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Crushed Grape Chronicles
Join us as we explore these stories through AVA's and vineyards and the eyes of the winemakers.
Wine it's simply crushed and fermented grapes. The variations and the stories are what make it so fascinating.
The variations in wine are beyond comprehension. The stories behind the wines are as lush and beautiful as the wines themselves.
Our goal at Crushed Grape Chronicles is to explore and chronicle the grape it's many stories and it's journey from dirt to glass.
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Santa Barbara
Located North of Los Angelos and on the west shore of California, Santa Barbara is generally thought of as a beach side resort, but it is so much more, it has a growing winemaking Community with unique and interesting Diverse Wines and Tasting rooms. The Topography spans a East to West orientation forming valleys allowing inland flows of fog and ocean breezes to shape one of the coolest growing regions in California. The growing season is typically longer here, allowing the grapes to mature longer.
Temecula Wine Country
Temecula Wine Country is near San Diego, just off of Interstate 15. It has been growing for many years and since we began visiting in 2009 it's has become even bigger and seems busier every time we go. It has a great Old Town with shops & restaurants that perfect for strolling after a day of wine tasting, or even during the day. There are two main roads, Rancho California and Deportola Road, where most of the vineyards are located, but there are several growing on the off shoot roads.
Paso Robles
Paso Robles (full name: El Paso de Robles 'The Pass of the Oaks') is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California. Located on the Salinas River north of San Luis Obispo, California, the city is known for its hot springs, its abundance of wineries, production of olive oil & almond orchards. Paso is a great place for many great wine makers we love, from Tablas Creek to Lone Madrone ( same Wine maker, different styles) Opolo, Tobin James, Red Soles, Kenneth Volk, just to name a few. There are over 200 or more and growing.
"So many Different Styles, Philosophies, Places, Terrior, So many Stories"
Los Olivos
Located in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, this charming little historic town is a rewarding and relaxing weekend getaway for wine tasting and dining options.
A group of Wine Makers in Santa Barbara County have opened tasting rooms in the town of Los Olivos. Los Olivos is a town that is all of two blocks long with many of the historic buildings restored, while new buildings all match the decor and architecture of the historic Los Olivos.
The Fess Parker Wine Country Inn is located in Los Olivos. Surrounding Area hotels are located in Solvang, which also have several tasting rooms.
Wine Pairing, Recipes & More
Criss Crossing Wine Country and tasting Wine from many different regions, we are also learning what goes well with the wine along the way. Food & Wine are an integral symbiotic arrangement especially pairing local food with Local Wine. This in some cases is what enhances the overall experience.


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Organic almond supporters roast pasteurization plan
Government mandate to limit salmonella risk, but one sterilization method raises concerns
A new food regulation that mandates the pasteurization of California almonds leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Jesse Schwartz, a purveyor of raw organic almond butter and other natural foods in Berkeley.
For 25 years, as president of Living Tree Community Foods, he has done business with small Central Valley farmers, and now, effective Sept. 1, he'll have to buy raw nuts for processing from Italy, Spain and Turkey - almonds of lesser quality, he will tell you.
"Almonds are a part of the heritage of the American people, and it makes me very sad that they're about to dump a fumigant on our American heritage," Schwartz said, referring to a method of pasteurization that involves chemicals.
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After two outbreaks of salmonella bacteria poisoning that were traced to almonds - in 2001 and 2004 - the Almond Board of California, the industry's trade association, proposed to the Department of Agriculture that mandatory sterilization be imposed in the name of consumer safety. The government agreed, the rule was written and was scheduled to take effect next month.
On Aug. 1, the Almond Board's directors, fearing there was insufficient sterilization equipment and too few operators in place to treat the nuts and deliver an uninterrupted supply, petitioned for a postponement of the rule to March 1.
This week, the government denied the request, confident the deadline can be met.
The rule that was more than three years in the making - one that burnishes the almond industry's reputation for safety or sullies the noble nut, depending upon your view - will apply to about 500 million pounds of almonds sold in the United States annually.
All the nation's almonds, 1.3 billion pounds this year, are produced in the Central Valley. More than half are exported, and those are exempt from the pasteurization rule. Growers at farmers' markets and those selling from roadside stands are also exempt and can sell raw, unpasteurized almonds to consumers. But the share of the crop sold in the U.S. market - to retailers and food processors, for example - is covered.
In most cases, almond handlers - middlemen who buy nuts from growers and sell to customers - will have responsibility for the pasteurization, and some of the work will be done by food processors or third-party companies.
Some of those almonds will be sterilized by oil roasting and blanching. Organic growers will submit their crops to steam heating, a method approved by organic overseers, although many organic growers are still queazy about the rule.
The most common method of sterilizing almonds is propylene oxide fumigation, using a chemical compound that is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a probable human carcinogen and that was briefly used as a racing fuel that added oxygen molecules to gasoline.
The National Hot Rod Association put a stop to that in 1993 because of propylene oxide's association with cancer, according to a spokesman.
"The only people who can use that stuff are dressed in space suits with rubber hands and masks," said Schwartz, the raw foods advocate who says the pasteurization rule is an overreaction to the two outbreaks and that "nature provides almonds to us in sterile form" protected by husk and shell.
However, propylene oxide has been used for food sterilization - particularly in nuts, spices and cocoa power - since 1958 and is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency.
In the 2001 salmonella incident, several dozen people were sickened in Canada. In 2004, several dozen people were sickened in the United States and eight other countries. In both cases it is believed the almonds came into contact with bacteria at processing plants.
"We said that is unacceptable, that both consumers and our industry are at risk," said Richard Waycott, the chief executive officer of the Almond Board of California, in Modesto. "We said, 'Let's figure out what we can do.' "
California almonds handled by Blue Diamond Growers in Sacramento, the largest nut processing and marketing company in the world, representing 3,000 growers, have been pasteurized for four years. The sterilization was a response to the outbreaks. "This is to assure consumers that our products are safe to eat," said Susan Brauner, director of public affairs for the company.
She said the majority of almonds are consumed either as an ingredient in other products and therefore roasted or heated to a temperature that effectively achieves pasteurization. Uncooked almonds are less than 10 percent of the total market, she said.
It's a passionate sector, nonetheless. Advocates in the raw foods and organic movement have prompted more than 15,000 people to sign petitions seeking a halt to enforcement of the pasteurization rule.
"This rule is the brainchild of a subset of the industrial agricultural community" and generated only 18 public comments before critics turned their attention to it, said Mark Kastel, executive director of the organic watchdog group Cornucopia Institute, which is fighting the government's ruling.
"It's more of a ploy by the big outfits, the big handlers, to drive the small guy out of business, because it's easier for them to do the treatment on a large scale," said Hendrik Feenstra, an almond handler in Orland (Glenn County).
Glenn Anderson, an organic almond grower in Hilmar (Merced County) for the past 18 years, said, "It feels like somebody has really done a number on us here. My customers tell me they want to buy the same product they have bought from me for the last 18 years, and I would like to have the right to do that, if that's what the consumer wants. Seems like the American way to me."
Anderson and other organic growers also object to the rule because they believe sustainable farming methods they use, including mulching rather than controlling weeds with chemicals, naturally prevent bacteria.
There will be a cost for the treatment, estimated at 3 to 5 cents per pound, and growers may absorb those costs, said Dave Phippen, a co-owner of Travaille and Phippen, growers, packers and shippers of almonds in Manteca (San Joaquin County).
"That's the way it should be, to advance a very healthy product," said Phippen, a former chairman of the almond board.
He said that objections from raw foods and organic advocates were considered in the rule-making process and that is why the heating process was added to the other methods of sterilization.
"The flip side of that is if there is another outbreak, usually the press does not distinguish between organic and nonorganic - they just made someone sick," said Phippen. "So the consensus was that all almonds would have to go through the kill step because with an outbreak we would have a blemish on the California almond name whether organic or not."
Waycott, the Almond Board's chief executive, said that "a prerequisite was that there would be no degradation of the product" in the pasteurization process. He said nutrition specialists have tested almonds pre- and post-pasteurization and have not found differences in "sensory attributes."
That's a tough sell for Schwartz of Berkeley.
"Before long, it seems," he writes on his Web site, "all the food sold in the Untied States will be genetically modified, irradiated, pasteurized, homogenized, hydrolyzed and packaged for a two-year shelf life and it will all be labeled as 'All Natural.' "
Online resources
Anderson's Web site
Schwartz's Web site
Cornucopia Institute

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Cantor Sparks and his posse at the La Perla–sponsored party after the Frick Young Fellows gala. Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com.
Gowns were huge so space was tight last night at the Frick Young Fellows ball in New York City. This year's theme was Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and guests went all out with their getups to ensure being noticed. (Think wigs and hair full of feathers.) For the committee, getting dressed was the easy part, as Monique Lhuillier, who was sponsoring the event, provided the requisite frothy ensembles, while Ivanka Trump, another sponsor, donated jewels. Some guests didn't have it quite as easy: "I decided to go for this dress because it was quite Gatsby-esque in its simplicity," Kate Schelter said. "But I arrived and I think there are at least three other girls in the same outfit!"
Left, Kate Schelter; *right,*Ivanka Trump. Zani Gugelmann and Cecilia Dean drifted around the Frick's galleries, including the Fragonard room, which was the evening's inspiration. Meanwhile, Maggie Rizer and Paul Johnson-Calderon sipped champagne by the fountain at the center of the mansion. Also chatting and taking samples from the salmon bar were Alison Aston and Lydia Fenet. The music room's dance floor was packed with revelers (including Topper and Tinsley Mortimer) who were enjoying the mildly incongruous dance remixes. As the night wound down, Lake Bell, in her orange Monique Lhuillier dress, headed for the door: "I'm off to the Rose Bar, since I already look like one!"
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Tottenham Hotspur right-back DeAndre Yedlin could reportedly be sent out on loan next season following the arrival of Kieran Trippier from Burnley in early June, according to the Mirror.
The USA international, who joined the north London club last summer from MLS side Seattle Sounders, but only arrived at White Hart Lane in January, has made just one league appearance for Spurs as he mainly focused on adapting to the Premier League.
The report claims that Bolton Wanderers are interested in taking the American on loan for the upcoming campaign, with the Championship side Derby also keen on signing the defender.
Yedlin could struggle to get regular game time next campaign, as Tottenham already have two established right-backs in Trippier and Kyle Walker, but the latter has been struggling with chronic injury troubles over the last couple of seasons making him a liability for the club.
The Daily Mail reports that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy could consider offers for Walker in the summer, after the defender missed most of the previous campaign through injury, which eventually cost him his place in the England team as well. This could give Yedlin the opportunity to prove his worth to manager Mauricio Pochettino.
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Letter sent by HRCE to:
Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations;
Mr. Choi Kyong-Lim, President of the Human Rights Council;
Ms. Maria Emma Mejia, Chair of the Third Committee, General Assembly.
Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
Mr. Zerihoun Taye-Brook, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
Mr. Haile Menkerios, Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union and Special Representative to the African Union,
Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Ms. Kate Gilmor, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Ms. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission,
Ms. Adv. Faith Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson of African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Ms. Linda Thomas Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs in the United States
Ms. Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, Ambassador, of Somalia to the United Nations, Geneva
Mr. Awale Ali Kullane, Ambassador of Somalia to the United States, New York
Mr. Mohamed Siad Douale, Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States, New York
Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Abro, First Counsellor, Chargé d'affaires, of Djibouti to the United Nations, Geneva
Mr. Mike Smith, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
Mr. Victor Dankwa, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
Dear Excellency,
Re: Prioritising the lives of Eritrea's citizens
We note with concern that the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea (COIE) no longer features on the provisional list of special procedure mandate-holders, independent experts, chairperson and SRSGs who are scheduled to make presentations on 27 October to the Third Committee of the General Assembly (GA) during its Seventy First session. [1] We strongly urge that this decision is reviewed and that the COIE is restored to the agenda, in the interests of justice.
In its second report, released in June 2016, the COIE "found reasonable grounds to believe" that crimes against humanity, "namely enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, rape and murder" have been committed in a "widespread and systematic manner" in Eritrea since 1991, and continue to occur. Given the gravity and extent of the violations outlined in this report, it is deeply perplexing that there is no discernible urgency on the part of the GA for further action to address this situation.
The human rights violations underway in Eritrea are comparable in terms of scale, severity and flagrancy to those occurring in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea), and both nations have been deemed by UN-mandated inquiries to have committed crimes against humanity.
In its resolution adopting the report of the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea,[2] the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolved to submit it, along with all the other reports by the Commission, to "all relevant bodies of the United Nations and to the Secretary-General for appropriate action." Laudably, the report was presented before the Third Committee that same year, culminating in the adoption of a GA resolution calling on the UN Security Council (SC) "to consider the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the commission and take appropriate action to ensure accountability," including a possible International Criminal Court (ICC) referral.
In its resolution adopting the COIE report[3] the HRC again requested the submission of this report and oral updates to all relevant UN bodies "for consideration and appropriate action". Moreover, while extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, it directed the mandate holder to follow up on the implementation of the report's recommendations "and to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-first session." This last stipulation renders the removal of the COIE from the Third Committee's agenda all the more perplexing, as it gives the impression that a recommendation issued by the UN's foremost human rights organ is effectively being disregarded by another of its key bodies.
This omission or removal of the COIE comes at a sensitive time, occurring after the recent commemoration of 15 years since a group of 35 individuals, consisting of senior government officials known collectively as the G11 and Eritrea's independent journalists, were subjected to enforced disappearance and placed under incommunicado detention. These prisoners are reportedly held in a purpose built facility erected in an extremely inhospitable environment. They are chained day and night, referred to by numbers and kept in barely ventilated cells for 23 hours a day, lacking adequate food, water and medical treatment. Some are reported to have been driven to suicide, while others have died due to the privations. Their only crime was to request greater democracy and the implementation of Eritrea's ratified constitution.
The suffering of these prisoners is emblematic of the plight of over 10,000 of their fellow citizens, who are similarly detained without charge or trial in harsh circumstances, and of those outside who are trapped in a nation that has been termed a giant prison. Thousands flee each month, risking a shoot to kill border policy, death while traversing the Mediterranean in unseaworthy vessels or severe mistreatment by trafficking gangs and locals or officials in countries through which they pass in search of refuge. The pervasive oppression often follows them abroad; tellingly, while the Commission of Inquiry on North Korea was able to hold public hearings in different venues, the COIE was obliged to interview witnesses in secret, as they either feared for their own lives or the lives or relatives who remain in Eritrea.
For a people numbed by decades of suffering under a repressive government that has normalised the most inhumane treatment, the COIE provided hope in otherwise unremitting bleakness. Many Eritreans spoke out for the first time, daring to believe their plight was finally being recognised at the highest international level and would now be addressed. Removing the COIE from the Third Committee's agenda will take away any grounds for hope and will be interpreted understandably as sign that in the case of Eritrean citizens the international community is once more evading its responsibility to protect. However, "commissions of inquiry …do not relieve States of their legal obligations to investigate and prosecute torture, and to provide effective remedies to victims of past violations, including reparation for the harm suffered and to prevent its reoccurrence."[4]
The COIE's landmark report requires the urgent attention of the international community. It shines a light on severe violations that have continued in relative impunity because perpetrators felt they would never be exposed. Withdrawing, shelving or otherwise disregarding this report effectively enables this impunity to continue. We therefore urge you to prioritise the lives of Eritrea's citizens, in line with the responsibility to protect, by ensuring this report is presented to the Third Committee, as recommended by the HRC, with a view towards formulating a resolution to mandate further action to address Eritrea's dire human rights crisis.
Yours respectfully.
Elizabeth Chyrum
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
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[1] https://www.un.org/en/ga/third/71/dialogues.pdf
[4]The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, stated this in a report to the UN Human Rights Council. UN News Centre, Commissions of inquiry alone cannot fight impunity against torture – UN expert, March 5, 2012, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41455&#.UU3Us6X3A60.


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AANA Journal Issue Details
On The CoverStudent registered nurse anesthetists Luke Hubbard and Aaron Archer in a simulator session at the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo taken by Matthew O'Shea.)
Evaluation of the Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effects of Asiatic Acid, a Compound from Gotu Kola or Centella asiatica, in the Male Sprague Dawley Rat Herbal medication use continues to rise and interactions with existing medications propose risks and may have significant effects and consequences on the administration of anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anxiolytic and antidepressant effects of asiatic acid and its potential modulation of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor.Keywords: Anxiolysis, asiatic acid, elevated plus maze, forced swim test, Sprague Dawley rat.
Core Temperature—The Intraoperative Difference Between Esophageal Versus Nasopharyngeal Temperatures and the Impact of Prewarming, Age, and Weight: A Randomized Clinical Trial Unplanned perioperative hypothermia is a well-known complication to anesthesia. This study compares esophageal and nasopharyngeal temperature measured in the same patient for a period of 210 minutes of anesthesia. Results demonstrate a difference between the 2 measurement techniques and that prewarming, age, and body mass index have an impact on measured temperatures.Keywords: Anesthesia, core temperature, esophageal, nasopharyngeal, prewarming.
Worldwide Experience With Sugammadex Sodium: Implications for the United States Experience gained through worldwide clinical use of sugammadex offers US anesthesia providers the opportunity to better understand this drug and its clinical applications. The seminal and current literature concerning clinical use of sugammadex is reviewed, and considerations for its incorporation into practice are provided.Keywords: Blocking agent, in vivo administration, sugammadex.
Bivalirudin in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft in a Patient With Heparininduced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report of its Use Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an antibodymediated reaction in which heparin administration causes a person to enter a pathological and highly prothrombotic state. When patients with known HIT undergo coronary artery bypass and grafting procedures, they must be appropriately anticoagulated. The case describes the successful use of bivalirudin for procedural anticoagulation during an off-pump coronary artery bypass and grafting.Keywords: Bivalirudin, CABG, coronary artery bypass and grafting, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, off-pump artery bypass and grafting.
Call-Shift Fatigue and Use of Countermeasures and Avoidance Strategies by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: A National Survey Call-shift fatigue is a common problem among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and is associated with medical errors and negative health consequences. This study surveyed CRNA members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists on their frequency of call-shift fatigue, fatigue symptoms, medical errors associated with fatigue, and use of fatigue countermeasures and avoidance strategies.Keywords: Anesthesia, call shift, countermeasures, fatigue, nurse anesthetists.
Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Social Support in Retention of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists Many studies document the presence of stress and the need for social support in nurse anesthesia students. By addressing these challenges, one can increase students' self-efficacy, which is related to beliefs in one's ability to accomplish an objective. This article reviews the literature on this topic and makes recommendations for increasing student self-efficacy.Keywords: Retention, self-efficacy, social support, stress, student registered nurse anesthetists.
AANA Journal Course: Update for Nurse Anesthetists—Part 1—Anesthesia and the Developing Brain Despite the profound evolution in the safety and efficacy of neonatal and pediatric anesthesia, questions remain concerning the long-term neurotoxic and neurocognitive effects of the drugs used in anesthetic care. A variety of prospective animal models and retrospective human studies exist that inconsistently demonstrate a detrimental effect of early life exposure to anesthetic drugs and subsequent learning performance. Limitations associated with both non-human and human observational studies are critiqued. Research currently underway is briefly described. A framework for discussing the relevant issues with concerned parents is presented.Keywords: Apoptosis, neurocognitive effect of anesthetic drugs, neurotoxicity of anesthetic drugs, pediatric anesthesia.


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As we quickly learn, the world seems to be going to Hell and Superman's on vaca, so it's up to Batman and friends to travel the globe cleaning the clocks of a variety of villains. Some you will surely know (Catwoman, The Joker, Scarecrow) and others are more of the laughable variety (Clock King, Gentleman Ghost, Black Mantis). Regardless of what you might think of these foes, each antagonist poses some different challenge for the Dark Knight.
Brave and the Bold on DS is a single-player game, but you can switch between Batman and his ally at any time with a tap to the touch screen. Though you always have Batman at your side, your ally changes with each level and they have unique abilities necessary for getting past certain obstacles. These are simple challenges, so no puzzles that will tax your noggin. But there are definitely a few tough platforming parts. Fortunately, Brave and the Bold has tons of checkpoints, so you'll never have to go back far if Batman dies.
Batman's pals each have one or two things that make them different. Plastic man can turn his hands into mallets to smash through walls. Red Tornado can hover across chasms. Aquaman can call forth a fish to strike enemies (oh, stupid stupid Aquaman).
You might be wondering how Batman (no superpowers) can hang with people like Green Lantern. Well, as you play you collect bat symbols, which can be used to buy upgrades at the Batcave. This includes practical stuff like increased punching power and extra armor and those eccentric little toys the Batman loves. Batarangs that deliver an electric shock, force fields, and more. When playing as Batman, you can select your utility belt item of choice.
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a pretty short experience, beatable in under three hours. Most of the levels are good, with one true standout. The battle against Scarecrow is awesome and certainly a model for the creativity and challenge that would have been nice to see more consistently throughout the campaign.
Aside from the short single-player story, there are some bonuses. If you have the Wii version of Brave and the Bold, you can use the DS to connect with your console and play as Batmite. As Batmite, you drop power-ups, bombs and anvils on the screen. That's it. It's pretty boring.
More interesting is the Challenge Room, which includes several different options to extend gameplay. These include battling bosses, beating areas with Batman's allies, and surviving hordes of enemies.
Batman's latest adventure is a good, but short yarn on DS. It would have been nice to see more variety in the levels and to have the guest characters used in more interesting ways, but it's a solid game nonetheless. If you've been itching for a good Batman game, give this one a go. It won't last long, but it's satisfying.
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SCALEN Servo Press brakes are available from 90T x 3.1m to 4000T x 12m. All our Press Brakes are manufactured from certified materials, which are both rigid and mechanically stable. Our design team can create non standard size Press Brakes to meet the unique criteria and specification of any customer using world leading 3D modelling and stress analysis software providing extremely rigid frame design resulting in accurate bending in the most demanding conditions.
All SCALEN Servo Press Brakes have a centrally mounted manifold that houses all hydraulic components. Located on the manifold are the servo valves, which control the position of each pressing ram. These valves are fed by the Y1, Y2 Linear scales located at each end frame on independent isolation mountings. This Synchronised system will keep the upper and lower tools parallel within .01mm.
Design & Manufacture
• Synchronised cylinders (Y1, Y2)
• Servo Hydraulics
• Central hydraulic manifold
• High accuracy encoders (0.01mm)
• Encoder independent isolation mounting
• Hard chromed piston rods
• Specific high durability cylinder material
• Low noise pump
• Large capacity oil tank
• Roving foot pedal
DNC/CNC Controllers
• SCALEN CNC Control
• Range of Delem DNC Controllers
• All controls are mounted on swing pendant arms
• CNC Tonnage control
• Automatic calibration on start up
• Lazer Safe guarding systems
• SICK light curtains
BackGauge Configuration
• AC Vector with ground single guide X1, X2, R, Z1, Z2)
• AC Vector with ground dual guides (X1, X2, R, Z1, Z2)
• AC Servo with ground dual guides (X1, X2, R, Z1, Z2)
• X3 finger available with SCALEN CNC
• All back gauges are modular for cost effective upgrades
Anti-deflection System
• Hydraulic anti-deflection system comprising of a rigid 3 beam system eliminates the need for shimming.
• Intermediate adjustable holders with compensation by wedges (can be used to chamber the top tooling)
• Electro mechanical crowning
Sheet Support
• Manual sheet support arms (front & rear)
• Manual front sheet support arms utilizing linear tee slot
• CNC sheet support follower controlled by DNC controls
Top Tool Clamping Systems
• Hydraulic clamping for top tooling (intermediate beam)
• Quick release clamping systems


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Canadian Cowboys Association Finals Rodeo
The City of Swift Current, Canadian Cowboys Association, and Swift Agricultural & Exhibition Association are partnering to present the Canadian Finals Rodeo brought to you by Pattison Agriculture. The City of Swift Current and the Ag & Ex are proud to support the CCA's vision of fostering and growing the rodeo community by hosting this championship finals October 14-17, 2020 at the Innovation Credit Union iPlex.
The Canadian Finals Rodeo is one of Canada's largest rodeo events attracting the best talent, featuring 7 major events and 5 junior/novice events. The major events include saddle bronc, bareback, tie down roping, steer wrestling, ladies barrel racing, team roping, and bull riding. The junior/novice events include junior ladies barrel racing, junior steer riding, novice saddle bronc, novice bareback and novice bull riding.
The schedule consists of the traditional five rodeo performances, competitions, a trade show, rodeo cabaret, and countless opportunities for camaraderie with family, friends, visitors and competitors.
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text: Tuition and Fees Tuition and Fees Douglas College has some of the most affordable international tuition fees in Canada and provides a range of entrance scholarships for top incoming students. Programs are priced on a per credit basis. For the 2020/21 academic year (starting Fall 2020), the international per credit fee for all programs is $600 CAD. One year of study (30 credits) will cost $18,000 CAD (30 credits x $600 CAD) plus mandatory student fees. Please visit Douglas College's tuition fees website and click on "International student fees" for a detailed breakdown of our current fee schedule. Admissions Deposit International students who are made an offer of admission are required to submit a deposit by the date stated in the offer letter which is typically equivalent to 12 credits** of tuition plus mandatory student fees. This deposit is required in order for Douglas College to issue an official Letter of Acceptance, and will be applied towards the first semester tuition and fees. ** Please note that some countries (India and Vietnam) may require a larger deposit. Before submitting a deposit, students are required to acknowledge our refund and deferral policy. Typically, the admissions deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable to a future semester once an official Letter of Acceptance has been issued, but students may be eligible for a full or 50% refund of the deposit or deferral to a future semester providing a request is submitted in accordance with our refund and deferral policy. Methods of International Payments The admissions deposit must be submitted by Flywire. Please refer HOW TO MAKE INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT to process your payment: Show all | Hide all | Print FAQS Tuition fees View Cost Schedule for 2019: Supplement for International Students Fees indicated are in Canadian Dollars (CAD). Fees are for a one (1) year program. Tuition costs and fees are subject to change without notice. Room and board costs are estimated based on homestay rates. Costs for other room and board options may vary widely. Textbook costs are estimated based on average costs and will vary from course to course.


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Student Course Evaluation Course Response (Digital Measures)
Digital Measures' online Student Course Evaluation tool, Course Response, became the Institute platform for student course evaluation in AY 2011-12. (Course Response is a separate Digital Measures tool. Students have no access to other areas of the system.)
At the start of a Course Response Data Collection Period (DCP), students receive invitations to participate via email from Digital Measures (email@example.com). Students then authenticate through RPI Central Authentication Service (CAS) and are routed to a personal homepage listing their courses for feedback with links to the survey for each one.
Every three days and on the final day of data collection, as long as they have incomplete sureveys outstanding, students receive reminder emails asking them to complete their course evaluation surveys.
There are two regularly scheduled Data Collection Periods (DCPs): the School of Engineering Midterm Course Evaluation at six weeks, and the Institute-wide Course Evaluation at semester's end.
Manage Questions
One week before a Data Collection Period begins, faculty receive email notifying them that Manage Questions is open. During Manage Questions, faculty are able to add their own questions to the standard instrument. Several question types are available: Likert Scale, yes/no, short answer, long answer, or questions to picked from a menu.
Guide to Using Manage Questions
Response Rates
Faculty frequently express concern about response rates with online course evaluation surveys.
To ensure students' answering the evaluation survey for your course, the Office of the Provost strongly encourages you to schedule a mandatory laptop-to-class day in which to give students about ten minutes to complete the evaluation.
A prominent link to "Student Course Evaluation" is available on RPInfo during Data Collection Periods. The URL is https://cr.digitalmeasures.com/login/rpi/student.
Because surveys are completed and submitted online, leaving the room during a classroom laptop survey session is not necessary. Indeed it is not advisable.
Response rates are visible to faculty in real time via the View Respondents tool in Digital Measures. Please do monitor your response rates during data collection. (View Respondents displays only response rates to the survey in individual faculty member's courses. There is no linkage of students' responses to individuals anywhere in Digital Measures.)
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Please Note: The "Student Course Evaluation Report - Standard" is the same as the "Student Course Evaluation Report - Instructor," except the Standard report does not report results of Instructor-Added questions. Only faculty can see the Instructor report. Only faculty can see the results of Insturctor-Added Questions. Chairs, Deans, etc., cannot view the Instructor report.


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Below are two easy techniques for making your gel-printed words reader-friendly! These are subtractive methods — meaning paint will be removed to create the letters.
Technique #1 -- Just follow these easy steps!
Step 1
Write a word (or words) on a piece of tracing paper with a Sharpie or other marker. You want BOLD writing!
Flip the tracing paper over — so the writing appears backwards. Tape your tracing paper in place to your work surface.
Place your Gelli® plate on a clear protective substrate — such as Mylar, acetate, Plexiglass, DURA-LAR, glass, etc. (I'm using DURA-LAR for this demo)
|Gelli® Plate on piece of DURA-LAR
Place the clear substrate on top of the tracing paper and position your Gelli® plate over the writing. Tape in place.
Apply a thin layer of paint onto the gel plate with a brayer. Avoid opaque paints, as you want to be able to see your lettering under the plate :)
|Golden Open Acrylics Used in this Demo
Step 6
Trace over the lines using a cotton swab. It can help if the swab is slightly dampened with a drop of water first.
**The writing in the paint will be backwards (mirror-image).
Step 7
Use various texture tools in the wet paint to add another level of interest to your print.
Step 8
Cover the painted plate with your paper.
Rub gently to transfer the paint ... then remove paper to pull your print.
TIP: This technique will work best with fairly transparent and slow drying paint ... to allow time for tracing. Golden Open Acrylics are ideal for this! Or add Golden Open Medium or Acrylic Glaze to your regular acrylic paint to increase its working time while adding transparency.
Step 9 - Fun and Final Step!
Add a second gel- printed layer using transparent pigments — to create wonderful mixed colors on your print!
Technique #2 - Three Easy Steps
for Including Words in your Gelli® print!
Use cut out letters! Ideally, with some dimension.
This can include hand-cut letters, die-cuts, craft foam letters, and chipboard letters. Self-adhesive alphabets are available at art and craft stores — and they're great for this technique!
Step 1
Arrange the letters and adhere them to the substrate of your choice — to create a lettered printing plate. Adhering letters to craft foam gives you a flexible and reusable stamp for gel printing your favorite words!
Tip: Do not reverse the letters. Your placement should be right-reading.
Step 2
Press the lettered plate into the painted Gelli® plate — and remove. The letters will remove paint and leave a mirror-image impression on the Gelli® plate.
Step 3
Cover the painted Gelli® plate with paper, rub — and pull your print. So easy!
Have fun putting words in your Gelli® prints!
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Appropriation of council funds by states is evil, says Dogara
In this interview with NIYI BELLO, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, spoke about the unconstitutional erosion of the powers of the third tier of government, illegal take-over of council funds by governors and why State Electoral Commissions should be scrapped among other issues affecting the structure of the Nigerian federation. Excerpts.
Local councils are comatose in Nigeria
Local government administration is not working and the reason is very simple. All the local governments in the country are specified in the First Schedule of the 1979 Constitution. The work they do or the functions assigned to them are as specified there. But above that, section 7 of the constitution is very instructive; it says local governments must be democratically elected. So if we start from that section of the constitution, how many local governments will you say have executives that were democratically elected? How many of those councils do you see are performing the responsibilities assigned to them under the 4th schedule of the 1979 constitution? The answer is quite obvious. It is a system that is in crisis. Since 1999 when we had this latest advent of politics, I don't want to go back to the days of military regime, you will attest to the fact that there is hardly any local government that has lived up to its constitutional mandate. They are actually groaning under interference from state governments and I will say that it is by design of the constitution. Those who drafted the 1999 constitution actually muddled up a lot of things with regards to running of local governments.
I do not know what model they adopted really because you look at all the federations in law, in nations that are described as federal republics, countries like Brazil, for instance, India, the United States, there appears to be a model that they are following but I don't know what model the framers of the 1999 constitution wanted to promote in Nigeria.
Now, you talked about the independence of local government councils in Nigeria. I don't know whether it is achievable, whether we should talk about certain semi-autonomy or some kind of semi-independence. Because when you are talking about independence of local government councils such as is practised in India, to a larger extent, in the United States of America and in Brazil, to some extent, they have a democratically elected council, a democratically elected council legislature, you have even council courts and council police. You have councils that are directly in charge of recruiting their personnel and disciplining them, you have councils that are in charge of resources that come into the council and appropriate them because they have legislators. The chairmen operate as the executive and they can be impeached if they go against certain rules and so, they are completely independent. As such, they deliver on mandates that are given to them. But in Nigeria, that was not the model that was promoted when they talked about things like joint accounts for instance.
The governor will sit in the state executive meeting and they will come up with a resolution that they have sacked an elected council executive and then they appoint council caretaker committees. And to be candid, that is a gross violation of the constitution. I don't know if the framers were able to anticipate that that may likely be the situation that most of the state governors will violate the powers that were assigned to the states with respect to local governments under the constitution. That has become the norm, rather than the exception. Caretaker councils run majority of the councils in Nigeria, even in this era of change, and there is nowhere in the constitution where that is mentioned. So, I don't know what kind of democracy we are practising. The constitution is very clear as to how these things should be done but unfortunately, some of them, in their wisdom, have constituted themselves as middlemen in the chain. They block the flow of the powers conferred by the constitution, and incidentally, nothing is done at the level where decisions or punitive measures should be taken against such unwholesome decisions directly at disobeying two crystal clear provisions of the constitution. That has become the bane of local government administration in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, joint account is one of the biggest evils because it gives the authority to local government ministries in the state. In most states, especially in the north where we don't have oil, the ministry of local government is regarded as the ministry of petroleum resources. So we all know when funds are allocated to the councils. Instead of getting to the councils, they are hijacked at that level and appropriated according to the whims of the powers that be.
How the House can tackle the problem
These are constitutional issues and you know under the constitution we have powers. Governmental powers are carved and shared horizontally and vertically. We have only the vertical powers under the constitution. The exclusive, concurrent and residual lists. Part of the confusion we run into is the local government system is subject of laws passed by the state assemblies and not the National Assembly. So, for us to tackle this problem, since they are constitutional, it means that the only avenue we have is to embark on constitution amendment. If we don't get it on that level, I don't think it is going to work. The truth is that you try a system and you desperately try to see that the system works, there have been court cases, there have been judicial pronouncements, but unfortunately, virtually all the key players have stuck to their guns. The only way we can rescue the local government system in Nigeria is by introducing amendments to the constitution and that is what we are trying to do. We attempted it in the 6th Assembly but most of the critical aspects of what we are talking about did not scale 2/3rd votes from all the state assemblies in Nigeria. In the 7th Assembly, however, this issue of autonomy, financial autonomy of local government got the endorsement of 20 state assemblies but unfortunately, we needed 2/3rd, so we were short of 4. So, it means that even if the president had assented to the Bill on Constitution Amendment, that aspect wouldn't have scaled through.
Now, the problem is this. We will have to make this local government system a bit independent. I am not saying absolute independence because we may not achieve that since ours is a strong federation. It is not a weak federation like what you have in the United States where councils and states join their own money and then appropriate it and pay royalties in taxes to the Federal Government. What we can do is make sure that in the spirit of the constitution, the local government administration is democratically elected to ensure that by provision of the constitution, that any local government that is not democratically constituted will not have access to any funding from the federation. That was the problem we had. There was this issue of Lagos creating more council and then President Obasanjo decided to deny them allocation from federation account before the courts now said you are just a trustee, you can't do that.
As a matter of fact, the money does not belong to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. But unfortunately, the court did not provide a remedy, even though there is a remedy inherent in the constitution itself. But the problem is that it is not working.
So any remedy that is not working is not a remedy. For instance, if a state government insists on running the affairs of the local governments on caretaker administration when the constitution clearly insists that it should be democratically elected, that amounts to serious violation of the provisions of the constitution, which in itself, is one of the biggest grounds for impeachment. How many governors have been impeached in practical terms, when they appear, I'm not saying they do, to have the state assemblies in their pockets? So that is where the challenge is. We are trying to say, okay, if your local government administration is caretaker, you cannot draw funds from the federation account. In addition to that, we want to ensure that they have financial autonomy. Each local government council will maintain an accountant with the Accountant-General of the Federation where monies due to it will directly be paid. That, of course, means that the issue of joint account is eliminated.
On State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs)
With them hardly do opposition win in the states. I don't know of any state where that is a reality. Even if it appears to be a reality, it is an arrangement to just put one or two so that they can decorate the process with a political gown of democracy to say that it was actually competitive. But I don't think throughout the history of local government elections since 1999 when the state electoral commission took charge, there has ever been a situation where any credible election was conducted in any state. I stand to be corrected. The point is this, he who pays the piper, they say, dictates the tune. The state independent electoral commission, the head of those agencies are appointed by the state governors. In one of the states, I think in my state, in the last administration, it was even the political adviser to the governor that later became the chairman of the commission. I don't know how independent those commissions are. The truth is they are not working and they will never work democratically. They will never work because of interest and you know the interest is with regards to this issue of financial independence of local councils. The only motivation for any chief executive to insist that all the local chairmen must be from his party is to ensure that when these funds are hijacked at the level of the state serving as the middleman, and they are shared or re-appropriated, there is no single voice of dissent. That is just the motivation. So, as long as these factors are right there, you will never get it right, they will never get it right. It is not because they don't want get it or they cannot do it, it is just that the motivation won't be there for them to do the right thing. So, the only right thing is just to abolish the state independent electoral commission. Like I said, they have never worked, they will never work.
What to do with SIECs
There is that provision in the constitutional amendment but whether it will pass or not, I want to say that it will take more than the National Assembly's intention to see that sanity is restored to the third tier of government. It will take the intervention of the president as he rightly pointed out in his inaugural address, it will take the intervention of the media as members of the fourth estate of the realm and it will take the intervention of civil society organisations to put pressure at the level of the state. Otherwise, like I said, the motivation is very obvious, it is the same motivation that will keep this process from generating the 2/3 supports that we need from state assemblies to be able to pass it. So, the president will have to talk to the APC governors, for instance, and some of the PDP governors will also have to be talked to. The media will have to up and doing in regards to advocacy for these things to be done and civil societies, the main drivers of this thing and the community-based organisations have to go out to the state assemblies and impress on that that it is important for this to pass. If we do that, we will free the local governments and I tell you if we are able to achieve that, the benefits of independent local governments are quite many. Look at the pool of leadership it will attract, for instance, if it were the case that funds meant for local governments are paid as a matter of first line charge, not going to the state, and there are funds to undertake all those responsibilities vested on local councils under the 4th Schedule of the constitution, a lot of people, instead of going to the Senate or even House of Representatives, may decide to even be councillors, or even local council chairmen. Even professors, people in academia, doctors, so the pool of the leadership at the local level will improve and once we have that quality, they will deliver on the mandates of the council.


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I believe in soul mates. And I believe that two souls could be destined to dance infinity through time and space together. I believe our souls are made up of fragments of energy that have existed since the beginning of the universes. Pieces of my soul, and pieces of your soul, have belonged to an infinite number of people, places, and things. That's why we have an affinity for certain objects and locations; even if we've never been there or held that object. I believe the same goes for people.
What if a piece of my soul was once connected to a piece of yours? Would these pieces not be drawn to one another? I would think so. Maybe the whole purpose of life is to rebuild the original soul of the universe. Like we're all pieces of a giant Rubik cube, shifting, flipping, turning, twisting, trying to come back together the way were intended to.
Maybe there is a God. Or was. Maybe God was this original soul, that broke up into infinite pieces, so that we could Exist. Create. Feel. Love. And ultimately come back together. Stronger than before, because we knew what it was like to be scattered and in disarray. We all carry a piece of God in us. Our job is to protect it and connect it with as many others as we possibly can during our brief existence.
Today, we're so self-centered. I believe we need to be soul-centered. That's why I want to travel; I want to connect with as many people and places as I possibly can. I believe this will strengthen my soul. That's also the main reason I write, and have this blog. I want to reach people. Bond with people even if I'm not physically with them. I want to strengthen the souls of as many people as I possibly can. I believe that's my calling in life. I think it's really all of our callings; sadly too many people ignore it.
So my challenge to you is: answer your true calling. Connect with people. Connect with yourself and tune into your soul.
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Encounters at the End of the World
It's an uncontestable fact that Werner Herzog is the greatest living director. His latest documentary Encounters at the End of the World may not be as cathartic or controversial as his dramatic features, but it validates Herzog's ability to personalize every film that he directs with the creation of hypnotic, surreal images, images that despite their otherworldliness symbolize a litany of urgent, undeniable truths. The most famous of these are the 360-ton steamship being pulled over a hill in the Amazon rainforest in Fitzcarraldo, as well as the dancing chicken and interminable ski-lift ride in the finale of Stroszek. People who have seen multiple Herzog films walk away with images they hold personally to them, like amulets; for me it's Kaspar Hauser standing immobile in the village square clutching a letter that he can't read. Only a director like Herzog could go to edge of the planet and make a film that is idiosyncratic.
Herzog and his cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger (his DP for the majority of his films since Gesualdo) received a grant from the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Program to travel to Antarctica for several months to shoot footage for a documentary. The director seems to express ambivalence at the beginning of the film about his suitability for the subject, saying that he's not interested in making a movie about "fluffy penguins." Ironically, he ends up shooting some of the cutest baby and mommy seal footage I've ever seen. It eventually becomes apparent that Herzog's focus is not so much the landscape as it is the modern day explorers who have come to study the frozen continent. The bleak landmass has become a magnet to a millenarian mixture of scientists, engineers, cooks, survival experts, and ice terrain vehicle drivers who believe that the secret of the earth's future, and perhaps demise, is hidden in the landscape and wildlife of this frozen desert. Herzog compares these people driven to the end of the map by their dreams to adventurers like Ernest Shackleton and Roald Admundsen, forsaking comfort and civilization to be near the Unnameable.Continue Reading


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FIRE & SECURITY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (FSAI) is a non-profit organization established in 2002 representing the Fire Protection, Life Safety, Security, Building Automation, Loss Prevention and Risk Management domains.
Its primary aims and objectives are to:
FSAI aims to work closely with the Government and all other stakeholders to enable the Indian Fire and Security industry to reach global pre-eminence with better regulatory framework.
A recent report titled "India Fire Safety Equipment Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2017" anticipates that the Fire Safety equipment market in India by 2020 shall cross USD 9 Billion (approx. INR. 48,000 Crore). A similar report "India Electronic Security Equipment Market 2017" estimates the total sales of electronic security equipment to surpass USD 2.5 Billion (approx. INR 13,000 Crore) by 2020. FSAI represents the interests of this industry with an overarching commitment to enhance the safety and security of the citizens of India.
FSAI has over 7,350+ members including leading 660+ Global and Indian corporates such as Siemens, Honeywell, Bosch, Schneider, Tyco, Kirloskar, Hikvision, Reliance, L&T, Voltas, Wipro, Aditya Infotech, Bajaj, UTC, etc., and large number of top-notch 6690+ Indian and global professionals including leading Architects, Consultants, End-users and Students.
FSAI has 23 Chapters including Student Chapters across India in the major cities - Ahmedabad, Amaravathi, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Central Gujarat, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune and Raipur, Visakhapatnam. They regularly conduct programs and events for the benefit of the members and spreading awareness about safety and security.
FSAI was incorporated as a society with Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Rules 1975 (Tamil Nadu Act of 1975) bearing Registration No.326/2002.
"To establish Life Safety and Security as an important human obligation in the economic development of the country and use this as an index for future investments and growth of the nation to become a world leader."
Fire Safety and Security systems with integrating aspects of Life Safety along with their service, is worthy of the highest levels of professionalism.
Members will strive at all times to deliver products and services in accordance with the highest levels of professionalism
Members will balance the right to inform the public of noteworthy issues with the rights of privacy of those we interact with.
At all times, members will maintain an altruistic or selfless concern for the welfare of others.
Members will not use any business practice, which violates any state, federal, or international law, rule or regulation.
In all interactions with Fire Safety and Security related activity, or enrooted, members shall at all times exercise and follow noteworthy safety practices. Fire Safety and Security products and systems providers should always be considered an asset to the communities around them.


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During a rebrand, there is a constant struggle with how the brand should connect. Should we lean far into the aspiration, developing a promise that defines what we want to be and where we want to go? Or, should we be more conservative and build a brand that clearly lines up to where we are, what we can deliver and fulfill? It's a delicate, nuanced balancing act.
Before you decide how far to go, look at your kid's shoes.
Every parent knows the pain of investing in their kid's shows. They're gonna get beat up, torn, soaked and chewed up… But most of all, your kid is absolutely going outgrow them eventually. But… and this is important. You can't buy a shoe that's so big that they trip on it like clown shoes. On the other hand, if it fits just right today, she's going to grow out of them overnight.
So, you buy a shoe snug enough to be comfortable today, but with enough room for YOU to feel good about the investment. If you get a year or two out of those name brand sneakers, you've made a very wise decision. Good you!
Treat your brand the same way. It's going to have to fit today but offer enough room to grow into comfortably so YOU get to see the return on the investment.
So, here are the business considerations:
- Have you done the leadership alignment to make sure all stakeholders understand where you are, where you are going and what it will look like when you get there?
- Are there any surprise expectations? Do you know the keepers of the status quo? The visionaries?
- Have you prepared for the organizational changes that will drive the new brand? Actions will drive the brand more than words. Keep this, stop that, start this….
- Do you have the roadmap in place that overlays leadership, operational adoption and brand activation all in place?
- Does the leadership have an incredibly strong business case of why we need to do this as well as a precise description of what success is going to look like and feel like?
All in all…. Are you crispy on the shoe style, the shoe size and how long you expect the shoe to last? It's a brand, not a shoe… but you get the point.
Eric Berrios is responsible for client strategy and client relationship at Realm in Atlanta, GA. Since 2005, he has been driving business-to-business clients towards setting and achieving their goals and gaining a stronger sense of brand purpose.
You can learn more about Realm on Twitter, Facebook.
He has also served on the board of directors for IABC/Atlanta since 2010 as VP Professional Recognition and 2 years as chapter president. This non-profit organization seeks to build business through communication.
Join the conversation with IABC/Atlanta on Twitter and LinkedIn.


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Toshiba Camileo S20
The Toshiba Camileo S20 records 1080p HD video at 30 fps. It has a 3.0-inch LCD and 128MB of built-in memory and accepts SD/SDHC cards.
- Sleek, slim design
- Loads of extras
- Large 3-inch display
- Awkward menu navigation
- Video quality just barely "good enough"
Quick Take
The sleek design and added extras make the S20 appealing, but the video quality and awkward menu navigation detract from an otherwise terrific value.
Read Our Full Review: Toshiba Camileo S20 Pocket Camcorder Review


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Vauxhall Viva city car set for 2015 launch
The all-new Vauxhall Viva city car could cost as little as £7k when it goes on sale in 2015, and is set to rival the likes of the Hyundai i10 and Ford Ka...
Vauxhall is set to revive the Viva name for a 2015 city car that will be a rival for the likes of the Hyundai i10 and Ford Ka.
The new Vauxhall Viva will replace the Vauxhall Agila. While the Agila is based on the Suzuki Splash and is built in Hungary, the Viva will be based on the next-generation Chevrolet Spark and will be built by General Motors in South Korea.
Unlike its Peugeot 108 and Volkswagen Up rivals, the Viva be offered in five-door guise only. Don't expect any extravagant options such as a folding fabric roof or a large range of personalised finishes, either. Vauxhall will follow VW's and Seat's lead by offering special editions of its city car, rather than a full customisation programme.
The Viva's cabin is set to use a range of moulded, textured plastics to boost perceived quality in the eyes of prospective buyers. Standard kit will cover the basics, but nothing more - expect Bluetooth and hands-free controls, but digital radio may be available as a dealer-fitted option only.
We'd expect to see two versions of the latest three-cylinder petrol engine that's offered in the Vauxhall Adam. The Viva is likely to take the 89bhp turbocharged triple, and could also have a naturally aspirated version of the same engine, which would take power down to around 70bhp. Expect CO2 emissions of less than 100g/km and official fuel economy of between 60mpg and 70mpg across the range.
The latest city cars from Toyota, Citroen, Peugeot and Hyundai start at around £8500, but the Viva is expected to undercut them all by a substantial margin. Company insiders have indicated that the target starting price is around £7000.
The new Vauxhall Viva is expected to be revealed in the first half of 2015, and should be in dealers by the end of the year.


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"Checkmate" is a single from Innocent?'s upcoming project, The Reign and has enlisted some of your favorite emcees and producers to create an epic album that you don't wanna miss.
"Checkmate" is a song to let the world know that he is here to stay and will stand strong regardless of any situation. With the assist from the living legend, Queens' own, Tragedy Khadafi, this CoolFD produced track is sure to give you that 90's feel again! Hip Hop is definitely not dead!
Purchase the song here at https://innocent.hearnow.com/
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The Forecast view provides you with a calculation of your aggregate forecast across categories or sales stages, including the forecasts from all sales reps and sales teams below you on the sales hierarchy. You can drill down to filter the view to any sales rep or sales team below your level.
See an opportunity's key data and history at one glance
Sales Clarity allows you to see the details of every forecasted opportunity, showing a complete historical detail of the opportunity in the context of forecast categories or sales stages. This makes it easy to see what the rep has done according to opportunity categorization, and what is scheduled to be done to drive it through the rest of the sales process.
Provide guidance to your sales team directly from within Sales Clarity
When viewing opportunity details, you can quickly create and edit salesforce.com tasks, providing a quick and easy way to guide your people on how to drive the opportunity forward more effectively. Once the tasks are created, they are front and center for the assignee.
- Your forecast view can be summarized on any numerical field in your salesforce.com opportunity table/object.
- Supported sales hierarchies include role based, territory based, or flat
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- Any field from the opportunity table can be added to the details view
- Data can be exported to a spreadsheet for offline use
- Make changes on the opportunity from within Sales Clarity directly back to salesforce.com


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If anyone can appreciate doing regrettable things under the influence of alcohol, it's dancing crack bear/Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. After all, it was heavy boozing that led Rob Ford to hit the crack pipe, according to Rob Ford. Is getting a Rob Ford tattoo a gateway to crack smoking? Yeah, probably, but I digress.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Rob Ford is our new overlord. We must all now bow down to him and heed his words. In that vein, fellas, if you still haven't figured out what to get your girl for Christmas, Rob Ford has some advice for you.
Reports the Toronto Sun:
In what is becoming one of the few times he speaks publicly due to his ongoing crack cocaine scandal, Ford called in again to "The Sports Junkies" show on a Washington, D.C., radio station Thursday and along with making his weekly football picks, Ford shed some light on what he's getting his wife Renata for Christmas.
"Just money, women love money," Ford told the hosts. "You give them a couple thousand bucks and they're happy.
"Get some treats on the side obviously for her but she says, 'I want cash honey, I want cash.'"
Well there you go, bros. This kind of romance is why Rob Ford has more p*ssy to eat at home than he can handle.
(Via Ann Hui)


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Here Without You
Everyone has secrets.
Some are buried so deep, their existence is forgotten.
But a secret never told can turn into a lie.
And in love, a lie is one thing:
Reid's in love with Dori, though she hasn't told her parents that she's fallen hard for the guy they'd forbidden her to see. Now she's leaving for college, and Reid's promise not to push her to go public is wearing thin, especially when she can't - or won't - return those three important words he wants to hear.
Five years ago, Brooke and Reid were a Thing. That relationship is long gone, detonated amid allegations of cheating - but they still share a secret that would stun everyone they know and alter public perception of them both if it ever comes out. And it's about to do just that.
Here Without You is the fourth, final installment in the Between the Lines series, which includes: Between the Lines, Where You Are, and Good For You.
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky's novel from 1872 is the last but one and the most cruel of the author's novels. In this book, he grows to the cognition of dark motives of human mind and raises a question of when and whether his beloved Russia gets to cope with its own demons. The writer – inspired by trial with an anarchist Sergey Nechayev who, being a proponent of boundless terror, murdered his opponent from an illegal movement – created an extensive portrait of the generation which, in order to break out of the hypocritical morals and outdated norms of the social order of their parents, vacillates between fashionable mysticism and pragmatic reason. Between subversive violence, humble faith and godless nihilism. This opening polarity of values is represented by the four male protagonists: carefree dandy Stavrogin, power-hungry plotter Verkhovensky, depressive radical Kirillov and indecisive idealist Shatov. Their eccentricities are put to general tests of honour and love. The authors of the adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Demons in the Reduta Theatre are playwright Roman Sikora and director Martin Čičvák, who have already co-operated with the National Theatre Brno in their original production Lysistrata/Aiás.
"To love a man means to see him in a way God created him." The devil himself would agree.
"To love a man means to see him a being created by God." Even the devil would sign that.


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Parents generally know their children well enough to recognize when an indication is outside the child's normal behavior. There are some common reactions that children will display. After a stressful event, watch for withdrawal, fearfulness, irritability, excessive shyness, clinging, emotional outbursts, aggression toward other children, hurting animals or other forms of acting out. Other indications include nightmares, bedwetting, thrashing in bed or difficulty falling asleep. Becoming too easily startled or regressive behaviors such as thumb sucking may also be observed.
Physical symptoms are also common, and these include tummy and headaches, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. Over time, the child may even develop avoidance behaviors. These include specific phobias, such as the fear of dogs if the child has been bitten, or general phobias, such as a phobia about going to school.
STEP 2 Be aware of your response
Children are extraordinarily sensitive to the body language of adults, but as parents we are usually feeling a mix of emotions ourselves after our child has been injured or we have been exposed to a traumatic event. Our instincts are screaming out to us that we should have been protecting the child from harm. Unfortunately, if you are exhibiting signs of anxiety or panic, you're going to be sending out all the wrong signals to your child.
If you are able to stay relatively calm, however, your child will also calm down. So it is important that you move through your own shock, fear or anxiety first, since your goal is to support your child rather than "infect" him or her with your emotions. Allowing time for your own bodily responses to settle rather than scolding or running anxiously towards your child is your first response as a parent.
A parent suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can also be a trigger for a child to develop a traumatized response; in fact, a child may even react more strongly to trauma because adults around them have done so, especially parents because they're so attuned to them
Step 3 Give reassurance and validate the emotions that they might be experiencing
Giving comfort to one's child comes naturally to a parent, but patience is critical. We have to allow children to work through the "bad feelings." And if that means letting them cry, so be it. Children need lots of reassurance. It is important to be there for them and to tell them that everything is going to be okay. Let them know that the powerful emotions they are experiencing, such as anger, rage, sadness or fear, are perfectly normal under the circumstances.
Patience and pacing gives your child permission to be authentic, no matter what they are experiencing. This acceptance and respect sets the conditions for the child to rebound to a healthy sense of well-being in his or her own time.
Step 4 Safety first
Focus on their safety: Once you understand their perception of the traumatic event, be clear that you will keep them safe and let them know adults (school, police, etc.) are working hard to make sure they will stay safe. Make sure that you take all steps to prevent future incidents. Keep them away from harmful people and harmful events.
Step 5 Get support
Seek help as soon as possible. The responses, reactions and abilities of those immediately responsible for a child influence the child's ability to cope with a traumatic occurrence. While you can and should talk to your child about their feelings and make it clear that you're available to talk at any time, it can be much more helpful to have professional help assist you. Don't try to cope alone. While it is only natural for you to want to try and be the support for your child, going it alone will make it harder on you, especially if you have also experienced the traumatic event. By allowing others to help your child, you are not falling short on your responsibility for caring for your child; rather, you are broadening the opportunities for your child to recover through help from various people, including yourself and your other family members and community members.


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Chapter 14 Part 1 | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
The first day of Winter's Ending, 992 KY
To Temmin's surprise, Amma's Day comforted him. He watched the farmhands herd the Estate's cattle, sheep and goats between the two sacred bonfires and helped the stablehands do the same with the horses, leading his own Jebby through himself; Alvo worked beside him but said no more than "A blessed Amma's Day to you, Your Highness." Temmin wanted to shake him.
As Duke of Whithorse it was also Temmin's duty to walk with the Reggiston Temple's Senior Mother through the cleaned and shining stables, poultry yards, goat sheds and pig pens blessing the animals. Every barn cat that could be found, every sheep dog at its master's heels received the Mother's Blessing.
They ended at the shearing shed, where the most beautiful of last year's lambs waited. It was too cold, really, for the poor thing to lose its fleece--Temmin could see his own breath--but tradition must be upheld. The expert shearer clipped the fine, creamy wool into a single unbroken sheet, and the little ewe bounded away. She would be kept in the shed wearing a wool blanket until the weather warmed, a detail that had delighted Temmin as a child. "A sheep in a wool blanket!" he'd crow to his mother every year. It still made him smile even as it reminded him Mama wasn't there to share the joke. The Mothers carefully rolled the fleece in a blue ceremonial cloth to be borne away to the Mother's Temple in Reggiston; the Mothers and Sisters would scour it, spin it and make it into clothing for the newborns in the Mother's House.
For the first time since they'd arrived, Ellika left the house. Though she wore black and dark circles still lingered under her eyes, a little of her old sparkle shone whenever she looked at her baby sister Anneya. Nurse had swaddled the poor infant in layer upon layer of white wool sacques, undercaps, bonnets, mitts, shawls and blankets until she looked more like a gigantic cocoon than a baby. Second Nurse had to carry her about; the entire bundle was too much for Nurse, though she hovered beside them, tugging the coverings up and down in open disapproval of the new addition to the nursery's staff. The baby herself, now exactly three weeks old, slept through the whole thing.
Lady Donnis, who unofficially ran the household, insisted that however things had gone on so far at the Estate no one was to dine in his room on a holiday, or indeed from now on. All attended in evening dress to eat their Amma's Day pork and lamb. Standfast Jenks, resplendent in full Tremontine red and gold uniform with a wide black ribbon round his left arm, stood out against the rows of black crape. Never in Temmin's memory had Jenks eaten in the dining room.
More remarkable than Jenks's presence was his mother's absence. Temmin sat at the table's head; Dowager Duchess Markellis came from Meadow House and sat at its foot. Temmin kept looking down the table expecting to see Mama there and finding his grandmother instead. He kept his composure during the meal and quiet conversation in the drawing room after, but he excused himself not long after the tea was brought in, and went to bed.
Temmin stared up into the canopy while scenes from his childhood played over and over in his head. He would never again give his mother an Amma's Day gift. He thought of every time he'd made her unhappy, and wished he could tell her he was sorry.
Temmin came back from the stables the next day vexed at best. Alvo showed no signs of softening, and Temmin began to wonder if he could win his friend back. What had he done that was so bad, anyway? His father had said an Heir could not be friends with a groom, but he'd beaten his father once to become a Supplicant. Compared to that, insisting on friendship with Alvo was trivial. How could Alvo have so little faith in him? Alvo was his best friend. Possibly something more--time would tell--but after his mother's death no one, not even the Gods, would ever keep him from the people he loved again, not Alvo nor…
…nor Allis.
Temmin threw himself down on his well-broken-in, faded gold sofa; behind his head, he stuffed a down pillow he'd compressed into the perfect shape over the course of his boyhood and that his mother had loathed. He missed Allis. He knew his leave had been her doing, though she'd never said so. He needed her. Maybe she'd sensed it and sent him away to keep him from doing something stupid--again. Home was safer, and frankly more comforting, but now that they'd been apart more than a week he felt her absence keenly. He needed home and Allis at the same time, and it rankled that he couldn't have them both. He should get used to it; when his time at the Temple ended at Nerr's Day, three spokes from now, they would rarely see each other until her time as Embodiment was over.
And then what? Could he make her his mistress? Not if she chose to stay at the Temple. No, he couldn't let her do that, he'd have to find a way to make her leave. Issak might stay, but not Allis. He loved Issak, but not as he loved Allis. He and Issak would always be friends; with luck they'd remain bedmates. The particular way Issak bit his neck came to mind; he shivered at the tug in his groin. No, he didn't have to worry about Issak, or Anda. Though he wouldn't see them often at the Temple, when he did it would be a reunion with a good friend.
Allis was more than a good friend. He ached for her.
Wow, he really does not
Wow, he really does not understand that Allis has a right to her own decisions...I'm sure he'll grow out of this, but....wow.


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1Million Cups in Salt Lake City
1Million Cups or as we like to call it, 1MC is held every Friday at 9 A.M. We like to call it the AA meeting for entrepreneurs. The idea is pretty simple, get people with an entrepreneurial mindset together and offer them coffee then sit back and see what happens. Of course there is a little bit more structure than that. On a typical Wednesday morning we will have two presenters. They each have thirty minutes and that time is normally broken down with 10 minutes to present their idea and then 20 minutes for the audience to ask and dive deep into the presenter's business.
Startups In Salt Lake City
1Million Cups is an extremely friendly environment and it is a great way to meet others with an entrepreneurial mindset. We designed the space to be warm and have an organic core. It was our hopes that the space would inspire growth of businesses and the people running them. If you haven't been to one of our event for entrepreneurs yet, we encourage you to start here. Come see and meet new people who are running businesses just like yours. And if you feel up to it, apply to present. We would love to see what you have been up to. You can find an application here.