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I had the opportunity to volunteer in Thailand and I miss it like crazy ... years later! After living in Thailand for four months, I've got some tips for you.
First off, you really can't see this beautiful country in just a week. Tourists flock to Thailand because it's incredibly beautiful, but I'm so glad that I chose to do a semester abroad there with ILP. On my semester I was able to teach English in Thailand to the most adorable children ever. I also had plenty of vacation time to see just about everything I wanted to see in Thailand.
Alright, ready to live in Thailand?
Here's everything you need to know about volunteering in Thailand
Plus, my Thai friends took me to the places that all the tourists don't know about. Now that I've really seen the country, I can't even image someone only spending a week there. It's just not enough!
What I Wish I Knew Before Going To Thailand...
You'll Find People Who Speak English
I've traveled to a lot of places where the only way I could communicate with the local people was via charades because I didn't speak their language and they didn't speak mine. But in Thailand I was so surprised by how many people speak basic to really fluent English.
So, that means...don't be shy! Say hello to the locals. The people are incredibly friendly and want to talk to you. They might be nervous or self concious thinking their English isn't that great, but honestly if you are open and outgoing, you'll find so many opportunities to meet friendly Thai strangers.
Learn The Right Way To Speak Thai
I know I just said everyone speaks English, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to learn some Thai. You're in their country, so be courteous! They see so many tourists coming through their country and I'm sure those tourists aren't always the most gracious. You can be the one to give them a good impression of Americans/Canadians.
Download a free app that helps you learn how to say hello, goodbye, and thank you. ILP has a blog post about a few basic Thai phrases that are good to know but you you can also find basic phrase tutorials on Youtube. A tiny bit of effort will go far — plus it's much easier to learn a language while living in a foreign country because you get to practice all of the time.
Go Natural
It is so humid in Thailand! Literally, you will walk out of your bedroom and be dripping with sweat within minutes. Just don't worry about your hair and makeup and go for the natural look. Confession...I still used waterproof mascara all the time. That and tinted chapstick were my go to staples.
Go Shopping Here
If you want souvenirs you have to go to the markets in Chiang Mai. Yep, you'll find thing to buy in the Thai Islands but it'll be three times the price than the same things in Chiang Mai. Seriously, do you shopping in Chiang Mai, not anywhere else!
There's a huge outdoor market in Bangkok called Chatuchak, and there's also some fun night markets in a handful of other cities (like where you might be living in as an ILP volunteer in Thailand), but my favorite shopping was in Chiang Mai.
There's both a Saturday and a Sunday night market every weekend in Chiang Mai, with stalls full of the cheapest things to buy in Thailand. Wooden elephants, Thai clothing, beautiful bags, tapestries — it's all there. The weekend market runs on Saturday and Sunday but I think the Sunday market is when the really when the great vendors came out.
Can you spot the little girl hiding in her mom's booth at the Thai market?
Do A Tour
Normally I'm the very first person to avoid a guided tour...but in Thailand they're actually great! You're going to be able to get away from the hoards of tourists and get to see places you wouldn't find on your own.
In the Islands you'll see signs everywhere for group tours offering snorkling and boat trips to other islands. You can wait until you get there and usually just sign up to join a group the following day. In any other city though (Bangkok and Chiang Mai) I definitely recommend doing your research online ahead of time. There will be so many options for tours, but the best ones fill up ahead of time.
If you want to interact with elephants, I totally recommend splurging here. The cheaper tours are notorious for not treating their animals well and honestly you're likely not going to get the magical experience you're dreaming of.
Here's how to pick out the best Elephant Parks!
Have A Waterproof Device For Taking Photos
There's so many times that you're doing activities in the water and you'll want to keep those memories. Also, if you're in Thailand from April to August, you'll be there during the rainy season and it's nice to be able to protect your phone when you're on the go and a huge rain storm comes passing through.
I didn't have the funds for a GoPro (although I would have loved to have one!), so I did some research and found out that you can buy REALLY affordable cases for your iPhone. I bought one from Joto on Amazon for just $10 and it worked like a charm. I'm so glad I brought that otherwise I wouldn't have all my awesome photos of playing with elephants in the water or the one below.
Beware The ATM Fees
The Thai government has added a fee to every ATM that currently amounts to about $5 USD. Also, a lot of banks and credit unions have a fee for using their card internationally, so that means every time you withdraw cash from an ATM (which is the best way to make purchases) you could be paying around $5-$10 in fees. Ouch.
But, there are ways to make it cheaper. You can withdraw the maximum amount each time you're at an ATM — there is a limit, so you can't pull out enough for your whole semester abroad, but you can cut down the number of times you visit the ATM.
You can also make sure you're using a bank that has low fees. Click here for more help with that.
Also, did you know there are banks that have ZERO ATM fees? Yep! I read this post about a couple who used Charles Schwab and they raved about their customer service. So, I signed up for a Charles Schwab checking account. I'm so glad I did! The way it works is that you'll be charged the ATM fee that Thailand gives you, but then at the end of every month they refund those ATM fees back directly into your checking account. I got about $30 in refunds every month!
Practice Bowing
Just a little tip that you'll quickly pick up, strangers will greet you out of respect! What they do is put their hands in prayer position close to their face and give you a little bow. I absolutely love how respectful they are. If someone bows to you, do it back. That's a good rule of thumb.
Just a little bit of knowlege for you, the lower you bow the more respect is given so you'll see this same sort of gestures for monks but typically they'll do it from their knees as a way to show more respect to them.
Enjoy it! I can't even tell you enough how much I love that country.
The food is great. The people are great. The prices are great. The culture is great. The land is great. Ahhhhh Thailand. I love you.
Like I mentioned before, you're doing a serious diservice to yourself if you don't spend a significant amount of time there. Do a semester abroad with International Language Programs! We even have opportunities where you can get paid to teach in Thailand.


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Reminiscent of a spring Lilac Blossom, this beautiful Amethyst center gemstone blooms on an elegant silver chain. Great for a casual summer outfit or the perfect date night dress. (Chain included)
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LensCulture Emerging Talent 2015
I'm incredibly honored to announce that I've been chosen as one of LensCulture's 50 Emerging Talents of 2015! I'm humbled to be included in such great international company, and to have been chosen by such a distinguished group of jurors! Check out LensCulture's site to learn more (click here).
If you'll be in San Francisco the weekend of August 28th, come check out the show at San Francisco Camera Work. I'll be there, and it'd be great to see some of you!
Opening reception: August 28th, 6-8pm, Exhibition runs through September 4.
1011 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Hotel in the tourist district, just 2 blocks from Niagara Falls; two packages to choose from include dining and activities vouchers
Hotel at a Glance: Ramada by Wyndham Niagara Falls/Fallsview
Every night, giant spotlights placed on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls bathe the cascading water in a rainbow of colors. The sight is arresting as well as romantic—one of the top draws for the honeymooners and vacationers who come through here in droves. Just two blocks away from this site stands the Ramada by Wyndham Niagara Falls/Fallsview. Kids 17 or younger stay free in the hotel's guest rooms, which feature complimentary WiFi, flat-screen TVs, and panoramic city views.
- Use your daily dining vouchers at Ruth's Chris Steak House, Keg Steakhouse & Bar, Vittorio's Italian Eatery, TGI Friday's Restaurant & Bar, and the hotel's IHOP restaurant (restaurants vary among the package options).
- Entertainment perks: A C$25 slot-play voucher for couples, or admission to Niagara Falls Fun Zone, Chocolate FX factory tour, and 20 tokens to Ramada Fallsview Hotel arcade for families (perks vary among the package options).
- Taste regional wines during winery tours included with select options of this Getaway.
- Distance from Queen Victoria Park: about a 15-minute walk.
Niagara Falls, Ontario: Panoramic Views of the Falls near Vegas-Style Casinos and Water Parks
At Niagara Falls, water thunders downward from a height of nearly 200 feet, crashing onto craggy boulders below. The falls straddle the border between Canada and the United States, but the Canadian side of the Niagara River is universally hailed as the finest vantage point to take in all three of Niagara Falls' photogenic brinks: American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls.
Hornblower cruises ferry raincoat-clad passengers around the base of the falls from April to October, depending on the river's ice conditions. Year-round, Journey Behind the Falls grants a glimpse behind the curtain of Horseshoe Falls—visitors board an elevator that descends 150 feet into the bedrock, then stand at an observation deck steps from the cascading water. A 10-minute walk from the falls is the neon-lit Clifton Hill neighborhood. Its Fallsview Boulevard has plenty of Vegas-style kitsch, including glitzy casinos and indoor water parks.


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If you were planning on styling your newly renovated home with roller blinds throughout, think again. With an endless choice of window coverings on the market, we reveal our favourite selections, which will "dress" your windows and "impress" your potential buyers on sale day!
During the last decade, renovators truly embraced roller blinds and made them the standard.
Be it the effective marketing, or the fact that they became a cost effective alternative, the industry witnessed masses of renovators choosing them with almost total exclusivity.
Every open inspection of a renovated property or a new build was likely to feature roller blinds throughout. "Yes", to roller blinds as they now come in many textures and colours, but "no" to choosing them as your only option.
Current interiors trends demand more tactile, airy and feminine textures, with window coverings having the potential to make a real statement at the window. Don't get stuck in the trap of the trusty, boring old, roller blind, there is a wide range of window coverings on the market that are available in hundreds of different fabrics, colours and textures. Blinds will really add to the ambience of your room, they play a big part in determining the light, privacy, temperature and finished look of the space.
"The higher you have your blinds fitted, the taller the wall will appear. Position the head box or track of your blinds as high as possible, or install them close to the ceiling for a seamless look that will make everyone think your space is much larger than what it really is."
A big-step up from the traditional curtain, is smart Softshades. One of our favourites from the Softshades Collection is the Luminette Privacy Sheers range which combines the softness of a curtain with the functionality of a blind. They are available in a wide selection of fabrics and colour palettes that are on trend, from the purest whites, to the understated neutrals, and even dark and moody hues. With two opacities to choose from, translucent or room darkening – they make an excellent choice for any room in the house. These shades can be operated manually via a wand or motorised with an intelligent smart home automation system such as Powerview.
Both Luminette Privacy Sheers in Albert Park are from the Stria fabric range. The Master Bedroom is colour Ideal Greige and the Living colour is China White.
Fans and readers ask us all the time whether or not plantation shutters are worth the investment, and our answer is always the same. "Absolutely".
Whilst most people think they are incredibly expensive, truth is there is so much competition in the market, and methods of production have become even more cost effective that in some cases it is cheaper to install a plantation shutter than any other window covering.
But remember, when you're choosing your shutters it's important to go for quality, not price! The Polysatin® shutters by Luxaflex bring a touch of understated elegance to many interiors, from contemporary classic to modern industrial, depending on your design. We love these shutters because they can be custom made to fit any window, big or small, with a choice in blade thickness that allows you to tailor your look. What's best is that they are Australian made, and designed specifically with the harsh Australian climate in mind. Made from a Polyresin compound, these Shutters are guaranteed not to blister, peel, fade or flake and are backed by a 20 year warranty. Their light and privacy control is fantastic, they are incredibly easy to keep clean, and above all they offer an impressive upmarket appeal to any property.
We loved working with team at Luxaflex who collaborated with us on our window coverings selections for our recent renovation in Albert Park. Want to view our selections for every room? Download Episode 1's supplier list , and check out our episode where you can get all the inspo and details.


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On Writing, or Why Write?
"Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it," Goninan explained. "How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A good book reflects the reader, as much as it illuminates the author's text."
I think about all of the hours that I have spent in this role as creator, as the Holy Mother of my own demise. Somehow, the years have passed without so much as a whisper. We have stripped off the clothes of so many moments, we have forgotten which ones we fucked and which ones fucked us. We have given birth to ten thousand bastard thoughts, left alone in the cold empty recesses of our mind, clinging to the walls like the lost children that they have become. We have let the mind control seep from underneath the door, we have found a home in comfort and delusion. For a long time, I pissed and whined about the losers who had fallen in love with Doctor Dream, our heroine in some chapters, and how the numbness was just no good, just not right for the creative mind. Somehow, in my despair and in my need for attention, I fell into a comfort trance of my own. I became numb in my comfort zones. I fell in love with my own sadness, futility and doubt. I made a home out of the closet and friends out of the midgets, as they chewed away at my ankles. I allowed the spiders and the thieves to build webs around the best parts of me.
Of course, as an interested, if not spellbound reader, you have to be asking this fragile text and me-
"Why? Why did you stop living in the world of feeling? Why did you stop creating? Lose your coiled voice among the quiet?"
The only answer you will find will be that evil bastard Love. After awakening the beast, and watching him tear through everything that we owned, we were glad to get the monster back into his cage. We shut down everything and packed up the tent, moving in the dark of night away from the madness as fast as we could. Let there be no excuses. It was Love's fault. Love was the reason why I stopped feeling and Love is the reason why I kept my thoughts locked away for as long as I did. What kind of person is Love to make someone censor themselves, like that? Of course, I knew you were about to ask. Unrequited Love, reckless Love, Love decked out in lies and promises, screaming Love- they are all guilty of playing in the game of stealing his heart.
Skin and bones, our hero staggered from door-to-door, trying his key in every lock along the way. In the cold and darkness, his hollow body could move no more. He sat down against a tree and just went to sleep. He had no trust in carrying on.
"Who stole your heart? Was it a trickster using mirrors and sleight-of-hand?" she sings to me, "You have gone to the witches, the good, bad, and indifferent."
How many times will you step off the plank and into the cold splash of the sea? You look at me like I came here with a whole pile of answers just waiting to be matched up with the appropriate question. Sorry, but it is not as easy as all that. We are a little more complicated than your average text, the always friendly grocery list or airport runway novel. We are going to make you work for your answers. Blame it on those dead bastards Foucault, Burroughs and Acker for murdering the author and making the text into a bunch of personal codes and rapid-fire discourses that refused the dissimulation of control. It is not my fault that the reader is not allowed to see the dress rehearsals.
Although usually comfortable with the usual forms of improvisation, the restless audience stirs in their seats, looking for a motive, fearing that he truly may be making shit up as he goes along.
"Relax, people, it is all part of the act. Sit back, read your menus and your playbills and enjoy the show. You must always remember: We are only here for one thing and one thing only and that is to entertain you." The barker looks somewhat like an airline attendant on speed, life preserver around her neck, and parachute on her back. "Don't panic! You are not always just about to die."
The last thing an author-less mutilated and mutated text needs is a lost audience crawling around looking for footnotes or a map, right in the middle of its day. Somebody remind the editor to insert a map in here, about now. I think you must know by now that some things are just better left unsaid. Now, you can understand my silence. Roaming through the night, alone and with the river seducing me, it became hard to believe that there was anything to say worth believing, anything worth believing enough to say. Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, all of his heroes died in one big pile. There were mourning flowers arranged for weeks.
With that, the authorless text sits quiet in the dark, not saying a word.
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Court shows do's, don'ts, dares of union-organizing resistance
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- Written by Don Marsh
A legal petition involving the United Steel Workers (USW), National Labor Relations Board and an equipment manufacturer provides employers an instructive take on permissible language and tactics for confronting union representation campaigns. A U.S. Court of Appeals opinion honored an employer's challenge of NLRB decisions surrounding a 2015 USW organizing campaign. Union-friendly decisions went hand in hand with National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) interpretations the Board made while answering to President Barack Obama.
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A new update KB4073578 is now available for Windows 7 users. Recently, Microsoft rolled out a monthly roll-up update KB4056894 and a security-only update KB4056897 to fix the chip-level security flaw(Meltdown and Spectre) in Intel processors. However, it created problems like unbootable state for devices running AMD processors. This latest update will fix unbootable state for AMD devices.
The new flaw in Intel Processors can allow an attacker to gain access to not just the kernel memory as well as the 'entire physical memory'.
New in Windows 7 update KB4073578
- Fixed an issue where AMD devices fall into an unbootable state.
Check your Windows Update and download the latest update. Also, you can download the offline installer from the link below.
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The principal aim of a car rental company would be to get you to pay them money in exchange for using their cars. Simple enough, however when other companies are available with exactly the same objective, a customer base cannot be grown and thus profits cannot be raised without differentiating oneself from your rivalry. Various people have different needs and yet one company won't have the capacity to meet most of them simultaneously. Some companies will try to differentiate themselves somewhat. But it should be said that altogether, car companies have two separate consumer types: the user and the user. The user may be that the person who looks for differences. The casual user looks for that price. Most industries will change because companies and their opponents develop to fulfill ever changing requirements in their respective markets. If you are looking to learn more about, cheap car rental paros, explore the previously mentioned site.
Search for electric automobile technology to produce its way to rental agencies. We have previously seen that the arrival of the GPS in most if not all of rental vehicles. Many cars are currently currently equipped with iPod vents and DVD players. Look for the work of car leases to put itself in the long run for a procedure of introduction to vehicle technology. This is not just to maintain pace with rivals but perhaps to start new markets aimed at those who wish to try a new technology out before they purchase it being an option on their new vehicle. Rental bureaus will continue serving their main base of clients: individuals who want a car while at the airport. Technology for leasing, finding and paying to the car will probably continue to improve. Smaller leasing bureaus have created a niche market for people who desire to rent a vehicle for under a day. A number of the companies charge customers by the hour. In the future look for the larger companies to offer car rentals in more elastic rental formats, namely a portion of their hourly rate alongside a bigger focus on metropolitan clients.
An old tactic to prevent rivalry in a market place is to partner up with companies that offer services or products that may socialize or be integrated with the product or service that your company offers. Rental companies can use this strategy to align themselves with certain filling stations or restaurants that are certain or hotels in exchange for their customers finding a discount in those locations. Again, this is not just a new technique however it could play well in the future of rising petrol and accommodation prices. All in all the future of their automobile rental agencies looks bright and exciting.


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Clarens Retreat Guesthouse, is situated in the idyllic Village of Clarens which, at 1850m above sea level, is the highest habitable village in the Free State and third highest in South Africa.
Accommodation is offered in eleven stylishly decorated and fully equipped self-catering units, which are each able to accommodate from 2 to 4 guests with a maximum of 24 guests at any given time. To keep the chill at bay during a cold and sometimes snowy winter, units are either equipped with under-carpet heating or log-fuelled fireplaces.
Clarens boasts a large variety of restaurants, authentic shops and art galleries, many of which operate from historic buildings dating back to the early 1900s. The Titanic Rock, an impressive buttress guards the entrance to Clarens and was named the same year the Titanic sank, which coincidentally is also the same year Clarens was proclaimed a Village.
Golden Gate Highlands National park is situated 17km to the east and, apart from its sheer beauty and impressive mountains, is home to Massospondylus fossils dating back more than 180 million years ago.
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Another great post by: sarvicdar
What are the keys to UH's success against San Jose St
1. UH's defense stopping San Jose's TE and WR. One of the quotes I read from one of the San Jose players: "No LB or S can cover our receivers, it's a mismatch."
UH's pass defense (last year and this year) is vulnerable at stopping the underneath/short stuff, which I would expect San Jose to exploit with their TE #82, Ryan Otten, 6-6, 230 and their possesion WR #23, Noel Grisby, 5-10, 170.Both Otten and Grisby are coming off career highs in receptions against BYU, combining for 20 catches of the team's 25 receptions. Otten was named national player(for TE's) of the week for his performance against BYU. More on Otten–San Jose State tight end Ryan Otten plenty fast enough to burn opposing defenses (MercuryNews.com)http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19093188?source=rss
UH historically has trouble stopping opponent's TE and possesion receivers. i.e., this year's Washington game (Steferian-Jenkins, Aguilar), UNLV game (Payne).
2. Stopping San Jose's star RB, #9, Brandon Rutley, 5-10, 190. He's been San Jose's spark in wins against New Mexico St. (205 yrds. rushing, 2 tds.) and Colorado St. (130 yrds. rushing, 2 tds.). He was held out of the BYU game due to an injury and is a game time decision against Hawaii. If Rutley plays, UH will have it's hands full.
3. Moniz finding the answer of exploiting San Jose's zone pass defense (?).San Jose's #81, S, James Orth, 6-2, 190, 3 interceptions on the year, might be a player that comes in the way of Moniz finding success in the San Jose's secondary. Keep an eye on Orth. And the other safety, #2, Duke Ihenacho, 6-1, 210. Moniz has attempted his last 135 passes without an interception. This game will be a good challenge for Moniz. If the San Jose defense gets consistent pressure on Moniz then it might be a bigger challenge for Moniz.
4. UH's defense putting pressure on the San Jose QB, #7, Matt Faulkner, 6-2, 205. Faulkner against BYU showed that he's an accurate passer, completing 71 % of his passes 25/35, has good mobility, evaded the BYU rush (and on the year showed that he's a capable running with the ball). Faulkner has a QB rating of sub 100, and the slight on him is that at times makes bad decisions. If he overcomes making bad desicions then UH will face a bigger challenge against San Jose. San Jose's offensive line yielded no QB sacks against New Mexico State, Nevada, and only gave up one against BYU.
5. UH offensive line giving Moniz time to pass the ball. On the year San Jose's defense ranks near the botttom at getting to the opposing QBs (sacks).
6. San Jose's #31, LB, Keith Smith, 6-2, 225, will be all over the field. Smith was in on 16 tackles against BYU.He is to San Jose's defense as Paredes is to UH's.
7. UH's special teams. On paper Phil Steele rates San Jose's ST in the 60's and UH's in the 90's for good reasons. UH has allowed 6 blocked kicks this year. Also UH's ST allows opponents shorter fields by consitently have short kick offs.
8. How UH reacts to San Jose's home coming crowd. National TV. Hoopla. Pressure. Expectations.
9. How UH reacts to San Jose not commiting penalties (none against BYU), playing smart and disciplined football.
10. How UH reacts to the bye week. Rusty? Out of rythum? Or polished? Well rested? Healed? Or complacent?
11. How UH handles playing in a night game and on a Friday.Historically I don't think UH has done well on non Saturday playing days.
12. How UH handles the turnover battle.
13. How UH handles tackling, plays assignment football,minimizes miscues. How UH handles a multiple offense (similiar to UNLV?), (Washington?).
14. How UH comes out hot or cold, up or down, pumped or flat, smart or not smart.
15. Battle in the trenches. Battle on the sidelines, coaches making adjustments, counters.
Personally UH has to bring it's top game to San Jose. Their team is hungry. This game is like San Jose's bowl game, and first national television appearance since 2008. The San Jose players (I'd imagine) look at this game with chip on their shoulder and UH as having a target on it's back, especially since UH is being projected to win the WAC etc. But more than anything San Jose is on the rise, wants to make a statement, wants to make up for the two overtime wins UH escaped with at San Jose in the last two times out, wants to make their homecoming crowd happy. I don't think this is an easy game for Hawaii. It should be interesting and a fun game to watch.
Join the discussion: What are the keys to UH's success against San Jose St


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December 13, 2018
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"Hi, nice meeting you Shuman. What do you do?"
"I am a Service Delivery Manager."
"Service Delivery Manager eh?… so… what DO you do?"
This is typically how the conversation goes when I meet someone new. It seems like the role of a Service Delivery Manager (SDM) is not very self-explanatory. After reading this article, I hope you can get a better understanding on what a SDM is, as well as what I do to fulfill the responsibilities of a SDM.
If you are familiar with the Kanban Method or Systems Thinking, you will realize that a business requires interactions among multiple groups to complete most end-to-end customer requests.
Typically one would associate customer-facing groups with fulfilling customer demands. However, it is important to note that other groups, despite being invisible to customers, have significant impact on delivering services too.
The following are some examples of customer demands, along with the groups that help serve the customer:
Most businesses are organized into specialized departments: Marketing, IT, Finance, etc., yet the functional managers of the departments usually do not have a clear view of the entire service delivery pipeline. In order to deliver service that spans across multiple groups, someone needs to manage the end-to-end delivery of the request. This particular person is what we called the Service Delivery Manager.
In my opinion, there is no one-size-fit-all way to fulfill the responsibilities of a Service Delivery Manager. Therefore, the following is NOT intended to be a recommended best practice, but merely the approach that I choose to fulfill the role based on my situation.
"94% of problems in business are systems driven and only 6% are people"
- Dr. W Edward Deming
We have all heard cases in which customers complain about their expectations not being met. Based on what I have learned, most of the time these problems are related to the system instead of the people.
A system is a collection of elements that interact with each other to fulfill a common purpose. Thereby a service delivery pipeline is a system that consists of multiple interdependent components for the purpose of delivery services to customers.
As a Service Delivery Manager, I mainly focus on unblocking, designing, improving, and inspecting the service delivery system to close the gap between customer expectation and system capability by assuming the following roles:
I believe that most people are intrinsically motivated to do great work, which feeds into delivering great work, and then translates into happy customers. However, somehow we often hear customer dissatisfaction related to wait time, quality, scope, etc. What could possibly cause this mysterious gap between people's commitment to excellence and meeting customer expectations?
One reason could be that the system unintentionally restrains people from giving their best. Another reason could be that although people are individually delivering what is expected of them, the interactions or hand-offs between people are not the greatest.
Hence, as a person with an end-to-end view of the system, I help unblocking the service delivery pipeline, just like a plumber unclogging the drainage system, such that the pipeline could flow smoothly. See the table below for examples of some systemic problems along with our solutions on unclogging the pipeline by applying the Kanban lens:
In order to improve something, I first need to understand. Unlike real-life buildings though, the service delivery pipeline does not have a physical, observable form. Thus, functioning as an Architect, I need to map out the current process and observe the flow of work throughout the system. Some observable points include:
After carefully understanding how components in the process interact with each other, I can then design an actionable experiment on improving our service delivery system as a whole along with hypothesis for the impact of change. For instance:
Now that I have an experiment ready to go, what is next?
After drafting an experiment for improvements to the system, it is essential to reach out to stakeholders from different domains within the pipeline (and sometimes including the customers) for feedback.
While gathering feedback, I typically focus on their concerns and resistances. Whenever possible, I invite stakeholders to partner with me on tackling these impediments. Some major hurdles include:
Occasionally impediments are too persistent for us to start the change right away. This is when we either redesign the experiment, or lay some ground work prior the beginning of our next attempt.
After everyone agrees to support, we will refine the approach and hypothesis together so that we collectively own the experiment. With stakeholders' enrollment, we can finally start implementation — but how do we know if we are actually creating positive outcomes?
After the change has started, we need some kind of mechanism to inspect the effectiveness, health, and improvement of the service delivery system. In other words, we are trying to validate our original hypothesis. Thus, acting as a Data Scientist, I gather information to answer the following questions:
Discovering customer expectations informs us of our goal, and understanding our delivery capability gives us our current state. The delta between the two, therefore, is our area of improvement. As the change provides positive outcome, the delta should start shrinking.
If the delta continues to exist after the experiment is completed, then I continue to put on the Plumber, Architect, Change Agent, and Data Scientist hats for the purpose of providing better services to our target customers.
The above roles do not necessarily operate in sequence as listed above, instead they can intermingle based on need and situation. For example, while I am understanding the system as an Architect, I also need to act as a Data Scientist to gather the current metrics of the pipeline.
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Shuman Ip is a scrum master in LoyaltyOne's Business Technology (BT) group. As a scrum master, he plays different roles every day, including teacher, mentor, and coach, depending on the situation and the team's maturity. His mission is for his team to reach level of self-organization and cross-functionality such that they no longer need him.
More broadly, Shuman works at the program level in BT to understand individual team functioning as well as the interactions between teams. This allows him to gather data from across the company and conduct experiments to improve the entire system.
Shuman is quite involved in the Agile community beyond LoyaltyOne; you may spot him at events such as AgileTO, SystemsThinkingTO, and AgileOntario.
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For missionaries, salary has never been connected to quantity or type of work. In fact, we don't technically receive a salary, but a stipend that comes from church donations. Since most of my adult life has been spent as a missionary, this is normal to me, but sometimes I remember that it's actually rather odd.
Haven of Peace Academy, where I am now serving as elementary school principal, is an extremely high quality institution. I would argue that we offer the best education in Tanzania (admittedly I am biased!). We have almost 400 students (K-12), three full science labs, a 25-meter swimming pool, a huge new library, and just broke ground on a performing arts center.
HOPAC has 500 students on waiting lists. This week, I am in the process of giving assessments to children who want to start kindergarten in August. We have over 60 applications for a class of 23, and there would have been more, but we made December 31 the application deadline. Other schools similar to HOPAC have huge billboards around the city, but HOPAC never needs to do a speck of advertising.
But what's odd about all of this is that HOPAC doesn't pay most of their teachers. In fact, because it's a non-profit school, it's not legally allowed to pay anyone except Tanzanian citizens. Most of the teaching staff are missionaries. We get some help with housing, but no salary.
So that means that when I took this giant job, Gil and I knew that we would still be living on the same stipend as before. Our standard of living wouldn't be increasing. But that wasn't an issue, because our work here has never been connected to our salary.
Most of the staff I work with are living the same way. In fact, for couples where both spouses are on staff, it actually costs them to work at HOPAC, since two-parent working families tend to have more expenses. Even those teachers who are Tanzanian, and thus allowed to receive a salary, could be earning a lot more if they were working somewhere else.
So all of this begs the question, Why on earth are we doing this? Why did I apply for this position when salary wasn't a part of it? Why are most of the teachers I supervise volunteering for this job?
It's because mankind was created for work.
Work came before the Fall of Man, not after. Adam was given a job in the Garden. And there's no reason to believe that in Heaven we're going to sit around on clouds all day. We'll be working. Indeed, the sweat and pressure of work is a result of sin, but not work itself.
True, many times we need to understand the value of rest--that's another conversation. But often, we also need to understand the value of work. And not just because work is how we eat and pay the mortgage, but the intrinsic value of work--even work we are not paid for.
I lean towards capitalism, so I understand the value of getting paid for a job well done. I know that for the vast majority of the world, if you want to eat, you need a salary. Volunteering usually is not an option. But there is something incredibly freeing about working in a job where salary isn't connected to work, and it's taught me a lot about work's value.
Perhaps part of the reason why it was no big deal to take this position, knowing there was no salary, is because I've been working without a salary for years now. Isn't that what a stay-at-home-mom does? Raising children, volunteering in ministry, creating a home--all of those things are most definitely work, but none receive a salary.
As Christians, should we be equating the value of work with the salary that goes with it? Or can we see work as God meant it to be?
Work is Redemption. Creating music, feeding children, sweeping the floor, caring for the sick, fixing the leaky pipe, plowing the field, cutting hair, coaching the team. All are ways that we redeem a broken world. All are a privilege.
Yet our culture communicates to us that the only purpose of work is to earn money. And that the real goal of life is to earn enough money so that we can entertain ourselves with vacations and Netflix and baseball games and retire as soon as possible.
So often we forget that we have been created for work.
I think that embracing this is what makes HOPAC such an extraordinary place. Of course, on a very practical note, volunteer staff are what make HOPAC so affordable for so many families. It's the reason why our fees are half to a third less than any other comparable school in Tanzania. But probably more important is that the staff knows that there is a greater purpose in what we are doing. None of us are in it for money, power, or position--because it's just not there. We are called to love and serve Jesus--and that makes all of us incredibly devoted to our jobs and students.
I'm especially privileged right now because I get to do a job that I adore. Of course, sometimes work is drudgery, and I've been there too. But as Christ-followers who are corporately working together to redeem this world, should we try to do the least amount of work we can get away with? Should it always be about money? Can we instead see work as a way to use our talents, a way to serve others, and a way to bring redemption to the world?
Somebody needs to create a meme about that.
By the way, Haven of Peace Academy is recruiting!


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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL, which had sought to make Yoga compulsory in schools across India.
A bench headed by Justice MB Lokur dismissed the plea and said it is for the government to take a decision on such an issue.
"We are nobody to say what is to be taught in schools. It is none of our business. How can we direct that" the bench said.
The apex court said it was not possible for it to grant the relief as sought by petitioners – Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a lawyer and Delhi BJP spokesperson and J C Seth.
"What is to be taught in schools is not a fundamental right," it said.
The plea had said, "State has an obligation to provide health facilities to all the citizens, especially to children and adolescents. In a welfare state, it is an obligation of the State to ensure the creation and sustenance of conditions congenial to good health."
It had said that right to health cannot be secured without providing 'yoga and health education' to all children or without framing a 'National Yoga Policy' to promote and propagate it.


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Bill Stains (noted folksinger and songwriter) tells this one:
Two mice are being chased across a field by a wolf.
They duck into a small space between a couple of rocks and find themselves in a large cave. As their eyes get used to the dim light one of them looks up at the high ceiling and sees that its covered with bats.
He tugs on his companions shoulder and says, Look! Angles.


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The Atkins Reservoir was one of the first surface water supplies developed for the Town in the 1930s. It has a watershed area of 5.7 square miles, a surface area of 51 acres, and a storage capacity of 200 million gallons. The chart below presents water levels at Atkins Reservoir for 2019 compared to the last three years (2016, 2017 & 2018) and the 15-yr average.
The chart below presents Amherst's average daily water use by month. For many communities water consumption is highest during the summer months, however, in Amherst, due to the student population, the months of April, September, and October have historically had the highest water demand.
The chart below presents precipitation data for 2019 compared to data from the last three years (2018, 2017 & 2016) and to the 10-yr average. Data is presented as the average daily rainfall per month.
The State Drought Management Task Force (SDMTF) is a group of officials from state and federal agencies and professional organizations that collect and assess data to determine severity of drought conditions in Massachusetts. The status of water supplies across the state can be found at the SDMTF website, click to see statewide drought information.
Water Use Restrictions & Conservation
Currently there are no water use restrictions in effect in Amherst. Interim mandatory water use restrictions were most recently inacted in 2016 during drought conditions. Although a number of cities and towns in Massachusetts have outdoor water use restrictions in place during summer months, Amherst is not required under their Water Management Act permit to continuously have restrictions in place. It is only under drought conditions, as determined by the MA Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, that Amherst needs to consider restricting water use.
Although there is no water use restriction currently in place, the Town encourages all its water customers to be mindful regarding water use, address leaks as soon as possible, think carefully about what you plant, and water plants in the evening to minimize evaporation. Please click on "tips to save water" below to find out what else you can do to help conserve water.


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Spiral Stamped Star & Heart Necklace.
Handmade using traditional techniques in Scotland.
A copper textured star & heart pendant completed with beautiful green beads and an amythest pebble. The star and heart measure approximately 10mm in length and 8 mm at their widest point.
Strung on a neat 16 inch belcher chain.
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4 Prisoners Executed in Urmia Prison
HRANA News Agency – The death sentences of four prisoners with drug related charges were executed in the Central Prison of Urmia.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), four prisoners with drug related charges were hanged in the Central Prison of Urmia on March 14, 2017.
Their identities and details of their cases were provided by HRANA as follows:
Changiz Badozadeh / from ward 15
Ekram Hassanpour / son of Saeid / from Salmas / accused with carrying and storing 5 kilo heroin / had been held in prison since three years ago / from ward 15
Vahed Hamedi from Ardebil / son of Ebad / Chemical Veteran during the war / had been held in prison since 20 months ago / from ward 15
Kiomars Faridan (known as Delavar) / son of Abdulrahman / from Urmia / from ward 15 / he had two cases, one because of less than 100 gram drug and the second one for less than 500 gram and had been sentenced to twice execution but one of them had been reduced to life time imprisonment. His wife is imprisoned in women's ward on charge of drug related crimes. His father, Afandi, was executed last September, his brother is kept in ward 14 with a life time imprisonment sentence, and his mother was recently released from this prison.


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Please join us for our next SF City/Contractors Liaison meeting on Aug. 22.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
8:30-10:30 a.m. (refreshments at 8:30 a.m.; program at 9 a.m.)
San Francisco Main Library, Latino Room A/B
(enter at the Grove Street entrance, between Larkin and Hyde streets)
Agenda items include: updates on the PeopleSoft Financials and Procurement System (FSP); Project Labor Agreement (PLA); Best Value procurement; collaborative partnering; and other timely topics. Additionally, we'll provide handouts listing upcoming City projects, Local Business Enterprise opportunities and emergency response planning updates.
RSVP to Jennifer Blot at firstname.lastname@example.com or 415-554-6993.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Summer is in full swing, and with all those backyard BBQs and beaches that can only mean one thing - it's time to step up your BYOD (bring yo' own dessert) game. We're here to share some of our all-time fave low carb desserts, and to shed some light on alternative sweeteners hitting the shelves.
We'll also be sharing delicious low carb dessert recipes that are suitable for people on a ketogenic or Paleo diet, those indulging on a low carb diet, or for anyone else who simply loves dessert!
If you're new around here - welcome - we subscribe to the ketogenic gospel that a low carb or reduced sugar diet boasts a ton of health benefits and can aid in fat loss, reduce inflammation, lower the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Going low carb is a fantastic lifestyle change that you and your family can make to take charge of your health. So, if eating delicious foods and feeling fabulous is part of your summer goals, we can help.
And if you've been here a while, but you're wondering how desserts or cookies, which are traditionally made with cups full of sugar and carb-filled grains, can be low carb or sugar-free, we have some great news for you. With some kitchen magic and a little TLC, it's possible to whip up yummy treats that won't spike your blood sugar levels or kick you out of ketosis. This is the metabolic process where your body seeks out fat for fuel instead of carbs to sustain itself.
Your body wants to be in a state of ketosis because this is the environment it thrives in. When in ketosis, your metabolism turns fat into ketones for energy. Unlike sugar, which provides a jolt of short-term energy, ketones offer sustainable energy with no sugar-crashes; think of it like rocket fuel! This means you can lead an active, healthy and action-packed summer while feeling your best - all while eating delicious and indulgent low carb desserts.
Ketosis is also unique because your brain is hungry for fats; not carbs. When you fuel up on fats your brain rewards you with improved cognitive skills; so wave goodbye to mommy brain! So not only are these low carb desserts delicious and sugar-free, but they can also help you feel like a genius!
The 411 on Low Carb Sweeteners
What we love about being in ketosis is how much energy it gives us, and with no sugar crashes to deal with throughout the day, you can really stand to get the most out of summer. Whether you plan to take up hiking or go kayaking, low carb desserts can double up as fat-bombs, which provide your body with the fuel for boundless energy. Plus, they taste amazing.
Best of all, more retailers than ever are stocking alternative sweeteners, which provide bakers with a sugar replacement, but without the nasty side-effects of sugar. These sweeteners support a low or no sugar diet thanks to their low GI-impact. Now, it's easy to make low carb desserts at home with no fillers or hidden carbs. Going guilt-free has never been this easy or delicious.
Some alternative sweeteners we dig are:
- Erythritol: This is a sugar-free substitute that looks and tastes like sugar, yet has almost no calories (winning!)
- Monk Fruit: This sweetener is the only alternative that doesn't invoke any metabolic GI reaction whatsoever; this is huge news for diabetics and people who are insulin resistant
- A blend of the two - this can give the best result as you get the sweetness of the erythritol without any aftertaste. Spoiler, it's also what we use in our Nui cookies.
You can buy these in powdered, granulated, and liquid versions. Most recipes will tell you what sweetener to use, but for most desserts, a powdered or granulated sweetener is ideal. You may find a liquid sweetener is too sweet. Plus, a powdered or granulated sweetener will respond, in many cases, as sugar would in a recipe. However, not all sweeteners have a 1:1 replacement ratio, and it may take you a few times to perfect an old family recipe.
But here's the cool thing now you have this knowledge, you can turn almost any recipe into a low carb dessert by making simple substitutions to replace the sugar and carbs. For example, replacing sugar with stevia and white flour with almond or coconut flour will give you a similar foundation to bake your grandma's favorite coconut cake.
Feeling inspired? Below are some DIY recipes you can whip up at home.
Low Carb Chai Tea Ice Pops
Looking for a sugar-free glo-up? These low carb chai tea pops are the perfect summer pick me up and have all the nostalgia of chasing the ice cream van as a child. Now, put a gourmet spin on things with this classic popsicle with peppercorn, vanilla, ginger, and cinnamon. Then, sit back and relax in a summer daze.
Serves 6-8 medium ice pops
Recipe: She Knows Food
- 2 cups water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split down the middle
- 1 star anise
- 8 cardamom seeds, gently crushed
- 6 whole peppercorns
- Pinch ground cloves
- 2 bags of black tea
- 1-1/2 cups whipping cream
- 1/4 cup erythritol sweetener, such as Swerve or 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia extract
- Combine water, cinnamon sticks, ginger, vanilla bean, anise, cardamom, peppercorns and cloves in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add tea bags. Let steep 5 to 10 minutes.
- Pour mixture through a strainer and let cool completely.
- Stir in cream and sweetener. Add additional sweetener to taste.
- Pour mixture into ice pop molds and freeze one hour.
- Insert wooden ice pop sticks about 2/3 down into the molds and continue to freeze until solid, another 2 or 3 hours.
Crustless Low Carb Cheesecake
Chilled cheesecake is the perfect sweet treat to stash in the refrigerator, but don't expect it to stay there for long. This crustless cheesecake is low carb and 100% flavorful with a rich and creamy vanilla filling. You won't miss the base, we promise, but if you do, you can always throw some snickerdoodle cinnamon Nui cookies in a blender with butter to consistency. Add in sweeteners to taste, and now you have two summer cheesecake recipes in one. Yum!
Serves 12 people
Recipe: Sugar Free Mom
- 24 ounces cream cheese 3 (8 oz.) packages, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla liquid stevia
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Swerve confectioners sweetener
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Combine all ingredients into a stand mixer or use an electric hand mixer until you have no clumps and a smooth texture.
- Grease an 8-inch springform pan and pour the batter into the pan. Even off the top then wrap the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil.
- Place the springform pan into a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with hot water, until halfway up the sides of the springform pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Turn off oven, do not open oven door. Let the cheesecake stay in the oven for 1 hour.
- Remove cheesecake from the oven, remove aluminum foil and cover cheesecake with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours or overnight.
- Top with sugar-free whipped cream and sugar-free maple syrup if desired!
Low Carb Mason Jar Ice Cream
Mason jars? Check. Ice cream? Check. Long summer afternoon with the kids? Check. Ditch the sugar with this delicious - and super easy - ice cream recipe that kids will love to help mix. For adorable gifts, simply customize the jars with different flavors and labels for a fun way to keep the kids distracted - we mean nourished - throughout summer.
Yield: 2 cups - 4 servings
Recipe: Peace and Love and Low Carb
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons granular erythritol
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar-free chocolate chips, optional
- Combine all ingredients in a wide mouth pint sized mason jar. Screw the lid on and shake vigorously for 5 minutes. The liquid inside should double in volume, filling the mason jar.
- Freeze for 3 hours up to 24 hours.
- Scoop and enjoy!
Low Carb Ice Cream Sandwiches
When it comes to summer, you scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream sandwiches! This quintessential recipe is a hit with kids of every age and is the perfect low carb dessert because you can make it ahead of time. Simply whip these bad boys out of the freezer when guests arrive or you can indulge your sweet treat on a hot afternoon - your sugar-free secret's safe with us!
Yield: 1 serving (3 tablespoons of ice cream plus 2 Nui cookies)
Author: Maria Emmerich
(Please read our blog for even more low carb ice cream recipes)
- 1 batch Maria's Keto vanilla bean ice cream
- 1 batch Maria's Keto malted milk ice cream
- 1 batch Maria's Keto choc ice cream
- 2 Keto Kookies per sandwich
1. Make the Keto ice cream first, according to Maria's instructions in the link above for a creamy, low carb sandwich filler.
2. Smash 3 tablespoons of fresh churned Keto ice cream between 2 Nui cookies.
3. Place in the freezer at least 1 hour before guests arrive to set (longer if possible!)
4. Serve on decorated trays.
Keto Strawberry Thickshake
Strawberry is the undisputed champ when it comes to milkshakes - and none take the reign like a classic thick shake. More milkshake for your buck, and a classic summer flavor that never goes out of style. Sip on these when date night rolls around. As the saying goes, "Eat dessert first" - life is too short to play by all the rules.
Serves 1
Author: Ruled.com
- ¾ cup coconut milk (from the carton)
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 7 large ice cubes
- 2 tablespoons Sugar-free Strawberry Torani
- 1-2 tablespoons MCT oil
- ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
- Add all ingredients to a blender: 3/4 cup Coconut Milk (from the carton), 1/4 cup Heavy Cream, 7 Ice Cubes, 2 tbsp. Sugar-free Strawberry Torani, 1-2 tbsp. MCT Oil, and 1/4 tsp. Xanthan Gum.
- Blend everything for 1-2 minutes or until the consistency looks right to you.
- Pour out and enjoy!
Keto S'mores
If s'mores don't make you think of summertime, nothing will! Cozy up around the campfire with this nostalgic and utterly delicious low-carb dessert. Nothing goes with our ooey-chewy keto cookies quite like chocolate and marshmallow, but look closer at this recipe hack. You won't find any sugar here! Just good times and camp songs.
Yields 10 keto s'mores
Author: Keto Connect
Keto marshmallow fluff:
- 1/2 cup Mascarpone Cheese
- 1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 30 drops Liquid Stevia
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Keto chocolate options:
- Unsweetened Bakers Chocolate
- Chocoperfection
- Chocorite
- Choczero
- Coco Polo
- Lily's Chocolate Chips
- Nui cookies
- To make the marshmallow topping, combine the mascarpone cheese and heavy whipping cream in a bowl using a hand mixer until you get a whipped, creamy texture.
- Add the vanilla extract and liquid stevia and mix with hand mixer one last time.
- The topping is ready and can be stored in the fridge.
- Place 1-2 pieces of chocolate onto a Nui cookie. Top the chocolate with a dollop of marshmallow topping and place another Nui cookie on top of the marshmallow to make your low carb s'more.
- We like to use unsweetened bakers chocolate in our smores - two pieces yields 14 grams.
So there you have it, folks. These low carb desserts are giving us summertime vibes; how about you? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think about the recipes, or if you have a particular sweetener you love to bake with (ours is a tasty monk fruit and erythritol blend, taste it for yourself in our Nui cookies!).
Keto Resources
- https://www.livestrong.com/article/556918-the-disadvantages-of-erythritol/
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319196.php
- https://eatnui.com/blogs/news/12-reasons-to-eat-less-sugar
- https://peaceloveandlowcarb.com/low-carb-chocolate-mason-jar-ice-cream/
- https://eatnui.com/blogs/keto-recipes/keto-ice-cream-sandwiches
- https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/sugar-free-low-carb-cheesecake-keto-crustless/
- https://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/1042169/low-carb-chai-tea-ice-pops
- https://ketoconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/low-carb-smores-dark-467x700.jpg
- https://www.ruled.me/mcketo-strawberry-milkshake/


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Cartooning in the Digital Age is a two-hour program by veteran cartoonist Bill Barnes (Unshelved, Not Invented Here).
The first part, The Basics of Cartooning, is a fast and fun workshop for middle schoolers through adult, covering every step in creating a comic strip: creating memorable characters, writing dialog, lettering, pencilling, inking, and coloring.
The second part, The Technology and Business of Cartooning, is oriented towards mature teens and adults. Bill demonstrates how to use computers to create and publish comic strips to the Internet, and how to make money doing it.
Join us on Tuesday, October 27 from 6:30-8:30 for one or both parts of this smart and information workshop!


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Joanna Newsom Shares New Song "Leaving the City"
On October 23, Joanna Newsom will release her long-awaited new album, Divers. We've already heard the stunning "Sapokanikan"—now listen to "Leaving the City", which finds Newsom incorporating live drums and electric guitars to her ornate sound. (Don't worry folks, there's still a Marxophone in there somewhere.)


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A layer package (.lpk file) is a single, convenient, ready-to-use file containing an ArcGIS Desktop map layer or group layer and the data it uses. Layer packages were introduced in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1. Desktop users can create layer packages so they can easily share their data with other ArcGIS users, as well as make these layers, including their attributes and the way they have been symbolized, available for display in ArcGIS Explorer. Once you've added a layer package to ArcGIS Explorer you can work with its contents like any other layer. For example, if available you can click layer features to identify them, view a layer package's legend, hide and show its layers, etc.
NotesIn addition to being able to add layers into a map using drag and drop from Windows Explorer directly into ArcGIS Explorer, or using Add Content>ArcGIS Layers... in the Map group on the Home tab, you can also launch layer files (.lyr files) and layer packages (.lpk files) by double-clicking them in Windows Explorer, Outlook e-mails, or by clicking links to them on web pages. When you launch a layer in this fashion, it will be sent to one of three applications: ArcMap, ArcGlobe. or ArcGIS Explorer. By default, the layer or layer package will be sent to the application that is currently running. So if ArcGIS Explorer is running, it will be sent to ArcGIS Explorer, and so on. If no application is running when you launch a layer and you have all three applications on your machine, ArcMap will start automatically and the layer or layer package will be added into it.
The ArcGIS File Handler utility lets you override this default behavior and start a particular application when you double-click a layer or layer package in Windows Explorer. You can find the utility in your
Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin folder. Double-click
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Maria Fassi hits from a bunker on hole No. 7 Tuesday, June 25, 2019, during the practice round for the LPGA Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers.
ROGERS — Six former University of Arkansas golfers are in the field for the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship this week with one making her professional debut at Pinnacle Country Club.
Former Razorbacks Stacy Lewis, Maria Fassi, Gaby Lopez, Alana Uriell, Dylan Kim and Kaylee Benton teed off on the first day of the tournament Friday. For Benton, Friday marked her professional debut. Kim will soon start her pro journey by going through the LPGA's qualifying event.
Tour veterans Lewis and Lopez showed their experience on day one. Lopez went 4-under on the front nine and finished with a 67, which puts her in a tie for 21st. Lopez birdied her first hole on the back nine and lost a stroke on No. 13, then parred holes 14 through 18.
"Having good momentum in the beginning is key for good confidence," Lopez said. "I didn't play my best golf in the back nine, but I gave myself birdie opportunities, and that's all I'm looking for."
Lewis, the former No. 1 player on tour, finished 3-under par, tied for 27th after the first round of the tournament with a 68. The Woodlands, Texas, native and new mom had one bogey and four birdies. Her lone bogey came at the par 4 No. 4.
Lewis, who won this event in 2014, hit 8 of 13 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in regulation.
"I felt like I played pretty solid," Lewis said. "I would have liked to have made a few more putts, but other than that, I'm pretty happy with the way I played."
Fassi, who just won the NCAA Division-I Golf Championship, finished 1-under 70. The recent graduate and native of Pachuca, Mexico, was even-par on the front nine, and started off the back nine with two birdies. She lost one stroke at No. 18 her chip from the bunker rolled well past the hole.
"I think I did OK, I just played the par 5s terribly," Fassi said. "It was a little frustrating, but overall I think it was a good round. I know I have so much more in me."
Benton and Uriell each finished at even par, and Kim finished at 5-over, including an 11 on the par 5 No. 14, her fifth hole of the day.
Benton's caddie was Razorback women's golf coach Shauna Taylor, who has been at the helm for 12 seasons.
"I wanted to try and get her off to a good start," Taylor said. "She pulled me out of retirement, so I'm going to give her all I've got."
This event has long been known for its connection to the Arkansas women's golf program, and the pro-Razorbacks crowd is something the alums enjoy coming back to Northwest Arkansas.
"It's amazing," Lopez said. "Just being able to share this week with them is super special. This means a lot to all of us. It's unbelievable how much support we receive from the community."
The Arkansas fans were out in force at the rowdy No. 17, showering the former Razorbacks with a Hog Call.
"It's definitely my favorite hole out here," Fassi said. "The crowds are unreal, and as a former Razorback, they love us."
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In the past 10 years, Xin Feng Ming Group has come through all those hardships and difficulties groping out a unique and stable way for development. 10 years, we grow out of a small factory into a modern corporate enterprise conducting on polyester, filament production as well as import and export business. 12 nature persons invested in Zhongheng Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. the precursor of Xin Feng Ming Group in February, 2000. The next year Zhongwei Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. was founded installing with FDY production line. In the October of 2001, Xin Feng Ming set up the first enterprise district in the area named Zhongchi Chemical Fiber Enterprise District. Then was Zhongxin Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. in 2002 equipped with the first polymer melt direct spinning production line. With an investment of 500 million yuan, Xin Feng Ming set up Zhongchi Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. in 2006 and introduced PET technology from Dupont and winding machines from Barmag putting up a polymer melt direct spinning production line with an annual production of 200 thousand tons. In 2007, the annual production of Xin Feng Ming totaled over 500 thousand tons.
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Česka Zbrojovka a.s. offers to its customers a more than 75 years of experience in the production of military weapons like pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, grenade launchers and sniper rifles. The CZ is the most important Czech manufacturer of small firearms, many of which have become worldwide legends (e.g. CZ 75 pistol, vz. 58 assault rifle, Škorpion vz. 61 submachine gun). The Company has recently radically modernised its production equipment and launched a new generation of top-technology firearms for both the civilian and service markets, including new weapons for the Czech army (CZ SCORPION EVO 3 A1 submachine gun, CZ 805 BREN assault rifle, CZ P-07 pistol, etc.) More than 80 % of armament production is exported abroad where Česka Zbrojovka has sales agencies in more than 100 countries worldwide.
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Defying calls from the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to cancel her performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, American pop legend Madonna said she will "never stop playing music to suit someone's political agenda."
The "Queen of Pop" is set to arrive in Israel with an entourage of 65 support staff and is scheduled to perform two songs during the Grand Finale show on May 18 in Tel Aviv. Israel is hosting the Eurovision contest after Israeli singer Netta Barzilai won last year.
The pop legend last appeared in Israel to kick off her 2012 world tour. This time, she is expected to debut a song from her 14th studio album, coming out this summer.
Madonna had come under fire from the anti-Semitic boycott movement and leading anti-Israel activist Roger Waters following her announcement that she will perform at the event. Addressing the controversy for the first time, the pop diva told Reuters:
"My heart breaks every time I hear about the innocent lives that are lost in this region and the violence that is so often perpetuated to suit the political goals of people who benefit from this ancient conflict."
Madonna added: "I hope and pray that we will soon break free from this terrible cycle of destruction and create a new path towards peace."
The singer's Ray of Light foundation supports several Palestinian projects, including funding teachers' salaries in Gaza through UNRWA and providing small loans to female Palestinian farmers. Madonna also sponsors the Palestine Fair Trade Association.
Waters claimed in an aggressive, open letter, "To perform in Israel is a lucrative gig but to do so serves to normalise the occupation, the apartheid, the ethnic cleansing, the incarceration of children, the slaughter of unarmed protesters…."
In Wish you Weren't Here, a documentary about Waters, David Renzer, the CEO of Spirit Music and co-founder of Creative Community for Peace, observed that Waters uses his credibility in the music business to pressure other artists not to perform in Israel. However, several leading artists have defied his calls to boycott Israel, including Australian rockstar Nick Cave, and have accused Waters of bullying and intimidation.
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The superhero team known as the Vindicators have tracked their nemesis Worldender to Earth, and they seek Rick Sanchez for help. Star-Lord, Supernova, Crocubot, Alan Rails, Million Ants, along with their other allies try to convince Rick to fight Worldender. Morty is excited to discover that superheroes exist and eagerly wants to be part of the team. However, a group of galactic heroes appearing doesn't impress Rick and can't be bothered by the extra work involved with saving the planet. Little does Rick know that this would begin the event that would be recorded as Vindicators 1. Included in this issue is part four of a mini multi-chapter story of Rick and Morty exploring a reality that is based on near copyright infringing creations in Public Domain!. In the latest chapter, Morty stumbles in a magical fairy town, and quickly realizes not everything is so magical about it. But his luck changes when he finds out he might be a prophesies person, one that will help a wizard Rick save the world.
Issue forty-four reveals the origins of how the Vindicators first met Rick, leading to the team up event, Vindicators 1. This was mentioned in the TV show episodes Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender, and never was explained how Rick and Morty came to know these heroes. True to Rick's nature, he does not care about every Vindicators background, even openly mocking them. This is opposite to Morty who is enjoying meeting these people, and quickly idolizing them. Kyle Starks presents the Vindicators as the same do good-ers from the TV iteration, with some hints at what they would later devolve into. In this flashback story, the Vindicators have their whole team assembled with Lady Katana, Calypso and Diable Verde, three obscure members that never seem to get enough development time. The humor is on point, with Rick picking apart the team's obvious flaws and making fun of the superhero genre. Marc Ellerby, Sarah Stern, and Crank! provide excellent artwork that helps deliver the comedy and action. Marc Ellerby really lets Rick know he does not take the Vindicators serious at all with an array of silly faces.
Rick is not a great team player but manages to push make a difference in the end, much to the frustrations of his supposed team members. This story takes a break from the misadventures of mad drunk scientist and his navie grandson, and shifts gear to superhero mishaps. The Vindicators find plenty of reasons to avoid Rick in their second team-up event, Vindicators 2 but this does not bother Rick what so ever. To the Vindicators, this was a glorious victory, and to Rick, it was something to do between TV watching. Rick and Morty fans should not miss out in this never before seen adventure when this comic gets released this week.


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Pizza night is always a happy night in our house and as I was rummaging through the refrigerator a few nights ago I saw a nice bag of pepperoni just begging to be used. Because we make pizza all the time, I was in the mood to mix things up a bit and this fun quick bread was just what I needed to jazz up the pizza we have so often. Now I just need to get my husband off my back about getting "all natural" low- fat pepperonis. 🙂 Baby steps hon.
I was quite shocked after I cut into this pizza bread to find distinct swirls of marinara and bits of pepperoni within the bread. I love the contrasting colors. Slice and serve with a fresh crisp salad. Enjoy!
Here's your line-up of ingredients: my mistake, I left out a jar of Italian Seasoning from the above photo 🙂
Add all ingredients–except the marinara–into the mixer in no particular order however, I started with the flour.
Cut each pepperoni into fourths 🙂
Pour half of the batter into a bread pan. The one I used measures 9x5x2 3/4-inches.
Add the rest of the batter over the marinara.
Time to bake, 350 degrees F. 45-55 minutes.
Let cool for 30 minutes, slice and EAT!
Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 cup quartered pepperoni slices, about 32 slices
1/2 cup marinara sauce
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan Cheese
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray small bread pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Place flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper into the bowl of a stand or electric mixer, mix to combine. Slowly add in eggs, oil, buttermilk, Parmesan, Mozzarella and pepperoni until just combined. Pour half of batter into prepared bread pan that measures 9x5x2 3/4-inches. Top evenly with marinara sauce then pour remaining batter over sauce. Top with Italian seasoning and additional Parmesan cheese. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick comes clean from center. Let cool for 30 minutes before removing from pan. Slice and serve warm or room temperature.
Makes 8 servings
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