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This is a quickie blog. I just want to sing the praises of one of the best indie music businesses out there. CDBABY!!!
Yes, with services like Bandcamp you can sell your CDs directly to your fans and that is wonderful. But, it also helps to have your stuff on the major download sites like iTunes because a lot of people just prefer buying from a big name. If you are an indie artist, you have to go through a music aggregator to get on iTunes and that's where CDbaby and services like Tunecore come in. Great for us! But, here's the problem. What if you or your band have the same name as another artist or band? Confusion in the store! (see pic below) The last thing you want to happen is to have all your hard advertising work go to waste when customers seek you out only to download someone else's music. It happens!
I have this issue.
Now, I actually went to the trouble to have my name legally trademarked so, technically, I could start proceedings against the other artist to keep them from both selling CDs and performing under the name "Laura Marie". But that seems like a bit much, right? I don't really want it to come to that. But, as it turns out, for this issue, that won't be necessary. Yay! for both of us.
Because my music is distributed to iTunes through CDBaby, all I had to do was call them up (just login to your account and hit "contact"). CDBaby customer service, as always, was super helpful and I was told that all they had to do was submit a ticket to have my works separated from the other Laura Marie in the iTunes store. For now, that's all I really wanted.
They say I should be hearing from Apple within the week. I'll let you know how it goes. Just know that if you have the same problem, you have to contact the content provider that submitted your music to iTunes. Here is a list of all those approved by Apple for indie artists: MUSIC AGGREGATORS. They'll have to log in to your Apple artist account on your behalf and submit a ticket. If you are with CDBaby, just call them up and ask for Patrick. 🙂
Pass it on! This info could really help some artists set themselves apart.
Sweet! – Laura Marie
P.S. I have a NEW WEBSITE and it's awesome. Check it out and let me know what you think. I'll be blogging about how easy it was to put together very soon…


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So far, 2018 has been exceptionally busy and at the same time very good for our Bank. I have many updates to share!
You may have seen that in June we issued a press release announcing our intention to open a Branch in Auburn CA. We added Luke Parnell and Paul Ross to our team this year, both experienced bankers who know the Auburn market well. With the absence of a strong community bank in that area, it made perfect sense for us to expand into the Auburn market. Because of our Bank's good standing, we sailed through the FDIC branch approval process. Paul was instrumental in helping us secure an amazing branch location at 905 Lincoln Way in downtown Auburn – a former bank branch space that required minimal improvements for us to utilize. Our Auburn "branch opening" team worked hard to recruit and hire some great bankers, and I'm happy to report that in mid September it all came together when our doors were opened for business! After a lot of hard work, our Auburn office is off to a strong start bringing some great new customers to our Bank!
We have also been focused on the completion of construction of our permanent Grass Valley office. We experienced a number of unanticipated construction delays during the late spring and summer. Those challenges are now behind us, and we are very close to being finished. Our facility located at 580 Brunswick Road in Grass Valley turned out very nicely and is in a great location with excellent visibility. Our building is 5,000 square feet, and the Bank will occupy approximately 3,500 square feet with an adjoining 1,450 square foot office suite for lease. I'm also pleased to note that we just executed a lease with Edward Jones who will be occupying our adjoining suite. As you may have seen, we rehired Mike Vasquez for a temporary assignment assisting with special projects related to the construction and relocation of our Grass Valley branch. Mike was instrumental in the establishment of our Grass Valley branch in 2013 and worked there until he retired in early 2017. The community is expressing considerable excitement around our new facility, and we look forward to relocating into the new office in early December.
We experienced amazing teamwork this year in support of these initiatives involving all of our staff in one way or another. We've also faced challenging moments, particularly with staff spread thin covering shortages, training new team members, and managing the normal day to day banking activities – particularly during the late summer months. Our staff has done a great job demonstrating their adaptability, while minimizing customer disruption. Our new team members have done a great job settling into their new roles! You will get to know some of our recent staff additions as you read this newsletter.
I'm happy to report that your bank continues to generate solid results! As of September 30, 2018, our total assets had grown to $364.2 million, representing record levels. Deposits, loans, and year-to-date earnings were also at record levels. For more information on the Bank's third quarter results, see the press release reprinted on the back page.
We believe the investments we have made in 2018 position us very well to provide our community banking services to a growing geographic footprint in 2019. I wish you all Happy Holidays and look into 2019 with optimism for our Bank! Thanks for your continued support for RVCB!
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Why is this important
Craft Your One-liner
- Who does your business serve? Craft a single sentence that clearly outlines exactly who you're here to help.
- What results or benefits will your client get by working with you? or How can you help your clients?
Now that you have answered the two questions above use your answers to form your one-liner. Start off your one-liner introducing who you are, then describe who you help, and the results you can help them achieve. For example, my one-liner is: 'I'm a Life + business Coach for multi-passionate women who are determined to turn their dream of quitting their nine to five with a successful online business, into a reality. I guide them through the necessary mindset work and the actionable steps to create their dream business, create great content and attract their ideal clients with ease.'
Make sure your one-liner is clear of industry jargon, doesn't contain necessary words, and speaking your ideal client's language. You might want to test it out with a few friends and see how they react and if they understand what you do.
Get Clear on Your Big Why
- Why do you do want to have a successful business?
- Why is it so important for you to succeed?
- Why are you passionate about what you do in business?
It's Time to Define Your Brand
- What do you want to be known for?
- What message do you want to communicate to the world?
- How do you want your ideal clients to feel as they interact with your business?
- What three words do you want your ideal client to associate with your brand?
Actionable Steps:
You owe it to yourself to stop dreaming and start creating a profitable online business.
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Full Time Dream and Full Time Job
When I realized I wanted to be a writer, I always thought of magazine editor in the corner office or an author in a home office. I never thought of being a blogger, sitting up early on the weekend or late nights on weeknights. I'm a blogger with a regular full time job. A book review blogger who is always armed with a book and pen. I'm actually
sitting in a hotel lobby before a meeting writing this. I have a 9 - 5 job in the corporate sector. By the end of a day of crunching figures, putting together reports and doing the business tango, I'm tired. However, I'm vibrating with excitement to get on to my blog at night. I go from business to book blog and I simply love it. I keep up with the social media end of things during the day as I just can't resist being who I am, a book lover blogging about books.
It truly adds colour, flavour and texture to my life. When people ask me what I do in my spare time, I grin and tell them, "I'm Editor in Chief of my book review blog." Not the answer expected by most. It's been such an exciting and satisfying journey and I've met so many interesting, unique and talented authors, bloggers and readers among other things.
I may have a full time job but I also have a full time dream of one day being a writer.
Don't let anyone stop you, it's not impossible to go from business to book blogger.
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#FreeFormFriday : Reading Rhythm
Sometimes, there is simply too much going on. All the while there is a good book beckoning me. That's when I reach for my headphones. I have a special playlist just for reading. It helps me to zone completely into my book (sighs and sinks into cushions) and get lost in the story . It's almost like the soundtrack of a movie. I listen to contemporary instrumentals especially when I'm reading a thiller or romance. Pieces by my favourite musicians, Nathan Lanier and Lindsey Sterling, populate my playlist, aptly named ' Reading Rhythm '.
Reading Rhythm playlist :
Torn - Nathan Lanier
• Sand - Nathan Lanier
• Axios - Nathan Lanier
• Crystallize - Lindsey Sterling
Simple and on loop. I believe music and reading can go hand in hand to soothe the raw edges of a bad day.
#musicandbooks ##freeformfridays
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White House joins Google+ ahead of State of the Union speech
The White House is now on Google+ and no, it's not technically a move to help President Obama get reelected -- there is a separate Obama 2012 page for that.
So why is the Obama administration now on Google's social network? The State of the Union speech on Tuesday is at least one reason to join Google+.
The annual speech will be broadcast across major TV networks and an enhanced version will be streamed online to the White House's mobile apps and at whitehouse.gov/sotu, with "charts, stats and data that helped inform President Obama's policy decisions as he delivers his speech to the nation," the White House said.
After the speech, which starts at 6 p.m. Pacific time, White House officials will field questions throughout the week regarding the speech, the president's policies, and the direction in which the country and economy is headed. Those questions will be taken from Twitter, Facebook and (as of this week) Google+.
Down the road, the White House may use Google+ Hangouts, the social network's group video-chatting feature, to reach constituents.
"The President and First Lady often call the White House 'The People's House.' Well, this is another way we're opening our doors (virtually) to citizens around the country," said Kori Schulman, the deputy director of outreach at the White House Office of Digital Strategy, in a blog post. "On our Google+ page, we'll host regular 'White House Hangouts' with administration officials on a range of issues and topics.
"Some Google+ users will be invited to join the Hangout with the White House and have a conversation with policy experts. But the best part is that even if you're not 'in' the Hangout, you can watch the whole thing live on WhiteHouse.gov, on our Google+ page or on the White House YouTube channel."
The White House currently has no Google+ Hangouts planned.
Although the White House's Google+ page isn't an official campaign tool, there is no doubt that the Obama administration and his reelection campaign staff are looking to use every tool possible to reach voters this year.
After all, the president's use of social media in his winning of the 2008 election is often cited as one of the reasons he was able to build up support among voters. The Technology blog even described Obama as "the first social media president."
One other reason the White House might want to be on Google+ -- Republican rivals looking to knock Obama out of office are there too.
President Obama's 2012 campaign joins Google+
Facebook to launch its own political action committee
Obama 2012 campaign joins Instagram on eve of Iowa caucuses
-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Nathan Olivarez-Giles on Google+
Image: A screen shot of the White House page on Google+. Credit: Google


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Let's face it. On premises system architectures have long been an enabler for both lazy and amateur enterprise architects. Need to move some data around? Simply add a couple of fields to store it. Need to add some integration just so we can see all of the data in a single place? Build some batch jobs to push data hither and yon – and replicate it in multiple places just to make it easy to get at.
Nowhere is this more evident than in a Project Management Information System (PMIS) that has grown organically to the needs of the enterprise. Invariably, a PMIS has grown as a collection of disparate systems and silos, all oriented to the needs of a specific functional group that may be involved in the execution of a project.
The integration eventually evolves into a veritable spaghetti diagram of lines moving data from one system to another. Often, the data schema for the scheduling tool is expanded or repurposed to collect all of the data into a single, convenient data repository. Generally speaking, this sort of works for many organizations. They still manage to get their work done, albeit with a fair bit of grumbling around project managers having to access multiple tools to get their jobs done.
The main challenge with this tool architecture is that it doesn't support a nimble process framework. As PM processes mature (pro-tip: they will) or adopt to the changing organization, the organization needs to maintain a strict focus on a capabilities infrastructure. As the capabilities develop in maturity, the underlying tools must also adopt, and this is where the traditional organic PMIS fails…..to a large extent due to the technical debt incurred in the evolution of the overall system.
Traditionally, with on-premises systems, this tendency towards entropy is addressed every couple of years in the form of an upgrade. The vendor releases new versions of the software, and as part of the inevitable upgrade process, the organization performs a subbotnik to reassess and simplify the overall system. This cycle naturally prevents the overall system from getting too complex.
Today's subbotnik is not your father's subbotnik however. Today, most of the discussions we have around upgrades involve a consideration of moving to the cloud. Often times, this is driven by the desire to take advantage of the cost savings that enterprise cloud offerings now bring to the table. Twice in a week, I've been in conversations with clients about how they could save significant infrastructure overhead costs through moving to the cloud – but have been prevented from doing so by the architecture of their existing PMIS. This means that they've been stuck with expensive on-premises environments with feature sets that grow increasingly outdated with each day.
Furthermore, additional care must be taken when moving to the cloud as we will lose that convenient safety valve of reassessing the entire thing from the ground up as part of an upgrade within the next several years. Whatever we design today, we will have to live with tomorrow – and the day after tomorrow.
Over the course of multiple discussions, the architecture I see evolving around the PMIS looks a lot like this:
Instead of pulling data backwards and forwards, we are consolidating it. The data is either consolidated in real time with any number of reporting tools such as Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, Tableau or Spotfire…..or it's being pulled into a data warehouse such as SQL or HANA using an ETL tool. Doing so greatly reduces the complexity of the overall system and allows each part to feed data in such a way that the company can rapidly mature in a specific capability as needed.
Hence, for those organizations with a significant existing investment in on-premises PMIS and the associated integration that this usually entails, a cloud discussion almost always needs to start from the process discussion. What is your process? How do the tools you currently have enable this process? How do the tools we currently have block the process? Does the process truly support the project management needs of the enterprise? It's only after having this discussion, that a new system architecture may be designed…..one which enables the nimble enterprise.
Here, we run into some of the typical challenges of a cloud discussion. Typically, the cloud agenda is part of the IT agenda – as a means of reducing operational costs associated with maintaining rooms full of big iron. The processes we are supporting are owned almost always by a PMO or PMOs. To have this discussion effectively, i.e. of how to move to the cloud, the PMOs must be engaged by IT to reassess process and ensure that the results can be moved to the cloud effectively and efficiently.
Prior postings on architecting a PMIS (here and here)…..and a couple of posts on mapping EPM tools to process architecture (here and here)


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Mega-CD European box art
UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention (thanks, Rob) that Facebook screws with the images, namely adding a white background and a random filename. I have now uploaded the full size versions in TOSEC naming format to MEGA and added a download link below.I have a Mega-CD unit in my collection but it's not always practical digging it out to play a game. Like many others I find it easier to make a backup of my CDs and play them on the PC via an emulator.
I backed up all of my Mega-CD games a while ago so when I received a Linx Vision gaming tablet from the missus and kids this Christmas I decided to install Retroarch and put my Mega-CD games onto the micro SD card.
It's not the first time (and probably not the last) I've set up a front-end for emulation. A few years ago I converted an old Sega Saturn controller to USB and added a 64GB flash drive to it. On the flash drive I installed Kega Fusion along with a Hyperspin front-end. It all looked great but something bugged me, the fact all of my European Mega-CD games were accompanied by US "Sega CD" box art. I tried looking around for some European Mega-CD box art for my games but there wasn't much offering out there.
The Quest
I decided to make some European box art myself. I mostly used box scans found at segaretro.org as source material and re-worked them to fit with my goals. Some images (such as "The San Diego Zoo Presents The Animals!") I've found by scouring the web and rebuilding them as best I could.
After completing box art for my own games I decided to go ahead and do the whole set* of European boxes. I then decided to put them out there on the web for others in the same mindset as myself. There's a few below as an example but they can all be downloaded from
the Hey Munky Facebook page MEGA. Continue reading "Mega-CD Box Art (Europe) collection"


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The Americana Music Association and Lincoln Center unveiled the lineup for the fest, coming Aug. 7 - 9, as part of Lincoln Center's Out Of Doors Series.
This year's bill kicks off with gospel mainsttays,The Fairfield Four and The McCrary Sisters Friday evening Aug. 7.
On Saturday, an all day, two-stage program features Chambers, Sam Outlaw, The Quebe Sisters on the Hearst Plaza stage in the afternoon, followed by Justin Townes Earle and the Watkins Family Hour featuring Sean Watkins & Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Fiona Apple, Don Heffington, and Sebastian Steinberg in Damrosch Park. The show also boasts an eclectic tribute to Bob Dylan's seminal album "Highway 61 Revisited" with Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowel, and Pokey LaFarge, with the Watkins Family Hour acting as the house band.
A late afternoon event that day features Iris DeMent. AmericanaFest NYC closes Sunday, Aug. 9 with Lovett.
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As I am beginning blogging with a group of 'non-writer' boys in my Year 6 class at school next week I thought it might be good to practice what I preach. So here it is –
el blog de bici-almeria
I will be posting blogs about rides I have done with groups, rides I have recce'd, something I have discovered, heard or read, latest happenings in Almeria or whatever flits into my brain!
Not to serious but hopefully enough to engage a conversation or two.
Will start with a blog about a ride I did in the last week of the summer holidays, although it seems more than 2 weeks ago ….
… I'm going to call it Alto de Nijar & the Campo
As with most rides in Almeria in late summer it was scorching hot from about ten minutes after sunrise to well after sunset on Friday 6 September. As I love riding in heat I set off just after 10am – very soon I was riding into the warm hairdryer headwind along the N340 west to the turn for Lucainena. The first little rise up through the eucalyptus trees is perhaps one of my favourite stretches of road, nice and steady for about 1.5km knowing that you have a good long climb coming up whether it be south to Nijar or west towards Turillas and Colativi.
On this occasion I was heading through Lucainena, climbing parallel but up and away from the ancient railway track now a via verde cycle path. The road surface is of course immaculate as most in the area are, and after passing one of Europe's largest solar farms,which looks almost reptilian as it clings to the hillside, I reach the summit of what I call Alto de Nijar, 635m after 23km. What follows is an exhillarating 15km plunge down to the pueblo of Nijar, great sweeping bends with magnificent vistas out towards the Cabo de Gata and the Med. On the way up I passed one cyclist and met one car, on the way down I had the road to myself, only sign of life was the occasional local harvesting almonds either by hand or using what look like mechanised upside-down umbrellas. I got up to 60kmh but have done well over 80 down here before – in the Clasica Almeria a few years back the pros were over 100kmh!
Deciding to make it a non stop ride on this occasion I skipped the temptation of tostado and coffee in Nijar and dropped down to the Campo with it's vast expanses of plasticos, the 'greenhouses' that ensure us folk in northern europe are well supplied with tomatoes, peppers and such like in the middle of winter. I decided to see if there was a way of following a service road alongside the A92 motorway rather than heading towards the coast and Fernan Perez as normal when out this way. So after skirting Campohermoso I found the service road on the north of the motorway to be a perfectly fine piece of road to ride on and covered 20km in next to no time. Riding alongside a motorway is never the most exhillarating experience but when you have 1000m mountains to your left and a smaller sierra and the coast to your right it ain't so bad after all.
Soon I was back on familiar roads, having stopped at a service station to top up depleted water bottles, the AL-140 gorgeous road up through a dried up gorge, I marvelled at the white elephant that is the partially completed high-speed railway between Murcia and Almeria. A remarkable feat of engineering, bridges, tunnels and cuttings galore, but with no apparent sign of completion any time soon. In fact they have recently put tarmac down, perhaps it will become a modern via verde!?! Going back under the motorway I began the double dip climb that makes up the last 10km back to Sorbas, past derelict old cortijos, entrance to marble quarries and more ubiquitous olive groves. Can't believe I haven't mentioned these already, they are everywhere! A quick snake like descent into Rios Aguas and back up the steep almost alpine switchbacks, complete with those concrete block barriers and then the final dash back into Sorbas. From the town it is just 3km back to my house, however as with all good rides there is a sting in this particular tail, a 18% sting, what I call the Muro de Sorbas …. that is another blog for another day.


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Conference to consider Midwest's role in major U.S. issues
LAWRENCE – Leading scholars from across the Midwest will convene at the University of Kansas next month to deliberate the issues that are grabbing headlines and affecting the lives of Americans and Midwesterners in the 21st century.
The theme Battleground Midwest will be the focus of sessions at the Mid-America American Studies Conference. KU's Department of American Studies is hosting the conference March 4-5.
Since the last gathering of the Mid-America American Studies Association, the region has drawn international attention and mass organization around Ferguson, Missouri, police brutality, and varied forms of structured violence; unequal taxation and declining school districts; a rise in poverty among all populations; union busting and assaults on public education; immigration and human trafficking; religious freedom; academic intellectual censorship; women's and LGBTQ rights and protections; and growing hunger.
"Too often, the Midwest is dismissed as 'flyover country.' As recent events continue to demonstrate, though, this region plays a decisive role in setting the political, social and cultural pace for America, whether for better or worse," said Jennifer Hamer, chair and professor of American studies.
The American studies department at KU is home to two of the most prominent researchers in the discipline. David Roediger, president of the national American Studies Association, started this academic year as a Foundation Distinguished Professor. Robert Warrior, president-elect of the American Studies Association, will join KU faculty next year as the Hall Distinguished Professor in American Literature and Culture with joint appointments in English and American studies.
Both Roediger and Warrior are featured speakers at the conference.
Roediger's scholarship and teaching, which focus on race, ethnicity, labor and the 19th and 20th centuries, have made him a well-known figure in the humanities and social sciences. In particular, his groundbreaking work on the study of race has been widely credited with transforming the field of study. His book "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class" was awarded the 1992 Merle Curti Prize for the Best Social History Book from the Organization of American Historians.
Warrior, currently at the University of Illinois, specializes in American Indian studies, English and history. An enrolled member of the Osage Nation, he's the author or co-author of several books acclaimed as influential works from organizations including the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association and the Native American Literature Symposium. Selected works include "The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction, American Indian Literary Nationalism," "Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee" and "Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions."
More information on the conference, including registration details, is available on the KU American studies website.
The Department of American Studies is part of KU's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The College is KU's broadest, most diverse academic unit. The College is home to the arts, humanities, international and interdisciplinary studies, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences at KU.


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Why should I register my dog
To assist us in returning your dog to you it becomes lost
Dog registration and microchipping is compulsory in Queensland. All dogs must be registered with Council from 12 weeks. There is a special introductory fee for first-time registration.
To avoid a $266 fine for having an unregistered dog
When do I have to renew my registration?
- Dog registration must be renewed each year on 1 July (see fees).
- From 2017, you will receive a lifetime registration tag. You will continue to pay an annual renewal fee as normal.
What does my registration pay for?
Dog registration fees:
- Fund and improve facilities such as the pound and dog off-leash areas
- Contribute to handling of animal-related complaints and investigations
- Allow us to provide a range of free activities for pet owners such as Community Dog Walks, workshops on problem behaviour and the annual Pets in the Park
How do I arrange to receive my renewal by email?
This can be done online or by contacting customer service on 1300 69 22 47.
I have just moved to the Cairns Regional Council area, do I need to register my dog with Council?
- Yes, you are required to register your dog within 14 days of moving to the Cairns Regional Council area.
- You should contact your previous Council to advise your dog is no longer in their local government area.
- There are no reciprocal arrangements with other Councils so you will need to register your dog when you move to the Cairns Regional Council area and pay the full registration fee
What should I do if I move to a new address?
You should notify Council within 7 days of any changes to your dog registration details.
When will I receive my dog tag and certificate if I register online?
Provided the online application is complete and any supporting documentation required is supplied, your registration tag and certificate should arrive within 14 days.
I have a certificate or documentation to upload with my application but don't have a scanner. What can I do?
Council will accept a clear photograph of the certificate. It must be uploaded with your application
How many dogs can I have on my property?
- A multiple dwelling or dual occupancy premises = 1 dog
- Property < 450m2 = 1 dog
- Property > 450m2 = 2 dog
- If you wish to have more dogs, you can apply for an excess permit


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Fundraiser will help with projects in Liberia and help bring Nicaraguan students to UMass
Click on the image above to view a PDF of the calendar
A 2012 calendar filled with photos taken by UMass Medical students, capturing the smiling faces of children from around the world, is now available to purchase. Proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go toward projects in the town of Behwalay, Liberia, and to support Nicaraguan medical students so they can to come to UMass Medical School for month-long clinical electives.
An annual project of Mick Godkin, PhD, director of international medical education and professor of family medicine & community health and medicine, and designed by Sherrie Carey in his office, the calendar features the photography of students who have traveled to a wide variety of countries. "A calendar seemed like a great way to showcase what our students do and the generosity of Curry Printing to print at cost has enabled us to make enough money for worthwhile projects" said Dr. Godkin.
The Nicaraguan medical students will be coming from the Autonomous University of Nicaragua—Leon, which is the international site for the family medicine global health track. "Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere and its students could not come here without our financial support ," Godkin said. "To facilitate a bi-lateral exchange and repay the generous hospitality of our UNAN hosts we have taken the unusual step of raising money for all their expenses."
The calendars, which can be previewed by clicking on the image to the right, cost $20 each. They can be purchased by contacting Godkin at email@example.com.
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This month, we ring in the new year with two juicy diagnostic tips for Toyotas. First, we'll show you how to pinpoint a problem that could trick you into replacing a good ECM. Second, we'll show how easy it is to check long-term fuel trim on Toyota products prior to OBD II models.
Suppose you're troubleshooting a Toyota that won't start and/or won't flash trouble codes. After checking everything you can think of, you replace the ECM. Surprise! The new computer doesn't solve either problem!
The root cause may be a shorted reference voltage circuit that has temporarily knocked out the ECM. Here's why: Battery voltage powering the computer is stepped down to 5 volts inside the ECM. This stepped-down voltage performs two vital jobs-supplying the 5-volt reference Toyota calls Vcc (we covered Vcc in the last two columns) and powering the ECM's microprocessor, or brain.
If Vcc shorts to ground, you'd think it would destroy the microprocessor. Experience shows it doesn't actually fry the ECM's brain; it merely stuns it. A groggy microprocessor won't make decisions such as turning on the Check Engine light when it should. This condition may tempt you to condemn the ECM, but don't do it until you test Check Engine light operation and Vcc voltage separately. Thankfully, both tests are easy to do.
Locate the gray rectangular diagnostic connector under the hood. Jumper terminal W to E1 and turn the ignition switch on (engine off). The Check Engine light should glow; if it doesn't, grab a schematic and diagnose the light circuit.
If jumping terminal W to E1 turns on the Check Engine light, head for the Vcc (5-volt reference) wire connected to the vane airflow sensor and turn the ignition on. When you backprobe the Vcc terminal, it should measure 5 volts...or darn close to it. Usually, if Vcc measures way less than 5 volts, the most common cause is an internally shorted vane airflow sensor.
To find out if that's the case, disconnect the harness connector from the vane sensor and check the Vcc terminal again. If Vcc is 5 volts open-circuit but only about 0 to 2 volts with the harness connected, the sensor has shorted out. Sometimes water contamination or collision damage ruins the vane sensor. Maybe a careless technician dropped the sensor or an overzealous backyard mechanic tinkered too much with it. Regardless, replace the sensor.
If Vcc voltage remains low after you pull the connector from the airflow sensor, you know the feed wire is shorting to ground somewhere. Pinpoint and repair the short and this car is fixed.
Long-Term Fuel Trim
Long-term fuel trim, which Toyota calls Vf, has been available since 1985 on vehicles equipped with the gray underhood diagnostic connector. As we explained in previous columns, connector terminal OX or OX1 provides easy, direct access to the oxygen sensor voltage signal. So as long as the vehicle has the gray connector under the hood, you can quickly make two valuable driveability checks without a scan tool.
Many techs are familiar with block learn, General Motors' long-term fuel trim technique. When everything is running normally, the ECM doesn't have to add or subtract fuel from the mixture to compensate for any problems. GM indicates a normal long-term fuel trim with the number 128. When block learn exceeds 128, the ECM is adding fuel to compensate for a lean condition. When it falls below 128, the ECM is removing fuel to correct for a rich condition.
On Toyota products, Vf ranges from 0 to 5 volts. Toyota's equivalent to a 128 block learn value is 2.5 volts. Supposedly, the ECM can tweak fuel mixture as much as 20% richer or leaner. When Vf is 2.5 volts, the ECM is making very minor fuel corrections. A Vf voltage greater than 2.5 confirms that the computer is adding fuel to correct for a lean condition. Vf less than 2.5 tells you the ECM is reducing fuel to correct for a rich condition.
Unlike General Motors, Toyota's fuel trim numbers change in relatively large chunks. For example, on airflow sensing systems, Vf voltage steps upward this way: 0.00, 1.25, 2.50, 3.75, 5.00. When Vf is 2.5, the ECM is trimming the mixture as little as 3% either way. When Vf is 3.75, the ECM is adding 4% to 10% more fuel. At a Vf of 1.25, the ECM is reducing fuel by 4% to 10%.
A Vf value of 1.25 or 3.75 is a gray area on an airflow-sensing Toyota. Although these Vf numbers aren't optimal, the vehicle is probably running okay and the customer has no major gripes. For example, 3.75 volts on a higher-mileage car could reflect the computer compensating for small air leaks around the throttle shaft, etc. When Vf is in this gray or borderline area, it's difficult to predict how much improvement preventive maintenance services such as injector flushing or decarbonization will actually make for a squawky, penny-pinching motorist.
Suppose a higher-mileage Toyota is already running at a Vf of 3.75. Chances are, carbon deposits have built up on the intake valves because the tightwad owner bought dirt-cheap, poor-quality fuel. At a Vf of 3.75, you can bet this engine won't tolerate the carbon deposits as well as a system running at a 2.5-volt Vf would!
Vf on MAP-sensor-equipped Toyotas changes in bigger steps: 0.00, 2.50 and 5.00. On these systems, the preferred Vf of 2.5 means the ECM could still be correcting the mixture as much as 10% richer or leaner.
Always note Vf on the work order so you have a diagnostic reference point if the vehicle comes into the shop again. Vf always indicates how much the ECM is compensating to keep the engine running satisfactorily.
Measuring Vf Voltage
Always check Vf with the engine at operating temperature and the throttle held at a steady 2500 rpm. Connect a DVOM to the Vf terminal and ground the meter to the E1 terminal-both inside the gray underhood connector. Don't sweat it if the numbers aren't exactly the same as those cited earlier. Actual Vf readings may differ by about .25 volt.
Note that at high altitudes, the ECM normally has to adjust the mixture to compensate for the thinner air. So way up in the Rockies or the Sierras, a Vf of 0.00 may be perfectly normal.
Remember that it takes time for the ECM to readjust Vf after you work on the vehicle. It's not uncommon for a technician or car owner to panic when he realizes the vehicle isn't running better after the repairs have been made.
Overall, the smartest approach is to take matters into your own hands. When you finish the job, clear the learned values by pulling the EFI fuse or yanking a battery cable. Then give the vehicle a thorough, vigorous road test so the ECM relearns before the customer arrives.
Last but not least, remember that everything mentioned here depends on a properly performing oxygen sensor. To test a Toyota oxygen sensor, connect your scope or voltmeter to the OX or OX1 terminal at the gray underhood connector. Use a throttle tool to hold rpm at a steady 2500 at operating temperature. A good oxygen sensor should show at least eight rich/lean "cycles" within 10 seconds.
Another easy way to check oxygen sensor activity is to jumper terminals T or TE1 to E1 inside the gray connector. Then monitor the Vf terminal at a steady 2500 rpm. Vf should toggle high and low (0 to 5 volts) at least eight times within 10 seconds.


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I've just come across PingPong, a great little free app which looks like it has lots of potential! I haven't had chance to try this yet but I think with the revision season to begin in full flow on our return to school this could be really useful. Questions can be created on the spot and students access the 'ROOM' through use of a simple room code. Questions are set and realtime responses given. Questions can be multiple choice, true or false or up to 40 character responses or annotated diagrams can be sent by students. The app can be linked to Evernote to export responses. It has a very simple interface and seems to do 'as it says on the tin' rather than having lots of extras but the beauty of the app is likely to be the simplicity of use. For schools with 1:1 ipads or where all students have access to some form of electronic device this looks like it could be a useful additional app for the response system toolkit!
There is quick introduction video which gives an overview here:
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In Rhode Island, hot wieners are a way of life. Many greasy spoons have them on the menu, but only a few can count them as iconic. Rod's Grille is one.
"The Coney Island sauce is my great grandmother's recipe," Meghan Rodrigues shares. Meghan, who runs the diner with her father, is now the fourth generation Rodrigueses to feed the East Bay, which she considers "an honor."
Located on Washington Street just off of Main in Warren, its kitschy signs, black and white tile flooring, and red diner stools are an homage to an era when the diner ignited the American imagination.
"Warren is such a small town, everyone knows everyone," she says. "It's fun seeing so many generations come through our doors. Even if they move away, when they come to visit family, Rod's is their first stop."
Meghan began working at Rod's on weekends and holidays when she was 15 years old. "I started washing dishes, just like everyone else," she says with a laugh.
She studied culinary arts in college, graduating from Southern New Hampshire University. After a pastry internship in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Meghan returned to Rhode Island where she worked at Castle Hill Inn in Newport and with Russell Morin Catering. When her aunt retired in 2012, she officially joined the family business.
Along with Rod's famous hot wieners, the diner is known for its chouriço-based hash that's a nod to the family's Portuguese heritage.
Citing the recent avocado craze, Meghan says she doesn't feel any pressure to force the diner into the 21st Century. "We don't chase trends. We focus on quality and consistency – the Coney Island sauce recipe on our hot wieners hasn't changed since 1955," she explains. "We offer simple comfort food. That's what our customers want."
After working at high end establishments, returning to Rod's was a welcome homecoming. "I love working with my family. Most of our staff has been here so long they are like family. Customers remember me from when I was a toddler. I love knowing that people are happy that there's another generation that's going to take care of this place."
"We definitely have that Cheers vibe," she continues. "If we don't know your name, we absolutely know your order."


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Do I Really Need To Complete The Honey-Do List When Selling My Okemo Mountain Home
Do I Really Need To Complete The Honey-Do List When Selling My Okemo Mountain Home?
That is the question all Okemo Mountain home owners should ask themselves when they consider selling their home.
The first item on the fix-it list: clear the clutter! If your closets, attic, basement, garage, and other storage areas appear neat, half-full and organized, your house will seem to have more storage space. To accomplish the clutter – clearing task, empty the house, hold a garage sale, and use the profits to help offset the next set of fix-it priorities.
Check your house for "curb appeal". The exterior is the first impression a prospective buyer has of your home. Make it as inviting as you can. Think of it as outside decorating. Clean (or paint, if necessary) the exterior, re-sod brown spots and crab grass, mow the lawn, pull weeds, remove dead trees or plants, and trim the shrubs.
Flowers give warmth and personality to a home. Plant them tastefully in pots or beds at the entrance, on decks and around patios. If it isn't flower season, at least clean the beds, remove the dead leaves, and cover the ground with fresh wood chips or other clean looking mulch.
If you have a limited budget, make the most of it. Put the money where it is most obviously needed and the return the greatest and most visible.
Fix Little Things
Take care of the little obvious things: fix leaking faucets, stop running toilets, replace broken windows, kill pet or mildew odors, repair holes in screens, remove mildew from tile, and re-caulk around bathtubs and sinks. Walk around; look at your house with a prospective buyer's eyes. Small things tell buyers whether or not a house has been maintained.
Paint it!
A coat of light-colored, neutral paint-white or off-white-will make your home's interior look crisper, cleaner, and also larger. Many buyers may not be able to imagine their sofa in your decor. White interiors work for the greatest number of people without their having to redecorate immediately. If you just moved, would you want to redo every room?
Your Carpeting
If the carpet is in reasonable condition, have it shampooed. If it is worn, threadbare or a non-neutral color, consider replacing it with beige or gray. You do not need to purchase the best quality money can buy. Lifetime wear is not required. You want it to look great now. Neutral walls and carpet do not offend anyone. Almost all furnishings look good with them. Rental property managers know this and have been doing it for years.
Professional Inspection
Consider having your house inspected by qualified inspector. Safety- and health-related items, such as radon and electrical problems could kill a sale if not properly attended to. It is much better to fix these items on your own time schedule and financial terms than hurriedly during a contract negotiation. Roof leaks, even if inactive, are also deal breakers.
What else do you fix amongst the inspector's flagged items? Unless you can realistically get money back, fix only the problems with major systems. You want to keep your home's selling price as low as possible to increase the pool of buyers.
Do not undertake any major remodeling in preparation for sale. It places more limitations on the size of your buyer pool. Tastes vary, and some people will dislike the results of your efforts. You will have to raise your selling price to reflect your fix-up investment, thereby pricing your home out of the range of other potential buyers.
A neutral color scheme in a house that sparkles brings you the highest return in the shortest time when selling your Okemo Mountain home.
Learn more about Okemo Mountain real estate at ISellVermontRealEstate.com or give us a call, 800-659-1819 #103.
Ludlow VT Real Estate: Is Owning Rental Property Right For You
Ludlow VT Real Estate: Is Owning Rental Property Right For You
Investing in Ludlow VT real estate and owning rental property sounds glamorous, but it isn't for everyone.
Be sure you know what you're getting into and understand what you are getting into before signing on the dotted line. Here are some questions you should ask yourself before purchasing an investment property:
• Where will the down payment come from for this property?
• Do you have cash reserves so you handle periods of vacancy, i.e. no income?
• How about reserves for unexpected repairs and other expenses?
• Do you need property to rent immediately or do you have time and money for a "fixer-upper"?
• Will you make needed renovations and repairs or hire someone else for the job?
• What type of property do you want: single family, apartment, duplex, condominium, or vacation property?
Thinking it through ahead of time assures that you won't get caught making a rash decision you will regret later.
If you decide now is the time to take advantage of lower market prices and invest in Ludlow VT real estate and rental property, visit ISellVermontRealEstate.com.
When Buying A Ludlow VT Home Makes Sense
When Buying A Ludlow VT Home Makes Sense
The housing market has never been better for many potential Ludlow VT home buyers. In fact, more often than not, it is less expensive to own your own home rather than rent.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition reports that in 57 out of the 100 most populated metro areas, renting a three-bedroom home is more expensive than monthly costs on a six percent mortgage for a typical low-priced house in the same area.
With all the news these days concerning the economic crunch and these tumultuous economic times, you might think I'm crazy saying it is a good time to buy a Ludlow VT home. Of course, buyers with strong credit are best positioned to take advantage of today's opportunities. A high credit score will yield a lower interest rate and increase the likelihood that a loan application will be approved.
For example, a buyer with a 6 percent mortgage will pay a third less per month than a buyer who has a loan at 8 percent. This difference can be hundreds of dollars per month.
FHA loans, VA loans and government backed first-time buyer loans are all available to qualified buyers. With the current low interest rates and affordable housing prices, it is a great time to buy your Ludlow VT home.
It is also a time to keep in mind that buying a home is a long term investment…and an investment you and your family can enjoy for many years!


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Imagine you had the choice to educate others about their digital online presence. Now imagine that somewhere out there is a young girl who is being blackmailed to take photos of herself and send them to the predator or face the consequences. Well, you do, and this actually happens more and more often. Sexual extortion (a.k.a. sextortion) of minors is becoming more prevalent. This is the story of Amanda Todd and how her digital citizenship cost her her friends, respect, self-worth and unfortunately eventually led to her untimely death.
Amanda was in Grade 7 when she began to use her webcam and go onto live chat sites to meet new people with her friends. But even before exploring this venue of the Internet, Amanda already had an active online presence. Watch CBC's rendition of her story here.
The video that this show alludes to is entitled My Story: Struggling, bullying, suicide and self-harm, in which Amanda uses flash cards to describe her story of sextortion, bullying and struggles with mental illnesses like depression and anxiety.
Amanda flashed the camera while unknowingly a viewer took a freeze-frame (screenshot) and posted it to a porn site. Then the link was sent to all of her Facebook friends, including her mother. Returning to school she became "slut-shamed" and called nick-names like "cam whore," "porn star" and asked "Are you doing this on a regular basis?" She was embarrassed and began to have anxiety and depression because of the regular bullying and teasing within her school.
Amanda and her mother went to the police to notify them that a blackmailer was asking for more videos and threatening her. The extortionist told her that if she did not send him new videos of her performing for him, then he would send the picture of her exposing herself to everyone she knew. This would be the second time, but for a new crowd because Amanda was constantly moving and changing schools to get away from the bullies. It was the second notification to RCMP in 6 months of blackmail. Soon after they contacted the police, the school was sent the photo so they contacted the police on Amanda's behalf as a minor.
During the document the host says, "Her parents told her to stay away from the sites that would cause her trouble, but Amanda wouldn't…or couldn't." Amanda seemed to have a craving or need for attention but was unsure of how to fulfill it, so it came out negatively. At school she faced problems with ADHD and being laughed at from her previous mistake, so she turned to online crowds and individuals for friendship. This is not uncommon in modern society. The adolescents most at risk for being taken advantage by someone online are those who are not able to fit in at school. They turn to social media sites and chat groups to make friends and feel better about themselves. Unfortunately for some teens they are being targeted by others who want to take advantage of young people. The host says to an officer "When you first started it used to be that the 'creepy old man' on the Internet was 65, now the 'creepy old man is 25′" responded by nodding and saying "Or younger."
"You can edit yourself"
What shocked me the most, and this was very much the intention, was when the host compares Amanda's online stalker and blackmailing situation to that of a girl being stalked in a park. The police would suggest to stay away from the park, but would still try to find him. Here is the clincher: "Where else would they tell a teenage girl that the best option is for her to protect herself?"
A year after the sextortion started, her anxiety and depression had grown so much that she began to self-harm by cutting herself. Her bullying was so great that people would tell her they would throw a party if she died. So Amanda created her video (link above) as a response. Her mother states, "Her video was not a suicide video but a release. She wanted her story out there, especially to the people that were harassing her" (from CBC's documentary). Amanda was standing up for herself in a world that endlessly tormented her, and she was also bringing awareness to cyber-bullying, bullying in her schools, and physical assault from her peers. Amanda had planned to get a tattoo with the motto "stay strong" to remind her of what she had in life before she cut herself again. Unfortunately, she passed away from self-harm before she got it.
After her death, 20 officers were assigned to her case. At the time that the CBC made this document, the host mentions that the investigation was still on-going, and the police made no comments. However, in January 2014, police arrested a man in a case involving multiple victims in the Netherlands, UK, and Canada. A few months later they charged the 35-year-old man identified as Aydin Coban with indecent assault, extortion, internet luring, criminal harassment and the possession and distribution of child pornography for his alleged activities against Amanda Todd and other child victims, both male and female. Click here for a CBC article with a copy of the transcript from one of Amanda's interactions with this man and brief follow up, including an arrest.
So where does this fit in with Digital Citizenship? The better question is where doesn't it? With this many connections it is hard to find a good place to start.
Digital Access: From a young age Amanda had access to electronics and the Internet. Her early days recording herself signing to music was a precursor of her ability to navigate online. Through her parents she was able to access the Internet on her own laptop and was then given a webcam.
Digital Communication: Amanda was navigate different sites, chat rooms and social media sites like Facebook. Any communication that occurs online or through electronics is part of Digital Communication.
Digital Literacy: When it comes to this section, Amanda was pretty literate with the sites she used, but perhaps did not understand each sites full potential (i.e. that someone could screenshot her flashing the camera), which leads into Digital Law and Digital Rights and Responsibilities. Amanda would not have rights to the image that was taken without her consent. In addition, each person is responsible for their electronic deeds and actions. Ultimately Amanda's extortionist was caught and arrested, but this is not the case for all online predators.
Digital Health and Wellness: I think that this section fits in with Amanda's experience because she became focused on her online self-image. The documentary notes that "Amanda was getting transfixed by her image on the screen." I think this happens to a lot of people. We are constantly checking how we look before our image is captured to make sure it is taken "just right." In Amanda's case it appears that she was not balancing her online self-image and it became unhealthy for her.
Digital Security: This section is simply about taking pre-cautions and preventative measures while on electronics to guarantee your safety whether it be from personal information, banking information, videos and images or hackers.
Amanda most likely did not have a sufficient understanding of all of these concepts, as do many of our young teens. As a feature teacher, I plan to discuss issues like these with my students so that my students will be aware of the dangers of the Internet. I don't want to create fear or prohibit use of the Internet, but I think it is extremely important for parents and kids to know what can go wrong. Speaking of parents, click here to see which apps pose potential dangers for kids that parents should be concerned about. If your child has this app, I would strongly recommend sitting down and discussing Digital Citizenship. The clip below shows teens starting to explore ideas of Digital Citizenship based on seeing Amanda Todd's video.
"Her impulsive gesture was immortalized on the website for anyone online, anywhere"
"She knew that she did something wrong, but she also knew that there was nothing she could do anymore because the damage was already done"
"In the age of the Internet there are online predators that can make sure you pay for a mistake for the rest of your life"
"For many kids the Internet is an endless popularity contest where popularity is measured in how many likes or views you are getting"
Before you take off, I would like to share a last important message from the documentary "The Sextortion of Amanda Todd." If you need to report online abuse please go to a site like cybertip.ca, or if you need to find out more about online predators check out cbc.ca/fifth.


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Today I learned a valuable lesson regarding entering writing competitions that require postal entries.....
Make sure you put enough postage on!!
I sent a postal entry for a short story competition at the end of November. To my complete mortification I received an email today from the organiser informing me that I hadn't paid enough postage so the entry didn't get to her in time and to make it all worse, she'd had to pay the extra £1.10 fee. I wanted to cry into my phone. (Where I'd read the email)
I was upset that I hadn't been able to enter the competition but I also don't want to get myself a name for not putting postage on. Horrifically, I sent only my second postal entry yesterday, which I now know will be short on payment. I'm thinking I have to email the organisers and offer to rapidly pay the extra postage that will be required and hope that this can be done.
I mistakenly thought that because my letter was completely flat it was the ordinary first class stamp fee. I know that if it is thick you have to pay, I didn't realise that if it was wide you have to pay. (It was an A4 envelope) You see, I don't really post letters. In today's age where everything is electronic, I've become ignorant in the ways of the postal service.
I have learnt an extremely valuable, painful and embarrassing lesson today - Make sure you put enough postage on mail!


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On Tuesday, 13th of February, the U.S. currency was under pressure due to the restored stability of the world stock market. The weakening of dollar was marked by promulgated data regarding the U.S. external debt load increase.
On Tuesday, the price of gold was $1,329 per ounce.
On Wednesday, 14th of February, gold prices began to rise. Todd Horwitz, Bubba Trading strategist, predicts a gradual increase in value of the precious metal.
Todd Horwitz, Bubba Trading strategist:
"I think the market is going to be really volatile, I think this is going to be a volatile year. I am certain that there's going to be a bid for gold at some point."
The price of gold stood at the $1,350 mark.
On Thursday, 15th of February, U.S. dollar has weakened even more, while gold continued to grow.
Two of the world's most powerful leaders agreed to pursue exert pressure on North Korea. During a telephone conversation, the President of the United States Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe discussed joint action plan against DPR Korea. Political tension and macroeconomic factors have influenced the price increase of gold.
Director of investment strategy and research at ETF Securities Maxwell Gold:
"What sparked the move of gold price today is the increase in inflation. I think that is boosting inflation expectations, and it gives a clear indication of what the Fed is going to do this year."
On Thursday, the price of the precious yellow metal amounted to $1,353.
On Friday, 16th of February, Chief Editor of the news bulletin The Gartman Letter noted the significance of this week for gold. Dennis Gartman highlighted the role of China as the main consumer of gold on the global market during the public holiday season.
D.Gartman, Publisher of The Gartman Letter:
"Historically, the gold market indeed grows during the Lunar New Year fest."
According to the World Gold Council, 306,4 tons of investment gold were sold in China in 2017. Last year, the demand for gold has increased by 8% in China.
The "Golden Week" continues in full swing, as Chinese citizens contribute to the growing demand of the yellow metal. It's a gift-giving time and long-lasting weekends.
At the end of the week, the price of gold amounted to $1,347 per ounce.
On Monday, 19th of February, dollar continued to be under pressure. The state of the US currency was influenced by various factors: the Fed's policy tightening, politics of Washington, the US budget deficit.
Masashi Murata, a strategist at the financial company Brown Brothers Harriman & Co in Tokyo:
"Inflationary alarms and fears about financial and the US trade deficit will keep the dollar in a defensive stance."
Against the backdrop of the defensive actions of buyers to strengthen the US currency, gold was worth $1,347 per ounce.
According to Saxo Bank experts, markets are currently very much preoccupied with volatility in the equity space. As a matter of fact, many investors are overlooking serious geopolitical risks that push gold prices up.
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The Interior Design Society (IDS) has released the application for their Designer of the Year Awards program with over 20 categories in residential interior design, including specialty awards such as the Sherwin-Williams Sponsor Award, IMPACT awards for pro-bono projects and a new category for new construction.
This year, the Sustainable Design, #GetYourGreenOn Award is sponsored by the Sustainable Furnishings Council, created for designers who create environmentally conscious spaces. These designs should take into consideration the principles of social, economic and ecological sustainability ensuring that the design does not leave a negative impact on our environment.
"Sustainable Furnishings Council thinks it is important for EVERY designer to do what s/he can to #GetYourGreenOn," says Susan Inglis, executive director Sustainable Furnishings Council. "And what does that involve? It is about asking 'What's it made of?' and paying special attention to the answers you get when it is made of wood, and when there might be harmful chemicals involved in the manufacture of the product."
Inglis continued, "It is also about doing business with companies you trust to have a commitment to sustainability and to transparency, like Sustainable Furnishings Council members. We at SFC are delighted to be working with IDS on this very important Designer of The Year Award and we can hardly wait to see who wins in the Sustainable Design category!"
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What is Justification?
Justification means "the action of showing something to be right or reasonable." When something is "just" it is "right" or "true." When God justifies someone, He declares him or her to be right and good.
Because we are all human beings, we all sin (do things that are not good and make God sad) and therefore cannot be called "right" despite anything that we do to please God. Our list of good things we have done also includes the list of bad things we have done. Even our best behavior cannot make us right before God. But God declares us to be right (justifies us), because of His Son, Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on the cross, He took all of our sin and bad stuff and took it on himself. In turn, He gives us His righteousness. Because Jesus is God, he did not sin and therefore was perfect.
When God justifies people, He puts a "righteous" stamp on them; He takes away their "sinful" label and replaces it with a "righteous" one. To justify is to change something's label from "wrong" to "right." This is a one-time event; once God justifies a person, the "sinful" label is thrown away forever. God wants to save us from the stain of sin; this is known as justification. He cleanses us of our sins and puts a new label on us.
If we are not justified by what we do, how then are we justified? We are justified by grace through faith. We have already discussed that grace is "God's unmerited favor towards us." Justification is God's gift to us. We cannot do anything to earn it; we do not deserve it. We receive this promise of justification by faith. Faith is simply belief or trust. When you have faith in someone, you trust them. You trust that they are going to do what they said they would do; this is faith. Therefore justification is a free gift from God that we receive by believing in Jesus and trusting Him. God himself gives us this faith and allows us to believe in Him and His promises.
A Deeper Look at Justification in the Bible
Justification is a divine act whereby God judicially declares a believing sinner to be righteous and acceptable before Him because Christ has bore the sinner's sin on the cross and in turn has given the believing sinner His own righteousness (Phil 3:9; Rom. 4:3-8). The redemptive activity of Christ bearing our sins and imputing His righteousness upon us is the basis for our justification (2 Cor 5:21). Calvin called justification "the hinge on which the door of salvation turns." It is based on Christ's righteousness (Rom 3:24-26; 4:25; 5:15-21), brings the peace of God (Rom.5:1), salvation, and the giving of His spirit to those who believe. Justification by faith alone is the heart of the Gospel, and the Gospel is the power of God for salvation (Rom. 1:16).
Just as it is with sanctification, justification is a benefit of our union with Christ. It is because of our union with Christ that we are counted as righteous. John Piper writes [1]:
Christ counts us as having his righteousness in Christ because we are united to Christ by faith alone. That is, we are counted perfectly honoring and displaying the glory of God, which is the essence of God's righteousness, and which is also the perfect fulfilling of the law. That is what God imputes to us and counts us as having because we are in Christ who perfectly honored God in his sinless life.
Our righteousness therefore is in Heaven, where we are united to Christ who sits at the right hand of the Father, not here on Earth. The basis for justification then is the vicarious work of Christ for us. Luther's primary critique of the Roman Catholic Church's view of justification was that they did not acknowledge that people are justified by grace through faith alone. The Council of Trent, the Catholic response to the Reformation, declared those who believed in justification by faith alone as cursed.
Justification and sanctification are benefits that flow from our union with Christ (Acts 16:31), but we must remember they are separate acts. Justification is the act of God declaring us righteous, while sanctification is the process by which we are made to be more Christ-like. Justification is a legal declaration that we are now righteous before God and deals with the legal ramifications of sin. We are no longer declared guilty in God's court. Sanctification is the heart transformation that happens upon justification. We are new creatures in Christ, people who have been transformed by the Gospel. Both justification and sanctification are gifts by the grace of God (Eph. 2:8-10) and not based on any righteousness of our own (Rom. 5:6:8; 1 Peter 3:18).
Righteousness Through the Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ
This righteousness is therefore imputed to us and it is an alien righteousness, meaning that it comes from outside of us (Jer 23:6). It is the imputed perfect righteousness of Christ which is the ground of the believer's justification and salvation because imputed, not inherent, righteousness gives us the right to eternal life. John Owen wrote [2]:
And therefore, whereas our inherent righteousness is imperfect (they are to be pitied or despised, not to be contended withal, that are otherwise minded), if that be imputed unto us, we cannot be accepted on the account thereof as perfectly righteous without an error in judgment.
As stated above this righteousness is imputed to us, and it can only be made possible through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Christ's death served as a perfect and complete sacrifice for the sins of all who believe. In Old Testament times, sacrifices had to be offered repeatedly because they could not completely and finally deal with sins. Christ is an effectual sacrifice because He is the perfect High Priest who was perfect in every way (Heb. 7:28, 10:5-15). While the Old Testament priests were not sinless themselves, Christ was perfect and without sin. It is only by the blood of Christ that we can be made clean.
What Can Wash Away My Sin?
Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
We are redeemed by the blood of Christ (1 John 1:7; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:20; Rom. 5:9). The Bible not only declares that Jesus bore the penalty of our sin for us (1 John 2:2; John 1:29), it also states that Christ became sin for us (Gal. 3:13; 2 Cor 5:21). Christ is the fulfillment of the Law and all the penalties that were due to God's people for disobeying the Law were poured out onto Christ (Matt. 5:17-18; Rom 10:4). Because Christ has fulfilled the Law, obeying it completely and perfectly, we are no longer under the Law but under grace (Gal. 2:19, 3:24-25; Rom. 7:6). It was the active obedience of Christ that led him to the cross (Phil. 2:8).
Justification by Faith vs. Self-Righteousness
Tim Keller explains righteousness as "the validating performance record which opens doors" [3]. When you present a resume to an employer you are saying, "Look at my credentials; I am worthy of this job." If you are good enough, you are accepted. The world works this way. You get out your performance record and if you are good enough you are accepted. So therefore we assume that God also works this way; we show him a list of our qualifications and if we meet certain goals then we are accepted by. Then Paul comes along and says there is a perfect and divine righteousness that comes to us as a gift, and once you have received it, by faith, you are accepted. You do not develop it on your own; it is a gift from God.
In the Bible, the same Greek word is used for "righteousness" and "justification" and the two are linked in Scripture. To justify yourself is to validate your worthiness. In the movie Chariots of Fire, as Harold Abrahams is preparing to run the 100 Meter Race in the 1924 Olympics, he says this, "And now in one hour's time I will be out there again. I will raise my eyes and look down that corridor; 4 feet wide, with 10 lonely seconds to justify my whole existence. But will I?"
So what does all of this mean for us today, in our day-to-day lives? Why does this matter? If we accept what Paul is saying, that this is a free righteousness, that we are justified freely, it changes everything. We are able to withstand anything, loss of money, loss of job status, because our righteousness and our justification is not based on our performance. Now our justification is from the Lord. Receiving this justification by grace through faith means to repent of your false righteousness, to transfer it from wealth, children, job security, to God. It is a righteousness that comes to you, not from you, and is the end of your struggle to justify your existence. Tim Keller writes [4]:
The gospel of justifying faith means that while Christians are, in themselves still sinful and sinning, yet in Christ, in God's sight, they are accepted and righteous. So we can say that we are more wicked than we ever dared believe, but more loved and accepted in Christ than we ever dared hope -- at the very same time. This creates a radical new dynamic for personal growth. It means that the more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God's grace appears to you. But on the other hand, the more aware you are of God's grace and acceptance in Christ, the more able you are to drop your denials and self-defenses and admit the true dimensions and character of your sin.
We often talk about justification as simply being forgiveness but it is much more than that. It goes beyond forgiving someone; free justification is an invitation. When you are forgiven, essentially the other person is saying, "You may go. I will no longer hold your action against you." But in the Bible justification is an invitation and the bestowal of a new status upon you. It is the bestowal of a status and all the benefits that comes from that new status. Through Christ God now says to us "you are welcome to all my love and presence." In Galatians 4:4-7 Paul reminds the Galatians that because of God's grace and Christ's righteousness they are now adopted into God's family (Rom 8:17; 1 Peter 1:4). They receive the blessings and promises given to Christ.
When we receive Christ's promise of justification by grace through faith, we too have received all the promises and blessings given to Christ. All of our sins-past, present, and future, are forgiven, nailed to the cross (Col. 2:14), and we are made to be sons and daughters of the living God. We are then free to give up our efforts of self-justification and delight in the grace of God who has saved us for His glory.
[1] Piper, John. Future of Justification. 165.
[2] Owen, John. The Doctrine of Justification. 5:173, 267.
[3] Keller, Tim. "Justified by Faith." Tim Keller Podcast. Redeemer Presbyterian Church. NYC. 25 May 2012.
[4] Keller, Tim. "Paul's Letter to the Galatians: Living in Line with the Truth of the Gospel." Redeemer Presbyterian Church. 2003.


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I put together another scene in my Ikea Lekman box, this time a bedroom with a Zen/nature kind of theme. I mainly just wanted to design a room around one of the new lamps I made :)
Credits: The bed is made by me using lots of foam, glue, and fabric raised up on a cardboard box with a flooring sample as a headboard. The lamp and most of the books are also made by me. The nightstand is Re-Ment and the chairs are from CB2. The television and white shelves are from DHE Minis. The trunk/chest that the television is standing was once a bright purple plastic accessory for my childhood Littlest Pet Shop toy :) I gave it a makeover.The flooring is real cork scrapbook paper from Michael's and the wallpaper is also scrapbook paper. The floor lamp is from a Call of the Small giveaway. The ottoman is a plastic bale of hay that goes with the horse trough serving as a bookshelf over the bed. These came in a big bag of plastic toys I bought at a thrift store. The wooden turtle I bought at a craft fair. The wooden tree is from a scrapbook store. I also used wooden toy blocks for end tables. The painting is from a card from a local art gallery by an artist named Ford Smith. The rest of the accessories are Re-Ment or commonly found miniature items from craft stores.


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This one is called 'Bubblegum Violets' and is available in size 10 cotton thread on Etsy. I've also created it in size 20 and will have that one listed soon. I really love this colour combination.
I'm currently photographing my new skeins, including this tropical inspired one:
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Cape Town - South Africa lost Temba Bavuma (35) and Kagiso Rabada (0) inside the opening half hour of the second day's play in the fourth Test against England in Pretoria on Saturday, but Quinton de Kock ensured that they were still in a strong position at lunch.
At the end of the first session De Kock was 85* and the Proteas were 421/8.
Dane Piedt was not out on 10.
Starting the day on 331/5, Bavuma and De Kock were looking to be positive in the early overs.
But Bavuma added just three runs to his overnight score before he looked to drive a Stuart Broad delivery only to edge through to Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps.
In the very next over Rabada was out first ball as James Anderson had him trapped plumb LBW.
De Kock then put on a 50-run partnership with Kyle Abbott before the Proteas seamer was trapped LBW off Ben Stokes to leave South Africa 386/8.
But the South African wicketkeeper kept playing his shots, and he brought up his third Test 50 as the Proteas moved past 400.
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- With the goals of maximizing its return on investment and freeing up capital for other projects, Exprezit! Convenience Stores LLC is auctioning the licenses to operate one-fifth of its about 125 c-stores.
According to president Troy Seymour, Exprezit had been exploring different strategies to maximize value and return on investment from its North Carolina stores. "And now, with the licensee program we developed, we've got the right strategy," said Seymour.
Exprezit developed the new strategy [image-nocss] with Spectrum Capital Group LLC, which will also lead the auction process.
Exprezit expects that auctioning licenses for its North Carolina stores to individual or small-chain operators will work well for both the company and its licensees. "There is tremendous demand out there from individual operators and small chains for prime c-store sites, and because we are auctioning operating licenses and not selling the sites, these individuals will have the opportunity to control a convenience store operation for an amount that is only a fraction of the cost of buying a convenience store," said Seymour.
Seymour also noted that auctioning the operating licenses will benefit Exprezit by improving its cash flow, preserving its interest in the sites and freeing up working capital for re-investment.
The 25 Exprezit stores now available are geographically dispersed across North Carolina. Multiple units are located in the Winston-Salem area (9); Lexington (3); Morehead City (2); Beaufort (2) and Clinton (2). Exprezit operates single units in Vass, Linden, Asheboro, Mount Airy, Madison, Taylorsville and New Bern.
The auction of the licenses to operate Exprezit's North Carolina stores will be conducted by The Spectrum Capital Group of Bristol, Rhode Island. Joe Sands, a Spectrum partner, said that bidder registration began yesterday and that the bid deadline is Thursday, Sept. 15. The auction will be held Sept. 22License buyers will be required to purchase their store's existing fuel and merchandise inventory from, pay a $7,500 transaction fee to and place a deposit equal to two loads of fuel plus one monthly license fee to Exprezit. Details of the auction, including bidder registration instructions and due diligence material are available at www.c-storesilo.com.


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***This report was submitted by a guest from a recent hut trip***
2-13-19 0630Hrs 7700' at hut, SW winds, mod. 14F, S2 Precip.
1300Hrs Test Pit at top of Pussyfoot, 200 degrees, slope angle 20, 7700 elevation, snowing S2, winds SW and variable and Mod, 14F: 205HS, CT 21 down 61cm; CT 23 down 75; CT 30 down 86. ECTX. We found a dense consolidated layer(k hardness) 12"++ deep, down 120CM and stopped digging there. Storm/wind slab gained energy around 1500Hrs. Many different layers in the top 60CM of the new snow, none of them particularly concerning.
On 2-14-19 0700Hrs At the hut: ,23F, and S2 for 24hrs past, with an estimated 18-24 HN24. SW winds Mod, variable at times. At 0900Hrs 31F, PP/graupel mixed, backing to S1. Barometer rising now. Snow surface had become heavy and dense. Touring out to Pussyfoot, we saw the west facing slope above the Hut around 8700'?? had a new slide with a 2-3 foot crown, possible 200 yards in length running up and over a ridge. Cloudy, foggy no photo taken. The same area where a "few more turns" happened? Wind loading and storm slabs present in areas.


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text: Featured Article 16 Mar 2015 Immunologist Prof Katherine Fitzgerald received the Science Foundation Ireland award from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Washington on St Patrick's Day this year.It was a perfect time to recognise the achievements of the Irish overseas, and this year's SFI St Patrick's Day Science Medal has been awarded to immunologist Prof Katherine Fitzgerald, professor of medicine and co-director of the Program in Innate Immunity at the University of Massachusetts Medical School."I was really thrilled and honoured to have been selected," says Fitzgerald, whose research looks to understand the cellular events that trigger inflammatory responses during infection."We are trying to understand how the immune system discriminates between dangerous microbes, the bacteria that line our intestine and our own molecules - to avoid damaging inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis or Lupus."DNA receptorsHer group has been studying receptors they found can recognise the DNA of microbes and turn on inflammatory responses to ward off infection and protect us."However, as with all aspects of the immune system, this is a double-edged sword," explains Fitzgerald. "Sometimes, these same receptors accidentally recognise DNA from within our own cells and the same pathways get turned on, driving dangerous inflammation. We think these events are important in diseases ranging from arthritis, heart disease and cancer."Fitzgerald's lab is currently looking to develop ways to block or boost these DNA receptors as needed."If we block their action, we could potentially prevent dangerous inflammatory responses," she explains. "On the other hand, sometimes we want to boost the immune response. In the case of vaccines against dangerous microbes, if we had ways to ramp up and shape inflammatory pathways we might make vaccines work better."Maintaining links with IrelandThe SFI St Patrick's Day Science Medal, designed by Sligo-based jeweller Martina Hamilton, is awarded annually to a distinguished Irish scientist, engineer or technology leader living and working in the USA. Fitzgerald, who studied science at University College Cork and did her PhD with Prof Luke O'Neill at Trinity College Dublin, continues to work with researchers in Ireland."Remaining engaged with Irish science is very important to me," she says. "Because of my training in Ireland and the internationally renowned Irish immunology community, I have been fortunate to remain very close to Irish science and all the best it has to offer."I have very active collaborations with immunologists at Trinity College Dublin (especially Luke O'Neill, Andrew Bowie and Ed Lavelle). These collaborations have translated to joint US National Institutes of Health grants. I am also fortunate to have recruited Irish post-docs and researchers to my lab who are amongst the best I have ever worked with. Finally, I have also co-ordinated a summer internship programme, where we have had several TCD undergraduates spend summer internships at my own institution, Umass Medical."First woman recipientFitzgerald describes it as a "particular honour" to follow in the footsteps of inaugural medal recipient and namesake Prof Garret FitzGerald, who won the 2014 award."It is very cool to be the first woman to receive the medal," she says, offering advice to women who are at the early stage of a career in research."Follow the path you are passionate about - if you find science fascinating, there are many paths to a career in science and no one right way. Learn how to network and advocate for yourself. Take advantage of opportunities when they arise. Most importantly, find a mentor or mentors who will guide, support and advocate for you. I have had incredible mentors over the years, several of whom have been fantastic women."Awards aplentyOn St Patrick's Day, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, awarded the medal to Fitzgerald at a ceremony hosted in Washington, DC, by SFI. At the event, Kenny also presented Dr France A Córdova, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, with a Certificate of Irish Heritage.In her role as NSF director, Córdova is responsible for all fields of scientific research, technical innovation and STEM promotion in the United States. Previously president of Purdue University and the University of California, as well as chief scientist at US space agency NASA, the astrophysicist has published more than 150 research papers.Córdova's great-great grandfather, who arrived in the USA in 1858, was born in Finglas, Dublin, in 1835.Claire O'ConnellWomen Invent is Silicon Republic's campaign to champion the role of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It has been running since March 2013, and is kindly supported by Accenture Ireland, Intel, the Irish Research Council, ESB, Twitter, CoderDojo and Science Foundation Ireland.Inspire 2015 is Silicon Republic's unique international sci-tech event running 18-19 June in Dublin, connecting professionals passionate about the future of STEM with fresh perspectives on leadership, innovation and diversity. Buy your early bird tickets now! Get in early and grab the 'Two-for-one' tickets before the end of March. You don't want to miss this!This article was originally published on www.siliconrepublic.com and can be found at:http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/41166-wit2015/


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