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Thanks for commenting on this Dr. Paul. I think it is sad that kids who are raised in the spotlight feel like they have to keep pushing the barriers to be more shocking. And our culture just keeps on affirming and encouraging the behavior. It is hard to find the few good role models out there for tween girls, but one thing is for sure - they are not likely found on a stage.
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MTV Video Music Awards: Give Me a Break!
Did you see Sunday night's MTV VMA's? Did your tween or teen watch it? What did you think?
Miley Cyrus put on a show that sells—sex. If you read my recent blog on teenage sexuality, you won't wonder why your teen or tween is interested in sexual experimentation. The question arises—Is this appropriate? What is the impact of exposure to these images? Is this healthy or unhealthy? What is the message to kids? Rest assured, adults aren't watching music videos. This medium is for kids.
Ironically, Miley was the former "Hannah Montana" star on the Disney channel--from teddy bears to sexy bears.
Interestingly, the relationship between exposure to sexual behavior in the media and adolescent sexual activity has not been definitively supported by research studies. What scientists have determined is that children are spending more time watching television and viewing media of all kinds and that there is an increasing quantity of sexual activity in the media. In the Journal Pediatrics (Vol 116, No. 1, July 2005) Michael Rich M.D. notes that the few studies that have been conducted indicate that "greater exposure to sexual content in media is associated with more permissive attitudes towards sexual activity, higher estimates of the sexual experience and activity of peers, and more and earlier sexual behavior among adolescents." Clearly, there is a need for more research on this subject but, these results are ominous.
In the meantime, communities and parents need to think about what images they want their kids to view. In my opinion, just as our bodies are impacted by what we eat, our minds are influenced by what we see, watch, and view. It may be more subtle and hard to measure, but it is there.
As parents, we have to make the hard decisions about what we want our kids to watch. Teens and tweens will always push this limit and tell you—"All my friend's parents let their kids watch—(fill in the blank)." Of course, that is rarely true. Kids are so influenced by peer pressure; they presume that adults are equally influenced.
In my view it is appropriate for parents to limit the amount of time that kids view media (TV, computer, internet, social media, etc) and what they watch. Parents can vote with their remotes. Advertisers will respond. When sex and violence stops selling—advertisers won't subsidize content that we don't want our children to view.
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I think the worst part about the whole thing is she looks like a little kid and she is still young at only 20. Her and Robin Thicke also send the message that it's ok for married (he's married) people to rub up against each other and act disgusting. I'm sure if your kids didn't watch it their friends did. Most kids have cell phones now and can easily look up a video on youtube. It's really unfortunate.
Her behavior is not surprising. Disney stars tend to do this in the modern era. Furthermore, the message she set on her show was that her dad was spineless and was derided by her constantly. I never let my kids watched the show. It would appear that Billy Ray truly was spineless. The blog last week dovetails with this nicely. American parents are too busy being the friends of their children and not the parent of their children. Life experience matters, wisdom should come with it. I don't care if my kids would like an Xbox, a smart phone, unfettered access to the internet, weekends with a friend I don't know or a later curfew. It may be tough to tell our kids no if they want to sleep with their friends, go to someone's house we don't know or go to a party; but that is our job as parents.
I don't know why parents think MTV or any of the music channels are for kids at all. Have you seen any of their other programming? If you have kids, lock channels on your TV, be the parent and check things out! Do I think Miley's performance was too much, NO, because she is an adult on a cable channel that is truly for adults. I locked a lot of channels and told my kids we don't get those... :) I unlocked them when I thought they were old enough to watch them. The music video channels were not unlocked until they were over 18 recently and they have showed no interest at all in any of the music channels. The TV, newspaper, movies, radio, cell phones or video games are not babysitters or substitute parents. Parenting takes time and attention.
I don't know who is doing this research which is so far failing to link increased exposure to sexual content in media with more permissive attitudes to sex, but I can tell just from talking to my 17 year old that standards have radically shifted in comparison to my generation. She tells me that it is "just standard" that dating teens have sex now. This was far from "standard" when I was in high school; sure, some teens were having sex, but the vast majority were not, and were certianly NOT expected, as a matter of course, to "hook up" with any person whose casual interest they made the mistake of reciprocating. How can the media not be complicit in this?
Also, a behavior doesn't become "okay" just because it is being viewed only by people above an arbitrary age cutoff. It may very well become legal by that standard, but this does nothing to exonerate it morally. This is not to deny that context has an influence on our judgement, which of course it does. However, behaviors also have intrinsic qualities, such as "noble", "beautiful", "trashy" or "vulgar" . That performance was frank pornography, and as such cannot rise above the lowest possible standard of vulgarity and trash.
My teen girls did see the Miley Cyrus scene. I asked them what they thought. At 14 and 16 they both thought she doesn't care about herself or anyone else. They said they felt bad for Thicke as he seemed to look uncomfortable. Thought it was interesting to get that perspective. Cyrus is an adult, she doesn't owe any former Hannah Montana fan any kind of explanation. Surprised so many were critizing her for doing something so ,"anti Disney". Personally, I couldn't stand Hannah Montana and saw her as a mortgage payment for her Dad.
With that said- there is a fine line between rebellion and trashy, and she definetly went into the trashy dept. It's nothing new, and society loves a train wreck. I am sure she will become even more famous, which is ridiculous.
Im with Becky, lock your channels if you don't want your kids to see certian shows. They scream, cry, hate you but it's part of the job. I tell my kids no constantly. I take car keys, phones , whatever I can when rules or daily chores are not completed. I hear them mutter under their breath....I seem to survive. :)
What is happening to our morals?
All I have to say is that I am a grown adult with 2 kids and I was very uncomfortable watching that performance. I know she is trying to get away from being the disney star but there is so many other ways she can do that.
I suppose I should thank Ms Cyrus, actually, in a way, but I won't. Her obnoxious obscene display, and the subsequent hype, led to a long discussion with my teenaged daughter about a variety of topics: attention seeking behavior, use of sexuality for attention, some people's need to be popular, role models, the music industry, etc. She provided a teachable moment. Since Ms Cyrus had no such intention, my daughter and I only plan to ignore her.
It didn't surprise me as one of her newest songs is all about "Molly" which as many know is one of the most popular drugs with young adults. This is a sad cry for help and has reached what I would think is what they were reaching for, everyone's attention. I think the main focus should be open dialogue with parents and kids. I have always had open communication with my children, and I as a parent feel this is major with the temptations our children are faced with these days. I also fault the tv station for allowing such a display. If it were the Super Bowl it would have been cut. I think we as productive, responsible adults need to remember that times have changed and we need to change with them. Open our eyes and realize that we need to talk and be there for our children, and stop letting them raise themselves.
My girls are in their 30's now, but when they were teenagers it was Madonna that I thought was such a rotten role model. I tried my best to not let them watch MTV and blocked it from our TV. But, they were still able to watch it at their friends house. 90210 was pretty sexy too and they were always sneaking to a tv to watch it when they were 12-13 yrs old. Now its everywhere and our kids can see anything they want on YouTube! I say to all the parents, just keep talking to them and be a good role model, they will remember hopefully and make good choices. It's funny, now I hear my kids saying that they will try and protect their kids just like I did....now that they are parents they do "get it!"
We did not watch but, as another person previously pointed out, her friends probaby did. Not to mention all of the media and air time it recieved after the fact. My 12 year old daughter was disgusted by what she did see - which wasn't even the worst of it. Luckily my daughter has her sights set high on persuing a successful career (today as a surgeon, tomorrow who knows - but I know she will succeed). I agree with Dr. Beard that we are their parents - not their friends. It is our job to teach them right from wrong and to grown them into RESPECTABLE adults. After seeing her performance (which I did YouTube after hearing all the hype) I am disgusted with her even more than I already was.
Dr. Paul Schoenfeld
Clinical Psychologist,
The Everett Clinic


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This last week Celebration, Florida was known as the culinary capital of the world as the World Food Championships rolled into town.
Market Street was transformed into the Kenmore Kitchen Arena as over 1100 professional and home Chefs competed in 9 culinary categories for their share of the $350,000 in prize money.
The event officially kicked off November 3rd and will conclude on the final fight night tonight, on November 10th. Competitors will have had to survive through two rounds in their respective categories before duking it out in the final table competition, in which that winner will win the coveted World Food Champion and $100,000. The categories range from barbeque to bacon and the general public is invited to watch the competition and sample food on the free tasting tent.
World Food Championships- repping Orlando! @orlfunandfood @primlanikitchen @emily_ellyn @beautyandthebeets #wfc2015… pic.twitter.com/BYVKmTyei2
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 2, 2015
As part of the competition, the WFC invited 50 bloggers from around the globe to participate in the Food Fight Write Blogging Summit the first three days of the event. Emily Ellyn, of Food Network fame, hosted us on Day One where we learned all about the WFC and the world of food sport. Our fabulous three days was going to end with a cook off featuring Kansas City Steaks so we received advice and tips about how to cook the very best steak under stressful constraints- just as true WFC competitors.
The famous @emily_ellyn is here to host us today! Yay! #wfc2015FFW #TrueFreeRange pic.twitter.com/x2hcCiPet7
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 2, 2015
The blogging summit continued on the second day with a day-long field trip where we visited local culinary establishments throughout Central Florida. The first stop was to Long and Scott Farms where we learned about the world of farming. We sampled corn right off the cob, took a hayride through the fields and stocked up on homemade jams and syrups.
Touring the farm- Fresh corn straight from the field #worldfoodchampionships #wfc2015FFW #longandscottfarms pic.twitter.com/WiWn8FzEZE
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 3, 2015
The second stop was to learn about the sustainable seafood at Sea World with our very own private dining experience with Shamu. We enjoyed fresh mahi steaks and BBQ while getting to know some of the Sea World animal trainers and rescue team members. And the killer whales performed a special show for us.
We dined with #Shamu today. #wfc2015FFW #worldfoodchampionships @seaworldorlando pic.twitter.com/JtO7JavhAY
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 3, 2015
The fine folks at Sea World also whisked us away for a spin on Manta, the flying roller coaster and allowed us to get up close and personal with some of their animal ambassadors.
Our final stop of the day was at The Oasis Club of ChampionsGate where we toured through showcase homes and had a pizza party with Emily Ellyn and learned to bake perfect cupcakes with Manuela Kjeilen, a blogging baker from Norway with over 1.3 Instagram followers and her own TV show.
Pizza Party with @emily_ellyn – can this day get any better? #worldfoodchampionships #wfc2015FFW #theinspiredhome pic.twitter.com/oc0Q50DSap
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 3, 2015
The final day we spent preparing for our own competition. Although the weather was unusually hot for November, it was even hotter in the Kenmore Kitchen Arena as we prepared our Kansas City Steak filets for our chance to be crowned a World Food Champion.
We met Clyde at #SeaWorld – he gave us tips for cooking fish- he said serve it raw! #wfc2015FFW #worldfoodchampions… pic.twitter.com/8ntxCd3HF9
— Anna-Marie Walsh (@BeautyandBeets) November 3, 2015
Winners were announced later that evening at the World Food Championship kick off reception at the Westgate Town Center Resort in Kissimmee.
Now that my portion of the competition is complete, I plan on watching the real pros work their way around the kitchen and win the big prize money. Tickets to tonight's finale are unfortunately sold out, but the good news is there is a good chance this event will be back next year in Central Florida. For more information on the World Food Championship, visit worldfoodchampionships.com.
[All photos courtesy Anna-Marie Walsh]
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Remembering Dorie D'Angelo, the Angel Lady of Carmel
Today, her birthday anniversary, a photo from 1983, with Jenny D'Angelo, whom she trained and adopted as granddaughter/next of kin, beloved of the Angels.
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Xaviera takes on a new position with a sexy yet distant German Diplomat, but it's not what she expected! Thomas Gunnar has control issues, as in, he wants to control Xaviera. Herr Gunnar is very clear that he intends to get very personal with his new personal assistant. She now finds herself out of her depth as her new boss handles her in surprising, and yet satisfying ways. The tasks he assigns her breach professional ethics and push her to her very limits. Worse, her own ethics are called into question when she meets his twin brother, Kurt. One man satisfies her body, and the other, her heart. But can she handle the deception or will she lose all in the end?
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Baseball, Education, and Our Future
My favorite place in the world is Fenway Park, where I root for my team, the Boston Red Sox. There are many reasons to love Fenway Park and the Red Sox; my devotion comes from knowing that baseball teaches practical life lessons.
Baseball is not a boring game: it's subtle, like life. It is a truly American game that can tie one generation to the next. As the eminent historian Jacques Barzun wrote: "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America, had better learn baseball." It's about history, diversity, math, and statistics. While the look of both schools and baseball fields seem to have remained mostly unchanged over the last fifty years, the fact is that they have both changed in less obvious ways.
Baseball's many lessons teach both broad life lessons and ones more specific to other topics, including education. My friend Steve Ealy publishes an annual "What Price per Victory Survey" for baseball fans, based on data provided by CBS Sports. In 2008, the team with the highest payroll expenditure in Major League Baseball was the New York Yankees ($209,081,579), fourth was the Boston Red Sox ($133,440,037) and twenty-ninth, the Tampa Bay Rays ($29,836,500). That 84, meaning the Yankees paid $37,440,015 for each five additional wins. Tampa Bay, with the second-lowest payroll in baseball, won the American League Championship Series and made it to the World Series (where they ultimately lost to the Phillies), proving that money alone does not guarantee a winning performance.
The same can be said for education. When John Silber was running for governor of Massachusetts, he would often remark that if you want a mediocre education, you could go to Chelsea and pay half the price to get the same education you could get in Boston. At that time, Chelsea and Boston were recognized as peers at the lowest category of student performance measurement in the Commonwealth.
Why is more money not necessarily better in baseball or education? The answer is one of innovation—a matter of looking at the same statistics and evidence in a new way. For our students to be truly competitive in the 21st century, traditional K-12 education needs more competition and an open environment for entrepreneurs to address serious policy issues, including student performance, merit pay, school choice, and teacher tenure. Some of the best remedies for education are available through competition in the marketplace;more money does not necessarily improve performance.
Today, the political climate is embracing change, not just in education. The Obama administration is braced to persuade teachers to join those seeking greater accountability. It is the right time and opportunity to rally teachers and unions to support performance pay. Improving education is at the forefront of improving our economy. We need many incentives (including financial) for improved performance; likewise, for those who do not perform, we should take a cue from baseball and either sign for less money or be willing to enhance skills by transferring to the education equivalent of the instructional level of the minor leagues.
Through the efforts of education entrepreneurs and others, dramatic changes have taken place in American education over the past twenty-five years. Where will the next wave of educational entrepreneurship take us? Revised funding models and the role of government, the advent of learning via social networking (Web 2.0 and beyond), and the continued importance of anywhere anytime, lifelong learning in a global, knowledge economy will all shape its form.
Few would have imagined that in late 2008 and 2009 the U.S. government would become the lender of last resort to a number of "too large to fail" institutions to keep our economies from collapsing. If any institution in the United States is "too large to fail," it is the education system. It is time to give our teaching professionals the same support we give those in the financial and automotive sectors. Yet, the economic credit and global market crisis has redefined the role of government across a range of industries.
In the current climate, the role of government in education has been most visible as it has essentially "doubled down" its investment in education, openly calling for entrepreneurial innovation and capital investment. Because of this, it seems likely that venture capitalists will return in droves. With government as a strong advocate and the opportunities abundant, venture investing will flourish once again. This is an important and encouraging outcome, as venture capitalists use innovation as the basis for their decision making.
Another call for innovation was emphasized in the 2006 Tough Choices or Tough Times report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. This report clearly shows that high-skill, high-wage jobs represent America's economic future, and it calls for a complete overhaul of U.S. education by 2021. These are good times for education entrepreneurs. The government, venture capitalists, and philanthropists are focused on social entrepreneurship and education as major priorities.
We are fortunate that during these challenging times, we are blessed with Internet technologies that did not exist ten years ago. Between the social learning needs and willing investors, the opportunities and capital are abundant for entrepreneurs.
Education is a bipartisan issue—we all care equally and deeply about the sad state of our schools. The time is ripe for a new administration to tear down those barriers and convince our teachers' unions that performance and merit pay are long overdue. We have attacked our outmoded automobile industry by facing down deep-rooted challenges from labor and management. We are doing the same with regard to the environment, healthcare, and energy. Why not seize this opportunity for change in education? The past twenty-five years in the education industry reveal much about who we are as a nation:
Like most people who were born and bred in northern New England—that is, Red Sox Nation—I understood what my father meant when he would say, "Good luck to you and the Red Sox." The Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1918, when my dad was 10. They always came close . . . but consistently let us down. When he would tell me "Good luck to you and the Red Sox"—usually in response to some crazy idea I might have—it was his way of saying that he didn't see it happening, but he wanted to motivate and not discourage me. Like others who became Red Sox fans at a young age, I consequently became a strong advocate for the underdog and entrepreneurship.
"Good luck to you and the Red Sox" has been my motivating mantra in professional and personal life. I was determined to succeed at whatever I set my mind to do . . . and the Red Sox were going to win the World Series one day. This ideal drove my persistence and perseverance—key attributes for education entrepreneurs. For their part, after an eighty-six year drought, the Red Sox won the first of their two World Series in three years in 2004.
Somehow, somewhere, we have lost our competitive edge in education. But it doesn't have to be "Good luck to you, the U.S. education system, and the Red Sox." The past twenty-five years, coupled with the optimism and thirst for change in this era, have shown that these original education entrepreneurs were on target and that the notion that private ventures for the public good could provide the foundation piece that we could continue to build upon for generations to come. As a nation now truly at risk, the incentives and opportunities are aligned. The positive response of social entrepreneurs in education will be heard loud and clear.


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The first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was in 1970, 46 years later it is stronger than ever. It brings music and culture of all backgrounds, not to mention the incredible food.
The lineup this year includes Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Beck, Van Morrison, Nick Jonas, J. Cole, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, and many many more. Last year's Jazz Fest had reportedly 460,000 fans attend over the two weekends.
Not only should everyone be aware that Grace Potter will be performing, but how many chances does one get to see Snoop Dogg perform? There will also be a Tribute to B.B. King hosted by B.B. King Blues Band with special guests as well as a Tribute to Allen Toussaint hosted by the Allen Troussaint Band with special guests. Blues and Jazz music has lost some of the greatest performers to ever live in recent years. I have no doubt that Jazz Fest 2016 will tribute them unbelievably.
There will also be performers you will see nowhere else such as Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Mardi Gras Indians, Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters, Sweet Pain featuring Chico Ramos and Supa G of Belize, and countless others. Jazz Fest has offered diversity like no other since the beginning and strives to honor the city of New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz music.
Not only does the festival offer incredible jazz music and cultural heritage, but this year it will have the Congo Square African Marketplace, Contemporary Crafts, and the Louisiana Marketplace. Jazz Fest is the trifecta, music, cultural art, and of course food. From alligator pie to pecan catfish to cajun duck po-boy, there's many new experiences to be had. Jazz Fest in New Orleans is an experience everyone should have at least once, hope to see you there!
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Ethiopian church and college continue growing
The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia continues to grow, increasing by 4.5 percent over the last year to 310,877 baptized members. It is the largest national Anabaptist body in the world.
MKC Link Canada team members Darrell Jantzi and John Peters of the Waterloo, Ont., area connect Mennonite Church Canada and Meserete Kristos College. They were invited by the MKC general secretary to attend the church's annual general meeting in August.
An important part of the visit was reviewing the relationship between MC Canada and MK College, as well as learning about the church, which has 1,011 local congregations.
About 60 percent of congregations worship in rented space or temporary shelters made of poles and tarps. They are being pressured by the government to erect permanent buildings or risk losing their land.
MK College hopes to continue growing and has a strong desire to partner with a Mennonite seminary in North America to offer a master of arts degree in theology.
The college is highly respected and has graduated more than 1,000 students. The theology program has been expanding with a main campus at Debre Zeit, where boarding students are taught in English, and an extension campus in the city of Nazareth, where degree and diploma students learn in Amharic. A second extension campus opened recently in Addis Ababa for part-time students.
Facilities at the original campus are stretched. A women's dorm is nearing completion, and the kitchen and dining room are no longer adequate.
Tuition, room and board costs each student $2,000 a year. The Link team hopes to raise $250,000 in Canada for the nearly depleted scholarship fund.
Jantzi and Peters visited an underground church where believers meet in secret prayer cells. In some areas, the ultra-conservative Ethiopian Orthodox Church makes it dangerous to openly profess faith, prompting people to seek Jesus at night for fear of family rejection and alienation. Over time, new believers gain confidence and prepare for baptism, then celebrate their faith in Jesus Christ more openly.
In an inner-city setting, Jantzi and Peters observed MK Church members on their knees on a Monday morning, praying and fasting for homeless children and youth. A leader in the church said he had a horrible home life and had run away at age 13 to find a better life on the streets. Attracted by the singing and words of invitation by Christian young people, he was welcomed, led to Jesus and became part of a caring community.
"In an age that casts doubt on just about everything spiritual, it is heartening to see and experience the concrete indisputable power of God manifest in a solid rapidly growing community of believers," Jantzi said.
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Until 1986 there were very few Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the North West. I was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous at this time but I was having some problems with individuals in the meetings who objected to my mentioning drugs in my shares (there were also objections to any mention of sex). I didn't see, and still don't, how I could share my experience, strength and hope without talking about the other drugs I had also had serious problems with. In this I was not alone and a group of us (seven if I remember correctly) decided to look into starting an NA group.
By the way, I'm not going to mention any names as, although I am not concerned about my own anonymity (obviously as I am writing this), other people's anonymity is their responsibility.
Anyway, we looked at what meetings there were. As far as I remember there was a meeting in Manchester, some 60 miles away, and one in Blackpool which was much nearer. We decided to visit the Blackpool meeting to try to get a better idea of how NA meetings were run. It was an eye-opener. It was a small meeting made up, if I remember correctly, of mainly middle-aged women, and the person doing the main share (this was just after Christmas), talked about having a glass of wine with her Christmas dinner, "not that I would advise you to do that", she made a point of saying.
So we came away with a good idea of how not to do it.
We eventually found somewhere to hold the meeting, in Ryelands House on Ryelands Park.
This was in 1986. The meeting moved around a bit but eventually ended up at the Friends Meeting House where I believe it still meets.
After the meeting started I went to more NA than AA meetings. One thing I liked was that nobody said "you can't say this" or "you can't say that". I don't say this as a criticism of AA as a whole, it was just individuals.
After all, it was never about the 'drink', or the drugs. It was about me and, in order to recover, I needed to talk about all of the things that had been part of my ism.
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This morning I got up early to make my daughters' lunches, as usual. Except that it wasn't as usual. When my oldest came downstairs I said to her "This is the last school lunch I'm ever going to make you." She shrugged and packed up her bag.
Tomorrow she graduates from high school, and her dad and I have spent the entire year trying to get our heads around that fact. I may forget many things, but I remember so clearly the sunny October day in 1995 when she was born – that was when I became a believer in love at first sight. I remember sitting proudly on a preschool chair on the last day of her kindergarten year as she walked over the Playskool bridge and received her certificate of completion – ready to start elementary school in the fall, my big girl. I remember our trying to teach her to ride a bike – one walking on each side of her, issuing constant encouragement as she wobbled around the block screaming like Lucy Ricardo the entire way.
And then there was the tumble of adolescence and so many firsts toward independence – walking to school, sleeping away from home, flying alone, getting her driver's license, spending a week or more across the country without phone or email communication, getting a job, applying to college. We learned to trust and to relinquish control. She proved herself trustworthy and responsible.
In exactly 80 days she will move out of our house to attend college in another state.
We encouraged this. Trying something new and fully exerting her independence is exactly what we'd hoped for her, and she's given us every indication she's ready. I'm so excited for all that's ahead of her.
But then I'm driving to work and a song like this one comes on the radio and I can't contain my tears, because this exhilarating new beginning for her is an ending for us. It's the end of parenting as we know it.
It seems that as parents we are under the illusion that as long as our children go to bed under our roof they're safe because we're taking care of them. We know where they are at just about every moment of the day and that they'll be returning to the nest at night. We know without their saying a word when they're angry with their friends or worried about a test or excited for an upcoming dance or under pressure to deliver a physics project. And although our parenting role has evolved over the past years, we are still needed as coach and advocate. We still have so much wisdom to impart! (Or so we believe.)
In addition to the sense of impending loss, I'm feeling a bit of panic. She's leaving in 80 days and I haven't taught her everything she needs to know to survive the big bad world! What if I forgot something important? Does she know how to keep herself safe? How to handle a professional failure? How to choose a good man? The mother of that kindergarten child wants to keep her with me a little bit longer. The mother of this 17 year old woman says "those now are the lessons she has to learn on her own."
I'm also finally fully aware, at 51 years old, of how I abandoned my own parents. I too moved out of state to attend college, never to live at home again, not even during summer break. My phone calls home have become even less frequent over the years and what I'm willing to share more meager, not due to malicious intent but solely as a result of my inability to fully comprehend a parent's love and interest. If my daughter abandons me in this same way my heart will break.
Such complex feelings having a child on the verge of adulthood and independence inspires. But above all my fear and sadness and regret is unmitigated enthusiasm for her. I know, because I was there once, that the very best of life is ahead of her. She'll learn and laugh and love. She'll have her heart broken. She'll discover how strong and capable and resilient she is.
Tomorrow I'll sit proudly on a football field in a folding chair, next to my mother and father, my hand tightly clasped in my husband's, watching our daughter walk across the stage in a red cap and gown. I may shed some tears for myself, but I'll be smiling hugely for her.


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UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — An Ohio woman has joined her husband in pleading guilty to charges stemming from an explosion that injured a New York state prison guard outside his home.
Sixty-one-year-old Donna Seppi pleaded guilty to conspiracy in Oneida County Court on Wednesday. Her husband, 58-year-old Keith Seppi, pleaded guilty to assault on Tuesday.
They and Donna Seppi's sister, 58-year-old Cindy Shields, all of Conneaut, Ohio, were charged after Corrections Officer Alan Dobransky was injured by a bomb in a package outside his Utica-area home in May.
Authorities say the attack was intended to stop Dobransky from reporting an elder care scam against his mother in Ohio.
Shields' case is still pending.
Keith Seppi will be sentenced to 20 years in state prison. His wife faces 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison.


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They're the words every airline passenger dreads hearing: "We're going down!"
"It was uproar, screaming, yelling, crying," Andrew Vos, the passenger who took the video, tells INSIDE EDITION's Megan Alexander.
Vos and his family were flying from Denver to Las Vegas when the pilot announced they would have to turn back over the Rocky Mountains.
Vos watched as the plane lost altitude and the oxygen masks dropped.
"We were looking out the window, and watching the mountains getting closer and closer," Vos said.
"Did you think that plane was going to crash?" asked Alexander.
"Yeah, for a while I did," said Vos.
So did others. Upset passengers could be heard in the background on the video.
"When I watched this video, Andrew, I mean my heart stopped. What was it like for you to hear all these people, obviously upset?" Alexander asked him.
"The lady in front of us was just shaking and hyperventilating and my mom was holding her hand and we were trying to calm other people down," he said.
Fortunately, the plane landed safely in Denver.
Frontier Airlines says the emergency was due to a computer malfunction and says, "There was no structural damage. The passengers were never in danger."
But that's little consolation to those on the plane.


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This journey begins on a Banyan tree lined road in India. The last streaks of color from sunset are disappearing and evening is turning to night. Cool air brushes your face as you hear crickets begin the beat. It's halfway to midnight. This music is appropriate for calming your hyper active dog, soothing your aching mind and heart, yoga, intimacy, dancing through bustling city streets or ambling down a lonely road. I came across G.S.Sachdev, a master of the Indian bamboo flute, the bansuri, in San Francisco and was fortunate to study with him. I lived in India for 12 (nonconsecutive) years where I went to as many all-night concerts during the winter season of festivals as I could, and in the process saw and heard many of the greatest Indian master musicians. I also found many great musicians to play with while living there. The project "Halfway to Midnight" began in India and culminated in New York. The music is improvisation with a steady groove on some of my favorite evening raga melodies. Besides flute, you will hear musician friends on Indian slide guitar, violin, santoor, and muted reed cornet. The tracks are average over eight minutes, and here the clips are the first minute. If you go to the sallyblock.com website you can hear clips more into the middle of some of the tracks. Also there is a section called Prose & Poetry with a primer on Indian music for Western musicians, complete with scales. Every raga invokes a certain mood and time of day. I was explaining the feel of Raga Yaman in track four to friends at a recording session way out at the end of Long Island, New York. We had set up in a spacious screened-in porch with a microphone outside picking up the crickets along with the harmonica. The sun had set, the air was cooling, and we had just opened a bottle of wine. "Raga Yaman is exactly this time of day ... it's halfway to midnight."


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Drugs in sport are nothing new.
PED's (performance enhancing drugs) have been in sports for a very long time, and almost all top athletes are using them.
Time to stop being naive.
The reason PED's will help your performance so dramatically is because they allow your body to recover faster than you naturally can, steroids are a medicinal thing after all. This allows you to train harder, more frequently and achieve levels beyond that of even the most genetically gifted people.
It's advised that you stay away from taking such substances, you're not an endocrinologist and you will cause yourself problems. There are plenty of ways you can increase your performance without taking PED's, you just have to be prepared to put in some times and effort to achieve the results you desire.
Here are some simple steps to help improve your recovery, boost your performance and take you to the next level NATURALLY.
– Eat more nutritious whole foods. This will promote an anabolic state in the body providing your calories are in a surplus.
– Stress less, meditate more. Lowering cortisol levels will help you recover much faster, remember cortisol is inflammatory and you need to bring this down asap.
– Have regular massages, or at least foam roll. This will help release some tension in the fascia and break down some unwanted muscle knots, allowing for increase blood flow which means more nutrients to the muscles to help them recover.
– Sleep in a completely dark room. This means no lights, no electrical devices, essentially nothing int he room that can disturb your sleep. The deep your sleep the better you will recover.
– Train Less. This might seem counterintuitive but there is a difference between chasing performance and facing fatigue. People want to feel demolished, but that doesn't always mean that they will be getting results or progressing, these people are chasing fatigue and not performance. The best way to ascertain this is to always aim to increase either your reps, weight on exercises, increase time under tension or decrease rest periods. If you can't achieve at lest one of these and progressively improve then it might be time to take a step back and bring down the volume, but keep the weights the same (3×3 @ 85% 1RM instead of 8×3 for example).
– Supplement. Supplements are not a substitute for real foods, but they can help aid in your recovery by providing precious extra nutrients, vitamins and calories.
Follow the advice above and always chase performance, not fatigue.


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World Famous Academy artiste Peter Clarke popularly known for his single "Amaka"; hooks up with Grip Musik's Yung L on this new banger "You Set".
This groovy mid-tempo DJ Babus produced number affirms the fact that two heads are better than one; it is simply a solid collaboration.
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The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has created a new opportunity for innovative Western Cape firms to break into the market and align their businesses to the changing demands of the future.
It takes the form of a new exhibition based on the Chamber's highly successful Design for Living exhibition, but this time the focus will be on the future and some of the astonishing possibilities that lie ahead.
Design for Future Living kicks off at the Century City Conference Centre on June 23 and the first show will run for just three days. Exhibition rates have been pitched as low as possible to make it affordable for small firms and start-ups, while Century City provides an ultra-modern and safe venue.
The thinking behind the new exhibition is that in this rapidly changing world it has become essential for all businesses to keep one eye on the future. The changes are driven largely by advances in technology which, in turn, makes new business models possible. Think Uber and think what some other, as yet unknown, "app" could do for you or, if you're too slow, for your rivals in the business world.
A Design for Future Living expo is a perfect fit for the Design Capital of the World and a city recognised as the most innovative in Africa.
We're hoping for some really good new technology but we don't expect technology to dominate. The expo will also be about products for the home, office and workshop. Innovation occurs across a wide field from food products to clothes and from hobbies to dealing with heart-ache.
We want the Expo to promote innovative solutions to the real challenges of life and living in the 21st Century. Our plan is to make Design for Future Living a meeting place where innovators engage with their customers and where customers come to terms with the possibilities offered by the future.
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The JBnator Diaries – scrap unused language packs to supercharge you iPhone
WWDC has just passed and Apple has just unveiled the iPhone 4. At the same moment the older models, namely iPhone 2G and 3G, are not available anymore barring bartering around the net. The net effect? devs may try to get away with creating apps for fast iDevices, leaving our oldies in the dust. If the latest iPhone 4 still is not reason enough for you to upgrade, here's the closing article in my cycle of getting the maximum from your old and tested workhorse.
With this in mind let's dig in to our today's topic. iOS has support for over 3000 language packs. Realising the overhead these packs are supporting, clever people over at sinfuliphone.com have created a special script that allows you to remove the excess language packs and significantly improve the performance of all iPhone applications. Improvements include everything from native apps to the springboard. Join me on a journey to strip away the language ability of iDevice.
Disclaimer: Proceed at your own risk. Neither I nor TouchMyApps.com will not accept any responsibility for any damages to you iDevice, the data stored on it or your personal well-being should you follow this guide.
Our toolbox for today:
- iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch 1G/2G/3G already jailbroken and activated with iOS 3.0 – 3.1.3
- iPhone Folders – download latest version at the author's site
- iPhone Language Pack Deleter V1.1
- iPhone apps – download off Cydia:
- MobileTerminal
- afc2add
The process is quite simple, though I would caution you NOT to remove any langpacks that the script will mark as unknown. Also if you use Emoji – keep the Japanese file. Finally, don't fret too much if you remove an excess langpack as on the installation of an app that uses it it will reinstall it.
Cross your fingers and dive in:
- Unpack the iPhone Language Pack Deleter V1.1
- Open iPhone Folders and navigate to \var\mobile
- Copy sinfullangpack.sh to \var\mobile
- Open MobileTerminal
- Now enter the following commands (*enter* means you press the "enter†key)
- su *enter*
- alpine (or other password if you've changed the default one – this will not appear on the screen, but don't worry, it is normal) *enter*
- It should indicate you're now working as root
- ./sinfullangpack.sh*enter*
- Follow instructions on-screen
- Reboot
You should see results all across the board, at least I did. But bear in mind, as I noted above, langpacks are installed with each new application so it's recommended to run the script at least once a month to keep your iPhone nice and clean.[via Hackulo.us]


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This man-vs.-machine contest may have fallen short of the status of a contemporary John Henry tale, but it nevertheless teaches a lesson about inexorable technological progress.
Measure, an aerial intelligence company, wanted to know how well its drone could conduct a solar plant's routine inspection compared to a ground-based crew. Measure found that the inspection results were 99% identical. So, a tie.
But the drone took two hours to complete the inspection compared to two days for ground-based crews.
Drone wins.
"Drones can also capture tower, pole, and turbine images from most any angle, which is often not possible with other inspection methods," Measure said in a recent white paper. "In solar applications, drones spot sub-module defects that manual inspections typically miss."
The AES Corp. (NYSE: AES), a global utility with operations in 15 countries, is an enthusiastic user of the technology.
On the AES website, Gary Fearis, lead drone pilot for the company's Dayton Power & Light unit, described an early assignment at a Savannah, Ga., solar farm.
"We actually flew several sections of the farm and found multiple panels that were not working," he said. "And the way you find that they were not working is that they're hotter than the panels around them that are working."
Measure admited that the method is imperfect.
"Thermal imagery cannot report on the reason for a hot spot on a panel," the white paper said, referring to solar inspections. "From time to time, a maintenance person may go out to inspect a defective panel only to find that the hot spot was nothing more than a leaf, bird dropping, or some other element of nature."
In the area of wind turbine inspections, a manual inspection beats the data collected by a drone, especially considering that the collection is dependent on the skill of the pilot in this relatively new area, Measure said. That manual inspection, however, is time-consuming and hazardous and, even when providing superior results, still may not best the drone in terms of cost-effectiveness.
Drone inspections for solar facilities, Measure said, are 95% more efficient and identify defects, tracker misalignment, shading, tower and substation conditions that manual inspections might miss. The efficiency stems from data that is sent to a smart phone app, which allows site and update inspection results directly from the field.
Drone are able to identify wind turbine blade defects faster than manned inspections. Ground-based inspections, Measure said, miss 15% to 20% of the defects caught by drones.
Joseph Markman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and @JHMarkman.
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Flipping back to the positive, a new release for Ground Level means another piece of design for music goes out to the ether today too. This time round its Joe C with the track 'Kamikaze' and a remix from label boss Andy McAllister, which you can listen to (and buy… *coughs*) here.
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Joe C is a Dallas based breaks producer, dj and part of the Ground Level family, so when he said he needed a logo, the picto-brain offered to create it. He was after something that reflected his love of Dallas and street art, and was stoked with the result. Keep an eye out for it on future releases, but in the mean time if you fancy putting some beats and breaks in your ears, go [here]. Enjoy!
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The latest release from Fisso & Spark on Ground Level is now up on beatport!


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Closer Than Ever Gallery
CLOSER Than Ever, a musical revue in two acts, continues at the Landor Theatre until Saturday, October 9, 2010.
Featuring 25 memorable songs by composers Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire, Closer Than Ever turns the spotlight on lives and loves, relationships and fantasies, wicked satire and the ache of love unrequited or dimmed by time. It stars Clare Burt, Michael Cahill, Ria Jones and Glyn Kerslake. View some production images…
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It was a whirlwind 48 hours, not with Eddie Murphy but with Mexico's greatest fighter ever, the incomparable Julio Cesar Chavez at his homeland in Culiacan, a city in northwestern Mexico. Julio is an all time great, a master in the ring, a hall of famer, a true legend in boxing and, most importantly, a hero to his people in Mexico.
Julio Cesar Chavez was being honored by the Culiacan people with a huge, 11½ ft. raised statue of him placed in one of the city's most visited areas. Celebrities and thousands of fans joined the festivities and we were there.
My producer Jon and I were invited to attend the ceremonies by the WBC's Mauricio Suliaman and all of boxing royalty was there including friends and former champs Juan LaPorte, Jessie James Leija, and boxing great Ruben Castillo and many others. It was a media frenzy with journalists from around the world and five Spanish News Teams including Azteca TV, ESPN Deportes, Telemundo and Golden Boy TV. Oscar Dela Hoya would show up soon, too.
Hall of fame referee Richard Steele traveled with us from Las Vegas. For many of Chavez's fights, Richard was the third man in the ring. He was there for Julio's legendary wins over Hector Camacho, Greg Haugen (before 132,000 people in the Mexico City bull ring) and the dramatic and controversial fight with Meldrick Taylor, when Richard stepped in with just seconds remaining to give Julio a come from behind miraculous win. Taylor was just three seconds away from becoming the first guy to beat Chavez who was 68-0 at the time in 1990.
A highlight of the trip was visiting a home that Julio used to own. One of the reasons Chavez is revered by his people is that he gives back. Julio donated his beautiful home so that it could become a drug addiction center helping thousands addicts overcome their dependency. Chavez knows the struggle and the subject is very close to home with Julio being clean but always recovering himself.
Of all the entertainment, political and sports stars from Mexico, like Coach Miguel Herrera from the Mexican national soccer team that were on hand, one guy stood out, Julio's promoter all those years Don King, "Mr. Only in America".
But the day belonged to the champ, Julio Cesar Chavez and as ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon handled some of the honors we showed our respect to this great fighter. This is a man who fought for twenty five years, had 115 fights and was 87-0 before fighting a draw with Pernell Whitaker in 1993. His first official loss was the following year to Frankie Randall. It is highly unlikely that Chevez's records will ever be duplicated or broken. He is an amazing fighter who finished his career with 107 wins and only 6 defeats and 2 draws.
This was an unbelievable journey to Mexico to witness what true greatness looks like. Plus it was my birthday. It doesn't get better than that!
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The MOTEK 2017 fair has just ended and VELOMAT was there as an exhibitor.
MOTEK 2017 was a complete success: it took place from the 9th to 12th of October in Stuttgart Germany and attracted more than 38,000 expert visitors from 104 nations.
VELOMAT presented several solutions of Fast Automatic Assembly Machines and the attention of visitors was great!
Solutions such as VELOMAT's Continuous Motion Module with up to 1500 pieces per minute and the Rotary Index Module with up to 150 pieces per minute were a huge success among our visitors.
We would like to thank all our visitors again and we are looking forward to the next exciting exhibition: stay tuned!


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Mobeen Fikree is the man behind Vertex Pop, and his twin-stick shooter We are Doomed! is now out on the Vita. We caught up with him to find out more.
Hello Mobeen! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us! Can you tell us a little bit about Vertex Pop and how you got into developing games?
No problem at all. While I've been making games for many years, I founded Vertex Pop to bring We Are Doomed to consoles. It's been a fun ride so far.
You have just released We are Doomed on the Vita. Can you explain a little about what it is?
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam.
Your beam is powerful but close-range, so you really need to dive right into the action. You can also charge a SUPERBEAM, which goes all the way across the screen zapping everything it touches in short order.
The entire game is built on a risk/reward mentality. Every mechanic is designed to make throwing yourself into danger pay off. On the other hand, if you just want to chill and enjoy the pretty colours, that's cool too!
What was the inspiration for the game?
It started with a doodle of a massive, overpowered laserbeam in my notebook. That's what got me onto the computer, prototyping. Over the course of development, everything from the controls, to the look, to the enemy behaviours changed dramatically, but that initial doodle survived.
What made you want to bring the game to the Vita?
Two reasons: First, I love making games for portable devices. There's something totally magical about seeing your game running on a tiny device that you can just hand to someone. It's hard to explain, but it feels great.
Second, I feel like the quick load times, short-burst game sessions and the twin-stick controls are a perfect fit for the Vita.
Was the Vita version always planned?
Yes, but I also knew it was never going to come out at the same time as the PS4 and XB1. I'm just one programmer, and my games run on a custom-built engine. I didn't want to rush it.
Are there any notable differences between the Vita version and the PS4 version? What compromises did you have to make to get it on the Vita?
I put a tremendous amount of effort into ensuring that the Vita version looks and plays just like the PS4 version. And it does!
This may not seem like a big deal, after all We Are Doomed doesn't look very graphically intense. But it's actually quite sophisticated in a non-conventional way.
All the art is procedurally generated using algorithms in code. This means that the Vita CPU is recalculating thousands of vertices on every frame. I managed to optimize the code until it ran 60fps at native resolution. I'm quite happy with it!
Are there any games that have impressed you on the Vita?
TxK is a stunning design and technical achievement. Minter at his finest.
Luftrausers is the kind of tight action game that works so well on the Vita.
Is there anything coming out for the Vita that you are looking forward to?
Keeping on the Vlambeer roll, I haven't had a chance to try Nuclear Throne on Vita yet. I've put a few hours into it on Steam, but I think it'd play better with a controller. Also, Severed looks really cool and totally gorgeous!
What's next for Vertex Pop? Would you consider developing for the Vita again?
Yeah! I'd love to make more action or arcade games designed for the Vita. As with most of these decisions though, it comes down to how well We Are Doomed sells on Vita, and on scheduling. There's only so much I can do at once!
Our final question – which do you think is the better Vita model, the OLED or the Slim?
They're both great systems… I mean, ultimately it comes down to the games. But you can't beat that OLED screen, huh?
We would like to thank Mobeen for his time with this interview. We Are Doomed is out now and you can read our review here. Have you picked it up yet?
This interview first appeared in our March issue of The Vita Lounge Magazine. Stay tuned to our magazine for more exclusive and magazine first content soon!


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The Europe-wide roll-out of the new 5G network is in full swing -despite massive concerns and warnings from hundreds of scientists and doctors!
This is a scandal. It has to be stopped immediately!
Protection of human health and the health of the whole natural world is not negotiable. It outweighs any economic or profit-oriented interests.
We have to prevent the entire Europe being treated as a laboratory experiment!
We want to use the new European Citizens' Initiative "Attention 5G" to force the EU Commission to deal with this issue.
As soon as our citizens' committee is complete, we can register the initiative and start to collect the required 1 million signatures.
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As far back as last June, Central Intelligence Agency Director John McCone told President Johnson that he wanted out. At 63, and after nearly 18 years of Government service (member of President Truman's Air Policy Commission, 1947-48; deputy to James Forrestal, first U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1948; Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1950-51; chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1958-61; CIA director since 1961), that seemed a reasonable request. Now McCone has set a definite date for his resignation: May 1. And Johnson has ordered a top-priority search for a replacement.
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Nature Connects: Art with Lego Bricks
Virginia Living Museum
524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23601United States 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News 23601
- General Admission-Adult: $20.00
- General Admission-Child (Ages 3-12): $15.00
- VLM Member: $Free
Nature Connects is an award-winning, record-breaking exhibition now touring North America. Created with over a half million LEGO pieces, this show features larger-than-life sculptures built with LEGO bricks by Brooklyn artist and children's author Sean Kenney. The sculptures bring nature to life with a 6-foot hummingbird hovering over a trumpet flower, a deer family made from 84,000 bricks, a giant tortoise, a 7-foot long dragonfly and more.
This spectacular combination of nature and art will be featured outdoors in the Conservation Garden and other outdoor areas. Created in partnership with Iowa State University, Nature Connects is foremost an educational platform and secondarily a means of artistic expression.


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Version 1.4 New Features (v1.4.7 – April 2017)
Version 1.4 introduces a fast and easy way to hide and restore Shifts and/or Jobs.
Hide Shifts and Jobs
Quickly hide unwanted information.
Sometimes, despite your best efforts, someone on your team can make a mistake that undermines the integrity of your data for a Shift or Job. Now XL includes a fast and easy way to "hide" any such Shifts and/or Jobs so that your trend information and other reports only have clean data. And it's just as easy to restore the information!
Version 1.3 New Features (April 2014)
Version 1.3 introduces the ability for one or more XL800 units to act as remote visual displays for another XL800.
Remote Displays
Multiple displays for large production assets.
Sometimes a production asset monitored by XL takes up so much floor space that having multiple real-time visual scoreboards accelerates improvement by bringing high-visibility real-time information to more operators. Now, with two simple settings, it is possible to configure one XL800 to exactly copy the visual display of another XL800, updating once per second over a standard network connection.
Version 1.2 New Features (December 2013)
Version 1.2 introduces IFA (Information, Focus, Action) as a new XL Improvement Technique. IFA resonates very strongly with companies seeking new ways to drive improved results. Also included are checklists for applying IFA to OEE improvement initiatives (one of the most important applications for XL).
Information, Focus, Action
An important way to improve results.
Most companies place too much emphasis on results and too little emphasis on the three factors that drive results: Information (the basis for effective decisions), Focus (making effective decisions), and Action (transforming decisions to results). IFA teaches employees to improve results by achieving an optimal balance of Information, Focus, and Actions.
OEE Improvement Checklists
Apply IFA to your OEE initiative.
For a quick health check on the effectiveness of your OEE improvement initiatives test them from the perspective of IFA. A ten-point checklist is supplied for each IFA factor: Information, Focus, and Action.
Version 1.1 New Features (September 2013)
Version 1.1 introduces Improvement Techniques, a library of practical topics for improving manufacturing productivity. Learn best practices and apply them to your manufacturing process.
Down Time Tips
10 practical tips for reducing Down Time.
Down Time is the largest source of lost production time for most manufacturers. Here are some practical tips for reducing Down Time that don't require a lot of outside support.
Inspire others and accelerate change.
Inspire others to do their best work and you leverage your most important resource – people. Leadership is a learned skill. Improve your effectiveness as a leader and you improve your ability to create and accelerate change.
Top Losses
Attack your top sources of lost production.
Time is precious, so spend that time fixing the most important things — your top sources of lost manufacturing productivity. Track your Top Losses. Pick the biggest actionable loss. Fix it. Repeat.
Improve the Constraint
Identify. Measure. Improve.
Each manufacturing process has a constraint (bottleneck). Focusing improvement efforts on the constraint is the fastest path to improved productivity.
Short Interval Control
Small actions add up to large improvements.
Quick and focused reviews of performance data during the shift enable ongoing course corrections and small-scale fixes that collectively result in significant improvements in performance. Look at the immediate past to guide actions for the immediate future.
Single-Minute Exchange of Die
Reduce changeovers to under 10 minutes.
Changeover times can typically be reduced to less than 10 minutes (i.e., single-digit minutes). Analyze each element of the changeover to see if it can be separated (moved external to the changeover), converted (modified to be external), or streamlined.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
A yardstick for manufacturing productivity.
OEE measures how close you are to perfect production (manufacturing only good parts, as fast as possible, with no down time). It is a great metric for benchmarking progress in improving manufacturing productivity (i.e., eliminating waste).
Small tasks. Big focus. Get things done.
Deliver small chunks of business value in short release cycles. For each cycle, choose whatever will deliver the most value and get it done. Do away with complicated master plans and be evolutionary and adaptive.
Version 1.0 New Features (June 2013)
Top Losses
Blinding clarity on what to fix next.
Instantly identify your most significant sources of lost production time. High-impact visuals, trend indicators and sparklines (miniature graphs) convey the entire story in a single glance. A great tool for prioritizing focus and actions. Recommended for daily or weekly production meetings.
Job Recipes
Instantly create barcode sheets.
XL now stores information for 500 parts and 100 jobs as configurable "recipes". Integrated barcode printing makes it extremely easy to generate barcode sheets for parts or jobs.
Split Events
Distinguish sequential breakdowns.
Ever have multiple breakdowns in a row? Now each breakdown can be separately logged with its own reason.
Streamlined Navigation
Easier access to everything XL.
XL features are now organized around five simple and intuitive themes making it easier than ever to use XL. The themes are: View, Analyze, Improve, Learn, and Administer.
Run Event End Adjustment
Tune downtime for your application.
Control where XL marks the transition between Run and Down when downtime is automatically detected. Options for the last run cycle include: No Time, Ideal Cycle Time, Typical Cycle Time (recommended), Slow Cycle Threshold, and Full Stop or Zero Rate.
Join us for a personalized 30 or 60 minute webinar. We'll focus on your equipment, your process, and your challenges.
We'll ship you an XL unit to use free-of-charge for 90 days. With unlimited phone, email, and web-based support.
Call us for answers to all your questions on how we can help you quickly improve your manufacturing productivity.
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Truck Pillow Tanks is designed for transport purposes on flatbed truck. Complete with ground cover, bladder tank and harness. Camlocks, or ball valves are supplied as the standard assembly. Various inlet and outlet valves are optional. The standard capacity is from 1,000 to 500,000 liters.
Truck Pillow Tanks also are normally "pillow" shaped tanks having a low profile, made from heavy duty/special application PVC/TPU coating fabric, which gives high abrasion and UV resistance. These tanks are used for temporary or long-term storage of oil, potable water, sewage, chemical spillage waste and other liquids. Pillow tanks are very lightweight, reliable, quick and simple.
Features and Advantages:
● Made of heavy duty / special application PVC/TPU coating fabric, UV resistance
● All RF welded seams for strength and integrity
● Delivered ready for us, easy to operate and repair
● Applicable for various conditions and climate zones
● Repair kits
● Non-toxic PVC coating fabric for drinking water, food tank
● Suitable for flatbed truck transportThe following are the several frequently-used tanks'
1. Other sizes or type are available upon request.
2. Color is confirmed upon customer's requirements.
3. Contact us to get detailed technical date sheet.
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Changing Consumer Preferences
Consumers are willing to pay more for food they perceive as fresh, wholesome and natural according to Technomic. Take a journey through the Menu Adoption Cycle. Learn to think strategically about trends and where they fit in your business—from cutting-edge flavors to well-established favorites.
Donna Hood Crecca
Donna Hood Crecca is an associate principal at Technomic Inc., where she leads the firm's Convenience Store Practice and is active in its Adult Beverage Practice. She is a veteran of the foodservice and drinks industries, having covered the restaurant, foodservice, convenience store, beverage and beverage alcohol markets for nearly two decades.
Before joining Technomic, she was publisher & editorial director of Nightclub & Bar magazine; prior to that she was editor of Cheers. Additionally, she served as a contributing editor to Chain Leader for 10 years, was editor of F&B Business and a contributor to CSP Magazine. She has broad knowledge of bar, nightclub and restaurant marketing, operations, human resources and growth strategies, with specific expertise in beverage sales, promotion, service and training, having covered these topics for a number of industry magazines. She is a frequent presenter at industry events including VIBE, Convenience Retailing University, FARE, Flavor, the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show, Tales of the Cocktail, National Restaurant Association Show, Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) and the Alcohol Responsibility Conference.
Donna holds a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism from Syracuse University and has done graduate work in magazine publishing management at New York University. She is BarSmarts Advanced Certified and has served as President of the International Foodservice Editorial Council.


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During the Cue Set today, scholars continue to practice the skill of determining the relationship between ideas, concepts and people. I show scholars three pictures. One is of venison stew, another of hunters and the third of a buck. Here is the screen shot of cue set pictures. We live in a very rural community where deer hunting is VERY common. Feel free to use three pictures of ANYTHING that is related that is familiar to your scholars.
Scholars have 3 minutes on the clock to independently jot down their ideas about how these are related. Here are scholars engaged in cue set. Then, scholars have 1 minute to share their thinking with the person sitting next to them. Finally, I take 3 friends from my cup and 2 volunteers to share. This holds students accountable to the work. Taking volunteers helps to sustain enthusiasm for learning.
Scholars responses might sound something like, "Hunters shoot deer so that they can eat. If hunters hunt too much, there won't be enough deer and then we won't ever have venison stew. Hunting causes the deer population to get smaller."
If scholars are having a tough time, I might encourage them by saying things like, "what if hunters stopped hunting deer? What might happen?" This encourages scholars to really examine and think more deeply about the relationship.
We have learned extensively about what socratic seminar should look like/sound like therefore we jump right into guided practice. The purpose of guided practice today is to simply rehearse how we will answer our seminar question: Describe the relationship between humans and golden lion tamarins.
I give scholars time to rehearse with a partner because they may have forgotten what they wanted to share overnight, or they may not have actually practiced saying their thoughts out loud. Speaking is an entirely different skill than reading or writing and scholars should have the opportunity to practice this skill before I evaluate them.
Scholars have 20 seconds to go to a comfy place in the room with their partner (same person from the beginning of the week) and rehearse their response. Scholars are on the clock for 15 minutes to complete their rehearsal.
During this time, my ELL co-teacher and I pull our ELL scholars and other scholars who are particularly reticent to share. Here are some scholars rehearsing with ELL co-teacher. We rehearse word-for-word what they will say to build their confidence. If needed, we will actually help them write down the exact sentence of what they will say during the seminar. This helps to build strategy of scripting out what you want to say and it also builds confidence before they are in front of their peers.
Here's an example of my coaching a group through a rehearsal:
During the seminar today, there are two circles (one inside of another larger circle). Scholars who are participating in the discussion are in the inner circle. Scholars who are watching/listening and evaluating the discussion sit on the outside of the circle.
Scholars discuss the following question:
Describe the relationship between golden lion tamarins and humans. How does that relationship change over time?
Scholars in the outer circle give an individual rating to their partner (person who has the same color post-it note on their desk) and an overall rating for the group. Here is the Rating Scale for Socratic Seminar. The rating is a simple 1 to 5. Five indicating everyone participates, discussion remains on topic, participants respectfully agree/disagree, discussion is interesting,and participants remain attentive.
We will do three discussions each lasting 7 minutes so that each group of scholars have an opportunity to discuss. As scholars discuss, they can continue to take notes on their note taking template. Completed note taking templates are a part of their checklist items for the week. Also, we will debrief each discussion for 2 minutes before we switch to the next one so that scholars can have on-the-spot feedback and so that the next group can possibly benefit from the feedback.
Here is an example of the discussion:
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Kratie provincial Military Police seized nearly 500 first grade timber logs on Thursday at an economic land concession (ELC) in Chitr Borei district's Dar commune.
A Military Policeman, who asked not to be named as he is not authorised to talk to the media, claimed a trader had hidden the timber at the site.
The police received a tip-off about it, he said, and went to inspect the scene but did not find anyone who would take responsibility for the logs.
"We raided the site where the timber was being stored today," he said.
According to Fresh News, the crackdown was led by district Military Police commander Im Chetra, working together with the local forestry administration.
Police recorded 481 logs, or some three cubic metres, of sokram wood (Burma ironwood) and surmised that the timber had been hidden there waiting for a good opportunity to transport it to sell elsewhere illegally.
The timber was confiscated and impounded at a safe place. Neither the source of the timber nor the name of the ELC was reported.


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Additives are active ingredients in the fuel, lubricant or coolant, which can emphasize positive characteristics such as power and fuel efficiency, whilst reducing negative things such as friction, sludge build up and emissions. RAVENOL have additives for many applications, including cleaning, wear reduction, fuel quality improvement, corrosion protection and improvement of performance.
RAVENOL fuel additives can help you save even more money on top of using our already fuel-economic engine and gear oils, because the additives go beyond the lubrication process and actually improve the efficiency of the combustion process inside the engine. And through regular use of other RAVENOL additives for cleaning, conserving and maintaining the engine, you will notice a return to full performance and cleaner emissions.


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Types of SkyTech Back Office Services:
- Accountancy & bookkeeping
- Data collection & processing
- Revenue Management & Protection
- Marketing
- Crew Planning
- Incoming/outgoing invoice processing & management
- Customer service related back office tasks
- Call center related back office tasks
- Airline company back office tasks
Quality Assurance
SkyTech strives to provide outsourcing services on a partner-to-partner basis, which is why building mutual trust is of crucial importance for a successful collaboration, as it enables both parties to focus on doing the best job possible, while being assured that the other is doing exactly the same. Needles to say, making sure that all services are of the highest quality is a top priority for SkyTech, which is why transparency and quality monitoring are essential elements of the SkyTech to be fully informed about their business processes at all times. This is of crucial importance to many companies, especially if the outsourced back office services are part of the client's core business processes.
Employee Recruitment and Training
In order to meet the expectations set by their clients, SkyTech places a strong emphasis on recruitment as well as specific skills and language training program development. With regards to recruitment of back office service teams, SkyTech requires all of their employees to have a formal education related to the tasks performed. Furthermore, their qualification and language proficiency are tested using competency based interviews and language tests. As for the training programs, over the years SkyTech has acquired extensive experience in training program development. The company has even developed an in-house training department called the SkyTech Academy that provides outstanding training programs, which enable SkyTech employees to acquire the skills, enabling them to switch tasks and departments without having to attend special courses outside work. This allows SkyTech to attain lower attrition rates and increase employee long-term loyalty. Additionally, SkyTech also upholds a "train the trainer" approach, meaning that the training programs developed in collaboration with a client also prepare a designated trainer, who can then independently train any additional employees that join the client's service team at a later point in time.
Security and Platforms
As a BPO service provider servicing various clients and handling data with different degrees of sensitivity, SkyTech upholds strict data protection and service maintenance standards that enable the company to handle sensitive data in accordance with strict data protection and processing requirements set by the client as well as international data protection laws. With regards to the platforms used, SkyTech is also a highly flexible BPO company, capable of working with any platform of the client's choosing. As an alternative, SkyTech also has the means to perform an analysis of a client's current business processes and recommend platforms or software that will best meet the client's requirements. On top of that, SkyTech has also acquired vast experience in using many well known third-party platforms.
Platforms and Software Used by SkyTech
- Lotus Notes
- Rumba
- Agresso
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Artwork description:
11 x 14 in / 27.94 x 35.56 cm
This painting was based on studies I painted on location and photographs I captured on a memorable camping/painting trip up the amazing California coast with a painting buddy.
The painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas panel. It comes with artist signed Certificate of Authenticity and it is sold unframed. It will easily fit into a standard size frame (U.S.). The artwork is signed with the initials on the front, and signed & dated on the reverse.
This artwork will be carefully packaged and shipped to you via a reputable courier.
Please note the sale of the original artwork does not include the sale of copyright. All rights reserved by the artist.
Thank you very much for your interest in my work. Please follow me on Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter...@konniekimartist
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Oil painting by Konnie Kim
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- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 14 x 11 x 0.2 in (unframed) / 14 x 11 in (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
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Durty Nelly is a Irish Pub situated at the famous Shafto Lane in the City.
Thought I should give it a try since they have a special deal for Wednesdays, which is the T-bone, chips and Salad for $16.
Interior looked really rustic which I like. Luckily it's a Wednesday, so I can't take the photo easily, if it's on the Fridays.. the place will be so crowded!
Beers on tap. Order at the counter and pay, they will deliver the food to you.
This is my T-bone, chips and salad. Apparently it's with diane sauce.. but it looks like mushroom sauce to me.. because there were pieces of mushrooms in the gravy. Oh well, that's what I want anyway.
See how huge is this piece of T-bone?
Double the size of my hand! My eyes literally go like this O_O when I saw it.
This is what you call Pub Food. HUGE.
For $16, I think most people will be quite satisfy with the portion of meal. Definately will make you full. But in terms of food quality, the meat was a bit tough to chew, chips-nothing to rave about, salad-yea it's fresh, I like the gravy though, yum.


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I'm delighted to welcome Katya de Becerra here today to talk about her debut novel, What the Woods Keep! The book is out September 18 with Macmillan and I think this is going to be the perfect addition to my Halloween TBR! I can't WAIT to get my copy!
Kate Ormand: Hi Katya! Great to have you here! Can you tell us a little about What the Woods Keep?
Katya de Becerra: Hi Kate! Thanks so much for having me!
What The Woods Keep is my debut genre-mixing YA novel that combines elements of fantasy, mythology and science fiction, with a very dark mystery at its heart. If I had to give a brief summary of its plot, I'd say it's a book about one strange girl's quest to learn the truth about her mom's disappearance. What else… The book is set in the woods of Colorado, and I've heard some people were scared to read it at night. (Sorry, but not really sorry!)
KO: The book sounds wonderfully atmospheric – I can't wait to read! What did you enjoy most about creating the setting?
KdB: Thank you! I tend to love dark, atmospheric books in which it rains a lot (this seems like an appropriate place to mention that I absolutely adored The Wanderers – that book of yours that's dark, atmospheric and full of cold rain – yes, please!), so in my debut, I really enjoyed writing the forest as a possibly sentient character in its own right. As Hayden, the book's protagonist, wanders deeper and deeper into the forest (and into trouble), the forest tightens its grip around her, it watches and listens, and it thinks.
KO: Your cover is stunning! First impressions on seeing it?
KdB: Yes, it sure is, thanks for noticing! I nearly fell off my chair when I first saw it. I mean, what kind of sorcery is this? Black feathers, dark fog, red glow and runic symbols hidden in plain sight – can't go wrong with that, really. I'm one very happy author.
KO: What's next for you?
KdB: I'm about to embark on the first round of revisions for my second book, Oasis, a standalone horror adventure with diverse teen cast set in Dubai and in my hometown of Melbourne. Oasis is very different from What The Woods Keep in both its premise and style, but it's also got lots of delicious darkness I clearly can't get enough of!
KO: And to wrap up, can we end with a quote from What the Woods Keep?
KdB: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong—so-called Murphy's law."
(I think this quote really exemplifies the plot of What The Woods Keep)
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We spent our first morning walking around Ipanema and saw this cafe that was packed with locals.
What is better than eating where the locals eat?
It's like a fast food place when you order the food at the bar…
didn't know what each was food was.. so we just picked randomly…
sausage, roast pork and veggies.. the veggies tasted like the asian veggies!
adjacent to the cook food bar is the snacks bar for juice and empanada (pies)
ordered the juice+empanada set… soooo delicious! I had the sweetest guava juice (not from concentrate!) and the flakiest chicken empanada! I had too many hard non-tasty empanadas on the trip so this was a surprise.