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19th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics | February 3-5, 2017
The 19th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics (NCUWM) will be held February 3-5, 2017. The Conference is open to outstanding undergraduate women mathematicians at all stages of their careers. Students will have the opportunity to meet other women who share their interest in the mathematical sciences, and those who already have done research will be given an opportunity to present their results.
NCUWM's overall goal is to arm participants with knowledge, self-confidence and a network of peers to help them become successful mathematicians. We do this by providing role models, insider knowledge and an opportunity to present original research. Our focus is to encourage and mentor undergraduate women to pursue graduate study in mathematics and seek mathematical careers. Conference participants also will have a chance to learn about life in graduate school from the perspective of current women graduate students representing math departments from across the country.
Although we do not regard this conference as an appropriate venue for faculty representatives to recruit applicants for their graduate programs, we would like to encourage departments to contact us about sponsoring women graduate students from their programs at the conference.
NCUWM welcomes undergraduate women who are interested in mathematics without regard for race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, age, or disability.
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Ami RadunskayaProfessor of MathematicsPomona College, Claremont, CA
Dr. Brooke ShipleyProfessor and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer ScienceUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Invited Guests
Dr. Syvillia AverettAssistant Professor of MathematicsCollege of Coastal Georgia
Dr. Selenne BanuelosAssistant Professor of MathematicsCalifornia State University, Channel Islands
Tracy BohabojCertification Project CoordinatorDuncan Aviation, Lincoln, NE
Dr. Courtney GibbonsAssistant Professor of MathematicsHamilton College, Clinton, NY
Alyssa GottshallApplied Research MathematicianNational Security Agency
Dr. Thomas IveyProgram DirectorNational Science Foundation
Dr. Sarah PowersResearch, Computer Science and Mathematics DivisionOak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Sarah ReznikoffAssistant Professor of MathematicsKansas State University
Gail TowneSVP AML Data and AnalyticsBank of the West
Invited Grads
Jennifer IglesiasCarnegie Mellon University
Lara IsmertUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Megan LearyUniversity of Oklahoma
Grace McClurkinUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
Leanne MerrillUniversity of Oregon
Marissa RenardyThe Ohio State University
Application, Selection and Policies
We thank you for your interest in attending NCUWM. Due to demand, the former first-come, first-served registration system no longer meets our needs. We are making a change to an application system that maximizes the positive impact of the conference, while respecting those communities that have allowed us to build it into a national institution. The change will be implemented in two stages, with this interim policy for 2017 and a long-term policy to be used for future conferences, which will be determined after analyzing feedback from the 2017 conference.
Students interested in attending the 2017 conference must complete an application between October 4 and October 11, 2016. No new applications will be accepted after October 11. Please note that the registration fee is now $50 per person, for both students and faculty, to be paid by students once they are notified of acceptance. Selection of participants will be done according to the following policies:
- Attendees must be at least of sophomore standing and 19 years of age at the time of the conference. Beginning in 2018, individual students will be limited to one conference attendance as a non-presenter and two attendances in total.
- Each home institution will be limited to a maximum of four participants.
- Abstracts will be read by the organizing committee, which will select 48 for talks and as many for posters as can be accommodated. Preference will be given to original research, loosely defined as work that includes some mathematical results obtained by the student, possibly with collaborators. Applicants whose abstracts are selected for either a talk or a poster are presenters; all other student applicants are non-presenters.
- Selection of abstracts will be done primarily on merit, except that each home institution will be limited to a maximum of three talks and a total of four presenters.
- Students chosen as presenters will be accepted to the conference, provided they complete their registration (by paying the registration fee) by the given deadline.
- Non-presenters will be selected by institution rather than individual. If an institution has more applicants than the number of slots it is given, the students' advisor(s) will be asked to select the students to represent their school. Students will identify an advisor in the application. If more than one professor from an institution is identified, every person named as an advisor at that school by its students will get the same email saying how many spots the school has to allocate and naming the specific students who have applied. Once the organizing committee has been given the selected names, we will issue instructions for completing their registration to the selected students.
- The top priority in selection of non-presenters will be to accept at least one student from each home institution (with presenters included in the count).
- The second priority in selection of non-presenters will be to accept a second student (counting presenters) from each home institution.
- If there is still space available, additional non-presenters will be selected through a lottery, subject to policies 2 and 6.
All students should anticipate being notified of their status by October 27, 2016.
These policies were crafted to fit a wide range of institutional situations, but nobody can anticipate all possibilities. If you believe that your situation is sufficiently unusual that it warrants special consideration, please have your faculty advisor contact Glenn Ledder, NCUWM Chair, at email@example.com.
Conference activities on Friday will occur on the university's city campus and on Saturday and Sunday at the Embassy Suites Lincoln Downtown Hotel (1040 P Street, 402-474-1111), a short walk in downtown Lincoln.
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Contact Info
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From PMW, 1 June 2010, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik:
The following are the words of Dr. Abd Al-Fatah Shayyeq Naaman, lecturer in Shari'ah law at a university in Yemen, now visiting Gaza:
"The [Gaza] flotilla commander said yesterday: 'We will not allow the Zionists to get near us and we will use resistance against them.' How will they wage resistance? They will resist with their fingernails. They are people who seek Martyrdom for Allah, as much as they want to reach Gaza, but the first [Martyrdom] is more desirable."
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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/15/2012 -- Ineffective Process Control, Defects in Design of Device, Software or Other Components are the Major Reasons for Recall", provides an in-depth analysis on medical device recalls in the US. The report analyzes the number of medical device recalls in the US by year, recall class, therapeutic area and root cause from 2005–2010. The report includes an in-depth analysis on medical device recalls by the top 10 recall firms, with the number of device recalls by year and by recall class. The report presents information on medical device regulatory systems, with emphasis on regulatory intelligence in the following seven countries: the US, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Japan. The medical equipment approval process, device classification, conformity assessment process and post-market surveillance are explained in the report.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
I Survived My First Day of Clinicals!!!!
Then I got back and promptly returned to class, but luckily only on Monday. Then came today, my official first day of clinicals. Overall, it was a good day. I spent most of it getting oriented to the hospital, filling out paper work, meeting people in the dept and trying to find the cafeteria come lunch time. However, towards the end of the day I was able to assist another tech with x-raying two patients before the end of my shift came. Easy films, just a pelvis/hip and L-spine, but still a good first experience. The highlight was when one of the patients thanked me for helping her onto the table, the lowlight was when an old man coughed on the top of my head when I was helping to take off his pants. Oh well, I'll duck next time!
It's strange. I didnt really do much today in the way of seeing patients, but I'm still exhausted. Therefore, I don't have much to say right now. But stay tuned, I will do an update post this weekend and let you know how my first whole week at clinicals went. Wish me luck.
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Congratulations on your first clinical day! Were you nervous at all? How often do you go to clinicals? I wish we got a little more class time before starting clinicals. We start in a month and a half! I'm so nervous!!
While I'm thinking about it...what kind of shoes did you buy? I found some all white Nike's. They seem comfortable but I don't know how they'll feel after 8 hours on my feet! I might go shopping this weekend.
Again, congrats! I can't wait to hear how your week goes.
hi! i just found your blog randomly, and was totally excited to find it! i'm a first year imaging student in australia, about to go for my first hospital prac in just under a month. i've found there's a serious lack of student radiography blogs around.. i've promised myself i'll start one when i start working in hospitals more! i can't wait to catch up on yours, and keep an eye on it in the future!
- Theresa said...
Welcome back - missed ya. Good luck :)
- Mary said...
fantastic! I hope you're still having fun now that the week is almost over.
I hate being coughed on. I don't understand how people can be respritory therapist. *shudder*
- SVN, prn said...
You came to California (close to Sacramento) and didn't visit?!? Shame on you!!


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As an uplifting celebration of the nation's biggest unsung heroes, the Pride of Britain Awards is the kind of event that every famous figure would be happy to attend.
As a result, you do get some bizarre celebrity combos forming - like JLS star Marvin Humes and Professor Stephen Hawking, snapped here by Digital Spy as they hung out before last night's (October 7) ceremony at Grosvenor House in London.
But there was far more to marvel at on the bustling red carpet than a genius theoretical physicist and cosmologist mingling with a man who once sang: "How does it feel to be the hottest girl in the world right now?"
Girls Aloud stars Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding were another pair that everyone was keeping a close eye on. The pair sparked whisperings of a rift when they ignored each other down most of the red carpet, despite the fact they arrived at roughly the same time and Kimberley made an effort to escape the hubbub and chat Strictly Come Dancing with Vanessa Feltz.
Sarah revealing to DS that she snubbed Nicola Roberts's toe-sucking birthday after Kimberley declared that she had a "really good time" at the bash only fuelled those rumours.
Happily though, the duo did finally reunite just as they were about to go into the event and looked very pleased to see each other. We spied plenty of literal and figurative back-slapping, with Kimberley even appearing to give Sarah a naughty tap on the behind.
Peter Andre was similarly amorous with pregnant girlfriend Emily MacDonagh, resting his hand on a cheek (not the face kind) while they both lovingly caressed her growing baby bump.
Love and good-feeling was most definitely in the air, with not a single celebrity grumbling as they met with waiting fans. Jimmy Carr wasn't even put off when a group of invited guests at the end of the red carpet admitted they would prefer it if he were Nathan Sykes, joking that he would like that too.
The gang got their wish later in the evening, when Nathan - who gushed to us about his "amazing" new girlfriend Ariana Grande - broke away from the boyband love-in going on between The Wanted and McFly to have a chat.
Nicole Scherzinger, meanwhile, took selfies with children from Sylvia Young Theatre School and cooed over some of the more adorable young attendees. Her fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh used the media scrum over the Pussycat Doll to his advantage, slipping straight into the ceremony after his meet-and-greet with the public, perhaps so he didn't have to explain to the press why, oh why, he axed Ryan Mathie at Judges' Houses.
There was a treat for EastEnders fans too, as Albert Square legends Anita Dobson (with husband Brian May) and Michelle Collins came together for a lovely chat before heading down the red carpet.
Anita left EastEnders just as Michelle arrived in 1988, and their respective characters Angie Watts and Cindy Beale were killed off-screen, so this is probably the closest soap fans will get to seeing the Walford mega-bitches together.
The Pride of Britain Awards, hosted by Carol Vorderman, airs tonight (October 8) at 8pm on ITV.


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One of my favorite things about having started this blog is that I've managed to "meet" some pretty cool peeps that also have food blogs. My Google Reader is filled daily with the latest posts from a ton of inspiring and fun food bloggers, and even though I haven't been doing this that long, I am really pleased to say that I've made connections with at least a few of them. It's always exciting for me when someone I haven't met in real life comments on my blog- and even more exciting when someone says they want to try one of my recipes!
The recipe I tried this weekend actually came from one of these blogger friends- Joanne from Fifteen Spatulas. If you haven't checked her blog out yet, you really should. Joanne takes great photos and also comes up with some insanely creative ideas that she lays out in a way that makes them accessible for someone who doesn't know a mandolin from a potato masher. When I saw this recipe for Parmesan Peppercorn Bread, I couldn't resist. Believe it or not, you do NOT need a stand mixer or any other kind of machinery to make this bread- and even though I do have a stand mixer, I decided to go it analog and make this bread entirely by hand. (Keep in mind though, this does take about 5 hours to make with all the proofing and rising. More of a weekend kinda recipe!) [Read more…]


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text: kj2018 48 Posted May 6, 2018 the Tigers have now scored 3 or less in 19 of their 33 games, or at a 58% clip. Last year, I believe teams played about a .200 winning percentage of winning their games when they scored 3 or less. The Tigers last year did that in 43 % of their games, and went 5-64 in those games. I believe that was the worst winning percentage in all of baseball. They actually won 5 times already this year with 3 or less, for a 5-14 record thus far, which is a 26 % winning percentage. The AL as a whole coming into today this year is at a 42.8 % of scoring 3 or less in all games. If the Tigers were near that average, they probably would have 2 or 3 more wins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A new trend is occurring throughout the nation to provide fathers more equal parenting time and rights to their children after a separation or divorce. In the past, mothers were typically given full custody of their children while fathers had only limited visitation rights. This new movement is good news for both fathers and their children as recent research has concluded that children typically do better when they are able to share time equally between both parents.
A recent article in The Parent Herald discusses several studies and reports that state that, until recently, an overwhelming percent of child custody cases favored the mother, and the National Parents Organization even graded states on their child custody statutes. The majority of the states rated received a C or D grade.
However, this joint custody trend has been gaining momentum, and this year 20 states have already begun the process of passing bills that will allow for shared parenting. Making equal parenting time the norm instead of the exception is the goal of this movement to change legislation. Proponents hope that it will not only benefit the fathers and children but mothers as well. With the time needed to care for their children reduced, mothers would have more time to focus on themselves and their careers.
Couples who are considering separation or divorce may want to consider a joint custody arrangement that will provide equal parenting time and rights for both parents. Obviously, certain exceptions can exist where one parent is abusive or otherwise unfit to care for the children; however, in many cases, shared parenting can offer an advantageous solution for all involved. For more information and guidance on child custody arrangements, divorcing parents would need to speak with an experienced family law attorney.
Source: Parent Herald. "Father's Day 2015: Shared Parenting Gaining Support, Equal-Time Child Custody the New Post-Divorce Arrangement," Staff Reporter, Jun 19, 2015


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Explore the heritage of Leicester and Leicestershire
In the west of Leicestershire, visit the Battle of Bosworth Heritage Centre, and find out all about the battle that claimed the life of King Richard III. Battle re-enactments and other historic events regularly take place here.
The county boasts many splendid stately homes including the majestic Belvoir Castle and the unique Calke Abbey. Medieval jousting festivals are often held at Belvoir, and also at Rockingham Castle near Market Harborough.
Leicestershire is also home to Foxton Locks, a remarkable piece of Victorian engineering, where you can walk along the inclined plane of locks, enjoy a family day of orienteering or hire a narrowboat and enjoy the scenery from the water.
Top ten heritage sites to visit in Leicester and Leicestershire
Bosworth Battlefield
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Richard III Visitor Centre
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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Explore heritage sites in Leicester and Leicestershire
The 1620s House and Garden is like taking a step back in time where you can explore the early 17th century house and its gardens and see how people lived 400 years ago.
Visit the Ashby de la Zouch Museum and delve into the fascinating local history of Ashby de la Zouch in The National Forest. The Zouche and Hastings Gallery retells the history of Ashby de la Zouch from ancient times up to the present day.
Melton Mowbray
Belvoir Brewery was established in 1995 and has been growing and expanding as a company ever since.
Melton Mowbray
Enjoy a visit to Belvoir Castle where you can find out about the fascinating history of this Regency period castle and its picturesque gardens.
Market Bosworth
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre is a colourful multi award winning interactive exhibition telling the story of the Battle of Bosworth and its place in the Wars of the Roses set within a well-appointed visitor centre.
Enjoy peace and tranquility in the magical surroundings of this medieval deer park, the childhood home of Nine Day Queen Lady Jane Grey. Take along a picnic or buy a cup of tea or lunch at one of our two tearooms.
Castle Donington
Visit Castle Donington Museum, housed in a 17th century former farmhouse. Lots of local memorabilia to see.
Charnwood Museum is an award winning museum featuring a range of exhibits that reflect local history and industries. It is a popular family friendly museum set in the heart of the beautiful Queens Park in the centre of Loughborough.
Walks and tours
Take a guided walk to explore more of our city and county. Explore more about King Richard III and the sites that can tell a part of his story.
Experienced guides organise walks throughout the year across the destination.
Themed heritage trails
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- Industrial heritage
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- Melton town heritage trail
- Great Central Railway corridor
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Hi All,
Mayday is nearly upon us! Special attention to May Day Picnic at Glasgow Green. We'll be there with a Mayday Special A-Chat (it's just like regular A-Chat but on Mayday).
Also, we have Anarchist Federation and Unity Centre: The Asylum System in the UK: Basic Info Session on the 17th.
Hope to see you there!


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I digitally copied the photo of Eddie from a print I took in the mid-90s. I took the second photo of sheep on Cedar Mountain in the summer of 2007.
I got word two weeks ago that Eddie died. I liked Eddie and had over the past few years heard he'd been slipping. When I left Utah nearly five years ago, his hearing was fading and he was having a harder time getting around. He'd just sold his herd, but was still helping the man who brought his sheep. He no longer went up on the mountain or out into the desert every day, but he was still making the trek two or three times a week. I last saw him two years ago. Then, his eyes were going; macular degeneration, I think. He was no longer able to drive. About a year ago I heard he was in a nursing home. Age and illness had robbed this man of the things he enjoyed, running up and down the mountain in all kinds of weather and basking in the beauty of God's creation. Now, he's at rest.
Eddie proudly proclaimed to everyone that he was a sheepherder, even though for him it was business. He hired a herder to stay with the sheep, a man who lived in a sheep wagon and who generally liked being along. Occasionally his herder would come to town for supplies and drink, and after a few days of the latter, he'd go back up on the mountain or out in the Nevada desert, where he'd dry out while tending the sheep, protecting them from predators, and hauling drinking water. Eddie made almost daily trips to check on his herder and the herd, bringing in groceries and feed for the horses and helping him haul water for the sheep. I think he had around 1600 ewes in his herd, which considering that most ewes have twins, equals a lot of lambs. When that many animals are away from a watering hole, a lot of water has to haul. Such a herd also required a large number of rams, along with horses and dogs to help with the work. At night, Eddie did the books and dealt with government leases. Although Eddie was one of the largest landowners around, he still leased land for grazing, especially for winter pasture in eastern Nevada.
Eddie lived by the rotation of the earth. In the summer, the ewes and lambs would feast on the grass in the high mountains plateaus. Late summer or early fall, the lambs were culled from the ewes and rounded up to be trucked to market. It was always a guess as to how long to wait. The longer the lambs ate the mountain grass, the heavier they were and the more profit they'd bring. But there was always the risk of early snows trapping the herd and he'd have to haul in feed, which would eat up any profit he might have made. And then there was the year of the fire. With much of his range burned, the lambs had to be sold off early, when they were a good 20 pounds light. On another occasion, he told about an early snow. The lambs had already been sold, but the ewes were still on the mountain. The snow was so deep, his truck got stuck and he had to spend a day walking out, while his herder stayed with the herd which was nearly immobilized by deep snow. Getting back to town, he hired a bulldozer to come and clear a path so the sheep could make it down the mountain. In the fall, as the aspen turn bright yellow, he'd ride a horse, trailing the sheep down the mountain and around the south end of town, using a 100 year old livestock trail. As the days shortened, he and the herder would move the sheep from one alfalfa field to another, where the sheep would eat the remains left from the harvest as they moved toward their winter pasture in Nevada. By December, the sheep were roaming around the deserts of eastern Nevada, between Caliente and Pioche, where they ate sage and what grass was left from the summer. If there was snow on the ground, it was easy work for the herders for the sheep could also eat snow for moisture. But if there was no snow, Eddie and his herd would have to drive the old tank trunk to the warm springs at Panaca or another spring on the west side of his property, where they would fill it up and haul the water back to the sheep.
At the end of winter, Eddie's sheep got to ride in trucks back east to the lambing barns near Kanarraville. The sheep would first be sheared, usually by men from Australia and New Zealand, who sheared the herds in the American West from late February through April, then returned home, shearing sheep Down Under in their spring which is our fall. Lambing came after shearing (there's less problems with birthing when the ewe is sheared). For a few weeks, Eddie would hire a host of people to help him by serving as mid-wives to the ewes. Then, as the weather warmed and the snows retreated on the mountain, they'd moved the herd up to the mountain, where the cycle would repeat itself.
"How are we today," Eddie would ask with a big grin, whenever he greeted anyone. He was always cheerful even though he'd known his share of heartache. His wife, the love of his life, had died of cancer a few years before I met him. In his living room was a photograph of a large aspen tree. When the tree was small, Eddie had carved a heart and added his name along with the names of his wife and daughter. Carving on aspens was common among sheepherders. Eddie had forgotten about this tree, but as it grew so did the carving and one day a hunter came upon it. He photographed the tree and gave it to Eddie as thanks for allowing him to hunt. Eddie was pleased.
Eddie also loved his daughter and doted on her and made sure she was well cared for. She was a few years older than me and mentally challenged. Although I never asked, I couldn't help but wonder if his wife's cancer and his daughter's limited mental capacity had anything to do with those blinding predawn sunrises from the west that Eddie and his wife experienced back in the early 50s. Above ground nuclear testing was common in that decade and although the government assured them they were safe and there was nothing to worry about from the white ash sometimes fell afterwards, we now know otherwise.
I am thankful for the few times I took Eddie up on his invitations to take a day off and ride with him. We'd head out early. Sometimes we stop for breakfast or coffee. In his truck, he'd have some groceries and a few tools to repair fences or gates, maybe a salt block or two. Depending on where the herd was located, we'd drive an hour or two, all the while Eddie telling stories about his dad and about the sheep business and about how lazy the cattlemen could be (there is little love between sheepherders and cattlemen, a feud that goes back into the 19th Century). Lunch was always at the sheepherder's wagon. In the winter, we'd all go inside to get out of the cold and wind. The smells were enchanting. Pinion burned in the stove as coffee perked. Mutton was always served. Some days we'd eat it with potatoes and carrots, other days we'd have it in a sandwich, the bread lathered with mayonnaise and cheese. We'd wash it all down with coffee.
Some afternoons we'd scout out the next spot for the camp. Others, we'd take the tank truck out for water. As we drove around, Eddie would show me how he cared for the land. He'd show me where he had been working to stop erosion and to restore the grass that use to be more abundant. Over-herding animals in the first half of the 20th Century had taken its toll. When Eddie got into the business, he decided to run half as many sheep on the land as his dad and the previous tenants. His decision was slowly paying dividends and he was proud of his work and of his land. After he'd do the chores for the day, as the sun was dropping in the sky, we'd head back toward town.
"When I was in my 20s and just starting out, I was told by another herder that sheepherding was a young man's business," Eddie confided in me one day. "Now I believe him." And now Eddie can relax and let the Good Shepherd take over.


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This is a 2 part Rollup. The first part captures the number activities on an opportunity. The second part makes use of workflow rules to capture the number of activities completed before a deal was closed. Take note if an opportunity is re-opened and closed the number of activities before closed date field will change to match the number of activities field.
Step 1. - Create a field to hold the number activities completed, and a field to hold the number of activities completed before deal closed.
Step 2. - Create a Rollup to the opportunity object, Select number of activities field as target field
Step 3. - Select Task as child object, and Deleted as source field, Select Count as Rollup Type
Step 4. - Create a workflow on the opportunity object
Step 5. - Name the rule, set Evaluation Criteria to created, and everytime its edited
Step 6. - Change the Rule Criteria to formula evaluates true, the formula should be set to
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Step 7. - Create a workflow action, set it to use a formula to set the new value, in the formula field put the A.P.I. name of your rollup target field
Step 8. - Make sure to activate your workflow rule! After this is done Your Rollup should be up and running!


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The key to a fresh and colorful interior décor is to use indoor plants. They constantly change the atmosphere and add that kick your décor needs to stand out and to feel complete. Plants add color, shape and life to a room and for that alone we love them. But they are also surprisingly versatile.
Any room could use a lovely happy corner. To maximize your space, use corner shelves. Decorate them with fresh plants and also use them to store books and accessories. Explore this 55 Greeny Indoor Plants Ideas that Will Purify Your Room's Air that will inspire you! Enjoy!


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Welcome to Skafferiet and historical Hovinsholm -the Norwegian pantry!
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Key Takeaways:
- Even though boomer-owned companies may flood the market over the next decade, strong businesses will most likely still find little difficulty in selling.
- Deciding to sell can be the longest part of the selling process. After that, should take roughly three to six months to prepare the business and an additional three to six months to market the business and negotiate and close a deal.
- As a seller, it's important to be realistic about your business. Deal advisors like investment bankers, lawyers and accountants can help clean up the presentation, but they cannot build an entirely new company.
- Because selling a business should result in swapping the source of the owner's income from a business to investments, personal advisors like lawyers and wealth managers can do a lot to create an efficient transition.
Continue reading What the Recent Sale of Southern Tool Steel Tells Us About the M&A Market in the Southeast


text: Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 25 - April 30, 1995. Traveled to Yale Center for British Art, December 2 - February 4, 1996. Texts by Jeremy Lewison and Duncan Macmillan. Artists include: Roger Ackling, John Bellany, Victor Burgin, Steven Cambell, Alan Charlton, Ken Currie, Grenville Davey, Alan Davie, Angus Fairhurst, Terry Frost, Hamish Fulton, Antony Gormley, John Hilliard, Damien Hirst, Shirazeh Houshiary, Peter Howson, Alan Johnson, Anish Kapoor, Jack Knox, Michael Landy, Langlands and Bell, Christopher Le Brun, Richard Long, Ian McKeever, Bruce McClean, Nicolas May, Lisa Milroy, Thérèse Oulton, Marc Quinn, June Redfern, Marcus Taylor, Gavin Turk, Rachel Whiteread, Adrian Wiszniewski, Craig Wood and Bill Woodrow. Includes 496 illustrations, 195 in color illustrations; exhibition checklist; narrative biographies of artists exhibited; and artist statements to accompany exhibited prints.


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Designed to fit in your passenger seat, the 5.11 Wingman Patrol Bag functions as a combination organizer, tool kit, and tactical bag, keeping everything you need within easy reach. Ideal for Highway Patrol Officers, Sheriffs, or frequent travelers, the Wingman Patrol Bag utilizes a specialized strap that fastens around your car seat, keeping your gear and accessories stable and secure. When it's time to disembark, the Wingman functions as a traditional messenger bag and allows you to pack up your gear quickly and completely. 5.11 Backup Belt System™ compatible patches allow customized accessory storage, a fold out front panel keeps small items organized, and an adjustable main compartment divider allows you to adapt your storage space on the fly.
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Normal shipping days are Monday - Friday (Saturday based on delivery location, not guaranteed). If expedited shipping chosen, in-stock items ship immediately. Backordered or out of stock items will be shipped best method, Standard Ground. Domestic shipping only. Streicher's does not ship to PO Boxes. See our Shipping Policy.
NOTE: Because of UPS's shipping policy to HI and AK, Streicher's is not able to ship ammunition to these states. All ammunition must ship via ground shipping. Shipping costs are based on total dollar of the order. Standard ground shipping cost is $6.99 on order totals up to $99 then free ground shipping after that. Expedited shipping via air is available for a nominal fee, normal shipping restrictions apply. See our Return & Exchange Procedures.
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Rheostat, Standard Range - 4A
We supply a comprehensive range of rheostats offering excellent value for money. They are wound with heavily oxidised resistance wire on a vitreous enamelled tube with the winding secured in place with a ceramic cement. The tube is supported on robust diecast end stands and the heavy duty sliding contact is of the multi-leaf phosphor bronze type, nickel-plated for corrosion resistance. 4mm terminal posts are fitted, facilitating external connection by conventional 4mm plug leads, spade terminals or bare-ended leads.
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"Fiat money is backed by men with guns; Bitcoin is not. So why should this thing have any value?"--Uber statist economist Paul Krugman.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The fascinating double standard of being President-elect...
... but that as Israel actually invades Gaza, your position is that you're monitoring the situation closely, and--besides--we only have one President at a time, you know.
At this point it is even immaterial to me (from a certain perspective) whether Barack Obama is pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian, or strictly neutral on the growing conflict--I'd just like to see him use that spine of steel to express an opinion.
5 comments:
- Brian Miller said...
I'm sure he'll be getting right on that, after he finishes upbraiding Rick Warren for all those naughty things Rick has said in public. ;)
- January 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Delaware Watch said...
What if Obama's view is that Israel is acting like a shit and if he were to say so now, it would make Israel's actions worse in Gaza before Obama gets in office? I think it's possible that he is holding back because he doesn't want to make a bad situation worse by speaking out now. But I could be wrong.
I also think that there must be a line where a President-elect doesn't effectively tell a sitting Prez what to do. Where that line is admittedly difficult to determine. But foreign policy is mostly an executive branch function and domestic/economic policy is less so. So Obama is sending messages to Congress about the economy but not to Bush about foreign policy. It's a fuzzy matter, I admit, but that might be the kind of distinction Obama is working w/.
- January 3, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Brian Miller said...
You seriously expect a "do whatever the polls say" guy like Obama to say something negative about Israel?
Never, ever gonna happen. Ever.
Even criticizing the actions themselves won't work -- as I've been informed even by some commenters on these sites, demanding an end to indiscriminate bombing of civilians by BOTH sides apparently makes one the love child of Hitler and Stalin.
- January 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Steven H. Newton said...
I'd like to believe that, but I don't.
For a man who said in debate three that the US should not stand by while genocide occurred (you will recall that you and I had differences on the efficacy of such interventions), to stand by now without at least raising his voice against the use of US weapons to target Gaza is, to me, more important than an impact on the Israeli elections or the tradition of not contradicting a sitting president on foreign policy.
Ask yourself this: how will Obama have any credibility to take on Israel's actions after 20 January if he continues to remain silent now?
- January 3, 2009 at 9:07 PM
- Bowly said...
Mark your calendar: I agree with Dana--the second paragraph, at least. Look back to campaign rhetoric, even. Obama's healthcare plan was certainly more detailed than any foreign policy plan. And the further removed from direct US involvement an event was (i.e., anything not named Iraq or Afghanistan), the less specific he was.
This is true of most candidates, by the way. Aside from some Iraq policies and McCain's "Bomb bomb Iran," rare was the direct foreign policy pronouncement. "I'll talk to the leaders and make things better with my superior diplomatic skills" was the normal bullshit response.
I can frankly understand his reluctance to say something that could force the US into a tense situation that would have to be handled by the sitting president. I find this silence on this far less damning than his silence on Prop 8.
- January 4, 2009 at 8:50 AM


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Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is an autosomal recessive disease with an incidence of about 1 in 30 000 births. It characterized by multiple cysts which filled by fluid that can ultimately impede kidney function leading to degeneration of renal tissue and renal failure. Oligo or anhydramnios is frequently present but not invariably so, suggesting that some degree of renal function is retained in some PKD cases. We present a 30 year old woman, gravida 5, para 4, at 22 weeks of gestation with ultrasound findings of autosomal recessive PKD, unilateral ventriculomegaly and marked oligohydramnios. Ventriculomegaly is a brain condition that occurs when the width of the atrium of the lateral ventricle is greater than 10 mm and occurs in 0.3-1.5 births per 1000. The association between autosomal recessive PKD and unilateral ventriculomegaly is not well understood and needs further evaluation.
polycystic kidney disease, unilateral ventriculomegaly, oligohydramnios
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Copyright © Mohammed Khairy Ali, Sherif Abdel-Karim Shazly, Ahmed Mohamed Abbas, Ahmed Yehia Abdelbadee, 2013.
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Ali MK, Shazly SA, Abbas AM, Abdelbadee AY. Polycystic kidney disease with unilateral ventriculomegaly: a case report. Proc Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jul 03;3(2):Article 12 [4 p.]. https://doi.org/10.17077/2154-4751.1196. Free full text article.


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This is amazing…We all know that Shirdi Sai baba culture is very prominent among Chennai folks mainly than other places…I am glad to see this…Our objective is not to make Periyava a fashion symbol or creating a cult but to help several innocent poor people through His anugraham….
Thanks Suresh for the share…
Please click the above 1 minute video to enjoy the ride with Him!
It seems the Auto Driver is a staunch devotee of Kanchi Mahaperiyava HH Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamigal. I am told that the Driver lives by what Periyava has preached. He does a lot of Social Work and also, he is married to a Handicapped Lady! And finally, the driver rides his Autorickshaw in Madras.
What a Person! May Periyava's blessings always be with him. Shankara.
Thanks a bunch to Arthi Ganesh for sharing it with me. Thanks are also due to the person who rode that Auto and shot this lovely video.
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If you want to find video marketing, then there are many great reasons to do this for your business. Video marketing comes in the form of marketing through making videos that you can use on your website or you can use to send to prospective clients in order to get a better idea of what you do and who you are.
If you are unsure of how or why you want to market your business using video marketing, then you need to consider all of the many great reasons to try commercial film services that will aid in your marketing strategy. Listed here are the top five reasons for video marketing for your needs:
- You can clearly state your message. When you have the right film production crew working for you then you will want to find the right options for how you want to portray who you are and how you want to state your message.
- You can clearly state who you are. You will also want to have help with making the right statement for who you are and what you want. This can make it more clear for prospective clients to realize what you do and to also know what you can do for them and why they should choose you.
- You can tell your story. You can also choose to tell your story in the right manner when you find the right team of experts to make your video for you and to help you get the message out. They can help you write the script and determine how to tell your story at the same time while also helping with the video editing to make it as clean cut as possible.
- It is the most powerful way to explain who you are. Another way to tell your story is to really be able to clearly state who you are as a company and what you want to do in the future as a company, which are great ways to help you build your confidence as a company as well as having the right tools to share with others.
- It provides you with a tool that you can use at any time. You can also make the right video that you can use for marketing in the future as well. This is something that you can use for your website as well as use it as a marketing tool for explaining who you are and what you do.
As you can see, there are many great reasons for using video marketing as a part of your marketing strategy. If you want to find the right film crew to help you with your video marketing strategies and to help you create the right film for your needs, then you will want to reach out to the right team to help you get the job done.
You can start by reaching out to the experts over at Little Raven Pictures. They are the leading experts in video production and they can help you find the right tools to get your video made and edited for your business.


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On masculinity, homophobia, and cutting the grass
By MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH for Feministing When I was fifteen or sixteen, my father asked me if I was gay. As is his way, he didn't actually ask me. He made a statement intended to elicit a response which would answer the question he really meant to ask. We have issues with communication in my family….


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Arriving via public transportBus information
There are a number of buses from Reading and surrounding areas that run direct to Madejski Stadium. (Please note there has been some minor changes to services and times compared to last season, so check the timetables below)
For those using the buses this season, a new "Football Return" ticket is being introduced - priced at £6 for adults and £3.50 for under 19s. This will allow travelers to buy on any normal Reading Buses service and transfer onto the F1 service - and then return to town on the F1 and before again transferring onto your Reading buses service. This ticket is not valid on any other football bus and can only be purchased on a Reading Buses non-football service. It can only be purchased in the Simply Reading area.
Please note the last departing buses from Madejski Stadium on a matchday are
15:00pm Kick-Off– 17:41pm departure from Northern Way (Service F1)
Please note the last departing buses from Madejski Stadium on a matchday are
15:00pm Kick-Off– 17:41pm departure from Northern Way (Service F1)
20:00pm Kick-Off – 22:41pm departure from Northern Way (Service F1)
• Buses from the greater Reading area, Reading town centre and Newbury are run by Reading Buses.• Services from Basingstoke, Farnborough, Wokingham and Bracknell are subsidised by Reading FC and run by Stagecoach Buses.
Full details for all services are below.
Reading buses (Please note change of numbers for this season, old numbers in brackets)
F10 (70) Sonning Common
F11 (71) Emmer Green
F12 (71A) Emmer Green & Caversham
F32 (72) Woodley
F30 (72A) Tywford
F31 (72B) Woodley Airfield
F33 (73) Lower Earley
F13 (74) Caversham Park
F14 (74A) Henley-on-Thames
F24 (75) Purley
F23 (75A) Theale & Pangbourne
F22 (76) Tilehurst Circular
F21 (76A) Norcot
F2 (77) Shinfield Park (Park & Ride Shuttle)
F20 (78) Newbury
F1 (79) Reading Station (Shuttle)
F60 Mereoak (Junction 11/A33) Park and Ride Shuttle
Reading buses timetables can be found here (inner Reading) and here (outer Reading). View the latest Reading Buses poster here.
Information is also online at http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/football/
Fare prices
Reading Urban services F1 to F33 (within the Greater Reading Urban Area)
Yellow Zone - Adult return £5, child return £3.
Blue Zone - Adult return £6, child return £3.50.
Services F1 and F2
Adult return £4, child return £2.50.
Return tickets issued by Greenwave Park and Ride service are accepted on this service.
Service F20 (boarding Newbury Bus Station to Pipers Way)
Adult return £7.50, child return £4.50.
Service F20 (boarding Colthrop Lane to Theale)
Adult return £7, child return £4.
Service F20 (boarding Calcot Sainsbury's to Madejski Stadium (yellow zone))
Adult return £5, child return £3.
All single tickets are 50p less, except F20 service from Colthrop Lane onwards which is £1 less for adults.
Mereoak Park & Ride shuttle; adult return £3.50, solo £1.70 Group return (up to 5 people, max 3 adults) £7. Concessionary passes cannot be used on Mereoak Park and Ride shuttle buses.
Click Here for the Mereoak timetable information.
On matchdays
The first Greenwave-Madejski service will operate along with service F1 and stops under the old bingo hall at Reading Station while works are underway. Use stop EF (station road) at the Stadium for the return journey to Reading Station.
Stagecoach buses
951 Basingstoke - Tadley - Burghfield Common
952 Farnborough - Yateley - Sandhurst - Crowthorne
953 Wokingham - Emmbrook - Winnersh
954 Bracknell
Return ticket prices
Adult £6.50
Child £3.50
Family ticket (up to 2 adults + up to 3 children) £15
A full Stagecoach football timetable is available here.
General bus info
Concessionary fares / exact change
Concessionary Pass Holders may travel free on football services on production of a valid pass. Travelcards, day & group tickets are not valid. Drivers do not carry change so please have exact fares prepared.
Kick off changes
The timetables published have details for games with 3pm kick off times When a fixture is moved, the timetable will move by the same amount of time. EG for a 1pm kick off, buses simply run two hours earlier than the 3pm kick off time.
Rail information
The nearest railway station to Madejski Stadium is Reading. From the station you can take a Greenwave Park & Ride service. Greenwave does not leave from the Old Bus Station. These run from the North interchange on Mondays to Fridays but on Saturdays will run from Station Road stop EF instead.
Please note that there is ample town centre parking for access to these buses - Garrard Street, Vastern Road and Broad Street Mall are all within easy walking distance of the Station Hill bus stop.


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Our specialist COPD service offers treatment and support to help patients to manage their conditions and ease their often distressing symptoms.
COPD is one of the most common respiratory diseases in the UK. People with COPD develop breathlessness, mainly due to the narrowing of their airways. Typical symptoms of COPD include:
- Increasing breathlessness during activity
- A persistent cough with phlegm
- Frequent chest infections
COPD is mainly caused by smoking, which irritates and inflames the lungs, causing long term damage. Other causes of COPD include exposure to fumes and dust in the workplace, air pollution and genetic disorders.
Our services
We run a specialist COPD clinic offering diagnosis and management of COPD and providing an expert second opinion where needed. The service is Clinically led by Dr Richard Barraclough, with Professors Dave Singh and Professor Jorgen Vestbo leading on Research. We have a twice monthly Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting, involving a range of health professionals, to identify patients suitable for the new minimally invasive techniques of lung volume reduction such as endobronchial valves.
Our team of allied health professionals runs a chronic disease management service providing extra support to COPD patients in the community, especially at times of worsening of their conditions, reducing the need for hospital admissions. We are working to achieve a seamless service and common standard of care across the city, providing access to rehabilitation and discharge support.
Community Respiratory team
The Community Respiratory team is made up of specialist respiratory nurses and respiratory physiotherapists. They provide care for patients and families affected by various respiratory conditions in hospital, clinics and in the home setting, offering advice on how to manage the respiratory condition and support to help patients cope with their conditions.
The team provide early supported discharge for selected patients admitted to hospital with various respiratory conditions and they also provide ongoing care for those with more complex needs. The team also run a community based clinic for GP's to refer into and run a pulmonary rehabilitation programme providing breathing exercises and education about COPD management. There is support from Practice Nurses who perform spirometry. We are a first contact and surveillance service for South Manchester GP-registered patients with primary non-malignant (non-cancerous) respiratory conditions.
Support includes:
- Pulmonary rehabilitation – a breathing exercise and education outpatient programme taking place over eight weeks
- Lifestyle and education sessions
- Smoking cessation support and advice
- Education for anyone involved in caring for people with COPD and other respiratory conditions
- Support to health care services in the management of patients with COPD and other respiratory conditions, including support with early supported discharge and admission avoidance
Tests and treatment
It is important that COPD is diagnosed as early as possible so treatment can be used to try to slow down lung deterioration. COPD is usually diagnosed after a consultation with a GP, which may be followed by breathing tests.
The most important treatment for COPD is stopping smoking. Drug treatments for COPD usually involve relieving the symptoms with medication, for example by using an inhaler to make breathing easier. Pulmonary rehabilitation may also help increase the amount of exercise you are capable of doing. Surgery may be an option for a small number of people with COPD.
Simple steps such as living in a healthy way, being as active as possible, learning breathing techniques, and taking your medication, all help to reduce the symptoms of COPD.
We have a wide range of research projects ongoing, including the evaluation of new COPD treatments, and studying the reasons why COPD get can worse over time. There are opportunities for you to get involved with these projects.
You can learn about our leading research work, how this benefits patients, and how you can get involved, by visiting our research facility pages.
You can be referred to our service by your GP, who will usually carry out some initial tests to see if you have COPD.
Secretaries: 0161 291 2832
Community Respiratory Team. : All patients have a contact number to call upon if they develop any non-emergency problems regarding their chest condition: 0161 998 7070 during service hours.
The COPD service is based at the North West Lung Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital and is located in the Yellow Zone, Entrance 4, off Southmoor Road.


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Name of organization: African Poultry Network of the World Poultry Science Association
Acronym: APN WPSA
Year/date/place of establishment: Friday the 27th of September 2010 INRA Nouzilly, France
Website: www.africanpoultrynetwork.org
Name of coordinator/chair: Dr. Thomas Kaudia
Contact persons
Dr. Thomas Kaudia
Chairman of the APN
Box 60745 – 00200 Nairobi
Dr. Harry Swatson
1 Wensleydale Road, Scottsville X01, Pietermaritzburg 3201, KZN, South Africa.
Tel: +27 33 3425520
Contact Address
Chairman of the APN-WPSA
Winrock International
Box 60745 – 00200 Nairobi
A workshop was held at INRA Nouzilly, France on Friday the 27th of September 2010 to discuss the establishment of the WPSA (sub-Saharan African poultry Network. About 50 poultry practitioners including African delegates and WPSA members involved or interested in the whole poultry value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa actively participated in the deliberations. Discussions centred on the aims, goals, structure, modus operandi of the Network. In addition ways in which the Network will operate to assist in strengthening poultry education, training, research capability and overcoming the constraints of poultry production in Africa were brainstormed.
The Network was thus established on the 27th of September 2010 in Tours, France during the European Poultry Conference. It is a thematic network covering research, education/training, extension and organisational activities along the whole poultry value chain. A "across sector " approach will enable students, researchers, stakeholders and practitioners in the small-scale family, semi-scavenging sector 4 production with indigenous birds, large scale, sector 1 commercial meat and egg production practitioners to be active participants of the APN-WPSA.
The establishment of the APN management
In the interim five "champions" were elected to oversee the functioning of the Network.
Countries and Members selected
Cameron : Dr Jean Claude Fotza
Togo : Prof Kokou Tona
Kenya : Dr Thomas Jean Claude
Mozambique : Dr Rosa Felizarda da Costa
South Africa : Dr Harry Swatson
Subsequently a steering committee was established that included the champion's and three members from established WPSA branches in Africa.
The additional members are from
Nigeria : Prof Daisy Eruvbetine
Ghana : Prof Comfort Acheampong
Tanzania : Prof Uswege Minga
To be a Global leader in promoting poultry education, appropriate and innovative research, scholarly and professional poultry related activities and providing services to the poultry industry along the whole poultry value chain
Members are required to participate in cross-country, cross cultural poultry related activities. Our members have the ability to effectively communicate and innovatively apply their specialist poultry knowledge to provide the required advice on solving problems relating to the whole poultry value chain.
Strategic partnerships between members of the APN will enable the discovery, transfer of knowledge and skills through research, training and development. The APN is well poised to anticipate and effectively respond positively to changes and challenges in the African Poultry Industry value chain.
Mission Statement (draft..)
The African Poultry Network of the World Poultry Science Association promotes the generation of new innovative knowledge and the development of human capital through the dissemination of research, training and development information in support of a prosperous African Poultry Sector.
Aims/Objectives of the WPSA-APN in Africa (…draft)
The Network may undertake other related activities if considered appropriate by the General Assembly and/or the Executive Committee.
Under development
Funded through WPSA Membership fees and external funding where appropriate
Address some challenges facing the African poultry industry. These include:
APN activities will include but will not be limited to the following:


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Lord God of hosts, who breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
We pray for nations which are threatened from outside, living in fear of those who seek the power or the excuse to attack.
We pray for nations which are being devastated from within, torn apart by civil war, whose people have lost homes and families, whose children are left without food or drink or peace.
We pray for the nations with power to cause or prevent war; for the leaders who declare their enemies to be 'evil' and themselves to be 'good'; for those who seek knee-jerk military solutions to social and relational problems.
Lord God of hosts, who breaks the bow and shatters the spear –
May those living in the shadow of fear receive true hope.
May those driven by hatred, suspicion or greed encounter living faith.
May those obsessed with protecting their own interests experience sheer grace.
May your people be active peace-makers, locally, socially, politically, globally.
Lord God of hosts, be exalted among the nations.
Be exalted in the earth.


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1/2 ounce Frangelico
1/2 ounce Kahlua
3 ounces cream
4 Maraschino cherries
Hershey's chocolate syrup, to taste
Add a few ice cubes to a highball glass. Pour in Frangelico and Kahlua, then drop Maraschino cherries (remove the stems). Pour the cream down the sides of the glass, stir lightly and drizzle chocolate syrup. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe printed from http://TheSlowRoastedItalian.com/
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My name is Tybie Schmaus. I am a student at Saskatoon MC College. I am one of the fortunate Hairstyling students to have flown to Las Vegas on July 12 for the NAHA's (North American Hairstyling Awards). The experience was amazing and inspiring. It opened my eyes to the amazing career opportunities. I guess you could say I figured out what I want to do in my career path once I graduate.
All the students from the MC College campuses that came to Vegas met for a morning of inspiration and fun. We watched our instructors and fellow students do demonstrations of haircuts and up-dos. We were fortunate to have Laddie James (Hairstyling Inn) and Yollie Ten Koppel (Pivot Point) there to show us some very cool things you can do with a person's hair. Next came our guest speaker, Mr. Micheal O'Rourke. I have never been more certain that I made the right decision going to hair school than I was during his speech. The things I took from that were to always believe in yourself and you can achieve anything.. and that nothing good comes without some hard work.
The following night was the NAHA's and everyone was dressed to impress. Including the models and stylists featured in the shows. It was amazing to see the creativity put into the looks by the stylists. I was seeing things done with hair that I never would've thought possible. I feel inspired to work toward entering the student category for NAHA 2015.
This experience is one that I will carry with me forever and will inspire me in my future endeavours.


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A day of spelunking
The kids and I did the 3/4 mile hike into the Ape cave, lava tube today. It's a childhood favorite of mine! Pitch black with an icy breeze, it's an unusual adventure.
There is a longer, more difficult path but no way the kids can make that trip yet. Actually, they might be able to do it but I couldn't climb up and down all the rock piles with Simon on my back.
After 1.5 miles over 1.5 hours (yeah, we're slow!) the first signs of natural light streaming through the mouth of the cave is such a thrill for the kids. 🙂


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Regina police and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan are investigating after reports of jackrabbits with arrows through their bodies in the neighbourhood of Harbour Landing.
Erin Pippin works with the society, which aims to help wildlife in distress.
She says there have been sightings of four rabbits shot by someone with a bow and arrow, though they haven't been able to capture any of the "tough and resilient creatures."
Police say a suspect has not yet been identified, but remind the public that it's illegal to hunt or shoot wildlife inside the city.
Bill Thorn with the Regina Humane Society says shooting jackrabbits is really just a case of animal cruelty.
He says it's something they see far too often, but the animal protection laws in Saskatchewan "don't give us a lot of authority."
Pippin says she understands if someone was trying to hunt jackrabbits for meat, but doesn't think that was the case with these rabbits.
"A lot of us within the organization accept things such as hunting, especially hunting for the meat. That is a fact of life," she says.
"In regards to cruelty to animals, this is just cruelty."


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Client Testimonials
Over the years we have always used the legal services of Arthur, ONeil, Mertz, Michel and Brown, The most recent issue being a personal injury case. Attorney Dan Michel did an outstanding job of representing us. We were included in all of the decisions made, no matter how big or small. From our first visit to the final signing of all the legal documents we always felt our opinions mattered. We would definitely recommend Attorney Dan Michel as well as the entire law office to friends and family.
Bob and Julie
I was dealing with the stressful issue of divorce. Not knowing what the future would hold I turned to Jennifer N. Brown for guidance. Her availability to answer any questions or concerns I had helped me to realize that she truly cared about my needs as a client. Her education and knowledge of domestic law helped me feel more comfortable and informed during the divorce process. I am now living happily with my two children while focusing on a bright future. I am grateful for all of Jennifer's help during this process. I would highly recommend her and this firm to others.
Regina M. Medina
Dan Michel from Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown was recommended to me by a friend when I was involved in a car accident over a decade ago. Dan fought for me, in and out of court, for over two years to obtain payment for my medical expenses and lost wages. He was always there to listen and offer advice, and obtained a financial settlement that was much more than I had anticipated. Since then he has handled all my legal work expertly and is always available to answer questions. I think of Dan and his firm as family and would recommend them to anyone.
Sandra Wagner
I was in an accident with my two youngest children in February 2012. Thankfully my children were unhurt, but I did have some injuries although minor in the scope of what they could have been, they did disrupt my life quite a bit. I did not retain a lawyer right away, which was a mistake on my part. As the injuries were finally diagnosed I realized I needed to hire someone, so I started researching online and talking to people about who was a good lawyer. Several people and reviews I found online rated O'Neil, Mertz, Michel, and Brown very high. When I first met Dan he was very straight forward and clear about what was to be done and how it would work. He didn't mislead me about what to expect settlement wise and he was also very compassionate and understanding of the stress and anxiety that comes along with this process. I would recommend this firm because everyone I was in contact with in the office was very nice and understanding and even though I'm sure their schedules were busy, I never felt forgotten about.
S.F. Defiance, Ohio
I would highly recommend using Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel, & Brown to anyone looking for a great attorney and I have done so several times already!
Jennifer Brown helped me with the sensitive situation of custody with my child. Jennifer was very down to earth about the situation, she truly seemed to understand and respect my feelings about the situation. She was knowledgeable about the law and very upfront and honest with the possible outcomes. She and her staffs' investigation into the situation helped tremendously. They always responded to my needs and concerns quickly and kept me informed on what was going on, I was extremely pleased with the attention I was given by this office during this time. Jennifer is a down to earth professional who seems to really care about her clients and she works to get a fair outcome for you.
My husband and I also used Jennifer to write our wills. She was very knowledgeable about it. She took the time to look into all the aspects of our life and discuss them with another attorney we use to make sure everything was correct. She did a great job taking care of us and making sure our family would be taken care of If anything would ever happen to us!
Danyelle Wonderly
I am not sure there are enough words to express our gratitude in regards to our experience with Jennifer Brown and the staff at Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown Co.,
We'll never be able to thank you enough for representing and winning our case for us. Your knowledge and your assertive attitude gave us the sense of security we needed. Your patience to explain all the legal paperwork that came with our case, and the great advice you gave us so we could handle a difficult situation, were very much appreciated.
We couldn't believe how much you did for us, you drove out of town to represent us, that's much more than any other attorney would've done. What you did for us was completely outstanding, we are so glad we found someone that goes the extra mile to make sure things were fair,
We hope we never have to go through any other legal issues, but if we do you'll be the one we call. We always bring your name up if we ever hear anyone needing legal representation.
Travis and Denise Drenning
I was involved in a bad collision when I was working as an over-the-road truck driver. No one seemed to be able to help me, because the collision occurred in Illinois, and my employer was based out of Nebraska. I turned to Jennifer Brown of the law firm of Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown and she worked very hard to solve the complicated legal challenges in my case. Jennifer is very kind and hard working, and when unfavorable court rulings were made, Jennifer fought those rulings through the appellate process all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court to ultimately obtain a just settlement. Jennifer spent many hours on my case, and kept me very well informed along the way. Jennifer is a GREAT ATTORNEY, and I would recommend her to anyone.
Dan Barerra
Jennifer Brown is Our Angel!
I have been fighting to protect my daughters for four years with no success. I finally made the decision to change attorneys and that was the best decision I could have ever made. From the first call to schedule the appointment to the first meeting with Jennifer, everyone I came into contact with was friendly and professional. Jennifer took the time to go through each step of the process with me and took the time to answer my questions and calm my fears with compassion and a true desire to help. I truly believe she loves helping people. She went to work right away resolving the issues and had things rolling in days, where as it took my former legal counsel months to do. Each time an issue came up, all I had to do is make a call to the office and I was contacted with an answer quickly. They never made me feel like what I was calling them for was crazy or out of line. When we were in court, Jennifer was by my side the entire time, taking what ever steps were needed to protect us. I have never felt more relieved as I was the day I retained Jennifer. I have referred others to Jennifer and everyone has agreed, she is the best! When she takes on a challenge, she gives it 110%. I wished I would have made the call sooner.


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Industrialisation in the West Midlands
Thanks to the coming of the canals and
railways, and the vast local deposits of coal, iron ore, and
limestone, the West Midlands became the country's industrial
heartland, and remained as such for nearly 200 years. Much
of the area was dominated by factories, chimneys, and
furnaces. Even in the more rural areas there would be a
chimney or pall of smoke on the sky line. At night the sky
filled with a red glow from countless foundries and steel
works, and the silence was broken by the sound of heavy
I grew-up in Darlaston where factories
were a frequent sight, they were almost everywhere. Although
many people will not be familiar with the old industrial
landscape, it had a beauty all of its own, both awe
inspiring and dramatic.
The unthinkable started to happen in
the late 1970s when factories started to close, mainly
because of their inability to compete with rising levels of
foreign competition. The industries that offered jobs for
everyone, and social activities in works social clubs,
became unfashionable, and vast areas fell into dereliction.
In our modern post industrial society
we eagerly embrace the new, and only too quickly discard the
old. We are creatures of our past and our industrial
heritage has made us what we are today. Sadly old factories
and machinery have little value and we have too few museums
in which to display them.
Over the last twenty years the
landscape has changed beyond recognition. Most of the old
factories have gone, and areas have been redeveloped to such
an extent that it's now difficult to visualise the
once-familiar industrial landmarks, or decide exactly where
they stood. Younger and future generations will have no
concept of what factory life was really like, unless we
preserve what remains.
Over the years, a few artists have
recorded the industrial scene, but none like Arthur
Lockwood, an accomplished artist, who for over twenty five years
has been accurately portraying all aspects of the industrial
landscape, from buildings and machinery, to the factory
workers, and their daily tasks. His unique work is an
invaluable record of lost industries and working lives.
Arthur's wonderful paintings are, and will continue to be a
marvellous resource for anyone who is interested in our
industrial heritage. They recapture the atmosphere of the
industrial towns and factories to such an extent that it's
easy to imagine you are actually there.
Arthur's Father
father Frank T. Lockwood, also an accomplished artist, came
from Linthwaite near Huddersfield and attended a local art
college. After being demobbed at the end of the First World
War, he came to Birmingham where he acquired a job with
Cadburys as a commercial artist. He worked his way up the ladder and
ended-up in charge of the studio, where many publications
were produced, including a series called 'Our Birmingham',
and 'Conurbation', a book that looked at how Birmingham and
the Black Country would be planned after the Second World
War. There were also educational books and general books
covering a wide range of topics.
Frank Lockwood's view of the Tipton canal,
painted in 1953.
He became a member of Birmingham's art
societies including the Birmingham Art Circle, the Birmingham
Watercolour Society, and the Easel Club.
He was also an associate member of the Royal Birmingham
Society of Artists, and exhibited with them all.
Arthur Lockwood
Arthur was born in Birmingham in the 1930s and began
drawing and painting at an early age. His father actively
encouraged him to paint, and from the age of nine Arthur went with his
father on his painting outings, and learned to paint and
draw on the spot. They also drew and painted together during
family holidays.
the foreground is part of Telford's main line on the BCN,
the most important canal in the area.
In 1984 he began
painting in watercolour again, and in 1987, Arthur, and his
wife Gillian, who is a potter, decided that they wanted to
do more of their own work, and so they moved to the Midlands
because of the interesting local subject matter.
Arthur wanted to record what went on in
the area, particularly changes in the disappearing local
industries, which were not well documented. He began to
paint urban and industrial landscapes, including many
buildings and factories that have since been demolished. His
marvellous paintings have become an invaluable record of a
vanishing world, much of which had previously not been
His paintings go right to the heart of
a scene, accurately capturing the atmosphere. They are so
precise that the viewer can easily imagine being there, to
experience the sights and sounds of a long-gone street or
factory for themselves.
The furnace was fed from two cupolas
and acted as a reservoir, so that ladles could be filled
when necessary.
Sadly the foundry closed in January
2006, only a few months after Arthur's painting was done.
He now has a
second book 'Arthur Lockwood urban and industrial watercolours of Birmingham
and the Black Country' also published by Sansom & Company.
It appeared in the autumn of 2012 and is available on the
internet, or from the publishers.
It contains 355 full colour illustrations of paintings by Arthur, his father,
and his son Paul.
It is a must for anyone who is interested
in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Sadly the factory had closed before Arthur
got there in 1991.
Painted in January 1998.
Sadly Arthur passed away on the 3rd
June, 2019 at the age of 85. His paintings are a wonderful
legacy to us all, recalling a time when industry dominated
the Black Country and Birmingham. It is worth keeping an eye open for any
exhibitions that include some of Arthur's work. His
paintings will bring back memories to many people, and
introduce others to a way of life that has almost