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Great news from Connor Harron at Western Washington University. He's a Psychology and Environmental Studies major who recently found out about the Margins Movement. He and his partner Max Janicex decided to do a project on Change the Margins for a Campus Planning Studio class. Reports Harron in an e-mail:
Harron sent me a report of their findings, and I'll be posting excerpts from it as I read it. I'm especially happy about their news because of the potential feedback that may become available from their pilot program. I've received several queries from representatives of companies who are interested in potentially implementing Margins, but want hard data about results before they do so. Unfortunately, so far this has not been available - the idea has been floating out there in the ether but no one's actually done a measured study of the results of Efficient Margin adoption. Perhaps Harron's efforts will change that, leading to more sustainable practices not just at Western Washington University, but at other colleges and companies around the country!


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In 2015, Seamless Product Development (SPD) transitioned from a boutique personal consultancy to a growing innovation powerhouse. This year, SPD has delivered more services than the previous 5 years combined. We now have in-house program management, operations management, and recruiting capabilities; we've built a network over 30 highly skilled specialists whom we have engaged on specific projects; and we have developed proprietary tools to manage increasingly large programs for both venture-backed start-ups and massive tech giants. However, as SPD grows, we also have a scaling responsibility to be deliberate about what issues we focus on. Today, we are announcing the our first targeted initiative, the SPD Smart Homes & Buildings Innovation Team.
The mission of the SPD Smart Homes & Buildings Innovation Team will be to advance the state of the art, and the adoption of technology that makes our buildings more energy efficient and their inhabitants more healthy, happy, and productive. Over the coming months, the team will be publishing specific mission objectives tied to 3, 5, and 10 year timelines.
Why Smart Homes & Buildings?
Focusing on the Smart Homes & Buildings vertical is aligned with all four of Seamless' macro-causes (the high-level reasons why we innovate):
Environmental Conservation – Developing technology that reduces and repairs society's impact on the environment is part of Seamless' core mission. Residential and commercial buildings account for 30% of all energy utilization globally [1], and much of this energy is produced by methods that produce significant CO2 emissions.
Human Productivity – Americans spend 87% of their lives indoors [2], that's over 20 hours a day! Much of that waking time is spent working for a living, and indoor environmental factors have been shown to have a large impact on productivity.
Human Longevity & Vitality – Most people spend 28% of their lives sleeping indoors [3], and sleep quality and duration have been shown to have a significant impact on productivity, health, and happiness. While some factors that affect sleep quality are individually physiological, other important factors include noise, lighting, temperature and oxygen level. In addition to sleep, the around-clock level of indoor air quality, light, noise and distractions also impact our health and stress levels.
Human-Machine Co-Existence – Over the next five years the number of internet-connected devices in homes is projected to increase 10-fold [4], our workplaces will identify and customize to us in real time, and we'll be sharing our spaces with multiple robots moving around. The principles of human-machine interaction will be tested in the home and at the office more significantly over the coming decade than in any other venue.
Why Seamless? Why now?
Seamless has much to contribute to this space. We've been closely watching smart home technology develop over the last few years, and we have been installing and evaluating smarthome products in our own homes for the last 18 months. We have an increasingly clear understanding of the keystone challenges (the issues that attenuate or block the success of the technology and its adoption) in the domain, and we believe we have the team and the tools to help solve them. Also, with 2015 on track to be the hottest year on record [5], we felt compelled to get organized around how we are applying our resources to help reduce carbon emissions.
What Next?
Over the coming weeks, we will write more about how we are structuring the Smart Homes & Buildings Innovation Team, and what services the team will be offering. We'll also be sharing ideas and results from our own tinkering, as well as publically curating our journey as we explore and learn more about the space.
We look forward to sharing this adventure with you.
- http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=us_energy_use
- Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Labs https://indoor.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/lbnl-47713.pdf
- Reporting on statistics collected from user of the SleepCycle smartphone app: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3042230/Sleeping-habits-world-revealed-wakes-grumpy-China-best-quality-shut-eye-South-Africa-wakes-earliest.html
- http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/the_internet_of_things_the_value_of_digitizing_the_physical_world
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/science/2015-likely-to-be-hottest-year-ever-recorded.html?_r=0


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Recently released in Japan, Samurai Warriors 4: Empires will be coming to the West early next year.
Koei Tecmo has announced – right on the heels of the game's September 17th Japanese release – that they'll be bringing the historic musou title with a strategic twist Samurai Warriors 4: Empires to both North American and European shores early in 2016.
Further details haven't been revealed yet, but we'll make sure to keep an eye out. 😉


text: No other designer sees women the way Peter Dundas does. His one-of-a-kind creations feature surprising cuts and unexpected patterns that flatter and elevate the female form, offering him a strong following of A-list celebrities, as well as acute fashionistas the world over. His personal label was inaugurated through his traveling flagship concept, and it is already stealing the show.


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Jazz Shapers celebrates continued programme partner
From a press release to email@example.com
Posted 12 January 2015, 12.33pm est
Jazz FM's movers & shakers of business and jazz programme "Jazz Shapers" has gone into its fourth year as law firm Mishcon de Reya have signed a significant new twelve-month contract to continue as the programme partner.
The programme features music from the shapers of jazz, blues and soul alongside interviews with their equivalent in the business world - entrepreneurs who have defined and shaped business categories and ways of operating. Jazz Shapers is hosted by Elliot Moss, Mishcon de Reya's Director of Business Development. Guests to date have included high profile entrepreneur Luke Johnson, City super-woman Nicola Horlick and advertising guru Sir John Hegarty.
Jazz Shapers has grown since its inception with monthly programmes on British Airways High Life, a series of original animated films created from the audio interviews, regular events and promotion in the FT and City AM.
Jazz FM's Partnership Director, Claire Stacey said "Mishcon de Reya understands how to build an engaging media property. The programme is an integral part of their brand strategy, and celebrates entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking. Combined with great jazz, this is an entertaining and inventive collaboration which is totally in tune with our listeners."
Programme host and Mishcon de Reya Director of Business Development Elliot Moss said "Jazz FM have been, and continue to be, a great partner for our Firm. Their audience, full of decision makers and influencers in the world of business, is perfect for us. Over the last three years I've met and interviewed some truly inspiring men and women through Jazz Shapers – I look forward to many more."
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Founded as St Pancras Amateur Boxing Club in 1900 by the merger of Stanhope Institute & North London Territorial School of Arms Boxing Clubs
Affiliated to London ABA and London Federation of Youth
"With Wisdom & Courage"
25 Talacre Road, Kentish Town, London, England NW5 3PH
Welcome and thanks for visiting St. Pancras Boxing Club. Please explore the site and check back often for news and updates.
Follow us on twitter @stpancrasabc & www.facebook.com/stpancrasabc
St Pancras ABC Open Show
November 13th 2013
Irish Center, Camden Square.
Tickets are £10 and £5 and are available from the gym.
St Pancras ABC is a voluntary, friendly club that provides a disciplined, professional environment which enables you to box to the highest standards under the supervision of dedicated, highly trained coaches. Boxing is a fantastic sport for fitness, discipline and general well being. We play a huge part in our community, giving kids and adolescents the opportunity to improve their fitness, self defense skills, discipline, confidence and self control, whilst keeping them off the streets and giving them something positive to do. St.Pancras ABC offers the finest coaching for both seniors and juniors, from beginner's level upwards, with fantastic opportunities to compete in regional and national championships.
All of our coaches are volunteers, they are CRB checked and are qualified through the Amateur Boxing Association of England.
We welcome all members of the community, from age 10 +, beginners or advanced, we also welcome female boxers.
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Chairman Geoff Springer with Paul King
A few photos of some proud moments...
"Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring"
Sugar Ray Leonard
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
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My late godfather used to buy these SATA greeting seals in the past. Somehow I managed to have a couple of such booklets – from $2 per booklet (10 sheets of 10 seals per sheet) in 1969 to $5 per booklet in 1971. $2 or $5 may not be a large amount now, but at that time (60s and 70s) it was quite a considerable amount.
These are not meant to replace the usual postage stamps but used to decorate your letters as shown below.
For those that do not know what SATA is (click on the link in the first para) , I'm not surprised as TB (Tuberculosis) is no longer a major killer in Singapore. It was in the 60s, thus Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA) was setup in 1947.


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March 17: Falling in Love
Day 15
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My kids are little and just getting into life, and school, and things like that. One of the things I've thought a lot about, maybe obsessed a little bit about is, how can I help my kids learn to love learning?
As I've sort of gone through my own life and my experience in different scenarios (lots of experience in church and churches, lots of experience in companies and the corporate world), one of the things I've realized is that being a continuous learner is a massive advantage in life. Being a continuous learner makes life more interesting.
Being a continuous learner is completely wrapped up in becoming the-best-version-of-ourselves. Because when we're constantly trying to become a-better-version-of-ourselves, we need more input. We need new input all the time. We need new insights, we need new awareness, we need new ideas that spark different behavior, different desires.
As Christians, we're called to be ultimate people of possibility. We're called to be people who believe that things are possible, people who are filled with a fabulous hope. And I think in order to maintain it, you really do have to be a continuous learner. And in order to grow spiritually, we have to be continuous learners.
People who are satisfied with what they already know, people who are sort of entrenched in their own opinions, tend not to be continuous learners and also tend not to be growing spiritually.
Do you love learning? If you don't love learning, I want you to think about when you stopped loving learning. What happened in your life around that time that caused you to stop loving learning?
I want you to go back. I want you to trace it back. I want you to think about that situation. I want you to face that situation, however difficult, however uncomfortable, however painful. I want you to make peace with that situation, and then decide not to let that situation rob you of your future . . . and start to learn again, start to be a lover of learning.
It's a beautiful thing. It's something that just breeds excellence and helps us become the-best-version-of-ourselves. And when we fall in love with learning, we fall in love with life in a completely new way.
Matthew Kelly, Resisting Happiness
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This fall, Kenton City School cafeterias are meeting tough new federal nutrition standards for school meals, ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school. Now is a great time to encourage your kids to choose school lunch!
School meals offer students milk, fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size.
Starting in school year 2012-2013, school lunches will meet additional standards requiring:
- Larger servings of vegetables and fruit(students must take at least one serving of produce)
- A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes.
- Fat free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat free)
- More whole grains
- And less sodium.
We are always working to offer Kenton students healthier and tastier choices. School meals are a great value and huge convenience for busy families.
We look forward to welcoming your children to the cafeteria this fall. To find out the facts about schools meals visit www.schoolnutrition.org.


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Mil-Spec Monkey Stealth Utility & Admin Pouch - Marine Coyote
The original MCAP was a success, however some users wanted a more quiet variant. So I took the main ideas and applied a zipper based design. The end result is not as speedy to access, but has full security closure with the zippers and can be opened with minimal noise. The Stealth can't hold two 30 round NATO mags vertically like the MCAP can, but a user can fit a single mag in the main pouch diagonally. While I was at it, I adjusted the interior to give more item handling options. The outer front has a generous amount of loop / pile and the back has a full set of PALS webbing to allow for the most mounting options. The Frontal pocket is slightly shorter to assist in making a tactile separation of the pockets without much loss of space. During the prototyping phase, side elastic compression proved ineffective so the sides now have traditional webbing for attachment points. Although the core is 1000D, when possible, 500D cordura was used to reduce weight and add flexibility. 2 color matched long Malice clips are included with each pouch. I'm very happy to be able to say the Stealth pouch is a collaboration effort being designed by Mil-Spec Monkey and manufactured by Tactical Tailor in the USA.
Overall DIMS: approx 6.75" x 6.25"
Depending how much you pack this bad boy, it can get pretty thick so that is why I deemed it a Utility / Admin pouch rather than just an Admin pouch. Works great on vests or as additions to larger packs.
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The Dog Book: Dogs Of Historical Distinction
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Excerpts: • Homer's Odysseus' ancient faithful dog Argos is the only one to recognize him when he returns from the Trojan War after twenty years. Now neglected and covered in fleas, Argos lay on a dung heap by the stables, but pricked up his ears at his master's approach, wagging his tail and dropping his ears. Odysseus saw Argos but is in disguise and cannot greet him, shedding a hidden tear for the loyal hound. • When French forces took the town of Niort during the Hundred Years War' in 1373, a famous writer of the time saw an old dog lying on the grave of its master, who had died in battle with the English. The dog refused to leave the grave and the Duke de Berry, who was greatly moved by such devotion, arranged for the dog to receive a pension of ten francs for life, which was delivered to a neighbor to feed the animal until it died. • In 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in response to a Republican claim that he had sent a destroyer to pick up his dog Fala from the Aleutian Islands at great cost: "These Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, or my wife, or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I don't resent attacks, and my family don't resent attacks, but Fala does resent them. You know, Fala is Scotch, and being a Scottie, as soon as he learned that the Republican fiction writers in Congress and out had concocted a story that I'd left him behind on an Aleutian island and had sent a destroyer back to find him–at a cost to the taxpayers of two or three, or eight or twenty million dollars – his Scotch soul was furious. He has not been the same dog since." • Chips was a German Shepherd-Collie-Husky mix who served with the Third Infantry Division during World War II. When Chips and his handler (Pvt John P. Rowell) were pinned down by a machine-gun nest, Chips stormed into the pillbox, grabbed one of the Italian soldiers and forced the other four to leave the pillbox, where they surrendered to U.S. troops. Later that day, he assisted in the capture of ten soldiers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. But these were later taken away as awards to animals were "contrary to Army policy." Nevertheless his own unit awarded him (unofficially) with a Theater Ribbon and eight campaign Battle stars.


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CLARKSDALE – Coahoma Community College has been ranked among the top 10 culinary schools in Mississippi by Best Choice Schools.
The ranking was published on the organization's website in November. CCC was ranked second.
According to Best Choice Schools, the best culinary schools in Mississippi offer a variety of certificates and degrees in the culinary arts and related fields. The top 10 culinary schools were selected based on variety of coursework, low student to faculty ratio, professional work setting, and internship opportunities.
"At Coahoma, we are committed to providing accessible, affordable, diverse, and quality educational programs and services," said CCC President Dr. Valmadge Towner. "We are incredibly proud to be recognized by Best Choice Schools as one of the top culinary schools in Mississippi."
CCC offers an associate's degree in Culinary Arts Technology. Students complete a variety of coursework, including culinary principles, baking, hospitality supervision, sanitation, menu planning and design, and American Regional Cuisine.
The program can be completed in two years of full time study. Faculty have extensive experience in the industry and a low faculty/student ratio means students receive individualized attention.
The classroom is a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen with the same equipment students will find in a professional kitchen in the field. Graduates of the program are eligible for ServSafe Sanitation certification through the National Restaurant Association.
Best Choice Schools has grown to become one of the leading free websites for helping college students and adult learners choose the best education path.
The site includes comprehensive resources including rankings and state listings by major of the highest quality degree programs, featured articles, scholarships for financial aid, information about career opportunities, and answers to pressing questions about choosing the best school and degree program.
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Since launching in 2013, The Dockyard has become the life and soul of Media City UK. With a real passion for beer, The Dockyard offers an unrivalled selection of craft ales, beers and ciders from all over the world. Our guys and girls are passionate and know their stuff so whether you're looking for a particular style of beer, wine or even one of our signature "Docktails" – you're going to get the best service and the best drink to suit you.
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A popular Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage Attends DJ Khaled's Album Title Announcement in Los Angeles. The Nigerian singer, is set to perform at the Essence "Black Women In Music".
This woman is well know celebrity in the music industry.
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Shocking Mandate for Democrats & Progressives Last Night
Bizarre. Shocking. Unexpected, to put it lightly. Something happened last night. The country lurched to the left. And not just on gay rights. On a number of issues and candidates.
The GOP Won the House Because They Cheated
First, a word about the House. From everything I'm reading, House Republicans held on to their majority because the Tea Party win of 2010 permitted Republican majorities in state legislatures to redistrict like crazy, and they basically fixed the election for the House.
So, in a nutshell, the Republicans won the House they way they always win: they cheated.
But even were we to accept the Republicans' claim that they won some "mandate" last night by holding the House. I've got news for them. If they won a mandate for holding the House, then we won twice the mandate for holding the Senate and the White House. The voters gave them one lever of power. They gave us two. So let's do play that game.
Now back to everything else. CNN just announced that Democratic Senator Jon Tester won re-election in a very difficult race in Montana. Another less-than-expected Dem victory. Now, as for the extent of the Democratic victory, aka, the victories that have meaning.
The Republican Rape Twins Lost
The rape boys lost. Republicans Todd Akin ("legitimate rape" from Missouri), who was running against Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, and Richard (rape-babies are a gift from God) Mourdock from Indiana) both lost their bids for the US Senate.
Allen West is Toast, and Bachmann Only Just Survived
In the House, where Republicans expanded their majority due to Tea Party redistricting, some key ideologues lost. Republican Allen West, a total nutjob from Florida, is reported to have lost. While nutjob-ette Michele Bachmann in Minnesota won a second term, but only just.
Marijuana Legalization Won Big
Then there's marijuana. From AP:
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The marijuana measures in Colorado and Washington will likely pose a headache for the U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, which consider pot an illegal drug. The DOJ has declined to say how it would respond if the measures were approved.
Colorado's Amendment 64 will allow adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, though using the drug publicly would be banned. The amendment would allow people to grow up to six marijuana plants in a private, secure area.
Washington's measure establishes a system of state-licensed marijuana growers, processors and stores, where adults can buy up to an ounce. It also establishes a standard blood test limit for driving under the influence.
Big Wins for Dems in the US Senate
Okay, that was surprising.
Then there was progressive Democrat Elizabeth Warren beating Scott Brown in Massachusetts, taking back Senator Kennedy's seat for the Democrats. Sherrod Brown in Ohio held on to his seat. Angus King, though an independent, he's expected to caucus with Democrats, won in Maine. Chris Murphy, another Democrat, won Joe Lieberman's seat in Connecticut. Bill Nelson held on to his seat in Florida, and so on. And Dem. Tim Kaine because GOPer George "Macaca" Allen in Virginia.
AP blames the Republican's significant Senate losses on the Tea Party:
The results were a bitter loss for the GOP and are certain to prompt questions about the promise and peril of the tea party movement that just two years ago delivered a takeover of the House to the GOP. In 2010, three tea party Senate candidates in Nevada, Delaware and Colorado cost Republicans seats they were favored to win. On Tuesday, a tea party-backed candidate in Indiana denied the GOP a seat that the party had been favored to win, while Fischer and tea party-backed Ted Cruz of Texas prevailed in their races.
Huge Gay Rights Victories
Now for the gays.
- Minnesota rejected banning gay marriage in the state constitution.
- Maryland legalizes gay marriage.
- Maine legalizes gay marriage.
- Washington state on verge of legalizing gay marriage (still no declared winner, but the media is saying we appear to have won).
Let's stop a moment here. Up until now, we've lost these ballot measures every single time. More than 30 times in a row, we lost. Now we won. Suddenly. And not just once. But we win all four (if we win Washington state). That's not just a coincidence. But those weren't the only gay victories last night:
- Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wins a Senate seat, she'll be the first openly-gay US Senator (and also expands the historic number of women now in the Senate, another fascinating social win this election).
- Dem. Patrick Maloney wins in the House from NY.
- Dem. Mark Pocan wins Tammy's seat in the House.
- Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) wins his re-elect.
- Dem Jared Polis was re-elected in CO.
- Dem. Mark Takano poised to win in CA.
- Dem. Kyrsten Sinema, who would be the first openly bisexual member of Congress, is ahead in Arizona.
- And a judge that ruled in favor of gay marriage in Iowa held on to his seat in the face of a religious right/GOP onslaught.
And in a way the biggest gay rights victory: A presidential candiate endorsed gay marriage and it not only didn't cause him to lose, it didn't even get mentioned by the opposition party, other than a last-minute effort by Marco Rubio and the religious right to phone bank gay marriage opposition in swing states.
But at the national level, the Republicans didn't dare touch it. Just look back at that list of wins. Other than the House, where the Republicans basically cheated by redistricting their victories, Democrats – and progressives – won huge victories across the board.
I'm still digesting this in an effort to figure out what the heck happened. But something did happen last night. And it was much bigger than Democrats winning.
The left, progressives, won last night, across the board. And I'm not entirely sure why. Especially when you consider how much money the Republicans spent, from Sheldon Adelson to the Koch Brothers to Mr. "I was born in a socialist country."
They all lost. The Tea Party lost. Conservatives lost. Tax cuts lost. Gay-bashing lost. Repealing Obamacare lost.
Ronald Reagan finally died last night. It's been almost 25 years since Ronald Reagan left office. It's been nearly ten years since he died. Enough already. He's gone. It's over. The voters are no longer falling for the knee-jerk Republican electoral panacea of tax cuts, intolerance, and war. That might have worked in the 1980s, but the 80s are over, the Soviets are gone, the gays are here to stay, and it's time for the Republican party to enter the 21st century.


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Bridgit represents luxury buyers and sellers whose busy lives and limited availability require a representative they can trust implicitly to place their needs above all else. Bridgit's genuine care for her clients sparks her desire to find the perfect home for them and she relentlessly works to do so. Bridgit gives the utmost attention and care to each and every client resulting in a distinctive level of service for both buyers and sellers.
With a consistent focus on client's overall goals and needs, Bridgit makes what is often seen to be a burdensome task a pleasant experience, allowing her to earn tremendous loyalty, referrals, and repeat business. Known for her likable down-to-earth character, creative problem solving and tactful negotiating skills, Bridgit's primary objective is not only to please her clients, but to make their experience as stress-free as possible. During negotiations she focuses on the key drivers for all parties to ensure that the deal doesn't get sidetracked over minor points and that clients are thrilled with the final result.
Bridgit continues to cultivate great working relationships with other real estate professionals in D.C. Metropolitan area. Through these relationships she often has access to choice properties before they are publicly marketed. Drawing on her 20 year background in luxury goods coupled with excellent go-to teams for design, contracting and staging Bridgit is able to easily guide her buyers and sellers through this process creating a win-win situation for all.
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This was stated by the Chief Executive of Standard Lesotho Bank, Mr. Mpho Vumbukani when handing over a cheque to St. Cecilia Orphanage on Tuesday. Mr. Vumbukani added that they have learned that the environment at St. Cecilia is homely and filled with parental love and compassion that every child deserves.
He highlighted that in collaboration with their customers and other people of goodwill, they have managed to raise M200,000 of which 50 percent is from the bank. He indicated that the other 50 percent was raised on April 21 by its customers at the Standard Bank Corporate Golf Day.
He noted that this shows that their relationship goes beyond just business because they are able to collaborate in initiatives that benefit the society they operate in. He pointed out that this gesture addresses their desire to nurture future leaders even in difficult circumstances as their goal is to inspire hope to all children as they believe that tomorrow starts today.
Mr. Vumbukani commended the founder of the orphanage Reverend Father Pule Augustinus Mahlaku for truly changing lives, encouraging him to continue being a source of hope for vulnerable children.
Speaking at the same event, the beneficiary Reverend Father Mahlaku expressed his gratitude, commending Standard Lesotho Bank for continuing making positive difference in others lives despite the current economic hardships. He noted that this gesture will go a long way to develop the lives of those children as it shows that they live within the community of loving and caring nation.
He added that this will contribute to their future well-being as they will also aspire to become individuals who touch others' lives positively. Reverend Father Mahlaku said the funds will be used to make borehole at the orphanage, while some will contribute towards buying a tractor which will generate income to sustain those children's lives.
At least 60 children will benefit from this initiative. Standard Lesotho Bank has set aside about M3 million towards sponsorships and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
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Dear Voices for an Open Spirit Friend-
As a friend and supporter of Voices for an Open Spirit (VOS), we felt it was important to let you know about this summer's Annual Conference and the direction of VOS at this time. You may have heard that the Coordinating Council, VOS' leadership group, has decided that it is time for our work as an organization to come to a close and to pass the torch on to other Brethren progressive organizations, and Open Table Cooperative in particular. Before we explain that in more detail, we'd like to highlight the activities and accomplishments of VOS over the past ten years.
VOS began at the 2002 Annual Conference in Louisville and has been a consistent presence offering hospitality and bridge-building conversations wherever possible, as well as advocacy for inclusiveness and integrity. After hosting its first fall gathering in 2002, it created and promoted a "Statement of Respectful Opposition" in response to the Annual Conference decision to prohibit the licensing or ordination of LGBT persons, which some 700+? persons co-signed. The following and successive years VOS provided a hospitality room to welcome all persons to God's table and to provide a programming venue for progressive conversations led by VOS, BMC, Womaen's Caucus and others. We also hosted an annual fall weekend gathering, often with outside leadership, to refresh and equip ourselves for engaging our fellow Christians and Brethren. Five years ago we invited BMC, Womaen's Caucus, and others to co-sponsor and co-lead this gathering which has become the annual fall Progressive Brethren Gathering. Several years ago we added a dinner to our Annual Conference events and have heard from Margaret Towne, Peggy Campolo, Philip Gulley, and Jim Lehman. Early on we created an email listserve which still remains active. And we helped to establish and fund the ProgressiveBrethren.org website where one can access information, resources, and events of progressive Brethren organizations.
Reflecting back, it's been an important and active ten years. Yet the leadership of VOS has wrestled in recent years as to how to respond to the painful and difficult polarization which characterizes the rhetoric and actions of the majority both within our denomination and the broader church. VOS has increasingly found itself caught in the middle of battles for which we currently see no potentially positive outcome. In our case, we have come to the conclusion that the most faithful thing to do is to remove ourselves from what has come to be seen as some sort of intractable battle between left and right. This is one of the major backdrops of the decision to discontinue VOS at this moment in history.
At the same time, there is a fresh group of people, who have even included "cooperative" in their name. They don't carry the same baggage from the "battle" that VOS does at this time and while associating with VOS in any way will immediately make them the target of suspicion for some, it is only true for that minority of people who desperately need someone to attack and be critical of due to their own fear driven rhetoric. We will see who those people are soon enough. They will begin to label the Open Table Cooperative and assign motives to them for their own gain.
But we find ourselves in the position of also desiring to be supportive of these new voices. We believe that at this point, the best way to make room for a new voice is to step aside and allow them the space to move as they feel called by the Holy Spirit. We have come to also believe that this is one of those times when to be open to the Spirit, some longstanding and well-meaning groups will need to "let go", trusting that God is continuing to speak to God's people today with new voices. Our choice to support the Open Table Cooperative is part of that desire to empower a new generation by not expecting them to fit into already established "molds" but to free them from our expectations, trusting the Spirit to also guide them as it has done in the past.
We celebrate our long-time partnerships with BMC and Womaen's Caucus and their work focused on fully including LGBT folks and women into the life and leadership of the church. But we also feel that there is still a need for a more broadly-focused progressive Brethren organization, and fortunately, such an organization has emerged in the past year for us to pass that torch to, namely Open Table Cooperative.
Open Table Cooperative is a young adult led and internet savvy new organization that is working to empower progressives in the church to continue the work of Jesus in a spirit of bold, visionary, and inclusive love. Much of its networking and community building is done online through working and interest groups and over the phone in conference calls. Please visit their website at www.opentablecoop.org to find out more about this exciting organization and how to get involved. We will work at making sure that all of you technically-challenged folks can remain informed, connected, involved, and active.
Over the past year, VOS has been encouraging Open Table (once called Feast of Love) through moral and financial support. Roger Eberly and Ken Kline Smeltzer were both present at its initial consultation last October and Ken will be serving on its Board on behalf of VOS. We want to encourage all of you to get involved as well, both as participants and contributors. Young adults have a lot of good energy but not a lot of money, so it helps to have supporters to help get people to events and to build a fund for hiring part-time staff. One of the likely reasons that VOS had difficulty maintaining momentum is that we relied exclusively on volunteers, except perhaps in the early years when Jim Lehman and Bob Durnbaugh essentially served as part-time volunteer staff.
As we look at wrapping up our official and organizational responsibilities we want you to know of the following decisions we have made. Until Open Table gets fully recognized as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, we will receive any donations on their behalf and place them in a sub-account for their work, as we have been doing over the past few months. Please send checks made out to VOS with Open Table in the memo line to our Treasurer, Dan McRoberts, at 6677 W. Mill Run, Caledonia, MI 49316. In addition, we will pass on your name and contact information to Open Table as our successor organization unless you notify us individually that you don't want that to happen by contacting Dan at firstname.lastname@example.com or 616-350-8884.
We will disperse all of our remaining VOS funds to the variety of progressive organizations active in our denomination out of appreciation for their work. The website, www.progressivebrethren.org will remain up and running and will be funded by VOS through the remainder of 2012. The VOS listserve will also remain up and running through the fall Gathering while the current Coordinating Council, Open Table Cooperative, and current subscribers of the list continue conversations relative to what will happen after that point .
This is probably the last official contact that you will receive from VOS. It's been an exciting and productive ten year partnership with lots of positive relationships built with each other, a firmer foundation created for progressive witness, and even the opportunity to celebrate with BMC following their reception of a booth at Annual Conference this year. We've enjoyed working with you all and look forward to seeing you at this fall's gathering in LaVerne (Holy Work: Becoming the Beloved Community, October 26-28, 2012 – go to the website for the details) and next summer in Charlotte around the Open Table or at the BMC or Womaen's Caucus booth, or in one of the growing number of SCN congregations or other groups. As we work to conclude activities, please feel free to contact any of us at our email address below to ask questions or offer ideas and suggestions.
So, keep your spirit open and alive, and SPEAK UP!
Voices for an Open Spirit Coordinating Council
David Witkovsky, Convener, email@example.com Roger Eberly, firstname.lastname@example.com Nancy Faus-Mullen, email@example.com Kreston Lipscomb, firstname.lastname@example.com Dan McRoberts, firstname.lastname@example.com Ken Kline Smeltzer, firstname.lastname@example.com Lani Wright, email@example.com
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Ocean Spirit Cruises
Departs Daily from Cairns except Christmas day
Set sail aboard the 32 meter luxury sailing catamaran. Enjoy a wide range of activities to experience at Michaelmas Cay's picturesque environment. Snorkel, cruise in the semi-sumersible or just relax and enjoy a leisurely day on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Return Ocean Spirit cruise from Cairns
- 8.5hr experience with 4 hours at Michaelmas Cay
- Morning tea with muffins and focaccia
- Afternoon tea with tropical fruit and cake of the day
- Delicious hot and cold buffet lunch, including fresh prawns
- Snorkelling equipment and instruction
- Buoyancy vests and lycra suit
- Marine Biologist presentation
- Semi-submersible coral viewing tour with commentary
- Fish feeding presentation
- Complimentary glass of sparkling wine with cheese and crackers for the homeward journey
What to bring:
Hat, towel, sunscreen, swimming costume, cash or credit card for souvenirs or optional activities.
Additional Costs:
- Guided snorkel tour or an introductory dive
- Return Coach Transfers from Cairns: $24 per adult and $15 per child
- Return Coach Transfers from the Northern Beaches: $30 per adult and $15 per child
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How to tone down a ruddy complexion
If your facial skin tends to appear ruddy or blotchy, you probably came by it naturally since this skin type is often inherited.
Other factors may cause a ruddy complexion such as overexposure to sun over several years (including a couple of bad sunburns), side effects of some medications, rosacea and broken facial capillaries due to excessive alcohol use. If you drink too much, stop and get help! For otherwise ruddy skin, this condition may not be reversible, but reddish skin colour can be wonderfully corrected with several moderately easy techniques.
Gently wash your face with a mild soap. Don't scrub. This only increases facial redness. Then apply a mild toner with a cotton pad. Now look closely at your bare skin in a mirror; where does your complexion appear ruddy? Some women find concentrations of ruddy skin on their nose, cheeks or the "T-Zone" between their eyes. Other women may find a general, all-over ruddy appearance. Remember, you can't fix it until you're certain about where it's located.
Before you apply your foundation, apply an anti-redness light moisturiser like Clinique's Redness Relief Cream sparingly. This type of cream works well to diminish the look of broken capillaries, persistent overall skin ruddiness and blotchy redness. Let the cream sink into your skin for about five minutes before proceeding in apply other make-up.
Use your green correcting cream or lotion. Yes, it's really green! This is because on your skin, a green tint over ruddy skin neutralises a reddish look. This is technically an optical illusion; the ruddiness is still there, but instead of slathering on foundation to try to temporarily conceal it, the greenish tint merely changes the way you see it! Having identified were your face is ruddy, apply and thoroughly blend into spot areas with a green-tinted cream. If your entire complexion appears ruddy, use a thinner lotion green colour corrector.
Apply the mineral foundation of your choice; these unique foundations made of natural mineral products are especially formulated to excel in correcting and disguising ruddiness and other imperfections without appearing too heavy as some liquid foundations do. Use a foundation powder brush to apply the mineral powder make-up evenly across your face, with a little extra on particularly red or ruddy areas like cheecks. Next, apply a mineral "setting powder" to perfect and add a lovely polish to your face.
Apply a light bronzing mineral powder to your cheeks, chin and forehead, but not on your nose. This will give you a nice sun-kissed look and further disguise ruddiness. Although high-quality mineral make-up has great staying power, you can carry the setting powder and bronzing power in your purse's make-up compartment for check-ups during the day or evening. Unless you've been swimming or perspiring profusely, you won't need to reapply the green colour corrector.
- To disguise spotty red areas, a thick green cream works best; for all-over ruddiness, a thinner, more lotion-like green tint is best. Choose the one that best suits your needs. Merle Norman's Green Concealer Cream has been reliable for several decades as a solution to spotty-red skin. For overall ruddiness, the new DHC Q10 Moisture Base Green Color Corrector is thinner for easier spreading upon the face.
- After gently washing and toning your face when you take your make-up off, apply the redness relief cream before bedtime so it can work overnight to prevent blotchy red breakouts.
- Don't use a foundation more than a shade darker than your natural skin tone; this will only look phoney and will give you the telltale make-up line between your jawline and your neck.
- Remember that you get what you pay for! Drugstore brands of green colour correctors aren't expensive, but they often result in only minimal correction of ruddiness. Mineral make-up from RawMinerals and Bare Essentials are definitely more expensive, and available only online, but they work very well and each small jar can last up to a year. Don't waste your money on cheap store brands.


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53 Cablegram From Watt to Officer And Stirling
Cablegram, Canberra, 23 February 1951
Dulles Talks
Your telegram 53.[1]
Australian High Commissioner's Office, London, has been asked to transmit to Paris and The Hague urgently copies of -
(a) United Kingdom views regarding a possible 'island chain' security pact in the Pacific;
(b) Australian reply to these views;
(c) Draft tripartite Pacific security pact drawn up during the Dulles talks.
2. Commonwealth Government regards formal adoption of such a pact as of the first importance. The whole subject is most confidential, particularly (as you will see from the documents transmitted to you from London) in the light of the very strong opposition by the United Kingdom Government at least to any wide 'island chain' pact. It is our judgment that the French Government will probably oppose the conclusion of any such pact in which France or at least Indo-China is not included. For this reason, the information which is being transmitted to you should be used with the utmost caution. It should be regarded primarily as background to enable you to meet any objections which may be raised to the conclusion of such a pact and not as information to be put at the disposal of Government who may do their best to prevent it coming into existence.


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Among the many regrets that a person may accumulate throughout their lifetime, to have never seen a Death From Above 1979 live show must surely feature. With a solitary EP and an album that barely crossed the thirty minute mark to their name, Torontonian duo Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler soon laid around their pedal-drenched, drums-and-bass dance punk the foundations of a cultish hype. The hype was reified by the performances in which they stood, cool and Canadian above the teeming libidinal press of their fans, and wordlessly bade them get down.
The palpable acrimony that coloured later appearances led ultimately to a split in 2006, and the pair plied their trade with other projects. Keeler went on to drop a couple of albums and countless remixes with house outfit MSTRKRFT, while Grainger, via various collaborations of indeterminate object and duration, ended up fronting Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains. Their eponymous LP, by all accounts a confused and unsteady affair, was released in 2008 to middling appraisal. It would appear that, when you give to the world something as reprobate and yet so brutally sophisticated as You're A Woman, I'm A Machine, the creative albatross you hang around your neck is a heavy one.
For these reasons- and perhaps to preserve the DFA1979 mythos for their ongoing reunion- Yours To Discover takes as its starting point a rather more pop-literate approach, and assembles itself from there. The earnest choruses are present in 'Waking Up Dead' ("Waking up dead into the sunshine, waiting all day for the night… When will we be together again?") and "Second of Love" ("I still believe there's a reason to believe in love"). "I'm Looking For A Hand" has the acoustic chords and bittersweet hook ("How many times have I thought lately, maybe I'm the one who could be faking? I tell it to you man, I'm looking for a hand"). "Let's Move To NYC" brings the star-gazing guitar solo, and lead single "Going With You" the sinewy percussive jam. All the pieces are here, and the capable execution masks the lack of any engrossing narrative.
This is a record conscious of convention, and one that plays it well. At times, it sounds like the best pastiche of symphonic 80′s synth rock since Hot Fuss, and the best homage to radio-friendly psychedelia since Lonerism (regardless of whether or not either of those is deemed a favourable equivalence). "Your Body Works" functions oddly like a horny and politically-divested inversion of Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone"- listen out for the MJ-esque whoops and exhalations- while "The Streets Are Still A Mess' is but the latest in a long line of metamorphic successors to 'West End Girls.'
It all progresses in a cohesive manner, before throwing a bizarre and intriguing curveball in 'I Want Sebastien Grainger.' The track floats its phantasmal vocal samples and refrain of "I want you" over a cavernous beat and a foreboding drone, and then cedes abruptly-maybe more by design than happenstance- to the triumphant 'I Don't Believe In Ghosts.' The interlude is all too brief. "You should stop looking up all the time, nothing is changing," offers Grainger. "All that's high comes down."
Liberated, no doubt, from the pressures that accompany the devising of a worthy and relevant successor to You're A Woman, I'm A Machine, Grainger has been able to conjure what is a fairly rich noise pop record. Yours To Discover certainly doesn't feel like a self-indulgent journey to the cutting room floor. It's just not what the majority of his customary fans are really waiting to hear.


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There are really only two ways to make a profit in business. Reduce your costs of production or Sell more of your products. The president of your company and your CFO are not doubt admonishing you to cut costs as much as you can.
I'm sure you've shared the same mission with your team. One of the biggest opportunities to cut costs is to reduce power consumption. And one of the biggest power users of power in most production plants is:
Your Compressed Air System
Compressed Air System design is a matter of not how much you have but how well you use it. It wouldn't be uncommon for a business to be able to cut their compressed air demands by 20% just by eliminating leaks.
Beyond that there are opportunities to get the same production for a less costs. (Or create the capacity to scale up and keep your costs constant). Here's how you can do that
Make Sure Each Piece Of Machinery Is Receiving The Right Pressure.
Unfortunately – when individual pieces of machinery aren't getting enough air pressure, the maintenance team often just jacks up the air pressure until the complaints go away.
With only a couple of machinery operators complaining, if maintenance increases the system pressure – then it's a given that a lot of other machinery is going to be receiving too much air.
Best practice to avoid this problem is to divide your compressed air system into zones and use regulators so that the pressure delivered to each zone matches the demand of the machinery. Depending on the complexity of your compressed air system you might want to engage an external compressed auditor (like Pye-Barker) to help guide you through this process.
After you've started to manage your air flow more systematically you'll reduce your compressed air consumption – slashing your power bills by producing less compressed air.
Invest In Storage
Most compressed air systems like to be running at a constant speed, rather than whipsawing between full-load and unloaded every couple of minutes. Depending on the size of your compressor and the storage capacity of your current system this may not be possible.
When your compressors are flip-flopping between loaded or unloaded they consume a lot of power, and incur a lot of wear and tear. If that is the case it is wise to increase the storage capacity of your system to reduce power bills and break down.
You can do this with either dedicated storage, secondary storage or even offline high pressure storage.
Optimize Air Usage
Bearing in mind that it takes between 7 and 8 horsepower to deliver one pneumatic horsepower, it might pay to switch some of your air driven machinery out for more energy efficient options and use less compressed air. For example you might be able to:-
In the end the cost of a unit of compressed air is relatively static. The value you get from your investment in your compressed air is determined by how efficiently you use the air your produce. This is why compressed air auditing is essential for any business running complex compressed air systems. This advice goes double if you are considering adding more compressors to your system to accommodate 'increased demand.'
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If you are visiting, new to town, or don't come to the downtown Square often, here are personal recommendations from someone who loves good food. —Malcolm Abrams
The Uptown Cafe
I've eaten at The Uptown Cafe a thousand times and never had a bad meal or bad service. At breakfast and weekend brunch, I especially love the omelets and the thin, slightly crisp-around-the-perimeter cornmeal pancakes. At lunch and dinner, my current favorite is the salmon mousse appetizer served with grilled baguette slices. If I had to eat in just one restaurant for the rest of my life, The Uptown would be it.
King Dough
The proprietors make all kinds of fancy pizzas like Stinky Pete, H Bomb, and Pork and Pine, in their huge wood-burning oven that got schlepped here all the way from Italy. Gourmet pizza lovers rave about these slightly singed, puffy-crusted pies loaded with fresh ingredients. Me? I swoon over their simple pepperoni pie with mushrooms or green pepper. Good salads, too—and big.
Malibu Grill
One of Bloomington's finest eateries, it's hard to go wrong with anything on its expansive menu. I'm a big fan of the Thai Noodle Salad with grilled salmon or chicken, and the Salmon Oscar (grilled salmon, lump crab, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus, and hollandaise). My wife's favorite dish is the Hawaiian Ribeye, a marinated steak topped with fire-roasted pineapple. For starters, I heartily recommend the crab cakes, smoked salmon and trout plate, fish tacos, and filet sliders.
Darn Good Soup
This aptly named restaurant on the west side of the Square makes 70 different soups and offers eight to 10 daily, always including vegetarian and vegan options. Biggest sellers are chili, lentil spinach, and chicken tortilla. My favorite is seafood gumbo, followed by beef paprikash, lamb and barley stew, and chicken pot pie. Yum!
If you like biscuits, this place is biscuit heaven. FARM buttermilk biscuits are made from the chef/owner's family recipe. Slather on butter and the robust house-made jams, then add a mug of hot coffee and maybe a bowl of fresh fruit for a sweet breakfast. A basket of FARM french fries, soaked in garlic and other herbs, is a signature dish.
Crazy Horse
Okay, it's an old-time bar, so you might expect boring bar fare—burgers and deep-fried everything. Au contraire, the food is surprisingly good here. I am especially fond of the blackened salmon and the steak sandwich on a hoagie with fried onions. Regular sides include Brussels sprouts and sautéed mixed greens. There's a creative selection of salads, too. What kind of bar is this, anyway? (Oh, and the burger, seared around the edges, is my favorite in town.)
Trojan Horse
This Bloomington stalwart serves moderately priced Greek fare, including a variety of over-stuffed, mouthwatering gyros. Lately, I'm having a love affair with the taco trio plate (pulled pork, falafel, fish), a non-Greek addition to the menu. My wife, Jenny, (and many others) thrill to the flaming saganaki—traditional fontinella cheese on pita served afire at your table.
Samira Restaurant
Who knew Afghan food could be so delicious? My favorite is the mushroom appetizer drenched in garlic and other spices. I love sopping up the sauce with the warm, crisp, chewy Afghan bread. The real star at Samira's is the lunch buffet, featuring meatballs, roast chicken, a variety of vegetable dishes, two salads, bread, and honey-soaked baklava—sweet and sticky—for dessert.
Janko's Little Zagreb
If you're a meat eater and you've never been to Janko's, prepare to be amazed. Not only are the steaks as big as bibles, they're tender, juicy, aromatic, and have a distinct deliciousness you won't find anywhere else. The lamb chops are the best I've ever eaten, the Meatballs Bucharest are scrumptious and hot as Hades, and the spare ribs (wrapped in foil and dripping in sauce) are different but delectable. Come hungry.
Bloomington Sandwich Co.
Most of the lunchtime regulars have a favorite sandwich—combinations of meats, cheeses, and vegetables, like the ever-popular Reuben (technically, sauerkraut is a vegetable), but I go for straight corned beef on rye with plenty of yellow mustard. They have good all-beef hot dogs, too, as well as pretty decent chili. For dessert: Italian ices.
The Owlery
Bloomington's only vegetarian/vegan restaurant, I go there rarely, but when I do, I enjoy the "chicken" sandwich on Kaiser or in a wrap. The french fries and sweet potato fries are first-rate—crisp on the outside, soft on the inside. I order them with gravy. It's a Canadian thing—poutine sans the cheese curds.
Opie Taylor's
Hamburgers, nachos, mozzarella sticks, tenderloin sandwiches, chicken tenders—everything you would expect to find at a Hoosier sports bar with one notable addition: Roasted Shrimp & Corn Bisque. There were times I had to have it at least once a week.


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Graveside services for 29 year old Mr. Michael J. Casey of Potsdam, will be held on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Cemetery in Potsdam, with Msgr. Harry Snow celebrant. Mr. Casey passed away in traffic accident on June 13, 2010 in the state of Nebraska.
Friends may call at the Garner Funeral Home in Potsdam on Friday, June 18th from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory can be made to the Potsdam Humane Society.
Michael is survived by his mother, Margaret (Fred) Mayer of Potsdam; his father, Michael J. Casey of Potsdam; brother Sean Casey of Rochester; stepbrother Christopher Mayer of Massena; paternal grandmother Geraldine Casey of Potsdam; and maternal grandmother Margaret Bradshaw of Potsdam.
Michael J. Casey was born on February 24, 1981 in Potsdam, to Michael J. Casey and Margaret Bradshaw. He was a 1999 graduate of Potsdam Central School. He was working for Harsco Railroad Company out of South Carolina. Michael enjoyed spending time with his family and playing golf.
Online condolences can be sent at www.garnerfh.com.


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Procurement in upstream oil and gas has been anything but simple due to heavy reliance on third parties for delivery of complex services. These services consist of a large bundled fee to an oilfield services provider, for example, to cover numerous services and associated materials.
The boom in unconventional resource plays spurred automation of procurement processes to enable rapid development of thousands of wells. Left behind in the rush, however, were the capture of reliable data, process rigor and effective financial controls. And discrepancies with supplier invoices could seem like mere rounding errors in an era when oil prices topped $100/barrel. With cost control now an ongoing imperative, the good news is much stronger contract-compliance features that can be integrated with automated procurement tools and business-to-business networks. Today's more comprehensive systems are fit for purpose for exploration and production operators, and the technology is affordable even for smaller players.
Evolving to better end-to-end systems
Basic tools and manual efforts have typically been used to review the accuracy of pricing and terms against those in commercial contracts. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems provided more robust, requisition-to-pay processes while capturing basic data on spend and applying financial controls.
As oil prices starting dropping in late 2014, the urgency for cost reduction grew. Small teams of spot-checkers were put to work to sample invoice data in the largest spend categories during vendor audits. While this effort has proved worthy—sometimes recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in overpayments—new solutions allow for compliance to be built into end-to-end processes, with field tickets checked at a detailed level against price books.
The benefits of moving forward now
The advantages of optimized systems for procurement are essentially twofold: process efficiency combined with achievement of procurement-negotiated savings. For companies large or small, the savings can be considerable. Greater automation reduces manual activities and eases time-consuming invoicing lookbacks, thereby freeing up procurement to focus on strategic issues rather than being burdened with chasing and reconciling payments. Well-integrated solutions for contract management, price book maintenance, supplier portals and detailed invoice price-matching are already available. Investing in such solutions during the downturn makes financial sense, both to strengthen control over costs in challenging times, and also to prepare for scaling up for higher rig activity and transaction volumes.


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(ELPASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT – Aug. 8, 2019) – Just like those concerts from the 1980s, nearly 5,000 teachers and administrators on Thursday packed the El Paso County Coliseum to kick-off the school year during the 2019-20 EPISD Rocks Convocation sponsored by TFCU.
Using a theme of Rock of Ages, the teachers showed off their school pride and some even donned cool rocker attire and wigs.
"I love this year's convocation theme. I'm excited to get back into the classroom," said Guillen Middle School teacher Stacy Quezada. "What a way to get us pumped and ready for the new school year!"
Teachers returned to work this week. The first day of school for students is Monday.
The convocation included a parade of schools that featured drumlines, cheerleaders, dancers and mascots. Principals led their teachers in cheers.
Attendees heard from Alex Sheen, the founder of because I said I would, a nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept.
Meagan Vray, a teacher at Johnson Elementary, said Sheen and the rest of the program pumped her for the start of the school year.
"I am looking forward to making a difference in the lives of my students," she said. "I think it's important and crucial that we motivate our kids to give back to our community."
EPISD teachers also had the opportunity to meet with local vendors, who provided dozens of door prizes like televisions, gift certificates and speakers.
Superintendent Juan E. Cabrera said it was great to celebrate teachers like the rock stars they are.
"In a very short time, you have transformed teaching and learning in EPISD. We are today one of the best-performing urban school districts in the country," Cabrera told teachers. "Who would have believed that six or seven years ago? No one."


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July 15-17 – Director's Fellow Retreat for MIT Media Lab
Director's Fellow retreat at the Media Lab on July 15-17 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Director's Fellows program is creating a diverse global network empowered by technology from the MIT Media Lab.
Maurice Ashley gave a fun talk on Advanced Problem-Solving Through the Eyes of a Chess Grandmaster. Here's the video:


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Upheaval At 'Martha Stewart'
By Ben Grossman
In a behind-the-scenes shakeup at syndicated talker
The Martha Stewart Show,
Co-Executive Producer Rob Dauber is out, and a
search for his replacement has begun.
Dauber has been with the show since its inception, and was recruited by
Martha Executive Producer Mark
Burnett after the duo worked together on NBC's The
Restaurant. But as first reported by the
New York Post's
Michael Starr, Dauber and the domestic diva
have clashed behind the scenes.
One contender for the job is Bernie
Young, who, like Dauber, is a former staffer on
The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Young was executive producer from 1999 to 2001. Former Today Executive Producer
Tom Touchet also interviewed for the position
but is said to no longer be under consideration.
With strong syndication experience said to be in the job description,
other candidates include Jerry
Springer and Sally Jessy
Raphael veteran Burt
Dubrow, and former Tony
Danza Executive Producer Jill
While Martha
earned its highest ratings in nearly five months the week ending Oct. 15, the
1.4 average was off a full 18% from its already disappointing first season.
Despite the modest numbers, Martha Stewart Living
Omnimedia (MSLO), which is enjoying a good run under CEO and former
ABC exec Susan Lyne, still considers the show
a strong branding asset.
The show is produced as a partnership between MSLO and Mark Burnett
Productions and distributed by NBC Universal Domestic
Television Distribution. Sources close to it say that arrangement
makes Martha a strong candidate for third-season renewals,
as opposed to if it was just owned and distributed by NBCU.
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