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The Career Center will provide services to employers whose opportunities meet the following basic criteria:
- Paid Positions - The rate of pay is at least California State minimum wage (calculated over any time scale such as hourly, weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or annually) and is clearly publicized in the position description.
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Internships are a great way for our students to gain real-world experience and develop their skills. At the same time, most of our students must work to pay for college and the area's high living expenses. We believe that students should be paid for their work and contributions to organizations. It's the right thing to do. Therefore, we encourage employers to post paid internship opportunities on SJSU Handshake.
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Due to the potential that our students could be exposed to federal prosecution by association, the SJSU Career Center is unable to approve employers or job postings involved with the development, production, testing, distribution, or use of recreational or medical marijuana.
The SJSU Career Center will permit job postings that may be part of the permanent labor certification program (PERM) process for permanent employment of immigrant foreign workers. The SJSU Career Center has the authority to alter postings to inform students of the potentially lengthy process and costs associated with PERM opportunities.
The Career Center will not advertise positions or sponsor organizations that restrict consideration to a specific populations unless it is the organization's mission to serve that population.
When appropriate, the Career Center will advertise opportunities that target specific populations if they also will consider other students or have opportunities open to all interested students.
The Principles for Professional Conduct established by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) state that "Employment professionals will refrain from any practice that improperly influences and affects acceptances. Such practices may include undue time pressure for acceptance of offers and encouragement of revocation of another offer. Employment professionals will strive to communicate decisions to candidates within the agreed upon time frame."
We believe that allowing students adequate time will make them feel more secure in their choices after they have analyzed all of the available information. Also, employers can feel more confident that students have accepted their employment offer with the intention of honoring their commitment.
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- Students should not be pressured to accept "exploding offers" including a quick response time, reduction in offer package, or any other practice that puts unreasonable pressure on a student."
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In accordance with the guidelines set forth by NACE, San Jose State University Career Center believes that serving alcohol should not be a part of the recruitment process. Therefore, all recruiting activities should be alcohol free.
The Career Center staff will investigate complaints by users of our services about job postings, employers, or work assignments. If we determine that a complaint is justified, we may choose not to sponsor recruiting activities for the employer involved. The Career Center will notify the employer in writing of the decision.
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Sometimes he rants, sometimes he smiles. Sometimes he jokes, sometimes he sighs. Sometimes he's happy, sometimes he's sad. Sometimes he's good, sometimes he's bad. Sometimes he's there, sometimes he's gone. Sometimes he stalls, sometimes he's done. But whatever Marcelle says, whatever he'd do, you can be sure, it's true! It's true!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
What Happened To All The Nice Guys?
.:What Happened To All The Nice Guys?:.
I see this question posted with some regularity in the personals section, so I thought I'd take a minute to explain things to the ladies out there that haven't figured it out.
What happened to all the nice guys?
The answer is simple: you did.
See, if you think back, really hard, you might vaguely remember a Platonic guy pal who always seemed to want to spend time with you. He'd tag along with you when you went shopping, stop by your place for a movie when you were lonely but didn't feel like going out, or even sit there and hold you while you sobbed and told him about how horribly the (other) guy that you were effing treated you.
At the time, you probably joked with your girlfriends about how he was a little puppy dog, always following you around, trying to do things to get you to pay attention to him. They probably teased you because they thought he had a crush on you. Given that his behavior was, admittedly, a little pathetic, you vehemently denied having any romantic feelings for him, and buttressed your position by claiming that you were "just friends." Besides, he totally wasn't your type. I mean, he was a little too short, or too bald, or too fat, or too poor, or didn't know how to dress himself, or basically be or do any of the things that your tall, good-looking, fit, rich, stylish boyfriend at the time pulled off with such ease.
Eventually, your Platonic buddy drifted away, as your relationship with the boyfriend got more serious and spending time with this other guy was, admittedly, a little weird, if you werent dating him. More time passed, and the boyfriend eventually cheated on you, or became boring, or you realized that the things that attracted you to him weren't the kinds of things that make for a good, long-term relationship. So, now, you're single again, and after having tried the bar scene for several months having only encountered players and douchebags, you wonder, "What happened to all the nice guys?"
Well, once again, you did.
You ignored the nice guy. You used him for emotional intimacy without reciprocating, in kind, with physical intimacy>(Waitaminute. Why SHOULD you reciprocate in kind? Obviously, Mr. "Nice" Guy just wanted to get some. Yeesh. - Marcelle). You laughed at his consideration and resented his devotion. You valued the aloof boyfriend more than the attentive "just-a-" friend. Eventually, he took the hint and moved on with his life. He probably came to realize, one day, that women aren't really attracted to guys who hold doors open; or make dinners just because; or buy you a Christmas gift that you mentioned, in passing, that you really wanted five months ago; or listen when you're upset; or hold you when you cry. He came to realize that, if he wanted a woman like you, he'd have to act more like the boyfriend that you had. He probably cleaned up his look, started making some money, and generally acted like more of an asshole than he ever wanted to be.
Fact is, now, he's probably getting laid, and in a way, your ultimate rejection of him is to thank for that. And I'm sorry that it took the complete absence of "nice guys" in your life for you to realize that you missed them and wanted them. Most women will only have a handful of nice guys stumble into their lives, if that.
So, if you're looking for a nice guy, here's what you do:
1.) Build a time machine.
2.) Go back a few years and pull your head out of your @$$.
3.) Take a look at what's right in front of you and grab ahold of it.
I suppose the other possibility is that you STILL don't really want a nice guy, but you feel the social pressure to at least appear to have matured beyond your infantile taste in men. In which case, you might be in luck, because the nice guy you claim to want has, in reality, shed his nice guy mantle and is out there looking to unleash his cynicism and resentment onto someone just like you.
If you were five years younger.
So, please: either stop misrepresenting what you want, or own up to the fact that you've effed yourself over. You're getting older, after all. It's time to excise the bs and deal with reality. You didn't want a nice guy then, and he certainly doesn't effing want you, now.
A Recovering Nice Guy
22 comments:
- Kanoko said...
Seems like a point-by-agonizing-point answer to the Meantime Girl. Haha.
Marcelle is making an assumption. She doesn't know his intentions but if she believes she does then chances are that her mind is made up.
- Kel Fabie said...
@ Anonymous: I don't get it. What assumption did I make? I didn't write the whole article, remember?
lawl marcell nub, of coarse he was, at least he was trying to be nice, you clarify more points. EVERY GUY IS TRYING TO GET LAID. even the nice ones. if you didnt know this you are suck at life.
- Scott said...
This recovering nice guy couldn't agree more. Thanks for that.
I know this is meant to be funny, and wildly observant. But it isn't. It is mildly misogynistic.
Get over yourself, the fact that you fell for a girl who didn't fall for you doesn't mean you get to treat someone else like crap now. Anyone subscribing to this idea was never a "nice guy" to begin with, just jerks looking for an excuse.
It's all her fault? Doesn't sound all that "nice" to me.
- Kel Fabie said...
Are you even reading, anonymous? I said... I DIDN'T WRITE IT. Sheesh.
- PredictableChaos said...
ofc everyone daoes,it s part of the love, and if u think u r giving a present when u allow him get laid with you, there is a some problem with your point of view...
Being a relatively goodlooking man i have had my fair share of relationships and have noticed that when you treat a woman with the kindness and respect they claim to want a man gets walked all over . But if i treat a woman like i couldn't care less about her she will fall all over herself to meet my approval. And while i am on the subject why is it that most women love the man they are with yet try to change his personality and habits to fit some fictional image of what all men "should" be. Ladies you are very complicated and confusing but so damn irresistible !
Wow that is an excellent article, as someone who was previously stuck in that 'nice guy' conundrum I felt this was well written and hopefully insightful to the fairer sex.
All true.
At least there's some consolation to all this: most of the women I know who stayed with the assholes they dated in school ended up pregnant and unmarried. For them, high-school or college were the best times they'll ever have. And most of those guys? They're welders or mechanics or something. The fratboys the girls I knew chased in college are now alcoholic middle-managers, or sleazy salespeople.
As for the comments: I think the guy who wrote the original Craigslist post probably had false ideas about what getting laid is like. He probably thought it'd be some deeper connection to her, but realized it's just sex. Never met a (straight) guy who didn't want to have sex with cute women.
I don't believe that their is anything wrong with this article and I'm a female.
Whom ever wrote "Get over yourself, the fact that you fell for a girl who didn't fall for you doesn't mean you get to treat someone else like crap now." Seems to think that this article is aimed towards them or one person in particular.
What makes this article so entertaining is that so many people can relate, because so many young women actually do this.
I can guarantee that the author of this article ran across more than one shallow bimbo in his lifetime before changing his perspective on being a nice guy.
So if all those fake thirty year old cougars who cant fathom why they aren't yet married can ask "where did all the nice guys go?"
The nice guys should be able to retaliate with "women like you happened."
haha who says nice guys can't dress themselves?
Story of my life. I feel you!
- Unknown said...
I believe it is human nature to want things we don't have, I'm sure the 'nice guy' who is always there 9 times out of 10 gets taken advantage of because he actually is always there. Women always say they want the nice guy but in all reality they want someone who is a little on the wild side, spontaneous and always keeps her guessing and of course there has to be that elusive chemistry as well! I used to be the guy sitting patiently at the door or by the phone waiting to be used and abused but I learned my lesson and now I keep women waiting, don't really say what is on my mind and generally treat them like I don't need them...I found this works great! The nice guy never wins, there is always someone out there who will take advantage of the nice people that don't know how to say no, whether it be in relationships or life in general. Sad but true!
after having been that nice guy in high school, i immediately 180'd my image once i got to college. never made a better decision in my life, every girl wants an asshole because they get told they're beautiful every day so step away from what disney taught us and dare to be different
Nice post, thanks for sharing.
I was a nice guy, but yes ultimately I wanted to get laid, desire is the only reason we are still around.
So after getting tired of having girls like me but not wanting anything else, I figured out that if I really want this girl physically and emotionally then I should just be a dick cause they always bitch about a guy Fucking them then fucking them over.
So I figured out that well If this girl responds better to me being semi-rude than anything slightly romantic I really didn't want her anyway.
Which makes not feel bad about, feed em fuck em forget em. Someday Ill meet someone that responds to sincerity and devotion, but I don't think anytime this decade
Excellent post. Perfect actually. Says it exactly how it is.
One point for some of the comments... no, not all guys are just out to get laid. Yes, we want it, that doesn't mean it consumes us like the douches. Some of us date a girl for a year and a half without sex because she didn't want it, just to get dumped in the end...
Luckily though, I found a girl just in time before I spiraled downward on the trail of doucheness... one who completely and utterly wants it. Just had to date some people with class who have experience outside of America.
- Unknown said...
I'm surprised most people are siding with this jerk. It's rather selfish and NOT nice at all.
It's not that girls don't like nice guys, it's that they value self-confidence much more. I've dated quite a few nice guys and they never got passionate about anything.
If you think that because you stand by her side as a friend, or get her everything she wants, and then turn around and dislike her because she won't put out (a relationship), then your no better than the guy who buys her a drink and then complains that she won't put out either.
Grow up and realize that in order to have a relationship, the feelings must be mutual and not forced.
- Kel Fabie said...
I hope that the most recent comment realizes that I didn't write the actual article. Just making sure. :D
you all suck. except Marcelle. Everyone else, you suck.


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It's already May 16th here, long past midnight after a long hot day. I went out to take photos for GBBD early in the morning under an overcast sky, hoping the flowers would be fresh. The back lawn looked pretty raggedy so I mowed it, then took more photos in the late afternoon. Many of the photos of individual flowers are pretty good. But you won't see them! I've spent hours formatting the pictures and trying to write this post but Blogger is being a pig as usual, uploading most of the closeups sideways. They look like crap that way so I deleted most of them. I might try to put the apricot daylily on my Twit-pic page instead. This little harvest of a 'Spanish Spice' pepper, 3 'Juliet' tomatoes and 8 peapods appeared there a couple of days ago. What you get is the garden in long shots - perhaps it's just as well. It's hot, we need rain, and insects and crustaceans have been chomping everything. Poor Rosa 'Julia Child' has been devoured. Pillbugs got the marigold seedlings. The front garden - 'The Bride' white gaura, Salvia guaranitica, Texas paintbrush, Yellow Bulbine, lavender blue Creeping Phlox, Salvia 'Nuevo Leon', Verbena bonariensis, the dependable Mutabilis rose The Pink Entrance Garden - a dwarf burgundy daylily, Mexican oregano, Rose-pink gaura, verbena bonariensis, rose Ice Plant, Deep pink 'Telstar' dianthus, white trailing lantana, pink skullcap, 'Belinda's Dream' Rose, deep magenta Calibrachoa. Just inside the gate, flowers in purples and oranges, blues and apricots. Mexican honeysuckle, Orange cuphea, , 'Vi's Apricot' dwarf daylilies, Verbena bonariensis, Setcreasea(Purple Heart tradescantia), Bicolor iris and Butterfly Blue scabiosa. In the middle and at the far end of the fence bed two shrubs of Mexican oregano are in full bloom And in the far corner the Rose of Sharon has a dozen flowers and the top of this shrub has finally reached the level of the fence, a small step toward the dream of a green screen.In the triangles and the center back bed are more 'Vi's Apricot' Daylilies, white salvia greggii, one lonely larkspur, tropical Asclepias/Butterfly weed, snapdragons, cilantro gone to seed, lavenders, Zinnia linearis,
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The great religions are ships,On Saturday, February 20th, the PCUSA made the Faith section of our local paper, the Johnson City Press. It was in regards to the survey the research department of our denomination made of its members.
Poets the life boats.
Every sane person I know
Has jumped overboard!
That is good for business,
Isn't it,
The media turned us into national news for a couple of weeks. Here is the story:
The Presbyterian Church USA's statement of faith says God through Jesus Christ delivers followers "from death to life eternal."I find the whole business embarrassing that so many still are worried about archaic speculation such as heaven and further worried about who will get in or not. This to me is religion at its most superstitious. Many of us are trying to move on.But one in three members of the nation's largest Presbyterian denomination seem to believe there's some wiggle room for non-Christians to get into heaven, according to a recent poll.
Today, a letter to the editor in the same paper wrapped it all tightly in a bundle of crazy:
Jesus is the way.Welcome to religion in America, 2010.
Headline in Saturday's paper: "More than one-third believe non-Christians will have spot in Heaven." Headline in Noah's day: "99.999 percent of population believe boat builder to be insane." Jesus is the way or he is a liar. Your choice.


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Wozniacki tames Tatishvili to progress
World number one Caroline Wozniacki survived a second-set fightback from Georgia's Anna Tatishvili to reach the Australian Open's third round 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) on Wednesday.
World number one Caroline Wozniacki survived a second-set fightback from Georgia's Anna Tatishvili to reach the Australian Open's third round 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) on Wednesday.
The top-seeded Dane looked headed for an easy win when she raced through the first set but she had to hang on against the free-hitting Tatishvili to win in 1hr 49min.
Wozniacki was pushed hard throughout the first set by Tatishvili, a player she has known since they were both 11 years old, and she never had it her own way despite the 6-1 scoreline.
"We played doubles together in juniors here once and I think we made the semi-finals -- she knows my game and I know hers," Wozniacki said.
Both women hit some ferocious ground strokes throughout the first set but Wozniacki's greater consistency proved decisive as she claimed the opener in 28 minutes.
The second set was a different story, however, as Tatishvili cut down her error-rate and began to pressure the world number one.
Wozniacki dropped serve in the fourth game and only just managed to hang on two games later to stop Tatishvili opening a 5-1 lead.
The top seed broke back to make it 4-2, but in the next game she was out-hit by the Georgian, who came from 15-40 down to break Wozniacki and move to 5-3.
But a poor service game from the world number 83 allowed the Dane back into the match and she took full advantage, fighting off a set point on her own serve to level the score at 5-5.
Both players held to send the set into a tiebreak and Wozniacki stepped up, opening a 5-2 lead and holding off the Georgian's late rally.


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Ahh, hipsters. Is there anybody who doesn't sneer at them? But why is that? I mean, sure, you only have to look at an egregious affront to taste and decency like that artisanal mayonnaise shop in Brooklyn to say, "That's why, Dave." But if you could smell my beard right now, a mix of pine and cedar oils that I bought from a skinny jeaned hipster on Etsy, you might see things differently (full disclosure: I was a hipster before it was cool). And the team over at Priceonomics has released a book entitled "Hipster Business Models," that sings the praises of the unique markets that are created—and then served—by the newest generation of entrepreneurs. One of the conclusions they've reached is that the success of the "hipster economy" (my term) isn't solely because the world suddenly developed a taste for Fair Trade Macrame dog sweaters. In a post over at time.com, Priceonomics writer Zachary Crockett notes,
Whereas creating a business with national reach once cost hundreds of millions of dollars and decades of work, it can be done today in a couple of hours, for a few bucks a month.
He's writing, of course, of the impact of technology—and the cloud, specifically—on a small business. This is especially true for small time restaurants and cafes, businesses which inherently face significant cost challenges before you even get to the customer acquisition phase (the ingredients in an apple pie are in more flux than those in an Apple computer).
But now, with more and more big business tools being made available to small and medium sized shops as cloud computing slashes traditional computing costs and overhead. There's probably never been a better time to open a restaurant, a bold statement which I can make because I put the word "probably" in front of it. But there are tons of apps for restaurateurs out there, and If you're a restaurant owner (or bar, or cafe, or bistro, et cetera), you'd do well to take a look at our list of the best.
Xero – https://www.xero.com
Let's start this list of restaurant flavored apps with one that has nothing to do with restaurants. Xero is the online accounting software brought to you by our Kiwi mates across the Tasmanian Sea, and I'd be surprised if you hadn't heard of it by now. Their cloud accounting software—designed and priced for small business—has become so popular that Xero is probably too big to use its own product at this point. Any POS worth using will integrate with Xero, though some do it better than others.
Beat the Q – https://www.beattheq.com
Move over, GrubHub: you're lame and expensive. If you're a quick-serve or casual dining restaurant, one way to beat the competition is to start using Beat the Q. This coud app can operate independently of—or integrate with—your POS, with payments made right from your customer's smartphone and the money (minus a nominal flat fee) going right into your BtQ vendor account. If your customers are under the age of 40, I can guarantee they don't want to talk to you on the phone. If you're doing takeout, you need to give this one a try
Collect Rewards – https://collectrewards.com
Collect Rewards takes loyalty to the next level. You weren't aware there was a next level to punch cards and point systems? Well, think again. Back in the day (and that day was a Thursday in 1982), customer loyalty programs were meant to encourage repeat business. This was good for getting people who'd already been to your cafe to come back, but what about those who've never set foot inside? Collect adds a social media component to highly customisable rewards schemes, meant to foster repeat AND new business.
Deputy – https://www.deputy.com
Immanuel Kant held that time was neither an event nor a thing; those who subscribe to this way of thinking view time as a human intellectual construct used to make sense of the world around us. I'm not saying the developers over at Deputy were channeling some kind of Kantian ethic during beta testing, but the app does do a lot to affirm the notion that time actually is what you make of it. Using mobile apps and accessible from anywhere, Deputy makes scheduling your staff a participatory process, one that's transparent and keeps you all on the same page, regardless of your superposition in space-time.
Wunderlist – https://www.wunderlist.com
A restaurant is one of the smallest operations that could really benefit from an org chart, and with so many different departments—hosting, wait, kitchen, and bus staff—it's imperative that everyone knows the big picture. Wunderlist brings the to-do list to your phone, which OK: yeah. You've already go a to-do list on your phone. Wunderlist is collaborative—everyone's got an eye on what needs to be done, and there are no questions as to who's responsible for doing it—and interactive. Chattiing in the app keeps all communications around a project or event organized in place. If this all sounds boring, that's because it is. And that's the point: no one needs the excitement of surprises stemming from miscommunication.
Yelp! – https://www.yelp.com
Yelp isn't just a social networking site where opinionated blowhards can write that the Bedford, Ohio IHOP has sullied the good name of the franchise's signature Rooty Tooty Fresh n' Fruity breakfast plate. It's also a way to take your research to the streets, without ever having to set foot on the streets. Besides getting a feel for what people are saying about your restaurant, responding here and there lets people know that you're paying attention and responsive. It goes a long way toward fostering a give and take between you and your regulars.
Survey Maker by Loop – https://www.loopsurvey.com
If the success of Yelp! proved anything, it's that people love to express their opinions if it means they get to hold an iPad for awhile. Hand your customers a comment card and a pencil at the end of a meal, and you'll have an empty suggestion box while your customer gets a free, pre-made shiv. Hand over a shiny iPad, though, and they can't wait to tell you about their feelings. This is scientific fact. Alternatively, you can email or text a link to the survey so customers can do it at their leisure.
Key Ingredient – https://www.keyingredient.com
This app is a social database of over 2 million recipes. You've probably got your own recipes that you're proud of, and I'm not suggesting you just take someone else's and call it your own. But as a tool for inspiration and menu planning, Key Ingredient is a bit like having a Big Data consultancy telling you exactly what people who love food are making for themselves, giving you insight into popular ingredients and food trends.
Mixology – https://mixologyapp.com
Admittedly, cocktails are where the hipsters I praised earlier take things a little too far. No one needs to go out in public and order a Corpse Reviver #1, or the unfortunately spoonerised Hock Cobbler. But if they do, your bartender'll be ready with the Mixology app, a database of over 8,000 cocktail recipes.
NoWait Host – https://nowaitapp.com
NoWait is more than just a we'll-text-you-when-your-table-is-ready app. You can also create a table layout, assign server sections, and use all this data to get an idea of turnover rate and who could use improvement. It uses predictive technology to provide an estimate of wait time, and allows users to join the NoWait network to see their place in line and real-time estimated wait.
Tastevin – https://tastevinapp.com
Here's the dirty truth about your massive wine list: most of us stare vacantly at it, confused by the verbiage and wondering WTF a "tannin" is? Then we find the cheapest bottle on the list and go with that. With Tastevin, customers can scroll through your list on an iPad, read descriptions that you write—tailored to your menu—and also get your suggested pairings. Customers can share items via Facebook, which sounds kind of pointless until you realize no one can remember the name of that great wine they loved after they've downed a few bottles of it.
Restaurateur – View on App Store
Wherever do they come up with these names? Marketing people are so clever! Restaurateur is an app for those looking to open a restaurant, or with dreams of expanding their existing operations. Enter variables like square footage, the rental price per square foot, and average amount of a check, and Restaurateur predicts your sales based on "standard key performance indicators and common industry ratios." It's not for comprehensive business planning, and they're quick to point out that that's not their aim, but the app can give you all kinds of useful data to quickly determine the worth of your aspirations, and to fine tune your business plan accordingly.
Shelf Life – View on App Store
Shelf Life is a food expiration tracker, and if you need me to expand on why that's useful in a restaurant let me know, so I can never eat at your place. Who wouldn't want to minimise wastage by knowing at a quick glance which ingredients need to be used up quick? Having to throw stuff out is a hard decision, but that decision becomes easier when you've got empirical proof that a food poisoning lawsuit will be your daily special if you use that shrimp you remembered you bought on Monday. Or was it Saturday?
Hootsuite – https://hootsuite.com It should go without saying that social media is an important part of any marketing strategy these days. So I'm not going to say it. What I will say is that the wider you cast your net, the more results you'll see. Hootsuite lets you manage all your accounts—Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, et cetera—from a single dashboard. You can schedule posts across multiple platforms, follow conversations other people are having using keywords you define, and get detailed analytics on what's working and what isn't through its reporting tool.
Snappy Timer – View on App Store
From the moment an order is placed to the point where the dish is set down in front of a customer, everything that goes into its creation is a function of precision timing. This is especially true in more upscale and fine dining establishments. Snappy Timer lets you set up multiple timers as presets, each with its own icon and puts them all on one easy-to-read screen. Single tap starting and stopping each timer keeps it simple, while everybody in the kitchen can tell in a single glance what station needs attention.
Dwolla – https://www.dwolla.com
Probably the least complicated of all the mobile payment apps, I wouldn't be surprised if Dwolla were the least expensive one too. Your Dwolla account is linked to a real bank account, and the same goes for your customers. When you accept payment through Dwolla, your customer sends money from her account to yours. If the transaction is under $10, it's free. If it's over $10, you get charged a flat rate of 25 cents. That's it. What are you waiting for?
Partender – https://www.partender.com
This app solves the problem of keeping an accurate inventory for all your liquour, and it does so in the simplest of ways. Organize your inventory into sections or categories, and then add in all the bottles of liquour you have on your shelves. Inventory is kept visually, using a picture of the bottle and a slider to record the current level of liquour. Multiple people can take inventory simultaneously, and because you're just sliding your fingers on pictures it gets done in minutes. Reporting helps you quickly identify variances in levels and revenue. And by setting certain thresholds in advance, finalising your stock take at the end of the night generates an inventory report and purchase orders for any bottles that need reordering.
Rockbot – https://rockbot.com
I believe it was the great Talmudic scholar Madonna who once urged a generation to "get into the groove." Decades later, the geniuses at Rockbot have heeded this clarion call to communal groove-tasticity with their social jukebox app. You define a master playlist, and your customers can make requests off of it through the smartphone app. Tracks with the most requests move up in the queue. It sounds simple, and it is, but it makes for a more interactive and engaging experience at your restaurant or bar.
Convert Units – View on App Store
Easily convert between litres and cups, ounces and grams, or just about any other unit that you can think of. Note that if you're making dishes out of the Cookin' with Coolio cookbook, you're on your own: this app does not convert from or to "dime bags."
Food Safety Exam Prep – View on App Store
Not all the apps listed here are going to be sexy and fun. But your customers won't care about your social jukebox while they're doubled over in pain from tainted food. The Food Safety Exam Prep app covers all the major topics covered in the major food safety certifications, like the American Food Safety Institute and ServSafe. Anyone know why they dropped the E in "Serve" for that name? It's dumb.
Kounta (iPad POS App)
Yeah, OK, this is #21 on a list of 20. But it's like I've always said, There are three kinds of people in this world: Those who are good at math, and those who aren't. But while all these apps are great at digging into the corners of your business, Kounta is a foundation that can support the whole structure. Designed to meet the needs of the hospitality industry specifically, Kounta's advanced inventory and customer management, along with kitchen and bar specific features, feature matches with leading legacy POS systems—all from the cloud.


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Advocate of online art and culture since 1991, The Thing, may have it\'s pipeline terminated by provider Verio. This termination, scheduled for February, could affect hundreds of sites and users, many of them artists, activists or art-related businesses. Verio lawyers told Thing founder Wolfgang Staehle that their contract for service was unilaterally null and void because of \"violations\" -- likely the parody site http://dow-chemical.com by the Yes Men, and perhaps the persistently provocative campaigns of Rtmark or the Electronic Disturbance Theater (both hosted by The Thing). How to stand up for services geared towards artists and activists? Write to Verio and express your outrage, and make a contribution to The Thing. Staehle is looking for new pipelines as you read this. -- Rachel Greene
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The fallout from the Equifax case has already begun. Those of you who may be affected by this breach should read this article to guard against some of the scams that are already being thrown at data subjects:
For those not affected, the article is worth reading to get small sample of the variety of attacks that follow leaked data.
In other news, we find that a lawsuit against the U.S. government over a leak of some 22 million employees' records has been dismissed (link) on the grounds that the aggrieved data subjects (here represented by their labor unions) have not proven that they were harmed by the breach.
In a normal case of injury or damage, proof of cause and effect is a normal requirement. But how could the plaintiffs possible prove that damaging effects are caused by this particular breach? After all, the government could point out that a given harm was possibly caused by the Equifax breach, or some other. In other words, the traditional rules of evidence and inference are of little use in the age of internet crime.
Stolen data is completely anonymous. When you are attacked, you have no idea where the attacker obtained his data; even the attacker himself may not know the seller's identity. The data in question might even have been legally obtained; many businesses (such as Equifax) are in the business of collecting and selling data.
Unlike money, data does not need to be laundered; it's already untraceable. Unlike money, it can be copied and distributed without limit. Exposing one's personal data on the internet is like exposing one's body to radiation: the effects are cumulative, and for life.
At the moment the technical, legal, political, and other capabilities are not in place to stop this trend, nor even to slow it down by very much. Our technology is running ahead of our ability to deal with its consequences.


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Fosseland Fosseland Jakt- og Hundesenter offers accommodation and hunting along with a range of activities.
Fosseland is situated among idyllic woodlands and waterways, ideal for hiking, cycling, canoeing or boating. The area provides fine opportunities for freshwater fishing. We also offer great possibilities for hunting and dog training.
You may choose between different types of accommodation, from cabins to modern rooms in the new building. Fosseland is a member of the International Hostel organization. In the high season we might be fully booked, so please give us a call for reservation.
We are located 10 km south of Flekkefjord on the E39. Please follow the signs to Fosseland.


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Walking score 96 out of 100! Stroll over to the metro or the new Ballston Quarter with its many shops, restaurants and entertainment venues. Fresh paint throughout (May). New carpet May 9. Woodburning fireplace and hardwoods on main level. Skylights and loft bedroom with full bath on top floor. Move-in ready..fronts missing on drawers in kitchen are on order
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But what does it all mean?
I've had the following composite image kicking around in my collection for quite some time now. It was created as a concept book cover but though I am satisfied with the results I've kind of lost my way when it comes to pinning down what it all means. Despair, desolation, misery?
The reason I'm digging it up now is that I'm considering submitting it to my photo agency and as part of the submission process I need to provide some keywords for the image so that image researchers might be able to find it.
So here's the thing. I'd be very grateful for any help with the keywords. What does this image mean to you? How does it make you feel? What might you type into a search box to find it?


text: How we care For your child Physiotherapy Accessing physiotherapy at Haven House initially involves an assessment of your child's physical needs to identify the level of input required. Following an assessment, physiotherapy sessions work towards improving/maintaining your child's joint range of movement, muscle strength, balance and co-ordination to maximise function. Physiotherapy may also involve devising a personalised exercise programme that can be carried out at home or setting up a postural management programme to minimise further deterioration in your child's posture. Additionally, assessments can take place for specialist equipment, if it is felt that your child may benefit from a piece of specialist equipment to either aid function or support postural management. Physiotherapy is offered at Haven House by Donna Nicol, a skilled and experienced paediatric physiotherapist. The service at Haven House is supplementary to the NHS and close liaison takes place between services. To discuss a referral to Haven House services please contact: Clinical Nurse Manager020 8506 5513 (Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm)07872 198285 (out-of-hours mobile) For more information about our referral criteria please visit our Refer a Child section.


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The monitoring program tracks our progress, informs decision-making, and ensures accountability towards our goals. Key sources of information used to compile the monitoring and reporting results include data from Tourism Whistler, Statistics Canada, Whistler Community Life Surveys, local utility providers, and internal data compiled through RMOW operational protocols. Progress is reported at least annually for most areas measured.
The global and local challenges that face Whistler highlight the need for an integrated approach to planning. Have you been curious about our community goals, or about how we're working towards them?
The monitoring program provides a number of benefits and essential functions, including:
- Tracking progress toward (or away from) Whistler's vision - allowing the community to celebrate and build on successful programs, and to correct its course when necessary.
- Ensuring transparency and accountability to stakeholders - reporting ensures transparency to community members and other Whistler stakeholders.
- Educating and engaging Whistler businesses, residents and visitors - providing meaningful and timely information in an engaging way helps to illustrate connections between policy, actions and community health.


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Familiar holiday customs often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated for modern use.
Customs that encourage little children to be good, so as to deserve their Christmas gifts from Father Christmas, often come with a dark side: the punishment you'll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren't good!
Dec 27th Join Mysterion for an evening exploring characters such as Krampus, Hans Trapp, Jolakotturinn, and other Christmas creatures that snatch away children who have been bad all year. A full show of supernatural effects that will leave you wishing you've been extra good this year.
Special Guests include Magician James Alan of Toronto's weekly magic showcase Magic tonight and The Coney Island Corndogs Tricksie and Lucky.
Be good, you've been warned.
(This is a magic show and themed to Pagan and European holidays customs that may offend some beliefs).
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Why the need for a quality fire starting tool?
A quality fire starter takes you from your summer and fall fire pits right to your fireplace in winter. Owning quality items is priceless. Just the hassle alone of always having to replace a much used item is annoying and frustrating. It's nice not having to put this tool away for the winter too. It's used in our fireplace in winter right onto the fire pit in summer and fall. Year-round usage!
More s'mores please....
But we like the ElectroLight for getting our fire pit up to snuff quickly. Sure, over the years my husband has shown me how s'mores can technically be made in the microwave or even pan style in the oven. This is lame! S'mores were invented to be roasted over an open flame. It's the experience!
Besides, I like the smokey (or is it smokie?) vibe that only the open flame can give to food. And it's true. Burgers cooked on our gas grill do not taste as good as a charcoal grill.
Fall fires
What I like about this fire starting power tool AKA the ElectroLight by HomeRight
- No need for fire starters or paper to ignite a fire
- Since it doesn't use fuel you never run out
- Very portable for day trips or camping
- Use year-round, fire pits in summer and fall, fireplace in winter
- Starts a blazing fire for us in 30 seconds
- You don't need any starter fluids whatsoever
- Red start trigger has a built-in safety feature
- It looks like a really big curling ion but would be tough to loose!
- Comes with a two-year warranty
- Quote from Tom "wow Laura, I think even you can use this power tool"
- Charcoal grills
- Smokers
- Firepits
- Fireplaces
The Specs....
- 1300 degrees F
- 1500 Watts
- 120 Volts
- 10' heavy gauge grounded power cord
I bet I can guess what you're thinking....
Why I like HomeRight
One ElectroLight power tool from HomeRight valued at $90!
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Even experienced Land Rover owners refuse to tow trailers because trailers can be accidents no longer waiting for a place to happen. However, many potential problems can be avoided by regular inspection and maintenance. Here are some suggestions:
1. Left side wheel nuts. Think about it – right hand threads on the RIGHT SIDE of the trailer will try to tighten themselves as the wheel rotates. BUT the right hand threads on the LEFT SIDE wheel nuts are trying to undo themselves. Check them for tightness BEFORE setting out to avoid losing the wheel when the nuts spin off. Don't laugh – this happens frequently
2. Don't expect the ball of the coupling to stay tight – vibration may cause the nut to loosen even if fitted with a spring washer, resulting in it literally falling off the tongue. Remove the ball joint, drill a 4 mm hole right through the shaft below where the nut will sit when tight. Replace it and insert a heavy split pin through the hole you drilled.
3. Though hard to believe, the spring pin securing the towbar tongue to the frame has been know to fall out, Then it is only a matter of time before the entire tongue works its way out of the frame. Because the safety chain is usually shackled to the tongue and not the actual vehicle, the trailer will fall off along with the tongue. On a highway this could result in serious accident to a following vehicle. The solution is to replace the spring pin with a bolt and nylock nut OR replace the entire pin with a 1/2″ high tensile bolt and nylock nut. Do NOT use plain nuts or they will work loose too.
4 Driving techniques should be practiced BEFORE setting out onto the public roads. This especially means learning how to back and turn safely without hitting another vehicle OR jack-knifing the trailer into your vehicle. If rear vision is poor, screw or bond a length of brightly coloured metal or plastic so these sit proud of the extreme front edges of the trailer and can be seen easily in your side mirrors
Finally, check your wiring before setting out. It is easier to repair a broken wire at home than do it on the roadside – especially if the Fuzz have stopped you for not having working lights


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Company K review: Dead quiet on the Western Front
On the centenary of the US entry into the First World War, Eileen Battersby revisits William March's stark classic
Greeting from Company K: "Dear Madam, Your son, Francis, died needlessly in Belleau Wood . . . At the time of his death he was crawling with vermin and weak from diarrhea." Photograph: European/FPG/Getty
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Company K
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A soldier, maimed yet alive and returned from the Western Front, recalls the celebrations that greeted his homecoming. The townspeople had "decorated the stores and the streets with bunting; there was a parade in the morning with speeches afterwards". The toastmaster was the president of the local bank, whose voice "broke with emotion" when he acknowledged the brave warrior's disfiguring injuries and the incalculable debt of gratitude they all owed him.
War has left him with no illusions. When he visits the banker the next day, to ask for a loan to help him start a chicken farm, his request is declined. There are no heroes in William March's devastating classic. Company K was published in 1933, four years after Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. Like Remarque, March served in the Great War. Highly decorated, he saw action in France and was involved in every major US engagement there. His experiences left him prey to depression.
Company K is the finest American Great War novel. This republication marks the centenary, on April 6th, of the United States' entry into the first World War, an involvement that was unpopular in the US. There is far less literature written by Americans about the first World War than the second, which remains as dominant a thematic source for US fiction writers as subsequent conflicts.
Company K and All Quiet on the Western Front were criticised by the US and German authorities for being unpatriotic. Stylistically, they are very different. Remarque's novel is elegiac, with a plaintive beauty. Paul Bäumer, the young narrator, is an aspiring poet whose response to the horrors he witnesses is bewildered outrage. It is his story, and the book ends with an impersonal announcement of his death, on a day that was "quiet and still".
March's prose is plain and effective as he describes daily events through the mainly hardened voices of the 113 men of Company K. It is a daring novel, graphic and thoroughly anti-war. Many of his speakers have become dehumanised. March is interested in the truth, not heroic myth. From the outset it is clear that no one knew what they were getting into. Training, however demanding, conveys no sense of actual war.
Fear, hunger and exhaustion bring out the worst in some of the men. Despicable acts are described, such as the theft of a copper plaque from a kindly old French couple. The plaque commemorates their son, who was killed at the front. When Pte Robert Nalls notices it rolling out of the kit bag of a colleague who had also enjoyed the hospitality of the bereaved parents, he objects, to be told it is none of his business. "I never saw that old couple again," the private says, "but somehow I wish they knew that I am ashamed of the whole human race."
Elsewhere, in an almost surreal interlude, an elderly woman from a great house comes down to her gate to thank the soldiers, in French, for their efforts in protecting her country. With her is her little granddaughter. The child has a pet fawn. It becomes drawn to one of the soldiers, and eventually the broken-hearted child gives him her pet. The outcome is obvious yet no less shocking.
A sniper describes how his skills made him "the best rifleman in the regiment". Patience is vital, "so I would lie there for hours, studying the German line which looked deserted". Yet he could tell that soldiers were there, because sooner or later a head would appear over the side of the trench.
The speaker delights in recalling his pleasure on being congratulated on his kills. He does not regard them as men; because they were so far away "it didn't seem like killing anybody . . . I never thought of them as men, but as dolls, and it was hard to believe that anything as small as that could feel pain or sorrow."
While rummaging through the pockets and knapsack of a dead German – "There was a hole in his chest as big as your fist" – two American soldiers discover half a loaf of pumpernickel bread. Thrilled with their find, they prepare to eat it, only to discover that it's covered in blood. One of them begins to scrap off the blood, but it has soaked all the way through. He is about to abandon the idea of eating it, but his comrade objects, and they share it.
It is as if the soldiers in Company K become feral. One describes smashing a man's face with a rifle butt. There are rare tremors of remorse. A soldier happens upon a wounded man who, although badly injured, reaches inside his coat. "I thought he was going to throw a grenade, so I emptied my pistol into him." There was no hand grenade, only a photograph of a little girl. "That must have been his daughter."
Survival is down to chance, but an element of cunning also helps; one soldier fakes blindness; another recalls how his school French falsely earned him a role as an interpreter. Entrusted with writing letters of condolence to loved ones back home, one soldier decides to tell the truth: "Dear Madam, Your son, Francis, died needlessly in Belleau Wood . . . at the time of his death he was crawling with vermin and weak from diarrhea. His feet were swollen . . . He lived like a frightened animal, cold and hungry . . . "
The letter writer becomes impassioned, intent on telling the dead boy's mother that he had learned that honour, courage and patriotism "were all lies". Then he tears it up.
Most of the speakers emerge as real men, embittered humans relieved of their humanity. It is a shocking book, yet for all the horrors March sees the irony. A man who had enlisted a day after the war began, and who served through until the end, is expected to look on as his brother, who had been drafted at the last minute and saw only two days of action, during which he sustained a shrapnel nick to the shoulder, is treated as a war hero. For their mother the son who matters is the one who got wounded.
Blunt, impartial and candid, Company K is about a group of men, yet it is also about all men, who fight in all wars. It is essential reading.
Eileen Battersby is Literary Correspondent and author of Teethmarks on My Tongue, published by Dalkey Archive Press


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Soccer and cricket don't treat female players on a par with their male counterparts when it comes to appearance fee or prize purse. Even though 83% sports disciplines have bridged this gap.
Sport has the power to transcend boundaries of race, religion, gender and nationality. Women in sport defy gender stereotypes; make inspiring role models, and show men and women as equals.
Women are more visible in sport now than ever before: Of a total of 997 athletes, only 22 women competed, for the first time, at the 1900 Games in Paris. The London 2012 Olympics was the first Games in which women competed in every sport of the Olympic programme. In Rio, approximately 4,700 women – 45% of all athletes—represented their countries in 306 events.
But, do sport authorities provide women with same facilities, rewards and recognition as their mail counterparts? Has the gender pay gap improved or declined? The answer, to a major extent, lies in the study conducted by BBC commissioned for Women's Sport Week.
The study suggests that 83% of sports now reward men and women equally.
BBC reached out to 68 governing bodies out of which 55 responded to researchers and of those, 44 sports pay prize money. Two of those sports (synchronised swimming and nordic combined) see men and women compete alongside each other, and of the remaining 42, 35 pay prize money in equal measures – making up for a healthy 83% rate.
The study thus reveals that the pay gap has narrowed vastly in recent years, with rewards in women's sports on the rise.
While an increasing number of sports like squash, surfing, badminton, archery, canoeing and various other athletics see equal prize money, financially lucrative disciplines like football, Cricket and golf show some of the biggest disparities. Although, prize money for women has increased substantially in these sports over the past.
Football, which has provided with richest players in the world in form of Ronaldo and Messi, has not been able to produce female icons. The football events like Premier league, Champions League and FIFA World Cup have been discriminatory when it comes to providing prize money.
While Chelsea received £38m for Premier league title, the women league currently has no prize purses. In Champions league too, Real Madrid were given £13.5m while Lyon, the winners of the women's Champions League, gained just £219,920. Same is the case with FIFA in which women winners receive just £2m, compared to the men, who win £35m.
The female golfers are among the highest earners in elite sport, still golf also had a significant payment disparity. The male winner in the men's US Open pockets £1.8m, which is twice as much the winners' pay packet for women's category in the same tournament.
In cricket, the prize money for ICC Women's World Cup 2017 will see a 10-fold increase – up from £150,000 to £1.5m. The victorious cricket team will receive £470,000. However, it's just incomparable to men's team. The prize pot for winning men's team at the 2019 World Cup will be six times at £3.1m.
Tennis was the first sport to pay equal prize money when the US Open started doing so in 1973. By 2004 Athletics, bowls, skating, marathons, shooting, and volleyball all paid equal prize money. Since 2004, a further 12 sports have started doing so.
Prize money for league is based on the number of competitors involved, which means the men's events award more because more men are competing. However, as many industries have increasingly recognized women widen perspectives, brought in new ideas and innovations there is still a long way to go before we will see full equality in the world of sport.


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South African
Pannekoek is similar to crepe. It should not be too thick, and is at it's best if covered in a layer of cinnamon-sugar.
In a country that tends to get droughts, you celebrate rainfall – which is why South Africans love eating pancakes when its cold and raining. In fact, cold damp weather is know as pancake-weather.
It should not confused with plaatkoekies (pikelets or Scottish pancakes).
Melktert is the stuff that dreams and memories are made of. Melktert (which means "milk tart") is a classic – and much loved – South African afternoon dessert and tea-time treat. Being a baked custard tart, flavoured with cinnamon, it is part of South Africa's Dutch and Cape Malay culinary background.
Each melktert baker has their own favourite recipe. Some prefer to bake it in a traditional puff pastry, while others use a slightly sweetened short crust pastry. We prefer the traditionally method but because a good puff pastry needs lots of skill and time, we take a shortcut and buy quality ready-made puff pastry that's made with butter.
Game is a big thing in South-Africa, especially during the hunting season in the winter. Because game meat such as Springbok or Kudu is not available in New Zealand, this recipe uses deer venison.
Marietjie's mum was a master at making melt in the mouth beef. Jaco discovered it recently and now Marietjie's husband cooks her mum's speciality.
This delicately flavoured leg of lamb reminds of Greek-style lamb, but is traditional South African.
This is a rich stew made from lamb (mutton) and lots of tomato. Bredie is simmered slowly to allow the flavours of the meat and vegetables can combine. Bredie is usually made from mutton, and tend to have a dominant vegetable ingredient such as tomato, beans or pumpkin.
Bobotie is a mild spicy dish made from minced meat and egg custard, served with yellow rice and a salad.
It is a complex though well-balanced combination of flavours: sweet and fruity (sultanas, chutney, apricot jam and a wee bit of sugar), spicy (curry and turmeric), sour (vinegar) and salty (the meat).
An old time favourite - pap, wors en sous (porridge, sausage and sauce) - served as a one-dish meal.
It is not common to use wors in a casserole dish, but this worsjuweel casserole proves that it can be done. Flavorsome, and very satisfying.
Dried fruit such as apple rings, apricot, peach, pear, and prune is delicious when stewed. It is a healthy breakfast too, especially if you serve it with natural, unflavoured yoghurt.
New Zealanders will find dried fruit in the bins at your local Countdown Supermarket. (For non-Kiwi readers: a bin is a large container from which you take as much or little as you need. You pay per weight.)
A thick sauce with the consistency of mayonnaise
Avocado Mousse was quite popular in the 70's when jellied dishes were in fashion, but it remains a favorite.
Apple and Celery Salad is a crispy and fresh variation of Waldorf salad.
Lovely salad with broccoli, bacon, sultanas and almonds.
This is a sweet and tangy variation of potato salad. Not for the calorie-conscious though.
A healthy salad that is high in fibre, and will last well in the fridge.
Bacon and Pea Salad is delicious and will last a few days, is great to have in the fridge ready for use.
Wholewheat rusks are high in fibre and therefore quite healthy.
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UNGHENI, MOLDOVA – After just a day or two, walking on piles of snow and narrow strips of ice was a welcome relief from mud.
Walking on mud that had hardened somewhat wasn't so bad because you could gingerly step on the top and squish along, slipping and sliding. Walking through the soft mud was more challenging.
Navigating through that was more like sloshing, and should anyone remain in one place for too long, the mud became like quicksand.
Sometimes the mud is even too much for the "Moldovan Mercedes-Benz" (a horse and cart, the common mode of transportation in villages) to handle.
The 11 staff members of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) who recently participated in a mission trip to Moldova became well acquainted with mud roads in Moldovan villages. For one week the team went door-to-door throughout villages in the Ungheni district, distributing food and sharing the gospel.
Each day they served in a different village and followed mud-laden pathways to meet people, often being invited into their homes. In one home an 11-year-old boy laid in bed, unable to walk. A wheelchair sat next to his bed, but it seemed a daunting task to get the boy and his wheelchair down the slippery, muddy hill.
The team met two older ladies, a mom and her daughter, living in a home consisting of only two twin-sized beds, – with barely enough room to stand in between – one cabinet and a small wooden stove on the floor, which served as a means for cooking and heating the home. The mom was bed-ridden and could not get up to go to the bathroom. For many Moldovans, a bathroom is nothing more than a hole in the ground. A table next to the bed with a pan served as her bathroom. The smell of urine drifted throughout the home.
The mission team saw similar living conditions in every village they visited.
Jimmy Huffman, director of Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, N.C., spent some time during the week going door-to-door in apartment buildings in the city area of Ungheni. In one apartment he said he saw the worst living conditions he had ever seen.
"One man living in the apartment looked like he was at the end of his rope," Huffman said.
"When I reached out to touch him, you could tell that was the first time in a long time anyone had showed him any kind of compassion. I continue seeing that image in my mind."
Moldova is marked by extreme poverty and is the poorest country in Eastern Europe, with agriculture serving as its main economic source.
At first glance it doesn't seem so obvious. In the Ciripcani village, homes painted blue and green (popular colors in Moldova) are nestled among sprawling, rolling hills, and the village seemed still and peaceful.
But for many Moldovans, home life is anything but peaceful. It is not uncommon for men to go to Russia or other countries to find work in order to support their family back in Moldova. Some return home, but many do not. Human trafficking is very prevalent in Moldova, and the prime years are from ages 12-19. Up to 600,000 teenagers are lured into trafficking each year.
Moldova is also a spiritually dark place, with an evangelical population of less than two percent.
Abiding joy
Despite all this, believers of Jesus Christ do live in Moldova. Although few in number, their faith is strong and their joy undeniable.
Merrie Johnson, BSC senior consultant for student evangelism and ministry met a man, a paraplegic, living in an apartment that would be condemned in the United States. He was a Christian, and wanted the mission team to go visit a friend who was not a believer. And he wanted to go with them.
"We have more stuff than we know what to do with [in the U.S.]," she said. "They have nothing. But they have a contentment we don't have."
The team carried him from his apartment to the car, and then up flights of steps in the next apartment building to the fifth floor.
"Nothing was easy for him," Johnson said. "But he had such a burden for his friends to know Jesus."
Pastors in the villages share that same excitement, passion and burden for people to know Jesus.
Ashley Allen, director of Embrace Women's Missions and Ministries, shared how the pastors rejoiced when people in their village – and other villages – came to know Christ.
"There was excitement that the Kingdom of God was growing," Allen said. "I remember walking into [an evangelistic service] the first night and being overwhelmed by the body of Christ."
One night after the evangelistic service, the Convention staff had already boarded the van to head back to Chisinau when a local pastor came on the van, grinning from ear to ear. "Someone in our village got saved tonight," he shouted.
To learn more about how to get involved in Moldova, contact Michael Sowers at (800) 395-5102, ext. 5654, or visit ncbaptist.org/moldova.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – This is the third article in a series about the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina's staff mission trip to Moldova. For photos and videos, visit flickr.com/ncbaptist.)
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The JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi has opened in Vietnam, the brand's third to open in Asia within the past two months alongside Bengaluru and New Delhi.
"Hanoi has earned itself a coveted spot as a must-visit destination for travellers and we are thrilled to join the city in this exciting time," said Mitzi Gaskins, Vice President and Global Brand Manager for JW Marriott Hotels and Resorts.
"Of the 30-plus hotels in our current pipeline, 50 per cent are in Asia, which speaks to our commitment to investing in dynamic markets like Vietnam."
The 450-room, 75,000 square meter (800,000 square foot) JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi is a 'reverse skyscraper' designed by acclaimed architecture practice Carlos Zapata Studio. The impressive structure was inspired by the country's magnificent coastline and evokes characteristics of a dragon – a modern interpretation of a symbol from Vietnam's past.
Located in Hanoi's new central business district and adjacent to the National Convention Center, the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi is poised to become a key player for leisure and business within the city's growing and dynamic hotel industry.
"It gives us great pleasure to introduce the JW Marriott luxury brand to Vietnam," said Bob Fabiano, General Manager of JW Marriott Hanoi.
"Vietnam is a hugely appealing market, and we see great growth potential here. It is an honour to lead the first JW Marriott hotel in Vietnam and I am looking forward to providing the best in five star services to our domestic and international guests."
JW Marriott Hanoi is set to impress with a wide array of culinary and nightlife experiences. A total of six restaurant and bar outlets will cater to travellers with a passion for exceptional food, wine and crafted cocktails.
Dining venues include the French Grill, a French inspired outlet serving fresh seafood and prime cuts of steaks along with a variety of premium wines and spirits; and a Chinese restaurant specializing in Cantonese fare (open in January 2014).
With over 3,600sqm of flexible meeting space built for large corporate and association events, JW Marriott Hanoi is well placed to cater to the flourishing market for MICE in Vietnam. The hotel has a total of 17 meeting rooms including two Ballrooms of 1,000sqm and 480sqm with extensive public foyers. All meeting facilities are conveniently located on the ground floor with a dedicated entrance and parking.
Fabiano said his hope that the new hotel would set a new standard for hospitality in Hanoi and Vietnam as a whole
"Our goal is to offer consumers the world-class luxury choice of accommodation in Hanoi. In doing so, we want to be part of a growing contingent of hotel options helping to leverage hospitality standards in the city," he said.


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Your Dollars at Work
The stories below describe how DSRSD plans and invests for the future, works to continually increase savings and efficiency, and protects public health and the environment.
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Recognizing the People Behind the Pipes
Water Professionals Appreciation Week
Media Contact: Sue Stephenson, 925-875-2295 (office) 925-570-5739 (cell), email@example.com
Shortly after midnight on September 6, on-call water systems operator Ray Robles received an alarm from a Dublin San Ramon Services District drinking water pumping station in central Dublin. Suction pressure had suddenly fallen to near zero.
Three minutes later, City of Dublin's police dispatch called Robles to report pavement buckling due to a water main break on nearby Tuscany Drive. As Robles arrived on the scene, Alameda County fire fighters had already stopped the flow by turning off the water to a large number of homes. Robles adjusted the valves so only 25 homes were without water during repairs. As the water drained off the street, the pavement over the leak began cracking and sinking.
Photo: Dublin San Ramon Services District water operator Tim Johnson (left) sprays water around a cracked 14-inch water main on Tuscany Drive in Dublin on September 6. Co-worker Rick Lawrence operates the vacuum truck boom to remove the mud during the 27-hour repair job.
During the next 27 hours, nine DSRSD employees responded to help. By 8 a.m., DSRSD's emergency on-call contractor, McGuire and Hester, also had a crew of four working on repairs. They would discover a 20-foot crack in the 14-inch water main buried 10 feet under the street. As the excavation grew, the City of Dublin sent a building inspector to make sure nearby homes were safe.
On his way to the scene at 3:30 a.m., DSRSD Acting Field Operations Supervisor Levi Fuller picked up 25 cases of bottled water, one for each of the homes where the water was off. Fuller stayed on site until 3:30 a.m. the next day, when repairs were finished and everyone's water was back on.
Other staff brought in larger jugs of water so residents could flush their toilets and special equipment to vacuum up mud. DSRSD's communications staff was there 10 hours, handing out the water, answering questions, and coordinating with Torrey Pines Homeowners Association Manager Paula Asbury, who kept residents informed.
"Those poor guys worked for more than 24 hours (same guys the whole time) and didn't leave until it was repaired," said a resident in a Nextdoor post that expressed her appreciation for the rapid response.
"Stories like this happen every day, in every community," said DSRSD General Manager Dan McIntyre. "Our people keep the water on and the sewers and treatment plants working 24/7, but they're rarely visible until something goes wrong. It's a real boost when our customers go out of their way to say thank you."
Major Pipe Breaks Rare for DSRSD
Pipe failures of this size are rare in Dublin and the Dougherty Valley area of San Ramon where DSRSD provides water service. Robles remembers only two in his 12 years with DSRSD. Smaller leaks—such as broken meter connections that send water flowing down the gutter—may happen once or twice a week. The District's field operations staff also responds immediately to such incidents.
Most of the time, however, DSRSD staff use networked, automated controls to remotely monitor and communicate with pump stations, reservoirs, turnouts, and sewer facilities. They investigate and troubleshoot system alerts through an online dashboard, from the main control room or anywhere out in the field. This year DSRSD completed a $6.7 million, eight-year modernization of its automated control system and network.
Water Professionals Earn Statewide Recognition
California's legislature has just established Water Professionals Appreciation Week to highlight the important role of water industry professionals and local public water agencies in ensuring safe and reliable water, wastewater, and recycled water services. The annual event begins the first Saturday of October and ends the Sunday of the following weekend—October 7 to 15 in 2017.
During the week, DSRSD is hosting a tour of its water system for local elected officials and their staff. DSRSD employees will celebrate the event with a potluck barbecue.
Water Industry Needs More Workers
Recent labor studies estimate that 60,000 people work in the water industry in California and the industry needs roughly 6,000 new employees each year due to turnover. A wave of retiring baby boomers has created many opportunities at DSRSD. In the last year, the District hired replacements for 23 percent of its staff, including five water/wastewater system operators. DSRSD will be hiring two more operators before the end of 2017 as well as three mechanics that maintain major equipment.
To attract new men and women to the field, DSRSD has teamed up with other agencies and Solano Community College to offer training that prepares students to take state certification exams in water operations. The Bay Area Consortium for Water and Wastewater Education offers evening courses taught by working professionals at treatment plants throughout the Bay Area, including DSRSD's facility in Pleasanton. The 22-agency partnership also pays for students' tuition and books.
About DSRSD
Founded in 1953, DSRSD serves 178,000 people, providing potable and recycled water service to Dublin and the Dougherty Valley area of San Ramon, wastewater collection and treatment to Dublin and south San Ramon, and wastewater treatment to Pleasanton (by contract). ). DSRSD also operates the Jeffrey G. Hansen Water Recycling Plant and a backbone recycled water distribution system on behalf of the San Ramon Valley Recycled Water Program. The District office is located at 7051 Dublin Blvd., Dublin CA, 94568. For more information about the District, visit www.dsrsd.com.
About Water Professionals Appreciation Week
California's first-ever Water Professionals Appreciation Week is part of a new annual designation intended to highlight the important role of water industry professionals and local public water agencies in California. Water Professionals Appreciation Week was established by Senate Concurrent Resolution 80, approved by the Legislature on September 13 and chaptered on September 19. The resolution, authored by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), was sponsored by a coalition that was led by the Association of California Water Agencies and included WateReuse California, California Municipal Utilities Association, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, California Water Association, and California Water Environment Association.


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Are you checking the pulse of your innovation? Do you know how to keep your innovation alive and give it a boost? Do you have an innovative idea or even more do you know how to create one? Do you know what are today's innovations?
TEDxUniversityOfTrento, an event independently organized by a group of diverse students at University of Trento, brings the spirit of TEDx conferences to Trento and this time we are tackling the agenda of Innovation.
TEDxUniversityOfTrento will be held on Saturday, April 20th and will host unique speakers coming from different countries and from different backgrounds. Academics, professionals, students and artists will share their ideas, their experience and their knowledge with the audience and with the global TED community. Speakers will tackle the Innovation topic from a number of different and original perspectives: from the technological point of view to the social, from the entrepreneurial to the artistic. The aim is to provide insights of what is the "state of Innovation" today, what is an Innovative idea and finally how Innovative ideas can improve our lives.
Moreover, at TedxUniversityofTrento we will mix up both speakers as well as audience, in order to spark discussions, communication and ideas-sharing among the people. We seek to boost creativity, inspire minds, and get everyone hungry for Innovation.
Think out of the box and be prepared for people sharing their IDEAS worth spreading, LIVE.
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Top Chef Masters or shopping for a duvet cover with your wife/significant other/life partner. We don't judge here. We just mock.
Or, maybe you just live outside of Southern California. That's a semi-legitimate excuse. Budovideos, as they have for several years now, will be broadcasting the event live over the internet. It's approximately $10, which is a dollar well spent for the match-ups you'll get to see.
Sidenote: For all our teammates and any of our loyal readers competing - good luck! And, no excuses!


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Merry Christmas!
It's amazing what you can do with 40 feet of schedule 40 PVC pipe, a bucket full of fittings, some glue and about 66 yards of tinsel.
It has been shirtsleeve weather all day. Either Global Warming is actually true of the calendar has gone out of whack to pre-Augustus levels and it is actually late May or early October.A Christmas Story is in it's second showing on TNT, which runs it for the next 22 hours in continuous loop in case you miss a bit, and my neighbour has his Santa Landing Lights on. In a move of mind-boggling stupidity he arranged for the runway to be less than 8 feet long and to end at the wall of his house. I hope Santa has a Harrier sled. Even if he does, I predict coal in my neighbour's stocking.
May Santa be good to you all, may you have enough batteries to last the day and may your bells truly jingle all the way.


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Have a Heart Adoption programme description
By participating in the Have a Heart Adoption programme, you voluntarily agree to pay the monthly donations which are spent on education, nutrition and medical care of the children you decided to sponsor. Long term sponsorship allows you to get to know your child and build a unique relationship through the exchange of the letters. You will receive all the details and regular updates from the child you decided to sponsor. Your donation will ensure that the child receives education at a local school as well as aftercare and can continue studying through a high school. The primary goal of the Have a Heart Adoption programme is fighting the poverty and inequality and improving the lives of those in need in the developing countries.
We pass on the funds to the missionary centres operating locally in Sub-Saharan Africa that we cooperate with. The missionaries arrange the direct distribution to those in need. Currently, almost 4000 children receive the support in the following countries: Rwanda, DR Congo, Burundi, Sudan, Madagascar, Cameroon, Togo and Ivory Coast.
Check who we are, where we work and our history to find out more about us!
* not more than 10% of the donations are spent on the administration and fundraising of the Have a Heart Adoption programme


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You set a bunch of good things in motion by buying from CeCe's Wool.
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Speaker: Major Dean Pallant
Major Dean Pallant is currently Under Secretary for Programme Resources and International Health Services Coordinator at The Salvation Army's International Headquarters.
Dean graduated from University of Cape Town in 1985 before working in personnel management in South Africa during the turbulent industrial relations period from 1986 to 1990.
Dean was trained as a Salvation Army officer (1991 to 1993) and married Dr. Eirwen Lowther in 1993. They have led Salvation Army corps in England (Woodbridge and Rugby) and from 1996 to 2000 the Pallants served at Chikankata Mission Hospital, Zambia. Dean was Editor of the United Kingdom Territory weekly news magazine Salvationist from 2004 to 2007.
Since October 2007, Dean and Eirwen have been International Health Services Coordinators for Salvation Army health ministry around the world. Dean takes the lead in management and theological aspects of Salvation Army health services – Eirwen is responsible for the clinical aspects. In 2010, Dean was appointed Under Secretary for Programme Resources as an additional appointment.
Dean was appointed secretary of the International Moral and Social Issues Council in 2008. In 2013 he was appointed to chair a review of Salvation Army accountability and assessment systems to report to the General by mid-2014. He is chair of the working group of the One Army Impact Project and a member of the steering committee.
Additional professional affiliations: Dean is a member of the International Study Group of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship and an advisory member of the International Religious Health Assets Group (IHRAP).
Educational background: Dean completed a doctorate in theology at King's College London in 2010. His first book was published in 2011, Keeping Faith in Faith-Based Organisations – a practical theology of Salvation Army health ministry.
His primary passions include connecting the Word of God to the struggles of daily life, and the promotion of the discipline of spiritual friendship in the society.
- Major Dean Pallant presents a paper on the subject 'What is The Salvation Army's theology as we serve suffering humanity?'


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'Perry Mason': Season 9, Volume 1
Perry starts winding down
Perry MasonDistributor: CBS/Paramount
Cast: Raymond Burr
Network: CBS
US release date: 2012-06-11
This set contains the first 15 episodes of the ninth and final season of the original run of TV's Perry Mason, as first aired in the 1965-66 season, and faithful viewers will notice a few changes. First, the opening theme is quieter and slinkier. Second, there are two new regulars: Richard Anderson as Lt. Steve Drumm, taking over duties as the show's investigating homicide detective who habitually arrests the wrong person, and Dan Tobin as Terrance Clay, owner of the restaurant and bar where everyone hangs out. He stands around in dapper vests and makes jokes about his Irish heritage. Third, and most disappointingly, the mysteries are mostly obvious and predictable. These are the easiest whodunits in the series, and the blame probably rests with new story consultants Orville H. Hampton (who wrote more than half the season's episodes) and Ernie Frankel. Perhaps Hampton stepped into this prestigious job on a long-running hit because he was freshly hot from an Oscar nomination for One Potato, Two Potato, which wasn't a whodunit.
The premiere, Hampton's "The Case of the Laughing Lady", has an unusual set-up in that the murder has already occurred and Perry's client (Jean Hale) has already struck out with a court-appointed counsel when she recognizes a mysterious laugh on a TV program in jail. Like many episodes this season, this touches on social issues--in this case, the different defenses received by the poor and those who can afford a good lawyer--something the series had almost completely avoided. Speeches were left to socially conscious shows like The Defenders, but this season gives several signs of acknowledging reality. This episode, set in the art world, introduces the concept of investigative spying via electronic devices, which Perry would employ more than once this season. Finally, this episode featues a dazzling array of recurring guests, including Constance Towers, John Dall, Bernard Fox, Allison Hayes, and John Abbott.
Several episodes take odd angles. Novelist Henry Farrell (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane) provides "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith", which opens with Perry's client (Jeanne Bal) having the charge dismissed and moves on to what seems a Gothic case of haunting. (He also concocted the strange situation in "The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers".) Stories that attempt to be topical include "The Case of the Silent Six", an indirect comment on the Kitty Genovese case of 1964, and "The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein", which unconcinvingly mixes Perry into Cold War shenanigans in East Berlin. The latter is the disappointing final script from Jonathan Latimer, one of the series' most interesting writers.
The series' returning regulars are Raymond Burr as Mason; Barbara Hale as his secretary Della Street; William Hopper as private detective Paul Drake; William Talman as D.A. Hamilton Burger; and Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice. Jesse Hibbs directs most episodes, with Vincent McEveety providing unusually deft movements for "The Case of the Baffling Bug", a story emphasizing the hot mid-60s topics of surveillance and industrial espionage. These topics are still timely, of course, and it's naively touching to see the characters fretting about the new morality of it.
Other guests include Julie Adams, Jesse White, Nancy Gates, H.M. Wynant, Louise Latham, Barry Atwater, Lee Meriwether, Stuart Erwin, Robert Emhardt, Bruce Bennett, Whit Bissell, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh Marlowe, K.T. Stevens, Strother Martin, Regis Toomey, Michael Constantine, Anthony Caruso, Gavin MacLeod, Robert H. Harris, Paul Winfield, Skip Homeier, Virginia Gregg, Jeanette Nolan, Grant Williams, Teru Shimada, Aliza Gur, Bruce Glover, Kathleen Crowley, Leonard Stone, Meg Wyllie, and Richard Jaeckel.


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