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Today is a special day in Daily Duranie-land! It is Rhonda's birthday!! I start looking forward to writing this blog about the same time as when I start pondering what to buy/make for her birthday! (Fun Amanda fact–I love giving gifts!!!) I want every birthday blog to be unique and special, including this one. After 11 years of friendship and 5 years of doing this blog, I have learned a lot about Rhonda and about myself. Most importantly, though, I have learned a lot about friendship!
By now, all of you have heard about how/where Rhonda and I met. Virtually, we met on the no longer in existence message board, duranduranfans.com. In person, we met at the Duran Duran Fans Convention called Friends of Mine in September 2004. Besides our mutual love in Duran Duran, we quickly discovered that we enjoyed having fun on a night out and laughing!!
From there, we discovered that we both LOVE, LOVE, LOVE talking about anything and everything Duran Duran. In fact, when others seem to tire of the conversation or got other interests, there we were–still talking, still thinking, still analyzing. We understood that we truly loved the band in the same way and for the same reasons. Kindred fans.
Then, we discovered that our similar fandom philosophies carried over into touring! Once we toured together, we knew that we had found our touring partners for life! It seems to me that a lot of people can be friends and be good friends, but it takes something special to be able to travel together. The two of us have been to many places around the country and to the UK twice. We have been on planes, trains and automobiles together. There have been many, many, many hotel rooms throughout our friendship history. Traditions have been established and we fall quickly into routines when on tour together. It is like we were born to tour!!! In fact, I would go so far as to say that touring is really where we are most happy. Of course, a big part of that is seeing those litle Duran Duran concerts but it is also where our friendship comes alive and gets renewed!
Of course, we didn't stop there with just conversations about Duran Duran or going to see the band on tour. No…we had to do more! So, I said, "Let's write a book about fandom!" Rhonda said, "Cool! Let's do a daily blog, too!" And this little entity was born! This monster, this beast, this larger-than-life thing is more than just a book or a blog or a website or many social media handles or meet-ups or conventions or a message board. It is something much much larger than the sum of its parts. No matter how we describe it or define it, it is truly our baby. We gave birth and have nurtured it all along the way. It has grown and developed and we couldn't be prouder.
Life, though, is not always smooth or perfect. There are bumps along the way, especially when turns are taken. At those times, when bruises are fresh, our friendship, our bond and our fortitude has gotten stronger. Why? Simple. We have each other's back, no matter what. I have often thought about the friendships between the guys in Duran. They have experienced the ups and the downs of life. Throughout it all, they have managed to be able to work together, to create together, and to be friends together. It seems to me that this gift is really rare. How many people can say that they can work with their best friends? How many people can travel with their best friends? How many people have stuck with their best friends through all that life throws at them? I suspect the number is really pretty low. This is why I know how special my friendship is with Rhonda and I assume that she feels the same about me.
On this day, the anniversary of the birth of my best friend, I find myself feeling like the person who has received a gift. I got the best friend I could ever ask for. She is someone who makes me laugh and laughs at my wacko sense of humor. She is someone who shares my passion for Duran Duran and is willing to work her ass off right along side mine to show that love and devotion through everything we have created together. I couldn't ask for a better touring partner-in-crime as we certainly know how to have fun together and always will and, most importantly, I couldn't ask for a more loyal friend. She will always have my back and I will always have hers. We will always, always be there for each other. Truly, we share in this gift of friendship.
Happy Birthday, my dear friend! I absolutely wish that this is the best year of your life (until the next one!) and that you experience nothing but joy, laughter and fun as well as a little/lot of Duran Duran!!! Love ya lots!!


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Recently Katie Holmes and Absolut Elyx CEO Jonas Tahlin hosted an intimate celebration honoring WWD and Variety Stylemakers Designer of the year, Zac Posen, at the Elyx House LA.
So much fashion under one roof! Holmes look absoulty fashionable and stunning in a white ensemble.
No stranger to fashion hisself, Zac Posen, looked nicely as well as he donned a classic tux while Jonas Tahlin wore all black.
Such a nice evening to celebrate the success of WWD and Zac Posen!
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I don't drive daily past fields of crops or livestock, so I find I'm not really in touch with the march of the seasons. And while for many seasonality is something to be ignored if at all possible – easily done by buying runner beans from Kenya and (tasteless) tomatoes grown in heated polytunnels – there is one food which most of us encounter only once a year and therefore production of which is geared to a once-annual rush. I am, of course, talking about Christmas and turkeys.
Like all foods, what you get out in quality and taste depends on what went in, in terms of care and effort by the farmer. Probably the most well known premium brand of turkey in the UK is the KellyBronze and I was therefore very interested to be invited to the farm to see what goes on.
We spent the morning with Paul Kelly, the son of company founder Derek, who had started the company in the early 70s and had travelled the country in the early 80s buying up the 4 remaining flocks of bronze feathered turkeys in the UK. Turkey flocks in this country had been taken over by the ubiquitous white bird, and the team aimed to do something different from the rest of the market. I was interested to hear that the white turkey was specifically bred: white means that you can't see the feather stubs, black feather stubs being something that the consumer doesn't like. I suppose it's not surprising that a colour as un-camouflaged as white isn't really natural – I doubt that white turkeys in the wild would have lasted long.
The care that goes into the birds is impressive, from the selection of the breeding stock; the birds are slow growing to increase flavour, selection of feed, slaughter, dry plucking, hanging for the best texture before being sent to the consumer. The one step that we were most surprised by is that after plucking, the birds are waxed to remove the feather stubs. Amazing.
We discussed as some length the difference between dry plucking using a machine compared to wet plucking. By dry plucking, there is no contamination, and so the birds can be hung to mature. The wet plucking process means that the birds must be drawn – eviscerated – straight away, and can't be hung.
We then met the birds at the largest of the sites Paul uses. It's quite something to be surrounded by a flock of thousands, particularly when the species is as curious and biddable as turkey. I could really see how traditionally flocks were driven slowly from East Anglia down to London over a period of months.
Finally, it was all back to Paul's for lunch. Guess what? Turkey! Delicious it was too, sweet, juicy and succulent. Each turkey ordered is sent out with it's own meat thermometer so that the cook knows when the bird is cooked properly, but not overdone – the quintessential Christmas crime. As an added treat, Paul took the skin off the breast and leg, laid it out on an oven tray and roasted it with a little salt: turkey crackling. We really couldn't get enough of it.
Fuss Free Flavours was the guest of KellyBronze. Thank you for a lovely day.


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A 38-year-old man who has spent most of his life in an iron lung enlists the help of a sexual surrogate in order to lose his virginity in "The Sessions," a drama starring Oscar-nominated actor John Hawkes and inspired by the life of poet/journalist Mark O'Brien.
With the support of an unconventional priest (William H. Macy) and a devoted team of caretakers, the virginal writer hires a compassionate sex surrogate (Helen Hunt), who finds her life profoundly transformed by their tender sessions.
"The Sessions," written and directed by Ben Lewin, is a film that will touch your heart. It will make you laugh, cry and definitely inspire you.
Hunt was nominated for an Academy Award for her role. She's up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.
Watch "The Sessions Movie"
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
It is time, the walrus said (paraphrasing), to speak of many things. I chose to have the walrus talk about revival. Revival: restoration comeback resurgence After much procrastination I have finally decided to begin blogging again. (Steve this one's for you). I'm a bit rusty. Of course I have no time. But here's the thing. I miss all my Blogger compatriots and then there's Facebook...weeeelllll hmmmm... let's not get into trashing Facebook. Oh Heck. Let's. The advertisements (Thumbs down) The creeeeeeepy friend requests (Double thumbs down) The insidious ways it has of FORCING you to PLAY STUPID games and waste MASSIVE amounts of time. It's not like I have any control over what I do. I lost that a long time ago when I installed my first dial up internet connection back in the day. I digress. We were talking about Blogging capital B. I was thinking I didn't have the time. I was thinking that I needed help. I realized this morning that I do have help. My characters. Wasn't it E L Doctorow who said writing is socially acceptable schizophrenia? I have a ton of them in my head. I will draw on their help to create posts that I hope will be worth reading. I know they will be worth writing. SO: Open the comments section. Start your engines. Let the blogging begin. Now. This first blog post is dedicated to: Chris. The Church Lady. RIP
Posted by ORION at 7:55 AM
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- Stephen Parrish said...
Yay! Pegleg is back!
However. Most of the old blogging buddies are gone, or hibernating. Some of us are talking about how to rebuild the kind of community we had in the old days.
- ORION said...
Yippee! I almost emailed you to warn you LOL
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New Study: OR Pigs and Poultry Feast on Seafood
Vancouver, BC – Chickens and pigs eat six times more seafood than people in the United States, because they're fed pellets made from forage fish, the small fish that are the ocean food source for larger fish, mammals and seabirds. A nine-year study just released by the University of British Columbia (UBC), has found 37 percent the ocean fish caught worldwide are processed as animal feed.
The study calls the trend "alarming," and warns that it is stripping marine ecosystems. Dr. Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, says there are few management plans in place to prevent overfishing, and some companies specialize in supplying forage fish.
"For example, in the menhaden fishery, which is one of the largest fisheries we've got – they go out with spotter planes to search for schools of these forage fish from the air, and then set the nets specifically to catch them."
Fish are also fed to other fish. Pikitch says it takes three to five pounds of fishmeal to raise one pound of farm-raised salmon. In her view, that's hardly the best use of a finite resource.
"I think a lot of people enjoy anchovies on their pizza, and which one of us hasn't had sardines at one point or another? These are tasty, nutritious fish, and it seems a waste to be feeding them to other animals and using them as fertilizer."
Pikitch believes the marine reserve system Oregon is developing will help preserve some of the ocean habitat, although she says fishing restrictions would be required on larger areas of ocean to make a real difference. Opponents of such restrictions say forage fish are plentiful and inexpensive, as well as being a good nutrition source for animals.
Pikitch is chairing a new task force that plans to come up with scientific approaches to manage forage fishing by 2010.
The study, funded in part by the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, will be published in the November issue of the Annual Review of Environment and Resources. "Forage Fish: From Ecosystems to Markets," will also be posted on the Web site of the UBC project, at www.seaaroundus.org.


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Powerball Be Mine by Jean Marie Keenan-Johnston
$450 million estimated annuity…according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's website, that's what the next drawing's estimated Powerball winnings are to be for whatever lucky person has his or her numbers pulled from that special machine that can remake a person's future in the seconds it takes a few little balls to jump from the swarm swirling round and round to the top of each little shoot, numbers that have no more chance than any other of being chosen. Just Lady Luck stepping in changing somebody's life in a tremendously amazing once-in-a-lifetime, against-odds-possibly-higher-than-being-struck-by-lightning, kind of way. Many people out there don't believe in the lottery thinking it's just a waste of hard-earned money. Others believe in the Law of Attraction and say if you believe in the right way, live your life with the right set routines and actions so as to avoid negativity, and put enough positive out into the universe you can attract wealth such as this. (It's a bit more complicated than that, but it's been quite some time since I read The Secret or any other books on the subject, so my understanding of the Law of Attraction is a bit rusty and therefore difficult to explain well.) I guess you could say I'm a positive thinker with a mix of beliefs…I believe if you put positive out there into the universe then it will come back to you someday most likely when you least expect it. I do admit to having my girls trained to say "when we win the lottery" as opposed to "if" to help train them to maintain the positive attitude I work to keep myself, but we do have talks like being realistic or how one shouldn't "spend" money she doesn't yet have in her pocket, so to speak. I have days when I feel like my family and I have had so many difficulties thrown at us since only months after my wedding when life started getting more difficult that sometime down the road we'll be due for a positive turnaround of such massive proportions it will make up for all the physical and emotional pain we've bravely battled and overcome these past eight years. And then there's always the very basic message I like to say to myself and others, "You can't win if you don't play." All you have to do is scroll through the lottery's website to see that people have won significant amounts in the past. All those photos of people holding lottery checks prove that point. So the money from all those people I see at the grocery store customer service counter buying lottery tickets must be going somewhere, right?
Whether a big payday is in our future or the lottery winnings are destined for somebody's else's bank account, occasionally I'll spend $4 or $6 on a few tickets. I have the same numbers I play, and if my girls are with me I'll let them pick a set of numbers. They get a kick out of coloring in the little circles with Mommy's pen without my help or my say about what numbers to choose with the exception of my instructions to make sure they spread out the numbers across the board (My attempt at trying to keep in mind the tips I've read about how to better one's odds with lottery tickets. Whether it's true or just garbage, I don't know. But I like feeling like I'm having some impact, large or small, on the end result of this attempt at winning. So I choose to convince myself it's the right thing to do just in case it's an action of some amount of merit. Sort of like the child who has figured a few things out about Santa and the Tooth Fairy but is afraid to admit it to anyone for fear they'll shoot themselves in the foot if they're wrong and be left with nothing while their friends still enjoy the spoils of childhood from the heroes they offended by losing faith.) I even have moments when I feel the loving guidance of my father take over, even though he is no longer with me. And so occasionally I'll check off that spot that allows the computer to choose my numbers for me. Even though the "experts" say this lessens the chances of a win, I like that small feeling of comfort that maybe Daddy is able to somehow act on my behalf in the afterlife and give a few happy events a little push in the right direction. So my girls and I have this little routine that we enjoy every now when we let the computer choose the numbers saying we're giving leaving it open for Pop Pop to do his thing. Some people may read that and say "She's nuts!" but my girls and I like feeling like my dad is watching over us and helping us during times of need, just like when he was alive, so I think that's all that matters. Heck, some probably think it's crazy for a woman on disability with high medical expenses to spend any amount of money on the lottery to begin with! But remember, you can't win if you don't play…and I'm not one of those gambling addicts who wastes hundreds of dollars on false hopes. A few dollars here and there, not when the winnings to be had are in the millions upon millions and the odds against winning are greater and greater, but instead when a feeling comes to me like maybe I have a chance that week that something awesome could happen for us.
My husband and I aren't greedy people. Nobody goes into the teaching profession to make their millions and retire young. I'd love to say we're rich in other ways…two beautiful daughters, a roof over our heads, and a strong will to go on no matter what obstacles life throws at us. To be honest, I don't believe ANYBODY needs an amount of money as high as $450 million. (Or I should say what's left after Uncle Sam takes his share.) But I'd be lying if I didn't say I've had a list in my mind for many years about how the money would be spent if we did win someday. As the girls grow, our house is getting smaller and smaller. There just isn't room to put everything away no matter how hard I work to organize everything. And as my fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis worsen, it's harder and harder to get that kind of work done. So while I don't want to live in a mansion, I'd love to be able to afford something a little bigger…a playroom for the kids to mess up, a few more closets, would all be great and extremely helpful toward keeping a clean house while fibromyalgia gets in the way of housework. There are other areas of my life where I could really use some assistance. As my pain grows and use of my hands gets tougher and tougher, I often think to myself how helpful it would be if I could afford a little help with some of my responsibilities as a mother. Driving, shopping, taking my girls out for fun events…all of them are getting tougher and tougher to manage. But there aren't any ways to get help with these tasks without the ability to pay for them, so a gift like a lottery win would bring some much needed independence where fibromyalgia has taken that away from me as well as more fun times for my children than I'm currently able to give them. It would be nice to have help with some of my more physical responsibilities so that maybe I'd have some energy and pain tolerance left to put toward my hobbies so that I could enjoy them again instead of using up all my energy stores for just the work I need to do each day. A lottery win would bring a lot back to my life that I've lost in the last eight years of living disabled. It would be a gift that would go far beyond a large amount of money!
My next concern lies with my family. My sister and her husband have dealt with so many financial issues as he's been disabled from work time and time again due to the effects of serious car accidents, back injuries and a gallbladder issue that took months to diagnose. My brother hasn't had the best luck with his career lately, and working in the restaurant industry can make being a wage-earner tough to begin with. Of course all of us have worried about my mom since my dad died. So I'd love to help each and every one of them! How awesome it would be to pay off each of my sibling's mortgages and build the addition my sister needs for her children to have the bedrooms needed for three kids. I'd love to help my mom make whatever choices she needs to be more at ease with living without my dad…sell the house and move into a retirement community? Buy a new house with a mother-in-law suite or a guest house so I can help her when she needs it and offer her a little bit of company? Keep her house and just pay for all the work it needs while paying for help with the yard work and an occasional housekeeper visit? It would just feel absolutely awesome to someday find myself in a financial situation that I could help my loved ones in such a way so I could put an end to some of the stresses that try to overrun their lives. There are a few other dreams I've occasionally thought about too. I have friends dealing with disabilities I'd like to help, cancer donations I'd love to make in honor of my father's fight that he sadly lost, and a nonprofit I'd like to start that would offer assistance to other parents in my same situation, people trying to raise children and maintain a household for them despite the many challenges chronic pain conditions or cancer impose upon them. These are the gifts I'd like to give the world if Lady Luck gifts me the funds needed to make each of them happen.
I'm a realistic person. I know my chances of winning the lottery, especially an amount as huge as $450 million, are pretty much nonexistent. My chances of winning even a smaller amount are pretty poor too for that matter. I choose to believe that someday things are going to turn around for me in a very huge, wonderful way. I don't care if people think I'm crazy for thinking that or not. I'm not sure if that means a lottery win, a fibromyalgia cure, or some other miracle from above. But for now, I'm choosing to spend my $4 or $6 during occasional grocery trips to give Lady Luck that little bit of assistance she needs to do her thing. Maybe someday I too will be on that show "The Lottery Changed My Life" and maybe I won't. But at least the money I'm spending is going toward programs that help senior citizens…or at least that's what the lottery commercials tell me.


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Publish Date:January 2015
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The report titled "Indian Crop Protection Market: Trends and Opportunities (2014-2019)" provides an in-depth analysis of the Indian Crop protection market and different types of pesticides. The report analyzes the various segments of the Indian crop protection market including insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. It also assesses the key opportunities and underlying trends in the market and outlines the factors that are and will be driving the growth of the industry in the forecasted period (2014-19). Further, key players of the industry like Bayer Crop Science, BASF India, Rallis India and United Phosphorus Limited are profiled and analyzed in the report.Segment Coverage
The Indian crop protection market is growing steadily, but it holds immense business potential as the market is driven by a number of factors that include growth in rising gross domestic product, declining arable land, rising urbanization, availability of credit facilities and rising population. Acknowledging these factors, it could be said that the Indian crop protection business that is segmented along three broader products - herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides will certainly gain importance in the years to come. Apart from increased demand of food coming from rising population, food security bill is supposed to play a crucial role in production of farm products along with crop protection chemicals. Moreover, awareness among farmers has grown up along with the availability of new products.
Stringent regulations, health effects, environment effects, rising counterfeit pesticides and several other issues pose major challenge to the growth of this business. Major trends prevailing in the Indian crop protection market are rising off patents & generics, introduction of green chemistry and low domestic consumption.


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Stem Cell Technology One Day Will Be Able to Restore Sight
According to a new research, a stem cell technology one day may restore sight to the blind people.
In this study, a group of scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan, led by the researchers Masayo Takahashi and Michiko Mandai, wanted to test whether the animals' vision can be restored. They placed mice in cages consisting of two rooms. The floor of one of the rooms was electrified at random points in time. Preceding each electric shock, the team flashed a warning light. To avoid the shock, the mouse had to see the light flash and move to the adjoining room.
The procedure managed to restore sight in nearly half of the mice with end-stage retinal degeneration. This success was due to the researchers' choice of cells.
Masayo Takahashi explains: "It is still a developing stage therapy, and one cannot expect to restore practical vision at the moment. We will start from the stage of seeing a light or large figure, but hope to restore more substantial vision in the future."
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Asbestosis is a lung disease that develops when asbestos fibers cause scarring in the lungs. The scarring limits the breathing and disrupts the oxygen capacity to enter the bloodstream. Other names for this disease are pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial pneumonia.
Many cases come from exposure to asbestos at workplace, before the federal laws governing them were issued in the mid-1970s. The disease takes years to develop and can be life-threatening. The total number of deaths associated with asbestos in the United States may exceed 200,000 by 2030, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and the Disease Register.
Know the symptoms of asbestosis
In most cases, the symptoms do not start appearing for about 20 years (ranging from 10 to 40 years) after exposure to asbestos.
Common symptoms of asbestosis are:
- Shortness of breath
- Tightness in the chest
- Persistent dry cough
- Chest pain
- Loss of appetite
- Clubbing fingers (enlarged fingers)
- Nail deformity
Causes and risk factors associated with asbestosis
When inhaling asbestos fibers, they can be embedded in the lungs and lead to the formation of scar tissue. This scarring is known as asbestosis. Scar tissue can make breathing difficult as it prevents lung tissue from developing and repairing themselves.
You can face the risk of developing a higher disease if you work in the area that uses asbestos before the federal laws governing the exposure is being applied. Asbestos is often found in construction and mining jobs. Asbestos is still used in certain industries, but is closely monitored by the government through the EPA.
In addition, you face a greater likelihood of developing asbestos and other related diseases if you smoke.
Testing and Diagnosis of Asbestosis
Your doctor will do some tests to see if you have asbestosis and exclude other conditions that have similar symptoms.
- First, doctors usually use a stethoscope to hear abnormal breathing sounds as part of a physical exam.
- Doctors can also order X-rays to look for white or honeycomb in the lungs or chest.
- Lung tests (lungs) can be used to measure the amount of air you can breathe and airflow to and from the lungs.
Your doctor may also try to see how oxygen is transferred from the lungs to your blood. CT scans can be used to examine the lungs in more detail. Doctors can also order biopsy to look for asbestos fibers in lung tissue samples.


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Stakeholder management began as an effort to identify your project's stakeholders so you could gather their requirements. This let you avoid requirements that spring up late in a project. These late requirements cost many times what they would have cost early in the planning process. So time spent on stakeholder management has a positive payback.
The new focus in stakeholder management adds to that "requirements orientation" and provides tools for building and maintaining support from your stakeholders. It involves engaging them in the project management process itself. It also includes identifying their project expectations early and managing those expectations so they align with the project's deliverables. Stakeholder Main Page
Stakeholder Management in The Real World
If you manage projects in the "real world," you know that strong stakeholder support for your project is critical in several areas.
First, broad support for your project helps you keep your project team together and avoids losing them to other projects. In reality, every project is competing with the organization's entire project portfolio for resources. Your team members will be reassigned to higher priority projects if you have poor stakeholder support and/or unmet stakeholder expectations.
Second, most projects involve implementing changes, whether it's following new procedures, using new software, or installing new hardware. Those changes have to happen in operating/user departments and they always cause pain and take time. If you lose stakeholder support for your project, implementing those changes in the operating departments will fall behind schedule. They may even be ignored. Your ability to deliver your project's scope is negatively impacted if those changes are not implemented.
Third, engaging your stakeholders in the project management process yields significant benefits. As an example, when you involve stakeholders in your risk management process, they are more likely to support and participate in your risk responses. This also helps you gain support with operational areas that are lending you team members. Always keep in mind that you are competing with other projects for those resources. You're also competing with their "real jobs" and any projects that are launched in their home departments. When you engage the operational area boss(es) from the start of your project, you have a better chance of those resources being available when you need them.
Stakeholder Management in Four Steps
For all these reasons, we recommend this four-step stakeholder management process.
First, during initiation you identify the people and organizational units who will be affected, positively or negatively, by the project. These stakeholders can come from outside the organization as well as the internal players. You're identifying not only who they are but what interest they have in the project. This includes their "hot button" issues, their project requirements and their potential influence over the project.
Second, during the project planning phase you plan how you will manage your stakeholders. You identify what techniques you will use to meet the needs of each stakeholder and to keep them engaged in the process.
Third, during your execution of the project, you implement the stakeholder management plan. It includes the communication strategies you will use to engage the stakeholders in the project and build their ongoing support.
Fourth, as you execute and control the project, you're also monitoring the stakeholders and identifying problems and issues. New requirements or requirements that are not being met are examples of stakeholders' problems and issues. You must respond to these to maintain their support.
Stakeholder Management Summary
This four-step process may take an hour on a small project or weeks on a large one, depending on the size of the stakeholder group. But it's a proven fact that active stakeholder management builds a foundation for your project's success.
You can learn how to successfully manage stakeholders in our online Project Management courses. You'll work privately with Dick Billows, PMP, an expert project manager. You control the schedule and pace and have as many phone calls and live video conferences as you wish.
During an introductory video conference, you and Dick Billows PMP, will design your program and what you want to learn. You will choose you course and select your case study from business, marketing, construction, healthcare, or consulting options. Your case study-based assignments that include project plans, schedules and presentations will fit your project specialty.


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A critique on public opinion regarding the efficacy of non-profit organizations in distributing aid.
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This morning as BJ and I sat having our own devotions, with tears in his eyes he read:
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Then picking up my own devotional book I read: "From the ends of the earth will I cry out to you. And when my heart is overwhelmed, Lead me to the rock that is higher than I."
What are the chances? Always 100% with God! This morning our hearts were overwhelmed with His presence, His goodness and His love.
But what does this scripture have to do with Christmas? Everything! Life without peace is totally overwhelming. From the first fig leaf, we have tried to cover ourselves, tried to hide, seeking for a safe place. From the very beginning he heard our cry and sent a baby to answer that cry. God came down, dwelt with us, loved us and became our cornerstone, a Rock that is higher than we are. Jesus, son of man, Son of God.
Are you overwhelmed by the rush of the Christmas season? Overwhelmed by what is happening in our nation and world? Overwhelmed by situations in your own life?
Cry out to Him. Run to the Rock that is higher than you are. A Rock that is higher than any situation that presents itself today. This Christmas season each time you see a manger remember He came, not just as a baby but as a Rock. No longer a baby in a manger, He is the risen King of all kings and Lord of all lords. Fully, abundantly able to answer even the smallest cry from a hungry heart.
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Ultimately I wrote Appetite for two reasons. One, to help me understand the construct of my life, especially as it relates to addiction and sobriety. Two, to help other people know, who might suffer in silence from their own demons, that they are not alone. The reason I had my mom be the main editor, other than the fact that she's a very good editor, was because it was the best way for me to express what I had gone through in life. Up until I started writing I just didn't know how to properly help her understand the anxiety, stress, and depression that I seemed to be relentlessly steeped in.
In my previous work-life experience in the corporate world it was all about producing results, quickly, my paycheck depended on it. Other than training athletically I was always reluctant to enter into multi-year projects, mainly because of the fear that I wouldn't see it through. Trust me, there were times where I wanted to scrap the whole project, simply because I wasn't getting any immediate results. Fortunately, with the help and encouragement from several friends, I didn't stop. I am very thankful for this. Plus, during those times of frustation, I was still firmly of the belief that results were everything. Thankfully, part of that thinking has subsided and transformed into a sense of patience, something that always seemed to elude me in the past.
I'm grateful to have gone through this process, it has been so very rewarding. Plus, I found out that I have somewhat of a knack for writing! Funny, because I failed my writing class at St. Lawrence University. With the revelation of this new hobby I am proud to say that I'm already half-way through the follow-up book to Appetite for Addiction. A Comeback from Addiction, My Story, will be out soon!
A huge thank you to everyone who helped keep my head above water through the writing process.
P.S. – for those who read Appetite I would enjoy hearing your constructive feedback.


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ADD328 City Hall Video
Executive summary
As part of the GLA's public information programme, Public & Community Engagement is looking to produce a City Hall Video to help improve Londoners' understanding of the London government structure, roles and responsibilities of the Mayor and London Assembly as well as the relationship between the GLA and other organisations in the GLA Group. The video will be informed by the City Hall leaflet and will also support the GLA Education/Citizenship Programme.
The Head of Service approves expenditure of up to £13,500 to procure and commission the development and production of a City Hall Video to communicate the role of the Mayor and the London Assembly as part GLA's public information programme.
Part 1: Non-confidential facts and advice
1.1 A strategic review at the GLA which included primary quantitative and qualitative research, including discourse analysis of mainstream and social media channels and focus groups, identified an opportunity to further educate Londoners about the role of the Mayor and London Assembly and how the various bodies represent Londoners, what their respective roles are and what it means for the city.
1.2 There is a strong sense from Londoners that they want to understand more about how London is governed and it is important to do so in order for them to effectively access the work of London's government and the associated benefits.
1.3 Clearer information on the structure and responsibilities of the GLA and how the organisation relates to national and local government will inform and engage Londoners. This should be communicated through a wide variety of channels, such as the GLA website, social media channels and information at City Hall, so that as many people as possible can access and benefit from it.
1.4 Work so far includes:
• Production of a City Hall leaflet, distributed through GLA channels
• A new suite of social media accounts
• Refreshed content on the GLA's website
1.5 The GLA is looking to create an educational video to reinforce the content provided in the City Hall leaflet. The aim would be to reach a wider online audience and encourage engagement with the video and our City Hall channels (social, website). The cost of this will be £13,269.85
• To increase Londoners awareness and understanding of the set-up and role of City Hall, including the GLA, Mayor and London Assembly as part of the Mayor's commitment to open, accessible and transparent government
• To Improve City Hall's engagement with Londoners and beyond
• To Improve City Hall's digital offer
• Ensure that London's diversity is represented in the video visually
• Ensure that video is accessible in line with The GLA's Equality Duty
4.1 This piece of work will help to meet the following strategic plan objectives:
• Strategic plan: "Consulting and informing staff, Londoners and other stakeholders about GLA priorities and plan."
• Strategic plan: "Ensure that London's strengths are promoted effectively."
• Strategic plan: "Riding the wave of digital engagement."
4.2 A clearer understanding of the structure and roles within London's government will empower Londoners to engage with the work of the Mayor and London Assembly and wider GLA group and increase their ability and readiness to access the associated benefits.
4.3 The work will be undertaken in consultation with teams across the GLA, including the London Assembly.
4.4 The risk to not undertaking this piece of work is that there is a continual decline in those who are informed about the work of the Mayor, which in turn means we are not delivering our strategic aims and not keeping Londoners aware of our work.
5.1 The expenditure of up to £13,500 on the procurement and commissioning of the City Hall Video will be funded from the existing 2015-16 Public and Community Engagement Unit programme budget.
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Changes in the monitoring mechanism for the quality of internet access
11 October 2018
Since recently, new features have been available in our app: it is now possible to perform measurements using IPv6, the system has improved security, and some functional modifications have been introduced as suggested by users participating in the open tests.
So far, about 1.5k users have registered to perform the open tests. The total of over 4.5k tests have been performed.
The tests are an opportunity to check how the mechanism works in practice and to introduce the necessary modifications and improvements. The testing stage will continue throughout October. More information is to be found on our website.


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After Liverpool City Council agreed to review their policy on busking, Keep The Streets Alive campaigner Jonny Walker tells Getintothis it's time to drop the proposals altogether.
The nights are beginning to get noticeably shorter, the kids are back at school and there is a nip in the air.
The summer busking season is nearly over, and the search is on for extra layers and fingerless gloves for the cold winter months ahead. So what's all the fuss been about busking in Liverpool?
Nearly three months has passed since the city council made the fateful decision to introduce a draconian and restrictive street entertainment policy on June 8 at this Cabinet Meeting and inspired this petition.
Overnight, busking was to be transformed from a spontaneous and impromptu cultural happening, into a highly regulated and restricted activity.
Church Street and Lord Street, long, wide thoroughfares in the heart of the pedestrianised city centre, were to allow amplified busking in only one, pre-booked location.
Performers would need to agree to an onerous set of terms and conditions in order to get a permit including: no-one under the age of 18 need apply, artists not to occupy a floor space greater than 1.5metres in radius or to sit on the floor, a requirement for £5million public liability insurance, the need to book pitches a week in advance for a maximum stay of two hours, proof of permanent address, photo ID cards, performances that can be stopped for any reason if a council official decides (The now infamous 'Simon Cowell Clause').
The list was seemingly endless. Performers who didn't sign up to the scheme were in line to receive letters threatening them with prosecution for the crime of trespassing on public land. It was all a little bit Big Brother.
So what were the council thinking? Much of Liverpool's CIty Centre is administered by the Business Improvement District (BID).
They are an unelected body who collect an extra layer of rates from businesses in exchange for providing a range of additional services.
Ged Gibbons, the Chief Executive of the BID, championed the new busking policy and claimed it would attract the very best buskers into Liverpool.
Keep Streets Live expresses strong scepticism that a hugely restrictive policy would do anything other then scare off good street performers, and never took this claim at face value.
Under the new scheme, buskers would have to book their slots in advance via the BID offices. In other words, no busking could take place without the BID knowing where, when and what was happening.
In the minutes of the Cabinet meeting where this decision was made, the following objective behind the busking policy was spelled out by the council:
'(to)'Transform Liverpool into one of the most business and enterprise friendly cities in the UK.' The proposed terms and conditions will achieve this by further enhancing the city centre's reputation as a top destination where users enjoy an excellent experience during their visit'
The busking terms and conditions can thus be understood as an attempt on the part of the Council and the BID to impose an extra layer of control over what happens in our shared public spaces, and to deliver an urban environment designed primarily around the perceived needs and wants of businesses, over and above anybody else.
If the policy had said: 'We want to transform Liverpool into one of the most welcoming, friendly and dynamic cities in the UK.'
That would have been great, but even that would have been completely unnecessary. Liverpool is ALREADY all of those things.
It is known worldwide for being a vibrant city alive with music; the birthplace of The Beatles, the cradle of Merseybeat, a European Capital of Culture.
In short a city to be proud of. In a place like Liverpool, visitors expect to see lots of buskers and street artists.
There is little public demand for a sanitised city centre. The millions of tourists who come to this great city are not asking the council to 'sort out the buskers'.
Liverpool shoppers stop to watch Jonny Walker during a rainy Mathew Street weekend
So who is? As is all too often the case, the complaints and wishes of a vocal minority have been allowed to dictate the terms of a policy that affects an entire city.
The Keep Streets Live campaign team is more then aware that not every busker is the next John Lennon.
We know that Wonderwall, when sung for the third time in a row, loses some of its appeal. We realise that the council get complaints about street performers from time to time, and that they have to be seen to respond to them.
What we are looking for is a sense of proportion from the council. At worst, a busker is a minor nuisance who can be politely asked to turn down or move on. At best, a busker can change the entire atmosphere of a street, providing free entertainment and the possibility for moments of unexpected and unplanned enjoyment.
Like the time when this kid walked past me and started pulling off some killer dance moves to the delight of the crowd.
In their heavy handed attempt to deal with complaints about a few buskers, the council have put into jeopardy a vital aspect of the city's culture.
It's all too often true that 'you don't know what you got 'til it's gone'. Helping Liverpool City Council to realise this, and asking them to think again, has been the reason behind the Keep Streets Live campaign.
Last week, in response to the legal pressure put on them by the Kirwans-backed application for judicial review, and the weight of public opinion, the council agreed to suspend the busking terms and conditions.
A town hall spokesman said: "We believe that the policy on busking was introduced lawfully and reasonably but we do not want to see public money (Nice PR spin guys but…) spent on legal proceedings which we feel are unnecessary.
"Given that the policy on street entertainment was always going to be reviewed we believe that the best way forward would be for all parties to discuss issues of concern during that review which will be completed in September."
The council has spent two years of time resources and and scarce public money drafting this policy in the first place!
So while we at Keep Streets Live welcome the suspension of the busking terms and conditions, and we applaud the council's new-found concern for not spending public money unnecessarily, we note that, if only they had taken notice of the concerns that were raised before they brought in this policy, they would have saved a lot of time and money.
While they did speak to a few performers, including me, before they changed the rules, they didn't listen to our many concerns. It was not a true or fair consultation.
That is why, with the help of Kirwans Solicitors, we have had to challenge this policy in the courts.
We only had three months to make our challenge before the legal time limit for judicial review expired. It is suspect that the council planned to have their own 'review' after three months, just long enough for the threat of legal action to subside.
The council claim that our legal challenge is 'unnecessary', and that they were always going to review the policy. In fact, there is no mention of a review anywhere to be found in their policy documents.
All talk of 'reviews' has sprung up in the light of the opposition that this council decision has faced. We believe that the legal action we have taken has forced them to focus their minds.
We now call upon the council to formally abandon its busking policy and to make a fair and fresh start.
Liverpool was the launchpad for a musical revolution that still echoes around the world today. It is no surprise that people come from all over the globe to visit this wonderful, diverse and exciting city.
We want these visitors, and the people of Liverpool alike, to walk down streets filled with life, filled with colour and filled with music.
These are challenging enough times for all of us already without the added burden of ill-thought out, absurd and draconian restrictions on street culture.
There are deep social problems to be faced like violent crime, drug-dealing, homelessness, the housing crisis, crumbling infrastructure and youth unemployment to name a few.
We are certain that the local authority and the police have many more important issues to be focussing their limited time and efforts upon then chasing the city's buskers around and frightening people with nebulous talk of trespass prosecutions.
A voluntary 'best practise' busking code, underpinned by good relationships between buskers, the local authority and the other users of the shared space of the city centre would go a long way towards addressing the council's concerns about street entertainers.
For those buskers who, from time to time, do cause a genuine nuisance, there is a wide, existing framework of legislation available to deal with them, like the Public Order Act, Highways Act and the Environmental Health Act to name just a few. There is little need for an additional layer of red tape and restriction, especially one that does such damage to the already vibrant street culture of the city.
We are glad that Liverpool City Council, albeit under strong legal pressure, has listened to the campaign and suspended their busking policy pending the prospective judicial review.
Keep Streets Live now joins David Kirwan in calling on them to take the final step, and to drop it all together. Then, and only then, we look forward to working with them, with the help of the Musician's Union, on a genuinely collaborative busking policy that brings people together and enhances the life of the great city of Liverpool.
Further reading:
Getintothis video and report: Liverpool's buskers take to streets to protest against council's new rules.
COMMENT: Liverpool Council Putin the boot in.
Getintothis video and report: Why Liverpool loves busking – and why some find it a public nuisance.
Liverpool bookshop protests over jailing of Pussy Riot.
Liverpool City Council forces Static Gallery to end live music programme.
A Week in Celebration of Liverpool's Spontaneous Street Culture
Buskers to take legal action against Liverpool council over "highly restrictive" new rules.


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Food Bank Helps Federal Employees
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal employees who live in Alameda can get help from the Alameda Food Bank while the government is withholding their paychecks during the shutdown.
"The Alameda Food Bank exists to help anyone struggling to put food on the table due to either a temporary crisis or a longer-term financial problem," said Cindy Houts, food bank executive director. "These folks going without paychecks certainly qualify for our help; we urge them to seek us out."
Alameda residents who wish to help can do so by donating non-perishable food or money to the food bank. "Donated food is always helpful," said Houts, "but dollar donations have a greater impact. Due to our purchasing arrangements, we can buy $7 worth of food for every $1 donated."
The food bank is located at 1900 Thau Way at the west end of Jean Sweeney Park near the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Constitution Way. For more information about getting help or donating, visit the food bank's website at www.alamedafoodbank.org.


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Hitler started the T4 Program which employed doctors of the Third Reich to target the handicapped and mentally ill for destruction. They were labelled 'useless eaters' who ate food which should be going to the soldiers.
The doctors slated these people for death by putting a check next to their name on the roster. No violent raids and noisy arrests of the Concentration Camps, merely a simple check-mark by a physician, and that unfortunate person was shipped in the busloads of so called "useless eaters" to killing centers for the first gas chambers.
Eventually the German people began to wonder about the ashes which flowed from the crematoriums. The Church protested and then Hitler took the program underground and the disabled were starved, left to die of exposure or given a lethal injection, after which their families were informed by letter of their demise of some illness.
Not enough protest led to the Holocaust of millions we commemorate today.
We were not taught about the T4 Program in school. In fact only recently has a memorial been erected to the 200,000 victims of the Program. (See photo) Why the silence? We say "never again" to this genocide 70 years afterwards but do we truly mean it?
Statistics on abortion for babies prenatally diagnosed with genetic anomalies like Down syndrome range between 75-92%. If its not government targeting a population, then someone surely is.
They are killed silently by doctors in medical institutions, just as the children and adults in the T4 Program were killed by doctors in institutions. Many of the victims of the T4 Program were handed over to the state by their families ( a notable exception was the 14 cousin of Pope Benedict who had Down syndrome and was forcibly removed from his family in 1944 and died within the year).
Abortions of the disabled today are done with the mothers' consent.
The media and society at large are largely silent about this, ignoring well more than half a million people who protest abortion every year in DC and around the nation. In the meantime, we have found better and more efficient means to select babies with disabilities for abortion earlier in the pregnancy. A quarter of mothers whose baby was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome say that their doctor insisted that they abort their baby.
It gets even worse.
Medical doctors and self proclaimed bio-ethicists are even arguing for "Post-birth abortion" in case a 'useless eater' slips through the net. Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggests that pre-natal testing and abortion of babies with Down syndrome saves the government money.
Where have we heard that before?
Not even 20 years after the Holocaust, the US government, with the cooperation of doctors target a segment of the population for death based upon their genetic makeup and carry out a plan of extermination with the parents as participants, at times forcing the public to fund this program.
We have learned nothing. Shame on us!


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V55 Headphones
€ 59.00(incl. VAT and WEEE)
V55 Headphones
Signature DJ style
Clubheads and the style savvy can't help but gravitate to the MDR-V55. Throbbing bass and flexible curves make it ideal for your decks or the street.
Crafted for the club
The solid design and choice of colour will suit DJs or anyone wanting good looking headphones for the street. Foldable earcups make them easy to throw in your bag.
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A closed design filters out exterior noise for better listening.
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Made to be heard over the crowd, the headphones deliver powerful bass with a 40mm neodymium driver. Mid-range sound stays crystal clear, for overall sound quality.
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Team Satan 666 was the 1st ever design created by Brutalitees!
First spawned on 2006.6.6 \m/
The Original print, the first of many, still a stand out favorite with our fans worldwide.
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Read our latest annual report as well as older reports below to discover more about our impact and partners. Further down you can also read about our impact in relation to Social Value Priority areas for Somerset.
In 2014/15 we reduced our energy consumption by 5% and our water use by 12%.
Somerset Film is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and implementing best practice for the benefit the environment. We are fortunate to have as our trustee and our champion in this Andrew Buchanan, who co-wrote the Codes of Best Practice in Sustainable Filmmaking with Larry Engel.
We monitor and measure energy consumption and travel to calculate our carbon emissions using the Creative Industry Green tools provided by Julie's Bicycle. Through our environmental action plan we implement actions to reduce consumption, offsetting where appropriate.
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In our business plan we have a number of strategic objectives relating to the economy. Our goals include:
* Helping more people have a voice and gain skills through high quality training and participation opportunities, which develop digital, media and creative skills alongside a wide range of transferable skills
* Nurturing and retaining the local talent base through production opportunities and profile raising
* Building a diverse talent pool, workforce and network by employment, freelance opportunities, signposting to mentoring, dialogue and exchange
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