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Lifecycle Events & Simchas
The most important part of synagogue life is having a community to support you during your most exciting and most difficult life moments. Our clergy are here to ensure you are prepared for these important lifecycle events:
B'nai Mitzvah (Teen & Adult)
Temple Aliyah is known for the way in which b'nai mizvah children (and adults) are involved in their b'nai mitzvah services. Our clergy prepares each individual to conduct prayers, read from the Torah, chant the Haftorah and deliver their own special interpretation of what their Torah portion has taught them ethically. Parents participate in the services, and speak to their child about the important Jewish meaning of this lifecycle moment.
Weddings/Auf Rufs
Everybody loves a wedding, especially at Temple Aliyah. An auf ruf celebrates the upcoming marriage with both bride and groom receiving special blessings from the Rabbi and the entire congregation before the Torah. Wedding ceremonies can be held in the sanctuary or outdoors. Wedding dinners, buffets, and luncheons my be catered by your choice from our panel of approved caterers and prepared in our own kosher kitchen.
Baby Namings/Brit Milah
One of our most joyous religious events is the giving of a Jewish name to our new babies. Special prayers are said for the parents and babies. Baby namings can be held at either Friday night or Shabbat morning services, or at a special private ceremony and celebration. Our clergy gladly take part in the Brit Milah (religious circumcision) ceremonies of male children on the eighth day (with the assistance of a mohel, of course). Click here for information about facility rentals for your simcha.
One of the most sacred of Jewish duties is to comfort and assist the bereaved. We can help with arrangements at all local Jewish cemeteries. Volunteers from Women of Aliyah visit the home while the family is at the funeral and set up the Meal of Consolation and other items necessary for the Shiva. Our Community of Caring is there to also provide comfort and support. And, of course, our Clergy is there for you as always.
Jews by Choice/Conversion
Many individuals who seek a spiritual home find Judaism attractive. At Temple Aliyah we welcome all seekers to explore what Judaism offers. We recognize that conversion to Judaism represents a challenging, powerful, and transformative undertaking and we are honored to offer our assistance during the journey. We understand that conversion represents a choice that must be made by an individual of his or her own free will.


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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Energy shift
Bonjour Friends
Everything is Energy: spiritual teachings and science have agreed on it already.
For that reason, just like a radio does, some people can tune into the vibration emanating from a person or a place.
Empaths like myself will even share stories of objects "talking" to them and, how being in contact with someone, something or someplace triggers flow of emotions and images.
Now, if you were to ask me, I'll simply say:"The same way, one hair can give us the genetic code of a whole being; an object or a place can share its story as we scan its spiritual DNA".
However, there is another fact which spirituality and science agreed upon: object are of a lower vibration.
As a matter of fact, human beings are the only one with the unique divine spark also called: "Free-will".
Free-will has been define as the inner program of choice which makes us "The Creator" of our reality.
However, it's also the same free-will, that makes us analyse every situations and put us in the center of the inner battle between: Certainty and Doubt, Proactive and Reactive...
Now, let's imagine just for fun (but also to learn something about our nature) that we all had this choice.
Suddenly, we might hear a puzzle screaming at a kid: "Why are you breaking me into pieces?", "What have I done to you?", "Life is just not fair!"
Funny!? Right!?
As late Eli Kakou, a french comic would have say in his North African accent:" Faut rigoler!!! Aka we must laugh!!!"
Laughing, including at ourselves, is actually not only very therapeutic but a great tool for clarity as well!
How often do we take life too seriously?
We not only imprint ourselves we those "bad feelings" as we do, but also everything and everyone around us.
In "YOU are the ANSWER", a book that I am reading those days, Michael J. Tamura the author shares something very powerful saying:" you can acknowledge having a feeling of sadness, anger...but you don't have to be it!
Instead, you can remember that you're also a fulfilled spirit and while feeling the sadness, anger etc... Choose to be happy!"
Essential reminder (because we often forget!):
The purpose of our incarnated life is: "To earn the Light of fulfillment by overcoming our reactive nature: Choosing to shift our energy to its divine mode instead!"
Love & Light always, Ilanit.
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Unusual Ancient Tombs Discovered in Philippine Jungleby Erin 24/09/2012 10:54:00 0 comments 1903 Views
An ancient village that could be over 1000-years-old has been found in the Philippines, complete with stone tombs unlike any others previously found in the island nation.
Associated Press reports that scientists found the ancient village on Mount Kamhantik in Quezon province, and first began excavating last year.
What's different about this ancient settlement?
These ancient Filipinos buried their dead in rectangular graved carved out of limestone outcroppings, indicating they had more advanced technology than was previously believed, says AP, using metal tools to work the stone.
Ancient Filipinos were only known to use wooden coffins before this most recent discovery was made.
The excavation, taking place near the small town of Mulaney, is likely to promise more interesting discoveries,archeologists told AP.
The tombs aren't the only curious burial practices practiced in the Philippines: there's also the famous hanging coffins of Sagada in the island nation's Echo Valley, where local people traditionally elevate the coffins of their dead on rocky cliffs.
However, Radio Netherlands reports that the archeological site has been thoroughly picked over by tomb raiders, who removed many of the human remains and valuable artifacts from the limestone tombs. T
The ancient Balinese also used stone sarcophagi to bury their dead, as evidenced by this video.


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I'm still sick.
I really sook about being unwell, which is very uncool considering – at worst – I have a cold and maybe a chest infection. There are billions of people in the world doing it tougher than I am right now. So now I'm feeling unwell AND guilty 😦
It's hard when you are working towards a goal and get sick though. I'm struggling to eat enough (or at all) but my weight is still sitting up on my last check-in weight. Almost a kilo up Nervous about tomorrow now too.
I trained a couple of days ago and that went okay. It stole all my energy for nearly two days though and I've decided to hold off on my next session until I pick up a bit.
I also have the niggling fear that being sick is my body sending me warning signs. I've said before that my health tends to break down fairly quickly and I'm always watching for it now. The Captain, in his husbandly wisdom, doesn't think it's anything to be worried about. And if I can think reasonably, I agree. I'm not run-down. I'm eating a great amount of good quality food. I'm nowhere near over-trained. And I'm sleeping more (or at least going to bed much earlier) than I do when left to my own devices.
I just need this erkiness to bugger-off so I can get back to feeling okay.
But today is Sunday. And Sunday means a frozen-yoghurt date with my kids. So I'm going to wrap up warm, paint some normal looking face back on and go have some fun.
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Concussions can't be seen, only their symptoms can be detected. That makes these injuries among the trickest in sports medicine to diagnose. And when the symptoms are vague, or minimized by a motivated athlete. the signs can escape attention entirely.
But new medical research is finding that concussion-related damage does occur at a microscopic level, according to physicians at a sports medicine conference in downtown San Diego. And as more sophisticated methods are deployed, brain damage is being found even in milder injuries that now don't rate as concussions.
The hope is that such findings can eventually be used to develop diagnostic tests to more definitively detect the often-subtle damage that over decades can lead to major and irreversible brain damage.
Concussions can damage individual neurons by breaking axons and dendrites, which transmit signals from cell to cell, said Julian E. Bailes, co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute in Chicago. He spoke at a panel on concussion held by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, which is holding its convention in downtown San Diego.
This brain damage is usually repaired with rest and time, said Bailes, a neurological consultant to the NFL Players' Association. But repeated concussions, even those considered mild, can cause more permanent damage, such as by triggering a self-destruct process in damaged cells known as apoptosis, or programmed cell death.
Going back to playing before full recovery makes such events more likely.
Over the long term, the damage can lead to the build-up of cellular debris, an abnormal variety of what's called tau protein. This is similar to what's found in the autopsied brains of Alzheimer's patients, Bailes said.
"You also see these neuritic threads, which are remnants of old connecting fibers of the brain," Bailes said. "I look at this tau as sort of sludge ... that clogs up the cell, it can't work right," Bailes said. "These are two of the three diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's ."
"With repetitive, mild injury, there can be not only cellular damage, but damage to the structural parts of the brain, the connecting fibers," Bailes said. "I've come to think it may not be so much hitting your head, it's the motion of the brain inside the skull."
Repeated concussions increase the risk of future and more severe concussions, he said. A study of NCAA players showed that players sustaining three concussions had triple the risk of future problems.
"Each concussion takes longer to recover," Bailes said. Football players who had three more more concussions also have a higher change of being diagnosed with impaired thinking in their retirement.
Football players face special difficulties with retirement because they're still young. Those who suffer cognitive impairment from brain injury show a pattern of failed relationships, business ventures and depression. Some turn violent, and may kill family members, commit suicide, or both, Bailes said.
In San Diego, the effects of such culmulative damage were highlighted last year when former Chargers linebackerJunior Seau killed himself at the age of 43. Seau had been acting erratically for some time; in October 2010 Seau was arrested on a domestic violence charge, then crashed his vehicle after being released from jail.
Posthumous tests gave Seau a diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Bailes and neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu identified the first evidence for CTE in 2002.
To stop such tragedies, sports physicians are trying to detect the hidden effects of concussive and "sub-concussive" damage in time for treatment and to prevent further damage.
Some progress has been made toward detecting this damage, but more research is needed, said Dr, Matthew Gammons, a concussion expert with the Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic & Killington Medical Clinic.
Running a variety of tests on those suspected of concussion appears to help detect subtle symptoms, Gammons said. But the results aren't consistent.
"The more information we have seems to improve our ability to protect," Gammons said.
"We run a ski clinic in the wintertime, so we see lots and lots of concussions. When the person comes in and is clearly concussed, that's easy. They've been knocked out, they can't remember.
The real problem is diagnosing those with "vague" symptoms, he said. Extensive testing helps, but not reliably.
"Sometimes it really becomes more clear and sometimes it actually just becomes more muddy," Gammons said of running batteries of tests. "They do well on some and don't do well on others."
The problem then becomes which test results to believe in.
Attempts to perform biochemical tests to find evidence of brain injury have so far proven inconclusive, Gammons said.
"There's certain markers in the blood people look at post-brain injury. At this point they have not correlated well to concussion," Gammons said. "That just goes into the fact that we don't completely understand the forces in concussion."


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D. Lu, X. Gong, and W. Qiao, "Current-based diagnosis for gear tooth breaks in wind turbine gearboxes," in Proceedings of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2012 (ECCE 2012), Raleigh, NC, USA, Sept. 15-20, 2012, pp. 3780-3786.
(First Prize of the 2012 Best Paper Awards of the IEEE IAS Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems Committee).
Gearbox faults constitute a significant portion of all faults and downtime in wind turbines (WTs). Current-based gearbox fault diagnosis has significant advantages over traditional vibration-based techniques in terms of cost, implementation, and reliability. This paper derives a mathematical model for a WT drive train consisting of a twostage gearbox and a permanent magnet (PM) generator, from which the characteristic frequencies of gear tooth breaks in generator stator current frequency spectra are clearly identified. A adaptive signal resampling algorithm is proposed to convert the variable fault characteristic frequencies to constant values for WTs running at variable speeds. A fault detector is proposed for diagnosis of gear tooth breaks using statistical analysis on the fault signatures extracted from the stator current spectra. Experimental results on a real gearbox are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed model and method for diagnosis of gear tooth breaks.


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Stringbabies in schools & academies
Current partners: Surrey Arts, St James C of E Primary, Cornwall Music Service Trust, Natomas Music Square, Radnor House, The Oxfordshire County Music Service, Copthorne Preparatory School, East Ayrshire Instrumental Service, Fiveways Ryde School, Hull Music Hub, Viva Musica Academy,
Many music services & teachers are looking for a well structured approach to teaching stringed instruments to young children in schools & studios, especially in view of the National Plan for Music Education. They want a holistic package that leads to:
- proficient playing
- sight-reading & note literacy
- singing, rhythmic & aural skills
- composition skills
- ensemble skills
- musical/technical development on stringed instruments
- leaves the children eager to learn more
Developed for teaching children in groups and one to one, we have found that the Stringbabies method works extremely well in schools as well as private practice. Obviously there will be differences in style when teaching children in these different environments but the essence is the same and the results are just as excellent.
Stringbabies has been used with success in large and small groups and even for mixed classes of different stringed instruments!
The benefits of Stringbabies are being experienced by Surrey Arts and Music Cornwall. Music teachers have been trained, in-house, in Stringbabies, and have been using the system in their schools to great effect for several years.
[Kay and Music Cornwall teachers: training day]
Other music services have become partners and have started the training process while others are investigating the possibilities of using Stringbabies within their curriculum.
[Here are links about Stringbabies partnerships on the Surrey Arts and BBC websites - though we are not actually named in the latter. You can phone Surrey Arts directly on 01372 832912 - they are very happy to talk about Stringbabies!. There is also a very nice extended article on the ISM website.]
We are very happy to work with any music service to develop a programme to suite your needs.
Individual schools, conservatoires and studios
Stringbabies partnerships are not limited to music services. Music departments of individual schools & conservatoires and studios are all most welcome to become partners. If your organisation is involved in teaching stringed instruments to children then you should investigate further!
Stringbabies offers clear benefits to teachers and the children alike:
- use of proven structured methodology, with training and materials for teachers and for parents
- enjoyable for teachers and pupils
- children learn to play, sing, compose and sight-read conventional music notation without fuss
- children have a great foundation for moving on musically
- helpful for some special needs children
Feedback about Stringbabies in a partnership
Yvonne Rees: Surrey County Council Strategic Director for Customers and Communities - "The children learn so much during Stringbabies' lessons, both musically and personally. Stringbabies offers potential life changing opportunities for children providing developmental skills at such a young age, through fun and enjoyable activities that encourage children's personal and social skills, fine motor skills and musical development. I really enjoyed watching the session - it made me feel both humble but also inspired to learn and play an instrument. Keep up this inspirational programme".
What we offer
We are pleased to offer a Stringbabies partnership scheme that is appropriate for music services and for music departments. The scheme is run on a per teacher basis. You decide how many staff will require training. We offer:
- on-site training days - at a venue of your choice
- books at significant discount
- use of the Stringbabies trademarks in your literature/websites for agreed school[s]
How to implement a Stringbabies program
Stringbabies can be examined and then introduced gradually, as you become convinced of its value. Here is how it can be undertaken by a music service:
- start with an introduction day to see if Stringbabies suits your teachers - you can discuss how it works and how to implement Stringbabies in the school[s].
- if you decide to go ahead, we have a suitable legal agreement ready for use.
- implement a pilot study at a single school.
- implement at multiple schools [if appropriate].
All the information about partnerships is available as in PDF format. Please contact Kay to be sent a copy.
How to proceed
Please feel free to contact Kay to discuss any aspect of Stringbabies and partnerships.


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The Art of Recovery
Two ski racers have near-fatal crashes. Both are told they will never ski again. That's where the similarities end as two new books describe the lives of Austrian superstar Hermann Maier and U.S. downhiller Bill Johnson.
Hermann Maier's autobiography (with Knut Okresek),The Race of My Life (Velo Press), follows the fanatical—and inspiring— dedication that enabled Austria's most popular athlete to recover from motorcycle-crash injuries and win ski races again on a leg held together with a titanium rod.
Jennifer Woodlief's Ski To Die: The Bill Johnson Story (Emmis Books) tells the cautionary tale of the 1984 Olympic downhill gold medalist's failure to rehabilitate himself physically, spiritually and morally, and his bottoming out after suffering a head injury five years ago while attempting to return to racing at age 40.
Maier, who finds a role model in Lance Armstrong, stationary-biked 6,000 miles and lifted more than 800 tons to rehabilitate his legs. Johnson, on the other hand, found physical therapy boring and replaced it with drinking and smoking. Two champions, two challenges, two very different outcomes.


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Sous-Vide is a cooking method involving precise temperature control. A temperature controller of some kind (usually a PID controller) is usually required. The Souse Vide Supreme is one such controller integrated with a water bath.
I have in my posession a broken sous vide supreme. I knew it was broken when I bought it, but I figured that worst case, I can use the water bath with my existing PID controller (I'm currently using it with a cheap deep fat fryer, but some of the clips are rusting). The symptoms are that the temperature is permanently reading 200 degrees C. Otherwise the unit seems to be working correctly (I've not yet proved that the heating circuit working as it never kicks in, believing the temperature to be always higher than the set point).
Step 1. Take it apart – that I've managed, but I didn't take enough pictures. From memory the hardest part was reaching some of the nuts. There were no obviously visible faults, all cables look fine and no components are noticably burnt out. It's interesting to note that most of the components are through-hole which should make debugging a bit easier.
Step 2. Check the thermistor – It's plugged into the board with a socket, making it very ewasy to remove. Sadly (as it's would have been an easy fix) it seems to be working fine. At room temperature a voltmeter reads the resistance at close to 100k Ohms, this drops noticeable when I warm it between my fingers. It appears to be a glass encapsulated 100k Ohm NTC thermistor in working order.
The thermistor is wired up to an LM258AP op amp. I've done a bit of reading and I assume the op amp is there to amplify a signal from the thermistor in preperation for passing to an ADC. Step three will be to analyse the circuit to see if I can confirm that this is how the op amp is being used, then attempt to test the op amp. Feel free to give me any advice in the comments, circuit debugging is not my area of expertise!


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Avery Johnson (Credit: Debby Wong)
NEW YORK — On Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets played host to the NBA's reigning Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder came into Barclays Center as the NBA's second best road team, going 5-2 through its first seven games away from Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Nets fell behind by as many as 16 points in the first half, but woke up in the third quarter. Before Barclays Center knew it, propelled by a barrage of three-pointers from Gerald Wallace (4) and Jerry Stackhouse (2), the game turned.
Playing without one starter in Brook Lopez and a key reserve in Reggie Evans, the Nets had reason to feel discouraged, and trailing 61-48 at the half, could have turned it in.
Instead, they came out, fought hard and made an exciting game out of one that had the potential to be over after 36 minutes.
"I challenged them a little bit at halftime," Avery Johnson said after the game. "I was disappointed with our effort in the first half. We were playing like we were giving [the Thunder] too much respect... We weren't playing like the Brooklyn Nets."
After that, the Nets scored 38 points in the pivotal third quarter, led by Williams (13) and Wallace (12). Wallace was 4-for-4 from behind the arc in the quarter and combined, he and Williams converted on eight of their 10 total field goal attempts.
Heading into the fourth, the Nets trailed 90-86 and would twice cut the Thunder lead to two points, the final time being with 2:14 remaining after Joe Johnson (4-for-14, nine points) scored on an eight foot jumpshot.
On the ensuing play, Kris Humphries was whistled for goaltending a Durant layup, and with 1:52 remaining, the Thunder lead was four, 110-106.
Had it not been for that critical call, the Nets may have had an opportunity to tie the score or, with a three-pointer, take the lead in a game in which they initially seemed to have no business competing.
"I thought Humphries did a great job of coming over and getting that [block]," Avery Johnson said. "I'll have to look at it again... But boy, that was a big [call]."
Though the Nets eventually fell to Durant and co., the team showed remarkable fight with its spirited second half comeback. The Nets have now lost consecutive games for the third time this season and are 11-6.
Afterward, everyone seemed to have the right perspective.
"We just have to play at a consistent level," Gerald Wallace said. "I feel pretty good about this team... You can take some positives [from the loss] if you'd like, we had a chance to win without two of our key guys and a bad start in the first half."
Deron Williams felt the same, but echoed his coach's sentiments, believing that the Nets won't win many games in which they allow opponents to shoot over 60 percent from the field.
"I don't think we can let a team like shoot 60 percent in our building and have a chance, even though we did have a chance." Williams said. "We were pretty much playing uphill, we were able to catch up, but just couldn't really get over that hump."
"I think it'll come together... The last two games were against the two teams in the Finals... These are two teams that have been together for a couple of years, they've won at the highest level and they know how to play together."
Williams added, "We've had some good wins, but these last two kinda humble you. It shows us that we still have a ways to go."
Before Tuesday night, the last time out, Avery Johnson's club fell to the Miami Heat at Miami's American Airlines Arena, 102-89.
And now, after seeing Durant and Russell Westbrook combine for 57 points and more impressively, 15 assists, the Nets six game home winning streak has been snapped.
But as the Nets continue the trod toward the three-quarters pole of this NBA season, it showed something very important:
This team can compete with even the highest level of competition across the league.
Afterward, Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook gave praise to his opponents. "[The Nets] are a good team, especially at home," he said. "This was a good test for us. We should have done a better job protecting the lead, but they're a good team."
Durant, on the other hand, was aggressive on the offensive end, mainly because he knew that even without Lopez and Evans, the Nets are a formidable team.
"They still had three All-Stars out there," Durant said in reference to Williams, Wallace, and Joe Johnson. "I'm not gonna feel sorry for them... In this league, if you have players out, people step up. Andray Blatche is a pretty good player. It's not like he's a guy that's strictly a role player."
Just a few short weeks ago, Brook Lopez was raising eyebrows across the NBA with his rejuvenated play and even without him, the Nets were merely a few Joe Johnson baskets, a few Kevin Durant misses, and one critical goaltending call away from what could have been a huge victory.
Despite being without their top post option, top rebounder, and two best paint protectors, the Nets managed to hang tough with the Western Conference champion for about 46 minutes.
Moral victories are a thing that professional athletes don't celebrate, and rightfully so. And yes, losses to the defending Eastern and Western Conference champions aren't anything to celebrate.
Yet, at the same time, the losses aren't really anything that should evoke any sort of surprised reaction.
The Nets are not yet a championship caliber team. They're trying to get there. What's most important, is that everyone understands that, buys into it, and works toward it.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and though it seems like these Nets were, there's still a long way to go for this club.
Joe Johnson's struggles continue, Jerry Stackhouse played 30 minutes and became human again and C.J. Watson had an utterly forgettable performance, playing just seven minutes and failing to score.
Even still, despite it all, the Brooklyn Nets were right there.
It doesn't count for a victory, but it does count for something.
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The URL to be retrieved.
The completion handler to call when the load request is complete. This handler is executed on the delegate queue.
If you pass
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This completion handler takes the following parameters:
The data returned by the server.
An object that provides response metadata, such as HTTP headers and status code. If you are making an HTTP or HTTPS request, the returned object is actually an
An error object that indicates why the request failed, or
nilif the request was successful.
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The new session data task.
After you create the task, you must start it by calling its
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709 Skye Lane, Inverness
Peacefull and private setting in unincorporated Lake County. This 2.25 acre homesite, in Lake Barrington is sub dividable - zoned for horses and close to the Fox River for your year round recreational enjoyment. Not just your average setting but your own private oasis, sit on the 48x42 ft. deck overlooking the back yard and inground pool. 4111sq. ft. 2 story custom built home offering 6 bedrooms & a full finished basement. Large kitchen with adjoining eating area - 1st floor office can easily become a guest bedroom with adjacent bathroom. 1st floor 21x16 family rm. offers access to 31x16 screened in rear porch. Builders/Investors multiple home sites possibility, call listing agents for more info.
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Not only is video a dominant form of communication; it is proven to be influential, as well. Consumers are not just viewing content, but absorbing it, and letting themselves be swayed by it. When it comes to recruiting, potential and current employees are the customer, and the companies they choose to work for are the products they invest in.
With that in mind, employers need to consider the way users consume information as they evolve their recruiting strategies. Between employee testimonials, executive interviews, facility tours and special event footage, online recruitment videos help answer the following crucial questions job seekers have when deciding to apply for a position.
Why should you invest in using online video for recruitment? Consider the following benefits:
1.Increase your ROI: As technology gets more sophisticated, producing and housing online videos becomes increasingly cost-effective – even more so when you consider the high level of engagement and interest online videos generate over static text. You can also get a lot of mileage out of these videos by distributing them over multiple channels – and encouraging employees to share them with friends and over social media.
2.Stay competitive: As video increases its dominance as an online communication tool, recruiters who stick with text-based career sites and even text-oriented social networks will find themselves overshadowed by competitors who are using this medium to reach potential employees.
3.Widen your audience reach: As noted earlier, 178 million internet users watched online video for an average of 16.8 hours per viewer in June 20111. Video's popularity as a source for information is only growing, and it is reaching wider audiences on a broad scale, representing the opportunity for employers who use this medium to reach out to a larger, more diverse candidate base.
4.Strengthen your employment brand: No other medium so completely enables you to showcase your organization and truly make it stand out. Videos help you communicate your employment brand more clearly than any other medium, because potential recruits get to "see, feel, and hear" what it's truly like to work at your organization from the employees and leaders themselves.
5.Get higher response rates: According to CareerBuilder internal data, job postings with video icons are viewed 12 percent more than postings without video. On average, CareerBuilder customers receive a 34 percent greater application rate when they add video to their job postings.
6.Eliminate irrelevant candidates: Videos allow outsiders to decide for themselves if they are a fit for your organization – by enabling them to "meet" your employees and executives, tour the facility and get a feel for what life is truly like at the organization. A good recruitment video covers the most crucial questions job seekers have about why they should apply for your organization. Once job seekers understand what it means to work and be successful at your company, those who do not possess the relevant skills or see themselves as a cultural fit will be dissuaded from applying. As a result, they'll effectively weed themselves out (saving you the trouble of doing it later).
By Mary Lorenz
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Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 25 -30 minutes
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1 cup butter, cut into pieces
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
18 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
5 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache Glaze (optional)
2/3 cup heavy cream
6 ounces dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
Decoration (Optional)
2 ounces white chocolate, melted and placed in a decorating bag with tiny tip (or a ziplock baggie with one corner cut off)
1. Make certain the oven rack is in the center position and preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with aluminum foil so that the foil extends 2 inches beyond the two long sides of the pan and butter the bottom and sides of foiled pans.
3. In a medium pot combine the butter and sugars; cook until melted and very hot.
4. Sift together the salt and flour.
5. Chop the chocolates in a food processor and mix in the hot butter mixture until all the chocolate is melted.
6. Add eggs and vanilla- mix until combined.
7. Add flour-salt mixture and stir until just combined.
8. Scrape into prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
9. Bake 25- 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted 2 inches from the center comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it-- DO NOT OVERBAKE.
10. Cool brownies completely on a rack in the pan before lifting them out using the foil as handles.
11. If glazing do so now; allow the ganache to set a little before drizzling the melted white chocolate over top.
12. Peel off the foil and cut.


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Imagine the action as these Marvel Universe heroes and villains face off with these Marvel Gamerverse two-packs.
Known as The Collector, Taneleer Tiva is a member of the Elders of the Universe whose primary pursuit is collecting and (sometimes insatiable) hoarding. He tasks players, known as Summoners, with collecting heroes and villains such as Civil Warrior, the Captain America of an alternate Earth ravaged by civil war.
Heroes and villains of the Marvel and Capcom universes collide in the Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.
Trained extensively in the art of combat and espionage and equipped with state-of-the-art tech, Natasha Romanova is the super spy known as Black Widow. Ryu won the Street Fighter martial arts tournament to test his skill, starting a never ending quest for self-improvement.
After learning that with great power there must also come great responsibility, Peter Parker becomes the crime-fighting super hero the Amazing Spider-Man. The web crawler takes to the streets of New York to face villains like Mister Negative, the ruthless gang leader of the Inner Demons and one of the most dangerous threats to ever sweep through the city.


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I'm really passionate about kids learning self-defence because there are so many benefits that a child can gain, including true character development that can shape their lives for the better.
As a Krav Maga Instructor and one of Australia's few Kids Krav Maga Instructors, I am obviously biased that the best form of self-defence for kids is Dynamight Kids or Kids Krav Maga. (What can I say, I wear my heart on my sleeve.) But, the reality is that most martial arts, and also wresting and gymnastics, offer many of the same benefits for kids. At the end of the day, it comes down to having a great instructor who builds the body and protects the mind for the little kids in his or her care.
With the right instructor, kids flourish in self-defence and martial arts training:
1. Improves physical fitness and coordination
In a self-defence program, kids are active. The locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative movements develop gross and fine motor skills and therefore result in a holistic improvement in fitness and physicality. Kids benefit from improved coordination, strength, agility, balance, flexibility, cardio, speed, and reactive and bursting power. And this physical development makes a life-long difference: children who are physically capable and confident grow in to adults who are physically capable and confident.
2. Teaches concentration, discipline and respect
Martial arts and self-defence are widely acknowledged for their ability to cultivate concentration, discipline and respect in their students. The students need to listen to their instructor, sit still, stand straight, stand in a line, wait patiently, take turns, and possibly use terms of respect such as 'sensei' or 'shifu' and bow to their instructor and their opponents as a show of respect.
3. Develops confidence
In a self-defence program, children are constantly learning new skills, and each one is a little more challenging than the one before. Not everything is easy and developing these skills can take practice. But developing new skills leads to confidence and pride in one's abilities. A good instructor is also praising children for their effort and good work which builds confidence.
4. Develops assertiveness, tenacity and determination
Mastering new skills, such as physical abilities and self-defence techniques, requires assertiveness, tenacity and determination. Kids have to be prepared to give it a go, keep trying, work through failure, try harder, see others succeed, make small improvements, until they experience success. A good self-defence program will also help children develop determination through drills that push them to succeed past the point of their preconceived limitations and assumptions. And self-defence training and martial arts usually outline a process for achievement through their ranks such as coloured belts or patches, with the long-term objective of expert level or black belt. Self-defence training helps kids realise that they can accomplish anything they put their mind to.
5. Develops communication, listening and social skills
Listening and following instructions are fundamental aspects of a self-defence program, and a good self-defence program is going to place a lot of emphasis on teaching children to 'speak up for themselves'. In addition, even though self-defence and martial arts are 'individual' activities, they are delivered in a structured group environment, which means, interacting with others, developing friendships and learning group behaviour such as turn taking, supporting each other, being kind, respect for each other etc.
6. Teaches nutrition, anatomy and hygiene
In a physical program that encourages movement, it is easy to reinforce why we need to eat well to give our bodies fuel for playing. And a good self-defence program is also an opportunity to teach anatomy (left, right, body parts etc) and hygiene (cut your fingernails, wash your hands etc).
7. Teaches spatial concepts
For small children, a self-defence program is also a fantastic vehicle for teaching spatial concepts which are essential for children as they take their first big steps into the world. (Spatial awareness means an understanding of the child compared to their surroundings, such as up, down, forward, backward, in, out, stop, go etc.)
8. Teaches awareness of danger
A good self-defence program will teach awareness of danger, and in particular, that it is much better to avoid a problem than to have to solve one. In Krav Maga, we call this the timeline. In self-defence for kids, the children learn to use their eyes and their ears to be aware of their situation, for instance, aware of the road and cars, or keeping close to mummy and daddy. This is the most important aspect of self-defence for kids. If they are aware of themselves and aware of things that could mean danger, they have the best chance of staying safe.
9. Teaches gentle solutions to bullying and rough play
Sometimes an 'attack' is rough play, like siblings wrestling or getting too rowdy; and sometimes an attack is bullying or fighting which can really hurt. Either way, when we're talking about kids at home or in the childcare centre or in the playground, the last thing we want is any child getting hurt. So a good self-defence program teaches gentle solutions for when the child is being 'attacked' by another child. A good program emphasises using voice and non-violent ways to protect their personal space. And at the end of the day, this means we're teaching non-violent conflict resolution skills – and that's handy for life!
10. Helps kids to stay safe and avoid accidents
And finally, a good self-defence program will be holistic. After all, there is not much point teaching a child self-defence if they don't know to stay off the road. Through self-defence, we can develop a child's awareness across a broad range of safety topics, including road safety, water safety, sun safety, electricity, burns, etc and of course, stranger danger and concepts of personal body protection (eg from my top to my toes, I say what goes).
That's 10 amazing benefits from teaching kids self-defence. Find a good instructor and get started today!
Leann Webb


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As part of the deal, Ericsson will deliver its AVP 4000 system encoders to Bulgaria Sat, an affiliate of Bulsatcom, 56 HD MPEG-4 services, three HD HEVC services and 46 SD MPEG-4 services. The solution will also offer the first 4K services delivered via the new BulgariaSat-1, the first geostationary communications satellite in Bulgaria's history, which launched in June of this year.
The deal represents the continuation of a long-standing relationship between Ericsson and Bulsatcom, the largest payTV provider in Bulgaria. The two companies have worked together for more than 10 years to deliver more than 100 digital TV channels and broadband internet access to over one million subscribers.
The Ericsson AVP 4000 platform is powered by the company's first video processing chip, designed to deliver outstanding picture quality at HD and SD, in both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC and offers a strong roadmap for operators who wish to extend their service offerings to 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) technologies. The Ericsson AVP 4000 System Encoders respond to the high-quality system encoding requirements of IPTV, cable, satellite and broadcast operators.
Maxim Zayakov, CEO of Bulgaria Sat and Bulsatcom, stated that the launch of BulgariaSat-1 marks a clear intention to expand the reach and scope of the company's content distribution. As a long-standing strategic partner of Bulsatcom, Ericsson has consistently provided the very best technologies and solutions to enable the company to give our subscribers a wide range of services and content. With this latest agreement, Bulgaria Sat will be able to deliver a series of enhanced services — as well as the new 4K service — furthering the trust subscribers have come to expect.
Arpad Jordan, Head of Media Processing and Delivery, Media Solutions, at Ericsson stated that as demand for UHD and 4K content increases, service providers need to transform their delivery to allow for greater reliability and efficiency to ensure their subscribers receive a high-quality viewing experience. The AVP 4000 compression platform offers the necessary operational flexibility through its modular design allowing service providers to expand their channel offerings and move towards higher definition content in the future. Through this continued partnership with Bulsatcom, an encoding platform is provided that meets the complex video processing demands of today's TV and media market.
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I know this is a bit overblown, but I find it difficult watching the US presidential debates. It's a very similar feeling to watching England play football: I'm worried about it going badly. Mind you, recent debates have been more like watching England 5 - Germany 1, or at least one of those 'hey, we didn't do so badly after all' matches. It now seems to have reached the stage where at the very least it would be a surprise if McCain won. If Obama wins, one of the best things about it (and there are many) is that it would discredit the kind of barrel-dredging awfulness that has characterized Republican campaigning since Lee Atwater et al.
There's something fundamentally depressing about a call to the lizard-brain, and something fundamentally un-Christian, in my view. Which makes it all the more depressing when it's conducted by people calling themselves followers of Christ. Somehow, I can't imagine Jesus being OK with hinting that Obama is somehow 'not American' (i.e. either Muslim or - worse - liberal), which is what Palin/McCain has been doing. It seems contrary to everything He said and did. I honestly don't know how you can square running "one of the most appalling campaigns we [New York Times] can remember" with a Christian faith.
On a lighter note, Radar magazine has a few good explanations on why McCain pointed to Obama in last night's debate and referred to him as "that one". (Poster from www.barackobama.com).


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Yesterday's running of The Pipeline Show was the Season 4 edition of our annual audit on the Oilers and their prospects. Being located in Edmonton we naturally spend a bit more time talking about the Oilers and once a year we have a exec from the team come in and give us his State-of-the-Union address on the prospects.
June 20th, 2006 was Kevin Prendergast's first in-studio visit. In Season 2 we spoke with Kevin Lowe for an hour. Prendergast was back in studio right before the 2007 NHL Draft. In Season 3 we again had Kevin Lowe in for an hour, shortly after the trade deadline on March 25th.
Last night we continued the tradition by having Kevin Prendergast join us for a little more than an hour. You can hear the entire show in the media archive located HERE.
The hour is divided in three segments. In the first we tried to stay focused on the current Oilers but from a prospects perspective - Why the trio of Sam Gagner, Andrew Cogliano and Robert Nilsson all seemed to have the stereotypical sophomore slump this year... has Theo Peckham shown enough to be pencilled in to next year's roster because he brings something the team is missing on the back end... Liam Reddox and why he had success... the encouraging recovery of JF Jacques... Jeff Deslauriers and what the future might hold... and whether the NHL coaching change might help some prospects who couldn't play for Mactavish.
The second segment was designated as our Springfield slot: The first question was basically "WTF!?"... Is Rob Daum the guy Edmonton wants running the show in Springfield next year?... was there a lack of AHL depth?... A few Rob Schremp questions including his struggles, the ramfications of MacT's comments about Schremp and Europe... Gilbert Brule and why TPS has always been on the fence with him... Ryan Potulny... Taylor Chorney vs Cody Wild... the implosion of Slava Trukhno... Colin McDonald's evolution since college... where Ryan O'Marra fits in the organization going forward from here...
Segment 3 with KP began with the upcoming NHL draft and the catch-22 they are facing... Drafting for positional need... what happened with the negotiations with Linus Omark... are the Oilers in the hunt for Swedish UFA goalie Jonas Gustavsson?... Are any of Edmonton's Euro prospects in the mix for N.A. next year?... is the door closed on Alexei Mikhnov?... With Darryl Katz look to increase the size of the scouting staff, specifically in Europe?... Alex Plante and Milan Kytnar contract plans... Will any of their collegians leave the NCAA and turn pro?... a tentative schedule for the summer prospects camp...
So LOTS of ground covered by KP for Oiler fans to digest.
Also last night we spoke with Mike Oke from International Scouting Services about the World U18s - who went up and who went down on the newest rankings because of how they played?
If you missed it live, click the archive... HERE.


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Hello, did you join in with the Play Date challenge? What a lovely lot of inspiration from the JBS DT and Ambassadors during the week...I'd like to also share my take on the challenge today..
for the background of this page I firstly added some gesso with a palette knife and once dry placed the exclusive stencil over it and created the pattern using a weather vane paint dabber
I've also used a couple of new stamps on this page including the one below which came in the exclusive 'canning jar' stamp set. I've stamped it out several times onto white paper and then cut it out and added a bit of journaling in one..the white paper makes the journaling stand out and also allowed me to move them around until I was happy with the placement before sticking them down..
How cool are the new flatbacks range? I've used one from the 'icons' set along with a piece of the packaging behind the photo for contrast..
the other new release stamp is from the 'dictionary' set and I've just inked up a small amount of the text stamp and pushed it down with my finger rather than using a stamp block..
thanks for stopping by and happy creating!


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Leonard Ng was born in Singapore in 1979. He studied Sociology and English Literature at the National University of Singapore. Besides his two collections of poetry, his work has appeared in a variety of places, including Ceriph, the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, the anthologies Love Gathers All and Coast.
Eric Valles draws inspiration from all the places that he has called home. His poetry has been featured in & Words, Sound of Mind, Reflecting on the Merlion, Ceriph, Southeast Asian Review of English, Routledge's New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing and other journals.
Aaron Lee is a prize-winning poet, writing mentor, community organiser and banking lawyer. He has three poetry collections to date, the latest being Coastlands (2014), which was launched at the Singapore Writers Festival. He is married to Namiko Chan Takahashi, a multi-disciplinary artist, and they live in Singapore.
As a photgraopher, Zakaria Zainal makes meaning of the world through his photographs. Born and bred a Singaporean, Prabhu Silvam sees writing and documenting the human condition as a necessary means of expression—the art form of telling and re-telling a story. Find out more at their website.
Leonora Liow is a Singapore-based writer. Her interests are cooking, cultures and a good read. Born in Hong Kong, she studied law at the National University of Singapore. In 2003, Liow won the Golden Point award with her short story, "Pentimento".
About a decade ago, Russ Soh swopped his corporate career for an unfashionably early retirement. Both of his short story collections, Not The Same Family (2013) and Tales from the ECP (2014) are published by Ethos. He blogs regularly at russsoh.com about his writing life.
Lydia Kwa was born in Singapore. She now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is the author of three novels and two collections of poetry. Her visual art has been shown at Centre A gallery for Contemporary Asian Art in Vancouver. She has her own website as well.
Yong Shu Hoong has published five books of poetry: Isaac (1997), do-while (2002), Frottage (2005), From within the Marrow (2010) and The Viewing Party (2013). As a freelance journalist, he has written articles for publications like The Straits Times and Esquire Singapore.
Danielle Lim holds Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees from The University of Oxford. Based in Singapore, she has written for a national gallery as Curator of the Ministry of Education Heritage Centre. In that capacity she wrote over a hundred short stories featured as part of the heritage gallery.
Felix Cheong is a well-known figure in the Singapore literary scene and the author of eight books, including four volumes of poetry and two young adult novels. Recently, he has also published satirical flash fiction in Singapore Siu Dai and Singapore Siu Dai 2, which have been very well received.
Teaching has been Patricia Maria de Souza's first love, having taught at Raffles Girls' Primary School for 13 years, before moving on to curriculum work and retiring as a literature teacher. Just as her story-writing progressed from children's stories to tales for adults, so too did her poems.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim was born in Malacca, Malaysia. She is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. Her first collection of poems, Crossing the Peninsula (1980), won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, a first both for an Asian and for a woman.
Adeline Foo is one of Singapore's best-selling writers of fiction for young readers, and is now the author of 25 books. Adeline's work ranges from picture books to the successful The Diary of Amos Lee series. A National University of Singapore alum with a MFA in Screenwriting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Adeline lives in Singapore with her husband and three kids.
Alfian Sa'at is a Resident Playwright with W!LD RICE. His published works include three collections of poetry, One Fierce Hour, A History of Amnesia andThe Invisible Manuscript, a collection of short stories, Corridor, a collection of flash fiction, Malay Sketches, and two collections of plays – Collected Plays One and Collected Plays Two, and the published play Cooling-Off Day.
Alvin Pang was named 2005 Young Artist of the Year (Literature) by the National Arts Council, Singapore. His poetry collections, Testing The Silence (1997) and City of Rain (2003) were both listed in the Straits Times' Top Ten Books of the Year. Pang was a founding director ofThe Literary Centre (Singapore) and Wordfeast 2004, Singapore's first international poetry festival.
Bertha Henson worked in the Singapore Press Holdings stable of newspapers for 26 years, her last designation being Associate Editor of The Straits Times. In 2012, she left the organisation to start her own media consultancy, Newsmakers, and to teach at the National University of Singapore. She is now Journalist-in-residence at Tembusu College in NUS, and she still blogs at Bertha Harian and The Middle Ground.
Lishan Chan suffered from an episode of psychosis in 2008. She is now a mental health advocate with an ambition to stamp out stigma. Lishan has an MSc in Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is also an alumnus of Raffles Girls School.
Christine Chia is the author of The Law of Second Marriages (Math Paper Press, 2011 and 2014). She is the co-editor of poetry anthology A Luxury We Cannot Afford (Math Paper Press, 2014) and a featured writer at the Singapore Literature Festival in New York (Oct 10-12, 2014).
Yeo Wei Wei is a Singaporean writer and translator.These Foolish Things & Other Stories is her debut collection of short stories. She is currently working on a novel.
Chua Hui Ying has a Master of Arts and is currently pursuing a course on counselling. She lives with her cat, Pumpkin and loves nature and travelling.
At the age of seventeen, Claire Tham won two second prizes in the 1984 National Short Story Writing Competition for "Homecoming" and "Fascist Rock." She has also collected two Golden Point Awards, in 1999 and 2001, for her stories, The Gunpowder Trail and Driving Sideways.
Cyril Wong has published nine volumes of poetry including Unmarked Treasure (Firstfruits 2004), Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light (Firstfruits 2007), Satori Blues (Softblow Press 2011) and The Dictator's Eyebrow (Ethos Books 2013)
Dave Chua's short story, "Father's Gift", won a Singapore Press Holdings-National Arts Council Golden Point Award in 1995. His first novel, Gone Case, was given a Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1996 and was published the same year.
David Leo has published works in both fiction and poetry. His short story "Soup of the Day" (from News At Nine), retitled "Bakut Teh", was one of four works by local writers commissioned by the NAC to be made into a short film under the Utter banner for Singapore Writers Festival 2013.
Desmond Kon Zhicheng‐Mingdé is the author of an epistolary novel, a hybrid work, and four poetry collections. He has edited more than fifteen books and co‐produced three audio books, several pro bono for non‐profit organizations. He helms Squircle Line Press as its founding editor.
Daren V.L. Shiau is a prize-winning novelist and poet. His works have been featured and performed in Singapore, Australia and Europe. In 1999, Heartland was selected by The Straits Times as one of the 10 Best Reads of Year. Shiau has also been awarded numerous national and Commonwealth distinctions and was named the Outstanding Young Person of Singapore in 2000.
Ian Tan holds a first class honours in English Literature from the National University of Singapore. He has conducted numerous workshops, book clubs and poetry circles for secondary school English Literature teachers.
Jeffrey Lim writes about anything that preoccupies him. He is married and lives in Singapore. Besides Faith & Lies (1999), Jeffrey has also published short stories in other collections.
Born in 1991, Jerrold Yam is a law undergraduate at University College London and the author of three poetry collections, Intruder (2014), Scattered Vertebrae (2013) and Chasing Curtained Suns (2012). His poems have been published across twenty countries in more than eighty literary journals.
Jinat Rehana Begum has taught Literature and English in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Singapore. Jinat studied early nineteenth-century novel reception for her doctorate at the University of York and retains a fascination for the many ways readers shape writers.
Josephine Chia is a Peranakan author and is published internationally in both fiction and non-fiction. She has participated in several Literary Festivals and Book Fairs around the world. Her most recent work is When a Flower Dies, written during her Writer-In-Residence stint in 2014.
Born in Greece in 1976. Kostas Ikonomopoulos studied at Athens University and did his postgraduate studies in Philosophy at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He has an enduring interest in cultural preservation, colonial architecture, derelict monuments and urban decay.
Leana Lyn Doray is a trained educator, having obtained a double degree in Arts and Education at the University of Sydney. Serendipity led her to teach in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme in Singapore for four years, where she discovered her love for reading to young children and providing a holistic education above and beyond basic academia
After National Service in 1970, Lee Chiu San joined the mass media as a journalist. After stints in advertising and publishing, he found what he described as an honest and satisfying vocation selling cars, which he did from 1986. Since retiring, he has taken long driving and motorcycle riding tours and volunteered in nature conservation projects.
Lin Yang grew up in China and has lived in Australia, Sweden and Mexico. Her novel A Family Portrait was written with the help of the Arts Creation Grant from the National Arts Council of Singapore. An avid traveller, Yang also writes travelogues, some of which appear in Lian He Zao Bao, the national Chinese daily in Singapore.
Noelle Q. de Jesus was born in the US, grew up in Manila, and spent most of her adult life as a writer, wife and mother in Singapore. She has published short stories in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and the US. She also conceptualized the literary anthology series Fast Food Fiction Short Short Stories To Go and will edit a Singapore edition in 2016.
Rosemarie Somaiah loves story in all its forms. She has worked with local schools, museums, community and corporate organisations and other artists and shared stories orally in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Hungary, Korea, India, Indonesia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. More information about Rosemarie and her activities may be found at www.asianstorytellingnetwork.com
Su Wei-chen has served as editor-in-chief of the Weekly Reader News, and is now a professor of Chinese literature at National Cheng Kung University. She is the author of more than a dozen volumes of fiction and nonfiction. he is the recipient of the United Daily News Prize for the Novelette and the Tainan Prefectural City Prize for Literary Contribution.
Mei Ching Tan writes novels, short stories, plays, and children's books. She has received writing awards for her books, Beyond the Village Gate and Crossing Distance, first prize for her play, Water Ghosts, and first prizes in the U.S. for her short stories. In 1997, she received the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature. In her spare time, Mei Ching likes to watch spiders spin webs.
Teo Soh Lung, a lawyer, was detained for being involved in the alleged "Marxist Conspiracy" in 1987 by the Singapore government. She was held without trial for more than two years under Singapore's Internal Security Act. In Beyond the Blue Gate, she has written this careful account of her experiences and feelings when detained in Whitley Detention Centre 21.
Wong Su Ann was raised by the local weather, a child of eternal summer and intermittent rain. She is a graduate in Law at the National University of Singapore. In 2007, she gained a Masters in Daydreaming. She sits at cafes, savouring life and latte, turning people into poems.
Born in 1947, Yeng Pway Ngon is a poet, novelist, playwright and critic who has published 24 volumes of poetry, essays, fiction, plays and literary criticism in the Chinese language. He has been translated into English, Malay and Dutch.
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Discovering Nakano Broadway
Akihabara or Akiba in Japan, is the Mecca of Japanese gaming and gadgetry. Hundreds of shops line the streets, selling all the latest electronic devices you can think of, from compact digital cameras to 60" flat screen televisions. Akiba is also known to be the center of Japanese otaku and pop-culture since the massive renovation the area undertook in the 2000's. It has become a favorite destination for the avid cosplay, anime, and electronic geeks.
For anime and manga lovers, there's a new destination to discover called, Nakano Broadway. Nakano (中野区 Nakano-ku, "Middle Wild Field"), is a special ward in Tokyo that was founded on the 1st of October, 1932 when Nogata and Nakano were absorbed into the former Tokyo City as Nakano Ward.
Nakano Broadway. | Miguel Bernas
The current administration is more recent dating from the 15th of March, 1947 when the Allied occupation reformed the administration of Tokyo-to.
Nakano Broadway is a four-level shopping complex. The second and third levels are where many anime and idol related shops are found. The ground level has shops selling clothes, shoes and other used goods where you can treasure hunt. The basement level is a marketplace where locals shop for their groceries. There are also magazines, other collector items, dolls, figurines, game consoles, video games, CD's, souvenirs and so much more!
Shopping at Nakano, Japan. | Warren Antiola
Nakano Broadway is a dream come true for manga and anime collectors and anyone ready to find a bargain or if you have something specific in mind, it's an all in one shopping place for whatever you can think of.
Going to Nakano Broadway you'll most likely pass Nakano Sunmall, a 225 meter stretch of road filled with a variety of shops selling almost anything and everything from food, jewelry, clothes, game consoles, books, and medicine.
Nakano night scene, Japan. | Trevor Dobson
On the side streets from Nakano Sunmall main shopping street, there's a maze of food alleys with izakaya and other kinds of restaurants that will satisfy your taste buds. Nakano Broadway and Nakano Sunmall are two great places to visit and discover while in Japan!


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Bolsa Familia, the program of conditional cash transfers to poor families in Brazil, is hailed as the most successful social program for poverty alleviation. But can one program be the single magic bullet? Sualine's story suggests otherwise.
Sualine Fernando dos Santos was at the health center in Sussuarana to get her 7-year-old daughter Miriam vaccinated during an immunization campaign. She also needed to get the medicines prescribed for Miriam's wounded foot from the health center.
"There is no doctor in this health center for many years. So, when my daughter stepped on a nail and injured her foot I took her to the health center much further away in Sao Marcos," Sualine explained.
Miriam was prescribed two antibiotics, a tube of neomycin sulphate cream to be applied topically and an oral suspension of cephalexin. Both antibiotics, meant to fight and prevent bacterial infection and to help the wound heal faster, are pretty basic and commonly prescribed. Such drugs are supposed to be available free of cost in the pharmacies of the universal health system of Brazil called Systema Unico de Saude (SUS).
At the health center pharmacy Sualine was told that the medicines were not available. "They wouldn't dress my daughter's wounded foot. They didn't even have painkillers to alleviate the pain from the wounded foot. The only thing that works here is immunization," Sualine said.
A local person helped Sualine buy the medicines from a nearby pharmacy. The tube of neomycin sulphate cost 6.50 reais and the cephalexin syrup cost 25 reais. A total bill of about 32 reais (about $15). Not cheap. Sualine was hoping to get it free from the health center pharmacy.
Consider this: The amount of money the government gives per child per month under the Bolsa Familia scheme is 32 reais. If the universal health system, or SUS, does not function as it is meant to and does not provide basic medicines free of cost, the 32 reais being given per child for a whole month could be wiped out in a single day with one small episode of a child's foot getting wounded. In such a scenario, the money given under Bolsa Familia would be of little use to the child in whose name it is being given.
For Bolsa Familia to work as it is meant to, it is important that government programs such as SUS and other social assistance programs that provide subsidized electricity, transport and housing also work efficiently. Otherwise, it would be a typical case of giving money with one hand and taking it away with another.
This is something that senior officials running the Bolsa Familia program are acutely aware of.
"There is a tendency to view cash transfer under Bolsa Familia as a solution to the problem of other services of the government not working. If the health system does not work, and if TB patients cannot get adequate treatment, the solution proposed is to give families of TB patients more cash under Bolsa Familia. Increasing cash assistance is not the answer. The TB program has to be strengthened. Bolsa Familia works because it is a narrowly targeted social assistance program," explained Bruno Camara Pinto, adviser of the National Secretariat of Citizenship Income (SENARC) of the Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger in Brazil.
Obviously, though cash transfers have been enhanced for the poorest, the Brazilian government has simultaneously enhanced spending to improve several other public services as part of a multi-pronged strategy to eradicate extreme poverty. Cash transfer is not hailed as the single answer or the "game-changer" to tackle poverty, as claimed by the Indian government.


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There are two major risk factors for hypertension that are beyond your control, including age and heredity, but we can control it through lifestyle, such as physical activity, reducing salt intake, and eating healthily.
If you are looking for another way , There are 6 amazing drinks revealed by the American medical site "Caring" contribute to the reduction in blood pressure, especially in combination with a healthy diet and exercise regularly, including:
1 – Low-fat Milk:
Researchers discovered that eating a high amount of calcium helps to reduce High blood pressure, it is important to choose the right type of Milk for the best results, as low-fat milk is richer in calcium than whole milk, and a small amount of fat actually helps to absorb calcium easily.
Take three cups of low-fat milk and other low-fat dairy products help reduce blood pressure.
2 – Beet:
The beet is a good source of potassium and a good source of folate, both important in regulating blood pressure.
What is more, beet contains nitrates, which are converted to nitrite when taken, which relaxes smooth muscles and increases blood flow.
Finally, beets supports the health and function Vascular and amino acid, which can damage blood vessels • Research method suggests that 1-2 cups of beet juice per day can reduce blood pressure immediately (within one hour of consumption).
3 – Hibiscus:
Hibiscus content on biochemicals Which is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.
Drink 3 cups of hibiscus a day achieves the best results, and should be prepared fresh daily with soaked in water and should not be boiled.
4 – Pomegranate juice:
raises blood pressure from The way to create a protein called angiotensin II, which causes extinction, the study proved that pomegranate juice prevents the formation of this protein to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.
A recent scientific study confirmed that pomegranate juice reduces blood pressure by 36% and increases the flow of blood to the heart, because it contains high levels of iron.
Nutrition expert Joni Bowden is drinking three cups of unsweetened pomegranate juice every day to reduce high blood pressure.
5 – Berry juice:
Berry juice has a strong anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties that help prevent and minimize damage to the blood vessels, thereby preventing undesirable increase It has blood pressure In addition, cranberry juice may help reduce blood pressure by dilating blood vessels and increasing blood flow.
Method of eating 3 cups of wild berries per day to reduce blood pressure levels.
6 – Water:
The amount of water is simply one of The most effective and effective method of lowering blood pressure. Chronic dystrophy causes constriction of blood vessels, which helps the body lose water through sweating, urination and breathing. In addition, narrowing of the blood vessels requires more serious heart work, Leading to high blood pressure B At least eight glasses of water per day.


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Hog/Swine Business: Record Keeping Part 1
Keeping a record for finishers is necessary in monitoring growth performance. Many recording systems are develop by farmers, pig breeding companies, feed milling companies, universities, colleges and other institutions. Most of them are readily available and range from very simple and precise, and e directed towards improving performance and profit.
The most important question that must be answered in record keeping is: What data should be collected? Sometimes the data collected are never utilized. But keep in mind that keeping records and not using them is as bad as not keeping records at all.
Before making a record, recognition or identification of the animals is very important. Some of the methods than can be used in creating an identity are: tattoo, plastic ear tags, and ear piercing.
Ear-nothing – cutting the ears following an ear match guide using ear notcher is discourage because it inflict injury to the animal.
- Origin
- Number of pig
- Starting date
- Average starting weight
- Piglet cost
- Total feed consumption/daily feed intake
- Price per kilogram of feed
- Total weight of pig delivered + price per kg Live weight (LW)
- Delivery date
- Mortality
Technical Figures (based on 2000 data)
- Average Daily Gain (ADG)
- Feed Conversion Ration (FCR)
- Average Feed Consumption/Pig/Day
- Average Feed Cost/Kilogram Gain
- Average Feed Cost/Pig/Day
- Mortality
- Feed Profit
- Rounds Per Year
Average Daily Gain (ADG)
The average daily gain is expressed as the average daily increase in the Hveweight during the finishing period. ADG affects various aspects like:
- Finishing period – the higher the ADG, the shorter the finishing period
- Different costs e.g. housing, feeds, labor
- Number of pigs sold per year
Factors affecting ADG
- Quality of feed
- Quantity of feed
- Quantity/genotype of the pigs (genetic background)
- Health condition of the pigs
- Stage of finishing
Date needed for the computation of ADG:
- Starting weight – this is usually at 15 to 20 kg LW
- Market/end weight – usually from 80 to 90 kg LW
- Finishing days
ADG = Total weight gained / Number of finishing days * 1000
where: Total weight gained = Market weight – starting weight
Sample calculation:
- Number of finishers = 100 heads
- Starting weight = 29 kg LW
- Starting date = 29 June 2000
- Market weight = 85 kg LW on the average
- Market dates (1st batch) = 60 heads, 18 Oct 2000
- Market dates (2nd batch) = 40 heads, 25 Oct 2000
ADG = (100 heads x 85kg LW) – (100 heads x 20 kg LW) / (60 heads x 112 days) + (40 heads x 119 days) x 1000
ADG = 566 grams/day
Based on standard figures, ADG should always be >= 600 grams/day to be acceptable.
Feed Conversion Ration (FCR)
The amount of feed given , from the start of finishing until the pigs are marketed is needed in the computation of FCR.
FCR measures the efficiency of feed utilization. It tells us how many kilograms of feed is needed for one kilogram gain in weight. If "normal concentrates" are given, the calculated FCR gives a good indication whether the fattening process is going satisfactorily or not.
Factors Affecting FCR
- Quality of feed given
- Quantity of feed given (restricted/ad libitum)
- Breed of the pig
- Management and health condition of the animals
- Sex of the pig (male, female, castrate)
- Stage of finishing
FCR = Total amount of feeds given / Total weight gained x 1000
source: International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ITCPH), Marawoy, Lipa City


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That's how old I was when I found out I was special. I was given my rose quartz gem and taught about my past.
That's how many times I've lived in this world. This is my thirteenth life cycle as a human.
That's how many seconds it took to fall in love with Mike. It's also the amount of time I had to say goodbye just before he was killed by Reggie, the hunter that's been after me.
Will Reggie succeed in killing me too, and eradicating the planet of the unicorn race forever?
Just then the bell rang. I handed in my completed worksheet, busy-work, really, and hurried to my locker, almost convinced to let Jules in on the reason why I avoid the male gender.
If I could just get there before Jules, I could grab my books for biology and leave before listening to any more of her nonsense about Mike Evans. As soon as I thought his name, that warm feeling came over me and I caught myself thinking about what class he might be headed toward right now, where his locker might be, if he was talking to any of the girls…was I jealous? Why should I be? All I have to do is say the word and he is mine, but is that how I want it to happen? Is that how true love should begin?
Just as I rounded the corner to the hallway by the gym, I was overcome with a sense of elation. Mike Evans was standing by my locker…the boy who looks like he stepped right off the cover of a magazine, with his designer jeans that fit just right, his blue Polo shirt with the sleeves stretched to capacity, revealing the strength in his upper arms. Elated, that was how I felt, I was sure of it now. At exactly the same time, utter joy and sadness filled me because he was there; the boy who would worship the ground I walked on if I let him, the boy who lit a fire in me I hadn't even known existed, the boy whom I could never even be friends with, was standing by my locker…waiting for me.
From the author:
This is one of my favorite parts from Hunted. It shows how Skye has this inner battle with herself over whether or not to allow herself to fall in love. Mike, a very hot and hard to resist hunk goes so far as to change his school to be closer to Skye. But is that enough? Will Skye and Mike find true love? Will it be enough to battle the evil Regnir Vingus, III, whose only goal is to eradicate the planet of Unis forever?
About the Author:
Jill Kaelin
Since elementary school, I remember being in love with words. Spelling them, writing them, reading them…I even hang them up around my house. I think I owe my love of language to my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Templeton. I can recall sitting around in a circle in that old, red-brick school, listening to her read aloud Greek mythology. The oxymoron there was that she was the most prim and proper teacher I ever knew, right down to the white buttoned up blouse held together at the collar with a cameo pin. The way she read made words come alive.
I had written a few things here and there throughout my life. I used to think I'd be good at children's books, and it wasn't a far stretch since I worked with children every day and knew what they liked. But then I read the series by Stephenie Meyer, maybe you've heard of it…Twilight. This was the type of story I knew I had to write. Teenagers were my audience. It helped I had one at home to learn from.
My idea didn't come in a dream. No, I wasn't that fortunate. It happened through research. And lots of it. The only criteria I had was that I wanted my story to be different from everything else out there. I wanted my story to stand out. No vampires or werewolves. No witches or wizards. Unicorns were my choice. And I think the story that unfolded is definitely unique.


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Continuing with the update after the end of the 3rd Quarter for the plan for 2016:
2e. I wanted to add some extra characters for In Her Majesty's Name. Complete!
Ranjit Singh.
Porters from Reaper Miniatures.
The meeting of Coira Armstrong (L) and Gertrude Bell (R) in the British Museum.
The Doctor and Companion.
Baron Maupertuis is a Sherlock Holmes nemesis.
Colonel Dugald Armstrong, VC, DSO and his daughter Coira.
3. Dux Bellorum. I started work on a historical King Arthur Romano-British army based on his role as the Dux Bellorum of Britannia. I needed one more element of cavalry, an element of light cavalry and then I need to finish up two elements of infantry which would complete the army. I have finished the infantry:
Ordinary shield wall infantry for Arthur's Army.
Second element of ordinary shield wall infantry for Arthur's Army.
Next is Part 3 about where I am in my plan with the Anglo-Zulu War and The Men Who Would be Kings.


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In June we made the big move to relocate our HQ to Los Angeles, California – Venice Beach to be precise. Our mission remains the same, to use positive experiences to improve people's lives. Through our #DoGood initiative we regularly donate experiences to non-profits and have partnered with United Nations Women, Tony Hawk Foundation, SurfAid and Vinnies to name a few. This year alone we've helped raise over $50,000 for the non-profits we work with.
Now we're working on integrating #DoGood into the actual experiences for our customers. One of our US customers is Uber and we put together a delicious cooking experience for their management team in Southern California with Chef Louis Tikaram. We then partnered with a non profit organisation in South Los Angeles called A New Way Of Life; a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated women to support them through this experience.
Since moving to the US we're working with a handful of forward thinking companies such as Uber, Salesforce and Opera Mediaworks, that understand the power of positive experiences not only for engaging their employees but to give back to the community at large.
Are you looking for a way to do cool stuff for your team and #DoGood at the same time? We should chat.


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At this point in time she began to have doubts as he was so insistent to have her get the money off immediately, and that he kept repeating he hoped she was not going to rip him off. Although her family members were eager for her to do this at the price, it was too good to be true for the house. She decided to do further research, went on Zillow found the property address was indeed listed by LCL Realty, and under my boss's name and company phone. (I received the call as I was the on-call agent and calls were referred to my phone)
As her story unfolded, I just listened to her. When she was done I explained to her exactly how the rental process works.
1. Renter beware, there are many unscrupulous scammers out there who check the rental sites regularly and re-advertise the same properties under their fake company. When you call them, they tell you they can secure this property for you if you pay them their finders fee, and will set the fee at $60.00, $100.00 or even $600.00, what ever price they theink that you will pay. They tell you that you now have the property and they will send the keys, when they receive payment. However when the keys are not sent, you realize you have been cheated. They will give you a fake phone number. If they have scammed you, they will take the money, you have no keys, no home, and are left with only a bogus phone number.
2. A real property management company will not call you at odd hours. They will be in touch during normal business hours or during regular hours on a weekend.
3. A real property management company will ask you to come to their office, You will go on a physical viewing of the home, and if you want the home, you will fill out an application, bringing your id, and whatever papers their company requires for qualification. Normally it will take 3 to 5 days for your credit and job verification to be returned to them for approval. Once you are approved, they will request that you meet them at their office and bring a cashiers check for the security and 1st mo rent.
4. A contract will be signed by prospective tenants, receipts will be given for monies paid, and a move-in date will be agreed upon. Once all the paperwork has been signed and monies paid, you will receive keys, a walk-thru inspection date will be set, and the appointment will be carried out prior to your move-in will be done.
5. NEVER EVER pay money to anyone who presents themself as the owner by phone. Seeing is believing, use common sense, and if it seems to good to be true, it usually is!!! You can call any real estate company, give them the address and they can check on the validity of the price, who is listing the rental, and can contact them for you to ascertain the requirements for an application with the company holding the rental listing, and they can checks status of availability. Remember the only site that is updated on a daily basis is the MLS. All other sites can be anywhere from 2 or 3 days old to weeks old, and normally the only folks who have access to the MLS are property management companies, real estate companies. They have daily hands-on access to the rental market.
Well thank goodness after I went over all this with the caller, she did not wire any money to scammer. Her family realized how close they had come to being victims of this scammer and losing the money they so needed. Remember, there are many reliable and honest companies out there. Its your responsibility to safeguard you and your family by investing the time to check out the property management company, the validity of the rental, the property condition, and also know the community that you are considering!
Ask friends for recommendations of good companies, or call your local Chamber of Commerce for suggestions. I just had to speak up. I hear so often of horrible tales, of how someone's money was scammed, families worse off, unable to move, no money left. So renters beware, be bright, rent it right. !
If you are concerned or have doubts about a particular rental scenario, call a realtor. We are always glad to check it out for you. Or, call me personally at LCL Realty 951-260-0711, (cell: 951-505-1698). We have a large inventory of rentals in the surrounding areas and various price ranges.
Wishing you all a fabulous holiday season, and a prosperous New Year!


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Redlands eAcademy is a free, public K-12 Blended Learning School. Blended Learning is the term for educational environments that combine face-to-face learning with online and independent learning. We are part of the Redlands Unified School District, and are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Our next WASC review will be in the Spring of 2019.
Our Programs
Click here for a brief student-made video introducing how eAcademy works.
For information on our TK-5 Elementary program, click here.
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Redlands eAcademy's partnership with Crafton Hills College provides a pathway for concurrent enrollment in classes at the college while attending high school at eAcademy. These classes can count for high school elective credit AND for college credit. Crafton Hills representatives meet on our campus with interested students, and our counselors also assist class selections that align with student's future goals.


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Please send your donations (payable to "Coles County Democrats") to the following address.
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Include your name, address, telephone number and political committee affiliation (if any).
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Taylor Swift – Named Billboard Woman Of The Year
When Taylor Swift was in town last month, Erin and myself were given the opportunity to meet her backstage.
In our brief conversation with Taylor, we were impressed by just how nice and... real... she was! (And, she's a hugger)
At just 21 years old, she's already had almost a dozen hits, won four Grammy awards, sold out concerts, been nominated for 11 CMA Awards, and has her own perfume.
Now, add the honor of being named Billboard Woman of the Year to her list of accomplishments. Plus, she's now the youngest winner of the award!
The Billboard Women In Music awards will be held December 2nd.
You can read more here.