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The Avila Institute hosts several seminars a year for long-term care professionals and caregivers to stay abreast of the latest education, trends and regulations in gerontology and long-term care. Many AIG seminars offer continuing education for Nursing Home Administrators, Nurses, Dietitians, Social Workers, Recreational Therapists and Catholic Chaplains (look for the book symbol ). Usually held at St. Teresa's Motherhouse in Germantown, NY, the location offers a beautiful and welcoming environment with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains.
Monday and Tuesday, October 8-9, 2018, Germantown, NY
October 8, 2018 — Palliative Care
Providing palliative care in all aspects of a person's serious illness is critical for compassionate care to be rendered. Speakers will address the many concerns caregivers may encounter when accompanying persons who are faced with debilitating illnesses.
Monday-Tuesday, October 9-10, 2017, Germantown, NY
Healthcare and long-term care are always changing; we are advancing in technology, discovering new information as research develops, and preparing for new regulatory updates and guidelines. We are preparing for tomorrow today as we focus on our vision for excellent care for our elders. This year, the AIG long-term care conference will concentrate on trending topics and updates that will help us strive today for our vision of tomorrow. Long-term care professionals must understand the impact and benefits of technology as well as recognize and provide the best care for diseases such as dementia with Lewy Bodies. Visionary leaders accept the challenge to be the voice of elders and strive to offer a smooth navigation through the endless rules and regulations facing longterm today.
*Topics and Speakers are subject to change.
Saturday, June 10, 2017
In this 5-hour conference, speakers will focus on talent acquisition, retention and succession planning. Attendees will look at stress and how reducing
stress for staff can help employee retention and overall satisfaction for staff and those
they care for. This session will also help attendees consider the role organizational ethics plays in creating an organizational culture where core values and principals and ethical analysis form the bedrock for decision-making from bedside to board room. The result is a collaborative atmosphere that where staff feel valued and remain enthusiastically engaged in their work and in carrying out the mission of the organization.
Wednesday-Thursday, April 19-20, 2017, Germantown, NY
As caregivers it's important to understand how forgiveness works and how we can guide others through the process using different tools and activities. In this two-day workshop, speakers will address forgiveness on all levels, discussing the science, spirituality and the powers of healing it possesses.
October 10-11, 2016, Germantown, NY
Healthcare facilities are facing a rapid, significant shift as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other payers push to drive the payment
system to value-based payments. This conference will bring healthcare professionals up to speed regarding future changes and how to prepare for them.
Facilities must understand the implications of this shift, how the federal government is working to support long term care, and how to enhance both
safety measures and quality compassionate care in the midst of change.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Providing palliative care in any healthcare setting is a great opportunity to meet the growing demands of those we care for and their families while creating a supportive care experience. Formalizing palliative care in the long-term setting allows residents, staff and families to have a greater understanding of the principles of this care and the physical, emotional and spiritual comfort it brings to each person. This 5-hour seminar will feature four sessions, providing an overview and methods to direct effective palliative care. Participants will also receive tools and insights on how to develop and sustain palliative care programs.
Monday-Wednesday, October 12-14, 2015, Germantown, NY
The October Long-term Care Conference is held annually at St. Teresa's Motherhouse in Germantown, NY over two and half days. The Avila Institute brings in expert speakers to discuss the most current trends and topics in long-term care and gerontology which include but not limited to: person-centered care, palliative care, ethics, mission, spiritual care, dementia, resident care, behavior management and legal and regulatory changes.
Saturday, June 6, 2015, Washington, DC
Catholic health care providers are preparing to sustain high quality care and thrive in the future. There are many challenges ahead but we look forward to the many opportunities these challenges bring. With new telehealth developments, elders are able to "age in place" longer while maintaining their independence. For those aging in rural settings, new affordable technology is available to provide more health care services directly to its elders that otherwise would include a trip to an outside clinic or hospital. Budding partnerships between health care providers and managers are presenting new collaborations and methods of providing advanced treatment to the growing elder community.
This workshop is for those who care for elders in all types of living situations now and in the future.
Wednesday-Thursday, May 20-21, 2015, Germantown/NY
Whether you are a Certified Nursing Assistant, Housekeeper, Dietary Aide, or part of the Maintenance team, you supply an integral piece in providing person-centered care. Come join the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm as they dedicate two days of education, reflection and affirmation to those who share in the ministry of caring for the elders of our society.
Monday-Tuesday, October 13-14, 2014, Germantown, NY
New technological advancements have had success in senior living and elder care settings. This seminar will provide detailed examples of how introducing person-centered technology has made a positive impact on the lives of residents and caregivers.
Specific topics of this seminar will include: the stages of introducing the new technology, how to introduce the new technology in a facility, and successful examples of Telehealth in a long-term care setting. This seminar will also feature presentations on legal, regulatory and advocacy updates that are relevant to long-term care.
Monday-Tuesday, October 7-8, 2019, Germantown, NY
Join us in Germantown, New York for our long-term care conference on October 7-8, 2019. This year the conference will focus on topics in palliative care
and compliance and offers 11.0 continuing education hours for healthcare professionals. Register for one day or both. Day one will focus on palliative
care, self-care and communication skills for caregivers with Betty Ferrell and Pam Malloy. Our second day will cover operational, advocacy and trending
long-term care topics ageism and dementia.
Administrators, Nurses, New York Social Workers, Dietitians, Recreational Therapists, and Catholic Chaplains are eligible to receive up to 11.0 continuing education units based on in-person attendance. Scroll down for further credit information.
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Michelle Skinner joined Wesley Mission Queensland in 2004 as the Director of Community Services. Since then, Michelle has grown the community services arm of Wesley Mission Queensland considerably, now overseeing 60 community service programs that help to support more than 100,000 Queenslanders each year.
Wesley Mission Queensland's community service programs are wide reaching, working with people from all areas of the community, including youth and families at-risk of homelessness, those living with a disability and those with nowhere else to turn.
Growing up in family with a strong sense of social justice meant Michelle had a desire to help those less fortunate, particularly children and the Deaf community. Among the highlights in her role, Michelle is proud of the National Auslan Interpreter Service she founded in 2005 for the Deaf community, along with the five supported accommodation homes Wesley Mission Queensland own and manage, which provide age appropriate housing for young adults living with high care needs.


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Oxford Paintings don't tend to include Spaceships.
Although by spaceship I actually mean student union Bar! Confused? I was at first. I'd heard reference to Keble's Spaceship but couldn't quite picture how it would look.
Until I saw it. And then? Well, it's kinda obvious isn't it?
©2013 – Cathy Read – Keble College, Oxford – The Spaceship – £1207
I often wonder how many radical ideas for buildings there are out there?
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How long is a piece of string?
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1 – Place the crab cakes in a covered baking dish, not touching each other. Drench in sherry, with a little extra for sauce. Spread minced garlic atop each crab cake. With a very sharp knife, slice a lemon. Place a slice atop each crab cake. Sprinkle chopped cilantro or parsley atop the crab cakes. Finish with a few drops of olive oil. Microwave on high for 4 minutes, enough time to allow the lemon slices to release their juices.
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Known for its universities and for its famous hometown writers (including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and Edgar Allan Poe), Boston has unsurprisingly become a hub for booksellers.
Following are a few new and used bookstores that will familiarize you with Boston's literary scene.
Brattle BooksBrattle Books carries more than 250,000 books, maps, prints and postcards in its three-story building. Of note is the top floor, home to many rare first editions and out-of-print manuscripts you won't find on Amazon.
If the indoor collection isn't enough, head outside to check out yet another giant display of discounted books all priced $5 or less. There's a reason people will brave Boston's extreme weather to check out the outdoor racks — if there's a heaven just for bibliophiles, Brattle Books might be it.
BookistanBookistan is located near Boston's Allston and Brighton neighborhoods, an area popular with local students, so it's no surprise that the strange and wonderful Bookistan thrives there. Loosely organized, but wonderfully stocked, Bookistan features a wide range of genres, from old-school science fiction to vintage children's books.
In addition to being a bookstore, Bookistan also sells antiques. The shop's owner, Elcid Shahroozi, is also a highlight — pick up any book or antique, and he can tell you all about it. That kind of knowledge and service can't be found just anywhere.
Brookline BooksmithLocated in charming Brookline, Mass., the homey Brookline Booksmith is just a couple of stops away from Boston — and it's well worth the trip. The bookstore hosts several famous authors every month and even has its own "Used Book Cellar" — an entire floor dedicated to cheap used books.
But if used books aren't your thing, the main floor features new copies at substantially discounted prices. Even when visiting as a tourist, Brookline Booksmith's quaint decor and friendly staff will make it feel like your neighborhood bookstore.
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Harvard Book StoreThe greatest thing about Harvard Book Store is its custom printing service. Customers can print books from electronic files online, including rare texts and original manuscripts. Where else but in Boston can you get an out-of-print book created for you in minutes? Besides the on-demand service, Harvard Book Store also features a great mix of bestsellers and academic titles.
Raven Used BooksWhen strolling along Boston's famous Newbury Street, be sure to rub shoulders with scholars at Raven Used Books. If there's a college class on the subject, you'll find a book on it at Raven. The store purchases more than 1,000 books a week, so you can always find something new.


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Do you play Fantasy Football? I do. It's a great way to get more involved while watching sports. If you don't know much about the sport or the player's who play the game you love to watch—or wish you enjoyed more—fantasy sports help make it happen. Not only does it allow one to learn about the entire league and its player's, but knowing more about them gives an upper hand to fantasy team owner's vying for a Championship win.
Due to the deeply rooted competitive nature all of us share, losing is simply a non-option, not without taking heat. Because fantasy sports are more fun to play with friends, family, or more competitively for money, it's easy to imagine trash talking as a inevitable relation to the game. Unfortunately, it's much more difficult to trash talk when the team you've built happens to be losing. This is the case for my fantasy football team this season.
During the first season playing in The Erwin Invitational Fantasy Football League, my team dominated! In 2005 I had "Mr. Touchdown" Shaun Alexander, Carson Palmer during his best season performance ever, Torry Holt still in his prime, a former U.S. Marine turned football player Mike Anderson, along with many other great football player's. I had a Championship caliber team.
What's amazing is how quickly things can change. Given the high injury rate of football player's, the shortened career potential due to injuries, and by chance having a stressful year in 'the real world,' a team can go from top to bottom in just a few seasons. I never did win the Championship game, after making it there I lost to my brother's team. This was the beginning of a downward spiral from there on out. I went from having a 10-3 season the following year, one in which I lost the first round of the playoffs, to an even worse season after that one. Four years into The Erwin Invitational I now find myself resting at the bottom of our league standings. It's been rough. To make matters worse, league trash talking is beginning to direct its attention toward my team – at me, to be more specific.
Here's the latest comedy from our very own league "Liberal Media" news wire:
Coach Erwin Goes Postal!
While Coach Erwin of the Muddy Grunts has been on the hot seat all season and may be near the end of his tenure, he has remained calm and could be called anything but hostile…until now. Early this morning Coach Erwin went on an insane shooting frenzy, shooting 32 and killing 12. To make matters worse, the rage that triggered his "gone postal" actions began in his own locker room where he shot and injured 8 of his own players. Included in this coach on player violence was former Heisman trophy winner Carson Palmer, as well as Jeremy Shockey, Sammy Morris, Ahman Green, L.J. Smith, Kerry Collins, Dan Orlovsky, and Ernie Sims.
While nobody knows for sure exactly what triggered Coach Erwin's movement of violence, our experts all agree it was most likely a combination of factors that allowed the buildup of enormous stress and pressure while also effectively preventing Coach Erwin a healthy outlet for his stress. Most analysts believe Coach Erwin's high stress level began after failing to make the super bowl two years ago. After taking over a team that was more than capable of winning a championship, Coach Erwin's discipline dropped down a notch, as did his number of wins. Last year, he went 7-6. Currently, his team is 3-6 on the season and is a miracle away from making the playoffs. Additionally, his lack of leadership has allowed his players to consistently under-perform without consequence. A few weeks ago, coach Erwin used the age old excuse that for his team, "this is a rebuilding year." But Erwin has done anything but rebuild his team. He hasn't made any trades, and has failed to make any blind bids on the waiver wire which has proven to be one of the most successful and efficient tools for rebuilding any team.
If this doesn't sound like the type of situation that would make a coach go insane enough to kill, that's because you haven't heard what experts are saying lit the fuse on this ticking time bomb. Two days after Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, Coach Erwin goes on a shooting frenzy…Coincidence? We think not. Coach Erwin was a public supporter of John McCain throughout the election process, and has also made his harsh feelings on Obama public as well. Coach Erwin was quoted yesterday, just hours before his blood thirsty rage, saying "Change? We don't need change!! The Muddy Grunts don't need change!! We need wins, not change!! If I wanted change, I'd give a dollar to a bank teller!!" While it was clear there was anger in his voice, it was more unclear if what Erwin said was just a bad joke, or a misunderstanding of the definition of change. Either way, the election seems to have pushed Erwin over the edge of reason.
After shooting 32 people, and finally running out of ammunition, Coach Erwin gave himself up screaming "You want change!! Here's your f***ing change!!" as he threw nickels and dimes at innocent spectators and injured victims. While Coach Erwin is facing extremely harsh penalties for his actions, including the death penalty, experts predict his brother, the coach of The Channel 4 News Team, will bail him out with his connections as commissioner, similar to what happened in the marijuana scandal that just happened to magically disappear out of the record books without a trace.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
The Humor of Fantasy Football Trash Talking
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Dow Chemical Co. first-quarter sales from plastics jumped, demonstrating continued strength in a business that will be the core of a new company following a historic merger with DuPont Co. and subsequent three-way split.
Revenue in the plastics unit rose 21 percent to $5 billion, Midland-based Dow said in a statement Thursday. The business has benefited this decade from U.S. fracking that has unleashed abundant natural-gas liquids, such as ethane, making the country among the most profitable places to manufacture ethylene and plastics such as polyethylene.


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Using the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine to heal your body.
This Month's Featured Recipe:
SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE added 5/19/16
Add all ingredients to blender and enjoy!
When to eat this: Anytime!
This Month's Featured Recipe:
HEALING BROTH added 3/10/16
This is a great recipe to make when you or a family member are sick with the cold, flu or other common ailment.
When to eat this: When you're sick with the cold, flu, or a bacterial infection - sinus, ear, strep, etc.
Why is this good for me? Garlic, Ginger and Tomato all provide amazing health beneifts. Here are a few facts:
Note: if you're not used to eating raw garlic and ginger, you want to start with less as it may upset your stomach.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has a wonderful database of information on herbs - including not only uses, but also patient warnings. For more information click here.


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SPP 1889 Regional Sea Level Change and Society
Understanding regional sea level change and its impacts on societies requires new forms of integrated research between natural and social scientists from a wide range of disciplines. To this end the Priority Program (SPP) 'Regional Sea Level Change and Society (SeaLevel)' is proposed to advance the understanding of regional climate-related coastal sea level change and its interactions with socio-economic developments. Work will focus on two study regions, notably the North and Baltic Seas with potential impacts on Germany and the South-East Asia region encompassing several coastal mega cities and delta regions. The selected regions contrast developed and developing countries and thus differ fundamentally in their regional societal impact of and adaptation potential to sea level change. Developing successful strategies to cope with sea level change in these two regions largely depends on advancing our understanding of processes influencing regional sea level, on available scientific information on sea level change at the coastlines and their uncertainty, on available resources and economic power, and on adequate planning and effective local governance structures.
As its central scientific objective, SeaLevel aims to perform an integrated analysis of climaterelated sea level change and associated coastal human-environment interactions with a focus on two study regions: the North and Baltic Seas and the Island States of South-East Asia. These regions have been chosen to understand how coastal vulnerability and sea level rise response strategies vary in distinctly different cultural, political and socio-economic contexts, taking into account also social aspect of sea level rise impacts on Asian coastal megacities.
More information on the SPP website.
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An illustration of an angel carrying a child to the door of a refuge, from the book 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. In Chapter XXI Jerrold writes of London Charity: 'Charity knocks at nearly every household door in this, England's capital, and is not turned away empty-handed from many ... The metropolitan charities attest, by their income and various forms, the zeal with which the Rich come to the side of the wounded in the fight... Subscription lists display the open-handedness of all who have money, when a pressing occasion or a noble action calls forth the latent charity of the most commercial of races. And so the destinies of the multitude are connected with the aspirations of the Christian; some of the spare riches that flow from work and trade, are drawn back to the young who have been left alone before they could join the ranks of labour, and to the denuded invalids in whom there is no more work'.
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Editorial: It's Time for Hip-Hop to Address Its Problem With Guns at Concerts
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When four people were shot at a hip-hop concert at Irving Plaza this past week, a shooting that left one dead, and that we're now finding out was done by one of the acts, Troy Ave, there was a disturbing reaction in hip-hop. No one wanted to address the issue.
There were cries that this isn't just a hip-hop problem. There were people bringing up the issues other genres of music have at shows. What was missing, however, was anyone attempting to deal with the elephant in the room - hip-hop concerts have a gun problem.
The reality that guns aren't just a hip-hop problem is irrelevant to the conversation. They ARE a problem in hip-hop, and we should be attempting to deal with this within hip-hop. We're long overdue in taking responsibility to curtail gun violence at our shows, and until we admit to ourselves that this is OUR problem, we won't be in any position to solve it.
Here's just a sampling of the gun related incidents that have occurred at hip-hop shows since the start of 2015
January 2015: Shots were fired into a crowd at a Kevin Gates show in Lexington, KY.
February 2015: A man was shot, and another person was grazed, following a Nipsey Hussle concert in Sacramento, CA.
February 2015: Gunshots were fired at a T.I., and Young Jeezy, show in Charlotte, NC.
April 2015: A shooting inside the Paramount Theater, formerly the Hippodrome nightclub (Springfield, MA), during a hip-hop concert left three wounded.
April 2015: A man was shot following a Twista and King Louie show in West Des Moines, IA.
August 2015: Two were injured in a shooting outside a J. Cole, and Big Sean concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ.
August 2015: Two people were killed, and three others seriously wounded, at the after party for Drake's OVO Fest in Toronto, CA. The year prior there was also a shooting at the same nightclub, after the same festival.
August 2015: A double shooting occurred at the Palace Theater, in Waterbury, CT, after a rap concert.
September 2015: A shooting outside of a Lil' Durk concert in Philadelphia, PA, left one man dead.
March 2016: YFN Lucci's own security team fired eight shots into the air during a brawl started by their own artist at a nightclub in Little Rock, AK. Lucci was also seen walking around the club with a gun in the aftermath, as he said someone was shooting outside of the club.
May 2016: Troy Ave shot four people, including himself, killing one, at his show with T.I. at Irving Plaza in NYC.
To put this in perspective, if you Google "rock concert shooting," by the end of the first page of results you'll find articles on tips for "shooting," i.e. photographing, rock concerts.
Guns, are a hotly debated topic, and there are people within hip-hop who will insist that guns are a societal issue. I totally agree with these people. However, just because something is a societal issue, doesn't mean it isn't also an issue within hip-hop, and something that we can attempt to address internally.
When discussing the Troy Ave shooting I've noticed a lot of hip-hop fans attempting to deflect the issue, and bring up the problems other genres of music have at live events, like the rampant drug use, and people overdosing, at EDM concerts. While drug use is definitely a problem at EDM shows, the difference between the EDM community, and the hip-hop community, is that the EDM community at least recognizes they have a problem, and they're attempting to do something about it.
In a Fader article from 2014, it was pointed out that after two people died at Electric Zoo 2013, major changes happened in the way the event was run. "Electric Zoo's organizers implemented a barrage of extra security measures," the article stated, "drug-sniffing dogs, more plainclothes security offices, background checks for onsite vendors, a two-hour shortening of the length of each day's show, mandatory viewing of an anti-drug PSA, and amnesty bins in front of the gates where revelers could discard drugs free of punishment."
What are we doing to curtail gun violence at hip-hop shows? How many people have to be hurt, or killed, before we admit this is a hip-hop problem? Taking a look at the incidents I listed, one can see it isn't even just a problem based on an artist's lyrical content. That is, unless you consider J. Cole, and Drake, "thug" rappers.
We can't bury our heads in the sand on this issue. We have to start doing something about it. Deflecting, calling out other genres on their issues, and saying this isn't just our problem, is nothing more than enabling the next shooter, and costing the life of another fan who just wanted to see their favorite rapper.
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Killed BART workers had backs turned to oncoming train
Neither of the two BART workers who were struck and killed by a train while working on the tracks near Walnut Creek was acting as a lookout for oncoming trains, according to autopsy reports by the Contra Costa County coroner's office.
Under BART policy at the time, one of the two workers - Christopher Sheppard, 58, of Hayward and Laurence Daniels, 66, of Fair Oaks (Sacramento County) - was required to serve as a spotter able to see a train 15 seconds before it arrives.
But it "appears neither was acting as a lookout for oncoming trains" before both were struck and killed Oct. 19 while checking on a reported dip in the tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre stations, coroner's Deputy Kevin Hoffman wrote in his investigative reports.
"It is believed that (the victims) both had their backs to the oncoming train," a four-car train traveling north on the tracks, Hoffman wrote.
Sheppard, a BART track engineer, and Daniels, a contract employee, both died of blunt-force injuries due to being hit by a train, forensic pathologist Arnold Josselson wrote. Neither had drugs or alcohol in his system.
Their deaths were classified as the result of an accident, which happened about 45 minutes after they began inspecting the tracks.
The train was traveling 60 to 70 mph and was being operated during the BART strike by a manager undergoing training to take over driver duties in the event of an extended walkout, federal investigators said. The train stopped 1,070 feet after hitting the two men, the coroner's reports found.
BART spokesman Jim Allison declined to comment Monday, citing an ongoing investigation into the incident by the National Transportation Safety Board.
For three decades, BART officials have insisted that workers doing routine track maintenance be solely responsible for their safety, and the agency would not slow down trains traveling through their work areas.
The practice, in which workers were given no warning of oncoming trains, was linked to BART track worker deaths in 2001 and 2008. After the second death, BART modified the policy to require that one member of a work crew serve as a spotter.
Days after Sheppard and Daniels were killed, BART suspended the practice, which it called "simple approval."
BART train operators now have to slow down through job sites. In some cases, they must halt trains until work is complete, or reroute them around work areas via single-tracking.
BART also said it would take another look at computer devices that warn workers of oncoming trains.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @henryklee


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For those of you who've known me and my blog for a while, you also know that I haven't posted a Flawless Saturday Question in years. Well, here it is (and most of you will be reading this on Sunday.)
How do you feel about gift certificates as gifts?
Personally, I freaking love them. I rarely spend money on myself because it makes me feel guilty. So, giving me a gift certificate to one of my favorite stores is like giving me an anxiety-free trip to fun town.
I know a lot of people, my husband included, who think gift certificates are cop outs and lazy gift-giving. Although I sincerely think his mind has changed since the advent of the iTunes gift card. So maybe he just didn't like them until they made one that made sense for him.
What do you think? Lazy? Awesome? Lame? PERFECT?
I really need to know. I have a couple of very important birthdays coming up.


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In this way I can use PDFLaTeX and I don't care about the type of figures: EPS, PDF, PNG, etc.
Everything works fine on a machine (Win 7 pro) with TexnicCenter 1.0 + MiKTeX 2.9 x32 (which is an older version without the latest updates; I'm not administrator on that machine so I can't do any update).
On my personal PC (Win 7 pro) with TexnicCenter 1.0 + MiKTeX 2.9x32 (with the latest updates) the conversion doesn't work:
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I have also tried:
- to move the project files to another partition, thinking that it may be a problem with the path.
- installing TeXnicCenter x64 + MiKTeX 2.9 x64 (which is the current configuration) and the problem persist.
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Royal Warrant Holders Association
The Royal Warrant Holders Association was formed in 1840 and its main objective is to ensure the continued existence of the Royal Warrant as a treasured and respected institution. A Royal Warrant of Appointment is a mark of recognition of those who supply goods or services to the Households of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales. There are around 800 Warrant holders at any one time representing a diverse cross section of trade and industry, from individual craftspeople to global multi-nationals.
QEST, the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, was established by the Royal Warrant Holders Association in 1990 to help support training of craftspeople working in Britain and was named after HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The Charity has achieved considerable success since its inception and has given over £2.5 million in funding to around 370 craftspeople working in over 130 skill sectors. QEST is now receiving a higher volume of applications and cannot fund as many of the talented craftspeople as it would like; in fact, turning away 90% of applicants.


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Anna Camp and Skylar Astin have officially tied the knot, and the only thing we have to say about it is: aca-awesome!
The "Pitch Perfect" co-stars wed on Saturday in an outdoor ceremony on the California coast in front of friends and family, according to People. Camp wore a gorgeous gown by Reem Acra, which featured a strapless neckline and full skirt, while Astin went for a classic tux. People also noted that the bridesmaids, including Camp's fellow Bella, Brittany Snow, wore dresses by Theia.
On Monday, following their big day, Astin shared a gorgeous photo of him and his bride walking down the aisle together.
"Truly on Cloud 9. I got to marry my best friend in the whole world. And she ain't too tough on the eyes either!" he wrote.
Before the couple exchanged their vows, Camp appeared to share her excitement about the big day on Instagram with this quotable moment from "Waiting for Guffman":
Snow and Elizabeth Banks, who also starred in "Pitch Perfect," were more than ready to watch the couple get hitched.
Camp and Astin began dating in 2013 and got engaged over the New Year's holiday weekend this January while on vacation in Hawaii. This past August, the couple had what looked like the most aca-amazing pre-wedding bash, complete with cowboy hats and karaoke.
Both actors often share photos of each other on social media, and have been quite open about their relationship.
In 2014, Camp told Glamour, "He's literally my best friend. He's a magical person." For his part, Astin said working on set with Camp is like having "a slice of home" with him. So cute!
Congrats to the happy couple!
This post has been updated to include the wedding photo Astin tweeted Monday afternoon.


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Asbestos Surveys at the Viridian Housing – A Case Study
Below you will find details of our project around delivering asbestos surveys for the Viridian Housing.
Viridian Housing is a housing association providing social housing to over 30,000 residents spanning across London and the South East, the Midlands and West Sussex.
They have around 16,000 homes and work in partnership with local authorities, organisations and residents to create safe, sustainable communities.
Acorn Analytical Services assist Viridian with asbestos surveys and reinspections within their properties.
Asbestos Surveys and Reinspections
Out of their property portfolio Acorn regularly assist Viridian with over 1200 reinspections per year, additionally we undertake surveys and also air monitoring as and when required.
The way the process works with Viridian is monthly property allocations are made by the client which is passed onto the administration team. Acorns dedicated Viridian administration team then work through the data by calling and booking timed appointments with tenants.
Meeting the customers requirements
Unlike other service providers Acorn's appointments are provided as exact times so the tenants know when our teams will arrive. This is much harder to organise for us, however from the customer service point of view this is the best possible service that can be achieved.
We have found that using time specific appointments has meant that missed appointments are rarer because we both make a mutual commitment.
Reports and Data
For everything we undertake we provide a full written report to Viridian. However, as they are such a large organisation they also have their own property management system which is used for all property management requirements. Every week we undertake a full data export from our system of the works that have been completed, this is then imported into the Viridian system so they always have up to date information available within the report and their own system.
Since working with Acorn they have exceeded the council's expectations with their high standards and innovative working methods.
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How To Transfer Your Miles To Family Members For Free Flights
Does it seem like you could travel around the world and back again with all of the unused airline miles you've tossed away over the years? The good news is that under certain conditions you may actually be able to transfer unused miles to family members during the holiday travel season.
If you would like to help a loved one enjoy a cheap vacation, the first thing you should do is see if you can lend them some of your miles. While many rewards programs are flexible when it comes to sharing miles and combining points, others have tight restrictions on what you can and can't do. In addition, you should be very careful to learn about how long a transfer takes to be completed.
The time it takes for a company to transfer points and miles can range between a few seconds and several weeks. Is cheap travel on your mind? Take a look at how you can give someone you care about the gift of free airline miles.
Create A Household Account
Many airlines give you the option to create a household account that allows points to be pooled between everyone living under one address. This is a fabulous option if you have kids who will be flying home from college during the holiday season. Of course, a household account should be set up far advance of when you anticipate your next flight will be.
Redeem Your Rewards For Someone Else
You may not have to actually go through the process of transferring miles if the airline at hand allows you to redeem miles in someone else's name. Be sure to speak with a representative in advance to make sure conflicts with credit card information won't hinder you from successfully purchasing a flight ticket.
Complete A Transfer
If you have accumulated a large amount of miles over the years, you may be granted the ability to simply transfer your miles to another person. Many credit card companies and airlines give preferred members the privilege of transferring their miles to other flyers once they've surpassed a certain level of loyalty. Be sure to speak with a representative from your preferred airline to see if you qualify for this benefit when booking future flights.
Transfer Points Instead Of Miles
Travel points don't come exclusively from airlines. Many credit card companies give customers the option to turn accumulated points into airline seats. What's more, many companies allow customers to transfer these points to other accounts.
If you'll be transferring points from your credit card to another user, you may be able to take care of the process online. Most credit card companies that allow point transfers require you to transfer the points to someone who is active in a partner program.
Many credit card companies also give you the opportunity to combine your points with the points that have already been earned by the person you're sharing with.


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Spotlight on: Mexico
by balconydresser
For the past ten days, I have traded the urban jungle for the actual jungle touring Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Its plant and animal life were just amazing and I couldn't help but post some close-up shots of the flowers around. If only my balcony plants would follow their example and grow flowers so big and colorful.
If you want to zoom in on more plants and flowers, head over to Urban Jungle Bloggers.


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Final Improved Version
This is my final Improved Version. I have completely changed the colour scheme, I took off the the green colours because it is a very striking colour that kills off all the other colours and makes it look more unpleasant. I have highlighted the background with more pinks blues and whites. this gives more of a romantic feel to the audience. I have taken off the unnessessary fallen leaves, ugly loooking tree and out of place fence with gates. I have dont this because it doesnt look very romantic to me and the audience according to the feedback I got in class. So I have completely redesigned the background and imagine a modern looking city with some unusual looking trees that are shaped as hearts if seen when sat down on the bench. This will enhance the cuteness to the story and would most likely attract more young women that are in love. In this improved version, as I was compiling the 2D flash animation to the backgrounds in After Effects, I played around with the shadows on the character layers. as I was experimenting, this made my work so much more appealing, it looked more like a paper cut out which looks like couple cut out doodles, similar to South Park art style, though mine has a drawing effect on it which makes it look like a doodle. I have kept this style because most young couples doodle when in love, so this is the effect i was trying to achieve.
I have also changed the colour of the balloon in the beginning because most people confuse that the boy magically caught the balloon and gave it to the girl. I have matched the part where the buildings grow together with the girl.
Submitted version for the Clock Makers
This is the first version of my animation which I have submitted for the clockmakers competition. If you compare this to my new and improved version, you can notice big changes, like the background, colour and layout of the bench. I have taken off the unnecessary trees, and character tracking. I have kept it mostly fixed in the middle which is inspired from simon's cat. This is because I wanted to focus on the main character the girl "Lisa" this is also similar to stage acting where there are no cuts. But there are scenes that I had to have cuts to adjust for the background and close up scenes to show more emotion of the character. Having close up scenes minimises my work too from avoiding full body animation which makes my life so much easier. This saved me alot of time. I still kept the minimal colour and soft light washes to give the illusion of water colour effect which would appeal to the audience.
As for the music, I am so Thankful to Joelle Symons, she did a really great job for me, she timed every notes to every frames for me. it was awesome that she made the tune very catchy and goes well with the animation, we can feel every emotion the character is feeling.
For more improvements, I would love to correct and take away the scene where Lisa goes off to take a cup of coffee because it is not relevant, there is no need for her to go off screen. Though if I take if off, it might not match with the music well and it would sound off.
Here are some concept art that will help support my work, I have made one by experimenting on none digital media and changing its look completely. I have done this because I want to see this in a completely different perspective, different style if it were more aimed at a more mature mature audience.
I have also Asked a few 1st years and 2nd Years to do some work for me to see how they would look if this was their own animation, almost like a fan art
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This story lifts up from the pages as if ideas, ideals, rained mutely up from the leaves. There's a circular journey: a beginning, an end, and a continuation as a final choice is made, steps taken. Even the worst moments shimmer. And the best moments reach inside the chest and measure what makes a heart more than mere muscle. As a writer reading, I have stumbled upon another phenomenal mentor in David Wroblrewski.
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Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
Someone had said to me, You'll never guess in a million years who did it, before I read Little Bee; in fact, before I'd even ordered a copy. The truth is, this "someone" may not have used those exact words, but those are the words I heard.
And so it is with Little Bee. Words written by Chris Cleave to tell the stories of two women from utterly different worlds paint circumstances and moments, the interior workings and outer actions, the ongoing ripples of those actions. Yet the whole of the thing, of the lines, paragraphs, chapters—becomes something beyond a book. Beyond material pages with front and back covers, a spine, of a particular size and a weight I can set aside. It becomes an imprint, a sort of stamp inked onto my thinking, as if a border's been crossed and a stranger in uniform now hands me back my mind, allowing me entry and later an exit from these lives. Yet I leave with this indelible stamp, and not in a material passport. I think I will carry the sounds of Little Bee, alive and hovering inside my thinking for a very long time.
Creating Emotion in a Reader: Cunningham does it, why can't I
How does a writer create emotion in a reader? This was the question tonight on Pat Bertram's Gather Group: No Whine Just Champagne. With a Group title like that, who needs anything more, right? The discussion was a good deal more and the hour spent reading and commenting with other writers well worth the time. To visit Pat's blog, click on the link, lower right, of my "blogroll" and find interesting weekly posts on the craft of writing.
In advance of the Live Chat on NWJC, I wrote the following, just so I would have something to offer, and now I offer it here, on my blog, so as not to . . . hmm . . . not to vaporize [I knew I could come up with a good sci-fi-cyberspace verb if I gave it a sec!] so as not to "vaporize" my thoughts on good writing and emotional development of characters, in readers, making us care about those we'd just as soon not care about . . . etcetera. So, here goes:
I've been rereading The Hours by Michael Cunningham. The character played by Meryl Streep in the movie is, in the book, the protagonist of the story thread that Cunningham gives the most space/pages. I think because she is a shallow character, at heart, Cunningham is required to spend considerable time so that we, as readers, can find in her those elements of ourselves that we always hope stay hidden – our envy of what we don't have; our propensity to go on about "surfaces" of things and people, the artifice, the "pretty" of pretty lives, and find ourselves unhappy, on some level.
Someone mentioned "deep" pov in pre-discussion, and I wondered if what Cunningham does with the "Mrs. Dalloway"/Clarissa character in The Hours isn't exactly that . . . an attention to miniscule details and inner thoughts of a woman dissatisfied, yet pretending a vitality and happiness she doesn't genuinely feel.
As a reader of the Pulitzer winning novel, and viewer of the movie, I can honestly say that in the movie I cared more about the Mrs. Brown (Julianne Moore) character and the Mrs Woolf (Nicole Kidman) character than I did about the modern woman, Clarissa a.k.a Mrs. Dalloway. But, in the book, it is the Clarissa character that I find myself emotionally involved with, reacting to, caring about more so than the others. She is not a sympathetic character and yet … I sympathize.
Good job, you, Mr. Cunningham, for taking me where I didn't expect I might go with this read.
Beryl Markham nee Clutterbuck, meet Irene Parilee Johns
Beryl Clutterbuck was born in 1902, three years after Irene Lowe. Both women made perilous choices that could have resulted in Atlantic Ocean related deaths-Beryl by crashing her Vega Gull during her solo flight from England to North America, and Irene by a bad entry into the Atlantic after having been shot from the human cannonball cannon off the Atlantic City Steel Pier in New Jersey.
Beryl has a book written as if by her but actually by her third husband, writer and journalist Raoul Schumacher. West With The Night was published in 1942. This, by Ernest Hemingway in a letter to Max Perkins, is found on the back cover: "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? I knew her fairly well in Africa and never would have suspected that she could and would put pen to paper except to write in her flyer's log book. As it is, she has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with words, picking up whatever was furnished on the job and nailing them together and sometimes making an okay pig pen. But [she] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves writers. The only parts of it that I know about personally, on account of having been there at the time and heard the other people's stories, are absolutely true. . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book."
Irene has no book. And unlike Ernest Hemingway, I have never been there-not in the "time" of the writing, nor the place. Oh, I have been to the Steel Pier Museum at the north end of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, but the Steel Pier itself is no more than a few black marks rising from the ocean in crooked ways. The only connection to the "absolutely true" of Irene's life story that I can vouch for are the photos and write ups in newspaper clippings and the recollections of an aging cousin who, in the end, identified Irene's lifeless body for detectives in 1930's New York City.
And unlike Beryl Markham (or her third husband) I am not setting out to write a biography of a life, but rather something of a biography of a "Time"–those first thirty or so years of the twentieth century. Irene Lowe is my inspiration for the telling of a woman's "Time" in those years, those circumstances. I give my fictional Irene the further names of Parilee and Johns. "Parilee," because this was the name of an aunt I never knew. Parilee was born to my grandmother, Elsie May Susan Gray Ivy. Parilee lived three years and died of the influenza that took millions of lives worldwide near the end of WWI. She was an aunt who was grieved some seventy years later, even as Elsie lay dying. They are all gone, my mother and my grandmothers, but I want to remember them through other women I never knew. Thus the name Parilee is added to Irene. And "Johns" is added for simpler reasons — I like the roll of it off the ear and the tongue.
I hope to write of how factors in gender and race influence choices we make as humans: the choices we make as individuals regarding how we move through life; the choices others are left with in their lives once gender, race, religion, etc. are factored into play. Or perhaps what I should say is What we are allowed to play.
Review: The Book of Fables, W.S. Merwin
If you read for escape and with not a lot of time to sink into a long work, then Merwin's The Book of Fables is the place to go. It's like a gated play yard for the imagination to spend its recess time. You can climb on a spinning yarn and be dazzled as the landscape whirls by, or you can go through the ups and downs of a see-saw ride, or pick up a question from a grassy expanse, roll it in your hand, and set it back down with some of W.S. Merwin's insights rubbed off to your palms. His fables run from a sentence or two, to a bare quarter page, to as long as perhaps a dozen pages. I have not read a single one so far that didn't provide the brief escape that I needed in the moment from the everyday humdrum. Merwin has a wondrous imagaination and way with the written word; I only wish he had been recommended to me earlier.
Reading, Writing, and Sparking Imagination
Benjamin Rosenbaum wrote "The Orange" and the editors of Flash Fiction Forward put it on page 135 when W. W. Norton Company were clever enough to publish the 80 stories Jim and Bob (Thomas and Shapard, respectively) had brought together. And I, after reading a review by Charles Lennox on Gather.com, and being less dim than on other days, I ordered a copy of Jim and Bob's anthology from Amazon. Wonderful short-shorts. Wonderful small reads of big stories. Sometimes larger than life. As in the case of "The Orange."
Here's the thing: right or wrong, I often imitate stories most enjoyed and/or respected. In B. Rosenbaum's short-short "The Orange," the opening line reads: "An orange ruled the world."
My world is ruled by whim, not an orange, and the short-short I want to write will not be about oranges, regal or treeless, but about . . . about . . . birds. Yes. And a particular bird that . . . hmmm . . . doesn't rule the world, doesn't even rule his own roost, but, instead, is, is . . . is (hold on, hold on, I'm thinking here!) is THE bird with the longest beak in the world! In fact, too long a beak to allow that this bird could or should thrive. The sort of beak that once a morsel, for instance a seed, is tweezered between top and bottom, the energy required to bobble that seed the whole length of his beak to enter his mouth burns slightly more calories than the morsel provides. A dim future, indeed. To be always in decline, generation to generation, until the decline is such that even if there were male birds capable of fertilization, their female counterparts could no longer squeeze out an egg. And it wasn't just the one bird (well, at first perhaps, but not for long) or even confined to feathered types for more than half a season. In the same way that particularly viral influenzas spread between species, this counter-evolutionary process spread. Laterally, at first, until no eagle could maintain a wingspan as he soared; eagles of all varieties collapsing into fields, trees, granite mountain faces. Hawks, of course, too. Plain sparrows. Yellow canaries. Bees. Gnats. Mosquitoes and flies. By the time people felt the effects, they cared next to none. Science forgot how to make anti-depressants and those people that didn't hang themselves (mostly because they were completely inept with nooses), ran over high cliffs like lemmings. They could have been mammoth or buffalo herded to fall in just such a way by primitive tribes on Paleo continents. They could've been, but in fact they were modern people gone retro beyond any brain capabilities at all! The sorriest part, the very most sorriest part of all this Rise and Fall of species is that by the time the "fall" gets underway, we are all too dumb to put the skids on—and, by the time we RE-evolution ourselves into homes and gizmos again, we can't remember we've wrecked it all at least once before or that a species of birds grew beaks too long to be useful just from drinking the water used to cool the gizmo factory uptown.
The orange in B. Rosenbaum's story got bought by the narrative voice on page 136 of Flash Forward Fiction. The n.v. paid 39 cents and after three days ate the orange, the same orange that was, until his departure, ruler of the world. How do I compare my rare bird of long beak? Never a ruler, certainly never eaten (not by this narrative voice!), is he, was he, in the end, the sum of all of our best intentions? Or . . . shh . . . . I'm thinking.
Movie — The Secret Life of Words
Isabel Coixet, Isabel Coixet, I must remember that name. I didn't remember before, and she directed Talk to Her. I'd of thought I'd remember . . . truth is, it's seldom I remember a great many names and titles these days.
I am certain I rented The Secret Life of Words for the wrong reasons unless simply loving words is cause enough. I'm also certain that I thought it was going to be a Will Short sort of documentary with interesting takes on crossword puzzle people or Scrabble fanatics or Spelling Bee participants. What a surprise to find what I found. After watching Tim Robbins and Sarah Polley and others play out their roles in a dismal factory and then on an oil rig, I checked out existing reviews; I wanted to know if the impact the movie had on me had worked to similar effect on others. Apparently, a few found the work as worthy as I do, but the majority found it "slow" and the characters "unbelieveable" or was it "unconvincing." Personally, I applaud the director's choice to slow down the events and allow the mudlike existence of the main character, Hannah, to become less screen role-ish and more real. There is a perfection to this timing, this slow (and almost strangled) re-emergence into some semblance of living again. I really don't know how to write movie reviews at all, but I wanted to share with anyone who might stumble upon this blog that The Secret Life of Words is so worth watching IF you are into movies that enter your mind and occupy it with lives and how they are lived. I am always blown away by people valuing people — and that happens in this flick.


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Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and breath control (pranayama). The development of strength, mobility and stability is gained through the asanas.
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Undergraduate researchUndergraduate Biology majors at IUPUI have unparalleled opportunities to get involved in cutting-edge research in biology and medical science.
Students may choose from an array of biology research options that allow them to work one-on-one with world renowned faculty in a laboratory environment - as early as the freshman year! Many students have pursued research projects for all four years of their undergraduate study, have authored research articles in prestigious biology and medical journals, and presented their work at major scientific conferences. Research students benefit from personal attention and excellent academic and career advising.
All biology students pursuing the BA or the BS are expected to complete a capstone. The capstone is "an independent creative effort of the student that is integrative and builds on the student's previous work in the major." Toward the end of their undergraduate careers, students can choose to do a project or complete library research on an area of interest (BIOL-K490) or engage in research in a faculty member's lab (BIOL-K493).
The Department of Biology offers a wide variety of research options. Students may work with faculty members on research projects in the areas of Biochemistry, Biology Education, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, and Regenerative Biology.
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This program is open to full-time first-year Biology students entering fall semester. Participants can earn $10.15 per hour working in the Biology department, 10 hours per week. This program may lead to additional student support, such as upper-level scholarships, employment in research/teaching labs and undergraduate research stipends.
If you are a first-year student (not a transfer) entering biology directly in fall semester contact Dr. Patrick Gentry (email@example.com) for further information.
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This week's Profile is Jared Michael Lowe of Philadelphia, PA. Philly Fashion guru Sabir Peele tells us why Jared is this week's That Guy.
What I like about this look?
With his slim fit polo shirt, tailored green trousers, yellow suede Oxford shoes and leather tote, Jared gives us a bit of London street style right here in Philly. Besides the fit of this look, I really like his bold choice with yellow shoes. With a contrast collar and miniature horse logos, the polo shirt in this look really stands out (in a "fashion" cool way).
Where could this outfit be worn?
If you are hitting the streets around happy hour time, especially enjoying Center City District Sips (which is where I spotted him) this outfit is a great option. With the rising temperatures, a polo shirt and light cotton chinos will definitely keep you cool.
Where can you buy this particular look?
If you are looking for a pair of Oxford shoes with a pop of color brands like Asos, Mark McNairy and Cole Haan are leading the way this summer. A great pair of colored chinos can be picked up at Bonobos, H&M, Dockers and J.Crew. Mix up your traditional solid color polos this summer. Burberry, Psycho Bunny and Ralph Lauren carry a wide range of polo shirts in design patterns and styles. If you are in the market for a tote bag, Onassis Clothing, H&M and UGG Australia all have them in stock right now.
Style Tip?
Depending on your shoe preference, you may want to go with a more neutral shoe than the yellow Oxfords in this look. Swapping out the green chinos for a pair of navy would add some color consistency. By adding navy chino, the yellow Oxford shoes will really pop and not be overshadowed by a brightly colored trouser. Overall, his look is true to his overall style and you can tell that he wears his clothes with confidence.


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Kore.ai provides integration for a built-in Nest Thermostat Bot that you can use to display message notifications and execute tasks directly from the Kore.ai application. To use the Nest Thermostat Bot, you just need to add the Bot to your Kore.ai account, and then configure the settings for the Bot, such as authentication to access Nest Thermostat, and the notification messages that you want. This topic describes the Nest Thermostat built-in Bot for Kore.ai. For more information about other Kore.ai Bots, see Adding Bots.
About the Kore.ai Bot for Nest Thermostat
Nest Thermostat learns the temperatures that you like and can be controlled from your phone, laptop, or tablet. This Bot enables you to remotely change your thermostat settings, change your home or away status, and control your fan.
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|Web Service – Connect to this Bot using a web service integration where Kore.ai polls the service for updates based on a specified interval.
|Utilities – This Bot is available in the Kore.ai application in the Utilities category.
Configuring Nest Thermostat
To configure web service tasks, you need to add the Nest Thermostat Bot from the Kore.ai Marketplace tab in the Kore.ai application, and then setup the task.
To setup a Nest Thermostat task, click Connect to Nest Thermostat, enter the Nest Thermostat URL for your company, for example, https://home.nest.com, your Nest Thermostat account ID, your password, and then press Enter.
After you are connected, you can perform tasks for Nest Thermostat directly from the Kore.ai application and setup message notifications to get notified in the Kore.ai application when an event occurs in Nest Thermostat.
The following table describes Nest Thermostat tasks that you can integrate with Kore.ai.
|Set Status
|In the Perform Task dialog,
In a space room, you can enter the @nest setstatus Bot command to invoke and configure this task.
|Set Temperature
|In the Perform Task dialog,
In a space room, you can enter the @nest settemp Bot command to invoke and configure this task.
|Turn on the Fan
|In the Perform Task dialog, select a Thermostat.
In a space room, you can enter the @nest turnn_on_the_fan Bot command to invoke and configure this task.
You can setup message notifications to your Kore.ai account using a Nest Thermostat web service. Click , click Get notified when…, and then click one of the following Nest Thermostat web services described in the following table.
|Away Notification
|In the Setup Task dialog,
|Temperature Notification
|In the Setup Task dialog,
Next Steps
After Nest Thermostat is configured as web service, when any of the events occur in Nest Thermostat, a message is displayed on the Bots tab in the Messages section for the Kore.ai account.


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Tony Lama Americana Conquistador Shoulder Cowboy Boots - Medium Toe
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- Tony Lama Americana Conquistador Shoulder Cowboy Boots - Medium Toe
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Features & Description
- American made Tony Lama cowboy boots at a good, old-fashioned price.
- U.S.A. handcrafted leather upper, lining, heel, & sole
- Walking comfort cushion insole
- Traditional round toe profile
- Rubber outsole
- Proudly handcrafted in the U.S.A.
As American as it gets, Tony Lama Boots Americana Collection cowboy boots boast the best materials and U.S.A. craftsmanship at an affordable price. This Men's Tony Lama boot features a full grain conquistador shoulder foot under a fancy stitched 13" leather shaft. Leather lining. 1 5/8" boot heel. Easy-on pull straps.


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At number 79 in BBC Radio 2's 100 best guitar riffs is "Born to be Wild" by American band Steppenwolf. This song was recorded in late 1967 and released in June 1968 and was written by band member Mars Bonfire (an unlikely name!). The song is sometimes described at the first heavy metal song. It got to number 2 in the US singles chart, but to only 30 in the DUK. It re-entered the DUK charts in 1999 and got to 18 this second time.
It was their third single off their debut album "Steppenwolf", and was their most successful hit song. In addition to being number 79 on this list, it is at number 129 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 greatest songs of all time.
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
Here is the video of this great song from the movie Easy Ride starring Dennis Hopper and a young Jack Nicholson (his first major movie), and is one of the reasons the song became so associated with the biker and hippy culture of the late 1960s. Enjoy!


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All Slim Fast canned beverages were recalled at the end of last week, following the discovery of contamination with the microorganism Bacillus cereus. The bacteria, which was discovered during quality testing, can cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Unilever, the manufacturer of Slim Fast, alerted the Food and Drug Administration and voluntarily issued the recall on December 3 in what is described on the Slim Fast website as "an abundance of caution."
The recall applies to some 10 million ready-to-drink canned beverages currently on the market, and Unilever encourages consumers who purchased any of the 11 oz. drinks to discard them and contact the company for a refund. The recall doesn't affect any other Slim Fast products, such as powdered drinks or snack bars.


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Following 2018's sold-out show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, Baltimore's psychedelic rockers, Fractal Cat, return to the Creative Alliance on August 9, 2019 for an unforgettable evening celebrating the music that defined a generation. From the first man on the moon to half a million strong at Woodstock, the band performs songs that defined the watershed moments of 1969.
We will begin the evening with a set of original music from Fractal Cat's three albums of original material. For the second set, they will share stories and visuals inspired by 1969—the major films and concerts, the cultural and political events—as they perform handpicked songs from that pivotal year. Expect hits by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and much more!
Fractal Cat has been a staple of Baltimore music for over five years. They have performed at Light City, Stoop Storytelling Series, Friends of Patterson Park concerts, and have made regular appearances at WTMD studios, including that station's first-ever album release party. Baltimore Magazine called Fractal Cat one of 50 artists to know in 2018, the Frederick News-Post named their song "Streets Are Burning" Local Song of the Year in 2017, and WTMD Radio voted "Tryptide" one of the top 14 Baltimore songs of the year in 2014.
Special guests for this event include local musicians Jax Martone of Psycho Killers, Quinton Randall, James von Lenz, and Kim Gravatt. The event will also feature a variety of local artists and vendors.
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(CNN) - The Tea Party Express issued a statement Tuesday night in reaction to Christine O'Donnell's victory in Delaware's GOP Senate primary.
Read the statement, after the jump:
Washington (CNN) - The hotly contested Democratic mayoral primary in the nation's capital already has claims malfunctioning voting machines and other irregularities could have affected voting results.
But a request from the Vincent Gray for Mayor Campaign asking for extended voting time was denied by the DC Superior Court.
Traci Hughes, press secretary for Gray's campaign, said the campaign asked for extended voting hours because of reports of irregularities at polling stations during the day. The request for an injunction was denied by the DC Superior Court Tuesday evening. Hughes said the Gray campaign was "disappointed" by the decision but would wait for voting results before pressing the issue.
"I don't know at this point if we'll pursue it further," Hughes said. "Of course we're disappointed. But the polls closed half and hour ago and for right now we will just await the results."
(CNN) - Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman Sen. Robert Menendez issued a statement Tuesday night following Christine O'Donnell's victory in Delaware's GOP Senate primary.
"Tonight Mike Castle became the eighth Republican establishment candidate to be upset by a party in complete turmoil. Instead, Delaware Republicans chose an ultra-right wing extremist who is out of step with Delaware values," Menendez said. "Christine O'Donnell cares more about imposing an extreme social doctrine than addressing the challenges facing working people. Even the Delaware Republican Party Chairman has said O'Donnell is 'not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware,' and 'could not be elected dog catcher.'"
"Tomorrow begins the general election, and Chris Coons is focused like a laser on growing Delaware's middle class. As New Castle County Executive, Chris Coons reformed local government and created jobs. As a United States Senator, he'll do the same in Washington," Menendez added.
(CNN) - The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a statement Tuesday night following Christine O'Donnell's victory in Delaware's GOP Senatorial primary.
"We congratulate Christine O'Donnell for her nomination this evening after a hard-fought primary campaign in Delaware," said NRSC executive director Rob Jesmer.
(CNN) - The rematch is on in Maryland.
CNN projects that former Gov. Robert Ehrlich will win the state's Republican gubernatorial primary. The victory would mean that Ehrlich will now face off in November's general election against Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley, who defeated Ehrlich in his 2006 bid for re-election for a second term.
In Tuesday's primary, Ehrlich faced off against businessman Brian Murphy, who was backed last month by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
(CNN) - TV commentator and Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell defeated U.S. Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican U.S. Senate primary Tuesday.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, O'Donnell led Castle 53.2 percent to 46.8 percent, according to The Associated Press.
O'Donnell on Tuesday night thanked her supporters, including Tea Party groups, saying they "rallied everyday Americans outside of the political establishment, [got] them involved and created a grassroots network that made all of this possible."
"Don't ever underestimate the power of we, the people," O'Donnell said to raucous cheers from her supporters. "We, the people, will have our voice heard in Washington, D.C., once again."
Updated 11:13 p.m.
(CNN) - A GOP strategist working on behalf of Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's GOP primary for Senate said he wishes robo-calls against Tea Party favorite and Castle opponent Christine O'Donnell had been made earlier, according to CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger.
The robo-calls, released by the state GOP, allege that O'Donnell was living off her campaign donations and failed to pay staffers. O'Donnell has denied the allegations.
Some establishment Republicans have said they believe Castle has a better chance of winning the general election, which would let the GOP pick up a seat currently held by Democrats and possibly help Republicans take control of the Senate.
Washington (CNN) - Democrats continued to assail House Minority Leader John Boehner Tuesday, unveiling a website that highlights the Ohio congressman's ties to powerful special interest groups.
"Who's Who in Boehnerland" contains an interactive graphic that names lobbyists and details their specific ties to the Ohio congressman.
The site is the Democratic National Committee's latest move in an aggressive effort to paint Boehner as a politician deeply entwined with Washington's powerful special interests.
Facing a potential power shift in Congress after the November midterm elections, Democrats have seized on a New York Times article published Sunday that highlights the next prospective House speaker's ties to corporate lobbyists.
The DNC has also launched two national ads in the last week charging that the Ohio Republican is too close to powerful interest groups in the nation's capital.
But a spokesman for Boehner hit back, telling CNN that the ads are an attack designed to shift the conversation away from the economy.
"Out-of-touch and flailing, Washington Democrats are desperate to change the topic, but the American people won't forget their job-killing record," Michael Steel said.
–CNN Deputy Political Editor Mark Preston contributed to this report
(Updated at 8:20 p.m. ET)
Washington (CNN) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she'll decide by Friday whether to try an admittedly "difficult" write-in candidacy this fall to keep her seat. Murkowski was defeated in last month's Republican primary by once longshot Joe Miller, who enjoyed the backing and support of Tea Party activists and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Murkowski confirmed in a written statement Tuesday that she will not seek a spot as the Libertarian Party candidate for Senate. The party's nominee said this week he would not step aside following a meeting with her.
In her statement, Murkowski said, "I cannot in good conscience seek the Libertarian nomination" despite advisors and friends urging her to "find a way to get my name printed on a ballot at all costs."
"As disappointed as I am in the outcome of the primary and my belief that the Alaska Republican Party was hijacked by the Tea Party Express, an outside extremist group, I am not going to quit my party. I will not wrap myself in the flag of another political party for the sake of an election at any cost."
Editor's note: Look for regular Trail Running field updates from CNN's anchors, correspondents and producers spread out across the country covering politics on the campaign trail. As always, the CNN Political Ticker is your source for up-to-the-minute political news– now even more so.
7:30 p.m. – Christine O'Donnell is already making herself at home at her primary night headquarters, in an Elks Lodge in Dover. She is doing a round of live interviews – an hour before the polls close. And her aides say we can expect to see a lot of her mingling with the crowd gathered and not just holed up in a private room –as many candidates do– while they await election results.
She says she is exhilarated but knows the result is mostly out of her hands. "We aren't popping any champagne corks yet," and "we are still biting our nails."


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The Islamic Republic reels
With competing claims of responsibility by the Islamic State and the Ahvaz National Resistance for the attack that killed 29 people and wounded 70 others in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, which borders on Iraq and is home to Iran's ethnic Arab community, it is hard to determine with certainty the affiliation of the four perpetrators, all of whom were killed in the incident.
Statements by Iranian officials, however, accusing the United States and its allies, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel, suggest that they see the Ahvaz group rather than the Islamic State as responsible for the incident, the worst since the Islamic State attacked the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran in 2017.
Iran's summoning, in the wake of the attack, of the ambassadors of Britain, the Netherlands and Denmark, countries from which Iranian opposition groups operate, comes at an awkward moment for Tehran. It complicates Iranian efforts to ensure that European measures effectively neutralise potentially crippling U.S. sanctions that are being imposed as a result of the U.S. withdrawal in May from the 2015 international agreement that curbed the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.
Ahvaz-related violence last year spilled on to the street of The Hague when unidentified gunmen killed Ahwazi activist Ahmad Mola Nissi. Mr. Nissi was shot dead days before he was scheduled to launch a Saudi-funded television station staffed with Saudi-trained personnel that would target Khuzestan, according to Ahwazi activists.
Pressure on regime growing
This week, a group of exiled Iranian academics and political activists, led by The Hague-based social scientist Damon Golriz, announced the creation of a group that intends to campaign for a liberal democracy in Iran under the auspices of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted Shah of Iran who lives in the United States.
While Iran appears to be targeting exile groups in the wake of the Ahvaz attack, Iran itself has witnessed in recent years stepped up activity by various insurgent groups amid indications of Saudi support, leading to repeated clashes and interception of Kurdish, Baloch and other ethnic insurgents. Last month, Azeri and Iranian Arab protests erupted in soccer stadiums while the country's Revolutionary Guards Corps reported clashes with Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish insurgents.
State-run television warned at the time in a primetime broadcast that foreign agents could turn legitimate protests stemming from domestic anger at the government's mismanagement of the economy and corruption into "incendiary calls for regime change" by inciting violence that would provoke a crackdown by security forces and give the United States fodder to tackle Iran.


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President Donald Trump flipped the media and political world, as well as the "Russian collusion" narrative, on their collective heads over the weekend with a series of tweets alleging former President Barack Obama's administration had wiretapped and spied on him and his associates in Trump Tower during the 2016 election season, perhaps illegally.
While there of course has been substantial pushback against the extreme accusation by both the media and Obama's people, there does seem to be some circumstantial evidence that Trump's allegations were correct — at least more than any proving Trump was somehow colluding with the Russian government.
If indeed it does turn out to be the case that the Obama administration illegally surveilled Trump's team ahead of Election Day as some have speculated, the end result could be the unprecedented indictment of a former president on felony charges.
So a highly respected former senior intelligence officer, retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, told Conservative Tribune sister company USA Radio Network's Rusty Humphries on "Trending Today USA" Monday morning.
Calling the alleged incident an "order of magnitude" bigger than the Watergate scandal, Shaffer stated that the incident would have included "using nation-state resources for purposes of political gain."
Humphries asked if, should everything turn out to be true, Obama would be arrested and held accountable for violating the laws.
"This could be the first time a former president could be indicted for a felony," Shaffer answered. "Because I think it is very possible that he acted outside of the scope of his duties, responsibilities and authorities to turn the resources of a nation-state on a candidate."
"This is, as I've said before, soviet-dictator level wrongdoing," he added.
Shaffer also noted that, given Obama's use of government resources to conduct other spying operations, it was easy to imagine him doing the same against Trump, particularly while working under the assumption that Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would easily win the general election and keep the subterfuge against Trump under wraps.
You can hear part of that conversation here:
To be sure, this is mostly speculation, but given Shaffer's lengthy military career, his rise to the top of the American intelligence community, and his current role as a senior fellow at the prestigious London Center for Policy Research, his speculation carried more weight than that of ill-informed media pundits and narrative-pushing Democrats.
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In its own special island style, it's hard not to agree that Talisker earns a place amongst the very best whiskies in Scotland. It's a statement confirmed by the likes of Jim Murray, with distillery bottlings averaging scores in the low nineties - an average similar to other benchmarks such as Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Highland Park and Laphroaig. Lost in a deluge of recent no age statement releases (Storm, Dark Storm, Skye and all the others), 57° North demands revisiting more than most. If laymen's reviews are anything to go by, this ranks as one of the most beloved whiskies of the last decade. Named for the same latitude the distillery is located on, the prospect of a Talisker at this ABV is exciting. And while 'special strength' isn't exactly cask strength, it's very close. Cask strength whiskies offer an extra dimension of flavour compared to their diluted stablemates. The careful, progressive addition of water at your discretion - instead of a predetermined amount by the distillery - allows one to fully discover everything that a malt has to offer. This rides the tidal wave of 57% in an effortless way.Tasting note: Brilliant brassy gold. Opening sniffs detect a sweet, salty, maritime-style top note over granita biscuit, vanilla, chocolate, manuka honey and refreshing peppermint. After 3-4 minutes of air contact a dense blanket of sooty peat swamps the bouquet, followed by drier notes of white-pepper, kipper and dustings of cocoa. Immediately rich and warming in the mouth; entry features cream tea biscuits, then comes a flood of oily, peppery peat that fans out like a peacocks tail. Finish is vibrant, fresh, cough-lozenge like, tailing off with Fisherman's Friend, brine, lingering sweet malt and late lanolin in the aftertaste. Bracing yet beautifully balanced. Showcases Talisker's trademark salt'n'pepper profile to stupendous effect. 57% Alc./Vol.
Other reviews... melts to allow the slow blossoming of a quite beautiful and peaty thing...a glowing whisky.
95 points- Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2016
Gold Medal Best Islands Single Malt - World Whisky Awards 2012 "A juicy, coastal imbued nose of barley along with hints of boiled sweets and sugared almonds...Charred toffee and vanilla with a whack of peat and chilli coming through on the palate and in the finish. Superb stuff. A serious wake up dram !" - World Whisky Awards 2012


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Experience Lifetime?s Emmy-nominated reality-competition series like never before as Project Runway enters its 12th and most interactive season yet. A series first, fans can share their reactions in real time to story lines, challenges and decisions through the new on-screen feature, PlayRunway. Plus, seven super fans will be featured in an episode for a makeover, a mystery contestant from a past season, chosen by fans, will be unveiled as the 16th designer for the season and, as requested by fans, more Tim Gunn! Gunn will join host Heidi Klum and the judges to watch the runway show, answer questions about what transpired in the workroom and give them an opportunity to examine the workmanship of each design. Join celebrity guest judges, including Kate Bosworth and Sigourney Weaver, as designers compete for a prize package worth more than half a million dollars.
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The Dragons are Coming!
Dragons are the ultimate mythical beast of legend and the ultimate 3D version of this magnificent creature, the Millennium Dragon 2.0, lives up to all the stories you've heard! Included in the Millennium Dragon 2.0 is the new Eastern Dragon, the original Millennium Dragon, and loads of new morph targets, brand new head pieces, texture maps, and poses to allow you to create thousands of unique dragon varieties. All of this, along with an enhanced geometric mesh, means that the Millennium Dragon 2.0 is the absolute best virtual dragon commercially available. The additional dragon figure, the Eastern Dragon, is DAZ's rendition of the Oriental Imperial dragon, which legend says resides in water and brings good luck and wealth. All three dragon figures are highly detailed and extremely versatile, with endless possibilities for your 3D renders.
- Notes
- NOTE: The Millennium Dragon 2.0 is a highly detailed model made of over 84,000 polygons and can be slow to load and pose on slower computer systems.
- Compatible 3D Software
- DAZ Studio, Poser
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- Features
- Millennium Dragon 2.0 CR2 and OBJ. (Based on the same mesh as the Millennium Dragon 1.0, with completely backward compatibile UVs for use with Millennium Dragon 1.0 Texture Maps.)
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- 19 Brand New Add-on(Conforming) Head Pieces for the Millennium Dragon:
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- Jaw Horns Large 1 and 2.
- 206 Head and Body Morph Targets. Includes All of the Morphs from Millennium Dragon 1.0 as well as Brand New Body Types, Body Spikes, Head Shaping Morphs, and Mimic Compatible Phonemes/Expressions. For Complete List of Morphs Click Here.
- 121 Texture, Bump, Transparency, and Specular Maps for Use with the Millennium Dragon, Its Add-on Pieces and the New Eastern Dragon. For Complete List of Textures Click Here.
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- 14 Updated Standard Poses, Bringing the Millennium Dragon's Poses Up to Date with the Joint Updates on the Millennium Dragon 2.
- Bonus: Includes the Entire Millennium Dragon 1.0 Product With Its Texture Maps, Poses, Add-on Tail Pieces and Conforming Horns! Millennium Dragon 1.0 Product.


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I started writing journals in my teens, and I have been writing since. My journals are where I pour out my thoughts and emotions. They have seen me through rough patches and also happy times. It is healing to write, and it is also empowering. I wrote many sorrowful events in my journals and I also have had many amazing dreams come true while pouring my hopes, dreams and wishes in the pages. The power of words is immense and life changing. I also love art journaling and have a mix of doodles and mix media art in them.
My love for journaling has led me to make my own journals to write in. Now I make these carefully crafted, handbound journals for others to enjoy. I hold the belief that journaling helps us re-discover our authentic selves and improves our well being. We are here crafting our lives and dreams and living them.
I take great care in making each journal, my wish is that the writers find joy and comfort as they write in the blank pages and create beautiful stories of their lives.
Mettaville's journals are made with my own hand dyed shibori fabric, op-shop finds and some store bought fabric, I like to mix and match and sometimes the journals can be quirky and one of a kind. I do my best to reduce and re-use whenever I can and be kinder to the earth. ~ Guatyen