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We cooperate with a wide range of local and international institutions
to promote the understanding, implementation and effectiveness of good governance practices
within and across public, non-profit and private institutions.
Boğaziçi University Foundation was founded in 1978 by Prof. Dr. Aptullah Kuran, Ertuğrul Zekai Ökte and Prof. Dr. Nedim Bilgen. The Foundation provides financial support to University's education programs and research activities; academic and administrative staff; and social and cultural needs of students and alumni.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD is a unique forum where governments work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalization. The OECD is at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies.
Recommendation on Regulatory Policy and Good Governance
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The World Bank
The World Bank has expanded from a single institution to a closely associated group of five development to facilitate post-war reconstruction and development since its inception in 1944. In addition to reconstruction, poverty reduction through an inclusive and sustainable globalization remains the overarching goal of the Bank's work.
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International Financial Corporation
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. Through the use its capital, expertise and influence, IFC aims to help end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
IFC Global Institute of Directors Meeting
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Boğaziçi University
Boğaziçi University is a state university which supports academic autonomy, participatory governance and intellectual freedom in every aspect of life. As an international research university, Boğaziçi University has been leading university in Turkey.
Board Shareholder Confidence and Sustainability Index
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Center for Research in Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (CCG)
Center for Research in Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (CCG) is an initiative of Bogazici University. The center is created to enhance the practice of corporate governance by undertaking academic research in finance, and establishing conferences and workshops where academics, business people, policy makers and regulators can meet and exchange best practice ideas.
Bogazici University Lifelong Learning Center
Bogazici University Lifelong Learning Center provides lifelong learning services for individuals and institutions to harmonize the needs and conditions of the society with the necessity of the era.
Good Governance in Public Certificate Program
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Corporate Governance Association of Turkey
Founded in 2003, Corporate Governance Association of Turkey (TKYD) is a non-profit organization aiming to develop and promote adherence to corporate governance standards and guidelines in Turkey.
Board Evaluation and Reporting Standards Training
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The Turkish Investor Relations Association
TÜYİD (The Turkish Investor Relations Association) is designed to foster collaborative ties among investor relations professionals and the constituencies which they serve such as management, shareholders, bondholders, private investors, analysts, employees, government, corporate customers and media, at both the corporate and personal levels, with a view to develop professional know-how and to elevate Turkish investor relations applications on a par with global standards.
The Ethics and Reputation Society (TEİD) is a non-profit organization that aims to increase the awareness towards business ethics and ensure that the business ethics culture is the keystone of the written culture of the entire companies in the Turkish Business World. TEID is established in 2010 with the collaboration of 22 companies.
The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV)
The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV) was established by a group of businessman, bureaucrats and academicians for the purposes of conducting policy analysis and making policy contributions in 2004. TEPAV helps ideas come to life with policy proposals and concrete projects. Macroeconomic Studies, Innovation Studies, Urban Studies, and Area Studies are the main programs of the Foundation.
Participatory Democracy: Empowering NGOs
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The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is a non-profit, independent and cultural institution, which is committed to the ideas and values of social democracy. For almost 25 years, with the aim to share experience and knowledge, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation organizes trainings, seminars, presentations, workshops and international conferences in cooperation with Turkish partners in all over Türkiye.
Participatory Democracy: Empowering NGOs
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International Republican Institute
International Republican Institute, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide by helping political parties to become more issue-based and responsive, assisting citizens to participate in government planning, and working to increase the role of marginalized groups in the political process – including women and youth. For more than 30 years, the institution has been helping to strength democracy through workshops by volunteer experts from all over the world on multi-party political systems, democratic governance practices, women's empowerment, civil society development, youth leadership, strengthening electoral processes and public opinion research.
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The Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness (CCBE) is the locus of corporate governance research and communications at the Rotman School of Management. Its mandate is to monitor Canadian corporate governance trends and to provide guidance to firms looking to improve their board effectiveness and disclosure.
Board Shareholder Confidence and Sustainability Index
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PRAESTA works with a wide variety of global corporations, Turkish private companies, government agencies and NGOs. The organization works with family boards, professional CEOs, general managers and function directors in Turkey and the region.
Koç University
The principle mission of Koç University is to cultivate Turkey's most competent graduates, well-rounded adults who are internationally qualified; who can think creatively, independently and objectively; and who are confident leaders. Concurrently, research conducted at Koç University contributes to scientific development on an international scale and bolsters technological, economic and social development. Koç University consistently strives to advance knowledge through its efforts and to serve Turkey and humanity as a model of institutional excellence.
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İstanbul Bilgi University
İstanbul Bilgi University undertakes to contribute to science, artistic production, and the development of technology; to educate individuals whose research and problem solving skills have developed in an atmosphere of free thought and an awareness of social responsibility, whose competencies meet international standards, and who in addition to respecting the rules of ethics and of professional objectivity are also open to multi-disciplinary approaches; and to serve society within multi-dimensional standards of quality.
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Özyeğin University
Özyeğin University was founded with the mission of contributing to social development by producing creative, original and applicable knowledge through its modern education system, its innovative structure integrated with life and its academic programs focused on the service sector.
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Business for Goals
Business for Goals Platform in Turkey is the first collective action of private sector to promote SDGs and establish partnerships. B4G is a platform-based approach to deepen responsible engagement with the private sector and working with Government, to mobilize private sector resources for domestic investments in the Sustainable Development Goals in accordance with national development priorities.
TÜSİAD, TÜRKONFED (Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation) and UNDP work together under this initiative, to execute research, studies and dialogues to enhance the private sector's role for the achievement of SDGs.
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"My character is: Georgie Hunter
She is a bartender and a stalker.
She has an unusual fetish (clowns and acrobats).
She is enthusiastic.
She lives around Europe, moving a city every year or so. She follows various circuses around the countries, for she obsessed with them in terms of her fetishes and her loves.
She has met a lot of people in the circus, but things seem to focus on one in particular, where the rest of the characters have involvement.
She is addicted to stalking people, of finding out their secrets and organising strange orgies.
She is usually happy though, with an addictive personality.
Setting: An unknown European city. There is a ballet troupe nearby as well as the circus. The ballet dancers perform at the circus sometimes.
Connections and past:
Barbara, a Wax-Works exhibit curator for the circus, was once in love with Sneed.
Sneed is a plastic-surgeon who is grumpy as shit.
Barbara and Sneed had Gunther some time ago.
Gunther found out his father was a plastic surgeon, and left when he found his mother having a massive orgy with clowns, giving him clown-ophobia. He left to find his father, and though he decided not to tell Sneed their connection, trained under Sneed anyway.
Georgie was the one who organised the orgy.
Barbara went to Gunther later, not knowing she was her son, and got botched plastic surgery.
Georgie likes Harold, an old clown (retired grump).
Harold, though, likes Barbara.
Miles is a car salesman who was an up-market snob but was dejected by his parents. He has an obsession with vanity and preserving things. He likes Georgie as she is young and beautiful.
Miles also likes Lela, the ballet dancer though. She used to baby-sit him and he has an Oedipus complex with her.
Lela is friends with Barbara who wants to make Lela beautiful, like she once was, before Barbara's botched surgery.
Lela goes to Gunther for the surgery, but Gunther likes her so makes it good. Lela likes him back.
Margot is Lela's progidy in ballet dancing. She is the young elegant version of what Lela was when she just began dancing. Margot is friends with Barbara.
Gunther likes Georgie, as he sees her stalking the circus.
Georgie the stalker follows everyone and finds out their secrets and the truth of everything.
In a good mystery fashion she brings them all to the Wax-Works and reveals the truth. Sneed is shocked at the revalation he has a son.
Barbara decides to kill herself, throwing herself into a vat of wax, crying "I always loved you," to Sneed.
Harold though, leaps in after her to save her, but because he is old he fails and falls in also. They die together as a couple, in each other's arms.
Harold and Barbara become the centre piece for the new circus.
Georgie starts a relationship with Miles, after her "true love" is now dead.
Lela becomes the new Barbara, takes over the Wax-Works, and Margot becomes the new Lela, excelling in dancing to high levels.
Gunther and Lela end up together.
Sneed drives away, the villain of the piece, in a car sold to him by Miles."

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For books and e-books offered by the UC Berkeley Library, consult the Library's Find Books and E-Books page first. In the U.S.-based catalogs such as OskiCat, Japanese language materials can be searched either using original Japanese scripts (ひらがな, カタカナ, 漢字) or the modified Hepburn Romanization (transliteration) system. LC (Library of Congress) and ALA (American Library Association) Romanization Table for Japanese offers detailed explanation of the guidelines that most U.S. libraries follow when romanizing Japanese materials.
In Melvyl, WorldCat, etc., click on the REQUEST or UC-eLinks button for Inter-library loan requests. UC Berkeley faculty, registered graduate students, and staffs can also borrow materials from Stanford University Library through Research Library Cooperative Program (RLCP). For requesting materials from Stanford University Library, please use RLCP Borrowing Request forms.
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Here is a short list of sources for finding materials available on the market for Japanese studies:
Here is a short list of sources of reviews and criticims from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. Search Tips: For searching book reviews in Japanese, you might want to include the word 書評 in the query; critical reviews are often found in core journals of specific fields (see "Articles" tab for selected lists of journals).


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Try our two new unique dishes at all restaurants in the Nordic region!
Now you can mix Beijing8's self-produced dumplings and sides with two new iconic dishes inspired by Chinese cuisine; Tang Mian noodle soup and lunchbox Bao at all restaurants in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Read the Swedish pressrelease here!


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…well, you know, it is if you write novels.
Or I guess if you actually are clairvoyant, but since only one of these applies to me, I'm going with novel-writing.
I am, dear readers, almost at THE END, that beautiful, sunny home stretch where the birds sing, the wind blows softly, and the proverbial All Hell Breaks Loose, throwing your characters into the Big Stakes Climax and pelting them with every misbegotten plot bunny your brain came up with on the way to this point. Somewhere in here all the loose ends start becoming knots, and before you know it you've got an afghan.
Or something like that. I don't know anything about knitting. Maybe I mean tapestry?
So anyway, here I am grimly hacking my way through, adverbs and intensifiers flying every which way, and then it happens:
ZOMG! If I write this scene, then the falling action chapter will be missing one of the tie-ins that leans to potential-sequel-book! ZOMG! This moment will lead to a catastrophic revelation at the exact moment that characters A, D and F reach the life-or-death climax! ZOMG! When the hell did these two decide to get in on? ZOMG!!!
And so on.
I am my own comic book.
Nobody gets in my way like I do. So I'm going back to morning Write or Die sessions for the nonce: I may not always write useful things when I'm under threat of loud noises, blinky red screen and eventual deletion of words, but it does make the ZOMG! go away, at least for a little while.
I am finishing this book if it kills me.


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After a series of successful films, Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab in 1988, and later for Indra Kumar's Beta in 1992. Since then, he has starred in a number of critical and commercial successes, including Virasat (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance; Biwi No.1 (1999); Taal (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; Pukar (2000), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor; and No Entry (2005). Kapoor has thus established himself as one of the most prominent actors of Bollywood.
Kapoor's first role in an international film was as the a-hole host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Prem Kumar in Danny Boyle's Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
In 2009, it was announced that Kapoor would star in the eighth season of the award-winning action series 24. He played President Omar Hussan, a reforming President of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan. His next notable Hollywood role was in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.
While most Bollywood actors chose to shave, he kept his iconic moustache for years.
During his time on 24, he asked himself, "why not make this in India?", and will be executive producing and starring in the Indian remake of the show, scheduled for October 2013, as
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text: US / Chili's Chili's Manager Takes Away Vet's Free Veterans Day Meal Manager says other customers raised doubts about his service By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Nov 14, 2016 12:55 PM CST Copied A boy waves an American flag during the Veterans Day Parade on 4th Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Nov., 11, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) (Newser) – The parent company of Chili's says it wants to make things right after a veteran had his free meal taken away on Veterans Day, the AP reports. Ernest Walker posted a video to Facebook on Friday of a manager taking away his meal at a Chili's in the Dallas suburb of Cedar Hill. The Army vet writes that the meal was taken away after another diner raised questions about the uniform Walker was wearing. Walker says the manager took his meal even after he showed him his military ID and discharge papers. Walker says he bought the fatigues he was wearing after he was discharged as a tribute to his service. Walker tells KDFW-TV that he believes another diner, also a veteran, was the one who raised doubts about his service. "He said, 'Well, I was in World War II in Germany and they didn't have any blacks over there then.' He's an older guy so I let that stuff go," Walker says. But then he was approached by the manager, who told him, "We have guests that say you are not a legitimate military veteran," says Walker. Brinker International, which owns Chili's, tells KDFW that it's taking the matter "very seriously." Walker's lawyer is set to meet with the company Monday. "Unfortunately, we fell short on a day that we strive to honor our Veterans and active military for their service," the restaurant chain wrote on Facebook, per CBS. (Read more Chili's stories.)


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Lemmon and Matthau Movie #6
Synopsis: It's basically Grumpy Old Men in the summertime, with yet another strangely desperate attractive older lady.
Blurb From the VHS Jacket: "The more things change, the more they hilariously stay the same in Wabasha, Minnesota."
What Did I Learn?: Smoking lots of cigarettes, eating nothing but bacon, and drinking your dinner every night will allow you to live to the ripe old age of 95 – but no older.
You Might Like This Movie If: You love the idea of cashing in on an ill-conceived sequel.
Really?: 1) So, are the Gustafsons Lutheran? Is Max Goldman Jewish? Are the Ragetis Catholic? I realize we live in a fairly secular age, but I imagine folks might take religion a bit more seriously in small town Minnesota than in Hollywood. 2) Um... what was the point of killing off Burgess Meredith's character? He's the funniest dude in this film. 3) So, did the restaurant take off? Did it flop? This plot point is introduced early on, and everyone seems to promptly forget about it. 4) Um... Goldman has a video camera pointed into Gustafson's living room, and he tapes his buddy as he poses nude for a sculpture? Gee... that's just plain creepy.
Rating: Grumpier Old Men is essentially a rehash of Grumpy Old Men (see "Synopsis") with slightly more colourful scenery and a hot, older chick for Matthau. It's not quite a bad movie, but we've seen it all before, right down to the 20-minute segment when the two Grumpies even suspend their friendship and return to playing pranks on each other; heck, Lemmon and Matthau even briefly revisit their Odd Couple fame when Gustafson moves in with Goldman for a few hours. I'm going to deduct half a star for a lack of originality. 5.5/10 stars.


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Richard Wallace has devoted his academic career to studying the role of interdisciplinary thinking in environmental studies. His writing looks at the integration of disciplinary approaches, problem solving methods, and social values in addressing complex environmental problems.
"One of the great fallacies in modern society is that we have an ability to separate who we are and how we feel from the work that we do. It isn't true! Many great conservation successes—and failures—have been influenced by the values that people hold," he says. "In my work I explore the values that influence people's behavior, such as the desire to obtain or limit power, respect, knowledge, skill, well being, or wealth. These sorts of influences can have a profound effect on conservation outcomes."
Rich was strongly influenced by Professor Leslie King, who often invited student TAs out to her house in North Hero for conversations late into the evening. "The faculty-student mentoring relationships had a strong focus on developing learning skills that was enormously influential," he says, adding that working closely with other students added to the rich learning environment. "I loved the peer to peer engagement, particularly with the ENVS majors my senior yearwe were a very tight group."
Rich's ENVS thesis was titled "Conservation of the Western North Atlantic Humpback Whale in the U.S. and Dominican Republic." He went on from UVM to complete an M.E.S. and Ph.D. at Yale University in Environmental Studies, with a focus on conservation governance and behavior. He was founding chair of Environmental Studies at Ursinus College, where he has taught since 2002. Richard lives in Collegeville, Pennsylvania with his wife Shannon Spencer and children Tucker and Noah.


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Gregg Burkhalter is an active networker who understands the importance of extending business relationships into the digital realm.
He has trained hundreds of professional on how to effectively market themselves and their businesses on LinkedIn.
LinkedIn remains one of the most powerful social media channels for B2B marketers and its importance continues to grow. Organic reach on LinkedIn remains unthrottled and the majority of LinkedIn users are the decision makers in their respective businesses.
LinkedIn offers two account options: 1) Personal Profile Page and 2) Company Page.
Your Personal Profile is the foundation of your LinkedIn presence and it serves as the storefront for your personal brand throughout your entire professional career. Please use a professional profile photo and complete your profile using well written text and multimedia elements when available. (Spell check!)
You will use your Personal Profile Page to share helpful information with others. This in turn validates you as an authority in your particular industry. Don't use your Personal Profile for selling! That's reserved for your Company Page, but your Personal Profile Page will be used in tandem to gain wider exposure for your Company Page updates. (This will be explained in more detail when we discuss Company Pages.)
Your Personal Profile Page Is For Helping Others
You have several ways of interacting on your Personal Profile Page. You can share an update or you can like, share, or comment on one of your connection's updates. The latter shows you to be a caring business partner. In addition, your name and profile photo are now attached to that update which is visible to both your and your connection's network.
When posting an update, remember to include an image which will help draw attention to your update. Always use an image when posting an update!
Stay focused on growing your LinkedIn network by continually sending invitations to connect and responding promptly to any requests you receive. (Sending a personal note to the connection during this process is a nice touch.)
Welcome To LinkedIn's New Long-Form Posts
The newest way to share on LinkedIn is via the Long-Form Post. Think of it as a mini-blog (but no selling!) This is where you will share personal/professional insight that would be helpful to someone dealing with issues that you've faced. You can also share industry knowledge that would expedite the reader's learning curve. People reading your Long-Form Post can elect to "follow you" which alerts them to all your future posts. These followers can be LinkedIn users with whom you are not currently connected. (Your Long-Form Post becomes part of your Personal Profile and your Long-Form Post is searchable both on and off of LinkedIn.)
Use Your Personal Profile to Expand Your Company Page's Reach
You don't want to 'like' every Company Update you post on your Personal Profile Page as this can get a little annoying and predictable. Be selective on the updates you choose to bring into your personal LinkedIn pipeline.
A great way to expose your brand beyond your current LinkedIn connections is to Join A Group. There are groups for most every industry and interest, so finding one to join should be easy. Once a member, you gain immediate contact access to group members and a portal to share your knowledge with professionals outside your current network.
Best times to post on LinkedIn:
Tuesdays & Thursdays: [7:00] AM to [9:00] AM (and [5:00] PM to [6:00] PM)
*** Worst times to post on LinkedIn: Monday-Friday: ***
[9:00] AM to [5:00] PM (and [10:00] PM to [6:00] AM)
When It Comes To Posting, Too Much Is Not Better
If you are currently not very active on LinkedIn but want to be, start slow. On your Personal Profile Page, begin with maybe posting one update per week and one like/share/comment per day. After a month or so, you can ramp up to a more normal schedule. Of course, what's normal is unique to everyone, but my suggestion is posting an update no more than once a day to your Personal Profile Page and like/share/comment on someone else's update no more than two or three times a day. As for your Company Page, start with maybe one post per week and after 30 days expand to two or three posts per week.
The secret to building a solid LinkedIn reputation for you and your company is to be helpful, humble and consistent (and not become an irritant because you're posting too often or sales pitching too much). Your LinkedIn connections can choose to block your updates, or even worse, remove you as a connection. You don't want either!
I hope these tips and suggestions are helpful to you. I'll see you on LinkedIn.
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Phone: (770) 313-2385
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After my last post in March things were just a roller coaster of oxygen and respiratory issues for Liviana. I could not get a good handle on getting her well until one day it all hit me. I made her a batch of food for her g-tube and it wasn't running through the pump (even with my usual modifications to the bag), so I ended up setting it up so I was slowly hand pushing her 80ml an hour food through a large syringe, directly into her g-tube. I would watch the clock and go push a little through over the course of the hour. As had been her pattern for a few weeks, she started needing oxygen support, breathing heavier and getting very junky sounding. Because I was sitting right there pushing the food through, rather than her pump running throughout the day on its own, I suddenly realized the issue was that she was aspirating her food...her rate and volume was too great for her. We have had to make modifications to Livi's allowable food volume since she lost her ability to swallow and started on a g-tube. I think she was on 240ml an hour, 3x a day when we first started. That slowly trickled down to less volume and then switched to continues feeds instead of bolus. All signs of the disease progression. She had been on 80-90ml an hour for about a year. I started reducing the rate....70ml, still aspirating, 60ml, still aspirating, 50ml, 40ml, 30ml...until I settled at 20ml an hour. She still had some issues with aspiration at 20ml an hour but was able to stay off oxygen with that rate. 20 tiny ml an hour was all her little body was able to take any more. That is less than an ounce an hour. I knew what this meant and I worried non-stop that her body won't be able to last much longer against this darn disease. I suddenly felt extreme anxiety, helplessness and fear. I felt like I paced all day and almost took on "nesting" type behaviors, obsessively cleaning the same places over and over in a failed attempt to control something, anything, for Livi's sake. Since I had been making her food I also realized that without a lab in my home, I could not reduce down what I was making for her into such a small volume and have it contain the benefits that she needed. I immediately contacted her doctor to discuss our options. Something I never thought I would have to do, since I made sure to always provide Livi with "real" food...I asked if there was a formula that was broken down enough, that she could be put on instead. This was really hard for me to do but at the same time, easy...because I want my baby still here. We decided on Vivonex Plus which is completely broken down to aid in getting in out of her stomach quickly to help prevent aspiration. In that small volume I would be able to give her what she needed throughout the day. I still checked with the surgeons office to see if a g-j tube would help her, if different medications to help with gastric emptying would help her. I know I probably seemed like a desperate, slightly irrational person to some of the doctors offices and nurses. It was as if I thought I could outsmart the MLD...."Ha, take this MLD, I will do xyz so you can't further take my baby from me". The day she started the formula I felt so relieved but also like I had failed her too...suddenly helpless like I couldn't even provide her food for her anymore and keep her alive.
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She continues on 20ml an hour. When I have tried to add fat to her formula with avocados or other options she aspirates....it is just too much for her and I think it sits for a long time and slows her gastric emptying. So, Livi is tiny...really tiny and it breaks my heart. Every time some well meaning, person says, "she is SO thin". I want to scream, "I know, I know, it rips my heart out every single day and there is nothing I can do about it...she is here and that is what matters". I know people are just reacting and it is shocking to see. It is such the base of mothering, keep them healthy, fatten them up, give them nutrition...I feel so helpless.
Since the big food switch Liviana has stayed off of oxygen except for a few hours here and there after an outing (which seems to stir up the respiratory junk for her). Nobody has been sick and she has stayed well. I absolutely dread going into winter again. Her body is weaker and I honestly do not know if she will be able withstand an illness like she had last December/January. I think even a minor respiratory bug may be too much for her little body. Aria is sick right now (one week into school) with a fever-headache combo and is on isolation upstairs in the playroom. She has a couch and TV to keep her cozy. I spray Livi's area with germ killing essential oils and douse any other area of the house I can think of to keep the germs at bay.
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As with her food intake, there have been other signs of disease progression. Liviana has become much more rigid. It has been as slow process but is now to the point that we can't get her to straighten her right leg anymore. In late May we had to start being selective of where we took her because she just wasn't comfortable for that long if we were out and about. We pretty much only took her to events that were at the school so we could walk and I would usually hold her once we got there so she was more comfortable. We always had to plan ahead and give her a little lorazepam so she would be more comfortable. I hate leaving her at home. I can't stand going to soccer games or other events without her. I feel so incomplete and anxious the whole time. The kids always seem more excited when we all are together. At the end of July there was a car show at Joslyn Castle and since it is just a short little walk and it was when we had the unseasonable fall-ish weather, we thought it would be the perfect outing for us all. I was SO HAPPY leaving the house with all of us together. It felt complete, at ease, smiling, happy, normal. I didn't feel like I had left a child by mistake or was missing some huge part of me while we were out. I really could have stayed there all day just so we would all be together. I am not sure how the upcoming soccer season will go. I think we will try to bring Liviana to the first games at the school but we will have to see if she can handle the walk up there. Her body just has gotten so weak and fragile and her rigidity makes it harder for her to be comfortable no matter how much we pad her seat.
My daily routines of changing her and cleaning her up always leaves me in tears. I really can't even describe how emotionally difficult it is to have your fragile child in your hands. It just isn't fair for Livi. Saturday as I was getting her changed I picked out a favorite polka dot dress. I still always show her what cute outfit I am going to put on her. I told Brad I didn't think I could get it on her without making her really uncomfortable. It has gotten increasingly difficult to dress her and change her diaper. Brad said we could cut her dress. I knew that was the next option for her clothes but it left me crying, to myself, when I left to run errands shortly after. It just absolutely broke my heart for Livi...she loves her pretty dresses and she deserves to wear them normally darnit. Probably a silly thing to get upset over but you never know when your emotions will catch you off guard in these situations.
Despite these challenges Livi faces she still smiles....we are so, so blessed to still see smiles and happiness. The whole world could learn a lesson from her spirit. More than once I have been sitting with her and she will hear her brothers and sisters laughing or playing behind her and she will get the biggest smile. She can't see them, she can't join them, she can't do what they do but she takes such joy in their joy. What a powerful lesson. Livi has pain, Livi has physical struggles but Livi is not a suffering person. If only people who have oodles and oodles more than she has could stop and be happy with the simplest things and not feel sorry for themselves. Gosh she is a powerful spirit of joy in my life.
How is sweet Giovanni doing? He is keeping us laughing. I swear, I have said it before but he needs his won TV show with a camera on his head to follow him around during the day. Giovanni "played soccer" this past spring. If we are being honest, he had a solid 45 seconds on the field and then decided that he was done and just wanted to retrieve his ball and come sit back down. I think next year will be his break out year on the field :). He loves to play with Liviana and bring his toys next to her and pretend they are having fun together. I will find toys in Livi's hands throughout the day and he likes to give her money to hold sometimes too. I think Livi holds a very special and large place in Giovanni's life and heart. I have no doubt that those two are connected in ways we could never understand. Every single time we leave for a soccer game or other function Giovanni asks, "E going" (that's what he calls Livi). When I say, "No, she is going to stay here" he gives an "Ohhhhhhhh". I know buddy, I know.
He continues to be a normal 3.5 year old boy. He jumps probably 100 times a day for everything from Fireman Sam coming on, to snack time, to the mailman coming by. Every time he jumps I love it! Livi could never jump and Giovanni makes sure that we know he is an expert jumper. He physically is doing awesome although Brad and I have both been aware of some transient balance issues and falling down more. Now, Giovanni has HUGE feet. Very large. He is a very tall boy and maybe a tad awkward because of his height and long legs (and big feet). I think some can be attributed to being a little clumsy but other things are definitely of another concern to us. I am hoping this visit to Italy next week reveals no changes and possibly improvement in that nerve conduction test. It stops me in my tracks each day what a miracle everything he does is...I know the alternative he would face and his life is amazing!
Giovanni and his hero buddies made the international news in July when the initial research from his trial was published and created quite a buzz in the medical world. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351534/description/Gene_therapy_treats_children_with_rare_diseases
We think Giovanni is going to be an engineer of some sort. He spends much of his day building things out of random things that aren't meant for building. He creates ladders out of anything and everything, he constructs homes for his people and trucks, he builds buildings, garages and anything else he can think of. One day, Brad went upstairs and he had built a pulley system to lift items onto one of the back of his trucks. On the 4th of July he asked Brad for a few random items and this is what Brad found he had constructed when he went outside to investigate. This was a cheap little hand held rocket launcher Brad got the kids. I guess G decided it would be more useful if he modified it some.
Isn't he amazing? He is just 3.5. I love watching his mind work. He is also so gentle and sweet and conscientious. He listens so well. He started speech in June along with Miles, at Stones Worth Stepping. They are wonderful and within one week he finally started calling Miles by his name instead of just the "M" sound. I think he is a joy to his speech teacher (right Sarah :)) and she is a KU grad which is bonus points :). At the age that G is, Livi already could no longer walk, talk, sit unassisted, swallow or eat. It leaves me in awe so often.
I finally broke down and took G for a haircut in early August. I loved his long hair but it was time for a change and oh my goodness it made him look so much older. What a handsome, handsome, amazing little boy!
I was originally taking Giovanni to Italy on the 31st but we had a change of plans and Brad will be taking him and I think Mr Miles go the lucky draw to go along since there was already another ticket. It will be very hard sending my 3 boys off to Italy and it will be very hard to not be there and hold Giovanni through these tests. Please pray that they have a safe trip and that G's test results all come back with excellent results. I need that peace of mind after the last visit's results.
Miss Adelina is up from nap now, with less than stellar blood glucose numbers, so it is time to run. I will try to update after G gets back from Italy. Please pray as we approach the fall and winter season that we can keep Livi well and with us.
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Black Friday: is it worth it?
November 27, 2017
Ever since its formation in the 1980s, Black Friday has been a fun way to save money while holiday shopping. Now, the day devoted to shopping has become notorious for its chaotic and violent mobs of bargain-hungry customers. When push comes to shove, those coveted Beats headphones at fifteen percent off are not worth the hassle and never-ending lines. Today, retailers are much more savvy and strategic, formulating new ways to trick customers into shopping on Black Friday when they could just as well get the same deals online. What was once a joyful experience has now become pandemonium.
One of the main problems with Black Friday is the misleading deals and "unbeatable" sales. These offers are usually not what they seem, as many have found them to be invalid and with unknown limitations and conditions. Even more, there is often a small quantity of goods that most stores do not care to advertise. Some of the sneakiest conditions are ones in which the customer has to spend a specific amount of money for the reduction to be accepted.
In addition to this inaccurate advertising, doorbusters as well as giveaways can leave most people not only empty-handed, but injured. Shoppers can easily get carried away as they are only focused on the products that lie ahead and not the people around them. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, a holiday meant for spending time with family and counting one's blessings. Cutting short a conversation with Grandma to get to Target for a deal that may not even exist is not necessarily in the spirit of giving.
"Black Friday shopping is super stressful," said sophomore Bella Echols. "Online shopping is an easier way to get what you want at the price you want."
However, some people believe that Black Friday shopping is worth the turmoil. Rare, great deals do exist, but finding an amazing sale is truly dependent on how far one is willing to search. Black Friday shopping is also a creative way to burn calories after Thanksgiving dinner, yet many prefer to lazily enjoy the holiday. All things considered, Black Friday shopping is not rewarding enough when it comes down to the consumer's experience. A potentially reduced item doesn't justify enduring the mob-sized crowds and the possibility of getting hurt. Black Friday is better spent nursing one's food coma and anxiously awaiting Cyber Monday.


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by Maureen Pereira
Perspectives is a collection of thoughts and insights that the author gathered during her work with children and youth of different ages. Similarities to the authors own growing up process inspired the penning of these observations.
In poetry form and incorporating easy language, it explores the bewilderment of a young person discovering life as she grows up, reality being the way she sees it. She asks questions but, like all of us in similar situations, has trouble finding the correct answers. This book seeks to identify with the frustration and helplessness experienced by many a young individual and to explore the effect ones actions can have on others. The reader will come to understand that the ones who manage to put things into proper perspective are able to make their way through life with dignity. The last poem in the book displays a grander philosophy of life that everyone ought to grasp to enable one to understand what life really is about.
About the Author
The author has been a keen observer of people since she was a child. As a teacher, educationist, and social volunteer working with children and youth for over ten years, she has been privy to their feelings on dealing with life. She has penned the observations garnered over the years in a variety of published essays and articles and in original play-scripts that have been performed in her home town. Her relationship with her sons has contributed much to her understanding of her role as mentor to children and youth. She is also passionate about music and painting. This is her first published work of poetry.
Maureen Pereira currently lives with her husband and two grown sons in Mumbai, India.
(2011, paperback, 46 pages)


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piecutter is a template rendering framework, written in Python [1].
Leitmotiv: render templates against context, wherever the templates, whatever the template engine.
Project status¶
piecutter is under active development.
Yesterday, piecutter was the core of diecutter [2].
As diecutter's authors, we think diecutter has great features related to templates and file generation. We wanted to share it with a larger audience. So we just packaged it as a standalone library. And we are planning to make it better as soon as possible. Join us [3] if you like the features ;)
Here are some of our motivations:
- third-party projects can use piecutter. They do not have to depend on diecutter, which embeds some specific code related to its web service.
- as a standalone library, piecutter should be easier to maintain and improve.
- piecutter is more open than diecutter. It can have a larger community. It also may converge with similar tools.
Today, piecutter is tied to diecutter implementation. The API reflects diecutter's architecture and concepts, which may sound obscure for other usage.
Tomorrow, we are planning to improve piecutter. As an example, we think the API should be refactored, with simplicity in mind.
Here is a simple demo of piecutter's API:
>>> import piecutter
>>> cutter = piecutter.Cutter(engine=piecutter.PythonFormatEngine())
>>> print(cutter.render("Hello {who}!", {'who': 'world'}))
Hello world!
Here is another setup, where several template engines are registered:
>>> cutter = piecutter.Cutter(
... engine=piecutter.GuessEngine(
... engines=[
... piecutter.Jinja2Engine(),
... piecutter.DjangoEngine(),
... piecutter.PythonFormatEngine(),
... ],
... )
... )
Then we can use the cutter to render various templates:
>>> cutter.render("{# Jinja2 #}Hello {{ who }}!", {'who': 'world'})
'Hello world!'
>>> cutter.render("{# Django #}Hello {{ who }}!", {'who': 'world'})
'Hello world!'
>>> cutter.render("Hello {who}!", {'who': 'world'})
'Hello world!'
Key features¶
- Simple API: render templates against context.
- Support multiple template engines: Jinja2 [4] and Django [5] for now. Later: Cheetah [6] and even non-Python template engines such as Ruby's ERB [7].
- Render files and directories.
- Load templates from almost everywhere: local filesystem and github.com for now. Later: Django storages...
- Do what you want with generated content: write to local filesystem, generate an archive...
- Documentation: https://piecutter.readthedocs.io
- PyPI page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/piecutter
- Bugtracker: https://github.com/diecutter/piecutter/issues
- Changelog: https://piecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about/changelog.html
- Roadmap: https://github.com/diecutter/piecutter/issues/milestones
- Code repository: https://github.com/diecutter/piecutter
- Continuous integration: https://travis-ci.org/diecutter/piecutter


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On Florida State's spring to-do list, finding a replacement for two-year starter EJ Manuel is somewhere at or near the top.
Four players will enter spring practice with an opportunity to win the job — Clint Trickett, Jacob Coker, Sean Maguire and Jameis Winston. At least for now, and as expected, Trickett will head into the 15 practice sessions as the No. 1 quarterback, head coach Jimbo Fisher confirmed Monday.
Trickett spent the 2012 season as Manuel's primary backup, appearing in eight games and completing 65 percent of his 34 attempts for 272 yards. He's also started two games the past two seasons, the only one of the contenders to have started at the collegiate level. Coker, a redshirt sophomore, saw action in four games last season while Maguire, who Fisher warned people not to sell short in the competition, returns for his redshirt freshman season.
Winston, a redshirt as a true freshman last season, was the most highly-rated of the four coming to FSU, a five-star member of the Seminoles' 2012 recruiting class and Rivals.com's top dual-threat quarterback. The 6-4, 220-pound Winston is pulling double-duty as a member of FSU's baseball team, although Fisher said earlier this month that the stick-and-ball sport will have no impact on Winston's availability for spring practice or his chances of landing the starting job.
For now, though, it appears the job is Trickett's to lose. For his part, Fisher would give no timeline for naming a starter at the position.
"I have no timetable on anything," Fisher said according to ESPN.com. "I never put a timetable on anything."
The Seminoles open spring practice Wednesday. They open the 2013 season Labor Day against Pittsburgh, which will mark the Panthers' debut as members of the ACC.


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Splendour and admiration overwhelm the dozens of people in a facility that houses our giant stars, the sea lions. In just a few minutes from the stands, you will learn how to distinguish a seal from our lively friends, in addition to the most surprising and interesting aspects of their anatomy. In spite of their beauty and intelligence, certain natural issues together with the actions of human beings are still affecting sea lions negatively. This is when we convey the importance of looking after our seas and oceans to our visitors. Ensuring a clean environment is crucial to the preservation of the marine ecosystem. Act now!
Our trainers dive with Nando, Ivonne, Lisa and Lobos in a show like a circus act. Using rings and balls, our stars jump out of the water to the rhythm of dancing music. On the other side of the tank, above the stands where children and adults alike enjoy the show, someone will be livening up the event. Tons of enthusiasm at one of the most highly anticipated shows of the day, where trainers and visitors enjoy themselves, dance and offer you a unique experience: love for this fun and affectionate species. Grab a good seat, prepare your camera and take snapshots of their beautiful smiles.
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With the recent release of rules clarifying and strengthening the FCC's "Carrier's Carrier Rule," governing the USF billing relationships of telecommunications Wholesalers and Resellers, comprehensive regulatory compliance has never been more important.
The burden to demonstrate compliance with the FCC's Reseller USF Exemption process is now squarely on the shoulders of wholesale service providers, which must verify the federal USF contribution status of all non-end user customers, not solely on an entity-wide basis, but on a service-by-service and circuit-by-circuit basis. Providers failing to comply with the stringent guidelines mandated by the FCC face potential audit risks before USAC and significant financial hardships in the event of a revenue reclassification.
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Meanwhile I finished my "struggle"-painting. Phew! Happy that I got it more or less to my liking in the end. Believe me, there were moments I was ready to throw it out of the window ...
But just the idea of having nothing to lose made me more free in the things I tried out. I played around with colours and collage, with stamps and doodles, and all of a sudden I couldn't add any more, it felt finished.
Despite my blah-moments during the painting-process, when I thought I had completely ruined the vibrancy and colours that were there, in the end I was really happy with the colourcombination. So I thought "break up the dark" was a fitting title for this painting :-)
As always, I'll show you all the progress-steps this painting went through. For me it's also interesting to look back on all the (sometimes frustrating) stages ...
And guess what I'll be doing this weekend!? I'll be painting 2 days in a row, in a 2 day workshop with Tracy Verdugo "sacred marks", here at the Sunshine Coast! Can't wait! Must not forget to take lots of pictures.
Meanwhile, I've sent the 2 giveaway-paintings to their new homelands, and keep my fingers crossed that they'll arrive safely.
And before I finish: Society6 has another FREE shipping promotion, from now thru to 11th May. I'm experimenting with making t-shirts now, and using my lyricsgirls in another way. Here are some new products I made:
It's kinda addictive, making these things ;-)
If you want to make use of the promotion, this is the link you should follow.
Okay. Long post, I think I more than made up for not posting on Tuesday ;-) Thanks so much for visiting, and don't forget to have a look at all the artists that participate in Paint Party Friday!
Hope your weekend will be all you wish for, and at least: get some rest and do some things you love ;-) I'll be back on Tuesday with a report of the workshop! Bye for now ♥ ♥ ♥


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Cellular Dynamics International Scientists Report on Efficient Method to Produce Footprint-Free Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Under Feeder-free Conditions
Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), the world's largest producer of human tissue cells for drug discovery and safety testing, today announced the publication of research demonstrating an efficient and scalable method of creating DNA integration-free, or footprint-free, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) under a feeder-free condition using chemically defined media. This method, published on March 1 in PLoS ONE, will likely be valuable for the production of clinical-grade human iPSCs.
Junying Yu, Senior Director, Advanced Development Programs, and lead author of the paper, and her colleagues at CDI improved efficiency over her previously published method that resulted in exogenous DNA-free iPSCs by employing a cocktail containing four small molecules and cultured in chemically defined media free of feeder cells. The addition of small molecules significantly improved episomal reprogramming efficiency. Elimination of feeder cells and the use of chemically defined media for both the derivation and culture of footprint-free iPSCs bring the reprogramming technology one step closer to clinical applications. In addition, the feeder cells represent a source of variability. Eliminating feeder cells makes the process more amenable to industrialization. The method was successfully applied and optimized for several cell types including human skin fibroblasts, adipose tissue-derived cells and cord blood cells.
"This publication underscores CDI's commitment to industrialized human biology," said Dr. Yu. "This method enables efficient, safe, large scale derivation of iPSCs for research applications and sets the stage for potential clinical use in the future."
"I wish to congratulate Dr. Yu on her most recent publication. Her work brings us one step closer to the use of iPSC technology in medical treatment," said Robert Palay, CEO and chairman of CDI.
Chris Parker, Chief Commercial Officer of CDI, added, "Cellular Dynamics is focused on optimizing processes for manufacturing human iPSCs and human differentiated cells for use by the biomedical community. We have demonstrated that we can manufacture human iPSCs and our human iCell® Cardiomyocytes in the quantity, quality and purity required by our pharmaceutical customers for their drug discovery and toxicity testing programs. We have other cell types, such as hepatocytes, neurons and blood vessel cells in development for these uses as well. iPSCs and the human cells derived from them have potential applicability as therapeutics. However, concerns about exogenous DNA permanently incorporated into the cells have limited development in this area. More recently, several laboratories including our own have developed methods that result in iPSCs that are free of exogenous DNA. Although important advances on the path to iPSC-based therapeutics have occurred, none of the methods developed to date enable efficient production of human cells so that they could be used as safe, efficacious and cost-effective therapeutics. Work done in our laboratory and published in this article demonstrates such a process."
About Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) is a leading developer of next-generation stem cell technologies for drug development and personalized medicine applications. CDI harnesses the power of pluripotent stem cells and their ability to differentiate into any cell type for world-class drug development tools. In addition, it is the leader in iPSC technology, the production of pluripotent stem cell lines from adult tissue. CDI was founded in 2004 by Dr. James Thomson, a pioneer in human embryonic stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CDI's facilities are located in Madison, Wisconsin. See www.cellulardynamics.com.
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We raid this city in search of survivors But the ones who are still alive that scream out to be dead This hatred fueled by a different prayer. You brought us to our knees This hatred fueled by a different prayer. If you created us then why kill us? Why did I descend from your rose line? Was it punishment or brought forth with anger? Why did we descend from your rose line? Did we all deserve this? Did we all have to die?How can we believe you when we don't believe in ourselves? There are miracles and disasters in the world we know today And we cant see the white light shinning until darkness fills the day You don't need protecting when there's nothing to protect. There is nothing left to fear This is not the time to be wasting the precious memories This is not the time to be faking We only get one chance. You only get one chance
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A couple of years ago Google announced that it would favor mobile friendly websites in its search algorithm. So there's one good reason right there to have a matching mobile site: to make sure you get a top Google search engine ranking and get found. A really, really good reason for a mobile version of your website, and also really the reason for Google's announcement, is that you want to keep your visitors on your website to interact – not to leave right away because they can't navigate on their phones due to the menu not being mobile friendly, or the font being too small to read on their smaller screen size without zooming in/out and scrolling from side to side.
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I have a new favorite dress! I got it from J.C. Penny for $40 about 2 months ago. I wore it last week on vacation to a resort in Belize Central America. I thought that the zig zag pattern, vibrant colors and one shoulder style of the dress would be befitting for the last dinner of the trip. I really love it and I can't wait to wear it again!
Patterned Multi-colored Allen B. Dress- J.C. Penny; Woven Belt & Headband- Forever 21; Gold pear-shaped Earrings- Target
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Owning, or even sometimes renting, a home in Sulphur, LA, requires general maintenance to keep your investment in working order. It's really all about being prepared. Per Benjamin Franklin, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Maintaining your home's systems and appliances wards off emergency situations and costly repairs while extending your equipment's life. Take the time and money to perform general maintenance on a regular basis. Many of the maintenance services require the knowledge, skills, and tools of a professional. During the maintenance or service call, our technician will make any necessary repairs and/or alert you of a possible situation. Call Trouth Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal to assist you in maintaining any of the following or to answer any questions you may have:
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For furnaces, a twice a year service tune-up and cleaning is recommended, usually performed in the fall. The purpose is to keep your system running at top efficiency throughout the season, i.e., to keep you having heat when you need it. Our technician will check and clean all the connections, controls, sensors, drains, ignitor, ducts, pipes, burners, valves, motors, thermostat(s), and smoke/carbon-monoxide detectors, and instruct you on anything you could do between our service visits. As a rule of thumb, furnace filters need to be changed every three months or as needed, which is something you can do yourself with the correct filters.
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For air conditioners, a twice a year service tune-up and cleaning is recommended, usually performed in the spring. Our professional technician will check and clean the connections, coils, blower components, lines, refrigerant, drain, fuses, and thermostat(s), as well as lubricate all working parts. Maintenance you can do yourself between service visits is to remove any yard debris or vegetation from the top and sides of your outdoor air conditioner unit, as well as to keep it covered with an air conditioner cover or tarp in the winter.
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The internet of things is slowly becoming a more recognised term, incorporating all the smart gadgets that work with your smartphone around the home. And, one of the most popular things for smart homeowners is security.
Most gadgets within the internet of things remit are operated through a Wi-Fi network, with a smartphone being right at the centre of everything. And, smart home security is no different.
Belkin's F7D7601uk wireless camera (catchy title, we know) gives you the ability to check in on your home via a live stream straight to your phone. There's also an inbuilt mic and speaker so you can listen to what's happening and speak to your home through your smartphone. A great feature to help deter unwanted guests, perhaps.
No light? No problem. The camera has infrared night vision on board, so if you've just put baby down for a nap, for example, and fancy some alone time, you can still keep an eye out while being in the other room.
Realistically, you can't sit and watch your home via your smartphone 24/7. You could employ someone to do this, if you're particularly flush, but if that was the case you could just have them sit in your house in the first place - thus registering smart home security, and this article, completely redundant.
So, in deference to that, check out Samsung's multi sensors. It attaches to windows or doors and can turn lights on as soon as you walk in the room, start a camera recording (handy if you've got that Belkin camera we mentioned above), and sense temperature change.
Its main function, however, is the ability to detect when and if a window or door is opened. If this happens without your knowing about it, you'll get a notification direct to your phone.
For the past 350 words, we've been going on about stopping things from the outside getting inside - but what about the stuff that's already in?
Nest Protect is designed to keep you and your family safe by detecting and alerting you to smoke, carbon monoxide, fast and slow-burning fire and even if the battery is running low (in a much better way than random beeps in the middle of the night).
Just like its smart home buddies above, it's connected to your smartphone - allowing you to know exactly what's going on and where.
Just burnt the toast? Silence the alarm with a quick tap on your phone. Need to know if the batteries will survive while you're on holiday? Just check the app. It even check its own systems 400 times a day, so you'll know straight away if something wrong.
Do you live in a smart home? We'd love to hear your story.