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One of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in Indonesia, MatahariMall was launched in 2015 to realize the concept of 'Offline-to-Online shopping' and offers a wide range of products including fashion, electronics, groceries, and more. MatahariMall was one of ViSenze's early customers and has continued to work with ViSenze over the years.
Visually Similar Product Recommendations: Intelligent product recommendations based on what shoppers are seeing.
Shop The Look: Inspire purchase through a moderator tool that easily matches e-commerce products to popular fashion content.
"ViSenze's solutions allow our customers to seamlessly discover and directly purchase items from looks they've been inspired by, satisfying the expectations of both parties and helping us foster a stronger connection with our customers."
- MatahariMall.com
When MatahariMall repositioned itself as a fashion company in addition to being an e-commerce marketplace, they examined the consumption behavior and habits of young women, their target audience. MatahariMall found that most of them prefer to find inspiration online from social media and shop the looks within. In order to adapt to this buyer behavior and to eliminate existing friction points, MatahariMall implemented AI solutions to enhance the ease of search and boost overall business performance.
MatahariMall leverages ViSenze's solutions to drive higher Click-Through Rates on their Product Details Pages by not only enabling users to discover products more easily through Visually Similar Product Recommendations, but also connecting them directly to products from their inspiration.
In ascertaining their implementation strategies, MatahariMall explored the full range of possibilities and collaborated with ViSenze to determine how ViSenze's solutions gives them a unique competitive advantage.
"The ViSenze team has been doing a great job, they are proactive, deliver fast responses and we are very satisfied with the process of working together. We look forward to exploring more features with ViSenze in the future."
— Rebecca Rompas, Senior Product - Growth at MatahariMall.com
"Working with ViSenze team has been a great pleasure for me, as they always provide the client with the best service. ViSenze always gives their all in making sure the client achieves their goals and brings the overall business performance to a new height."
— Meiliana Tjandra, Product Monetization at MatahariMall.com
Visually Similar Product Recommendations surface intelligent recommendations of products that are visually similar to what shoppers are seeing.
By providing shoppers with multiple options for purchase, ViSenze's recommendation technology not only streamlines their navigation experience but also increase product discoverability.
Shop The Look uses visual recognition technology to identify and tag shoppable items within images for shoppers' easy discovery and purchase.
In a market increasingly dominated by social media influence, Shop The Look helps businesses monetize organic content that's already promoting their products.


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Florida Bully Squad Presents Louis V Line's Venom X Champion Karma
Huge Congratulations goes out to Florida Bully Squad's Mel'Kayla on this incredible litter! Thank you for trusting in our boy Venom (Chunk) Not sure if any are still available, I believe most were reserved in advance. Contact Mel'Kayla for info and availability.
Karma is an ABKC Champion in the Pocket Class and is a very impressive bully. Great build, structure and a pedigree to match. Her coloring (champagne tri) is simply icing on the cake. Can't speak highly enough of Mel'Kayla and the Florida Bully Squad. Excellent dogs, even better people. Be sure to Follow their Facebook page HERE
BULLY KING Magazine Mascot Louis V Line's Venom continues on his mission to prove himself as one of the top producers in the country. On top of being Louis V's shortest & most compact son.. he is also a tri carrier and has produced champagne (lilac) sometimes referred to as "purple," blue, and chocolate tri colored bullies. What makes him so exclusive is his build, one of the best head pieces in the bully game, muscle & bone structure on such a short and compact frame. We couldn't be happier with him, he's truly one of a kind.
For More Info on what Venom can do for your program click HERE

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Chariot Carriers Stridelite Strobe Kit
Make sure you're visible after the sun goes down with Chariot's Stridelite blue strobe light kit. Includes two electroluminescent, flexible lamps that are visible from half a mile away. Lightweight and easy to install, the lamps have a lifespan of 20,000 hours, so you'll never have to worry about replacing bulbs.


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Not sure if this is the response that some wanted but here is Shawn "Jay Z" Carter's statement on the racial profiling situation at Barneys. Read his statement here: http://aareports.com/2013/10/shawn-jay-z-carter-statement-on-barneys.html
Lauryn Hill sentencing postponed; singer has two weeks to pay $504k in back taxes23 Apr
She appeared in court for sentencing after failing to report $1.8 million in income to the federal government, but U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo postponed it saying that Hill has two weeks to pay $504,000 in back taxes. Read more here: http://aareports.com/2013/04/lauryn-hill-sentencing-postponed-singer.html
President Obama video appearance at Jay Z's Made In America concert4 Sep
President Obama video appearance at Jay Z's Made In America concert
President Obama made an appearance during Jay Z's Made in America Concert event.In a pre-recorded video, Obama said Jay-Z's personal story is "what Made In America means" and urged concert-goers to vote. Watch that video here: Obama at Jay Z Concert
A Video Tribute To Heavy D9 Nov
RIP Heavy D real name Dwight Arrington Myers . Heavy D was a positive and inspiring rapper who stayed so even when it was more profitable to be a thug. Even to the end he was inspiring others as his last tweet was "Be Inspired". Check out five of Heavy D's greatest hits. A Tribute To Heavy D
Poet & musician Gil Scott-Heron has died28 May
Poet & musician Gil Scott-Heron has died
Gil Scott-Heron, a poet and musician best known for the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died Friday. Read more and listen to "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised here:
Video: Common's poem a Letter to the Law12 May
Video: Common's poem a Letter to the Law
There has been a made up controversy about the rapper and poet Common AKA Lonnie Rashid Lynn being invited to the White House based on a supposedly racist and violent poem he wrote and performed in 2007. Those who criticize first need to look up the word metaphor and then actually listen to the poem. Watch Common recite his poem: http://aareports.com/2011/05/video-commons-poem-letter-to-law.html


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Thursday, February 23
Project Redesign and Mending Hearts
Project Redesign furnished and decorated the second apartment for Mending Hearts today. This included a living room, office, and 3 bedrooms. These apartments will serve as temporary housing for the women who have completed the drug/alcohol rehabilitation part of the Mending Hearts program. The women can live in them for up to two years.
Thank you to Lisa Mackey for lending a hand today!!
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Storytime: Patrick's Day
March 15, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Wherever you go, whatever you do, may the LUCK of the Irish be there with you.
Join us for stories, rhymes, simple crafts, snacks, and more. Designed for ages 5 and under. Everyone welcome.


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Looking for Borthwicks of Caithness-shire
I have spent months looking for information on my G. Grandparents. My Grandfather and his siblings are listed on their immigration forms as being born in Caithness. I haven't been able to find birth records or a census to verify this information. I know I have family in the area, but have no idea what their names are.
My G. Grandfather Robert Borthwick(B. 1874), My G. Grandmother Margaret (don't have a maiden name)(1877), Chrissie (B. 1907), Donald (my Grandfather)(B.1908), Margaret (B.1910), Agnes (B.1912), Robert (B.1915), Johan (B.1918) and John (B.1920). They all came to Canada in 1924 except my 2 G. Aunts, Mary (don't have a married name) and Ina who I believe married a McLean. My Grandfather Donald travelled to Scotland to see his sisters between 1973 and 1976 and I believe there was an article written in the local newspaper. I am unsure were the old homestead is,(it was a pile of rocks in the 70's), but it would be in either the Caithness or Sutherland area.
Anyone having any information would be greatly appreciated as I am at my wits end.
Shona Borthwick
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shonaborthwick has been a Family Tree Circles member since Jul 2013.
Hallo cousin ! I am Davidina's grand daughter. My mum was her oldest daughter Sheila. I met Jack & Hannah, Agnes and Johan & Henry when they visited Thurso. Auntie Mary lived at Craggie, Rogart but the original family lived at Polly at Rosehall l believe. My cousin Sheena has done some of the family tree but l can certainly fill in some of the blanks. Auntie Mary's daughter Sheila lives near Inverness. My only remaining aunt lives in Helmsdale, Sutherland. Nana (Ina) had 4 children, Sheila, my mum, out of wedlock, (died 1990 In a car crash ) then she married Joe Sutherland from Castlehill, Dunbeath and had Margaret ( still alive) Maisie, died at 49 of a brain tumour and George, died at 60 of throat cancer. Mum had 4 children, l am the youngest, Margaret has 3 as did Maisie, George has 2 'adopted' sons, his widow is still alive. Where do you live ? I am 52 and have 2 children :-)
Sorry Dan, was here too. There are photos, l am bit confused over names.....
Is Bert the one that went to New Zealand ?
This pay as you go site is very good for Scotland
Hi Cousin! I was beginning to think that nobody would answer this post! Since I posted this, I found a wealth of information. Let me first begin with my family and I. My grandfather Dan had 1 daughter and 3 sons. Joyce is still alive and lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with 1 son. Henry (My father) lives in Elkford, B.C., Canada and has my brother and I. Gary passed away Setember of 2011 of a heart attack, he had 4 sons and 2 daughters. You need to send me your name and email address as I can see us passing a lot of information back and forth. I am 40 and have 2 children. My son Alex is 21 and has left home. My daughter Heather is almost 17 and lives at home. I am divorced and live with my parents. My brother Shane and his wife live in the same town also and has 2 grown step-children. My email address is email@example.com. I am so glad you got ahold of me and I hope to here from you soon!
P.S. I tries to send this to your messages, but it said there was a problem, so I posted it here just in case.
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Community Collections
The community collections draws from multiple projects to provide a broad array of sustainability related resources contributed by educators across the country. It includes teaching materials, essays and profiles of sustainability programs.Jump down to: Essays | Program Profiles
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If you have teaching materials that you would like to be part of the InTeGrate Community, you can add activities, courses, or essays.
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Prior to InTeGrate workshops, participants are often asked to contribute an essay explaining their view on or experience with the issue being addressed at the workshop.
Broadening Access to the Earth and Environmental Sciences
Participants were asked to describe how their programs help students understand the relevance of their learning about the Earth to issues they care about, what it means to be "societally important" and "relevant", and how this informs their department's work throughout the cycle of attracting new students, supporting them through the major, and preparing them for careers.
Engineering, Sustainability and the Geosciences Essays
Participants were asked to share their approaches to integrating engineering and geoscience, why they think this approach is valuable in preparing students for the workforce, and their ideas for building upon this base to strengthen the integration of geoscience and engineering.
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Participants were asked to share their approaches to teaching environmental justice.
Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce Essays
Participants were asked to describe how their program prepares students for the workforce, areas in which alumni are employed, and the knowledge and skills that have been most important in supporting success.
Teaching the Methods of Geoscience Essays
Participants were asked to describe their insights into teaching the methods of geoscience based on their experience teaching the methods, research on teaching, or their geoscience research.
Systems, Society, Sustainability Essays
Participants were asked to share their approaches to teaching sustainability in an interdisciplinary context and ideas for exploring opportunities for enhancing the integration of geoscience and sustainability.
Sustainability Essays
This collection brings together essays on sustainability topics from all SERC-hosted projects.
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Geoscience Degree Programs
These profiles showcase degree programs at different kinds of institutions across the country. They highlight the various ways that departments are responding to the circumstances on their campuses and in their communities.
Supporting Minority Students in Geoscience
Through interviews with faculty and administrators, these profiles showcase the departmental successes in supporting students in an effort to increase the number of STEM graduates from underrepresented minorities.
Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce
Participants to the 2013 workshop on Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce were asked to describe a degree program or concentration, with particular focus on how the program prepares students for the workforce.
Geoscience and Sustainability
Participants in the 2012 workshop on integrating geoscience and sustainability were asked to describe their undergraduate degree programs that do so, including information on the career trajectories of graduates.
This collection of textbooks addresses sustainability in the context of environmental science and geology. Faculty who have taught with these books are encourage to contribute their thoughts, and we welcome additional suggestions of books to add to the list.


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jFeed, the jQuery RSS/ATOM feed parser plugin I wrote lately has a drawback: you must use a server-side proxy to load cross-domain feeds.
It's a little bit annoying, so I looked for a more elegant solution.
There exist some web services and libraries that convert RSS/ATOM feeds to JavaScript code, so you can embed external content in your HTML document, but I'd prefer something more generic.
I needed a lightweight JavaScript feed parser based on jQuery and couldn't find one, so I wrote jFeed yesterday.
Thanks to jQuery, it was quite easy and fun to do.
jFeed currently parses RSS 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom 1.0 feeds.


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Art Game Prototype
I made this game prototype that turned out pretty cool. You're an eel and you have to navigate around obstacles. You can play it online if you've got the unity plugin, or you can download it for mac/pc if you want.
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How to stop the bleeding if you trim your dog's toenails too short
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If you own a dog and have ever clipped its toenails, you may have encountered one or more bleeding caused by cutting them too short. This is typical of dog's toenails if the quick of the nail is cut.
The quick is a blood vessel in the toenail that is often hard to see, especially with dogs that have dark-coloured nails.
Clean the nails. As soon as you notice bleeding, clean the wound with mild soap. Cut a small sliver of soap off of the bar and hold it against the bleeding nail until the bleeding stops. This stops the bleeding, cleans the wound and helps prevent bacteria build up. Use a mild soap such as Ivory because other soaps may cause stinging.
Place the foot under water. If you do not have soap, hold the dog's foot under running warm water for several minutes. Remove the foot from water and hold a warm cloth on the foot using slight pressure.
Use a styptic pencil. A styptic pencil is designed to stop small wounds from bleeding and can be purchased at pharmacies and many discount stores. Dip the pencil in water and rub it across the wound to help the blood coagulate.
Make a paste. Mix flour and water together to form a thick paste and apply it to the wound using a small cotton swab. Let the paste remain on the foot for a few minutes before rinsing it off. You can also use corn starch and baking soda instead of flour. If the bleeding persists, place several layers of paste on the dog's nails and leave it on for several minutes.
- Keep the dog off its feet, if possible, for around 30 minutes to allow the wound to heal and the coagulation to hold up.
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Strong's Hebrew6735b. tsir -- a pivot, hinge
... a pivot, hinge. Transliteration: tsir Short Definition: hinges. Word Origin from
an unused word Definition a pivot, hinge NASB Word Usage hinges (1). ...
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6596. poth -- perhaps a hinge
The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City.
Lift Up, Ye Princes of the Sky
What the Big Chest Contained
Spelling God.
Outside the Eden Gate.
God's Will and Man's Will
A Heart-Breaking Verse.
The King --Continued.
Christ the Breaker
Introductory Notice to Dionysius, Bishop of Rome.
ThesaurusHinges (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Hinges (2 Occurrences). ... Proverbs 26:14 As the
door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. ...
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Hinge (1 Occurrence)
Door (249 Occurrences)
Hinged (1 Occurrence)
Hinnom (11 Occurrences)
Knives (12 Occurrences)
Nave (19 Occurrences)
Wick (10 Occurrences)
Wit (28 Occurrences)
Innermost (22 Occurrences)
Bible ConcordanceHinges (2 Occurrences)
1 Kings 7:50 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.
Proverbs 26:14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
Related Terms
LinksBible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus


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Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, Author: Noga Arikha.
Eichmann in Jerusalem, Author: Hannah Arendt.
The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty, Author: Simon Baron-Cohen.
Home Fire, Author: Kamila Shamsie.
By Noga Arikha – The 'sapiens' in Homo sapiens does not fully describe our species: we are as violent as we are smart.
This might be why we are the only Homo genus left over in the first place, and why we have been so destructively successful at dominating our planet. But still the question nags away: how are ordinary people capable of such obscene acts of violence?
Today, biology is a powerful explanatory force for much human behavior, though it alone cannot account for horror. Much as the neurosciences are an exciting new tool for human self-understanding, they will not explain away our brutishness. Causal accounts of the destruction that humans inflict on each other are best provided by political history – not science, nor metaphysics. The past century alone is heavy with atrocities of unfathomable scale, albeit fathomable political genesis.
The social neuroscientist Tania Singer at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig in Germany defines empathy as the ability to 'resonate' with the feelings of the other. It develops from babyhood on – as imitation at first, then joint attention – into the ability to adopt the point of view of another, along with a shift in spatial perception from self to other, as if one were literally stepping into another's shoes.
This requires an ability to distinguish between self and other in the first place, an aspect of the so-called 'theory of mind' that one acquires over the first five years of life.
But while empathy ensures the cohesion of a group or a society, it is also biased and parochial. Revenge thrives on it. more>
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Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing and dispensing drugs. It is a health profession that links health sciences withchemical sciences and aims to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs.
The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to health care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Pharmacists, therefore, are the experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize use of medication for the benefit of the patients.
An establishment in which pharmacy (in the first sense) is practiced is called a pharmacy (this term is more common in the United States) or a chemist's (which is more common in Great Britain). In the United States and Canada, drugstores commonly sell drugs, as well as miscellaneous items such as confectionary, cosmetics, office supplies, and magazines and occasionally refreshments and groceries.
The word pharmacy is derived from its root word pharma which was a term used since the 15th–17th centuries. However, the original Greek roots from pharmakos imply sorcery or even poison. In addition to pharma responsibilities, the pharma offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery andmidwifery. The pharma (as it was referred to) often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. The pharmas also used many other herbs not listed. The Greek word pharmakeia derives from pharmakon , meaning "drug", "medicine" (or "poison").
In its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of the pharma may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology, prior to the formulation of the scientific method.
At the heart of Pratap University is the relevance and rigor of its research, teaching and learning materials. The experience and talents of our faculty combine to create world-class research results as well as teaching excellence. The result is top-notch educational programmes, and cutting-edge research that extend the frontiers of knowledge. PU's prolific research output both identifies current trends in today's demanding educational environment, and explores principles that guide longer-term success.
The Faculty – one collaborative environment
We have a strong emphasis on pooling academic resources and expertise across our Institutions, creating richer undergraduate experiences, new training programs, and a host of new collaborative research opportunities.
The Assessment, Development, Assurance Pharmacist's Tool (ADAPT) for ensuring quality implementation of health promotion programs.
To develop and validate the Assessment, Development, Assurance Pharmacist's Tool (ADAPT), an instrument for pharmacists and student pharmacists to use in developing and implementing health promotion programs.
The 36-item ADAPT instrument was developed using the framework of public health's 3 core functions (assessment, policy development, and assurance) and 10 essential services. The tool's content and usage was assessed and conducted through peer-review and initial validity testing processes.
Over 20 faculty members, preceptors, and student pharmacists at 5 institutions involved in planning and implementing health promotion initiatives reviewed the instrument and conducted validity testing. The instrument took approximately 15 minutes to complete and the findings resulted in changes and improvements to elements of the programs evaluated.
The ADAPT instrument fills a need to more effectively plan, develop, implement, and evaluate pharmacist-directed public health programs that are evidence-based, high-quality, and compliant with laws and regulations and facilitates documentation of pharmacists' contributions to public health.
Heart failure assessment at the community pharmacy level: a feasibility pilot study.
A key element missing in disease-management programs for heart failure (HF) is participation of the community pharmacist. The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple and efficient clinical tool will allow community pharmacists to identify patients at risk for worsening HF.
The One Minute Clinic for Heart Failure (TOM-C HF) was developed as a simple six-item symptom screening tool to be used during routine patient/customer interactions.
Ten community pharmacies located in the upper Midwest.
Self-identified HF patients.
121 unique patients were evaluated over a 12-month period. The application of this clinical tool took between 1 and 5 minutes in over 80% of the interactions. Seventy-five patients (62%) had one or more signs or symptoms of worsening HF. The most common symptoms detected included edema (39%) and increased shortness of breath (17%). Self-reported weight gain of more than 5 pounds was seen in 19% of patients.
The TOM-C HF tool was used to identify patients in a time-efficient manner in the community pharmacy setting who appear to be developing worsening HF. Inclusion of the community pharmacists as an early screen for HF decompensation may be an important link in disease-management programs to help reduce hospital readmission rates.
Attitudes and interests of pharmacists regarding independent pharmacy ownership.
To examine the beliefs, attitudes, and interests of Texas pharmacists at different career stages with respect to independent pharmacy ownership.
Non-experimental, cross-sectional study.
Texas in November-December 2004.
180 practicing pharmacists.
Mail survey.
Pharmacists' self-reported attitudes (ranging from -90, unfavorable, to +90, favorable) about and interest (-3, very unlikely, to +3, very likely) in independent pharmacy ownership.
Pharmacists reported an overall favorable attitude toward independent pharmacy ownership (mean [+/- SD] 18.6 +/- 28, range -63.0 to 90.0). Beliefs that ownership would increase their business autonomy, professional autonomy, and ability to establish patient loyalty made the largest contributions to overall attitude. Pharmacists' attitudes toward ownership differed by career stage (F = 3.12, df = 2, P = 0.047), with middle- (age 36-49 years) and early- (age < or = 35 years) career-stage pharmacists reporting the most and least favorable attitudes, respectively. Pharmacists reported a low interest in pursuing ownership (-2.2 +/- 1.6, -3.0 to +3.0). Financial rewards (r = 0.26, P < 0.001) and the need for business/managerial skills (r = 0.25, P < 0.001) were most highly correlated with pharmacists' interest in pursuing ownership. Multivariate findings indicated that pharmacists with a higher interest in pursuing ownership and those with advanced training certifications had significantly more favorable attitudes toward ownership than their counterparts. In addition, interest in pursuing pharmacy ownership was higher in pharmacists who offered compounding services, could obtain financial resources, practiced in rural locations, and had more favorable attitudes toward ownership.
Overall, pharmacists indicated favorable attitudes toward independent pharmacy ownership but low interest in pursuing ownership. Their attitudes differed based on career stage, and more favorable attitudes--grounded especially in beliefs about autonomy and patient loyalty--were associated with a greater interest in ownership. Strategies to stimulate pharmacy ownership should be varied and targeted to influence beliefs that are driving pharmacists' attitudes at various career stages.


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The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian
Harper, Feb 9 2010, $13.99
John and Ella Robina have few regrets, but know there time together is counting down. She suffers from cancer and he from Alzheimer's. Over the objection of their respective doctors and their adult children Cindy and Kevin, they decide to go on a final fling together.
They leave Madison Heights, just outside Detroit, to head west on Route 66. Their destination is Disneyland. On the trek they stop at inane attractions, eat cheeseburgers, and meet friendly and not so nice Americans. As a show of defiance, Ella tosses her wig away. When his mind is lucid they look at slides of their life together. When his mind is fogged, he drives while Ella has a mission for them in Anaheim.
Although the readers will anticipate the climax, this is a deep look at the near end of life for a loving couple. Ella knows it is a matter of time before she leaves John alone, but what she wants to hear one last time from her soul mate is he calling her name. Using humor and an eccentric support cast met while traveling in their RV westward to avoid overly melodramatic inanity; fans will appreciate this elderly couple on their final leisure fling together.
Harriet Klausner
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Leisure Seeker-Michael Zadoorian
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Intermodal shipping speeds relief supplies to Puerto Rico
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, CSX, a leading supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America, and Crowley Maritime Corporation, a global shipper based in Jacksonville, Florida, were called on to help get relief supplies to the island.
Crowley's mission: Deliver large numbers of containers full food, water and other essentials to its terminal in Puerto Rico every week.
For Crowley, the mission is personal; the company has hundreds of employees who live on the island and were impacted by the natural disaster.
Getting the containers to the Port of San Juan required bringing extra barges online and shipping extra containers to departure points along the U.S. coast. That's where CSX came in. Using double-stack trains, CSX transported 2,000 empty containers from Chicago to JAXPORT's intermodal facility in Jacksonville to be loaded with relief supplies and shipped to the island. It's a challenge that required all modes of transportation — especially rail, which is the most efficient way to move freight over long distances on land.
Watch the video to learn more and to find out just how much a single container holds in terms of much-needed water and meals.


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This week in math we are diving into addition strategies.
I just wanted to share a little freebie I used today with my kiddies
to make everyone's Monday a little happier 🙂
After doing the activity once, I had the students switch cards
at least one time with a maximum of three times.
This was a quick, easy way to get them moving!
We played again and I timed them.
I challenged them to improve our time by 20 seconds by Friday.
Hmmm… I wonder how we will do!
Click on the picture above to download this activity!
This adorable frog came from Graphics From the Pond!
This adorable frog came from Graphics From the Pond!


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The NASA equivalent of duct tape could leak enough methane to confuse the next Mars rover's life-detecting sensors.
Astrobiologists found evidence for three distinct plumes of methane flowing from beneath the planet's surface, like swamp gas or a burp, in January 2009. The gas could simply mean that Mars is more geologically active than previously thought. But because much of Earth's methane is a byproduct of life, the plumes could point to something living, eating or breathing methane beneath the Martian surface.
To settle the question of the methane's origin, the next Mars rover, called Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity, will launch in late 2011 equipped with a suite of instruments capable of sniffing out one molecule of methane in a billion other molecules.
But some of the materials in the rover itself could also release methane and confuse the sensors. In a paper in press in the journal Icarus, microbiologist and veteran Mars simulator Andrew Schuerger of the University of Florida and colleagues show that the tape used to hold the rover's joints together could release enough methane to be a problem.
"I think it's a valid concern,"said planetary scientist Adam Johnson of Indiana University, who has investigated which Earth microbes could hitchhike to Mars but was not involved in the new work. "We're sending a very very sensitive instrument, and we are able to produce concentrations of methane that are orders of magnitude above the detection limits for that instrument."
Schuerger and colleagues placed 18 materials in the Mars Simulation Chamber, a stainless steel cylinder whose interior mimics the atmosphere, dustiness, sunlight, temperature and pressure at the Martian surface.
"Andrew's simulation setup in his chamber is state of the art, the best simulation chamber in the world," Johnson said. "As far as simulation of the Mars conditions, you can't ask for much better."
The researchers tested a variety of biological materials, including amino acids, DNA and spores of a common soil-dwelling bacterium. They also checked several materials used to build the rover itself, including vacuum grease, a small sundial like the one rovers Spirit and Opportunity use to calibrate colored images, and kapton tape, the space industry equivalent of duct tape.
"I kind of think of it as electrical tape on Mars," Johnson said. "It's used for everything on there."
After eight hours in the chamber, all the organic materials tested emitted some amount of methane, though not enough to worry about in most cases. The methane comes from the interaction of sunlight with materials that contain a methyl group, one carbon atom attached to three hydrogen atoms. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun (or, in the simulation chamber, a special lamp) could rip methyl groups from the materials. The charged methyl groups could then steal an extra hydrogen atom from a neighboring molecule to form stable molecules of methane, which has one carbon and four hydrogens.
Surprisingly, the bacterial spores they tested leaked noticeable amounts of methane, even after they had been irradiated to death. But the standards for cleaning the rover before launch are so stringent that there probably won't be enough spores left on the rover by launch time to pose much of a problem.
The most trouble could come from kapton tape, which is ubiquitous and unavoidable on the rover. Schuerger's team found that in the first few Martian days of the mission, the sensors in Curiosity's Tunable Laser Spectrometer could pick up a few tens of methane molecules per million other molecules, about 100 times above the instrument's detection limits.
This is especially worrisome given that Curiosity uses about 3 square meters of kapton tape, more than any previous rover.
"It's a big monster rover," said NASA planetary scientist Paul Mahaffy, who is in charge of MSL's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument. "They use the appropriate level of tape to secure that stuff down. There's just more of it than there might have been on [Spirit and Opportunity]."
The rover team already has a few low-tech solutions in mind to find the true Martian methane, Mahaffy said. First, they'll take measurements at night, when ultraviolet radiation will be at a low.
"My best guess is, once you rotate into the dark, methane production stops pretty fast," Mahaffy said. "By sampling at night we'd get a much cleaner sniff of the Martian atmosphere."
The rover will also rotate the sensors into the wind to get the strongest whiff of the Martian atmosphere. Schuerger and colleagues suggest coming up with more detailed models of how much methane kapton tape will produce, and where on the rover it's likely to show up. They also note that kapton tape gives off less and less methane as time goes on, so methane detections in the later parts of the mission should be more reliable.
"By no means does is nullify the measurement we're trying to do on [Mars Science Laboratory]," Mahaffy said.
Still, the study is "very useful," Mahaffy said. "It will help us do a better job of sorting out what's really there on Mars, and what we might bring along from Earth. The last thing we want to do is have a false positive."
Images: 1. Engineers assemble the Mars Science Laboratory ("Curiosity"), using rolls of shiny kapton tape. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) 2. The Mars Simulation Chamber. (Schuerger et al./Icarus)
"Methane Evolution from UV-irradiated Spacecraft Materials under Simulated Martian Conditions: Implications for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission." Andrew C. Schuerger, Christian Clausen, Daniel Britt. Icarus, in press, 2011.
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As I write this here in New England the saying "Spring is in the Air" is more a question, a wish, a dream, more than a statement. The forecast is finally looking up so I have been thinking about what to wear this Spring. For some reason floral prints are really calling me this season.
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Horned Larks (Alouette hausse-col) in the snow, and in other stuff too.
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You're obviously a dedicated birder!ReplyDelete
There's no accounting for taste! Snow Buntings seems to be tough little birds, and I'm hoping to see Horned Larks later this year so it's good to see them in your photos.ReplyDelete
We get both these species here too but they are rather scarce, especially the lark............ReplyDelete
Hello from Poland :)ReplyDelete
I had only a little snow in the winter. I have a beautiful spring from a few days. Beautiful photos :)
Regards :)
Oh dear, they do look miserable but valiant in this awful weather.ReplyDelete
You were really brave to overcome it and get out to bring those shots back!
I just read this morning that the Hudson river had 60 cm of ice in some areas.....
What about global warming...?!!
Cheers, keep well, hugs to you both :)
Great photos, given the circumstances, David.ReplyDelete
You're a birder at heart.
Gr Jan W
I love the Snow Buntings, they are so cute. Great sightings and photos.ReplyDelete
Hello David,ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos of the snow buntings.
Photo 3 is my favorite.
Best regards, Irma
Brave birds and you as well David. Such a cold winter. I hope the big chill will be ending soon.ReplyDelete
Did not know that Larks stay for winter in such harsh conditions. Love the Snow buntings on the roof.
What a wonderful combo of birds. Very nice spotting of the Snow Buntings! Beautiful birds!ReplyDelete
Buen post David, unos pájaros preciosos. Saludos cordiales desde España.ReplyDelete
You say that none of your pictures very well in this post but I do not agree with you. True harsh conditions of bitter cold and if you can make more of these pictures that is really an achievement. I like the snow buntings quite nice on it.ReplyDelete
I didn't know that Snow Buntings dig themselves into the snow like that, David. I'm sure it would be very effective protection agains the elements.ReplyDelete
I'm wondering if it was just food in the dung heap that was attractive to the Horned Larks. I suspect that there were some exothermic reactions going on in that pile too. I've often seen dung heaps steaming and it's not because they've just been excreted!!
A great post - well done you for battling your way through Arctic conditions. We've had 12 deg. C today, but expect to be back to zero tomorrow!!
Best wishes to you both. - - - - - - Richard
Mr G, I salute your birding determination in the face of such adversity, weather conditions which make our rain seem like a walk in the park. As you point out, birds can be very picky (no pun intended) at times and seem to ignore what to us appears to be an equally as good source than the stuff they are intent on eating. Unlike many human beings birds know to eat a balanced diet.ReplyDelete
Your weather made it to UK TV if only to remind us soft Brits what real cold is. Pictures of the frozen Falls and huge snow drifts. I thought of you shoveling your way up and down the driveway -but not for long.
Piękne ptaki:) Pozdrawiam i zapraszam do mnie na rocznicę bloga:)ReplyDelete
I saw my first ever horned lark this past Autumn...they're beautiful. As are your photos.ReplyDelete
Beautiful birds, beautiful to look at.ReplyDelete
Greetings Tinie
Just got your comment on my blog!!ReplyDelete
Well HB, dear friend!! :)
You're welcome to do as you wish with one of the Green pecker shots naturally, I am very honoured you thought of this!
Things are slow regarding the property but the 2 families are doing their utmost to put ASAP an offer down.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for CR......
Cheers David, hugs to you and Miriam :)


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I can see my house from heeeere... Trip to AU/NZ Part 4
jake on 2007.02.24
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One of the many activities I participated in while in New Zealand was bungy jumping. I've never been averse to intentionally leaving the safety of a bridge but my companion didn't think I would do it. So like Marty McFly I let that dictate my actions. My mind was set and I walked to the edge and leaped.
I purchase a DVD of the event and a quick email gave me the permission required to share it. Below is a quick clip I made including some extra, descriptive text. The location is Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, NZ. It is where A J Hackett created commercial bungy jumping with Henry van Asch.
A larger version is housed at the site I set up to share some videos that never materialized from the trip. What do you expect? We were too busy having fun. ;)
They're coming slow but maybe I can get the rest of my trip up here before 2008.
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Sorry, no, not that Alma; his son.
As Grant Hardy has pointed out, Mormon likes to tell stories that parallel each other. Often, those parallels seem meant to starkly contrast good and evil; the parallels between King Benjamin and King Noah immediately spring to mind. Other times, they seem to illustrate the consequences of different behaviors. Compare, for example, the escape of Limhi's people from the Lamanites with the escape of Alma Sr.'s people.
And sometimes, I'm at a loss. For example, in the parallels between King Noah and Alma the Younger. Essentially, in Mormon's telling, they are the same person.
Don't believe me? Compare the description of King Noah in Mosiah 11:2, 7, with the description of Alma the Younger in Mosiah 27:8. King Noah "caused his people to commit sin"; in doing so, he led them to "become idolatrous." He seems to have succeeded because he "did speak flattering things unto" his people.
As for Alma the Younger? He was a "wicked and idolatrous man." He "did speak much flattery to the people; therefore he led many of the people to do after the manner of his iniquities."
So both Noah and Alma the Younger[fn1] are associated with idolatry, with sin/iniquity, and with flattery.[fn2]
Alma famously repents, while Noah, though on the brink, doesn't.
Alma's repentance, though, was notably preceded by an earth-shaking angelic visitation and a vision of himself in Hell. In fact, as Alma admits, he wasn't redeemed as the result of his own worthiness.
The point? In Mormon's telling, there seems to be a thin line between true and false prophet, the crossing of which isn't entirely volitional. That is, while Noah and Alma both had the ability to choose, Alma got an angel and, Laman and Lemuel's experience to the contrary, that seems to have made an important difference.
Ultimately, then, what do we take from Mormon's similar framing of Alma the Younger and King Noah? At the least, I hope, we're forced to confront our own spiritual position humbly; while it takes personal effort and commitment to be active and believing members of the Church, it also takes grace, whether it be the grace of having been born into a faithful family, the grace of having felt the Spirit at the right moment, or the grace of having an angel—rather than a prophet—tell us we're doing the wrong thing. And, I think, we're forced to confront the fact that those who don't join us in our beliefs may not be stubborn or iconoclastic, but rather have not (yet, at least) received the same.
[fn1] It may also be worth pointing out that both Noah and Alma departed from the ways of their righteous fathers.
[fn2] Flattery actually appears to be a sine qua non of Book of Mormon dissenters: by the time we get to the book of Helaman, Paanchi, in his attempt to wrest the kingdom from his brother, also flatters his (potential) followers.


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Saturday, 14 February 2009
LVPS: Alinghi Congratulates Emirates Team New Zealand for Winning LVPS in Auckland
Alinghi are gracious in defeat at the prizegiving.
by Daphne Morgan Barnicoat
Alinghi, Defender of the 33rd America's Cup, congratulates Emirates Team New Zealand on winning the inaugural Louis Vuitton Pacific Series Cup in Auckland, New Zealand today. Alinghi won the first match of the best of five series, but ETNZ took the next three to claim the LVPS Cup. The event has been a great opportunity to get back to some racing and the caliber of the teams – most of them 33rd America's Cup challengers – has been high for the three week event on the Waitemata.
Next for these 33rd America's Cup teams are the pre-regattas scheduled for July and October this year, followed by the Spanish Challenger of Record's annual regatta in November. "This has been a great fun event, with hard competition on the water and a great atmosphere ashore," said Brad Butterworth, team skipper and four-time America's Cup winning tactician. "We look forward to getting on with the multi-challenge America's Cup now in Valencia, starting in July this year and culminating in 2010 with the 33rd America's Cup Match."
Emirates Team New Zealand remains one of the most powerful challengers entered in the 33rd Cup: "There is no doubt, they are a very strong team and we look forward to our next match with them – hopefully in the lead up to the 33rd America's Cup. They have managed and run a very good event here in Auckland alongside Louis Vuitton," said Butterworth.
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Letter to various papers in Kent:
David Cameron has only published legislation on an EU referendum because of campaigning by his own unruly backbenchers. However, ultimately, it is right to give people a say on the UK remaining in the EU. Indeed anyone in Kent under the age of 55 has never had a say on our place in Europe.
The EU is far from perfect. All too often it serves the interests of business, rather than people and in some policy areas it holds power which should be devolved to local communities.
But, on balance, the EU is a positive force in our lives. European legislation is vital in protecting workers' rights, improving our environment and regulating our out of control banking sector. It brings countries together to work on the issues that cross our borders and can't be dealt with unilaterally.
Recent research by Friends of the Earth shows us that without EU action we'd have dirtier beaches, more polluted rivers and even higher levels of air pollution.
Over the next twelve months Keith Taylor, Green Party Member of the European Parliament will be touring the South East making the case for a European Union that stands up for people's rights and protects our environment. The time has now come for us to cut through the Europhobic rhetoric and have an adult debate about our place in the European Union.
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My mother believes that her house must be spotless before midnight on December 31 to bring her good luck in the New Year. Personally I rather get ready for a high society party, than worry about random junk that has accumulated under my bed for the past year. In L.A. getting ready for a party doesn't only involve figuring out what you're going to wear, but also figuring out the fastest way to get there i.e. which expressway, street, or back alleys to take and often a combination of them all. New Years Eve presents an even more stressful problem with figuring out where is the best place to party out of the hundreds, and sometimes very expensive, options. Below you'll find a list of confetti-filled New Years Eve parties that are under $40. Once you find the party that arouses your inner party monster, go to their website to get a ticket fast. Prices may go up the closer it gets to the end of the month.
1. Hollywood Pub Crawl
Website: http://pubcrawls.com/events/nye/new-years-eve-pub-crawl-hollywood.php
Price: $20-$30
Time: 7pm-2am
Dress Code: None
Age: 21+
Fist Pump Level: 3 out of 5
This event is geared toward people who hate being stuck in one party for more than an hour. You get V.I.P access to 10 locations on the Walk of Fame. Your one ticket gets you into the clubs and you don't have to pay an additional cover charge. You do have to pay for drinks, but your ticket comes with reduced drink specials: 2 premium mixers for $13, 2 champagnes for $13 and $3 selected bottles/draft beer. The Hollywood Pub Crawl party starts at 7pm at Outpost Hollywood (1624 North Cahuenga Boulevard). Don't be late or you'll lose your party spot. I'd get there at 6pm.
2. Universal City Walk Countdown Bash
Website: http://www.citywalkhollywood.com/nye_schedule.html
Price: $15-$55
Time: 9pm-12am
Dress Code: None
Age: All
Fist Pump Level: 4 out of 5
This event is geared toward people who also like party hopping, but within a confined area and want to invite their family to hangout as well. At Universal City Walk, the entrainment multi-complex, partygoers will have unlimited access to 3 entertainment stages: Gibson Amphitheater, 5 Towers Stage, and Water World Arena.
At the Gibson Amphitheater, Ankhesenamen, a cover band specializing in punked out 80s new wave music, will be performing. The event starts at 9:00pm. At the 5 Towers Stage, Fast Times, a cover band specializing 80s hits from A-Ha to Young MC, will be performing. The event starts at 9:30pm. At the Water World Arena, DJ Host, will be spinning Top Forty music at 9:30pm. This is a family-specific event and seats will be provided, while Gibson and 5 Towers will be standing room only. At 12am fireworks will go off and will be viewable from each event area. Entry into the park does not include entry into City Walk's regular clubs: Howl at the Moon, Infusion Lounge, Jillian's, Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, and Saddle Ranch Chop House.
Recommendations: Parking is a nightmare so it's best to take the Metro (Red Line to Universal City station) or carpool or valet for $55 (Self-parking is $45). Address: 100 Universal City Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90068
3. Key Club (Hollywood) Performance by E-40
Website: http://www.keyclub.com
Price: $40
Time: 7:00pm-2am
Dress Code: None
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: 2 out of 5
The first time I heard an E-40 song I couldn't get the chorus, "sprinkle me main, sprinkle me main," out of my head. On New Years Eve, Bay Area rapper E-40 will be performing at Key Club in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. Key Club is an intimate concert venue that is multi-layered. If you love E-40 and enjoy intimate spaces then this is the party for you. According to the promoters, the show starts at 7:30pm but I doubt E-40 will come on at that time.
Things to expect: a long line, disgusting bathrooms, aggressive security, high-priced drinks, and $25 minimal credit card purchase. Address: 9039 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
4. Belasco Theater PÜR White Party
Website: http://www.wantickets.com/Events/116822/P-R-NYE-BELASCO-2013/
Price: $25 + fees
Time: 9pm-4am
Dress Code: White attire recommended but not required. But strict upscale attire will be upheld. No hats, athletic shoes, or baggy clothes
Age: 21+
Fist Pump Level: 5 out of 5
This party gets 5 out of 5 fist pumps because for $25, you won't be able to find a better high society party. You will be bathed in ambient light, listening to house and hip-hop, while watching an aerialist performance, balloon drop, and confetti explosions until 4am. The promoters say that there will be six party rooms. However with twelve different ticket prices (the highest being $2500), I am not sure if general admission ticket holders will be able to access all six rooms. The main room is where all the action will take place anyway. The DJ lineup has not been confirmed, but it sounds like they will big names.
Recommendations: Guys look your best. Bouncers are notorious for making guys that don't have on dress shoes to pay $20 extra even with tickets in their hand. Address: 1050 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
5. I Love L.A. Events Presents "A New Beginning"
Website: None. Pay at the door.
Price: $20 all night
Time: 7pm-2am
Dress Code: None
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: Not Yet Rated
If none of the above interests then I have a feeling "A New Beginning" at The Airliner (in Downtown L.A.) will be more your speed. The Airliner is a diver bar meets small performance space. There will be three performance areas: main stage area, bass lounge, and outdoor patio. The number of people expected to perform is impressive, even though I haven't heard of any of them. Thirty-four musicians will be performing. The music will be a mix of drum & bass, future jungle, dubstep, and breaks. At 11:40 bartenders will start passing out free champagne and right at midnight there will be a Cookie Drop. Address: 2419 N Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90031
Expectations: free party favors and noisemakers, photo booth, live taping and radio broadcasting, a soggy bathroom floor, and free water.
6. Secret Downtown Loft Party "Alc x Yojie x Hueman x Njo"
Website: None. Have to email a DJ to get tickets. Oaklandfalcons at gmail dot com
Price: $35
Time: N/A
Dress Code: Hipster
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: Not Yet Rated
If you shop at American Apparel and Urban Outfitters or frequent thrift stores then you'll fit in at these party. A downtown Japanese fondue bar, Yojie, is co-sponsoring this party. The owners of Yojie tend to align themselves with cool events like Change Up (an art/music event benefiting impoverished L.A. communities) and the Diamond Supply Co. Art Show. Diamond is an L.A.-based accessory and skateboard clothing line. There will be two rooms of music with three different DJs. Limited tickets are available. Address: Top secret
7. Brazilian New Year's Party on the Queen Mary
Website: http://brazilnewyear.eventbrite.com/#
Price: $25 presale, $35 at the door (dinner only) or general admission $45 presale
Time: 8pm-2am
Dress Code: All white
Age: All
Fist Pump Level: 4 out of 5
In Brazil, it is a tradition for people to wear all white, go to the beach, and place floating candles in the water. The color white represents peace and hope in Brazil. LatinoLA.com, REMO Inc., and Silvio's Brazilian BBQ are sponsoring a Brazilian-style NYE celebration with authentic Brazilian music and food. According to promoters, there will be "dancing non-stop to the pulsating rhythms of samba, marcha, samba-reggae, pagoda, frevo, and other sounds. This celebration is taking place aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach. A dazzling firework show will go off at midnight. In keeping with tradition, everyone will receive a colorful floating candle. Address: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802
8. 10th Annual La Desvelada Masquerade Ball
Website: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0900497C6FC61E1E
Price: $40 + fees
Time: 8pm-2am
Dress Code: Upscale. Mask not required
Age: 21+
Fist Pump Level: 4 out of 5
Sandra Peña from L.A. 96.3FM, hosts the 10th Annual La Desvelada Experience, which is billed as the ultimate Latin NYE celebration, at the Conga Room, L.A. Live. La Desvelada, meaning "the sleepless night," attracts a younger Latin crowd due to its Vegas-style theme with array of performers, showgirls, live acts, and confetti canons. The party has developed a following. One thousand people are expected to show up, as did last year, and three rooms will be open with three DJs playing house and hip-hop and bachata, cumbias, and tropical merengue. Address: L.A. Live, 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
9. Geisha House Hollywood
Website: http://www.ticketzone.com/wafform.aspx?_act=eventview&_pky=149436&afflky=ZR9YGT
Price: $30 + fees
Time: 9:30pm-2am
Dress Code: Upscale
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: 3 out of 5
From the busy sidewalk outside, Geisha House looks like an average Japanese restaurant. On the inside it resembles a jewel box realized as a trendy, ambient light-filled nightclub. Located in Hollywood, the restaurant is a stopping place for party people who want drinks before going out. The bar attracts a young and hip crowd. On New Years Eve the party starts at 9:30. The venue will be transformed into a nightclub, with most of the tables removed, creating two large dance floors. Also the patio area will be open. Four DJs will be playing house, Top 40, and hip-hop. Address: 6633 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028
10. Winter Wonderland
Website: http://www.clubzone.com/events/567605/los-angeles/the-proud-bird/nye13-winter-wonderland
Price: $40 + fees, Limited amount of tickets
Time: 9pm-3am
Dress Code: N/A
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: 5 out of 5
The great thing about New Years Eve is the variety in parties to choose from around town. If none of the above parties interests you, then Winter Wonderland, sponsored by Max Entertainment Group, may be the party you want to attend. It is a multi-rich sensory party with 5 house DJs (Witch Doctor, DJ Quasar, Daddy D, Chadd Watts, and Eric-B) multiple dance floors, go-go dancers, performance artists, casino tables, tarot card readers and special lighting and visuals. Max Entertainment Group produced the successful South Bay Scream Halloween party at the Convention Center and this event looks like it will attract the same high-energy crowd. The promoters are expecting to fill The Proud Bird to capacity (2300 people). Address: 11022 Aviation Blvd., Los Angeles.
11. LA Canvas Presents Vintage Trouble with Sy Smith at the Roxy
Website: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3167034&pl=roxy
Price: $25
Time: 8pm
Dress Code: Men in suits and women in gold
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: 5 out of 5
LA Canvas is the king of cool and sponsors fashionable events throughout the year. I was excited to find out they were sponsoring an event on New Years Eve. Vintage Trouble is a four-man soulful group that feels reminiscent of 50's music. Sy Smith, who is opening for the band, is an R&B/Soul singer and has performed on The Tonight Show and regularly appeared on Ally McBealbehind Vonda Shepard, during musical performances. In between sets DJ Jeremy Sole will be spinning house and hip-hop. For attendees 21 and over, a ticket includes a free glass of champagne. Address: 9009 West Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Noteworthy $50 Event
12. Zedd and Nicky Romero at Club Nokia
Website: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2C00493AD028695F?brand=clubnokia
Price: $49.50
Time: 9pm-2am
Dress Code: N/A
Age: 18+
Fist Pump Level: 5 out of 5
Two gifted producers, Zedd and Nicky Romero, are coming together to create one single brilliant sound. Expect wild behavior on and offstage. Zedd, on Interscope Records, new album was released this past October and was No. 1 on Billboard's US Dance Chart. His remixes of Lady Gaga's Born This Way andMarry The Night appeared on a special edition of Born This Way. Nicky Romero is a house producer who has worked with David Guetta, Sia, Fedde Le Grand, Calvin Harris, and Rihanna. Address: L.A. Live, 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015


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Confirmation Bias
Fill in the blank with the bullets provided below.
"Are we in a ________?"
- Bull Market in stocks
- Bear Market in gold
- Recovery in realty
- Borrowers dream
- Savers nightmare
- Employment growth
- Deflationary cycle
Each of these bullet points is a stark reminder of the vast amount of jockeying occurring in financial markets. It is not difficult to find countervailing views for each of these topics. It is the contrast of opinions that sets the stage for both constructive disagreements and divisive arguments. It is within this framework that I resolve to find middle ground.
Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or suppositions.
This past week Bulls pitched a perfect game increasing every session, closing up 1.8% for the week. Bears on the other hand grumbled indistinctly about national travails, federal debts, deficit spending and European contraction. Each side can present a fair case to support and convey its view (prudent investors will carefully examine each). It is this confirmation bias that can be friend or foe. Take notice if you sense your decision is founded by confirmation bias, if so, then research why that view could be wrong.
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To get into this giveaway, you have to follow my blog. This doesn't get you 'entries' like last time, but it is required if you want to get in on this giveaway.
3) If you participate in the next Word War (yes, there's going to be a Word War II), you get an entry. If you win the word war, you get an extra entry! :)
And as for the prize....
A brand new copy of Wayne Thomas Batson's book Isle of Fire. Perhaps not the newest book that's out, but, hey; it's a free book. :)
And if I get more than 10 participants in the Fantastic Flaming Giveaway...Well, there will be two winners. Two people wil win a copy of Isle of Fire if I get more than 10 participants. :)
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recycling services for all its eligible properties. Eligible properties are
residential properties with (3) three or fewer dwelling units.
Refuse and Recycling collection services are contracted with Paine's Inc.
860-844-3000 based in East Granby, Connecticut. For the past 25 years, West Hartford's refuse
has been delivered to a trash to energy plant and we continue to do so with
Convanta Industries located in Bristol, Connecticut.
Refuse and Recycling Collection Schedule
Recycling is now collected every other week (bi-weekly).
Please refer to the collection schedule to view your collection day and the holiday schedule.
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2. Keep the lid facing the street.
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4. Make sure the barrel(s) are at least 2 feet apart.
5. Obtain permits from either the Town or Paine's prior to scheduling a
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6. Contact the Town or Paine's to change from 95-gallon barrel(s) to
65-gallon barrel(s) (single residences only)
7. Report missed collections to the Town or Paine's if the barrel(s) were
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8. Contact the Town or Paine's if your barrels are damaged or stolen.
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Blogging from 'ABroad' about many of the different issues that affect the international community at home and abroad in the hope that this will encourage understanding and tolerance.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Whatever the Difference, It's Still the Same
Now the Prime Minister is the number one guy and he is the one who chooses his cabinet -- and his choice does not have to be confirmed by Parliament -- But since he is selected by his fellow party members to be the Leader he does have to keep them happy enough to keep his position. However, to me a powerful Chancellor can be even more powerful and can really thwart a Prime Minister. According to some sources when Gordon Brown was Chancellor in the Blair government he barely consulted with anybody, including the Prime Minister as to what was in the budget!!
The most startling thing to me as a new arrival in Britain 30 years ago was that the Chancellor can decide to raise taxes on anything he chooses effective whenever he chooses. So he will say, for example, that 'as of 6 p.m. tonight duty on cigarettes will increase by 5 pence a packet -- or maybe it will be 10 pence. Or the duty on petrol will increase by a price of 3 pence a litre as of April 1st -- or, maybe -- Midnight tonight! Yesterday though, he gave everyone a break and reduced petrol duty by 1 pence a litre. As the price of petrol (gasoline) is over $2.00/litre ($8.00/gallon) people are not thrilled.
What got me swearing loudly at the television was Chancellor George Osbourne yesterday morning. You see, the previous government had planned to implement a 5 pence per litre hike in petrol as of April and this newly elected bunch decided very last minute not to implement that tax hike. So they are now claiming to have decreased the cost of petrol by -- you guessed it -- 6 pence a litre. In addition, the wary and suspicious public noticed that the day prior to the budget many companies increased the price by 1 pence, so that the decrease would simply nullify their costs. It is also true that there is no legal impediment to prices going up -- so that any tax decrease could result in oil companies making money instead of the Exchequer. To be fair to them (why does that sound like an oxymoron?) they have said they will not do this unless the price goes up on the world market.
So to get back to the purpose of this post, which was to show that watching this exercise in British democracy is a history lesson for students of American politics. Remember the battle cry of the American Revolution: No taxation without representation! Remember the long drawn out debates of the Continental Congress and the complicated process of passing Federal legislation: a system of Checks and Balances. It is inconceivable to an American to imagine tax of any kind being implemented in a few hours! In the U.K. the budget must indeed by passed by Parliament, but I have only known of one occasion since I've been here when a tax has been rolled back -- and then it was after several months and the tax already paid was not redeemable.
After 30 years of observation I cannot say if one way is better than the other. It seems to me that in trying to prevent government from having an excess of power the people in the US are protected, but the weakness is that instead of having a government of the majority it is a government more often than not impeded by the minority, There are advantages and disadvantages. On the other hand, it is much more straightforward for a newly elected majority here to make popular changes. I've found that there is still the same back room wheeling and dealing. There is all the same political maneuvering and posturing. The founding fathers solved one set of problems that led to others. One thing I like very much in Britain is the necessity of the Prime Minister to answer questions every week at Prime Minister's Question Time. I find that the intimacy of this, the rowdiness, and unflinching courtesy at the same time is very appealing. Two politicians on opposite sides of the political spectrum get the chance to challenge each other in public every week. That is definitely pretty cool.
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How very interesting to get a completely different point of view on something so familiar to me that it had never occurred to me to question it! Thanks, Broad, I think this will be something I'll ponder for a while.ReplyDelete
I have watched some of those questions and answers between the Prime Minister and the opposition party. Yes,great television viewing.ReplyDelete
It's so interesting, Broad, to get a perspective that is colored by both American and British points of view. The back room deals seem pandemic everywhere, but I like the idea of the Prime Minister having to answer some very frank questions on a weekly basisReplyDelete
Receiving comments is a joy and I thank you all for taking the trouble and showing your interest. Makes me feel all gooey and stuff!


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At the MBS building with Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu and Board of Education Chairman Chris Wilson
Both the House and Senate have passed a school construction bill containing $55 million in state funding for the renovation of Memorial Boulevard School for use as an arts and theater magnet school. The funding represents a 68 percent rate of reimbursement for the project.
The renovation of Memorial Boulevard School has been one of my top priorities, and the approval of this funding is a big step forward. Having an arts and theater magnet school in Bristol will provide an additional educational opportunity for our students while putting an important historic building to good use. The state will reimburse over two thirds of the construction costs, making this a smart fiscal move for Bristol. I'd like to thank Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu and Board of Education Chairman Chris Wilson for all their work on the local level to advance this initiative.
In January of 2017, I invited Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz to tour Memorial Boulevard School along with members of the City Council and Board of Education. The purpose of the tour was to discuss potential funding to renovate Memorial for use as an arts and theater magnet school.
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Finished nearly a month ago for the Bare Minimum theme, and finally released from App Store purgatory, Chaim Gingold's minimal masterpiece is now available for FREE download for your iPhone or iPod Touch!
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A simple puzzle game, in which our hero (you), must strategically collapse tiles and clear a progression of 10 levels.
This game was made in 1.5 days and reflects the Bare Minimum theme in multiple ways: the user's job is to minimize the board, the game was made in a small amount of time, has minimal graphics, and only 10 levels. Pretty minimal, eh?
If enough people actually like and download this game, I'll happily expand it.
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|by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascįn, April 19, 2001
|Flag and coat of arms adopted:
|Apr. 14, 1823.
|February 5, 1934.
|In use until:
|September 15, 1968.
Note: This flag and coat of arms were the last offcial versions of
that adopted in 1823.
|Civil, state and war flag.
State, and war ensign.
Naval jack (torrotito de proa), until September 1945
The emblem was re-approved in 1934.
Rita Ramirez, January 16, 1998
On February 5th 1934 the flag and coat-of-arms models were
newly redefined and (its definition) kept in the National General
Santiago Dotor, December 29, 1998, translating from http://www.arts-history.mx/calendario/bandera.html
Is this image the 1934-1968 version of the flag?
Was this approved by president Abelardo L. Rodrķguez?
António Martins, February 15, and November 21, 2000
The Coat of Arms was adopted by Decree of February 5, 1934, and published in the DOF (Diario Oficial de la Federación) on the same day, its article 1 says:
Article 1ŗ:Artilce 2ŗ:
It is adopted as draft of the National Coat of Arms for their several uses, that carefully authenticated with the signatures of the President of the Republic, the President of the "Comisión Permanente" of the Congress of the Union, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, and those of the citizens Secretaries of State, and sent to the Archivo General de la Nación (General Archive of the Nation), and to the National Museum of Archeology, History and Ethnology. A draft for coins and medals, shall be delivered to the "Casa de la Moneda".
This Coat of Arms in its respective drafts shall be the only to be used on flags, coins, medals, and official correspondence of the whole country, as soon as the shield of the Embassies, legations, and consulates abroad.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascįn, July 25, 2001
The Coat of Arms was designed by Jorge Enciso.
It is remarkable that the law did not make any description of the Coat of Arms,
giving birth to more confusions.
Manuel Carrera Stampa describes the Coat of Arms as follows:
" (...) It has a profiled eagle, looking to the right, with high-expanded wings, and the tail down. It is standing over its left grasp on a "nopal" (cactus) born from a stone, that in turn rises from the water, and grasping with the right one a rattlesnake hold also by the beak. A garland, made up by encino and laurel branches united in the lower part by a ribbon, surrounds the achievement" (...)
" (...) For seals and coins the Coat of Arms were added by a text reads: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS written in the upper semicircle..."
"(...) The new Enciso's design was not designed following just rules of beauty, but he tried to follow a symbolic sense (...)"
There were official full-color versions on this Coat of Arms for flags, embassies, and consulates; official black-and-white versions were designed for coins, and seals.
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