now); nor can you import email from another webmail service.
Asked by a Twitter user about the lack of support for IMAP, Basecamp CTO David Heinemeier Hansson confirmed it will never be supported, writing that: "Our changes to email requires the vertical integration we've done."
Nope. Our changes to email required the vertical integration we've done. HEY will only ever work with its own apps.
— DHH (@dhh) June 16, 2020
While custom domains are not available at launch, Heinemeier Hansson noted they are coming "later this year". Also on the slate for the same timeframe: Hey for Business.
Right now, Basecamp is limiting sign ups to the free trial of Hey via a wait list plus invite system. As of yesterday, it said there were more than 50,000 people on the wait list -- warning it might take "a couple of weeks" before they're ready to accept direct sign-ups.
In the meanwhile, for anyone keen on a closer look at Basecamp's reorganized spin on email, founder and CEO, Jason Fried, has recorded the below video for a walk through tour of Hey's features...


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We will open at 11 am on Tuesday, Payne has a Sports Assembly at 10. Sorry ladies, you will have to wait an hour longer than normal but I know it will be worth the wait!
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks to Hallie, Lisa, Shelly, Nan and Ann-Denise for a wonderful
Saturday- wait til you see what they created and what Ann-Denise has in store for March! Thanks also to Mike, we are thrilled you are healthy - You are our favorite bookworm.


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Trump says he's been 'a little bit divisive' in GOP race
This photo provided by ABC shows guest Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, with host Jimmy Kimmel, on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Los Angeles. The ABC show airs every weeknight, 11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET. (Randy Holmes/ABC via AP)