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Recipients funded in the last 3 years
The June Canavan Foundation has provided funding to over 30 organisations since inception in 2010. These organisations are listed below – scroll down the list to read about the diversity of projects funded by the JCF.
Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program
The Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program aims to foster the development of a vibrant network of community and business leaders by:
- Offering potential and emerging leaders an intensive annual program that develops the participant's personal leadership skills, their knowledge of the region and their network of professional and community contacts.
- Providing participants from a wide range of business and community backgrounds an opportunity for personal and professional development in an environment that is safe, supportive, stimulating and enjoyable.
- Providing an opportunity to interact and learn from exemplary leaders, and from each other.
- Encouraging ongoing learning through participation in the AVCLP alumni's activities
The Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program covers North East Victoria and the New South Wales border regions encompassing the Local Government Areas of Alpine Shire, Albury City, Benalla Rural City, Indigo Shire, Mansfield Shire, Moira Shire, Rural City of Wangaratta, Towong Shire and the City of Wodonga.
The program is delivered from July to May annually. Each year up to 24 participants are selected, and these participants represent a diverse range of ages, professions and communities. Participants meet fortnightly at locations across the region, and work with the region's most outstanding leaders. The course is punctuated with three retreats where the personal leadership skills of participants are developed, and the culmination of the Program is a visit to Melbourne to meet with leaders not ordinarily accessible to those living in regional Victoria.
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Aust. Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (The Beehive Project)
Through the Beehive Project, a unique opportunity exists to provide young Australians with entrepreneurship education and direct support to incubate and accelerate great ideas that rejuvenate and sustain rural communities.
The Beehive Project aims to achieve the following:
- Establish the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (A.C.R.E) to create an exemplar learning environment for young people to accelerate rural entrepreneurship nationally.
- Focus the Mayday Hills site in Beechworth north east Victoria, as Australia's premier bicycle destination.
- Develop an innovation hub for the attraction of entrepreneurial technology and environment businesses.
The Beehive Project's cycle tourism businesses will operate as a social enterprise. To balance commercial sustainability with social benefits, 51% of profits will be directed to supporting the activities of the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (A.C.R.E).
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The Burnet Institute
Burnet is an Australian, unaligned, not-for-profit, independent organisation that links medical research with practical action to help solve devastating health problems. Burnet's vision is equity through health.
The Institute's mission is to achieve better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
The Institute is named in honour of Sir Macfarlane Burnet OM, AK, KBE who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960.
Burnet brings together a highly diverse skill base, with more than 400 staff and students working across cutting-edge research and projects to address some of the most relevant global health issues including:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Disease Elimination
- Behaviours and Health Risks
- Health Security
- Healthy Agein
The June Canavan Foundation supports the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) Project in Papua New Guinea. One of the greatest human needs in our region is the appalling level of death and disease among women and children in Papua New Guinea. HMHB is a collaborative research program aimed at providing life-saving health care for women and their new born babies.
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Children's Therapy Centre
The Sunshine Coast based Children's Therapy Centre provides therapy services to children with functional impairments arising from physical, sensory, emotional, speech and language, behavioural and mental health conditions and disabilities. Services operate within a collaborative team approach and include Psychology, Speech and Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. Services are delivered in community centres or in the child's natural learning environments.
The service also helps families cope with their individual challenges, giving them peace-of-mind and enabling them to fully foster their child's potential to lead full and rich lives. Family services include:
- supporting families in times of crisis
- offering counselling when required/needed
- developing family service plans in conjunction with the therapy teams
- developing behaviour support plans
- assisting with funding applications
- connecting families to each other, and linking families to relevant resources
- arranging information sessions, parenting workshops and support groups
- arranging outings for sibling
In 2017 the June Canavan Foundation funded a very successful weekend camp for 18 children who are all siblings of children with disabilities. The purpose of the camp was to facilitate connections with other children who are having similar experiences, to have a break from the complexity of family life where one or more children have needs, and very importantly, to have FUN.
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Cittamani Hospice
Cittamani is a specialist palliative care service offering physical and emotional support to people who are experiencing the end of life and to their families and loved ones.
Their goal is to provide the highest quality care in order to maximise comfort and peace of mind for people facing a terminal illness and their families and carers. They are committed to providing information and support to enable people to maintain control of their choices in care and to enjoy the highest quality of remaining life as they define it
Cittamani's belief is that an effective hospice palliative care service is best provided within the context of a healthy and supportive community where death, dying and bereavement are openly discussed and acknowledged. They are committed to developing the capacity of our community to be able to support one another through the experiences of illness, death and bereavement. The service is developed from a Buddhist value base which affirms the preciousness of life, mutual respect, compassionate service, empowerment and universal responsibility. Their staff and volunteers come from diverse faiths and spiritual traditions but are all personally committed to these important universal values.
If you would like to make a donation, Cittamani's Financial Manager, Leanne Bennett, will welcome your call on (07) 5445 0822.
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Confident Girls Foundation (formerly The Netball Foundation)
The Confident Girls Foundation aims to provide opportunities for vulnerable girls to thrive through netball.
The Foundation helps girls achieve their dreams by highlighting and helping eliminate key drivers of gender bias including, financial barriers, lack of leadership opportunities, isolation, gender stereotypes that negatively affect young women, and barriers to physical activity.
Engagement through sport
The Foundation recognises that participation in sport is key in providing opportunities to girls to develop physical, social, and emotional health and wellbeing; fundamentals in fulfilling dreams and aspirations.
Creating safe environments in netball
Netball provides safe places for girls and their communities to come together in building confidence, empowerment, leadership, acceptance and a sense of belonging.
Empowering girls
The Confident Girls Foundation raises funds to invest in programs and opportunities designed to help and encourage girls to be the best they can be.
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Cycling Cares - Cure For MND Foundation
The Cure for MND Foundation is Australia's leading independent MND foundation, focussed on funding large-scale collaborative research projects, clinical trials, and vital assistive equipment for all Australians living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
In 2016, just prior to the Rio Olympics, Cycling Australia's head track sprint coach Gary West was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease . Joined by champion cyclist Anna Meares, Gary hopes to push MND into the public spotlight and raise much needed funds for vital research through the Cure for MND Foundation and a campaign they've launched called Cycling Cares.
In 2017 The June Canavan Foundation made a donation to the Cycling Cares campaign, to be directed towards provision of vitally important adaptive equipment to help people like Gary maintain communication and independence as the MND progresses.
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Cystic Fibrosis Qld
Research on the link between exercise and the management of Cystic Fibrosis demonstrates there is a positive effect on the sufferer physically and mentally. There are 55 sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis on the Sunshine Coast – 20 adults and 35 teenagers. The June Canavan Foundation has supported Cystic Fibrosis Qld to offer Sunshine Coast sufferers a program called Active Summer for Cystic Fibrosis where members are supported financially to participate in a physical activity of their choice. In 2017 members rated this program as one of the top three support services provided by Cystic Fibrosis Qld.
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Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) is a not-for-profit organisation that harnesses the power of collective investment between government, business and philanthropy to improve the lives of those living in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Their vision is for vibrant, sustainable and adaptive communities across rural, regional and remote Australia.
Since being established in 2000, FRRR has distributed more than $75M to around 8,000 projects across rural, regional and remote Australian communities. Those funds have focused on enabling communities to respond to the needs of their:
- People, by developing healthy, connected, skilled communities and individuals;
- Place, by building vibrant cultures, healthy environments, sustainable social and physical infrastructure; and
- Prosperity, by supporting sustainable, viable and adaptive local economies that are inclusive and provide opportunities for economic participation and financial wellbeing.
The intention of the Repair-Restore-Renew (RRR) Program is to help communities recover by addressing needs that emerge in the twelve months after a disaster event.
Funds are raised from the time of the event, however in keeping with FRRR's Natural Disaster Framework, funds are not dispersed until 12 months after natural disaster has been declared.
This ensures support is available for the medium to long term recovery process.
JCF Contribution: 2017 – $6000: Cyclone Debbi Repair-Restore-Renew Fund.
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Friends of Lacluta
Friends of Lacluta is a Friendship Agreement between the Rural City of Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia and Lacluta, which is a sub-district of the East Timor district Viqueque. Lacluta is located about 250km to the east and south of the capital Dili.
Following a proposal by Abel Guterres, Consul-General to Australia, at a meeting with Wangaratta Councillors, the idea of a friendship relationship between Wangaratta and Lacluta was born. A Wangaratta delegation visited East Timor and the relationship was formalised at a signing ceremony in Lacluta on 25 September 2005.
The mission of the Friends of Lacluta is to promote friendship between the people of subdistrict Lacluta and those of Wangaratta and surrounding districts. We aim to help empower and grow the capacity of the people of Lacluta in the areas of health, education and democratic, community development.
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Friends of Rambutso
Friends Of Rambutso (FOR) is an Australian not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the remote island communities of Rambutso (Rambutyo) in Papua New Guinea through community based health, education and conservation programmes. They are connected to these communities by humanity, history and the Pacific Ocean with its dazzling diversity. They reach out to these communities through story-telling.
Friends of Rambutso partner with community leaders and village institutions to ensure alignment with local, district, provincial and national development priorities.
Our 4 key focus areas are critical to sustainability: health; education; the conservation of environment; the preservation and valuing of traditional knowledge and culture.
JCF Supported Projects:
i) Village Toilet project -2016: $5000
A community led dry composting toilet construction which encourages community adaptation to the use and maintenance of composting toilets in low lying island and coastal areas where pit toilets and sea-closets are not appropriate. A community led train the trainer approach is capable of delivering toilets to more people more quickly and at a reasonable cost with greater local engagement and skills transfer.
ii ) Feminine Hygiene Pilot (FHP) – 2017: $12000
A community led feminine hygiene pilot (FHP) which teaches women's groups to sew reusable sanitary kits which last up to 3 years. Improved access to safe, hygienic feminine hygiene products lifts school attendance of young girls and ultimately improves gender equality. By reducing rates of infection it also helps improve health outcomes for women and girls. The FHP trained 14 women in 4 villages; established a Manus Support team; generated orders of PGK5000 from local schools and identified a clear pathway to further income.
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Motivation Australia
Motivation Australia is a not for profit disability and development organisation that works in partnership with local organisations to enhance the quality of life of people with mobility disabilities in the Asia Pacific region, including rural and remote Australia.
For people living in low income countries, where there is limited rehabilitation and almost no access to an appropriate mobility device – such as a wheelchair or prosthetic limb – the effects of a mobility disability can be devastating. Essentially – a mobility device which meets a person's physical, lifestyle and environmental needs is an essential tool. Mobility opens up opportunities for people with a mobility device to study, work, engage in cultural activities and access services such as health care.
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The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is the world's largest conservation organization working to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
In October 2017 The Nature Conservancy conducted a workshop with women from Northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia. Women from these areas have a customary understanding of certain bush foods, plants and cultural practices integral to protecting the natural ecosystems, and they are often the primary resource managers for their families, growing crops and gathering food, water and firewood.
The workshop served as a learning exchange enabling the women to share and showcase their experiences – looking at what works and what doesn't. It also focused on developing leadership as well as improving financial literacy and building entrepreneurship through microfinance and local business opportunities including ecotourism.
The JCF sponsored 9 women from PNG to attend the workshop. They worked on a project to stop overfishing of their mangroves and explored ways of pursuing a sustainable economic living. They named their project 'From Mangrove to Menu'!
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Noosa and District Landcare
Noosa & District Landcare Group (NDLG) promotes the value, protection and rehabilitation of coastal and hinterland ecosystems within the Noosa Biosphere and local associated regions, particularly where areas have been impacted by development and environmental weed infestation. They encourage best management practices and sustainable use of land within the region that will assist in the preservation of water quality and ecosystem health. This in turn helps to create productive and biodiverse landscapes capable of supporting the future generation.
NDLG aims to educate and raise awareness of environmental concerns within the community through a series of community programs and events, informative and interactive workshops, and a successful traineeship program.
NDLG is committed to addressing land condition at a local level and habitat connectivity at a regional level. They provide a range of services including ecosystem restoration, carbon and biodiversity offsets, catchment health monitoring, as well as raising community awareness through plant identification workshops, school visits and field days, and technical and vocational training.
Their expertise covers project management, from the planning and consultation stage, through to implementation and post-implementation monitoring. Their two nurseries together produce over 200,000 native tube stock each year.
JCF supported project: Coxen's Fig Parrot Monitoring Project – $10,000 – 2016
The Coxen's Fig Parrot is listed as an endangered species in Queensland and New South Wales and there is very little observational data recorded relating to its call and no captured images. The nature of the bird does not lend itself to the use of regular/standard equipment – It is very fast and very quiet.
The Upper Pinbarren Catchment in the Noosa Hinterland has been subject to extensive clearing in the past for both timber production and ongoing dairy operations. Despite this, and most likely due to many landholders leaving many old growth fig trees in situ, there have been a significant number of recent unconfirmed, yet reliable sightings of the parrot and one confirmed nesting site. The site is mentioned in the accredited 'Coxen's Fig Parrot National Recovery Plan' as having high likelihood of holding a significant population.
To that end, and to support the current and future protection and enhancement of the areas native habitat, the JCF supported Noosa and District Landcare for a parrot monitoring program using new state of the art survey techniques. If populations of the bird can be shown to categorically exist in the area, it will be possible to attract funding to accelerate plans to remediate the catchment area.
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Project Vietnam Inc
Project Vietnam Inc. (PVI) is a registered Australian charity which has been providing aid in the fields of health and education to Vietnam since 1989 and more recently to Cambodia. Donations and grants made to PVI are tax deductible.
PVI is a small organisation made up of individuals who come from all walks of life including doctors, nurses, builders, tradesmen, teachers, farmers, and retired business people. The team members are well experienced volunteers who have been involved in the Projects for many years. Members of PVI willingly donate their time and substantial cost to be involved in these projects. These costs include airfares from Australia to Vietnam and return, accommodation, ground transport, meals, insurance and all other ancilliary costs. Volunteers also contribute $200 each toward the cost of building materials.
The Vision of PVI is
To meet the medical equipment, health and education needs of the people of Vietnam and any bordering country, using professional input from Australia, Vietnam and such bordering country in developing programs in specific areas to improve their quality of life.
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Reef Check Australia
Reef Check Australia protects Australia's reefs and oceans by empowering people. They are an innovative environmental charity dedicated to building community capacity to understand, appreciate and protect the oceans. Their programs are designed to help people help reefs through hands-on research, inspiring education, and opportunities for grassroots positive action. Their core activities are:
- Inspiring reef-minded people: We connect people with reef science by providing an unbiased source of accessible, meaningful and accurate information about reef health.
- Engaging volunteers in reef health monitoring: We foster best-practice reef citizen science programs by providing our volunteers with the training, resources and networks to collect and share robust reef health data for science and management.
- Empowering local conservation action for the Reef: We create opportunities for people and communities to identify how they can help tackle reef health issues with local on-ground action through knowledge, tools, resources and support.
JCF Supported Project: Sunshine Coast Reef Ambassadors – 2017: $35,000
This project will launch and grow a Reef Ambassadors community outreach program on the Sunshine Coast. Reef Ambassadors are reef role models who actively inspire and catalyse their communities to better understand and help protect local marine environments. The program trains and supports volunteers to be reef role models by providing capacity building, resources, mentoring and support to facilitate grassroots community leaders who activate their communities. This framework supports communities that are informed, engaged and empowered to actively participate in protecting reef and ocean health.
Key activities that will take place in the Sunshine Coast region include:
- Building community environmental leadership capacity by training a minimum of 45 Reef Ambassadors through a 2 day science, communication and leadership program.
- Providing ongoing support, and skill building for Ambassadors through 9 annual development workshops with relevant experts to further grow skills and networks (3 per year), and ongoing mentoring with RCA staff, volunteers and partners.
- Increasing awareness and engagement in reef health topics by supporting Ambassadors to undertake and participate in a minimum of 60 community events (20 per year) to actively engage community members
- Working with Ambassadors to develop scalable resources that activate their networks to take tangible, science-based action on local issues.
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The School of St Jude
In 2002 a young Australian woman, Gemma Rice (now Gemma Sisia), from a sheep farm in Australia, opened a small school in Northern Tanzania with the help of her family, friends and local Rotary Club.
What started with only three students and one teacher is now a thriving school of approximately 1,900 students and around 350 local Tanzanian staff. The students and staff are located across three campuses and includes two boarding houses to accommodate more than 1,500 students.
The school is achieving it's vision of educating the future leaders of Tanzania through it's leadership promotion of critical thinking and expectation of high moral values from its students, staff and the school community. Over 90% of the children at the school receive a totally free education as local and international sponsors individually cover the costs of not only the educational fees but also the uniform, stationery, transport, hot meal, snacks and drinks of each child.
What makes this school even more special is the fact that this success comes about due to the group effort of thousands of ordinary people from all over the world coming together to do something quite extraordinary. Individuals, families, schools, church groups and service clubs are joining forces by supporting the school's various sponsorship programs. Every day staff and students work hard to fulfill the school's philosophy of "Fighting Poverty through Education" helping the students break the cycle of poverty that has gripped their families for generations.
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Sport Access Foundation
The Sport Access Foundation provides financial assistance and support to enable children with a physical or intellectual disability to participate in sporting activities that would otherwise be beyond the financial means of that child or their parent(s) or guardian(s)
Each year, the Sport Access Foundation Grant offers grants of $2000 for children and young people with a disability to provide some assistance with expenses for their participation in sport.
The initial Grant was announced in June 2017. Grants will be awarded to applicants who best demonstrate the desire to succeed in their chosen sport and where the financial and moral support from Sports Access Foundation would assist in their access and development in their sport. The grants may be used to cover a range of different costs associated with providing access to sporting opportunities including:
- the costs of travelling to and from sporting events and training;
- the costs of participating in sporting events including participation, entry or enrolment fees;
- the purchase of specialist sport equipment or clothing;
- the purchase of protective or adaptive equipment; and
- the costs of consulting with health professionals to develop an appropriate sporting program for that child
JCF contribution: 2017: 3 x $2000 grants
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The START Foundation
The START Foundation was created to assist Amputees to achieve their sporting dreams.
It was established in 2013 through the inspirational story of Kerryn Harvey, who contracted a life threatening flesh eating bacteria as a result of a seemingly minor cycling accident. Radical surgery was required and a right forequarter amputation (arm and shoulder) was performed.
The mission of the foundation is Empowering Amputees in Life through Sport
The Objectives are to:
- Provide grants for Amputees* to participate in their chosen sport in order to achieve their sporting dreams.
- Generate funds to award in the form of grants to Amputees* to participate in their chosen sport in order for them to achieve their sporting dreams.
- Generate funds or partner with organisations to undertake research to benefit Amputees*
The START Foundation recognises the key benefits for Amputees participating in sport, including a sense of achievement, improvement of health, social interaction and community engagement. A grant program will provide grants for a new limb, limb modification or equipment modification, to enable Amputees to participate in sport.
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University of Sunshine Coast
To assist the University of the Sunshine Coast with its growth, the University Development Office has a number of giving initiatives.
The Development Office was established in 1998 to assist the University in its development and enhancement by garnering donor support and providing valuable networking opportunities for alumni, community members, and friends of the University.
The key activities of the Development Office are:
- assisting alumni and friends to maintain contact with each other and the University
- building strong relationships with the community
- increasing donor support for University initiatives
- reporting the progress of this support and how it aids the University's development
In 2012, the Development Office launched the USC Starfish Program, a giving program for staff, alumni and the community.
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Recipients who have been funded in the past
The Alola Foundation
The Alola Foundation is an organisation operating in Timor-Leste to improve the lives of women and children.
Founded in 2001 by Melbourne woman who was the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organisation seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
Alola's mission is Feto Forte Nasaun Forte – Strong Women, Strong Nation Alola was originally created to raise awareness of the widespread sexual violence against women and girls in Timor-Leste during the militia attacks of September 1999. Though this is still a key issue for Alola, today the Foundation also provides a wide range of vitally important support programs for the women and children of Timor-Leste.
Working with community groups and individuals, our programs aim to improve maternal and child health, create employment, promote human rights, strengthen community development, and improve the status of women. Now employing over 100 staff, Alola is committed to developing strong women who will be the leaders of the future in Timor-Leste. All Alola programs support the Government of Timor-Leste to achieve the National Development Goals.
The vision is that Women of Timor-Leste have equal status in ALL aspects of life (access, participation, role in decision making, enjoyment of benefits of development) through education, economic development, health and community leadership.
- To promote women's rights and increase women's leadership capacity
- To improve health status of women and children
- To increase access and quality of education for women and children
- To strengthen women's small enterprise at grassroots level
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Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation
The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF) works in indigenous communities in Australia to enhance and protect women's health. The ACCF's Overseas Relief Fund works in developing countries also to enhance women's health and to eliminate cervical cancer.
The ACCF's Vision is to protect and enhance women's health by eliminating cervical cancer and enabling treatment for women with cervical cancer and related health issues, in Australia and in developing countries.
Through its programs in support of women's health and wellbeing, ACCF is committed to improving health and reducing poverty and disadvantage to contribute to sustainable development. ACCF and its program partners have a policy of zero tolerance to fraud and corruption and to family and sexual violence, particularly against women.
ACCF aims to minimise the incidence and burden of cervical cancer and related women's health issues: to assist women, their families, and communities by developing and implementing practical and appropriate programs, and by partnering with like-minded governments, organisations, and individuals to achieve health outcomes which reduce marginalisation and contribute to developing stronger communities
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Australian Himalayan Foundation
Following in the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary, the Australian Himalayan Foundation (AHF) is working to help the people of the Himalaya through improvements in health, education and conservation in Nepal, the Indian Himalaya and Bhutan. AHE works in partnership with local communities to help the people of the Himalaya in a long term, sustainable way.
The AHF works across the Himalaya to empower and educate women and to improve the lives of women and girls in the region. When a family can't afford to send all their children to school, it is the daughter who is kept home. When a family can't afford to provide food for all the family, it is the woman who goes without. And when a country like Nepal suffers from a natural disaster like the recent earthquakes, it is the women and girls that are left the most vulnerable and are the most at risk.
For these reasons the AHF is working to ensure women and girls have access to the same health, education and work opportunities as men. For more than ten years we have been providing school scholarships for girls in Nepal and Bhutan to ensure gender parity in education and more recently have begun offering young women vocational training scholarships to equip them with practical skills in trades like weaving, textile production, nursing, teaching and building construction. These skills will help lift women out of poverty, stimulate income generation and provide greater financial security, independence and self-esteem.
We also provide maternal health support in Nepal and Ladakh for mothers in remote mountain communities who are otherwise cut off from basic medical services. These programs are essential for the safe and healthy future of women across the Himalaya.
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Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Fund
Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Ltd was established in 2002, initially by Steve and Terri Irwin, as a way to include and involve other caring people to support the protection of injured, threatened or endangered wildlife – from the individual animal to an entire species.
The vision of the fund is that people, wildlife and habitat survive and prosper without being detrimental to the existence of each other.
Their mission is to be the most effective wildlife conservation organisation in the world through the delivery of outstanding outcome-based programs and projects, inclusive of humanity.
Wlldlife Warriors supports 8 separate projects. The June Canavan Foundation has chosen the following two projects to support:
- The Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, Beerwah, Qld
- Orangutan conservation, Sumatra
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Glasshouse Country Men's Shed
The Glasshouse Country Men's Shed at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast is one of network of Men's Sheds established around Australia. Men's sheds have been established for a range of reasons. At the heart lies some common interest that is shared, and often involved activities built around arts, crafts and technical skills – the kind of things done in the backyard shed. Rather than work on those interests alone, a community shed introduces a social interaction among the participants that is an important part of well being. The interest of the group develops from that interest and copious coffee to expand the range of things that they do.
The vision for men's sheds is to:
- Provide support to men in need of help arising from mental illness or other debilitating illnesses;
- Ease the transition of men from full-time employment to other activities in retirement;
- Provide an additional link between the primary health network and the many men who have no regular contact with that network;
- Establish a place for men that enabled social interaction and activities to maintain the health and wellbeing of those men;
- Build a culture in the sheds where all men are welcome and where mutual respect and trust are paramount;
- Become a focal point in the community for the identification of men's health issues and actions to resolve those issues.
To make a donation or to provide support to the Glasshouse Country Men's Shed please contact Bob McLean on 0427 606 240.
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Harmony House
Harmony House is the Maroochydore house of the Sunshine Coast Family Contact Centre – a children's contact centre which ensures the smooth changeover of children between separated parents and appropriate contact visits between children and their non-residential parents/guardians.
The service is for families who are in conflict and cannot arrange a mutually agreeable or safe venue for child-parent contact.
Trained staff ensure contact and changeover is free of any conflict. The Sunshine Coast Family Contact Centre is an independent service, and is operated on a non-judgmental basis. Facilitated Contact is supervised under strict guidelines from the Centre Board of Management. The primary objective of the centre is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the child and the empowerment of the parents and the child.
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The Jannie Moala Foundation
The Jannie Moala Foundation was established, after the death of the late Captain Jannie Moala, who died in a plane crash in Kokoda, in August 2009, with 11 passengers and a first officer.
The mission of the Foundation is to educate young female aviators of Papua New Guinea and to increase the safety of air travel in Papua New Guinea.
The Jannie Moala Foundation is currently working towards installing an automated weather station at Abuari village along the Kokoda trail. The weather station once installed, will aid pilots in their flight plan into Kokoda airstrip, instead of them relying on visual observation, which has being the case to date. The automated weather station costs around k30,000 and once installed, will be donated to the P-N-G Weather Bureau.
The foundation aims to develop air safety infrastructure around P-N-G and the installation of the automated weather station at Abuari Village, will be the first pilot project.
John McLean Foundation
The John Maclean Foundation (JMF) exists to change the lives of young Australians who use wheelchairs. Their mission is to inspire, motivate and enable these great kids to chase their dreams.
The JMF Kids 4 Kids Program is an opportunity where children use their physical abilities to assist other children who are more physically challenged and need wheelchairs. Over four, six or weeks, participating kids will complete the ironman triathlon distance by swimming 3.8km, riding 180km and running 42.2km.
The number of overweight children in Australia has doubled in recent years, with a quarter of children considered overweight or obese. Causes of obesity in children include unhealthy food choices, lack of physical activity and family eating habits. Australian children are less active than they were in the past. Australian children watch, on average, around 2½ hours of television a day, as well as spending time using computers and other electronic games. It seems that these pastimes are replacing active ones.
This event is designed to encourage kids to be active as well as encouraging families to spend active time together. Along the way, participating kids can share what they're doing with friends, family, their schools, local community, and media. This will encourage other kids to become more active.
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Katie Rose Cottage
The Sunshine Coast Community Hospice Ltd (SCCH Ltd) was founded by two palliative care nurses, Terry Clarke-Burrows and Sue Story, who through their work in the community, identified the evident 'gap' in services when terminally ill people and their families were no longer able to cope at home. They became aware of the need to help the many alone and suffering dying people in need of a compassionate, caring home-like place to die as they near the end of their lives.
The SCCH Ltd operates independently. developing and implementing a new model of community based Hospice care. This innovative and cost effective model will provide care to people who can no longer stay at home and do not need hospitalisation. Currently they are working towards the establishment of Community Hospice Guest Houses, each accommodating 2-3 terminally ill people in a homelike environment.
The first of these cottages, Katie Rose Cottage with 6 beds has now opened it's doors to Sunshine Coast communities. Katie Rose Cottage is a beautiful extension to a person's home, fully equipped and adapted to provide high quality nursing support care to those unable to manage their final journey in their own home.
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The Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships Australia is a charity registered in Australia and governed by the Australian Board. The Australian Office, based in Caloundra, Qld, is part of a global network of offices whose mission is to promote the work of Mercy Ships through fundraising, volunteer recruitment and the procurement of materials and services.
Mercy Ships want to help alleviate the pain and suffering in the lives of those who live in the less fortunate areas of the world. Three things make Mercy Ships unique in performing this function:
- Unique Service – We can't bring them to our hospitals, so we take a floating hospital to them
- Unique Platform – A floating hospital
- Unique Staff – The vast majority (over 90%) of our staff, from doctors to deck hands, provide their services free!
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The Orangutan Project (TOP)
The Orangutan Project (TOP) supports orangutan conservation, rainforest protection, local community partnerships and the rehabilitation and reintroduction of displaced orangutans back to the wild, in order to save the two orangutan species from extinction.
TOP is a non-partisan organisation that collaborates with several orangutan conservation projects, as well as providing habitat protection through its own programs to deter wildlife poaching, illegal logging and land clearing in Indonesia.
The organisation provides technical and financial assistance directly to conservation projects and orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centres. This includes much needed resources for the day-to-day care needs, the reintroduction of orphaned orangutans and the locating and securing of release sites. Presently there are over 2,000 orphaned orangutans living in care centres in Borneo and Sumatra.
TOP's philosophy is to work flexibly and tailor what is necessary to get the job done for orangutan conservation and welfare, with TOP's organisations needs always subservient to the best outcome for orangutans.
The underlying philosophy of the TOP is:
- no criticism of fellow orangutan organisations
- building partnerships between organisations, and
- funds to be distributed according to scientifically determined conservation priorities
TOP aims to ensure the survival of orangutans in the wild within available populations and their welfare. This is done by conducting TOP's own work and assisting other accredited conservation projects according to the most effective outcomes for the species.
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Open Heart International
Open Heart International provides the opportunity for those living in developing countries to receive the specialised healthcare that they deserve, yet cannot access.
We Treat, We Teach, We Empower
Open Heart International implement projects that: Provide medical treatment for patients in developing countries who do not have access to such treatment owing to a lack of the necessary technical or financial means in their own country, irrespective of their nationality, race, or religion.
Provide training for local medical, nursing, and allied health staff in the specialist fields associated with different diseases.
Empower local health professionals and support staff in the countries we visit to deliver enhanced health care.
Create awareness and support the development of prevention and rehabilitation services in developing countries.
Facilitate and support Australian healthcare professionals to engage in the health care development processes in developing countries
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Philanthropy Australia
Philanthropy Australia is the national peak body for philanthropy and is a not-for-profit membership organisation.
Its members are trusts and foundations, businesses, families and individuals who want to make a difference through their own philanthropy and to encourage others with their giving.
As the national peak body PA offers representation, networking, services and information to members and others in the not-for-profit sector. Its aim is to represent, grow and inspire an effective and robust philanthropic sector in the community.
Philanthropy Australia also provides information to those seeking to understand, access or partner with the philanthropic sector.
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The Regent Honeyeater Project
The Regent Honeyeater Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation that is bringing real change to the landscape and environment of the Lurg Hills of North Eastern Victoria, providing a more secure future for a number of threatened bird and animal species.
Our core aims are action-oriented, informed by the best research available, empowered by a huge volunteer network, and showing inter-generational equity by supporting today's landholders in tackling the ecological issues they've inherited from previous generations!
The project's purposes include:
- Increasing the population of several threatened species in the Lurg Hills district of NE Victoria, focussing particularly on the Regent Honeyeater, Grey Crowned Babbler, Squirrel Glider and Brush Tailed Phascogale.
- Protecting and restoring all significant remnants of Box/Ironbark habitat in the project area, aiming to reinstate ecological balances and create self-sustaining vegetation communities.
- Boosting ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change, through an active revegetation program, using plants indigenous to the district.
- Creating strategic habitat links within the project area and beyond, to assist rare species' seasonal movements and improve genetic diversity.
- Initiating educational opportunities for landholders, schools, universities and community volunteer groups, aiming to develop awareness, understanding, skills and commitment to threatened species habitat restoration.
- Engaging community volunteer groups, school students and university students, to assist landholders with the massive amount of on-ground work required.
- Encouraging biological research projects, to quantify the flora and fauna benefits of the restoration work.
All of the work seeks to address the ecological issues at their root causes and are in close accord with the official Recovery Plans for each species. Specific actions include fencing and enlarging existing habitat; planting on highly productive sites to give high nectar flows; pruning heavy mistletoe infestations to save old growth trees; increasing plant diversity to improve habitat structure and restore ecological balances in the long term; and improving habitat connectivity at both the local and landscape level.
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SunnyKids Inc
SunnyKids believes everyone deserves a fair go and that that too many kids today simply aren't getting a realistic chance to be the best that they can be. The Sunshine Coast community alone identifies 5,000 at risk children every year. In response, by working to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and disadvantage, SunnyKids provides thousands of nights of emergency accommodation, partnering with health, education and child protection agencies to keep these kids safe.
Their Vision of Sunnykids is: "A society in which everyone feels safe, belongs and has a chance to reach their full potential."
Their mission to achieve this is: "To work with children, families and communities to help everyone take responsibility for the future".
They work everyday to help those that need our support with the belief that:
- Every child should have the opportunity to reach their full potential regardless of their circumstance.
- Capable children are the foundation of a capable and prosperous society.
- Every community problem has a community-based solution.
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Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge
The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge (Sippy Creek Animal Refuge Society Inc) was established in 1979. Our Mission statement is 'Giving refuge to abandoned and surrendered cats and dogs until permanently rehomed and educating the community on responsible pet ownership". The Refuge is an independent, non-profit, charitable organisation and has a strictly regulated non-euthanasia policy. We also run education programmes for the community on responsible animal ownership
All cats and dogs admitted to the Refuge are Vet checked, vaccinated, wormed, desexed, micro chipped and medically treated if necessary prior to being available for sale to the public. We have comprehensive terms and conditions of sale to ensure the animals are adopted into an appropriately loving home.
The Refuge is managed by an unpaid, elected committee, and run by a small staffing compliment and a large dedicated group of volunteers. The Refuge operates from a 1.08 hectare site at Sippy Creek Road, Tanawha (adjacent to the Council Pound) and can house approximately 70 dogs and 50 cats at any given time. We accept cats and dogs from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Pound after owners cannot be traced, and from private surrenders.
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Wangaratta Youth Health Service
Wangaratta High School and local health and youth services have established an "onsite" Youth Heath Service at the school The health service is available to all Wangaratta secondary school aged young people.
The vision of the WYHS is to improve health and well-being outcomes for young people in the Rural City of Wangaratta by providing a range of accessible health services within a school environment.
The purpose is to respond to the health and well-being needs of young people by establishing a hub for the provision of co-ordinated services at Wangaratta High School (WHS).
The benefits of the service are:
Comprehensive health and support services to young people in a location that would be more accessible for them (Youth Needs Assessment Survey 2006)
- A health service that is preventative, early intervention, and educationally focused
- A health service which builds on existing services and relationships within the school and community
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Adiv A. Johnson, Lori A. Bachman, Benjamin J. Gilles, Samuel D. Cross, Kimberly E. Stelzig, Zachary T. Resch, Lihua Y. Marmorstein, Jose S. Pulido, Alan D. Marmorstein; Autosomal Recessive Bestrophinopathy Is Not Associated With the Loss of Bestrophin-1 Anion Channel Function in a Patient With a Novel BEST1 Mutation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(8):4619-4630. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-16910.
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Mutations in BEST1, encoding bestrophin-1 (Best1), cause autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB). Encoding bestrophin-1 is a pentameric anion channel localized to the basolateral plasma membrane of the RPE. Here, we characterize the effects of the mutations R141H (CGC > CAC) and I366fsX18 (c.1098_1100+7del), identified in a patient in our practice, on Best1 trafficking, oligomerization, and channel activity.
Currents of Cl− were assessed in transfected HEK293 cells using whole-cell patch clamp. Best1 localization was assessed by confocal microscopy in differentiated, human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived RPE (iPSC-RPE) cells following expression of mutants via adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. Oligomerization was evaluated by coimmunoprecipitation in iPSC-RPE and MDCK cells.
Compared to Best1, Best1I366fsX18 currents were increased while Best1R141H Cl− currents were diminished. Coexpression of Best1R141H with Best1 or Best1I366fsX18 resulted in rescued channel activity. Overexpressed Best1, Best1R141H, and Best1I366fsX18 were all properly localized in iPSC-RPE cells; Best1R141H and Best1I366fsX18 coimmunoprecipitated with endogenous Best1 in iPSC-RPE cells and with each other in MDCK cells.
The first 366 amino acids of Best1 are sufficient to mediate channel activity and homo-oligomerization. The combination of Best1 and Best1R141H does not cause disease, while Best1R141H together with Best1I366fsX18 causes ARB. Since both combinations generate comparable Cl− currents, this indicates that ARB in this patient is not caused by a loss of channel activity. Moreover, Best1I366fsX18 differs from Best1 in that it lacks most of the cytosolic C-terminal domain, suggesting that the loss of this region contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of ARB in this patient.
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I am an aspiring board game designer. I have designed, prototyped and tested my first game and I wish to publish it soon. I have run into a bit of a dilemma/ road block though: Trademarking.
A while back I decided I would go through the process of trademarking the board game name. My trademark was filed, and then rejected as one of the words used is in a few other board game names. My intellectual property lawyer told me we can fight the ruling, but this would of course cost more money...
My question is how does/can one launch a board game without a trademark.
If I wish to launch my game without a trademark (trademark pending?) Will this cause me any issues with the name later on down the road. How do I protect the name? Is there a date from the release that I need to trademark by?
I would greatly appreciate any insight into this matter, as I am trying to decide whether its worth doling out more money than I already have.
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Many lecturers in further education are now having to work their way through a new scheme of qualifications. The content is mostly sensible, although grossly over-specified, but the way in which these qualifications are being run is simply appalling.
Take the basic qualification, the PTLLS. Page 16 of this document
prescribes 60 hours of learning, of which at least 30 must be guided (ie, in class). This prevents lecturers from completing the course more efficiently if they can. The content is very straightforward, and it would be easy to fit the whole course, including completion of the assignments, into ten hours of reading and writing, with no class time apart from observation of the lecturer in action.
The people behind this nonsense have gone far beyond those who argue that ends can justify means. They have decided to prescribe the means to achieve the end (a certain level of knowledge and skill), regardless of whether there are better means. Charitably, this reflects a culture of wasteful and controlling perfectionism that has long flourished in enterprises subsidised by the taxpayer.
Another example of the same culture can be found in the new professional standards:
This worthy 20-page document achieves little more than would be achieved by a postcard to lecturers which said:
Know your subject
Teach it well
Respect your students
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I'm in the home stretch! Last night I got the picture hanger thingies nailed to the backs of each piece. Sketched out my big "Original ARTWORK by the C-Sweet" signage, boxed up what I have done so far – today after meeting up with my little one at lunchtime and taking her to the book fair at school I'll be experimenting with the mini-wreaths I made out of the morning glory vines (remember the morning glory vines?), making up item tags for each piece, making the welcome sign, ironing my tablecloth, and hopefully getting over to Michael's or AC Moore for more picture hangers and heavy gel medium…….I feel like Pooh with a honey pot with a jar of that stuff in my hand – soooooo happy!
In addition to the art plaques and paintings I have a basket full of the knitted facecloth/washcloths and three mini photo/scrapbooks – very cute – one in the shape of a rocket, a butterfly and a flower.
My kids' art teacher is participating in http://shellsfornjshores.weebly.com/ by having the kids create seashell themed ornaments and magnets to sell at the craft fair and I made up a collage to donate – hope it sells!
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Presidents are prisoners of the times. Events happen, often following a period of neglect and sometimes following stimulation. Today, our country is neglecting its infrastructure while many Congressional voices try to "stimulate" growth through lower taxes. Hmmm.
I wonder how that will work out?
George W Bush's presidency offers several cases in point. Inheriting a budget surplus, the Bush Administration, at the first signs of a slowing economy, championed an across the board income tax reduction.
Whether the tax reduction did anything but make the rich richer is hard to say. The economy, in any case, rebounded and bloomed through the rest of the Bush years, that is until it imploded.
Credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations certainly were not Bush Administration recommendations. They were instead manifestation of Wall Street greed without regard for the country or their customers. These financial instruments were like viruses and their unregulated use grew out of control practically taking the world's entire banking system down.
Once the patient (our economy) was on its back, it became apparent how unprepared the "small" government was. Liquidity became the issue. Banks no longer trusted each other and lending dried up.
Corporations were faced with bleak prospects and watched their stock prices plummet. As a consequent, corporations slashed budgets and associated headcount. Unemployment jumped.
As the dust settled, one could see the economy was working, albeit much less robustly and with far more unemployed. The lesson there for anyone to see was that productivity could be increased simply by removing unneeded overhead. Corporations were operating more efficiently.
Immediately the talking heads turned to how to reduce unemployment. A worthy task, but the how to accomplish it meant everything. Stimulus.
The economy needed to be stimulated with more liquidity. The only source capable enough and willing to help was the Federal government. After authorizing about $800 billion (reflecting each Congress members' favorite pork barrel project), it was time to move on.
Progressives argued the stimulus needed to be increased and conservatives argued it was already wasteful and too large. Hmmm.
About this time, the unfortunate legacy of the Bush tax cuts was catching up with the front page. Debt and unbalanced budgets became the political pros mantra. And single focus issues are political red meat.
Slash federal and state employment and while at it, cut benefits and pensions too, were many politicians favored recommendation. Many States and even federal agencies followed this path.
Unemployment swelled with public sector workers joining the private sector, recession idled, unemployed.
The unemployment level topped out about ten months after President Obama took office. Standing at 10.1% unemployed, the nation took a deep breath. What more needed to be done?
The stand off between progressives and conservatives may have strangely been a good dysfunction. No more damage could be unintentionally done. It was now up to Adam Smith's silent hand to reallocate resources to their most productive places.
Five years later there are abundant signs that the economy is strong and resting upon fundamentally firm underpinnings. No particular place in our economy is red hot. Housing is ok but not great. Manufacturing is growing but not that fast. Banks are profitable but not apparently risking their financial health on murky trades. And, the service industry is perking along meeting the needs of the rest of the economy. (It is true also that income inequality rivals the gilded age but that was true before the 2008/9 recession.)
The GOP got it wrong prior to the recession and got it wrong on how to get out of the recession. Democrats got lucky since the financial implosion took place on Bush's watch. It could have just as easily waited until President Obama was in office.
The Democrats also got it wrong by not looking for "efficiencies" in spending. How can the country get a bigger bang for its buck?
The GOP seems locked into a non-spending mindset (except for defense), while Democrats are quite happy to spend without thinking about productivity. Both parties got it wrong in the past and seem ready to get it wrong again.


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William Levy is bringing the heat to Dancing With the Stars!
The sexy 31-year-old model and actor revealed his six-pack abs on Monday's show when pro partner Cheryl Burke, 27, ripped open his shirt just moments into their salsa routine.
Post-show, Levy told Us Weekly he was hesitant about revealing so much skin on the ABC competition series. "I don't want people to have the feeling that I just want to show my body! I am here to dance and have fun, not about, 'Oh, I'm hot and I'm in shape.' You know? Sometimes it's more than that!"
Burke added that it "wasn't easy" convincing Levy to strip. "It was a little bit of a battle, but he did it!"
Judge Bruno Tonioli, 56, gave Levy his first 10 of the season, calling the performance "amazing." Carrie Ann Inaba, 44, went a step further, raving that their salsa was "ridiculously hot." Levy and Burke earned 28/30 for the evening.
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The theme of the evening was Personal Story/Most Memorable Year, which was "hard" for Levy to emote. "It was difficult because I've had hard times in my life in Cuba and I don't like to be sad. I like to be happy," he told Us. "There are positive things about going through those moments and I like to focus on good things."
Who will go home next on Dancing With the Stars? Tune in at 8 p.m. EST on ABC to find out!
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Guilford: The Golden Age of American Residential Development and Design
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David Gleason, FAIA, and author Ann Giroux lead a walking tour of Guilford, one of the nation's most influential early suburban developments. Participants will learn more about Guilford's Olmsted Brothers streetscapes and parks and will visit some of the best examples of early twentieth century residential architecture Baltimore has to offer. The tour includes stops at homes designed by John Ahlers, Laurence Hall Fowler, Edward L. Palmer, Jr., John Russell Pope, and Bayard Turnbull. This program is offered through the Roland Park Country School's Kaleidoscope program. Please call (410) 323-5500 ext. 3045 to register or visit www.rpcs.org.


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The ACN Compass App gives users intuitive flows for both business owners and prospects
CONCORD, N.C., July 31, 2018 (Newswire.com) - ACN Inc., the world's largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and essential services for home and business, today released phase one of its Compass App, designed to give its Independent Business Owners the power to operate and grow their business in one comprehensive app. The app is a one of its kind in the direct-selling industry.
"The Compass App will literally put everything a business owner needs into the palm of their hand," said ACN President and Co-Founder Greg Provenzano. "We've designed the app to carry our IBOs from piquing to planning, to increasing their customers and business partners - and everything in between. Additionally, this unique, dual-purpose app gives prospects everything they need to know about ACN to take the next step - including our business opportunity and products and services."
With the Compass App, ACN Independent Business Owners can schedule meetings, share piquing tools with prospects, and manage their invitations and calendar. The guest flow allows prospects to learn more about the ACN Opportunity, discover more about ACN's products and services, register for training events and sign up to join ACN.
As part of a phased launch approach, the company will continue to roll out additional functionality into the app throughout the remainder of 2018 and into the future. According to Provenzano, "The future of ACN lives within this app. It will be a single source for everything an IBO, potential customer or prospects needs right in the palm of their hand."
The ACN Opportunity
Compass App for Android
Compass App for iPhone
About ACN, Inc.
Founded in 1993, ACN is the world's largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and other essential services for residential and business customers. ACN provides the services people need and use every day, including phone service, wireless, energy, merchant services, television, security and automation and High-Speed Internet. ACN operates in 25 countries with offices located throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. For more information on ACN's home-based business opportunity, visit www.acninc.com.
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Ever since 1988, we are committed to the commercialization and the installation of Fences, High-Security and Security Systems, featuring a largely experienced team of professionals of the trade.
In an increasingly demanding market, we established a partnership-like relationship with our customers, providing a wide range of solutions to their needs.More...
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Drake returns with "0-100" and G-Unit reunites onstage and in the booth.
In the midst of Summer Jam earlier this week and besides performing alongside Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne, Drake debuted his latest single "0 to 100." At the same event, 50 Cent invited Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, and Tony Yayo out for a G-Unit reunion. Following their live performance, G-Unit remixed a Hitboy track and went onto co-opt "0 to 100" themselves.
A HipHopDX exclusive shining light on some of Kendrick Lamar's most slept on lyrics comes in at #4 and elsewhere on the list J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, and Fabolous make their own appearances.
Drake Releases "0-100" During Summer Jam
Just before making his own appearance at Summer Jam, Drake released a new Boi-1da produced single titled "0 to 100." Co-produced by 40 and Nineteen85, the track features a James Blake vocal sample near the end.
On the song, Drake brags about his music money eclipsing his profits as an actor and hints at an album to be released next year. "We already got spring 2015 poppin'," he raps. "PND droppin', Reps-up P droppin', Majid Jordan droppin', OB droppin', not to mention me droppin'."
G-Unit Reunion Brings Two New Tracks
After a surprising and obviously promotional driven G-Unit reunion at Summer Jam, the 50 Cent helmed crew debuted two new tracks this week. Returning with two borrowed beats, G-Unit offered up a remix to HS87's "Grindin' My Whole Life" with "Nah I'm Talkin' Bout" first. The track features appearances from all the reunited members as well as Kidd Kidd.
The track opens up with a 50 Cent rapped hook and then a first verse from Young Buck. "I got my status up grinding, made it from the bottom like you," Lloyd Banks raps in his own verse, "Southside nigga to a month in Cancun / Huge rocks poking, I don't need an AC / Banks going through everything B-I two G's."
"I can get it, get it for you for the low," 50 raps himself, " Six-fifty nigga for an O / Blink, a kilo is out the door / Don't fuck around when I'm hustling bo." The song is the first release from G-Unit in nearly six years since their last album Terminate On Sight was released in July of 2008.
Shines Light On Kendrick Lamar's Pre-Fame LyricsWith a year and half between Kendrick Lamar and his last album release, HipHopDX's Mike Trampe broke down some of the emcee's most notably slept on lyrics earlier this week. "Kendrick Lamar (formerly known as K Dot) has been doing his thing for years, but some people are only familiar with his career post-"Control" verse or his Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City album," he wrote.
Featured on the list are songs like "Fuck A Hook," "Cruel," and the Freeway and Joe Budden featuring "Ride Up." Available below is a pre-fame look at Kendrick freestyling outdoors.
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Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Trip to Cheyenne and Chugwater, 1980 July 13
Identifier: B063.06.0022.00066
Mikveh in the basement of a synagogue in Cheyenne, Wyoming. During a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society trip to Cheyenne and Chugwater.
- 1980 July 13
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From the Collection: The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States.
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Good 4 x 6 inches color
Donated by Larry Sunshine.
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Handwritten on back of photograph: ''Basement of Cheyenne Synagogue Mikveh; 7-13-80; #379.''
- From the Collection: University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies. Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives (Beck Archives) (Organization)
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❝ "Big News — Budget just passed!" President Trump tweeted Thursday, after sharing this uncharacteristically sage nugget: "Do not underestimate the UNITY within the Republican Party."
Trump is provably wrong about much in the fact-based universe, disgorging on average five false statements daily since taking office, according to the painstaking tally by long-suffering fact checkers. But don't fool yourself into thinking he's lying about one very important thing.
After passionate denunciations in the last week, by former president George W. Bush and three GOP senators, of Trump's assault on truth, decency, and democracy, you might think there are cracks in his support. You would be wrong.
❝ "I called it a love fest, it was almost a love fest. It was a love fest. Standing ovation . . . There's great unity in the Republican Party," Trump rambled of his lunch with Senate Republicans, and yes, there were ovations…
❝ Trump's disapproval ratings are near 60 percent, and majorities see the president as reckless, dishonest, uncompassionate, and unstable, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. What this obscures is that his support among Republicans remains strong; 77 percent of party faithful in the same poll approve of his performance. So it should come as no surprise their elected representatives do too. Thanks to
redistrictinggerrymandering, most come from reliably red districts.
❝ Republicans ignore his uncivil discourse and threats to foundational principles of democracy so long as he's their ticket to eyes-on-the-prize goals like lowering taxes on corporations and the rich…
Don't expect Republicans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him anytime soon. As long as he serves their purposes, it's party over country.
Same as it ever was. Just not this public – with uniquely contemptible practices and a fake president.


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http://samedayessay.us/ What's User Experience (UX) Design? Heres an Overview. I guess you've noticed #8220, the conditions &; #8221 & UX Style; and " User-Experience #8221 & Design; more and tossed around fairly frequently recently in regards to websites, apps. Well, so have we, and that's all good-and good (we're enormous proponents of great UX layout), with the exception of the portion where the majority of the so called "UX Developers" rarely understand what it's, not to mention truly concentrate on it. Therefore, below's the rundown! The term UX, was first found in the 1990s by Donald Don Norman, who was simply then the Vice President of Apple Advanced Technology Group. Even though it is defined in numerous methods, UX links the over-all connection with an individual and the method (which may be a web site, pc software or possibly a net program). Some basically explain UX as individual-pc discussion. Others refer whilst the full connection with a browsing with a web site to it. The UXPA or User-Experience Professionals Connection, however, defines user knowledge as all facets of the user s conversation with a merchandise, assistance, or company which make the user' s views of the whole.
If you should be likely to be rhyming words, it is essential that you have a few to pick from.
User-experience design being a discipline is anxious with all the current factors that software is together made up by that, including sound, visible style, wording, company, layout, and discussion. UE operates to coordinate these components to allow by consumers for the possible relationship. Consequently, it's a crucial aspect of client satisfaction and product improvement. Beneficial consumer experience design elements or disciplines According consumer design expertise qualified Boersma, info structure helps appearance user-experience for sites, to. Also, he views UX being an umbrella consisting of relevant procedures. As such, he developed a diagram (The T-model) that enumerated the weather or disciplines required for productive user-experience style. Boersmas illustration explained Functionality Engineering Interaction Style, and Computer Science, Information Structure Communications and Copywriting because the key professions desired in coming up together with the perfect design.
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If modified to todays engineering level, concentration is summed up into the subsequent core disciplines: Material Usability Study Discussion Design Information Architecture Visual Design Thus, to make a UX style that answers visitors requirements, a user-experience specialist (defined as UX designer) should profoundly realize and understand how to balance all these professions. A UX artist centers around a websites ease of use, performance, method (especially for e commerce websites), power, content, availability, and even sub systems & processes. Every aspect of the site is going under the nose of the designer. The value of user experience When looking at or visiting with a web site, users will need everything to function based on his objectives. We shall wish the websites to start when the mouse clicks. We are going to desire a visual expertise that pleases the feelings. We will want content that he may use or benefit from. We'll want to discover the information he needs and never have to undergo ways that are numerous.
Like, you can find typically variations while in the spelling of the business itself's title.
In short, we shall need a pleasing experience. Usually, a website with user experience design that is excellent can result to a high amount of client satisfaction. Thus, the site visits and can get more views. Ecommerce sites supplying the user experience that is ideal will enjoy more profit; clients will keep returning to the site and buying its goods /solutions. Actually guests who actually prepared to only browse through the internet site will frequently end up purchasing the promotions. The user-experience design that is perfect ranges for every single website. There's no such factor as one size fits all in design. Everything depends on the website, what it hopes to accomplish and what it needs. The best user-experience design ought to be designed or patterned towards aims, the sites values and products.


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When you let SelectQuote shop for your life insurance, the highly-rated companies we represent compete for your business – just like the leading college basketball teams contend for the championship during March Madness. With the championship game of the 2016 NCAA basketball tournament coming up fast on April 4, March Madness is in full swish. In the spirit of the tournament (and because we love sports analogies), this four-part blog series will provide a play-by-play account of what it's like to get life insurance through SelectQuote – from securing a quote to activating your policy.
The Game's Not Over yet: How to Activate Your Life Insurance Policy After Declaring a Winner
In last week's post, we showed you how to pick the right life insurance company and policy for you by using the three R's: rate, risk and relationship. But the game's not over yet. Deciding which insurance company will win your business is one thing, but you still have to finish the application process in order to activate your life insurance policy. Here's how to do it in three easy steps.
Get Your Health Screening
After you decide on a life insurance company, you'll need to schedule a quick health screening in order to get your final price. The insurance company will cover all costs, and the paramedic or nurse who conducts the screening will come to you. While screenings vary depending on the insurance company, most are comprised of the following:
- Review of your medical history
- Basic physical examination to measure your height, weight, pulse, and blood pressure
- Blood work
- Urine sample
Depending on the life insurance company and your health, you may be subject to further testing after your initial screening. Here are some helpful tips for getting the best possible results:
- Drink plenty of water in the 12 hours prior to your screening
- Eat wisely in the days leading up to the screening by avoiding fatty foods, rich desserts and alcohol.
- Abstain from all food and beverages except water for six to eight hours before the screening
- Take any medications on your regular schedule
- Ask the paramedic or nurse to take your blood pressure last if it tends to be high
Get Your Underwriting Results – and Your Final Price
Although the processing time for life insurance applications varies from company to company, it typically takes four weeks (and sometimes up to seven) for the life insurance company to review your health screening results and make a decision about coverage. Don't be afraid to ask when you'll receive word on your application – most companies will gladly provide an ETA. Once your test results have been processed, the insurance company will determine whether or not you are eligible for coverage. If you are, the company will then provide you with your final price.
Pay Your First Entire Premium
Now all you have to do is pay your first entire premium, and your term life insurance policy will be activated. After arranging for your payment, your SelectQuote agent will make sure you receive a notification the moment your policy has been activated. Should you decide to cancel your policy for any reason, you have 10 to 30 days to return it and be fully reimbursed for any premiums paid (depending on your state of residence).
Once your policy has been activated, it's time to celebrate! Nothing feels better than knowing your family's financial future is protected – not even winning March Madness. And remember, SelectQuote is always there to coach your life insurance game – even after you've bought your policy. Your agent will even check in periodically to make sure your coverage needs are still being met.
Ready to get in the game? Click here to start your free term life insurance quote, or call 1-800-670-3213 to speak with a SelectQuote agent. March Madness may be coming to an end, but SelectQuote can get you a winning term life insurance policy all year long.


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35,000 FEET ABOVE THE PLANET – There was a sense of relief and more smiles than anytime in the past 12 days, but, no, that's not the altitude of the players in the Sharks locker room after closing out the Colorado Avalanche last night with a 5-2 victory in Game 6.
That's where I am as I write this, though I'll be posting only after I get home. No WiFi this time.
The Sharks were more grounded last night because there was also the realization they had only reached the first plateau on their post-season adventure and that the climb gets steeper from here.
No surprise that Todd McLellan gave everybody the day off today, which means players and coaches probably parked themselves in front of their TV screens as Phoenix forced a Game 7 with Detroit.
Which now means the Sharks won't know for certain until Tuesday night at the earliest which team they'll face in the Western Conference semis.
But before everybody starts focusing on the future, time to empty the notebook with material from the visitors' quarters and the coach's podium at the Pepsi Center. Amazing how much verbiage I can spew without any distractions over a two-hour period.
****McLellan's buzzword before the playoffs began was overcome. As in he was fully aware that his team would hit obstacles along the way and would need to overcome them. Obstacles? McLellan defined the term broadly. Could be a one-goal deficit, could be a one-game deficit. Could be a bad bounce. Could be a ref's blown call. You name it.
As it turned out he was right on almost all counts from Game 1 through Game 6. And he agreed that the final 20 minutes of the series typified that.
"We picked that overcome theme at the beginning and with about eight minutes left in the game we still had to find a way to overcome," he said. "I'm proud of the way the guys played.
"It was a hell of a game tonight," he continued. "They played extremely hard and we knew they would do that. The ability to come back in the third mirrors what happened throughout the whole series."
****Series MVP? Make a case for Dan Boyle or Evgeni Nabokov if you want, but I've got to go with the obvious choice: Joe Pavelski.
Two game-winning goals and one that sent Game 2 into overtime with about 30 seconds left in regulation.
It may have looked as if he fanned on his initial shot on the Game 6 winner, but Pavelski said that wasn't exactly what happened as he and Devin Setoguchi headed into the Avalanche zone with only one defender back.
Pavelski said he was trying to pass the puck to Setoguchi and only when that didn't happen did he decide to take the shot himself.
In talking about how tight the series was and parity in the Western Conference, Pavelski also showed that while the team has been trying to distance itself from its post-season history of underachievement, it was also trying to learn from mistakes of playoff past.
"You look in the West and seven tams had 100 points," Pavelski said. "Eighth seed, seventh seed — we learned last year that nothing's given to you, you've got to earn it."
(McLellan echoed that same point himself a few minutes later. "It was a hard series for us to play," he coach said. "A one-eight, we learned last year how tough that could be.")
Pavelski reduced what the Sharks have earned to this point to 24 hours away from the rink.
"I think we earned maybe an extra day off instead of playing that Game 7, which is important especially at this time of the year," he said.
As usual, Pavelski played down his own impressive stats – a team-leading five goals and eight points that tied him with Ryane Clowe for most points.
"Obviously pucks were going in. I had a few opportunities and made the shots," Pavelski said. "Clowie and Seto worked so hard and it only gets harder from here."
****Good to his word, Dan Boyle officially declared that his Game 3 gaffe is now officially behind him once the Sharks won the series.
"Obviously it cost us a game, but we showed some heart and came back," Boyle said. "I certainly grew from that and now it's gone — it's not even in the rearview mirror. I'm sure it'll be on on some highlight reels for years to come, but it's become a growing and learning experience."
Interestingly, the other Shark most directly involved in that Game 3 finish went out of his way to fault the media for blaming that OT loss on Boyle's miscue when he tried to throw the puck behind his goal and it deflected to the net instead.
"We have a lot of leadership on this team and Danny is obviously one of them," Evgeni Nabokov said. "He did a hell of a job. You probably saw him after that overtime and I have no idea why everybody was making such a big deal about him.
"It was a bad bounce. He didn't put the puck in the net, it was a deflection but I guess that's what the media do, they create that," Nabokov said. "He showed great character. He overcame."
Yes, I know. That does shift the focus to Nabokov himself on that play. And I know that Brian Engblom and others have identified the Sharks goalie as the real culprit. But, damn, every time I watch the replay, Nabokov does seem to be hugging that post. I know, I know – just not tightly enough.
****Nabokov also had praise for the Avalanche team the Sharks defeated.
"They had a lot of young legs out there," said Nabokov, who ended up outdueling Colorado's Craig Anderson. "They had a game plan and a good goalie and a defense. The way they won the first game, that was the way they wanted to play for the rest of the series. . . . They may have gotten some bounces, but they worked hard for the bounces."
****Back to the coach …
McLellan did the best he could after the game to put a positive spin on the fact the Sharks had won the series with Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley failing to score a single goal and Patrick Marleau getting one (and that turned out to be the final nail in the 5-0 victory in Game 5 when the outcome was already pretty clear).
"I thought they needed to get on the scoreboard for us to have success and Patty did," McLellan said. "But they probably were not at the top of their game."
Then he threw in the thought that when he reunited them in the third period of Game 6, they played some of their best hockey – "strong and fast. They'll get through this and move forward."
McLellan also alluded to a factor that the Sharks have been criticized for lacking in the past: mental toughness.
"Colorado did a tremendous job in competing. They pushed us to the limit," the coach said. "It was a tough series for us not only while the game was going on and the passing and the shooting, but it was tough between the ears. I'm proud that we managed that part of the series well.
In the third period of Game 6, he added, there was some frustration when Colorado took a 2-1 lead, but the Sharks were able to channel it.
And he thought the tough series would help prepare the Sharks for what comes next.
"The game we played, we'll have to take with us to the next round," McLellan said. "We don't know who our opponent is so a lot of things might change. But the general type of game we played is the way we have to play to be successful."
****McLellan said he would be watching the playoffs on TV today before heading out to an event where he'll have to try hard just to be another proud dad in the room with his son at his side: The Junior Sharks annual banquet.


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Officer Dare Barron has had a crush of Liza McKnight since he was a fifteen years old. He has been seeing her pop up every time she bails out her brother. He will find himself getting closer as he sets out to protect her.
Liza McKnight got used to the police waiting room as she got her brother out on a regular basis. She is very protective of her brother but wants him to get help. She will soon be pulled into more trouble than she can handle and will get her own kind of help with Dare.
Karma is the third book to the series Serendipity from Carly Phillips. I grabbed the book knowing it was the third book but as I was reading it I felt it was a standalone novel. The brothers connections were not lost in the book and you knew pretty much the history between the brothers whether it was in one sentence or one scene.
I could not get into the book in the very beginning but once I got through several more pages I got into the book. The interaction between the brothers was great and makes me want to read their stories. I liked Liza who was the caring one but was finally being taken care of, with the exception of her brother saving her that one time, by Dare. I liked Liza and Dare together. They weren't instantly in love and it took some time and some trust.
The guilt behind the accidental death back when Dare was fifteen comes into play. Phillips tells the story of the accident well and puts in the guilt on both sides. The character Brian, the brother, is not such a bad guy that is once he comes clean and sobers up which is done with some help.
Karma will not be the last book I will be be reading from Carly Phillips.


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Category: advantages of the criminal defense attorney silver spring
Why You Need a Criminal Lawyer
Don't assume that your criminal charges aren't serious enough to warrant the need for a lawyer and find yourself behind bars or dealing with other headaches as the result. If you've been arrested, it's important to have a lawyer there to help you out of a jam. Without an attorney, you face consequences that turn your life upside down. The many advantages of the criminal defense attorney silver spring by your side make a major difference in the outcome of the case as well as your comfort.
Criminal lawyers are available to represent individuals who've been charged with most any misdemeanor or felony crime, from assault to drug possession to white collar crimes to kidnapping and more. What will you say when it's time to stand before the judge if a lawyer is not there? This only causes frustration and you certainly cannot count on a public defender to provide the anticipated outcome in the case.
When a lawyer represents you in court, the peace of mind that you gain from knowing you have their expertise on the case is second to none. It is comforting to know that a legal expert is there to have your back in this matter. Plus, when it's time to talk to the judge to answer the charges that you face, the lawyer has a great defense planned so you're not standing there in the cold.
Lawyers Work to get your charges thrown out of court. They're successful in doing that in many cases. In cases where this is not possible, rest assured the attorney will fight hard to minimize the consequences that you face. It's always better to hire a lawyer when so much is on the line that involves your life, that of your family, and your overall well-being.


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MSI announces GE70 Apache Pro gaming laptop
MSI has just announced the addition of a new gaming laptop to its GE70 series. Dubbed MSI GE70 Apache Pro, this machine comes equipped with a high-end Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce graphics and a generous 17.3-inch Full HD screen.
These are the main specs of the GE70 Apache Pro:
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4 GHz (upgradeable)
- Memory/Storage: 12 GB DDR3, up to 16 GB DDR3-1600; 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (upgradeable)
- Optical drive: BluRay reader (upgradeable to BluRay writer)
- Display: 17.3-inch Full HD anti-glare with 1,920X1,080 pixels
- Graphics adapter: integrated Intel GMA HD and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M with 2 GB GDDR5
- Audio: Sound Blaster with 4X2W HD speakers
- Camera: HD webcam (capable of 30 fps)
- Connectivity: RJ45 LAN, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, SD card reader, 2XUSB 3.0 and 2XUSB 2.0, HDMI, D-Sub
The MSI GE70 Apache Pro also features a 102-key professional gaming keyboard by SteelSeries, but details on the battery and the operating systems available for it are not public yet. Availability and pricing are yet to be known as well but MSI will probably reveal them soon, so stay tuned for updates.
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Everyone in the world wants a ZX Spectrum. Especially those that don't actually own one yet, care for a boxed specimen, don't want to overspend and would rather pay low worldwide shipping costs. That's why this ZX Spectrum eBay auction seems so sweet. 'ave a look. It even comes with a few tapes to get you started.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Your Sinclair Chance
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Brit glam rock dudes The Darkness return with the sleazy new tune 'Every Inch Of You'.
Since their reunion, The Darkness have been well received in comeback shows in the UK and the US, and are prepping to release their third album Hot Cakes following their Aussie tourdates.
Ed Graham told Noise11: "I think we're hoping that this third album is a return to form and a bit more like [debut] Permission To Land. I don't think anything is going to sound as sparse as Permission To Land because we literally went in and knocked it out in two weeks. We spent a bit more time on this one, but it's definitely more like the first one than the second one."
If you want to sample the a new tune from Hot Cakes, check out the lyric video for 'Every Inch Of You' below. It's probably Not Safe For Work, what with the mild-stripping and the prominently figuring of the word 'cock'.
Hot Cakes will be released on August 17.


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Hawk Analytics is a hi-tech software startup that specializes in big data analysis and geographic mapping solutions. The company's Software-As-A-Service product – CellHawk – is used by local, state & federal law enforcement agencies to analyze data during investigations. The product has a proven track record of helping agencies save time and solve more crimes.
We are actively looking for great people to join us. In particular, we are actively searching for:


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April 03, 2019
Full Episode 3 is now up on our YouTube channel!
Good day, brawlers! The full episode 3 of Bakugan: Battle Planet is now up on our YouTube channel!
When a local burger joint is being threatened by a rogue Bakugan player, Dan steps up to save the day and the burgers! Don't miss this episode of Bakugan Battle Planet! Currently available to US residents only.


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Legendary Japanese trio Boris have added extra single-night headlining dates surrounding their special series of US residency shows in several major markets beginning in late April in addition to Austin Psych Fest on the 27th of that month. The residency tour, billed as "from the past, the present and through to the future" features Boris playing 2 consecutive nights in each city. For the first night, the band will perform its all-time classics along with many new songs never before played in the US. The second night's set features most of Boris' cult classic album Flood along with a noise/drone/experimental set. These additional one-off dates will combine all-time classics with part of Flood and other songs' US debut. Throughout the tour, Boris will once again perform in their classic trio lineup without any support musicians. Please see updated current dates below.
Boris will also sell a limited edition tour-only release available only at the merch table. Watch/share tour video teaser HERE.
Iconoclast trio Boris are widely known for their ability to breach styles and stretch sonic boundaries of all that is heavy, psychedelic, droning and downright cathartic. Their last three albums -- Attention Please, Heavy Rocks and New Album, all released in 2011 via Sargent House -- are perfect testament to the band's vast abilities. Over the span of two decades, the trio, bassist/vocalist Takeshi, guitarist/vocalist Wata and drummer/vocalist Atsuo has issued nearly 20 studio albums, as well as numerous collaborative albums -- including projects with Merzbow, Sunn0))), Ian Astbury and Michio Kurihara of Ghost (who also recently toured with the band as second guitarist) -- EPs and singles on various labels throughout the world.
04/23 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
04/24 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
04/26 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
04/27 Austin, TX @ Carson Creek - Austin Psych Fest
04/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
04/30 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
05/01 Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *
05/02 Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *
05/03 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
05/04 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
05/05 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
05/06 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
05/07 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
05/09 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
05/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
05/11 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
05/12 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
05/13 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater
05/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird
05/18 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
05/19 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
05/22 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
05/23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex *
05/24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex *
* residency shows.
Artist: Boris
Album: New Album
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: December 6th, 2011
01. Flare (MP3)
02. Hope
03. Party Boy
04. Luna
05. Spoon (MP3)
06. Pardon?
07. Jackson Head
08. Les Paul Custom '86
09. Tu, La La
10. Looprider
Artist: Boris
Album: Attention Please
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: May 24th, 2011
01. Attention Please
03. Party Boy
04. See You Next Week
05. Tokyo Wonder Land
06. You
07. Aileron
08. Les Paul Custom '86
09. Spoon
10. Hand in Hand
Artist: Boris
Album: Heavy Rocks
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: May 24th, 2011
02. Leak -Truth, yesnoyesnoyes-
04. Jackson Head
05. Missing Pieces
06. Key
07. Window Shopping
08. Tu, la la
09. Aileron
10. Czechoslovakia
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As someone rightly said,
It is a wise father that knows his own child and I must say Mr. Prithyani Senior is indeed a very smart and loving man. He knows that two very strong temperaments in one house can clash but instead he organised it in such a fashion, that both his son and he can happily meet midway with each having his call at either side of the roof.The living room was designed keeping in mind the comfort and the welcoming ambience that Mr. Prithyani Senior appreciates as he loves to host people and celebrate life! Not to forget an in-built bar and warm lights to create a lounging atmosphere.His son Vishal Prithyani Changwani, with his young, carefree nature likes a cool and laid-back ambience and so given a chance to get a separate room from his sibling, he created a small world of his own. Triple mood lights, clean white lines, minimal yet comfy.