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"It's time for strategic planning again."
If you're anything like the Board members at a nonprofit where I serve as an officer, you can probably relate to the collective sighs this announcement elicited. I found this reaction amusing…and a little troubling. Because I do value-added strategic planning for my clients, I know it isn't just a necessary evil. Strategic planning is truly one of the most exciting and valuable opportunities you and your organization can undertake.
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Not only do you bring stakeholders together this way, but you also allow them to co-create a collaborative work culture that will serve successful strategy implementation for years to come. And that relates directly to…
Step Two: Relationship-building with External Stakeholders – Including Critiques!
The strategic planning process gives you the perfect excuse to really engage external stakeholders through interviews, focus groups, surveys, and other tools. These tools are certainly useful for gathering market research to inform your decisions and goals. But they're also a great way to engage – or re-engage – external stakeholders who are key to the implementation of your ultimate plan.
Be they funders, partners, or connectors, you need their support to increase your impact. So when a consultant (a more neutral, third party) asks them to communicate about your organization's strengths, weaknesses, and progress, the process lends itself to incorporating constructive critiques. It lets your funders and partners know that you truly value their constructive feedback. And that will build your relationship and perhaps defuse any potential tension in the process. These relationship-building efforts can pay off in countless ways in the long run for the success of your strategic plan.
Step Three: Helping Your Organization Value Data-Informed Decisions
Beyond the soft skills like relationship-building, your strategic focus also requires smart and insightful use of hard data. We often receive requests to conduct a one-day workshop and then produce a strategic plan. But we strongly advise against this approach. Here's why.
Decision-making that's not grounded in market realities and objective data is, at best, business as usual. At worst, it's a whole bunch of navel-gazing that can take your organization down the wrong path. At CiTTA, we believe that good decisions are only made after reviewing and digesting facts and analysis – coupled with a sensitivity to your political and social realities. The two go hand-in-hand.
In almost every strategic planning project we've done, our clients experience "A-ha!" or "Oh…?!" moments as they look at the research we've conducted. These moments help bring everyone together quickly and move them on to discussing next steps and their implications. That may mean tough decisions about services your organization provides, or potentially major changes to your business models. But we believe in imparting the power of data to adapt to changing circumstances. After all, your strategic plan is a living, breathing document that should be used, reviewed, and revised every year (after another round of data-driven research, of course!).
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I'm at a customer-organized conference in San Jose, today, called UnJiveWorld 2015. Does it surprise you? My #Workstyle is "Powered by Customer Love." My #workstyle has me out visiting @jivesoftware customers and future customers. A video posted by Tom Resing (@resing) on Oct 14, 2015 at 11:26am PDT I'll post updates on my Jive Community blog from the event, as the day goes on. I posted my first blog, Live blogging from UnJiveWorld, straight from the Jive Mobile App onRead more →
Search google or Amazon for the words "social intranet" and you won't find a lot of great resources. Why is that? I started a conversation on twitter today asking a similar question and was lucky to have a number of very experienced intranet developers respond. Who Cares? When I do a search for "social intranet" on the Jive Community, I see a totally different picture. Consulting companies are talking about it: Making Good on the Social Intranet Promise, by Wes Goldstein,Read more →
I've been a fan of Nintex, as a company, for quite a while. I know they've got smart people like Mike Fitzmaurice working there. I've recommended their solutions for workflows and forms to many of my consulting customers over the years. At Rackspace, I even wrote a blogpost highlighting a neat Cloud Computing workflow in Office 365. And, for the past year, I've watched and participated in the new Nintex Community site powered by Jive Software. Happy First Anniversary! NintexRead more →
TomResing.com's pages are now being served from a provider called SiteGround.com. Why make the move from Microsoft Azure? Two main reasons for me, performance and cost. Performance Azure's performance for WordPress hosting just wasn't cutting it for me. I want TomResing.com to be available 24×7 at the quickest page load time for readers. I'm sure part of the issue with Azure is the lack of a cloud-based MySQL service. I was using ClearDB, which is a MySQL service provider inRead more →
There's a new Jive app in the Google Play store this month. A version is coming soon to iOS, too. If you're like me and can't wait to see whats in the new Jive-x App for Community Managers and don't have an Android device, here's a workaround. BlueStacks The BlueStacks App Player available for PC and Mac allows you to run mobile apps from the Android platform. Jive-x App for Community Managers The Jive-x App for Community Managers wasRead more →
As a followup to my post earlier this year on mapping your SharePoint Masterpage Library, there's a new option. Bruce, from webucator, made an easy-to-follow, 3 minute video showing the steps visually. Webucator has a whole series of YouTube videos on SharePoint available for free. And they are just an example of the quality of their instruction and instructors available for on-site and online SharePoint training. Let me know what you think of the video in the comments or byRead more →
We celebrated my wife's birthday in Paris, France this year and picked up some travelling tips along the way. If you're thinking of going to France, speak English and not much French, some of these tips might help you plan for your trip. Buy the Global Plan, Download the Cell Provider App and the CityMaps2Go App and Paris Guide before leaving so you don't get charged by your cell provider after arriving in Paris. Note: This article is a slightRead more →
Here's a great tip I got from Randy Drisgill at SPTech Con Austin 2015. You can map your masterpage gallery from Windows Explorer to make it very easy to work with SharePoint Branding projects. Here are the steps: Right click on your computer in Windows Explorer and select Map Networked Drive. Paste in the URL to your SharePoint Online Site Collection you'd like to brand. Note: your site collection must be in the Intranet Zone in your Internet Settings fromRead more →
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It was a very cozy affair, held in Artword/Artbar on Colbourne Street. For those unfamiliar with this very attractive venue and the lovely people who run it, please google Artword/Artbar in Hamilton, Ontario. Judith and Ron are super hosts and always are welcoming to their guests. They hold poetry readings, musical events and live plays there and good wholesome food is available at reasonable prices.
The weather was not very welcoming, unfortunately, with sheets of rain pouring from the overcast skies but this did not damper the good will and happiness of those who braved the elements.
Norma West Linder read from her latest book Adder's Tongue first which was very appreciated by the people present. To learn more about this prolific writer, please google her name on a search engine. She has been writing for forty years.
Michael Mirolla of Guernica Editions also enthralled the audience with reading from
James Deahl rounded off the afternoon with readings from his book North of Belleville, a beautiful book of both poetry and photographs. It was a pleasure to hear him perform again.
The afternoon finished at approximaely 5 p.m. and some returned to Sarnia, some to Toronto but the majority went to their homes in Hamilton.
|Judith - joint owner of ArtWord/Artbar
|James Deahl
|Norma West Linder
|Michael Mirolla
|Michael Mirolla
All in all, a very cozy and wonderful afternoon. Several people remarked about it being so wonderful to have poetry readings once again in the afternoons at Artword/Artbar.
Thanks for dropping by and please come by again when you have the time.


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The granddaddy of the ISP industry, CompuServe, has been closed down by its parent AOL as of 1 July, after 30 years in operation.
AOL closed it down on 30 June is urging remaining CompuServe Classic customers to move on to the company's surviving sub-brand ISP, CompuServe 2000, which continues to operate as usual. Users can convert their classic 9 and 10-digit email addresses to the CompuServe 2000 service.
CompuServe (or CIS) was originally founded way back in 1969 as Compu-Serv Network in Columbus, Ohio as a subsidiary of Golden United Life Insurance.
According to Wikipedia, its original remit was to provide in-house computer processing support to Golden United Life Insurance; and to develop as an independent business in the computer time-sharing industry, by renting time on its PDP-10 mid-range computers during business hours. It was spun off as a separate company in 1975.
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Indeed, by 1991, it claimed to have over a half a million users simultaneously online, and by 1995, it topped three million members, the largest online service provider at that time.
However, cracks started to appear when it began competing against newcomers such as AOL, which rapidly gained market share thanks to its intense marketing campaigns and by offering users a flat monthly rate instead of the per-hour online access charged by CompuServe.
AOL acquired CompuServe in 1997, and for a time the company was preserved as a separate service but was badly neglected by its parent company. As the world wide web grew in popularity, many organisations closed their CompuServe customer support forums and instead began offering customer support via their own websites.
And in an ironic twist, AOL is now itself facing an uncertain future as its subscription base has been steadily declining. In 2006 the UK ISP business of AOL was sold off to the Carphone Warehouse.
This story, "CompuServe closes after 30 years" was originally published by Techworld.com.


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My PIC32 protoboard in action - Measuring the speed of the internal ADC and displaying it on the 7 Segment Display board
It's been a while since I last posted. My second semester at Cornell has begun and it has been busy.
My first semester ended mid December 2013. So I went back home to Dhaka, Bangladesh for winter break.
Unfortunately, due to the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh at the time, I could not spend too much time outside home. Thus I ended up spending a lot of time on electronics. There were two aspects to this over my winter break. One, I spent a lot of time with the PIC32, writing some code, doing tests with the peripherals and making a "proto board". That, I must admit, was a lot of fun. It was a continuation of my independent study (see: http://tahmidmc.blogspot.com/2013/09/200000-views-ithaca-arm-and-dmips.html and http://www.tahmidmc.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-comparative-study-between-at91sam3x8e.html). The second part was me developing an AC-AC voltage stabilizer (more on that later, in another article) and also toying around with the Arduino Due (also part of my independent study).
I had previously used the Microstick II from Microchip for experimenting with the PIC32. However, I felt a need to use a more "robust" board for prototyping (don't get me wrong; I'm not bashing the Microstick II – it's a neat little board). So, I decided to make one myself. I used a verroboard and just put on the microcontroller and also the required basic connections. For the microcontroller, I used the PIC32MX250F128B which comes in a nice user-friendly PDIP28 package. This is the same microcontroller on the Microstick II and is the same microcontroller I had been working on.
The basic layout of the board is:
- There is an on-board 3.3V regulator for powering the PIC32. I chose against using an LDO voltage regulator since I did not have in hand any LDO regulator that can accept reasonably high voltages (by that I mean about 12-16V). I wanted to use an external 12V or 15V power supply for powering the board, so that I could use that same supply voltage for other stuff running at the same time. Thus I used the TI ua78M33C voltage regulator that I had with me (I had gotten them off of Mouser a while before going home).
- Decoupling capacitors on the power lines.
- A 10uF "filter capacitor" necessary for the microcontroller. This capacitor is placed between the VCAP and VSS pins on the microcontroller. The crucial part here is that, the capacitor must have relatively low ESR (equivalent series resistance), defined by Microchip as <1Ω. I had to go through my collection of capacitors and manually measure the capacitors' ESR using the ESR meter.
- A push-button for enabling/disabling the PIC32. When pushed/closed, the PIC is disabled (MCLR – master clear – is held low). When the switch is open, the PIC is enabled (MCLR is pulled up by a pull-up resistor).
- Connectors for taking connections/wires out of the board onto a breadboard or other board. The connectors are connected so that every single pin of the microcontroller is connected to one connector pin/line.
- ICSP (in-circuit serial programming) header to allow in-circuit programming of the PIC32 using a Microchip PICKIT3 programmer/debugger.
- An LED connected to RA0 (pin 2) of the PIC32. This LED is used as a "debug LED" – just as an indicator of sorts that is already connected on the board for use. LEDs are always used in circuits after all. I chose to use RA0 for connecting the LED since this was the same pin to which the LED was connected to on the Microstick II board.
- A variable resistor. This is used to provide a varying analog voltage (from 0V to 3.3V) to the PIC32 RB15 (AN9 – pin 26). This was put on the board so that I could have an analog voltage for testing if/when I needed it. However, since this won't be necessary in every circuit and I might want to use RB15 for something else, I put in a latching push switch which when pushed/closed will connect the analog voltage (the wiper of the variable resistor) to RB15 of the PIC. When the switch is open the wiper of the variable resistor is NOT connected to RB15, freeing that pin up for other use.
That's about it as far as the PIC32MX250F128B "proto board" goes. There's another board that I made on verroboard for testing – that's the 3 digit 7 segment display board. This board consists of – you guessed it – a 3 digit 7 segment display. But the key thing is that it has driver transistors on the board so that I don't have to worry about drive current from the microcontroller. There are 7 seven driver transistors BC547 working in the common collector (emitter follower) mode to just act as an analog buffer and a current amplifier. The display itself consists of 3 common cathode "digits". So, for each of the digit common cathodes, there is a driver transistor – I have used the 2SD882 transistors. In all honesty, such a high capacity transistor is not needed; but I did not have any BC337/PN2222A transistors in hand and this was the only non-power transistor I had that was capable of withstanding more than 100mA current.
I've done quite a few projects with these boards. I'll be posting these from time to time. For now, here are some pictures.
Here's a picture of the two boards along with some wiring between them and some additional components on a breadboard.
Here's one with the 7 segment display in action:
You can see the PICKIT3 connected as well.
Here's a view of just the PIC32 protoboard:


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She goes on to describe her nervous breakdown after the second assault: "I tried to pick up the threads of my life but channels and networks and sets and rehearsals started to freak me out. I continued to write, but the couple of times that I pushed myself and found the courage to pitch for shows, I would break down during meetings. Finally, I gave up."
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Microsoft announced today that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 have been released to manufacturing. They are available for download now.
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In October, Scott Guthrie indicated that source code for the .NET Framework 3.5 will be released shortly after the framework itself is available.
MSDN subscribers can download Visual Studio and download the .NET Framework 3.5 today.
Nonetheless, Visual Studio 2008 is still slated to be part of Microsoft's big "marketing launch" at the end of February, 2008, along with Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008.


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1 g dried rosella, extra flowers for garnish
1 ½ oz Capitoline Rose Vermouth
¼ oz Baltimore Whisky Company Charles Street Apple Brandy
½ oz verjus
fresh alpine strawberries for garnish
1. Bring water to a boil. Place honey in a heat proof measuring glass. Place mint, Mexican mint marigold, rosella in a teapot. Pour ½ boiled water over honey, stir to dissolve, set aside, cool to room temperature. Pour remaining 400 g boiling water over fresh and dried herbs, steep for 4 minutes, strain, place in fridge to cool completely, set aside.
2. Wrap a large piece of ice in a kitchen towel. Using the back of a large wooden spoon, whack the ice cube 3-4 times to break it up. Transfer ice to a martini shaker. Add vermouth, apple brandy, verjus, ½ oz honey syrup, 2 oz tea. Shake contents till cold, about 30 seconds.
3. Strain liquid into high rimmed bowl or mug over a large piece of ice. Garnish with mint flowers, Mexican mint marigold flowers, a few rosella petals and 2-3 strawberries.


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Zona reticularis
Zona reticularis - Definition
It is the inmost tissue layer of the adrenal gland cortex.
Zona reticularis - Location
It is positioned immediately adjacent to the rearmost section of the brain, known as medulla. The Zona fasciculata and Zona glomerulosa, two other layers of the adrenal cortex, lie above this layer.
Zona reticularis - Appearance
The structure of this tissue layer is slightly different from that of Zona fasciculata. When compared with those of Zona fasciculate, the cells of this layer are observed to be smaller, less vacuolated and more irregular.
Zona reticularis - Function
It is mainly involved in synthesizing and secreting various sex work hormones that act as a replacement for gonadal hormones. It is also responsible for the production of Glucocorticoids.
It acts jointly with the Zona fasciculate.
Zona reticularis - Pictures
These images would help you get a detailed visual idea of this tissue layer.
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- Is your life at a defining moment and you're not sure what to do or who to turn to?
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Do you have that one room in your house that is always just a bit drab to look at? Before you put thousands into knocking down walls and buying new furniture, try changing up the color by painting the walls. Even just adding a freshly painted accent can spice up any room in a relatively cheap, simple, and efficient way. Here are a few options you can look into before beginning your weekend project:
Semi-Gloss: The Renaissance Man of paints, with its high durability against stains and wear and tear. Great for brightening up any room, but is best in the kitchen, a child's room, or the bathroom since it is easy to clean and can stand up to moisture.
Flat or Matte: Preferable in low-traffic rooms since it is not as stain resistant as other finishes. This paint helps to hide imperfections and help darker colors stand out.
Eggshell: The happy in-between of a matte finish and semi-gloss finish, making it the best option for living rooms and bedrooms. Take caution while using this finish because it acts as a highlighter to all of the dings and dents on a wall.
Satin: Looking for a precision paint for windows, doors and trims? Satin paint is the paint for you! Its soft finish helps differentiate from walls which are painted with an eggshell or matte finish. And while this paint is highly durable, it unfortunately does not offer as much protection as those paints with a shinier finish.
Low VOC: Perfect for those DIY-ers with a green thumb! Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are present in most paints, which release toxic gases into your home and create that less than pleasant "paint smell". Low VOC paint is a great way to go green and cut down on paint fumes.


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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A move by China's People's Liberation Army to clear debris and barricades left by anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday was initiated as a "voluntary community activity" by the military, a city spokesman said.
The spokesman said the city government did not request assistance from the PLA, which has stayed confined to its garrison during months of protests that have gripped Hong Kong.
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On Saturday 19th March, The Pet Food Shop on Croft Road in Crowborough will be offering you the opportunity to have your dog microchipped for just £15.
From 6th April 2016 it will be compulsory for all dogs over 8-weeks old to be microchipped. The new legislation has been introduced by the Government to reduce the number of strays and also to make it easier to re-unite lost pets with their owners.
Sally Wallace who volunteers for Many Tears Rescue, who has a training certificate, will be carrying-out the implants, and AVID MicroChips, a leading supplier of pet microchip products, are supplying the microchips at a special low price. The cost includes initial registration to the PETtrac database.
A microchip is approximately the size of a grain of rice and is inserted under the skin on the scuff of the neck in a similar fashion to a vaccination injection. All lost animals that are bought into vets, police and animal rescue centres are routinely scanned for a microchip.
If your dog is not chipped or your contact details are not kept up-to-date you face a fine of up to £500. So if you move or your details change make sure you update them within 21 days.
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As part of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new legal framework for handling and protecting the personal data of European Union residents coming into effect on May 25, 2018. We have updated our privacy policy to give you more information about the data we collect, how we use it and your rights in relation to it.
The Hair and Beauty Company is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors to its website. This privacy policy explains how we collect, store and use personal data about you when you browse www.thehairandbeautycompany.ie or www.shop.thehairandbeautycompany.ie (the "Website"/"Websites"), shop with us or provide your personal data to us. These terms will apply regardless of how the Websites are accessed and will cover any technologies or devices by which The Hair and Beauty Company makes its Websites available to you. It provides you with details about the types of personal data that we collect from you, how we use your personal data and the rights you have to control our use of your personal data.
You must read this privacy policy carefully and we recommend that you print and retain a copy for your future reference. By accessing, browsing or otherwise using this Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to this privacy policy in its entirety. If you do not agree to this privacy policy in its entirety, you must not use this Website.
Who we are
The Hair and Beauty Company is a company registered in Ireland (Company number 535567) whose registered office is at Unit 116, Eyre Square Shopping Centre, Eyre Square, Galway, Co. Galway, Ireland. Registered VAT number is IE3233529CH.
We respect your right to privacy and will only process personal data you provide to us in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and GDPR privacy laws.
In this privacy policy references to "we", "us" and "our" are to The Hair and Beauty Company. References to "our Websites" or "Websites" are to www.thehairandbeautycompany.ie or www.shop.thehairandbeautycompany.ie
If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use personal data, or if you have any other privacy-related questions, please contact us by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Collected Information
The personal information we collect about you:
When you make purchases from The Hair and Beauty Company, we may collect the following personal data about you:
- Any personal details you knowingly provided to us through account application form, registration form, draw ticket, telephone or email, such as name, address, telephone number, email address etc.
- Your billing and delivery address provided during the purchase
- Your online user name. We DO NOT store your account password.
- Where and when you placed your order with us
- Location information and IP address.
- Your browsing and online shopping activities recorded through the cookies. More information regarding cookie policy can be found in your browser in "help" facility and below.
- Your communication and shopping preference (eg you would like to be contacted by email and prefer getting only hair offers).
- We DO NOT store your PayPal or card details on our website. We will share transaction data with our Payment Services Providers only to process or refund your payment and deal with complaints and queries related to the payments and refunds.
- We use cookies on our website. Those cookies are not strictly necessary but we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
- If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will automatically be removed.
- Most browsers can be programmed to reject, or warn you before downloading cookies. More information regarding cookie policy may be found in your browser in the "help" facility
Why we may collect, store and process your personal data
- To provide you with the content which is tailored to your individual preference
- To maintain any registered account that you hold with us.
- With your agreement, to contact you (by post, SMS and/or email) about promotions, products and services which we think may interest you.
- For customer satisfaction improvement and market research purposes
- For analysis, testing, monitoring, risk management and administrative purposes
- To provide our goods and services to you and for associated purposes, including verifying your identity
- For any related purposes, or where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (including crime and fraud prevention and any other related illegal actions).
In addition, we may collect anonymous details about visitors to our Website to generate statistics or reports. Please note: no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymous details we store for this purposes.
Information Usage
Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effected from May 25, 2018, Data Protection Act 1988 and other applicable laws. Details we collect:
- We will not disclose, sell or rent your personal data to any third parties unless necessary due to legal actions.
- We may share the information we collect like name, address, phone number and email address with our nominated delivery company. This will happen when you place an order on our Trade or Retail website and choose option "delivery" to get your stock.
- During payment you are forwarded to our Payment Providers like Paypal or GlobalPayment. They have their own privacy policy and we are not responsible for data usage during the payment process. Please note processing your information by our PSP is required to comply your purchase with a legal obligation.
- If you choose "contact us" or "email us" option to send your query, we require your name, email and the phone number. We will keep your contact form for 1 year for customer service purpose. We will not use the submitted information for any marketing purposes unless it is requested by you.
- In certain cases we may use your email address to send information about other products, services or special offers by our mailing system. This happens only if you agree to get marketing materials from us or signed up for our newsletter online. You always have an option to opt in/out from our texting and/or mailing system.
- Your online account data (name, contact details etc.) may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you.
- If you open the new online account on our Trade or Retail website or place an order, you will automatically be contacted by email in order to finalize your activity. The legal basis for this processing is to allow you to purchase products on both our websites and finalise your order with delivery and/or taking steps, at your request.
- We may use third parties like website hosting, SMS and email providers to carry out certain activities, such as processing and sorting data, monitoring website usage and sending promotional materials. Third parties will not be allowed to use our customer data for their own purposes. Please note: all third party companies that we are using, are subject to their own Customer Data Protection Regulations and may vary to ours.
- We may process data, activity and customer behaviour ("usage data"). This may include IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is to monitor and improve our website and services.
Please Note: to provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, Google developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser option.
- We may process information related to transactions, including purchases of goods and services that you entered through our website. The transaction data may include your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is that you placed your order on our website and by doing that automatically agreed to enter into a sale contract with us.
- We may process any contact form or emails ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include any registration confirmations, contact us forms, special order forms, order confirmations or any other notifications from our website related to your activities like for eg restore password. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
- We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely, the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others. We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests and the proper protection of our business against risks. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in The Hair and Beauty Company privacy policy, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.
Your Rights
According to the GDPR Regulations you have control over your personal information and how it is collected, used, and shared. Your rights are:
- The right to ask what personal data we hold about you at any time. You can do that by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com . You will receive a response within 21 days.
- The right to ask to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you.
- You can update your online account and edit some of your personal data, through "my-account" page at any time.
- You can download a copy of your website invoices and orders from your online account. Please note: your in-store invoices and orders applies to the store data and are not available online. You can request them by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
- The right to opt-out of any marketing communications that we may send you.
- You can request to erase or block your personal data in our systems. To do that, please email email@example.com or fill in the application form available on our website. We will process your application within 40 days from the date of your request. We may have additional questions regarding your request.
- The right to request from us to cease processing your personal data where such processing is likely to cause substantial distress or damage.
- For more information on your right to control and access your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Officer by email at email@example.com or post
Data Protection Officer, The Hair and Beauty Company, Unit 10, Ballybane Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Co. Galway.
Storing Your Data
- We will not retain your data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.
- Different retention periods apply for different types of data.
- The longest we will hold any personal data is 7 years if you won't request us to delete them earlier.
We are storing your data in digital form on our hosting server.
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
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We secured our website to prevent data breach with security software. Your passwords are encrypted; security measures such as two-factor authentication; and measures such as staff training in data protection.
We will never ask you to provide your full account or card details via email or text. We may ask you a question about the transaction if it seems to be suspicious, but we will never request full details from you. This is to protect you from fraud. If you receive an email or text claiming to be The Hair and Beauty Company asking you for the full details, please ignore it and do not respond.
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Updates to this Policy
Our privacy policy was last amended in May 2018. Please check this page regularly to find out about updates to the policy.


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Frequency response estimate via filtering
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L)
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L,param1,value1,param2,value2,...)
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L,opts)
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L) estimates
the frequency response of a filter System
A set of input data is filtered and then forming the ratio between
output data and input data. The test input data comprises sinusoids
with uniformly distributed random frequencies.
Use this technique for comparing the performance of fixed-point filters to that of another filter type. You can, for example, compare fixed—point frequency response estimate to that of a similar filter that uses quantized coefficients, but applies floating-point arithmetic internally. Such comparison determines whether the fixed-point filter performance closely matches the floating-point, quantized coefficients version of the filter.
L is the number of trials to use to compute
the estimate. If you do not specify this value,
L defaults
to 10. More trials generates a more accurate estimate of the response,
but require more time to compute the estimate.
h is the estimate of the complex frequency
w contains the vector of frequencies
at which
h is estimated.
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L,param1,value1,param2,value2,...) uses
parameter value (PV) pairs as input arguments to specify optional
parameters for the test. These parameters are the valid PV pairs.
Enter the parameter names as input arguments in single quotation marks.
The following table provides valid parameters for
[h, w].
Parameter Name
Default Value
Number of FFT points to use.
Indicate whether to use normalized frequency or linear
frequency. Values are
Specify the sampling frequency when
Specify the spectrum range to be used as
Specify whether to set the center of the spectrum to
the DC value in the output plot. If you select
|Analyze the filter System
object, based on the arithmetic
specified in the
ARITH input.
ARITH can
be set to
single, or
The analysis tool assumes a double-precision filter when the arithmetic
input is not specified and the filter System
object is in an unlocked
freqrespest requires knowledge of the input
data type. Analysis cannot be performed if the input data type is
not available. If you do not specify the
Arithmetic parameter,
i.e., use the syntax
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj) ,
then the following rules apply for this method:
The System
object state is
Unlocked —
freqrespest performs
double precision analysis.
The System
object state is
Locked —
freqrespest performs
analysis based on the locked input data type.
When you do specify the
Arithmetic parameter,
i.e., use the syntax
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,'Arithmetic',
ARITH), review the following rules for this method. Which
rule applies depends on the value you set for the
Arithmetic parameter.
|System Object State
ARITH = 'double'
freqrespest performs double-precision analysis.
freqrespest performs double-precision analysis.
ARITH = 'single'
freqrespest performs single-precision analysis.
freqrespest performs single-precision analysis.
ARITH = 'fixed'
freqrespest produces an error because the
fixed-point input data type is unknown.
|If the input data type is double or single, then
freqrespest produces
an error because the fixed-point input data type is unknown.
|When the input data is of fixed-point type,
freqrespest performs
analysis based on the locked input data type.
The following Filter System objects are supported by this analysis function:
|Filter System objects
[h,w] = freqrespest(sysobj,L,opts) uses
an object,
opts, to specify the optional input
parameters. This specification is not done directly by specifying
PV pairs as input arguments. Create
opts with
opts = freqrespopts(sysobj);
opts is an object, you use
set to change the parameter values in
opts before
you use it with
freqrespest. For example, you could
specify a new sample rate with
set(opts,'fs',48e3); % Same as opts.fs=48e3
freqrespest(sysobj,...) with
no output argument launches FVTool.
freqrespest can also compute the frequency
response of double-precision floating filters. Such filters cannot
be converted to transfer-function form without introducing significant
round off errors which affect the
freqz frequency
response computation. Examples of these kinds of filters include state-space
or lattice filters, especially if they are high-order filters.
This example shows to how to estimate the frequency response of a fixed-point FIR filter.
firFilt = design(fdesign.lowpass(.4,.5,1,60),'equiripple','Systemobject',true); dataIn = fi(randn(16,15),1,16,15); dataOut = firFilt(dataIn); %#ok [h,w] = freqrespest(firFilt); %#ok % This should be about the same as freqz. release(firFilt);
Continuing with filter
firFilt, change
FullPrecisionOverride to
false and then specify the word lengths and precision (the fraction lengths) applied to the output from internal addition and multiplication operations. After you set the word and fraction lengths, use
freqrespest to compute the frequency response estimate for the fixed-point filter.
firFilt.FullPrecisionOverride = false; firFilt.ProductDataType = 'Custom'; firFilt.CustomProductDataType = numerictype(1,16,15); firFilt.AccumulatorDataType = 'Custom'; firFilt.CustomAccumulatorDataType = numerictype(1,16,15); firFilt.OutputDataType = 'Same as accumulator'; dataOut = firFilt(dataIn); [h,w] = freqrespest(firFilt,2); [h2,w2] = freqz(firFilt,512); plot(w/pi,20*log10(abs([h,h2]))) legend('Frequency response estimated by filtering',... 'Freq. response computed by quantizing coefficients only'); xlabel('Normalized Frequency (\times\pi rad/sample)') ylabel('Magnitude (dB)')
freqrespopts |
freqz |
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Today is the Sabbath of medicine
We have gathered all the little pill bottles
in the sanctuary of the kitchen table,
lined them up like good parishioners.
Together we tell them when it is their turn.
You hold the list and can't pronounce
the names quite like you used to.
I find myself correcting. We count
the number and the milligrams, cross-
checking one another. This is our daily
bread now, the plastic box, its tidy slots
where each one rests, the white, the pink,
the blue. We are thankful we have enough.
Glad Walmart pharmacy provides.
That the refills have arrived.
Cardiology, transplant, psychiatry –
anti-coagulation, the latest of the clinics.
We are practicing gratitude in the belly
of America – on this day of rest. You
live here in your wheelchair now, your
eighteen meds keep you alive. You still
have your Medicare and Medicaid,
my prayers & curses floating like fluff
out the subsidized apartment window,
Norway maple flowers junking asphalt ,
with hard green buds, new lilac blooming
somehow smelling like bereavement
or grace, I cannot tell the difference.
Dear garden shed
After Matthew Olzmann
(April) Just now, the tallest trees above you do a crane dance in the storm light as if the uppermost branches could take off and fly down the boulevard out to the river. Tonight I do not want to be alone. Can we gather in you – out of the weather with the field mice, the fat squirrels? I could turn the plastic buckets upside down for seats. Your smell is like my grandfather's cellar, the old barn: grease, soil, dried parts of ground – grasses and leaves. Sweet & dry. No wonder I want to live in you.
(June) Lately, I have had these thoughts about transformation. Carrot tops curl into the sink like green salamanders. What is found under rocks. Or what contains me, my skin. What I have taken for granted. What I hide under, or in. Shedding my skin, shedding my fears. The other day when I went to water the garden, there was a cicada carcass attached to the underside of a cucumber leaf. How weird is that, to be able to just leave behind your skin and grow another? I wish we humans could have changeable skin, like hair color. Talk about walking in someone else's shoes. Were I green as katydid, brown as grasshopper, my life would change irrevocably. What I would learn.
(September) What of risk, garden shed? Envision these baby acorns or hickory nuts littering your backyard. So early, they aren't fully formed, but here they come. Only babies are supposed to flail themselves to earth, but suppose all of us did, regularly? Wouldn't we be happier? I just know that feeling of falling to the ground, believing it will hold you. What else feels the same way? My sisters and brother and I used to regularly fling ourselves off trees, swings, down grassy knolls, knowing we would land. Not knowing how lucky we were.
(December) Shed, this odd & ugly winter, we have left you open. The squirrels gnawed their way in, leaving doors in the sideboards, little passageways. My father says every living being needs the same thing – harbor, somewhere soft to rest for the night. He lets the honey bees live in the chimney, flying squirrels in the plaster walls. So, come red ones, black and grey, orange acrobat, catapulting off the oak leaf hydrangea like a cannon. Hang upside down from the feeder; eat until you are full. Tiny creatures, make your nest in some warm dry hollow, tarpaulin or garden pot. It is winter in our country & we are afraid. Dear garden shed, we have opened your borders & taken down the fence.


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Kate Henshaw is ready to make a change.
In July, news went viral that the Nollywood actress was contesting for a seat in the Federal House of Representatives in her state Cross River.
In a quick chat with Sahara TV, she discusses her new career path. When asked if she is quitting acting for good, the mum of 1 says she is taking a break to serve the greater path of the society for just 8 years and will go back to acting.
She also made reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger, an actor turned Governor of California. Kate says she plans to go in there make noise and "leave when the ovation is loudest"
On plans to financially compete with people who have been in politics for years, she adds "I can't match people who have been there for 20, 30 years, I am going with God and my heart."


text: Scholarships don't have to be boring and based on your good grades. In fact, there are some pretty weird scholarships out there, and we've combined them into a list to help you find some of the oddest ways to earn money for college. Do you have blue eyes? Are you left-handed? Do you have a love for zombies? Are you a master card player? Cash in and check out some of the weird scholarships below.


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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
The Marxio Brothers are a group that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. They are a trio of villainous electricians and are closely allied with Dr. Robotnik's dictatorship of planet Mobius. In particular, they run his various casino and carnival zones.
Concept and creation
The Marxio Brothers were created by Nigel Kitching and Richard Elson. Some of the publication's earliest parody characters, they are based partly on the stage personas of Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx respectively of the early 20th century comedian group known as the Marx Brothers, and partly on the video game icons of Super Mario Bros..
The Marxio Brothers debuted in 1994, at a time when Sega and Nintendo were major rivals in the video game industry.
The Marxio Brothers were three electricians who came from 'Super Marxio World', a place they are terrified of (most likely poking fun at the 'horror' of being in a Mario or Nintendo game and not a Sonic universe). It is implied that they were brought out of this world to Mobius by Doctor Robotnik, after which they worked to run his 'commercial ventures'.[1]
Ruled by Robotnik
In their first appearance, they were in charge of the Casino Night Zone for Robotnik. Chicio rigged all of the games in the zone to be unwinnable and they used a massive statue of Robotnik to hypnotise Mobians into becoming compulsive gamblers. When Robotnik learned through his spy network that Sonic the Hedgehog planned to make a raid on the Zone, he ordered the Marxio Brothers to make sure Sonic failed. They did manage to capture Sonic and Porker Lewis, and tie them to the roller coaster.[1] However, Sonic was able to free them. Sonic managed to keep the Marxios occupied while Porker reprogrammed the zone's master computer so that all games always paid out, then destroyed the hypnotising Robotnik statue.[2]
After Robotnik discovered the legendary Floating Island was real (by crash-landing on it),[3] he assigned the Marxio Brothers to build and manage a new theme park on the island as a money-maker: the Carnival Night Zone.[4] When Knuckles discovered it, Grouchio managed to convince him that Robotnik wasn't involved (they had merely purchased the patrolling Trooper Badniks from him) and that they would cut Knuckles in on the profits, with which he could renovate some of the older Zones on the island.[5] They tried and failed to kill him by means of a booby-trapped roller coaster, in the process convincing him to let them stay ("I loved the ride!").[6] They attempted to keep him busy as the park's "marketing consultant", and away from Robotnik's plans. However, when he insisted on leaving to destroy Robotnik's Launch Base Zone, Chicio let slip that they did indeed work for Robotnik, and the Marxios were forced to fight him.[7] When the guests started to arrive, they tried to keep Knuckles busy with a Badnik attack until the civilians were inside, knowing that he couldn't destroy the zone if innocent people were in there.[8] Nevertheless, Knuckles destroyed the Badniks and then struck a fault-line in the ground before the guests entered the park, splitting the Carnival Night Zone away from the rest of the Floating Island and dropping it to the surface of Mobius far below.[9]
Post-Ruled by Robotnik
Following Robotnik's removal from power, the Marxio Brothers convinced the Mobian authorities that Robotnik had duped them and were able to buy the Chemical Plant Zone, with the intent of making it environmentally friendly. They called Sonic in because of a problem that they felt might cause the zone to detonate, which turned out to be Megatox;[10] whether or not this was a deliberate trap for Sonic is left unknown, though the Marxios denied it.[11]
- The Marxio Brothers star in a series of Mobian video games, although Sonic is not a fan - "who cares about the adventures of three electricians?"[12]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Comic #18, "Casino Night, Part 1"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #19, "Casino Night, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Summer Special (1994), "Guardian of the Chaos Emeralds"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #39, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 1"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #40, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #41, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 3"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #42, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 4"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #43, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 5"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #44, "Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 6"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #114, "Crisis in the Chemical Plant Zone, Part 1"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #115, "Crisis in the Chemical Plant Zone, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #26, "The Sonic Terminator, Part 3"


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Burn Index: High
Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service has lifted the burn ban effective May 8, 2020. The current burn hazard index is set to high. Please use extreme caution when burning and take precautions to prevent the spread of fire.
Open air burning
Kawartha Lakes By-Law 2016-110 outlines all open air burning regulations in the City. You must meet these requirements when burning:
- fires cannot be lit during burn bans
- fires cannot be lit during smog alerts
- weather conditions must be good for clearing smoke
- fires may not be lit when wind causes unsafe conditions
- fires must be supervised by an adult at all times
- fires must be fully extinguished at the completion of a burn event
- equipment for controlling and extinguishing fires must be available at the burn location
- clean dry wood is the only material that may be burned
- painted wood, leaves, grass clippings, garbage and other materials may not be burned
- flying lanterns may not be sold or used within the City
If all of the above requirements are met and the fire is no larger than 60 cm in diameter you will not need a burn permit. The fire area must be at least 15 m from any buildings including sheds or detached garages and 5 m from trees, brush piles, property lines, fences and combustible materials.
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There are different types of permits for open air burning. You must get permits with "special" in the title through the Fire Prevention Division. You can get all other permits by visiting your nearest Municipal Service Centre, library branch or fire station.
All burn events must be conducted at least 5 m from trees, brush piles or any other combustible materials. The fire area must be at least 15 m from any buildings including sheds and detached garages. Some types of permits may require the Fire Service to conduct a site visit. It can take up to seven business days for you to receive a site visit.
Regular burn permit
2020 Cost: $11.00
Annual regular burn permit
2020 Cost: $54.00
Special burn permit
2020 Cost: $22.00
Long term special burn permit
2020 Cost: $43.00
Agricultural burn permit
2020 Cost: $22.00
Agricultural special burn permit
2020 Cost: $43.00
Campgrounds, trailer parks and tourist camps
If you own a campground, trailer park or tourist camp you must get an annual permit for campfires within your facility. You can do this by contacting the City Licensing Officer.
Burn barrels
Burn barrels are permitted under the following conditions:
- burn barrel is not used in a built up area
- barrel must be constructed of metal and be in good condition
- a heavy duty screen with mesh not greater than 7 mm is placed on top of the barrel
- holes must be punched in the side of the barrel
- steel rods or pipe must be placed through the holes to hold burning material up and allow a fast burn
- the ground must be cleared and free of vegetation in a 2 m radius around the barrel
- draft holes at the bottom of the barrel are no larger than 2.5 cm in diameter
Application For Permit - Public Display of Fireworks
You need a permit to sell fireworks and perform a public display of fireworks within Kawartha Lakes as part of Firework By-Law 2007-236. You do not need a permit to use consumer fireworks. Requirements to follow when using consumer fireworks include:
- children shall not discharge fireworks
- children may us a sparkler under the supervision of an adult
- fireworks may not be discharged into any motor vehicle, building or structure
- you must get written permission from the owner to discharge fireworks on property you do not own
- fireworks shall be discharged a minimum of 30 m from any structure or property line
- fireworks may not be discharged closer than 100 m from a church, school, residential care facility or place where explosives are sold or stored
- fireworks may not be discharged during a burn ban
- fireworks shall be discharged in accordance with the manufacturer's directions
- fireworks are not to be discharged on municipal lands without authorization
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