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The advancing equity grant was a two-year grant of up to $10,000/year. The purpose of the grant was to increase equity in educator preparation programs across the state and inform policy connected to cultural responsiveness and equity.
In 2016, PESB funded several "special projects" grants, that were focused on supporting preparation programs with promising practices in recruiting and retaining a diverse candidate pool, and developing equity action plans. PESB used learnings from these grants to inform the design of the advancing equity grant (previously called the "pilot to policy: advancing systemic equity grant"). The application process for the grant took place during Fall 2017, and grantees will conducted their work January 2018 – December 2020 (extended due to COVID-19).
This two-year grant supported transformational work connected to racial equity, community engagement, and cultural responsiveness. Grantees will participated in a work group which will meet on a monthly and bimonthly basis over the course of the two years. During that time, they underwent trainings, reported on progress, shared learning, provided feedback, and served as a collective committed to demonstrating results and best practices around this work. Grantees were required to track and assess results at the end of each year connected to the implementation of new practices. The work group's report outs and sharing were expected to inform broader policy through PESB's new program review model. Grant funds were used to support the implementation of new practices, as well as participation in work group meetings.
Any Washington State educator preparation program was welcome to apply. Each applicant included a team of two to three faculty that participated regularly with direct participation from the Dean or demonstration of a strong communication loop to the Dean and leadership within the program. Applicants were selected based on their commitment to advancing systemic equity in their program and ability to effectively pilot practices that will inform broader PESB policy in relation to equity.
|Oct. 16, 2017
|Application for 2018-2019 released (PDF)
|Nov. 2, 2017
|Information session via webinar (Presentation)*
|Nov. 20, 2017
|Grant applications due
|Dec. 11, 2017
|Awardees announced
|Mid-Jan, 2018
|First work group meeting
*If you would like access to the recording of the webinar, please request via e-mail from email@example.com
Are indirect costs allowed for this grant?
No. This grant does not allow for indirect costs. The funding is meant to directly fund programmatic strategies listed in the proposal. Funds may also be used for staff time to attend work group meetings, staff time to work on grant-related programming/efforts, funds for a consultant or trainer, and funds or a subgrant to a local school, community-based organization, or school district.
Can we budget heavier in the first year (over $10,000) and less in the second year (less than $10,000)?
Yes. However the distribution of the $20,000 over the two years should be somewhat even. Programs can also budget lighter the first year and heavier in the second. We would not want to see variance much beyond a 70% and 30% difference per year.
If our program did not participate in the grant last year to make the Equity Action Plan, can we get a template for our equity action plan draft?
Yes, you can request a template from PESB staff that programs used last year.
If our program did not participate in the grant last year to make the Equity Action Plan, and we put together and submit a draft of an equity action plan, will our proposal get judged on the strength of that plan even though it is a draft?
No. We understand that not all programs received resources last year for support to create an equity action plan. We are looking to see that all programs that apply this year are committed to creating and working actively from a draft equity action plan, and the intention is for that plan to get used and built in an ongoing way as grantees participate in the work group and implement their proposals.
Can we add or focus on principal programs within our proposal, or is the grant only for teacher programs?
Yes, this grant is also open to principal preparation programs. While the application is largely focused on teachers, we would like to also emphasize that principal programs may be included in the proposals.
If a program participated last year in developing an equity action plan, should the program take the strategies from the Equity Action Plan and plug them into the proposal?
This two year grant should provide an opportunity for programs to focus on the implementation of their equity action plans. The strategies do not have to be plugged in and cited word for word – we recognize that these are active, living documents and some strategies may have changed. While that is the case, your proposal should demonstrate how you are building upon the work from the last year to develop the plan and implement the strategies within the plan.
Are competitive applications those that explain how they will inform the program review model?
No. What proposals demonstrate is what program review will be looking at. What reviewers will look at is the strength of your strategies and how compelling the areas are in your proposal that address grant priorities. These priorities are already aligned with program review. The strength of that will help us determine what we see as promising practices that align with the grant priorities and program review domains.
Is there a requirement for data leads to attend the work group meetings?
The data lead does not need to attend every work group meeting, however there will be various needs that will come up over the course of the work group meetings that require some participation. This would require minimal involvement (attending a part of a work group meeting or a short scheduled phone call).
Is our grant more competitive if we have multiple letters of support from community partners?
No. We are only asking for one letter of support, but you are welcome to include more if you'd like. What we'd like to see in the letter of support is an authentic letter written by a community partner that demonstrates they are engaged in and understand the work that will be carried out, rather than a template that they are signing.
Can we call into work group meetings?
Some work group meetings will be webinars. It's crucial to attend the first four meetings in person as they lay the foundation for the work group.
|Meeting 1
|Fri, Jan. 26, 2018
|Full Day Retreat
|Meeting 2
|Wed, Feb. 14, 2018
|10am – 1pm
|Meeting 3
|Wed, Mar. 7, 2018
|10am – 1pm
|Meeting 4
|Wed, Apr. 18, 2018
|10am – 1pm
|Meeting 5
|June 2018
|Webinar (3 hour)
|Meeting 6
|Sept. 2018
|In person – Full Day
|Meeting 7
|Oct. 2018
|Statewide event – In person attendance required
|Meeting 8
|Dec. 2018
|Webinar (3 hour)
|Meeting 9
|Fri., Feb. 22, 2019
|9am – 2:30pm
|Meeting 10
|Fri., May 24, 2019
|8am – 3:30 pm
|Meeting 11
|Nov. 8, 2019
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|Meeting 12
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Remembering Dr. Jim Scatliff
The UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Department of Radiology are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. James "Jim" Scatliff, who died on March 4.
The following obituary appeared in the News and Observer:
James H. Scatliff, age 89, died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on March 4, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Scatliff was the Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He became the Chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 and taught at the medical school until three days before his death. He claimed, somewhat whimsically, to be "the oldest living - and professionally active - radiologist."
Dr. Scatliff was born in Evanston, Illinois, and attended Northwestern University. After WWII, he served in the US Army as a medical corpsman in Korea in 1946-47. He graduated in 1952 from Northwestern Medical School, followed by rotating internships and a radiology residency in Chicago. The first ten years of his career were spent as an academic radiologist at the Yale University Medical Center, where he met and married Irene Andresen. Their partnership was responsible for his decision to become a Democrat; daily conversation over sherry, crackers, and cheese was a mainstay of their marriage and advanced his acumen as a leader. They were dyed-the-wool Tar Heel fans.
Over the span of his 65-year career, Dr. Scatliff made significant contributions to the expansion of the field of Radiology, as a researcher, mentor, and teacher. He published nearly 100 refereed research publications; the most recent was in 2014 about anatomists Andreas Vesalius and Thomas Willis in the American Journal of Neuroradiology. He was President of the Association of University Radiologists, received three UNC Professor of the Year Awards, the UNC Distinguished Faculty Award, the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. To honor his achievements, UNC's MRI Center was named for Dr. Scatliff in 1992.
Throughout his career, Dr. Scatliff was dedicated to affordable health care, and only became more vocal in recent years. This commitment began when he was a young boy during the depression tagging along with his physician father to care for patients regardless of their ability to pay. Despite the many advances in medicine, he never stopped living by his own advice that physicians must first ask of patients "tell me about you" and to always "look through the heart."
Dr. Scatliff channeled his flair for the dramatic into both his teaching and everyday life. While in summer school at Northwestern, he won a bit part in the movie Julius Caesar, starring Charlton Heston, playing a Roman soldier on a battlefield. While at UNC, he was cast as Professor Willard in Thornton Wilder's Our Town at Playmakers. We encourage you to watch a few 3-minute shorts from his medical school lectures that incorporate his impersonations of Wilhelm Roentgen, Tootsie, and Kermit the Frog on his YouTube Channel.
He is predeceased by Irene, his wife of fifty years, his parents H. Kenneth and Florence Scatliff, sister Alice Louise Bowyer, and sister-in-law Carole Andresen.
He is survived by his beloved companion Else Hvas, daughters Julia Scatliff O'Grady and Amy Scatliff, brother-in-law Harvey Andresen, son-in-law Brian O'Grady, grandchildren Frances and Trygve O'Grady, nieces Betty Melton, Edith Garberding, Christine Brown, a nephew Clifford Andresen, and grandnephew Henry Brown. A celebration of Jim's life will be held at 3 pm, Friday, March 17, 2017 at Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, NC. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the Medical Foundation of NC, Inc., 880 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Questions: 919-966-0019. Checks should be made payable to the Medical Foundation of NC, Inc. Please note on the check that your gift is a memorial to honor Dr. James H. Scatliff. Your donation will be used to commemorate his commitment to teaching the next generation of compassionate physicians.


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|.177" (4.5mm)
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|Overall Length
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|30 lbs
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|Fiber Optic
|Rear Sight
|Adjustable for windage & elevation
|Two-stage adjustable
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Things I liked: old school wood stock , great balanced gun , quality all the way, dollar for dollar a great gun to advance too , iron sights are fine , if you cant hit with iron sights then get glasses
Things I would have changed: the scope is a entrance level , have fun and upgrade when the time comes
What others should know: this is a quality gun , expect to be impressed by its quality, nothing like real wood
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Things I liked: Powerful, nice stock, very good gun after breaking in period. Reaxis piston.
Things I would have changed: Turn the safety around. It gets in the way when firing.
What others should know: It's a good gun, but for the price you can get a gun of the same quality for cheaper. Be patient through the breaking in period. It's worth the wait.
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Things I liked: Nice fiber optic sights. The extreme ease of cocking. It is very quiet. *Beautiful* stock, functional checkering, ergonomic shape. Comes with decent starter scope and optics rail! (No, it's not a $200 scope, but doesn't contribute excessively to the overall cost of the bundle.) Also, it is NOT 9lbs, with or without scope. It seems lighter than that. What you get at this price point is astounding! Give this rifle a spin, and you'll fall in love! I had worried & wondered whether "Made in China" in the case of the Yukon would be blatantly inferior to "Made in Germany" (Diana) or "Made in Turkey" (Hatsan). To be frank? I've had NO indication of this so far!
Things I would have changed: The "inside trigger guard" safety design is a bit funky. I might prefer a thicker butt pad...not that there is any appreciable recoil! I would not have wasted $30 getting Pyramyd to test fire and configure scope. The scope was not even close to adjusted at any range, and I suspect it was simply screwed on. IMO, Pyramyd's attention to detail & customer service are...let's just say "inconsistent." I especially don't appreciate that they sometimes fail to respond to simple questions I've emailed them. One minor mechanical quibble is that the Yukon's barrel swings freely once broken for loading. Takes some getting used to. All airgun rifles should be provisioned to accommodate slings. Period.
What others should know: I have 3 pellet rifles. All are .22 caliber gas pistons. (I would not own a springer.) The Hatsan 95 Vortex, the new Diana N-TEC 350, and this Ruger Yukon. They are all very nice rifles. Of these 3, the Yukon is my favorite, and the best bang for my buck, IMO. My Hatsan is a sweet, accurate gun, but the first Vortex I bought was literally falling apart with pins sliding out of the barrel, and had to be replaced. Not a particularly pretty stock, and should probably ship with some optics rail instead of tall rings. Nice fiber optic fixed sights! The N-TEC is also very nice...rather pricey, but I knew that going in. It does NOT WEIGH 6.7lbs. More like 8.5lbs. Fiber optic sights would have been appreciated, and easier on my 60yo eyes. It seems heavier than either the Hatsan (without scope) or Yukon (with scope mounted). The feel & accuracy of the Yukon is sublime! Smooth cocking. Hard hitting. If I had to retain only one of my rifles, my Yukon would be my keeper
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Where can I purchase a new gas piston for my Ruger Yukon?
The Yukon was made by Umarex. Contact them for possible parts.
I left my Ruger Yukon sit for a year or so and now it seems that the piston is stuck in the cocked position, but with no pressure behind it. It's like I must have left it cocked and the pressure leaked out. The trigger pulls and nothing moves and the cocking mechanism has no resistance since the piston seems to be all the way back. Suggestions?
The piston has failed.It has to be replaced.
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V-Nasty: "If I Can't Say the N-Word, Then Nobody Should Say It"
On Kreayshawn's breakout viral hit "Gucci Gucci," the pint-sized femcee raps, "I'm yelling 'Free V-Nasty' 'til my throat is raspy." Thanks to that and the video's 27 million views, people knew V-Nasty's name before most of them had any idea who she was. It turned out she was a member of Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob, a collection of a few female rhymers from the Bay Area who started to spark some interest following Kreay's million-plus dollar deal with Columbia six months ago. Quickly, controversy swirled around V-Nasty, when videos surfaced online of her nonchalantly using the N-word. Soon, she made another video defending herself, which triggered David Banner to release a song condemning her actions.
Now ready to make her own name, V-Nasty has teamed with Gucci Mane for BAYTL, a joint album whose title borrows from the two cities that the artists rep. With the project out through Warner Bros. today (December 13), V-Nasty talks to XXL about what it was like working with her favorite rapper, why it's alright for her to say the N-word around friends even though she plans to stop using it in her music, and more. —Adam Fleischer
XXL: Tell me how the project between you and Gucci came about?
V-Nasty: Gucci Mane reached out to my manager, so my manager got me in the studio with him. That shit was cool. It was a good experience to be in there with someone that I really look up to.
When did he reach out?
About three months ago.
He's been locked up. Were you guys able to work together in person?
Yeah. I went to Atlanta and worked with him for like two weeks.
What was it like? I've heard he's one of your favorite rappers.
I felt like boo-booing on myself. Nah, I'm just playing. I was hella excited. It was like a dream came true. Like, Damn, Gucci Mane wanna make some songs with me? V-Nasty? It was cool. And he a cool ass person. He made me feel comfortable.
What's the feel of the project? What are people going to learn about you as an artist?
Hopefully they take it the right way. I've seen a lot of negative feedback, but that's [from] people that have a problem with me already. Hopefully this changes peoples' minds, because they can actually see how I feel and where I actually come from. At first, I was writing my own stuff, and then Gucci Mane had me freestyling hella shit. It's a good project, I feel like; hopefully everybody else feels the same.
Where have you felt the negative feedback?
On Twitter and stuff. They say stuff like, Oh, Gucci Mane, you're hella dumb for making this song with V-Nasty. Just that type of shit. But, oh, well. Whatever.
I know it's coming out through Warner. Do you have any kind of situation over there?
No. Well, what do you mean?
Have you signed to Warner, or it's coming out through them because Gucci is over there?
Yeah. It's like that. I'm not signed to anybody. A couple labels reached out to me, but I didn't take a deal yet. I'm not ready for one.
You were speaking about some of the negativity aimed in your direction earlier, and some of that initially stemmed from your use of the N-word. I'm wondering where you're at with that? Are we gonna hear that on this project?
I don't think so. I don't think I said it on there.
Why was that?
Because I'm working on not using the N-word in my music and stuff. But on an everyday thing when I'm with my friends, I don't feel like I should have to change anything. I just feel like I don't wanna disrespect anybody, because I don't know what other people have been through. It's not like that in my city. I just feel like I'm gonna stop using it in my music, in a public eye. Other than that, I'm gonna continue to be myself.


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Chances are, you've spent your whole life listening to Nathan East. You just never knew it. Until now.
A founding member of the chart-topping contemporary jazz group Fourplay, East was 16 years old when he got his first break and found himself on the road with Barry White. The next time the phone rang, Quincy Jones was on the line. The calls kept coming and for the last 40 years, East has been churning out hit songs with artists as legendary as Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, George Harrison, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Loggins, Anita Baker, Lionel Richie, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder and Babyface.
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Biden takes issue with Trump administration's interoperability plans
A new commentary from former Vice President Joe Biden says interoperability roadblocks have been standing for far too long – and that the Trump administration's current plans to fix the problem are insufficient.
Writing for Fortune, Biden alluded to HIMSS18, where Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma unveiled the MyHealthEData Initiative, which aims to make patients a lynchpin of data exchange improvements, and where White House Advisor Jared Kushner said President Donald Trump is "is determined to make interoperability a reality for all Americans."
Biden's take? "Unfortunately, the announcement lacked many specific actions to effectively implement the initiative. I agree with the administration's stated goals, but real action is needed – and now is the time."
Too many EHR vendors and healthcare providers have been dragging their feet on interoperability, said the former VP.
"Many would say this was done on purpose because it meant they could lock up customers by making it time-consuming and expensive to change systems," he wrote.
It's long past time to "get serious and specific about the details to take action in the near term," said Biden. "We have now had nearly a decade to examine the consequences of how the electronic health record systems have been deployed.
"The industry has had ample opportunity to voluntarily address the issues of interoperability and putting data in patients' hands, and they have not done so," he added. "Now is the time to do something about the data silos they have created – to improve health and extend lives."
Biden cited several Obama Administration achievements on that front, from the Blue Button initiative to NIH and ONC's Sync for Science project. But he said a more comprehensive plan was needed to fix interoperability once and for all.
His work with the Cancer Moonshot and Biden Cancer Initiative have convinced him more than ever, he said, that more pragmatic and enforceable steps have to be taken to ensure that patients don't have to "jump through hoops to access and share their own data."
Among the specific ways forward Biden proposed: Healthcare organizations "should be required to provide patients with their full medical record in electronic form within 24 hours of a request, and those providers who do not comply should be held accountable by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for data-blocking as outlined in the 21st Century Cures Act."
He also said the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation should invest in a "uniform patient data portal" that stores data from every provider patient might see along the care continuum. "The technology exists to do this," he said.
Biden called on HHS to build on existing agreements with the EHR vendors – Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, drchrono, Epic, and McKesson – that participate in the Sync for Science program. And he said the National Cancer Institute should "partner with their network of designated NCI-comprehensive cancer hospitals and patient groups, to launch a new cancer data trust – wherein data contributors and data users would agree to set of criteria and act as the 'trustees' of the contained EHR, diagnostic, genomic and outcomes data."
He said the Biden Cancer Initiative would "work with anyone willing to identify new solutions and to implement new actions and collaborations to make that possible," and that he wants to work with the Trump administration to help "make the specific changes necessary to truly put patients at the center of our healthcare system."
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Just imagine a horse running a race… the blinkers are put on
The literary meaning of blinkers is "a pair of small leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it seeing sideways and behind and being startled".
The analogy cannot be better.
The moment someone is diagnosed with cancer, unsolicited advice pours in from all corners. Right from sugar free diet to herbals, nature cure, toxic effects of chemotherapy and stories of how their relatives had pain etc. There are very few encouraging voices. Sympathy can overpower you and you don't need it.
I always advise the patients, 'just imagine that you are running the most important race of your life'. Don't lose hope. Don't allow people to discourage you. In fact ask people to mind their business. You have to attend to the most important business – your health and your life. NO free advice please. If anyone still wants to offer advice send them to me , I will handle them.
Put on the blinkers, don't look look sideways or behind and don't be startled by all the noise. Just look at the finish line and run wth all your might


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The growth of AI is set to be one of the most disruptive technologies in the coming years for businesses of all sizes. Even in these relatively early days of AI, it is already affecting customer experience.
The younger generation have grown up in a world where they are used to a quick and effortless service, and as a result, will lose interest with anything that takes too long or requires too much effort from them.
Here, Prof. Steven Van Belleghem, an expert in customer focus in the digital world, examines the evolution of customer service under Artificial Intelligence.
An insight into the future of customer service
While researching my new book, Customers the Day After Tomorrow, I wanted to find out more about how we can expect AI to affect customer experience and the role human agents play.
One of the world's leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence is Pieter Abbeel, a professor in AI and robotics. My interview with Pieter revealed some fascinating insights into what we can expect as customers in the future.
Separating AI fact from fiction
First things first: I wanted to separate fact from fiction. Things often move so quickly in the field of AI, and there is so much speculation in the media, it is sometimes hard to know where we really are in terms of robotics, so I asked Pieter for some clarity on this subject.
He told me that at present, AI is focused on a very specific domain. The technologies are skilled at analysing specified set of data, but not so great at using wide sets.
They have learned to understand a complicated pattern of inputs and outputs to figure out what they should do, but still need to expand on their ability to analyse large amounts of data from unrelated fields to make more complex decisions.
How broadly can AI measure data?
I wanted to know how broad AI could go in analysing data. Could a business giant like Google, for example, measure the entire costs of all their revenue streams and improve the cost structure of their business accordingly?
"It would be difficult for an AI to do at this stage," Pieter tells me. "AI would be better used for things like customer support, rather than huge tasks such as analysing a company structure."
Customer support is a more specific domain to master, so artificial intelligence is much better suited to this. They can slowly learn what the correct answers are through listening to the responses that agents give.
The more questions that agents answer, the better the understanding of the machine: the AI learns to match the questions with the correct answers until they are able to help customers independently.
"In a class in Georgia Tech, the teacher had an online help form for the students to fill out. One of the teaching assistants would answer any questions that came through the form – and the students had no idea that it was actually an AI."
The key was that the questions the students were asking were from a fairly narrow field. AI can similarly be very useful in customer service as we can learn the common questions and problems, but they might not yet be developed enough to run across entire companies.
Human-like bots?
I wondered whether we might soon expect human-like bots to serve customers. Pieter says that this is something is something that should be coming soon, and is already an area receiving huge amounts of research and development budget.
Amazon Echo are aiming to have a voice function that you can easily have an extended conversation with – but the AI required hasn't quite reached this point yet.
At the moment, to build an AI to answer a simple, contained question is very achievable, but when a conversation refers back to things that have been said in the past, it becomes too complex.
Once AIs are able to do this they will be a lot more realistic and easier to interact with. The aim is to one day be able to have a natural conversations where the AI is able to successfully maintain a dialogue and provide meaningful answers.
Robots as part of the family
At some point in the future, Pieter believes that an AI will become almost like another part of the family – although he is unsure of the timeline for this.
He can see a time where AIs are jumping in and participating in conversation, but to achieve that level of natural speech, the AI would have to get to 99% speech recognition. At the moment it is at around 90% speech recognition.
If the level of speech recognition is too low, people easily get frustrated. "It needs to be better than typing to enjoy having a conversation," Pieter says.
The challenge is that the final 10% accuracy is the hardest part to achieve, so while we can expect this level of speech recognition from AIs in the future, it is difficult to estimate when it will reach the mainstream.
And until that time, the key role of AI will be all about 'intelligence augmented,' improving relatively simple processes and enabling humans to deliver truly outstanding service in more complex situations.
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The next step in a business exit is to come in for a coffee and have a chat about the process. On this website you will find information about the market situation, the sales process and what is required of a vendor in a process like this, but how does it apply to you?
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Super Peter!!!
To Dr. Norlin and the rest of you.
I have known Dr. Norlin for many many years. He and I share the influence of John and Joyce Weir. My large group work came from Dannenmiler being in a Weir T-group back in the late 60's. I had my first Weir lab shortly thereafter. Peter understands so well large group interactive events.
So u can imagine that I hold Peter in the highest of respect… and I do not recall a greater leader for ODN.
Now.. my dream is to have the ODN Annual conference and the AODN Summit linked together virtually. If only we share the key note and an hour of group work virtually, i believe such would be grand.
We are so so… in a global world. I find that many of my home country in the USA are totally in the dark with regard to inclusion and seeing the reality that the world is flattening. Many have their head stuck in the sand while Asia is rising fast and faster.
I even have gone so far as to no longer consider my self a citizen only of the usa. I now have followed my guide, Dr. Doug OLoughlin and have incorporated in Singapore.
So I believe the USA ODN would benefit from interaction with us.
Our first opportunity to connect our conferences virtually will be 2011 in China… and I am aware that the facility in China may place on us. It may be that the time they want to hold the Summit may be different than the dates for ODN.
So if we cannot do then, we should do the first opportunity after that. What I recall, the AODN Summit will be either at ABAC in BKK or in Singapore. India is again in 2013 in Bangalore… then Japan in 2014 in collaboration with IODA.
PS. And thanks to Sir Sri Dr. Charles "feedback" Seashore for watering our first seeds of AODN in 2004. Dr. Seashore was my prime consultant in the design of the first Asian OD Summit held in Dubai, 2005. Peter, you may mention such to the board. Oh.. a thought… it is another dream of mine to bring in Dr. Seashore virtually to one of our AODN summits.
He is directly connected to the founders. He did his Ph.d work under the influence of both Dr. Jack Gibb and Dr. Ron Lippit while at NTL… and perhaps we can have, in my opinion, the queen and senior woman living in OD… his grand wife. Edie join him… No one has championed diversity more than she has.. she had to … my GOD,, being married to Charles is like being married to an alien from heaven!!!!!! Charlie is just not normal.. He is super natural.
oh.. one last story. When Charlie and Edie presented at the MN ODN, Charles said that often OD gets a bad rap for being the touch and feelie or huggie group… well Charles said.. that he is a people person and is proud of his value of hugging!!!
oh… just thought of something else.
My daughter, Arielle, starts her first job on an executive leadership team of a Target Store near Chicago next fall. She told me that they have what they call… "tough feedback fridays"!!! That is where structured feedback sessions are held between executives as well as between employees and executives. Charlie and Edie have the best ever book on feedback. It is one of the books I use weekly.
Here is their simple definition of feedback
"Information about past behavior delivered in the present which may influence future behavior".
So feedback to two of you; Bo-Peep and Jerry congratulations to the recognition that you have received in the Philippines. It is people like you that will root the values and OD behavior in your country. I hope this feedback in a small way influences your future behavior… in a way for u to continue to model the great learnings we have learned from this founders of this exciting field… like Edie and Charlie.
I look forward to being with you all
I believe AODN will be the most positive and most interactive Summit ever!!!!
On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Peter Norlin wrote:
Mohan, Mitsch, and Yen, it was wonderful to hear from you, and to hear about the progress that's being made for the launch of the AODN 2010 summit in Manila. Obviously, the OD Network is eager to support this initiative and to work in partnership, in some way, to promote effective professional practice and to market the field of OD in Asia.
Before responding to your invitation or proposing a strategy for collaboration, however, I'm planning to have a conversation with the OD Network Board of Trustees to inform them of this exciting potential relationship, and to identify possible ways that we might take full advantage of the opportunities created by such a potential partnership.
So I'll be sending along another message as soon as I've had the chance to review your offer with them and to hear their thoughts.
Warm regards,
Peter F. Norlin, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Organization Development Network
71 Valley Street, Suite 301, South Orange, NJ 07079-2825
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OD Network Conference 2010
October 17-20, 2010
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
From: Mohanakrishnan [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:40 PM
To: 'Michelle E. Tapia'; 'Peter Norlin'
Cc: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; 'Perla Tayko'; 'Lee Lu'; 'Roland Sullivan'
Subject: RE: Invitation from Asia OD Network
Dear Mitsch and Yen,
I am very impressed with the way you are carrying forward the vision of AODN. I am sure the AODN 2010 summit would be one of great success. I wish you all the best.
Peter Norlin: My greetings to you from India. I have received a congratulatory note from the then President of ODN in 2006. However, the envisioned proposal to bring AODN and ODN together in the last couple of summits could not happen. I request you to consider the proposal from Mitsch, the summit Co Chair positively and bring the collaboration / association for the benefit of the OD community.
We could not write / invite you for a reason as last year was not a best year for conferences as the economic situations were not very conducive for organizing them.
I am looking forward to hear from you soon.
Have a great day.
R Mohanakrishnan Ph.D
Director – Academics
Foundation for Research, Education and Development
T3, Nisargadama Apartments, 1027, Jayalakshmi Vilas Road
+91 94483 66589
http://www.odsummitindia.org / http://www.fredindia.org
"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
From: Michelle E. Tapia [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:45 AM
To: Peter Norlin
Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; Perla Tayko; Lee Lu; Roland Sullivan
Subject: Invitation from Asia OD Network
Peter Norlin
Executive Director OD Network
Dear Peter:
Thank you for your continuing interest to partner with the Asia OD Newtork.
It is our pleasure to invite the OD Network (USA) to participate in the 2010 Asia Organization Development Summit to be held from October 27-29 at the Ateneo De Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines.
As you may already know, the Asia OD Network (AODN) was formed in 2006 by a group of OD scholars and practitioners originating from or based in Asia to provide a venue for all OD professionals to network with each other and to share knowledge and best practices with special emphasis on the unique needs of the dynamic Asian region. With this objective, the annual OD Summit was launched as a vehicle to help promote AODN and its objectives. AODN plans to hold the summit in a different country in Asia every year. This year, the Ateneo De Manila University has graciously accepted to host the Summit.
We are expecting around 300 managers, professionals, consultants, educators and scholars in OD and other allied fields from the business, non-profit, academic and government sectors to attend the Summit. The Summit will feature experts, scholars and practitioners who have done cutting-edge research and have established a solid and effective practice in the field of OD and Change Management from Asia and around the world.
Since both our organizations have similar objectives, we would like to forge a co-marketing relationship with you, which would involve a non-monetary arrangement between the two parties. The partnership will enable you to promote your organization through our multimedia marketing campaign for the 2010 Asia OD Summit, and, in turn, we will be able to market and promote our event to your members. This would enhance visibility and increase the reach of both organizations in our respective target membership and audience.
I look forward to discussing the opportunity with you further. Attached is the draft Co-Marketing Agreement and the Summit Program which is still work in progress and subject to change. If you have any question or need more information, please feel free to contact the following.
Michelle Tapia – Co-Chair, Asia OD Summit 2010 (for international partners)
Yen Reyes – Head, Marketing & Communications Committee (for Philippine partners)
I am looking forward to your immediate and favorable response to this invitation.
Yours truly,
Co-Chair, 2010 Asia Organization Development Summit
"Transforming Asian Organizations towards Global Competitiveness and Sustainability"
October 27 – 29, 2010
Ateneo De Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Milan is going to become the Italian capital of food with its 300 events spread all over the city, like:
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- Milano Food Week: all the events in the surrounding of Via Tortona/Via Savona;
- Taste of Milano: located at The Mall, it is the annual appointment with 80 dishes proposed by the major chefs of Lombardy;
- Italian Gourmet: this event is entirely dedicated to haute cousine, with 18 starred chefs coming from across Italy, who are reconverting traditional food into innovative creations;
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Wondering if your pre-teen trumpet player is learning anything by being in the band? Reality is – yes.
Studies have shown that skills learned through the discipline of music transfers to other skills that students use in their core classes. It teaches them good study habits, communication skills and cognitive skills (thinking, reasoning and remembering).
Also, students who perform as part of an ensemble – like the jazz band – adapt well to the school environment and work effectively within it. Brain development in children is linked to music discipline, too.
When tested, children with musical training had significantly better verbal memory than those who didn't have training. And finally, data from The College Board shows that students who took four years of high school music (and arts) scored 102 points better on their SATs than students who took only one-half year or less.
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Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D., is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is Director of the Brain-Behavioral Vulnerabilities Division at the Center for the Study of Addictions, where she has conducted NIH/NIDA-funded research projects for more than two decades.
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The problems associated with the public debt are numerous as far as the public interest is concerned.
In terms of the globalisers, they are, of course, the most effective mechanism for exploiting people and planet.
The German / Swedish lawyer Dr. Henning Witte mentions six levels of dispossessing the public:
- the shift of assets from the real economy to banks
- pension contracts and savings lose their value through the effect of inflation
- taxes have to be increased regularly
- "system relevant" banks (too big to fail) are bailed out with taxpayers' money
- nation states are rescued with taxpayers' money
- currency reforms, such as from DM to Euro, ensure the loss of value.
With my system analytical mind, let us differentiate the following levels:
1. the monetary level of national currency
- the purchasing power of a currency is influenced by currency trades, interest rates set by central banks as well as sovereign bonds
2.the financial level of government budgets
- governments raise money from taxes or by borrowing
- budget deficits arise from spending more than raising income
3. the financial level of taxpayers and consumers
- the value of money is 'watered down' by much more than official inflation figures, for "interest money" has never any value in the real economy
- governments talk about taxpayers' money but maintain the need for borrowed money, i.e. interest payments
- interest payments are higher than the budget for schools, which the new government wants to address, but the cause for borrowing is not addressed. To the contrary, the increase in borrowing is projected to rise more steeply than ever!
4. the governmental principle of raising money for public services
- health, education, social security
- pension payments
5. the ethical principle of making money out of money
- interest payments on public debts
- dividends from shares
- rent from property
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Give me control of a nation's money
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- money is a necessity for survival
- money is a tool for employment
- financial power has shifted from governments to financial and multinational corporations
- the centralisation of power is the goal of the globalisers.
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Admittedly this post is a little delayed, but that shouldn't take anything away from it.
On our second full-day at Gettysburg, and I mean full too, we accomplished A LOT.
We started off at the Gettysburg National Military Park visitor centre and attended a fantastic lecture (complimentary too) put on by one of the fantastic NPS park rangers. This one was an overview of the whole battle and was made all the better since we had driven it the day before. We highly recommend attending one of their talks, or more.
We then did the video, the cyclorama and museum on-site… and some shopping afterwards of course. I thought the cyclorama was simply a painting, but wow, it was that and so much more. An interactive telling of Pickett's charge from Cemetery Ridge where you are 'in' the line, we were very impressed.
The museum took you from beginning to end and showcased many of the poignant stories from the battle along with a history of the period. The one that touched me was the story of a Union soldier who was identified post-mortem by the sweet picture of his children he was clutching when he passed.
After our adventures at the visitor centre we headed to the Jennie Wade House for a tour. Jennie was the sole civilian killed during the battle and seeing the actual spot where she was killed and the actual bullet hole was very moving. This tour is another must. She was a young girl who was only at this house to help her sister Georgia who had just given birth to a baby and was killed while making bread and biscuits for the Union soldiers.
That evening we enjoyed another fantastic meal, this time at The Farnsworth House.
The food was period fare and included a starter of Jennie Wade bread (which I'm trying to find the recipe to) and a delectable menu. The Farnsworth House also offers haunted ghost walks. I was all over that. Our guide was Tom and he was fantastic. The house itself is said to be occupied by spirits and when we were in the attic the door did slam by itself. Tom said that was the spirit of a little boy named Jeremy who likes to play. We also saw the window from which snipers took their shots during the battle and in fact, it is strongly suspected that the shot that killed poor Jennie Wade came from here.
Tom took us up the road and showed and told us more stories, and just the history alone makes these tours so great, and we ended on a road where there are said to be a lot of spirits. I of course took out my camera and got a couple of 'interesting' pictures. Judge for yourself, but I know what I see ;).
All I know is, we're counting down until we can go back… and I will have my camera ready again too ;).
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Just as shelter, food, and clothes are required for a person to survive. Similarly, education plays a vital role in the survival too. This is the reason why the United Nations has declared education as a fundamental human right. The Government of India has also made education compulsory for children up to 14 years of age. A large number of rural areas in the country still overlook the importance of education and continue to remain undeveloped. This is why it is necessary to create awareness about education.
As per the 2011 census, the literacy rate in India has grown to 74.04 per cent. However, it remains untouched in many villages, towns, and cities. Education is a far away dream in such areas because the society restricts them from doing so or lacks the appropriate environment. Restaurants, homes, and construction sights are some of the major places where you can spot little children give up on education due to such reasons. An entire lifetime is spent living away from the benefits of education. Such causes lead to negative circles of theft, poverty, disappointment, malnourishment, and a regressive society as a whole.
It is the approach towards education that requires an alteration. There is no substitute for education. Many foundations and NGOs across the country work towards eliminating such approach by visiting villages and making everyone aware of its need. Many young volunteers actively participate towards driving the underprivileged section of the society towards a noble cause. Most of the colleges have made it compulsory for students to complete certain hours of NGO work to ensure that measures towards spreading education are taken effectively. All children are born to create a future of their own and education is the best platform to help them do so.
Therefore, those who may not have sufficient funds must take education loans to pursue their dreams. The presence of so many financial companies has made it possible for every student to follow the path of success. It also makes students self-confident and independent to face any challenges in life as they have to repay the money by earning a job for themselves. Education is one of the most immediate necessities that requires utmost attention from people across the country. Children's right to education is not only about their progress but it is also about an identity that they create for themselves as they grow. It shapes their personality and lays the foundation of humans who have aspirations. Let us work towards a world where no child is devoid of education.
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The Dell XPS 12 has been sent for a quick review via the guys at Ultrabook-king.de and I've had a chance to do some testing already. The first thing I noticed was how solid it feels. The hinge, frame, casing and keyboard seem top-notch although, probably as a result, it feels dense and a little heavy; Certainly too heavy to be a casual tablet. Here's a first-report and your chance to ask questions.
The image above sums-up the unique design of the XPS 12 and shows how this Ultrabook converts into a Windows 8 tablet and I can guarantee you'll play with the mechanism a lot because it feels smooth, solid and has a nice balance. You may not be using it in earnest too much though because, like the Lenovo Thinkpad Twist [review here], it's just a little too big and heavy to be a comfortable tablet. Personally I'm not convinced that the Ivy Bridge platform is going to result in any good one-piece convertible designs unless the screen itself can be removed and used without the base. Even then, there are serious design issues and capability limits for Ivy-Bridge based tablets. The Dell XPS 12 doesn't have a digitizer layer either so you're missing the capability to annotate, draw or write accurately leaving 'snack' gaming scenarios, video playback and, let's be honest, showing-off as the main use cases. In those scenarios, there are better and cheaper options out there. I'll be doing further tests in the tablet mode for the full review.
On the general topic of convertibles and dockables – keep Haswell in mind. The convertible is a good idea but it's going to require the new architecture of Haswell (4th Gen Core, late 2013) to really make the products shine in their different usage scenarios.
Moving to the working fascia, the Dell XPS 12 feels like an excellent productivity Ultrabook. The backlit keyboard is very good, mouse – accurate and screen pin-sharp. The 1920x1080p IPS screen on Windows desktop in 12.5" is a bit too much though. Pumping the font and icon sizes up over 125% makes it look ugly but even at 125% text isn't that easy to read unless you've got perfect vision. The 1600×900 of the Lenovo
Twist Yoga is a better native resolution at this size. Colors and brightness seem good though. It's quiet (silent right now as I type) and relatively efficient. Although it's only got a 45Wh battery inside (similar to the Lenovo Twist) it reports slightly better power usage figures. There's not much in it between the Twist and the XPS 12 but the XPS 12 could give you an extra half an hour under Web-working scenarios, I feel.
As for ports, note that you've only got a mini DisplayPort 1.1a for external video here. If you're only going to have one video-out port it's the best one to have but if you use monitors or projectors with HDMI or VGA input, you'll need the respective adaptors. 2xUSB3.0 and a headset port are the only other ports which, for a device of this weight, isn't good. The problem is that because of the frame design, there's nowhere to put the required tablet buttons so the power, volume and rotate lock button are in places where you'd expect the SD card slot and a third USB port. Trade-offs!
There's one annoying thing about the design in laptop mode because if you use the touchscreen a little too hard the laptop rocks back. It's really annoying and spoils the laptop-touch experience.
Other notes:
- Speakers and Maxx Audio processing can offer good results. Some tuning to taste is required.
- Fan noise is minimal when active.
- Mousepad has integrated buttons. I've experienced a few cursor jumps on tap-to-click.
- Model being tested here is the top-end Core i7 with 8GB and 256SSD.
- Very little additional software installed on this review model.
- WiFi is a high-end Centrino module with WiDiv and Wi-USB support. Reception quality seems to be very good.
- Due to the frame the XPS 12 feels like it should have a 13.3 inch screen. It's not something you notice until you bring a 13.3" Ultrabook up alongside it.
As a tablet it's quite heavy and the default text size can be on the small side.
Feel free to ask questions below. Full review should be ready for Monday.
For info, I'm also testing Clovertrail-based Windows 8 convertibles over at UMPCPortal. If you're looking for something lighter, always-on, with a lot more battery life and are prepared to sacrifice a lot of CPU and GPU power, take a look.
Thanks again to the team at Ultrabook-King for sharing their review device with us. German readers, head over here and add them to your bookmarks.


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Photography Classes in Wall Lake IA
Interested in learning about photography in Wall Lake IA? No matter if you are a beginner, hobbyist, or professional, the most effective way to improve your photography skills is through hands-on training with professional instructors.
There are numerous recognized and accredited photography schools in Iowa. Photography classes teach topics such as portrait capture, exposure and composition, lighting, posing and unposing, and other photography fundamentals. Being a skilled photographer can lead to a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are numerous Photography Classes in Wall Lake IA:
- Studio Photography Classes in Wall Lake
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Wall Lake IA Photography Classes
Western Iowa Tech Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City, Iowa 51102-5199
Phone: (712) 274-6400
64.21 miles away
Morningside College
1501 Morningside Ave
Sioux City, Iowa 51106-1751
Phone: (712) 274-5000
64.77 miles away
Northwest Iowa Community College
603 W Park St
Sheldon, Iowa 51201
Phone: (712) 324-5061
73.67 miles away
Metropolitan Community College Area
30 & Fort Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68111-1610
Phone: (402) 457-2400
80.11 miles away
Des Moines Area Community College
2006 Ankeny Blvd
Ankeny, Iowa 50023-3993
Phone: (515) 964-6241
85.95 miles away
Grand View University
1200 Grandview Ave
Des Moines, Iowa 50316
Phone: (515) 263-2800
89.88 miles away
Hawkeye Community College
1501 E Orange Rd
Waterloo, Iowa 50701
Phone: (319) 296-2320
143.09 miles away
Highland Community College
606 W Main
Highland, Kansas 66035-4165
Phone: (785) 442-6000
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One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057-4001
Phone: (507) 222-4000
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Phone: (507) 285-7210
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Brad Brandt, Pastor
Contact him at: [email protected]
Pastor Brad loves teaching the Word of God so that people will love and live for Jesus Christ. He received biblical training from Cedarville University (B.A.), Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary (M.Div. Pastoral Studies; Th.M. Old Testament Studies), and Grace Seminary (D.Min.). He is a certified biblical counselor and Fellow with the Associate of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). He has been the pastor at Wheelersburg Baptist Church since 1987, serving along with his wife, Sherry. They have two daughters Julie & Katie and son-in-laws, Luke and Blake and grandson Elias.
Wilma DeCamp, Office Manager
Contact her at: [email protected]
Wilma cares for the secretarial needs of our church office. She counts it a blessing to serve the Lord by serving others. She has been a member of Wheelersburg Baptist Church since 2001. Wilma and her husband, Dennis have two children, Nathan and Natalie.


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The Marketing and production of Pajero Zeep is launched in Bangladesh.
The only vehicle manufacturing and marketing organization of Bangladesh Government, Pragati, has started marketing of Pajero sports Zeep CR-45 with the assistance of Mitsubishi, Japan. The information is released in 14th September 2011. The Pragati industries ltd has moved one step ahead of progressive manufacturing with this. A growing hope is enlightened to assemble Sidan Car from next year (2012) with the continued effort. The Mitsubishi motors company has been monitoring on regular basis to check the quality of the CR-45 Model Zeep of Pragati. The pragati has re-assembled more than 30 pajero sports C-R-45 zeep and more than 15 zeep has been sold to the various government organizations. As per the deed with Mitsubishi Corporation, the responsibility of selling zeep in Government organization is for Pragati, and the responsibility of selling in private sectors bestowed to Rangs Limited. There is a target of manufacturing of 300 pajero sports zeep in each year. The facilities of Mitsubishi pajero sports CR-45, manufactured with the most modern technology, is far more than the facilities of Pajero V-31. The fuel expenditure is less and this is more comfortable comparatively. Bangladesh Government has been trying to transform Pragati Industries ltd into a profitable vehicle manufacturing organization with proper management to export vehicle in abroad after fulfilling the domestic need.
Mitsubishi motors have the following acknowledgement as the following in their website.
" Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Starts Production & Sales of Pajero Sport SUV model in Bangladesh
Tokyo, August 9, 2011 – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announces that it has started local production and sales in Bangladesh of its new-model Pajero Sport SUV. The Pajero Sport is being produced at the Chittagong plant of Pragoti Industries Limited (PIL), MMC's business partner in Bangladesh, and will be sold through PIL's domestic sales network.
PIL is a state-owned automobile assembler operated by the Bangladesh Ministry of Industries and has had operational ties with MMC, assembling and selling MMC models in Bangladesh since 1977. PIL has produced and sold MMC's previous-generation Pajero since 1995 and with the addition of the new-model Pajero Sport SUV is seeking to strengthen its lineup and expand sales further. Initially the company expects to produce and sell some 500 Pajero Sport models annually."
Reference Link: http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/
Facebook page–From the Heart of Bangladesh
Posted on November 3, 2011, in Bangladesh and tagged Automobile assembler, Bangladesh, Govt, Initiative, Japan, Marketing, Mitsubishi, Pajero Zeep, Pragati, Sidan Car. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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Weekend Hit List: June 29, 2018
Just in time for your weekend gigs, here are the hottest new releases and exclusive edits uploaded this week. Click the links for a shortcut to download now on BPM Supreme.
New Releases:
Drake ft. Michael Jackson – Don't Matter To Me
Meek Mill ft. Miguel – Stay Woke
Cheat Codes & Little Mix – Only You
New Video Releases:
Drake – I'm Upset (BPM Supreme Trap Remix)
Marshmello & Anne-Marie vs Nicky Jam & J Balvin – Friends (BPM Supreme Blend)
2 Chainz ft Drake & Quavo – Bigger Than You (BPM Supreme Trap Remix)
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School of Education Available Programs
There has been increasing integration of education, child care and family support functions in recent years. Many organizations operating full-day kindergarten, and other school-age child care programs, require skilled professionals. Herzing's Education program provides you with the necessary skills to start a gratifying career in early childhood education and care.


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KAUNEONGA LAKE — Five months ago, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy celebrated the move of its Sullivan County office from the Government Center to a place more appropriate: a 119-acre former farm flush with forest, pasture and habitat.
KAUNEONGA LAKE — Five months ago, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy celebrated the move of its Sullivan County office from the Government Center to a place more appropriate: a 119-acre former farm flush with forest, pasture and habitat.
On Saturday morning, the Hawley, Pa.-based conservation group hosted the first Sullivan County forestry program at its new "lab," with 10 people spending two hours touring the site and getting tips on managing the forests on their own properties.
The tour was led by Ryan Trapani of the Catskill Forest Association. It was organized to give landowners and others interested in conservation helpful ideas for using forest property while ensuring long-term survival of woodlands.
"There's a lot of forest in the area," said Amanda Subjin, DHC's stewardship coordinator. "And people want to do something to manage their forests, but they're not sure what to do."
A group followed Trapani as he stepped over crunchy beds of dried-out leaves to talk about the property's various trees, which include red maple, black cherry and white pines.
He talked about the importance of identifying only the best quality trees for cutting, and of knowing each tree's shade tolerance in determining what trees to use.
Smallwood residents Tim and Susan Dollard came with Richard Schulman. The Dollards own about three acres in Smallwood, and Schulman has about 20 acres in Cochecton.
The Dollards are considering cutting some of the hemlocks on their property to create a sunny space for a garden. In addition to blocking sunlight, the hemlocks are particularly attractive to deer, Susan Dollard said.
"I love to garden; I love flowers. So I can do with a little less competition," she said.
The Conservancy site — Lemons Brook Farm — belongs to Lou Barr, a former marine biologist now working as a salmon fisherman in Alaska. After inheriting the land with his two daughters, he entered into a conservation easement, protecting most of the property from development.
The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is working on a site plan for the property, said Melinda Meddaugh, land protection coordinator.
The plan could include trails and use of the property's apple and pear trees as a teaching orchard, she said.
"There's just so many options here," Meddaugh said.


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What is groundwater? Where does it come from? Where does it go? What is an aquifer? How about an artesian well? How do streams interact with groundwater? Explore the following links to answer all these questions and more:
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How have our activities affected the quality and quantity of our groundwater? Do some parts of the state have greater concerns than others? Find out more from the research done by US Geological Survey (USGS), Oregon Water Resources Department (OWDR), and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).


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A travelblog by Marco Smolla and Philipp Strauss. The two of us have been shooting Snowboardmovies with Isenseven for the past 8 years. The process of filming for your own movie part is a very exciting and challenging goal which has taught us many lessons and formed our personality. Therefore traveling has become an essential part of our lives.
Now we have dedicated ourselves to a new passion: we want to travel the world without any schedule. Oneway tickets only. Nothing but a backpack, surf- and snowboards.
We want to surf waves on lonesome Pacific Islands, experience the buddhistic culture of northern India and snowboard deep powder lines in Northern America. Most of all we want to be open for all these little adventures that happen along the way. Plans change just as our personalities do. That's what keeps life exciting.
Stolen Paradise. Is there a paradise? Somewhere? And how could it be taken from us? Should not everyone have the right to live in paradise with unrestricted pursuit of happiness?
The ideal of a paradise has been anchored in people's minds for milleniums. While dreaming about a place of unlimited joy is merely human desire, this blog will portray the pure reality of the world we are living in. Sometimes this might look like paradise, sometimes it might appear very different than the ideal picture of a paradise. Our journey is not about finding the perfect beach or the deepest powderline. It is about experiencing the world in all its varieties.


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Light-Up Wings Costume
Ages 5-11
Ages 5-11
Craft a pair of shimmery, light-up fairy wings that you can wear! Contains everything you need to decorate your wings with fun felt shapes, EL wires, and shiny sheets — and learn a thing or two about iridescence and electroluminescence. Fairy and Butterfly-approved.
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I like oranges. They are orange. They are round. They are yummy!!!!
I like apples. Apples come in varying colors—from all spectrums of reds and yellows and pinks to even green.
Both apples and oranges are fruits. I enjoy eating both of them. Both have health benefits. Both grow on trees. Both need sunlight, water, earth, and nutrients to grow. Both even make yummy juice.
Apples also make good pies. Apples are amazing when they are baked with a little cinnamon and sugar. Apples are also good raw, sliced over salads, and in apple crisp.
I don't know if oranges make good pies. I've never baked with one. They are delicious sliced, peeled, in fruit salads. You can zest them.
You don't really zest apples. You can peel them or not…two choices.
Just because I don't bake with oranges or because I don't zest apples doesn't mean that I am discriminating against one or the other. They are different. But I love each one for their differences and for their similarities. I love to eat them in varied ways. And I am grateful for them, along with all fruits.
Fruit is good. Each type of fruit has value. Each one is amazing in its own right. To say that one fruit meets all needs is small-minded and unreasonable. Each one is a fruit, but all fruit is not equal.
Like comparing apples to oranges.
Just sayin'.


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iTools Free Download – 2018
An introduction to iTools free download
If you are an iOS user desperately searching for a better way than iTunes to manage your iDevice, then drop everything! There's no need to look any further! The iTools free download is the perfect alternative to help handle your iDevice with half the hassle and double the features. To put it simply, iTools free download is an easy-to-use application designed specifically for supporting the management of iOS devices.
The iTools application is available for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems and is also compatible with the latest iOS release, iOS 11.4. iTools free download also allows you to handle all different kinds of media on your iDevice such as images, audios, texts, videos, pdf and many more, all while charging you with a grand total of $0.00. In other words, it's completely free! The latest release of iTools, v4.26, commonly known as iTools 4, is readily available on the iTools official website and is fully compatible with most iDevices like your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The iTools free download is not just another alternative application running stale on the market, it's one of the best iDevice management tools available and it's certainly worth your time finding out a little bit more about it!
The newest addition – iTools 4
As mentioned before, the latest version of the iTools free download, iTools 4 is readily available for download on the iTools official website and is literally chock full of new features and tools. The improved user interface and navigation controls coupled with all the extra upgrades definitely make iTools out to be an attractive offer. Let's take a look at some of the more prominent features and additions that appear to have caught user attention this time around.
- New backup and restoration features
- iTools 4 Ringtone Maker
- New and improved iTools Battery Master
- iTools AirPlayer
- File Manager Tool
- Data Migration Tool
- Image Tool
- iTools Icon arranger
Why iTools free download?
It's true that even at first glance, it is quite clear that iTools come equipped with a range of modernized tools and features each of which have been designed for the sole purpose of creating satisfactory user experiences when handling iDevices through PC. However, even the overwhelming performance of iTools free download may not be enough to convince some users that iTools are the best available tool for the job. So here's a list of some of the reasons as to why exactly you should pick iTools free download as your iDevice manager.
First, iTools is readily available to all iOS users free of charge and can be easily downloaded from the official website.
Secondly, iTools free download is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS as well as iOS 11.4. You don't need to jailbreak your iDevice to get iTools 4. It's the best iPhone transfer software for PC available to date. The user-friendly interface and fast and simple navigation controls are definitely a plus point. iTools free download has tons of new features and tools that assist in managing your iDevice efficiently. Already having iTools on your iDevice can be helpful when setting up the iOS 11.4 system update.
Finally ready to get iTools free download onto your device? Bear in mind though, there are certain restrictions and compatibility issues when it comes to this task. Keep reading this article to find out what they are!
Compatible iDevices for iTools free download
iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus
iPad, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPad mini, iPad with Retina display, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro
iPod Touch:
iPod touch (1-6 generation)
Note: All iDevices should be on iOS 7 or higher to ensure complete functionality.
System and Hardware requirements
The following specifications pertain to your PC or any other non-iOS device which you may be used to manage your iDevice through iTools free download.
OS – Windows (32 bit or 64 bit) 8.1/8/7/10/Vista or Mac- OS X 10.8 and above.
CPU – 750 MHz AMD, Intel
Disk Space – 40 MB
Note: Make sure to also have the latest version of iTunes installed onto your device as you will need to set up iTools free download onto your PC.
Developer Credits
iTools free download is developed and distributed by ThinkSky Technology. The latest version, iTools 4 was publicly released in July 2017 and we thank ThinkSky Technology for their efforts and also express our gratitude towards their decision t share their application with all iOS users without restriction.