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Saturday, December 15, 2007
IN a disgusting display of bad manners, Jeremy Beissel stuck his face in a plate of cream, found a cherry and spat the pip on the chest of Genine Unsworth.
He won the Find the Cherry Pip and Spit Competition, a new game designed and created by Maree Cullinan of ABC South West.
It was all over before it started.
Beisseel, the new co-owner of Fonty's Pool, was in a like a duck and out like truck.
Doust was next but he politely held his pip.
Skye Shannon, ABC Rural Reporter, was a close third. She also resisted the temptation to spit on her superior.
Roy Piggott struggled and denied his plate had a cherry: "I've lost mine," he complained.
It was all for a laugh, obviously at the expanse of those with cream on their faces, particularly Piggott who took days to get the stench from his beard.
Maree Cullinan revealed herself as a creative and devious producer and someone not to be trusted with power and responsibility.
Here she is (on the left) leading on Genine Unsworth (on the right), a kind and gentle soul who has no idea what she is getting into.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
This is how they wrote him up in NZ.
Aussie blowhard wins cherry-stone spittingBY AIMEE WILSON - The Southland Times | Monday, 03 December 2007
Southland Times
Okay, so they stole the idea off the Aussies but, even worse, this year's New Zealand cherry stone spitting champion is from across the ditch.
Paul Omodei has been the Australian champion twice and on Saturday he took the Kiwi title from Michael Robinson, of Oamaru.
The agricultural consultant from Pembarton-Manjimup, where the competition originated, pushed his cheeks out to blast a stone 11m, just slightly ahead of Mr Robinson.
Mr Omodei said while he didn't work specifically with cherries in his field of work, he admitted to having four trees in his backyard, "so I was able to practise a bit," he said.
For full results of the NZ competition, click here: Cromwell
IN amazing scenes, the new Australian Champion Cherry Pip Spitter Mark Vitler was welcomed back to Mount Barker.
Eyewitness reports say placards were displayed in streets and wild crowds waved at the Big Spitter as he drove, somewhat surprised, towards his modest farm house.
Later Sunday night, Mount Barker time, friends and family joined Vitler with barbecued meat and fresh champagne, or something that tasted like it.
His wife, Jodi Vitler, said Mark was a new hero for the town's young.
"He didn't want to go at first, you know," she said. "I had to talk him into it.
"I said: Go on. You'll have fun. Who knows, you might even win a trip to NZ. He said: "It's a bit embarrassing, spitting in front of all those people."
What a strange comment coming from a man who stood before 10,000 people, on a windy day, with enough confidence to make the front row move back 10 feet, or 5 meteres, or 3 steps, 15 oodlies, 75 pickovers, 18 diddlesquats, or whatever the measuring system is these days.
Vitler is a typical Australian champion, modest, unassuming, laconic, big, well cared for, happy in himself, a hard worker, a mate to everyone who is a mate, community minded, good with bottle tops, ready for an arm wrestle at any time of night or day, an open honest smile always at the ready and keen to finish a meal that is put in front of him.
All right, given this is a blog, a lot of the above may have been made up in order to fill the space, but that is taking nothing away from Vitler and the town that loves him.
(He doesn't actually live in town. His place is much closer to the Porongorups, a mountain range in the deep-south of West Australia. Seriously, the man is blessed.)
Monday, December 10, 2007
December 8th
Manjimup, West Australia
IN a sad day for Australian Cherry Pip Spitting, the New Zealand Champion, Michael Robertson, sucked back the trophy he'd lost the week before.
From the back of a truck, Robertson spat in the faces of an entire town and crushed the opposition.
Well, not quite crushed, because his spit of 10.3 metres, pipped the Australian representative, Mount Barker's Mark Vitler, by just .2 of a metre.
Vitler, a big man with a big heart, spat 10.1 metres and might have won the Trans-Tasman trophy if not for the long, early morning drive along the Muir Highway that joins two great fruit growing communities.
Competition was strong, with Donnybrook's Norm Bedford spitting 10 metres on his way to a cricket match in Bunbury.
Competition organiser, Jon Doust, said it was time Australian spitters caught up with the New Zealanders.
"Robertson is obviously funded by a serious backer and clearly spends months preparing," Doust said.
"Our blokes all have jobs, families to support, nations to build, creeks to cross, rivers to dam, hills to ship out and can't compete on the same level."
When it was pointed out to Doust that only the week before Paul Omodei Jnr had travelled to NZ and wrested back the Trans-Tasman trophy with a magnificent spit of 11.24 metres, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "That maybe so, but I think my earlier comments will look better on a blog, than some namby-pamby stuff about 'best man won on the day', or 'it's back to the drawing board.'''
Here's Robertson celebrating the next day with a haka.
In other news:
Before the event got under way, The West Australian ran a piece inside the front cover.
Read on:
(Click on it to make it bigger and readable.)
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Cromwell, New Zealand Earlier today, NZ time, Paul Omodei Jnr spat his way into the record books with a resounding victory in the Trans-Tasman Cherry Stone Spitting Championship.
To win, Paul faced his nemesis, Michael Robertson, the 2006 Trans Tasman winner.
It was a tight contest, according to our on-site reporter, Tatum Larsen: "Paul spat hard and fast and the stone, as they call the pips here, flew 11.24 metres."
Michael was crushed, defeated, took time out, ate a pie, sucked on a bottle of coke, walked back to the podium and faced off for the right to fly to Manjimup and attempt to wrest back the trophy, which looks, in case you've forgotten, like this:
Due to an ongoing holiday, Paul will not appear in Manjimup next week to spit off in the Globe Vista Southern Hemispheric Cherry Pip Spitting Championships (or something like that).
Michael Robertson will be there, angry, tormented by his defeat, eager to find a bed, anywhere, somewhere, but certainly not in the hotel room booked for the purpose of his visit.
And why should he, he's young, he's handsome, he's from New Zealand.
This blogger can't find a pic of Paul Omodei Jnr, but here's one of his father attempting to swallow an avocado stone.
Donnybrook 2007
It was cold, wet, muggy, overcast and the town seemed bereft of Saturday morning shoppers.
Four of us stood around the fine old train station located in the centre of town, handing cherries to each other and talking about the weather, and the whether.
Whether it would rain.
Whether anyone would show to spit in the Great Donnybrook Spat.
They did.
One bloke brought his grumbling kids: "He made us come."
"I want a ticket to New Zealand and I don't care which one of you wins it. Now get up there and spit."
They spat, not at dad, not in his direction, but they were aiming at him.
Then dad spat.
None of them got anywhere near the mark, a mark that wasn't there, but we knew where it would be if it was.
Then Campbell Brown showed and blew the pip a mile. Well, not quite a mile, he claimed it was a mile, but it was more like 6 metres.
So we gave him a t-shirt.
That's him below.
It rained some more.
We ate what we could.
Giovanni from Mandurah turned up and made Campbell look like a mug.
Neither of them could make it to the Big Spat in Manjimup the following week, so we asked them to leave the premises.
We had $100 in our pockets and we were not giving it to anyone who refused to play along.
Finally, Norm Bedford, sent to town by his wife to buy a loaf of bread, was called over from outside the bakery by Donnybrook's Man of the Moment, Angelo Logiudice.
Norm stepped up, puckered up, spat up, and we knew then and there we had a winner.
Turns out Norm is a professional cricketer and while in Manjimup he will also take a shot at the Chuck The Cherry competition.
His spit?
Good question: 8.8 metres.
Not bad.
On a windy day, it might just be enough.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
And Mount Barker, and Donnybrook.
In fact, cherry spitters from both town will make their way to Manjimup for the big chance: free ticket to New Zealand in 2008 to represent Australia in the Southern Hemispheric Spitting Competition.
On December the 8th, Manjin Park, heat winners from Mount Barker, Donnybrook, Manjimup along with the 2007 New Zealand Champion Spitter, will make their way to the stage for the big Gob Off, otherwise known as The Globe Vista Australasian Cherry Pip Spitting Championships.
This years crop will not be as fecund (can i say that? I mean as big.) a crop as last year's.
Why not?
Good question.
Plenty of rain, sure, but what has been lacking is cold, need more cold, which is why 2007 was such a bumper year: plenty of cold, bugger all rain.
Get ready, gather wind, make your way to Manjimup, December 8th, 2007.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Oh yes, we'll do it all again
Our Pip Spitting Champ from 2006, Paul Omodei Jnr, is almost on the plane for Cromwell NZ.
He's training, spitting, every day, he said, so I hope he is.
Paul will fly into Queenstown, jump a car for Cromwell, spit like al hell has broken lose and, hopefully, bring the Australasian Cherry Pip spitting Trophy back home where it is yet to belong.
Those pesky NZers may not be able to play rugby when the saliva hits the fan, but they sure can spit.
As for the cherries, not sure this far out.
What is certain is that there will not be as many as last year because although Manjimup has had plenty of rain, it has not been cold enough.
Get ready.
More news coming.
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Recently, a CIT built cab was featured on the MCFA website and in Mystic Seaport's video entitled "Mystic Seaport's Long History with Lift Trucks." Check out the video below to see a CIT cab in action.
08 Sep 2017
3 Key Elements in CIT's Quality Strategy
CIT has proven to be successful in creating the highest quality products for clients over the last 30 years. How do they do it? With a quality strategy that meets ISO requirements and puts clients first, as well as by implementing quality control strategies throughout the entire manufacturing process. These are the three key elements in CIT's quality strategy.
Manage expectations
CIT builds in quality up front with state of the art equipment and fixturing by setting and managing expectations from the very beginning of the production process. They also use reputable suppliers to purchase the needed materials for production of finished products.Through the use of the highest quality equipment, CIT sets great expectations for its products.
Aligning the team to objectives through one-on-one training
One-on-one training helps to not only create a solid, unified and well-informed team but also guarantees that employees are aware of objectives and expectations during the manufacturing process. CIT trains and properly instructs employees to assure that they understand the expectations of each component that they make.
Developing long term goals and metrics
During the design and manufacturing review meetings, CIT develops and plans the quality controls to be used during manufacturing. This method ensures that quality can be properly measured both throughout and after completion of the process.
CIT's quality strategy creates results that benefit the customer above all. With this quality strategy in place, CIT customers can expect a higher, consistent quality of the products and services provided by CIT. This strategy also means that products come at a lower cost to customers and quality products are delivered on time and meet customer expectations.
01 Sep 2017
CIT Enters Outsourced Aerospace Tooling Market
Whether it's off-loading or outsourcing, there is an opportunity for outsourced tooling in the aerospace industry. OEMs are farming out a variety of tooling work. This opportunity comes with expectations, processes and standards that are beyond any industry CIT has ever worked with, requiring the utmost design, quality and expertise.
CIT's interest in this highly advanced market fits with its capabilities to produce sophisticated tools and high end parts while being cost competitive at the same time. Large aerospace OEMs are looking to CIT because of our small size, competitive nature and talent to do the work faster, cheaper and better. This follows the business model that is prevalent in the automotive industry, with the obvious differences in scale.
CIT will work diligently to be the right supplier for the right aerospace companies where it can add the best value and create the best relationships.
25 Aug 2017
Why CIT Builds Robots
When there's a need in the market, CIT looks to meet it.
There was a noticeable lack in the robotics market and instead of sitting by and letting someone else handle it, CEO Kim Wuertemberger decided his team would solve the problem and start creating robots of their own. CIT builds robots for several reasons: cost, custom application, efficiency for the client and offered flexibility.
From a cost standpoint as they surveyed the market, CIT couldn't find anything to fit its needs and the cost was just too expensive. So, instead of outsourcing robotics, they designed and built their own at a more affordable price.
Custom application
There's a very specific need around the manufacturing of returnable shipping racks, cabs and liftgates and, at the time, there was nothing in the marketplace that was able to fit this need. By implementing custom robotics, CIT's clients can now have their own individual needs met.
By implementing a robotics system, CIT is able to create efficiency for the client instead of having parts manufactured from several different places. By not outsourcing robotics, CIT is giving customers not only a more cost-effective solution, but a more efficient one as well.
Customer robotics systems allow CIT to give customers the flexibility to utilize robotics for racks or fully welded cabs.
CEO Kim Wuertemberger focuses primarily on the small details that help make the big picture happen within the company. When these small details come together, CIT is able to provide top-notch custom robotics that are cost-effective, efficient and flexibly offered.
"I'm basically a shop floor kind of guy," Wuertemberger said. "You're most likely to find me working with our team on process improvement or reverse engineering. I'm obsessed with the details of how things work with safety and efficiency, and of course, we have to think about profitability- not just our own, but our clients' profitability. It's this type of design and process thinking that has been at the heart of our success."
15 Jul 2017
Why The Mitsubishi Caterpillar Cab Matters
In case you missed it, CIT recently featured the cab that it produces for Mitsubishi at the CONEXPO Show.
According to Dave Mahan, Senior Program Manager, CIT's cab is not like the rest of them.
"What's really unique about this cab is that it's comparable to a tilt cab except that both sides open completely. So you just have engage the latch on both sides in order to completely open the side panels in order to reach the engine," Mahan said.
The way the side mechanism works, you can access the engine from either side of the cab. This slight distinction makes a big difference in the long run. It's easier for maintenance departments to gain access to the engine this way, making repairs simple and the upkeep process smoother and more efficient.
This is a big win for the industry as CIT continues to showcase its ability to create innovative, cost-effective and quality cabs and other manufactured goods for the automotive industry.
For more information on our cab designs, read our "Cab Of The Future" roundup post here.
As CIT begins our 30th anniversary celebrations, we wanted to look back at our journey from a humble two person tool shop in Dayton, OH to now being a supplier for global brands such as Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Rolls Royce and Volvo.
Our extraordinary growth and success is in no small part due to the incredible vision, innovation and commitment of our team.
When faced with customer problems they've used innovation even if it meant breaking rules or straying from common industry practices.
Company Values
That's why our company philosophy is: Stay Customer Focused. Everyday.
It's this simple phrase that drives us to put the customer first and solve problems with innovation. It's also due to this philosophy that quality is a focus too.
Company culture is centered around this phrase: "Quality is our contract with you ensuring customer satisfaction."
Today, CIT is one of the leading employers in Richmond, Indiana including 4 executive positions and 8 management positions.
As part of the accomplishments of the company, CIT has implemented a quality program which has reached compelling results.
"I started with CIT 9 years ago and could not believe the true team approach that existed," Mike Owens, VP of Sales & Marketing, said. "Kim Wuertemberger and Mike Catey, the two principles of the company, truly have an open door policy and are willing to entertain any new idea or suggestion. The 'can due' spirit of CIT is direct reflection of culture that has been fostered here by the owners."
As part of the evolution from tool shop to global brand supplier, it is worth noting the values of design and thought. CIT puts engineering to work to solve complex problems.
Whether it's developing a custom built robot to a laser cutting system to other complex material handling systems, CIT has always focused on the customer needs. The company plans to grow by 20 percent over the next 18 months with plans to expand as well.
Our President Kim Wuertemberger is dedicated to being hands on and involved in all of the little details of the company.
"I'm basically a shop floor kind of guy. You're most likely to find me working with our team on process improvement or reverse engineering," Wuertemberger said. "I'm obsessed with the details of how things work with safety and efficiency, and of course, we have to think about profitability- not just our own, but our clients' profitability. It's this type of design and process thinking that has been at the heart of our success."
Our Story
CIT began as a small, two-person operation that specialized in light contract manufacturing in Dayton, Ohio in 1987.
A few years later, the company relocated to the "L" Street facility in Kim's hometown of Richmond, Indiana where they began expanding their service offerings to include the manufacturing of containers for the Automotive industry and custom shipping racks.
Due to its continued impressive growth, the company is now in an 118,000 square foot facility. CIT's services now also include the manufacturing of medical tables, lift gates and CAB enclosures.
The CIT story is one that truly embodies the American ideals of constant creation, small business, free enterprise and inventiveness.
Here's to 30 years of innovation at CIT.
We hope you'll join us in celebrating our accomplishments from the past 30 years as we acknowledge our prior achievements and look to the future to provide more products of the highest quality and continue to revolutionize the industry.
15 Jun 2017
CIT Featured in Construction In Focus Magazine
An interview with CEO Kim Wuertemberger recently appeared in Construction In Focus Magazine. Wuertemberger discusses the history of CIT, the products CIT offers and the company today. You can read the interview below.
The following was originally printed in Construction In Focus Magazine.
CIT lets you see the future NOW!
Kim Wuertemberger started CIT 30 years ago in 1987 with a burning desire to give his very best. Whether it has been adding new technologically, advanced machinery, hiring the most talented people possible, identifying and delivering what customers are looking for, Kim and CIT have unwaveringly pursued a vision of even greater customer satisfaction.
Q: Tell us a little about the company, a brief history of CIT and an overview of your business today.
A: I started the business in 1987 in Dayton Ohio as a small tool shop, a "garage" operation with two people. A few years later I moved the business to my home city of Richmond, Indiana to cut down on my drive time and increase my actual work time. In 1997, I decided I needed some additional help so I brought on a partner as Vice President with a vision for expansion into the returnable shipping rack business for automotive. This move started our advancement into other areas and today we are a full blown Contract Manufacturer of many products.
Q: Tell us about the company's products.
A: We still have our own in-house tool shop but we utilize all of its capacity for our own needs. We design and manufacturer customer Cab solutions for OEM equipment manufacturers. This includes Cabs for the Industrial, Construction and Material Handling industries. Our first large production product was returnable steel shipping racks and containers for the automotive industry. CIT has become known for our ability to be very successful at producing the most complicated of shipping racks. The newest product that we produce are hydraulic lift gate components for the second largest lift gate manufacturer in the world. CIT also produces medical therapy tables for the physical therapy market and ship them all over the world. Lastly we do tooling (engine shipping containers) for the Aerospace industry, so you can see that we have become extremely diversified over the years. We are constantly looking to expand our opportunities with our current customers as well as expanding into new markets.
Q: How can our readers find out more about your company?
A: Call us, we love to talk to folks about their needs and how we can help them. You can also visit our website, www.c-i-t.com or even better stop by our booth at ConExpo, C22621 and meet us face to face. Please come by, we can show you the future!
20 Dec 2013
Merry Christmas!
During the Holiday Season more than ever, our thoughts turn to those who have made our progress possible, our employees and customers.
We're truly grateful for your trust in our company and look forward to many years to come.
Have a wonderful Christmas holiday
06 Dec 2013
CIT will Exhibit at the 2014 CONEXPO – CON/AGG!
CIT would like to let everyone know that we will be exhibiting at the upcoming CONEXPO – CON/AGG show in Las Vegas, March 4 – 8. We will be making an exciting announcement as to what we will be introducing in the near future so please stay tuned.

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What is this workshop about?
Native development for iOS devices using the tools that Apple provide us. We can see how easy is make a simple app using them.
Why is this course relevant nowadays?
The smartphone's apps market is growing so fast, and the companies are requesting for a lot of applications to maximize their business. iOS is one of the best platforms for this kind of apps.
What will you learn in this workshop?
In a few hours, you will be able to create a simple app with the most used UI components and several views.
- Schedule:
Saturday. March 1st 2014from 10am to 7pm!
- Price: 89€/persona
What practical skills can I expect upon completion of this workshop?
You will understand the language Objective-C, and you will know how to work with tools like XCode and Interface Builder.
Who will I be sitting next in this workshop?
People interested in Apps Development.
Prereqs & Preparation
- Knowledge in some Object Oriented Languages (Java or C++ or C# or Objective-C xD...)
- Necessary bring a Mac (or something) with OS X Lion or Mountain Lion o Mavericks
- A lot of interest on learning :)
PS: The first 10 attendants will have a T-SHIRT for free!


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Market Updates
Market Updates
Europe (EU) continues to be our busiest market, and we are now working across 15 member states. Our focus is on the development of TNE, and we are seeing strong demand from Universities in Central and Eastern Europe for franchised/validated programmes for delivery in-country. These universities (mainly but not exclusively private) are using the development of dual degree programmes as part of their international recruitment strategies. We are also getting the European universities to commit to reasonable numbers (we have finalised 5 programmes in the past few months with initial commitments to over 100 students in year one, with good growth potential).
In Western Europe the demand is more for the traditional mobility model of dual degree (2+2, 1+1) and the universities are using this as a way of improving their offering to local and international students. We are getting commitments to reasonable numbers (Masters 20-40, UG 30-50).
We are also seeing interest from State universities in Central and Eastern Europe for the development of more strategic research partnerships. Universities in the region (Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland) are keen to develop these relationships as part of their strategies and Government policy for improving their international rankings. The development of research activity and the combination of their access to funding with UK research expertise are seen as a potentially strong solution.
Demand for Capacity Building
We are also seeing significant interest from European universities and educational institutions for support in capacity building. A number of newer EU member states are utilizing devolved EU structural funding to support capacity building in universities, colleges and schools.
We are currently focusing on markets where we know this funding is being released, for example Lithuania has committed over £1million per university to cover staff development, curriculum development and leaderships development, as well a pot of 200 million for school development. Croatia is providing a budget of around £30 million to support a number (circa 40) of vocational schools to become "Centres of Excellence". Latvia will also be supporting this activity over the next couple of years.
We see this as an excellent opportunity for UK universities to get involved in providing support and expertise to European partners. We have already had three clients in market delivering this work, and we believe there is scope for increased participation.
Project 3000 Update
Project 3000 is an exciting project we have been developing with Accenture and the Latvian Ministry of Economy. The idea is driven by the tech sector in Latvia, and the wider Baltic region, which requires a significant increase in the pool of highly skilled staff (the region hosts a number of global players who have significant development teams, e.g. Accenture, Barclays, Western Union, Nasdaq, Evolution Gaming etc. and a very strong local tech start up environment).
The aim is to use the development of a number of strategic TNE relationships between UK and Latvian Universities to drive an increase of 2,000 international students a year to the country to study Computer Science related subjects.
We were delighted to bring a senior group from Latvia, including the Deputy State Secretary of Economy, the Vice Rectors of the University of Latvia and Riga Technical Universities, senior industry professionals and representatives of the Latvian Embassy to the UK to visit 9 of our clients in December.
The selection of the UK partner universities is due to take place in the first quarter of 2019.
We continue to work on behalf of a number of universities and colleges in developing projects in the USA. We are currently focusing on two specific areas, one is the development of articulation agreements with community colleges allowing students to come to the UK following the completion of their Associate Degree to complete their Undergraduate Degree in the UK. Whilst still early days the early signs are very positive, and Community Colleges seem keen to establish such pathways with UK universities and provide international opportunities to their students as a mean to compete and differentiate themselves from local competitors.
The other area we are focusing on is the development of the US Apprenticeship market. We believe that this will offer significant opportunities for UK Universities and Colleges to become involved in supporting institutions who are looking to develop and add to their current apprenticeship provision.
We have developed an innovative model, which is based around understanding the provision offered by our UK clients to multinational companies, and then mapping that against the local offices in the US of those companies and community colleges. This allows us to focus the opportunity much more effectively.
We have started to focus our activity in the market and have been actively engaged in scoping the Canadian market for TNE partnerships. Our discussions with Canadian institutions have confirmed the keen interest in developing articulations to UK programmes (at undergraduate and graduate levels), the interest in UK programmes offered in-country and interest in offering Dual Degrees both by Universities and Colleges.
Many institutions are developing their international strategies and developing their international partnerships, realising the importance of recruiting international students as well as offering their domestic students international opportunities. There are significant opportunities for UK universities to engage with Canadian institutions across the spectrum of public and private institutions and across a range of TNE models. Some institutions are also interested in acquiring content, either for face to face or on-line delivery.
We continue to focus much of our activity on the Ukraine and will be taking a group of ten UK universities to Kiev in early February for a two-day event sponsored by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and aimed at forging both TNE and Capacity Building partnerships with Ukrainian universities. UK universities participating in the mission include Queen's University Belfast, Reading, Northumbria, Glyndwr, Greenwich and UCLan. Advance HE will also be attending to talk about capacity building. We are still happy to include other universities if this market is of interest.
In parallel, we are developing a project with the Ministry of Education in Ukraine which will be focused on improving the quality of vocational education. We believe this will mean opportunities for both UK Universities and Colleges interested in offering training and consultancy to Ukrainian technical schools.
We have been working hard on developing contacts and understanding of the Georgian market, Georgia is making a concerted effort to develop itself as a destination for international students and is largely unexplored by UK universities. We have already managed to get a range of discussions going between UK clients and a number of universities in Georgia.
We are now starting some exploratory work in Azerbaijan and will report further on this in the next newsletter.
Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
We have started to develop our activity in these markets, this has involved using our local partner company to assist with on the ground support and setting up a series of initial calls with members of the senior management teams of universities in their markets.
We are already well advanced with this activity in Brazil and have identified a number of potential opportunities for collaboration with leading local private universities on franchise/validated dual degree relationships, and possible partnership on the role-out of Micro-Hubs.
We will be offering our clients a market overview interactive webinar which will involve our local teams over the next few months.


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Chapter 6
Measure and manage your personalization program
"Process Pioneer"
Measuring the success of your personalization program
The philosophy of personalization
Now that you understand what's possible with personalization, and what's necessary to deploy it — you're on your way to developing the B2B marketer's personalization philosophy.
What exactly is that? It's when you start to realize that more individual web pages create better online experiences for your visitors and that when you start catering to an individual's unique needs.
And crazy enough — you see results.
To start effectively personalizing your website, you first need to get into your head what is possible with personalization. Think about how your site functions today.
Are there points where you think you could collect data more clearly?
Do you build your pages with one person in-mind or are they built for a wide audience?
Can you surprise and delight your visitors more frequently than you current are?
Try out some of the methods mentioned in the previous chapters — and you'll be well on your way to delivering more enjoyable and higher-converting experiences.
If you start to think about everything you do with a two-fold approach, you'll quickly start to realize you have two main goals as a B2B maketer:
1) collect as much data as possible on your visitors
2) identify every point where you can make an element on-page more personal for your traffic
Personalization vs A/B Testing
Just like the terms customization and personalization often get conflated by marketers, so do personalization and A/B testing (also referred to as split or multivariate testing).
Let's get one thing clear: these concepts are not the same thing. But they can and often do, work hand-in-hand.
A/B testing is a method of randomly displaying two or more versions of a web page to a random audience to see what version of a page performs better. You change up some elements on a page, and then see the effects on the performance of the page (such as conversion rate, email submissions, CTR, etc).
The goal is to improve the site for everyone and build a better performing page. It's a global experiment.
With personalization, you are defining your audiences explicitly. You're coming up with a hypothesis that by making elements on a page more relevant to specific groups of people, you'll see an improvement in performance. It follows a similar same thought process as an A/B test, as you're making a rationale hypothesis and deploying an experiment. The difference is that the personalized experience shouldn't necessarily be designed for all of your traffic.
The personalized experience you launch might be designed solely for SaaS or E-commerce visitors. And it might be perfectly optimized for churned customers or trial registrants.
You can still run an A/B test in congruence with a personalization, but you'd likely see it most frequently run in two ways:
1) A/B test personalization vs no personalization on your site
In this scenario, you're wanting to discover if personalization helps you reach your target metrics. Most customers we've worked with have done an initial test of this sort by setting up an A/B test with software such as Google Analytics, VWO, or Optimizely.
To test the effect of personalization, they will establish a holdback (a percentage that doesn't see the personalization experiment) and test it against a personalized version of their website.
The higher the percentage you make the holdback (i.e. 50%), the faster you can reach significance on your test and hopefully see the power of personalization.
2) A/B test one personalized experience vs another personalized experience
This is the most common way you'll see A/B testing and personalization used in unison. In this scenario, you'll again establish a holdback (slightly less than before, let's say 10%) and then deploy several personalized variants to test. You'll deploy them all to the same audience bucket, and you'll see what type of personalization performs best for that particular audience.
By doing a test in this way, you can continuously improve the effectiveness of on-site personalization. We recommend A/B testing only your largest audiences because reaching significance (to a 95% threshold) can take a bit of time if your traffic is low or your audience is too segmented.
And it should be noted that these tests shouldn't last forever. Data driven marketers see success from consistently formulating new hypotheses and trying them on a site.
When should you start personalizing your site?
- All of this information is great and all, but will it actually work for me?
- Is it too burdensome to implement on my site?
- Will marginal increases even matter at my company's size?
- Will the ROI be positive for my brand?
We hear you — and when we started personalizing our own site, these same questions flowed through our minds.
Any site can personalize, but the real question of the day is should you?
After conducting a market analysis and working with our first cohort of Proof Experiences customers, we've identified a few indicators that signal that you could be ready to personalize:
- You've reached Product Market Fit, and you're geared up & ready to grow
- You're using A/B testing, analytics, and data integration tools (such as Optimizely, Vwo, Google Optimize, Segment, Heap, Amplitude)
- You get 30+ conversions a day on your site
- You have 3+ marketers on your team & have the time to dedicate for experimentation
- You have 1 marketer solely focused on growth, CRO, or experimentation
- Your company is ~50+ people and in B2B SaaS
Does this sound like you? Sign up for a demo of Proof Experiences!
How do you measure success?
When starting a personalization program at your business, we recommend identifying a KPI that you want to focus on improving in the long-run through your experimentation. In most cases, our customers choose this KPI to be revenue-focused metric such as New MRR or Customer LTV.
These are great metrics to measure, but since they are down-funnel and take time to adjust from top of funnel experimentation, we also rely on tracking metrics that are more measurable in the short-term. Since we're deploying our experiments on marketing pages, we want to help our customers increase their customer acquisition efforts. The most practical way to do this is to look up funnel — ideally towards a cohort's action towards a next step.
What do we mean?
Let's consider an example — imagine you have a homepage with one CTA pushing your traffic to signup for a demo. We would deploy an experiment to help increase click through from that button to the next page. In that instance, we would accomplish that deployment by building custom buttons for each audience.
Then, when tracking, we'd see if these more tailored experiences increased click through and demo registrations, as both of these are leading indicators to higher revenue.
You'll continue watching your experiments and monitoring down-funnel revenue KPIs, and after reaching significant data, you can wrap up your experiment. We usually are able to reach results with about two-weeks of data, and we try to wrap up experiments within a month.
Then we go back to the drawing board and think of other tests to run. This high-tempo testing mindset helps you continuously improve.
It's important to note that the reason we can quickly and deliberately run experiments is that we're maniacal about tracking. We Amplitude to set up dashboards around everything we are testing on site — from traditional A/B tests to personalization experiments.
Here's how to setup dashboards to monitor your personalization performance.
The team you need to personalize
On a practical perspective, you likely want to know — "do I have the skills to run this or do I need to hire someone?"
If this guide felt applicable to your business and most of the concepts weren't foreign to you, we think you'll be able to quickly launch personalization with Proof Experiences. And if you're a marketer or has a marketer on your team that has dealt with Experimentation before and tools like Google Optimize, Segment, Heap, Optimizely, Segment, and others don't scare you— even better!
We've found that growth marketers, CRO analysts, marketing managers, VPs of marketing, and other data-driven roles pick up these concepts quickly.
In other situations where you don't have the time or skills to dedicate to managing Experiments internally, we are able to provide more outsourced management of Proof Experiences. Contact our team to find out more!


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Nineteen days! God, how I'd missed him. Especially at night! I'd become so used to his warmth next to me that l found sleeping difficult without him. I'd lain awake for countless hours regretting my decision not to join him. Again and again, I'd relived our closeness — the way he'd kiss my cheek so softly; the way he can wrap his tongue around my nipples as he draws them into his mouth; the way that, regardless of my mood, he could always make me come, willingly or not! Inevitably, I'd end up masturbating two, three or four times until I was so relaxed I couldn't stop sleep from taking me. Then I'd spend the next few hours dreaming about him… good dreams and bad. The best were full of love and passion, softness and kisses or hardness and lust. And so were the worst of them except that in those, I wasn't his partner. Then I'd [Read More]


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A free MMORPG based on the open source "Crystal Space" engine. It takes place in the underground realm of Yliakum, encased within a gigantic stalactite. The game is unfinished- current players are also testers of the game, and many of the game mechanics don't work. Roleplay is encouraged, particularly since a lot of the other stuff isn't very exciting at the moment.
This game provides examples of:
- Absurdly Spacious Sewer (The sewers beneath Hydlaa. There's a whole cult living down there!)
- Beneath the Earth
- Call a Smeerp a Rabbit (The rats)
- Catgirl (Female Enkidukai)
- Continuing Is Painful (The Death Realm, and Dakkru's Curse)
- Emote Animation (Just one- /greet. There are other emote commands but they don't have any animations.)
- Enough to Go Around
- Everything Fades (More like, everything just vanishes a few seconds after you kill it.)
- Fetch Quest
- Flat Earth Atheist (Atheist is an option under religion during character creation, even though there are many obvious signs of the gods' existence)
- Gender Bender (The god Laanx was originally female)
- Guide Dang It (The quest system is notoriously counterintuitive- and what's worse, you can't even get help on the forums, as it's considered spoilers.)
- He Knows About Timed Hits (There's a tutorial section when you make your first character on an account, in which NPCs cheerfully talk to you about game mechanics. It's explicitly stated to be OOC when you start though.)
- Hide Your Children (The addition of child avatars is unlikely to ever occur- some players RP as kids anyway.)
- Item Crafting (One of the most developed parts of the game)
- It's All Upstairs From Here (The Windowless Tower- a subversion, as so far it's completely useless other than for a nice view.)
- One Size Fits All
- Palette Swap (There are a few enemies that have the same models as other enemies, but different textures)
- Pamphlet Shelf averted- There are two libraries in the game, and they have fairly good-sized books, though not nearly as long as real books would be.
- Pronoun Trouble (Kran have no gender, so "kra" is used as a replacement pronoun for them, and "gemma" is used in place of "sir" or "madam".)
- Purely Aesthetic Gender
- Quicksand Box (Many people need help getting through the tutorial, let alone understanding the actual game.)
- Relationship Values (The "Faction" points are a variation, in that they show your character's standing with various groups of people or monsters.)
- Retcon (Since the game's not finished, there have been several of these)
- Capital City (Hydlaa)
- Slash Command
- Vendor Trash (There's a lot of it.)
- We Buy Anything averted- shops only buy certain categories of items, usually the same kinds they sell.
- You Can't Get Ye Flask (The quests, again.)
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The Village of Valley View provides weekly curbside recycling for village residents. Combine cans, cartons, glass, paper and boxes plus plastic bottles and jugs loose (unbagged) in the provided 18-gallon bin. Recycling is hauled to Waste Management Akron MRF. See list below for recycling drop-offs and other recycling in Valley View.
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Village: 216.524.6511
Service Dept: 216.524.1087
In-Home Recycling
Valley View has a drop off for aluminum cans only at the village fire station. Supports ACBC program.
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Other Recycling Recycling
Valley View has special collections. Call the village service department for details. No TVs accepted.
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Valley View has special collections. Call the village service department for more information.
Drop box at Valley View Police Department
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In a world where we are oversaturated with choices, dating has fallen to the same fault. With Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, OkCupid, eHarmony, and more, we have a dating app for almost every dynamic. Hinge has marketed themselves as "the relationship app," where Bumble puts women in the driver's seat. Tinder has changed much since I did my senior thesis on dating online vs. meeting face-to-face and how that impacts initial body language, but now, it's virtually known as the hook up site.
Though I have had both good and bad dates from various dating apps (I met my last long-term relationship on Tinder, but have also met short-term flings on the same app), I've also learned that we've been taught to depend on our phones for finding a solid match in the dating world.
Dating apps overall are about convenience—meet true love, your next friends with benefits, or another hook up all from the comfort of your own couch. Little effort, but big results—or so they claim. In a culture where we're taught that instant gratification can be found in almost every area of our lives, what would happen if you decided to ditch the apps and find meaningful connections the good, old-fashioned way?
In short: yes, it's totally possible to meet someone without using apps. People have been meeting each other face-to-face, at bars, at parties, and more for years. If anything, the aim of dating apps wasn't meant to challenge this dynamic, but to help it along. However, as the apps have changed, and as we continue to adapt, we've become very dependant on using this tech to find the person of our dreams.
David Bennett, a certified counselor, relationship expert, and founder of Double Trust Dating and Relationships with his twin brother (so basically the Property Brothers of love), made an interesting observation when it comes to the disconnect of meeting on apps vs. finding people face-to-face: "I have been in places where everyone looks bored and lonely, and sure enough, some of them are swiping on dating apps instead of talking to the people around them," he says.
I know this is something I see almost everywhere I go. In order to meet someone in the present moment, you simply have to be present, physically and emotionally. Open your eyes, and pay attention. I constantly have friends who ask me about how to meet someone, but spend the entire time when they're out sulking on their phones, or having a "leave me alone" vibe. The only way to put yourself out there takes a little bit of vulnerability. Yes, you might not talk to anyone that night, or you might shoot your shot and get rejected immediately, but without being open to that vulnerability which yes, includes failure, then you're limiting yourself to hiding—both behind a screen and from your true desire.
"The best way to meet people organically is to be open to the present moment and the people around you," says Bennett. "It's very easy to retreat into your phone or hide behind a laptop, often with headphones on. Instead, put your phone away and talk to people. Be present. The more people you open up to on a regular basis, and the friendlier you are, you'll be surprised how many more friendships and dates come from it."
Some of the best ways to meet people organically is to do what's natural for YOU. Going to places that already ignite your passions means you're genuinely A) open and interested and B) going into this with a happy and excited vibe.
After speaking to Xanet Pailet, sex and intimacy educator and coach and author of the new book, "Living the Orgasmic Life," she suggested meetup events, classes, retreats, salsa classes (heck yes!), and music festivals as just a few places to actively meet someone.
"When you meet someone organically, you can tell right away whether or not there is chemistry. Often you will feel more connected and aligned with someone who you share an experience with, even though you may have never swiped right because of their height, looks, or awkward pictures," she says. "I've had many clients remark how they met someone at a class, event, music festival etc that they would have never considered dating, but the chemistry "just felt right.'"
It's no surprise that dating apps make us more shallow, but they also close us off to those we might be inexplicably attracted to outside of looks and a quick bio. So put on your favorite outfit, pick something you know you're going to have a blast at, and get your social butterfly on!


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By Photojournalist Susan Brannon. Through the use of documentary photography and participating in photography workshops, The Crossing Borders Project encourages citizens to generate their own voice, rather then others doing it for them. Participants capture images to reflect their lives, their interests, and their stories to share across borders.
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Patient Education
Our team of specialists and staff believe that informed patients are better equipped to make decisions regarding their health and well being. For your personal use, we have created an extensive patient library covering an array of educational topics. Browse through these diagnoses and treatments to learn more about topics of interest to you. Or, for a more comprehensive search of our entire Web site, enter your term(s) in the search bar provided.
As always, you can contact our office to answer any questions or concerns.
- Shoe Recommendations
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- Achilles Tendon
- Muscle Cramps & Spasms
- How to stop sweaty feet
Medical Journal Articles
- Transchondral Fractures Of The Talus
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- Preventing And Treating Tennis Injuries Of The Lower Extremity
- Treating Overuse Injuries In Adolescent Athletes
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Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS) is an uncommon congenital abnormality that causes entrapment of fetal parts (usually a limb or digits) in fibrous amniotic bands while in utero. It can result in disfigured feet. ABS affects about one in every 1,200 births and is believed to be the cause of 178 in 10,000 miscarriages. Some researchers believe that ABS is caused by early amniotic rupture, which leads to the formation of fibrous strands that entangle limbs and appendages. Treatment may include surgical excision of the fibrous band and any necrotic tissue.
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- CancelOperationRequest
- The request message for Operations.CancelOperation.
- CloudshellApi
- Allows users to start, configure, and connect to interactive shell sessions running in the cloud.
- Empty
- A generic empty message that you can re-use to avoid defining duplicated empty messages in your APIs. A typical example is to use it as the request or the response type of an API method. For instance: [...]
- Environment
- A Cloud Shell environment, which is defined as the combination of a Docker image specifying what is installed on the environment and a home directory containing the user's data that will remain across sessions. Each user has a single environment with the ID "default".
- ListOperationsResponse
- The response message for Operations.ListOperations.
- Operation
- This resource represents a long-running operation that is the result of a network API call.
- OperationsResourceApi
- PublicKey
- A public SSH key, corresponding to a private SSH key held by the client.
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- Message included in the response field of operations returned from StartEnvironment once the operation is complete.
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Factors to Consider Before Choosing a Satellite Television
The television satellites are advantageous because they help to transfer clear images and sound which are important for a better view. They receive signals and then send them to some devices that decode them to images that are shown on the screen as pictures and videos.
It is advisable to use some of these ideas before selection and installation of the satellite television. The environmental factors should first be considered before getting a satellite television. Trees, buildings, and things act as impediments for the receiving of the electromagnetic impulses that are needed for clear and quality videos and thus considering them, one will be able to get a stronger satellite television. The position for the satellite television is also very important to be checked because there are those that are modified to be installed inside the house and some outside the house.
While considering the placement of the television aerials, other factors such as the weather conditions of a particular place can help one in choosing a good set of these gadgets. The quality of the satellite television signals that are received and transmitted for viewing is a factor to consider because they can be of low quality as a result of poor manufacturers. They can be differentiated from the manufacturers. The charges for subscribing to the television channels for a particular satellite should be checked before the acquisition. There is satellite television that requires purchase of channels and those that do not need, and hence one can consider their needs for the television set.
One should consider getting an aerial or satellite television that does not need too many processes or complex activities while setting them up to ensure that it can be achieved without the need to find a technician to offer such services. This is much advantageous to avoid unwanted expenses from the need to pay these experts. Another factor to consider is the amount of money needed for the satellite and all the aerial sets.
It is advisable to get the aerials which do not need too many equipment for installation that may need a lot of money. It is good to consider the types of signals by the satellite dishes or the aerials before acquiring them. The aerial have inferior quality videos because they have a low capability of receiving better signals compared to the satellite dishes and thus one can acquire these gadgets depending on the clarity that they need. The use of technologies in the satellite television can as well be considered because there are those that connect to various networks and thus have better Channels and services and can thus be considered.
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Stepson of White Sox VP Accused of Attacking Girlfriend
Over the weekend of January 11th, the former stepson of White Sox Vice President Kenny Williams was at a hotel downtown with his girlfriend. Dedrick Williams is the son of Kenny's former wife and has not been in communication with his stepfather for years. Early on Saturday morning around 3 am, the two had a dispute and hit each other in their hotel room at the Palmer House Hotel. When the Chicago Police arrived both Dedrick, 30, and his girlfriend, 30, admitted to hitting each other.
Williams' girlfriend suffered a black eye, a swollen lip and bruises on her arms. Williams' injuries were not reported. She claimed that her injuries were the result of Dedrick punching her in the face with a closed fist. Both were offered medical attention at the scene but both declined to be treated and were released.
Later, she had a female friend take her to Northwestern Memorial Hospital to receive medical attention. At the hospital, she confessed that Dedrick sexually assaulted her at the hotel. The police arrested Dedrick at his home at the 4700 block of North Central Avenue around 9:30 am. He was charged with felony criminal sexual assault and felony unlawful restraint. He was also charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. When he was at bond court on January 14th, the judge set his bond at $150,000 and ordered home monitoring if he would post bond.
Sex crimes are very serious and can have lasting effects on your life, including jail time, job loss, and a permanent reputation as a sex offender. Don't waste any valuable time when setting up the best defense possible. Contact a knowledgeable sex crime defense attorney in Chicago today.


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|The Battle Begins
|The Holy Woman's Resolve
|The Knight Erring
|Chapter Info
|VS. Special Fire Force Company 5 arc
|Hero or Devil
|Release Info
|January 20, 2016
The Battle Begins (開戦, Kaisen) is the fifteenth chapter of the Fire Force manga series.
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Aboard the Special Armoured Fire Engine, the Special Fire Force Company 8 excluding Akitaru Ōbi arrive at the scene. After talking with Takehisa, Shinra makes him move toward Iris' location, avoiding the likes of the 5th grunts using his Ignition Ability. Takehisa then begins his attack on the grunts that stand in his way, using his guns to take them out without killing them. As Tōru spots them unknowingly, he attempts to use his Backdraft Bubblish Gum ability to get rid of Takehisa, but Maki successfully fades out the explosion, leaving no harm. Takehisa assumes the opponents location and uses his Bullet Speed Control to aim his bullets toward him, and finishing him off with his Ricochet Control. Thinking he had it easy, Takehisa remarks that the two newcomers of the 8th would've been a more difficult opponent. As he orders Maki to interrogate the grunts to talk about the data they have on the Flame Humans, the 3 Angels of the 5th appear. Arthur, ordered to follow Shinra by his Devil Footprint's, finds himself far behind Shinra as he's so fast. He stumbles upon a member of the 5th with a seemingly cone-shaped head, to which he jokingly points out. The 5th member tries to scare off Arthur, and Setsuo then appears from behind him, whispering killing intentions to himself. As Arthur remembers his face, he prepares himself for a showdown.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a draft strategic framework for future quality measure development, as called for under the Medicare payment reform legislation passed last year (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, also known as MACRA).
The California Medical Association (CMA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and other health care organizations recently submitted comments on this proposal in a joint letter.
CMS's proposed Measure Development Plan (MDP) directly supports the implementation of MACRA's new fee-for-service Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which is supposed to consolidate and simplify the existing Medicare quality reporting programs , including the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), meaningful use and the value modifier, as well as the new alternative payment models (APM). The MDP also highlights known measurement and performance gaps and recommends approaches to close those gaps through development, use and refinement of quality measures. According to CMS, the MPD and the comments CMS receives on it will influence the type of funding CMS distributes for measure development over the next five years.
CMA and AMA were deeply engaged in the legislative process that ultimately led to the enactment of MACRA and believe that for this new law to be successful, physicians will need a strategic quality framework that supports innovation, improves care delivery for patients and leads to more sustainable physician practices.
"We believe a participatory process between physicians and CMS is critical to assuring practicing physicians that quality measures within MIPS and the APMs will be clinically relevant and meaningful for their practice and setting of care, as well as administratively actionable and helpful in providing better care and value for patients," the AMA comments said.
AMA also criticized the new CMS plan for following the same piecemeal approach to measurement where each Medicare quality program operates in a silo. AMA urged CMS to follow the intent of MACRA, which is to encourage flexibility and provide the chance to redesign and overcome existing problems. Leading quality experts are also calling on CMS to rethink the design of quality programs.
In the letter, AMA asked CMS to improve upon the current quality programs by ensuring that MIPS and APMs take into consideration the various physician specialties and sub-specialties so that all physicians can effectively and successfully participate. AMA also urged CMS to avoid adopting the one-size-fits-all approach as currently constructed under the value-based modifier and meaningful use programs, which have diverted physician efforts and resources away from participating in activities that truly have a positive impact on patient care.
The letter called on CMS to provide more timely and usable data to physicians so that they can improve patient care, instead of narrowly focusing on penalties and rewards. And, it reminded CMS that these goals can only be achieved if accountability is also assigned to the vendors who control what is being required of physicians.
Organized medicine offered an alternative approach that uses a recent Institute of Medicine report as a roadmap for how health care is measured. The letter urges CMS to "start with a broad problem that needs to be solved (such as diabetes or hypertension), set targets for success, identify key roles for physicians as well as other stakeholders, and use measurement to guide us toward our targets."
Regarding the Alternative Payment Models, AMA said that quality measures in an APM should demonstrate that the APM is achieving its goals for care improvement. Experience to date with APMs has found that APM measures are more likely to be based on outcomes of care, such as complication, readmission and reoperation rates, instead of typical PQRS check-the-box measures.
AMA also asked CMS to only allow physician-led organizations to develop quality measures to ensure that the measures are more meaningful to users, uphold national standards and harmonize with clinical data registries.
And, finally, the letter urges CMS to expand its risk adjustment methodology to incorporate race, income and community features to avoid inaccurate conclusions about quality and performance that could unfairly penalize physicians who treat socio-disadvantaged patients and hinder access to care.
To read the letter to CMS on the quality measure development plan, click here.
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Posts Tagged 'desert'
Life and death in Saguaro National Park
Behold a fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) in the eastern sector of Tucson's Saguaro National Park as we saw it two years ago today:
Hardy as desert plants are, they all eventually meet their demise. Here's what a barrel cactus look like then:
Oh, all right, it was Saguaro National Park, so I guess I'll have to show you a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea). This one had two particularly enfolding "arms":
And here are the stately remains of a saguaro with upraised "arms":
© 2018 Steven Schwartzman
Joshua Tree National Park
We spent a good part of November 5th two years ago at Joshua Tree National Park in the desert of southern California. The first picture shows you a picturesque wall of boulders there. The reddish-brown growths occupying the bare branches in the foreground are desert mistletoe, Phoradendron californicum.
Here's a closer look at some boulders:
Smaller details also caught my attention:
Oh yeah, we did see some Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park:
By the time we drove out the southern entrance of the park, the sun had already set.
Even so, I stopped to photograph a creosote bush, Larrea tridentata:
© 2018 Steven Schwartzman
Monahans after the rain
When we drove into the town of Monahans in west Texas on June 14th it was too late in the afternoon for us to continue the short distance to the attraction that had brought us there: Monahans Sandhills State Park. We could see that it had rained in the area that afternoon, and what effect that had had on the dunes became clear only the next morning. How differently textured the sand was then from the way we'd seen it in 2014 when we'd visited on the afternoon of April 12th and the morning of April 13th.
© 2017 Steven Schwartzman
Carlsbad canyons
No, the title isn't a typo or thinko: I meant Carlsbad canyons. While almost everyone goes to Carlsbad Caverns National Park to see the caverns, the road in from the highway passes through some scenic canyons whose grand scale makes them worth stopping for in their own right, as we found out on June 14th. It's a harsh land of little rain, where many plants have a hard time making a go of it.
One plant that thrives there is Dasylirion wheeleri, known even in English by the name that the Spaniards took from the Aztecs: sotol. Below you see a sotol flower stalk (which people joke is so tall).
© 2017 Steven Schwartzman
And a lizard
Here's a lizard I found at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in northern New Mexico on June 12th. Thanks to Pat Maher and Scott Bulgrin of the New Mexico Herpetological Society for identifying this as an eastern collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris. You can read more about collared lizards at Wild Herps. You can get a much closer view of this one by clicking to enlarge the thumbnail below.
© 2017 Steven Schwartzman
Bandelier National Monument
On June 11th we spent a few hours at a place in Northern New Mexico that I'd visited only once before, way back in 1981: Bandelier National Monument. Below is a closer view of some of the Swiss-cheese-like rocks that make the site holey.
© 2017 Steven Schwartzman
Petroglyph National Monument again
On June 13th we visited Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque for the second time, our previous visit having been in the fall of 2014. This time we walked a trail we hadn't on that first visit, the Cliff Base Trail in Boca Negra Canyon.
The third picture gives you a feel for the desert landscape around there.
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Your screen is to small to play this free online game.
High Tea is a free online bubble shooter game with a great difference; it is about a tea party. Granted, a tea party would probably appeal more to the girls, but you have to see the design of the game in order to believe it. The items are well made. And you have to join balloons that have the same symbol on their faces. The background is like that which you would find n a little girls room; pink wall paper and flowery designs. When you join the balloons, which look like plates, into groups of 3 or more, they are removed from the game and you are awarded some points. The goal is to score as many points as you can during the time that you are given for the first level. Similarly, the items do not attack you, like they do in other bubble blasting games, they just sty there, but they are added on when you make a mistake. In other words, every mistake you make will bring you closer to the end of the game; the items are not the ones coming down, it is you making mistakes and adding to the pile. High Tea is a great game since it does not bring in the competitive edge that is required in some of the other games; High Tea is really feminine in nature and would be a welcome distraction to a little girl who is demanding too much time from you when at time you are busy; let her play this bubble shooter game and get on with your chores. The High Tea game does have several levels, but it takes quite a while to get past one and therefore a lot of patience should be exercised. As mentioned earlier, this is a gem that is suited to the gentle souls that are girls. Have Fun!
Use your arrow keys to play this free online game.
Little girls love tea parties and this is a free online bubble shooting game that would really appeal to the ladies. Girls love to sit with their little dolls and pretend that they are having a little party and enjoying some gossip. Usually this comes from the tendency of girls to emulate their parents and if they have noticed that mother always asks the neighbors wife over for a cup of tea, then it will catch on. Boys tend to go with their fathers and that is why they would rather romp in the yard rather than play at having a tea party. This is a great free online bubble shooting game for small girls who can imagine the story I their heads. They can imagine that they have got all their best friends and they have made the healthiest herbals tea, and they are having a chat as they sip the tea. This is girly trend and this is a web game that will appeal to them. It is also a great web game for sisters and friends to play and see who is better at shooting the items of the tea party through the hoop. Encourage your little girl to play this bubble shooter game whenever she is alone in the house.
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Hype is real for the adidas NMD R1 Black Grey Footlocker Exclusive. This is one of the most unique Nomads to release for some time. And it comes crafted with a corduroy Primeknit upper.
The murdered-out colourway only adds to the appeal. If you're hoping to cop, be sure to stay glued to our social media pages and we'll provide updates as soon as these go live.
As a Foot Locker Exclusive, you won't find this NMD R1 anywhere else. Similar to the previous 'Tri-Colour' release, this pair is crafted with a textured Primeknit material. The black colourway extends across everything in sight but thanks to the knitted nature of Primeknit, grey undertones are visible across the thread.
Even the midsole underfoot features in tonal black. The only contrast comes to the light grey EVA midsole plugs which are stamped underfoot. A sticky black outsole keeps your glued to all surfaces and adidas Originals branding features throughout.
The adidas NMD R1 Black Grey Footlocker Exclusive is scheduled to release on November 25th via the retailers listed. Stay tuned for more updates and stockist alerts.


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The main ski lift of Lake Louise resort named Grizzly Express Gondola, takes visitors up to an altitude of 2088m (6850ft) above sea level.
What to do at the Gondola?
Attractions Lake Louise Gondola
Before the ride, there is a pre-ride Visitor Welcome orientation at the Bears den to provide visitors with information for a safe and memorable ride.
Choose either an open chair or fully enclosed gondola to ride up the face of mountain and to view one of the most spectacular scenery in the Canadian rockies.
Try to spot wildlife like Grizzly bears, coyotes on your way up/down the lift and from the lodge. Do not forget to relish the exhilarating scenery around you.
From the view point on the top, enjoy the turquoise Lake Louise at a distance nestled like a jewel amongst the soaring mountain peaks.
Take leisurely strolls around, appreciating nature or take the strenous hike to the summit of Mount Whitehorn, if you are upto it. (Unescorted hikes are permitted on the upper mountains and take care to hike in groups of 4 or more.)
Participate in the 45 minute guided walk of the upper mountain for an additional fee.
Listen to gondola Interpretive Programs to gain more understanding about geography and wildlife frequenting the area like Grizzlies.
Check the webcam to make sure that one gets a spectacular view on a foggy/cloudy day.
Who all can go on the Lake Louise Gondola ?
How to get to Lake Louise Gondola?
Lake Louise Gondola Location / Directions
From Lake Louise,
Head east on Lake Louise Dr toward St Piran Rd, merge onto Bow Valley Parkway, then onto Whitehorn Dr. The main parking lot of Lake Louise ski resort will be on the right.
From Banff,
Head north on Trans Canada Highway, take the Bow valley Parkway exit toward Lake Louise, continue onto Whitehorn Dr for about 2 km. The resort is on the right
Complimentary shuttle service is available from Chateau Lake Louise, Deer Lodge,Lake Louise Campground,Samson Mall, The Great Divide Lodge to the gondola.
How much to ride Lake Louise Gondola?
Lake Louise Gondola Ticket Rate - (GST not included)
Adults - $34.95
Child (6-15) - $16.95
5 and under - Free
Guided walks: 45 minutes - $9.95/2 hours - $20.95 / 3.5 hours - $34.95
Adding ~$4 to the Gondola ticket, one can buy Ride'n Dine Packages, and have a sumptuous buffet breakfast, at the Lodge of Ten Peaks .(Recommended - if you are planning to visit during the respective hours )
For Lake Louise Gondola coupons, check tourist guides available at hotel lobbies. You may find coupons for discounts for Lake Louise Gondola package tickets which includes breakfast or lunch. Also check whether you can redeem airmiles for the Lake Louise Gondola ticket.
Winter Sight Seeing Gondola - here
When to ride Lake Louise Gondola?
Lake Louise Gondola Hours
2017 Lift Hours:
May 12 to Jun 18 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
Jun 19 to Jul 31 | 8:00am - 5:30pm
Aug 1 to Sept 4 | 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sept 5 to Oct 8 | 8:00am - 5:00pm
Guided Walks are held three times a day 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Winter sightseeing Gondola - During Ski season.
How long will it take to see Lake Louise Gondola?
Depending on interest, one hour to three hours.
The gondola ride will take 14 minutes one way.
What about Amenities, accessibility & parking?
Gift shops, & Restaurant.
Cafe and outdoor Barbeque at Whitehorn view point.
Wash rooms .
Free Parking available.
Wheel chair access - Not completely accessible, see here for information.
A free shuttle service is available between the Lake Louise Gondola, Chateau Lake Louise and the Samson Mall during the summer months.
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(I don't know whether or not I'll leave this article up permanently, as it has more identifying information in it than I'll usually put on the blog; but, right now, I'm going to post it.)
A London coalition of societies working for the homeless have set up a new award, for innovation in dealing with the problem of homelessness. They've named it after a past chairman of their group who, sadly, died a few years back, but whom they wished to honour for his work and achievements for their group. Michael Whippman. My father.
The award ceremony was on Tuesday night. I got dolled up in my posh frock (surprising my son, who, even at the age of nineteen months, has apparently worked out that Mummy doesn't do the posh frock thing), and my mother and I headed into Central London and met my sister at Sadler's Wells for a buffet and drinks and speeches and displays about the winners and the runners-up, and street art for entertainment (oh, well, you can't have everything).
One of the people who'd worked with my father made a speech about him. He used to be quite intimidated by Michael Whippman, he said, when he first got to know him. Michael's sheer incisive brilliance and his way of calmly cutting through everything extraneous at meetings and making sure everyone stuck to whatever the point was and actually got things done - these traits could be somewhat nerve-wracking to the people who worked with him, until they got to know the dry wit and the sheer gentleness that tempered them. I grew up knowing the wit and the gentleness, and, although I can see that from a different perspective working with that kind of intelligence could be intimidating, those were never the eyes through which I saw my father. To me, he'll always be the man who told us stories about a little girl and her talking teddy bear and an amazingly surreal cast of peripheral characters including a dancing ant and a large vat of green slime.
The people who win the Michael Whippman prize in the years and decades to come won't know any of these sides of him, of course. To them, Michael Whippman will just be a name, and the only meaning it will have to them is the honour of the prize. And that's a pretty damn good meaning for it to have. People who never knew my father or anything about him will associate his name with innovation and with receiving a high honour. For this, and for so much else, I'm prouder of my father than I can say.


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For those who regularly take my yoga classes, you know how much I love to incorporate mudras into class. Kalesvara Mudra is not a typical mudra that we practice, but it's one with a lot of sentiment and feeling behind it so it's good to become familiar with. Kalesvara Mudra is known to create a... Continue Reading →
I've been running more lately and have been really focusing on asanas that assist in stretching out the hamstrings and side body. My go to pose to target these areas is Trikonasana or Triangle Pose. I absolutely love to do this pose after a run. Depending on the depth of your angle in this pose,... Continue Reading →
Hanumanasana~Monkey Pose
If you want a pose that is going to really take some patience to work into, this is the one to practice. I have been working on Hanumanasana or Monkey Pose for about a year and it is one that I am deeply grateful for. There is no forcing anything in this asana (pose). It... Continue Reading →
Asanas off the Wall
There are many ways to use the wall in your yoga practice. A wall can be one of the best yoga props to strengthen and/or assist your practice. Typically, the wall is used to practice handstands as those can be scary practicing at first without the security of a wall behind you. However, I have... Continue Reading →
Yoga Mudras
I recently posted an article on my Misha Jo Naturals website about a variety of mudras (yogic hand gestures) and their special significance. To read my article, visit https://mishajonaturals.com/yoga-mudras/ XO
Yoga + Running
Yoga can have a significant impact on your running style and your longevity as a runner. I have been running consistently for a LONG time and it was actually through a running injury that I found yoga. Since practicing yoga for about ten years now, I have seen exactly how a regular yoga practice... Continue Reading →
Nature as Healer
I recently wrote a post on my business website about the Healing Power of Nature. This topic has been on my mind lately as I wish more people realized the importance of spending time outside as it brings a plethora of benefits to the mind and body. Here is the link to my article https://mishajonaturals.com/the-healing-powers-of-nature/
Yoga for the Heart Chakra
The Heart Chakra is our fourth chakra and I like to think of it as the balancing chakra. It is the center point between the lower three more physical chakras and the upper three more spiritual chakras. The heart chakra lies is the core of our spirit. In yoga, many different pranayama or breathing exercises... Continue Reading →
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love is such a beautiful topic this Valentine's Day. Relating it to yogic philosophy, the Brahmaviharas come to mind. Brahmaviharas are the four states of mind that help unconditional love become more possible when practiced. They consist of (i) Metta—friendliness (ii) Karuna—compassion, (iii) Mudita—joy, and (iv) Upekkha—equanimity. Swami Satchidananda said the following about Brahmaviharas,... Continue Reading →


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10 kgs Beef or Pork trim 75/80% lean ( That means 75/80 meat and 20/25% Fat )You can use ½ beef and ½ pork if you wishIf you are only making 5 kgs of sausages just cut the ingredients down by half1 kg fine breadcrumbs50 gms salt25gms ground black pepper13 gms ground mace13 gms dried tyme13 gms ground coriander13 gms ground nutmeg20 egg yolks ( Beaten )
10 kgs Beef or Pork trim 75/80% lean (that means 75/80 meat and 20/25% Fat )
You can use ½ beef and ½ pork if you wish
- If you are only making 5 kgs of sausages just cut the ingredients down by half
- 1 kg fine breadcrumbs
- 50 gms salt
- 25 gms ground black pepper
- 13 gms ground mace
- 13 gms dried thyme
- 13 gms ground coriander
- 13 gms ground nutmeg
- 20 egg yolks (beaten )
Lets get sausage-making
- Mince the meat through your mincer using the larger holed mincer plate.
- Add ingredients.
- Mix in well and now mince through the smaller mincer plate for a fine blend or through the larger mincer plate for a meatier looking sausage.
- Place the sausage emulsion into the sausage filler and put the size nozzle on the filler that will fit you casing.
- Natural hog or sheep casing or collagen casings (known as Artificial Casings)
- Turn the handle on the sausage filler and feed the emulsion into the casing.
- Don't fill the casing to full as it will not be able to be tied off.
- Feel the sausage as it is coming from the filler and it should be comfortably soft to the touch.
- Once you have filled out the casing, tie each end with a simple knot…
Now let's tie the Sausages
- This is hard to explain so print out the 2 sausage tying pics and use whichever one is easiest for you.
- You can also open the video and it will show you how to tie the sausages as well.
- Refrigerate overnight to allow sausage to set.
- Cook what you wish to eat and freeze the remainder.


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#OUTOFSORTS 4 STARS @amazonbooks @Valognesaurelie
The main character in this book wasn't the nicest person around. He was just a lonely old man. But, he had done it to himself. It's too bad that it took him that long to figure it out.
It's also too bad the mean things that the apartment manager had done to him as well.
I liked the book. It was a good story and a nice learning experience. The little girl was adorable. I would recommend this book. It was entertaining, somewhat sad, but uplifting at the end.
Thanks Amazon Crossing for approving my request and to Net Galley for providing the free e-galley in exchange for an honest review.


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"Sheila" found Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) in early 2019 through a local church, where she had initially turned for help in her time of need. The hard-working 34-year-old mother of two children—ages 10 and 1—had recently moved to Houston from another state to flee domestic abuse. Sheila was working as a healthcare assistant but had no local support system to rely upon. In recent weeks, her homeless family had been living in their car.
The church and CCSC worked together to help stabilize Sheila's family and find safe housing. On a few occasions in the subsequent weeks, CCSC also provided groceries, hygiene items, diapers, and baby wipes. All these items helped Sheila reallocate and stretch her financial resources. She was so grateful for the ministry's kindness that on one of her visits, Sheila donated two large bags of children's clothing that no longer fit her kids. It felt good for her to pass along acts of kindness to others.
Many community members like Sheila are making hard life decisions that are wise for the long run, yet create short-term struggles with basic necessities. Many community members are also gainfully employed but earning an income that falls short in providing for daily needs. CCSC helped thousands of persons in 2018, and each one of them—like Sheila—has a unique story.
To find out more about Christian Community Service Center, please call 713-961-3993 or visit www.ccschouston.org.


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Mitzi returns to her alma mater to give a talk at joint meeting of the Ann Arbor useR and ASA Meetups:
This case study shows how to efficiently encode and compute an intrinsic conditional autoregressive (ICAR) model in Stan. When data has a neighborhood structure, ICAR models provide spatial smoothing by averaging measurements of directly adjoining regions. The Besag, York, and Mollié (BYM) model is a Poisson generalized linear model (GLM) which includes both an ICAR component and an ordinary random-effects component for non-spatial heterogeneity. We compare two variants of the BYM model and fit two datasets taken from epidemiological studies of Scottish lip cancer (56 regions) and New York city pedestrian traffic deaths (700 regions).
It's based on her Stan case study on ICAR models.
The event is open to the public. Here are the Meetup registration details.


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A lot of web customers search on-line about tips on how to earn or earn money on-line. Greacious it's been a month of Sundays since my final publish to this blog! It isn't a lot that we stopped visiting Ballard Pubs, however that our course of ran away with us. We have been in a groove…Friday night time we would select the name of a pub out of the Large Glass Bowl of Future and only for good measure we would choose a back-up pub if the first one was…nicely…lame.
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A weblog for Small Business Consultants and the distributors who serve them. Nope! That doesn't work either. So once more to the drafting board I went. Ben Jones and Jonni Walker have been visiting The Data Faculty as we converse so I asked for their feedback. Ben really helpful directional arrows and pointed me to his weblog put up for creating the arrow shapes I wanted. Disclaimer: HubSpot presents a business blogging engine as a element of our software program package deal. But, this text simply is not about HubSpot. For the file, I'm an enormous fan of WordPress as an alternative for the tech savvy of us in the marketplace.
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Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has taken a swipe at Cameron Bancroft, accusing the banned opener of trying to repair his image amid renewed debate about whether David Warner can be reintegrated into the national side.
Bancroft revisited the Cape Town ball tampering scandal in an interview broadcast during Fox Sports' Boxing Day coverage, suggesting he "didn't know any better" when asked by Warner to interfere with the ball at Newlands.
The broadcaster also aired a separate interview with Steve Smith, who spoke of the "dark space" he was in after the tampering furore.
Bancroft's nine-month ban expires on Saturday while Warner, who is yet to speak in depth about the events in Cape Town, and Smith have another three months to serve.
All three are likely to be in Australia's plans for next year's Ashes but it remains to be seen if bridges have been burned, with former opener Michael Slater suggesting the relationship between Warner and Bancroft is untenable.
Ponting said he was stunned by the timing of Bancroft's interview which threatened to overshadow the biggest day on Australia's cricketing calendar.
"I was disappointed with a few things and I don't think he had to say some of the things he had to say," Ponting said on the Seven Network.
"Even the way he presented himself in that interview ... he's trying to rebuild his brand and that sort of thing, and I think some of the things he's had to say have actually done more damage to his brand than what had happened before."
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Bancroft said in the interview with Adam Gilchrist that he "just wanted to fit in and feel valued".
A CA investigation found that Warner was the architect of the illegal ploy, and that nobody outside Warner, Smith and Bancroft knew of the one-off plan to alter the ball with sandpaper.
Smith declined to address the incident in detail but shed further light on the role former Cricket Australia executives James Sutherland and Pat Howard played in establishing a toxic culture of winning without counting the costs.
Seven Network commentator Slater accused Smith and Bancroft of attempting to "bury" Warner, adding it would be difficult for the divisive star to return to the team.
"There is a strategy behind Steve Smith and Bancroft, and Dave Warner's off the radar at the moment," Slater said.
"In terms of a respectful comment on Dave Warner, there's been none of that. So to me, it is untenable, they've buried him very quickly."