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As another weekend passes by in a blink! Here are the items I got at Preston's markets. I have been going to Sydney Markets very late, just because Mummaphan has work till 12. So by the time we get there, it's already 1... the time people starts packin' and we have been buying boxes of vegetables for $1 which is heaps cheap!
Anyways, stuff I got over this weekend:
This ring, I got for 50cents from these lovely girls who were selling again today!
And I love them girls! They are so nice :)
However, this ring is round, not flat.. so when wearing, it gets little uncomfortable.
I also picked up these two Mary Kay lippies for $7 each. One for me, one for my mum.
Paradise pink is obviously for me, because I love my pink and Mumma picked Frosted Rose.
I also bought a grey beanie by Forever New for $4 which isn't here with me at the moment ;( But that's all for the week (yes! very less!) and I shall talk to you galz soon!
EDIT: Forgot to include items I didn't mention last week!
There was a lady selling NYX lippies for $1 and I was surprised and excited to see a bunch of them! But she only had in Helio :( Which is a frosty white... Argh~
I picked up one anyways :P
Rimmel 1000 Kisses lip liner for $2 is definitely going in my make-up kit for clients.
Red is definitely a no-no for me :(
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Apple has released an update to its Leapord OS for Macs, bringing it up to version 10.5.3.
Apple claims the update adds features to improve the stability, compatibility and security of the operating system.
Mail, iChat, iCal, Airport are also updated with the patch. Other updates include a fix for stuttering video and audio playback in some USB devices, iTunes Artwork and the addition of RAW support for a number of digital cameras.
Apparently the update also includes improvements for 802.1X behaviour and reliability on AirPort and reliability enhancements on Time Capsule.
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Web of wisdom: A field study of a virtual learning community
Ruth M. Cox, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, United States
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology . Awarded
The Internet creates a unique opportunity for building virtual learning communities. This field study investigated the experiences of 12 adults engaged in a computer-mediated education program using an asynchronous online conference. To reveal what fostered meaningful discourse and transformative learning, the study used an ethnographic participant-observation approach supported by interpretation of online transcripts, fieldnotes, a focus group discussion, questionnaires, and phone interviews. Participants explored aspects of their psychological and spiritual development, sharing their life stories through creative writing and imagery, online and in person for one year. Personal storytelling and virtual group discourse revealed examples of transpersonal experiences, in which the participant's sense of self-identity extended beyond (trans) the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of relatedness to others, the natural world, or the cosmos. Participants reported the importance of pace and flow in online discourse as well as a sense of immersive presence. Sustained online discourse was found to be crucial in observing participatory thought and creating a supportive structure for collaborative learning. Seven key elements that fostered transformative learning are: (1) Combine face-to-face meetings with virtual presence; (2) Establish the container with attention to community size, structure, tone, and intention; (3) Structure the community to be self-creating, self-maintaining, and self-defining through flexible curriculum design and whole-group learning; (4) Encourage the development of in-the-moment self awareness, mindfulness, and immersive presence; (5) Guide risk-taking through shared feelings, life experiences, and reclaimed projections; (6) Welcome humor, improvisation, and creative expression; (7) Share the search for meaning: See all of life and education as a transformational journey. Detailed descriptions of program development, structure, facilitation, and curriculum are offered that could be applied to a range of different lifelong learning settings.
Cox, R.M. Web of wisdom: A field study of a virtual learning community. Ph.D. thesis, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Retrieved September 27, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/116732/.
Citation reproduced with permission of ProQuest LLC.
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The Case for the Truck
The City of Glasgow has sent out a letter of intent to raise funds for a fire appliance asking property owners inside city limits to make an important decision in the coming weeks.
The Glasgow City Council and the Glasgow Fire Department have jointly conducted a comprehensive, detailed fire protection needs assessment of our community. The results of the needs assessment indicate that the city has two unreliable and unsafe fire trucks that need to be replaced. The two trucks are a 1976 pumper truck and a 1988 ladder truck that have served our community beyond their safe and reliable service life. Both trucks require more in repair costs to keep them operating than they are currently worth.
If the Special Improvement District No. 1 for the purchase of an Appliance for Fire Protection is created, the Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Fire Department plan to replace these two trucks with a single fully-functioning, well-maintained, gently-used, pumper truck that also has a ladder on top. The proposed truck will have the ability to service every building in town from small to large. The cost of the used truck the City of Glasgow is searching for is $500,000 as compared to about $800,000 for a new one. Through fundraising efforts in our community, you have helped the Fire Department raise $150,000 to put towards the purchase. The cost to replace both of these trucks, if purchased new, is approximately $1,250,000, making the used dual purpose truck a much more financially responsible option for our community.
By purchasing a truck of this design, it allows us to meet the requirement to maintain the current fire rating which affects your insurance costs. Creating this district will allow property owners to maintain their current level of savings that benefits them. In the event that the Special Improvement District is not created, the result could be an increase of insurance costs as much as 10 percent. As an example a property that would sell today for about $200,000 could result in an insurance cost increase of $120 per year or more. The same property would only pay approximately $15 per year to maintain the current level of fire protection if the measure passes.
The safety of your community and the safety of your neighbors, who serve this community by volunteering their time, are greatly increased by having safer and more reliable equipment. Thank you for considering the proposed Special Improvement District that, if created, will provide your fire department with the tools and equipment it needs to protect the Glasgow community.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact a member of the Glasgow Fire Department.


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We are a couple from the UK, who loves to travel. We set up this blog primarily so our friends and family could follow our travels, but we do hope to inform and inspire other travellers along the way.
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In Great Yarmouth, England, a woman was so upset when she spotted a man walk past her with three dogs, including a tired puppy being dragged down the street on her belly, she videoed the disturbing scene to be used as future evidence.
The five-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier, named Fatsy, shaking, grunting and whining as her owner Robert Loombe dragged the little one down the street. The witness then turned the video over to the police, who tracked the owner down and charged him with animal cruelty.
According to the Mirror, Loombe was fined $400 and was not banned from owning pets in the future, although the Norwich magistrate barred him from owning Fatsy any longer. He pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and also admitted to possessing marijuana, but was not punished for the disturbing the peace offense.
According to witnesses, and Jade Barker who videoed the cruel situation, Loombe reacted angrily to people begging him to stop dragging the puppy along the sidewalk.
"I saw him dragging this poor little puppy behind him. I said that he needed to pick the puppy up and he told me to f*** off," Jade stated. "So I just carried on walking and then saw him still dragging it across the road so its face collided with the high curb. I just thought it was so disgusting so I stood at the side of the Co-op and filmed him for 11 seconds. I was so upset that I was crying my eyes out."
At least five other bystanders approached the dog owner as he dragged the puppy more than 60 yards, but to each person, the nasty man reacted with rage telling people he was training the puppy how to walk on a leash by dragging it stating "you have to be cruel to be kind."
The puppy had been one of a litter of seven puppies Loombe had at his home. At the time of his arrest, the police removed all of the dogs. On his Facebook page, which had garnered intense criticism, has since been closed from public view, he insulted anyone who criticized him, but later apologized.
And as for Fatsy, she suffered a bloodied chin and a police spokesperson stated the mother dog and the puppies were at the Suffolk based Broken Halo Animal Rescue Center. Soon after the puppy's father and two other puppies were brought to the rescue by a member of his family. All five dogs are currently in foster care and are due to be adopted.


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This firm based in South West London offers trainees a less intense lifestyle in the capital, with property, commercial and personal law work on offer.
Please note that due to the impact of Covid-19, the firm has decided to pause its graduate recruitment process and so we cannot take any applications forward at this time. Please keep an eye on our website www.russell-cooke.co.uk/trainees and we will update it as soon as things change.
Ready Steady Russell-Cooke
If Russell-Cooke hadn't bagged these trainees, some of them may have pursued drastically different careers: competitive swimming for example, or running an independent farm business, or perhaps even being an MI5 agent. We mention this because one of the questions on Russell-Cooke's application form is 'If you couldn't work in law, what do you think you would do and why?'. Trainees said their answers "weren't just about becoming an accountant or a barrister – this firm is looking for something a bit different."
What many of these trainees wanted was a "large regional firm with a presence in the South." Move over MI5. It's Russell-Cooke. The firm has been headquartered in Putney since 1906, and has two smaller offices in Kingston and in Holborn in central London. "Most of us trainees are based in Putney," interviewees explained, "and you'll do two or three seats here, then typically one or two elsewhere."
Property is the firm's largest department, accounting for more than a quarter of the firm's turnover. Family and private client work make up roughly another quarter between them, and then litigation is about a fifth. The firm also does corporate, commercial and employment work, and has teams handling charities, regulation, and clinical negligence and personal injury. In London, Chambers UK ranks it top for children work and lower mid-market real estate. Nationally, the firm gets nods for charities, professional discipline and social housing.
Trainees are "put where we're needed" for the first seat. A couple of months in, they'll have a chat with the training partner about where they'd like to move next. They're normally asked to give three or four preferences and sources said "the more senior you become, the more weight preferences carry."
Buy to Pret
Sitting in real estate"is almost a fact of life" at Russell-Cooke. The department has more than 30 solicitors, and clients include big names like Matalan and Pret A Manger, which the firm advised on its lease renewal at King's Cross station. The team also recently handled the real estate aspects of The Gym's £20.6 million acquisition of 13 gyms from easyGym. For trainees, assisting on large matters means "lots of applications to the Land Registry" to register land transactions – "I got really good at banging those out in under 20 minutes," one source confided. The seat is "a nice soft landing" for first-seaters, especially in central London, where trainees have weekly coffees with their NQ mentor: "You take a list of what you're working on, and they check that you're getting the right balance of work." It was different in Putney, where "the onus is on trainees to ask for work, so the first couple of months were incredibly challenging." A plus is that "compared to bigger firms, we have lower-value matters that people let you crack on with yourself." Trainees handle leases and licences for "little shops" from Tooting all the way to Tunbridge Wells. "I did all the client's enquiries and inter-party correspondence on one matter," a trainee told us.
"I started by printing off crime stats for the area."
The property and housing litigation team does both private and legal aid work. Legal aid work includes disrepair claims, evictions and rehousing cases. The team recently did a review of suitability for a client who was housed "in the same block where they had had a traumatic experience. So I started by printing off crime stats for the area covering everything that had happened recently in that square mile." It paid off – "they're gonna be rehoused." The team also recently represented a man with bipolar disorder who had self-medicated with drugs and alcohol, became homeless and then was not seen as a priority case by the council and so ended up on the streets. The firm has also been representing people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire with housing matters. Handling these types of cases "can feel like you're in social work. The client is often quite vulnerable, but it's extremely rewarding." On the private side, the team acts for retail clients, landlords, high net worth individuals and landowners. Recently the team obtained a court order on behalf of the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators for the removal of a group that set up an encampment on the land. Day-to-day trainee tasks include drafting witness statements, court documents and letters of engagement, as well as contacting clients directly, attending meetings and doing doc review.
A seat in family is in high demand; the team works for high net worth individuals on "standard divorce and finance cases" including prenups and postnups. Divorce work can be "quite hands-off if the parties negotiate things between themselves." If not, "we're going to court hearings and negotiating with other solicitors." For a financial hearing, a trainee might be "drafting our brief to counsel, as well as putting together our proposal for a settlement." Other tasks include "analysing bank statements to see where the client is spending money." The group also does both public and private lawchildren work, for instance "disputes about contact or if one partner wants to move the child to another jurisdiction." One trainee assisted on "a case where one party wanted to take their children on holiday to a certain location, and the other party didn't agree."
"I conducted one-hour telephone interviews with clients by myself."
In clinical negligence and personal injury, trainees do both types of work. The former includes cases connected to birth injuries, head injuries, cancer and dentistry. In one case, "a doctor recommended surgery and used equipment that wasn't up to standard." In another case, the firm represented a man seeking over £3 million in damages after he was left paralysed because of misleading advice from hospital reception staff after a blow to the head. Personal injury claims are typically lower in value. For example, the firm handled a £50,000 claim for a woman who sustained a hip injury after she slipped over on a piece of apple in a supermarket. In another somewhat gruesome case the firm represented a man who tore off his finger during a football match when his wedding ring got caught on a fence. Trainees explained: "If there's been an accident, you attend the site to get a better idea of what the client is saying." During all of this "you get to know the client quite well," and one source remembered: "A couple of times I conducted one-hour telephone interviews with clients by myself."
The firm's charities teamhas acted for well-known charities like WWF, the British Heart Foundation, UNICEF and World Vision. Two different sub-teams handle employment and matters; governance is handled by the wider team. Trainees described the department as "a mini one-stop shop for charities." The team recently advised Breast Cancer Now on its £45 million merger with Breast Cancer Care, and also advised the new body appointed to organise London's famous Notting Hill Carnival. On the governance side, trainees had "drafted a new charity's constitutional documents and set them up with the Charity Commission."
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We often hear trainees say that starting a new seat is like starting a new job, but the Russell-Cooke trainees went as far as to say: "It's like starting at another firm! The departments operate almost independently." This was most noticeable when it came to trainee support. While agreeing training was mostly "excellent," a couple of interviewees had had "iffy" experiences with supervisors. Several suggested: "It'd be useful to have a tick-box form to say trainees should be exposed to X, Y and Z type of work for consistency."
Departments also vary when it came to socialising. In Putney, the clinical negligence and personal injury team takes the social butterfly crown, while in Holborn real estate came out top: "Sometimes the partner would email saying, 'Let's all leave at 5pm and go for a drink." Putney's real estate and commercial litigation teams are reportedly "a bit more reserved." But the firm's most recent Christmas party was not. Ithad a circus theme, complete with circus acts and a glitter station "for everyone to get glitter on their face like at a festival." There are also "very popular" clubs to join, whether it's book club, running club, movie club, board game club, cricket club or football club.
Fortunately, trainees' hours leave plenty of time for play. The latest finish we heard of was 8pm in real estate, "and that was only because we had a big lunch planned the next day, so I wanted to get everything done!" Family is also known for having longer hours, but still one trainee said: "I'm generally able to make my evening gym class." Trainees felt their salary was appropriate, explaining: "There's no whip-cracking where you've got to be here at the client's whim."
"It's like an old barristers' chambers, all higgledy-piggledy…"
Putney's open-plan layout made it a "chatty" office, but trainees said the smaller central London office on Bedford Row was "a lot more close-knit." One elaborated: "It's like an old barristers' chambers, all higgledy-piggledy with different rooms and staircases!" The Kingston office overlooks the Thames and is just a short walk from Hampton Court Palace.
When it comes to qualification trainees get a list of NQ jobs they can apply for,but said: "A bit more weight is on us to ask teams if there are opportunities." They were hopeful: "I can't imagine a situation where I wouldn't want to qualify here." If a trainee isn't going to be retained, they'll receive three months' notice so they can begin looking elsewhere. In 2019, the firm retained two out of three qualifiers.
Russell-Cooke set up a diversity network in 2019, which was busy lining events up for Pride at the time of our research.
How to get a Russell-Cooke training contract
Vacation scheme deadline (2020): 21 February 2020 (open 1 November 2019)
Training contract deadlines (2022): 30 June 2020 (open 1 November 2019)
Vacation scheme
Russell-Cooke ran a vac scheme for the first time in 2018. Currently, it's separate from the training contract application process, though training partner Alison Regan says the two may be rolled into one process in the future. Vac scheme hopefuls start by applying online. Those who pass the first application sift are invited to do a Skype interview with a senior associate. You're then offered a place on the scheme or not.
As the firm runs two, week-long schemes with six places each there are a total of 12 spots up for grabs. Vac schemers are overseen by a senior associate and can expect to move around two to three different departments. The week ends with an interview with Regan and Jonathan Thornton, the firm's managing partner. Interviewees who wow are fast-tracked past the initial application phase of the training contract process. Those who really amaze may even be offered a training contract on the spot.
Training contract applications
Like the vac scheme application, the training contract process starts with candidates making an online application. However, gone is the Skype interview in favour an in-person one-on-one partner interview. Around 40 candidates were interviewed in 2018 and interviews are conducted by eight different partners who then shortlist people for a second interview. That second interview is essentially an assessment centre. It consists of a letter-writing exercise based around a case study on a fictitious firm, followed by a round-table discussion. "Everyone is encouraged to give their views and we guide the discussion around issues in the study," says Regan. It is not all hard graft though, as applicants also get to meet current trainees over lunch for what the firm describes as 'a warts-and-all view'. The final hurdle is an interview with Regan, Thornton and a private client partner, though Regan assures us that "it really is just a 20-minute chat – it's not intended to be terribly probing or challenging." Of potentially 12 to 24 final interviewees Russell-Cooke offers training contracts to nine or ten individuals a year.
Trainee profile
To match its mix of practices Russell-Cooke seems to look for candidates from a mix of backgrounds, some of which break the traditional mould. Looking at our trainee interviewees this certainly rings true with a range of prior careers and varied pasts represented, including a few who didn't attend Russell Group universities. That being said, the firm is not averse to candidates who've taken the traditional route. Regan says applicants will stand out "if they are interesting, easy to communicate with and will give something a go even if they feel out of their depth."
Interview with training partner Alison Regan
Chambers Student: Which practice areas are doing particularly well at the moment? Are there any significant developments from the last year that you'd like our student readers to know about?
Alison Regan: Our family law department which straddles all three offices – Putney, Bedford Row, and Kingston – is doing phenomenally well. It is always busy: the team deals with a whole range of family law from child abduction to very high net worth divorces. My own team [trust and estate disputes] has been very busy dealing with some high net worth individuals in cross-border succession disputes. Samantha Little in the children department is gaining a name dealing with surrogacy work, particularly with cross-border surrogacy issues. Real estate is storming ahead with some very high value purchases on the commercial property front. And our education team is growing from strength to strength. We are still very busy acting for some of the Grenfell victims and families on personal injury and social housing issues.
CS: What should students know about the firm's strategy and what it wants to achieve over the next few years?
Alison: With Brexit hanging over everyone's head it's quite hard to know, but our strategy continues to be one of organic growth. We're not particularly planning any mergers or dramatic developments like that. Financially we're a very solid firm. We have no debt which means we have the freedom to make our own decisions about the future of the firm. We've always been a firm that wherever possible will support entrepreneurialism – the creation of new areas of work if there's a business need. For example, our education team, headed by Eva Akins, started a few years ago. Eva is really busy and it's growing all the time. The firm will allow people to develop their areas of interest where there's a business need and scope to do so, and we will continue to do that. We will also continue to commit a proportion of our time to doing legal aid/public funding work as ensuring access to justice is core to who we are as a firm.
CS: You mentioned Brexit – has it been affecting the volume or type of work the firm is doing at the moment?
Alison: Brexit may have had an impact on some of the property departments. There's no denying that residential in particular has slowed down a bit as people are waiting to see what happens. Corporate areas may have moved into different areas of expertise because again, people are waiting to see what kind of Deal or No Deal there'll be. We are a very well-balanced firm with a large number of our lawyers working in contentious areas of practice. That means we are pretty well buffered against economic downturns. Our private client and family areas are still doing very well.
CS: What sort of person thrives at the firm?
Alison: Someone who is independently minded, hardworking and enthusiastic, and willing to get chucked into the deep end and take responsibility. But also someone who isn't afraid to say, 'Hey, I need a bit of guidance here,' or to ask for some direction on a task they've been given. But really people who thrive here are those that have a lot of enthusiasm and energy but take control of their own work.
CS: Anything else to add?
Alison: We believe that we pretty much stand alone in terms of what we can offer to trainees in terms of seat choices. There are few firms that can offer the range of experience that we do.Our seatrotation is a very flexible process. I speak to trainees two or three months into their seat about where they want to go next and I try to accommodate their preferences as much as possible, depending on whether they're going into their second, third or fourth seat. We obviously have a qualifying policy, but we recruit to try and keep our trainees wherever possible.
8 Bedford Row,
Website www.russell-cooke.co.uk
2 Putney Hill,
Bishop's Palace House,
Kingston Bridge,
- Partners: 61
- Associates: 99
- Total trainees: 20
- UK offices: Putney, Bedford Row, Kingston
- Contacts
- Graduate recruiter: Tess Morley
- Training partner: Alison Regan
- Application criteria
- Training contracts pa: 9-10
- Applications pa: Approx 300
- Minimum required degree grade: 2:1
- Minimum UCAS points or A levels: AAB (excluding general studies)
- Vacation scheme places pa: 12
- Dates and deadlines
- Training contract applications open: 1 November 2019
- Training contract deadline, 2021 start: 30 June 2020
- Vacation scheme applications open: 1 November 2019
- Vacation scheme 2019 deadline: 21 February 2020
- Salary and benefits
- First-year salary: £38,000
- Second-year salary: £39,500
- Post-qualification salary: Dependent on department
- Holiday entitlement: 22 days
- Sponsorship
- LPC fees: Capped sponsorship up to £10,000 plus offer of interest-free loan up to £5,000 repayable out of salary
- GDL fees: Maintenance grant
- International and regional
- Offices with training contracts: Putney, Kingston, Bedford Row
- Client secondments: Dependent on department
**Please note that due to the impact of Covid-19, the firm has decided to pause its graduate recruitment process and so we cannot take any applications forward at this time. Please keep an eye on our website www.russell-cooke.co.uk/trainees and we will update it as soon as things change.
Firm profile
Main areas of work
Training opportunities
Vacation scheme
There are 12 placements available across our London offices for two week-long schemes. You will be paid £500 per week.
• Spring Vacation Scheme 1: 23-27 March 2020
• Spring Vacation Scheme 2: 30 March – 3 April 2020
Other benefits
University law careers fairs 2019
Social media
Facebook: russellcookesolicitors
Email: [email protected]
We are holding an event for junior/aspiring lawyers: Navigating the barriers: tips for aspiring BAME lawyers and was wondering if you could advertise this from the Chambers student account/website. Paulette Mastin (chair of Black Solicitors Network (BSN)) and Stephanie Boyce (deputy vice president of the Law Society) speaking as well as other guest panellists.
More information is available here: https://www.russell-cooke.co.uk/insight/events/2020/navigating-the-barriers-tips-for-aspiring-bame-lawyers/
This Firm's Rankings in
UK Guide, 2019
Ranked Departments
London (Firms)
- Children: Cross-Border Disputes (Band 3)
- Children: Public Law Matters (Band 1)
- Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant (Band 3)
- Crime (Band 2)
- Family/Matrimonial (Band 3)
- Planning Recognised Practitioner
- Real Estate Litigation (Band 4)
- Real Estate: Lower Mid-Market (Band 1)
- Charities (Band 3)
- Professional Discipline (Band 3)
- Social Housing: Tenants (Band 3)


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In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Comcast and VetsinTech unveiled a new Technology Resource Center at Sacramento's Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 67. The new Technology Resource Center will allow Sacramento-area veterans to learn and refine their digital skills to further their education and careers. VetsinTech is a national organization dedicated to connecting veterans to new technology and supporting their re-integration.
As part of the 18th annual Comcast Cares Day, Comcast volunteers cleaned, painted and refurbished the facility. Comcast equipped and furnished the new Technology Resource Center with high-speed internet, computers, printers and other technology equipment.
Comcast contributed $50,000 to VetsinTech for renovations, hardware, software and furnishings at the VFW to help make the new technology center a reality. The donation will provide digital literacy training for the veterans at the facility and will also support the launch of the VetsinTech Sacramento chapter.
As part of the grand opening, Comcast, VetsinTech and VFW Post 67 were joined by California Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary Russell Atterberry and Sacramento's Vice Mayor Eric Guerra at an event to celebrate the unveiling of the new Technology Resource Center powered by Comcast.
"We are pleased that, with the support of Comcast and VetsinTech, we will be able to offer our local veterans invaluable skills in tech that can further their education and careers. Giving veterans access to equipment and trainings will give them the tools they need to advance their careers. We are thrilled to be a part of that," said Jake Hughins, VFW Post 67 Junior Vice Commander.
During the event, Comcast demonstrated Internet Essentials, the nation's largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program for eligible veterans and low-income Americans. Internet Essentials provides low-cost, high-speed Internet service for $9.95 a month plus tax, the option to purchase an Internet-ready computer for under $150 and multiple options to access free digital literacy training in print, online and in person.
"We are humbled and honored to equip VetsinTech's first ever Sacramento Tech Resource Center, and to offer a range of digital literacy training opportunities. This VetsinTech Resource Center, along with Comcast's Internet Essentials program, will provide veterans with the tools and resources necessary to develop their digital skills," said Philip Arndt, Government Affairs Director of Comcast.
VetsinTech is a national organization based and founded in San Francisco that supports veterans and connects them the technology ecosystem. VetsinTech supports current and returning military members and their spouses with re-integration services. The organization brings together a tech-specific network, resources and programs for veterans interested in education, entrepreneurship and employment.
"We are honored to open our first VetsinTech chapter in Sacramento and provide technology for this community's veterans. We support veterans through re-integration by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem, and that's exactly what this new resource center will do for Sacramento's veterans," said Katherine Webster, VetsinTech Founder and Executive Director.


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A Great Summer Move!
A local family of five need to move from their suburban Portland home to a new house on Phoenix. It was important that the move happen in July as the three kids of the family would be starting school in August. ITS Global Relocation helped the family make the stress free. With typical family items like, bicycles, ski's, and other sporting gear, to larger items like canoes and a play-set.
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Following the board meeting which took place on Monday, February 7, and a constructive discussion the following day between general manager Rik van den Boog, Ajax's Board of Directors, and Johan Cruijff, three sounding board groups have been assigned to give advice to Ajax's club leadership.
The existing financial commission from the Board will become the sounding board for financial issues. The group now consists of Hein Blocks, Roger van Boxtel, Kees Timmerman and Leo van Wijk. Jeroen Slop and Joop Krant will chair this board on behalf of Ajax's management and Board of Directors.
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Play'n'Pay contracts for players like Owen Hargreaves would be very good to see.
1. The scouting and training should really be remade - There are some good suggestions here. 2. Better transfer campaigns by AI, especially in post-USSR and post-Yugoslavia countries. 3. Coaching interactions (smth like player interactions, but more training-based interaction with coaches), better boardroom interaction, better media interaction (new questions is a MUST, too boring with old and same stuff) 4. Some new stuff in 3D - new celebrations, virtual trophy presentations 5. Casual press-conferences and interviews - I won against a big team and a local newspaper wants to take an interview (not pre/postmatch, just an interview for a fottball magazine) - this would help the manager increase media handling and gain more fans 6. Coaching training courses - good suggestions here 7. Better financial summary - I don't understand what are Other Expenditures and how to decrease them. Maybe even some suggestions from the board to me and from me to the board on this issue - more kits to sell (merchendise), we need to play better to attract more fans to the stadium. 8. More on fans - there should a better formula (or whatever there is now) to get more fans to the stadium, not just by gaining reputation or fan days. 9. Tactics - an idea to join together the new and old tactics builder - with roles (Advanced Playmaker - Defend) and arrows (like in the old FMs). 10. Try to make the 3D Engine better
1. Coaching courses. How should it work: I have a coach with Attacking ability 12. Once a year there is a course somewhere in the world. I send him and pay 500k pounds for this. He returnes after a week and his Attacking ability is 13 or remains 12 (depends on his professionalism and character). If the startinf ability is less than 12 - the price should be smaller (400k for example). I think you understand the idea. 2. New questions/answers in all interactions 3. New goal celebrations 4. Better 3D Engine (too many chances of NOT scoring when hitting the woodwork, defenders of world class sometimes don't perform the "Press more") 5. New leagues (at last!). What's the problem? You don't even have to do massive research, players are already in the db, just make the transfers for the teams and that's all. 6. The "Green injury" problem. A player gets a knock and info "Make sub - Keep him on the pitch". I press "Keep on" but after 2-3 seconds I receive that he can't continue and the Tactics screen appears for me to make a sub. Find a way to make this moment more comfortable please. 7. Better transfers by AI. I am from Ukraine. I played in FM for 2 seasons (all leagues loaded and 300000 players) - I saw that Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk did not buy a single player for 2 full seasons! Shocking... There's also a problem with signing good players in Ukraine and Russia - teams who play in CL and EL (Shakhtar, Dynamo, Zenith, CSKA Moscow etc) often sell/loan good players and if they buy someone - he is s*it for the first team... I d'know, maybe you should try and make their reputation higher or what... This is a problem. 8. Remaking the training. This is an idea that is not possible to be in FM13 (I think). What have we now - default training "programs" for players (Defenders, Midfielders, Attackers etc) and a tool to create our own training programs. Good but not enough. I want to see day-to-day training programs. Sunday - physics, athletisism. Monday - tactics, technigue. Tuesday - defending, defensive positioning, Wednesday - Set pieces. Thursday - Watching opposition's matches to see their weaknesses. You get me, right? This is more like IRL, but I understand that this is really hard to make in FM. More to come from me...
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Subaru have announced details of the 2018 Liberty.
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The dashboard looks very similar to the 2018 Outback. The StarLink infotainment system supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Rear seat passengers can access a dual USB ports. Higher spec cars include navigation, electric heated front seats, sunroof, folding mirrors, keyless entry, leather trim and a surround view monitor.
The Liberty range offers Subaru Eyesight safety package including lane keeping assist, pedestrian detection and avoidance, pre collision braking assist and adaptive cruise control.
The engines have been tweaked and 2.5L 4 cylinder produces 129kW and 235Nm and the 3.6L boxer 6 cylinder produces 191kW and 350Nm. Other tweaks have been made to the set up to improve the driving experience. For example the shock absorbers are designed to minimise body roll.


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Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie or simply the mystery queen and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1976 and in the US by Dodd, Mead, and Company later in the same year.The book features Miss Marple. It was the last Christie novel, published posthumously, although not the last one Christie wrote featuring Miss Marple. The story is set in the 1930s, though written during the Second World War. She aids a young couple who choose to uncover events in the wife's past life, and not let sleeping murder lie.This is a work of detective fiction. There are over 70 books of Agatha Christie and some of them were dramatized and some of them were famous play of all.
In this fiction, the main characters are newly wed and are enthusiastic couple named Gwenda and Giles. When they wanted to move to London to settle down, Gwenda alone moved and acquired house where she could feel some startling coincidences happened and some of the reaction by Gwenda shows that she was under miserable, queer and imbalance thought.
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Most large enterprises are not solely focused on mobile apps as key success factors. Instead, they often treat them as tools for business development, marketing, or ancillary customer touchpoints. Nevertheless, change comes quickly in the world of mobile technology. Experiences on the web and trends in design shift slowly by comparison, while mobile embodies a constant stream of new features and apps. Customer expectations on ubiquity, consistency, and intuitiveness are constantly advancing, and it takes a lot of effort to predict where and when the next big disruption will land.
One thing is certain — disruptions will land given the explosion of mobile initiatives in the past years.
If we take a moment to look at the latest statistics, we see a stable upward curve depicting the global presence of mobile. For just four years, the number of internet users having a smartphone has grown by 14 percentage points to 95% in 2019, as per a GlobalWebIndex report. PC/laptop ownership, which stood above mobile in 2015, has in comparison now dropped to 70% from 88%.
This is, however, not to imply that mobile technology will be the end of the web. In 2019, the time users spend online is almost equally divided between their smartphones and their PCs/laptops — around three and a half hours a day. The point is rather that mobile is now a force to be reckoned with for businesses if they aim to be well-prepared for the challenges of the day.
So the logical question is: how do they do that?
The answer is actually pretty straightforward (not to be confused with simple) — through a carefully devised mobile strategy. Enterprises large and small can protect against brand damage and business disruption in the mobile space by formulating and executing a cohesive enterprise mobile strategy.
1. Make Sure Your Business Is Ready
Once a company has caught on to how advantageous potential exposure to the mobile space can be, the journey has only just begun. Even enterprises with mature IT and software development organizations have stumbled when venturing into the app space. Nevertheless, there are several key groundwork steps that can ensure that your enterprise is prepared for the work ahead.
- Product vs. Tool: What do you need mobile instruments to do for your business — will they be revenue-generating products or cost-controlling tools? What do you want them to do — show off innovation or disrupt a legacy business model? Are there already tools you could buy to fulfill part or all of your purposes? Blue-sky brainstorming sessions predicated on questions like "What if…?" and "How might we…?" can lead directly to actionable ideas for enterprises in many industries.
- Competitive Analysis: What are your competitors doing in the mobile space? Are they offering best-in-class mobile tools to their customers, or are they adopting a defensive stance toward the space? When looking into what direction your enterprise shall go and how competitors are faring on the mobile front, you will come to deal with rather crowded app stores. In this sense, it is all the more essential to develop a precise concept of how your application(s) will fit in what's already there.
- Enterprise Readiness: Building a mobile app is one challenge. Supporting and managing it is another. Ensure that your organization is set up for both by mapping skills and gaps in technology as well as subject matter expertise from your product ownership team.
2. Understand Your Audience
Not every mobile app needs to be the Next Big Thing in your app marketplace of choice. Like any digital project, the key is understanding the purpose, ROI, and key performance indicators of the project before designing and building the application.
This means that having a crystal-clear vision of the app's intended audience is critically important. For most enterprises, the first question in audience analysis is whether the app will serve an internal or external audience.
Internal audiences differ in several important ways from the world outside the company's walls. These ultimately come down to different layers of control for the company:
- Control Over Business Model: Internal tools can improve efficiency and operational awareness, driving costs down and reinforcing existing business models. Externally facing apps, however, present a host of issues for brand managers, product owners, and business leaders. These issues revolve around the boogeyman of modern digital business: DISRUPTION. Once an app is "in the wild", it is fair game for competitors and aspirants to draw inspiration and think about how they can do better. Smaller, more nimble companies can achieve competitive economic scale at breakneck speed with products centered around mobile experiences. Larger enterprises need to make relatively huge investments to maintain relevance and competitiveness in the marketplace, lest their business model be disrupted completely.
- Control Over User Interactions: With an internal audience, the company can dictate the purpose of the app and the user's interactions with it as a condition of employment. External audiences are a consumer, rather than a producer, of the company's product, and have a less controllable stake in a mobile experience related to it. This means that features for internal audiences can afford to lean on usage manuals and user training, while external audiences' expectations of intuitive interactions and gestures must be respected.
- Control Over Device Profiles: The major equipment manufacturers (Samsung, LG, Huawei, Motorola, etc.) and software platform providers (Apple and Google) have come a long way in standardizing interactions between software and hardware components in mobile computing. However, when building for an internal audience the enterprise still has a greater degree of control over which devices employees will use. The most obvious example is dictating whether an app is built for Google's Android or Apple's iOS platform, but hardware specifications have a role to play as well. Conversely, careful audience analysis is required when building an app for public consumption to determine which platforms and devices are used by the target audience and how best to encourage download and adoption.
Case Study: Uber/Lyft
Uber and Lyft are two of the best-known industry disruptors centered around mobile apps. In completely changing the taxi industry, their businesses function under a disintermediation model, reducing friction between consumers and car rides in one direction and providing their drivers with a way to monetize the rentable capacity of their property (cars).
The companies' apps are carefully tuned system integrations, linking GPS networks, messaging protocols, and pricing algorithms. They have created seamless experiences for two distinct audiences — drivers, who need notifications about riders to pick up, and riders, who need a ride that's as easy as entering a destination and pressing a button.
The companies spend an immense amount of time and effort ensuring that their mobile experiences work consistently and intuitively on all major software and hardware platforms in support of a truly global audience.
3. Start Getting It Done
Once these pieces are in place, your business can start designing, building, and deploying mobile apps.
Done! Right? Well, not quite. Mobile technology expresses the modern reality that software is never truly complete.
Creating and sticking to a product management cadence is the single most important element of an enterprise mobile strategy. This cadence requires attention to the rhythm of changes in the mobile ecosystem — software platforms publish major-version updates in the fall along with flagship phone releases. Minor-version updates in the spring address out-of-band issues and features. APIs and tools are frequently updated or deprecated. Any of these changes can cause unintended behavior or disruption in apps that are not kept up to date. Aligning ongoing product management efforts around them provides the enterprise with a straightforward way to manage platform evolution and feature development on apps themselves.
It was only a few years ago when venturing into the world of apps meant simply adapting your desktop or web interface to a mobile version. Now, we've switched to a mobile-first (and user-first) logic where mobile is the foundation around which you can build future opportunities. With the above-named tools and approaches in hand, you can start thinking big about distinguishing your business from competitors and disrupting entire industries. Mobile technology can indeed be a vehicle for business enablement across the enterprise, but make sure your business has a sound strategic grounding first.
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PARIS — Sara Errani's streak held on Friday as she and Roberta Vinci of Italy won a rain-interrupted French Open women's doubles final at Roland Garros against Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
The score was 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Errani broke into smiles as she accepted a trophy with her best friend, Vinci.
Errani faces Maria Sharapova of Russia in the women's singles final on Saturday.
One key game helped the winners turn around the match at the start of the third set. Leading 1-0, Petrova and Kirilenko held three break points on Vinci's serve. A lost serve here could have been disastrous for the Italians. But Errani and Vinci patiently worked themselves back into the game, won it, and began a surge that took them to 4-1, in sight of victory.
The Russians broke Vinci's serve but then found themselves down three break points. Errani won the first break point with an assist from Vinci, who angled the ball to one side. When Petrova bobbled the return, Errani slugged it for a winner. The Italians were at the door.
Shrugging off a break point at 5-2, Errani and Vinci held a match point when Vinci's poaching backhand volley flew between the Russians. Petrova's forehand sailed long and the Italians had won.
It wasn't easy. With both teams struggling at the outset to take command, Errani and Vinci held a break point at 4-4 in the first set but couldn't convert it. Errani, bouncing with energy, slugged a forehand return wide and deep.
Then Kirilenko poached and missed a volley. In a point-blank shootout, Errani flinched, sending a lob over the baseline. She waved her racket at the sky and shook her head in dismay.
But Vinci kept the pair in the game with a running forehand volley into the corner. Neither side was gaining an edge.
Net cords bedeviled Errani and Vinci, seeded fourth, twice winding up inside their court and forcing them to race forward with little chance of converting them into points.
Soon the Russians, seeded seventh, were on the march, winning both break points they earned and capturing the first set in 42 minutes. The rain resumed 20 minutes later, forcing the teams off the court with the Italians ahead, 3-2, and ready to serve for 4-2.
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Nominating Justices: A Political Tool?
In early 2017, President Trump nominated conservative Neil Gorsuch for the empty seat left by Justice Antonin Scalia. The seat had been left empty for over 400 days, due to the GOP blocking Obama's nomination for Judge Merrick Garland. Meanwhile, Obama had appointed two other judges to the Supreme Court—Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in 2009 and 2010, both in the Democratic party.
Now, there are rumors flying that Justice Anthony Kennedy (a conservative, but crucial to swing votes) may part ways with his seat on the Supreme Court bench. If he were to retire, then President Trump will likely nominate another justice with conservative views and values.
No doubt the Republican party can make progress in correcting fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution with appointments to the Supreme Court. But it is obvious on both sides of the aisle that nominating justices is just a political tool and that the needs of Americans are, once again, ignored.
However, if you vote for me as president in 2020, I will not use my right to nominate justices as a political tool. It's a sin of the past I have no intention of repeating. When the time comes, I'll nominate whoever best suits the job—not whoever most agrees with me.
Nominating SCOTUS justices for their politics is against my beliefs of bipartisanship and choosing the right person for the job. It would be just another example of the politicos in Washington getting caught up in partisan politics and ignoring the needs of Americans—an example I am not interested in being a part of.


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Why Atlantic Canada & Gros Morne National Park (NP)? Truth be told, Gros Morne NP was recommended to us by a couple of our friends who had long had it on their bucket list of Canadian destinations to visit. Well, turns out that we really liked the idea and actually beat them to visit it (in fact, at the time of this writing, 2019, they have yet to visit the park). Gros Morne NP can be found on the western coast of Newfoundland, one of Canada's Atlantic provinces.
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By Lexi Churchill
I have always loved New York from afar. For two years in a row I set my sights on working in the Big Apple, applying to as many journalism internships there as possible.
When I finally received a call from the financial news network CNBC, I almost couldn't believe my goals were coming true.
If this sounds familiar at all, you've probably been dreaming of the big city without thinking through the big costs. This cost of living calculator from Bankrate estimates the cost of living in NYC compared to my college town, Columbia, Missouri, is about 136% higher overall.
Trust me, you feel the difference — when you go out, at the grocery store, everywhere. Here's a few tricks I figured out along the way that helped my tight budget stretch over those costly three months.
Save your spending for the weekends. Going out to lunch with your coworkers everyday may sound like tempting bonding time, but it absolutely adds up. Try loading up at the grocery store on Sundays, bringing your lunch during the week and saving your splurges for the weekend. After all, you can always take your Tupperware along for the lunch break.
Take advantage of all things free.
Do you love working out? There's plenty of free classes at a park near you. Love theater? There's free Shakespeare in the park throughout the summer. Whatever you love doing on the weekends and during your free time, there's pretty much a free alternative. Sign up for newsletters from websites such as Thrillist and download apps like "Time Out New York" to stay in the know.
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Freekade iPad Arcade Cabinet goes up for auction
We've seen some budget versions of an iPad arcade cabinet, but the Freekade arcade cabinet is much more professional. And it's now available on eBay UK.
Right now it's up to £82.00. It has a nice walnut effect on the side panels and a matte black finish, for that retro look. The cabinet hooks up to your iPad via Bluetooth and if you've jailbroken your iPad, you can even play NES, SNES and PSX emulators.


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Any woman who has been pregnant knows how unpleasant it can be to have strangers commenting on your body. Now imagine working in a field where thousands of strangers see your body every day. TV news anchor Laura Warren, who's 20-weeks pregnant, responded to one viewer's fat-shaming voicemail tirade with a perfect put-down of her own — a thoughtful blog post speaking out against bullying and questioning how she can protect her son in a world where everyone from politicians to "anonymous keyboard warriors" unload their cruelty on others.
The viewer voicemail, which Warren posted on YouTube, was a rare occurrence amid a stream of positive messages the WRDW-TV anchor has received from viewers in Augusta, Georgia. But the words stung so much that she started tearing up at her office desk.
"Please go to Target and buy some decent maternity clothes so you don't walk around looking like you got a watermelon strapped under your too tight outfits," the caller, a woman, said. "Target's got a great line of maternity clothes in case you've never heard of such a thing. You're getting to where you're being disgusting on the TV."
The message sent Warren into a tailspin of insecurity and anger. "Do I really look disgusting? What outfit is she talking about?" she wrote. "Why did she call on Friday, I wasn't even working Friday....did she boil over this all week and wait until I was off to leave me a voicemail? Oh crap, am I tearing up at my desk? NOT here. And, NOT over this. This lady doesn't deserve to get a rise out of me. Does she know that I'm wearing maternity clothes? What does she want me to wear, a moo moo from the 50's? Does she know this is 2017?"
Eventually, Warren pulled herself together and vowed to turn the whole experience into something more positive. Then she posted a screenshot from the newscast featuring her belly on her Facebook page. "Instead of letting this lady get me down, I'm just going to turn her negative energy into positive energy. I'm going to say as many nice things as I can to as many people as I can, and I'm going to do it in a dress that fits these beautiful new curves with my 'watermelon' stomach showing," Warren writes.
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Muriel Klein, once the life of the party (even with her memory loss), was no longer talkative or interested in food. She kept her head down and slept a lot.
"I was really upset, thinking, 'What have I done? Why did I take her from everything she loved in Manhattan?' " Modisett said.
During a dental exam one afternoon, Modisett, an author and former stand-up comedian, tearfully told her dentist about her mother, saying she wished she could hire a comedian for her.
"Why don't you?" her dentist replied.
Modisett went home and made a few calls, and soon she had hired a stand-up comedian to visit her mom eight hours a week.
The first day, the comedian told Klein: "Some days, I don't want to talk either, Muriel. When someone gets in my face, I think, '[expletive], do I look like I want to talk?' "
Klein repeated the expletive - a Yiddish word - laughing. Then she repeated it again. She lit up.
"After that visit, my mom became more engaged and started eating and laughing again," said Modisett, who has taught comedy classes at the University of California at Los Angeles. "She felt that she was being seen."
In early 2017, realizing that other seniors with memory loss could also benefit from some slapstick and one-liners, Modisett launched Laughter on Call, an organization that pairs comedians with people who have dementia and Alzheimer's. The group also puts on laughter workshops and live comedy shows at care centers.
Families and care facilities work out a fee in advance with the comedians for their services - generally between $25 and $50 an hour for one-on-one visits - said Modisett, 56.
"Comedians can use the work, and people with memory loss can use the laughter," she said.
With studies showing that laughter can improve health, ease stress and contribute to longevity, Modisett's idea is starting to catch on.
Laughter on Call's two dozen comedians mostly work in California, but some of the comedians also have clients in other states. Modisett said she has gotten inquiries from memory care centers across the country.
In Los Angeles, comedian Marty Ross, 79, took up comedy 15 years ago after nearly five decades in retail.
"Bringing laughter to seniors, especially seniors with Alzheimer's, is so heartwarming," said Ross, who lives in Santa Clarita, California. "The realization that many of these people don't have regular visits from family makes [it] even more special."
Modisett's mother now receives twice-weekly visits from Michael Piper-Younie, 40, a stand-up comedian from Los Angeles who said he has developed more empathy and patience since joining Laughter on Call.
"Spending time with Muriel genuinely makes me feel better about my own day-to-day," he said. "When she sees me, the excitement in her face is palpable. She beams a huge smile and reaches out her hand to mine."
For two hours, Piper-Younie tells funny stories and makes silly faces, he said, and sometimes, he and Klein will listen to music or dance. During their time together, she never lets go of his hand.
"We've developed a special bond that is beneficial for both of us," he said. "I feel honored to be doing this beautiful work and to be Muriel's companion. When I get her to a full belly laugh, it really makes my heart sing."
Modisett said she knew it was time to move her mother to California when a friend from New York called in 2016 and said that Klein's memory loss had worsened.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2011, Klein initially argued with waiters and had difficulty filling out a bank deposit slip, Modisett said.
"As time went on, I knew in my heart it wasn't right to leave her in Manhattan," she said.
The various caregivers and helpers were costing $15,000 to $17,000 a month, she said, and the level of help still wasn't enough.
Now 87, Klein seems more at peace with herself, said Modisett. She smiles when she wakes up at her care center.
Care center employees who have hired Laughter on Call comedians to put on group shows say they've noticed changes in memory-loss residents who watch the routines.
"It helps them with their health - not just the mind, but the mind, body and soul," said Juliana Rocha, director of resident engagement and a music therapist for a Silverado Alzheimer's care center in Los Angeles.
Every Friday, after two or three comedians get residents involved in interactive storytelling, the seniors seem less anxious and more focused, Rocha said.
"They're smiling, they're engaging," she said. "That kind of connection helps to build brain cells and helps to slow the progression of dementia."
Although many memory-care patients can't communicate the way they used to, the person that families and friends knew and loved is still in there, Modisett added.
"Through laughter, we can start a conversation and draw those personalities out," she said. "Comedians in particular have the charisma, courage and fearlessness to engage someone who might be feeling confused, isolated or lonely."
She recalled a recent afternoon when a team of her comedians put on a "Titanic Remembrance Day" show for several dozen people with dementia.
"All of the residents were made shipmates, and the band started leading them in singing 'Amazing Grace,' " Modisett said. "I looked around and saw that everyone in the room was smiling and laughing, and I knew that I was witnessing something remarkable."
For that hour, she said, "there was no anxiety, stress or sadness. Only happiness."
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Ability to monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


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The Disabled Lizard King
14th June 2014 by MarcusMaximi
The Lizard King has not been found for 14 months now. Not a surprise really!
Today the reviewer disabled it because "I notice that this cache appears to have had some problems for some time now."
Now, the cache does not have a geochecker and none of the DNF logs specify they actually have a good set of coordinates.
It's a very difficult puzzle – it's supposed to have DNFs.
I have the same problem with Alconbury Amble #17 (and now Alconbury Ambulance #16) in that I'd have logs requesting I check it. I know damn well that it's not going anywhere and it's very difficult to find!
I have spoken to all (or most) of these DNFs when they have DNFd the cache and have ascertained that they do not have the correct location and have not therefore been to the real GZ.
So, knowing that it can't possibly have gone, I re-enable it with the text:
"after speaking to various searchers and confirming their search areas a disablement is not warranted by a string of DNFs on a high difficulty cache. Fully accept this disable is due to the guidelines set and NOT the local volunteer reviewer following the set guidelines."
Notice me stating that I had checked that cachers were not looking in the right place, so they weren't true DNFs and that I also made sure the reviewer knew I wasn't having a go at him and I appreciated he had to follow the guidelines.
Almost instantly the cache was disabled again with the comment …
"I disabled the cache due to the number of DNF logs. These logs indicate that the finders had solved the puzzle but failed to locate the actual cache.
I did not disable the cache due to the number of DNF's but the lack of an owner maintenance log indicating they had followed up on those DNF's.
If the CO wants to own a difficult cache then they need to accept that they may need to regularly check that the cache is available to be found. Once these checks are complete they should post a owner maintenance log to indicate this to the caching community.
Lack of regular maintenance of a cache by it's CO is a valid reason for it to be archived.
As I see from the CO's latest log, they have still not visited the cache location and confirmed it is still in place. For this reason I am disabling the cache again until this physical check has been undertaken."
Well I don't see any maintenance visits on Europe's oldest unfound cache which is a 5/5, or this one in the alps 4 years without a maintenance trip! What about the World's oldest unfound cache? Not a lot of maintenance trips here? Only 6 years for this Spanish one!
Several people have also stated in notes that it doesn't warrant being disabled just because it is a hard cache.
To be brutally honest I don't ever expect anyone to find this without the set of 20 odd teaser caches being published!!!
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Where can I find the best toy shops in Singapore? Where can I get educational toys for kids in Singapore? I'm looking for a particular brand of toy, where can I find it?
Toy Shops in Singapore
If you are out shopping for toys, here are 15+ toy shops in Singapore that you should know about.
1. Playhao
Location: Forum The Shopping Mall
Playhao stocks a wide range of interesting toys that you can't find elsewhere. These include wooden toys, puzzles and educational toys for kids of all ages. Brands available at Playhao include Anker, Kaleidograph, Crazy Forts and more.
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2. The Better Toy Store
Locations: Tanglin Mall, Paragon and The Centrepoint
If you are looking for non-run-of-the-mill toys, make your way to The Better Toy Store. Around since 1987 when it was known as T.O.T.S: The Original Toy Store, this toy shop in Singapore stocks educational and beautiful toys. In addition to wooden toys and puzzles, you can also find craft supplies for young children here. They sell pretty mobiles too.
3. Growing Fun
Locations: Paragon, Marina Square and United Square
Growing Fun specialises in quality educational toys brought in from Europe, the US and Asia. Among the toys you can find there are construction toys, craft sets and Science-related toys. Brands available include Magformers, LaQ and Hama.
4. Toy Station
Locations: Thomson Plaza and Serene Centre
Toy Station has outlets at Serene Centre and Thomson Plaza. We particularly like the Thomson Plaza outlet because of its range of family-friendly board games, and they have a good stash of Pokemon cards too.
5. Toys R Us
Locations: Forum the Shopping Mall, Waterway Point, Tampines Mall, Parkway Parade, Westgate, United Square, Paragon, Suntec City, Great World City, VivoCity
Megachain Toys R Us (in Asia at least) is a go-to place when you need a toy store in Singapore with a wide variety of products to choose from. You can find brand name toys for both boys and girls, as well games, soft toys and more at the Toys R Us outlets around Singapore.
6. Hamleys Singapore
Locations: Plaza Singapura and Marina Bay Sands
Known as the oldest toy store in the world, Hamleys of London is a big British toy store. With two outlets in Singapore, Hamleys stocks a range of toy from the traditional to the tech-infused variety.
7. Bricks World
Locations: ION Orchard, Ngee Ann City, Plaza Singapura, Jem, Suntec City, Resorts World Sentosa, VivoCity
Bricks World operates the LEGO Certified Stores in Singapore. Each stores has been designed by the LEGO Group and stocks a wide variety of LEGO sets. There are also interactive features such as the Pick-a-Brick Wall where kids can play with the bricks.
8. Secret Chamber
Locations: Thomason Plaza, Holland Road Shopping Centre, Parkway Parade and Causeway Point
If you are looking for hard-to-find LEGO items, head to Secret Chamber. This toy store in Singapore has multiple outlets and offers third-party LEGO-compatible items in addition to regular LEGO box sets.
9. Kidz Story / Playstore by Kidz Story
Locations: Tanglin Mall and Great World City
If you are looking for Playmobil toys, look no further than Kidz Story. This toy store in Singapore stocks a wide range of Playmobil playsets. At the Tanglin Mall outlet, you can also find brands such as Razor and Bontempi.
10. The Children's Showcase
Locations: Tanglin Mall and Pasar Bella, Grandstand
The Children's Showcase carries high-end and high-quality items including toys, children's clothes and partyware. Among the toys at The Children's Showcase are DIY kits, wooden toys and educational toys.
11. Toytag
Location: HarbourFront
This toy store at HarbourFront carries a range of toys for all ages, for babies to adults. Brands available at Toytag include Big Potato party games, Chllerfish balance bikes, and tech toys such as littleBits and Makey-makey.
12. The Tinkercademy Store – Get Hacking
If you are looking for tech toys for kids, check out Tinkercademy's online store, Get Hacking. You will find tech toys such as littleBits, Arduino kits, Bee-bots and more. After ordering them online, you can either have it shipped to you or head to their Tai Seng office to collect it up.
13. Stargek
Location: 178 Paya Lebar Road
If you are looking for toy shops in Singapore that sell plastic model kits or RC cars from Japanese brand Tamiya, head down to Stargek at Paya Lebar. The retail shop also has a racing circuit for mini 4WD cars.
14. Seimon-Cho
Locations: IMM, Plaza Singapura and Junction 8
Seimon-Cho sells Japanese anime plush toys and character goods including Hello Kitty, Gudetama, Pokemon and Doraemon, brought in directly from Japan, at its outlets. It is an official San-x store. San-x is one of the largest character manufacturing companies in Japan.
15. Build-A-Bear Workshop
Locations: Plaza Singapura, Westgate and United Square
Make your own stuffed toy at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Customise the toy animals with different accessories, name it and bring it home.
16. Decathlon
Locations: Joo Koon, City Square Mall and Chai Chee
Sporting goods retail giant Decathlon is a good place to shop if you are looking for sports-related equipment for kids. There are kid-friendly beginner kits in sports as varied as archery, badminton and football, plus a range of kick scooters available too.


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World's Highest Bridge Opens!
But would you dare cross it?
It's 1,854 feet high (565 meters) and opened on December 29th. It's the first bridge over 500 meters from the ground. That's about as high as a 200-story building. Wow!
It's called the Beipanjiang Bridge and it's located over some particularly tricky rural landscape in southwest China where it connects two mountains with steep cliffs. Trips in this area that had taken five hours are now expected to take just two.
This region already has more high bridges than anywhere else in the world, according to HighestBridges.com . Prior to this bridge being the highest, the previous highest bridge was also in this area, as well as also having the world's highest railway bridge.
But, it's technically not the world's "tallest" bridge. The difference is in how you measure it.
The "highest" bridge is measured from the deck of the bridge where the cars travel down to the ground. So, this one in China is the highest off the ground.
The "tallest" bridge, which is in France , is measured by the height of the entire structure, including the top of the bridge tower. It's 1,125 feet (343 meters).
Below is a Chinese broadcast (in English) from the morning the bridge opened.


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Another reason you're not in The One Show
Now that it's done selling the naming rights to its in-house basketball court (I think Stephen Colbert won), BooneOakley turns its attention to building attendance for The One Show Festival in New York. To reach shops that might skip the event, three high-concept, print-heavy and very in-jokey ads (see them here, here and here) posit the existence of a secret society called the Ones that determines the work accepted into the show. Copy at one point notes that names like Goodby, Silverstein, Graf and Hegarty appear "year after year after year," while references to Minneapolis adman Bob Barrie in One Show annuals are so hard to find, "a NASA supercomputer burst into flames" trying to calculate his appearances. It's fairly amusing. More amusing was the infamous "leaked" One Club memo that, by some estimates, shows that the group takes in something like $800 billion in annual entry fees. They also charge $700 for an all-access festival pass. At those prices, the Ones won't do it—it's more about the Benjamins, and even larger denominations.
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Rodney the rooster has been following little Jack around his whole life
"This is a video of one of our special chooks. Rodney the Jap Bantam rooster. He lives on our 120acre farm west of Brisbane in Queensland. Every afternoon he likes to come down and go for rides on the pram with his best mate Jack. Jack is our first born and loves to spend time with all the animals on the farm but especially Rodney, who has followed jack around in the pram since his first trip outside." - Krystal Pryde
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Make sure your landing page is ready for visitors before you generate a lot of promising leads. Your landing page needs to contain all relevant information and options to buy or download. If your landing page is constructed well, you will have a much greater chance of converting your leads into sales.
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Look into pay per click campaigns to generate leads. The first place most people go to seek business opportunity is Google. If you aren't on page 1 organically for the typical search terms they use, then you need to pay to be there. You only are charged if people click the ads, so it's an excellent way to simply build brand awareness as well.
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The 3rd record from Pi Electronics is by the Rotterdam based, Thessaloniki born producer, Damcase. PI03 includes five original tracks of punky electro and techno, flavoured with Damcase s riffs and noisy aesthetic. Sharp percussions, along with distorted grooves and broken beats, as well as some experimentation with voltage control techniques. The label reveals new colours on its palette, though not shifting away from its character.
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Nom de Plume Rating: ★★★☆☆
Reading Time: 4 minutes
*FTC Disclaimer: I received a copy of The Road Back from Marla Machado in exchange for an honest review. I have in no way been influenced by the author and/or publisher's generosity. You can't fake these stars, baby!
It has been a year since Karina Hawkins learned her husband had been killed in the line of duty. Now as she does her best to raise their young twin daughters alone, Karina decides to return to work in another attempt to rebuild her broken life. But when she arrives at a tech company to begin her new role as general counsel, she has no idea what awaits her inside.
Sawyer Banks has never forgotten Karina. Although he is a man with few regrets, losing the love of his life is one of them. Now that Karina is available and he is her new boss, he has every intention of getting her back and he is not stopping until she is his again. Although their chemistry is undeniably delicious, Karina is uncertain if they can overcome the hurt and secrets between them. But when a threat from her past returns and places her family in danger, Sawyer must prove if he is strong enough to stand by her and not abandon her once again.
In this erotic romance, a widow passionately reconnects with her soul mate just as her past comes back to haunt her, leaving them both to wonder if their relationship will survive.
First Line: "The knock on the door startled me."
When Karina Hawkins learns of her husband's death, she is devastated. Not only did she lose the man she loves, but her young twin daughters are now left without a father…and a provider. A year after his death, Karina is forced to return to work to provide for her girls. A job as general counsel at a tech company seems like the perfect fit for starting over, but when she arrives, Karina finds her new job is not at all what she expected.
"My whole body is on high alert…
something about this man is bringing me to life."
Sawyer Banks is a man in CHARGE, my friends! He doesn't make mistakes (because what man does? ?), and he certainly doesn't have regrets…except that of losing Karina. As her new boss, Sawyer suddenly has the chance to restore what was lost between them, and he's determined not to mess it up this time. But Karina isn't so sure. Her lingering grief and the murky past between them makes things more complicated than she needs right now. But when Karina's past throws her and the girls into danger, she needs Sawyer more than she originally realized.
I really like the storyline of this book, but I'm not a fan of the writing style. Eep! I wish it was a little more descriptive and less passive (in terms of language). The scenes weren't as vivid as I had hoped, and I found myself taking a lot of breaks because of that.
I'm in love with Karina and her transformation. She's all over the place and slowly begins to find herself once more. Sawyer is the most interesting character, but he does fall flat. Gaawd, if the passion had been more fervent, I probably would have latched onto his character more. Overall, The Road Back wasn't a gripping read for me, but I did enjoy it.


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Agreed. As of right now users are unable to view their archive folders, created in Office365, on their mobile devices (specifically the iPhone). This would be a huge positive change!