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I can't believe it's July already! Although weatherwise you'd have a hard job guessing it was Summer! Today seems to be about the first day in months that we've had a sunny day, I've even managed to go out and cut the grass.
The Olympic torch came to town today as well, the boys had the day off school, and went down and watched although they couldn't see much lol.
Haven't really done much mini-ing, am waiting for a few bits from ebay and a wicker chair from Rose from Cute and Crafties, hopefully will all be here by the weekend and I shall be able to put some piccies on of Cove Cottage (along with it's new lovely sign made by Julie (cottage kitty)) and the few bits I've added to Cove and Lobster. Poor Driftwood and Boathouse do seem to have been neglected recently!
Oh I seem to have a new resident of the Shabby Shop (still unamed), as you can see from this pic!
She seems to have taken up residence!
To follow on from my quilt tutorial, I finally got round to finishing the little quilt I started. I seem to have been knitting nativity stuff for ages, I forgot how long the sets take to complete, but I wanted to get a head start ready for, dare I say it, Christmas!
So here's the new mini quilts, I seem to have quite a few sitting in the cupboard now, 4 in total I think, 3 of mine and 1 I bought from someone else but no longer use. I must get them on ebay! I am already thinking about the next one, I really do enjoy doing them, just deciding what to do next, either another Cath Kidston fabric one, or a blue one or a green one, or even a any colour goes one! Shall have to have a look through my bag of materials and see what grabs me!
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Worldviews, and the Changing Thereof
It seems, lately, that almost every article you read, however tangentially related to transgender issues, managed to namedrop the most controversial, yet most prominent, name currently identified among the trans population. I will try to avoid mentioning that name because (a) I'm not trying to drop search-bait terms here (though possibly management would prefer that I did) and more importantly (b) it's not my desire to make this about her. Sadly, it's practically impossible to mention her name in trans circles without provoking a polarizing debate of minutia which only serves to distract from the original point.
That said, my thoughts tonight are in fact inspired by one of those points of controversy – the idea that a prominent trans person would ever be foolish enough to vote for a Republican. The common perception is that left-wing, typically Democrat, politicians are more likely to act favorably towards LGB/T concerns than Republican right-wing politicians are. It's a perfectly reasonable thesis born out by the political track record of the two parties and, for many, voting decisions can be reduced to a single issue. It's not my intent here to provoke a discussion about party politics, but to simply use the issue to speak to a broader point.
The person in question, whom you likely have guessed by now, remarked when her transition was first publicly confirmed that she was a Republican, and just in the last several days has stated again that she found the Democrats "unconvincing" and still intended to vote for the GOP. Which, of course, provoked outrage. The point being overlooked, though was a crucial one in my view – there was little more than 6 months of elapsed time between the two quotes. I can't overemphasize how much that matters.(Continued below...)
My background experience informs my argument here. I was born and raised in a rigorously conservative and Traditionalist Christian culture.Through my formative years I doubt I was very so much as exposed to a left-wing idea. Certainly I had no regular source of counter-narrative to the commonly held worldview around me. To such an extent that I'd have been hard pressed to coherently tell you what a liberal believed, let alone someone like a Libertarian. It wasn't until Reagan's successful presidential bid that I came to have any half decent concept that anyone could seriously believe things that were in stark contrast to the things everyone around me "knew" to be true. There was a quote about Nixon's victory in '72 that may or may not be valid – that a NY liberal journalist was shocked by the outcome since "no one I know voted for him." That was my world, a right-wing bubble.
On through my adult years, even as I struggled to conform my gender identity "issues" to my worldview, I was a reliable Conservative Republican Traditionalist, even when that meant being opposed to the acceptance of people who shared my struggle. I was in my mid-40's when I accepted myself and began the process of transition. Even as I did so, my mind struggled mightily to justify my long-held views. Over time it became apparent to me that if my fellow partisans were willing to lie to everyone, willfully or in ignorance, about people like me, then how could I be sure they had been true in all the other matters upon which my views were so firm? But that process took a lot of time. YEARS in fact. Now, I'm not saying at all that I'm a die-hard liberal now (In fact, I'd suggest being a die-hard anything is an invitation to confirmation bias) but I've finally, in the last couple of years, come completely out of that echo-chamber mentality of holding a view merely because of the sources it had come to me through.
All that serves as background to say this – expecting a person, particularly in the glare of the spotlight, to flip their entire worldview in six months is ludicrous. Some, in fact, never do. I have not a few friends who still identify themselves as more Conservative than anything else and several who are contented Republicans. And while I agree that such a vote is self defeating, I do understand how that can happen. Most partisans, on either side, exist in a bubble, an echo chamber in which their chosen information outlets sooth their confirmation bias, and feed them a stream of opinion (packaged as "facts") which reinforces the view they already hold and are comfortable with. Even if you somehow come to dissent on a specific issue (usually because you have a very personal stake in the matter) you are still not well situated to reconsider your overall worldview because your sources likely haven't changed.
Anyone who supposes that because a person accepts that they are trans (or claims some other "queer" identity) will simply reach back and flip a switch and take a left-wing position on ever issue across the board is likely someone who, themselves, has never changed their political views at all. It simply doesn't work that way. Perhaps much more importantly, browbeating them or ranting about them is more than likely going to make it LESS likely those views change. But one gets the impression that the critic is much more interested in criticizing than in changing minds. Which is a tendency as deadly to our cause as any Republican.
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Thinking about music videos today requires you to throw every Video Killed the Radio Star or November Rain stereotype out the window. That shouldn't be too difficult since our national music channel shows so few videos.
We've got music project collaborations on the brain lately as we wade through the amazing Band Together applications we received. While Band Together focuses on music videos, another music-art intersection happens in the form of album art. As LPs continue their hipster resurgence, could a new era of album art be upon us?
As we prepare for a change of office to the Players' Guild of Hamilton, where we'll be assisting with development and programming, we thought we'd talk to someone who knows her way around the venue already.
The final team that produced a music video under the Band Together banner saw a collaboration between BE&ME Productions (which in itself saw a collboration between a few of the folks at Factory Media Centre) and improvisational jazz/hiphop act Haolin Munk, a group of musicians you've just got
The third installment from the music video-making trenches comes from Katie Bulley (formerly of the Barettas), a singer-songwriter you're going to want to take note of. Anchor Me Down was filmed on location at Fenian Films, with Ryan Furlong in the director's chair, and a very scary Chilean rose tarantula milling about.
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This week, CoBALT announced excitedly which four teams were moving forward with the funds and resources to help them make a music video under the Band Together project.
When one creative discipline collaborates with another creative discipline, great things can happen. That's the concept behind Band Together, and this second dispatch from the music video-making frontlines is courtesy of media arts extraordinarie Lee Skinner who worked with The Rest to produce a video for the track Who Knows.
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It's not quite David and Goliath, but Canelo Alvarez will be the overwhelming favourite when he steps in the ring against Brit Rocky FIelding tonight. Will one of the world's best pound-for-pound boxers prevail again? Find out with a Canelo vs Fielding live stream - we've even found an option to watch for FREE!
When the final bell rang at the end of the second part of the Canelo vs GGG war in September, the boxing world wondered who would be next to stand up to the Mexican middleweight master. Few would have guessed that Alvarez - whose only career loss came by decision five years ago against Floyd Mayweather - would pile on the pounds to step up a division to super middleweight and set about conquering a whole new set of pugilists.
Possibly least of all Liverpudlian Rocky Fielding. That's not to say that he hasn't earned his shot - an impressive 10 year pro career culminating with a WBA title win against Tyron Zeuge by knockout in the summer. Can he really 'do a Fury' and shock the boxing world by upsetting a legend?
The setting for such a big fight? The Garden of course! Madison Square Garden at the heart of New York City. There's a long undercard of action first, kicking off at 6pm local time, so around 11pm GMT. But the main event itself isn't expected to start until the early hours - around 4am. So you'll need your coffee pot ready to live stream Canelo vs Fielding, and we'll show you how (to catch the boxing that is, not to prepare your coffee).
How to watch Canelo vs Fielding: live stream option 1
Sky Sports subscribers are in luck - its Main Event channel has all the coverage of the fight. The program starts at 11pm if you're planning to watch every fight on the card, and it's thought that the Fielding fight will commence at 4am Sunday morning.
Being on Sky, it means that you can also watch via the Sky Go app on tablet or mobile if that's better or thinking to watch from bed! It also means that Now TV becomes an option if you're not a Sky subscriber, costing just £7.99 per day (£12.99 a week, or £33.99 a month).
If you find yourself outside the UK this weekend but still want to grab that Sky stream, you'll find that access is blocked due to geo-restrictions. The way to get around this is by downloading and installing a VPN as described below.
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Our country is under attack. Every single institution is in decline. The only growth is in unemployment, poverty and war. There is a crisis – of thought, and of deed.
It is now 44 years since the Party was formed, and 41 years since, at its Second Congress, the Party produced its Programme The British Working Class and Its Party. This Programme outlined the thinking of a political party of a new type, a thoroughly British Marxist party. All subsequent Congresses have confirmed the ideas of the Programme, using them as the basis for developing our thought for the changing times.
At our 16th Congress, the Party adopted a number of Calls to Action for the British working class.
Out of the European Union, enemy to our survival
The European Union represents the dictatorship of finance capital, foreign domination, and the bleeding away of our capacity to take responsibility for ourselves. If we do not leave the EU, it will destroy our economy as surely as it has that of Greece. Destroy the economy of a nation and you undermine, possibly fatally, the ability of a country to be a country. The EU is aided by quislings in our class who would rather supplicate in Brussels than struggle in Britain. The British working class must declare our intention to leave the EU. We must wage this fight within our organisations, especially our trade unions. British withdrawal from the EU would fatally wound the project and shift the balance of force away from those who would break up Britain and launch war. Referendum Now!
No to the breakup of Britain, defend our national sovereignty
There are those in Scotland who wish to become an EU region with all the prestige of, for example, Estonia. Even a gerrymandered referendum confined to Scotland must return a "No" vote. Unless it does, the clock is turned back far more than 300 years. It would not only dismember our country (creating a new country called England and Wales) but would create an ideological back door to Britain through which the EU would be invited. Devolution, and now the threat of separation, are both products of only one thing: de-industrialisation. When the working class in Scottish industry was numerous and active it often led the British working class. The SNP was laughed out of town as the "tartan tories". The destruction of industry drags a class down, and no clearer example is extant than that of Scotland. The future of all of us is at stake. We must demand that any referendum on the dismemberment of Britain be held throughout Britain. We must fight to establish a policy within our trade unions against break up.
Rebuild workplace trade union organisation
Too few British workers are union members. The percentage of public and other service sectors of the economy in unions is dangerously low. It is even lower in industry, in manufacture, in the private sector. Even more dangerous, it is still declining. Most of the unions which existed only 40 years ago have now gone, a partial reflection of the destruction of the industries in which they organised. At the present rate of decline, trade unionism could be eradicated within this generation of members. The employing class has always aimed at this. Unions exist as working members in real workplaces or they become something else entirely – something entirely negative. Workers need to involve themselves, prune back the weedy overgrowth and nourish the shoots.
Fight for pay, vital class battleground
A serious product of the decay of trade unions is the neglect of pay. Pay is our battleground. It reflects the state of struggle because it is concerned with the proportion of our labour power that we control. In order to control the spiral of wage rises it could not control, capitalism took a bold step. It made credit easily available to workers. With Thatcher came the explosion of credit, and with that (and the destruction of industry, which led to mass unemployment) came a move away from the fight for pay. The collapse of the credit bubble has contributed directly to the slump and depression of the past five years, and now to the present depression. But this depression is not the product of workers' profligacy; it is the product of workers' cowardice. We think now that we get what we want materially through credit, not by joining a union and putting in a pay claim. In borrowing rather than fighting we assist in our own ideological corruption. For progress to be made in Britain's economy, this thinking must go. We should spend only what we earn and if we don't earn enough we'll have to fight the employers for more. The fight for pay is central to our survival as a class, and should be put back on the agenda of our trade unions.
Regenerate industry, key to an independent future
Should our country be attacked in war now we would be defeated, because we do not make enough things here. The Soviet Union won the Second World War because Soviet workers made everything there. Their country was materially, as well as politically, independent. We are encouraged to adopt a corrosively superior attitude: we need manufactured goods, but we are told they should be made abroad. All that dirt! We are encouraged to want energy without digging coal. We'd rather get our electricity from nice clean sources like wind and sea power, but these sources will not keep the lights on. Science lies at the heart of progress. The two concepts are synonymous. Science must be at the centre of planning a new future for Britain in which all our resources, human and material, are used to meet the needs of our people, and not to make profit for capital. The regeneration of industry in Britain is essential to the future of our nation. Our grandparents, and theirs, knew this. We must now reassert it at the centre of class thinking.
Build the Party
The task of the Party is singular: to change the ideology of the British working class in order that they make revolution here. Until and unless we achieve this we cannot claim success. And when we do achieve it the work of our class will have only just begun. It is vital that we build the Party to assist the class in this historic role.


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Is Suffering Inevitable?
Last week I invited you release something/someone you are burdening, which no longer serves your highest destiny path so that you experience living light as a feather. Otherwise known as joyful living...
What are you noticing? I would love to know here.
This week I am called to speak about suffering. So much of my life's work of late has been about understanding and then sharing the nature of suffering.
From this reflection a deep inquiry arises:
How do we live joyfully in the face of so much suffering-- both in the global world and in our personal world?
To get an authentic, practical, action oriented "answer" I believe we must first realize, that yes, suffering is inevitable. For each and everyone of us, if we are lucky.
Why lucky?
Suffering is a teacher. Without the lessons, we stay stuck.
What is suffering?
Not accepting the burdens we face...
Judging the burdens and our response to them.
Expending all of our energy resisting "what is" therefore depleting us of the precious energy to make necessary changes to live, love and enjoy life.
What are our burdens?
A few examples:
Abandonment, abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, illness, loneliness, loss, neglect, self hate...
Do we all face burdens?
Yes, at some point in our life, we do.
If suffering is inevitable, how do we live with joy?
Meeting ALL burdens with non-judgmental - compassionate - acceptance.
Many of us hold our burdens so tightly we allow them to confine and define us. We identify with the darker parts of our humanity (remember those shadows?) and ignore the lighter parts. We end up feeling shame, guilt, fear. We do this to ourselves and others. And "they" do it to us. It's not how we are meant to live.
Once we face the truth of our burdens, through acceptance, we free up the energy of resistance.
I share an example of acceptance and embracing the parts of ourselves we feel shame /guilt/fear about (our shadows) in my book, Reclaiming Joy on page 32 when I speak of my unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Until I accepted, nothing changed.
What do we do with this freed up energy (remember energy is our #1 asset)?
We direct it towards healing.
Healing ourselves, and in the process, helping one another heal.
We learn to view all experience, including and especially our burdens, as opportunities to awaken more fully into the life we were meant to live. In the process of awakening, we cultivate compassion, wisdom, and ultimately deep self love. Compassion, wisdom, and self-love become the foundation of our life from which all prosperity flows.
We look in the mirror and know our worth no matter if we are poor or rich, Ceo or janitor, single or married, thin or heavy, abused or enlightened, addicted or clean...whatever.
As we accept our own burdens and cultivate compassion, wisdom, and deep self love, the next step is to extend non-judgmental compassionate acceptance to others.
It is from this place of acceptance that we heal and so too the world. Beneath the facade, we are one. One heart. One love. One energy.
So, is suffering inevitable?
Are we able to experience suffering and still live in joy?
In the face of inevitable suffering, when judgment ceases, and acceptance prevails, we are able to live joyfully.
Is this an easy way to live?
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The mayors of five West Coast cities delivered some large-scale ideas during a Friday "summit" in Portland, laying claim to an outsized role in saving the planet from climate change.
Gazing out from the summit, Portland Mayor Charlie Hale declared: "We are creating a 'green wall' along the West Coast. … When we act in collaboration, cities have an outsized impact. The West Coast will help move the meter on climate change."
It would presumably be a very different wall than Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised to build along the Mexican border.
The mayors of Seattle, Portland, Eugene, San Francisco and Los Angeles anchor a corner of the world once dubbed "Ecotopia" in Joel Garreau's book "The Nine Nations of North America." They said Friday that they will assert the clout that comes with the coast's robust economy.
They pledged, specifically, to create a West Coast electric vehicle highway, keyed to transforming city-owned vehicle fleets to electric vehicles and making electric vehicle chargers available to the public. The "highway" will presumably pass through Olympia, where Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pledged in Paris this week to have 20 percent of the state's vehicle fleet electric-powered by 2017.
"We have agreed to launch an electric vehicle consortium that will look into leveraging our purchasing power to get vehicle manufacturers to produce light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles we need. This is the power of mayors working together," said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The mayors talked about climate goals for their cities, such as reducing water and energy use in city buildings, and moving toward increased solar and renewable energy in powering city operations.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee talked expansively that "Babylon by the Bay" will be sending zero waste to landfills and reaching a goal of 50 percent of trips relying on "non-auto transport." The city that once championed the Hetch Hetchy dam in Yosemite National Park will seek to get 100 percent of its energy from renewables.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, in keeping with his Catholic social gospel roots, stressed equitability in the mayors' expansive goals.
"Climate change is much more than an economic or environmental challenge. Fundamentally, it is an issue of social justice," said Murray. "Around the world, populations that have contributed the least to this problem will unfairly bear the greatest burden.
"And in our communities, the benefits of our progressive environmental policies must be share by all — parks and open space, clean air and water, and access to healthy foods. If we are leaving people behind, we are not succeeding."
This was the first West Coast mayors' summit. It delivered expansive promises, but could have used a little more diversity.
Next time, why not include the mayor of San Diego, who is a Republican? Or Vancouver, B.C., Mayor Gregor Robertson, who is already operating on the world stage — he has been at the global climate summit in Paris, and recently met at the Vatican with Pope Francis — has vowed to make Canada's third city the greenest urban place on the planet.
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- Tip of the Day: Multiple users on Android devices
- Beginner's Lesson: Facebook privacy, what you need to know
- App: Files Go by Google
Test your Smartphone Smarts #10
Here is the tenth in our series of Review Questions from our "What Does This Button Do?" show. These can't be graded, but if you want to see the discussion of our answers to these questions, you can click the link provided. The link will take you to the time in the specific episode where we start the discussion of review questions. Since we have produced 97 episodes so far, this "Test Your Smartphone Smarts" will be an ongoing series of posts here.
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|Episode #39: Sharing Pictures with Facebook #39 Show Notes
|Episode #41: Google Hangouts #41 Show Notes
|Episode #42: Getting Started with Google Photos
#42 Show Notes
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#91 Facebook Tips – What Does This Button Do?
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- Tip o Week: Editing Pictures with Google Photos
- Beginner's Lesson: Facebook Tips
- App o week: Duo
Facebook Live Streaming
Have you tried Facebook's new Live Streaming feature yet? It is so incredibly easy! Instead of just posting a photo of your vacation day, you just use your phone's Facebook app and tap the button that means "Live Streaming." Instantly, you're able to talk to your friends and they'll see the beautiful mountain behind you and the stream running by your feet. This only works on a phone – not a computer. Then, you just start a post like normal, but then tap the option for Live Video. You'll need to give the video a name, then tap "Go Live."
As soon as you end the LIVE streaming portion, the video is saved in place on your Timeline. Here is one we did on our Geeks On Tour facebook page that shows a Virtual Reality event we attended.
And, here's one on our personal timeline that shows us on our kayaks, out in the ocean – about to go scuba diving.
Facebook Newsfeed: Most Recent vs. Top Stories
Did you know that you're not seeing everything you've asked for in Facebook? And, you are seeing some promotional posts that you didn't ask for. You can get inundated if you saw everything, so Facebook watches what you click on and what you "like." From that information they decide what are the Top Stories for you. It's a good thing really, but sometimes you want to have control. There are several ways you can specify what you want to see:
- OK … Top Stories: This is the default. If you are looking at your Home Newsfeed, you are seeing Top Stories. Facebook figures out what news it thinks is important to you, including friends and liked company and group pages. With Top Stories view you also see a lot of sponsored posts … Ads.
- Better? … Most Recent: To set your feed to Most Recent on a computer, just click on the dropdown arrow next to "NewsFeed" in the left sidebar. On a smartphone Facebook App you need to use the 3-line menu and find the option for "Feeds" then tap on Most Recent. If you set your NewsFeed to show you Most Recent, then Facebook does not apply the Top Stories filter. It just gets all your friends' posts and your liked pages and shows them all to you in strict chronological order. Many people tell me how much they prefer this view. Personally, I think it is too much. I think filtering some of it out is a good thing. You also still get ads in this view.
- Best! … Close Friends: For every friend you have the option to categorize them as "Close Friend." Then you can view your newsfeed for only Close Friends. This limits your view to only posts by Close Friends – no Ads!!. But, also no posts from groups or pages – just Friends.
To add friends to your Close Friends list on a computer, you can go to their Timeline, click on the Friends button and click Close Friends.
On a phone you go to their Timeline, tap on Friends, tap Edit Friend List and then Close Friends.
Reverting to Top Stories
No matter what type of Newsfeed you specify, realize that Top Stories is the default, and it will always return to that view. It is worthwhile then, to teach Facebook what is important to you. There are two main ways to do this:
- Mark the friends whose posts you want to "See First" by visiting their Timelines and clicking the box labeled "Following" and select See First.
- Unfollow friends whose posts you don't want to see. Since this does not Unfriend them, you can visit their Timeline manually to see their posts when you want, or re-follow them when the political season is over!
- Mark posts that you don't want to see. In the upper right corner of every post is a drop-down arrow with your options:
The more you mark the people and things you Do and Don't want to see, the better your "Top Stories" feed will be.
To learn more about Facebook, as well as Twitter, LinkedIn, and more … See our What Does This Button Do? Episode #78: Social Media with Abby Stokes.
And, while you're at it, be sure to mark your friend list as visible to only you so they can't be copied and spammed. Here's a tutorial video for members: 398. Facebook – Keeping Friends Private
#68 Facebook App. What Does This Button Do?
Show Notes for Members below
This episode covers:
- Tip o Week: Typing Special Characters
- Beginner's Lesson: Facebook on Mobile Devices
- App of the Week: Virtual reality Goggles
Facebook Groups–Large and Small
As a Facebook member, you can take advantage of the Group feature. You can join an existing group, or make your own. I belong to a few RV-related groups. One is Roadtreking, a Public group where I can keep up with our friend Mike Wendland and his community. Another group is Living the RV Dream – a very active group with 28,000+ members. If you want to get immediate feedback on any RV-related question. I noticed a post yesterday that was concerned about their dog being allowed in RV parks since it was a pit bull mix. Within 20 minutes they had a dozen responses from people with first-hand experience! That's useful information.
The third one is LTRVD Gathering. This is a small group that was created specifically as a communication device before, during, and after a rally. What a great way to easily communicate to the whole group and give each person in the group a way to share information and ideas.
You can search for RV groups on Facebook by using the search field and typing RV, then click the option for Groups, or here's a link to the search (you must be logged into Facebook for this link to work.)
What is the difference between a Public and a Closed Group?
If a group is public, anyone on Facebook can see the posts there, but only a member of the group can create a post. If a group is private, anyone on Facebook can see the list of people who are members of the group, but you can't see any of the posts unless you are a member. For more details about the different types of groups see the official Facebook help page on Privacy Options for Groups.
Private Family Group
We even have a private group just for our family. We used the "Secret" designation so nobody else can find it, but Jim and I can post to this group just as easily as posting anywhere else in Facebook. We have it set so that we each get notified anytime the other posts. It's a great place to put reminders, ideas, and links to funny things we know we would each enjoy but we don't want to post to all our friends.
How do you become a member of a Group?
If you find a group you want to join, you should see a button for Join Group at the upper right of the page. You may have to wait for an admin to approve your membership – it could be in 5 minutes or it could be a few days depending on how active the group and its admin is. Once you are part of a group, you will be notified anytime someone posts. You can control those notifications by clicking on "Notifications" at the top of the page (on a computer) and choosing the option you want.
How do you Make a Group
Anyone on Facebook can make a group. Probably the easiest way to get started is to visit a current group that you belong to – using a computer – and click the 3-dot menu at the upper right. At the bottom of the list, you should see "Create New Group." On a mobile device, you can tap the 3-line menu at the upper right, scroll down to the Groups section and, at the end, you will see "Create a New Group."
Taming Your Facebook News Feed
Some people say their Facebook has too much on it and others tell me theirs has too little. On the 'too much' side, do you wish there weren't so many ads and other promotional posts in Facebook? And, on the 'too little' side, do you wish you could be sure of seeing everything posted by good friends?
What if I told you there was an easy way to accomplish both of those results in one simple feature? It's called "Close Friends" and I'll tell you exactly how to use it with Facebook on the computer as well as Facebook on mobile devices like Android Phones and iPhones or iPads.
What's a News Feed?
The Facebook news feed is the stream of posts that you see when you first log in to Facebook. These posts are coming from friends, pages you have "Liked," and Facebook promotional material. It's like opening a newspaper and reading all the news from those "Feeds."
What's a Friend List?
When you first start using Facebook, it assumes you have some friends who are more important to you than others and it sets up a list called "Close Friends." You can also set up custom lists like "Summer Camp Friends" or "Work Friends."
Using the Close Friends Feed
You can use a Friend list to limit who sees your posts. You can also use a Friend list to limit whose posts you see. If, instead of the everything News Feed, you select to see only your Close Friends feed, then you will be seeing ALL the posts from your Close Friends, and NOTHING BUT the posts from your Close Friends. See what I mean about it accomplishing two goals? To get back to your 'everything' News Feed, just click Home on a computer, or the News Feed icon on a mobile.
How To
|Computer Browser
|Android Phone Facebook App
|iPhone Facebook App
|View the Close Friends Feed
|Click "Close Friends" on the left sidebar.
|Tap the 3-line menu, then Close Friends
|Tap the 3-line menu, Feed, Close Friends
|Post to Close Friends only
|Write post, click audience selector, More Options, Close Friends
|Write status post, on "To" line, tap right arrow More… Close Friends
|same as Android
|Add/Remove people from Close Friends list
|When viewing close friends News Feed, the people will show up at the right. Easy to "Add friends to list" or See All and click X to remove people
|Can't manage the list as a whole. Go to a friend's timeline, tap the "Friend" indicator and then "Edit Friend List" Then Check or UNCheck Close Friends.
|Same as Android


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2004 Annual Report President's Message: Holding the Needle on True North
In the President's Message of the RWJF 2004 annual report, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., describes being on the front lines of patient care at a community health clinic in New Brunswick, N.J., a clinic that provides health care for thousands of the area's most vulnerable, low-income or uninsured families. These patients, she says, both energize and inspire her.
Lavizzo-Mourey remarks upon the Foundation's commitment to change America's troubled health care system until it delivers a level of quality care that meets the public's expectations of what they need and deserve.
"The barriers to change are as formidable as they are familiar. They are systemic, mostly of our own making, and have long blocked serious attempts to bring about needed change. In fact, we have become so used to them we act as if they are normal. But when you pile the barriers all in one place it is easy to see just how imposing a roadblock they make."


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The Unexpected Joys of Beta Groups
Speaker: Haavard Gulbrandsen
Time: 11:45, Wednesday
Beta groups are a joy for lazy test managers, letting the end-users do the testwork is a fascinating approach. Beta groups are a joy for lazy test managers, letting the end-users do the testwork is a fascinating approach. RuterReise is an app for android and iOS that allows people to plan their public transport on trams, metro, buses and boats in Oslo and surrounding counties.
The app has more than 100.000 unique users on average.We decided to create a beta group for RuterReise. The idea initially came from the ambition to detect bugs that we couldn't find ourselves, and to get good test coverage for different combinations of devices and OS versions with low cost and low effort. In addition we were able to explore the users use of the app and getting a lot of the cornercases on the table. These cornercases would never have been found by testing in lab environment!
To enable the users to send reports and chat with us, we connected the product Instabug to the app.. This gave us instant feedback from customers and the possibility to interact with them.
After a while we realized that we could use the beta group to achieve more benefits than just bug detection. E.g. we can:• polls about what the user thinks of specific functions.• Instant feeback on changes• Rapidly develop new features, do a quick test, and let the Beta group do its work
A Betagroup gives us the benefits of shorter test cycles and thus reduced time to market for new features, and the ability to better predict what features will be appreciated by the users.In addition, we found that our users where very keen to tell us what they thought where wrong. Not only with itineraries, but also what was wrong with the services from Ruter in general.
My team decided to use this insight and try to make improvements, not only to the app itself, but to the back-end systems that the app uses.We are also able to provide informal feedback to the beta users, and can ask them in more depth about what they really think is wrong. That proved to give us great insight in the traveller's mind.


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By Emmanuel Edom
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) ,Mr Edgal Imohimi, has set up a police monitoring team under the headship of the Deputy Commission of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department ( SCIID), Panti Yaba, Mrs Yetunde Longe, to daily monitor and arrest anybody seen vandalising or defacing campaign posters or boards.
According to his directives to Longe, the monitoring team would comprise of the Commands Riders unit.
The setting up of a monitoring team is coming on the heels of recent complaint from the Governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Mr Jimi Agbaje, that his campaign boards were vandalized and removed by unknown persons.
Mr Agbaje was said to have further posted his concern on the social media alleging the vandalisation and removal of his campaign boards
In addition, the Commissioner of Police has directed that invitation letters be sent to state Chairmen of all political parties in the state, their flag bearers, the INEC and other stakeholders for a meeting scheduled to hold on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at 11am, at the Police Officers' Mess, GRA, Ikeja.
According to the release signed by the Command's spokes person, CSP Chile Oti, "This is to further drive home the fact that there is no alternative to peace and the need for all political parties, their candidates and supporters to shun acts capable of breaching the public peace".
He said "constrained by limited manpower, there is no way the Command could post policemen to cover all campaign posters in the state but the much it can do, is to adopt the Aberdeen System in protecting campaign adverts and to solicit the cooperation of all and sundry in ensuring the maintenance of law and order"


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Countless sun-seekers and travellers-to-be are opting for self-catering holidays. It's easy to see why, since it affords you that extra bit of freedom to define where and when you splash the cash. Of course, even with that freedom, holiday budgets aren't always as lavish as they once were in today's belt-tightening times.
Luckily, smart holidaymakers are finding more and more ways to make their money go further. It also helps to know which holiday destinations offer the best value for money in self-catering. A few recommendations across the globe are listed below, from Europe's best-kept secrets to the most far-flung exotic hideaways.
The average price of inexpensive restaurant meal: £4
The average cost of local beer: £1
Romania, and specifically Bucharest, has had a pretty colourful history. The architecture of Bucharest alone, which flourished with art-deco flair at the end of the 19th Century, makes for a truly photogenic city break. Tours of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest clock in at under £10. The food and drink lean towards the affordable at every turn.
Romania has hotter summers than you might expect, often surpassing 30°C. That makes trips to the shade of the trees in Tineretului Park a joy, especially if you rent a bike for an hour for just two euros a pop. with all the money you've saved by self-catering, head to Obor market, a lively and vibrant paradise for shopping savants.
The average price of inexpensive restaurant meal: £2.50
The average cost of local beer: £2
Resting just a short southward sojourn from Spain and the Mediterranean, Morocco has long been quietly and subtly lighting up the travel industry, yet currently is flying just far enough beneath the mainstream radar to be nice and cheap. That doesn't detract from its charm and mysticism, of course.
Flights and hotel rooms make Morocco simple enough to get to and stay within. This gives you a little extra cash for some good food and sampling some souks, the vibrant bazaars this country is rightly famous for. You can expect to haggle over baskets, rugs, metalworking art or more here, or alternatively, head to one of the countless beaches gracing the country's shores.
The average price of inexpensive restaurant meal: £1.50
The average cost of local beer: £1.50
While countless holidaymakers flock to nearby Thailand, true freedom from the tourism buzz comes with an escape to Indonesia. With so many sunny islands to explore, backed up with cheap scuba diving opportunities and laid-back lifestyles every which way, it's a cost-effective getaway where good food costs less and big smiles are everywhere to see.
Surfing and sailing might seem the mainstream activities, but don't miss out on the temples or towns either, where filling meals can be had for the equivalent of £2 a pop.
The Canary Islands
The average price of inexpensive restaurant meal: £7
The average cost of local beer: £1.50
Dotted across the middle of the Atlantic, the Canary Islands are both nicely secluded and superbly cheap. They've got plenty of easily accessed history and folklore too, such as Casa de Colon, the fabled home of Christopher Columbus which he's said to have retired to after his exploits.
The beaches and relaxed world-view of the Canaries make for a superb escape. The variation of landscapes to explore here makes for excellent hiking and cycling too. It helps that meals here lean towards the home-cooked and hearty, meaning filling dishes for next to nothing. Similarly, the Canaries sustains mainland Spain's magnificent penchant for inexpensive, flavoursome wines that flow with ease.
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The Average price of inexpensive restaurant meal: £9
The average cost of local beer: £3
While islands like Corfu or Cyprus make major money off their sterling tourism reputation, as richly deserved as that is, Greece has plenty more to offer if you're willing to book some of the more wholesome, lesser-known destinations. Take Halkidiki as one example, who distinctive three-pronged shape on the map of mainland Greece makes it a hotbed of beaches and bays.
Halkidiki's got plenty of investment coming its way as tourism ramps up. At the time of writing retains plenty of its natural beauty, family taverna cuisine and fishing village lifestyle to be an affordable place to play. In short, it wins out for not having lost its heart to encroaching tourism industry, and while it may not be that way forever, as of right now it makes for a superbly affordable holiday destination.
If you're on the hunt for a low-cost self-catering getaway, check out brands like Holiday Hypermarket and Airbnb for the latest offers.
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Bay City robbery suspect arrested
A 19-year-old Bay City man was arrested in connection with an early morning robbery at a Bay City gas station.
Bay City Police report officers were called to the BP gas station at 3950 E. Wilder Road at 12:09 a.m. today after a man in the store threatened the clerk with violence and taking money from the cash register.
The suspect was apprehended shortly after the incident occurred, and the stolen money was recovered. No weapons were used and no one was hurt.
The Bay County Sheriff's Office assisted with the investigation.


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Every year at Scrapfest Kitchener I ask Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits for basketball themed products and they never disappoint. You would be amazed how hard it is to find good boy-themed products especially basketball.
I love their July 15 sketch challenge.
And here is my take on that sketch . . .


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Sätila - Stenis Ski Hat
Product Description
This alpine hat is so original it hurts. A classic from the 70's, worn by the former World Cup, Olympic gold medalist, alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark, and designed by his mum.
It has a Polycolon lining which helps to get rid of uncomfortable moisture from the skin. Knitted in Sweden.
Material: 50% Merino wool, 50% acrylic
Sätila - since 1896
Sätila of Sweden is a world leading designer and manufacturer of hats, headbands, scarves and other knitted fashion accessories - a position which they have acquired through dedicated work and skill when it comes to form and function.


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Businesses thrive on trust and similar is the franchisor-franchisee relationship. It is the same thing that translates into excellence in the deliverables resulting in higher customer satisfaction ratio, eventually driving profitable returns.
One key performance indicator of a good franchisor-franchisee relationship is by evaluating how many multiple outlets are being taken up by the franchisee. This is the differentiating edge at Mahindra First Choice Wheels (MFCW). It has over 725 dealerships across 330 cities across India, out of which 65 franchise partners have multiple dealerships. What has made such a strong relationship between MFCW and its franchise partners? Let's explore...
Used car Industry is at the cusp of inflection and expected to grow to 5 million vehicle market in the next 5 years. This is primarily driven by first time car buyers who comprise of 73 percent of used car buyers. Among these a high percentage of customers upgraded from two wheelers.
With the advent of organized players in the used car segment, and greater emphasis on certification and warranty on used car, the perception of used car has changed from an affordable to sensible car purchase. "Used car as an industry is becoming an exciting place to be in. It is an attractive option for first time car buyers who have their options limited in the new car space. Moreover with the trust of Brand like Mahindra, they can afford a bigger better car at the price point of 2.5 to 3 lakh," opines Vijay Obhan, Dealer, Automaxx.
The Brand Value
MFCW has been instrumental in organising the rampantly unorganised category of used car over the past two decades. Brand Mahindra has aided in not only removing the stigma around used car purchase, but has also helped in building a bond with the customer, with many of them coming back for repeat purchases. Prasad Birwadkar, Dealer, Car Planet Wheels Pvt Ltd, "We ensure that the customers don't see used car as an option because of their budget constraints. We use our robust process of certification and warranty to convince the customer that at any price point a used car is a value alternative to a new car. This helps us in getting repeat purchases and referrals through positive word of mouth"
The Franchise Edge
The success of any franchise depends on how the franchisor is able to translate the value proposition of the brand to the franchisee and how the franchisee delivers the same to the customer. Especially in the used car space, where every car is unique in its own way, it has taken years of experience to put a robust certification, warranty and training ecosystem. This helps the dealer to churn out what is called a Certifirst Car, car that comes with the backing and trust of Mahindra first choice. Firoz Khan, Dealer, Concept Cars, explains, "Last 6 years of used car experience gives MFCW know-how on entire certification, warranty and sales processes around the used car space. This know how is communicated through effective training processes and validated by qualified certification engineers, thereby making sure every car that is certified stands up to the MFCW brand."
Driving Ahead
Ultimately the transformation of all the above points boils down to dealer profitability through a frugal and effective processes leading to lower costs with attractive per car margins., Successful MFCW franchise have had a paid back of less than an year with a ROCE of 25 percent over a period of three year. Virendra Singh, Dealer, Win Win Automobiles who owns multiple franchises admits, "The primary reason why we opted for multiple dealerships is huge opportunity. Having realized that a properly run used car business is profitable we have expanded our business."
Writer is National Head -Franchise Operations of Mahindra First Choice Wheels


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Billing & Insurance for rTMS
As a patient at the MUSC Health Department of Psychiatry, Brain Stimulation Division, you will receive bills from the physicians and from the hospital. MUSC Physicians (MUSCP) submits bills for the professional fees charged by its physicians. The Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) bills for hospital facility charges for the use of equipment, space, and supplies. Both MUSC entities participate with Medicare, BlueCross BlueShield, and various other payers and managed care organizations. They do not, however, participate with all payers. Regulations also require us to bill for deductibles and co-payments, even for those insurances with which we participate. Co-payments will be required before or at the time of service.
MUHA may participate with a health plan, but MUSCP may not. In this instance, you would be responsible for paying for the portion of your physician's bill that your insurance plan does not cover. Depending upon your insurance, you may not receive a bill at all, but instead receive an explanation of benefits, which will outline what your insurance was charged and what was paid on your behalf.
In some instances, your insurance requires a prior authorization before you begin treatment. Without the prior authorization, you will be required to pay for all bills. Some insurers do not require a prior authorization, but whether an authorization is required, it's still not a guarantee of payment. All payments are based on medical necessity and cannot be determined until the claim is processed. The medical documentation will be reviewed in order for the insurance company to determine payment. Thus there is no guarantee how much is covered and if the insurance company does not cover, then the patient is responsible for payment.
Although the FDA approved rTMS for the treatment of major depressive disorder in 2008, currently not all insurers are willing to cover rTMS for treatment-resistant depression. rTMS has evidence to treat depression after 1 medication treatment failure, but most insurers will not cover rTMS unless a patient has failed to respond to 4 antidepressant medications of adequate duration and dose during this depressive episode and a trial of psychotherapy. Generally, insurers will not cover rTMS for depression in patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
TMS Clinic: East Cooper
There are no facility charges at this non-hospital based clinic. For most patients paying out of pocket for rTMS at the East Cooper clinic, the cost is $400 for the first session and $200 for each subsequent rTMS session. These rates do not apply at the hospital-based clinic downtown.
Contact Us
For billing questions for the downtown clinic, please call Shayna Epstein at 843-792-1879.
For billing questions for the East Cooper clinic, please call Marlena Therrell at 843-876-0754.
Rates and discounts do change, be sure to confirm with the Brain Stimulation Service for any changes in charges that may not have been updated on this website after 10/26/15.


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Stamp Duty Valuations
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