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26 July Mehwar Road intersection with Wahat Road, 6th October City. Egypt.
A community service division emanated from more than 50 years in education at all levels, spurred by international exposure and long years of partnership with UK institutions. We develop rewarding partnerships that help our clients bring about lasting improvements to their performance and growth. We work with businesses, individuals, families, schools, entrepreneurs, professionals and corporates to enable forward thinking that invigorate and galvanize their potential to embrace true results.
A community service division emanated from more than 50 years in education at all levels, spurred by international exposure and long years of partnership with UK institutions.
We develop rewarding partnerships that help our clients bring about lasting improvements to their performance and growth.
We work with businesses, individuals, families, schools, entrepreneurs, professionals and corporates to enable forward thinking that invigorates and galvanizes their potential to embrace true results
How our vision is built and continuously invigorated:
People: We see ourselves committed to avail learning and growth opportunities for our staff members, interns and their families to help them feed their stretching zone, reaching their goals and aspirations. As an organization we are not just responsible for making learning available and accessible but working collaboratively with our people to let them help us explore further opportunities, drawing new aspirations and realizing our strengths, while helping them become more self-aware, developing robust understanding of their capabilities and strengths, and realizing how far they can go.
Customers: We tend to deliver promises; we consider ourselves responsible for transcending the currency of the local market service standards and challenging the status quo through winning partnerships and lasting collaborative relationships for research and development. We strive to put together digital thinking, insatiable desire for learning and growth and extensive research to provide genuine services that are up to the global speed. We define our customers as everyone and every organization that has the courage to move forward towards making an impact in the world through their individual or collective effort, being their collaborative partner who can see beyond their limits and is able to push them forward while being concerned with every detail to provide an experience rather than a service.
Shareholders and MSA University Top Management: This division is created to extend the sincere effort and commitment enabled through Prof. Dr. Nawal El-Degwi over the past 50 years, striving to provide a world class level of education services, while keeping it affordable and accessible from nursery to the postgraduate stage. We tend to reach wider communities that are left behind the formal education track while being affected by and able to affect the current state of education not just within our country but beyond national borders.
Egypt: Our people, friends, families, teachers, colleagues, classmates, guests, visitors, tourists, students, upcoming generations...etc. are all part of the story we are committed to compose together; making our country a better place for workers, managers, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, neighbours...etc. It's about empowering communities to pay it forward. Our vision for Egypt comprises the wider community we are committed to contribute immensely to its development and growth being the gate of Africa and at the center of the Middle East, we can't see our commitment to Egypt separated from a regional wider collaboration.
Planet Earth: In today's world, there are no isolated islands but on the contrary; development and growth are legitimate rights for every human being while technology and internet have always been easy to influence and get influenced on a global level. We see ourselves committed to learn and understand the global issues and needs, while making it possible for our professional family to dedicate their effort to tackle the world's most emerging needs with specific focus on global leadership, youth development, children education and women empowerment.
How our effort is directed and guided:
Moving Forward: Our mission at MSA CBSD is to ensure that everyone is moving forward everyday, making all the arrangements to push, assist and spur continuous development and progress. We build dynamic structures that encourage career progression and self-fulfilment, while asking our people to build and update their job description and take part in their job design.
Collaboration: Collaboration is not an invention, it's the zeitgeist of the 21st century. Today's world has taught us that invention, innovation and success can't be attained without real collaboration that might transcend the competition rules. Our commitment to the world mandates every step forward to make advancement and development available and affordable including cooperation with the competition, while considering internal collaboration inevitable and imperative as part of our day to day activities. Our structure is built around encouraging self-directed teams to explore, innovate, implement and evaluate every possible solution to add value to our customers, people and the community.
Digital Thinking:Using technology is not a choice anymore; it's the opportunity that no one wants to lose. Digital thinking is inherited in our DNA to purposefully incorporate technology in our processes and decision-making strategy. We think of technology as an advantage to promote business sustainability and growth rather than just speeding up our process or fostering automation. Here we tend to think of technology as a strategic tool that enables effective decision making, spurs collaboration and leads to offering innovative services.
Research and Development: MSA CBSD has emanated from a Higher Education institution that welcomes research everyday and every hour. We consider research and development effort that seeks civic impact as a part of our daily life, making research an integral part of our process for service development. We employ research effectively to make sense of global innovations, to learn how to advance our customers' experience, to dig for new services and values that were never experienced before, and to improve our current business practices. R&D is considered mandatory to renew our provided services every six months.
Empowering People: Here's the bedrock where we touch the undeniable truth. Everyone can understand that the fast changing pace of today's world has denied us the right that we are created for; which is adding a true value to the world. Everyone is entitled to such a job rather than being wired to follow orders or to achieve other people's goals. Our leaders and managers are encouraged and supported to design environments that help people explore themselves and find their voices, making a real impact. It's our leadership commitment to encourage ideas, comments and suggestions, making it tolerable for intelligent mistakes and unstoppable service criticism (not individual) that aims to continuous improvement and advancement, while spurring life-long learning and self-correction.
MSA CBSD puts great emphasis on combining intellectual rigor, collaborative intelligence with commitment to excellence; chasing audacious goals and prolific ambitions. We tend to see our strategy as a living creature, with whom we consult, communicate with and develop to sustain our capability of attaining future goals. Our strategy reflects the way we think of playing our strengths to create real value to the wider community. However, strategies aren't enough to formulate the desired working culture that is resembled in every single point of contact with our team; they must be augmented with our values, vision, responsibilities, expertise, professionalism, agility and perspectives.
The following strategy endorses in several ways the cornerstones of our culture and values, those have bolstered the formulation process to make those strategies real. Strategies are built to drive value. We are always committed to self-renewal, addressing needs and changes and ensuring that we deliver up to the speed of change.
Our strategy capitalizes on our core strengths and aspirations whilst addressing the significant challenges facing our sector and region. This strategy serves as a guide that outlines the steps and paths that we need to travel through in order to make our vision a reality, ensuring that the ambitions and aspirations of our people, customers and partners are met.
We see ourselves capable of enabling opportunities for people to create, synergize, exchange and develop thoughtful perspectives and ideas; capitalizing on technology in every single step, while offering free on-demand services, encouraging switched-on minds to collaborate and flourish.
We commit ourselves to astonishing the world through fast development and growth. Making a leap in every single service we provide, contributing to cultural transformation, and influencing the whole industry, prompting competitors to improve and move forward; whilst we are thriving on the competition to ensure that the concept of collaboration is proven successful at all levels. We consider continuous development and improvement, the main bedrock for such strategy to come true. Expansion is always key when we think about the future.
We insatiably chase after excellence in every moment, while fighting mediocrity around us. We are not just committed to provide our clients and customers with high quality service but we see ourselves responsible for differentiating high quality service from mediocre ones, helping our clients become more vigilant when they make future choices. Raising the bar in our perspective is considered essential in our journey of cultural transformation. We are here to add tangible value that everyone can recognize and appreciate.
Innovation doesn't come out of the blue…Continuous research, experimentation and development form our credo for taking things further into the future. Research and development are part of our service promise, to ensure high quality service is acquired by our clients. If learning organizations are not driven by research, innovation will become a hodgepodge.
Living in such an ever-changing world proves how valuable integrating technology is, not just in our day-to-day activities and processes but even with our decision-making and thinking process. Technology made excuses much sillier than ever now. Possibilities are now limitless to make your biggest goals a reality. However, technology is paralyzed if you don't know your goals or you can't see where you are heading.
It's now axiomatic that we tend to see collaboration as a trending issue for a sustainable future. We consider partnership and collaboration essential for big goals to be achieved. In today's world collaboration is behind every single big move, win-win partnership is the essence of developing a balanced value system where every partner strives to see his partner succeeding.


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Cynthia Davan Whitter, 18, of Hardy died Jan. 15, 2005, on Highway 63 north of Hardy.
Born Jan. 12, 1987, in Little Rock, she was the daughter of Jackie McAnulty Bell of Hardy and Terry Whitter of Ohio.
She was a senior and cheerleader at Highland High School. She worked at McDonalds in Hardy and was a member of Temple Baptist Church.
Survivors include her mother and her father; two sisters -- Kandi Hutchinson of Las Vegas, and Charity Henderson of Pine Bluff; and three grandparents -- Opal McAnulty of Camden, Marvin McAnulty of Camden, and Phillip Wells.
The funeral was Jan. 17 at the Highland High School gymnasium with Dr. Gene Garner officiating. Burial followed in Bethesda Cemetery in Camden.
Pallbearers were Mike Kish, Austin Gilbreath, Andy Ward, Stu Smart, Dylan Patterson, Sunny Raheem and Roger Crockett.

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A; This sounds very difficult and I am sorry you are going through all of this. You boyfriend needs professional help and you cannot be the one to help him. The lying, sexual promiscuity, quitting his job, and the suicide attempt are all indications that he has some personal issues to attend to and isn't in a position to be able to manage a relationship. As bad as he feels and as difficult as it is for you to accept, trying to have a relationship with him now is going to be difficult, if not impossible. I would strongly encourage you to seek counseling in learning how to be independent of him. The help you can provide your boyfriend is in taking good care of yourself, while encouraging him to do the same.
Wishing you patience and peace,
Dr. Dan
Proof Positive Blog @ PsychCentral
Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., TEP, MFA, MAPP is a recent graduate of the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program at the University of Pennsylvania and works as Martin Seligman's assistant instructor there. He is a licensed psychologist specializing in group psychotherapy and psychodrama and is the expert on group therapy for Psychology Today. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist's Memoir and was honored as Sharecare's top 10 online influencers in the area of depression. Visit www.formerchild.com for more information. He also writes for Psych Central's Ask the Therapist column and the Proof Positive blog on positive psychology.


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App developers working with storyboards often rave about the extra speed advantage that they offer. There are several other advantages of storyboarding too, along with a few (admittedly, rather minor) problems. Let us here find out whether the highs of Storyboards indeed outweigh their lows.
The practice of designing the entire interface of apps programmatically is on the wane. For scene designing and transitions, most professional mobile application developers prefer using visual interface builders, like Storyboard or XIB. The former, in particular, has become extremely popular worldwide – since its debut with the iOS 5 platform. We have here diagnosed whether Storyboarding is indeed worth the hype:
- Visual help – Apart from offering real-time app design and transition views, Storyboards come in real handy for table-viewing. The feature has built-in static cells and prototype cells functionality – which helps iphone app developers to iron out errors while working with tables in the app infrastructure. Doing the same via manual coding involves a lot of extra hassles.
- XCode problems – With XCode 6, this is more of a rarity – but reports do come in about bugs in the XCode framework developers are working with. While storyboarding, presence of these bugs necessitate complete flushing of the DerivedData folder (at times, more than once). Otherwise, there is every chance that the concerned app will have inconsistencies in its designs/scene transitions.
- Data addition – Many iOS app developers (particularly those who have taken the pain of having to manage delegate patterns earlier) love the segue unwinding option in Storyboards. With segue, relatively short and simple method calls can be used to build up the interaction between the view controllers that are being used. As already pointed out, with XCode becoming progressively more robust, chances of errors while adding data/code snippets are also going down.
- Working in a team – No matter how great individual developers might find the concept of storyboarding, there is no way a full app development team can use Storyboards. The reason is simple enough: everyone can (and probably will) update/modify the root file(s). As a result, confusions can easily ensue. Storyboards are meant to be used by a single mobile app designer at any time.
- Prototyping and multi–device compatibility – Creating detailed app prototypes is vital, and Storyboards are instrumental for this purpose. Most contemporary companies are into making apps that are compatible with a wide range of iOS devices. This is yet another area where storyboarding proves to be a smart option. Multiple views can be organized with ease on a Storyboard. The alternative would have been separately naming the files – and that is not a convenient option. At all.
- Support for previous iOS platform versions – All the buzz is about iOS 8 at present – but there still remain many iPhone app development experts who create apps for iOS 4.3 (or similarly older versions). They have no chance of checking out the advantages of storyboarding – since Storyboards were introduced with iOS 5, and there is no downgraded support option available. Not many developers still take up iOS 4 projects – but for those who do, programmatic designing is the only way to go.
- Types of transitions – The chief purpose of Storyboards has always been facilitating scene transitions in apps – and it's fair to say that they more than satisfactorily fulfill this requirement. Developers can use several types of Segues (depending on the precise need of their projects) – ranging right from Modal and Push Segues, to the Unwind and the Sourceless Segue options. There is even a Custom Segue feature – which can be maintained as a subclass of UIStoryboardSegue. To make app UIs properly customized, Storyboards are indeed a big help.
- Need for coding for mockups – Minimal, and at times, nil. Storyboarding allows users to create mockups of their apps, without having to write big programs and complicated codes. As a direct result, chances of app designing mistakes are also lowered. For creating mockups of certain types of app designs with Storyboards, there is no need for coding at all. Fair to say, storyboarding has taken away much of the complicacies associated with creating mockups.
- Are Storyboards ideal for all apps? – Such a sweeping statement in favor of Storyboards would not be accurate. They make the ask of developers working on apps with a limited number of screens and a relatively simple in-app navigation/transition really easier. However, for projects that involve larger amounts of complex coding, working with Storyboards is not the smartest idea. Data handling can become a tough task, which, in turn, lead to design mistakes cropping up.
- Initial design placements and modifications – The most proficient of app developers would agree that programmatic UI/UX designing involves multiple (often, troublesome) iterations – at least in the initial stages. Storyboarding is probably the best way to do away with such problems. Correct (read: 'pixel-perfect') design placements at the first go becomes easier than ever – and what's more, making changes is a straightforward process too. On this count, Storyboards are way more flexible than XIB.
- Merging conflicts – This is one rather frequently-faced downside of Storyboards. App developers often need to merge Storyboards in GIT/SVN – and if the boards are conflicted, things can get messy pretty soon. There are ways to work around such merge conflicts, but if you are new in the domain of iOS app development – you might not be familiar with them yet. Suffice to say, Storyboards are not completely optimized for GIT/SVN.
- Need–based usage – There is no compulsion that Storyboards have to be used right from the start of any iOS application development project. A developer can simply uncheck the Storyboard option when (s)he starts to make an app – and move over to storyboarding later. Starting off new projects with Storyboards is often unnecessary, and it's easy to avail of this feature whenever it is actually required.
- Sharing designs – It's an 'all-or-nothing' scenario with Storyboards. Apart from the odd problems that developers might face while making app transitions/scenes with a large number of views – storyboarding makes it virtually impossible to share single files. While sharing, the entire set of files have to be transferred. This can make the overall process more time-consuming. As already highlighted above, there is no file owner in a Storyboard.
- Creating demo projects – Nearly all decent mobile app companies have the policy of sharing demo views of apps to clients. Working with Storyboards is the simplest possible way to add mock data to the user-interface of any project. With repeated additions, the overall workflow/functions of the app can be built up – and that too, with minimal amounts of coding. The demos created with Storyboards are generally interactive, which makes it easy for clients to check their projects thoroughly, and give their feedback.
Contrary to what most programmers believed earlier, XIB can be included in Storyboards, if and when required. Storyboarding can be used to make apps that are optimized for both iPhones and iPads – which rules out the need for separate device-based customization. From the above discussion, it might appear that Storyboards are a bit of a mixed bag, with a fair share of demerits. However, the disadvantages that we have pointed out can mostly be worked around – and it won't be out of place to say that storyboarding is indeed helpful for iOS developers.
Have you worked with Storyboards? If yes, do share your experience…
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In his post-match press conference last week, Anthony Griffin made the very strong point that despite the loss to the Roosters on the scoreboard, he felt his side performed better than the week before against the Tigers.
That is all any coach can ask for in the early part of the season – an improved performance week after week, until things really click into gear.
And while the manner in which Penrith lost last Saturday night has left a bitter taste in the mouths of everyone in the Panthers family – from the coach down to the fans – there is no question that the side produced a performance worthy of a premiership contender.
There were mistakes, missed opportunities and flashes of inexperience, but all in all, Griffin should be pleased with where his side is sitting.
The Panthers have a real opportunity to consolidate their status as a 2017 powerhouse when they take on Newcastle at Pepper Stadium tonight.
In the new dreaded 6pm Friday timeslot, Penrith have an opportunity to really show their class against a Knights side that while brave in the past fortnight, is well behind Penrith in terms of development and ability.
It is these early season games against sides like Newcastle, who most expect to struggle this season, where the Panthers can really build their confidence.
As we saw against the Tigers in Round 2, when the confidence is high, the Panthers can turn a match into an 80 minute highlights reel.
It is this confidence that the team's inexperienced halves combination of Te Maire Martin and Nathan Cleary desperately need. At times against the Roosters last week, you could tell that while they were trying their hearts out, they didn't quite have the experience to lead each and every set in the direction it should have gone. That is not unexpected and will come with time.
But a strong performance and a big win tonight will see Martin and Cleary in a good frame of mind to take on the daunting task of battling Melbourne at AAMI Park next week, and the challenges that lay ahead for the rest of the season.
In short, the Panthers are learning very different things based on the quality of opponent they are facing at the moment. Each lesson is important, and each garners a different result the following week and forms another piece of the Martin / Cleary puzzle that will eventually lead the club into periods of long-term success.
I'm tipping a big game from Trent Merrin. After a sluggish start to the year, he improved significantly against the Tigers and last week. He was on the field for 76 minutes, running 154 metres and making 44 tackles (without a miss!).
He's gotten better every week and is on the brink of a truly outstanding performance.
While tipping Penrith by a big margin may be dangerous territory given what happened back in the opening round of the season against St George-Illawarra, I'm confident that the Panthers will win this game comfortably and perhaps have it sewn up by half-time.
Right across the park, the Panthers simply have too much firepower to be losing a game like this.
Tip: Panthers by 28
Troy Dodds is the Weekender's Managing Editor and Senior Writer. He has more than 15 years experience as a journalist, working with some of Australia's leading media organisations.


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February is almost over and spring is almost here!
When we think of spring, the first image that pops to our mind is cherry blossoms, isn't it?
Indeed, many people plan a trip to Japan in spring just to see the cherry blossoms, and Tokyo has become one of the most popular destinations for cherry blossom viewing!
Famous for its beautiful Japanese gardens, there are a lot of gorgeous cherry blossom viewing spots in Tokyo, but did you know that Tokyo's best secret spot for cherry blossoms viewing is located next to Tokyo Dome City?
Here, you can find a rare variety of cherry blossoms, which is hardly seen in Tokyo, and enjoy the beauty of cherry blossoms and a Japanese garden together.
Today, we're going to introduce this spot and some activities to enjoy after a wonderful cherry blossom viewing!
A beautiful Japanese garden, Koishikawa Korakuen
Koishikawa Korakuen is a Japanese garden located close to Tokyo Dome. With over an 80-year history, this garden is also designated as a special historic site as well as a national scenic beauty. Many people visit this garden to take pictures or to sketch.
This garden looks beautiful in any season, but the view of cherry blossoms in spring is the most breathtaking! You can find many kinds of cherry blossom trees lining the pond located in the center of the garden.
The age of the weeping cherry tree close to the entrance is about 60 years old. This tree offers a spectacular view when it is in full bloom in late March.
Somei Yoshino is the most popular variety of cherry blossoms, and the tree is usually in full bloom from late March to early April. In addition, Ukon Zakura, a rare variety of cherry blossoms with yellow-hued blossoms also blooms in this garden. Since it blooms later than Somei Yoshino, the cherry blossoms viewing period in Koishikawa Korakuen is slightly longer than other places.
Make sure to visit Koishikawa Korakuen for its rare variety of cherry blossoms, and use this coupon to get a 20% at the entrance! Click here to get the coupon!
Koishikawa Korakuen is open from 9:00 to 17:00 (last admission is at 16:00), and the closest exit to this garden is exit C3 of Iidabashi station on the Toei Oedo line. We recommend visiting this garden early to enjoy a morning walk while admiring the breathtaking view of cherry blossoms!
Koishikawa Korakuen official website
Celebrate spring with Tokyo Dome City's new attractions!
After enjoying an unforgettable cherry blossoms viewing experience at Koishikawa Korakuen, let's visit Tokyo Dome City!
Tokyo Dome City is an entertainment complex that accommodates many facilities, and we recommend visiting Tokyo Dome City Attractions first before visiting other places.
Tokyo Dome City Attractions is a free-to-enter amusement park packed with many attractions that are suitable for all ages.
Two new attractions will open this spring (on March 23, 2019).
"BACK!? DAAAN!!" is an indoor roller coaster that moves forward and backward with tons of lights and image projections. This roller coaster is a family attraction since it is suitable for all ages.
"GAN! GUN! BATTLERS!" is a shooting-gallery attraction with moving seats and 3-D animations. Enjoy a shooting battle with other participants and try to be the no.1 shooter!
These two new attractions sound very interesting, right? Visit Tokyo Dome City Attractions to try them this spring!
Check the details here. (Japanese)
Let's go shopping at LaQua after spending the whole day at Tokyo Dome City Attractions!
Don't forget to check Tokyo Dome City's exclusive coupons, and get discounts or win novelty goods when shopping at LaQua!
Check the coupons here!
Relax at the Spa LaQua!
Relax at the Spa LaQua after spending the whole day exploring Tokyo Dome City!
Spend some times to relax and detox your body at Spa LaQua in its exotic resort atmosphere.
Spa LaQua offers various kinds of baths, including natural hot springs and open-air baths (rotenburo).
This spa offers a full range of amenities, so you don't have to bring anything with you when visiting.
It also has a relaxation space where you can relax and take a nap.
Spa LaQua is enjoyable in many ways, so find your way to enjoy Spa LaQua at its most!
*Please read the notes regarding Facility Use beforehand
Newly opened green space packed with many great restaurants!
Located inside the yellow building on the Southwest entrance of Tokyo Dome City, "Hi!EVERYVALLEY" is a newly opened green space packed with many great restaurants and artworks.
In addition to its wide variety of restaurants, "Hi!EVERYVALLEY" also has several instagenic photo spots, wonderful murals, and playground for kids. Visit "Hi!EVERYVALLEY" to take great pictures and to enjoy an exquisite dining experience!
Hotels near Tokyo Dome City
We recommend staying at Tokyo Dome Hotel, or First Cabin Tokyo Dome City, a newly opened compact but luxury cabin-style hotel, if you want to spend one more day exploring Tokyo Dome City.
There are four train stations with different routes near Tokyo Dome City. You can choose the train station and the route based on the location of your destination. With easy access to Tokyo's most popular sightseeing spots, staying at the hotel near Tokyo Dome City is one of the best options to save time and money on transportation!
See details on the official website!
Tokyo Dome Hotel official website
First Cabin official website
Even though you've been to Tokyo Dome City before, we recommend visiting it again this spring for its beautiful cherry blossoms view and new attractions. Visit Koishikawa Korakuen in the morning to gaze at the gorgeous cherry blossoms while walking around the garden, and spend the rest of your day at Tokyo Dome City later!
Tokyo Dome City
Address: 1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8575, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5800-9999
Click here for exclusive coupons!
*Notes regarding Facility Use*
・People with tattoos and other body art (paints, seals, etc.) are prohibited.
・Children aged 0-5 years are not allowed.
・Children aged 6-11 years can enter only if accompanied by a parent of the same sex.
・In addition to being accompanied by a parent, children aged 6-17 years can use the facilities only till 18:00 (last entry 15:00).
・Persons under 18 years are not allowed to use the Healing Baden area.
・Please check the Spa LaQua website to confirm details like holidays, closures, and precautionary notes about using the facility.
・Please maintain peace and quiet within the facility.
・You cannot enter any baths wearing swimwear, bathing suits, or undergarments.
・Photography/videography is strictly prohibited within the bathing areas. There are also other areas where talking on the phone and photography/videography is prohibited.


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Growing up in the 1960s, Larry Blumberg decided it made sense to join the U.S Navy instead of waiting to be drafted. He thought he would serve a tour, but ended up liking it so much that he stayed for 30 years and retired as a Navy captain about 20 years ago.
He spent most of his naval career on board destroyers and was based out of Hawaii until the 80s when he sought a transfer to San Diego as his home port. Before retiring, he ran a software facility for the Navy in Point Loma, which paved his transition to private industry.
For more than a decade, Blumberg worked as director of West Coast operations for defense contractor DRS Technologies, leveraging his expertise to help write proposals and manage contracts for testing combat systems.
Always active in the community even while in the Navy, he later chaired the Military Affairs Advisory Council of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, which eventually led to his current position as executive director of the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC).
"Since the military is such an important part of our economy here, a group of us felt it was essential to form a separate organization to support and represent the defense community, and improve communications between the military, our elected officials and the business community," Blumberg said.
"It's almost hard to turn around and not run into someone associated with the military -- whether they are your neighbors or your Little League coaches."
A study of the military's economic impact by SDMAC puts that in perspective – for 2013, the military accounted for $24.6 billion in direct spending and 302,000 jobs, both direct and indirect, which represents 22 percent of all local jobs. Total defense related spending will gross $32.2 billion for 2013, reports the study.
Blumberg is most proud of a couple significant advocacy achievements since SDMAC was founded in 2004.
Back in 2006, when the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority wanted to locate the new international airport in Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Blumberg and his associates at SDMAC opposed the move and mustered support against it.
"We formed a political action committee that defeated that proposition and it got us on the front page in terms of recognition in the community," Blumberg said. "The other thing I am pretty proud of is advocacy against unscrupulous businesses that targeted young military families with payday loans at high interest rates, excessive fees and questionable terms."
SDMAC now works closely with Connect, the industry accelerator, and with the chamber of commerce, relationships which he points out didn't exist a few years ago.
"Now we are working to ensure our region continues to welcome the military and understands how vital it is to the region," he said. "What's unique is the relationship between the military and the local community -- it's like in no other place. Retired military vets have also made tremendous contributions."
What's next for him?
"One of these days I'm going to play a lot more golf."
-Nagappan is a San Diego-based freelance writer.
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(Victorville)–Now that winter weather has arrived, the Victorville Water District is reminding customers to adjust their automated (sprinkler) watering schedules. The Victorville Water District's Winter Watering Hours are in effect from October 1 through May 31. During this period, automated watering is permitted only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
During the winter, watering at night can cause runoff, which can then become frozen and present a slipping hazard. This is why the Winter Watering Hours are set for daylight hours.
The Victorville Water District is also encouraging customers to reduce landscape irrigation at this time. During the winter, most plants slow their growth significantly. The plants simply do not need much water during the winter months. Reducing irrigation watering during the winter will save customers money, prevent runoff, and reduce ice hazards. Customers are also reminded to turn their irrigations timers to "OFF" whenever rain or high winds are forecast.
For more information on Winter Watering Hours or other water conservation ideas, residents and businesses should contact the Victorville Water District Conservation Division at 1-866-955-4426. Free in-home and landscape water audits are available. The District is also accepting applications for the Cash For Grass turf removal program.
Customers who observe water waste, overspray, or runoff are encouraged to call the Conservation Division's hotline at 1-866-955-4426.


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No Baby Story Time!
There is no Baby Story Time this week. Happy Thanksgiving.
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- No Baby Story Time!
- There is no Baby Story Time this week. Happy Thanksgiving.
- When Nov 27, 2013 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (US/Pacific / UTC-800)
- Where Waldport Public Library
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No Baby Story Time. See you next week!
Our Baby Story Time with Sharon McCrum, Library Family Outreach Coordinator, brings learning techniques to begin the process of raising a reader. Bring a comfy pillow for you and your baby! Direct any questions to Sharon McCrum at #541-563-3940, or Jill Tierce at #541-563-5880. Baby Story Time is held Wednesdays, at 2p.m.


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text: Noel was lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and principal songwriter for the hugely successful Manchester band, Oasis and his solo career has also rocketed as the frontman for High Flying Birds. 25 years on from the release of Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, this new artwork is a stunning tribute to a legendary rock star. Artist Justin Eagleton has just released this new painting as a series of limited edition prints as part of a new collection of iconic portrait studies he is currently putting together. Get yours today as the artists highly collectable work is now much sought after and this painting of Noel is sure to be a huge hit with art and music fans alike.


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Fellows are students who've completed the 30 series and typically have implemented their own projects (sometimes multiple times!). They teach the research sections and tech labs while designing new ones.
Fellows are responsible for recruitment, aspects of fundraising, and act as peer mentors for current 30 series students. The fellows are self managing and are understood to be the true governing body of the Everett Program.
They are Everett's owners, operators, and key stake holders.
This Year's Cohort :
Dr. Chris Benner, Executive Director
Katie Roper, Program Director
Juhee Kang, role
Sierra Topp, Publicity & Communications Manager
Amber Holguin, Impactathon Coordinator
Advisory Boards
Global Advisory Board
Comprising thought leaders, social entrepreneurs, and folks from all walks of life, the Global Advisory Board (GAB) consults on high level strategy, guidance, and fundraising.
Mark Headley, Co-Chair of Global Advisory Board, Chairman of the Board, Matthews International Capital Management LLC,
Paul M. Lubeck, Former Executive Director and Co-Founder or the Everett Program. Currently Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
Michael J. Watts, Class of 1963 Chair in Undergraduate Studies and Chancellors' Professor, UC Berkeley
MaryJane Skjellerup, Central Valley Director, Center For Multi-Cultural Cooperation, Fresno, CA
Alicia Dwyer, Documentary Filmmaker, Veracity Productions
Elijah Sparrow, Founding Programmer, Riseup.net
Rehan Iftikhar: Senior Product Manager, Oracle
Yazmin Herrera: Assistant Program Director, Digital NEST
Allen Gunn: Executive Director, Aspiration
Rhys Thom: Design Lead, IDEO
Rebecca Wage: Customer Support Specialist, Socrata
Carmen Rojas, PhD: CEO, The Workers Lab
Luther Jackson: Program Manager, NOVA Workforce Board
Thomas Gelder: IT Collaboration & Systems Manger, Power California
Mai Sutton: Executive Director, Everett Alumni Foundation
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Flora Lu, Environmental Studies, Website
Ronnie Lipschutz, Politics, Website
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Healther Bullock, Psychology, Website
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Sylvanna Falcon, Latin American & Latino Studies, Website
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- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
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- Smith to be a panelist at Mecklenburg County Bar Event
- Smith and Pedernales Published in Corporate Board Member
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weekend with Josh's school, my kids trashed the hotel room, the drive took twice
as long as it should have and once back home, we (I) didn't unpack for weeks.
You can see all the fun we had here.
We vacationed with the school once again, this past weekend, and now we're
back. I still haven't unpacked, but we've only been back home 36 hours, so I
think I'm still okay.
One of the deals Josh and I made before we left, was that he needed to
vacuum out the car. I was very much opposed to sitting in a car with all the
kids and the huge mess that is our everyday life in the van. It's one thing for
cheerios to fall out of the car when the kids get out of the car at the dropoff
line. It's quite another to spend hours in the car, having no where to put your
feet because there are so many empty water bottles on the floor and watching
granola bar wrappers tumble out at a rest stop on the NY Thruway.
So Josh vacuumed, and you can see the clean carpet here, slightly.
shake your head. I did.
bathroom in sight.
head here too. I did.
and bad. The kids, obviously, are a year older, so the things they found
fascinating and I used to distract them (look, it's you in the mirror!) last
year didn't really work this year. The baby too, a year older, had a whole other
set of issues. Last year, she was (somewhat) content to sit in her stroller and
just watch. This year, at twenty months old, she is more of a mover and a runner
and climber and a faller. And there were lots and lots of steps and ramps and
couches and tables and water coolers to climb and run and jump on. On the bright
side, the kids were able to stay up later without falling apart, and their table
manners were slightly better than they were last year. Oh, and there was only
one incidence of vomiting this year, so we're making progress.
You know, it's funny. We drove and drove and drove and the baby repeated her refrain
of "owwt! holllle me!" pretty much the entire way there. And at some point, the highway
turns to road and it looked like you have completely left civilization. Or New York. When
in reality, you have left neither. And you wanna know how I know. Because at the
turnoff before the hotel, this is what greeted us:
sakes. We haven't been to a good Walmart SuperCenter since we lived in Phoenix,
back before we had kids and shopping meant actual shopping and not sprinting through
the store like your panties are on fire.
So yeah, the kids had a blast and were so exhausted when we got home, that all four
of them were sound asleep by 6pm last night, which for me, was the best part.
And, and, one of my boys even slept until 7:45am this morning,
completely unheard of in this house of children who wake before the dawn.
The sleepfest did make us late for school, so instead of worrying and
yelling and making everyone eat breakfast and get dressed faster, I just let it
be. Then I patted myself on the back for being a mommy who thinks before she
yells (sometimes).
totally laid back morning to remember how cute and sweet and cherished your kids
are, we made ourselves even later for school, and stopped at Dunkin Donuts. And
$4 later, I had four oh-so-happy little kids. Sometimes it just takes a donut
to remember how little it takes to make them happy.


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Pasco Senior High School
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- Our Poetry from 1962
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|William Drake, born 1968 Laura Drake, born 1970 Dannielle Weber, born 1977 Alexander (Justin) Weber, More…born 1979.
After graduating from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada I went to work at Hoover Dam(secretarial work) for 3 1/2 years. I married Dennis Drake in l967 and had my first two beautiful children. Dennis was killed in an automobile accident in 1974. I remarried in 1975 to Alexander Weber and had my other two beautiful children. I returned to work in l988 in a totally different field--retail at Mervyns. In May 2001, Alex passed away from cancer. I retired December 24, 2008 when Mervyn's went into bankruptcy and closed all their stores. Since then I have been busy with my 7 wonderful grandchildren, ages 6 to 17. Even though I have been through a lot in my life I feel I have been blessed. My Mom is still alive at 87 and now living in Illinois, where she grew up. My father passed away in 1965. My sister, Janet, lives in Oregon.
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Primary Care Physician's Needed - Southern Arizona VA Health Care System - Up to 200K Student Loan Repayment & 20K Bonus
The Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System in Tucson is looking for full-time Primary Care Physician's in their main facility in Tucson, as well as, their Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Green Valley, Sierra Vista, and Yuma.
As a staff physician in our Primary Care Clinics you will provide comprehensive care to a panel of adult patients, from young adult to elderly, and perform the following:
- Provide care to optimize patient health
- Work seamlessly with other health care team members and support VA patient satisfaction initiatives
- Contribute to the achievement of quality care standards
- Write orders for diagnostic testing
- Prescribe medications
- Consult with specialty services
- Utilize computerized/electronic medical records
- Provide patient care in accordance with professional standards, core values and commitment to service excellence.
- Must be proficient in the use of computerized systems related to patient care.
Average annual panel is approximately 12,000 patients. You will typically treat 8-12 patients a day.
If you're looking for an amazing Work/Life balance, The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System is a great organization for your career.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Key Requirements:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must be B/E or B/C
- Women's Health experience preferred, but not required
- Computer skills are essential
- Must have full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in ANY U.S. State
Paid Time Off:
- 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave – you can carry over up to 86 days into a new year
- 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation – unused sick leave can be used to extend creditable service time at retirement!
- 10 Federal holidays per year with pay
- 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses
- Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available.
- Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
- VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
- Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government.
- Long-term care insurance is available as an option
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- VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
- The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
- For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
- In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
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- Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years' service
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The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) consists of eight VHA facilities located in Tucson, Northwest Tucson, Southeast Tucson, Casa Grande, Green Valley, Sierra Vista, Safford and Yuma, Arizona. Tucson is home to the SAVAHCS main campus (285 beds) where key administrative support services, inpatient, outpatient, and specialty care are based. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) are located in Northwest Metropolitan Tucson (15 miles from Southern Arizona VA Health Care System), Southeast Metropolitan Tucson (19 miles), Casa Grande (68 miles), Green Valley (25 miles), Safford (127 miles), Sierra Vista (72 miles), and Yuma (237 miles).
SAVAHCS is a Joint Commission accredited level 1a complexity, tertiary care and teaching health care system, providing a full range of patient care services utilizing state-of-the-art technology, as well as offering graduate medical education and research. Comprehensive inpatient health care is provided through both primary and subspecialty care; in Medicine (56 authorized beds); Surgery (25 authorized beds); Critical Care-Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down Unit (31 authorized beds); Psychiatry (28 authorized beds); Physical Medicine, Geriatrics and Advanced Rehabilitation (96 authorized beds); Southwestern Blind Rehabilitation Center (31 authorized beds); and Domiciliary-Substance Abuse Residential (18 authorized beds). SAVAHCS operates a 24-hour emergency room. Referral services for VISN 22 include cardiothoracic surgery, angiography, cardiac catheterization, neurosurgery, imaging (tele radiology), nuclear medicine, telemedicine, and blind rehabilitation. In addition, SAVAHCS is the host site for various regional referral centers of excellence including the VISN 22 Poly-trauma Network Site, the Southwestern Blind Rehabilitation Center (SWBRC), and the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC).
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Holiday mood
Getting the house ready for the holidays, getting into the festive mood, trying not to be overwhelmed with the mundane.
4 comments:
- julia said...
Love it!
- December 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Jess said...
That is one gorgeous cat! happy christmas!xx
- December 18, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- EWian said...
Your house and family looks good... how ever it was the cat that caught my eye, I guess cats are cats allover the world and love to relax in small boxes... God capture
- December 19, 2009 at 2:56 AM
- Ms Howtheylived said...
What a beautiful home and family (including the cat)! Merry Christmas.
- December 22, 2009 at 3:47 AM
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ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granting in part 157 Motion for Sanctions. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/12/2017)
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Flooding and Hurricanes - Water Level Monitoring with IoT Sensors
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Why do you, your teams, your organization, and your communities need water monitoring systems? Water levels are going up - Hurricane season is here in the states. Flooding risks are increasing as Hurricane Florence is causing evacuations on the east coast. It's been called the storm of a lifetime with over 20 inches of rain and sustained winds over 130mph. According to the Weather Channel and USA Today, the hurricane will cause catastrophic flooding. This hurricane will likely land on Friday. Are we prepared for it? How do government agencies implement early warning systems like those that monitor flooding and detect dangerous...
- Tags: air quality monitoring water, Cloud, flood, flood monitoring, flood warning, flooding, IIoT, Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, IoT, M2M, monitoring, remote monitoring, sensor, sensors, telemetry, valarm, water, water levels, water monitoring
Flood Warning Systems - Industrial IoT Sensors Monitor Water Levels
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Additional Flood Warning Systems have been deployed by Smart Cities and communities in the USA. These monitoring systems upload water level sensor measurements to Tools.Valarm.net in real-time. The flood monitoring systems you're seeing in the photos are deployed in Virginia, on the east coast of the U.S. How do you provide power for Industrial IoT sensor devices like flood warning systems? Solar panels provide power for these Industrial IoT devices. The sun charges backup batteries during the day. Then during the night the batteries keep the system alive and reporting sensor data. How do you monitor water levels...
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Remotely Monitoring Your Industrial IoT Sensors with Your Web Dashboards
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Remote Monitoring Systems Help You, Your Teams, and Your Organization to Do Things Like: Save Money Save Time Operate More Efficiently Improve Business Processes and Functions One simple way to do this is with web dashboards that monitor Industrial IoT sensors in real-time. Your dashboards are webpages that quickly report the information that's most important for you. For example, IoT sensor dashboards give you up-to-the-minute situational awareness about what's most important for your organization, like: Production Water Wells - Pump Usage, Water Levels, Flow Meters, Groundwater Aquifer Health - Know Whether How Your Water Wells Are Performing and Be Alerted If...
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Noise Monitoring Systems - IoT Measuring Sound Sensors, Decibels, and Methane / CH4 Gas Air Quality
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How do you remotely monitor noise levels? Noise monitoring systems are critical for Industrial IoT applications. Measuring decibels with sensor telemetry is easier than you might think. You're seeing images here of noise monitoring systems deployed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Whether you need to monitor noise levels for the natural resources industry, residential areas, Smart Cities, oil & gas industry, urban or suburban noise monitoring, facilities, airports, or any other industry, you'll find these cost-effective, flexible noise monitoring systems are your best option. These units measure a variety of sensors: Sound Pressure Levels (SPL), acoustic pressure levels, and noise in decibels Methane /...
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CHICAGO -- Five teenagers are in custody after the carjacking of an off-duty police officer in the city's Edgewater Beach neighborhood.
Police said the officer, a 47-year-old woman, was approached by a group of offenders after parking her Lexus SUV in the 5800 block of North Winthrop around midnight Thursday.
One of the offenders pointed a gun at the officer and demanded her vehicle, then took the keys out of her hand, got into the SUV and drove away.
Police spotted the vehicle on the Southeast Side and pursued it. The offenders were captured after hitting a dead-end at 55th and South Shore.
The suspects include a 16-year-old, a 19-year-old and three 18-year-olds.
Police recovered a weapon from inside the stolen Lexus.
Charges are pending.
Police said it's too early to tell whether the five in custody are suspects in other recent North Side carjackings.


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Headquarters: San Francisco, CA or Tokyo, Japan
URL: https://chomp.app/
We are looking for a talented individual who can help us to shape our product and culture from a long-term perspective.
As a core member in the initial stages, you will be working alongside us to develop our product from the early stage, as well as, be involved in future stages of product growth.
We work mostly in Ruby on Rails + GraphQL with some AWS services (ECS, RDS, Cloud Formation, Cognito, etc). However, we're also open to speaking with talented engineers who can pick up things quickly.
- Be involved in every aspect of the backend development
- Develop new features with Ruby on Rails and GraphQL
- Improve and refactor codebases for a better developer experience and productivity
- 5+ years' experience in backend development
- Experience with Ruby on Rails (experience with Elixir/Phoenix would be considered an asset if you are less experienced with Ruby)
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure and Docker
- Skillful at writing reusable, quality codes
- Experience working in small teams or startup
- Comfortable working with remote colleagues and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.) and Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
- Experience developing products within an engineering team (not as dev-shop)
- Experience with React and Redux or similar frameworks (Vue.js, Angular.js, etc.)
- Competitive salary / Stock options package
- PTO: 15 days vacation plus national holidays
- Reimbursement of costs incurred from usage of co-working space
- Business trip opportunities to Japan and America (1-3 times yearly)
- Support to apply for a Japanese work visa if you want to work in Japan
*** Please understand that these perks are not provided during the probationary period.
- We are currently a small team consisting of a CEO, 6 engineers
- A remote friendly team with employees located in Tokyo and San Francisco (headquarter)
- Successful entrepreneurs and engineers who have built large scale systems from scratch
- Raised $5.5M in funding from some of Asia's top investors
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Not many blackberry in white colour available in malaysian market and i've not seen one! For those whose looking for uniqueness, here comes the days as Maxis has brought one, Blackberry Bold 9700 and yes it is white colour.
The drawback is... i'm a 'loyal'?! celcom customer! hahaha! and i can't afford the hassle of changing phone no...or phone line!
The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 in white available first to Maxis customers, from Maxis Centres and Maxis Exclusive Partners nationwide in June 2010.The white BlackBerry Bold 9700 features an ergonomic external design which fits firmly in your palm. Its trackpad offers an enhanced response speed compared to the previous trackball. Its improved 3.2 megapixel, auto-focus camera delivers crisp, clear picture quality.Besides voice, SMS & MMS, BlackBerry offers push delivery of email (up to 10 email accounts), customised and easy access to Instant Messaging services and social networking sites.The device also comes with preinstalled Word, Excel, and PowerPoint To Go applications and with its 3.5G (up to 7.2Mbps) data connectivity.


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Sundon Parish Council advised Central Bedfordshire Council it was unlikely it would meet its Duty to Cooperate obligations.
Sundon Parish Council in its responses to CBC's Development Strategy consultation during February 2013 and published on this site repeatedly set out its case that CBC were unlikely to meet its Duty to Cooperate obligations as set out in Department of Communities and Local Government Planning Practice Guidance in relation to Housing, Employment and Infrastructure.
The current sad state of affairs is due to Central Bedfordshire Council not meaningfully engaging with Duty to Cooperate until Spring 2014 only a few months before they submitted their Development Strategy for examination in July 2014.
I think its fair to say residents of Central Bedfordshire are sceptical about the influence they have over the purpose and content of their Development Strategy during its consultation process. Indeed the Inspector has frequently criticised CBC's treatment of residents' consultation responses. Residents' must feel let down by CBC's inability to produce a plan that meet's their needs with the minimum environmental impact.
Residents will note this is the second time CBC have failed to produce a plan that stands up to scrutiny as recently it failed to gain approval for its Gypsy and Traveller Plan.


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Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Christian Film 'Soul Surfer' Hits 'Home Run' at Box Office
I just saw this posted at pulse, and didn't see it here. If I am wrong, someone delete!!
wow it did well for just coming out...so impressed!
Put Carrie's name in it and it will sell JK Glad Soul Surfer is doing well.
No, I think you are so right!!
wait a minute??? They are not counting today's numbers!!!!
Thanks, rainbow1....that is fantastic!! Ya gotta give the people what they crave, and that is good wholesome entertainment! Hopefully Hollywood will get the message!
Can't wait to see "Atlas Shrugged" this next weekend!! I finally finished the book, so I am rarin' to go to the movie!!
Leave it to me to see the frustration in the fact that much like her Cd's if it had been at more theaters more people would have watched.
I am glad they know that.
Arther was a horrible idea.
I am glad that SS brought so many people out.
Just wish the more people got the chance to see it.
Much like her Cd's "if they are there, people will buy them!
It is frustrating.
We as fans want to see what the absolute potencial is of Carrie's sales. But we can't as long as there is one copy on a shelf.
But SS is a hit and I am thrilled about that.
What is the budget for the movie? Any chances for it to meet its budget? I think most films tumble after its initial opening weekend and it's not exactly a blockbuster release in a general sense (it is in a Christian-movie sense).
Awesome, Thanks for posting! I am glad people are supporting the movie
Soul Surfer is an absolute hit! Saw it tonight and walking out of the theatre everyone was talking about how good it was. Plus, there was a young girl there in a wheelchair who had on a Play On Tour t-shirt. <3
lmao Taylor Swift fans are saying Carrie was too "religious" in the movie. lol Duh-- she played a youth counselor! lol LMAO I had to tweet the little girl back. I couldn't help myself.


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Editor's note: This is a press release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division. Though the release lists Covenant College as the "property owner" of the historic hotel, it does not make crystal clear that it uses the building as part of its campus. In fact, when Covenant bought the place in 1964, it was the campus. Covenant has, of course, since expanded into additional buildings.
Lookout Mountain Hotel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 2019. The property is perched atop the western brow of Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia, just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The nomination was sponsored by Covenant College, the property owner, and nomination materials were prepared by the consultants Lord Aeck Sargent.
Built in 1927 and nicknamed the "Castle in the Clouds," Lookout Mountain Hotel is a five-story grand resort hotel designed in the Tudor Revival style by architect Reuben Harrison (R.H.) Hunt. Lookout Mountain experienced a boom in tourism in the 1920s and the hotel, along with other attractions, such as the Fairyland Inn (1925), Rock City Gardens (1932), and Ruby Falls (1930) were built to support tourism, drawing visitors from great distances. The tourism boom was primarily due to the mountain's proximity to the Dixie Highway and the 1927 paving of the mountain's roads.
This new wave of tourism also brought changes to hotel design, such as larger buildings and more amenities; Lookout Mountain Hotel offered a swimming pool, tennis courts, a miniature golf course, croquet courts, horseback riding, and "dancing under the stars," weekly dances held at The Overlook, hosted by nationally-recognized band leaders supplemented with hired dance stars. Earlier hotels were designed to focus attention on the natural surroundings and offered guests privacy and solitude, rather than entertainment and social functions of the early 20th century hotels.
This trend of bringing amenities commonly associated with urban life to the country is noted in David Stradling's Making Mountains for creating "an urban atmosphere in the mountains ... [that] did not center on the consumption of nature, let alone wilderness." Lookout Mountain Hotel, though certainly capitalizing on the natural setting, focused much of its promotion on the 'scene' rather than the scenery. Period newspaper headlines frequently indicated the importance of society and socializing at the hotel.
In addition to its significance in the area of entertainment/recreation, Lookout Mountain Hotel is also significant in the area of architecture as a representative example of the Tudor Revival style and the work of prominent local architect R.H. Hunt. Tudor Revival was a romanticized early-20th century style and often features parapeted gables, ornamental false half-timbering, stucco or masonry-veneered walls, and crenellated towers. At the hotel, the style is also reflected in the interior spaces with details such as oversized stone fireplaces, plaster coat-of-arms ornamentation, and rusticated woodwork seen in box beams, brackets, modillions, and half-timbering.
R.H Hunt, a prolific Georgia-born architect, based his practice in Chattanooga and reportedly designed between 400 and 500 buildings during his career. He was recognized as an outstanding craftsman in his field, and a 1980 thematic National Register nomination notes his focus on public buildings and utilization of popular architectural styles of the time. Among many others, he is credited with design of the Tivoli Theatre, Carnegie Library, and Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, TN, and the Baptist Tabernacle (now a music venue) in Atlanta.


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China industrial profits quicken in May, seen fading as finance costs rise
[BEIJING] Profits at China's industrial companies surged 16.7 per cent in May from a year earlier, accelerating from April and defying expectations of a slowdown in the face of rising borrowing costs and a cooling property market.
Profits in May rose to 625.99 billion yuan (S$127.05 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on its website on Tuesday.
For the first five months of the year, profits reached 2.9 trillion yuan, up 22.7 per cent from the same period of last year and lower than the 24.4 per cent annual growth in the January-April period.
The upbeat growth of industrial earnings in May was largely driven by continued demand for iron ore and other commodities used to feed a year-long construction boom.
An infrastructure spending spree in China has helped spur sales and prices of building materials, reviving profits for long-ailing "smokestack" industries such as steel mills and smelters.
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"The quickened growth of China's industrial profits was partly due to a low-base effect at the same time a year earlier, which marked the second slowest growth over the course of last year," stats bureau official He Ping said in a statement accompanying the data.
He added that profit growth in industries such as autos, power and tobacco was expected to rebound.
Operating costs as a proportion of operating revenue rose on an annual basis for a third consecutive month in May, which Mr He said needed to be closely watched.
With producer price inflation reaching its perceived peak, profitability and new investment are seen tapering off this year.
China's factory gate inflation eased for the third straight month in May on sagging prices of raw materials, signalling a broader cooling in economic activity as profits are squeezed by slackening domestic demand and rising financing costs.
Concerns about China grew after Moody's Investors Service downgraded its credit rating last month. The agency said it expects Chinese financial strength will erode in coming years as growth slows and debt continues to rise.
China's statistics bureau said this month economic performance in the January-May period economic laid a solid foundation for achieving the full-year growth target of about 6.5 per cent.
China's strong growth prompted the International Monetary Fund this month to raise its 2017 growth forecast to 6.7 per cent from 6.6 per cent.
Capital Economics, which forecast last year that China's economic rebound would run out of steam early in 2017 as policy support was withdrawn, said last week that the coming slowdown should be "mild" with growth dropping back towards "a sustainable pace".
Still, with half a year left to go, the economy is expected to handily meet its annual growth target without hitting too many bumps, good news for President Xi Jinping ahead of a major political leadership reshuffle later this year.
Industrial companies' liabilities rose 6.5 per cent year-on-year as of end-May, the statistics bureau said.
Profits at China's state-owned firms were up 53.3 per cent at 652.04 billion yuan in January-May, compared with a 58.7 per cent rise in the first four months.
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Learn all about the humble beginnings of Texas' own Jason's Deli
Home of free ice cream cones and those little muffins
One of the Texas' favorite lunch and dinner options has to be Jason's Deli. Whether you are trying to eat right and cling to the salad bar or you need to feed 100 or so co-workers, you know Jason's Deli.
The chain is celebrating 40 years of dishing out soup, sandwiches, salad bar trips, and free ice cream.
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Many Texans probably don't know that Jason's Deli is a homegrown enterprise, which made its debut in Beaumont in 1976. It's one of those Texas business success stories, where a brand becomes a hit at home before branching out of the Lone Star State and finding footing elsewhere.
Founder Joe Tortorice Jr., the grandson of Italian immigrants, wanted to carry his family's dedication to food and hospitality over to his deli.
The story really began in 1895 when Salvatore Tortorice, Joe Jr.'s grandfather, came to America through Ellis Island from Gibellina, Sicily. He made it to Beaumont and eventually opened New Turf Cafe in 1950.
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One of his seven children, World War II Army vet Joe Sr., became industrious in his own right, opening four grocery stores, two laundromats, two dry cleaners and a sandwich shop, J's BBQ and Washateria.
Eventually Joe Jr. decided to strike out on his own with Jason's Deli.
One thing we have always wanted to know: who is Jason? It turns out there is no Jason, strictly speaking.
Originally, Joe Jr. wanted to name his deli "Tortorice's," but he was talked out of that option because family members figured no one would be able to pronounce it.
Joe's oldest son's name is Jay. So Jay + Son = Jason. That's how they got the name.
The family-owned chain now has about 260 locations across 29 states so Joe Jr. seems to have stumbled upon a magic formula all those years ago.
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Earlier this year, Jason's Deli was the highest-ranked Texas chain in a Business Insider breakdown, beating out guys like Whataburger and Fuddruckers.
The ranking analyzed close to 100 of the biggest U.S. chains with the help of Restaurant Business and research firm Technomic. The top restaurants performed well in categories like sales growth, average sales per location, consumer-sentiment ratings and average cost of a meal.
Jason's Deli scored high thanks to a commitment to healthy ingredients and high customer satisfaction.
There are now Jason's Deli locations in Las Vegas, Milwaukee and even up in Pennsylvania.
Jason's Deli is still headquartered in Beaumont, with regional offices in Houston, Austin, Grand Prairie and Atlanta.
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The company is about 60 percent corporate and 40 percent franchise owned. There are two distribution centers, one in Grand Prairie and one in Charlotte, N.C.
Tortorice is still very involved with the company and still serves as the chairman of the board. He continues to visit delis, attend manager workshops and speaks at colleges and universities. He and Shelley enjoy spending time with their nine grandchildren.
Hopefully grandma and grandpa have one of those sweet soft serve machines at home.


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[March 17th] We do not know how this season will proceed. We are reaching out to all registered teams via email. We ask that no one else registers at this time. Please and thank you. Be well. Stay safe.
[March 11th] We are putting leagues on hold til we learn more about how to keep our players safe and do our part in not aiding the spread of the virus. We will get leagues started as soon as we can feel confident in the safety of our players and the community at large. We hope that is within a few weeks. When games do get rolling, we will have sanitization practices in place. Those can be found below league details and ABC standards. For now, we encourage you to sign up and stay tuned if you're looking to scratch your bocce itch.
Talkin' this league
Big energy, big talents. This is where our indoor bocce journey began (in 2014) and the league always features many of our longest tenured teams.
I'm not gonna sit here typing and lie to you: Sometimes this league intimidates.
I'm not gonna sit here typing and lie to you: All times this league entertains.
Four courts support 32 teams. Rambunctious teams. Social but competitive teams. Big energy. Big talents.
We break the league into conferences that are based on time preferences. So you're either in the Earl E. Byrd conference (plays 6:30-8:30) or the Freaks @ Nite conference (plays 8:30-10:30). You are encouraged to request your conference of preference, but a heads up: Order of priority is based on order of registration. Get in early and you'll surely get your pick. Dilly dally and you might have to take what we have available.
League Details: COVID-19 has the season dates in the air. As of 3/13, we plan to begin on Monday, March 23Rrd. Playoffs would be Monday, May 4th. First games get rolling at 6:30 and the last at 10:00. The BocceDome is Chop Shop's event/concert venue and we'll have four courts with fresh turf, fresh balls (including new pallinos) out there. Goose Island and Fernet Branca bring specials and prizes.
ABC League Standards: A team can roster 4-8 players and may use subs not on the roster. If you want to play don't have a full squad, contact firstname.lastname@example.com and he'll get ya moving in the right direction. League dues are $300/team. Your spot in the league is not guaranteed until the balance is at $0. Games are played 4v4 and your team gets two games a night for the six-week regular season. All teams play in a one-night playoff. The season schedule is made before the balls begin to roll. Game time needs and requests are accommodated to the best of our ability and in priority order of registration.
At league sanitation steps
- Wash hands upon arrival. We encourage all players to wash their hands properly upon arrival at the venue. This is not news to anyone, but it is worth repeating: Proper washing of hands is the first line of defense.
- Hand sanitizer at all courts. An extra layer of defense on top of the handwashing. Available before, during and after games.
- Disinfecting wipes for the balls. Between games, we will be wiping the balls down with disinfecting wipes. An important note here is that the drying process is when the contagion killing happens. Wipes dry more quickly, hence that's our between game process.
- Bleaching balls at the end of the night. We'll soak the balls in a bleach+water mixture upon conclusion of each league night and allow them to air dry.
- Plans for substitute players. We encourage all teams to have their own sub plan and to utilize it if a player is not feeling well. We will also develop a sub pool that can be called to action.