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Paoletti Tessuti
Production of decorated and solid fabrics for leather goods, footwear, furnishing and clothing
The Substance of a Great Company
The history of the Paoletti Tessuti company dates back many years when, in the 1970s, Adolfo Paoletti appeared on the textile market scene.
Since then, the company's journey has been constant and unrelenting: a position that was consolidated over the years until 2000, when the company entered into its second generation with Andrea Paoletti.
Now, Paoletti Tessuti produces textiles, decorated and plain, for the leather goods, footwear, furnishing and clothing sectors.
The range of items spans from the production of customized jacquard linings, interwoven and raffia articles, and solid coloured and designed fabrics in natural fibres such as cotton, linen, wool and their blends with nylon and polyester.
Another service that the company offers is the creation of customized prints starting from the company's fabric resources.
Recently, Paoletti Tessuti has developed a new line of fabrics: the "P.Move" dedicated to the technical and sporting sectors that include "netting" also available in lamé as well as "quilting" in fabric and faux leather.
From threads to textiles: a process that is developed entirely in-house, with a careful design and production schedule, with high quality finishing processes.
Strong points: flexibility, the ability to cater to every client need - the quality/price ratio and the time involved in the design and production of samples as well as a high aesthetic value.
Paoletti Tessuti collaborates with some of the most important international fashion brands, always proposing creativity and innovation, standing out for its service and for the quality of its processes, a sign of a meticulous production completely Made in Italy.


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Katy ISD board weighs legal action in support of embattled superintendent
Nearly two months after a citizen accused the Katy ISD superintendent of bullying him when they were in middle school, setting off a controversy that drew nationwide attention, the district's board will consider whether to hire a lawyer to pursue a legal case in support of Superintendent Lance Hindt.
The board on Thursday night plans to meet in closed session, followed by an open session to consider "engaging special counsel to pursue legal action for defamation on behalf of the superintendent, other school officials and/or staff," according to a meeting notice. The board will also consider an unspecified amendment to Hindt's contract.
Hindt, who was hired to lead the sprawling district west of downtown Houston in August 2016, has denied the bullying allegations while acknowledging that he did "dumb things" as a younger man prior to a religious awakening. But he also lamented in a statement the "evil among us," pushing back against those who "will do anything to destroy someone's good reputation and 27-year career." Trustees have stood behind Hindt, a Katy-area native who previously led the Allen ISD.
But his statements have not satisfied critics, who say bullying is pervasive and tolerated in the district. One critic has used a website to step up criticism of Hindt, going so far as to raise questions about what he says is potential plagiarism in Hindt's doctoral dissertation at the University of Houston. A Katy ISD spokeswoman told a local television station there was "zero truth to this allegation."
The Katy ISD agenda does not specify what allegation sparked talk of a defamation case. District officials would not comment other than to confirm items on the agenda. "We will be discussing both of those items," said Katy ISD spokeswoman Maria DiPetta.
Ashley Vann, president of the Katy ISD board, also said it would be premature to comment.
"Due to the Texas (Open Meetings Act), I am not able to discuss the 'why' before it's even fully presented to the entire board in closed session tomorrow evening," Vann wrote in an email Wednesday to a Houston Chronicle reporter. "Thanks for understanding the gravity of this matter and the laws that bind me in this role of public service."
BACKGROUND: Man levels 3-decades-old bullying charge against Katy ISD's superintendent at public session
Attorney Jonathan Kotler, a constitutional law expert at the University of Southern California, said it is unusual for a governmental body to "bankroll" a personal injury action — such as a defamation case — on behalf of an employee for actions that happened before he or she was hired.
"It's not unusual for public bodies to hire outside counsel to litigate on their behalf when they don't have the expertise to do it. But that is strange," Kotler said during a phone interview.
As a government official, Hindt will face more difficulty proving that he had been defamed than if he were a private citizen, Kotler said.
"Because he's a public official, he's got to prove actual malice," Kotler said. In other words, Hindt's legal team will have to prove not only that the allegations were incorrect but that the accuser knew them to be incorrect or should have known.
"Actual malice is intentional falsehood," Kotler said. "If it's an innocent mistake, it can't be malice — it's not 'reckless disregard'" of the truth.
Hindt generally received high marks as superintendent of the 77,500-student district before the controversy.
Then on March 19, Katy businessman Greg Gay, who has also gone by Greg Barrett, using his mother's maiden name, stepped up to the microphone during a public forum at a Katy ISD board meeting and accused Hindt of tormenting him more than three decades earlier when both were students at West Memorial Junior High School. He said he was taunted because of his legal last name, and said that Hindt had shoved his head into a boys room urinal. Gay said he contemplated suicide after the incident.
"Lance, you were the one that shoved my head in the urinal," he told the 53-year-old educator.
Some thought Hindt seemed to laugh it off, but he later attributed his reaction to being shocked and said he was not intending to be dismissive of Gay's remarks. The following day, he issued a statement saying he didn't remember his middle school classmate and that the claim "simply isn't true."
Gay produced a possible witness, Katy businessman Chris Dolan, who backed up elements of his account and concurred that Hindt was a "bully" in middle and high school. A circuit court judge in Alabama later waded into the controversy, telling news outlets that he recalled Hindt as a "vicious bully"when they both attended Taylor High School, where Hindt played varsity football.
RELATED: Katy community under spotlight after superintendent accused of bullying
After a video of Gay's remarks went viral, Hindt struck an apologetic yet defiant tone in an April 2 letter to Katy ISD employees. He did not discuss the specific allegations, but apologized for the "negative attention brought against our school district and town."
"When I was young and dumb — I did dumb things," he wrote. He closed by asking employees, "I trust that you will judge me based upon who I am today, not the allegations of more than 30+ years ago."
The letter didn't put the matter to rest, as competing Change.org petitions emerged on whether Hindt should be fired from his job, which paid a base salary of $375,000 a year at the time of his hiring.
A former Katy ISD student started a Change.org petition calling for Hindt's firing, referencing a now-dismissed 1983 civil lawsuit alleging that an 18-year-old Hindt severely beat a man in a traffic incident. More than 5,800 people had signed that petition as of Wednesday. A competing petition voicing support for Hindt and purporting to represent "the silent majority" received more than 2,200 signatures.
Sean Dolan, a Katy ISD parent not related to Chris Dolan, has had an ongoing dispute with Hindt and the school board over questions of bullying within Katy ISD. On his website, abetterlegacy.com, Dolan raised questions about Hindt's 2012 doctoral dissertation at the University of Houston, saying it was "remarkably similar" to one published four years earlier by a Ph.D. student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
A UH spokesman said this week that the university has policies and procedures in place to ensure academic integrity and address allegations of academic misconduct. But in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, he said, "UH cannot comment on allegations made about a specific student."
On Tuesday, Sean Dolan said he doubted he was the "intended target" of any proposed defamation lawsuit.
"I'm not personally aware of any evidence of defamation against Lance Hindt, so I don't have much to say about it," Dolan said.
Although he said he hadn't been told that he was a target, Dolan still believes the threat of a lawsuit is meant to intimidate vocal critics of the Katy ISD.
"It is an unconscionable tactic of a bully to even threaten a frivolous lawsuit against a citizen who is expressing their First Amendment rights. It's un-American," Dolan said.
RELATED: Katy superintendent wants to talk with former classmate who accused him of bullying
Greg Gay also was shocked when he heard the district was considering hiring an outside lawyer to file a defamation lawsuit. He couldn't believe that even a comparably wealthy district like Katy ISD would make such an expensive choice.
"They're going to waste taxpayers' money. (They should instead) use the money to give the teachers a raise," he said Tuesday.
Gay also didn't know whether he would be a target of the lawsuit. He said the district had not contacted him at all. Last month, a Hindt spokesperson said that the superintendent was interested in having a dialogue with Gay.
"I'm the one the whole time who has been saying, 'I don't want Lance (Hindt) to lose his job.' I want him to fix the problem," Gay said.
He said the district is about to get into another "PR nightmare" if officials decide to go to court.
Said Gay, "It just started quieting down."
The Katy ISD board of trustees has strongly backed Hindt since the allegations against him were first raised. In a message to the public, Vann said the district fully vetted Hindt when they hired him in 2016.
"His strong leadership and fulfillment of our vision since then has affirmed our decision," Vann said in a March 26 statement. "We stand united with Dr. Hindt today."
Brooke Lewis contributed to this report.
Brooke Lewis contributed to this report.


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Translation Studies
Routledge, 17 oct. 2013 - 190 pages
In the late 1970s a new academic discipline was born: Translation Studies. We could not read literature in translation, it was argued, without asking ourselves if linguistic and cultural phenomena really were 'translatable' and exploring in some depth the concept of 'equivalence'. When Susan Bassnett's Translation Studies appeared in the New Accents series, it quickly became the one introduction every student and interested reader had to own. Susan Bassnett tackles the crucial problems of translation and offers a history of translation theory, beginning with the ancient Romans and encompassing key twentieth-century structuralist work. She then explores specific problems of literary translation through a close, practical analysis of texts. The 4th edition remains essential reading for anyone new to the field and has been updated to include the following: A new preface detailing developments in the field, engaging with such issues as translation and globalization and extend discussion beyond literary texts to news, film and mass media. A significantly updated chapter 1, expanded to include sections on important areas such as: The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies Translation and Power Postcolonial translation Skopos theory Translation and new technology The 'Translational Turn' An updated chapter 2, expanded to include discussion of the latter part of the twentieth century, as well as translation studies in the Chinese and Indian contexts. A revised chapter 3, with an expanded section on translating for the theatre. An updated and expanded bibliography
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Pleated Skirt // eBay
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I'm going to apologise now for the amount of outfits I post wearing this skirt! It's my favourite ever, and it literally looks good with most things so I just wear it too much! I love the contrast between the white pleated skirt and the dark, gothic(ish) shirt. The top is another of the items I received from Lovely Wholesale, and I just love it because it suits my current style perfectly. I'm also wearing my trusty old platform boots from Topshop; they are just so comfortable and I'm really tempted to get a replacement pair as I have worn the inner sole out because I wear them so often!
I'm off to work now, and I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
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Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read list
Meme hosted by: The Broke and Bookish
1.The Fall
This book has been on my shelf for awhile. It seems really spooky, so it fits in with the fall/halloween kind of thing.
3.Etiquette & Espionage
This is a book I will be reviewing. It is based in a finishing school, but with a twist. It seemed like a good Fall read.
4.Gone Girl
I have been wanting to read this book for awhile, but everytime I see the trailer, it makes that urge even stronger. I plan to read this soon, because I will read it before I see the movie.
5.Anna Dressed in Blood
This is another horror type book. Another book that it seems like EVERYONE else has read, but me. I am actually currently reading this.
6.Burn for Burn
This book sounds interesting. I have mixed feeling for Jenny Han, because The Summer I Turned Pretty really annoyed me, but To All The Boys I Loved Before was amazing. So I will see if this one can take me off the fence about her.
I haven't heard anything about this book, but it sounds awesome.
8.The Turning
This has a feel a lot like Ten by Gretchen McNeil.
9.The Madness Underneath
This is the second book in the Shades of London series. I liked the first one and I do look forward to getting started on this one.


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Weekend Headlines
- Merkel: EU Must Move Toward Closer Union. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it's time to move toward closer political union in Europe to send a message to bondholders that euro-area leaders are serious about ending the sovereign debt crisis. Speaking on the eve of her Christian Democratic Union party's annual congress in the eastern German city of Leipzig, Merkel said that she wants to preserve the euro with all current 17 members. "But that requires a fundamental change in our whole policy," she said. "I believe this is important for those who buy government bonds: that we make it clear that we want more Europe step by step, that is that the European Union, and the euro area in particular, grows together," Merkel said in an interview with ZDF television late yesterday. "Otherwise people won't believe that we can really get a handle on the problems." Merkel will address her party at about 11 a.m. today after weeks of crisis fighting during which she raised the prospect of ejecting Greece from the euro and joined with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call on Italy to hold to its budget pledges. After leadership changes in Italy and Greece, the chancellor is turning her attention to shaping the euro and EU's future.
- Mario Monti to Lead New Italy Government. Former European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti will head a new government as Italy reaches outside the political arena for a leader to restore confidence in its ability to cut the euro region's second- biggest debt. President Giorgio Napolitano offered Monti, 68, the post last night in Rome, less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned. Berlusconi's government unraveled after defections ended his parliamentary majority and the country's 10-year bond yield surged over the 7 percent threshold that prompted Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek EU bailouts. "In a particularly difficult moment for Italy, in a very turbulent European and international landscape, the country must prevail in the challenge of redemption," Monti said last night after meeting Napolitano in Rome. "Italy must once again be an element of strength, not of weakness, in the European Union, which we helped found and in which we must be protagonists."
- Germany Deems Greek Exit Positive for Euro Zone, Spiegel Says. The German government assumes that the consequences of an exit of Greece from the euro area can strengthen the single-currency region in the long term, Spiegel magazine reported, without saying where it got the information. Lawmakers are preparing for Greece's departure from the common currency in case the debt-strapped country's new government doesn't commit to carry forward reforms that have already been agreed to, the magazine said. In the government's baseline scenario, the euro region would become more stable after initial turbulence, while in a very-worst-case scenario, Greece would suffer from increasing debt and recession for decades, Spiegel said.
- Spain Risks Italy's Fate as Euro Flirts With Abyss: Euro Credit. Spain risks seeing its borrowing costs rise closer to those of Italy as ECB buying fails to cap yields and slowing growth threatens to make its deficit-reduction targets unachievable. The gap between 10-year Spanish and Italian yields rose to more than 150 basis points early last week as Spain's borrowing costs held below 6%, while investors drove Italy's to a euro-era record of more than 7.48%. Since Nov. 9, the spread has narrowed to about 60 basis points, with Italian securities rallying to yield 6.5% and Spain paying 5.9%, up from as low as 5% five weeks ago. "There's a high probability of Spain following Italy," said Phyllis Reed, head of fixed-income research at Kleinwort Benson Bank in London. "In the very short term, the trigger is just the fact that we're getting close to the edge of the abyss with the euro."
- Prodi Calls for EU-Treaty Change to Allow Euro Exit, Focus Says. Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said European Union treaties must be changed to allow a member country to exit the 17-nation euro region, Germany's Focus magazine reported, citing an interview. "Nobody has an interest in a collapse of the euro zone," Prodi told Focus. "But in the long term, we need more cooperation in Europe. That requires two things: an end of the principle of unanimity and a potential way out of the union," he was quoted as saying.
- Europe's Banks Should Keep Dumping Italian Bonds, Clausen Says. Europe's banks need to keep dumping Italian bonds and other assets tainted by the region's debt woes to avoid being sucked into the epicenter of the crisis, said Christian Clausen, president of the European Banking Federation. "The banks are doing exactly what they should be doing: they are reducing their risk toward this event. We can see that clearly as now Italian bonds are being sold off," Clausen, who is also the chief executive officer of Nordea Bank AB, said in an interview in Stockholm.
- German Lawmakers Study Reducing Solar Subsidies, Focus Reports. Germany's coalition government is considering a reduction of solar subsidies, Focus magazine reported, without saying where it got the information. The economy and environment ministries are investigating ways to limit the construction of solar collectors to 1,000 megawatts a year, Focus said. Power generation from newly installed sun panels declined to 5,200 megawatts last year from 7,800 megawatts in 2009, according to the magazine.
- Hungary May Be Pushed to Junk Grade This Month on S&P Move. Hungary's sovereign credit grade may be cut to junk this month after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed the country's lowest investment grade on "CreditWatch with negative implications." S&P is likely to make a decision this month on Hungary's credit grade, currently at BBB-, the rating company said in a statement today. Fitch Ratings yesterday cut the outlook on Hungary's lowest investment grade to negative from stable, joining S&P and Moody's Investors Service. Hungary's "unpredictable" policies, including the dismantling of checks on policies, levying of extraordinary industry taxes and forcing lenders to swallow exchange-rate losses on loans, are harming investment and growth at a time when the economic environment is deteriorating, S&P said. "A more unpredictable policy environment, stemming from a weakening of oversight institutions and some budgetary revenue decisions, will have a negative effect on economic growth and government finances," S&P said. "Downside risks to Hungary's creditworthiness are increasing as the external financial and economic environment is weakening."
- Buybacks Surging to Four-Year High With S&P Valuations 15% Lower. U.S. companies are buying back the most stock in four years, taking advantage of record-high cash levels and low interest rates to purchase equities at valuations 15 percent cheaper than when the credit crisis began. Corporations have authorized more than $453 billion in repurchases this year, putting 2011 on track for the third- highest annual total behind 2006 and 2007, data compiled by Birinyi Associates Inc. show. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought shares for the first time, and Amgen Inc. sold debt to fund its buyback. U.S. companies spent 70 percent more on their stock last quarter than a year ago, according to financial filings as of Nov. 11. Market bulls say the rise shows executives are confident the U.S. economy will avoid a recession. While the Standard & Poor's 500 Index peaked the last time buybacks were this high, companies in the gauge are generating three times as much cash, price-earnings ratios are lower and 10-year Treasury yields are around 2 percent, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bears say the increase means companies lack better uses for capital.
- Former Obama Adviser Predicted Solyndra Furor, Sought Chu Ouster. A former campaign adviser to President Barack Obama urged that Energy Secretary Steven Chu be replaced and warned of Republican attacks over "inside" deals including Solyndra LLC that went to Obama supporters. In a February e-mail circulated among administration officials, Dan Carol, who was an issues adviser in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, wrote that Obama's clean-energy agenda was stalled because of ineffective management.
- Obama Told Hu U.S. Is 'Impatient' With China, White House Official Says. President Barack Obama told Chinese President Hu Jintao today that the U.S. public and businesses are growing "increasingly impatient and frustrated" with the pace of progress in relations between the two nations, a White House official said. Obama "made it very clear" that the U.S. wants to see greater cooperation from China on trade, currency and protecting intellectual property rights, Michael Froman, White House deputy national security adviser, told reporters.
- Euro Risks Hit Banks. Questions About Hedges Fester as Firms Detail Exposure. Mounting concerns over the euro-zone crisis are prompting some of the world's largest banks, including U.S. banks, to release more information about their exposure. Even so, the flow of new data has so far failed to put worries to rest, partly because of investor doubts about how well banks' hedging strategies might work in the event of a euro-zone financial shock. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., in regulatory filings this month, published tables detailing their exposures to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain—figures they didn't include in previous quarterly filings.
- SEC Targets Derivatives Use. The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing new limits and disclosure requirements on the use of derivatives in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, and the fund industry is pushing back. Investment companies, including Vanguard Group, T. Rowe Price Group, State Street Global Advisors, and industry groups this past week submitted formal comments to the SEC in response to a request from the agency. Many of the firms defended the use of derivatives as necessary tools to manage risk in their funds, though some are amenable to broader disclosure. Vanguard executives, for example, wrote that the company's funds use derivatives to "achieve a number of benefits for our investors including hedging portfolio risk, lowering transaction costs, and achieving more favorable execution compared to traditional investments."
- Cities Hit as Funds From Bonds Pay Other Bills. Cities and states across the country are using money designated for specific purposes—such as fixing roads or sewers—in order to fill financial holes elsewhere, according to public officials and records. The moves are exposing municipalities to controversy, as federal regulators and local auditors are more heavily scrutinizing their finances to protect bond buyers and taxpayers.
- Obama's Oil Abdication. Cuba, Mexico, the Bahamas, Canada and Russia are all moving ahead on projects adjacent to our borders.
- JPMorgan's(JPM) Huge Call: Italy Will Need The IMF, And A 'Big Bang' Economic Shock.
- A Brilliant Overview Of Where The Markets And The Economy Are Right Now.
- John Taylor On The Coming 'Cold And Hungary Winter In Athens' And The Inevitable Failure Of The Euro.
- Obama's Health Care Taxes Just Cost A Bunch Of Jobs At Stryker(SYK). Obama's Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 was paid for (in part) with an excise tax on implanted medical devices. The 2.3% excise tax goes into effect in 2013. It's already causing some of those "unintended consequences" that we keep hearing about:
- Here's One Example Of Regulations Killing A Small Business.
- Before Monday Comes, You Must Read This Interview With The Head Of The Bundesbank.
- Gingrich Shines, While Romney Plays It Safe On Foreign Policy.
- Obama To Super Committee: Get It Done, But I'm Outta Here. The president has largely steered clear of the committee since putting forward his recommendations to the committee in September — and he will be out of Washington for the next week and a half as he heads to Hawai'i, Australia, and Indonesia. The underlying strategy is simple — if an agreement can't be had, Obama wants to be far removed enough from the process to blame Congress for its failures.
- Sovereign CDS, EFSF, And The IIF. We earlier discussed the desperate actions that occurred surrounding the EFSF self-aggrandizement this week and Peter Tchir, of TF Market Advisors, notes that the whole situation was bizarre and is becoming more and more Enronesque every day.
- Congressional Insider Trading Gone Wild. Back in May we penned, "Why A Hedge Fund Comprised Of Junior Congressional Democrats Should Outperform The Market By 9%" in which the simple conclusion was that insider trading is not only rampant in Congress, but completely unregulated, as it is perfectly legal for Congressional staffers to trade at their leisure on inside information.
- Occupy Wall Street Costs Local Businesses $479,400! It makes no cents. The Occupy Wall Street movement has cost surrounding businesses $479,400 so far, store owners said. A Post survey of a dozen restaurants, jewelry shops, beauty salons, a chain store and mom-and-pop establishments tallied almost a half-million dollars lost in the 53 days since the Zuccotti Park siege began on Sept. 17.
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- 'Cash for Clunkers' A Lemon, Studies Say. The $3 billion "Cash forClunkers" program that tried to boost the economy and improve air quality by encouraging motorists to replace older gas guzzlers with new fuel-efficient cars was an expensive fiasco that drove up the price of used cars and failed to boost sales, according to a pair of new studies. "Hundreds of thousands of clunkers were removed from the market and that caused used car prices to surge dramatically," said Paul Bachman, research director at the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University who studied the give-away. "That hurt consumers, especially young and low-income people who typically buy older vehicles." Launched in July of 2009 by the Obama administration to help the auto industry and the environment, "Cash for Clunkers" offered consumers up to $4,500 to trade in old cars for new fuel-efficient ones.
- Made positive comments on (GLW), (DRI) and (KFN).
- Made negative comments on (VMC).
- Asian indices are +.25% to +2.0% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 190.50 -14.0 basis points.
- Asia Pacific Sovereign CDS Index 151.25 -.5 basis point.
- FTSE-100 futures +.34%.
- S&P 500 futures +.41%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.29%.
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- The Italy 5-year Bond Sale, Barclays Automotive Conference, BofA Merrill Energy Conference, (RAI) Investor Day and the (BK) Investor Day could also impact trading today.


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Heating Assistance: Ninth District Opportunity
Monday, April 10, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
Contact Ninth District Opportunity: 706-782-3704.
Ninth District Opportunity's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program assists qualifying households with a one-time payment of up to $350 to their primary heating vendor.
An appointment is required. Schedule your appointment by calling 855-636-3108 or visiting www.ndo.org/eap.
Please direct all questions about Heating Assistance to the Ninth District Opportunity office.


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Children's Programs
View our online event calendar to see all children's programs
The following recurring programs are offered at the Fauquier County Public Library for children. Advance registration for Warrenton story times is required. Click on the program titles below for dates/times.
Baby Steps Story Time
Infants up to 15 months and parent or caregivers.
Half Pints Story Time
Children 13 – 24 months accompanied by a parent or caregiver.
2's & 3's Together Story Time (formerly Toddler Story Time)
Children 2 – 3 years accompanied by parent or caregiver.
Preschool Story Time
Preschoolers and rising kindergartners. Parents and caregivers must remain in children's area during story time.
Check back for registration information for Story Times at the Warrenton central library.
Baby Steps, Mondays, 10:30 a.m.
Half Pints, Tuesdays, 10 am
Half Pints, Tuesdays, 11 am
2s & 3s Together, Wednesdays, 10 am
2s & 3s Together, Wednesdays, 11 am
Preschool, Thursdays, 10:30 am
Please note, walk-in attendees may be accepted 5 minutes after the start of story time, space permitting.
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HOW TO: Addiction Recovery
You may think addiction recovery happens once you stop using your drug(s) of choice; no, sadly, that is not recovery in the true sense of the word.
You recover when you create a new life that does not include using. If you dont create a totally new life for yourself, then all the factors that brought you to your addiction will no matter how hard you try will eventually catch up with you again.
That doesnt mean you have to change everything in your life. But there are a few things and behaviors that have been getting you into trouble, and they will continue to get you into trouble until you let them go. The more you try to hold onto your old life in recovery, the less well you will do. Bottom line, your success depends on changing these behaviors like your life depends on it and it does.
Here are the three most common things that people need to change in order to achieve recovery.
1. Avoid High-Risk Situations
Some common high-risk situations are described by the acronym, HALT:
Most people find that, by the end of a long day, that is when they are the weakest. Your strongest cravings usually occur during that time. Why is that? Youre probably hungry because you havent eaten well. You may be angry because you had a rough day at work. Maybe your commute was frustrating. You may feel lonely because youre isolated not necessarily because youre alone. Youre tired. No wonder those cravings kick in around that time!
High-risk situations could also be generated by people, places, and things. People, meaning, the people who are associated with your using, or people youre fighting with, or party with, or even people who encourage you to use either directly or indirectly. Places, meaning, where you get your drugs or alcohol, and where you use. Things, meaning, things that remind you of your using.
Can you avoid all these high-risk situations? Of course not! But if you're aware of them, they won't catch you off guard, and you can prevent little craving from turning into major urges.
Take better care of yourself. Eat a healthier lunch so you're not as hungry at the end of the day. Join a 12 step group so that you don't feel isolated. Learn how to relax so that you can let go of your anger and resentments. Develop better sleep habits so that you're less tired.
Avoid your drinking friends, your favorite bar, and having alcohol in the house. Avoid people who you used cocaine with, driving by your dealer's neighborhood, and cocaine paraphernalia. Recovery isn't about one big change. It's about lots of little changes. Avoiding those high-risk situations helps you create a new life where it's easier to not use.
Make a list of your high-risk situations. Addiction is sneaky. Sometimes you won't see your high-risk situations until you're right in the middle of one. That's why it's important that you learn to look for them. Make a list of your high-risk situations and keep it with you. Go over the list with someone in recovery so that you can spot any situations that you might have missed. Make the list and keep it with you. Some day that list may save your life.
2. Learn to Relax
There are only a few reasons why people use drugs and alcohol. They use to escape, relax, and reward themselves. In other words, people use drugs and alcohol to relieve tension.
The first rule of recovery is that you must change your life. What do you need to change? If you understood the previous paragraph, then you need to change the way you relieve tension. Everyone needs to escape, relax, and reward themselves. Those are essential coping skills for a happy life. But addicts don't know how to do those things without using.
If you manage to stop using for a while, but don't learn how to relax, your tension will build until you'll have to relapse just to escape again. Tension and the inability to relax are the most common causes of relapse.
Learning to relax will help. Relaxation changes lives. There is only one reason why people don't relax because they think they're too busy to relax. It goes something like this, "I know it makes sense, but I've got so many other things I have to do."
Ask yourself how much time you spend on your addiction. If you add up all the time it takes to get your drug, use it, deal with its consequences, and plan your next relapse, you'll realize that relaxing for twenty to forty minutes a day is a bargain.
Relaxation is not an optional part of recovery. It's essential to recovery. There are many ways to relax. They range from simple techniques like going for a walk, to more structured techniques like meditation.
Meditation is an important part of that mix because the simple techniques don't always work. If you're under a lot of stress, you may need something more reliable like meditation. Use any of these techniques, or any combination. But do something every day to relax, escape, reward yourself, and turn off the chatter in your mind.
Numerous studies have proven that relaxation reduces the use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana.
3. Be Honest
An addiction requires lying. You have to lie about getting your drug, using it, hiding its consequences, and planning your next relapse. An addiction is full of lying. By the time you've developed an addiction, lying comes easily to you. After a while you get so good at lying that you end up lying to yourself. That's why addicts don't know who they are or what they believe in.
The other problem with lying is that you can't like yourself when you lie. You can't look yourself in the mirror. Lying entraps you in your addiction. The more you lie, the less you like yourself, which makes you want to escape, which leads to more using and more lying.
Nothing changes, if nothing changes. Ask yourself this: will more lying, more isolating, and more of the same make you feel better? The expression in AA is nothing changes if nothing changes. If you don't change your life, then why would this time be any different? You need to create a new life where it's easier to not use.
Recovery requires complete honesty. You must be one-hundred percent completely honest with the people who are your supports: your family, your doctor, your therapist, the people in your 12 step group, and your sponsor. If you can't be completely honest with them, you won't do well in recovery.
When you're completely honest you don't give your addiction room to hide. When you lie you leave the door open to relapse.
One mistake people make in the early stages of recovery is they think that honesty means being honest about other people. They think they should share what's "wrong" with other people. But recovery isn't about fixing other people. It's about fixing yourself.
Stick with your own recovery. Focusing on what you don't like about others is easy because it deflects attention from yourself.
Honesty won't come naturally in the beginning. You've spent so much time learning how to lie that telling the truth, no matter how good it is for you, won't feel natural.
You'll have to practice telling the truth a few hundred times before it comes a little easier. In the beginning, you'll have to stop yourself as you're telling a story, and say, "now that I think about it, it was more like this..."
Show common sense. Not everybody is your best friend. And not everybody will be glad to know that you have an addiction or that you're doing something about it.
There may be some people who you don't want to tell about your recovery. But don't be reluctant to tell the people close to you about your recovery. You should never feel ashamed that you're doing something about your addiction.
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Changing Your Life
Your addiction has given you the opportunity to change your life. Changing your life is what makes recovery both difficult and rewarding. Recovery is difficult because you have to change your life, and all change is difficult, even good change. Recovery is rewarding because you get the chance to change your life.
Most people sleepwalk through life. They don't think about who they are or what they want to be, and then one day they wake up and wonder why they aren't happy.
If you use this opportunity for change, you'll look back and think of your addiction as one of the best things that ever happened to you. People in recovery often describe themselves as grateful addicts.
Why would someone be grateful to have an addiction? Because their addiction helped them find an inner peace and tranquility that most people crave. Recovery can help you change your life.
After 5 years of abstinence relapse is rare.
A study followed 268 Harvard University undergraduates, and 456 non-delinquent inner-city adolescents. The men were followed every two years by questionnaire, and every 5 years by physical examination. At some point during their lives, 55 (21%) of the college men and 150 (33%) of the inner-city men met the criteria for alcohol addiction. The study concluded that after 5 years of abstinence relapse is rare.
Here's more information: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery
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Arquillian Warp 1.0.0.Alpha2 Released
Since we wrote this post we didn't laze around. Check our latest announcement.
The Arquillian team is proud to announce the 1.0.0.Alpha2 release of the Arquillian Warp component!
It has been a pretty long road from Alpha1 to this release, focused primarily on polishing the user experience.
So without any further ado, let's look at the new shiny features!
Highlighted Features
- Renaming Warp API methods
The API methods were renamed according to the results of our public survey. (read more)
In the simplest scenario you want to inspect the first request after performing a given client activity. For this purpose, you can use a basic Warp API known from Alpha1:
This will intercept the first request coming from the client and ignore the rest of the potential requests.
Additionally, Warp will ignore requests for favicon.ico which could fail your test unexpectadly.
You can find more samples for this API in a source .
- Anonymous and Inner Classes
It's now much easier to define a verification code, which is also more readable.
In Alpha1, you had to use a top-level or a static inner classes to define inspections.
In Alpha2, you can provide non-static inner class or even anonymous class.
Warp // first you need to initiate activity which triggers HTTP request .initiate(new Activity() { public void perform() { ajaxButton.click(); } })
// and then specify what behavior should be inspected on the server .inspect(new Inspection() {
// don't forget to specify serialVerionUID to allow serialization private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
// bring JSF context via dependency injection @ArquillianResource FacesContext facesContext;
// verify expected behavior in given request phase @AfterPhase(RESTORE_VIEW) public void beforeServlet() { assertTrue(facesContext.isPostback()); } });
This example showed how to use the new API together with anonymous inspections
- Multiple Requests / Request Groups
It is possible to intercept several requests during one Warp execution.
Warp allows you to verify more than one request triggered by a single client activity. This allows you to verify e.g. a request for HTML page and all its resources (JS, CSS, images) separately. This feature is called Request Groups.
// Request Group execution will return WarpResult WarpResult result = Warp .initiate(Activity) // a group specification without name - the name will be generated .group() .observe(HttpRequestFilter) .inspect(Inspection1) // a named group specification - the result can be easily accessed .group("second") .observe(HttpRequestFilter) .inspect(Inspection2) // you need to execute whole Request Group once it is completely specified .execute();
// you can access details of finished execution result.getGroup("second").getInspection();
The Request Groups execution returns a
WarpResult which contains details about the finished execution. In order to access the results related to a specific group, you can give the group a name
- Request Observers & Fluent API
The new API for observing the correct request allows you to select which request should be verified on a server.
When using Request Groups, all of the requests will be inspected by the inspections defined in that group. There might be one or more requests verified by each group.
Since multiple request can be triggered, you might want to choose the correct request to observe. For this purpose, we have the
HttpRequestFilter interface, where you specify which
HttpRequest should matches the current group.
import static org.jboss.arquillian.warp.client.filter.http.HttpFilters.request;
// will accept only requests for HTML ...group() .observe(request().uri().contains(".html"))
// will accept only REST requests for JSON ...group() .observe(request().header().containsValue("Accept", "application/json"))
// will accept only POST requests ...group() .observe(request().method().equal(POST))
In order to simplify writing the Warp specifications, you can define the observer using a fluent API and static factory methods.
- Dependency Injection for Servlets and JSF
Test enrichers now allow the the injection of Servlet and JSF resources. (read more)
- Renaming Phaser to Warp JSF
The JSF specific extension was renamed from Phaser to Warp JSF. (read more)
- Introduction of Dependency Chain
The dependency chain was introduced to bring in all necessary dependencies by specifying just one dependency. (read more)
- Warp Extensions for REST and Spring MVC
Thanks to Jakub Narloch, we have two new additions to Arquillian Galaxy. (read more)
Under the Hood
- Usability and Debugging Improvements
A focus of Alpha2 was to polishing the way Warp behave in case of failures and on debuggability of Warp execution.
- Validation of Warp Specification
Warp now validates that the number of observed requests match a number of expected requests. It also makes sure that all of defined lifecycle callbacks are executed on the server, to avoid any false positives.
As you can see there are many of new features, so let's look at them separately:
Renaming Warp API
After Alpha1 we got several requests for clarifying the Warp high-level API:
The announced survey helped us choose the new API. As a result, 88% of participants reported they found this new API more natural:
Big thanks to everyone who participated in the survey! This type of collaboration makes me really proud to be part of the team.
Warp Extensions: REST and Spring MVC
Warp was from the beginning built as a project that focused on any framework/technology that is based on top of the Servlet API.
Thus it's not surprising that there are already two extensions shaping out thanks to Jakub Narloch:
Introduction of Dependency Chain
Putting Warp to work in your Maven project is now as easy as defining a single dependency:
This declaration will bring Warp core, which supports Servlet API lifecycle callbacks.
Renaming Phaser to Warp JSF
Initially we had created Phaser as the next generation of the successful JSFUnit. It occured to use that Phaser is an unfortunate name and it just makes it harded to understand the Arquillian eco-system.
That's why we have come up with a simpler variant – so let me introduce the Warp JSF extension.
You can bring Warp JSF to your project just by adding the following declaration:
Dependency Injection for Servlets and JSF
After the announcement of the Alpha1 release, we focused on improving Warp to come closer to the Arquillian goal: bring all necessary dependencies to the test (in our case to inspection).
Now, you can not only inject all CDI managed beans (
@Inject), EJB beans (
@EJB) or container managed resources
@Resource, but you can also inject the following resources:
- Servlet resources
- JSF resources
Migration from Alpha1
We've create a little bash script to convert the java source from Alpha1 API to Alpha2 that might help you with the upgrade.
How to Learn Warp?
The best way now is to look at functional tests for Warp or Warp JSF.
The roadmap to Beta1 is pretty clear:
- documentation and guides
- adding features known from SeamTest and JSFUnit
- new injections and event hooks (e.g. improved CDI integration)
- hardering and usability enhancements (here we rely on your issue reports!)
Along the way we will welcome every idea for integrating Warp with your favorite web framework – so don't be a stranger and come to us!
What is Arquillian?
Arquillian is open source software that empowers you to test JVM-based applications more effectively. Created to defend the software galaxy from bugs, Arquillian brings your test to the runtime so you can focus on testing your application's behavior rather than managing the runtime. Using Arquillian, you can develop a comprehensive suite of tests from the convenience of your IDE and run them in any IDE, build tool or continuous integration environment.
Release details
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|1.0.0.Alpha2 view tag
|Release date
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|Lukas Fryc
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Published artifacts org.jboss.arquillian.extension
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension » arquillian-warp-bom pom
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension » arquillian-warp-api jar javadoc pom
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension » arquillian-warp-spi jar javadoc pom
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension » arquillian-warp-impl jar javadoc pom
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension » arquillian-warp-jsf jar javadoc pom
Release notes and resolved issues 35
Renaming API methods according to survey; Anonymous/Inner Class; Request Observers/Filters
- Component Upgrade
- Enhancement
- ARQ-979 - Exposed BeforeServlet and AfterServlet events to SPI
- ARQ-980 - Make ServletRequest an injectable resource
- ARQ-981 - Move BeforeServlet and AfterServlet events to SPI
- ARQ-1060 - Fail to start a Warp test when @Deployment(testable=false) and when no @RunAsClient present
- ARQ-1120 - Warp: safe propagation server-side failures to client-side
- ARQ-1223 - Warp JSF: refactor PhaseLifecycleEvent to expose name of the event when debugging
- ARQ-1224 - Warp: expose RequestContext and RequestScope to SPI
- ARQ-1236 - Warp: filter favicon.ico requests by default
- ARQ-1246 - Warp: single execution should observe only first request
- Feature Request
- ARQ-932 - Warp: support for inner/anonymous classes
- ARQ-937 - Add usage examples to API/SPI classes
- ARQ-964 - Verify that all tests in ServerAssertion has been called - prevents false negatives
- ARQ-965 - Warp: Enable common JSF objects (FacesContext, Application) to be injected using @ArquillianResource
- ARQ-967 - Warp: client-side filters for waiting for "right" request or enriching several requests
- ARQ-1056 - Warp: Enable common JSF objects (FacesContext, Application) to be injected using @Inject
- ARQ-1057 - Warp: Resource provider for HttpServletRequest/HttpServletResponse
- ARQ-1061 - Debug output from Warp when Arquillian logging enabled
- ARQ-1073 - Warp: buffering writer/stream re-initializes on each getWriter/getOutputStream call
- ARQ-1204 - Builder for Warp filters.
- Bug
- ARQ-972 - Warp tests should be excluded from scanning by CDI container
- ARQ-973 - Warp: if primitive field in ServerAssertion is changed during test, it is wrongly changed to initial value on deenrichment
- ARQ-976 - The exceptions that occurrs in @AfterServlet test is not being propagated back to the client.
- ARQ-982 - Response header size exceeded in Warp test.
- ARQ-992 - Warp does not support request redirection.
- ARQ-1063 - Warp: when both ServerAssertion and ClientAction fails, server error should be reported
- ARQ-1163 - Warp: response is not properly commited
- ARQ-1174 - Warp: DeploymentEnricher should check whether current TestClass is annotated with WarpTest
- ARQ-1195 - Warp: do not remove static inner classes from deployment
- ARQ-1197 - Warp: report that serialVersionUID was not set for Inspection
- ARQ-1254 - Warp: RequestPayload decides whether transform class for all inspections instead of each inspection at own
- Task
Thanks to the following list of contributors: Lukas Fryc, Jakub Narloch, Martin Kouba, Brian Leathem, Aslak Knutsen


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This is the very area overlooked by most mainstream art museums. With the exhibitions, publications, and scholarship that the LMNA is likely to bring to the table, they can do much to elevate the art of popular culture, and to change the way the history of art in the twentieth century is taught and understood.
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9 August 2012
Malaysian applicants are welcome to apply Yayasan Tenaga Nasional scholarships to study specific fields at degree level at local public universities (IPTA) for this coming September 2012 intake.
Fields of Studies
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- Active in co-curriculum activities
- Good personality and strong leadership skill
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The idea of cold, creamy yogurt swirled in a cup and topped with tasty treats calls to mind "fro-yo," that syrupy-sweet, soft-serve-like-substance of days of yore. That is deeply unfortunate.
Because the offerings at Karmic Yogurt, a new frozen-yogurt shop in Shadyside, far surpass any of that well-known swirly confection. The yogurt here has a totally different taste -- tart is the word -- and it's not to be mistaken for fro-yo, or to be missed.
"There are still a lot of people expecting soft-serve," says Karmic owner Matthew Yang. But what he's serving is real, high-quality yogurt that, when frozen, is wonderfully cold and refreshing.
It comes in only two flavors -- regular and matcha, or green tea. But like the more traditional frozen yogurts, it can be topped with anything from fresh fruit to Lucky Charms. Choose a flavor, and then pick up to three toppings.
A small matcha with graham crackers took the edge off a sweltering afternoon beautifully. The texture of the yogurt was smooth and thick, and it didn't induce the dairy coma that sugary ice cream sometimes brings. It was light, satisfying and, frankly, pretty energizing. The delicate green-tea flavor was a lovely counterpoint to the tart yogurt. This was miles from a kiddie-cone, drippy-sweet soft-serve.
The tart-yogurt trend, explains Yang, began in South Korea. It was introduced to Los Angeles by the Pinkberry chain. Tart-yogurt venues have since sprung up in New York and Washington, D.C. "I wanted to bring it here so people in Pittsburgh can have it," says Yang, a consultant-turned-entrepreneur.
He buys the high-quality yogurt from a supplier in Oregon. It's never powdered, and it's full of active cultures. The green tea is imported from Japan, and Yang mixes it himself. And a typical small serving (without toppings) has about 90 calories and is nonfat.
Yang's own favorite topping is strawberries, which he says is the most popular of the two dozen offerings. There's also lychee, mango and pineapple; fruit goes well with this more sophisticated yogurt. Sure, you could put gummi bears and chocolate on your yogurt, but really, why mess up a good thing?
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The effect of ionizing radiation on vernalization, growth and development of winter wheat
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The effects of gamma irradiation on the vernalization requirements, growth and development of winter wheat grown in a rainout shelter were studied during two successive growing seasons. Dry grains of winter wheat cv. Kobra were irradiated with 300 Gy radiation from a cobalt 60 gamma irradiator. Treated and control grains were pregerminated and subjected to vernalization for 0, 42 or 54 days. Morphological parameters of the plants developing from irradiated seeds (M1 generation) and the plants grown from the seeds produced by the irradiated plants (M2 generation) were measured in order to track the studied effects over two generations. Irradiation of dry grains slowed the growth and development of the plants regardless of the temperature treatment. The measured yield structure elements appeared to be lower for irradiated plants, but no clear effect of radiation on vernalization requirements was noted.
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- F. Gorski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Cracow, Poland
- F. Gorski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Cracow, Poland
- Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, IAEA Laboratories Seibersdorf, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100 A-1400 Vienna, Austria
- F. Gorski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Cracow, Poland
- BARI ML, NAZUKA E, SABINA Y, TODORIKI S, and ISSHIKI K. 2003. Chemical and irradiation treatments for killingEscherichia coli O157: H7 on alfalfa, radis, and mungbean seeds. Journal of Food Protection 66 (5): 767–774.
- BARI ML, NAKAUMA M, TODORIKI S, JUNEJA VK, ISSHIKI K, and KAWAMOTO S. 2005. Effectiveness of irradiation treatmentsin inactivating Listeria monocytogenes on freshvegetables at refrigeration temperature. Journal of FoodProtection 68 (2): 318–323.
- BROCK RD, and DAVIDSON JL. 1994. 5-azacytidine and gammarays partially substitute for cold treatment in vernalizing winter-wheat. Environmental and Experimental Botany 34: 195–199.
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- FORSTER BP, and SHU QY. 2012. C01: Plant mutagenesis in crop improvement: Basic terms and applications. In: Shu QY, Forster BP, Nakagawa H [eds], Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology, 9–19, CABI Publishing.
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Autcompletion Issues with Yahoo, Scriptaculous Libraries
Cheng Guangnan reports on a potential issue with the autocompletion/suggestion support offered by both Yahoo UI and Scriptaculous libraries. The problem involves parallel calls – there's the potential for an initial list of suggestions to be displayed after a subequent list. His screencasts show what's going on.
1. "2006†is typed.
2. A request of "2006†sent to the server.
3. User continues typing and now "200607†typed.
4. Another request of "200607†sent to the server.
5. User waiting for feedback.
6. The second request return, it show the popup.
7. The first request return, it show the popup with data returned for "2006â€.
If that's the case (and we haven't verified it!), the problem could be solved by some form of Call Tracking. If the first call comes back after the second, simply discard it.
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Saro Agro Sciences Limited is the leader in the Nigerian Crop Protection Industry. We are a wholly indigenous company, committed to the provision of dependable solutions to crop production problems in a distinctive, rewarding and responsible way. We have our Head Office located in Ibadan and offices across Nigeria as well as inest and Central African countries.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Channel Development Officer
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Description
- The channel development officer / Key Accounts officer is responsible for managing and developing Saro DDVP business outside core consumer goods markets via our Distribution partner, Project Lion (PL)
Primary Responsibilities
- Performance Tracking
- Project Lion Wholesale and Retail Engagement
- Stock Management And Product Availability
- Trade Assessment and Engagement Process
- Process Improvement
- Project Lion Associates engagement
- Promotion and Trade Loader Management
Special Skills & Key Behavioral Competences
Technical Competence:
- Ability to travel at short notice
- Ability to Influence/Leadership qualities
- Good Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point & Microsoft Word.
- Efficient at delivering tasks and reports
- Experienced Data Analyst
Saro Behavioral Attributes:
- Speed & Aggression
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Customer Connection
- People Management and leadership
- Shared Mind-set
- Strategic Thinking
Qualification & Track Record of Performance:
- Bachelor's Degree required
- 2-3 years' experience in Sales & Marketing function.
- Strong analytical skills and adept at problem solving
- Strong communication skills (written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills)
- Required Age: 26 – 35 years
- Strong technology skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Job Title: Crop Officer
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Description
- The Crop Officer is saddled with the task of working with a selected farmer ecosystem to provide complete agro input solution to them in an innovative manner using Crop Science Approach and ensuring adoption of input bundle by farmers to improved farm yield and quality.
- The Crop Officer will also advise on other crops of interest, current gaps that the company can leverage and better influence the farmers' decisions.
- He's the project Manager of the Entrenchment activities within designated areas and Crops and reports directly to the Business Head of Saro Agrosciences.
- He will work with other relevant collaborators within his ecosystem and supervise the technical officer at delivering on their Objectives.
Primary Responsibilities
- Farmer registration and documentation
- Input assortment and distribution to the customer/farmers
- Maintain linkage and contacts with Farmers connected through Licensed Buying agents or Organizations.
- Monitor and make input bundle available to farmers for their farm use
- Demo monitoring and evaluation
- Organized field days
- Identify drop point of interest for seeds
- Prepare Sales Plan per DP
- Review sale plan and aligned
- Train farmers Good Agric Practices and improved agronomic practices that will enhance yield and quality
- Input assortment and delivery to the demo plot
- Distribution of seeds to Drop Points for quick off take by farmers
- B.Agric (Extension, Agronomy, Rural Development)
- Technical Knowledge in Agronomy
- 3 – 5 Years' experience
- 25 – 30 years old
Job Title: Head of Account (HOA)
Locations: Ibadan – Oyo, Ilesa – Osun, and Kaduna
Job Description
- Successful candidate will be responsible for the strategic financial overview and is expected to apply financial acumen and business expertise to establish adequate and functional controls in the financial reporting systems of the business Unit.
- Responsibilities include reporting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, compliance and payables functions for the Business unit.
- The role will also form part of the Business Unit's leadership team, provide leadership for the Finance function by managing a team of direct reports, ensure best practice and be proactive in implementing change as appropriate to Finance processes, systems and reporting.
- Ability to prepare financial statements from the beginning to the end and articulate complex issues in a straight forward manner must be demonstrated clearly.
- A good knowledge of IFRS is key.
Primary Responsibilities
- Ability to create a culture of high performance and people management.
- He/she should be able to align functions and resources, and deploy people and skills optimally to achieve strategic priorities.
- Must possess People Management Skills.
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Work experience in an ERP environment. Particularly, knowledge of Microsoft Navision will be an added advantage.
- Able to present reports competently and confidently to the Group senior management and negotiate effectively with business partners
- Must have clear focus, give attention to details and be a strategic thinker who is focused on execution.
- Strong financial/analytical experience.
- Stock Management.
- B.Sc in Economics, Finance, or Accounting, is required.
- An MBA or equivalent postgraduate management degree will be an advantage
- Applicant must have 7-10 years working experience
- Must be a Chartered Accountant (ACCA or ACA).
- Age: 30 – 38yrs old
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With the passage of time, there are a lot of different things which we humans come to accept and accommodate in our lives. Old age is inevitable, and so are the medical conditions associated with it. Osteoarthritis (OA) is one such problem. This is the oldest form of arthritis, and is known by various names, such as degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis. Rather than being a single disease, it is an accumulation of different medical abnormalities, which ultimately could lead to the functional or structural failure of one or more of your body parts which it affects.
Osteoarthritis is caused due to:
* Inflammatory joint diseases, such as rheumatoid diseases, chronic gouty arthritis, etc.
* Diabetes
* Septic Arthritis (or infection of a joint)
* âWear and tearâ of the bone cartilage
* Growth of extra bone or âspursâ around a joint
* Obesity
Although old age is related to osteoarthritis, OA is not caused due to aging.
The primary symptom related to osteoarthritis is pain in the joints, typically in the hands, feet, knees, hips, and spine. A characteristic âcracklingâ noise is often heard when an affected joint is touched or moved.
The treatment of osteoarthritis includes one or more methods as mentioned below:
* Self-care and Physical Therapy: Regular exercises and weight loss can help in delaying the onset of osteoarthritis. However, as OA sets in, exercising becomes excruciatingly painful. Under such circumstances, undergoing physical therapy under an expert is the only option. Depending on the problem area, relevant treatment is administered by a licensed physical therapist. Our manual physical therapy provides much needed relief to OA patients suffering from limited mobility due to joint pain.
* Medicinal treatment: Initially, over-the-counter supplements such as acetaminophenon , glucosamine sulfate, and chondroitin are recommended. However, if these supplements are not effective, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and aspirin are administered. Another option available is cortisone injections. When synthetic cortisone is injected directly to the affected joint, it is quite helpful in controlling inflammation. However, Hyalgan injections are recommended for people suffering with acute knee pain. The procedure of injecting Hyalgan in the knee area is complex and can be performed by our experienced healthcare professionals.
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Momentum Telecom to Showcase Industry Leading Voice Solution at NCTC Winter Educational Conference
Momentum is enabling operators to take full advantage of explosive commercial voice growth
/EIN News/ -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momentum Telecom will take center stage at the National Cable Television Cooperative's (NCTC) annual Winter Educational Conference (WEC) in San Antonio, Texas. Momentum's industry leading hosted voice, data and support services solutions will be on display throughout the show, held February 11 – 13, at Booth 404.
Momentum will show how they empowered their operator base to see commercial hosted voice growth of 40% over the last year in one of the economy's fastest growing segments that shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. Year over year predictions estimate $194.5 billion in global hosted voice revenues by 2024.
Momentum's hosted voice solution stands head and shoulders above the competition due to its ability to deliver a turnkey, revenue generating commercial offering on one of the most respected networks in the industry. This solution allows providers to take a completely unified approach to deploying, servicing and supporting their voice and data offerings.
"Momentum's hosted voice product has enabled our commercial voice business to grow exponentially over the last year," stated Larry Eby, EVP and COO of Vast Broadband. "In addition to their voice product, we are able to offer our customers Momentum's Unified Communications and Mobility applications which have dramatically increased our average revenue per user."
"Momentum recognizes that broadband and hosted voice are now integral parts of today's operator product portfolios and it is our goal to equip operators to deliver those services with excellence. We're excited to show WEC attendees how our solutions can not only be paths to new revenue, but also enable them to streamline their back office activities through our integrated management portals.", said Tara Kelley, SVP Customer Experience.
NCTC's WEC is one of the first opportunities of 2018 for experts and peers from around the country to engage with educational forums, interact technology exhibits and share best practices.
Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and expert opinions with the Momentum blog available at www.momentumtelecom.com/blog. For more information about Momentum Telecom or to discuss partnership opportunities email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 877-251-5554.
Momentum Telecom is a premier provider of Business Voice, BBX Broadband Management and Unified Communications solutions. Momentum's solutions offer smart, customizable cloud-based applications including voice, video and collaboration tools that enhance business productivity and efficiency for direct customers and more than 500 nationwide white label and channel partners. Momentum Telecom is committed to delivering best-in-class products backed by a geo-redundant network paired with industry-leading uptime and customer service. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, Momentum Telecom has regional offices actively serving customers across the United States. To learn more visit momentumtelecom.com or connect with us on Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, LinkedIn or visit our blog. At Momentum Telecom, our mission is to enable others to thrive by combining smarter technology with seasoned experts while delivering unmatched customer experience.
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YouTube Video Deletion
Creator Studio
Videos Tab
Delete Menu
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Video Deleted
First, we have to head over to YouTube Creator Studio from our profile dropdown menu. This is how it looks like
Select the Videos tab
Click on the overflow menu next to the video you want to delete. The overflow menu is only visible when you hover on a video
We then have to confirm the checkbox, following which we can click "Delete Video"
Done! We are communicated that the video has been deleted via a snackbar at the bottom of the screen


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