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After 'Million Dollar Arm', IPL welcomes 'Million Dollar Bat'
Promoters of the famous 'Million Dollar Arm' show, in 2008, want Americans to realise the 'Great Indian Dream' of playing in cash-rich Indian Premier League
Dubai: When Rinku Singh won the 'Million Dollar Arm' show in 2008, the Indians' 'Great American Dream' of playing professional baseball became a reality and now the promoters of that very contest want Americans to realise the 'Great Indian Dream' of playing in cash-rich IPL.
India's Dinesh Patel (left) & Rinku Singh who went on to play for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates after winning the Million Dollar Arm contest. Pic/Getty Images
Sports agent JB Bernstein and partner Ash Vasudevan, co-creators of 'Million Dollar Arm', that gave Rinku a chance to become a professional pitcher (thrower), yesterday announced a cricket reality show 'Million Dollar Bat' to find baseball batters to compete for the chance to play cricket in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
In fact, the tournament does have the blessings of BCCI with all-powerful IPL COO Sundar Raman giving his vote of confidence for the event. "Anything that helps grow the game of cricket and bring new talent in is very welcome," Raman said. "When we went to India no one had ever heard of baseball. We 'borrowed' the American Idol format, replaced the microphone with a baseball, and followed the old adage:"Show me a guy, who throws hard and I'll teach him how to pitch," said Bernstein, here on Wednesday.
It is a two-day conference with experts from the fields of sport and other major events looking to take Dubai's lead in winning and hosting major world events. Bernstein goes onto recollect," Along came Rinku with his 88 miles-per-hour arm and the naturally talented Dinesh Patel and the rest as they say is history. Now we're looking to do it again but with cricket.
"Having spoken to a number of professional baseball players and cricketers myself, there is a great deal of crossover between the two sports especially in terms of hand-eye coordination and I'm confident that we'll find ourselves, a US-born IPL star," he added. In fact, a Hollywood film by the same name was released, last May, based on the lives of Rinku and Dinesh.
Rinku's role was essayed by 'Life of Pi' hero Suraj Singh while American actor John Hamm portrayed Bernstein's character. In 2008, Rinku and Dinesh, two aspiring javelin throwers, became the first Indians to sign a professional sports contract in North America after beating 37,000 hopefuls to win Bernstein's reality TV contest and joining Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates, despite neither of them having ever thrown a baseball before.
Rinku, who is also in Dubai, said:"I still can't really believe the journey I've been on since 2008. I've heard JB (Bernstein) say that no one really believed in the 'Million Dollar Arm' idea, when it was first brought it to the table. "But here I am in Dubai, sitting alongside him and Ash, my story is now a Disney motion picture, played by Suraj," gushed Rinku.
"This new contest (Million Dollar Bat) gives someone the chance to change their life. I know a few hitters back in the US, who will be keen to give it a go." Dinesh, on his part, added:"I'm living in India again at the moment and looking forward to welcoming the winner of the Million Dollar Bat next year. It's a total role reversal and I think fans -- baseball and cricket -- in the US, India and beyond are going to be watching with real interest to see who makes the cut."
Bernstein and Vasudevan also announced the launch of Season-3 of the 'Million Dollar Arm' talent-hunt, with a view towards creating a Bollywood version of the Disney hit in 2015 through a newly-formed film firm called Aspire Entertainment. The Bollywood version will be told mainly from Rinku and Dinesh's perspective, flipping the Hollywood script which centred on Bernstein.
Speaking from the Ritz-Carlton Jumeirah hotel venue of the summit in Dubai, Vasudevan said:"It's really exciting. We're offering someone from the US the rare opportunity to throw themselves into a totally different sport, in an entirely different country, and to go up against the very best in front of a huge audience.
"Anyone wondering just how big cricket is only needs to look to the immense following the IPL has in India and right across the region; we¿re offering an opportunity to be a part of that."
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So what is calisthenics? It is essentially body weight training. It uses a range of motor movements such as running, standing, and grasping. The aim is to improve body strength, fitness and flexibility by pulling, pushing, jumping and swinging. It works on all of the components of fitness, with exercises such as push ups, pull ups, squats, lunges and sit ups.
One the great things about calisthenics is that you do not need to go to the gym and routines can be carried out at home with simple equipment. The list of exercises is extensive, all of which can help you build bigger muscles and improve your muscle endurance. It provides a great platform for all types of sports and can help with weight loss.
It really is a brilliant form of exercise, but like any fitness plan, it is important to start sensibly and not try the more demanding exercises until you have mastered the basics.
What are the basic calisthenics exercises?
Push ups, building strong muscles in the chest and triceps, with emphasis on the shoulders to a lesser degree.
Squats, working on the large muscle groups in the legs and engaging core muscles as stabilisers. Squats can be carried out in a range of directions and with weights to add further resistance.
Dips, in a number of variations. This strengthens the whole upper body and can utilise the core for stability and leg raising variations.
Pull ups, there are many variations. These will train muscles in the back, core, arms, shoulders and chest. The upper back does the most work in the basic pull up form but other areas can be trained harder with variations in form.
Abdominal exercises, having a strong core is essential for body weight exercises and there are a number of abdominal exercise variations in calisthenics.
This video has had over 1 million views and is a great guide for beginners.
Common calisthenics mistakes to avoid for beginners
Patience and perseverance
Don't give up, show some patience, results can take time. If you need to, carry out very low repetitions to begin with. Train with the most basic exercises first, for example if a push up is tough, start by resting on your knees. If you find a pull up hard, start with an Australian pull up.
There may be a body part that you feel is letting you down. Find a way to concentrate on and train that body part and bring it into line with the rest of your physique.
Remember that the people you see pulling off the cool looking moves had to start somewhere, and that the biggest factor ti becoming good at anything is time and perseverance.
Correct form
Many beginners gain satisfaction from carrying out a high number of repetitions at the expense of maintaining correct form. The when they do not see quick results they give up.
If you do not carry out the exercises properly then you will not see the true benefits from them. It is better to do 5 good pull ups than 20 improper ones. It is crucial to control the speed and go through the whole range of motion. Lying to yourself will not help you build strong muscles, it is an exercise in vanity!
Body composition
These are body weight exercises. If your body weight is higher than you would like it to be, then the exercise will naturally be harder to perform. Concentrate on doing exercises that will bring your body weight down and eat well. Once you have dropped a few pounds then body weight exercises will become easier to perform. It will become a virtuous circle, when you are lighter you can exercise more and more unwanted weight will come off.
Injury prevention
It is very easy to get carried away and push yourself too hard when you are starting out. Over-training will lead to injury and injury will prevent you from training. It's better to keep training within your limits than to push yourself, get hurt and have to take time off.
Warming up before and cooling down after exercise are important to preventing injury. Dynamic stretches before training and static stretches afterwards are a great way to do this. These have the added benefit in improving flexibility which in turn will improve your performance.
If you are unsure on the exercises and number of reps when you first get started the video below has a good work out. However don't risk using the door for pull ups has Francis has here!
Some more calisthenics videos
Once you are comfortable with basic level exercises you can move up to more challenging ones. The video below demonstrates some intermediate level training moves.
It will be quite some while before you progress to the moves in the next video. It's here though to give you somewhere to aim for. Imagine how impressed people will be once you graduate to this level of body weight exercise!
The wrap up
Calisthenics are a great way to get a full body work out, building on muscle strength and endurance, balance, coordination and flexibility. It will take time to progress, but once you have mastered body weight exercise you will be incredibility fit and strong. Plus its a great way to show off your prowess to other people!
p.s. if you found this guide interesting and useful please like or share so others can find it more easily. Thanks!

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So the Rudd Federal government is going to take away school funding if they under perform. I can't believe it! It smacks of the UK model where perceived under performing schools are closed down within 18 months if improvement is not shown.
It begs the question, how will this be fairly and equitably measured? How? No one group of students is homogenous and certainly the many schools I work in are diverse and complex. Why apply a punitive model? Why not work on the notion of resourcing professional learning for teachers to drive curriculum improvement? Can't funding be applied without working from a deficit model?
When I hear reports such as this latest one on funding attached to performance, I immediately get suspicious. This deficit model immediately puts some of our most disadvantaged schools in the firing line which begs the question, does it leave the more advantaged schools off the hook? I know that many disadvantaged schools are the most innovative and as such, are achieving real gains in student learning. The horrible educational cliche "value added" really applies here. But seriously, are you telling me they won't be compared to the more advantaged schools?
As for the educational revolution, I don't think so. Perhaps politicians need to go back to school themselves to be reminded of the complex nature of educating young people in today's society. Oh, and by the way, that "schooling" starts in the early years – just a reminder for those who see education as = secondary only!!
Damn right I'm angry!


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From Friday to Tuesday, we were off school for the Feast of the Sacrifice and so Delal and I rented a car and headed West, without plan or reservation, toward the Aegean Sea. Our suitcase was packed full of hopeful bikinis and swimming shorts—we needed the jackets and sweaters more as it turned out—but the trip was still fantastic. There's a magic about the Aegean and as I reflect back on our trip now, it's remarkable how it followed a path through one of the oldest stories in the world, Homer's Iliad. And if this is dedicated to anyone, it's dedicated to Mrs. Connie Shelnut and Mr. Allen Cleveland—two former English teachers in Lakeland, Florida who introduced me to ancient Greek literature back when I was one of the teens I am teaching now.
Our first stop was Çanakkale, the sight of one of the bloodiest battles of World War 1 between the Allies and the Ottomans—which the Turks won in no small thanks to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Our interest was not in battlefields, however, at least not modern ones, but the ferry, which, for 30 TL, takes you across the Dardanelles to Western Anatolia. About a half hour further south are the ruins of Troy (Truva in Turkish).
|The Walls of Ancient Troy
The site has not the grandeur of Turkey's other ruins—Bergama or Ephesus—but there was something about running my hand along the fabled walls of Priam's Troy, touching the stones—themselves half legend, half real, half god, half human—that sent shivers through me. These are rocks plundered by idiot 19th century tomb raiders posing as archaeologists, but they are also the walls before which Hector and Achilles fought to the death before an audience of gods.
"The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."
|Another Trojan wall made of red stone found in the region
|The planes of Troy
|A Trojan road
From Troy we headed along a small one and a half lane road that wound around the Biga Peninsula—a lonely little outcropping of land filled with tiny villages and barren rocky hills rolling down toward the sea. In ancient times, it was called Troas. You drive along winding about boulders and olive grows and suddenly sight a row of Greek columns towering above the brush. There are dozens of little archaeological sites—my favorite of which is the great temple of Apollo Smitheon, the Temple of the Mice in the village of Gülpinar, once the city of Chryse.
|The Temple of the Lord of the Mice
|A sacred road leading out from the Temple of the Mice
This temple plays a pivotal role in the story of the Iliad. In the very first chapter, the Greek king Agamemnon kidnaps the daughter of the priest of this temple to be his "war prize." The girl's father comes to the Greek army bearing ransom, but the king still will not give her back, and so the priest prays to Apollo to send a plague upon the Greeks which ravages them so badly they think of giving up the whole war and returning home. When Achilles finds out, he is enraged. He demands that Agamemnon return the girl as should have been done in the beginning.
"Hear me,..., O god of the silver bow, that protects Chryse (Gülpinar) rules Tenedos with your power, hear me oh Lord of the Mice. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows of plague avenge these my tears upon the Greeks!"
Walking along the temple ruins I try to picture the priest's curse—offered up at night, perhaps, on the waning moon of Apollo's twin sister. The spell, the rodents swarming out of the altar in answer, the dying Greek mercenaries on the shore of the Aegean just visible over the pomegranate grove. But the legend that really intrigues is this bit about the mice. Why a god of mice? The ancient Greeks called mice the 'sons of the earth' and believed they formed out of vapours deep underground. They were magic, connected to both healing and pestilence and seemed linked to the many springs that still bubble out of the ground in Gülpinar.
|An acacia against the backdrop of the temple's facade
In his prayer, the priest mentioned Tenedos—the island ruled by Apollo now called Bozcaada. We took a ferry across (60TL round trip) and found a picturesque little town of 19th century Greek houses and churches. Most of the Greeks of the Aegean "migrated" during the forced population exchange—but not the people of Bozcaada who stayed until the 60s and 70s when the Cypress conflict and political persecution prompted them to finally move. Perhaps the historical proximity of their exodus explains why the old stone houses are so beautifully preserved.
|The Castle on Bozcaada from the terrace of our pension
A few Greeks remain and their culture still has a powerful influence. The wine here is legendary, and the island has some of the oldest wine making traditions in the world. We went to a tasting at a cafe run by Yunatçı Vineyards--one of the only Muslim families to make wine who own one of the oldest vineyards in Turkey. Many of their wines are made from a local grape called the Kuntra which resembles Pinot Noir. Thanks to the Puritanical AK Party I cannot offer you a link to their site because that is now considered advertising alcohol, which is illegal as is offering wine tastings at the winery itself and so the Yunatçıs have smartly opened a small cafe to provide that service. For a measly 10 lira (5 dollars) you can sample 10 of their finest wines. It's ridiculously cheap. Besides the wine, the island is full of seafood restaurants serving up the renowned Aegean mezes. The hostess of our pension told us that jams and preserves were a specialty of the island as well and we sampled her sun-dried tomato preserves with almonds for breakfast. Yum!
|The meze avukma--with cheese and egglplant and pomegranate sauce
There's something poetic about Bozcaada—I could have stayed here for weeks and wandered the streets. Stone houses and bougainvillea, churches and old Genoese castles, vineyard and old fisherman. Our pension had a terrace that overlooked the old castle on the sea and we had a wonderful breakfast there watching the starlings and gulls circle over the battlements as the sea crashed on the rocks below. The people we meet are warm and friendly--everyone one we pass says hello and asks after us. Where are you walking? You're not leaving so soon, are you?
|Mt. Ida from the ferry
This is the island that spelled the doom of Troy. It was here that the Greek ships hid to trick the Trojans into thinking they had all gone home, even as the fabled wooden horse was wheeled into the city gates and ravaged the city. From the shores you can see the fabled Mount Ida--where Zeus stood and watched the war.
(I hesitated to publish a travel blog this week in light of what is happening in Kobani where a siege by the blood thirsty ISIS will most likely result in the massacre of thousands of Kurds mostly to the indifference of Turkey--and, apparently, the US military as well. But I have anyway--however ill timed that decision is, I want to say that our hearts and thoughts are with the modern war just over the border.)


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Professional advisors of all kinds – attorneys, accountants, estate planners, and others – play a vital role in helping grow philanthropy. The Eau Claire Community Foundation wants to be a resource for you as well as a philanthropic partner for your clients. You can learn more about:
The Advisor's Role in Philanthropy
Why? A host of reasons:
- Many clients are already in the habit of charitable giving, so incorporating philanthropy into the planning process is a natural reflection of most clients' values.
- For clients with substantial estates, minimizing or eliminating estate and income taxes is difficult to do without some charitable planning. Regardless of the status of the estate tax, charitable planning offers tax advantages in many other situations, such as the sale of highly appreciated stock and the disposition of retirement accounts upon death.
- Philanthropy can help resolve many personal issues that are deeply important to clients. In addition, many professional advisors find that assisting clients in this area is personally rewarding as well, because they struggle with the same issues.
Despite the reluctance of many advisors to bring up the question of philanthropy, clients want help with their charitable giving and are looking for informed advisors.
Good Advice
Good charitable advice strengthens the client relationship by providing better service to the client and generating greater client loyalty. Clients expect to be referred to experts in charity, as they would to other specialists, like lawyers or accountants. Although the Eau Claire Community Foundation is a public charity, it does not promote one charitable cause. Instead, its mission is to build and hold a permanent and growing endowment, thereby helping your clients achieve goals in ways not available through other organizations. For a more complete discussion of the Foundation's services, as well as some suggestions on how to raise the topic of charitable giving with clients, please contact the Foundation.
Giving Through the Eau Claire Community Foundation
The Foundation consists of named funds established by many donors –individuals, families, corporations, and organizations – principally for the benefit of the Eau Claire area. But the Foundation's work is as broad as the interests of the donors who have entrusted their philanthropy to us.
So what should you ask a client interested in giving through the Eau Claire Community Foundation?
What would you like to achieve? To give back to the community by creating an endowment to meet its future needs? To ensure that a favorite cause or organization will receive support far into the future? To find a way to involve family members in philanthropy? To remember a loved one in some way?
How would you like to give? Let's discuss the options: a lifetime gift, bequest, or deferred gift? With case, stock, real estate, retirement accounts, or other assets?
The Foundation is a public charity, designed to offer the most favorable tax treatment possible for your client's gift. Our professional staff will help you develop a meaningful, personalized giving plan tailored to your interests.
Remember, the Foundation exercises strict fiduciary responsibility over all its assets and provides prudent stewardship of donor funds. Because gifts to a community foundation are pooled for investment purposes, your client will also enjoy the advantage of a diverse portfolio mix that minimizes risk and enhances the likelihood of a maximum return to charity as the gift grows over time.
The Eau Claire Community Foundation does not offer legal advice to individuals regarding their estate plans. We encourage donors considering a bequest to the Foundation to work with their legal and financial advisors.
Types of Funds
An Acorn fund is a starter fund that grows over time (with a maximum of five years to become fully funded). When contributions and earnings reach the minimum donation for the specific type of fund, granting can begin. Minimum of $500 to establish; amount to become fully funded varies.
Designated Named
A Designated Named fund allows donors to support their favorite nonprofit organization, church, or school forever. A single fund can support one or more charities, even specific programs of these charities. If the organization chosen eventually ceases to exist, the Foundation will redirect the fund's income to another organization with a similar mission. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant.
Donor Advised
Donor Advised Funds allow individuals, families, and businesses to be fully involved in their philanthropy. Donors recommend grants to their favorite nonprofits, while the Foundation handles all the paperwork and administration. These funds offer many of the same benefits as a private foundation without the burden and cost. Plus, many of our fundholders appreciate the opportunity to tap into our knowledge of local issues.
Donor Advised funds are especially useful for donors who want to take a charitable deduction in one year and recommend distributions over several years. Minimum of $1500 to establish; minimum of $25,000 to grant.
(Please note that IRS regulations require the ultimate decision-making authority for the award of the grants to lie with the Foundation.)
Field of Interest
A Field of Interest fund allows donors to allocate their contribution for the benefit of one or more areas of interest. These include, but are not limited to, education, health, social services, the arts, or preservation of resources. Field of Interest funds are broad in scope, yet encompass many of the essential strengths and needs of the community. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant.
An Unrestricted fund allows the donor's charitable giving to have the greatest possible impact now and in the future. The Foundation is authorized to allocate gifts to a variety of programs and services, giving the most flexibility in responding to emerging needs and opportunities in the community. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant.
Scholarship funds are dedicated to the continued education or training of children or adults. Scholarship programs may be designed to meet certain specifications, such as supporting students in a specific area of study, rewarding academic achievement, mitigating financial need, or supporting students from a particular high school. The Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation supports the Eau Claire Area School District scholarships. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant. Some restrictions apply.
Other types of Funds at ECCF
Agency Endowment
Agency Endowment funds allow charitable organizations to establish endowment funds within the Foundation rather than create and manage such a fund themselves. This type of fund generates a predictable stream of income while the rest of the investment grows into perpetuity, so that the nonprofit can use the earnings from the fund to offset their operations forever. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant.
Municipal funds are established by municipalities for a specific purpose. These charitable funds can help provide income for operations and maintenance of public facilities and programs. Minimum of $500 to establish, minimum of $10,000 to grant.
Pass-Through funds are a short-term fund that supports a specific purpose or project which will benefit our community forever. Minimum of $500 to establish; minimum of $10,000 to grant. Some restrictions apply.
Supporting Organization
A supporting organization (also known as a "supporting foundation") is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization formed to support the work of another charitable organization. It is a distinct legal entity affiliated with the Eau Claire Community Foundation's purposes and operations.
If your client prefers not to start a fund
Clients can donate to any fund at the Foundation except for an Agency Endowment Fund. Donations to these two funds are particularly appreciated because they support the entire community:
Community Fund
The Community Fund benefits the Eau Claire area as a whole. It enables the Eau Claire Community Foundation to respond to changing community needs and emergencies, to support innovative solutions to community problems, and to enhance the quality of community life. No restrictions are placed on how this fund may be used, leaving the most effective charitable application to the expertise and discretion of the Foundation's Board of Trustees.
Operations Fund
The Operations fund provides operational support for the Foundation. Support of the Operations fund makes a lasting impact on the community by providing resources to expand the mission of the Foundation.
For more information about how to donate to the Community Fund, please consult the Ways to Give page. Confused by all the different types of funds available? Let this simple chart make life easier by comparing the types of funds.
Assets Accepted
Comparing the ECCF with Other Giving Vehicles
ECCF v. Private Foundations
- How much time does the client have to complete a gift?
- How much money will be available to contribute in the near and short term?
- What kind of initial start-up costs and ongoing operational expenses is the client willing to pay?
- Are the differences in tax deductibility significant?
- Does the client demand absolute operational control?
- Will family members be available to run the foundation as volunteers?
- If not, can the foundation hire staff?
- Does the client already know what they want to accomplish and how?
- Are the annual operating costs reasonable and sustainable?
- How will the client react to the operational restrictions?
- Is the client strongly concerned about privacy?
An advised fund at the Eau Claire Community Foundation might allay these concerns. Public charities like the Foundation file donor lists and grant lists with their tax returns, but federal law protects the donor lists from public inspection. Answers to these questions and more can be found on page eight of the Eau Claire Community Foundation Professional Advisor Handbook. Let this simple chart make life easier by comparing the differences between a private foundation and a donor advised fund at the Eau Claire Community Foundation.
Services for Private Foundations
Minimizing or Eliminating Administrative Burden
Clients who established private foundations years ago may find that they are no longer suitable or convenient. Perhaps no family members or friends are available to run the foundation as volunteers. Perhaps the administrative burdens have become a nuisance, or the size of the private foundation now makes it difficult to justify the operational costs. Whatever the situation, working with the Eau Claire Community Foundation is a great alternative.
Transfer of Assets
The private foundation may transfer all of its assets to the Eau Claire Community Foundation and then elect with the IRS to terminate both its private foundation status and legal existence. The private foundation could then create any type of fund at the Foundation, such as a field of interest fund, to continue grant-making in areas important to the private foundation, or a Donor Advised fund with family members or trustees as donor advisors. The private foundation may transfer all of its assets to the foundation without electing to terminate. Through this method, the private foundation avoids excise taxes and the obligation to file a tax return, since it has no assets and no income. But the private foundation still exists as a legal entity in order to advise the community foundation on disbursements from the fund.
Meeting Annual Distribution Requirements
Clients who have private foundations may occasionally have difficulty meeting the foundation's annual federal payout obligation. Perhaps the private foundation has not received sufficient applications within its focus area, or a favored project is not quite ready to proceed. In these situations, the private foundation can create a Donor Advised fund at the Eau Claire Community Foundation and contribute all or part of the current year's required distribution to the fund. Because the Foundation is a public charity, this contribution to the Foundation is a "qualifying distribution" that counts towards the federal payout requirement. The private foundation's trustees can then recommend grants from the Donor Advised fund as needed.
Identifying Worthy Charities
With more than 1.5 million public charities in existence nationwide, and thousands locally, it can be difficult for private foundations, particularly those with no staff and few volunteers, to identify the most worthy agencies. In such a case, the private foundation could create a fund at the Eau Claire Community Foundation and then ask our grant-making staff to develop a portfolio of charities for the private foundation's consideration and recommendation.
Making Grants Anonymously
For any number of reasons, a private foundation might want to support a nonprofit anonymously. If so, the private foundation could establish a Donor Advised fund at the Eau Claire Community Foundation, and then recommend that a grant from the fund be made anonymously to the ultimate beneficiary. All of the private foundation's grants are public information. The Eau Claire Community Foundation's grant lists are also public, but the Foundation is not required to specify which fund was the source of a particular grant.
ECCF v. Charitable Gift Fund
What to consider
Charitable gift funds have different policies, costs, and capabilities. Whomever the provider, the professional advisor should consider a range of issues when considering whether to recommend this option:
- What level of service does the client want now or potentially need in the future?
- What types of assets does the client want to contribute, and how much?
- What about investment choices for the fund?
- What will it cost to use a particular fund, and what services are available in exchange?
- Does your client want to make gifts for charitable purposes to non-registered charities or
- international groups, or to be limited to certain kinds of charities?
Answers to these questions and more can be found on page thirteen of the Eau Claire Community Foundation Professional Advisor's Handbook
Plan By Age
Under 40 Your life feels newly supersized with career responsibilities surging and, perhaps, a young family in the nest. You're focused on the present, but what would happen to your loved ones if they were faced with your sudden death? Let us help you protect the people and causes you love with your first estate plan.
Ages 40-54 With growing children, aging parents and a busy schedule, estate and financial planning can be a challenge. We can help you get your plans in order to protect your family and support your favorite causes.
Ages 55-69 Retirement is just around the corner—or here! Take steps now to make sure you can thoroughly enjoy the extra time you'll have to travel and perhaps spend time with your children and grandchildren.
Ages 70+ Put your mind at ease by learning how to make your retirement dollars last. Now is the time to be diligent about updating estate plans that put your family first and talking to your loved ones about your choices.
Planned Giving Options
Other Professional Services
The Eau Claire Community Foundation can provide an additional layer of privacy for a client in sensitive circumstances, even on a short-term basis. The Foundation may accept "pass-through" gifts, gifts that are to come into the Foundation and be redistributed to another charity within a short period. A client who wants to make a one-time anonymous gift to a charity may be able to route it through the Eau Claire Community Foundation as a pass-through gift. In addition, the Eau Claire Community Foundation can provide a range of consulting services on either a formal or informal basis. For example, some clients want help in developing their own charitable giving priorities. Or a client may want some confidential background research on a charity before deciding on a gift. Professional advisors are encouraged to contact the Eau Claire Community Foundation with questions about any charitable issue.
Businesses of all sizes, including closely held or family businesses, may wish to work through the Eau Claire Community Foundation to implement both corporate and individual charitable giving goals. Many corporate executives believe in the importance of being a "good corporate citizen" by supporting nonprofit organizations in the communities they serve. But the costs and administrative responsibilities of running such a program can overwhelm internal enthusiasm. As cash flow permits, a business can set aside funds for charitable giving through a donor advised fund. The Eau Claire Community Foundation's staff can work with the company to help identify the company's goals and implement the program. Corporate representatives can serve as the advisors to the fund to recommend grantees. The Eau Claire Community Foundation will receive all grant applications, and handle all the administrative responsibilities, such as paying grants and monitoring and evaluating grantees. Small business owners may be interested in other aspects of the Eau Claire Community Foundation, in addition to donor advised funds. A small business owner might use the charitable lead trust as a way of transferring business ownership to children in a tax-favored way.
Nonprofit Organizations
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The Pope lights a candle for Syria: "God forgive those who make war"
Francis launches the Christmas campaign organized byAid to the Church in Need. In his catechesis he reflects on the season of Advent: let us open ourselves up to the many peoples tormented by hunger and injustice
To the children of "beloved Syria" born and raised under bombings, amid trauma and suffering imposed by a tormenting war that has now lasted eight years. It was to them that Pope Francis dedicated the first Sunday of Advent, lighting a candle during the Angelus in St. Peter's Square as a symbol of "peace" in this "time of hope" that leads to Christmas, and of "closeness" to all the other countries that live immersed in conflict. "God forgive those who make war, those who make weapons to destroy one another. May the Lord convert their hearts. Let us pray for peace in beloved Syria," the Pope says, thus launching the Candles for Peace in Syria, an initiative of prayer and solidarity organized by the "Aid to the Church in Need" foundation.
After the Pope's gesture, candles were lit all over the world in response to the cry of peace of the children of Syria. "May these flames of hope dispel the darkness of war," the Pope says from the window of the Apostolic Palace. "Let us pray and help Christians to remain in Syria and in the Middle East as witnesses of mercy, forgiveness and reconciliation. "May the flame of hope also reach all those who are suffering in these days from conflicts and tensions in various other parts of the world, near and far." May the prayer of the Church help them to feel the closeness of the faithful God and touch every conscience for a sincere commitment to peace".
In his catechesis, Francis reflects on Advent, the liturgical period which prepares for the birth of Christ and which invites to "look outside ourselves, enlarge our minds and our hearts to be open to the needs of the people, of our brothers and sisters, and to the desire for a new world". "In Advent," he stressed, "we do not only live the expectation of Christmas; we are also invited to awaken the expectation of Christ's glorious return, preparing ourselves for the final encounter with him with coherent and courageous choices.
"Coherent and courageous"choices, the Pontiff points out, because today Christians run the risk already feared by the prophet Jeremiah of "losing their identity". "We Christians, too," the Pope said, "risk becoming worldly and losing our identity, indeed, of 'paganizing' the Christian style." Jorge Mario Bergoglio affirms.
In these four weeks of Advent, he said, we are "called to leave a resigned and routine way of living, and to go forth, nurturing hopes and dreams for a new future." he adds. He then dwelt on the Gospel of this Sunday which "warns us against being oppressed by an egocentric lifestyle and the convulsive rhythms of today's life". Particularly incisive in this sense are the words of Jesus: "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.Watch over every moment in prayer".
Advent, he said, calls us to "stay awake and pray: this is how to live this time from today until Christmas," Francis admonishes. "The "inner sleep" comes from always revolving around ourselves and from being stuck in the limited space of our own lives with our own problems, own joys and pains. This wears us down, it bores us, shutting hope out".
Here we find "the root of torpor and laziness" of which the Gospel speaks. Advent, then, "calls us to "stay awake," to be vigilant, "looking outside ourselves, enlarging our minds and our hearts to be open to the needs of the people, of our brothers and sisters, and to the desire for a new world". "It is the desire of so many peoples tormented by hunger, injustice and war; it is the desire of the poor, the weak, the abandoned. This - Pope Francis affirms - is the right time to open our hearts, to ask ourselves concrete questions about how and for whom we spend our lives".
Hence a new invitation to prayer and to stay awake because, he says, "if we see Christmas only through the lens of consumerism, as a "worldly celebration," then "Jesus will pass us by, and we will not find Him." Let us await Jesus, Pope Francis said, "and let us desire to await Him in prayer."
He then invoked the Virgin Mary, "woman of expectation and prayer", to "help us to strengthen our hope in the promises of her Son Jesus, to make us experience that, through the hardship of history, God remains faithful and also uses human errors to manifest his mercy".
After the Marian prayer, the Pope greets the 20,000 pilgrims and faithful present in St. Peter's Square, coming from Italy and from foreign cities such as Linden (United States of America), Valencia and Pamplona, Madrid. Finally, he says goodbye with his usual request "please don't forget to pray for me" and the traditional greeting "Have a good lunch and goodbye!", to which he also adds the wish of "a good Advent journey" to everyone.


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Friday, May 7, 2010
Potato Croquette Experiment from Wednesday
But, the potato croquette experiment was a success! Next time, we're going to try some with sweet potato too.
Don't they look good?
Recipe is basically as follows:
1 medium white potato, peeled & grated, then pressed through a strainer to remove extra water
1 zucchini, grated but not peeled
5-6 baby carrots, grated
1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar
1/4 bread crumbs (I used Italian seasoned ones)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 egg, well beaten (to hold it all together)
Shred veggies, press as much water as you can out of the potatoes and zucchini
Combine veggies, cheese, then breadcrumbs and seasoning
Beat in egg and mix well
Form into balls and flatten slightly into a patty
Cook over low heat in a tbsp or so of melted butter, turning frequently to ensure potatoes cook through and outsides are crispy & brown
The kids & Shaun had some immediately, then F&B each had one cool later. They are apparently still good cold.
They also were quite the darling preschool snack for Mr. Ben, just topped with a cute cheesy decoration.
Don't forget, the Easy Lunchbox Giveaway closes Sunday!!!
Adding this post to Food Revolution Friday, definitely enjoying the reads on there, lots of food for thought, no pun intended!
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looks yummy! I'll have to try these. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the full recipe. They looked SO GOOD in the bento!!!ReplyDelete
- YoBaconMay 9, 2010 at 3:07 PM
These look delicious!!!! I can't wait to try and make them for the kiddos!ReplyDelete
- YoBaconMay 9, 2010 at 3:08 PM
By the way, do you think there is something I can substitute to take the milk/cheese out of it and still make it yummy?ReplyDelete
The cheese was just for flavor (whereas the egg held it all together and I don't know how to switch that), so I'd add a little extra garlic, onion, maybe even some Italian seasoning. We're going to make them with sweet potato too, so I'll be interested to see the difference in flavor.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2010 at 7:23 PM
You said in the previous post that you were looking for the perfect sauce to go with the potato pancakes (what we call them in my house). Traditionally, they are often served in German households with applesauce, so you may want to try that.ReplyDelete


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The clinical lab industry is on the cusp of a major transformation of the normally accepted business model as a result of the emergence of telemedicine as a common means for delivering ambulatory care. I have been blogging about the advantages of telemedicine for years (see, for example: Insurance Companies Can Use Telemedicine to Enlarge Their Provider Networks). In a recent note addressing megatrends in healthcare, I suggested that telemedicine was one of them and will soon be part of the "new normal" in healthcare delivery (see: Ten Megatrends in Healthcare with Special Emphasis on Ambulatory Care). My prediction was reinforced by a recent futuring article about Kaiser Permanente (see: Taking Bids on the Hospital of the Future). Here is a quote from it pertaining to the growth of telehealth:
Kaiser physicians now handle more patients via telehealth (59 million a year) than they do in person (50 million). Jennifer Liebermann, who runs the [hospital of the future] test facility, says patient feedback guided development of the TV remote system rolling out to a handful of hospitals and helped fine-tune it over the course of two years to make sure it was easy to use. Kaiser rejected at least one system interface, she says, after elderly patients deemed it too confusing.
In three to five years, I think that the majority of ambulatory care patients will commonly engage with their healthcare providers via telemedicine and thus will not be readily available for venipuncture (or finger prick) for specimen acquisition and lab tests. Instead, I think that such patients will be more inclined to visit a patient service center (PSC) or, perhaps even more commonly, a blood collection center in a neighborhood retail drug store. For this reason alone, health systems need to establish remote blood drawing centers in retail drug stores.
Hospitals have been accustomed to relatively high profit margins on their lab testing. This was feasible because outpatients have been a "captive" audience at the time of outpatient visits. It was convenient for them to just walk to the blood drawing center in the ambulatory care building. However, these high margins for even lab testing have been a challenge for patients not covered by health insurance. This is increasingly the case for consumers with high-deductible plans who may seek low-priced direct-access-testing (DAT) which will also be available in retail drug stores. Although Theranos made many mistakes, one of the positive things achieved by the company was broad publicity about the low cost of DAT.
One more relevant point. Look for more on-site, point-of-care (POC) lab testing in the drug stores in association with blood drawing services. Think of the Quest/LabCorp business model as sophisticated logistics plus large-scale lab testing with the former involving specimen pickup at physician offices plus transportation to large central labs. Perhaps with more efficient, multiplexed POC analyzers in retail drug stores, lab testing in these sites may become more competitive cost-wise with large reference labs. Certainly, test results in an hour or less would result in much higher patient satisfaction with lab testing. The IVD industry needs to deliver POC analyzers with a much lower cost-per-test to satisfy the impending, growing demand for them in retail drug stores.


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We spent a lovely day at my parents yesterday, and I got to give dad his birthday presents.
Last year I asked dad for his old work shirts, to make him a quilt. It was just before his birthday and I hadn't finished my first quilt yet, so I knew I wouldn't get it done in time. I stuck them in the bottom of the airing cupboard and almost forgot they were there.
Fastforward to a few weeks ago, when my quilting bug struck again, and I found them while digging through fabric for my Village Cricket quilt (for some reason, quilts have to have names in this house).
It seemed rather self indulgent to be making a quilt for me, when I still hadn't started dad's so I bit the bullet.
Once I'd cut up the shirts into usable fabric pieces I thought might work together I laid them out, thinking they could be a Log Cabin design (not all of these are his shirts btw).
But I wanted to make a 'man' quilt, and this arrangement seemed too fiddly and fussy for dad.
Instead, I settled on a plan of 7in wide squares and rectangles, in a random layout. To break it up a bit I made some 7in square(ish) blocks out of swatches from Deckchair Stripes.
This is what they looked like, nested in the gingham bag they came in. Love it!
I bought a whole pack for £15, which I thought was a bargain for 60 strips, and used about a fifth of them, settling on blues, with a few bright colours.
They're all named after sports. Darts was my favourite.
A lot of the swatches were wonky, so I did some evening up, being very fussy about squaring off the shapes.
Which left me with this little pretty pile.
Then I sewed them into threes.
And cut them into squares.
The blocks took an afternoon, but were perfect for the bright zings of colour the quilt needed, among the grey, black and dark red check of dad's shirts.
Then I laid it out, and pieced it in a couple of evenings. And here it is. (Well, the top anyway)
I've not finished the quilting yet (luckily, dad is the patient type). I'm using bright blue embroidery thread (DMC 995), again, to add a flash of colour.
It reminded me of the BBC Test Card (although when I looked it up, I thought, not so much actually).
The quilt is backed with a soft flannel sheet so it's ultra snuggly, and once again, the wadding is good old Bamboo Blend.
He seemed to like it. Yay!


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By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW
Each year that comes and goes reminds us that we are getting older. What does that mean to you and how are you coping? For some of us, it's simply another opportunity to have a birthday celebration. Yet, for others, it is a clear reminder of our mortality. The ways in which we view the aging process can have a major impact on how we feel both physically and psychologically. So much of it boils down to our attitude.
Maybe you have heard the expression, "I am getting older but I don't have to get old." Feeling 'old' is more of a mindset than anything else. Have you ever met someone that you considered young but who seemed to act much older than their actual age? Or, maybe you know someone who you would consider 'old' but who acts 'young'. Again, while we cannot change our chronological age, we can change our view on aging.
Oftentimes when I speak with clients who bring up concerns about their aging process, it leads us to a discussion about where they are in their life. In other words, are they proud of what they have accomplished by the age/stage of life they are in? Many people who struggle with getting older do not have as much of an issue with the number of years they have lived but instead are disappointed that they have not yet reached the level of expectations they had for themselves. If this is true for you, STOP right now. STOP what you are doing (after you are finished reading this article of course!) and write down what you want to accomplish by your next birthday. Make sure these are realistic, attainable goals that you can break down into manageable steps. If you can achieve what you want by yournext birthday, it will give you more to celebrate!
Another important factor about aging is fear. It is normal and understandable to have fears about getting older. As our bodies slow down and are not as agile as they used to be, it can create anxiety. Maybe you are afraid of becoming less independent or even afraid of the death and dying process. All of this is a part of the human experience. If you are strugglingwith any fear or anxiety that is getting in the way of you functioning, reach out for professional help. However, if you are scared but living each day to the fullest; you are clearly managing your fear well. Any time we think too much into the future, it can create anxiety. Let this be a reminder that all anyone really has is NOW. How is your NOW? Make the most of this very moment and if you continue to do that, you will likely feel more relaxed. NOW is all anyone has control over. It has been said, tomorrow is not here yet, and yesterday is gone, focus on your now.
Again, life can present many challenges; one of which is the aging process. Accepting that we are all getting older is the first step. The second and most important step is celebrating thatwe are all still here! Go make the most of your NOW and oh….
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Introduction: TMNT Maternity Halloween Costume
I was planning to be April O'Neil this Halloween (since I didn't finish my costume in time last year), but I hit an issue finishing my costume this year and I got pregnant so I was too self-conscience to wear the costume anyway. I still wanted to do something Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle related, so I looked around at what people were doing on the internet.
I found this fun TMNT mask shirt and decided to do my own version of it. I mostly simplified the design and painted on the mask as opposed to ironing on one like it looks like this individual did. I did an orange Michelangelo mask because he's the best :)
*To make this a last minute costume, just use sharpie markers instead of paint.
Don't forget to check out my Jack-o'-Lantern Maternity Costume too!
Step 1: What You Need
Ignore the black paint. I decided to go minimal with my design (just the mask) and didn't end up using it.
- Green Shirt - I suggest getting it fitted, but also remember that the painted on mask goes all the way around so it may prevent the shirt from stretching
- Fabric paint in the mask color you want - Orange, Red, Purple, or Blue
- Paint brush
- Iron
- Freezer Paper - NOT parchment or wax paper, it needs to be freezer paper
- Scrap cardboard big enough to put in the shirt
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Printer (for stencils) or you can free hand them
To make this last minute:
- Instead of paint, which takes time to dry, you can still use the stencil and then fill it in with colored sharpies - it may take more than one marker to do this
Get started by finding where you want the mask to go on the shirt. The goal is for it to go over the baby bump. Since I decided to do just a mask and no mouth or anything else, I just found about where my belly button was and marked it.
After you take the shirt off, check your safety pin and make sure it is centered on the shirt left to right. Adjust as needed. (You don't want your mask way off to the side.)
Step 2: Prepare Your Mask
I started to try to draw out a mask using Illustrator, but I am no good at that. I realized the mask Jessyratfink used for her Superhero Mask Tutorial as a TMNT mask so I went with hers. You can get the file for the mask in her Instructable in Step 1.
Once you print the mask off, you want to transfer it to your freezer paper. Make sure your freezer paper is long enough to at least cover the whole width of your shirt. You are going to extend the mask off in both directions because it is going to wrap around the shirt. So, when you extend the mask out, make sure both sides are the same width so everything matches up fairly well. This won't matter too much right now because you will be cutting it up and re-aligning it, but having things straight is good for making sure lines match up later.
Step 3: Prepare Your Stencil
Once you have your mask drawn, cut it out. Remember that the top, button, and eye holes are the most important, so cut the mask part as much as you need to to ensure the rest of the stencil stays whole.
Line up your mask on your shirt so the center is where you marked it earlier and that the width of the mask at the edges is the same for both sides. I measured my stencil up from the bottom of the shirt to make sure it would be straight and then measured the stencil pieces from each other. To keep everything organized, I suggest using regular scotch tape to hold your stencil in place.
Now, iron your mask on. Use the highest setting on your iron, but be careful so you don't burn your shirt (but at the same time, don't be too careful or the stencil will pull up while you are painting). You can leave the tape on as long as you didn't tape where you are painting. Remove any tape that is in the way.
References used:
Back to School Wardrobe on a Budget - tips with using freezer paper stencils
How to Print on Fabric Using Freezer Paper - to figure out the iron temperature
Step 4: Painting!
Time to paint your mask! Put the cardboard in your shirt. The paint will seep through and ruin your shirt otherwise.
I painted one layer and then waited about 10 minutes and painted on another quick layer. Then, after a few more minutes, I carefully peeled the mask off. We are going to do this while the paint is still wet so be very careful. If the tape you used on the stencil stays on the shirt, leave it. The less you touch the shirt while it is wet, the better. Also be very careful pulling off those eye holes.
If you can, I suggest ironing your stencil on and painting as far to each edge of the shirt as you can. This will help when you do the back of the shirt.
Now let it dry according to your paint's directions. I let it sit overnight before moving on to the next step (back of the shirt).
Step 5: Back of Your Shirt
At this point, you can just leave the shirt as is, paint a straight mask line along the back, or use the attached stencil for a more decorative back. I drew the back design and I used the cartoon TMNTs for inspiration.
If you are going to use my stencil, trace it onto freezer paper and extend your lines out to each side (use a ruler to keep them straight).
Cut out your stencil making sure the top and bottom stay in one piece.
Line your stencil up with the existing paint lines that should go to the edge of your shirt. Tape it down to get it to stay in place.
Iron your stencil on your shirt. Carefully shift the shirt so you can iron down the stencil along the sides of the shirt so you can match the front up with the back.
I did one layer of painting on the back but you can do two if you feel more comfortable with that. After giving it a few minutes, carefully pull off the stencil. If you painted on the sides, you are going to have to be extra careful and put something down on your table in case the shirt touches it (I just tore off some wax paper because it was sitting nearby). The cardboard stencil in the shirt actually helped to keep the shirt from touching the table for me.
Follow your paint's directions for drying and washing.
Step 6: Show It Off!
Wear your easy and comfy costume :)
I'm only about 4.5 months into my pregnancy so the bump isn't too significant. The more preggers you are the better (I think) the shirt will look!
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Much love for the Michelangelo love !
He is the best!
Congratulations!! :-)
Thank you :)
I Like how cute and comfy it is. This would also be a fun way to announce it. Congrats!
Thank you! I actually wore this shirt to my weekly Instructables meeting and that's how I told everyone at work I was pregnant :)
Thanks :)
Brilliant !!!
so cooool! Congratulations dear ?
Thank you :)
How many monthes in are you?
I'm about 22 weeks, which is 4.5-5 months :)
Fun idea and congratulations!
Congrats !!! You have a very happy life ahead....
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Thank you :)
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Hey! Yes, I'm still alive, and still sewing. Finally getting around to posting. First things first: the final finished project photos from my Easter dress. I had my husband take them. We were in Louisville, KY staying with his brother and sister-in-law and nephew for the holiday. It was gorgeous outside, so that's where we did the shots. Look how GREEN the grass is!
It's very light and flowy, and fun to wear! The only problem is the stretch. It keeps pulling lower, so I'm hoping washing it will tighten it back up again…we shall see.
Next, I thought I'd finally post up some pictures of the fabric I bought for my Harry Potter dress. I'm doing Ravenclaw colors (blue and bronze).
Also picutred is the pattern envelope and the trim I've gotten. I think I may have to get some bigger trim though. Here's a closer shot of it:
I like it, but I think it's too small. I found this awesome ribbon that had both colors in it, but when I took it up to be cut, there was only 1/2 a yard on the roll and they didn't have any more. Angry. Maybe I'll order it from the website? We'll see.
In other news, I thought I'd put up some patterns I've been collecting. I have a ton! I'm sure you all have boxes and boxes of patterns collecting, but I'm just getting started here. Hancock was again having an amazing sale when I went in on Sunday: 99 cent McCalls patterns! I'm including those that I got Sunday, as well as other ones I've been storing up for a rainy day.
These 3 are all from Butterick: B5052, B5262, B5193
Of the Simplicity 2938 pattern, I have made the tank (though not posted about it) and I have the stuff for the pants and jacket.
The McCall's 5116 pattern has kicked my butt for the moment. Need to buy new fabric for it.
Some McCalls from the sale Sunday: M5484 & M5145
A possible Halloween costume someday? McCall's 4954
Some crafty McCall's patterns I got to make gifts for people: M5826 & M5644.
And finally, some stuff to make for my husband! Butterick 6844 (He's starting seminary in the fall to be a pastor) and McCall's 4244, 'cause he needs some new jammie pants!
BTW – If anyone has good leads on mens clothing patterns, let me know. The main companies (McCalls, Simplicity, Butterick…) don't have much to choose from, and many of the choices are very dated (think 1980's tanks and short shorts on guys…eww). Thanks! Happy sewing!


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I'll will have my own space at this years Fetish Evolution High Gloss Fashion Art Expo from 15th till 16th April in Essen/Germany.
Meet me during my autograph sessions and get yourself a personal signed autograph, merch, gifts and other nice surprise.
I would be happy to meet you so come say 'hello' !


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The SF-1 (Printing and Binding Requisition) is the basic form used to requisition printing, binding, and related services from the GPO. It is required (1) to request individual (one-time) printing requirements; (2) to request the establishment or renewal of a term contract; (3) to place work on general usage term contracts; and (4) to establish a SPA.
Important information: The Line of Accounting (LOA) is an identification code assigned by the customer agency doing business with GPO. It provides reference information to the agency's original obligating document and is used to verify that billings are properly charged. The LOA is a variable length, alpha-numeric code.
The agencies listed below require an LOA or other accounting information in order to properly process their billings. If you are submitting an SF-1 on behalf of one of these agencies, the LOA or other accounting information MUST be included on the SF-1. Please enter this information in the field "Line of Accounting/Document Reference Number." Information entered in this field will appear on the IPAC statement. In addition, please include your email address and phone number (commercial) in the "Additional Information" field at the bottom of the form. Incomplete data may delay processing your request.
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Tasks are how you break down your work and track your team's hours in TrackingTime. They can live on their own or within a specific project. Projects are simply a way to group tasks together. For instance, you might have a task to write a project proposal, and another teammate is responsible for reviewing it. You can add these tasks in TrackingTime and let your team track the time they spent working on them.
The easiest way to add a new task is in the Tasks section, by clicking on the "Add Task" button. The following pop-up will appear where you can enter the task details.
These are the task details you can edit:
- Task name: Give your task a name. Up to 500 characters are allowed. Task names are not unique. This field is required.
- Project: Assign the new task to a project. When you click on this field a list of your existing projects will appear. You can either select one of them or enter a project name to add a new project and assign the task to it.
- Users: Select the task assignees from the list. A task can be assigned to one or more users. This field is required.
- Estimated time: Enter the amount of hours you think will be required to complete this task.
- Due date: Click on 'Select a date' to choose the date by when the task should be completed.
- Billable: Specify whether we should mark this task as billable or not.
- Hourly rate: If the task is billable, you can enter an hourly rate for it.
When you're done entering the task's details, remember to click 'Save' to save to add your new task. The pop-up will be closed and the newly created task will be added to your list.
Assign tasks to everyone
By default, new tasks are assigned to everyone in your team – or within a specific project in case you're adding a project task. Tasks assigned to everyone are visible and trackable by all team members, or by all project members if you have associated the task to a particular project.
Add personal tasks
If you want to create a task for yourself click on the user icon and select your user name from the list. Personal tasks can only be tracked in realtime by you. However, account administrators and project managers can always add time entries to personal tasks assigned to any account user and edit them.
Assign tasks to multiple people
To assign a task to more than one person, select the users who will be working on this task. Task assignees can be updated anytime as required.


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|Featured Artwork by Anna Brix Thomsen
This post is a continuation to:
Day 109: Waiting for Approval – I Need You To Like Me: Thought Dimension
Day 110: Waiting for Approval: Thought Dimension: Practical Application
Day 111: Validation Character: Imagination Dimension
Day 112: Validation Character: Imagination Dimension: Self Forgiveness
Day 110: Waiting for Approval: Thought Dimension: Practical Application
Day 111: Validation Character: Imagination Dimension
Day 112: Validation Character: Imagination Dimension: Self Forgiveness
Within this blog, we're continuing with the Consequence Dimension in walking the Commitment Statements.
Consequence Dimension: Commitment Statements:
I commit myself to assist and support myself to take responsibility for myself and how I live as an individual as I see, realize and understand that what I accept and allow myself to live as is what I accept and allow all to live as, and thus, I commit myself to assist and support myself to really face the consequences I create through what/how I live, when I compromise myself and the relationships I form here with others in my world/reality and so to stop creating consequence through establishing my self-will and self-direction in stopping participation in these patterns of self-sabotage, so that I can remain here in reality, and form effective relationships, instead of going into my mind and into energy-experiences and manifesting consequences for myself and all of existence.
I commit myself to no longer living as a child, within placing my 'wants' and 'what I want to do' before my responsibilities, as I see, realize and understand that reality does not actually exist as it seemed to when I was a child and 'carefree', as I was not shown the actuality of reality and how we have responsibilities that require to be tended to, in order to not manifest unnecessary consequences, and thus I commit myself to put my responsibilities first, to ensure that no unnecessary consequence is manifested, and only once my responsibilities are taken care of, then get to my preferences.
I commit myself to assist and support myself to stop creating and adding consequence through feeding my mind through participation in thoughts, imagination, backchat, reactions, that lead to manifesting physical conditions/behaviors that makes it so much harder to stop in the moment once I've let it get to that extreme, and thus I commit myself to establish self-will in stopping my participation in the mind before it gets 'that far', so that I do not manifest unnecessary consequence, and not make it extra hard for myself to stand, thus simply postponing the inevitable and making it more difficult.
I commit myself to stop manifesting consequence in this reality through what I accept and allow for/within myself, and so within all as humanity as not having/forming effective relationships, by committing myself to establishing effective relationships myself, by no longer participating in the belief that 'I don't want to' meet/interact with others, and placing that 'want' before responsibility that I have to get effective at interacting with others, as our effectiveness in interaction determines how effective we are in this world and functioning as a whole, since we all exist here together, many any beings, that together form the greater body of humanity.
Within this, I commit myself to, as I walk in facing myself and the consequences I create, and assisting and supporting myself to no longer create consequence, through establishing living solutions, so to stand with the Equal Money System, in correcting how it is we're living as a whole within establishing a World system that also stand within the principle of what is best for all, to stop the consequence that the current system is manifesting, and establish the solution to walk ourselves as humanity, out of consequence and into Real Living where all life is Cared for.


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Christmas is famously a time for giving and sharing and I am always heartened by the neighbourliness and warmth that we find in Stockport at this time of year.
A recent survey of voluntary and community groups in Stockport found that there are at least 3,000 people volunteering in Stockport, giving up at least 12,000 hours of their time each week!
Local volunteers are organising numerous Christmas events to benefit our communities and charities and last week I attended a community awards event to celebrate local volunteers in Adswood and Bridgehall.
It was inspiring to see so many people, including young people, who volunteer to help others. You are a credit to the area – thank you for all you are doing.
As an MP, I spend a lot of time legislating, but laws by themselves cannot make communities strong. What makes a community strong is the combined strength of the people who contribute to it.
One way in which we can all help each other is to join the Stockport Credit Union, which allows people to save and to borrow money at low interest rates.
Even those of us who don't need loans should join the Credit Union to help it become more sustainable and so that people who have to use it for loans are not stigmatised. I joined last week.
It's a safe place to save and you can apply for a loan when you have saved regularly – at least a £1 a week- for ten weeks.
Credit Unions have a long and proud history. They are part of the answer to the blight of pay day loan companies who charge extortionate rates which crush people.
With a credit union, if you borrow £1,000 it will cost you less than £60 in interest to repay the loan within a year based on regular weekly or monthly payments.
If we all joined the Credit Union it would be a great Christmas present to our community because a strong credit union can save people from drowning under the weight of costly pay day loans.


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Brush Technique
Looking for a different finish? Try the brush stroke technique to create contrasting lines and interesting depth.
*Always start with a clean surface. Consult your paints label for proper prep and paint safety.
- Mix into your favorite paint. Ideal consistency mimics that of cake icing.
- Paint on instead of dabbing, follow the grain or create your own direction. The thicker the Candy/Paint mixture the deeper the lines. Let Dry.
- Now you are ready to paint your contrasting color (No Candy required for this coat) Allow to completely dry.
- Now the fun, sand your surface to reveal some of your base coat. This is where you can change it up for different looks. Sanding to just reveal some of your Coastal Candy base coat or down to the wood surface you are painting over. Palm sanders work best.
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Power BI Desktop October Update released with Bookmarking support and more
by Pradeep
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Microsoft recently released the October Update for Power BI Desktop with the much awaited Bookmarking feature. Bookmarking allows users to save interesting states as part of their report. Users can use bookmarks to pick up where t...


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I think that this morning Bill figured out why Kaitlyn is struggling so much to learn to read in French. Its not because shes not invested in it, like her teacher told us in a meeting. Its because she does not even know the alphabet in French. She has been going to the same school for the past three years. This is her second year in a row with the same teacher. But apparently no one bothered to make sure she knew this most basic skill… the alphabet.
Im so angry… angry at myself for not practicing the French alphabet with her although we were busy practicing the American English alphabet. Because she has French all day every day… except Wednesdays and two mornings a week when she has English classes. Im very angry at the school and the teachers. How do you let a child sit in your classroom and not make sure she knows the freakin alphabet? If this was the United States, Id march into the principals office and make a stink. Demand a different teacher. But it isnt. And I wont. So instead were entering hour three of tag-team alphabet learning. And it isnt going well. Were tag-teaming the effort because it is so frustrating that each adult can only take it for so long before your only options are to scream or to walk away. So were opting for walking away. Although screaming is creeping up the list. Quickly.
Homework for a first grader shouldnt be this way. It shouldnt be this hard. Or frustrating. Or endless. And it shouldnt end with the entire family in tears. Which is exactly how I predict today is going to end. Badly. Very much so.


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The present book "Aquaculture and Fisheries" is divided into two volumes. The volume – 1 is subdivided into three parts i.e. Part I: Fish Biology, Part II: Fish Breeding, Genetics & Biotechnology and Part III: Fish Disease and Immunology. The volume – 2 of the book is also subdivided into three parts i.e. Part IV: Aquatic Biology, Part V: Capture Fisheries and Part VI: Aquaculture. This book clearly demonstrate the diversity of information necessary for success in aquaculture and fisheries. This publication is compendium of knowledge about aquaculture and fisheries. This book is intended as a general text cum reference book for courses in aquaculture, fisheries and zoology.This publication would serve as a valuable book for students, teachers, researchers, extension workers, zoologists, aquaculturists, technocrats, marine biologists as well as by those who are engaged in commercial exploration of aquaculture and fisheries.
Preface vVOLUME 1Part I : Fish Biology1. Classification : Taxonomy, Identification of Teleost Fishes and Distribution 32. Fish Morphology 933. Digestive System 1114. Respiration (Air Breathing, Organs) 1235. Circulatory and Excretory Systems 1396. Reproduction and Development of Fishes 1617. Nervous System and Sense Organs 1838. Sound Producing Organs, Electric Organ and Bioluminescence 1999. Endocrine Systems 21710. Population Dynamics 233Part II : Fish Breeding, Genetics & Biotechnology11. Fish Breeding 24512. Fish Cytogenetics 27513. Chromosomal Manipulation 29914. Genetic Improvement 32115. Hybridization 33116. Genetic Engineering 33717. Biotechnology in Aquaculture 36318. Fish Cell and Tissue Culture 369Part III : Fish Disease and Immunology19. Development of Disease Mechanism 38720. Disease Diagnosis 40321. Non-Infectious Diseases 42322. Microbial Disease 43523. Diseases of Shellfish 47124. Fish Diseases and Human Health 48525. Fish Immunology 49526. Antigen-Antibodies Interaction 51327. Fish Vaccination 52728. Diagnostic Equipments (Part 1 and Part II) 543VOLUME 2Part IV : Aquatic Biology29. Aquatic Ecosystems 58130. Freshwater Ecology 59131. Estuarine Ecology 60332. Marine Ecology 61333. asFisheries Oceanography 62534. Benthos and Macrovegetation 63335. Productivity 65536. Aquatic Microbiology 66937. Microbial Physiology 67938. Aquatic Pollution 693Part V : Capture Fisheries39. Fisheries Resources 70740. Inland Fisheries 72141. Reservoir Fisheries 755
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I have been really bored at home. So I decided to waste time productively by wasting it on Terragen. Here are the results
This is a random terrain which I then edited and then played around with the sliders. 😛
The Terrain Map is one I created. The rest are all experiments with Haze density and Atmospheric Blue Half-height.
I then moved on to Blender 3D. I love this software. It's powerful, fairly light on the system and is open-source freeware. But just because it's open-source and free doesn't mean it's light on features. It has features comparable to high-end 3D Modellers like 3DS Max, Maya and Cinema 4D. Anyway here's what I came up with
The Tumblers are a set of SpinDuplicated Vertices.
I'd suggest everyone give Blender a try. It's a lot of fun. 😀
Also you might try out TerragenTM Classic.
And if you have a really powerful computer and the inclination, you might even download the Limited Freeware edition of TerragenTM 2
Well, see you later. 🙂


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Peaceful views of nature at Bookplace in Oxford
By J. Chambless
'Blue Silos, Heaven Hill Farm, NY'
By John Chambless
Staff Writer
There's admirable diversity in the
paintings by Lisa BurgerLentz at Bookplace in Oxford, ranging from
tranquil shoreline views to shadowy woodlands, to farms and
industrial buildings -- all rendered with a mature skill and
The more unusual subject matter – the juxtaposition of nature and some rather unattractive buildings – works particularly well in "Blue Silos, Heaven Hill Farm, NY," in which the glorious mountain view is blocked by the silos of the title and a homely garage. "Bridge on the Christina River" is an evocative view of marshland, a trestle bridge and a long, yellow warehouse on the outskirts of Wilmington, Del.
There's a fine summer light in "Valley Milkhouse, PA," with its central greenhouse seemingly glowing from within, and the spidery telephone lines depicted with thin scratches in the paint.
"Marshalton Home, PA" benefits from its pleasingly jumbled composition of a white-walled house, strong tree trunk in the center, and a shadowed barn wall on the left, with tiny details in the yard suggested with the barest little dabs of paint.
"Steaming Mound, Kuerner Farm, PA" turns its singularly unattractive compost heap into a vibrant artwork through energetic manipulation of the surface – squiggles and scratches that give the work a vitality that's immediately apparent.
The atmosphere is just right in "Foggy Field, Ilseboro, ME," with its telephone pole in the center of a clearing, just slightly askew, and a haze softening the trees in the distance. "Keene Mill Road, NY" captures the reflection of tall pines and sky with a very skillful use of shades of green.
In "Rising North Star, Cadillac Mtn., Maine," acres of space is suggested in the tiny composition, with the lights of the town in the distance subtly rendered with dots of color, a splendid sweep of russet colors in the sky, and a tiny dot representing the star in the upper right corner. It's a tranquil scene that fits in comfortably with the rest of these paintings, reflecting the show's title, "Peace in the Valley, and in the Mountains and by the Sea."
Plein-air paintings by Lisa BurgerLentz will be on display at Bookplace (2373 Baltimore Pike, Oxford) through April 2. The bookstore and art gallery is open Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Call 717-715-4775 or visit www.bookplaceoxford.com.
To contact Staff Writer John
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The partnership will enable customers to leverage business opportunities, reduce costs and improve productivity, TCS said in a statement.
Through this partnership, TCS and security software firm Symantec will develop joint offerings, providing customers with simplified services powered through Symantec's product suite, it added.
No financial details of the partnership were disclosed.
"TCS and Symantec are working together to empower businesses with strategic solutions that will help them transform their businesses to reduce risk, cost, complexity, and overcome compliance challenges," said TCS Global Head Enterprise Security and Risk Management Satish Thiagarajan.
Symantec's technology product range is a key enabler of TCS' service and solution offerings, and we look forward to providing new and existing customers the highest level of analytics driven security, Thiagarajan added.
Symantec Head of Global Alliances Anirban Chakravartti said the joint offerings will deliver a combination of technology, intelligence and expertise in areas of data centre security, cloud security and data security to global enterprises.


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Available from Gas Detection Australia , the GDA IAQ9455 carbon dioxide sensors feature the newest in infrared LED laser technology to deliver an accurate solution for the detection of carbon dioxide and improvement of indoor air quality.
The carbon dioxide sensors provide fast and accurate reliable gas concentrations through the Ethernet, 4-20mA or 0-10v o/p interfaces. The sensors are available in a number of ranges of concentration, are not susceptible to cross-sensitivities, changes in temperature and humidity and are also poison-resistant. They have the capacity to function over a wide temperature range and are completely temperature compensated.
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