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Top 4 Disney Parks Books You Need In Your Collection!
Disney is one of those places where you can read and plan all you want to, but you'll never quite be able to learn and experience it all. Fortunately, authors over the years have compiled various information about the Disney parks in some incredible books to help you learn as much as you can. Now, travel guides are a dime a dozen (I even wrote one myself), but today we're going to focus a little more on the often overlooked part of the Disney experience, what made the parks what they have become over the years. What happens behind the scenes isn't always released to the public,but thanks to a few select authors, we get a look behind the curtain of the place that has created magic for guests for generations.
So, the first book on my list of must reads is one that is rather hard to find in a bookstore, but one of the single best ways to get an idea of what Epcot Center was supposed to become. Notice I said supposed to become. The book contains many ideas that never quite became a reality when the park was completed. Also, due to changes over the years, the title features many attraction that are virtually extinct or already extinct in today's park. While, that isn't always helpful in planning for future vacations, it's wonderful to be able to see what used to be, especially for those of us who never got to experience it first-hand in the parks. You get the chance to experience the attractions without actually being there. The designs and story elements of each attraction are there and it truly gives you an inside look at what Epcot was truly designed to be when it first opened. Of course, it was never quite the experience Walt envisioned, but it truly is interesting to see how different today's park is from the Epcot of years past. Unfortunately, due to the books age, it is often only found in used bookstores or online.
Second on the list is possibly the most inclusive of the books on my top 4. However, it is also one of the largest and as a result it rarely fits on shelves of any size. Fortunately, given its size, it does make for an incredible coffee table book. In my opinion, this is one of the best Dinsey Imagineering books ever written. The pictures are incredible and many can only be found within the pages of this particular volume of the title. Years after the first edition, Disney released a similar second version with a similar title, but it is not quite the same. The newer version leaves out some of the history of the attractions and the design elements that make those attractions oh so special. The book itself is one that you could read over and over, hundreds of times, and still find something new each and every time you read it.
There's so much to take in and so much that you may have never seen before, but that bonus may also be a turn off for many readers that aren't quite the Disney fanatic that many of us have grown to be (it is over 190 pages long). The best way to describe the writings of this wonderful production comes from the pages of the book itself. It describes the joy of Imagineering by saying, "The magic rejuvenates the body, stimulates the mind and inspires the spirit. It is a source of happiness and a fountain of learning. The magic is also that feeling of anticipation when something wonderful is about to happen, and the joyous fulfillment of expectation when it does." Oh, and did I mention the foreword was written by Michael Eisner himself?
While this 3rd book is a strange inclusion to a list all about the backstories of the parks and how they came to be, once you experience what the book has to offer, you realize it really isn't all that different. This book, which you can still find new today, has very few words, but hundreds of images created by the Disney artists for feature films in animated form. While the actual text is minimal, the experience of flipping through this "sketchbook" is quite eye opening. The images really show you exactly what goes into an animated film and the immense details and design changes that develop throughout the animation process behind the scenes. From concept art for Beauty and the Beast to scenes straight out of Pinocchio, it's hard to wrap your mind around the fact that these simple yet incredibly wonderful sketches later lead to the incredible films that have entertained viewers for generations. In my opinion, this is the ultimate coffee table book and something that may become a collectors item down the road. It's large, just like the aforementioned book, but the size really helps do the drawings justice. You can tell that Disney spared no expense creating the title and the physical quality of the print and binding is quite possibly the best I have experienced. While I am a little biased in favor of animation, it really is a book that many people will enjoy and one that holds a special place in my personal collection, just as each of the other books listed do as well.
While I contemplated leaving this book off the list due to it's immense detail and over the top architectural terminology, I realized that many of you may be like me and have a fascination for the little details that end up making the biggest differences in the Disney parks. With that being said, this is truly one of the best books written for those of us who truly enjoy seeing "how it was done". The book features never before seen artwork and construction plans for various attractions and buildings across the various Disney parks and resorts, but also delves into the unique details that many of us truly overlook. Strangely, that is the design. Everything is just meant to fit together in just a way that you don't see anything that appears to be out of place or out of the ordinary in the parks themselves. With everything from the color scheme of attractions to the more elaborate design elements and stories that created the Disney iconic attractions, this book has all of the details a certain Disney enthusiast will undoubtedly enjoy (you know who you are). I'm happy to admit, I am one of those people, and this book has ended up in my collection for both research purposes and for solely the joy of reading about elements of the parks that are often never talked about. Unfortunately, it is one of the more expensive books, and one that is fairly hard to find in used bookstores (thankfully amazon has a few available for sale).
So, which one these books has been added to your wish list? There's more books on my list for sure, but let us know if you enjoy this post and we'd be happy to write another Disney books post in the near future!
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Hubble Glimpses the Most Distant Object Ever Seen, A Galaxy 13 Billion Light Years Away
Peering deep into the cosmos with its upgraded infrared camera last year, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to image...
By Clay Dillow | Published Oct 21, 2010 10:15 PM
Peering deep into the cosmos with its upgraded infrared camera last year, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to image a very deep region of the universe. Researchers didn't realize it at the time, but after follow-up measurements by the ESO's ground-based Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers have determined that they've glimpsed the most distant object ever seen, some 13 billion light years away.
On its face the discovery is amazing enough (13 billion light years is a long, long way), but long-distance records aside it's also extremely interesting from a scientific standpoint. Because it's so far away, the universe appears to us as it did when the universe was just 600 million years old (the universe is believed to be anywhere from 4,000 to about 13.6 billion years old, depending on who you ask).
At that point in cosmic history, the universe was not as transparent as it is now. Rather, it was filled with a hydrogen fog that absorbed ultraviolet light from birthing galaxies, creating an opaque fog. This period when the UV light was still clearing that fog is known as the era of reionisation, and it is one reason why it's very hard to see back that far in history. Galaxy UDFy-38135539 is the first confirmed observation of a young galaxy clearing the fog and reaching one of our scientific instruments at a detectable level.
Hubble identified several candidate objects that appeared to be shining through from the era of reionisation with its Wide Field Camera 3 last year, but measuring distances across so much space has to be conducted by a powerful ground based telescope. It took two months of careful observation and analysis, but astronomers at the VLT have now confirmed that the object is the most distant object ever detected.
Like most good scientific discoveries, this one begets more questions and more science. For one, the galaxy itself doesn't appear to be large enough on its own to produce the kind of light that could pierce the hydrogen fog, so there must be other nearby galaxies helping it clear the way. It sounds like just the job for the ESO's Extremely Large Telescope, set to come online at the end of the decade.
A Glimpse of the Past
The galaxy is so far away that it appears as it did when the universe was just 600 million years old. At that time, the universe was filled with a dense hydrogen fog that was lit up by intense light from young galaxies. This illustration adapted from a scientific simulation depicts what the universe looked like at that time, a period known as the era of reionisation.

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Persistent high blood glucose levels harm the eyes, and you could suffer serious visual impairment, if you fail to control your blood glucose. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people aged 20 to 74 years. Each year, up to 24,000 people lose their sight because of diabetes.
If blood glucose levels are elevated for some time, glucose crystals can build up on the lens of the eye, resulting in a cataract, or clouding of the lens. Surgical replacement of the lens with an artificial one corrects this problem. Your doctor may advise you to have dilated-retina exams and visual acuity tests every year if you have diabetes.
Persistent elevated blood glucose levels damage the blood vessels that feed the retina, the part of the eye for color vision and detail. This results in fluid leak into the retina and the growth of new blood vessels and scar tissue, causing blurring or loss of vision. This type of damage is known as diabetic retinopathy.
When you start insulin, you may experience temporary blurring of your eyesight and other problems. This usually lasts only for a few weeks. Visit your doctor when it happens.


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Hamilton Island is the premier resort isle in the Whitsunday Group of 74 islands. Just 16 kilometres from the Queensland coast, but a world away from the everyday, Hamilton Island sits on the eastern edge of the Great Barrier Reef.
Hamilton Island has the only commercial jet airport in the Whitsundays, receiving direct flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns. Your Whitsundays base for yachting excursions, Hamilton Island Marina is a 30-minute sail from Shute Harbour on the mainland.
Measuring 6 square kilometres, Hamilton Island is fringed by coral reef, golden beaches and secluded inlets. qualia is set amongst landscaped gardens and pristine tropical bushland on the island's secluded northern tip, a timeless world within a world of luxury on Hamilton Island.
qualia's uniquely relaxed atmosphere is seductive, but take a ride around the island in your personal two-seater electric golf buggy and you'll discover there's plenty going on in Hamilton Island. For visitors and residents alike, the island's hub for boutique shopping and dining is the waterfront Marina Village in the heart of the island. Families relax and play nearby on the lovely stretch of sand at Catseye Beach.
With 70 per cent of the island's bushland protected by national park, Hamilton Island's lush interior is laced with bushwalking trails leading to panoramic viewpoints at Passage Peak, where breathtaking vistas take in the Whitsunday Islands and Coral Sea.


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Coalition MPs want new nuclear technology
6:54pm Dec 13, 2019
Coalition MPs are urging the Morrison government to lift the ban on nuclear energy to allow for new and emerging technologies.
Releasing a 230-page report on Friday, chairman of the parliament's energy committee and Liberal MP Ted O'Brien said nuclear energy should be considered as part of Australia's future energy mix.
But the report failed to appease Labor or anti-nuclear campaigners.
Chairman of the parliament's energy committee and Liberal MP Ted O'Brien said nuclear energy should be considered as part of Australia's future energy mix. (AAP)
The government-dominated committee called for further work on nuclear technology and the partial lifting of the current moratorium on nuclear energy.
The ban should be lifted only for "new and emerging nuclear technologies" and new nuclear facilities should be "subject to community consent" before approval, the report recommended.
"Australia should say a definite 'No' to old nuclear technologies but a conditional 'Yes' to new and emerging technologies such as small modular reactors," Mr O'Brien said.
"And most importantly, the Australian people should be at the centre of any approval process."
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The inquiry, sought by Energy Minister Angus Taylor, received more than 300 submissions.
Mr O'Brien said nuclear energy would also complement the government's climate policy.
"If we're serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we can't simply ignore this zero-emissions baseload technology," he said.
Further work should be commissioned by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Productivity Commission and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.
A dissenting report by Labor MPs said there was no economic case for pursuing nuclear energy and safety issues had not been addressed.
Deputy chair of the committee and Labor MP Josh Wilson described the coalition-backed report as a "dangerous distraction".
"This is despite clear evidence that nuclear power is enormously expensive, slow, inflexible, and potentially dangerous to the environment and human health," Mr Wilson told AAP.
Labor cited figures showing the nuclear share of the world's gross power generation had continued its decline from a historic peak of 17.46 per cent in 1996 to 10.15 per cent in 2018, while wind, solar and other renewable energy was rapidly being rolled out.
However, the Minerals Council of Australia was onboard in pursuing nuclear further, saying the current ban means Australia - with the world's largest uranium deposits - is missing out on a potential industry which could employ tens of thousands of people.
"The relentless and baseless scare campaign waged against nuclear power for the past 40 years is fundamentally anti-scientific," the council's CEO Tania Constable said in a statement.
But the Australian Conservation Foundation said cheap, clean and safe reactors don't exist outside of the minds of "nuclear true believers".
"Flirting with nuclear is no basis for a credible national energy policy," the foundation's nuclear-free campaigner Dave Sweeney says.
"The climate crisis we are living through is too serious and too urgent to fiddle at the margins with nuclear."
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When Benjamin Hance decided he wanted to put solar panels on his home, he faced a dilemma. Living on a wooded lot meant trees cast shadows on his roof, and most solar companies he talked to were hesitant to sign on to the job. But one company—he did not say which—told him they could do it by taking down "just a couple trees" to allow more sunlight to reach his roof.
Hance and a number of citizens in La Plata, Maryland, are asking the same questions about a proposed solar panel installation that Georgetown is financing: Should natural resources be sacrificed for renewable energy?
Not far from Hance's house in Charles County are 537 mostly wooded acres, a part of the larger Nanjemoy Forest and a Maryland Audubon Society Important Bird Area because of the variety of bird species found there. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources labeled the land a "Targeted Ecological Area" for its rare species and wildlife habitat, making it one of the most ecologically valuable areas in Maryland.
Georgetown has entered into a power purchase agreement with MD Solar 1, a subsidiary of Origis Energy USA, to construct a 32.5 megawatt, 249 acre solar installation on the property.
Xavier Rivera, director of utilities and energy management at Georgetown, wrote in a statement to the Voice that under the provisions of the agreement, Origis will build the facility, and Georgetown will buy power at a guaranteed price for the 20-year term of the agreement.
The installation's completion, however, will require a large part of the property to be cleared of trees. This has led local conservation groups like the Southern Maryland Sierra Club to oppose the project. Members believe that cutting down trees to build solar panels is counterproductive.
The installation, announced in September 2017, would provide almost half of the electricity used by the university. Greg Simmons, interim vice president for planning and facilities management, wrote in a statement to the Voice that the university reviewed 60 proposals before settling on Origis "based on overall holistic benefits from the project." Alongside the project, the Origis Energy Foundation will support scholarships for undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need.
The installation would be a significant step by the university toward meeting its pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 2006 levels by 2020. Simmons wrote that the installation would provide enough electricity to power 3,000 single-family homes, far more than would be possible with on-campus installations. "Due to space constraints on our physical campus, even if every inch of the University was covered in solar panels it would provide less than half of the electricity needed to power campus," Simmons wrote. Along with the announcement of the off-site project, the university said it would also complete a solar project on the roofs of six buildings by the end of the 2017-2018 academic year. The projects were not completed.
Bonnie Bick, conservation chair of the Southern Maryland Sierra Club, believes the need to destroy forest to make room for solar panels means the installation is not in the right location. "What we feel is that solar should be located in areas where it will enhance the environment, such as solar canopies, median strip solar, rooftop solar," Bick said.
A study of the trees on the property conducted by consulting firm ECS Mid-Atlantic for MD Solar found that there are 506.2 acres of forest on the property. Simmons wrote that 288 of these acres will be protected by Maryland conservation laws, protecting more than half of the trees on the property. "The project will be carefully located on the site such that preserved areas will include most of the largest trees on site, as well as other important ecology such as floodplains, riparian areas and stream buffer zones," Simmons wrote.
Still, 218 acres of forest will have to be removed to make room for the solar panels. Linda Redding, a local citizen who has been involved in resisting the removal of the forest, called this "greenwashing." "Green projects do not destroy green resources," Redding said. She pointed to the negative effects that removing the trees will have on surrounding forests and streams, as well as the area's microclimate.
Simmons' statement included estimates showing that the carbon savings of the solar panels would far outweigh the loss of carbon sequestration from the removed trees. "The project will generate approximately 75,000 megawatt-hours of power each year and is expected to reduce carbon emissions equivalent to 28 million pounds of coal or planting over 600,000 trees—the amount of carbon sequestered by approximately 30,000 acres of forest," Simmons wrote. These numbers were calculated with the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas calculator tool using the specific factors of Georgetown's grid.
The study of the parcel conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources estimated that the area sequesters .58 metric tons of carbon per acre per year. The 218 acres that would be cleared could absorb emissions equivalent to those created by burning 507,236 pounds of coal.
The trees are not the citizens' only concern, though. Bick said that there are two streams which run through the property that could be affected by the clear-cutting. "These streams are Tier II streams," Bick said, referring to streams classified by the state as exceeding minimum water quality standards. "These are the highest grade we have in Maryland." Her concerns stem from the possibility for increased runoff and erosion after deforestation, which would not only impact the streams on the property, but the areas downstream as well.
The environmental review of the property prepared by the consulting firm H&B Solutions for MD Solar states that "no impacts to streams or aquifers are anticipated as a result of the project." Jason Thomas, director of development for Origis, wrote in a statement to the Voice that the project has been designed with the streams in mind and in accordance with state regulations.
The loss of the trees, potentially decreased water quality, and reduction in carbon sequestration will cost the people of Charles County. The Department of Natural Resources combined these factors and others to estimate that the property has an average value of $2,440 per acre annually. If 218 acres are removed, for example, Charles County will effectively lose $531,920 a year, forever. On the other hand, the local economic benefits would include increased tax receipts from the property and, per Simmons, the creation of 200 jobs during the installations construction.
Bick said residents became aware of the project when MD Solar applied for a special exception with the county. In Charles County, regardless of the property's current zoning, the construction of a large solar installation requires a special exception from the Board of County Commissioners. The exception was granted unanimously.
To appeal the Board of Commissioners' decision, Redding spent $700 of her own money to file a motion for reconsideration but represented herself. "It was me going up against a lawyer, and she just talked circles around me, and the motion was denied," Redding said. She suggested that if they could find the funds and hire a lawyer, they could try to take the case to circuit court.
The citizens are running out of options. One is to apply pressure on the university either to withdraw from its contract with Origis or reconsider the location of the proposed installation.
"We want them to understand this is the wrong location and that they don't want to give solar a bad name," Bick said.
Hance felt the same way and hoped that there is a way for solar projects to become both more common and more sustainable.
Redding thought that this argument could be very effective in persuading the university, or its students, to take action and alter the course of the project. "What would people say if they were going to cut down 240 acres of Rock Creek Park or the beautiful trees on Georgetown's campus? That wouldn't be acceptable," she said.
These competing interests are coming to a head as the project approaches its final hurdle. MD Solar must obtain a letter of authorization from the Maryland Department of the Environment because of the property's Tier II streams and the potential impact of the construction on the waterways.
The citizens are hoping that they can get a public hearing before the Department of the Environment in one last attempt to block the project. "They haven't started clear-cutting yet; there are still steps that need to be cleared," Hance said.
But he also acknowledged that letters of authorization are often granted based upon the decisions of lower appeals boards, meaning the project will likely move forward.
If the project is blocked, locals think there is a chance to save the property for the future. Several people interviewed for this story indicated that there is a conservation group interested in purchasing the property but did not name the group to avoid interfering with any ongoing discussions.
The 240 acre site is part of the greater Nanjemoy forest, the largest one in Southern Maryland. It has been designated as one of the most ecologically valuable areas in Maryland – the "best of the best" by the State DNR. It contains several Tier 2 streams, the highest water quality rating possible. It is noted for its remarkable biodiversity and valuable wildlife habitat by the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club. It is treasured by those of us who live there and fight to preserve our beautiful, wild countryside.
I support sustainability. I support solar power. There are simply better places to put solar panels: campus rooftops, industrial sites, existing farm fields, median strips. I'm sure the great minds of Georgetown and Solar 1 can come up with a better solution than this dreadful proposal.
they cut 6300 acres here in Spotsylvania va. didn't see you groups protesting that.
Please find another location for these solar panels. While increasing solar power is a worthy project, clear-cutting 240 acres of trees that are part of a larger forest just does not make sense.
Well written and researched article. Btw, they if this requires a CPCN (certificate of public convenience and necessity) by the MD Public Service Commission , it could be another way to intervene.
how much money does one have to pay, to get a solar farm enrolled at your school. I know the price parents pay for their kids. to be on crew of tennis team.. what team would a solar farm be on..


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Fun gig with Marcy yesterday
I had a nice little gig at the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival yesterday. This was a quick 25-minute set at Reston Town Center. The stage was set up in a park right on the cement under a tent, with grass and cement terraces where folks could sit and listen. We were also within earshot of a lot of the festival's artist booths. The park is surrounded by office buildings, condo high rises, restaurants, shops, and some low-rise condos too. It's really a nice spot to play–not a lot of traffic noise, a natural amphitheater feel, and the sound bounces off the surrounding buildings. Feel The Wag played at this spot last summer and had a fun time.
I played my originals, and my friend Marcy Cochran played fiddle and mandolin. Marcy broke a fiddle string while taking her instruments out of their cases, so that was a bit inconvenient. Once we got started, the sound system was good. My voice felt great, and the folks who were listening gave us some nice applause and cheers. I felt great singing, not having trouble getting my voice warmed up at all. Marcy's fiddle tone is tremendously rich, and she plays an old-timey improvisation style that is a lot like mine. She also sounded good on the mandolin, plus threw in harmony vocals on my "I Don't Have Friends Anymore," which was a nice surprise to me. Hopefully we can do some more duo things like this in the future.
And now comes the nerdy self-analysis. It seems I've started a trend that needs to stop. Like a performance back in February, I blew out the bottom of my vocal range after about four songs. This never used to happen to me. Robin thinks that I need to watch what I eat and drink before I sing. I used to eat anything salty or sugary before singing and could just go for an hour or two, so I wasn't buying it at first. But then I thought about it, and of course she's right. So next time I will watch the coffee, ginger ale, salty food, etc. before I sing to see if that helps. I also need to try to warm up a bit more if possible. Usually you just run up there and sing, with no chance to warm up. But I could aways walk off somewhere and do some vocal exercises for three or four minutes to help. I've been thinking the past winter was pretty hard on my voice, so maybe it's just some weak vocal muscles that are causing the blow-outs. Maybe it's age. But it's small stuff that should be easy to solve.
And the blow-out didn't hurt the music much. Folks still liked it, and I sold a couple CDs. We also got to see Richard White with his groovy ensemble: a guy on bass and another guy on hand drums with Richard playing his spiritual electric guitar. I've seen Richard a lot solo, and this group thing really brings out his tunes in a great way. Bernie Muller-Tyme played after us, and he was just exploding with energy and coolness. He did a funky folky version of "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" and had some other good originals with beautiful singing. The Second Wind Bandits played last, and they were a treat. They did some nice folky country rock originals that sounded real good.
The only negative thing I heard about the festival was that some folks had trouble getting a quick bite to eat. It seemed like there weren't many options to grab something on the run, and a few folks said they missed our set because it took so long for them to get some food. But we did have a lot of friends there to listen and say hello, which is the best part of it all. This was a really nice day, and I'm looking forward to the festival again next year.
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Just heard "Didn't I" on Breaking Bad and MUST OWN IT.
just reading the title of this thread was enough to get "didn't i" stuck in my head. maaaan, that's a song.
They only played about 10 seconds in Breaking Bad during the outro credits and I was whipping my head up and grabbing the laptop to find out who did it!


You may have read last year that Joan Kroc, the widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, left National Public Radio two hundred million dollars at her death. Likewise, Ruth Lilly, heiress to the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical fortune, left Poetry magazine a gift worth approximately one hundred million dollars. Each of these women used their fortunes to provide ongoing support for organizations that they valued. Would you like to provide ongoing support for your church, college or other organization after your death but you don't have $100,000,000, or even $1,000,000? Don't let that dissuade you.
One option is to create a private foundation during your lifetime or at your death. Many wealthy people create private foundations to manage their charitable interests. Bill Gates has a foundation, as does Michael Jordan. The advantages of a private foundation are that you can select the charitable recipients and can retain control over the foundation through its board of directors. Your children, and even grandchildren and future generations, can serve on the board of directors and learn about philanthropy. The disadvantages of a private foundation are the significant restrictions placed on such foundations by the Internal Revenue Code in an effort to prevent the abuse of these private charities. In addition, gifts to private foundations can produce lower income tax deductions than gifts to public charities. Finally, private foundations can involve significant expense to create and operate. An attorney must prepare the foundation documents. The attorney or accountant must also file an application for tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, and there are further annual reports to the IRS. Therefore, it is generally not economical to create a private foundation unless you intend to fund it with at least $250,000. Some people may even say that a minimum amount should be $1,000,000.
But what if you only have $100,000 to donate or even much less? You can still make a difference in your community and leave a memorial in your own name or in the name of a loved one. One such example is an endowed scholarship at the University of Illinois at Springfield. For a minimum donation of $25,000, you can create a named scholarship that will be awarded in perpetuity. (For more information, contact Dr. Vicki S. Megginson, Associate Chancellor for Development at UIS and Vice President, University of Illinois Foundation at 217-206-6058.) The minimum donation may be even less at your alma mater. As with all donations, it is best to contact the development office at any organization before a gift is made to ensure that it is made correctly and will accomplish your goals.
An exciting option that has recently come to Springfield is the use of a community foundation. A community foundation provides most of the benefits of a private foundation with none of the costs. In addition, because a community foundation is a public charity, it is not subject to the restrictions on private foundations and can provide larger income tax deductions.
For a minimum donation of $5,000, you can create a fund at the Sangamon County Community Foundation ("SCCF"). Your fund will be used only as you specify. For example, you could provide that all of the income of the fund be paid to your church each year. Or, you could provide that all of the income be used for programs within the community that feed the poor. Finally, while you are alive, you can make recommendations to the community foundation each year, such as "This year I would like $1,000 to be distributed to the center for the arts." After you are deceased, your children can make such recommendations.
John Stremsterfer, Executive Director of the SCCF, summarizes the benefits of the SCCF as follows, "The Sangamon County Community Foundation enables donors to set up charitable funds for any cause or charity a person cares about. Donors may name their fund, set it up to fulfill their charitable wishes, fund it through a variety of gifts (i.e. cash, stock, real estate, insurance policies, etc.) and the Community Foundation will take care of all the administrative concerns associated with the fund in perpetuity. No matter how broad or narrowly restricted, SCCF assures that a donor's legacy will be carried on as originally intended. We're here to create 'new' philanthropy and make charitable giving easier."
If charitable giving appeals to you, keep in mind that how you fund your gift can have important results. For example, if you own stock worth $10,000 and an individual retirement account worth $10,000, these assets are not truly of equal value. If you leave the stock to your children at your death and they sell it, they will receive $10,000. If you leave the IRA to your children, they must pay income tax on the distributions, reducing the value to possibly $6,000 after federal and state income taxes. If you leave the IRA to a charity, however, the charity will not be required to pay income taxes and will benefit from the entire $10,000. As with all tax planning, however, there are traps to naming a charity as a beneficiary of a retirement plan (especially if you name the charity as one of several beneficiaries), so check with your tax advisor first.
Remember, no gift is too small, and you, too, can make a difference in your community.


Went in to get a haircut, not from Denver, I'm on leave trying to get a haircut. Signed in on the check-in wait time said 35 min.. okay not bad seeing how there was only 2 people ahead of me. 20 min passed and people started coming in and getting service before me. Looked at the waiting list screen and people who checked in online were getting pushed ahead of me. Complete BS. Thanks sport clips for the crappy service.
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Ryan Dimit, OD was born and raised in nearby Dayton, NV. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno before receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Vision Science from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He then went on to complete his Doctorate of Optometry at Pacific University. During his time at Pacific he made multiple humanitarian trips to Guatemala and Honduras to provide care to native populations without access to healthcare. He was also a member of the Beta Sigma Honor Society. After graduation he completed a one-year Fellowship in Cornea and Contact Lens at the University of Houston.
After completing the fellowship, he joined the faculty at the University of Houston, College of Optometry. He spent two years as a faculty member educating students and conducting research in contact lenses.
After leaving the University of Houston, he spent 5 years at the prestigious Baylor College of Medicine where he treated complex anterior segment conditions.
Dr. Dimit enjoys numerous outdoor activities and can be found on the weekends riding his motorcycle. He is married and has one young daughter. He looks forward to using his extensive clinical knowledge to carry on the tradition of excellent care for the patients of Nevada Eye Consultants.


Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirunelveli District. It is the fifth-largest municipal corporation in the state after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy.
Hair transplant is becoming more and more affordable in Tirunelveli, The average cost for a basic Hair transplant session here in Tirunelveli is around RS 50,000 ($700). This will include the basic cost of hair transplant surgery, blood tests, hair growth therapy sessions, the surgeon's fees and more.
If you are considering coming to Tirunelveli to receive a consultation for hair transplant surgery you should keep in mind just how much cheaper this type of cosmetic surgery can be in Tirunelveli, India vs other parts of the world.
There is no argument about the cost of hair transplant procedures: they are indeed costlier, making many of us believe that it is affordable to celebrities alone. The U.S and Europe are costlier than the rest of the world. For example, the most popular Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) procedure will cost $7-9 per graft and $3-7 per graft for Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT or strip method) in the U.S and Europe. On an average, a typical hair transplant session can cost between $6,000 and $15,000 in these countries. However in Tirunelveli India, the cost of hair transplant is 75% less comapre to USA and Europian Countries. The average cost of FUT (strip) in a good center in Tirunelveli, India is between 25-40 rupees (.37-.59 USD) per hair graft .whereas the advanced stitch less procedure known as FUE can cost between 30-80 rupees (.44-1.17 USD) per graft. However, The cost of hair transplant depends on the surgeon's experience, the location of the clinic and the technology used.


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yonaira.rivera@rutgers.edu
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Yonaira Rivera's scholarship focuses on reducing health inequities and improving the well-being of Latinx and underserved communities through health communication initiatives. Her work uses qualitatively-driven, mixed methods and community-based participatory research to study social media health misinformation, cancer control and prevention, and disaster relief. She conducts research in English and Spanish.
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
PhD , Social & Behavioral Sciences
MPH, Behavioral Sciences & Health Education
BS, Biotechnology
Addressing health inequities and improving the health of underserved populations have always been at the forefront of Yonaira's work. Her research explores the role of social media as a health communication tool that educates and empowers Latinx audiences. Rivera focuses on effective, theory-driven health communication to understand how engagement with health (mis)information on social media can impact health decisions, as well as how social media can be used to communicate with and mobilize communities before, during and after disasters.
Rivera's line of work in cancer control and prevention explores how Latinxs engage with and act upon cancer (mis)information they encounter on social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp). Her research suggests that cultural values and other cultural connectors (e.g., language and country of origin) play a salient role in how message factors and source factors influence engagement with cancer (mis)information among Latinxs, as well as in how they assess the credibility of such (mis)information and choose to act upon it. She developed the social media content and context (SoCo) elicitation method as mixed methods approach to surpass the constraints of assessing engagement with health information by only using social media metrics such as likes, comments, or shares. This approach allows for a better representation of how individuals engage with health (mis)information in reality, and how these interactions influence health behaviors.
As a native Puerto Rican, Rivera is committed to the long-term recovery of Puerto Rican communities affected by Hurricane María. She co-founded Puerto Rico Stands and has worked alongside local community leaders to provided them transferable skills and tools to build on their strengths and empower them to create a more resilient community. Her research agenda furthers this work by exploring the role social media platforms play in coordinating and facilitating disaster relief communication efforts.
Centers, Labs, Working Groups, and Clusters
Center for Communication & Health Issues
Health and Wellness Cluster
Social Media & Society Cluster
Digital Ethnography Working Group
Exploring cancer messaging engagement among Latino adults age 40-75 on Facebook. National Cancer Institute – Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (1 F31 CA224615-01A1). Direct annual costs: $44,524. (2018-2020)
Exploring cancer messaging engagement among Latino adults age 40-75 on Facebook. National Cancer Institute – Center for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities GMaP Region 1 Research Project Support Program (3 P30 CA177558-05S3). Direct costs: $9,259. (2018-2019)
Grassroots and Community Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María: Community Needs Assessment and Capacity Building in Sector Maná by Puerto Rico Stands. Bloomberg American Health Initiative – Johns Hopkins University (Ex-SE-02-19006). Direct costs: $10,000. (2018-2019)
Rivera, Y.M. (2020). Exploring cancer prevention and screening information engagement on Facebook among U.S. Latinos. [Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
DiStefano, M. J., Rivera, Y. M., Thrul, J., & Ali, J. (2019). Promoting justice in locating and tracking research participants through social media. American Journal of Bioethics, 19(6), 71-73. DOI 10.1080/15265161.2019.1602187
Rivera, Y. M. (2018). Reducing Cancer Health Disparities among U.S. Latinos: A Freireian Approach. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 11(5), 368-379. DIO: 10.1108/IJHRH-02-2018-0021
Rivera, Y. M. & Clegg-Smith, K. (2018). Energy Balance-Based Strategies to Reduce Consequences of Prostate Cancer: How to Communicate with Men. In N. A. Berger & E. Platz (Eds.), Energy Balance and Prostate Cancer, Vol. 14 (167-181). New York, NY: Springer.
Rivera, Y. M., Vélez, H., Canales, J., Jiménez, J. C., Moreno, L., Torres, J., Vadaparampil, S., Muñoz-Antonia, T., & Quinn, G. P. (2015). When a Common Language Is Not Enough: Transcreating Cancer 101 for Communities in Puerto Rico. Journal of Cancer Education, 1-8. DOI 10.1007/s13187-015-0912-2.
Doctoral Distinguished Research Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 2018-2020
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Cancer Institute Predoctoral Fellowship, 2015-2018
Best Poster Presentation Award at the 2014 International Cancer Education Conference: Building
Global Bridges, Providing Quality Cancer Education, 2014
Emory University's Office of Community and Diversity 2010 "We are Emory!" 100 Community Builders, 2009
Community Service/Engagement
Disaster Relief & Response
Health Interaction
Health Misinformation
Health, Wellness, and Interaction
Marginalized and Under-represented Populations
Media and Social Justice
New Media Literacy
Social Media and Society
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"I'm pretty scared each week," said the CEO who called to talk about what's going on in tech, politics and the overall business environment. He told me business was great, that wasn't what had him worried. It was that any issue, at any time could come his way and if he had any mis-step, it was his a%% on the line. From the board, to investors, to customers and employees. "I feel like there is little room for error."
This was a conversation I had in late December, a few months after I'd written a piece for the annual World PR Report published by the International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO) but it represents many conversations we're having with executives, boards and leaders.
Knowing when and what to say, how quickly to move on an issue, who to align with and when to stay out of conversation are now business critical decisions that impact brand, valuation, revenue and employee retention.


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metamorphosis, of humour and fragility and of dance which is as acrobatic as a caress. A hand drawing cyclones in the air, eyes closed and thinking nothing but of acting like a phenomenon.
representation of a process with no finite end.
Gurov beckons and calls the little dog and when it approaches him, he threatens it with his finger. The little dog snarls. The lady, witnessing the scene , blushes and says,"it doesn't bite", at which point Gurov asks permission to give the little animal a bone. The courting begins and thus does the story.


This week's Notable Releases include Beyonce and Jay-Z's collaborative album, Nine Inch Nails' third and final installment of their trilogy, Khemmis, and more.
This week's Notable Releases include Jay Rock's latest triumph, Culture Abuse's surf-punky sophomore LP, Petal's emotionally resonant sophomore LP, and more.
This week's Notable Releases include the genre-defying Sudan Archives, Dear Nora's first album in 12 years, Parliament's first in 38, and more.
This week's Notable Releases include Courtney Barnett's refined sophomore LP, Ryley Walker's most structured album yet, At the Gates' second reunion album, and more.
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supporting communities in rural and remote Australia.
To achieve this goal, the APS requires a workforce that is multiskilled, flexible and intellectually agile. APS employees will increasingly need to be able to operate effectively in the information age, working in online environments and introducing and using connective information and communications technology. All future APS employees are likely to need to possess these characteristics and capabilities regardless of the areas in which they work, or the subject matter with which they deal.
Whether they are engaging with stakeholder organisations on policy issues or delivering services to individual members of the public, APS staff will need to be able to work horizontally—to make connections across different policy and programme areas in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for government and to ensure citizens receive seamless, holistic services.
This emerging APS environment is producing a much stronger demand for graduates and other highly skilled staff, and fewer opportunities for less skilled employees.
Until the 1970s, the APS was a major employer of blue-collar workers and skilled tradespeople. This role declined significantly after 1975, when the postal and telecommunications services provided by the Postmaster-General's Department were removed from the APS, and further still during the 1980s and 1990s when most of the functions of the former Departments of Housing and Construction and Administrative Services and the industrial areas of the Department of Defence were either corporatised or outsourced.
some service delivery functions (for instance, the Job Network) which have been outsourced.
As the APS workforce has become both more skilled and more multiskilled, so it has also become concentrated within a smaller hierarchical structure of classifications.
Figures 1 and 2 show the steady reduction in the proportion of the APS staff employed at the lowest classification levels. In 1984, 63% of staff were in what is now the APS 1–4 classification range, as opposed to only 43% today, due largely to abandonment of recruitment at the APS 1–2 levels by the majority of APS agencies.
In 1984, the positions now classified within the APS 1–4 range encompassed a large variety of jobs in a series of overlapping classification structures. Large numbers of APS staff with relatively low skills typically did not advance above what is now the APS 4 level throughout their entire careers.
Today, most members of the APS workforce who remain for a significant period of time can expect to rise beyond the APS 1–4 range, for example, over 75% of current employees with 20 or more years of service have risen above the APS 4 level. These employees typically possess significantly greater communications, information technology (IT), problem-solving and other skills than did their counterparts of two decades ago.
As the role of the APS has been redefined to place a growing emphasis on more skilled work, such as research and analysis, policy advising, and contract and relationship management, the proportion of the APS workforce in Canberra has also risen steadily, as is illustrated by Figure 5.
Note: The decline around 1994 relates to the departure of over 7000 staff from the APS to create the ACT Government Service.
The modern APS is also more likely to make use of staff with relevant outside experience to deal with increasingly complex sector-specific issues in areas such as industry, education, health, and community services.
Sectorally-focused agencies, such as Centrelink and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, the Department of Education, Science and Training, the Department of Health and Ageing, and the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) now recruit on average between 30% and 35% of their new employees above the base APS 1–4 levels from outside the APS (the average for all APS agencies is less than 25%).
Service provision: employees typically in the APS 3–6 range who are engaged in direct service delivery to the public, case and contract management, and dayto- day regulatory decision-making. This group is predominantly located outside Canberra, particularly in the networks of the two largest APS agencies—Centrelink and the ATO.
Programme design and policy advice: employees typically in the range APS 5 to EL 2 who are engaged in policy advising, programme design, leading implementation processes, stakeholder management and making high-level decisions in relation to contracts and regulation. This group is predominantly located in Canberra, and comprises a core of employees who have joined the APS soon after completing their education, supplemented by increasing numbers of recruits who have had employment experience in other sectors.
Corporate support: employees who are engaged in traditional corporate service activities such as IT, personnel, records management, accounts processing, and ministerial and parliamentary processes.
Technically expert staff: employees occupying positions that require specialist qualifications obtained in the tertiary education sector and/or on-the-job, for example, doctors, lawyers, journalists, accountants, scientists, engineers, librarians and economists. Members of this group are found in all agencies, and predominate in many of the more technically focused or regulatory agencies (for example, the Bureau of Meteorology, the ANAO, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission).
regulatory and enforcement activities (for instance, the Australian Customs Service and the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)).
Some of these agency networks perform a combination of two or more of these types of activity, for example, the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs—which undertakes all of these types of work—and the ATO, which deals directly with the public and also operates as a regulator and enforcer.
A number of influences have been transforming the nature of the work undertaken in APS service delivery networks, such as the growing use of call centres, creation of online interfaces enabling customer self-servicing, and contracting out of service provision to non-APS organisations (for example, the Job Network for labour market services).
These changes appear to be promoting a general upskilling of the work undertaken by APS employees engaged in service provision, with relatively fewer staff engaged in routine processing work and a growing number involved in managing complex cases, establishing stakeholder relationships, undertaking detailed contract management, and monitoring programme performance.
Employees who work in this more complex service delivery environment will be required to possess sufficient intellectual agility and flexibility to enable them to manage a growing web of internal and external relationships.
While it is difficult to estimate the proportion of APS staff engaged in programme design and policy work, there are signs that it has increased.
Figure 1 shows that over 21% of all APS staff are now at the executive levels, compared to only around 6% of the mid-1980s workforce. Among the growing segment of the APS workforce based in Canberra the proportion of staff at these levels has been rising substantially and is now close to 40%. After 15 years of service, 60% of staff in Canberra have reached EL 1 or above.
While they are at levels that were traditionally classified as managerial, it appears that a large and growing proportion of executive level staff—particularly the EL 1s located in Canberra—have reduced supervisory responsibilities.
The average number of staff subordinate to these managers is much lower than in the past. While in 1984 there were 12 APS 1–6 level officers for every executive level officer, the ratio is now only four to one.
What this data appears to indicate is that, consistent with the overall trend towards upskilling and multiskilling of the APS workforce, programme design and policy workers are becoming increasingly multiskilled. They are required to operate as autonomous analysts and problem-solvers who engage with external stakeholders and other APS agencies in an increasingly connected environment.
As agencies continue to move to outsource provision of internal services, the proportion of staff engaged in corporate support activities seems to be falling.
The work of those who remain is being steadily upskilled, with a reduced emphasis on direct delivery of services and a growing requirement for capabilities in procurement, contract management, and strategic planning.
It is likely that, despite greater outsourcing, the APS will continue to provide substantial career paths for staff working in some key areas of corporate support, if those staff are able to develop strategic skills.
Several APS agencies offer specific graduate programmes for those with qualifications in information technology or human resources management. The UK Civil Service 'Fast Stream' leadership development programme (described in detail in Chapter 6) places the same degree of emphasis on developing corporate service leaders as it does on developing those who will lead policy or service delivery areas.
While there has been some multiskilling of the work of these staff, the majority are still being employed to fulfil specific roles. Indeed, growing accountability pressures on agencies have increased the level of specialisation required in some areas, for example, the growing use of certified practicing accountants to fill chief financial officer positions and other key financial management roles in agencies.
Until the advent of agency bargaining, many technical staff had their own separate APS-wide classification structures, and the distinction between generalist and specialist classification streams continues to be preserved in some agency certified agreements.
The weekly Public Service Gazette (now APSjobs) still frequently includes advertisements for positions for which certain academic or professional qualifications are mandatory requirements.
The disappearance of the professional officer classification structures means APSED no longer collects APS-wide data about the numbers of technical specialists; however, discussions with agencies indicated that many agencies have an ongoing need to employ significant numbers of these employees.
The agency survey undertaken for this project indicated the existence of many targeted programmes for recruiting and developing specialist graduates across APS agencies, most commonly, for economists, accountants, scientists and ICT professionals.
While the average number of participants per programme was lower, the total number of separate programmes for specialists (33) was almost the same as for generalist graduates (36).
Most agencies reported that they continue to be able to attract sufficient quality staff to fill these specialist positions, but many noted that this task is steadily becoming more difficult, particularly for positions located in Canberra in a range of specific areas, such as statistics (for the ABS), agricultural science (for DAFF) and macroeconomic analysis (for the Treasury).
Most significantly, almost all agencies reported difficulty in attracting sufficient suitably qualified accountants to fill positions located in head offices in Canberra to meet the requirements flowing from financial management reforms in the APS. It is difficult to ascertain the extent to which these shortfalls are purely supply-driven or caused by other factors such as reluctance of potential recruits to transfer to Canberra, insufficient levels of remuneration, or problems with job design.
Job design can be a particularly important issue for APS agencies looking to attract and retain experienced professionals. Accountants with private sector experience, for example, may find it difficult to adjust to the unfamiliar demands placed upon senior APS staff such as the need to understand and respond to the legal, parliamentary and financial frameworks within which the Commonwealth operates.
2.1 Staff at all levels and in all areas of the 21st century APS will increasingly need to be multiskilled, flexible and intellectually agile in order to deal with the challenging new issues and areas of work created by economic, societal and technological change. These attributes will be required whether staff are working in service delivery, programme design and policy advising, corporate support or technical areas.
2.2 These requirements will mean the APS workforce is likely to continue evolving into a 'graduate' workforce.
2.3 Alongside this multiskilled workforce of generalist graduates, most agencies will also continue to need to recruit and retain some staff with specific technical qualifications to fill particular key roles.
5 Management Advisory Committee 2004, Connecting Government: Whole of Government Responses to Australia's Priority Challenges, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, pp. 4–5.
6 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004, Education and Work, Cat. No. 6227.0, ABS, Canberra.
7 Australian Public Service Commission 2004, State of the Service Report 2003–04, Australian Public Service Commission, Canberra, p. 52.


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Encore Episode: Hidden Dangers of BPA
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Summary: Samara Geller, EWG Database and Research Analyst on BPA, shares the dangers of BPA and how you can take measures to avoid it.
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Guest Bio: Samara Geller
Samara Geller is a database and research analyst for the Environmental Working Group (EWG). She also is the lead author of the BPA report.
Samara delves into toxin reduction advocacy and pursues her education in environmental health science and policy. In addition to an Associated of Applied Science degree in culinary arts, she holds a B.S. in conservation and resource studies from the University of California at Berkeley.
Samara develops EWG's online consumer guides and databases, from cleaning products to cosmetics, to raise awareness and influence progressive, market-level change.
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Bisphenol-A (BPA) acts like estrogen in the body. Scientific studies link BPA to cancer, infertility, diabetes, and obesity, as well as brain, nerve and heart disorders.
It's just been listed by California as a chemical known to cause reproductive problems. BPA is especially dangerous for pregnant women and children in critical stages of development.
For consumers who want to avoid BPA, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has unveiled an easily searchable database of more than 16,000 food and beverage items that may come in cans, bottles or jars containing the hormone-disrupting chemical.
Food packaging is the largest source of exposure to BPA. Most concern about BPA has focused on its use in poly-carbonate plastic bottles and canned food linings.
But, Americans are exposed to BPA in food packaging far more widely than previously known. The array of products from 926 brands includes:
Lids of glass jars for baby food, pickles, jelly, salsa and other condiments
Aerosol cans for whipped toppings and non-stick sprays
Bottles and tins of cooking oil
Aluminum beverage cans, metal coffee cans and even beer kegs
Samara Geller, EWG Database and Research Analyst on BPA, joins Dr. Friedman to share the dangers of BPA and how you can take measures to avoid the chemical.
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Obviously, this is written by someone with a deep understanding of copyright and the Internet: Brad Templeton, chairman of the board of the EFF. Congrats Brad, this video beats the rest of them.
Brad explains the video here, but you can also read more about about Downfall remixes here.
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• To conduct Competition Appeal Tribunal appeals, judicial reviews, consumer enforcement actions, warrant applications to enter and search premises under the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and appeals to the Court of Appeal and House of Lords.
high quality public law litigation service.
colleagues at the OFT and advising on risk management.
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Well I wasn't going to go to Bali Spirit Festival this year. When friends reached out about it, I'd pretty much decided I'd had enough yoga, qigong, meditation, spirituality and healing practices to last the rest of the decade. But when a friend messaged me and told me he'd gotten 'music only' tickets and actually quite inexpensive ones for the incredible lineup they had, I decided I couldn't not go. Because what is it that I truly get out of conscious festivals? And Bali itself, really? Well, aside from a super fun experience, it's connecting with like-minded people, and always meeting new friends. It's the reminder that even when I think I'm the only one who can't live without hugs, will invite friends over just for good cuddle time and smiles, there are tons out there like me who are just the same.
And of course, the music was epic. From musicians I'd never seen before like Giselle World wailing on her flute, with Maninas Da Lua, a bunch of badass Afro-Brazilian drum-playing mamas to Matiu Te Huki, a New Zealand Maori tribesman who performed an entrancing ancient warrior dance for us to musicians I know and love, like Porangui, DJ Dragonfly and more. There were tons of local Balinese dancers and musicians like Atira Sajrina and Eka Sabeh as well as local ex-pats like Ryan Whitewolf and Anna-Maria, Noelani Love and Yujoi, a sweet little duo who played some beautiful tunes together even though they'd only just met on stage.
There were cacao ceremonies and pool-side dance parties, massages and healing services of course, all set in a beautiful but also easily accessible jungle of Southern Ubud. And then there's Bali. Oh, Bali. What can be said about the magic of togetherness, the creative cauldron of this place, and the interesting people it attracts? Words can't describe it, actually. Guess you'll just have to come and see for yourselves.
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In Sikhism, kesh (sometimes kes) (Gurmukhi: ਕੇਸ) is the practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally out of respect for the perfection of God's creation. The practice is one of The Five Kakaars, the outward symbols ordered by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 as a means to profess the Sikh faith. The hair is combed twice daily with a kanga, another of the five Ks, and tied into a simple knot known as a joora or rishi knot. This knot of hair is usually held in place with the kanga and covered by a turban.

The 52 commands of Guru Gobind Singh written at Hazur Sahib at Nanded in the state of Maharashtra, mention that the kesh (hair) should be revered as the form of the Satguru (eternal guru) whom they consider as the same as god. For this reason by practitioners they are kept with the utmost respect. This includes regular maintenance of hair which includes but is not limited to combing at least twice daily, washing regularly and not allowing for public touching.

Significance

Kesh is a symbol of devotion to God, reminding Sikhs that they should obey the will of God.

Bhai Nand Lal, who was a well-respected poet in the court of the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, wrote in Persian:
Nishān-e-Sikhī ast īn Panj harf-e kāf,
Hargiz na bāshad azīn panj muāf,

Kara, Karad, Kacha, Kanga bidān,
Bina kesh hēch ast jumla nishān.
[These five letters of K are emblems of Sikhism.

These five are most incumbent;

Steel bangle, big knife, shorts and a comb;

Without unshorn hair the other four are of no significance.]

By not cutting it, Sikhs honour God's gift of hair. Kesh combined with the combing of hair using a kangha shows respect for God and all of his gifts.
So important is Kesh that during the persecution of Sikhs under the Mughal Empire, followers were willing to face death rather than shave or cut their hair to disguise themselves. The people are devout; not cutting their hair has been an emblem of their goodwill.

Modern trend

The tradition of keeping hair uncut has diminished in recent times, and it is estimated that half of India's Sikh men cut their hair. Reasons include simple convenience (avoiding the daily combing and tying), following their parents' lead, and social pressure from the mainstream culture to adjust their appearance to fit the norm.

Harassment
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, Sikhs in the West have been mistaken for Muslims and subjected to hate crimes. Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh living in Mesa, Arizona, was shot to death on September 16, 2001, when he was mistaken for a Muslim.

In 2007, an 18-year-old Pakistani, Umair Ahmed, forcibly cut the hair of a 15-year-old Sikh boy Harpal Vacher in a US school. In 2008, he was convicted by the jury of "second-degree menacing as a hate crime, second-degree coercion as a hate crime, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and third-degree harassment," and was sentenced to probation, community service, and  completion of a tolerance program.

In 2009, Resham Singh, a Punjabi student in Melbourne, Australia, was attacked by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair.

In 2010, Basant Singh, a Sikh youth in Penang, Malaysia, woke up discovering his hair was cut by 50 cm when he was asleep in his dormitory while serving the Malaysian National Service Training Programme. The incident traumatised the youth and is being probed as ordered by the Defense Ministry.

In September 2012, a member of Reddit uploaded a picture of Balpreet Kaur, a young Sikh, mocking her facial hair. She responded in a calm manner, explaining the meaning of her appearance and the original poster apologized. It then went viral.

References

External links
Hail Hair by Dr Birendra Kaur in All About Sikhs
PDF on the 5 Ks from Sikhnet

Sikh terminology
Sikh religious clothing
Punjabi words and phrases
Shaving


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St. Clare's Summer Camp opened for its second year this Summer. The kids enjoyed lots of physical activities such as agility trails, tug of war, athletics, games, football, soccer, bench ball, and to top it all off a Water fight!!
Every year in St. Clare's we try to organise something active and fun for our end of year school tours. Have a look at some of the places we went this year! Thank you to all the teachers for organising such brilliant tours.
nature walks, heritage trail, pony rides, tractor tralier rides and hands on farming fun.
Climbing, coordination based activities, a high energy Tour!
Our Sports day is a huge, annual, all day event. Children walk from the school to the local GAA pitch. The pitch is divided into different activity zones to cater for each different year group and classes rotate around from activity to activity. Activities include races, obstacle courses, games, Tug of War penalty kicks etc. Please click on the link below to have a look at the full list!
In St. Clare's we are lucky to have a walking route around the County Museum called 'The Nuns Walk'. We have started to use this route this year as a running circuit and all senior classes have participated in a group run. The full route is 2km and is graded as 'easy' on the 'This is Cavan' website http://www.thisiscavan.ie/fun/go/walking. However, we have modified the route, shortening it to just the museum and church grounds. During the year roadworks were carried out on a section of the 'Nuns Walk', so we improvised a new route using the perimeter of the school as a running circuit. The children enjoyed this running initiative as it provided an active break from classwork, especially in the afternoons! We have also introduced the 'Run around Ireland' and 'Run around Europe' challenges. This was completed over several weeks. Working on the ratio of 1 lap = 1KM or 4 laps = 1km (depending on the year group) the younger children completed shorter distances for example Cavan to Donegal, or Dublin, Galway and Cork. Senior classes had more challenging distances to complete such as London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Brussels and Amsterdam. We charted our progress on challenge charts and learned about what tourist attractions these cities had to offer in Geography. This was a great mix of PE, Maths and Geography.
During 'National Walk to School Week' we invited guest speakers from the Road Safety Authority and from the Cavan Walkers club to come to our school.
Emma Clerkin from the RSA gave road safety workshops to all classes in the school. Her workshops focussed on the rules of the road and being safe when out walking. Kathleen Brady from the 'Cavan Walkers' club gave a talk to 4th and 5th class on the many benefits of walking and showed us some of her own equipment when she goes on long hikes. She also gave out information leaflets about all the walking routes in Co. Cavan. We also took part in the National WOW day on the 16th of May.
The children visited local shops and business' and met with some of the local business people. The EAL walk was a great way to learn some new words and get in some exercise too!
The children went on a lovely, sunny nature walk, identifying all the pretty flowers we have around our school!
Mr McCartin hosted our annual Céilí during Seachtain Na Gaelige. The children did some super jigs and reels! Mc McCartin also included a new 'Floss' move into the Céilí, much to the delight of everyone in the hall!!
On the final day of Active Week, the students dressed up as their favourite sports star. We had hurlers, tennis players, boxers, basketball players, wrestlers and football stars to name just a few! Future stars in the making!!
Due to the huge popularity of 'Tug of War' last year, Ballinagh Tug of War club came back to St. Clare's again for Active Week 2018. Christina and Tammie who played for Ireland on the national Tug of War team were fantastic and gave the students some great advice on how to improve their technique. Have a look at some of the photos below!
On Wednesday the children finally got their own back in 'Take on the Teachers Dodgeball'. The stakes were raised even higher with a one night homework pass up for grabs. The teachers took an early lead in the first game, but the students dug deep and with some powerful throws of the ball drubbed the teachers with a 3-1 victory!!
We had another great turn-out for our WOW day on Wednesday the 25th of April. Lots of students, parents, teachers and members of the community joined in on the walk. Getting a bit of fresh air and exercise in the morning is great to help with concentration during the day. There is always a very positive, happy mood during WOW days and it's a great way for the community to get together and have a chat on the way to school!
The bad weather didn't hold us back from our WOW Day last Wednesday. As usual we had a great turnout of students, parents and teachers. We started off our walk from the Percy French Monument in Market Square and were joined by even more pupils and parents on our way. Hopefully the weather will be a little better for our next WOW day!
We were very lucky to be selected for a special workshop on Wednesday 7th of February, when Cavan Library Service in collaboration with Cavan Sports Partnership launched the 'Healthy Ireland at Your Library' Initiative and offered St. Clare's NS a free session to our second class students. The children loved doing athletics with coach Sasha! For more information on the initiative and on how you can live a healthier lifestyle please visit Cavan Library's Website at www.cavanlibrary.ie or visithttp://www.healthyireland.ie.
5th and 6th Class girls took part in a Camogie Blitz in Kilinkere Leisure Centre over several weekends during the months of January and February. They did extremely well and had great fun competing. Both Ms. Smith and Ms. Fitzpatrick coach the girls after school and they are very proud of them!
We are delighted to see the 10@10 back on our screens! Every morning at 10 we get up and get active for 10 minutes, it's great to start the day with some exercise!
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We had a fantastic response to the women in Sport competition with over 30 entries from 3rd to 6th class. Entries included Katie Taylor, Sonia O'Sullivan, Rena Buckley, Shawn Johnson, Darcey Bussell, Gabby Douglas, Jessica Ennis, Ellie Simmonds, Briege Corkery, Holly Holm, Maya Moore and many, many more. There was a huge selection of different sports including kicking boxing, ballet, basketball, gymnastics, Gaelic football, swimming etc. These women are some of the most hard working and dedicated athletes in their profession, who continue to pave the way for women in sport, providing incredible role models for aspiring young girls and boys across the world. With so many excellent projects to choose from, it was extremely difficult to pick a winner. However Mr McCartin, Mr McTeggart and Ms Sullivan finally agreed on a final 3.
In 1st place: Tara McCabe, Ellen McCaul, Caoimhe Conaty and Ava Slowey with their project on GAA Star Briege Corkery.
In 2nd place: Kesenija Boronenko and Nicole Isakava with their project on American basketball player Maya Moore.
In 3rd place: Jack Rooney, Sean Lovett and Ciaran Caldwell with their project on GAA star Cora Staunton.
To find out more about these amazing entries please check out the display board outside the GP room.
We are getting active at every opportunity in 4th Class! While learning about 2D shapes we danced along to the song 'Getting in Shape with 2D shapes". Whether it was 'push ups with the hexagon', 'sit ups with the oval' or 'lunges with the octagon', we were stretching our bodies and our minds!
3rd and 4th Class took part in a Tug of War Blitz in Stradone Community Centre on Thursday the 14th of December 2017. The Blitz was organised by the Cavan Sports Partnership and The Tug of War Association of Ireland. Lots of other local schools participated in the blitz and the students had some tough competition to beat! We entered 5 teams of 5 students. After battling it out, match after match, our boys' team put in a magnificent win over St. Felim's NS in Cavan town and took home the trophy for first place!! We even made it into the local paper 'The Anglo Celt'!! Take a look at some of the photos from the blitz below.
We held our Santa Dash on 20th December and brightened up Ballyjamesduff with all our fabulous Christmas attire. Before we set off, we did a warmup in the hall. Here we are getting all ready for our run!!!
Our 6th class playground leaders are back up and running in the infant playground teaching lots of fun new games to the younger children!
Friday Fitness Fun is back!!
With such big numbers in our school there was not enough room to play with the sports equipment on yard at break times. As a result, last year we decided to use the hall to create a 'zoned' area for the students to play. Classes rotated every Friday and this worked really well.
This year the students will be delighted to play with some of the new sports equipment such as space hoppers, trampolines and a large Velcro target board!!
The following dates are allocated for each class to use the GP room and PE Equipment for Fun Fitness Fridays!
Everybody can check below to see when their class is on!
5th Class have had a great time learning the skills needed to be a great Gaelic footballer this December – are we looking at some future All-Ireland winners?!!
New P.E. Equipment for St. Clare's!!
Thanks to the fantastic fundraising efforts of last year's hardworking Student Council, we have been able to make a substantial investment in much-needed P.E. equipment for our school. While the taste of last April's bake sale treats has been long forgotten, the money raised on that day has made a terrific contribution to our delivery of the P.E. curriculum. Staff and pupils compiled their P.E. equipment wish list and we were delighted to be able to make many of those wishes come true-the wide selection of equipment purchased includes new javelins, beanbags, footballs, training bibs, rugby balls, a Unihoc set, foam balls, soft-toss discs, scooter boards, a tag rugby set, plastic balls, a bowling set, two parachutes and a new pair of Samba goalposts as well! A huge thanks to everyone who supported our Bake Sale in April-we are incredibly grateful to you all. Pictured above with our brand new P.E. resources are the pupils who served on last year's Student Council so commendably, the ever-enthusiastic members of our Active School Committee who continue to make our school a more active place to be and some of our senior P.E. monitors who ensure that all our P.E. resources are well-maintained throughout the year. We can't wait to start using our new equipment and we are now looking forward to our action-packed, fun-filled P.E. lessons even more than we usually do!
We had our Zombie walk on Friday 27th October. Many ghouls, ghosts and other frightful creatures were spotted walking around St. Clare's that day. The walk was a great success and the children really enjoyed it and we were accompanied by some parents along the way. Our very own Tinkerwell put a silence spell on everyone just before we left and then we marched off on our spooky journey. It was a spooktacular event!!!!


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NewAge® Industries Announces 100% Employee Ownership
At a company-wide meeting held September 5, it became official: NewAge Industries is now entirely owned by its employees through its ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). The event was the culmination of a plan first considered by CEO Ken Baker more than two decades ago.
"I've had a lot of other business owners ask me, 'Why employee ownership? Why not just take the highest offer and walk away?' " said Baker. "And my response has always been, 'Because I don't want to see the company that my father started, and that we've worked so hard to build, get broken into pieces, or shuttered, or absorbed by some big conglomerate.' "
Baker continued, "There are a good number of people who've been with NewAge for over ten years. Another group has passed the fifteen-year mark, and several more have over twenty years of dedication. There are even a few employee-owners who've been with NewAge for over twenty-five years. The ESOP is one way to reward these long-term team members after they retire."
NewAge's ESOP was initiated in 2006 when Baker sold thirty percent of the company to its employees. Ten percent more was sold to the ESOP in 2013, and then another nine percent in 2016, bringing the total percentage of ESOP ownership to forty-nine percent. Since its inception, the share price has appreciated 975%.
"Many people have misconceptions about how an ESOP works. It doesn't cost the employees anything. It's overseen by a trustee, whose job it is to handle the ESOP's assets in the best interests of the employee-owners. The company receives tax benefits, which in turn benefits the ESOP. And, yes, the business owner can make a nice sum from the sale of the company's stock. Everybody wins," noted Baker.
Joel DeVine, NewAge's Quality Control Supervisor and a fourteen year team member, said that the "ESOP means that we as owners have an understanding about our company and how we all play a fundamental role in not only the success of our business but also in the health of our retirement by remaining focused on our customers and our team members."
"I am proud to be a part of something that affects so many people… our customers and their customers, all of my fellow owners and their families," stated Kimly Ourn, Mold Shop Supervisor.
Ourn continued, "I consider myself very fortunate to have become part of the NewAge team seven years ago. I worked at several jobs prior to NewAge, and not many offered benefits and nothing like what we have here. Working here has made a big difference in my life. I'm healthier and happier, and knowing that I can retire with a piece of something that we've all helped build is like the cherry on top."
"I'm so glad to have this succession plan in place," said Baker. "It keeps everyone employed at a progressive and very successful company, and it maintains the pride of ownership we've developed over the past thirteen years."
Baker also said, "It's wonderful to see how everyone works together and works through challenges with the customer in mind. The plan assures our customers continuity in supply from a business partner that understands their particular needs."
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