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I was watching the hockey playoffs last night and had a thought about business. You might not find that strange given that for several years of my life hockey WAS my business. However, what occurred to me has both broader application and a less-obvious path. It has to do with obstruction.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, obstruction (and its cousins hooking and holding) is what players do to decrease the flow of the game. An easy way to think of it is as a player preventing another player who doesn't have the puck from skating, obstructing their ability to play. Almost a decade ago, the NHL cracked down on the practice by enforcing the existing rules against it in an effort to improve the flow of the game and allow the more skilled players to show those skills. As one might expect, teams adjusted their rosters over the years to emphasize great skating and stick-handling over the clutching and grabbing that was so prevalent .
Watching the game last night, I was struck by how little free-flowing skating was going on. Many of the other games I've watched during the season have seemed the same. The rules, or at least their enforcement, seem to have changed. Which is the business thought.
If you've built your team to play the game a certain way and the rules change, how do you compete? If you're a media company that's built on ad revenue for eyeballs, what do you do when the audiences you're selling evaporate to other channels? If you're selling SEO, what happens when the algorithms change and everything you do is now wrong? Even if you're in online commerce, what do you do with inventory when tastes change?
Ultimately, I think our success and failure revolves around change management – what happens when the rule book gets modified. We need to be thinking about that as we bring on new hires – how well have they dealt with change in the past? We need to maintain flexibility in our planning – why spend money to a budget that's based on old rules?
I'm sure it's frustrating to the coaches and managers when they find a different set of rules on the ice than in the rule book. I know it's frustrating to find a different set of business conditions and consumer preferences. What do you do when the rules change?


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Sometimes in the summer heat you just want a cold sweet treat.
And I love ice cream, I enjoy making it, but sometimes it is more work than I'm wanting to do.
I really am a pretty simple girl. And sometimes ice cream is too sweet for me. In my everyday life, I don't eat baked goods. Weird, I know, since I'm a baker. But typically the only time I eat baked goods is when I have to sample the ones I make, to make sure they're up to par. And sometimes I don't do that, I have a gorgeous, super-honest husband be my taste-tester because he will let me know what's up.
So one day, I make to make a little treat for the two of us. I see some strawberries left in the fridge, that someone from the market had given us. And I know what I want. When I go to the store I grab a view bananas.
All I did was blend them. But to a surprising delight, that was all I needed to do. Fruit is sweet to me and I didn't even sweeten this. It was perfect. It had a next texture. It wasn't rich. It was light and refreshing.
Plus it was so easy. Something I can respect.
The great thing too, is that you can try it with other fruit. But if you have the perfect strawberry and ripe bananas, you are really set!
Strawberry & Banana Sorbet
- 1 pint of fresh strawberries
- 2 bananas
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Let's Make it Happen:
Process all the ingredients. Scrape into a glass bowl. Freeze for several hours or overnight.
From here you can eat and enjoy, we did. Let it set out for 5 minutes, so it is scoopable. I also like, sometimes, to run it back through my processor so it is creamier.
That's it for this Monday and start of the week. Basic + but good.

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Your Mongolian birth certificate is the most important document in applying for your Green Card, U.S. citizenship, American passport, and marriage.
Your birth certificate issued in Mongolian language is considered as your identification card. Especially after higher security measures introduced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, you need your birth certificate when you apply for permanent resident visa (Green Card), fiancé visa (K-1 form), marriage visa, H1B visa and other immigration visas, American citizenship, U.S. Passport Agency, driver's license from Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and others.


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From £160pcm
All loanees must attend an assement PRIOR to loaning at £25 on a Saturday 2pm, here your riding will be assessed to guide you toward a suitable loan horse or pony.
You must also prove compantency at tacking up the horse or pony and looking after the animal after riding and be able to lead, turn out and catch up and have a good knowledge of welfare of the horse or pony and to able to look after all equipment belonging to OBEC.
All loan fees are ONE month in advance. Days can be flexible. No Saturdays or Sunday mornings available.
Please note:
All loans are subject to being responsible when taking care and control of the animal taken on as a share. Your loan arrangement can be withdrawn without notice if any breach of welfare of the animal is found to have been carried out. No refund of any loan fees will be returned in these circumstances.


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Creative student minds at Suffolk University Law School volunteered to compete with scholars at four other law schools last week, brainstorming new ways to innovate a popular piece of legal software for a chance at glory and cold, hard cash.
The Product Design Challenge, hosted by Thomson Reuters and Evolve Law, asked students to brainstorm ways they could improve "Practice Point," a legal software suite developed by Thomson Reuters.
The program integrates existing Thomson Reuters legal research software with some newly developed features, providing transactional attorneys and in-house counsel with "intuitively organized, comprehensive legal content and tools, all in one place," according to an informational video:
Students at Suffolk worked in four teams, each familiarizing themselves with the software, brainstorming ways to improve it and then developing a quick presentation to make a pitch for their proposals.
The group with the winning pitch at the campus level then made their case to national judges, via a webcast viewed by all the participants. Other competing campuses included Duke University School of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, Brooklyn Law School and Legal RnD at Michigan State University College of Law.
Students got a chance to hone the problem-solving skills that they learn in legal tech and innovation courses at the school–but in a real-world environment, Professor Gabe Teninbaum said. Teninbaum directs the school's Law Technology and Innovation Concentration as well as its Institute for Law Practice Technology and Innovation.
"Coming in, they had little understanding of Practice Point, and no real sense of the challenge they'd be asked to complete," he said. "They not only had to work creatively—they also had to work fast! There was little time for them to learn about a new-to-them tool, and propose ways to improve it."
"Their creations were inventive, clever, novel, and most of all, useful!"
Students also learned design-thinking principles at the event that helped them conceptualize their innovation, Teninbaum said.
"Those methods help groups work together to come up with creative solutions that can be tested and improved upon in ways traditional methods of innovation can't," he explained.
Judges for the Suffolk competition named Suffolk Law students Andrew Peerless, Anthony Metzler, Robert Marin and Corby King the local first place winners on Friday.
Their proposal? Expand the capabilities of Practice Point to "Practice Point Plus," an extension that would integrate the software's legal research tools with a project management and workflow system.
Team members cited their own experiences interning and working at law firms, adding that communication between lawyers, paralegals and legal assistants is often the "biggest problem" facing law firms today.
Their hypothetical proposal would incorporate automated task tracking to help employees, management and clients follow a project's progress, students said. Students also proposed a new "law student" portal for the software suite, aimed at both helping familiarize newcomers to the software and other specific tools.
Another unique idea came from one of the teams: opening the app to legal consumers as a sort of "LinkedIn" social network that would connect those in need of legal services with relevant experts: "LawyeredIn," the group quipped.


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This page lists the volunteer groups active in Holy Trinity Parish. For more information on what these groups do or to find out what you can do to help, please contact the Parish Office or complete the contact form at the bottom of the page.
Adoration Society
A society will be formed from those who have put their name down on the rota for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament each Monday.
Altar Flower Society
The group decorates the Church for special Feasts and through the year with flowers. They meet at Holy Trinity Church before the special feasts and at other intervals throughout the year.
Altar Servers
The Altar Servers assist the priests at Mass and other church ceremonies. Membership is open to young people who have received their First Holy Communion.
Baptism Preparation Team
The Baptism Preparation Team helps those preparing for the sacrament of Baptism to understand the significance of the sacrament and the processes involved.
Bethany Support Group
This is a support group for those who have been bereaved after the death of a loved on. It is parish based and we wish to see if there is an interest in establishing such a group in this parish. If you have lost a loved one and feel this kind of group could be helpful to you then please sign up for this group.
Cell Groups
A cell consists of eight to twelve members. They meet in homes in the Parish once a fortnight for bible study and prayer. The plan is to split the group after a time to form new cells. Meetings last approximately 1½ hours.
Choral Choir
This is a new group we are proposing. We have beautiful singers in our parish, both men and women, and we hear them particularly at the morning weekday Mass. We wish to see if there is interest in establishing a Choral Choir to sing at the 6.30pm Saturday Vigil Mass. If you have experience of singing in a traditional choir, or would like to do so, please sign up for this group.
Church Cleaners
The church cleaners meet every Tuesday after the 10.00am Mass in the church. Their task, which they do so well, is to clean and tidy the church after the weekend.
Communications Team
We are a large parish and distributing information around the parish is vital. If you would be in a position to give some time occasionally to delivering drops to the houses on your road or a neighbouring road then please sign up for this group. A vital role for this group will be the distribution of the monthly Trinity News magazine. Please be generous in signing up for this group and helping in any way you can.
Confirmation Preparation Program
This is a parish based programme of preparation for Confirmation. The team includes the parish clergy, the parish sisters, some parents of Confirmation children, the principals of the parish senior schools, teachers of Confirmation classes and the Parish Faith Friends who have worked for many years in preparing the children for Confirmation.
Environmental Committee
This is a new group who will plan and look after the external environment of our parish church with the planting of flower beds, hanging baskets and any other ways that would enhance the appearance of our church. If you are gifted in this way please choose this group.
Family Mass Group
The purpose of the Family Mass Group is to encourage the active participation of both parents and children in the liturgy. Re-established after a brief period, it relies on a core group of dedicated parents to help organise the Sunday Mass.
Helping Hand
The Helping Hand Group raises funds to help sick people in the parish to go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. The raffle takes place annually and approximately 10 sick people are helped each year.
Justice & Peace Group
This is a new group who will report to the Parish Pastoral Council on how we as a parish can contribute to the promotion of justice and peace on a national and international level.
Legion of Mary
The Legion meets on Wednesday mornings after the 10.00am Mass in the Upper Room, over the Sacristy of the church. They visit homes in the parish and bring a statue of Our Lady to leave with a family for a week.
Liturgical Art Group
This group is responsible for the art and banners in the church during the seasons of the Church year. They meet in the church on Tuesday evenings at 8.00pm.
Ministers of the Eucharist
The Ministers distribute Holy Communion at Masses in the church. They also bring Holy Communion to the sick and housebound after the 11.00am Mass on Sundays.
Ministers of the Word
God speaks to us through the scriptures. As ministers of the word we have the honoured task of being the mouthpiece of God and our function is to provide a meaningful and prayerful reading of the Word of God.
Ministry of Welcome
Ministers greet and hand out Mass leaflets and welcome the congregation at entrances. After Mass they give out newsletter as people leave and they tidy church seats, aisles, porches etc. of any discarded leaflets.
Padre Pio Prayer Group
The group meet on the first Thursday of the month in the Church for the 7.30pm Mass.
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association members abstain from the use of alcoholic drink. They meet on the second last Sunday of each month in the church after the 12.30pm Mass.
Parish Family Offering Campaign/Indoor Collector
The Committee administers the 'Family Offering Envelopes' which support the financial upkeep of the church and schools. The committee is supported by a large group of collectors who bring the offering envelopes from their areas to the church each week.
Parish Prayer Group
This prayer group is open to all and meets in Holy Trinity Church (All Saints' Chapel) on Friday nights at 8.00pm.
Parish Youth Council
Anyone aged 16-25 is welcome to come along to get involved in the Parish. The Youth Council will report to the Parish Pastoral Council on the issues and needs of the young members of our parish community and help in responding to those needs and issues. Be generous and sign your name for this group if you are in the appropriate age group.
RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation of Adults)
The RCIA is the way in which the church welcomes new members. The vision behind RCIA is that the initiation of new Catholics is the responsibility of all parishioners. Those who wish to receive Sacraments of the Church should contact the Parish Office. Those who would like to accompany candidates should contact Fr. Eoin.
The group operates the shop at the back of the church after all masses at the weekends. The shop is stocked with Mass cards and greeting cards for all occasions as well as religious articles, pictures, rosaries etc. Seasonal stock for Christmas, Easter, Confirmation and First Holy Communion is also sold.
St. Luke's Gospel
As part of the Year of Evangelisation, Archbishop Martin has printed a beautiful copy of St. Luke's Gospel. We wish to present one to each home in the parish and we need a team of people to make this happen. If you can help this important ministry please sign up.
Senior Music Group
The senior music group normally plays at the 11.00am Mass on Sundays and at other church ceremonies by arrangement.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The St. Vincent de Paul Society meets weekly on Tuesday nights at 7.30pm. The Society helps those most in need in the Parish through home visitation, financial help and advice to manage their bills.
Trinity News Magazine Team
Trinity News has now gone monthly and is in magazine form. A group is needed to ensure that articles and photographs of parish events are organised for each monthly edition. Also important is the sourcing of local advertisers for each month from the plethora of service providers in our parish community. If you have an interest or experience in this area please sign up for this group.
Youth Group
Anyone aged 18-30 welcome to come along to get involved in the Parish.


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Is there anyway I can get out of bad debt ? if so can you contact me and talk to me.
I agree with Carl - this is the ticket! Great response, easy to understand and positive/proactive. Thank you guys for the breath of fresh air. Debt is manageable but you have to be on it to make it work for you, not the other way around. I'm working on that myself having just bought a new house with a bigger mortgage and wanting to do the yard, but don't want to get in over my head yet. I'm close to paying off my wedding ring and my husband's doctor bills. So close I can almost taste the raised beds and welcoming backyard paradise!
Why do you think it should stop after 7 years? Getting a student loan discharged is extremely difficult. See this article:


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Planners Approve Condos
Berkeley planning commissioners voted 8-1 Wednesday to approve a key legal document that paves the way for construction of a long-delayed 24-unit condominium building at 2701 Shattuck Ave.
Then they headed into yet another discussion on a proposed new city density bonus law that rewards developers with increased building size in exchange for including affordable housing units in their apartment and condo projects.
The condominium building project, originally proposed by one developer, then sold it to a construction company. The property was finally sold to a corporation headed by Gordon Choyce Jr., would rise to five stories, with one living unit, a garage and four commercial spaces on the ground floor.
Residents of the neighborhood behind the project have criticized the building's height, as well as the small size of the commercial spaces, which range from 346 to 1,275 square feet.
But with the building plans already approved by the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) and sustained by the City Council, the commission's vote was largely a formality, said Planning Manager Debra Sanderson.
None of the units will be reserved for sale at affordable rates to low-income people, with the developers opting to pay the city's new in-lieu fee, which will go to city-sponsored affordable projects. By choosing that option, the developer is still eligible for the city's density bonus.
"This project first came up back when
I was on the zoning board back in the early Pleistocene," quipped commissioner Gene Poschman, who ultimately voted for approval, subject to some tweaking of the language of the staff report.
But Patti Dacey, who lives nearby, said she felt that "the city has declared war on this neighborhood," both by approving the installation of cell phone antennas at Kennedy's University Storage building adjacent to the condo site and by allowing a "hulking five stories" next to a low-rise neighborhood of single-family homes.
"I can't in good conscience vote for anything in connection with this project," she said, casting the lone dissenting vote.
The map itself doesn't affect construction, but sets up the legal framework that allows individual condo units to be sold.
Density bonus
The thorny subject of the density bonus raises issues that straddle the normal five-four split on the commission, since Susan Wengraf, who normally votes with the more developer-friendly majority, chaired the council-appointed subcommittee that came up with recommendations that have met with a less-than-welcome reception by her colleagues.
Alex Amoroso, a principal planner on the city staff, said that the memo prepared for commissioners was intended "to reinvigorate discussion," which drew a rare show of unanimity from the panel—a robust chorus of laughter.
The report offered three possible courses of action:
• First, to simply abandon the work of the task force and leave existing development regulations in place.
• Second, to concentrate only on development rules as they relate to the interface between high-density avenue development and the surrounding residential neighborhoods,
• Third, to take up the full range of recommendations developed by the subcommittee over the course of two years of work.
Commissioner David Stoloff moved to adopt the second course of action, but ultimately withdrew his motion when it became apparent it was doomed to failure.
The subcommittee, originally started by ZAB and expanded by the City Council to include members of the Planning and Housing Advisory commissions, began as a reaction to planning staff opinions about what size buildings developers were entitled to construct adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
The final straw was the so-called Trader Joe's building at the northwest corner of the intersection of University Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. City staff interpreted state law to require that the developers be allowed extra size for signing up the grocery store as a ground floor tenant of their five-story project. The zoning board and the City Council accepted staff opinion and granted the requested permits.
Critics charged that the bonus should only be granted for providing much-needed affordable housing.
Wengraf said she hoped the city would seek the advice of outside counsel, given the conflicting interpretations of the state density bonus law in other cities.
Another potential complication is AB 2280, legislation now pending in the state legislature, which would set definitive standards statewide and grant the bonus only for creating affordable housing. The bill has already cleared the Assembly and is now before the state Senate.
A third complication is Proposition 98, the statewide ballot measure which some critics say could severely restrict the abilities of local governments to limit building size.
Upcoming events
Commissioners will take up Bus Rapid Transit again when they meet June 11, with a discussion on what alternative the city wants included in the AC Transit project's environmental impact report.
The central issue on the proposed service linking San Leandro and Berkeley is whether or not a dedicated bus line should be created down the center of Telegraph Avenue, which would mean an end to street parking on the avenue and restriction of non-bus traffic to one lane in either direction.
The same session will also take up the council-driven push for West Berkeley zoning changes to ease rules that property owners and developers say limit their ability to bring in desirable tenants.
During the June 25 session, commissioners are set to hold public hearings on the Southside Plan and the city's proposed wireless telecommunications ordinance, to continue discussion on West Berkeley zoning and to talk about plans to update the city General Plan housing element.


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HEART-op grandad Jack Abbott has won Britain's two top life-saving awards for an exhausting sea rescue - just two months after his surgery.
Jack, 62, swam more than 100 metres in rough seas to pull an unconscious fisherman to safety.
He then hauled the unnamed man on to the beach in Anglesey, north Wales, before giving him the kiss-of-life.
The hero inshore lifeboat station secretary was yesterday honoured as the UK's top life-saver by The Royal Humane Society. He also picked up the RNLI Life-savers Award.
Jack, from Trearddur Bay, said: "I thought the man was a goner.
"It had only been two months since my surgery but I never thought about it - what I did was just instinct."
The rescued fisherman, who is in his 50s, ran into trouble after chasing his drifting fishing vessel.


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An accurate portrayal of how I feel about Laffing Sal ^^
Dress: SheIn | Choker: Are You Am I | Heels: Steve Madden
Alright y'all, this is officially the coolest photoshoot I've done in a while. I spent this past week back home in Santa Cruz and one of my favorite things to do while I'm here is to get shoots for this blog done around town. Seeing as most of my looks are shot in LA, it's nice to get a bit of my hometown flare in every now and then. :) SC is a naturally beautiful area, and it really isn't hard scoping out picturesque locations for these shoots. And lucky for me, I've also got access to a pretty wonderful photographer here! I had the pleasure of working with my good friend Melissa for these shots and as you can see, this girl really knows her stuff. Melissa is an amazing artist and seriously one of the most talented people I know, so I could't have been any more excited to get these shoots done with her. We first started off the shoot downtown, and had originally wrapped up all the shots for this dress there. It was Melissa's idea, however, to get some more nighttime shots in the arcade at the Boardwalk and since that's something I've never really featured on here before, I was definitely all for it. I also haven't been to the Boardwalk in forever, so it was a nice trip down memory lane going back. We started off in the arcade and moved our way towards the rides, before eventually being kicked out because "professional photography" is apparently banned at the Boardwalk...I know, weird. But at least we were able to get the shots that we had already taken! I couldn't be any more pleased with how they turned out, and am overall really glad that we ended up doing this little extension to the shoot. I love the artsy, neon vibes that come with each shot and the bokeh is absolute perfection. If you're in the Santa Cruz area and are looking to get a photographer for an event, or simply just want some fabulous photos taken of you, have Melissa do it for you! I'll be putting up another photoshoot we did in just a few days, but in the meanwhile make sure to check out her Instagram for more examples of her amazing work.
Now, about this dress - it's seriously the full package. It's both off the shoulder AND lace up, which I've made evident are two styles that I'm madly obsessed with. The ribbed fabric on it is pretty good quality as well. This piece is once again from SheIn, and I'm still amazed that a dress so cute can also be so affordable. If you like what you see, you can get the same piece for yourself here.
As mentioned earlier, this shoot is only one of the two that Melissa and I got done this past weekend. Can't wait to show you guys the amazing shots of the next one, as well as the gorgeous dress that's featured in it. ♡


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It is important to get started off on the right foot. Utilize the MOBI Before You Start Checklist to help guide you!
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Before You Start Checklist
- Have I focused on a specific product or service? As a general rule, specialists outperform non-specialists. Will further specialization or focus improve my prospects for success? The more specialized, the better.
- Will my business be home-based? Online? Storefront? Franchise?
- Have I acknowledged my competition and limitations? It may be hard to compete with Wal-Mart or Home Depot. These "category killer" discount chains have powerful buying power and efficiencies of scale. Does your marketing plan serve a special niche?
- Do I understand the difference between finding a market "niche" and going against what the public wants? For example, if you build a house for sale, stick with a floor plan that most buyers are seeking rather than trying to be uniquely different.
- Do I have a one-year cash flow projection prepared to ensure there will be ongoing liquidity?
- Do I have the necessary e-commerce tools in place?
- Do I have appropriate insurance coverage in place? Are all insurance policies in force?
- Will I sell on credit and, if so, do I have a credit-rating policy in place for customers? The last thing you need is to have customers who don't pay on time, and good customers will respect you for this policy.
- Is my business plan complete and in written format? Does it include pre-opening, first year and long-range planning? It will play a key role in securing investors and will help uncover any weaknesses in the planning process.
- Have I taken the time to gain practical job experience and learn the basics of my business by first working in the business for someone else? This is probably the best way to discover if you have made a choice that will not only be successful, but also satisfying to you.
- Have I budgeted adequately for prototypes, research, sampling and trials?
- Have I successfully test-marketed my product or service? Was the response positive? If not, you need to re-design, re-work and re-test.
- Have I focused on selling a great product at a fair price rather than a fair product at a great price? "Great product" suggests a product or service with pricing power and "fair product" suggests a commodity-type business more susceptible to competition.
- Do I have all the communication, computer and other business tools in place? Do I have the skills to use them?
- Do you have employee policies in place that comply with local laws? For example, are you familiar with the difference between independent contractors and employees?
- Are the following elements of my business structure in place:
- Are my premises ready? This includes having a signed lease and my tenant improvements completed.
- Have all permits and licenses been secured?
- Has the business name been registered? Check with your attorney.
- Are computers, telephones, cell phones, fax and utilities operating?
- Are graphics for advertising and promotional materials ready?
- Is the domain name registered and the Web site online?
- Is infrastructure in place for e-commerce, if appropriate?
- Are all security systems in place including protection of premises, shrinkage (theft) control and internal security?
- Have I selected and trained the number of employees I will need?
- Have I determined my personal work schedule? We recommend you maintain both daily and long term (weekly or monthly) to-do lists. Also, be sure to maintain an appointment book, such as the "Month AT-A Glance" book to schedule appointments.


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Speaking of Celebrity Cameos
I remember enjoying this Apple spot from a while back with Yao Ming and Verne Troyer. I like to imagine this was back when it was 'eccentric' to whip out an Apple laptop. Now its so commonplace, its almost weird to be sitting somewhere and not fiddling with a silvery, glowy powerbook. Just don't stare too long at the next guy's.
Celebrity cameos in ads usually just distract me, but they can be done right. The right celebrity can make you feel more comfortable using a product. 'If he does it, that means I'm not a dork, right?' Best example I can think of is World of Warcraft spots with Ozzy Osbourne, William Shatner, Verne Troyer etc. Funny as heck, really spoke to the right audience.
Used to be the key to good celebrity endorsement was just to call Tiger Woods (check out everyone who did). But come on, the man's had more endorsement deals than he has mistresses. And that is a dangerous ratio to cross.
Wait, does that mean Verne Troyer is the key to good celebrity advertisements? (Shatner is a close second.) Now that Tiger's out of the endorsement game, maybe it is finally Verne's time to shine.
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Is that Jeff Goldblum narrating? Using Mini Me was a stroke of genius.
So you remember the iconic ad during the Super Ad for Apple, or was it IBM?) It looks like 1984, everyone in an audience wearing a uniform. Someone runs in with an ax and smashes the screen? I don't know what made me think of that/
Your link is on my iGoogle home page, and I like it there. Will stay in touch; lots of work to do on my blogs and other things. Sweet tides.


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Russ and I talk about the advantages of starting a personal website or landing page if you are in any type of group practice situation. Starting your own website can help you spread your individual brand, market both yourself and the practice and allow you to "stand out" from similar specialists in your group. Best of all, whatever SEO and web rankings you build...move with you should you ever leave! We also talk about why med students, interns, residents and fellow should start their sites now!
Russ and Randy
Thanks for listening. See you next week! If you have a question or comment, please ask here or on our website.
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When I first started writing this blog there was a post about Lakeland and recent events entitled https://peacebringer7.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/daniel-amos-the-%c2%a1alarmachronicles-prophetic/. The content of that 4 album series is still appropriate today. Given the recent post related to "The coin game", decided to see if I could find a you tube video of the song alarma and was able to do so. It was preformed live at the Cornerstone Music Festival in 2000.
¡Alarma!from the album "¡Alarma!"
Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1981 Paragon Music Corp./ASCAP
It's a brain drain laid down on the reel to reel
The warning of the after life the after birth
And telling how we feel
Alarma, somebody's crying
Alarma, somebody's dying
Alarma, somebody's turning away
Sugar cane in cellophane is playing at the radio station
Laughs out in the gallery believing that it's all elation
Alarma, somebody's pleading
Alarma, somebody's bleeding
Alarma, somebody's turning away
A wise guy in the sky invites you to a guilty party
Won't charge you at the door
But sure knows how to get your money
Alarma, he's pointing a finger
Alarma, he's such a dead ringer
Alarma, somebody's turning away
Somebody's turning away, somebody's turning away
Alarma, somebody's turning away
Alarma, somebody's turning away
Alarma, somebody's turning away
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#Hundred Heroines
Many thanks for the nominatation!! http://www.rps100heroines.org/nominated-heroines/f/
Invisible Britain
Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience will be published on 01 Nov 2018 by Policy Press. I'm honoured to have two portraits in this book. One of Dina, a woman I met who had been trafficked to the UK and was now stateless and Zhenya, who is an inspiring...
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2018 Sony World Photography Awards
Very pleased my photograph from After The Bloom was featured in The Guardian and that the work has been shortlisted for The Sony World Photography Awards!
The Hidden Heroine
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BJP Portrait of Britain
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Grace is holding a large, unfired jar.
If you were to list the ten best, contemporary potters, Grace Medicine Flower would be near the top. Grace is a member of the famous Tafoya family of Santa Clara. Her father, Camilio (Sunflower) Tafoya was the brother of Margaret Tafoya. It was Camilio who pioneered the incorporation of delicate designs carved into the unfired pieces—sgraffito. This tradition is being carried on by both Grace and her brother, Joseph Lonewolf.
In Grace's own words, "Potters must push themselves to advance the art. I grew up making traditional pottery, starting with finger pots when I was a child. I started working with my father, he introduced me to sgraffito carving. Building on traditional concepts, I like to try new ideas. This is the exciting part of my work. Recently, I have been combining elements, deep carving with sgraffito, sculptured rims, even rims with carved basket-weaving elements."
A note of interest, sgraffito carving is very precise and pains-taking work. One of the marks of a true artist is not only the design, but the fine-line work making up the design. Carved after the pot is dried and polished, but before it is fired, one slip of the knife, one tiny chip and the design can be ruined. There is no chance for erasure, there is no chance for recovery.
Grace digs her own clay from local sources and processes it through the many steps necessary to produce the workable plasticity. She still use the classic coiling method of building up the pot. She then applies the slip, and hand polishes it with smooth stones. One special stone was given to her by her grandmother, Agapita, a well-known potter in her own right.
After polishing, she uses steel cutting tools to produce the sgraffito design into the still very delicate surface. When the carving is complete, she fires her work using the outdoor, traditional Santa Clara methods.
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Donald Sterling is not going down without a fight. The disgraced LA Clippers owner is refusing to pay the $2.5 million fine levied against him by the NBA and is threatening to sue the league.
Reports in Sports Illustrated and USA Today claim that Sterling's attorney, prominent antitrust lawyer Maxwell Blecher, sent a letter Thursday to NBA executive vice president Rick Buchanan stating that Sterling has done nothing wrong and "no punishment is warranted" against him.
Also read: Magic Johnson on Donald Sterling's Outrageous Comments: 'He's Living in the Stone Ages' (Video)
In the letter, Blecher claims that Sterling has not violated any part of the NBA's constitution with his racist remarks, which surfaced in a leaked audio recording that was obtained by TMZ. Secondly, Blecher claims in the letter that Sterling's due process rights were violated by the NBA when the league fined him.
At the end of the letter, Blecher reportedly states that the controversy surrounding Sterling "will be adjudicated."
The letter seems to be in direct opposition to Sterling's apologetic stance when he was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on Monday. Sports Illustrated reports that the NBA can use Cooper's interview with the LA Clippers owner as evidence against him.
Also read: Donald Sterling Slams Magic Johnson: 'What Has He Done? He's Got AIDS… I Think He Should be Ashamed'
TheWrap's request for comment from Sterling's attorney has not yet been returned. TheWrap also contacted representatives for the NBA and the Clippers and have yet to hear from them, either.
Sterling was banned from the NBA for life on April 29 and fined $2.5 million for racist comments in the audio recording.


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May 17, 2017
By Clif Lusk
Representatives from Fort Rucker visit with small business representatives during the business matchmaker event.
More than 150 people participated in a "speed dating" event at Troy University on Wednesday, May 17.
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Kotkapura tense after police action against Sikh sangat leads to clash
Kotkapura/ Chandigarh 14 oct 2015: Tensions currently prevail in Kotkapura town of Punjab after the Punjab police used force to disperse Sikh protesters who were demanding action against persons involved in sacrilege of Guru Granth Shaib.
Sources present on the spot of dharna told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) over phone that at round 3 am the police and civil administration told Sikh pracharaks, who were leading the peaceful sit-in at Kotkapura chowk, to either end their protest or offer arrests. Sikh leaders and the Sangat refused to call off the protest as the police had failed to find and book persons involved in sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at village Bargeri near Kotkapura.
After holding discussions with the Sikh sangat and the administration it was decided that all present on the occasion would offer their arrests. The administration reportedly called three buses to take the protesters to jail but instead of taking them to the jail the police dropped them in remote villages.
When the Sikh leaders came to know about the police's deceitful tactic they refused to offer arrests and said that the dharna will continue. After which, at around 6 am, the police forcefully arrested Bhai Ranjiit Singh Dhadrian, Panth Preet Singh and other Sikh pracharaks and resorted to lathicharge against the Sikh sangat.
The police also fired tear-gas shells and used "Vajra" (Water Canon) against the Sikh sangat. The Sikh sangat reportedly reacted to the police action in strong terms and some persons also resorted to stone platting. Some police vehicles were also damaged in this incident.
According to latest reports the police has dispersed the protests and curfew like situation prevails in Kotkapura town. The administration has ordered all schools, colleges and many other institutions to remain closed. Arrested Sikh leaders were in police custody till the filing of this report.
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Today's Anthem: HENDRIX!
1. The Blue Man Group (The Mayor, Rizz, Woody, Manballs & Patrico all endorse)
2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderbone
3. Master of Ceremonies
Some broad in Maryland bought a Nintendo on eBay and it has the image of Jesus on it. It actually looks pretty good. But – really? Holy Nintendo?!
Last night on Dancing With The Stars…it was a sad, sad, sad day….Chaz Bono made it to the next round. Neat. SheHe was NOT in the bottom two. David Arquette & Elisabetta (George Clooney's Ex) were at the bottom and the former Clooney Banger went home. Neato. On a related note…Hope Solo is hot.
- Kim Kardashian is the most annoying celebrity. There is a huge list put out by People Magazine and Yahoo. Charlie Sheen is number 2 and Snooki from Jersey Shore is number 3. Check out the full list by clicking HERE.
- Lady Gaga
- Kate Gosselin
- Joe Buck & Tim McCarver
- Rosanne
- Bobcat
- Kanye West
- Jeneane Garofalo
- Arnold Schwarzenegger created 3 bronze statues of himself as Mr. Olympia. Damn things are 8 feet tall!
- Michael Jackson death trial started yesterday. Check out his death photo…it's pretty crazy. Dr. Conrad Murray is on trial for apparently killing him. Doesn't look good for him.
- Nancy Grace is claiming that her nipple DID NOT slip during her DWTS performance. She claims that it was a pasty under her dress….a nipple shaped pasty?!
- Two and A Half Men….the second episode….still did pretty damn good.
- Rumor has it Ashton Kutcher cheated on Demi Moore on their 6th anniversary. Apparently it was a random 23 year old broad.
Jeneane Garofalo is 47
Bam Marger is 32
Hilary Duff is 24
Ben E. King is 73
Mira Sorvino is 44
Naomi Watts is 43
Chelsie Rae – 27 – Today's bday bitch has been rode harder than Seabiscuit in 235 fine films including:
– Oh No! There's a Negro In My Daughter
– Armpit Worship
– 1 In The Pink 1 In The Sink
– Masturbation Nation Vol 6
– Prying Open My Third Eye Vol 2
– Black Snake Boned
– Dirt Pipe Milkshakes
– Gangbang My Face
– Anal Full Nelson Vol 6
– Dr. Probe's Lab of Perversion.
- Summer's Eve – the douche makers – put together a pretty basic quiz about how many women could recognize their basic parts…and….way fewer then you think actually could. 70% of women couldn't identify the vulva, clitoris, labia, vagina, and anus on a diagram. 50% of them got it right on the second time.
- If you have a newer car, and are one of the millions of people who have OnStar – check it out…There's a huge story about how OnStar not only tracks your location but they could be selling your information to a third party! Crazy!
- A dude in Texas served 26 years in prison for stabbing someone to death. He got released back in April and couldn't handle the outside world. So…he burned down a house and got sent back to prison!
- Talk about exciting…both Wild Card races will now come down to the final day in the regular season baseball. With the Phillies beating the Braves 7-1…the Cards were down by 5 at one point last night in Houston. But, a HUGE rally put the team on top and the Cards ending up winning 13-6 and tying the Braves for the lead in the NL Wild Card. The Cards play Houston tonight – the Braves play Philly – if the Cards win and Braves lose – Cards get it. If the Cards lose and the Braves win, ATL goes on. But, if both teams win or both teams lose, a 1 game playoff will be played at Busch tomorrow night. The Red Sox and the Rays both won yesterday to keep their AL Wild Card race tied and they both are in action today…if the two teams both win or both lose – they play a 1 game playoff tomorrow in Tampa.
- The Blues scored twice in the 3rd period last night to get the win against the Wild in Minnesota during their preseason game. The team is back home at the Scott Trade tomorrow to take on the Avalanche.
- Other Hockey News: During the Rangers/Flyers preseason game the other night, Wayne Simmonds from the Flyers got into a little fight with the Rangers Sean Avery. And apparently let his mouth get away from him. No one knows exactly what he said, but Avery claims Simmonds used a homophobic slur. Rumor has it he called him the word that rhymes with bag-it. He said he wasn't sure what he said and his QUOTE "Mouth got away from him." The league will not punish him but Simmonds says if he offended anyone he's sorry. This isn't the first time Simmonds has been making headlines lately…. Last week, Simmonds – who is a black player – was taking a shootout attempt; someone threw a banana on the ice. The league was looking more in depth into both incidences and if further evidence comes up, the league said they may take action.
- Cops in Florida arrested a man who allegedly choked his wife during an argument surrounding their Yahtzee game. The wife of Ian Stuart Wood told them she was playing Yahtzee with her husband Saturday at home when they began to argue and she attempted to leave the home to calm down. The woman told cops Wood shoved her to the ground, pushed his knee into her back and placed his hand over her mouth while telling her to stop screaming. She said he then rolled her over and placed his hands on her neck, choking her. The victim said she was able to escape and called authorities from a neighbor's house. Wood denied attacking his wife and told deputies she had fallen while walking down the hall.
iPOD CHALLENGE:
WHOSE iPOD? WOODY!
- An 85 year old dude from Georgia was trying to remove a possum from a chicken pen when he got shot in the face by a woman….who was aiming for the possum. Luckily, the man's going to be ok. The woman did wind up shooting the possum before calling the cops. BBT
- A woman picking up her friend for a day of shopping crashed into a house while turning around. Both women are OK but the owner of the house said it's not the first time she's crashed into his house, it happened once before. The second crash damaged the bathroom. The owner said, "I walked up and saw a car in my bathroom." BBT.
- Last month a woman in Florida posted on her Facebook page, "I LOVE BEING SINGLE" Turns out..just before posting that message, she got into an argument with her husband, shot him, and buried him behind their house. She had been going around telling people that the husband had just up and bounced her her. Now she's charged with murder. BBT!
- Cops in Colorado were called after peope saw a woman driving down the street going about 15 mph. Well – she also had a Chihuahua running on a leash beside it, huffing and puffing trying to keep up. The woman told cops the dog's owner approved of that. They didn't. She was arrested. BBT!
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While modern cardiology has some spectacular high tech tools that can be lifesaving in emergencies, in general the field of cardiology is concerned with managing heart disease, not reversing, nor even just halting its onward march. Angioplasties, stents, and bypass operations have never been shown to arrest or reverse the underlying progressive disease and often must be redone over time. These procedures come with a high price tag and unintended consequences most patients are unaware of when they agree to have them done. For example – bypass surgery requires the use of a heart-lung machine, which typically causes some degree of brain damage, and patients getting these procedures usually must stay on drugs that can damage muscles, the liver, or cause depression. Because most cardiologists are only trained in the use of drugs and surgeries, few ever tell their patients there may be a safer, more effective option (an oil-free, whole-foods vegan diet) which just happens to have none of these side effects. (But does have the side effect of often reversing type two diabetes!) The typical dietary measures that most cardiologists do recommend simply do not go far enough to halt disease progression, so most of them have never seen for themselves how effectively a proper diet can actually reverse this disease. Much death and disability could be prevented if more people were aware of this information.
To those unfamiliar with the actual science on diet and heart disease, programs touting recipes sanctioned by cardiologists, might sound impressive, but how many cardiology patients have you heard of that avoided surgery, or got off many of their drugs, and five years later were feeling better than ever? Yet this is a common occurrence for patients of Doctors Caldwell Esselstyn, John McDougall, Baxter Montgomery, Joel Fuhrman, Pam Popper, Joel Kahn, Michael Klaper, and Linda Carney none of whom tout the American Heart Association diet. Their successful patients are eliminating all animal flesh including fish, and oils, because no scientific studies have demonstrated arrest and reversal of cardiovascular disease eating these foods. The best one could say about the supposed "heart healthy" menus that most doctors still endorse, is that compared to the standard American diet, cardiovascular disease might progress a bit more slowly. Given that we have good science showing we can actually REVERSE heart disease on a whole-foods, plant-based, oil-free diet, it's unfortunate that more people aren't aware of this information.


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CATL, a Global Leader in Lithium Power Battery, Attending
By GBF ASIA Committee
CATL, a well established supplier of lithium power batteries, has chosen the 3rd Asia (Guangzhou) Battery Sourcing Fair (GBF Asia 2018) as its one and only exhibition partner in China, to exhibit its latest products on this August.
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Headquartered in China, CATL provides premium lithium-ion power batteries to global markets via its subsidiaries worldwide, such as in Canada, France, Germany, USA and so on.
With a reputation bolstered by its safe, high-energy density and fast-charging battery technology, CATL has seen its shipment increased by 100% for several years in a row. And it becomes the world's third largest manufacturer of lithium batteries for two consecutive years.
Intimate partnership between CATL and world mainstream automobile brands like BMW, BAIC, and etc, has also been formed.
Besides CATL, other internationally acclaimed battery suppliers, such as Tianjin Lishen, Jiangsu Highstar, Shenzhen OptimumNano, Sunwoda, Dynavolt, Honbro, Han's Laser, OMEC, TANAKA, and etc have also confirmed their attendance at GBF Asia 2018!
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Seven days from now we will be on a plane, flying 5,300 miles to our girl.
Our girl who has been transferred to the institution.
Yesterday I was a w.r.e.c.k.
I had a full on come apart in my office.
Boo hooing, mascara running.
The ugly cry.
I think about where our girl is.
I think about what she's enduring.
I think about her being moved from the baby house she was at for so long to a new, strange, scary place.
And then I heard from several mamas who adopted children who had been transferred.
And they reassured me that it may not be that bad.
And I take comfort in the fact that Katie was transferred with at least one other girl from her baby house, sweet Albina. Albina's forever family lives about 4 hours from us, and I am on a mission to find her when we see Katie. I will give her a hug, and tell her that her mama is coming. Soon.
I am not going to lie - I'm scared for Katie. But I have to live with where she is. And work like hell to get her home to us even faster. And hopefully, by adopting Katie - who is considered too damaged for a family - we will help the children we will leave behind. I have to believe that we will make a difference for these children in Katie's institution. I have to believe that Katie has been transferred to the institution so that when we bust her out of there, we are leading the way for the others.
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Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy as a prime minister is often tarnished by two issues — Kashmir and the China debacle. In recent years, revisionist versions of history have tried to portray that Nehru failed in both these ventures because he devalued the military.
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After a hectic and laborious semester, I've left the books and essays behind to go back to visit my second home – Greece. It couldn't be any more different than the busy paths of campus and overload of studying. Instead, I've taken a much needed break and spent my time hiking in the mountains, sunbathing, running along the beach and tasting some pretty good Greek food!
I've been visiting Pefkochori, a small village in Halikidki, for a good 6 years now with my family. Usually, it is swamped with tourists, but in-between winter and summer, it is home to a few remaining locals which also includes my boyfriend and his family. Visit off season and you will see a slightly more raw side to life.
The landscape here is made up of lines of green, marginalised by blue sky with layers and layers of growth, from herbs to fruits to nuts. Long winding roads along hill after hill, they don't seem to end. The beautiful green expanse is thick with acres and acres of growth, there's always something new to see – even if at first glance every hill looks the same.
It's perfect for a short run (you don't get far in the heat) or long hike. But, you find you have to be careful to take a stick or rock with you on your journey – especially when you go exploring! On our last hike, me and my boyfriend's sister in law, Kate, decided to go for a long walk up the mountains. Little did we know we would come across an Albanian shepherd, his flock and wolf sized dogs along the way. Unfortunately, shouting at the shepherd in broken Albanian to control his dogs wasn't enough to stop them chasing us and threatening to attack. Instead, they forced us up the hillside, off the pathway and into some thick undergrowth, where we got caught in thorny bushes. After a good attempt at getting through it, the cuts and bruises sent us back down to find another way through, instead climbing on our hands and knees up the hill.
Finally, after three hours, we returned home full of cuts, insect bites and awkward sunburn which made us look even more like mad English tourists.
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In Thailand, you can expect to find some of the most advanced medical facilities in the world. The government has invested a lot of money and resources into hospitals such as the Bumrungrad International Hospital. Because costs of medical care in Thailand are cheaper than other major countries of the world, Thailand has become a hub for medical tourists. That means there has been more demand for hotels near Bumrungrad. If you are considering or are scheduled for surgery in Bangkok at this famous hospital facility, you will have your choice of top hotels to choose from, not the least of which is the Lohas Residences Hotel situated a mere 2 km from the hospital. If you want to be in the heart of Bangkok, this hotel is a top pick. It is just a 10-minute walk from the Nana BTS Skytrain station. Not far from this station the Nana Plaza area as well as the red-light district area, all within walking distance.
Accommodation to suit your needs
There is plenty of spacious accommodation to suit single people to 3-roomed suites with free WiFi. There is a well-kitted out gym, hot tub, sauna and a roof top pool. Rooms have lovely oversized windows with wooden floors. There are flat-screen TVs, DVD players, iPod docks and kitchenettes with mod cons such as microwaves and refrigerators for guests' pleasure.
As far as hotels near Bumrungrad go, you will be very satisfied you chose the Lahos Residences Hotel; there is a 24-hour front desk offering you babysitting services and other life-saving services such as organising restaurant reservations, hotel bookings, recommending hot spots for night time entertainment, organising transportation and coordinating luggage and porter assistance to name a few.
There is in-room dining available until late hours while others love the on-site Pillars Restaurant where international dishes as well as traditional Thai dishes are served. Guests love a visit to the Khlong Toei Market, a wonderful fresh market facility where low prices are paid for anything from raw meats, seafood's farm produce and other items; opened from 6.00 am to 2.00 am.
You won't be sorry when looking for hotels near Bumrungrad, that you chose the Lohas Residences Hotel; it's simple, they speak your language.
You won't be disappointed to choose the Lohas Residences hotel as your hotel of choice near the Bumrungrad International Hospital. Bangkok is indeed a charming, fascinating city. Once you have experienced the hospitality of Bankgok and especially the Lohas Residences hotel, you will understand exactly why Thailand is known as the "Land of Smiles".


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Bad Weather Scuttles European Camps
Pitztal, Austria, Oct. 24, 2000--Continued bad weather-the heavy snows and rains which plagued much of central Europe in the last two weeks-forced an early end to U.S. men's and women's preseason camps in France and Austria. Things looked better for the start of the Cafe de Colombia World Cup season Oct. 28-29 in Soelden, Austria.
"We got smoked by the weather (in Tignes, France) and sent the guys home on the 14th," said men's slalom and GS Head Coach Jesse Hunt. "Unfortunately, we just didn't have any luck at all. We lost some training days and the training we did get was pretty soft because of the snow that had fallen. It was a tough camp for us."
In Pitztal, women's Head Coach Marjan Cernigoj said Tuesday the poor weather had broken and his group of three tech skiers-Sarah Schleper (Vail, CO), Caroline Lalive (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Alex Shaffer (Park City, UT)-was enjoying solid training conditions. The group was training with the Austrian women "and we've been competitive...a little inconsistent, but generally right in there."
The sunshine and good snow were in sharp contrast to the rotten weather at mid-month. Downhill and super G Head Coach Jim Tracy had good training in Zermatt, Switzerland, and then ran into foul conditions on the Pitztal Glacier; Frank Kelble's C Team racers were able to train only a few days on Austria's Hintertux Glacier, Cernigoj said.
"Jim's group in Zermatt had a lot of luck and got four or five days of downhill and super G, but Frankie didn't have as much because of the weather in Hintertux. They only skied a few days. Then both of them came to Pitztal and tried to ski for a few days, but that didn't work out. It was foggy on top, pretty windy, and looking at the long-term weather report, we decided the best thing was to go home," the coach said. "It was just too bad to continue the camp. That was a tough decision but it was absolutely the right one; even three or four days after they left, it was still bad.
"Now, though, after 10 days or almost two weeks, it's been perfect weather," Cernigoj continued. "The (bad) weather cleared out and it's been a perfect situation for training for the tech group. We're pretty happy with the way things have gone."


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Style me Pretty a little while ago posted this gorgeous table setting by Carter & Cook Event Co. and I absolutely LOVE it. It is very girly, and I am not normally a fan of peach, but they have used peach in such a beautiful way, especially taking it literally with the peaches as centerpieces.
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Check out the new Camec 4 seasons hatch in action.
If you are experiencing leaks in your caravan ceiling from your 4 seasons hatch, we have a process to repair them. The supplier Camec had a run of issues with the way the Camec 4 seasons hatch was sealing and an updated installation was issued.


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This year in women's soccer was as diverse as the women playing the game. There were victories and defeats – and even a few draws in there. There were personality players galore, great moments and things that just made you shake your head.
In an effort to look back on 2016, Empire of Soccer lists the top 10 moments in women's soccer. While only choosing 10, there are bound to be moments left out. Not everyone will agree with this list. In fact, many probably won't. And that's ok.
Today, we'll look at soccer moments 8,9,10
Number 10: US Wins first SheBelieves Cup
For 25 years, the United States has played in the prestigious Algarve Cup in Portugal, winning the tournament 10 times.
However, in 2016, the United States sponsored and hosted a four-team tournament that brought four of the top five teams in the world. The concept was first-rate and the matches didn't disappoint.
The United States won all three games, giving up only one goal for the entire tournament.
The Americans won their first two matches by 1-0 scores, beating both England and France. Crystal Dunn scored in the 72nd minute against England for the game's only goal. Alex Morgan scored a magnificent goal in second-half stoppage time.
Germany also won its first two games, beating France, 1-0, and England, 2-1.
That set up the third set of matches in the round-robin format, and to everyone's good fortune, it matched the top two teams in the tournament against each other.
Germany scored first on a finish from Amja Mittag. The Americans evened the score six minutes later. Meghan Klingenberg evaded one defender and lofted a through ball into the left side of the Germany box for a sprinting Alex Morgan, who let the ball bounce twice before lifting it over a defender with her left foot and ripping a right-footed shot into the net in two fluid steps for the equalizer.
Player of the year nominee @alexmorgan13 – this goal against Germany in the #SheBelieves Cup on March 9th #MakingTheCase pic.twitter.com/aCHBL61z3g
— bdz sports (@bdzsports) December 8, 2016
Sam Mewis scored the game-winner in the 41st minute on a solo effort. Mewis picked the pocket of German midfielder Melanie Behringer and pushed forward to the top of the Germany penalty box. Mewis then sent a left-footed shot from just over 20 yards out that deflected off a Germany defender and spun underneath German goalkeeper Almuth Schult.
The second SheBelieves Cup is tentatively set for this March, reportedly on the East Coast. The same four teams will be invited.
Number 9: Flash wins NWSL title in dramatic style
After a tough summer with Olympic disappointment, off-field issues with Megan Rapinoe and book deals from Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd, the NWSL finished up with tremendous semifinal matches and a heart-stopping final.
Both semifinal matches went to extra time. The fourth-seeded Western New York Flash beat host and top seed Portland, 4-3, on a pair of extra time goals by Lynn Williams. The Washington Spirit also needed extra time to beat Chicago, 2-1. Francisca Ordega scored in the 111th minute after Ali Kreiger and Christen Press swapped goals in regulation.
The final had a little bit of everything. The Flash, who limped into post-season by winning its final game of the regular season to snap a seven-game winless streak, again needed extra time and a last minute miracle from Williams. Their coach, Paul Riley, was ejected in the semifinal victory.
Did you miss Sabrina D'Angelo stop THREE penalty kicks in the #NWSLChampionship?
We've got you covered. Start your Friday off right ⬇ pic.twitter.com/3XRDBL46wg
— WNY Flash (@WNYFlash) October 14, 2016
Crystal Dunn, who had a quiet regular season following her MVP campaign in 2015, opened the scoring for the Spirit in the ninth minute. Sam Mewis put the Flash level in the 14th minute.
After a scoreless second half, Dunn scored again in the first minute of extra time and it appeared that the Spirit would take away their first championship. But Williams, the 2016 MVP, scored with seconds remaining in the match, converting a serve from teammate Jessica McDonald.
Western New York goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo stepped up as the hero in the penalty kick shootout. She made three of five saves, including the final one off the foot of Diana Matheson that gave the Flash the title.
#Champions #WNY ⚡ pic.twitter.com/bsFUb7ksW3
— NWSL (@NWSL) October 10, 2016
Number 8: The Hope Solo Drama
It was bad enough that the United States dropped a penalty kick shootout to Sweden and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics, the earliest exit ever by the Americans in a big tournament. Count on the ever-controversial goalkeeper to make the situation worse. In the interview room immediately following the loss, Solo answered the simple question 'what are thoughts on the game?" with a long, rambling monologue that criticized Sweden and it's coach Pia Sundhage for its bunker mentality strategy in keeping the United States team under wraps and accused the Swedes of being cowards.
Solo's comments were a lightning rod for controversy. However, she had few supporters on social media, including her own team and former US players.
The loss ended a weird summer for Solo as well. She earned her 100th shutout and 150th win just a month before the Olympics — making her the leader in shutouts for men or women internationals. But the Olympics began ominously for her with a badly timed tweet about Zika prevention that turned the Brazilian crowed against her from the opening whistle of game 1 against New Zealand. The jeers of "Zika, Zika' could be heard clearly very time Solo touched the ball.
US Soccer suspended Solo for behavior that was unacceptable and that did not meet the standard of conduct required of a federation player. Her suspension was for six months but her contract was also terminated, making her future with the American team unlikely at best.
By the way, this wasn't the first time Solo followed a loss on the international scene with a tirade for the media. After a 4-0 loss to Brazil in the 2007 World Cup, where she was benched in favor of Briana Scurry, Solo went on a rant to the media, criticizing then coach Greg Ryan for making the wrong choice. Ironically, it was Sundhage, replacing Ryan as coach, who helped mend hurt feelings and bring Solo back into the fold.
After her latest tirade, Sundhage wasn't upset at all. "I don't give a crap what Hope said," Sundhage said. "I'm going to Rio. She's going home."
Full Hope Solo quote on Sweden after US was eliminated from the Olympics today. pic.twitter.com/UZVCAeur6m
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 12, 2016


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Apr 30, 2016
For music education advocates, the fundamental challenge is one of access.
Learning an instrument and playing music can have a profound impact, but access to training and in particular to often-expensive musical instruments can be a prohibitive expense. Some looking to lower that barrier of access have asked, "What if you could borrow an instrument as easily as you could check out a library book?" There are a handful of musical instrument lending libraries in the United States and Australia, but Canada might very well be the world leader in showing how viable the concept can be.
In early April, the Toronto Public Library system debuted an instrument lending library at its Parkdale branch. The program, which is backed financially by Sun Trust Financial, launched initially with 100 instruments and is taking donations to expand its collection. The library offers a range of classical and acoustic guitars, keyboards, percussion and violins. Instruments can be checked out at no cost with a library card for 3 weeks at a time with up to 2 renewals for 9 weeks total.
As many library patrons are going online for research and other resources traditionally accessed through a trip to a local library, public libraries have often looked to expand their services to meet their mission. Many libraries in the US have entered the ebook market, and last year the Toronto Public Library partnered with the Toronto Tool Library, which offers everything from stud finders to 3D printers.
"[The instrument lending library] certainly fits in with our mandate to provide opportunity and information to all citizens, especially those who may find opportunities such as renting an instrument beyond their means," said Lisa Moran who is the service manager for the Parkdale branch where the library is housed.
The Toronto instrument library is the first in Canada to be housed in a public library setting — reports suggest other Canadian library systems might soon follow — but variations on the model have been popping up across the country in the past decade. Joe's M.I.L.L. in Kingston, Ontario is one of the oldest instrument lending libraries and was founded in 2001 in memory of musician Joe Chithalen.
Following Chithalen's death in 1999, bandmate Wally High worked with Chithalen's friends and family to follow through on the idea of finding a way for "everyone [to have] a chance to play an instrument," something High and Chithalen discussed often. The result was the Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library or Joe's M.I.L.L.
The library currently offers more than 800 instruments — everything from guitars, cellos and drum kits to tubas and didgeridoos. After a $10 registration fee, renting an instrument is free, and the library operates as a charity supported by donations.
Long-time Joe's M.I.L.L. Librarian Roger Eccleston said that patrons include professional musicians, hobbyists, seniors and retirees and many who played an instrument long ago and want to give it another try. Their largest demographic though is parents of student musicians at schools where instruments aren't provided.
"At the start of each school year, all of our 'band' instruments such as flutes, clarinets, trumpets etc. are snapped up to supply as many of [these students] as we can manage," he said. "We never have enough, though. There are currently 18 names on the waiting list — even [this late in the school year] — for people wanting to borrow a saxophone."
Inherent in this kind of model is trust. The value of an upright bass dwarfs the replacement cost of the average book lent out by a traditional library, and even then, traditional libraries often make their most expensive and rare books only available for use within the library building.
For Eccleston and the others who operate Joe's M.I.L.L. looking to solve a problem of access, it didn't make sense to worry about what could go wrong when you lend out instruments worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
"Early on it was easy!" he said. "We only had a handful of instruments, and virtually everybody in Kingston knew, loved and respected Joe Chithalen.
The organization now has more than 3,000 issued borrower cards and logs more than 6,000 annual loans. Eccleston said that does present a challenge to track, and staff does spend many hours reminding borrowers when their instrument is overdue (though he points out "how many folks always return their dvd rentals on time?") But even still, they see very few losses.
"There will always, of course, be the odd 'bad apple,' but I believe the fact that our loss rate is so minimal is due to that same respect for Joe and [his memory] that we have enjoyed since the library's inception," Eccleston said.
Terry Snider, who is the president of Joe's M.I.L.L., called trust the foundation for the library and also its source of its strength.
"From the board's perspective, if we focused on risk [and loss], we would not be able to meet our mission," Snider said. "What we give to the community is returned many times over. Losses are minimal compared with the outcomes."
Since its founding, Eccleston said the library has looked to encourage others wanting to emulate the model and provided advice, support and in some cases instrument "starter kits" — like it did in 2015 for one organization in Ottawa.
"It is our hope that every community will get on board and that instrument libraries will one day be just as normal as book libraries," said Eccleston.


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(peggynoonan.com) - It was a sunny Tuesday in London, Valentine's Day 1989. The phone rang in the novelist's home. It was a BBC reporter. At first he was irritated: She didn't even bother to tell him how she'd gotten his private number. "How does it feel," she asked, "to know that you have just been sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini ?"
"It doesn't feel good," Salman Rushdie, said. I am a dead man, he thought.
In a daze he walked around closing shutters, locking the front door. Witnessing his own fear he decided to keep a commitment to do a television interview. When he left the house he didn't know it would be three years before he entered it again.
Walking into the studio he was handed a printout of the edict just released by the supreme leader of Iran: "I inform the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of the 'Satanic Verses' book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all the Muslims to execute them wherever they find them."
Mr. Rushdie read it. The interviewer asked him to respond.
"I wish I'd written a more critical book," he said. He was ever after proud he said that, though in future years he occasionally wobbled under the pressure, as one would.
And so began his roughly 10 years in hiding, with heavy police protection, under an assumed name "Joseph Anton," which is what he called his 2012 memoir, from which the above is taken.
Salman Rushdie had written a novel critical of Islam, and so he had to die. It was the first famous fatwa in the West.
I was a writer and producer at CBS News in New York, and I remember the general American reaction, which was bafflement: They're threatening an artist for producing art? Who are these people? In the publishing world Mr. Rushdie's became a celebrated cause, but to others he was not an entirely sympathetic figure—arrogant, a snooty lefty luvvie who wrote a rude book about the faith of his fathers and now they're coming down on him like a ton of bricks. Remind me why I care?
Looking back, he was the canary in the coal mine. Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker and writer, was shot to death on the street and almost decapitated in November 2004, after his short film on women and Islam was broadcast on television. His collaborator, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, got death threats and eventually fled to America. Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist who drew Muhammad with a bomb hidden in his turban, was a target of two assassination attempts and had to go into hiding.
And now the atrocity in Paris. Extremist Muslim fanatics cut down 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine. Their crime too was insulting Islam.
What do we know now that we did not know when Mr. Rushdie was targeted? That extreme, militant Islamists continue to clash with the liberal West. That the West must see to it that its values are not compromised by the fears the murderers seek to spread.
Charlie Hebdo magazine has struck me as aimed at the immature, or at least the not fully formed. Its cartoons and other humor are broad and vulgar, even primitive, not witty or sly. The magazine delights in crudely, grossly insulting all faiths, especially Islam. But as a Westerner would say, so what? It has been alleged by a few people that the staff of Charlie Hebdo brought the tragedy on themselves. That is exactly what was said of Salman Rushdie, that he shouldn't have written such an offensive book.
Maybe it would be instructive to look at how we in the West handle what is rude and unpleasant and offensive.
First, our freedoms are not merely our "traditions," our "ways," "reflective of Enlightenment assumptions" or "very pleasant." In America especially, they are everything to us. Here freedom of expression is called free speech, and it is protected in the first of the Constitution's amendments because it is the most important of our rights.
In the way that courage is the first of the virtues because without it none of the others are possible, the First Amendment protects the freedom upon which all others depend. Without free speech no difference of opinion can be resolved, no progress made in the law or in politics, no truth found and held high, no scandal unearthed and stopped.
But free speech takes patience. It requires us to hold our temper and give each other plenty of room in which to operate.
This is how we deal with offensive speech:
In the late 1980s, Andres Serrano produced "Piss Christ," a photograph of a small crucifix submerged in the artist's urine. That didn't go over well with a lot of Christians. They wrote op-eds, protested peacefully, and criticized the National Endowment for the Arts for subsidizing the work with tax money. The arguments were vigorous. But the protests were peaceful, and no one even dreamed of harming the artist.
In the late 1990s it was Chris Ofili, whose painting "The Holy Virgin Mary" depicted Mary surrounded by pornographic images and smeared with elephant dung. When it was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum it didn't go over well with Catholics, including Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The museum received public money. There were protests and arguments, the mayor withheld funds, the museum sued him and won. No one ever dreamed of harming the artist.
We resolve these things peacefully in the West. And this is not only "tradition." We know on some level that this is how civilization keeps itself together. I remember long conversations during these controversies in which people tried to view the provocative works charitably. Maybe the artist is trying, awkwardly and imperfectly, to say something big and even good? Maybe he's trying to say: "You say you love Christ but you don't honor him." Maybe he's trying to say, "You say you honor Mary, but in your own actions and lives you cover her not with glory but dung." Or maybe the artists were just talentless hacks producing the only thing they were good at: publicity.
The point is people considered and debated. They didn't pick up a gun.
A singular feature of extremist Islamists is that they are not at all interested in persuasion. They don't care about winning you over, only about making you submit. They want to menace and threaten. They want to frighten. They enjoy posing with the severed head.
It is the West's job not to be overcome by fear, not to give an inch.
Steady is the word.
Tracked down by a reporter for Deutsche Welle after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Kurt Westergaard offered his wisdom. He said the murderers were "fanatics." He told the media "not to be afraid" and not to "surrender" free speech. And he said he hoped for "a reaction from the moderate majority of Muslims against this attack."
That majority actually exists, and should step forward.


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The RBP_VALUE field in the rbd_dtl table stores the string "all" and some letters. We want to convert values in the field to strings of segments. The desired result is A-F,H,J-K,N-O,Q-S,U-V,X-Z.
Below is the original data:
Rules to be followed are:
If RBD_VALUE= "ALL", then discard the value;
According to the alphabetical order if certain RBD_VALUE values are consecutive letters , then make them a segment with both the first and last letter included and "-" between them, like "A-F";
If two values of RBD_VALUE are inconsecutive, like K and N between which L and M are absent, then unite the former with the letter or letters before it and join the latter with the letter or letters after it. Separate the two segments with a comma. This is like "J-K", "N-O";
If a value in RBD_VALUE has not consecutive letters both before and after it, then take it as a separate segment, like the letter H. G and I are absent respectively before and after it.
A1: Execute the SQL statement.
A3: Group rows in A2. Group rows where RBD_VALUE is null together and put the other rows where RBD_VALUE is non-null into another group. @o means performing merge-style data grouping, which only compares the neighboring values. The result is as follows:
A4: Select the group in which RBD_VALUE is non-null.
A5: Compose strings according to the number of members in each group. ~.m(-1) means getting the last record from the current group. The result is as follows:
A6:With commas being delimiters, concatenate strings to get the final result A-F,H,J-K,N-O,Q-S,U-V,X-Z.
Actually we simply need to retrieve data from RBD_VALUE field. Thus the lines of code can be combined into one:
myDB1.query("select RBD_VALUE from rbd_dtl").(RBD_VALUE).align(26.(char(64+~))).group@o(!~).select(~(1)).(~(1)+if(~.len()>1,"-"+~.m(-1))).string@d()


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"Caribou is the only food I've ever eaten I can maintain my strength on. I eat it pretty much rare – extremely rare – with lots of lard so it's real fatty. I'm not really much of a meat eater back in the real world, but I prefer caribou here." – Will Steger, April 09, 2018
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Finals: Survival Mode
June 7, 2011
First of all, I just want to thank you all for the sweet comments on my last post. Y'all are truly the best. * You know that biochemistry lab I have been bitching about for the last 9 weeks? Well, it is finally over. Completely. No more labs. No more lab reports. No more mid-protein-assay … More Finals: Survival Mode


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GPS tracker has become an integral part of the American lifestyle. According to Statista, from autumn of 2009 to autumn of 2012, 9.61 million people use GPS on their mobile phone in the United States. The numbers are most likely to have risen, and now there are smartwatches that have GPS as well.
GPS tracker usage ranges from allowing an application to notify you of a sale based on location to using maps to find your way in traffic. On a smartwatch, a GPS can be used to track running routes and let you know about pace and distance. The uses for GPS beyond maps are only growing.
GPS tracker can create a safe zone for your child to play in. Think of it like an electric fence. When a child goes past the set parameters, they get a little buzz or notification telling them they are out of the safe zone. This eventually teaches the child where it's safe to play and where it's not. This can be great if you live near busy roads or unsafe areas.
When your child is in trouble, you need to know. An SOS feature allows the child to get help with the press of a button. This allows you to instantly react by going to the location and calling the police if necessary. This also gives your child a tool to know they are never any further than a push of a button from your help.
Child GPS tracker are bright and colorful. They often turn functions into fun games. This allows the child to enjoy the watch, and in some cases, not know its real purpose. This is great for young children who may not grasp technical ideas yet. Some trackers even have games on them that kids can play with friends, which makes the child more likely to wear the watch.
Text or talk are great benefits of a child GPS tracker. Instead of just watching where they are on a map, you can send a message to let them know of a danger ahead or to ask them to pick up the mail on the way in. It turns the watch into a wearable phone. However you use the interactive communication, you will benefit from this kind of device.
Health Aspects
The earlier a child learns about the importance of movement, the better. In the case of a child's smartwatch, features like heart rate monitoring and step counting can help a child strive for good health in a fun way. This helps change the child's idea of the watch as something they have to wear for Mom or Dad into something fun to wear that can keep track of how many steps they take.


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Injury update from Cantley Park
Rovers official website met up with Alex Dalton in the physio room this morning at Cantley Park to find out where we are at with injured players.
James Coppinger
Back training and will play today in practice game.
James Husband
He is now fully training and will be working on getting match fit
Rob Jones
Rob had a scan yesterday (Monday) and will be seeing a neurosurgeon specialist over the next two days to get a full report before we can assess his next steps on the rehab road.
Jamie McCombe
Jamie has now resumed training and will be working on getting match fit
Paul Keegan
Paul is very close to joining back in training, which should happen next week.
Chris Whincop
Chris is also nearly ready to join back in training next week
Theo Robinson
Theo will have a knee operation on Thursday and will be out of action for 6-8 weeks.
Bongani Khumalo
He is back training and was on bench Saturday
Billy Paynter
Fully training this week


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