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Snow in December. Some people swear at it. I'm sentimental enough to love it, especially when the snowflakes fall lazily as if they were thousands of ornaments minus the tree suspended in air outside my third floor window.
Nostalgia takes over my soul and for some reason my mother knocks at my heart. (Heaven welcomed her nearly three decades ago.)
I was wondering why I was literally trying to blink my way past the tears to see the lyrics and chords as I played my tribute to her entitled "Lucy's Legacy of Love." Mom was made in God's image. God is the Giver Extraordinaire. This is the season for giving. Mom was a giver (probably still is).
Most would think that giving has to do with money or presents – especially during the Christmas season. It actually has nothing to do with money. It's about who you are. Those who love to give know who they are: recipients of the blessings by the Giver Extraordinaire who have become extensions of His benevolence.
Lucy would have cooked for the whole world if she could have. Now, I just pass her plates…
… and I'll pass this song on to you as well.
"Lucy's Legacy of Love"
Set A Place
I sit at the table and in my hand's a pen recalling you again and again
when my hand held a fork instead as you passed out the Italian bread.
You set a place for me through your generosity.
You put yourself into all you prepared, that growing young man was raised on the food of care
and I am still filled by your recipe of love and think of the place that was set for you above.
Mommy, eat heartily and save a seat for me, set a place for me.
Main Dish:
Apron Countenance (Recipe of Love)
Conversation was a delicacy at our feasts of family.
Morsels of kidding and homey laughter that remained long after
the plates had all been put away. I can still taste that joy today
And our meals drew people to you. Your reputation was well-earned.
This was how the rest of us learned the Recipe of Love from His kitchen above.
Your smile was as hearty as your sauce even after the kitchen's high cost
of sacrifice and diligence. Oh, but what an apron countenance!
And you and He still serve your family even to this day, just in a different way.
Room for One More
When life tempts me to be stingy and selfish thoughts arise and chide.
I can hear you say to this very day, "The Lord, He will provide. The Lord will provide."
That truth you spoke so long ago, I have learned more than you could know.
And when the times got real tight and I was battle-weary from life's fight…
Worried about our next meal, your words would always heal:
You said, "The Lord, He will provide. The Lord will provide."
And you opened faith's door wide by saying that God will provide.
Then you'd set an extra place and in would walk another face.
But to you, that's what family's for, always room for one more.
And now your Host says the same as He calls "Lucy" by name:
"Come eat, there's food galore. Sit down, there's always room for one more."
And now, your Lord provides. Now, your Lord provides.
Copyright, Robert J. LaCosta, 2001 All Rights Reserved. No part of this document (song: "Lucy's Legacy of Love") may be reproduced without written consent from the author.
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Omeka 0.10b incorporates many of the changes you asked for: an unqualified Dublin Core metadata schema and fully extensible element sets to accommodate interoperability with digital repository software and collections management systems; elegant reworkings of our theme API and plugin API to make add-on development more intuitive and more powerful; a new, even more user friendly look for the administrative interface; and a new and improved Exhibit Builder. While the changes are extensive and represent a next-to-last step forward toward a 1.0 release in early 2009, existing users of Omeka should have little trouble switching to 0.10b. New users should have even less trouble getting started. Meanwhile, visitors to Omeka.org will find a new look, a more intuitive information architecture, easily browsable themes and plugins directories, improved documentation and user support, and new ways to get involved in the Omeka community.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Omeka 0.10
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Collections Agent
Responsible for account collections, adhering to policies and procedures while collecting such payments
- Assisted customers with payment arrangements to ensure customer's service remained active giving customer time to make said payment
- Responsible for troubleshooting device and network issues
- Responsible for tracking missing or misapplied payments and account maintenance
- Earned top 10% ranking two consecutive quarters in first six months of employment
- Provided accurate and appropriate information in response to customer inquiries, and properly directed inbound calls to improve call flow, and verified information in the computer system was up-to-date and accurate
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Collections Agent
Arranged for debt repayment or established repayment schedules, based on customer financial situations.
- Located and notified customers of delinquent accounts by mail and telephone.
- Advised customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment.
- Persuaded customers to amounts due on credit accounts, damage claims, or non-payable checks, or to return merchandise.
- Conferred with customers by telephone to determine reasons for overdue payments and reviewed terms of sales, service or credit contracts.
- Sorted and filed correspondence; performed miscellaneous clerical duties such as answering the phone and writing reports.
- Verified account information and collected payments over the phone in the event that a customer was prepared to pay.
- Recorded information about financial status of customer and status of collection efforts.
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Medical Collections Agent
Handled a high influx of outbound and inbound calls pertaining to reconciliation of delinquent accounts.
- Performed billing rebilling and follow up on account to obtain money from insurance company.
- Ranked in the top 10% of all collection agents in revenue collected and other various categories.
- Negotiated repayment plans for debt repayment explained consequences for not repaying debts.
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Collections Agent
Preformed debt, credit and total accounts on computer spreadsheets/databases,
- Using specialized collections software.
- Calculated, prepared, and issued bills, invoices and account statements according to established procedures.
- Computed, recorded, and proof read data, records and reports.
- Complied with Federal, State and company policies, procedures and regulations.
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Collections Agent
Responsible for contacting customers with delinquent accounts to arrange payment
- Increased collections in my department
- Responsible for working with customers to arrange reasonable payment schedule
- Researched and located customer contact information via the internet
- Two time recipient of department Collector of the Month award
- Contributed to department monthly and quarterly collections goals
- Most checks by phone in a Month
- Highest percent collector on personal liquidation
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Collections Agent, Accounts Receivable
Responsible for debt recovery for a large Fortune 500 client.
- Outbound dialer collection calls to secure payment for overdue bills.
- Inbound collection calls from customers regarding payment, address changes, contact information and dispute information on their invoices.
- Negotiated reasonable payment options and secured and monitored payment.
- Responsible for training new dialer associates after working for three months on the Outbound Dialer team.
- Collected invoices that were $500.00 a week or more as a member of the High Balance Collection Team.
- Resolved customer issues and disputes with invoices as part of the Dispute Team along with Account Executives and the Finance Department.
- Reported to the Finance Department on a weekly basis regarding updated and resolved dispute information.
- Keyed all dispute adjustments for the accounts as part of the Admin Team.
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Collections Agent
Routinely handled sensitive personal and financial information.
- Handled an average of 40 calls per hour while maintaining professionalism and excellence in customer service.
- Received a number of positive reviews from customers and was recognized for quality call handling.
- Followed state and federal collections laws.
- Responsible for detailed documentation of every customer transaction.
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Senior Collections Agent
Trained 100+ new hires on collections and using the computer on a daily basis
- Listened to recorded calls and prepared paperwork for quality assurance
- Worked in the rehabilitation department to recover accounts that were already set up in rehabilitation program with 95 per cent success rate
- Followed all state laws and policies to ensure customer satisfaction
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Collections Agent
Negotiated payment plans to bring accounts current.
- Responded and handled over 120 calls per day.
- Performed research to locate skip status accounts.
- Managed time and attendance for employees.
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Collections Agent
Steadily increased company revenues with each monthly fee schedule
- Regularly called owners of delinquent accounts on a monthly and weekly basis to promote payments
- Promptly ensured follow up by mail and phone to customers about outstanding debts
- Accurately researched validness of unresolved arrears
- Precisely kept records of collections and account status
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What's Employee Engagement all about?
Employee engagement is widely viewed as being crucial to lasting business success. The logic underpinning it is simple: engaged staff are productive staff. Actually achieving a widely engaged workforce, on the other hand, is a little trickier. In this blog series, we explore employee engagement and how to measure it effectively through surveys. First up: what exactly is employee engagement?
Happy and satisfied?
Most experts in the field would say that employee engagement means more than simply employee happiness or satisfaction. Whilst these two elements are no doubt crucial in developing engaged staff, on their own they don't quite give the full picture.
To illustrate, happy and satisfied staff may well readily come into work and complete their hours as necessary. But what's to stop them taking a similar role at a different company that offers them a similar working environment but higher pay? If they aren't "engaged" in their current role, then they'll be more than half a chance of taking that bigger pay cheque.
A fuller definition of employee engagement
A more useful definition of employee engagement must go further. Typically, this definition would include the following points:
- Employee empowerment. This refers to employees having all the tools they need to do their jobs well.
- Buying into organisational goals and values. This refers to broader employee commitment to the organisation as a whole.
Adding these two elements to the mix provides a much more useful definition of employee engagement. Firstly, when employees are empowered to do their jobs more effectively and can see the results themselves, they are more likely to be productive in their role.
Secondly, when employees are committed to the organisation on a deeper level, then they are much more likely to go that extra mile. In other words, when staff believe in what the organisation as a whole wants to achieve then they will perform at their best in their role to contribute to that goal becoming a reality.
Measuring employee engagement
The cornerstone of implementing positive changes in your business to improve engagement is the survey. Known as an employee engagement survey, it offers employees the chance to give meaningful feedback. Employees are generally asked to evaluate their workplace environment and managers, with the ultimate aim of implementing future improvements.
So that's employee engagement in a nutshell. Stay tuned for more on the subject including some top tips for carrying out effective engagement surveys!


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Sadly, a large amount a lot more than 4 million small children conclude up inside the er each and every yr because of in the direction of household mishaps. Luckily for us 90% of people mishaps may comprise been averted. Still there is no solution towards vigilant supervision, proactive childproofing can transfer alongside route against averting pointless incidents. As the youngster explores, practice him what specifically is secure and what is off-limitations.
Drawing upon the working experience of baby basic safety guide Kimberlee Mitchell, well-informed mom of 2 babies and proprietor of Boo Boo Busters Knowledgeable Babyproofing Company, underneath is sometimes a fastened of highly recommended childproofing procedures for each individual dwelling.
The path in the direction of Make a Child Protected Residence Globe
The lowest priced and fastest alternative towards babyproof need to be in the direction of decrease get to towards confident parts of the dwelling that are neither safe and sound nor straight for toddlers. The garage, laundry house, loft, terrace, business, health and fitness center, utility area, craft space, rooms remaining designed, etcetera. need to be "off limitations" for toddlers and will be guarded with doorway locks. The primary doorway and inside garage doorway must consist of convert locks as a result baby received't incorporate achieve toward outside.
Preferred Threats within every single and every single Dwelling
Some property challenges are crystal clear however other folks could be added elusive. Albeit oneself'll uncover a enormous variety of pitfalls well known in direction of wouldn't, Those are very easily rectified the moment recognised.
Protect all merchants, ability strips and outdated unveiled wires. Engaged retailers which incorporates a wire involved and engage in elements (nursery, enjoy house, relatives House) prerequisites toward comprise sliding plate addresses or almost certainly a substantial box outlet go over for outsized plugs upon each individual discovered outlet. Drive plugs can be applied inside of a lot less out there pieces simply the moment the plugs are exceptionally a hardship upon a adult toward receive rid of. A resolved youngster and/or a assortment of twins, can obtain rid of the force plugs presented the expected season.
Retain the services of twine manage kits in direction of strategy and residence all wires.
Anchor all armoires, shelving programs, dressers, and so on. or appliances (i.e. Tv set, significance level VCR, laptop, and many others.) which may possibly topple on to kid because of toward rising or pulling. Whenever drawers are open up concurrently the product, even so long lasting, results in being entrance major and rules simply with body weight of baby upon open up drawer.
Earthquakes are a single other Great explanation in the direction of protected large home furniture toward wall stud.
Set up window safeguards with crisis launch latches upon all home windows upon instant position. Displays aren't babyproofing methods. Beware of toy stacking. Youngsters will pile up a little something towards uncover a see outdoors. Circulation home furnishings absent towards 50 percent partitions where by kid can climb up and tumble previously mentioned. Test using Plexiglas mounted in the direction of provide damaging pony partitions.
Mount stability gate at stair backside and greatest. Educated babyproofers present good quality gates, extensions, custom made mount kits for wooden and wrought iron banisters. Worry gates aren't sensible. If banister articles or blog posts will be even more than 3″ aside, get a barrier.
Set up personalized minimize Plexiglas upon stair banisters and decks which can be no in the direction of code (2 1/2 inches large) or if there are ornamental embellishments upon banister which will develop into a foothold in direction of just take a soaring baby.
Be guaranteed all carpets and mats consist of non-skid bottoms toward keep away from falling.
In no way go away toddler unattended upon transforming desk or mattress
Hardly ever allow youngster retain the services of stairs unattended.
Circulation all chemical compounds (such as cleansing products, different magnificence and childcare add-ons and alcoholic beverages) with a substantial locked cupboard.
Put in magnetic kid security locks (Tot Loks) upon all readily available drawers and cupboards which involve such poisonous solutions. They are 100% child evidence.
No unsupervised access into garage and laundry space.
CO detectors really should be put upon every single variety of house in close proximity to sleeping quarters.
Identify out which vegetation within just your household and back garden are harmful. Landscapers ordinarily employ White Oleander, that is hugely harmful. Though there is a plant highlighted, slash off a sprig, employ it in just the zip lock bag and convey it in the direction of regional plant nursery for enter.
Maintain all dog doorways shut off While boy or girl is exhibit.
Animals inform on your own doorway and knock more than youngster and/or kid can escape in direction of the outside the house for the duration of the doorway, that is at their eye issue and Very inviting.
By no means make it possible for your little one achieve in the direction of an animal on your own use't understand is a informative just one with youngsters. Have on't permit boy or girl toward hug pet dog or kiss its facial area. Wear't deliver younger children in the direction of canine parks. Hold youngster faraway against pack of instantaneous operating canines.
Any circumstance that will healthy within a vacant cardboard bathroom paper roll is definitely a choking possibility.
Exchange all previous doorway prevents who consist of detachable rubber guidelines with a person piece doorway prevents considering the fact that low rubber suggestion is a choking risk.
Do a visible protection sweep of household each and every working day prior to kid wakes toward make certain all very little things are learned off flooring.
Beware of more mature small children's toys that can be choking challenges. Employ locked storage packing containers for lower areas.
Hire a peg rack upon wall in direction of cling handbags, coats, baggage, backpacks, and many others. towards retain not even thought of.
Put in blind twine cleats and wrap all dangling cords towards disallow strangulation.
Steer crystal clear of the optimum distinguished drowning risk and nevertheless include a swimming pool fence, deal with or world wide web set up about almost everything swimming pools and spas.
The moment swimming with youngster or reduced baby generally be guaranteed they may perhaps be in arm's length and Pay back Consideration. Remaining engrossed within a communication with anyone When "seeing your baby" is relatively harmful.
Toddlers can drop into rest room intellect initially and hardly ever obtain out as a result be confident in direction of set up bathroom locks.
Just after it rains operate visible basic safety sweep within the back garden in direction of observe out for planters, buckets or h2o tables with pooled h2o and dump it.
Never ever depart the youngster unattended more than or inside of h2o.
Switch your drinking water heater into 120 amounts Fahrenheit within just invest in towards reduce probability of scalding.
Seek the services of again burners in just kitchen area and flip pot covers inside of.
Mothers and fathers create routine of keeping handrail each time using stairs whenever sporting youngster.
Maintain doorways in the direction of "off limitations" rooms pulled shut.
Keep on being absent against aged or more mature youngsters's non-harmless routines concerning relatives. They'll accidentally depart medications out, shed supplements, depart doorways/cupboards/drawers open up, and so forth. Your self can coach all your family members contributors participants in the direction of be knowledgeable of Individuals damaging practices however at the conclude for the working day the youngster's basic safety Good reasons are nonetheless your duty.
Be vigilant more than supervising your son or daughter. By yourself'll be equipped towards babyproof your residence which includes a basic safety fortress even so , there is no resolution towards your frequent interest.
Enable down the television set if yourself are not seeing it with each other with your little one. This procedure could possibly be boy or girl-secure having said that the ads may possibly not. There are innumerable Very scary aspects upon tv set that will not bodily damage an toddler nonetheless might lead to injury. View your pediatrician in excess of it subject matter for added details.
A Digital Property Stability Investigation:
The up coming is a place-as a result of-space stroll-during of the typical family members dwelling. Fully grasp that our properties weren't designed for the basic safety of the youngster or boy or girl inside thoughts. Just about every property is made up of distinctive options which incorporate been special as perfectly as well-known stability complications. Beneath is seriously a checklist of tactics of well-known basic safety challenges found within maximum residences:
Kitchen area
Put in magnetic youngster protection locks (Tot Loks) upon all out there drawers and cupboards that incorporate harmful solutions (i.e. cleansing elements, alcoholic beverages, nutrition, plastic luggage, and so on.)
Gate off cooking nearby.
Hold boy or girl in just highchair or pack and enjoy for the duration of supper preparing.
Latch all the other drawers and cupboards. We propose babyproofing for stability very first and major, even now it is additionally centered upon comfort and ease. Inside of the party oneself select, hold just one cabinet with Tupperware lids unlocked for little one financial gain arrive at towards yet crank out positive they may possibly not retain the services of this open up cupboard or drawer as getting a principal in the direction of climb up on to counter. Your boy or girl is likely not ready in the direction of accomplish positive drawers already yet he definitely will Quite suddenly.
In no way permit boy or girl employ the service of pots or pans mainly because it sends an unacceptable information in direction of youngster that this kind of are toys. Each time little one sees the exact same pots/pan upon stove supreme he will require toward get his common "toy."
Test latching all appliances little one can attain this sort of as the fridge, dishwasher, trash compactor, dumbwaiter and oven.
Preserve all appliances upon counter unplugged and conceal electric cords.
Ordinarily do not dangle dish towels upon oven doorway as boy or girl can pull towel and convey the entranceway into the bridge of his nose.
Seek the services of back again burners upon stove and put in stove defend and knob addresses if kid contains achieve in direction of them.
Prevent the employ the service of of low or breakable fridge magnets as is far too choking pitfalls.
Look at out for leaving knives, scissors, mug, and so on. in opposition to counter as kid will seize at what your self can obtain a manage upon off their vantage.
No unsupervised access into rest room.
Retain the services of security locks upon doorway all the period.
Set up lavatory locks toward avert youngster towards drowning and throwing things within.
Latch all cupboards.
Flow wastebasket below sink guiding a latched cupboard doorway or produce hire of a protected receptacle.
Change h2o heater as a end result of 120 levels towards protect against scalding.
Keep an eye on sizzling and chilly stages inside your interior wrist forward of inserting kid engrossed.
Hardly ever go away a baby within just tub unattended.
By no means go away stuffed bath unattended and drain bath straight soon after retain the services of. Little ones can stroll inside and drown.
Hire no-slip mat inside buy in direction of stay clear of falling and a spout address towards prevent scalding and cuts.
Eliminate all electric appliances versus lavatory wherever little one bathes.
Dwelling House/Relatives Area
Get rid of little one's arrive at in direction of fireplaces, wooden stoves and very hot tubs applying gates created for this perform. If gates will in no way perform upon hearth employ especially constructed fireside lock upon glass accordion doorways and put in fireside padding close to edges of fireplace in direction of keep away from little one against slipping into it.
Take out gasoline secret towards hearth gasoline gauge and retail store within just superior destination.
Anchor all elements that are tipping pitfalls.
Anchor TVs.
Eliminate all goods (torchiere lamps, freestanding coat racks, statues, and so on.) versus house until eventually little one is more mature.
Include conclude tables, espresso tables, counter tops, and minimal dressers home furnishings corners and edges with cushioning constructed for this reason.
No unsupervised seek the services of of decks. Keep away from by yourself baby stacking toys/item towards feeling earlier mentioned railing.
Set up a Plexiglas or internet barrier if there is a ton further more than 2 ½ inches concerning railing articles.
Spot decals upon sliding glass doorways at boy or girl's eye point, as a result he or she doesn't function into them.
Retain boy or girl absent after within just the grill. Hearthgates get the job done effectively for this motive.
Stop deck furnishings toward take out probability of growing.
Often lock all doorways bringing around starved rock weddings decks.
The U.S. Purchaser Item Stability Fee, Countrywide Stability Council and way too the American Academy of Pediatrics personal the immediately after powerful basic safety suggestions for your youngster's nursery.
Normally position little one towards tumble asleep upon their again. This drastically cuts down upon the possibility towards SIDS (Unpredicted Newborn Loss of life Syndrome) or suffocation. Mainly because the American Academy of Pediatrics highly recommended back again-sleeping 5decades back, SIDS fatalities within just the united says incorporate declined by means of 38%.
Get rid of all smooth bedding-pillows, comforters, blankets and crammed pets-towards the crib towards assistance avoid probability of suffocation. As a substitute than a blanket, gown youngster within just a Pretty slumber sack or sleeper.
Assure the crib by itself fulfills present protection expectations. This usually means:
1. The slats are no broader than 2 3/8″ aside
2. The bed is organization-not delicate (foam or coil – your determination)
3. There isn't a hole amongst bed and crib partitions. 2 hands expense of spot is conveniently way too a great deal.
4. Corner content articles are stage making use of the top of the conclusion panels (precisely 1/16″ superior for the greatest aspect)
5. There aren't any attractive minimize-outs inside of headboard or footboard.
6. Supreme rails, the moment lifted, contain obtained minimum amount 26″ about the bed guidance in just its most affordable place.
7. Components is protected-no free or prehensile definition harmed screws or elements. Recheck periodically.
8. Reduce facets can't be unintentionally produced by way of the baby. (Dependent upon the Countrywide Stability Council, the crib facets must want 2 individual measures in the direction of acquire. If this is a solitary stage method, it will need a minimal strain of 10 excess weight launch a.)
9. Come across a JPMA protection certificate seal upon recently designed cribs.
10. Ultimate rails need to be included by means of teething protects.
Maintain blind cords, curtain pulls, décor, electric cords and mobiles in opposition to youngster's realize.
Hold an remarkable space climate provide a proposed assortment toward reduce overheating.
Room child's crib in opposition to any route towards find draft.
Be positive kid's equipped sheet is shielded for the bed and gained't pop free.
Issue a little one observe within the nursery not even conclude in the direction of little one's attain.
Look at acquiring a exclusive crib bed that circulates air in excess of kid. This allows steer very clear of the "rebreathing" of carbon dioxide, and that is imagined in the direction of be a major induce of SIDS.
If by yourself make the most of bumper pads, deliver confident they are tightly safeguarded upon the facets of the cribs. Slender additional ties or straps. Straps ought to be unfastened, very simple in direction of force instantly down in the direction of bed and not hung up upon any components. Your self wouldn't require your son or daughter in direction of safe a foothold upon bumper each individual solitary little one climb out.
Every time kid is sitting down upright take out bumper pads and numerous layouts of other pets or pillows reducing crib bed in the direction of least expensive situation.
After the the look of the crib rails are reduce than 3-fourths your youngster's top or they're 36 inches tall, on your own're organized toward circulation towards your baby mattress.
Should really by yourself incorporate a younger youngster who climbs out towards the crib in advance of the about position, acquire employing a crib tent. Some father or mother's can't stand it nevertheless the future solutions are considerably even worse.
Put in finger protects upon immediate-remaining doorways.
Anchor all home furnishings, deal with all stores (even types powering crib), and set up locks or window safeguards upon all home windows.
While kid is sitting down upright clear away all mobiles and any type of cover around mattress as they can pose choking or strangulation dangers.
Generally do not location major item upon cabinets or hold photos about crib.
Retain the services of earthquake putty upon all things position upon shelving. Employ Velcro the protected foundation of illustrations or photos upon partitions – stick in the direction of wall and back again of body as properly as steer clear of it versus slipping and breaking through quake.
Seek the services of locks upon sliding closet doorways right up until boy or girl can open up and conclusion without the need of pinching palms or slamming producing glass doorways toward break.
Get place each night whenever it is bedtime thus any year an pressing problem oneself can uncover for a boy or girl all of a sudden with no accident.
Each time baby is little one mattress, seek the services of strain gate within door in the direction of reduce youngster in opposition to strolling upon Place unsupervised in the course of the night time. Train youngster in the direction of have to have yourself Even though he's awake every single working day.
Fireplace & Conditioning Security
Keep fireplace escape ladders atlanta divorce legal professionals bed room upon instant point and higher than.
Desired destination doing work hearth alarms inside of just about every and every single bed room and furthermore upon every single tale make sure you don't forget towards critique them continually. Working day mild personal savings year is a Good marker towards crank out hire of look at your alarms bi-per year
Put in lethal carbon monoxide detectors upon every number of household around sleeping elements.
Set up organic gasoline detectors upon every single level of property in the vicinity of sleeping elements.
Produce and retain the services of an unexpected emergency courses. (ie. fireplace escape system, earthquake method, catastrophe program.)
Order catastrophe preparedness kits.
Be yes all fireplace/smoke alarms arrive in just doing work purchase.
Issue the cell phone amount of the poison take care of middle in the vicinity of the phone. Your self require towards recognize your youngster's pounds in direction of dealing with a poisoning. In no way employ the service of ipecac except if suggested by way of the educated towards do this.
Discover health-related and CPR and continue to keep your abilities up-toward-day.
How in direction of Youngster Evidence a Hearth
How in direction of Youngster Evidence your Rest room
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Merry Christmas Eve! Here are two sketches since I missed last week. A classic snowman and snowbear.
Also here are all the snowmen Calvin and Hobbes Comics!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Sketch of the Week December 24th
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
New Paintings for December!
These are some brand new paintings I have available on Etsy! They are also on sale until December 14th.
Owl on Orange
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sketch of the Week December 8th
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Today I have one more Eastern Palace card for you. I think this is my favorite of all the ones I've brought you so far (although I think I said that about each and every one! See them all here, here, here, and here ). What do you think?
Make this card:
1. Start with Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, cut to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
2. Add a 1" x 5-1/2" strip of Night of Navy to the left edge; top it with a 3/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper
3. Cut a 3-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Night of Navy; heat emboss the sentiment using Versamark ink and Gold Embossing Powder. Stamp small flourish in each corner (Versamark) and emboss with Gold; then stamp the dotted circles, using Night of Navy ink randomly on the panel
4. Add medallions
5. Add panel to card front
6. Tie the gold tassle with a bow of Gold 1/8" ribbon; adhere to card using Glue Dot
7. Add Gold Sequins to card front using Fine Tip Glue
8. Sigh, smile and admire your work!
The Eastern Palace bundle is now available. See my post here for details on how to order.
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We have a lot to celebrate around these parts, we are teetering on the brink of having 400 followers on our little piece of the internet and its thrilling!
We're also in the depths of winter, or as I like to refer to it, Prime Knitting Season. A lot of people don't care for January, as there are no glittering holidays to decorate for, or parties and holiday food to nibble on. But January, to me anyway, means wintry beauty, finally being comfortable (I don't do very well in the heat) cuddling up to my wool without it making me sweat, brisk outdoors and cozy indoors. January also means its my birthday! So since today is my birthday and since everyone is coming down off their holiday high, and in need of a pop of color in their life we're giving away this beautiful Elka Mug from Anthropologie.
Who wouldn't love to curl up with a steamy cuppa on a cold January night? What a cheerful color to brighten even the wintriest of winter mornings.
TO BE ENTERED IN THE GIVEAWAY: simply click on the link in the sidebar to follow FlorrieMarie on WordPress and you have a chance to win! Once we reach 400 we will randomly choose one winner from all of our followers, so don't worry if you're already following, you're in!!
If you like, leave us a comment letting us know what you love about January!
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They may have the backing of Louis Walsh, but Dublin twins John and Edward Grimes aroused different emotions in X Factor watching movie buffs.
"They're bizarre. They look like the guy out of Eraserhead, the 1976 movie directed by David Lynch. Where a guy with a vertical hairdo faces demons hiding in the radiator," one viewer told us.
"These guys are all wrong for TV," another viewer commented. "They look like something not quite of this world. Like space aliens. Who would prod probes up your arse as soon as look at you. The ginger bastards."
Also featured were an idiot in a chicken suit, an idiot with a chicken hat, some bitch in a basque, and a fool dressed up as Rudolph The Red Nosed reindeer.
Which leads this Spoof.com reporter to suspect that somebody, somewhere, is really taking the piss.
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Our first responsibility is to ensure that our operations do no harm to Tyrone's unique environment. We are subject to the most stringent and rigorous regulatory standards and scrutinized with frequent inspections. That's how it should be. Here are the measures that we've taken to protect our environment. Also read our environmental FAQ.
We are careful stewards of local plant and animal life. We've already invested in a programme to protect the Owenkillew River, home to an endangered species of freshwater pearl mussel. We're working with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Owenkillew Development Association to protect this special animal.
Our work is raising awareness of the freshwater pearl mussel, installing fencing to reduce sheep and cattle crossings through the river, and building measures to minimise silt build-up in the Owenkillew River and its tributaries. Read more about the Freshwater Pearl Mussel.
All mine and process water will be treated at our purpose-built waste water treatment plant, before it leaves our site. Read more about our commitment to clean water.
We submitted our Planning Application to build an underground
mine to the Dfi in November 2017, and it included a comprehensive
Environmental Statement. We conducted an extensive environmental
assessment to prepare this document. It considered all aspects of
environmental protection – the landscape and its appearance, water,
air quality, public health and noise, among much else.
We will monitor our impact on all of these measures. The mine is designed to limit the disruption to its surroundings. We will use dry stack tailings ("DST"), instead of a tailings dam or pond. DST is widely recognized as the most stable, sustainable method for managing mine tailings and allows rehabilitation to take place during operations. Read more about dry stack tailings, as it relates to building a safe and environmentally responsible mine.
Our Planning Application includes a Closure Plan. It sets out
how the underground mine will be secured, the support
buildings removed, and tree planting completed when our
mining operations have finished. We have provided a
financial guarantee to cover the costs of closing the mine.
The water treatment facility will continue to operate after
closure. The authorities will assess that we have met
stringent water standards, at which point the facility will be
removed and replaced with a less intrusive system. This
passive water treatment facility uses natural processes to
ensure that any run off from the site is safe for the
environment. We will continue to monitor the water quality
for at least five years. Read more about our plans for
rehabilitating the site.
The physical legacy of the mine will be a green hillside,
covered with local grasses, bushes and trees. That is our
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Sens. Brown, Blumenthal, Gillibrand Ask CareerBuilder to Remove Job Listings Discriminating Against Unemployed Americans
Senators Are Sponsors of the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011, Legislation That Would Outlaw Unfair Discrimination Against Unemployed Jobseekers; Some Job Ads and Hiring Practices Exclude Unemployed Candidates from Applying
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following the release of a report indicating the prevalence of online job listings that exclude unemployed jobseekers from applying for open positions, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter today to the CEO of CareerBuilder asking the company to prohibit companies from posting job opportunities that discriminate against applicants based on their employment status.
"Being discriminated against after losing a job through no fault of your own is a one-two punch that unemployed Americans shouldn't have to take," Senator Brown said. "Discrimination in the employment process is never acceptable—and CareerBuilder should follow in the footsteps of other job placement websites by banning listings with discriminatory language. Americans who work hard and play by the rules— but lose a job through no fault of their own—deserve a fair chance at the next one."
"Discriminatory practices that disqualify unemployed people from jobs are unfair and unacceptable – undercutting skilled jobseekers from connecting with prospective employers and reducing unemployment. These websites should support their stated goal of helping jobseekers find employment by immediately prohibiting these discriminatory job postings," Senator Blumenthal said.
"Losing your job through no fault of your own should never disqualify you from finding a new job," Senator Gillibrand said. "If we're ever going to get our economy back on stable ground, we need to create more jobs for all Americans who are ready to work. This legislation would keep employers from discriminating against victims of this economic recession, and give all job seekers a fair chance at a paycheck so they can make ends meet and provide for their families."
The Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 would make it illegal for employers and employment agencies to unfairly discriminate against unemployed job seekers, a counterproductive practice that persists in spite of high unemployment rates. According to NELP's report, American employers, staffing agencies, and online job posting sites are using recruitment and hiring policies that expressly deny unemployed Americans from being considered for positions due to the fact that they are not currently working. NELP's research found more than 150 ads that included exclusions based on current employment status. Of these ads, 75 percent were posted on CareerBuilder and Indeed. Since NELP's report and the introduction of the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011, Indeed.com—another job-placement website—has announced that it would ban job listings that discriminate against the unemployed.
The legislation would make it unlawful for an employer to a) refuse to consider for employment or refuse to offer employment to an individual because he/she is unemployed, b) include in any job advertisement or posting a provision that unemployed persons will not be considered or hired, or c) direct or request that an employment agency take into account an individual's unemployed status in screening or referring applicants for employment.
Approximately 14 million Americans are unemployed, and according to NELP, more than six million of those have been jobless for longer than six months. There are nearly five unemployed jobseekers for each new job opening. Research conducted by NELP identified dozens of job listings from popular job-seeking websites such as CareerBuilder.com, Craigslist.org, and Monster.com excluding unemployed candidates from applying for jobs. According to NELP, the overwhelming majority of ads containing discriminatory language required that applicants "must be currently employed."
Additionally, the discriminatory ads identified by NELP spanned across small, medium, and large employers—and for jobs at every skill level—suggesting that the practice of discriminating against jobless Americans could be more prevalent than NELP's report indicates.
The full text of the letter is below.
Mr. Matt Ferguson
Chief Executive Officer
200 N. LaSalle St, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Mr. Ferguson:
We are writing to request that CareerBuilder prohibit companies from posting job opportunities that discriminate against potential applicants based on their employment status.
During this period of high unemployment, our nation's economic recovery depends on new employment opportunities for unemployed workers. Job listing websites – including CareerBuilder – play a crucial role in helping connect unemployed workers with employment opportunities.
However, this intention to help connect individuals with job openings can be disrupted when websites include job postings that disqualify unemployed workers from applying. We have seen several job listings on CareerBuilder – many from our own states – that state applicants "must be currently employed" to apply for the open position. Although employers should have the right to staff according to their needs, preemptive discrimination not only harms those most in need of employment but can also arbitrarily deny employers with workers who are eager to contribute to the economy. For this reason, we introduced the Fair Employment Opportunity Act which would outlaw discrimination based on ones employment status.
Cleveland native Selena Forte's story exemplifies how such policies can harm job-seeking individuals. Unemployed for two years, Ms. Forte was told by a recruiter for an employment agency that she would not be considered for a position because she had been out of work for too long. At 55-years old, Ms. Forte was not even given the chance to interview for a position that she was qualified for and is now barely making ends meet with a part-time job as a substitute school bus driver.
In Connecticut, Bethel resident Kim Keough shares a similar story. Ms. Keough is a 20 year veteran of the Human Resources profession. When she was laid off in 2008, she looked for work while receiving unemployment benefits, only able to secure part time work for minimum wage that is outside of her field. When she applied recently to an HR position, the recruiter informed her that the client would not consider anyone who was not currently employed. When she noted her part-time job, the recruiter said that was insufficient. Here, an individual who has done everything asked of her to find a job, and has shown a willingness to accept work when offered to her, is being punished for the simple fact that the only work she has found in a difficult economy is part-time.
Ms. Forte and Ms. Keough are not alone in their experiences. The National Employment Law Project (NELP) conducted informal research on discriminatory job postings in July. Through this research, they found more than 150 ads that included exclusions based on current employment status. Of these ads, 75 percent were posted on CareerBuilder and Indeed. Since then, Indeed has banned this exclusionary practice.
It is unreasonable and unfair to assume struggling Americans lost their job because of their work ethics or performance when so many businesses are struggling from financial hardship. We ask that you do your part and ensure that qualified workers, such as Selena and Kim, are given a fair chance at a job they need.
Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your response.


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The NS Capo is the product of an
ongoing collaboration between famed product designer Ned Steinberger and J.
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Carbel Inset Stoves
Carbel make a range of insert stoves from the multi-sided A-85 and A-70 to the Atlas kitchen inset. All are dedicated woodburning stoves and like the rest of the Carbel stoves offer something a little bit different.
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Carbel stoves offer distinctive designs and freedom of choice. From the 3-windowed or 2-windowed RA-85 to the corner stove to my favourite; the Atlas woodburning oven stove which has generous oven that lets you feel the natural warmth of the flames and enjoy tempting whafts of the food baking.
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To use the Commerce Faculty Academic Calendar is relatively
simple. The main calendar control is a straightforward calendar representation
in table format that displays the currently selected month. To navigate to
another month, simply click on the left or right arrows found next to the
currently displayed month's title at the top of the table. For quick navigation
to a specific month and year, make use of the drop-down boxes located at the
bottom of the calendar.
Any event held in the calendar database is displayed on the
day that it occurs. Events are colour coded to their departments, with public
holidays being indicated in red. To view more detailed information about any
event, left-click on its title in the calendar and a new window will pop up,
displaying the full description of the event held in the database. Double-click
on the popup window to close it.
As a staff member, you can submit events to the academic
calendar by clicking on the 'Submit Events' link found at the top right of the
screen. Once the link is clicked, the main calendar table will refresh with the
day values now turned into links. To submit an event you now simply click on the
day you wish to submit for and a new submission window will pop up. For example,
if you wished to submit an event for the 25th of January 2005, you would
navigate to that month, click on the 'Submit Events' link and then click on the
'25' found on the January 2005 calendar table.
The event submission page is fairly self-explanatory.
Unverified events appear in grey on the calendar and will
only appear to the person who has just submitted an entry. It is up to that
person to click on the verification link found on the email that is generated
and sent to them during the submission process. This ensures that events are
only posted by Commerce Faculty staff members.
email verification
the verification link is clicked, Internet Explorer will ask you to close the
webpage it is verifying, click yes.
To check that your event has been verified, re-open the web page and it
should appear there.
For any further comments or queries, please feel free to contact the Commerce
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The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds' eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs' fortified castles.
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Honour for Dorset's Merchant Navy Supported by the Queen
Published at 11:53am 3rd September 2013. (Updated at 1:39pm 3rd September 2013)
For the first time, Dorset's bravest seafarers who kept supplies flowing to the frontline during World War 2 are to be honoured for their sacrifice.
For the first time, Dorset's bravest seafarers who kept supplies flowing to the frontline during World War 2 are to be honoured for their sacrifice.
Her Majesty the Queen signed an order in Council to approve the Merchant Navy Medal yesterday (Wednesday 2nd September).
The surprise announcement was made by Paul Compton, Chairman of the Weymouth & Portland branch of the Merchant Navy Association, during a flag raising ceremony to mark Merchant Navy day this morning (Tuesday 3rd September).
Two Red Ensign flags were being raised, one above the town bridge and the other, which was raised during the ceremony, outside Weymouth & Portland's Borough Council Offices.
Many turned out to remember, Mayor Ray Banham was amongst those in attendance.
Paul Compton spoke to the crowd saying, "This is an announcement now that very few people know about, the Queen yesterday, in Council, signed an order authorising the issue of a Merchant Navy Medal, so some of you may get a medal."
Tha announcement was met with applause and when we spoke to Paul afterwards he said it was about time their sacrifices were recognised, "As soon as the ships sunk out at sea the guys who got into a lifeboat, if they survived, they went off pay. So their families didn't have income and they didn't start being paid again until they joined another vessel, and it's taken seventy years to recognise this."
The medal will be awarded to Dorset seafarers who've shown distinguished service.
It's taken 70 years for the Merchant Navy to be recognised in the honours system.
Some 35,000 British merchant navy sailors were killed during World War Two alone, as they shipped vital supplies across the globe for the allies fighting on the frontline.


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Press TV
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as part of its propaganda to secure victory in the next US presidential election.
"The US killed bin Laden not to fight terrorism and not to eradicate groups it claims as terrorist but as [part of] its election propaganda to win people's votes in the election," said President Ahmadinejad in a meeting with participants in the International Conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace (GAATJP) in the capital Tehran on Sunday.
The Iranian chief executive added that he has "precise information" that bin Laden was being held by US military for a long time before his death, IRNA reported.
"Former US president [George W. Bush] attacked our region to save the country's economy and win the votes. He killed one million people and his successor [Barack Obama] pursues the same strategy," he pointed out.
President Ahmadinejad noted that the arrogant system is in decline and said, "No change will be made in the unfair global order through the change of puppets."
He emphasized that the United States and Israel would collapse and justice would be established in the world.
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View Poll Results: Is it wrong to link NEFF Photos to other FF sites
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Thread: Linking Photos to other FF sites
11-16-2005 #1
Linking Photos to other FF sites
Guys I just thought I would open a disscussion do you think its fair to post photos on NEFF and link them to other sites? I am hopeing to gain an understanding of why people would do this? Perhaps also some people may have an oppinon on why its wrong or right... i will even chime in later with my two cents to reward people if they participate in this tread.
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Originally Posted by thewylie
What makes it more wrong to me is that some of those posters don't participate in NEFF talk (at all). I interpret that as using someone, even if done unintentionally. I noticed that there weren't any comments from NEFF members posted on the most recent photos. Coincidence? I for one, didn't comment because I didn't know anything about the poster. It wasn't until today that I realized the linking on the other site.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with it. As I've said in my post, if I thought something was wrong with it, I would disable the ability to do so. What I found annoying was seeing photo's posted on this site simply to run to another site and talk about them there without even a description of the photo's. That's why I mention Photobucket.com or another service like it for that reason. Photobucket is a photo host.
Here is a recent example that I found to be annoying.
There is no description of the photo unless you go here:
I have nothing against NJTrout or its users, and I might add that it's a nice looking site. But posting photo's here only to talk about them elsewhere isn't really fair to me and my efforts on this site.
Pictures taken before/after/during fly fishing:
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Here is my history with this site:
I got my computer and Digital camera in 2004. I loaded the photos on my computer but didn't know how or where to share them with others. I eventually came across this site, saw the free photo upload(which I thought was great and easy to use) and began uploading some of my photos, to which I got mostly positive responses/comments. I also made comments as well and answered any questions about them. I also occasionally chimed in with my opinions on subjects that caught my interest - mostly wild trout issues.The problem I faced is that I was primarily a spin fisherman and since I didn't want to offend anybody, I only posted photos of trout caught on flies - which was few. I had many more pictures to share of spinner caught trout so I decided to create my own sites just to display my pictures and thats it.
Over time, I joined other sites - NJTrout, PaFlyFish, Pa Anglers among them - some of which had their own photo galleries, some did not. While I still on occasion use NEFF photo upload, I now use mostly my own sites to host my photos from which I then post on other sites. I still use NEFF for uploads of "special" fish shots or stream shots - a colorful brookie or big brown , a waterfall - that I figure any angler would want to see. I try to make comments on all my photos and encourage others to comment on them as well. I never thought I was "stealing" from you Dennis, just sharing pictures I thought everybody would like to see. I also thought by sharing them on other sites, your site would get more notice as well(from the watermark). People who didn't know about your site suddenly had a new site to join or look at. I have suggested to others about using this site to upload their photos for free and for that I apologize, I was trying to be courteous and helpful, no malice intended.
Mark S.
Fish alone, catch more trout.
11-16-2005 #5
Originally Posted by dcabarle
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Givenchy Spring/Summer 2015 Menswear collection
For the Spring/Summer 2015 Givenchy menswear collection, Riccardo Tisci reveals the dark and romantic side of the Givenchy man. A strong, masculine and military-inspired look is counterbalanced by tender touches evoking a celebration of love and religion.
The collection commences with classic tailored jackets and coats, v-neck sweaters, and shirts adorned with faux school crests; all paired with shorts. While reminiscent of schoolboy uniforms, the use of luxe fabrics and black and white palette subvert this otherwise classic look.
Elegant and sophisticated tailoring is given an urban twist, in typical Riccardo Tisci's collection. Sharp, sartorial blazers, vests, and car coats are paired with knit polo shirts or traditional white button-front shirts and worn with shorts or skirts. Fitted trousers with rolled cuffs are worn with striped shirts, polos and tanks. Tailored pieces are rendered in matte black or a new floral print inspired by baby's breath (Gypsophila flower).
The signature Givenchy bomber jacket is interpreted this season with a utilitarian theme. Workwear-influenced jackets and cargo trousers feature multiple pockets and other utilitarian details.
The color palette this season is restricted to graphic blacks and whites.
The collection concludes with a final group featuring couture-level embroidery with pearls.
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text: The expectation that doctoral students publish during their studies has increased in recent years. The standard of having international academic publications before entering the job market has long been perceived to pose an even greater challenge to doctoral students in non-English speaking countries who are often expected to publish in English, rather than their national language. This deficient perspective has, however, recently been questioned. We undertook a narrative inquiry at a Swedish university in order to better understand the experience, self-perception, and needs of doctoral students writing academic English. From these narratives, two themes relating to the doctoral students' journeys towards academic writing emerged: deficit and commonality. After reviewing the data, we argue that it is important to support doctoral students in their journey into bi-literate academic writers, rather than focus on the notion of the privileged position of the native speaker.


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Academic blogs are not my thing. I have no experience writing them, although I enjoy devouring them- tearing them apart piece by piece so that I can let the ideas marinade and ferment in my mind. My writing is a lot more messy. Like my thinking. It's that cooking process: where experimenting, testing, working in the moment is not only expected but encouraged. Most academic blogs read like the final meal, polished and presented in a way that makes them ready to consume. The things I write need a bit more work.
And yet, there is something honest about sharing that cooking process. About thinking in a way that is visible. I am fascinated by it.
It's so tempting to hide that mess away, to want to show only what is your best effort and best work. It takes a certain amount of courage to let someone into the kitchen with you, to let the mess just happen.
…I'm losing my metaphor here. In part, what I've striven to do lately is share my mess. To think visibly.
I use twitter to think visibly: layering questions upon questions, but I often don't quite get around to filling them in with my own thoughts. Sometimes I do, but often I leave a lot unsaid.
In another attempt to think visibly, I've picked up thinking-aloud.
A few months ago I started thinking about the idea of live streaming instructional design work. Twitch (a platform primarily used to stream game play, had started advertising Twitch Creative–an off shoot to show case creative works) and I thought it would be great to bring instructional design to that. To think-aloud while I work, out in the open, where anyone and everyone can see.
So I started.
I've been working on an Open Adult Basic Education (OpenABE) service project, and am not only live streaming all of my work on this project, but archiving and sharing the recordings on Youtube. My mess, my thinking, is visible. As Jen Maddrell tweeted it's "Raw. Unfitered. Courageous. Like blogging w/out delete key".
"Like blogging w/out delete key"
It was that line that resonated with me and brought me back to academic blogging. If I can think aloud, share my mess streamed, why shouldn't I share my messy way of blogging too?


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I am fortunate that in my job I get to speak at and attend many industry events. This year has been no exception. Perhaps the most enlightening was the Platts Oil Storage Conference in January in Amsterdam. No great surprises but it was clear that the new IMO sulphur limits for marine fuels is set to put the cat amongst the pigeons. To keep it short the limit in sulphur in marine fuels is to set to fall globally from 3.5% to 0.5% on 1 January 2020, excluding the SECA's which remain at 0.1% S. to achive this limit is not going to be easy and the clock has ticked away as nothing was done. Panic is starting to set in. The options are limited:
Switch to Marina Gas Oil - which is much more expensive and will prssure the gas oil supply a little
Install scrubber technology - not such an easy retrofit and shipyard space is limited
Switch to LNG - needs some mods but LNG is not currently widely available.
In short a mess. The refiners meanwhile have sat on their hands, and I can see why. Deep desulphurisation of HFO is incredibly expensive. The options are limited and some crude would be nearly un-treatable. Hydrodesulphurisation would be the best solution but not for heavy sour crudes. Coking is another option but would create a mountain of high sulphur pet-coke of near zero value. Blending with low S blendstock is also not going to solve the problem as there will be a surplus of high sulphur HFO that would need a home. The return of HFO to power generation is a possibility- as long as there is a scrubber. Maybe the Saudis will be interested instead of burning crude.
The other side is the rapidly tightening supply of crude which is now being reflected in the futures market. Last year when I flew over Rotterdam there was a vast fleet of VLCC 's at anchor, storing both crude and finished product. As the oil markets switched from contango to backwardation there has been a rapid sell off of this material. Last week - no VLCC's in sight.
Now the oil markets are reflecting a tighter supply, and coupled with growing demand - if you believe the IEA figures - next year looks set to be interesting. At this weeks Platts Oil Forum in London the tightening supply was mentioned along with the so-called OPEC spare capacity which I am not convinced about, as just about all of it exists in Saudi Arabia( and most people's minds). If Saudi Arabia has 2 million b/d of spare capacity - just how long can it run at 12 mb/d? I have my doubts. I am not convinced about US LTO baling out the OECD next time around. When will shale make any money? According to Platts the companies are listening and drilling for profits, not supply growth. That's all tight then. That did not show in 2017 - huge losses yet again hidden by reporting as EBITDAX.
An interesting fact is that now the Chinese and Koreans are buying up over half of the North Sea crude supply, reflecting the growing demand for crude in Asia, which is also being served by US exports.
What I am now more convinced of than six months ago is that the pieces are being positioned for another re-run of 2008. Growing demand of oil (and goods) , indebtedness of just about every economy, a rapidly tightening oil supply and a chronic lack of investment in oil production and infrastructure is leading to a near perfect storm. This week the Saudis made a statement ( a repeat of 2015) that the oil industry needs to invest $10 trillion dollars up until 2040.
I am in no position to qualify that figure. It might not be enough. The fear of EV's is overblown but this will no doubt have a bearing on any investment decision. Better get your prayer mat out.
Apologies for being out of circulation for a while. The technology side has been quiet for ages.


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Improved connectivity across the African continent is always a win for the traveller.
The most recent addition is the announcement that Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, is launching a three-weekly flight services to the city of Beira in central Mozambique via Malawi, effective from Tuesday, 3 September 2019.
Beira is the fourth largest and one of the main commercial cities in Mozambique and will serve as a gateway to most of the countries in Central Africa with potential tourist attractions, says the airline.
The route will also enable international passengers from Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia to enjoy seamless connections to/from Pemba, Nampula, Nacala and Tete with Ethiopian Mozambiqe Airline's domestic service.


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Staff Nurse- Outpatients
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Full time 37.5 hours, shift patterns:
Spilt between long days 8am-8.30pm
On call system also
A bit about us
Bupa is one of the most well-known and respected healthcare businesses in the world, because what we do matters. From our contact centres to our care homes; health and dental centres to our state of the art hospitals across all four corners of the globe, every part of our operations are dedicated to our purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives. We pride ourselves on working with brilliant people who put our customers at the heart of everything they do.
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You'll work as part of a close knit team providing excellent patient focussed care within the outpatients Team. You'll be a caring and compassionate nurse, delivering a high standard of care to our patients. We value all of our people and will provide you support and a great place to work.
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- Delivery and management of direct nursing care
- Plan and organise own workload in order to meet patient need.
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Akamai Buys Acerno, Adds Targeted Advertising Capability
Akamai, the Cambridge, MA-based operator of Internet content distribution networks, today released news that it will acquire Acerno, a New York- and San Francisco-based targeted-advertising company, for $95 million in cash. The move gets Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) into the increasingly popular game of "behavioral targeting," or serving specific ads to online shoppers based on their past actions.
Acerno gathers anonymized data on the behavior of online shoppers from members of its "cooperative," which includes the websites of hundreds of retailers and product manufacturers with combined traffic in the neighborhood of 140 million visitors per year. The company analyzes the data and provides cooperative members with predictions that help them target consumers with "more relevant" ads—that is, ads that are more likely to attract clicks and lead to purchases.
Now that technology will be rebranded as a new Akamai product line called Advertising Decision Solutions, also announced today. Akamai says the Acerno acquisition is a good fit for the company, since its content distribution network powers hundreds of retail websites (and ad networks) that ring up an estimated $84 billion in e-commerce transactions annually in the U.S. alone.
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Welsh Office Minister congratulates EADS on 10th anniversary
Welsh Office Minister David Jones has praised EADS and Bristol Aviation for their continued commitment to the UK economy. Speaking at an event…
Welsh Office Minister David Jones has praised EADS and Bristol Aviation for their continued commitment to the UK economy. Speaking at an event to mark EADS' 10th anniversary and Bristol Aviation's 100th anniversary Mr Jones congratulated the company on their successes and highlighted the contribution they make to the Welsh economy.
Mr Jones said: "I'd like to congratulate EADS and Bristol Aviation on their continued success. EADS makes a huge contribution to the Welsh economy directly employing over 6,000 people in Broughton, North Wales and 1,200 in Newport, South Wales.
"Recently Airbus secured an order for 32 A380 passenger aircraft from Emirates and at the world-renowned Farnborough Air Show EADS secured over 100 new orders. This highlights the quality of the products and skills of the workforce and will help safeguard thousands of jobs at Broughton and secure the plant for the years ahead.
"However, it's not just the skills of today's workforce that are important to strengthen our economy. Developing the skills of our future workforce is just as vital. In North Wales strong links have been made with Deeside College and Glyndwr University to improve training and skills.
"This type of investment in our students now will bring huge benefits to the private sector in the years to come and I am pleased to see EADS supporting higher education in North Wales.
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From World Net Daily, March 10, 2011 edition (hat tip to Bunkerville):
Hundreds of illegal aliens from terror-linked nations such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iran and Syria have been nabbed by the U.S. Border Patrol sneaking illegally into the country, and an organization that monitors government's actions and prosecutes malfeasance says given Barack Obama's record on border security, it's not a surprise.Read the rest HERE.
The terror-linked illegals were among the 463,382 individuals apprehended being smuggled – or smuggling others – across the U.S. borders last year according to federal documents obtained by Judicial Watch.
Overall, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 663 "Aliens from Special Interest Countries," the report said. These countries are deemed "special interest" because of their suspected ties to terrorism.
The numbers also tell only a part of the story, since the report confirms the U.S. Border Patrol estimates three of every four illegal aliens who cross the border evade apprehension....
A nation without secure borders is no longer a sovereign nation.
And what issue did Obama deliver a televised message on last week? Overseeing child speech (preventing bullying).
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The names and faces of young people killed, maimed and arrested from driving drunk over the last 20 years in SouthCoast fills a six-inch binder in Linda M. Pacheco's office.
The names and faces of young people killed, maimed and arrested from driving drunk over the last 20 years in SouthCoast fills a six-inch binder in Linda M. Pacheco's office.
Containing newspaper articles and pictures from the late 1980s through the present, the binder is a compilation of young, once-promising lives cut short. It is a stark reminder of how dangerous underage drinking is.
"It's so heart-wrenching. You take it home with you," said Pacheco, the director of public safety and education for the Bristol County Sheriff's Department. Her son Billy was 18 when he was hit by a drunken driver in 1985. Today, Billy is 43 and paralyzed. He is in a nursing home and requires 24-hour care.
"He got a life sentence because of an irresponsible driver out there," Pacheco said. "His life was stolen from him."
As the prom and graduation season arrives, underage drinking and drunken driving remains a major focus for law enforcement, school officials, and parents. Many local high schools scheduled after-prom parties while others also stage mock drunken driving accidents to hammer home the reality that drinking and driving kills.
Meanwhile, law enforcement officials continue to monitor bars, restaurants and stores for selling alcohol to minors. The state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission conducted a sting last month in SouthCoast and caught 52 minors trying to buy alcohol from local businesses.
"There is nothing more I like to see than a line going out the door at a package store because they're checking ID's," said Raynham Police Chief Louis J. Pacheco (no relation to Linda Pacheco).
Police have also contacted limousine companies to remind them of their responsibilities during prom season to prevent teens from consuming alcohol.
"Young people drinking on weekends and non-school nights is certainly not uncommon in any community in the SouthCoast," said recently retired Fairhaven Police Chief Gary F. Souza.
Denise Gaudette, the current director of an alcohol prevention program for the New Bedford Public Schools, said surveys show that one-third of high school students report they binge-drank — usually defined as consuming five consecutive alcohol beverages — within the last month.
The behavior is beginning at a younger age.
"It is alarming when kids tell us they've tried alcohol in the seventh and eighth grades," Gaudette said.
Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined.
"Perhaps the biggest threat to our youth is underage drinking," said New Bedford police spokesman Lt. Jeffrey P. Silva.
According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, drinking by teens and college students contributes each year to an estimated 1,700 deaths, nearly 600,000 injuries, almost 700,000 assaults and more than 90,000 sexual assaults.
During prom and graduation season, police say youths who normally do not drink are more likely to do so.
"The sad thing is you go around this area and you see soccer fields and ball fields named after kids who died in car accidents," said Chief Pacheco.
A recent case in Saugus underscores the problem. Jonathan Caruso, an 18-year-old high school senior, allegedly drank 10 beers on prom night, May 15, then crashed his car the next morning, killing a 67-year-old woman and critically injuring her daughter.
Police said Caruso's blood alcohol level was .06 at the time of the crash. The legal limit for adults is .08, but in Massachusetts, a blood alcohol content higher than .02 is the standard for underage motorists.
"If you're under 21, and you have one beer, that puts you over the limit," said Katie Rayburn, a prosecutor with the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.
Rayburn has visited schools in the county to give presentations on the legal ramifications of underage drinking. She discusses recent changes in the drunken driving statutes, including Melanie's Law.
In the past, a person who had been arrested for drunken driving would not be charged with a second offense if the prior arrest occurred more than eight years earlier. Under Melanie's Law, that limitation is gone, meaning decades can pass between drunken driving arrests, but a motorist will still be charged with second and third offenses.
Also, a motor vehicular manslaughter conviction now carries a minimum mandatory five-year sentence. Meanwhile, a first drunken driving offense carries a maximum 2½-year jail sentence and a one-year license suspension.
Despite the increased legal sanctions, officials say they still see large numbers of teens drinking and getting behind the wheel.
"Seeing it from court, we see an awful lot of young kids coming in charged with drunk driving," Rayburn said.
"There seems to be an increase of young people being involved in motor vehicle homicides and manslaughter. It's a considerable problem there."
In addition to educational programs, solid parenting could help reduce the problem.
"I'm starting to see more parents paying attention to this issue," Gaudette said.
"It's everyone's role in the community to send the message to kids that this is harmful and we don't want them to do it."
The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reports that when parents discipline underage drinkers, their children are less likely to become heavy drinkers compared to youths whose parents ignore their drinking.
"It's pretty tragic when parents don't fully comprehend the dangers of youth alcohol use," Linda Pacheco said. "They need to be role models."
More parents today seem to think that allowing their children and friends to drink at home is acceptable since they will not be out at bars or parties and driving.
However, hosting underage "drinking parties" is illegal and leaves adults open to liability if something happens, such as a minor dying from alcohol poisoning.
"I think parents these days have the idea that kids are going to drink anyway, so doing it in their houses is the best route," said Rayburn, who talks about the social host liability laws during school visits.
"The parents probably think they're doing the right thing. But once the kids leave, terrible things can happen. The important thing is trying not to be your kid's best friend. Be their parents."
On Friday, Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter hosted a meeting of regional school officials and alcohol prevention experts to discuss an upcoming media campaign to warn teens and parents of the legal consequences of underage drinking and social host liability.
Meanwhile, Linda Pacheco visits schools with a "goody bag" that contains an adult diaper, a prosthetic limb, a catheter and a feeding tube. The props serve as visual aids for what can happen from drunk driving.
"If you don't make it real for them, they don't understand," Pacheco said.
"There is no way to turn back the clock and make them whole again. Tomorrow is not a given. They need to see how precious life really is. And this is not being instilled in these kids in any way."


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In the weeks leading up to this year's Google I/O, we saw a number of leaks concerning a new multi-player gaming service Google appeared to be cooking up. Sure enough, we got an announcement of new gaming extensions to Google Play Services, including achievements, matchmaking, and leaderboards. At today's Google event, launching the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3, we got news of one more component to this effort, the new Google Play Games app.
The app gives gamers an all-in-one package bundling game discovery, getting involved with mutli-player competitions, and keeping track of your friends' progress with their own games. In a sense, it seems like an extension of the Play Store, but with a heavier social focus and obviously a gaming-only filter.
If you are even casually interested in Android gaming, this is probably an app you'll want to check out – for heavy Google+ users, that's even more true. It's available in the Play Store today, supporting Androids running Froyo or better.
Source: Google Play