Francisco Vazquez, M.B.A., was appointed Medical Center Director of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) on August 22, 2016. Mr. Vazquez serves as the MEDVAMC's chief executive officer charged with management of one of the most complex VA medical centers in the country with more than 4,600 employees and an annual budget of approximately $974 million. In addition to caring for more than 109,000 Veterans in southeast Texas, the MEDVAMC also serves as a regional and national referral center for many services including cardiac surgery, liver transplant, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and other neurological disorders, radiation therapy, and spinal cord injury care.
Dr. Kalavar was appointed chief of staff of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in March 2009. Dr. Kalavar serves as the MEDVAMC's senior medical officer responsible for all clinical programs at the medical facility in Houston and its Community-Based Outpatient Clinics.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Kalavar received his medical degree from Madras University in Madras, India in 1979. He completed his internship and post graduate training in India and performed his residency at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Dr. Kalavar is an associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and a member of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Kalavar started his VA career as a staff physician in 1991 at Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was appointed director of Primary Care Service Line in 1998 and selected as director of the Primary Care Service Line for Eastern Kansas Health Care System in 2000. He joined MEDVAMC in 2001 as the Primary Care Director and served as Chief of General Medicine from 2006 to 2009. In this capacity, he was responsible for one of the largest primary care programs within the VA health care system.
As the Director of the MEDVAMC Patient Reception Team (PRT), Dr. Kalavar coordinated the movement of supplies, equipment, and personnel to Ellington Field in 2005 to respond to Hurricane Katrina. The PRT medically triaged almost 800 patients from 21 flights in the next five days. The patients, ranging from four-months old to the elderly, suffered from dehydration, fatigue, and a variety of medical conditions. In two weeks, the MEDVAMC admitted more than 100 patients from the hurricane-affected areas.
Dr. Kalavar is the recipient of the Houston Federal Executive Board 2006 Excellence in Government Award and was recognized in 2011 as a Patriotic Employer by the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
Kelly Irving, MSN, RN, is the MEDVAMC Associate Director, Patient Care Services (ADPCS). Ms. Irving has more than 20 years of nursing experience, including 17 years in important nursing leadership positions. As ADPCS, she serves as a key member of the medical center senior management team; providing leadership and expert knowledge for the VA's state-of-the-art medical facility and nine community based outpatient clinics in southeast Texas.
Ms. Irving has been with the Department of Veterans Affairs since March 2005 and has been at MEDVAMC since 2009. She has served as a Skin Risk Nurse Manager, Associate Chief Nurse of Operations and most recently as the Deputy Associate Director for Patient Care Services.
"I am looking forward to continuing to work with the dedicated professionals at the Houston VA and to the challenge of taking on this new position," Irving said. "I am proud of the top quality patient care that is provided to Veterans every day at this Medical Center."
Irving is also especially proud of MEDVAMC's second redesignation of Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services that was awarded in February of this year. "I am continually amazed at what the staff here at this Medical Center can accomplish when we put our minds to it," she said. "We are the first VA in the system to receive a second redesignation of magnet status. That is something of which we can all be extremely proud."
Ms. Irving received her BSN from Our Lady of Holy Cross College in May of 1993 and then received a MSN from the University of Phoenix in September of 1998. Additionally, she received an Enterostomal Therapy Certificate from the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1997. Ms. Irving is also a graduate of VISN 16 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) and Advanced LDI.
Dr. Scheurich was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center on July 2, 2000. In this capacity, he serves as a senior clinician in this tertiary care medical center. Dr. Scheurich is also an assistant professor of medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Scheurich is a graduate of the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (M.D., 1979), a member of the American College of Physicians (1987), and a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine (1987). He obtained clinical and research training in internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Dr. Scheurich is board certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Scheurich served as special assistant to the chief of staff for quality management at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and then became associate chief of staff for quality management at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
He serves as Telecare medical director and chairperson for numerous clinical committees at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Dr. Scheurich is a member of the Internal Medicine Level I Residency Selection Committee at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a faculty member of Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication and a certified trainer. Dr. Scheurich is the author or co-author of several articles in peer reviewed journals.
Dr. Scheurich received the VISN #16 Clinical Excellence in Business Practice Award on August 11, 2004. This award, presented annually, recognizes clinicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN) #16 for special or consistent efforts to generate revenues or to help save costs in the provision of health care to Veterans while maintaining quality service. He also received the Director's Award for Professional Leadership in 1992.


Definition - What does Sleeping Swan Pose mean?
Sleeping swan pose is the name of a restful hip-opening posture in Yin yoga. The pose is basically a half split in which one leg reaches back so the top of the foot presses into the ground, and the opposite leg is folded in front of the body, with the calf on the ground. The yogi then folds forward, letting the head and arms rest on the ground.
By appearance, it is the same posture known as the resting variation of pigeon pose or downward-facing pigeon in other forms of yoga such as Hatha and Ashtanga. The Sanskrit name, adho mukha kapotasana, also describes this pose. There is, however, a distinct difference in the practice of the pose in Yin yoga.
Yin yoga poses are held for a longer time than their counterparts in other styles of yoga – anywhere from three minutes up to fifteen minutes. If new to sleeping swan, the yogi should practice it for no more than three to five minutes. The purpose in Yin yoga is to target connective tissues rather than just the muscles, so the postures are passive rather than being actively meant to engage the muscles.
In addition to opening the hips, sleeping swan pose stretches the ligaments and tendons in the legs, knees, shoulders and back. The pose activates the gallbladder, stomach, spleen, liver and kidney meridians, or energy channels, thereby supporting healthy muscles and vision and preventing fatigue, dizziness and vertigo.
Yogis with knee, hip or lower-back problems should skip sleeping swan pose.


O'Donovan sings the tune in her low, feathery voice and strums a guitar, while Pikelny plucks out harmony parts on a resonator instrument that sounds as if it could have come from a mountain holler a century ago. The pair shot the video in O'Donovan's yard.
"Don't That Road Look Rough and Rocky" was originally a vocal trio number as performed by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, so O'Donovan and Pikelny rearranged it for a duo, and got a little unexpected help from the natural world.


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Q: Why can't a member function require a static constexpr member of the same class to be true? I try to have a member function require a static constexpr boolean member to be true. This would be very helpful to DRY a quite complex requirement. And I do not quire get the reason why the compiler won't let me.
Minimal example with slightly less complex requirement:
template <typename T>
struct Foo
{
    static constexpr bool isInt = std::integral<T>;
    void bar() requires (isInt);
    void goo() requires std::integral<T>;
};

template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::bar() requires (Foo<T>::isInt) // error: out-of-line definition of 'bar' does not match any declaration in 'Foo<T>' x86-64 clang 14.0.0 #1
{
    // ...
}

template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::goo() requires std::integral<T> // ok
{
    // ...
}

Is this because isInt is declared inside the same class? Or do I have some kind of syntax error?

A: There is a question of whether or not your requires clauses in the in-class declaration and out-of-class definition are equivalent (or functionally equivalent).
But regardless of the answer to that question, the easiest solution is to simply use the exact same token sequence, which will be certain to be equivalent:
template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::bar() requires (isInt)
{
    // ...
}

However, current Clang releases don't accept any variations I try to name the static member, especially not those using the same token sequence in both declaration and definition. At least that last part is definitively a bug.
But on current Clang trunk all variations are accepted, indicating that this is a recently fixed bug.

A: Seems like an MSVC bug. Here's a workaround:
#include <concepts>

template <class T>
concept isInt = std::integral<T>;

template <typename T>
struct Foo
{
    void bar() requires (isInt<T>);
};

template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::bar() requires (isInt<T>)
{
}

https://godbolt.org/z/h6enoGqG6

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Navier Boat is a Silicon Valley startup; it has lots of dreams, but it hasn't built a boat yet. Lyman-Morse, in Camden and Thomaston, Maine, has lots of dreams too, and it's been building Down East and high-tech sail and power boats since 1978.
Now, Navier and Lyman-Morse have formed a partnership. Lyman-Morse will build Navier's first boat, a 27-foot, carbon-fiber, electric-powered, foiling power boat to be unveiled at the Fort Lauderdale show next October. Production models will be ready at the start of 2023.
Powered by two 50kW electric motors, the Navier 27 will foil, or fly, three or four feet above the water at speeds from 18 to 30 knots. At 20 knots, it will have a range of 75 nm. And it can hold up to ten people on board.
The boat also will have an advanced autopilot feature, an assisted docking system, a hazard alert (to warn the captain of dangers ahead or under the surface), and remote monitoring using a smartphone anywhere in the world. Its foiling system uses a stabilization control borrowed from the aerospace industry.
Navier's design team is under two MIT engineers and includes Paul Bieker, an America's Cup foiling expert. Lyman-Morse will combine the technology and mechanics to actually manufacture the boat.
Drew Lyman, the president of Lyman-Morse, said, "To build a carbon-fiber, foiling, all-electric boat fits well with what we do at Lyman-Morse, plus it's a boatbuilder's dream project."
"There's a lot to be said about working with a shipyard beyond skills and capabilities," said Sampriti Bhattacharyya, a co-founder and CEO of Navier. ""Lyman-Morse is outfitted with the best machines, tools and technologies that will help Navier reach production goals. Drew has enthusiasm for our vision, and his team truly cares about sustainability."
The boat will have a beam of 8' 6" and a draft of 2' with the foils retracted, and 5' 5" inches with the foils extended. See the video below and read more at http://navierboat.com and http://lymanmorse.com
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Though communicating with a furry dog via petting and simple commands is acceptable, barking at one is anything but.
That's especially true when the pooch in question is a member of the K-9 police force.
Ohio-based Ryan James Stevens learned that the hard way when he was slapped with a misdemeanor after barking at a police dog inside of a patrol car.
The 25-year-old explains that the dog "started it" when it began barking uncontrollably. Stevens did what any other insane human would do and decided to bark and hiss right back at the critter.
According to officers at the scene, Stevens was allegedly under the influence. He's scheduled to appear in municipal court later this month.


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Coming off of the exciting launch of the Tory Burch Foundation pop-up in New York City, Tory wrote an original piece for LinkedIn about the entrepreneurial mindset. Highlighting three women who have taken part in the Foundation's programs, the entrepreneurs share their thoughts on growing from mistakes, asking for help and how they learned to #EmbraceAmition. Read the full story below.
I passionately believe that being entrepreneurial isn't about starting a company, it is a state of mind. You can be entrepreneurial in everything you do. Everyone has the capacity to dream big, be intellectually curious and solve problems. That is why entrepreneurship is a driving principal for our business and Foundation.
In celebration of National Entrepreneurship Month, we launched our first-ever Tory Burch Foundation pop-up shop in New York City – a living story of our mission to empower women. On opening day, three women entrepreneurs who have taken part in the Foundation's programs joined us for a special event.
Naa-Sakle Akuete is the founder of family-run social enterprise, Eu'Genia Shea. Her parents fled Ghana because of a military coup when she was young and now she is empowering women through her business. A percentage of the company's profits are added to an education fund to support the women in Ghana who are producing Eu'Genia's shea butters.
Using flavors inspired by her South Asian heritage, Pooja Bavishi, founder of Malai Ice Cream based in Brooklyn, values education and life-long learning. Having pivoted from another career, she has proven that it is never too late to try something new.
When her business started, Naa-Sakle made a decision she regrets, "It was a big $30,000 mistake, I didn't trust my gut and was pushed into a decision I was not comfortable with." Although pricey, this one mistake has not defined Naa-Sakle's business. "Even though I learned the hard way, I am now very attuned to what my business needs are and have learned to trust my instincts." The best entrepreneurial thinkers see mistakes as an opportunity to be agile, learn and grow.


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Azerbaijan to continue bilateral talks on inclusion into WTO
14 January 2019 10:03 (UTC+04:00)
According to the suggestion of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat, Azerbaijan at this stage will continue negotiations on the country's entry to this organization on a bilateral basis, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammadguliyev told Trend.
Up until now, the meeting of the Azerbaijani delegation with the WTO team was accompanied both as bilateral negotiations with the member countries of the organization and as multilateral negotiations on agriculture.
During the last meeting, in December 2018, according to Mammadguliyev, bilateral negotiations were held only with Japan, Brazil, Norway and with other countries, primarily on mutual access to markets for goods and services.
According to Mammadguliyev, the timing of the next round of negotiations depends on when new offers are ready.
"The list of countries for negations has not been determined yet." the deputy minister said.
At the same time, Mammadguliyev did not rule out the possibility of completing negotiations with some countries this year.
Azerbaijan started negotiations with WTO member countries in 2004. Currently, Azerbaijan is in the process of negotiations with 13 countries. Negotiations have already been completed and protocols signed with Turkey, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan. Azerbaijan is at the stage of signing protocols with China and Moldova.
Azerbaijan has recently implemented a number of reforms, including 12 strategic road maps for economic development, in the system of import customs tariffs, improved trade and logistics infrastructure.
It is expected that the implementation of the road maps will serve as the basis for the successful accession of Azerbaijan to the WTO. Accordingly, intensification of negotiations and completion of the process of Azerbaijan's accession to the WTO will be possible only after receiving preliminary results from ongoing economic reforms in the country, which is expected until 2020.
Note that Azerbaijan has an observer status at the World Trade Organization since 1997. Azerbaijani team under the WTO secretariat was established on July 16, 1997.
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Poirot (Classic): S01E05 "The Third Floor Flat"
On a third floor flat in Whitehaven Mansions, Ernestine Grant (Josie Lawrence) is in the process of moving into her new place; she signs for the delivery of her furniture and casts her eyes upward, at the loud tango music playing in the flat above her.
On a fourth floor flat, Patricia Matthews (Suzanne Burden) and her friend are dancing the tango, having a grand time just being silly.
On a fifth floor flat, our hero M. Poirot is miserable, in the throes of a head cold and holding a towel over his head while breathing from a 1933 version of a humidifier. He, of course, attributes it to the fact he hasn't had a case in a few weeks.
Clearly annoyed by her no-doubt-scandalous new neighbors, Ms. Grant goes upstairs and drops a letter under the door for Ms. Matthews; it asks to speak to her at her earliest convenience, probably to chastise her for not knowing that Proper English Ladies most certainly do not tango before 6 PM.
Our Man Hastings arrives in his car to visit his friend, and explains he's bought tickets to a murder mystery play called "The Deadly Shroud" for the both of them that evening. Although Poirot is sick, he decides to go, and accepts a bet from Hastings that he can't figure out the killer. Meanwhile, An Ominous Pair Of Shoes knocks at Ms. Grant's door; she recognizes the owner and lets him in.
At the theater, Poirot notices Ms. Matthews and her friend at the show with dates, Matthews' fiancee Donovan Bailey (Nicholas Pritchard) and Jimmy Faulkner (Robert Hines).
(Side Note: Let me just stop here for a moment and point out that "The Deadly Shroud" is, in every way, taking the piss out of Agatha Christie. It's got a murder, an assortment of suspects including a vicar, a butler, an army man and his fiancee, and a blustery inspector. The ending is classic Christie, with hitherto unexplained relationships and false identities completely upending Poirot's guess at the killer. Poirot calls the writer "an imbecile". It's wonderful.)
Back at Whitehaven Mansions after the show, Hastings and Poirot are settling up the bet while Ms. Matthews and her friends try to get into her apartment; she's lost her key, you see, and so they're all locked out. Donovan and Jimmy decide to go through the dustbin shaft in the cellar up to her apartment and unlock the door from the inside, which, um, seems like a security flaw overall, but I'm not getting paid to give home defense advice to the owners of Whitehaven Mansions so I'll say no more.
Entering the apartment from the dustbin, the boys try to turn on the kitchen light but it's out. In the sitting room, they flick on the light and realize they've misjudged the floor, and they are in fact in the titular third floor flat, which now contains the dead body of one Ernestine Grant. She's been shot, and lies facedown behind some moving boxes.
It doesn't take long for Japp to arrive, and Poirot and Hastings' curiosity is of course piqued by this turn of events so close to home. Investigating the flat, Poirot finds several curious things: a kitchen light that suddenly works again, and evidence that Grant was shot at the table then the body had been moved. Oh, there's also a maid who slept through the whole thing, which rules her out.
(Additional Side Note: It's well known that domestics in Christie stories are always either comatose sleepers, illegitimate children of nobility, or murderers. Look, I don't make the rules around here.)
Also: the gang finds a letter on the corpse from a "Frazer" who promises to call around 6 PM, and a handkerchief with the initials "J.F." on it. Could either of these things point to the Pair Of Ominous Shoes seen earlier? Or is that fishy smell a freshly caught batch of red herrings, courtesy of the S.S. Japp?
Either way, Poirot also makes a point to ask when the last post was delivered, and if you think we're in for some more mail-related mischief…
Grey Cells
…you're right, because Ms. Grant had received a letter from her lawyer along with a perfectly valid marriage certificate pronouncing her the wife of Donovan Bailey. Donovan, engaged to Ms. Matthews, wanted a divorce from Grant, who wouldn't, er, grant one. When he started seeing Ms. Matthews, Ms. Grant started harassing him (or so he says) and going so far as to take up residence right beneath her to get closer and let her know her fiancee was already married (which, to be fair, was actually her plan).
So Donovan showed up in an Ominous Pair of Shoes earlier in the evening, endured some cackling from Grant about how she's not giving him the divorce, and shot her. He looked for the letter at the time, but the post hadn't yet arrived. So he hid the body behind the moving boxes so the maid would assume all was well when she came home, and then he stole Ms. Matthew's key from her purse at the theater so as to set up the circumstance that would give him an excuse to "discover" the body and retrieve the letter with no one the wiser.
Discovered, Donovan makes a run for it, and steals Hastings' beloved car; Hastings throws himself in front of it, and Donovan crashes into a lamp post before being arrested.
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As dawn breaks, Poirot's cold (which has been getting better the whole night) appears miraculously cured, and he pays Hastings the ten pounds he owes him for losing the bet, pointing out that he'll be needing it to pay for car repairs.
This will never be anyone's favorite episode, but it's a good one; it's a neat little puzzle with some misdirection from Poirot, a focus on the elements of the crime, and it hits that sweet spot of giving you enough information to work out how it was done, if not necessarily who. It works as almost a bottle episode (no really, there's a trick he pulls with a bottle of ethyl chloride), with the discovery, investigation, and solution all taking place in one location over the course of a single night.
And of course we get the character bits the show does so well; Hastings and Poirot taking in a show; Japp being simultaneously exasperated with and admiring of Poirot; Hastings having frankly concerning affection for his car; Poirot using his politeness and nonthreatening manner to hoodwink those that dare underestimate him; and his return to form once all is well, determined to keep up appearances.
Depressing Reminder Of The Timelessness Of Entitlement.: Although the killer explains their motivation at the end, and Lawrence gives us shades of someone who probably could be all the things she's said to be… in today's world it's hard not to see this as yet another case of ego and grown-ass people behaving like spoiled brats because they can. At least they got caught here? Eh, let's move on.
You, Uh, Might Want To Sit A Few Plays Out, Champ: Hastings, of course is absolutely despondent over his car being crashed, and Hugh Fraser plays it to the hilt, including an Anakin Skywalker-esque "NOOOOOOOO!" as he tries to keep the killer from stealing it.
Hey! It's That Gal!: Josie Lawrence, who plays Ms. Grant, has been a mainstay of British TV for years, though I recognized her most from her appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? Because occasionally the Universe likes us, we live in a world where there's a freely available clip of an episode featuring Stephen Fry (!), Peter Cook (!!), Lawrence, and last week's WLIIA alum John Sessions.
Quotent Quotables:
Japp: "How did you discover the body?"
Donovan: "I'm afraid that's rather a long story, chief inspector."
Japp, audibly rolling his eyes: "It would be."
Hastings, staring sadly at his ruined car, oblivious to the murderer being arrested: "Hanging's too good for some people."
Poirot: ""Poirot does not have colds, Miss Lemon. It is well known that Poirot scorns all but the gravest afflictions."
Next Week, On Poirot: Hercule's going on holiday, which is good news for the Greek economy and bad news if you're staying at the same hotel. Greece! Poison! Greasy poison? We'll find out in "Triangle At Rhodes"!
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Q: How to extract Date and time from data entered as October 29, 2014 4:20PM PDT I have data that I copy and paste in this format: October 29, 2014 4:20PM PDT
I need a formula to extract the date in one cell and the time in another cell. I need these two values to be able to do a calculation for hour from one time to the other and use the date as a number value.

A: If you have the date in cell A1 - as a string of text, e.g. prepend a single quote to it as you enter it, as in
'october 29, 2014 4:20pm  or alternatively as in ="october 29, 2014 4:20pm"
Note the missing PDT      (strip it off with left(...) or similar).
Then
=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1),DAY(A1))
will pick out the date
and
=HOUR(A1)&":"&MINUTE(A1)
will pick out the time.
Another approach that SHOULD work:     LibreOffice, where I'm trying out things seems to have bug in this
=TIMEVALUE(A1)
and then reformat the cell as a date or time using the dialog (CTRL+1)

A: Date/time fields are stored as an integer day number + fraction of day, ie (days_since_31Dec1899 + seconds_since_ midnight / 86400), so you don't need to split the date and time in order to perform time-shifting.
If A1 contains a date and time, then set B1=A1+1/24 to give one hour later. For a more general time shift, set A2=2:15:30 and B2=A1+A2 gives 2hr 15min 30sec later. You can of course subtract for earlier times.
You will need to format the output cells (B1/B2) as a date and time.

A: As AFH described, date/time is stored as a number and then displayed according to the format you select.  The date is the integer portion and the time is the decimal fraction of a day.  AFH's answer describes how to work with the value without splitting it.  If you do need to split it, you can do it with Excel functions.  Say your date/time entry is in cell A1.
    =INT(A1)     gives you the date portion
    =MOD(A1,1)   gives you the time portion

These can each be formatted using the standard date and time formats.  Also, the date and time functions will work with each piece (as long as the function doesn't require the missing portion).  For example, WEEKDAY() will work with the date portion.


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How to Have More Self-Esteem
What Is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem literally means to esteem, or respect, yourself. Having high self-esteem means that you have a positive image of yourself. Let's look at where such a positive self-image comes from.
In her classic book Celebrate Yourself, Dorothy Corkville Briggs makes a distinction between the real you and your self-image. She says that the real you is unique and unchanging. Most of your self-image—what you think is true about yourself—is learned. It is not necessarily accurate at all!
Where are your beliefs about yourself drawn from? Where did you learn them? If you think about it, you'll see that they came from:
• What others said about you
• What others told you
• What others did to you
Your self-image is the result of all the messages you heard about yourself as a child. These messages added up to a set of beliefs about who you are. It may have nothing to do with who you really are.
For example, you may believe things like:
• I'm not very smart.
• I'm naturally passive.
• Girls aren't any good at math.
• I'm too old to start over.
• All of the women in the Breski family become doctors.
• I'm painfully shy.
• The Hurleys never lie.
In addition to learning to believe certain things during our early years, there are certain situations that make most people feel inferior or lacking in self-esteem.
Some examples are:
• Being criticized
• Not being loved
• Being rejected
• Experiencing failure
What Low Self-Esteem Feels Like
In situations like these above, it is not uncommon to feel emotions such as:
• Sadness
• Inferiority
• Anger
• Jealousy
• Rejection
Cognitive therapy is one of the most successful methods for helping people feel better about themselves. Cognitive therapists help depressed and anxious people feel better by identifying how faulty ways of thinking are making them feel bad. They believe that faulty thoughts cause us to feel bad, which makes us feel bad about ourselves.
Cognitive therapists call these faulty ways of thinking "twisted thinking." Cognitive therapy is a process where the client analyzes his or her thoughts and beliefs, and learns to substitute more healthy ways of thinking and believing. These therapists help their clients feel better in four steps: First, identify the upsetting events that cause bad feelings; second, record your thoughts about the event; third, identify the distortions in your thinking process; and fourth, substitute rational responses. When the client successfully completes these four steps, the client usually feels better about him- or herself.
Thinking the right kinds of thoughts is one way to feel good about yourself. Now let's talk about a second way to increase your self-esteem: by taking a look at your life environment and seeing whether it supports you feeling good about yourself. You may find that some nourishing elements need to be replenished. Here are some questions to ask yourself:
Do you have people in your life who:
1. Treat you with love and respect?
2. Encourage you to do and be anything you want?
3. Help you find out what you want to do, and how to do it?
4. Encourage you to explore all of your talents and interests?
5. Are thrilled when you succeed?
6. Listen to you when you need to complain?
7. Help you bounce back from failure without making you feel bad?
Take a moment to think about each of the items on this list. Note where your environment is providing adequately for you, and where it is lacking. This can give you clues to how to build your own self-esteem.
Strategies for Esteem Building
1. Pay attention to how you are feeling from moment to moment. Tune in to what your five senses are experiencing. Take it down to the most basic level of "I feel warm right now," "I feel light-headed," "I feel a tightness in my stomach."
2. Revisit your interests and goals. Make a list of things you'd like to do and learn. Today, take one step toward learning more.
3. Spend less time with critical people and more time with those who appreciate you.
4. Spend some time with yourself at the end of each day. Review what happened and how you were feeling. Write about it in a private journal.
5. If you are feeling bad about yourself, consider finding a therapist to help you get your life on a positive track.
We can help you with this through either our counseling or coaching services, please contact us here.
Wishing you the best always,
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Lottie Mutton was established in 2002. We offers a design service from a simple pair of curtains, to a complete make over. Our experienced designers can visit you in your home or business to help you create the perfect living space. Although our studio is based in Saffron Walden we cover all areas of the country from Scotland to Cornwall and regularly work in central London .


The 4 Penthouses is situated on the 32nd floor and overlooks the harbour and Table Mountain. This 1 bedroomed Penthouse has modern furnishings and boasts a Jacuzzi, kitchenette for Butler service and a lounge area large enough to fit a party of 8. Facilities include that of all standard rooms.


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An Injection molding machine, or (Injection moulding machine ), also known as an injection press, is a machine for manufacturing pet treats products by the injection molding process. It consists of two main parts, an injection unit and a clamping unit. is special machinery for producing pet snacks.
With such machine, various shapes can be made, such as hedgehog, crocodile, dog, bone, pork ears, barrel, etc.The shapes are very lovely and it is a ideal encouragement to dogs and cats while they learn a new action or do well in some exercises and games. Also, we can provide different recipes to meet various market demands.
Hydraulic presses have historically been the only option available to molders until Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., LTD introduced the first all-electric injection molding machine in 1983. Hydraulic machines, although not nearly as precise, are the predominant type in most of the world, with the exception of Japan.
Mechanical type machines use the toggle system for building up tonnage on the clamp side of the machine. Tonnage is required on all machines so that the clamp side of the machine does not open (i.e. tool half mounted on the platen) due to the injection pressure. If the tool half opens up it will create flash in the plastic product.
The electric press, also known as Electric Machine Technology (EMT), reduces operation costs by cutting energy consumption and also addresses some of the environmental concerns surrounding the hydraulic press. Electric presses have been shown to be quieter, faster, and have a higher accuracy, however the machines are more expensive.
Pneumatic type machines use the air pressure for building up the tonnage on the clamp side of the machine.
Hybrid injection (sometimes referred to as "Servo-Hydraulic") molding machines claim to take advantage of the best features of both hydraulic and electric systems, but in actuality use almost the same amount of electricity to operate as an electric injection molding machine depending on the manufacturer.
A robotic arm is often used to remove the molded components; either by side or top entry, but it is more common for parts to drop out of the mold, through a chute and into a container.
1. Screw rotating speed read-out.
2. Security code function to avoid missing data or careless changing.
3. Super low pressure clamping ensures security of user, and maintains lifespan of machine efficiently.
4. The response time of the drive system is very fast. It requires only 0.005s to reach the maximum power output, greatly shorten the cycle time.
5. The precision of processing tolerances to produce the plastic parts will be greatly improved. The optimized rate of repeated qualified parts is around 40-130%.
6. Equipped with a rotary encoder and pressure sensor, the pressure flow state of the energy saving the machine will be transmitted to the controller, the command of which will be sent out to the efficient synchronous servo motor to change the rotation and the torque accordingly.
1. Could we visit your factory to check the machine carefully and closely?
You're more than welcome to visit Darin, will provide machine test running, face to face discussion and turnkey project design solution.
2. Could you afford technician team to guide our installation and commissioning?
Oversea commissioning service provided, our technician will help to install the machine, and teach local workers about operation and maintenance. Buyer should pay for the technician's round flight ticket, accommodation and salary.
3. How long is your machine's guarantee time?
One year since the machine arrive your factory.
4. If some parts break after warranty, what should we do?
Darin supply full-life after sales service, whenever new parts needed, we will help to supply new ones at reasonable price & in shortest time.
5. If we show our workshop size, can you design layout for the whole line?
Auto CAD layout will be provided as client's workshop size.
6. What is the material of the machine?
Stainless steel, especially parts contacting with materials, conforming to food grade.
Pet Treats Molding Machinery for producing pet snacks and pet chewing toys.


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Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed – Evolve the way you play with Transcendence, Synthesis and Guild Dungeons!
by Shawn Chung
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No general has ever won a war by himself. And now, neither do you. With the latest content update for Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed, you can now wade into battle with your fellow guild mates and take your favorite generals up to the next level.
The latest content update to introduces three features that fans have been eagerly waiting for – Transcendence, Synthesis and Guild dungeons.
Now not only will you get stronger, you'll look better too!
It's hard to motivate someone who's already reached the pinnacle to fight for you. As a leader, you need to find ways to reward your men. With that in mind, Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed has summoned the call to all officers who have reached the top of their grade to ready their weapons, as there are new opportunities to upgrade themselves.
Upon reaching account level 45, you will now be able to transcend your most powerful generals to the next level turning them from simply heroes, into legends!
Transcend your 6-star officers that have attained level 60 by using the same officers, with identical elements, and push your officers beyond the limit of their MAX level up to level 80.
Each time you transcend your officer, it'll turn each of your 6 yellow stars into one red one – allowing you to transcend each officer up to six times. However, in order to do that, you'll need either 6 similar officers (each with 6-stars and the same element) or you can get a Red Star Scroll from the store to help you with the process.
You don't have to worry about losing your weapons and armor in the process of transcendence though as they'll be automatically moved to your inventory.
Helping your top officers transcend to greater heights is only part of what's new with the content update. With Synthesis, you can now fast track your less powerful officers up to 6-stars!
If you have too many 3, 4, or even 5-star officers sitting around at max level, it's time to give them a push and swap them out for one that's more powerful. With synthesis you can now fuse together two officers with the same stars, and at max level, to receive a random officer that is one start higher.
You can't synthesize a 6-star officer though – that's what transcendence is for. Once again, you don't have to worry about losing any of the gear that you've worked so hard to collect as they'll all be moved to your inventory after synthesis.
Guild Dungeon
Band together with your brothers-in-arms, swear an oath in a peach garden, and wade into battle with your fellow guild-mates to reap greater rewards!
Once your guild gains renown through the land, by reaching level 3, your guild leaders will have the ability to create guild dungeons where you can now go into battle with other mates.
Guild dungeons can be created once per day and are closed after 24 hours.
However, only one Dungeon can remain active at a time. If you create a dungeon, the existing guild dungeon will be closed. All Guild Dungeons will automatically be closed 24 hours after it was created.
Guild members can participate in a guild dungeon twice per day without consuming additional resources. However, if you have enough Ingots, you can still join the rest of your guild mates once you've hit the daily limit.
Successfully dominate a Guild Dungeon, earning a 100% achievement, and all guild members will receive rewards based on your guild's fame and contribution. You can also earn Silver and Gold war medals in the dungeons which will allow you to trade for different items in the Store.
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The application of soft architectures in robotics offers the potential to reduce control complexity while increasing versatility, performance and robustness of robot operation. However, current aerial robots tend to have rigid body structures, and rely predominantly on abundant sensing and dynamic closed loop control to fly. In contrast, flying animals combine sensing and control with adaptive body designs, exploiting fluid dynamic and biomechanical effects to achieve very high levels of operational robustness and multiple functionalities. This paper provides an overview of several examples in which softness is used in aerial robotics, outlining instances where inspiration from biology can be taken to develop aerial robots which selectively use soft materials and adaptive morphologies to achieve high-performance flight behaviours. For illustration we describe three case studies where soft structures have been used in aerial robots: (1) to enable multi-modal mobility across terrain interfaces and fluid boundaries, (2) for robust perching in complex environments and (3) to repair and manufacture infrastructure components. These examples show the benefits that can be gained through the application of soft technologies and we outline how the bio-inspired approaches can be used to develop the next generation of flying robots.
This research is partially funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Talib Alhinai thanks the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for financial support.


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We got something fun in the works for June 22nd in Montclair, we'll hopefully have more details soon!
We're pumped to be back at the legendary Bernie's Hillside Lounge on Friday July 26! 21+, $10 cover, and bring your dancin shoes!
We are booked for a Private event on Sunday Sept 29th. Email: thedefendingchampions@yahoo.com and book us for your next wedding or private event!
We're back for our annual Thanksgiving weekend show at the Ringside Pub! Sat Nov 30th, we'll be there from 10-close, bring your dancin shoes and we'll see you there.
It's hard to pinpoint just when the seven musical titans that now form The Defending Champions became a band. If you've ever listened to their music, you might think that they are telepathic septuplets, born to play each note you are hearing, chosen to lead a legendary convention of life-loving citizens. In truth, they are a bunch of friends who have been connected through the years by an overwhelming desire to write solid music and entertain the hell out of people. Sometime in the year 2007, Matt Ryan and Dean Nevolis, after having been in the same band together since puberty, dissembled their childhood group and joined forces with longtime band-mate, saxophonist Matthew Schoenebaum. Together, bassist Eric Swiontkowski, trumpeter Jovan Alvarez, and percussionist Dave DeRiso, they form The Defending Champions.
Composing with their ears bent to the righteous stylings of soul, ska and gypsy music, and held fast by rock'n'roll, the band is allowed enormous room to impact all those ready to dance and be captivated. They've been enjoyed throughout the Tri-State area: performing at such venues as Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA, Yogi Berra Stadium, Maxwell's, Kenny's Castaways, Knitting Factory, Bitter End, Stanhope House and Rockwood Music Hall. Announced by Jersey Rock Review as "…what is needed in popular music today," and, in their own words, writing music "intended for the mobilization of the human," The Defending Champions are what you've wanted to hear but didn't know was sonically possible: better music for the best life.
We are pumped and proud to announce that our song "Raise my glass" has been featured in the movie trailer for a new movie called "Frank".
Acclaimed Irish director Lenny Abrahamson follows up his award-winning films Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did with an offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal).


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Our experienced copywriters and expert designers will start on your initial design. We'll tailor the website design and copy to your specifications. We'll get your feedback on the homepage and sub-page design, and make sure you're in love with it before we build.
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The best websites are the ones that are regularly updated. We're on hand if you ever need us, but you'll also have full website access should you wish to employ your own developer at any time.
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☞ If patient shows signs or symptoms of bleeding or anaphylaxis after first bolus dose, withhold second bolus and contact prescriber immediately.
• Use only diluent supplied (preservative-free sterile water for injection) to reconstitute drug into colorless solution of 1 unit/ml.
• If drug foams, let it sit until foam subsides.
• Don't use solution if it is discolored or contains visible precipitates.
• Don't give with other drugs in same I.V. line. Know that drug is incompatible with heparin.
☞ Check closely for signs and symptoms of bleeding in all body systems. Monitor coagulation studies and CBC.
• Monitor ECG for arrhythmias caused by coronary thrombolysis.
• Assess neurologic status to detect early signs and symptoms of intracranial hemorrhage.
• Teach patient about drug's anticoagulant effect. Review safety measures to avoid injury, which can cause uncontrolled bleeding.
☞ Instruct patient to immediately report signs and symptoms of bleeding problems.
• Tell patient he'll undergo frequent blood testing during therapy.
A brand name for RETEPLASE.
Reteplase is a recombinant protein and the active ingredient in the medicinal product Rapilysin used for the thrombolytic treatment of myocardial infarction.
Actavis is the holder of the rights to the Reteplase production process and the distribution of Rapilysin in Europe and worldwide excluding the US and Canada.


Parents are being urged to keep their children safe online this summer by teaching them about the potential dangers of the internet and online gaming.
Leicestershire Police is supporting the national 'Get Safe Online' campaign, which has a specific focus every month.
Internet parental controls are free of charge and can be activated at any time and 'ISP filters' block adult and illegal content – but these cannot be relied on solely.
Talking to children about safe and appropriate internet and gaming use can have more impact.
The age limits for social media and games are in place for a reason – they are set in accordance with a child's cognitive development.
Twitter's minimum user age is 13, as is Facebook / Instagram and Whatsapp's is 16.
In order to monitor the information that is added to your children's social media profiles parents are urged to set them up together which allows for conversations about content and what is appropriate to post and share online.
Parents can also teach their children about their social media footprints, about how their posts and images could be reviewed in five or ten years by a totally different audience such as a potential employer.
Another important message to highlight is how important it is to remember that people aren't always who they say they are – especially virtually.
If your child receives a friend request that doesn't have a profile picture, or they don't recognise the person in the photo, then advise them not to accept the request unless they can reassure you that they do know them personally.
Consider having games consoles in communal family areas of the house to prevent children becoming isolated in an online world and limit the amount of time that is spent online in favour of group activities and off line games.
Leicestershire Police's children's and young persons officer, Katie Hudson, said: "I feel strongly that if we increase parents and carers knowledge and understanding around the online world; the things to look out for and by having regular open conversations with our children all encourage safer use of mobile phones, computers and tablets."


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Egypt receives Muslim Brotherhood member arrested in Kuwait
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Egypt's Sisi says calls to protest 'no reason for concern'
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Egypt's al-Sisi: 'The Arab Peace Initiative is still on the table'
:: Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi urged the international community to act towards the establishment of a Palestinian state and said the Arab Peace Initiative was "still on the table," during his address to the UN general assembly on Tuesday. Al-Sisi
Six Muslim Brotherhood members killed in firefight in Egypt: Ministry
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Egypt hands life sentence to Egyptian plane hijacker
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Egypt's al-Sisi denies graft accusations
:: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday flatly denied allegations of corruption made by an Egyptian businessman, assuring he was "honest and faithful" to his people and army. Videos posted online from outside the country since early September accusing
Egypt's former president Morsi buried, a day after courtroom death
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Egypt parliament to vote to extend el-Sisi's rule this week
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Pretty much the same waist to chest with the occasional head high set from one end of Central Palm Beach County to the other. Really unorganized with the high tide and storm surge on all the sandbars I checked this morning. North winds are getting on it now but there is some potential for it to be fun this afternoon with the incoming tide push. This looks like the last day for any size in South Florida so get it if you can. There might be some longboardable leftovers down here tomorrow morning and then it looks to go flat for awhile. North of the Bahamas blockage should see waves for a few more day.
The full gallery from yesterday is up!


The content documents the rise of coaching, its iterations and the growing accountability of this work. What I adore about coaching is the idea that we are working with wellness. "Coaching is no longer seen as remedial". Don't get me wrong, Take the lid off the box with any Coachee, in business, in leadership, in career transition and you will inevitably find proverbial Pandora's version inside. Even if people's careers are on a good trajectory there will be some kind of family, health or confidence drama playing out. And that is normal.
I certainly don't position myself as a psychotherapist, I have a good network of practitioners surrounding me to refer people on if they are not coaching-ready. But neither do I work from a place of clients feelings, or responses or coping strategies being any kind of pathology.
Life happens to us all. Sometimes we can benefit from tweaking how we cope. If we can work with what 'is', the whole person not just the promotion, then we can go-create a truly informs and bespoke solution for you together.
So this testimonial that notes the 'relentlessly challenging attitude' has to be a good thing.
My role as a coach IS to be relentlessly curious and challenging. Unless I gently persist where there is resistance then I can never hope to comprehend your perspective on the world.
Are you ready to answer honestly? I dare you!


We interact with people in chat rooms, issue trackers, pull requests, discussion boards, meetups, hallways, or conferences. How do we provide feedback constructively? Are we perceived as friendly as we think we are? How exactly do our cognitive biases unconsciously affect our human interactions? How do we become conscious of them? What assumptions does our language carry? Effective communication is critical particularly for project leaders. As leaders, we open the doors to our gardens, and the first interactions define the tone for the group, shaping today's atmosphere as much as tomorrow's. In this talk, we'll explore how to communicate effectively. Always, and with everyone.


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Austen tribute is pupils' primary aim
Tuesday 20th June 2017 6:00 am
Headteacher Dawn Tilley with pupils and the finished BookBench. Picture order no: AD22-170-17 (altonherald.com)
PUPILS at Chawton Primary School have been getting into the spirit of the Austen 200 celebrations by designing and creating their very own 'Sitting with Jane' BookBench, as well as the centrepiece for Jane Austen's new patchwork quilt.
It has been an exciting time, in particular for year six children who had the privilege on May 24 of meeting historian, author and TV presenter Lucy Worsley. As museum ambassador, Ms Worsley came to Jane Austen's House Museum to lay flowers to mark the day, some 200 years ago, when Jane Austen left her home in Chawton to depart on her final journey to Winchester, where she died some weeks later.
As part of the Austen bicentenary commemorations, the museum has commissioned the making of a community story quilt, inspired by the patchwork coverlet made by Jane, her mother and sister.
The museum is working with a diverse range of community groups in the production of the quilt, with each block designed and created by representatives from more than 40 community groups worldwide, including groups in North America, Australia and Brazil, as well as closer to home in the village of Chawton.
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Each block will explore a different theme which, when combined, will form a patchwork of stories narrating Jane Austen's life.
Thanks to a Heritage Lottery grant, the museum has recruited Brighton-based quilt designer and freelance editor Elizabeth Betts as quilt designer and facilitator to oversee the final construction of 60 individually-created quilt blocks.
The 17 year six youngsters at Chawton Primary School were given the job of designing the centrepiece for the quilt. They received help from Elizabeth Betts and heritage activities project manager Lucy Bailey, who spent a day with them, walking around Chawton and sketching various aspects of village life, which they then used to create a design using decoupage.
Headteacher Dawn Tilley said that for the 10 and 11 year olds it had taken time to sink in that "theirs will be the main focus of a quilt designed by an international team" and which will be viewed and admired by people from around the world.
During the school's 'We Are Chawton' week, before the May half term, it was very much "about Jane". Every child in the school visited Chawton House Library gardens and Jane Austen's House Museum, and they all took part in a guided historic walk around the village led by local historian Jane Hurst.
In addition, there were some art workshops with Alton College, music workshops with Denise Janaway, a variety of art projects, and the making of scarecrows for Chawton's open gardens event last weekend.
Importantly, the decision had been taken for the school to get involved in the 'Sitting with Jane' BookBench project being run by Destination Basingstoke, with 24 BookBenches forming a public art trail that will take visitors through Basingstoke, Winchester, Alton and Chawton.
To be launched on Monday (June 19), while both Alton and Chawton have bought benches that have been designed and painted by local artists, there was an opportunity also for schools to buy a mini bench at a subsidised rate, which Chawton Primary School did with the help of grants from East Hampshire District Council and Chawton Parish Council.
The children then worked with Chawton BookBench artist Caroline Fairbairn, coming up with a design which has resulted in a map of the village on the front of their bench and a bookcase full of books on the rear. A competition was held, with the winning pupils assigned to painting the bench, and each child in the school was able to contribute to the project by signing or naming a book on the back.
The school BookBench was unveiled at a ceremony at Festival Place in Basingstoke on May 26, attended by Chawton pupils Grace, Cerys and Carenz, and the bench remained on display in the shopping centre over half term.
But it is now back in Chawton, taking pride of place in the school hall where it was on display to the public during the Chawton open gardens weekend.
Following the 'We Are Chawton Week' activities, Mrs Tilley said: "The excitement of this week has been amazing and we are all so proud to be part of this special community."
Chawton Primary School


The 501 Volley Beach/Summer Gear Store will open on Friday, April 19th and close on Friday, May 2. Products should arrive before the first beach tournament on May 18-19.
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Information for the 2019 501 Volley Beach Academy is up! We have a couple updates to come...stay tuned for more details. You can view information on the "BEACH" tab.
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Dawn is always eerie after an all night storm. Even eerier if you're working on very little sleep. And that's made much much creepier when a Ghost Ship is playing bagpipes a couple of hundred yards away.
Let me back up. We were off the coast of Ireland after about 10 days at sea. We had spent the night dodging ferries and assorted other ships while beating into 10 foot seas under a stormsail. Lightning had lit up the sky fairly regularly confirming the obvious...these were no ordinary ferries, they were killer ferries that wanted to run us down. We bear off, they bear off, collision course. What a nightmare.
We had big night-time storms on each of our three landfalls (Bermuda, Azores, Ireland). Somehow I was always finishing my watch when the all-hands-on-deck call came out, resulting in extra hours without sleep. The night we were approaching Ireland, I weasled my way into an hour's worth of sleep before coming back on deck at dawn.
As I climbed up the companionway, I heard the bagpipes. Everyone was in the cockpit, looking around in the fog to see where they were coming from. The haze and the still-large seas obscured the view. It was oddly quiet and calm so we had no idea how far the sound was travelling.
I think Susannah saw it first, a beat up schooner a couple of hundred yards away, seemingly drifting, with little sail up. The bagpipes faded in and out, in and out. We couldn't see anyone on deck but the wave action kept us from looking for too long. They were downwind of us so they could have been the source of the music, but I didn't see any ghosts in kilts or anything.
The winds slowly picked back up again and we started sailing for Castletownsbere, the schooner disappearing into the distance. As we picked up speed, the bagpipes stopped, but not the speculation. Was that really a Ghost Ship? Weren't bagpipes Scottish? Why did they stop as we started moving faster, wouldn't a true Ghost Ship chase us down?
The answer was a lot simpler than those questions posed above. At a certain wind angle and speed, our emergency anchor on the pushpit made music. Like blowing into a coke bottle, the hollow tube caught the wind and played eerie bagpipe music for us. Maybe we were the Ghost Ship.


Why Thai girls love Western guys?
Now obviously you get some really ugly Western men, and some very handsome Thai guys, but in general Western features such as blue/green/grey eyes, large pointy noses, and white skin (presuming the Westerner is white of course) are considered very attractive to Thai girls.
Domesticated - Thai women see Western men as being better at home. As well as being more loyal, Western men are considered better husbands because they are more likely to help around the house, help with raising children, and show greater care and commitment towards their wife. Let's face it, if a man is out shopping with his mia noi he is going to have less time to change nappies, prepare the dinner, or give his wife a shoulder massage. It's not that he doesn't want to – just that he has younger, firmer, and, most likely, whiter priorities.
Loyalty - Thai women see Western men as being more loyalThai men are more likely to be sleeping around and having multiple partners than Western guys in relationships. While there will be some exceptions to the rule, this be the fact.Beautiful Babies - Kids with Western men = Beautiful Children.


Wildfires are currently burning over 40,000 acres in California, and that's just from three current fires in southern and central parts of the state. The Clayton fire in Clear Lake and the Chimney Fire in San Luis Obispo County have also claimed 220 structures, many of them homes.
Some insurance policies cover natural disasters, but many do not. And not every insurance settlement covers the cost of losing a home or other damage. So what happens if you suffer loss or damages from a wildfire? Can you sue?
Most homeowners' insurance generally covers fires, but that may only apply to accidental house fires. Wildfires might be a whole other ballgame as far as your insurance carrier is concerned, especially if you live in certain areas of California or other regions prone to wildfires. Additionally, the destruction that a wildfire can cause is much greater than your typical house fire, and can claim trees, vehicles, and other structures on your property. Therefore standard insurance may not provide enough coverage to allow you to replace everything you lose in a wildfire.
So check your insurance policy, even before a wildfire threatens your property. You'll need to know what's covered before you know what action to take. If you think wildfire damage is covered under your policy and the insurance company refuses to reimburse you or their payment is inadequate to cover the damage, you may have a legal claim against your insurer.
If a fire was started by human causes -- whether by an individual or a business, on purpose or accidentally -- you may be able to sue whomever started the blaze. Obviously arson is a crime, and you may be able to use a criminal prosecution as the basis for a civil claim for restitution. And negligence claims are the most common civil suit.
The best source for wildfire liability is an experienced attorney. Contact one today regarding your claim -- most are happy to review your case for free.


Jackson, MS–Mississippi Opera presents an original cabaret just in time for Valentines Day, featuring performers and real-life married couple, Michael Bunchman and Jessica Medoff.
When asked about their inspiration for this show, Bunchman and Medoff state that they wanted to "tell a story using songs from all genres, bring a little bit of the formal recital repertoire onto a casual stage, then couple it with a belter tune from a contemporary musical." The result is a journey about a young woman's discovery of love in all its quirky variations, both through falling into it and falling out of it.
The pairhas created and performed multiple cross-genre recitals for companies across the country, including Santa Barbara Opera, El Paso Opera, Oregon Cabaret Theater, Natchez Festival of Music, the Las Cruces Symphony, FestivalSouth and The Cell Theater in New York City. They were honored to have toured with Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companionin The Netherlands, Scotland and Norway.
Bunchman and Medoff currently reside in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
"THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE…AND THE USUAL LIES" – February 11, 2019, at Duling Hall, 622 Duling Ave., located in Jackson's historic Fondren District. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with cash bar. Performance starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and available at the door, by phone at 601-960-2300 or online at msopera.org.


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Since add will not overwrite a key that already exists in cache, calling it repeatedly should have no impact on the behavior of your application.
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Send unique housewarming gifts and moving home presents. Remind your emigrating friends of home by sending a moving abroad gift basket or send the ultimate housewarming present - a moving day gift box containing moving day essentials including tea, coffee and most importantly - chocolate biscuits.
All our housewarming gifts can, of course, be sent for any occasion or for any reason, the Traditional Tea & Biscuits Gift Hamper is often sent as a get well soon gift!
All housewarming presents include gift wrapping and are hand tied with luxury ribbon at no extra charge, then your gift is securely boxed with a personalised gift card ready to be delivered.
Presented in a kraft gift box with matching lid tied with green ribbon.
Make moving house a bit more pleasurable with some tea and biscuits.
Presented in a lined, dark wicker basket, wrapped in cellophane with orange ribbon and a bow.
What better new home welcome than a Champagne breakfast.
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Every new home needs some nice fluffy towels.
Relieve some of the stress of moving day by sending the best housewarming gift basket.
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It is possible to smile when moving house with this extremely useful moving day gift box.
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Send them breakfast with bubbles - happy housewarming!
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A fun housewarming present to make them smile.
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The perfect little emigrating to Italy gift bag.
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The Godfather (1972)
Filming Dates (1)
110 Longfellow Road, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
(Corleone mansion)
29 of 29 found this interesting Interesting?
Forza d'Agrò, Messina, Sicily, Italy
(as Corleone village)
Mitchell Field, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
(Tollbooth scene)
Old St Patrick's Cathedral - 264 Mulberry Street, Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
(christening scene)
Savoca, Sicily, Italy
(bar sequence) (Michael and Apollonia's wedding church)
Jack Dempsey's Restaurant - Broadway & 49th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
3531 White Plains Road, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
(Italian restaurant)
Beverly House - 1011 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
(Woltz's mansion)
1 Allen Ave, Ross, California, USA
(Kay Adams' school.)
Castello Degli Schiavi, Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Catania, Sicily, Italy
(Don Tommasino's villa, car blown up)
Mott Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
(Genco Olive Oil Co)
9 of 9 found this interesting Interesting?
120 Longfellow Road, Emerson Hill, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
(wedding celebrations)
5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
(Best & Co. Store)
NY Eye and Ear Infirmary, 2nd Avenue & East 13th Street, New York City, New York, USA
(Vito hospital scenes)
Fieldstone Mansion, Riverdale, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Sands Point, Long Island, New York, USA
Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne on the grounds of The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
(exteriors: church where the christening takes place)
59th Street Bridge, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
"Old" Lincoln Hospital, Southern Blvd. and East 141 Street, Bronx, New York, USA
(Vito being transported in Ambulance from Hospital)
Federal Reserve Bank - 33 Liberty Street, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Hollywood United Methodist Church - 6817 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
St Regis-Sheraton Hotel - 2 East 55th Street, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
1999 East 5th Street Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
(Clemenza's home)
Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Liberty State Park - Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Edison Hotel - 228 West 47th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Filmways Studios - 246 East 127th Street, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
(studio)
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
New York County Courthouse - 60 Centre Street, New York City, New York, USA
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Queensboro Bridge, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Riverdale, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Long Island, New York, USA
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Cuba outside scenes)
UCLA Royce Hall Los Angeles, California, USA
(Recording pf Skinner Organ)
29 March 1971 - 6 August 1971
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My favourite movies of all time


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Apple is considering legal action against Trump's immigration ban and matching employee donations
Rob Price
Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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"Hundreds" of Apple employees are affected by President Trump's immigration ban — and the company is considering taking legal action.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly railed against the ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.
"More than any country in the world, this country is strong because of our immigrant background and our capacity and ability as people to welcome people from all kinds of backgrounds. That's what makes us special," he said. "We ought to pause and really think deeply through that."
Cook said that the company is considering taking unspecified legal action ("we want to be constructive and productive") against the controversial executive order — something online retail giant Amazon is already doing.
Over the weekend, President Trump signed an executive order suspending the United States' refugee program and banning visitors from seven majority-Muslim countries, an evolution of his campaign promise of a Muslim ban. The move has provoked significant national and international protests, amid confusion over its implementation.
Much of technology industry is heavily opposed to the ban, with companies ranging from Google to Airbnb speaking out against it and pledging support to those affected. "Like many of you, I'm concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. Netflix CEO Reed Hasting called the order "so un-American it pains us all." Google said at least 187 employees were affected by the ban.
On Tuesday, several major tech companies met to discuss filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the executive order.
Protestors gather against Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban in Washington D.C.
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In an internal memo to employees over the weekend, Apple CEO Tim Cook previously highlighted the fact that "Apple would not exist without immigration" — a reference to the fact that late cofounder Steve Jobs' father was a Syrian migrant. (You can read the full memo below.)
Apple is also matching employees' donations to relief funds 2-to-1, Cook told the WSJ. It's not clear whether Apple has put an upper limit on these matched donations, and we've reached out to the company for clarification.
The executive said that he is talking to "very, very senior people in the White House" about the ban. He didn't specify who, but he was spotted having dinner in Washington, D.C. in late January with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, a senior advisor to Trump.
Here's the full memo Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to employees about the immigration ban:
Team,
In my conversations with officials here in Washington this week, I've made it clear that Apple believes deeply in the importance of immigration -- both to our company and to our nation's future. Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do.
I've heard from many of you who are deeply concerned about the executive order issued yesterday restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. I share your concerns. It is not a policy we support.
There are employees at Apple who are directly affected by yesterday's immigration order. Our HR, Legal and Security teams are in contact with them, and Apple will do everything we can to support them. We're providing resources on AppleWeb for anyone with questions or concerns about immigration policies. And we have reached out to the White House to explain the negative effect on our coworkers and our company.
As I've said many times, diversity makes our team stronger. And if there's one thing I know about the people at Apple, it's the depth of our empathy and support for one another. It's as important now as it's ever been, and it will not weaken one bit. I know I can count on all of you to make sure everyone at Apple feels welcome, respected and valued.
Apple is open. Open to everyone, no matter where they come from, which language they speak, who they love or how they worship. Our employees represent the finest talent in the world, and our team hails from every corner of the globe.
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, "We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now."
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This course provides participants with a range of integrated approaches, tools and methodologies used in real-life situations to promote employment and decent work for youth in situations of conflict and natural disaster. The ILO's new standard on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience and its Flagship Programme on Jobs for Peace and Resilience form the core of the course. Special attention is given to real-life experiences in supporting the promotion of employment and decent work with young refugees, returnees and host communities.
The course is designed for policy-makers and development practitioners working in natural disaster relief and contexts affected by conflict and fragility with an interest in policies and strategies to promote youth employment and the creation of decent jobs for young people.
Since its foundation in 1919, the ILO has been promoting social justice and peace. The ILO supports countries hit by conflict and disaster through a variety of policies and approaches, and over several decades has gained practical experience and gathered many lessons and good practices from various interventions in situations of fragility, conflict and disaster. The ILO supports constituents and labour market actors to prevent, mitigate or recover from the impact of adverse shocks on employment and decent work.
According to the World Bank, two billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence - a large proportion of them young people. Countries or areas within countries experiencing fragility, conflict and disasters often lag behind in the achievement of internationally established development goals despite considerable efforts by national and international actors. As a result, poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile settings with weak societal and state capacity to absorb the exogenous and endogenous shocks. By 2030, the share of global poor living in fragile and conflict-affected situations is projected to reach 46%, up from 17% today. Conflicts drive 80% of all humanitarian needs. 95% of refugees and internally-displaced live in developing countries, originating from the same 10 conflicts since 1991.
Fragility occurs across a range of income groups and different levels of economic development. Of the 56 fragile contexts, 27 are low income, 25 are lower middle income, and 4 (Angola, Venezuela, Iraq and Libya) are upper middle income. Left unattended, fragility and its negative consequences can destabilize entire regions and have global repercussions, in developed and developing countries alike.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development identifies the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies and decent work and growth as key priorities. Leaving no one behind – a key aspiration of the Agenda – requires special attention to fragile and conflict-affected countries. At the same time, recent General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, adopted in April 2016, highlight the need for the entire United Nations system to work more closely together around the goal of sustaining peace.
Responding to these challenges, the International Labour Conference adopted in June 2017 a new standard, the Recommendation No. 205 on "Employment and Decent work for peace and resilience" (R205). Recommendation No. 205 offers guidance to member states and the international community for taking measures to generate employment and decent work in crisis situations, and presents a phased multitrack approach to promoting peace, preventing crises, enabling recovery and building resilience. Its focus spans from reconstruction and recovery to prevention and preparedness, in line with the sustaining peace agenda of the Secretary General. R205 recognizes the specific situations of young persons and invites Member states to provide them with income-generation opportunities and stable employment.


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Centuries old windows are still found worldwide, proving the natural strength of wood which is only improved when combined with modern materials, manufacturing methods and technology carried out by Sash Windows Aldershot. The way that wood is protected using paint or wood stain is of paramount importance for the longevity of windows and is a factor which Sash Windows Aldershot consider in the course opt for this material.
The wrong choice of window can lower the value of your property whereas real wood windows and doors from Sash Windows Aldershot can add value to your home. Wooden sash windows are also very easy to maintain, all that is required is an occasional clean and inspection from Sash Windows Aldershot to Ensure that the paint is in top condition.
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Many people choose to replace sash windows and opt for Sash Windows Aldershot uPVC, while these may be effective against draughts and provide noise insulation, they rarely match the original windows in appearance. A standard misconception is that wooden windows are high maintenance, but Sash Windows Aldershot use modern finishes, available in nearly any paint colour or stain, they don't need a lot of upkeep.
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