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Tenant build outs are time sensitive projects. Like a school, MUST open on time, so must a business. Another example of why we always have sufficient manpower to complete any job.
Tenant build outs are time sensitive projects. Like a school, MUST open on time, so must a business. Another example of why we always have sufficient manpower to complete any job.
Merits waterproofing crew in action. Just because this kind of work is never seen by the public doesn't mean it is not extremely important.
Set foot in any We Work office space and you will be dazzled by the architectural finishes. Merit is proud to have brought this beautiful building to life.
Sitting along the channel leading from Galveston Bay to the Port of Houston a building like this takes a tremendous amount of abuse from the sun and salt. The proper application of the specified products was essential to successfully painting this steel building. At Merit we apply what the specifications call for. Not what will […]
Merit did it all on this project. Painting, wallcovering, joint sealants, vehicular traffic coatings, pedestrian traffic coatings, millwork, etc… And the best part was we finished on schedule so the hotel could open in time for the Super Bowl.
Ever seen a Faberge Egg? Neither had we until we had the honor of painting this beautiful museum dedicated to the Russian Czars.
Healthcare is one of our specialties and it is why we have performed work for almost every major Healthcare GC in the market. We have been fortunate enough to have left our mark on The University of South Florida, The University of Texas, and The University of Florida healthcare networks, just to name a few […]
Painting, wallcovering, joint sealants, and vehicular traffic coatings are just a few of the many finishes we provided on this beautiful hospital.
Merit is proud to have been involved in one of the most technologically advanced buildings in the world. Every member of the Merit team had to go through a thorough background check and our people passed with flying colors. This NASA job went so well we have been invited back for more.
Painting steel isn't something to be done haphazardly. Protection of adjacent surfaces and floors is critical to minimizing punch lists. We take the time to do it right the first time, enabling our customers to count on us to finish on or ahead of schedule.


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Choosing the Right Current Account
When it comes to choosing a bank account, the choices seem almost endless. Every bank offers multiple different types of current account, with everything from a basic charge-free cash account to complex reward accounts that provide overdraft facilities, insurance and even breakdown cover for your car.
One way banks are enticing new customers is by offering various rewards, financial and otherwise, for switching your account to them. Choosing the right account and the right rewards will depend on your financial situation, and some benefits will be more useful to you depending on your balance, deposit habits and how you use the account.
Cash Rewards v Interest Rates
One of the most common rewards at the moment is to offer new customers cash for switching. This is a bonus payment offered when you initially transfer your business to them. However, the interest rate on these accounts tends to be much lower. If you usually carry a low balance in your account or if you're not in a position to save money regularly then these introductory cash offers can be worthwhile.
If you're more of a saver and you carry a higher balance in your current account, a higher interest account is likely to provide more value long term. With some current accounts offering excellent interest rates for new customers, choosing the long term value offer over the upfront cash makes a lot of sense.
Managing Your Overdraft
Beyond the financially positive benefits offered by banks for opening an account, it's important to take a look at the charges applied. Some people are regularly overdrawn, and if you're one of them then you should pay more attention to the overdraft fees than the positive rewards.
There's not much point in getting cash upfront of you're going to be losing it quickly because of overdraft fees. Look for accounts that offer an interest free overdraft, then get to work on a budget to try to get out of the overdraft cycle. Once you're managing your money better you can look to trade up to a financially positive current account.
Packaged Accounts
There are also various accounts which offer benefits such as phone insurance, travel insurance and breakdown insurance as part of their rewards packages. These accounts tend to involve a monthly fee, but they can end up saving you money throughout the year.
Compare the monthly cost of these accounts with what you're paying for these services with other companies. While they can be beneficial, they're pretty much a waste of time if you don't need them or can get them cheaper elsewhere!
Other Options
You're not strictly limited to banks most of the time either, with services like credit unions offering accounts if you're in the UK. These services are non-profit organisations and are typically run to the benefit of the local community, and are becoming increasingly more professional as they become established.
If you're struggling to meet the requirements of the major current accounts, such as failing a credit check, then credit unions can offer a great service. They generally offer loans and savings accounts as standard, but many now offer current accounts and even mortgages.
There are various sites which will show you the most up to date offers on current accounts, so the information is out there if you know what you're looking for. Shop around for the best deal for your situation and put your account to work.

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2017 — Philadelphia, PA/US
Penn for Youth Debate 11th Annual Voices of Philadelphia Tournament
Dear Students, Parents, and Coaches,
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend the 11th annual Voices of
Philadelphia Debate Tournament, to be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017, in Cohen Hall at the University of Pennsylvania from 8:30 AM until 6:30 PM.
The Voices of Philadelphia Tournament is a completely free, program-wide debate
tournament for only Philadelphia schools. This tournament will provide an outlet for
debaters to utilize the analytical skills they gained during the past year in a competitive
format. We are inviting every student who has participated in any of the programs run by
Penn for Youth Debate and/or the After School Activities Partnership (ASAP) afterschool
programs to participate.
In order to prepare for the tournament, we request that all schools confirm the names
of students participating by Saturday, November 11th. You will be receiving an
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email to firstname.lastname@example.com. For coaches, there are a number of
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We hope that you will be able to attend this tournament and we look forward to seeing
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Please see the attached pages for more information about the tournament.
We hope you're as excited for this competition as we are!
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Racial Profiling
Just what is racial profiling? Racial profiling occurs when the police target someone for investigation on the basis of that person's race, national origin, or ethnicity (www.washington.com). Examples are the use of race to determine which drivers to stop for minor traffic violations and the use of race to determine which motorists or pedestrian to search for contraband. Universally attested and detested, racial profiling is a widespread police tactic. Although blacks and foreigners experience different forms of racial profiling, they both share many similarities.
Blacks have been the main suspects of racial profiling. Tens of thousands of black motorist on highways across the country are victims of racial profiling. Black drivers account for 26.2 percent of stops resulting from the use of radar or laser devices for from red-light violations; however, they only make up 15.1 percent of the country's population. Today, skin color makes you a suspect in America.
It makes you more likely to be searched and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. In Montgomery, black drivers were stopped with a disproportionate rate when compared with the number of blacks in the county(www.washington.com). Police Chief Charles A. Moose said at a news conference that he thinks black drivers are being stopped at a fair rate. Racial profiling is prevalent in America. Despite the civil rights victories of 30 years ago, official racial prejudice still reflects throughout the criminal justice system.
Not only blacks, but foreigners too have become victims of racial profiling.
According to police, about 460 American Indians in Montgomery were stopped, however, there are only 2,500 in the county(www.washington.com). Another foreign group that has been targeted is Hispanics. Hispanic drivers received a significantly higher number of equipment repair orders, civil and criminal citations, and arrests. However, driving is not the only area where...


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"Until I saw people who looked like me, doing the things I wanted to do,
I wasn't sure it was a possibility"
– Lupita Nyong'o
My motivations for creating fictiondiversity.com are twofold:
First, I watched Colin Stokes' two excellent TED talks on gender and racial diversity in film. Mr. Stokes introduced me to Bechdel test, which serves as a lower-bound test for the representation of female characters in film. To pass the test, a movie must script: 1) at least two (named) female characters, 2) who speak to each other, 3) about something other than a man.
That's it. A movie passes the test if two female characters say nothing other than good morning to each other. And yet only about 60% of the movies produced since 1970 pass.
The Bechdel test is not a new concept. Invented by Liz Wallace, it was popularized by Alison Bechdel in a 1985 comic strip. This was, however, the first I'd heard of it. I had somehow made it through several college film classes without ever coming across the concept. Sure, I'd been aware of the dearth of strong female role models in film, especially in my own favorite genres (sci-fi and superhero). But things seemed to be on the upswing. Now we had tough fighters like Agent Hill from The Avengers and great politicians like Padme Amidala from Star Wars (Ep I – III). But here's the thing – even these movies do not pass the Bechdel test (okay, technically Star Wars Episode I barely scrapes by when Padme and Shmi briefly discuss something other than Anakin. But every other Star Wars film fails).
A friend confessed to me recently that she only ever identifies with the male characters in movies – and asked me if I thought that was strange. Of course it's not strange. Male characters constitute 70% of the speaking roles we're presented with in film. I also tend to identify with male characters. While there's nothing wrong with that, I have to acknowledge that at least part of the reason for that identification with male characters lies in the fact that female characters like my friend and I (who pass the Bechdel test every day of our lives) are absent from our favorite fiction.
So died my ignorance.
Second, ABC's new sitcom Selfie, the first (ever!) sitcom featuring an Asian male romantic lead (John Cho), was canceled after only six episodes despite showing promise (the remaining seven episodes are still airing on Hulu and the #saveSelfie movement is trending on Twitter). In contrast to the Bechdel test, Hollywood's representation of Asian men is an issue that's been on my radar for a while. As a teenager absorbing Hollywood's beauty standards, I assumed I was not attracted to Asian men, and the statistics reveal I was hardly alone. Then in college I met the Chinese American man who was to be my husband. Suddenly attractive Asian men seemed to be everywhere – except in the fiction I consumed.
Like any good millennial, I turned to Google for a diagnosis and found other people asking these same questions (if this comes across as a ludicrously niche issue to you, that's exactly the problem). There was a community of people in a relationship like mine as well as other diversity activists upset by the lack of diversity in the media. Selfie was like the answer to our prayers – John Cho! In a lead role for a romcom! Opposite a white female lead! Huzzah for racial diversity! Progress!
When it was canceled, my optimism died a little too.
A lack of diversity in fiction has had real consequences in my own life, and studies have shown that racial bias might be developed in part by the lack of diversity in children's literature. Our country recently has been suffering the effects of ongoing racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination, when our diversity ought to be our greatest strength. If diversity in fiction can play a role in developing this strength, then it's of crucial importance.
At this point, Hollywood and the media do not seem interested in moving at the pace required. So again, I turn to the internet to talk about the need for diversity and to seek out the best fiction I am hoping that this blog can serve as an outlet for my desire to analyze and promote diversity in fiction.
These two particular issues, which impact me directly, precipitated Fiction Diversity, but I am hoping that this blog can serve not only as a platform for my own thoughts (which are limited to my own experience), but also as a place where others can share their own viewpoints and we can all share the movies, shows, books and other works of fiction that do explore the different forms of diversity.
Leave me a comment or tweet at me – let me know your thoughts.


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How progressive is it to pay hommage to "avant-garde metal", as the label circumscribes the aim of this new band, of a time bygone for at least two decades? Well, if you can stomach the fact that Damnations Hammer don't add much to the formula established by Tom Gabriel Warrior and the likes in their heydeys, you can take a lot of pleasure in their debut album.
This is not least to the fact that the group has the necessary songs to live up to any claims they make, however silly they may sound. "Disciples Of The Hex" is all-out sinister doom metal and nothing else: Leaden riffs, a prevalent dark atmosphere and a singer who enunciates clearly, but refrains from any operatic manners. What you get after an unassuming introduction (which is frankly as unnecessary as the droning interlude "The Hex II") is a bunch of well thought-out simplicity, the devil of which lies in the details, for example the evocative solo during the opening "Throne Of Fire" or the multiple tempo variations the group applies. Axeman and singer Tim reminds us of Deceased's King Fowley at times, by the way.
The crushing uptempo title track with its moody, narrative middle section is actually the weakest link in the chain, but other than that, these Lancashire-lads (the distanced character of the music doesn't hide a certain British aloofness, which is a good thing in this case, as well as some hardcore roots manifest during "Impaled On The Horns Of Betrayal) make for a diverse and entertaining listening. "Serpent's Wrath" with is catchy chorus is the clear highlight of an album that doesn't add much to an imagery and style long since cultivated, but if you need more than your daily fill of Celtic Frost with a tinge of more classical doom, there are far worse bands out there you could choose.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump presented a blueprint for the country's national security on Monday that warns of a treacherous world in which the United States faces rising threats from an emboldened Russia and China, as well as from what it calls rogue governments, like North Korea and Iran.
To fend off these multiple challenges, the report says with Cold War urgency, the government must put "America First," fortifying its borders, ripping up unfair trade agreements and rebuilding its military might.
But in his speech announcing the strategy, Mr. Trump struck a much different tone. Instead of explaining the nature of these threats, he delivered a campaignlike address, with familiar calls to build a wall along the southern border with Mexico and a heavy dose of self-congratulation for the bull market, the low jobless rate and tax cuts, which, he promised, were "days away."
"America is in the game, and America is going to win," he said, to an audience that included cabinet members and military officers.
The disconnect between the president's speech and the analysis in his administration's document attests to the broader challenge his national security advisers have faced, as they have struggled to develop an intellectual framework that encompasses Mr. Trump's unpredictable, domestically driven and Twitter-fueled approach to foreign policy. The same confusion has confronted foreign governments trying to understand Mr. Trump's conflicting signals.
Mr. Trump, for example, spoke of how Russia and China "seek to challenge American influence, values and wealth." But he made no mention of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, even though the document itself makes fleeting reference to "Russia using tools in an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of democracies."
Indeed, Mr. Trump preferred to focus on a Sunday phone call from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who thanked him for intelligence that the C.I.A. had passed on to Russian authorities, which Mr. Trump said foiled a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg that could have killed thousands of people.
"That's a great thing," he said, "And the way it's supposed to work."
Outlining a national security strategy is mandated by Congress, but Mr. Trump broke with his two most recent predecessors, Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, in announcing one himself. His aides said that reflected his enthusiastic approval of the exercise, and that the Trump administration published its strategy months earlier than either the Bush or Obama administrations.
The strategy — which administration officials said was drawn from speeches that Mr. Trump had delivered during the 2016 campaign and as president while at the United Nations and on trips in Europe and Asia — ranges widely and includes jihadi extremism, space exploration, nuclear proliferation and pandemics. But it is animated by a single idea: that the world has been on a three-decade holiday from superpower rivalry; and it suggests that that holiday is now over.
"After being dismissed as a phenomenon of an earlier century, great power competition returned," the document says. China and Russia, it says, "are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence."
The document's call to push back against China on trade is familiar from the campaign, but its description of the challenge posed by Russia seems at odds with Mr. Trump's own refusal to criticize Mr. Putin for his seizure of Crimea, his efforts to destabilize Ukraine and his violations of a key nuclear treaty with the United States.
While Mr. Obama's two national security strategies emphasized cooperation with allies and economic partners, Mr. Trump's strategy attempts to walk the line between his campaign slogan of "America First" and an insistence that he is not rejecting working with American partners — as long as they do so on terms advantageous to the United States.
Mr. Trump's strategy contains more than a few hints of a return to a Cold War view of the world. Mr. Obama used his strategies to de-emphasize nuclear weapons as a key to American defense, but Mr. Trump calls those weapons "the foundation of our strategy to preserve peace and stability by deterring aggression against the United States."
The national security strategies of past administrations were sometimes strong predictors of future action: It was Mr. Bush's 2002 strategy that revived a national debate about the justifications for pre-emptive military action. And it helped frame the rationale for the invasion of Iraq six months later, arguing that the risks of inaction in the face of a major threat made "a compelling case for taking anticipatory actions to defend ourselves."
The new strategy never uses the word "pre-emption," including in its discussion of North Korea. This omission comes despite the fact that Mr. Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, has said that if diplomacy and sanctions fail, "preventive war," or a pre-emptive strike, might be needed to keep the North from attacking the United States.
Mr. Obama viewed China as a potential partner in confronting global threats, from Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs to climate change, although he was critical of it on human rights issues.
Mr. Trump defines China as a "revisionist" power, reflecting the administration's worry that Beijing is trying to rewrite the rules of the post-World War II order to match its own economic interests and global ambitions. (Russia is also described as revisionist, though it does not have China's economic reach or influence.)
The Trump administration's language suggests it will push back hard on China's state-driven economic practices and expansionist claims in the South China Sea, while not challenging it on rights issues.
Mr. Trump has tried working with China to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, even setting aside his America First trade agenda in an effort to persuade President Xi Jinping to put more economic pressure on the government of Kim Jong-un. But the document suggests a return to his campaign promises, and states explicitly that "the United States will no longer turn a blind eye to violations, cheating or economic aggression."
Another section refers to preserving the "national security innovation base," at a moment that the administration is considering steps to keep China from investing in promising American technology.
In another shift from his predecessor, Mr. Trump's strategy does not recognize the changing climate as a threat to national security. The document instead places climate under a section on embracing "energy dominance," and says that while "climate policies will continue to shape the global energy system," American leadership will be "indispensable to countering an anti-growth energy agenda."
That puts it at odds with the Pentagon, which has continued to highlight national security threats from a changing climate, including refugee flows as a result of droughts and intensifying storms and the repercussions of rising sea waters.
In describing the use of cyberattacks against the United States, the document described the problems facing the nation rather than prescribing solutions. It refers to cyberweapons as a new threat because they can strike "without ever physically crossing our borders."
"Deterrence today is significantly more complex to achieve than during the Cold War," the document reads, saying a mix of inexpensive weapons and "the use of cybertools have allowed state and nonstate competitors to harm the United States across various domains."
But the document deals with the subject at some remove, not dwelling on how Russia used cybertechniques in an attempt to interfere with the 2016 election. And it does nothing to describe any broad national strategy to guard against meddling in future elections.
Some foreign policy experts praised the report for its vigorous tone.
"It's a robust statement of U.S. leadership on the world stage," said Nile Gardiner, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation. "It's a rejection of isolationism."
Others, however, said the disjunction between Mr. Trump and his national security team raised questions about how relevant the strategy would be.
"Who does it represent? What does it represent? How seriously should we take it?" asked Richard N. Haass, who served in the State Department during the George W. Bush administration and is now the president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
"In my experience, national security strategies have a fairly short shelf life," Mr. Haass added. "This administration will face that reality — and then some."


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Preserving a Culture of Life in the Philippines
A short documentary film entitled "The Philippines: Preserving a Culture of Life" was recently aired on Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in the USA and Canada. Produced by Human Life International (HLI), this film has been aired several times at EWTN in the Philippines.
The film is a pro-life documentary that highlights the fight for life in the Philippines. It features pro-life advocates who are leading the fight against the RH Bill, the likes of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Congressman Golez, HLI Director Bullecer, and former pro-abortion Department of Health manager Dr. Ligaya Acosta.
HLI is presently working with other pro-life organizations in the Philippines to promote the new documentary, groups such as the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the Filipinos for Life, a volunteer group whose mission is to speak the truth about the dignity and sanctity of human life in all its stages, from natural conception to natural death.
HLI is also hosting a contest on Facebook where pro-lifers are invited to leave a brief prayer for the Philippines or a note of encouragement for a chance to win a free DVD copy of the documentary.
Read more at LifeNews.com
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Executive Summary
Computers contain evidence useful in many human resource circumstances. Allegations of discrimination, sexual harassment, and unfair discharge are serious threats that are better understood by knowing what an employee did. Since computers are such a pervasive part of most employees' work lives, analysis of data stored on these computers helps address these issues. Human resource and/or legal department investigations are incomplete without computerized information.
Theft of trade secrets can also be combated with computer forensics. No business wants to allow a competitor to hire an employee, and in the process steal valuable confidential information. In most cases, the stolen information is stored on computers, with computers used to initiate the theft.
Computer forensics can trace the steps used by a misbehaving or dishonest employee to provide you the evidence needed for fair and resolute decisions. Most operating systems store massive amounts of information. Much of this evidence is difficult to eliminate.
The cost of properly collecting and analyzing this evidence is miniscule compared to what your company is already paying for such incidents. When done properly, computer forensics generate significant savings.
Why Your Information Technology Group Should Not Do this Work.
The emphasis of any computer forensic investigation must be on obtaining unquestioned evidence. Although technical knowledge is certainly required, legal processes, the integrity of evidence, and a clear and concise reporting by an independent expert witness should be the focus. To accomplish your objectives, specific procedures must be followed with specialized software.
Most information technology personnel focus on network administration and user support, rather than the specialized procedures and software that is required to preserve evidence. Even if your in-house personnel had the necessary tools and training, they (i) will be viewed as lacking independence, (ii) will not have the legal-related experience, and (iii) may not be qualified to serve as an expert in computer forensic investigations in court.
Electronic evidence is fragile, and can be easily altered or erased without proper handling. Finding the "smoking gun" will be of little value if you fail to establish that the data was not tampered with or otherwise corrupted. Unless a trained specialist performs the recovery and analysis, the information could be easily destroyed, discredited, or never found. This happens because:
In an attempt to avoid the use of specialized software, an in-house solution often involves copying the disk under investigation onto a newly formatted disk. This approach is incomplete. First, a copy made through Windows or DOS will include only those files that the system has been told to "remember". As a result, data on the disk from "deleted" information, and slack (the data remaining in the unused portion of each sector) will not be included. Second, a reformatted disk continues to house remnants of prior data because the reformatting process does not remove all information from the disk. As a result, data having nothing to do with the investigation will corrupt the results.
Most companies just want to know what the employee was doing. Because these companies do not plan to get into a dispute, they rationalize doing the investigation themselves. This is usually a mistake. The reality is that no one "plans" to have a dispute. Our courts are full of cases where the people involved would have preferred to resolve their dispute by dealing with a reasonable adversary. Unfortunately, adversaries often do not see the world the way that you do. The best way of protecting your interests and reaching a settlement is to have strong evidence that supports your position. The vast majority of our clients do not go to court - but that happens because the other side understands the strength of the evidence that they face. If your concerns are important enough to warrant an inspection, it is worth doing the inspection properly.
How Should One Deal with this Fragile Evidence?
Merely booting the subject computer in a Windows environment will alter critical date stamps, erase temporary data, and cause hundreds of writes to the drive. Each of these actions overwrites data that may be important to the investigation. Therefore, until you obtain expert assistance, if the computer is on, leave it on. If it is off, leave it off.
Specialized computer forensic software ensures that the subject's computer is not altered in any way during the evidence acquisition process. After initiation of a special boot procedure, the examiner uses software to create a "mirror" of the targeted storage. The examiner converts this created image to a read-only drive, as the only practical means of ensuring that data is not altered or lost in the course of the investigation.
A mirror image of a disk is a "bit level" copy. It includes all information on the disc regardless of whether the computer operating system recognizes the data as an existing file.
To prove that no data has been altered, computer forensic software employs an algorithm to generate an image hash value. The algorithm calculates a numerical value based on the exact contents of the drive that was imaged. If any data on the image changes, even something as little as the addition of a single keystroke or changing the case of a single character, the hash total changes. This provides irrefutable evidence that the data is not altered.
What Can I Do to Ensure Successful Use of this Information?
Obtain an image of computer disks and other storage media used by a departing employee as part of your routine documentation for "difficult" employees. A difficult employee includes anyone (i) whose discharge is likely to be disputed, (ii) likely to raise claims of inappropriate employer conduct, and (iii) leaving to work for a competitor. If this is not done, by the time problems are better known, the former employee's computer will likely have been passed on to the next user. Through routine ongoing use, the integrity of the evidence from the former employee will be compromised.
Preferably, computer data should be part of your proactive HR decisions. However, even if computer forensic data was not collected initially, it can still be useful later to corroborate decisions. Further, many claims from employees and thefts by employees are uncovered after the employee's departure. In all these cases, the computerized mirror image can be archived for later use.
Ensure that your personnel policies communicate expectations regarding the lack of employee privacy when using company computers and electronic systems. Similarly, your policies should include a statement regarding a code of conduct or acceptable use policy with respect to the company's systems. Employees should confirm their knowledge of these policies, preferably in writing. Most companies already do this as part of their overall HR practices.
Get the advice of legal counsel before performing a covert investigation. You should understand the employee's rights to privacy, if any.
Where is all this Evidence?
Computers record massive amounts of information about user activities. Both applications and the operating system record this information, sometimes in more than one location. Deleting files, emptying the recycle bin, and clearing the memory of browsers or other applications does not remove information from all locations.
Because of this, important information can be obtained from rather obvious (if you know about them) usage logs and storage. A computer user that wishes to cover his tracks can clear some of this information, but some subjects are careless, unsophisticated, and/or surprised by your investigation. However, even crafty and sophisticated people will have trouble eliminating everything. Even the act of eliminating information will leave tracks.
When dealing with those crafty and determined people that think they can cover their tracks, the "magic" of computer forensics is well worth its cost. In most investigations, here is the type of information you will receive:
Although perhaps obvious, an investigator can sort and search computerized text and numeric data using powerful software. This allows the investigator to find information rapidly, using key word searches. Similarly, the investigator can typically identify target file types, including files where the person being investigated attempts to hide something by changing a file extension.
Although the data may be easy to retrieve (e.g., files that remain intact, recycle bins, browser history and temporary files), you still need to be able to prove that the subject is the one responsible for the evidence. Even for the evidence that is obvious, procedures that prove the source of the data are still important.
What Will This Cost and What Reports Will I Receive?
Creation of the disk image is most cost effectively performed in our offices. In this case, our labor charges for creating a mirror image and performing an initial battery of recovery and processing tasks currently costs $800. We will also bill for storage media (currently around $100 for each hard drive being imaged, but this varies based upon the disk size).
Our flat fee includes an email report that shows (when such information is available):
Performing the work in our office requires that the subject hard disk be unplugged from the computer and sent to us. Alternatively, we can bring our equipment to your offices and create an image there. Usually, this is part of a covert investigation without the employee being present. If done at your location, there are additional charges for travel and the time we are at your location. The copying time depends on the size and speed of the disk we are imaging. Generally, a 20GB disk will take several hours to image, and will cost about twice the amount (not including travel time) charged if we perform the work in our office. Larger drives are proportionately more time consuming.
If you have specific concerns, we can tailor our search and analysis to meet your specific needs. Our initial report will often highlight areas for potential additional work. You may want to do some inspections yourself, in which case we will send you the relevant files. If you authorize additional work, we bill for this at a competitive hourly rate.
95% of Investigations are Incomplete.
The recent eighth biennial study by Ernst & Young regarding fraud prevention, detection, and investigation included a shocking statistic. Ninety-five percent of formal investigations ignored computerized information and computerized tools. In light of the overwhelming prevalence of computers and the modest cost of gathering electronic evidence, this is inexcusable.
The companies in this survey that used outside consultants provided an amazing show of client satisfaction. Approximately 90% of the companies that used outside forensic auditors were satisfied with the investigation. The wealth of information available from computer forensics can easily determine the outcome of a dispute or potential dispute.
The Fulcrum Advantage
We are not just computer techies. Our firm includes forensic accountants that regularly conduct financial investigations. Our broader expertise allows us to (i) separate the important from the unimportant, and (ii) interpret the results from the overall perspective of your business and its records. By using a single service provider for these related tasks, our work is more complete, better coordinated, and costs less.
Our firm is quite experienced in civil litigation. Should your employee make a claim, or you have a claim of stolen proprietary information, we are well equipped to support your case. Because of this experience, we know how to convert our methodology and conclusions into persuasive information for a judge and jury.
We use updated and sophisticated forensic software. This is important because technology is constantly changing. Our work is of the highest caliber, yet we charge less than the larger firms. You get "big firm" results at a "small firm" price.
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Native & Metis Journal: Fire Collection
Capture your thoughts on this scuff resistant velvet matte laminate journal. Printed on white 70lb acid-free lined paper.
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing" - Benjamin Franklin
Material: Matte laminate acid-free lined paper
Sizing: 7.5" x 10"
Designer: Tessa Sayers
Style: Woodland
Collection: Fire Collection
The Medicine Wheel is a symbol found across many indigenous nations. The teachings and concepts vary slightly between communities; however, the majority of the symbolism speaks to the four directions, natural elements, states of being, medicines and phases of life. Soul Curiosity often talks about the medicine wheel in relation to the mental, emotional spiritual and physical. This year will be an exploration into the natural elements. The 2018 Summer Collection introduces you to the FIRE ELEMENT.
As a physical element, fire keeps us warm, it cooks our food. It has the ability to destroy and can be very unforgiving. Forest fires can be devastating to habitats, animals, and homes. It can also be a natural and necessary part of the ecocystem as it rids of old vegetation, allows sunlight to come through, and encourages new plant growth. Metaphysically, fire evokes a sense of dying off, making room for regrowth. A complete cleansing and rebirth of new life.
The Fire Collection is about shedding the old narrative and writing a new chapter. It's about loving yourself through the process. Giving yourself permission to throw a match in your internal space, and watching the flames of guilt, jealousy, shame, anger, disappointments, fears and anxiety smolder away into the past. Cleansing and purification, a spiritual rebirth where love and courage win every time.
This summer let LOVE FUEL YOUR INNER FIRE as you face fears and push through challenging times. Feed your fire with love and see what beautiful transformations take place. Welcome to the Fire Collection
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How can we as a nation allow children to be housed in a converted Walmart, separated from their families? This is an outrage!
How are their developmental needs being met? How can we turn a blind eye to this atrocity?
I urge readers to contact their government representatives and demand these facilities be investigated!
Dee Brown
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Listen & view Zion I - Bird's Eye View lyrics & tabs
Bird's Eye View by Zion I from album True & Livin'
Duration : 2 minutes & 34 seconds.
Listener : 44775 peoples.
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[Zion whispers] I got a bird's eye view
[Girl in the background] Hip hop, is so many things you can say about it, know what I mean?
Like, on the real, hip hop is like, just, beautiful
Hip hop is life
[Verse 1]
From the first time I saw you, infatuation
Pulled to the side to provide conversation
Wild reputation but you were so cool
Any old fool knew that you was a jewel
Ghetto to ghetto, your influence settled
More hardcore than r&b but not metal
Blacker than a kennel, you made me feel mellow
Introduction to my life, I said "hello"
Meet me in a minute 'cause I gotta finish school
Some of my homies, they never finished puffin' woo's
Stayin' up late, always studying the tapes
The world watched you fall in love, I guess fate had a,
Grip on my mind state, I wanna rhyme, wait
I fell in line, getting signed at the wrong gates
And so my heart braced at first for real
But I would still be lovin' you 'cause deep is what I feel
I got a bird's eye view (hip hop...the realness)
I be wit'chu, I be there wit'chu
I be wit'chu, I be there wit'chu
[Verse 2]
She's the one I always count on, one that wouldn't leave me
One that's in the city always written in graffiti
One that keeps me company, when I'm all alone
She's my heart, my mind, my spirit and my bones
She's the only one I know that would go across the globe
Meet me in a foreign land, treat me like I'm home
Everything I own, give to her, she deserves it
Treats me like a king, every syllable is perfect
Searched through the earth for a reason just to be here
And since I met her every moment's like a leap year
Baby you can sleep here, you can stay with me
Anywhere you go, know I'm probably gon' be
Full of energy, and you never acting tired
You're everything I need, when I prayed, God supplied
You my chunky fire, blessings you provide
Always in my life 'til the day that I die
[Chorus x2]
(hip hop, hip hop, hip hop...is life)
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Alright guys. I've been slacking I know. But I have passes burning a hole in my desk so here we go.
Up for grabs are (4) lift pass vouchers to Attitash or Wildcat, and (4) Lift passes to Pats Peak; which will be given to ( randomly selected winners.
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- Replying in this thread earns you (1) chance to win
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Example:You have been a member on AlpineZone since 11/1/2007 and have 3200 posts. You have a total of (7) entries for time as a member, (6) entries for post count, and (1) entry for replying in this thread, for a total of 12 entries.
The contest will run from starting immediately (1/26/2015) and no more entries will be counted after 5:00PM EST on Wednesday, 2/4/2015.
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We will go through all the entries and draw two winners at random from the pool of tickets within a week of the close of the contest. We will notify the winner in a new thread and notify via PM as well, and then ship it out
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A lift pass valid at either Pats Peak or Attitash / Wildcat
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Paris Hilton admits new video was inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey
- Bang Showbiz
- 27 May 2015
Paris Hilton has admitted the video to 'High Off My Love' was inspired by the novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
Paris Hilton's latest music video was inspired by 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.
The 34-year-old beauty released the video for the song 'High Off My Love' earlier this month and has confessed its "sexual" content was inspired by the best-selling erotic novel by author E.L. James.
She shared: "The song is called 'High Off My Love' and I just wanted to do a very sexual video.
"I loved Madonna's 'Justify My Love' - that was a really hot video, so I just incorporated that, mixed with 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.
"I had a lot of S&M kind of outfits, a lot of male models and a lot of people making out. It's very sexy."
The singer also said the raunchy video is a reflection of the "new sexy Paris".
She told Heat magazine: "It's the first time I've been single, so I've never been able to do a music video like that before.
"I've always had a boyfriend on set being like, 'No, you're not doing that. I don't want any guys in the video'. But now I'm single, I can do whatever I want."
'High Off My Love' is set to appear on Paris' long-awaited second album.


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37 Blessings
Today I am 37. I started a new birthday tradition in 2009, and have done it each year since. And of course I couldn't resist doing it again in 2013.
Some of the blessings are the same, as they always will be. But as with each year, things change and there are new blessings.
So here is this year's list of 37 Blessings…
1. a gracious and faithful God
2. my husband who works hard every day to provide for us- we just celebrated 10 years of marriage!
3. Grace- for her sweet spirit, her imagination, her compassion
4. Owen- for his determination, his rough and tumble boyishness, his strength
5. my parents- always supportive in any way they can be
6. my sis- I only see you every six months, but it is always as if no time has passed.
7. my in-laws (the whole lot of them)
8. that my husband, my mom and my sister are my best friends
9. that I have a small core group of friends who I can always turn to
10. that Danny has a job that he enjoys and is challenging for him
11. that my children are healthy- Owen is the strongest he has ever been!
12. my job. I love my co-workers and my boss. I love that it is a safe and caring place and that Owen is just down the hall again this year as he got to do an extra year of pre-k before afternoon kindergarten
13. that I am able to be home with my kids after school, I can get them at the bus, when they are sick I can be home with them and I don't feel too guilty about missing work.
14. that I still have one living Grandparent (Dad's mom, just turned 93) and that Danny has two!
15. the Ducks are still rockin' it. What a fun time to be a fan, of football, basketball, and track!
16. that we live in a safe community
17. the kid's school- wonderful teachers and staff
18. James 1: 2-3 (NIV) Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
19. I became an aunt again:)
20. I am going to have a new sister-in-law!
21. a couple of super nice neighbors that I have enjoyed having nearby
22. health insurance – that we have it, and it is sufficient…
23. that food is plenty for us – Proverbs 30:8 "Give me neither poverty nor riches," he asked, "but give me only my daily bread."
24. our library!
25. that Grace loves to read. I love finding her new books that I think she will like and then hearing "I love this book! I knew I would love it when I read the first sentence!"
26. watching Owen learn how to read, seeing the look of pride on his face when he sounds out new words
27. "Every experience God gives us, every person he brings into our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only he can see." Corrie ten Boom
28. the kiddos in my classes at school- so fun to watch them grow as the year progresses
29. Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
30. Oregon rain
31. Mochas…and even just plain old coffee:)
32. that I have had quiet afternoons with both kids at school, my first consistent alone time since Grace was born…
33. that God has a plan, even when we don't know what it is
34. that we are making plans to move back home
35. that I am sad to leave this home…what a blessing this place has been the last 3 years, the fact that I am sad just proves it!
36. that we are embarking on a new adventure and that the kids are excited and that we will be much closer to family
37. another year with my sweet family


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Afghan Student Association (ASA)
Promoting Afghan culture and tradition around the campus.
AIESEC Houston (AIESEC)
AIESEC is global youth organization that develops leadership capabilities through our internal leadership programs and engages students in international service and internship programs at for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Albanian Coogs
The goals of Albanian Coogs is to enable knowledge of Albanian culture to students not from Albania and to preserve the Albanian culture and traditions to students with Albanian ethnicity.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the University of Houston (ASME)
ASME provides a great network for mechanical engineering students. We promote team work and collaboration throughout the duration of a student's academic career. Several social and networking events are held throughout the school year.
Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society - Songhai Chapter (AMWHS)
This is the UH (Songhai) Chapter of Ankh Maat Wedjau, the National Honor Society for students academically engaged - that is, majoring or minoring - in the African American Studies. We aim to raise knowledge about African-American culture & issues.
Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA)
The AAEAA is a professional organization dedicated to helping its members succeed in their professions by networking amo ng each other through seminars and social activities.
Arab Student Union (ASU)
The Arab Student Union exists to promote Arab interests on campus, celebrate Arab culture, prevent defamation against Arabs, and organize around Arab causes locally and globally.
Argentine Tango Club (ATC)
The Argentine Tango Club is a student organization dedicated to teaching and promoting tango and latin american culture. We will teach group lesssons for all levels and have social dance parties.
Asian Medical Professions Society (AMPS)
Established in fall 2010, the Asian Medical Professions Society's objective is to provide students at the University of Houston who are looking into careers in the health professions with opportunities to network through volunteering and charity work.
Association of Asian American Social Workers (AAASW)
To support a network of students and social work professionals serving or interested in serving the Asian American population.
Baha'i Club at the University of Houston (Baha'i Club)
The Bahá'í Club is a student organization who's purpose is to bring people together in a spirit of friendship and kindness, to promote independent and unprejudiced thinking, and to foster unity among all people.
Bangladeshi Students Association (BSA)
The purpose of this Organization is to unify all Bangladeshi students and alumni from the University of Houston; to strengthen inter-cultural relations by participating in cultural events organized by different student organizations and ethnic groups.
Baptist Student Ministry (BSM)
BSM is a student led mission organization that lives in the grace and rest of God and makes disciples in our communities.
Bauer MBA Society (BMBAS)
The Bauer MBA Society is designed specifically for graduate-level business students at the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business. We bridge the gap between the classroom and the boardroom.
Believers' Love World Campus Ministry (BLW_UH)
BLW is an organization that caters to students physical, academical and most especially spiritual needs.
Black Student Union (BSU)
The Black Student Union at the University of Houston is a registered student organization established to help students reach their full professional potential. Our goal is to prepare students for the professional arena by serving as a liaison for young, black, professionals on the UH campus and the black professional community. Through resume building, network training, and business etiquette classes, we want our students to make a lasting impression in the professional realm upon graduation.
Bridges International (BI)
This organization is to create bonds between international students and American students, to help international students get acclimated in the States, and to be able to learn about other's cultures.
Chinese Student Association (CSA)
CSA celebrate the Chinese Heritage and welcome everyone to join us. We have awesome events such as Dumpling Days, Moon Festival and of course Chinese New Year.
Chinese/American Language & Culture Organization (CALCO)
CALCO is a student-led academic organization that is backed by the University of Houston's Chinese Language Department. Our mission is to promote the understanding of Chinese language and culture within the Houston community.
Coog Comedy Club (C3)
C3 exists to highlight the diverse and hard hitting humor that the city and the University of Houston has.
Cougar Kendo (Kendo)
Kendo is the art of Japanese fencing and dates back nearly two-hundred years. The sword was the weapon of choice in Japan for over a thousand years.
Cougar Swing Out (CSO)
Do you enjoy social dancing? Do you have that vintage flair? Join Cougar Swing Out! Take a short trip back in time and learn the incredibly fun dance of the golden era - Swing! You'll be doing the Charleston with the best of them in no time at all.
Council of Ethnic Organizations (CEO)
The Council of Ethnic Organizations is the source of support and a platform for registered student organizations to actively promote diversity and inclusion of all cultures and peoples to the University of Houston community.
Delta Phi Omega Sorority, Inc. (DPO)
Delta Phi Omega Sorority, Inc. is the Largest, Strongest, & Fastest Growing South Asian Sorority in the nation. We are the ONLY South Asian Social & Service Sorority On campus!
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Zeta Sigma Chapter (/DST)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. The largest Black Greek Organization. A Public Service Sorority.
Dhun A Cappella
UH's premier South Asian a cappella who's goal is to harmoniously combine music of the East and West. With the power of voices, Dhun strives to spread an appreciation for diverse music while maintaining the traditional essence of South Asian Culture.
Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA)
EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.
FemCity UH (FemCity, Femfessionals)
FemCity UH is a student organization focused on connecting professional college women. We aim to aid college women with major components such as interviewing tips, proper business etiquette, making connections, community engagement, workshops a mentoring.
Filipino Student Association (FSA)
The Filipino Student Association(FSA)provides the student body with an organization that focuses on unity, community service, and most importantly, our Filipino culture.
Friends of Haiti (FOH)
Friends of Haiti is a student organization dedicated to bringing healthcare services to the poorest of the poor in the country of Haiti.
Gamma Beta Fraternity, Inc. (GB)
Gamma Beta Fraternity, Inc. is an Asian-American interest fraternity that was established Spring of 2000 at The University of Texas at Austin and colonized Spring of 2009 at the University of Houston.
Gamma Rho Lambda (GRL)
Gamma Rho Lambda (ΓΡΛ) is the first national, college-based, LBTQA sorority which is not exclusive to any particular race or sexual orientation. We are open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
GCSW Hispanic Student Association (H.S.A.)
The Hispanic Student Association of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, represent a community of students committed to the principles of empowerment, solidarity, and social justice for Hispanics.
Habitat for Humanity at the University of Houston (UH Habitat)
Habitat for Humanity at the University of Houston strives to educate, advocate, build and fund raise in partnership with Habitat for Humanity in order to eradicate poverty housing locally and internationally.
Hallyu Wave Club (HWC)
Our purpose is to promote the culture of Korea through popular entertainment including, but not limited to music, dance, cinema and media productions.
Houston Hillel enriches the lives of Jewish undergraduate students so that they may enrich the Houston Jewish community, the Jewish people, and the world.
Organize seminars discussing various religious topics.
Houston Lutheran Campus Ministry (HLCM)
Our presence on your campus is welcoming and supportive of ALL students, faculty, and staff as they engage life's questions, God's call, and the faith of Christ. This Lutheran campus ministry is not just for Lutherans.
Immigration and Human Rights Law Society (IHRLS)
Law School Organization focused on Immigration and Human Rights Issues
Impact Congo Student Association (ICSA)
Advocates for Humanitarian Awareness, Acceptance of Cultural Diversity, Peace and Justice for the Congo and the United States.
Indian Students Association (ISA)
Indian Student Association is a non-profit student organization whose mission is to preserve and promote the Indian culture to the University of Houston Cougars and the Greater Houston Area with pride and dignity.
Indoor Soccer Club (IndoorSoccer)
An organization dedicated to spreading the passion and love for soccer at the University of Houston.
Institution of Mechanical Engineers - UH Student Chapter (IMechE-UH)
This is the Institution of Mechanical Engineers University of Houston Student Chapter. The chapter is open to all STEM related majors interested in working abroad.
International Connections (IC)
IC assists students from different nationalities with forming diverse and valuable connections and skills. We place an emphasis on helping international students adapt to life in the U.S., and helping domestic students find opportunities to study abroad.
International Students Organization (ISO)
As the official representative of the international student body at the University of Houston, I.S.O. shall endeavor to Provide a climate in which individuals can grow, experience and develop a cultural identity and attain high skill competencies.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at UH (IVCF)
We are a community of students serving the campus in boldness and humility. From the love and grace given to us by Jesus Christ, we want to let others to experience a relationship with an almighty God.
Korean Student Association (KSA)
The mission of KSA is to promote awareness of Korean culture, to coordinate and promote activities leading to the betterment of Korean students at UH, and, to build a network among KSA alumni.
La Table Francaise (French Table)
La Table Française is an organization for students to come together in a stress-free environment to chat with others in French and to practice French.
Lambda Delta Psi (LDPsi/LDY)
A sorority founded in 2009 based on the principles of independence, sisterhood, and grace. Our members are students who seek to academically thrive and also participate in volunteer services throughout the community.
Lambda Phi Epsilon (LPhiE)
Lambda Phi Epsilon's vision is to become the preeminent international Asian interest fraternal organization, providing outstanding leadership, philanthropy, and advocacy in the community.
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (LTA)
We are the lovely ladies of the first Latina Sorority in the nation - Lambda Theta Alpha, Gamma Eta chapter upholding Unity Love Respect - Houston Hollaaa! We empower the universal woman and we strive for academic excellence.
Lambda Theta Phi (Lambdas)
To promote scholarship, Latin unity, respect for all cultures and brotherhood. Lambda Theta Phi has set out to accomplish these goals through responsible political and social activities.
Lebanese Student Association (LSA)
The Lebanese Student Association (LSA) is dedicated to commemorating and promoting the Lebanese culture, lifestyle, and history through educational and social means.
Lex Judaica
Lex Judaica is the Jewish Law Students Group at the University of Houston Law Center. We bring together Jewish law students, attorneys, judges, and others for networking, fostering a strong Jewish legal community, and educating Jewish law students.
LGBT Advocates (LGBT Adv)
The LGBT Advocates is an organization at The University of Houston that continually strives to provide a voice for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student community.
LULAC Council at UH (LULAC)
Advancing the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health, and civil rights of the Hispanic population in the United States.
MAES - Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES)
The University of Houston Society of MAES - Latinos in Science and Engineering student chapter is a 501c non-profit organization that devotes itself to the advancement of the Hispanic community.
Mesopotamia (MESO)
The organization name is Mesopotamia, called MESO for short. The name means the land of rivers, where the Tigris–Euphrates river system meet.
Mexican-American Pharmacy Student Association (MAPSA)
MAPSA serves to promote cultural awareness by educating, assisting and supporting Hispanic communities through healthcare and community development.
Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA)
The Middle Eastern Student Association proudly welcomes all students at UH to join and see how all the different Middle Eastern countries culturally come together through events and social gatherings.
Mission 24 (M24)
Mission24 is a community of believers who are passionate about experiencing God, building and nurturing relationships, and serving the college campus.
Model United Nations at the University of Houston (UHMUN)
Model United Nations at the University of Houston is a program designated to educate students about international cooperative efforts to combat famine, promoting as well as enforcing human right practices, and putting an end armed conflicts worldwide.
Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
Multicultural Greek Council.
Muslim Students Association (MSA)
Muslim Students Association: Our mission is to facilitate and provide for the needs of Muslims on campus as well as educating the University of Houston community at large.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Society of Minorities in Hospitality (NSMH)
We are the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality. We are a professional organization that prides itself on preparing our members to be leaders.
Nepalese Student Association at University of Houston-Main Campus (NSA-UH(main))
This organization is open for every student of University of Houston. We help new students comming to campus and help them settle and get to know about the university environment. It is really helpful to get started and make networking.
Nigerian Student Association (NSA)
NSA is an organization that unites the minds, culture, and fellowship of Nigerians and UH student body as a whole.
Nishani Bhangra (NB)
Promoting awareness of Punjabi culture through dance and the importance of diversity and multiculturalism, Nishani performs the dance style of Bhangra. Bhangra is a high energy, fast paced dance originating from the Punjab region in North India/Pakistan.
Omega Delta Phi (ODPHI)
Omega Delta Phi is a Service/Social fraternity dedicated to the needs and concerns of the community, is and shall be to promote and maintain the traditional values of Unity, Honesty, Integrity, and Leadership.
Pakistan Students Association (PSA)
The Pakistan Students Association (PSA) is a proud united ethnic Student Organization that was established in 1965 at the University of Houston. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join us for Social, Awareness, Charity and Professional events.
Persian Society at University of Houston (PSUH)
The purpose of this organization to promote awareness of the Persian/Iranian culture, arts, language, life, and social aspects in a non-political and non-religious manner.
Pi Kappa Delta, of the University of Houston (PKD at UH)
PKD at UH is an organization set up to bring members of the speech and debate community together and improve thier skills both in a competitive sense as well as the real world applications of such. Though no previous background is needed to join.
Power and Knowledge Network (PaK)
The PaK Network is an organization for students by students. We focus on improving the college experience by planning events with our members and establishing a strong network based on synergy and mutual interests.
Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS)
POPS is a student organization for students interested in the field of optometry. We meet every other Wednesday, and hold various events and socials for members to get to know each other and gain more information about the growing field of optometry.
Pre-Pharmacy Association (PPA)
Our mission is to lead and build strong foundations for pre-pharmacy students to succeed in pharmacy school.
She's The First (STF)
She's The First is a national organization devoted to funding primary and secondary schooling for female youth in developing countries.
Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. (SigRho)
Sigma Beta Rho is a national, multicultural fraternity dedicated to cultural awareness and diversity at the University of Houston. Nationally founded in 1996, SigRho is the largest and fastest growing fraternity of it's kind.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is a diverse familia made up of STEM-field students that offers academic suppport, professional opportunities, volunteer opportunities, travel, networking and more!
Society of Petroleum Engineers University of Houston Student Chapter (SPE)
Society of Petroleum Engineers University of Houston Student Chapter provides educational and leadership opportunities, networking events, access to current technology and practices in the Oil & Gas industry.
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
The South Asian Law Students Association represents the South Asian community at UHLC and seeks to promote a greater cultural understanding among all peoples. SALSA is open to all UHLC students, and we invite you to join us for our events.
Sri Lankan Student Association (SLSA)
To promote awareness about Sri Lanka and foster friendship between Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan-American community of the University of Houston
Taiwanese Students Association (TSA)
TSA is an established organization catered to all Mandarin Chinese speaking students here at the University of Houston. The main purpose of TSA is to offer help to international students with school related concerns.
The Accounting Society (AS)
We endeavor to prepare students for real world experiences while helping them develop leadership, communication skills, and connections with other students and professionals. Ultimately, we want our members to be proud, confident, and indispensable!
The Urbanite (Urbanite)
The Urbanite is a semi-annual newsletter under the Urban Experience Program. Its aim is to spread information,ideas, and opinions of various UEP members.
Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (TNX)
Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is a sisterhood that is based on promoting and appreciating scholarship,service,sisterhood, leadership, and multiculturalism across the campus and community.
Turkish Student Association (TSA)
Introduce Turkish Culture, History and Language.
UNA-USA Campus Advocates
Campus Advocates offers today's globally minded students the opportunity to participate in shaping the future, educate one's self & others on UN issues, advocate on behalf of the UN & spread the word about the important work the UN does around the globe.
United Muslim Relief Houston ((UMR Houston))
UMR Houston aims to implement targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve lives. Our motto "Development Through Service" bears a message of changing lives at both ends: those who need our help, and those who want to help others.
University of Houston Forensic Society (UHFS)
The University of Houston's Speech and Debate Team
Vietnamese Students Association (VSA)
Our mission is to promote and preserve the Vietnamese culture, give back to the community, and encourage unity by offering various cultural, service, and social activities and events to both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese individuals.
Wushu Kung Fu Club (UH Wushu)
Wushu Kung Fu Club Practices are held every Tuesday/Thursday at 5:30-7:30 PM in Rec Room 4&5 and Friday at 1:30-3:30PM in Rec Room 1&2. No experience is necessary - beginners welcome! Find us on Facebook!
Youth Empowerment Alliance (YEA)
Youth Empowerment Alliance is an immigrant youth led organization at the University of Houston that aims to improve the present reality faced by undocumented students by being their voice in and out of campus.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (Zetas)
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.


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In addition there will be bonus events throughout the year where Renella can organise evenings for you and your team, or even for your family and friends to come along and be pampered. Products purchased on those evenings would gain you extra loyalty points to be used towards future product purchases, as well as additional loyalty point deals all throughout the year. Any recommendations from you to friends or family to use Renella will gain you extra rewards of various offers throughout the year.
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Hi i dont no how much help it will be but i have been running my fish house for just over six years and has been changed many times at cost but have finally got there.
My shed is at end of my garden and is about 12foot by 5foot 5
Started with 22 small tanks part sump and the rest on bubble filters and the rest on externals. Very expensive to run and to buy.
System at the moment is running 400 gallons
1 u.v Pond type
2 sumps These are black plastic water tank and are linked
6 Breeding cubes
2 48x18x18 For growing on
1 52x21x22 For adults and pairing off
1 43x23x22 For adults and pairing off
The first sump has no meadia as is just for water volume so, also have a light over it so if i loose a tank for any reason i have a back up.
As for water change everything is on an auto system, the first sump has an over flow and the ro unit on hose pipe timer for 6 hours and the h.m.a on hose pipe timer for 0.75 of an hour, this all goes into the second sump which is were the pumps are.
I change about 100-120 litres per day.
The shed is also heated to 31degrees as is easyer than heating the tanks.
One last thing i now drill all my tanks at front with over flow out and then down into waste pipe to sump as you can control everything better.
As for the electric, i heat the shed with parrafin (free from the local factory) so even in winter when it is below freezing all the time my bill is only about £7.50 a week, ( a couple of pints in the pub)eg £90 a quarter
and my night time lights are solar spot lights (so free to run as well).
Hope it helps
got a fair size room for a breeding hatchery, its about 6 Mts long by 3 to 4 mtrs wide.Also got 2 and a half inch styrophome as insulation.
I got all the racks done long ago.
Just thinking using a electric Radiator heater ok? i used to breed long ago but had a smaller room and the radiator heater worked well.
Any other heating suggestions please? i am after cost efficiant heating.
And no i will be no big time breeder, just a small outfit, 1 breeding pair is enough.
Your thoughs on heating will be great, thankyou very much.
dependson your wattage, a 2400w radiator wil have to work 24/7 to keep the room warm, + heat doesn't travel too well by convection (through air) so to get your tanks to 30c you'll proably have to heat the room to 33-34.
if all you'l have is a small room wrap each tank on 4 sides with 1-2inch thick styrofoam (base and 3 non veiwing sides) and KEEP LIDS ON! that way a small 150-200w heater will do the tanks your using, you wont be wasting poiwer to heat air to transfer heat to the tanks, just heat the tanks directly, doing this in my room dropped my power bill from $1400/quarter(un insulated) to $960 (insulated), concidering the ligt needed for the planted tanks costs $200/quarter and the general power bill for the house ($280) heating the tanks only costs $500 and thats changing 1000L/night.
another tip when you heat your water for changes set a timer to tun the heater on at 11:30pm during offpeak times, that way your paying the lower rate for power for the initial heat from tap temp to discus temp
Fantastic, Thank you ILLUSN.
Thats all i needed to know.
Thanks again for your advice, very much aprriciated.
A timer on heating the 40gallon water drums off peak is a great idea.
forgive my ignorance but what hours are off peak? guessing 12am? midnight? thanks.
oops 11.30 pm lol did see it, just testing ya.
For anyone interested in setting up a Fish Room - that lives in the Melbourne area:
I work for a pipe and fittings manufactring company - one of the (if not THE) biggest in Australia.
I can get you PVC pipe and fittings & Poly pipe and fittings at a VERY cheap price compared to re-sellers (such as reece).
For example - 50mm PN6.3 (630KPA of pressure) in a 6mrt stick - reece might charge $40 - i can get it for you for $8 - $10 (this is just an example as i wont list actual prices in an open forum)
If your interested, pm me.
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|Wasteland 2 has been a big let-down for hardcore apocalyptic RPG players, features such as aimed shots, stances and perks are missing and the game is a bit meh overall apparently.
There are lots of people disappointed with it not being enough like Fallout, so maybe this game will fill that void instead?
|so burnt out on kickstarter. its a stupid premise.
|their first kickstarter for that game they had a $900k target but got around $40k, now they only have a $35k goal, seems a bit suspicious, obviously going to be alot of planned content cut
|they are episode style. I don't hold much faith in it.
|Your news post gives me no reason why this kickstarter is newsworthy, what differentiates this grab for cash from others?


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Finance Minister needs divine intervention to activate the slackened economy and find requisite resources to finance his 'rural-centric' and path-breaking' budget.
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An Analysis. UWB received this article in email.
Whereas the rest of the SPA (Seven Party Alliance) are jubilant of the victory over the 'autocratic' and 'repressive' royal regime, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat must be burning midnight oil trying to figure the way out of the mess that he finds himself in. He had chosen easy way earlier and placed blame on the previous regime for the current economic mess by issuing 'white paper' on the condition of the Nepalese economy as soon as he became the finance minister. However, he may soon run out of options to pass the buck and absolve himself of any responsibility.Continue reading "Nepal Budget : Finance Minister in Catch-22 Situation"


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Recovery for Ukraine: Government Action Plan to Overcome Current Challenges
On 17 December, H.E. Mr. Olexander Horin, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Netherlands, gave a presentation followed by a discussion focused on the action program launched by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, last Tuesday, 9 December.
This action program envisions clear short-term actions aimed at overcoming the principal challenges Ukraine is currently facing, including the Russian aggression; recovery and rehabilitation of the territories damaged by the conflict; European integration and implementation of the Association Agreement; good governance, decentralization of power and combating corruption; economic stabilization; and building a new energy strategy. Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Abiodun Williams, President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice and presentation by H.E. Mr. Olexander Horin, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of The Netherlands


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In Exodus' prohibition against idols, God gives us His reason: "For I am a jealous God!" On the surface this is a strange thing for God to say. We often say things like, "God is good. God is great. God is holy." But how often does anyone say, "God is jealous"? That seems too petty an attribute for the God who created the universe to concern Himself with. If He is God, then what's to be jealous over? He ostensibly owns everything!
I believe the word "jealous" has an associative and helpful term, "zealous." God is willing to share with us many things. But one thing He will not share is His glory. To do that would mean we lose our respect for God as our Lord, and in so doing we both debase Him and ourselves, reducing Him into our own image rather than ourselves created in His.
Take Jesus for example. He was zealous, not in a fanatical way, but in a way that demonstrated His love for God. He cleansed the temple because He was both zealous and jealous. He saw the temple being abused by selfish merchants exploiting those who came to worship. He was jealous in that He felt the temple was being misused, and His zeal in cleansing it was the response of His jealousy.We should feel indignant whenever we see truth manipulated or injustice perpetrated, because God is our great lover and anything that comes ahead of Him we should zealously seek to confront. Paul did this in Athens. He was jealous for God's glory as he witnessed the idols. He didn't put the idols down. Rather, he zealously lifted the true God up!
When God sees people whom He created and loves foolishly turning from Him to darkness, themselves and the devil, He becomes jealous in a good way; not based on His own sense of insecurity or selfishness, but on truth and a concern to see us free and secure in Himself to whom we owe everything.
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2020 Stone Crab Eating Contest
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Registration starts at 11am and contest begins at 12pm.
In honor of the start of Stone Crab Season, Keys Fisheries is proud to announce that we will be hosting our 2020 Stone Crab Eating Contest, which proceeds benefit to the Marathon Recreation Center. Last year's event was a success, with many local businesses contributing to the prizes won by our contestants. Some of the prizes included complimentary stays at hotels, gift cards to restaurants and day passes to some of the most popular attractions in the keys. If you think you have what it takes to be the fastest individual or teammate to crack and eat 25 stone crab claws, you can download the registration form online and send it into the restaurant.
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According to Tarek Elrich, Adelaide United may have inadvertently had the best preparation possible for their AFC Champions League play-off against Shandong Luneng - playing Sydney FC last Friday night.
Reds full-back Tarek Elrich has explained that Adelaide coach Guillermo Amor found some similarities between the Chinese Super League club and Sydney ahead of Tuesday night's qualifying match for the 2016 ACL group stage.
Adelaide drew 2-2 with Sydney over the weekend, and Elrich reckons it may have given the Reds a taste of what to expect against Shandong.
"It's funny, Guillermo was watching them play and their style's very similar to Sydney FC where they sit in and pounce on mistakes," Elrich told Goal Australia.
"So that's something we spoke about - make sure we don't take too many risks."
Amor conceded at his pre-match press conference on Monday that it has been tough to do research on Shandong.
But it's not like Adelaide go into the contest completely without any knowledge of their opposition.
"We sent someone from our club over there to watch some friendly games that they played over there, so we've got a little bit of footage of that," Elrich said.
"And the game against the Indian team [Mohun Bagan] that they beat last week was streamed over the internet.
"So we have a little bit of information but they have obviously more. We're deep into our season and access to our games isn't that hard to come across. So they'll definitely have the upper hand when it comes to that."
Due to Adelaide's "proud history" in the ACL - they became the first Australian club to play in the final in 2008 - Elrich and Co. are desperate to advance past Shandong.
With up to 2000 fans expected to travel from China, Elrich has called on Adelaide's fans to produce an impressive atmosphere to ensure home advantage.
"There's nothing better than playing in front of a packed Coopers Stadium, so hopefully with the way we've been going in the A-League, the fans come out and support us tomorrow night," the Socceroos defender said.
"I think Shandong are sending some fans over from China as well. I'm hearing 1500-2000 fans… so hopefully the atmosphere's electric."
Adelaide United will face Shandong Luneng Taishan in the AFC Champions League Play-Off on Tuesday, 9 February at Hindmarsh Stadium. Kick off is at 7.30pm ACDT.


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Arkansas Weatherman Wakes Up in Bathtub With Corpse
An Arkansas weatherman woke up in a bathtub with a dead body this week after an evening of alcohol and drugs, according to a police report. The meteorologist's friend Dexter Williams, 24, was found dead, wearing nothing but a dog collar.
Brett Cummins, 33, is a meteorologist for KARK, the NBC affiliate in Little Rock, Ark. On Sunday, Cummins' friend Christopher Barbour, 36, invited Cummins to his house in Maumelle. Cummins arrived at 8 p.m. with his friend Williams.
According to a police report Barbour said the trio "began to drink and use illegal narcotics."
"Mr. Barbour stated that he was not sure of the drugs that they were using but that they were snorting them," Officer Gergory Roussie wrote in his report of the scene. He also said that they consumed alcohol in a hot tub.
Barbour said that around 11 p.m., he left the other two men in the jacuzzi and went to sleep on the couch. When he woke up at 8 a.m. the next morning, he found his bed still made and the two men in a bathtub with no water in it. Barbour began to clean up glassware from the previous night and woke Cummins up.
They quickly realized that Williams was unconscious and looked discolored. "Brett screamed and became ill and left the bathroom and vomited on the carpet in the living room," Roussie wrote in the police report. Cummins left the house but eventually came back to give a police statement.
The men called the police, who arrived shortly after. Officer Roussie entered the bathroom and saw a naked, white male in the bathtub.
"The subject was lying on his right side in a fetal position, his face was blue and purple in color with a chain around his neck," Roussie wrote. He also wrote that he believed the chain was a dog collar and that he "observed a small ring of blood around the bottom of the tub."
Neighbors noticed the party on Sunday night but were shocked to hear about the mysterious death.
"We were a little bit concerned yesterday when we saw all the commotion up here," neighbor Kay Jenkins told ABC's Little Rock affiliate KATV. "I would've never suspected anything like that to take place."
Neither Cummins nor Barbour could be reached for comment. Cummins' station, KARK, reported on the story and included a few lines about the involvement of their meteorologist.
"Our Meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with our viewers," KARK wrote in its report of the incident. "Brett will not be on the air as he is mourning the loss of his friend. Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Dexter Williams."
The Maumelle Police Department is investigating the incident as a "sudden death" and awaiting the results of an autopsy and toxicology report. No charges have been filed and no one is in police custody.


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Golden Globe award-winner Ricky Schroder returns as Robert Lee Parton in "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love."
Ricky Schroder delivered a moving performance in NBC's first biographical film based on Dolly Parton's childhood. In fact, during filming Ricky received a special note from Dolly commending him on his performance of her late father. The letter made a big impression on Ricky. He said in his interview about the first film, "I really wanted to honor who her father was and their relationship because she just adored him."
Ricky shares his excitement about returning to the role of the Parton family patriarch and how he was somewhat apprehensive about the thought of a sequel until he read the script. Watch Ricky's responses to the following questions he was so kind to share with his fans.
See more cast interviews and tune in Wednesday, November 30 at 9/8c on NBC to watch Ricky Schroder as Robert Lee Parton in "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love."
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This blog was months in the making.
To manage your expectations; I have not been sitting at my desk neurotically examining the punctuation, expression and composition of this post. Quite the contrary, I have questioned whether sharing the lessons that the past year have taught me are worth documenting. Yet, if there is one thing that blogging has taught me, it is that someone, in some crevice of this earth that you haven't even heard of; will engage and find value in your experience. Therefore, I apprehensively present to thee; the lessons of 2015 learnt the hard way, for the benefit of 2016.
- Traumatic events can be the most effective catalyst for change. Sometimes it is easier to shape yourself into who you want to be from the ground up.
- Living a healthy and active lifestyle is something you should make a priority and take pride in.
- Weight is not indicative of health.
- Come to your own judgements and listen to the opinions of others with a grain of salt.
- The length of a friendship is not representative of much, if anything; a friend of a short period could have purer intentions for you, than a lifelong friend.
- Everyone deals with heartache differently. It is difficult to sit at the bed of a friend falling apart, accept their vices and not cast judgement on their actions; how they're dealing with a situation, in comparison to how you would deal with the situation.
- Some people have twisted and demented opinions regarding women, racial minorities and religions. Irrespective of how much you argue, come to terms with the fact that you can not change the opinion of everyone.
- That timeline you construct as a child as a guideline for your life, you know the one that I'm talking about… dating at 16, engaged to said "perfect partner" by 21, married by 23, child on the way by 25; yeah sorry kid, that ain't happening.
- We should have listened to our parents when they told us to value our childhood and refrain from growing up too soon. The idea of mortgaging a sub par dwelling in Sydney for a lifetime of debt isn't as glamorous as first presumed.
- Perhaps the fact that you chased the love of somebody who tore you apart says more about you than the person you wanted.
- There is no shame in watching and quoting Harry Potter at any given occasion as a 20-year-old.
- My generation is terrified of commitment.
- Unplanned travels make for the best memories and stories.
- Remember how far you've come and appreciate yourself throughout the process of change. Progress from love makes for a better process of change, rather than progress motivated by self-hatred.
- Until you let the wounds of your past heal, you will continue to weep and bleed. Whether you mask it with substances, by immersing yourself in the attention of others, food or other addictions, you have to let yourself heal from whatever wounds the year inflicted, irrespective of how long it takes.