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One World of Nations
11 June 2017
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OWON: Deep into the dirt of Wells Fargo again.
How Wells Fargo's cutthroat corporate culture allegedly drove bankers to fraud
Once upon a time, in 1970, long before America's banking system was dominated by six giant institutions—JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley—Dennis Hambek started working as a messenger at the National Bank of Washington in Ellensburg, Washington. Over the years, as his career advanced from messenger to loan officer to branch manager, he had a front-row seat at the transformation of America's banking system. That first year, the National Bank of Washington was swallowed up by Pacific National Bank of Seattle, which in 1981 was bought by Los Angeles-based First Interstate Bancorp, which in 1996 was bought by San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, which in 1999—as the consolidation frenzy was reaching its peak—merged with Norwest, a Minneapolis-based bank, in a $34 billion deal.
Wells Fargo, which was founded in 1852 as a stagecoach express to carry valuable goods to and from the gold mines in the West, had a storied brand, so the new, combined company kept that name. But if Norwest's name didn't survive, its corporate culture did. Spearheaded by the company's then C.E.O., Dick Kovacevich, it involved a novel way of thinking about banking.
As Kovacevich told me in a 1998 profile of him I wrote for Fortune magazine, the key question facing banks was "How do you sell money?" His answer was that financial instruments—A.T.M. cards, checking accounts, credit cards, loans—were consumer products, no different from, say, screwdrivers sold by Home Depot. In Kovacevich's lingo, bank branches were "stores," and bankers were "salespeople" whose job was to "cross-sell," which meant getting "customers"—not "clients," but "customers"—to buy as many products as possible. "It was his business model," says a former Norwest executive. "It was a religion. It very much was the culture."
It was underpinned by the financial reality that customers who had, say, lines of credit and savings accounts with the bank were far more profitable than those who just had checking accounts. In 1997, prior to Norwest's merger with Wells Fargo, Kovacevich launched an initiative called "Going for Gr-Eight," which meant getting the customer to buy eight products from the bank. The reason for eight? "It rhymes with GREAT!" he said...
OWON: We never understood why this story received such little coverage when Hillary's emails were first exposed at Christmas. Hegemony funds Tyranny.
Hillary emails reveal NATO killed Qaddafi to stop Libyan creation of gold-backed currency
Hillary's emails truly are the gifts that keep on giving. While France led the proponents of the UN Security Council Resolution that would create a no-fly zone in Libya, it claimed that its primary concern was the protection of Libyan civilians (considering the current state of affairs alone, one must rethink the authenticity of this concern). As many "conspiracy theorists" will claim, one of the real reasons to go to Libya was Gaddafi's planned gold dinar.
One of the 3,000 Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department on New Year's Eve (where real news is sent to die quietly) has revealed evidence that NATO's plot to overthrow Gaddafi was fueled by first their desire to quash the gold-backed African currency, and second the Libyan oil reserves.
The email in question was sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by her unofficial adviser Sydney Blumenthal titled "France's client and Qaddafi's gold"...
OWON: US Meddling incites more terrorism again. Nations burn.
Washington's dangerous middle east agenda
It's clear at this point that the recent visit of US President Trump to Saudi Arabia and Israel was about setting events into motion in order to fundamentally alter the present balance of power in the entire Middle East to the greater advantage of the United States and US energy geopolitics. As with most everything that Washington tries to do to rebuild its rapidly declining global dominance, this latest move by Washington to incite the Saudi Kingdom to ignite regime change in Qatar and escalate a form of oil war disguised as a Sunni-Shi'ite power conflict already looks in serious trouble.
I share with you a recent interview with an Arabic-language Middle East magazine in question and answer format.
Q: What can you say about the conflict between Qatar Gulf at this moment after the Arabic-Islamic-American summit at Riyadh?
WE: In my view this is a deep power struggle between Qatar and Saudi Arabia that has little to do with stated reasons regarding Muslim Brotherhood and Iran. The action to isolate Qatar was clearly instigated during US President Trump's recent visit in Riyadh where he pushed the unfortunate idea of a Saudi-led "Arab NATO" to oppose Iranian influence in the region.
The Saudi move, clearly instigated by Prince Bin Salman, Minister of Defense, was not about going against terrorism. If it were about terrorism, bin Salman would have to arrest himself and most of his Saudi cabinet as one of the largest financiers of terrorism in the world, and shut all Saudi-financed madrasses around the world, from Pakistan to Bosnia-Herzgovina to Kosovo. Another factor according to informed sources in Holland is that Washington wanted to punish Qatar for seeking natural gas sales with China priced not in US dollars but in Renminbi. That apparently alarmed Washington, as Qatar is the world's largest LNG exporter and most to Asia.
Moreover, Qatar was acting increasingly independent of the heavy Wahhabite hand of Saudi Arabia and threatening Saudi domination over the Gulf States. Kuwait, Oman, as well as non-Gulf Turkey were coming closer to Qatar and even Pakistan now may think twice about joining a Saudi-led "Arab NATO". Bin Salman has proven a disaster as a defense strategist, as proven in the Yemen debacle...
OWON: Empires are always forged in blood.
Blood on the tracks of the New Silk Roads
Qatar chaos sends ripples of economic anxiety across the region.
China's cardinal foreign policy imperative is to refrain from interfering abroad while advancing the proverbial good relations with key political actors – even when they may be at each other's throats.
Still, it's nothing but gut-wrenching for Beijing to watch the current, unpredictable, Saudi-Qatari standoff. There's no endgame in sight, as plausible scenarios include even regime change and a seismic geopolitical shift in Southwest Asia – what a Western-centric view calls the Middle East.
And blood on the tracks in Southwest Asia cannot but translate into major trouble ahead for the New Silk Roads, now rebranded Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
When he said, on the record, "I decided … the time had come to call on Qatar to end its funding [of terrorism]", President Trump essentially took credit for the Saudi/UAE-orchestrated excommunication of Doha, the aftermath of his now notorious sword dance in Riyadh.
Trump's senior staff though maintains that Qatar never came up in discussions with the Saudis. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former Exxon-Mobil CEO and a certified old Middle East hand, has done his best to defuse the drama – conscious there would be no reason for Qatar to continue hosting Al Udeid Air Base and Centcom to a hostile superpower...
OWON: What a Bummer. New respect for toilet paper.
Is your toilet paper secretly destroying your prostate health?
If you suffer from prostate problems, then you may have heard that they're caused by DHT (di-hydro-testosterone). But did you know that your toilet paper could also be to blame? It's true!
Here's why…
Scientists have found that many brands of toilet paper contain a toxic chemical called BPA.You may know BPA as a chemical found in plastics. It's in water bottles, food containers, and even baby toys. And guess what? It's also in toilet paper, thanks to contamination during the recycling process!
You see, many toilet papers are made from recycled paper. And some of the papers being recycled come from magazines, credit card receipts, and other papers that are coated with plastic. As a result, BPA makes its way into the toilet paper. In fact, a government study found that 81% of all paper products contain BPA in them!1
Research shows that BPA is easily absorbed into the body through contact with the skin.2 And with toilet paper, it's even worse than regular paper. Why? Because you're wiping with toilet paper onto your anus. Not only is your anus right next to your prostate, but it contains lots of blood vessels.
So when you're wiping with BPA-laden toilet paper, the toxin goes right into your bloodstream. It's as if you were giving yourself a BPA suppository!
When BPA goes into your bloodstream, it can wreak havoc on your prostate health and sexual function. This has been demonstrated in several studies...
OWON: Eurasia rises to challenge the West.
If we don't get it, we will lose to it.
United Eurasia: the Globalists' nightmare turns real
What happened
India and Pakistan are officially accepted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Iran has come close to this status. In addition to it, Afghanistan, Byelorussia, and Mongolia remain observers of the SCO, while the status of partners is in the dialoguewith Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
Thus, taking into account partnerships, alliances, trade and political rapprochement - almost all of Eurasia was in the sphere of influence of the SCO. This is a historic moment - the world has become closer to multipolarity.
Waiting for a reaction
It is to be expected that this historic event will become a red rag for the "Atlantic" bull. The Atlantic bloc has already lost many of its former spheres of influence, so we should expect an increase in anti-Russian policy and a new wave of aggression against Eurasia in the field of hybrid wars.
OWON: Scientists have now discovered human brains work in up to 11 dimensions. Apart from the Bushes.
The human brain can create structures in up to 11 dimensions
"We found a world that we had never imagined."
Neuroscientists have used a classic branch of maths in a totally new way to peer into the structure of our brains. What they've discovered is that the brain is full of multi-dimensional geometrical structures operating in as many as 11 dimensions.
We're used to thinking of the world from a 3-D perspective, so this may sound a bit tricky, but the results of this new study could be the next major step in understanding the fabric of the human brain - the most complex structure we know of.
This latest brain model was produced by a team of researchers from the Blue Brain Project, a Swiss research initiative devoted to building a supercomputer-powered reconstruction of the human brain.
The team used algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics used to describe the properties of objects and spaces regardless of how they change shape. They found that groups of neurons connect into 'cliques', and that the number of neurons in a clique would lead to its size as a high-dimensional geometric object.
"We found a world that we had never imagined," says lead researcher, neuroscientist Henry Markram from the EPFL institute in Switzerland...
OWON: Beyond messy and it shows how inept the UK police are. But worse, Security cover ups!
Poison in the System
When a financier dropped dead in Britain shortly after exposing a vast Russian crime, police said it was not suspicious. But with his inquest now underway, BuzzFeed News has uncovered explosive evidence of a suspected Kremlin assassination plot – and a secret assignation in Paris on the eve of his death – that the British authorities have sidelined.
The British government is suppressing explosive intelligence that Alexander Perepilichnyy, a financier who exposed a vast financial crime by Russian government officials, was likely assassinated on the direct orders of Vladimir Putin.
Perepilichnyy, who faced repeated threats after fleeing to Britain, was found dead outside his home in Surrey after returning from a mysterious trip to Paris in 2012. Despite an expert detecting signs of a fatal plant poison in his stomach, the British police have insisted there was no evidence of foul play, and Theresa May's government has invoked national security powers to withhold evidence from the inquest into his cause of death – which is ongoing...


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This is the pic of key component of centrifuge---impeller, which is self-designed and manufactured with 316 stainless steel by KOSUN in its mechanical processing workshop. On March, 2011, a group of 5 specialists and sales managers from Russia' s National Natural Gas Company visited KOSUN' s production base located in Jingwei Industrial Park and negotiated business there. At last, they signed contract with KOSUN on 8 sets of solids control system used for 3, 000-meter drilling.
As the largest natural gas company worldwide, Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom was formed out of Russia' s National Natural Gas Konzern. It is now the biggest natural gas producer in Russia and largest natural gas company worldwide. In 2010, it stored 49. 27 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and produced 559. 5 billion cubic meters, both of which were the first among Ten Largest Natural Gas Producers. Gazprom has got a very prominent status in Russian economy, therefore, all the common media in Russia hailed it as " the Pioneer in Russian Economy" . It has contributed 8% of Russia' s gross domestic production, has secured 25% of national budget and has had 65% of Russia' s gas storage and 20% of global gas storage in hand.
This time, they sent the group to have a visiting tour and later on signed the contract with KOSUN on 8 sets of solids control system used for 3, 000-meter drilling, which comprises of peripheral matched equipments for drilling machine, like, solids control system, electric motors, gas compressors, standardized circuits in drilling units, MCC and so on. Of them the main part is truck-mounted drilling rig made by Italy' s Drillmec. This contract was signed for 3 years to implement all the items included. The cooperation with Gazprom meant KOSUN became assembly service provider of solids control system in Russia. After the contract, the clients also had a warm and wonderful discussion with KOSUN' s managers as well as technicians about relative problems.
This pic shows that Russian visitors are carefully examining LW450x842-N Centrfuges on the production base of KOSUN.
This pics show that the Russian experts are asking about technical parameters on the production base of KOSUN.
This is the pic of impeller---the key component of centrifuge, which is self-designed and manufactured with 316 stainless steel by KOSUN in mechanical processing workshop.
This shows the mechanical processing workshop in KOSUN solids control equipment manufacturing base.
The pic shows the technicians from Gazprom are discussing with KOSUN' s technicians about peripheral auxiliary projects.
This is a group photo of Russian visitor and KOSUN' s staff on the production base of KOSUN.

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By Andrew Liszewski
If it wasn't bad enough that stores were already tracking the purchase decisions and buying patterns of their customers, it now seems that Philips is developing a way for stores to track the interests of people who haven't even come inside. Using a set of video cameras and eye tracking software the system will be able to tell what someone looking at a window display has been staring at the longest, and will then provide more detailed information about the product via a passive or even interactive video display in hopes it will push them towards making a purchase decision.
The system is also useful for keeping track of gazing trends for large groups of people. The data can help a store determine what type of layout or window display design is most effective for selling a given product. If you're looking for a way to make your Monday even duller than it already is, you can read the full patent application for the gaze tracking system on the World Intellectual Property Organization website.
[ Gaze Interaction For Information Display Of Gazed Items ] VIA [ New Scientist Invention Blog ]


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I am a Salvadoran born & New York based community taught visual artist utilizing the streets as a public platform and gallery. Raised in San Salvador until being displaced in the US at 10 I was inspired and taught by my experiences growing up in the aftermath of the civil war in my country to use poster work as a powerful medium to self express.
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
I am led by community, my ancestors, and the elders before me who have paved the way for me to do the work that I do. The Black women & femmes who have created culture- The Queer POC who continually pave the way for all of us. I do this work as my place in this revolution of self taught game changers.
We are the only ones worthy of telling our stories. Our lives, our love, our truths, and our beings must be told with our eyes & our words.
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Archaeologists unveil the tragic story of a historic sea battle more than a century ago as they excavate an ironclad warship, Wang Kaihao reports.
An iconic Chinese warship and the 245 officers-soldiers and crewmen who have been keeping a silent underwater vigil for more than 120 years-have won their rightful place in history, thanks to three years of archaeological work.
The ironclad cruiser Zhiyuan (originally spelled "Chih Yuan") is a household name for Chinese people, a witness to a nation's courage, pain and past glory.
The wreck was first found in 2013, 50 kilometers from the port of Dandong, a city in Northeast China's Liaoning province, by port operators. Archaeological research began in early 2014. It was first referred to as Dandong No 1.
Last week, however, the National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage held a symposium in Beijing to announce the field investigation has been completed, confirming that the wreck was indeed one of China's most fabled vessels.
More than 200 artifacts have been excavated from the shipwreck, including articles of daily use, construction materials and weapons. About 30 items were found in 2016, and they were definitive- including a ceramic plate inked with "Chih Yuan" and "Imperial Chinese Navy" in English.
Also found last year: a Gatling gun and a compact, handheld telescope, carved with the name "Chin Kin Kuai" (chief mate of the ship, Chen Jinkui), also in Romanized letters.
"The new findings in 2016 clearly show its identity, though it was suspected to be Zhiyuan before," says Zhou Chunshui, head of the archaeological team examining the wreck.
The discovery of distinctively quadrate (square or rectangular) portholes, for example, coincide with historical records of Zhiyuan.
"Our 20 team members made detailed forays into the cabin twice a day, and the discoveries went beyond our expectations," Zhou says.
The artifacts unveil a period in Chinese history that mixes triumph with grief.
Manufactured in Newcastle, England, between 1885 and 1887, Zhiyuan joined the Beiyang Fleet, which was painstakingly masterminded by the court of the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911) to be a sea power.
On Sept 17, 1894, the Battle of Yalu River-the largest naval engagement during the First Sino-Japanese War(1894-95)-broke out on the Yellow Sea near the estuary of the Yalu River.
Zhiyuan was sunk in the battle. Admiral Deng Shichang and all but seven of the 252 aboard died after the ship was hit by shells.
Deng commanded the ship to ram the nearby Japanese cruiser Yoshino while his ship was under siege, and is thus honored as a national hero.
"The status of Zhiyuan is incomparable," says Song Xinchao, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
"And the First Sino-Japanese War, which is symbolized by the ship, changed the relationship between the two countries and the political environment in East Asia for the long term."
Song says the excavation not only promotes patriotism but also sets criteria for similar archaeological projects to follow.
"There are many sunken armor-plated ships from recent history along China's shores," he says, adding that experts lacked the experience and expertise for such excavations until now.
China's first scientific-research vessel specifically designed for underwater archaeology made its maiden voyage in 2014, and its first mission was the excavation of the wreck near Dandong. Advanced technologies like sonar and 3-D modeling were used for detection.
"The wreck was severely damaged due to corrosion," Zhou says. "Many parts were really rusty."
Historical files show the ship was 72 meters long, but only 61meters of it remain. Its original roughly 8-meter height has diminished to 2.5 meters.
Archaeologists have tried using zinc compounds to slow the corrosion.
Another challenge is that the whole wreck was buried in sand, which had to be cleared away slowly by excavators.
How-and if-the wreck can be exhibited in the future has yet to be determined.
According to Ding Hui, a cultural official in the Liaoning provincial government, the province will seek the status as a province-level cultural heritage for the site and mark a protection zone around the wreck. But he admits there are difficulties.
"The artifacts relevant to Zhiyuan were scattered in a larger area than the ship per se," he says.
The wreck also lies in a busy commercial shipping area, so balancing cultural-heritage protection and port construction is difficult. Some have proposed raising the ship out of the water to put it on public show, but experts are divided.
Cui Yong, a researcher who participated in the project, worries the 1,600-ton ship is too fragile to be salvaged.
Other options include virtual exhibitions that digitize the archaeological findings.
"If the shipwreck stays where it is, we can also have a museum or a memorial above the water," says Hang Kan, dean of the school of archaeology and museology at Peking University.
Hang cites the example of the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.
Zhou, the archaeological team leader, recalls once having spent a few minutes in silence upon seeing soldiers' remains underwater.
The history of the ship is making officials proceed carefully before any plan is decided.


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Tentative Negotiated Agreement
After much hard work our negotiation team has come to a tentative agreement with district administration. The agreement still needs to be approved by the School Board. More information will be coming shortly.
Official Notice from TCSD
TCSD has given TESPA official notice that we are below the required 50% to be recognized as a negotiating party for the support professionals for the Tooele County School District. If the numbers to not got back to 50% or higher, this will be the last year we have a seat at the negotiating table and any all previously negotiated items may no longer be in effect.
We need everyone to help spread the word and try and get our membership back up. There have been other areas where they have lost the ability to negotiate and are left with taking whatever is given without any say or representation. Please help share the word and the gravity of the situation we are in.
USEA and NEA are hosting a training for all Para Educators. Para Educators are essential in the education of our students. This professional development is offered FREE to all USEA members and a $20 fee for non members. Please look at the flyer below for more information. RSVP at http://www.bit.ly/parapower or call USEA at (801)296-9320.
Negotiated Agreement 2016-2017
The negotiated agreement for this next school year is up on our site. Thank you to all of you who came to our planning meeting as well as our mass meeting. Negotiations went well this year and there were many positive things that came from it. A special thanks to the negotiation team for all their hard work to get this accomplished.
Help if you can
TESPA is deeply saddened by the tragic loss that hit our community last night. If anyone would like to help here is from information from Tooele County School District:
Updated information:
1) Displaced families are to still come to West Elementary and check-in with the Red Cross.
2) The Tooele Fire-Relief Fund has been established for donations. A donation can be made at any Zions Bank.
3) For all other donations (food, clothes, etc.) go to www.TCEM.org for designated donation sites.
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Why the Cold War Worked
We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History Press
The Cominform: Minutes of the Three Conferences 1947/1948/1949
Postwar London, where I grew up, was a world fueled by coal and driven by steam, where market vendors still used horses, where motor cars were uncommon and supermarkets (and much of what they sell) unknown. In its social geography, its climate and environment, its class relations and political alignments, its industrial trades and its habits of social deference, London in 1950 would have been immediately recognizable to an observer from half a century before. Even the great "socialist" projects of the postwar Labour governments were really the late flowering of the reforming ideas of Edwardian-era Liberals. Much had changed, of course; in Britain as in the rest of Europe war and economic decline had changed the physical and moral landscape. Yet for just that reason the distant past seemed closer and more familiar than ever. In important ways, mid-twentieth-century London was still a late-nineteenth-century city. Even so, the cold war had long since begun.
It is helpful to understand just how different the world was fifty years ago if we are to appreciate a point on which John Gaddis lays much emphasis in his excellent book. The cold war lasted a very long time—forty-three years, from the collapse of postwar negotiations with the USSR in 1947 to the unification of Germany in 1990. That is considerably longer than the interminable wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, longer than the infamous Thirty Years War of the seventeenth century, and just one year short of the span of time separating, say, the death of Thomas Jefferson from the birth of Lenin.
In 1951, at the height of the Korean War, Europe was governed by men from a very different age: the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and the German chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, had both been born shortly after the first unification of Germany under Bismarck's Prussia (in 1874 and 1876 respectively); and Bismarck was still the dominant figure on the international diplomatic scene when they first took cognizance of public affairs. Even their "younger" contemporaries, like the Italian Christian Democratic leader Alcide de Gasperi or Josef Stalin himself, had come to maturity a decade before the outbreak of the First World War, and their views on politics and especially on international relations had been forged by the configurations and conflicts of an earlier time. Before we too readily conflate the cold war with the dilemmas of the post-atomic age, we should keep in mind that the men who first fought it could not help but see the world through a very different lens.
His sensitivity to this consideration is one of the many qualities of Gaddis's book, which is not so much a history of the cold war as a series of essays, in loosely chronological order, on the major themes and crises that marked it—the division of Europe, the German question, conflicts in Asia, the paradoxes of nuclear strategy, and so forth. Gaddis writes clearly, takes a common-sense and mostly unpolemical approach to highly contested and volatile…
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With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Ephesians 6:18-20
Today's thoughts from today's verses:
The ministry of reaching the world with the Good News of redemption through Jesus Christ is both an individual and cooperative responsibility. Each of us goes about our daily lives letting the light of Christ shine through us into the relationships we have with those who need Christ. As we genuinely care for and love people, they see Christ shining through us and opportunities come to talk about our faith and the difference Christ makes in a person's life.
Today's Scripture emphasizes the absolute necessity of prayer when it comes to the ministry of the Gospel being carried out successfully. The enemy of our souls, the devil, wages a campaign to counter the ministry of the Gospel at every turn ((Ephesians 4:10-17) So, the strategy of being ones who "pray at all times in the Spirit" is all important. The impact of this is first upon ourselves, because as we are immersed in the Spirit through prayer, we stand firm against the schemes of the devil and the light of Christ goes on shining brightly through us.
But next our strategy of prayer impacts our brothers and sisters in Christ as we seek to "be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. There are many ways that the ministry of the Gospel is cooperative and praying for the individual ministry of other believers is one of the most vital ways that we work together for impacting our world with the light of Christ and the Gospel of redemption. But there is another aspect to the strategy of prayer in regard to cooperative ministry for the Gospel of Christ that the Apostle Paul shows us.
The Apostle Paul was leading a cooperative missionary work for the overall church of Jesus Christ that spread the Gospel of Christ and then established those who were reached into new local churches. The Apostle asks the Ephesian believers to pray for him so that in this regard, he would fully "make known with boldness the mystery of the Gospel." We need to pray for leaders, who like Paul, head up cooperative ministries on behalf of the overall church of Christ who seek to spread the Gospel of Christ and establish those who are reached into new local churches. Individual Christians everywhere (prayer groups as well) faithfully praying for such leaders and ministries will make a huge difference in the successful spread of the Gospel of Christ throughout the entire world.
Today's prayer response from today's thoughts:
Lord, my prayer today is simple: help me, my brothers and sisters in Christ, and cooperative Gospel ministries everywhere, faithfully "make known with boldness the mystery of the Gospel." Amen!
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List price: $11.00Copyright year: 2000Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, IncorporatedPublication date: 9/15/2000Binding: PaperbackPages: 216Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall Weight: 0.572Language: English
Homer is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two greatest Greek epic poems. Nothing is known about Homer personally; it is not even known for certain whether there is only one true author of these two works. Homer is thought to have been an Ionian from the 9th or 8th century B.C. While historians argue over the man, his impact on literature, history, and philosophy is so significant as to be almost immeasurable. The Iliad relates the tale of the Trojan War, about the war between Greece and Troy, brought about by the kidnapping of the beautiful Greek princess, Helen, by Paris. It tells of the exploits of such legendary figures as Achilles, Ajax, and Odysseus. The Odyssey recounts… More the subsequent return of the Greek hero Odysseus after the defeat of the Trojans. On his return trip, Odysseus braves such terrors as the Cyclops, a one-eyed monster; the Sirens, beautiful temptresses; and Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly rock and whirlpool. Waiting for him at home is his wife who has remained faithful during his years in the war. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey have had numerous adaptations, including several film versions of each. Less
Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
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Friends beg me to make this when they come over. Cream cheese, garlic, anchovies, feta cheese and fresh chives are quickly blended and ready to serve in this easy gourmet snack. Even serious dieters can't resist this delicious dip! Serve with crackers, toasted pita wedges or sliced baguette.
These are all flavors I like and this did not disappoint me. I did make a few changes, tho. I used cream cheese with chives and onions (in the tub) and omitted the fresh chives. I also used anchovy paste, instead of the fillets (just squirted some in until it looked like enough). The dip had great flavor, and is definitely one I will continue to make. - 18 Mar 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Great recipe! It completely disappeared and everyone asked for the recipe. Note, I used the cream cheese with chives, and the anchovy paste as someone suggested; however, I think half-a-tube of the paste was a bit too much. Next time I'll try maybe 1/4 of a tube. - 24 Oct 2005 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This is so good! I followed suggestion of previous user and used the cream cheese,chive and onion spread and anchovy paste, used 1/2 the tube. Then spread it on fresh foccacia. It was a hit! Might be good using blue cheese as well Thanks for sharing - 21 Mar 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)


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♠ Posted by Emmanuel in Litigation,Marketing,Trade at 1/31/2012 07:43:00 AMNow for one of my occasional Robb Report impersonations--albeit with an IPE twist. (We've got style, baby.) In 1998, Lamborghini became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Audi AG, which in turn is a luxury brand of the almighty Volkswagen Group--the real largest automaker in the world. What if the Germans overran not the world's territory but the global automobile industry? I'd venture that it would look a lot like the present-day VW Group: (British) Bentley, (French) Bugatti, (Italian) Lamborghini, (Spanish) SEAT, (Czech) Skoda and the father brands (they're from the Fatherland, right?) Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen. Being made to point out this fact because of Obama's disingenuous SOTU address jogged my memory of this post which I planned to write sometime ago. Many blogging ideas; too little time.
The debate over whether Volkswagen or General Motors is the world's largest automaker obscures a number of things we should also consider in which firm outdoes the other. First, VW has never, ever needed any bailout from the state of Lower Saxony (which owns part of it) or Germany itself. This is partly down to the astute management of Ferdinand Piech--a real automotive genius who is none other than the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche (of the eponymous marque and the designer of the VW Beetle). Piech has proven himself to those in the motor trade by, among other things, designing the Le Mans-winning Porsche 917 in his early days. Second, VW's profitability is secured by owning a lot of luxury brands that can command higher margins on the market. The cachet of Audi, Bentley, Porsche and so on is unmatched by anything Goverment Motors offers.
Recently, I've succumbed to an admittedly unproductive diversion I've had growing up which should be familiar to males the world over: reading car magazines. Having not read these darned things in a while despite watching Top Gear fairly regularly, I like many was struck by today's supercar du jour, the Lamborghini Aventador. Just watch that mighty beast in action. To achieve truly astounding performance feats alike accelerating from 0 to 60 MPH in 2.9 seconds, this "Italian" supercar embodies among the most advanced technologies you can find in a production car.
Thus the third point that underscores just how far the once-mighty GM has fallen is the advancement of VW Group designs over their American counterparts. In particular, the carbon frame pictured above of the megabuck Lamborghini Aventador is impressive, combining very low weight with very high strength. The most galling thing for USA #1 cheerleaders--and there are too many out there in the part of the blogosphere I come across--is that this technology comes from the American commercial jetliner maker Boeing. In turn, Boeing gained this technological edge via subsidies from the US government. Don't believe me? Fine. How about a WTO ruling which suggests just that?
Boeing received at least $5.3 billion in improper subsidies from the United States government to develop its 787 Dreamliner and other jet models, giving it an unfair advantage against its European rival, Airbus, the World Trade Organization confirmed...Trade watchers will want to scrutinize the nitty-gritty details of DS 353 - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft which are available on the WTO website. As for the rest of us, just keep in mind that the Lamborghini Aventador shares the carbon fibre space frame technology found on the 787 Dreamliner. Notably, the Aventador has not only starred in a car show but also an advanced materials show:
In an 850-page report, the Geneva-based trade body accepted a claim by the European Union that research and development grants provided by United States space programs contributed substantially to the technologies used in building the 787, Boeing's latest flagship aircraft.
Whoever said "beauty is only skin deep" apparently never watched a Lamborghini get built. Thanks to the Italian automaker, those shallow types can head over to the Paris 2011 JEC composite show, and see their latest supercar, sans skin.And here's the Lambo press blurb:
Built with a reinforced carbon fiber composite that was developed in conjunction with Boeing, the Aventador LP700-4's naked chassis looks right at home in the showcase of materials and technology. And since composites also comprise many of the car's other components, including wheels, frame and seats, there's a little more to look at than just a carbon tub.
Automobili Lamborghini's participation in the 2011 edition of the JEC Composite Show in Paris - one of the world's most important exhibitions of composite materials - is intended to emphasize the company's leadership in this highly specialized sector, not only in applying these materials in mass production (as shown by the new Aventador LP 700-4), but also in the investigation and development of new manufacturing technologies and the resulting product spin-offs.The overall point is that the main beneficiary of Boeing's advancements in carbon fibre technology which are partly down to DoD and NASA inputs are not fellow US companies but a German-Italian concern. In other words, what's best for Boeing is not what's best for GM. With their superb application in road cars as exemplified by the Lamborghini Aventador, this knowledge gap between automakers will only become larger. There is a "trickle down" of technologies here, but for the benefit of non-Americans' bottom line. While you can of course argue that GM cannot sell such a premium vehicle, it calls into question why its marketing prowess does not extend to luxury cars. Remembering GM's Saab fiasco gives me shivers.
The use of composite materials reinforced with carbon fiber is becoming increasingly widespread in the automotive sector, as revealed by a study by Lucintel that foresees a growth of 65% over the next 5 years. Many manufacturers are working on developing and applying these technologies so they can build lighter vehicles that make an important contribution to reducing fuel consumption and air pollution, through improvements that include increasing the strength of the vehicle's structures.
Bailouts aside, the world has moved on. Isn't it great that all those US government subsidies that funded Boeing are helping...a German-Italian automaker? VW is rolling on the tarmac laughing all the way to the bank. American industrial policy (whatever that is) is so inept and uncoordinated that they can't even tilt the playing field in the favour of their own companies consistently.
NOTE: Making these carbon fibre thingamajigs is a costly, proprietary process as demonstrated by the even more exclusive (if not higher performance) Lexus LF-A.


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An accident involving a tractor trailer sent emergency crews to Pittsburgh's Uptown section early this morning.
Police say the tractor trailer and an SUV collided at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Pride Street.
No one was injured.
Crews closed down Forbes Avenue this morning between Pride and Marion Streets while they cleared the scene.
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If you see a moisturizer or other personal care product labeled "fragrance-free," "hypoallergenic," or "dermatologist-recommended," keep in mind that these are just marketing terms. There are no official standards or definitions for them, and they can mean whatever companies want them to mean (or nothing at all). In the 1970s the FDA tried to require substantiation for hypoallergenic claims, but cosmetic companies successfully challenged this in court. So buyer beware, especially if you have a skin condition or just sensitive skin that's worsened by fragrances or other potential allergens or irritants.
This was made clear by a study in JAMA Dermatology in November 2017, which analyzed 174 best-selling whole-body moisturizers. It found that 18 of the 40 products labeled fragrance-free contained at least one fragrance or botanical ingredient that can cause a reaction. And 15 of the 18 products labeled hypoallergenic contained at least one potentially allergenic chemical. Overall, 88 percent of all moisturizers contained potential allergens (based on a list from the North American Contact Dermatitis Group).
What's more, the claim "dermatologist-recommended" is no guarantee of safety for people with skin disorders, the researchers concluded. Companies don't have to provide evidence for this claim, which can simply mean that one or two dermatologists (who may be paid by the companies) recommend the product. Of the 40 moisturizers claiming to be "dermatologist-recommended" in the study, 38 contained at least one allergen. But this claim does usually mean one thing—a higher price.
By the way, prices of products in this study ranged from 10 cents to more than $2 an ounce. Some of the moisturizers found to be allergen-free, such as petroleum jelly and unrefined shea butter, are also relatively inexpensive.
"Dermatologists should remind patients that most of these claims, including 'dermatologist recommended,' 'noncomedogenic,' and 'hypoallergenic,' are marketing tools with minimal to no regulatory oversight or substantiation," the researchers concluded.
It's very hard for the general public to evaluate the safety of personal care products since there are thousands of them (often with multiple or changing formulations) as well as thousands of ingredients (usually with long chemical names, many not listed on the labels)—and no easy-to-use one-stop resource to consult. One place to start is the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep database (plus smartphone app), which lets you search more than 70,000 products, though its focus is broader than just potential allergens. But you are largely left with trial and error—and advice from your dermatologist.
Also see Dry Skin: Causes and Treatments.


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Today it is my turn on the Blog-Tour for Sleeper by J.D. Fennell. Along with the About the Author and About the book features, I am also delighted to feature a fantastic Q&A with J.D. Fennell, and hey of course last but not least, my review of Sleeper.
J.D. was born in Belfast at the start of the Troubles, and began writing stories at a young age to help understand the madness unfolding around him. A lover of reading, he devoured a diverse range of books – his early influences include Fleming, Tolkien, Shakespeare and the Brontës.
He left Belfast at the age of nineteen and worked as a chef, bartender, waiter and later began a career in writing for the software industry. These days he divides his time between Brighton and London, where he lives with his partner and their two dogs.
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About the book
Sixteen-year-old Will Starling is pulled from the sea with no memory of his past. In his blazer is a strange notebook with a bullet lodged inside: a bullet meant for him. As London prepares for the Blitz, Will soon finds himself pursued by vicious agents and a ruthless killer known as the Pastor. All of them want Will's notebook and will do anything to get it. As Will's memory starts to return, he realises he is no ordinary sixteen-year old. He has skills that make him a match for any assassin. But there is something else. At his core is a deep-rooted rage that he cannot explain. Where is his family and why has no one reported him missing?Fighting for survival with the help of Mi5 agent-in-training, Anna Wilder, Will follows leads across London in a race against time to find the Stones of Fire before the next air raid makes a direct hit and destroys London forever.
Before we get down to business (i.e. talking about your book) I would like to ask a set of questions I call 'Breaking the Ice.' (readers love to get to know all about their favourite and new authors)
The last book you read? (Inquisitive bookworms would like to know)
I love reading and always have a book to hand. Here are my recent three: Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follet; I Let You Go, by Claire Mackintosh and right now I am reading Spellslinger, by Sebastian De Castell. Three wonderful books, all quite different.
Books or authors which have inspired you to put pen to paper?
John Irving is amazing. Stephen King. Sarah Waters. Ken Follett. Authors that make me want to be a better writer are Thomas Harris, Ian McGuire and Hanya Yanagihara.
The last movie you watched, which you felt left a mark (in your heart, soul, wallet...you name it) I really enjoyed Allied with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. It is set during the same time as Sleeper and gave it a resonance for me. It is also gripping with a great twist.
Are you more of a movie night or series-binger kind of guy? (Combinations are possible)
Definitely a series-binger, because there is a greater scope to tell a story and develop characters. Game of Thrones is a good example here.
Which famous person (dead, alive, barely kicking) would you most like to meet?
I'd like to meet Thomas Harris for lunch or dinner and learn as much as I could from him.
All of the above questions are actually a pretty elaborate pysch evaluation disguised as random questions. Have no fear here come the real ones. Let's talk about Sleeper!
Sleeper is a YA adventure set in the Second World War with flair of fantasy and an essence of a dystopian setting.
What made you pick the WW2 time period for your setting?
I'm fascinated by London during the Blitz, a city collapsing under the nightly air attacks. Also, I really wanted to set an action/adventure with fantastical elements during a familiar time in our history. Second World War London just seemed the perfect setting for a thriller. I had to write it.
During the story I think readers may often find the borders between good and bad guy skewed when it comes to VIPER and The Fellowship. Do you agree with that assessment, and if so was this intentional on your part?
Yes and No. Yes, the Fellowship are good, however, they turn a blind eye to the Pastor's methods because they understand what is at stake for the world. VIPER will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. They may employ regular people, who do not share their ambitions, or are unaware of who they are working for, to help achieve their goals.
Will has been defined, trained and lived as a member of VIPER for many years. Isn't there some part of him which is subconsciously loyal to VIPER?
I'm afraid you will have to wait until the next instalment to find that out. *smiles*
So, you have this incredible weapon with as yet not completely explored powers, doesn't even a teeny weeny piece of Will think about taking control of the weapon himself?
Ha! That would be telling. For now I will refer you to the previous answer.
Sleeper. Liberator. Executioner. Does Will secretly enjoy being each one of these identities?
Will is driven by revenge. I would say he does not enjoy being that type of person, however, it does change him and give him purpose.
Will we be seeing more of Will in the near future, and will his sidekick be returning?
Will and Anna shall return next year with velocity.
Thank you for answering all of my questions, even the odd ones!
Thank you Cheryl. I really enjoyed answering them.
Fennell has chosen an interesting setting for his dystopian young adult series. It takes place in the early 1940s during WW2. So you not only get the general gist and flavour of life during the Blitz, you also feel the intensity of the devastation the war leaves in its wake.
I have to say that although this is pegged as young adult it is also a book I would buy for a younger reader. Readers will be able to identify with the characters, the historical context and also the why of what makes Will tick.
What makes him push forward is the strong desire to fulfil his mission, which is even the case when he suffers from a bout of amnesia. He somehow always manages to find the right way even when the deck is stacked against him.
Will is nothing if not determined, despite all the obstacles and extremely dangerous situations he stumbles in and out of. He has been a part of VIPER since his pre-teens and is well versed in the megalomaniacal manipulations of this organisation. They will do anything to control the world and more importantly to get their hands on the powerful Stones.
What can I say it's a story with a lot of potential. The author ends the book with the kind of hook that will keep the readers trailing along behind that fishing rod with the wriggly wee plot enticing them to follow along right behind him.
Fennell has created a fast-paced adventure with plenty of scope for future books. Sleeper is a captivating combination of history infused with futuristic and dystopian elements, and let's not forgot the mystery surrounding Will. Ancient artefacts and puzzles worthy of a young Indiana Jones adventure will keep readers both young and old wanting the next instalment of this series sooner rather than later.
Buy Sleeper at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer.
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Goldsboro Books are also selling limited edition hardback signed and numbered editions
Publisher website: www.thedomepress.com
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A former Crowborough resident who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer has raised a staggering amount of money towards a potentially life-saving drug.
Nicky Schellander grew up in the East Sussex town until she moved away to study at university.
She was first diagnosed with cancer in August 2015.
After entering remission in February 2016 she had a relatively good 12 months until she was diagnosed again in February 2017.
Miss Schellander, daughter of former Crowborough GP Fritz Schellander, is hoping to raise a total of £66,500 for the drug Olaparib which she says is currently only available for free if patients fund their first year of treatment.
Before her bouts of cancer the 44-year-old glass artist performed in jousting displays and is one of England's few female jousters.
Her struggle was even featured on the BBC Two documentary Hospital, which aired earlier this year.
She says Olaparib is the first ovarian cancer treatment to get approval from the NHS in over a decade. It blocks the growth of cancer - according to the Cancer Research UK website.
She has since had multiple surgeries and treatments but says she cannot receive the drug on the NHS until she had had her third round of chemotherapy - something she does not want to go through again.
Miss Schellander wrote on her gofundme page: "Because this will be my second time on chemo, and not my third time, Olaparib isn't available to me on the NHS.
"Despite the fact that this treatment might work, the drugs are not licensed for a first recurrence for ovarian cancer in the UK. I've no choice but to pay for the drug.
"Please help my special reason to have this treatment: being one of the few female jousters and stunt riders in the country, I want to get back to full health and get back to doing what I am passionate about and also marry my soulmate."
So far she has managed to raise over £46,000 out of her £66,500 goal.
A coffee morning to raise funds was held in her native Crowborough at All Saints Coffee Bar on September 4 where £576 was raised.
To donate to Nicky Schellander's fundraising page and help her reach her goal, you can do so by clicking this link.


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Evelyn Centeno has dedicated her life inspiring and empowering youth as an educator. Four years ago, she founded Inspire Learning Institute. As President and CEO, she has provided Saturday workshops, After school and Summer Camp programs for youth in underserved and underprivileged communities – giving them access and exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. She hopes that through these programs, she will make a difference in leveling the playing field and closing the opportunity gap.
• Graduate studies, MS Education, Chapman University
• Graduate studies in MBA Telecommunications, Golden Gate University
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Golden Gate University, 1989
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• President and Chief Executive Officer of Inspire Learning Institute, a 501c3 organization
dedicated to empowering underserved, underprivileged youth through STEM.
• Former Engineering Consultant in the Telecommunications Industry
• Former Math and Science School Teacher
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• Citizens Oversight Committee of Martinez Unified School District (Current)
• Contra Costa Mental Health Commission
• Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Council of Contra Costa County
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• American Association of University Women
• Professional Business Women of California
• Coalition of Science After School
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As the founder and sole employee, Jerry brought drive, motivation, strategic planning, and vision to establish Sihle Insurance Group. Since that time Sihle has grown to be one of the largest privately held agencies in Florida, consistently ranking in the "Top 100" countrywide. While following our guiding principles, Sihle Insurance Group has become one of the Southeast's premier insurance agencies offering the finest insurance products and services through a professional, personalized approach.
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The Palestinian murderers of the Rabbis in Israel have been summarily executed at the scene of the crime. Then the Israeli government ordered the homes of the murderers to be destroyed leaving wives, children and elderly people homeless now. This cruel vengeful terrorist action is presumably to stop so-called terrorism. Creating more homeless people, creating chaos and contributing to the already beleaguered people are not the answer to intractable problems of Israel and the Palestinians
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
Random House (Paperback) 2008. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
A wonderful book about a strong conflicted woman living in Maine demonstrates the complexity of human behavior and spirit. Olive may be of a mixed race and is so good and so awful all at the same time. Her color is darker than most and her character equally mixed. She is so dense and yet so insightful that this reader was constantly bewildered and delighted by her.


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AOA MORE enrollment soars, participants benefit
Swelling enrollment numbers show more than 6,500 active AOA-member doctors already have taken advantage of their newest member benefit, using it to meet existing and future reporting requirements.
"AOA MORE is a critical tool for meeting quality measures that will be linked to reimbursements going forward."
AOA MORE (Measures and Outcomes Registry for Eyecare) by Prometheus Research, is not only a critical tool for analyzing clinical outcomes and promoting quality care, but also an indispensable reporting resource for meeting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') EHR Incentive Program and Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) measures. And members clearly recognize these benefits.
Thousands of AOA-member doctors could demonstrate active engagement in a specialized data registry for the 2016 EHR Incentive Program year (reporting in 2017)—meeting the meaningful use public health objective for specialized registry reporting—thanks to their enrollment in AOA MORE.
The immediate response from doctors of optometry to AOA MORE reflects the profession's determination to maintain a leading-edge role in patient care and to be a force into the future on health care quality improvement. AOA MORE's launch totals already compare favorably with other specialties' registries. The American Academy of Ophthalmology's IRIS® Registry launched in March of 2014 and has just over 10,000 physicians enrolled almost two years later. With over 6,500 doctors of optometry fully engaged with AOA MORE in just 10 months AOA MORE's growth has been especially rapid.
"The response from our members has been nothing short of stunning. Over 6,500 of our active member doctors have already taken advantage of this member benefit," says AOA President Steven A. Loomis, O.D. "I am so very proud and appreciative of the AOA staff and volunteers who made this possible. The creation and rollout of AOA MORE in such a short time period has been an exceptional example of focus, dedication and old-fashioned, hard work."
Dr. Loomis adds: "Looking to the future, AOA MORE will be a critical tool for meeting quality measures that will be linked to improved patient care and reimbursements going forward."
Haven't enrolled in AOA MORE yet? Here's what you need to know.
5 things to do once you're enrolled
Enrolling in AOA MORE is only half of the equation; it's time to start using the registry. Jeffrey Michaels, O.D., AOA Quality Improvement and Registries Committee chair, offers five things to consider once you're an AOA MORE user:
- Continue traditional PQRS reporting for now. Continue traditional, claims-based PQRS reporting or EHR-based reporting until AOA MORE has finalized its PQRS capabilities later this year. Members will know they can use AOA MORE for PQRS when there are 9 PQRS measures on their AOA MORE dashboard.
- AOA MORE usefulness will grow. As a first-time AOA MORE user, members will see demographic information on their practice, limited PQRS measures and other features, including the most common medications in their practice. The available feedback information in AOA MORE will expand over the next several months to include outcomes measures, expanded PQRS and additional information. The first release will look much improved after the next iterations in 2016 and 2017.
- AOA-hosted registry webinars. Be on the lookout for AOA-hosted registry webinars that teach members more about the functions of AOA MORE.
- Update your EHR to the latest version. AOA MORE is incumbent on you staying up to date with the latest versions of your EHR software, so stay on top of EHR vendor updates.
- Know what data fields in your EHR populate your PQRS measures. AOA MORE streamlines how doctors report PQRS, as this process will be automated by the EHR and AOA MORE working together. Specific data fields in your EHR are responsible for populating the AOA MORE PQRS measures. By filing in specific parts of your EHR data fields, it will trigger the appropriate PQRS measure. The component responsible for AOA MORE PQRS calculations is called "eCQM." Be sure to get the eCQM reports from your EHR vendor so you know which specific data field in your EHR is responsible for each corresponding PQRS measure. It will vary by EHR vendor.
Medicare is emphasizing registry use in its new payment model that begins for doctors of optometry in 2019, emphasizing meaningful use, PQRS, using a registry and costs of providing care, says Dr. Michaels. Therefore, using AOA MORE will allow doctors of optometry to more easily participate in that new payment model going forward.
"We are excited to bring our membership this opportunity to stay on the cusp of a health care paradigm that is changing—one that emphasizes value-driven health care by doctors of optometry and all other physicians," Dr. Michaels says.
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Galax, VA -- Youth TradFest! at the Blue Ridge Music Center kicks off the 2012 Summer Concert Series Memorial Weekend in Galax, Virginia! Down through the centuries, families in Blue Ridge have passed down musical traditions from one generation to the next. When renowned collector, Alan Lomax visited Galax in the 1940's he said this area was "the richest breeding ground for traditional music." It remains so today.
Many local children and teens are very accomplished players and have received awards and recognition for their musical gifts. The Blue Ridge Music Center will be celebrating this cultural heritage on May 26th, when many of the region's remarkable young musicians will be showcased in special events at Youth TradFest! There will be activities all day (12-5pm) including: a youth jam, instrument petting zoo, a singing workshop, youth luthier displays, performance-talk, "Growing Up in Music" and an afternoon concert featuring some of the best youth bands & musicians in the Blue Ridge including: Adam McPeak & Mountain Thunder, The Iron Mountain Ridge Runners, Loose Strings, Carson Peters, and the Sparta/Watauga Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM).
Bring the family for this fun day of music and show your support for these wonderful young artists who are the next generation of great mountain musicians. Schedule of Youth TradFest! Events: Instrument Petting Zoo (Luthier shop) - try out a variety of stringed instruments for fun. Hosted by the Blue Ridge Music Makers Guild: 12pm-5pm. Free "Musical Families: Growing up in Music" Performance-Talk (small theater).
Limited seating. Reserve in advance. 1-2pm. Free. "Singing Workshop" (classroom) -- Meet the young singers in this interactive vocal session. Limited seating. Reserve in advance. 1-2pm. Free. Luthier Displays (luthier shop): Teenage luthiers will display their instruments, tell you how they did it and what inspired them. Free.
Youth Jam (breezeway) -- Everyone welcome including the "young at heart!" Bring your instrument! 12-2:30pm. Free. Next Generation Concert (amphitheater) Come hear these rising stars of the Blue Ridge on the BRMC mainstage! - Carson Peters /Adam McPeak & Mountain Thunder, Iron Mountain Ridge Runners, Loose Strings, Sparta & Watauga Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM). 3pm. $5 students & seniors. Children 12 and under are free.
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Concerts are at 7pm unless otherwise noted. Seating opens at 5:30 pm. Bring a picnic, folding chairs, your friends and the whole family! No alcohol or pets. Smokehouse BBQ available on concert nights. The Blue Ridge Music Center has evening concerts every weekend all summer through mid-September in the outdoor amphitheater at the foot of beautiful Fisher Peak (only 10 miles from Galax, virginia).
The Blue Ridge Music Center is located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
www.BlueRidgeMusicCenter.org For More Information Call: (276) 236-5309 x112
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ISBAK, having renewed its mission, vision and value in order to transfer its experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems into Smart City solutions, continues its works as the Architect of Smart Cities in Turkey and in the World. The planning carried out in the Intelligent Transportation Systems, Research and Development activities and implementations provide the means for the city to be safer, more comfortable and greener. ISBAK, presenting alternative solutions to the traffic problem with the help of the smart transportation systems it has developed; provides significant contributions to establishment of sustainable cities with enhanced quality of life in the world with its innovative solutions introduced to traffic management.
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TECH SUPPLIER Feb 2020 - Market Perspective - Doc # US46014520
HP Inc.'s Power of Print Analyst Meeting Offers Its Road Map to "Print a Better World" and Gain Future Market Success
By: Jacqui HendriksEuropean Managed Print & Document Services (MPDS) - Research & Consulting, Keith KmetzProgram Vice President, Imaging, Printing & Document Solutions, Amy MachadoResearch Manager, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions, Sharon McNeeResearch Manager, European Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions, IDC EMEA, Robert PalmerResearch Vice President, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions
This IDC Market Perspective analyzes HP Inc.'s Power of Print analyst meeting held at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters.
On January 22, HP Inc. welcomed guests to its Palo Alto headquarters to provide an update on its printing business. Approximately 30 members from the international press and analyst community attended the Power of Print event, which included a full day of market presentations, breakout sessions, and lab tours. Timing for the event could not have been better considering recent news and market activity, including HP Inc.'s announced organizational changes and ongoing efforts by Xerox's board to acquire the printing market leader (see Xerox to Sell Off Stakes in Fuji Xerox and XIP, Resets Relationship with Fujifilm, Fuels Speculation on an HP Inc.-Xerox M&A, IDC #lcUS45637119, November 2019).
"HP Inc.'s Power of Print analyst meeting served as the backdrop for the company to articulate its future print market growth strategy. Its focus on enhancing the customer experience in the consumer and office segments where it exhibits market leadership while simultaneously exploiting new print opportunities present in 3D, graphics, and microfluidics positions the company very well for the future," says Keith Kmetz, IDC's program vice president for Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions and 3D Printing research.
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In 1798, the new Oaths issued by the Wexford Council had good effect. As Crown forces gathered on Wexford's borders for the showdown, Nicholas Gray, Secretary of the Council, wrote on 16 June to Fr. Philip Roche, the new commander‑in‑chief. Gray was desperate for reinforcements for his Southern Army, which had…Continue
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Blues slip past Oilers
St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - David Backes and Vladimir Tarasenko each posted a goal and an assist to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Jaden Schwartz and Alexander Steen each scored a goal for the Blues, who have won five straight. Jake Allen allowed two goals on 15 shots.
"You don't want to give points away to teams that are behind you, especially when all the other teams keep winning," said St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock. "You just don't want to start falling behind teams at this point."
Benoit Pouliot scored twice for the Oilers, who have lost their past two. Ben Scrivens allowed four goals on 29 shots in the loss.
"They're one of the best teams in the league for a reason and you don't want to fall behind them," said Pouliot. "We started out slow and they took it to us."
The Blues got on the board at 13:49 of the first period as Tarasenko scored on a sneaky wrister from the left circle for his 24th goal of the year.
It was a 2-0 game three minutes later after Jori Lehtera sent a quick pass from the right corner to the front where Backes tipped it into the net.
St. Louis scored the only goal of the second period at the 5:30 mark as Barret Jackman's hard pass from the left point was nicely redirected by Schwartz for his 15th goal of the season.
Edmonton got a power-play goal from Pouliot on a tip-in of a Justin Schultz shot at 8:37 of the third, but Steen gave the Blues a three-goal cushion with 3:34 to play.
Pouliot's goal with 1:56 to play accounted for the final score.
Game Notes
Edmonton continues its four-game road trip in Tampa Bay on Thursday ... St. Louis hosts Detroit on Thursday ... The Oilers were 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Blues finished the game 0-for-4.


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Techstars Atlanta: World Tour 2017
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Where in the world is Techstars Atlanta? That's the question of the hour as we kick off the search for our 2017 class of entrepreneurs.
Break Out Your Atlas
Over the coming months the Techstars Atlanta team will cross the globe looking for the most promising entrepreneurs to join our 2017 class.
With events across the US, Canada, Israel and Nigeria, our passports will be getting quite the workout as we are graciously welcomed to visit international entrepreneurs on their own turf, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
So where in the world will we be? We're visiting:
- Our southeastern neighbors: As the only Techstars program in the southeastern US, we want to make sure we represent our home. That's why we have events scheduled for Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Nashville and Chattanooga.
- North American tech hubs: We'll also extend our continental travel north and west as we hit Toronto and Waterloo in Canada and Provo and Salt Lake City in Utah. We've seen firsthand the tech scenes exploding in these cities, and we can't wait to build relationships with the phenomenal talent behind this growth.
- International trailblazers: Finally, we're crossing oceans to host events in Nigeria and Israel, two countries with longstanding entrepreneurial spirits, global mindsets and histories of inventing technology that knows no borders.
Searching Far and Wide with a Distinct Purpose
When we started searching for our inaugural class last year, I emphasized that we were casting a wide net. This year the net has grown wider and deeper and, dare I say it, our expectations have gotten even higher.
Building on the Success of 2016
Although 2016 was the inaugural year for Techstars Atlanta, we set the bar high for future classes. In the few short months since the program ended, the companies that participated have gone on to raise millions of dollars in venture funding and have already made amazing strides.
We were fortunate to have an incredibly geographically diverse class last year, but in 2017 we have even broader ambitions (after all, what type of example would we set if we didn't bend over backwards to improve?).
Founders First
While market size, business model, traction, and many other considerations are important, founders will be the most important item on our minds this year as we consider applications to join the 2017 class of Techstars Atlanta.
Throughout our experience building and mentoring companies both inside and outside of Techstars, one thing has proven itself to be true time and again: The successes, failures and prospects of early stage companies are largely defined by their founders.
We plan to take this lesson to heart as we look for tenacious founders with authentic narratives. With that in mind, we'll put the spotlight on founders by asking question like: Why are you the right person to build this company? And how have you proven you're up to the challenge?
And it's not just founders' individual backgrounds and skills that matter. It's also the gel of the entire team. The best teams come when people who have had a relationship for years -- whether professionally or socially -- join forces, not when they meet in a "co-founder speed dating session."
Finding the Best, Regardless of Vertical
Finally, we're a horizontal program, and that means we'll be searching for companies that represent a broad set of industries and technologies. In other words, when we say we're looking for the best, we mean companies that have unique ideas that they can take to a defensible position in a large market -- any market -- not just the best in a specific vertical or technology market.
And because we're backed by the combination of a terrific partnership with Cox Enterprises (and all its resources in media, automotive and communications) and the landscape of Atlanta (with its booming fintech, cybersecurity and martech scene), we're more than confident that we can provide valuable support in numerous ways for companies of all kinds.
Techstars Atlanta is Coming to a City Near You
So when all is said and done, what does the ideal candidate for the 2017 Techstars Atlanta class look like? It's a company founded by driven and dedicated people with an authentic connection to the problem they're solving. It's a company that takes a unique approach and can build a defensible position in a large market. It's a company that knows the importance of filling its ranks with the right people.
It could be you.
Do you think you have what it takes? If so, we can't wait to meet you! Join us at one of our upcoming events and leave a lasting impression. Check out the full list below:
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Birmingham, AL
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A businessman faces ten years in a Malaysian jail cell after an attempt to humiliate his estranged wife on a sex Website backfired.
In a bitter quest for revenge, the man borrowed a friend's laptop and logged onto a Singapore site which had sex-for-hire. He tapped in an advert that featured his wife touting her wares online, resulting in the unsuspecting woman, a mother of two, receiving obscene phone calls from interested punters as far away as Brazil and Thailand.
The man was arrested, and under Malaysia's Computer Crimes Act he now faces up to ten years in jail or a maximum fine of 150,000 ringgit ($39,000), Reuters reports.
Malaysian police said the case highlighted a growing trend in Net revenge - in the last month alone they have received four complaints about women's personal details appearing on sex sites. ®
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"The Long Night is coming."-Watch the New Teaser for 'Game of Thrones' Season 6
The teaser puts us in the Hall of Faces below the House of Black and White in Braavos, where Arya Stark had gone to train to become a Faceless Man, an elite assassin in this world. We hear voices from the past while seeing their death masks — Ned Stark, Catelyn Stark, Jon Snow, Joffrey Baratheon.
But there are a few living characters whose faces grace the wall, including Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen. Could this be a sign that Jon Snow might not be dead after all, as so many suspect? Or is it just a very "Game of Thrones" way of telling the audience not to get too attached to characters, no matter how important, that everyone will end up dead one day?
There's much to go on here as we end with a shot of the remaining survivors of the show in the crypt. It does set a pretty bleak tone to the upcoming season.
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After a testing pre-release backlash to the concept, the all-female Ghostbusters reboot has been warmly (if not rapturously) received by critics. And though its $46 million dollar opening box office haul is far from being a record breaker (the film opened behind kids animation The Secret Life of Pets) it seems almost certain that the Melissa McCarthy-fronted film will get a second outing.
Speaking to The Wrap, a top-level Sony executive has all-but confirmed plans to extend the series beyond this first reboot flick.
Related: New Ghostbusters (2016) Review: Five Reasons to Watch It (and One Reason Not To)
"The 'Ghostbusters' world is alive and well," President of Worldwide Distribution at Sony Rory Bruer told The Wrap on Sunday. "I expect Ghostbusters to become an important brand and franchise.
"While nothing has been officially announced yet, there's no doubt in my mind it will happen".
Though it's far from perfect, I really enjoyed the new Ghostbusters film. And for those that munched their popcorn through the credits in anticipation for a post-credits scene with me, it seems that juicy last-minute sequel tease at the end could now become a reality sooner rather than later. [The Wrap]


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Blizzard has unveiled two bonus gifts for those who pre-order Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, or at least activate their keys by March 31st. What goodies does Blizzard have for us? One is a Demon Hunter.
Wait - doesn't Diablo III have a Demon Hunter? Yes it does. This one however is unlocked for Heroes of the Storm. The other gift is a pair of glorious Archangel wings to strut with.
That's right, a bit pair of wings to look all badass while you're slaying demons for loot. The Demon Hunter Valla is one of five revealed Diablo III characters for Blizzard's MOBA.
The Wings of Valor will be automatically sent to your existing and any newly created Diablo III characters via an in-game notification starting March 20, 2014.
Valla the Demon Hunter will be available once Heroes of the Storm has been officially released. Note that Heroes of the Storm is still deep in development and does not have an announced release date, but you can stay tuned to the official game site for future updates. Note also that pre-purchasing Reaper of Souls does not guarantee a spot in the eventual Heroes of the Storm alpha or beta tests.
Your Reaper of Souls key would need to be activated by 11:59PM PST, March 31st to earn the gifts. It's unclear at this stage whether Blizzard will be making users pay to unlock additional characters in Heroes of the Storm, or if they can be earned in-game. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls releases on PC and PS4 March 25th.
Today patch 2.0.1 goes live for Diablo III overhauling the loot system and other major features.
Pre-order gifts for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls if keys redeemed before March 31st
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Skin School: Mushroom
More than just a delicious risotto ingredient, mushroom is a superfood for your skin, making it's way into products from Clinique, Smashbox and Origins.
Mushroom hydrates and plumps your skin, is a fantastic anti-inflammatory and offers anti-ageing benefits to boot.It contains a polysaccharide that hydrates and plumps skin, can combat acne, is often used for sore skin conditions like eczema as it's soothing and anti-inflammatory and is good for anti-ageing. It's perfect for anyone with sensitive skin, providing it's used without other harsh chemicals.
Perfect for this with sensitised skin, Mushroom-based products soothe and restore skin concerns like eczema and acne.
Some mushrooms also contain kojic acid a naturally occurring skin lightener that can aid in fading scars and pigmentation by pausing melanin production on the skin's surface.
As a light-weight hydrator and plumper, it's also the perfect ingredient to include in a morning serum under your makeup.


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Video by former abortionist has gone viral making many rethink their position on abortion
A former abortionist is unmasking the lies and secrecy surrounding the abortion industry in a new educational video project that has gone viral on social media. In a 4-minute video, Dr. Anthony Levatino reveals the violence of abortion procedures and the risks they pose to women. Levatino, who performed over 1,200 abortions in the early