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HyperGrammar 2
Review: Topic Sentences
Ce contenu est offert en anglais seulement.
Choose the best among the suggested topic sentences for each paragraph below.
I saw around Velva a release from what was like slavery to the tyrannical soil, release from the ignorance that darkens the soul and from the loneliness that corrodes it. In this generation my Velva friends have rejoined the general American society that their pioneering fathers left behind when they first made the barren trek in the days of the wheat rush. As I sit here in Washington writing this, I can feel their nearness. (from Eric Sevareid, "Velva, North Dakota")
Family farms are not productive.
I grew up on a family farm near a town called Velva.
Many politicians deplore the passing of the old family farm, but I'm not so sure.
People moved away from the cities in the late nineteenth century in search of fertile land for farming.
The first is the wear-and-tear hypothesis that suggests the body eventually succumbs to the environmental insults of life. The second is the notion that we have an internal clock that is genetically programmed to run down. Supporters of the wear-and-tear theory maintain that the very practice of breathing causes us to age because inhaled oxygen produces toxic by-products. Advocates of the internal clock theory believe that individual cells are told to stop dividing and thus eventually to die by, for example, hormones produced by the brain or by their own genes. (from Debra Blank, "The Eternal Quest" [edited])
There are two broad theories on what triggers a human's inevitable decline and death.
Some scientists believe humans have an internal time clock that determines lifespan.
We all must die some day.
My biology professor gave an interesting lecture Thursday.
The strictest military discipline imaginable is still looser than that prevailing in the average assembly line. The soldier, at worst, is still able to exercise the highest conceivable functions of freedom—that is, he or she is permitted to steal and to kill. No discipline prevailing in peace gives him or her anything remotely resembling this. The soldier is, in war, in the position of a free adult; in peace he or she is almost always in the position of a child. In war all things are excused by success, even violations of discipline. In peace, speaking generally, success is inconceivable except as a function of discipline. (from H.L. Mencken, "Reflections on War" [edited])
Soldiers need discipline.
We commonly look on the discipline of war as vastly more rigid than any discipline necessary in time of peace, but this is an error.
Although soldiers are not always disciplined, they serve an important social function in wartime.
In times of peace, soldiers often convert easily from wartime pursuits to the discipline necessary to successfully compete in even the most competitive marketplace.
In Montréal, a flashing red traffic light instructs drivers to careen even more wildly through intersections heavily populated with pedestrians and oncoming vehicles. In startling contrast, an amber light in Calgary warns drivers to screech to a halt on the off chance that there might be a pedestrian within 500 metres who might consider crossing at some unspecified time within the current day. In my home town in New Brunswick, finally, traffic lights (along with painted lines and posted speed limits) do not apply to tractors, all-terrain vehicles or pickup trucks, which together account for most vehicles on the road. In fact, were any observant alien dropped from a space vessel at an unspecified intersection anywhere in this vast land, it could almost certainly orient itself according to the surrounding traffic patterns.
People in Calgary are careful of pedestrians.
Although the interpretation of traffic signals may seem highly standardized, close observation reveals regional variations, distinguishing the East Coast from Central Canada and the West as surely as dominant dialects or political inclinations.
People in Montréal drive faster than people in Alberta, and Maritimers generally don't pay any attention to traffic signals at all.
Canadians do not follow traffic signals properly.
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Red Hat Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year End Results
Sequential quarterly increase of 80% in sales of Red Hat Enterprise Linux technologies, 75% increase in deferred revenues, $3 million in operating cash flows, and 26% quarterly growth in Enterprise revenues highlight the quarter
RALEIGH, N.C — 25. März 2003 —
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, Red Hat achieved revenue of $25.9 million, a sequential increase of 7% compared to $24.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2003, and a year-over-year increase of 40%.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, the company was break-even on a net income and per share basis, which includes $900,000 of foreign currency loss. This compares to a net income of $214,000, or break-even per share, in the prior quarter, and a net loss of $42.3 million, or $0.25 per share in the same quarter a year ago.
The company generated $3.0 million in positive cash flows from operations during the fourth quarter, which represents its third consecutive quarter of positive cash flows from operations. The company ended the year with a cash balance of $292 million, an increase of $5.4 million as compared to the balance at the end of the prior fiscal year.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, the company increased its deferred revenue balance to $17.8 million, an increase of $7.6 million, or 75% as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2003.
Highlights for the fourth quarter include:
Fourth quarter sales of subscriptions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (formerly Advanced Server) increased by 4,500 to 16,500 subscriptions, an increase of 38% as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2003.
Total subscription revenues, including revenues from retail subscriptions, grew 10% sequentially and 43% year-over-year.
Total Enterprise revenues, including technologies and services, grew 26% sequentially and 73% year-over-year.
Subscription revenues from Enterprise Technologies grew 54% sequentially and 103% year-over-year.
Blended gross margins improved to 68%, while gross margins of Enterprise subscription technologies, including retail revenues, remained strong at 81%.
Red Hat shipped 5,000 units of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS in its first full quarter of availability.
The company's operating results improved by $800,000 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2003.
For the fiscal year ended on February 28, 2003, the company reported revenues of $90.9 million, an increase of 15% as compared to fiscal 2002 revenues of $78.9 million. The company reported a net loss of $6.4 million for fiscal 2003, or $0.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $140.2 million, or $0.83 per share, for fiscal 2002.
"Through strong performance of all our enterprise technologies, Red Hat was able to achieve steady, consistent growth in fiscal 2003?, stated Kevin Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "In a difficult environment, Red Hat delivered four consecutive quarters of revenue growth, increasing positive cash flows, and decreasing operating losses".
Cash Flow Summary
Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the globe. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides operating system software along with middleware, applications and management solutions. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source technologies with focus on security and ease of management. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com
Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release that are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, management's plans and objectives for future operations, and management's assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, reliance upon strategic relationships, management of growth, the possibility of undetected software errors, the risks of economic downturns generally, and in Red Hat's industry specifically, the risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, the viability of the Internet, and other risks detailed in Red Hat's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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When totaled together you have a unique 'overlay-producing' software program.
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Since the theory behind Turn-Time Plus is extremely sound from a race-analysis point of view, the software can be used to not only spot overlooked horses with a pace advantage but for the more aggressive bettor boxing the top four or five scorers in Exactas/Trifectas (in larger fields) can pay some serious dividends as often two price horses appear in the payoffs.
The TRAINER column is also interesting in that very often the winner is from the top three scorers and often the top two. In races where there are two picks or the point spread is very small between the first three horses, the TRAINER column is often a good separator.
TTP is very adept at selecting solid favorites as well. If a horse is the favorite or near-favorite and has a TOTAL score that is 90 points or higher than the second-highest scorer, this horse is very likely to run a big race.
Len did two database tests, one of 11,454 races and one of 16,811 races. While the win rate hung around 31% in both samples, the most intriguing finding was that top-rated horses (regardless of point spread) who had a morning line of 9/2 or higher, returned a solid +26% ROI for the win and an 11.3% profit on the place.
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Q: My C# List is not letting me add data to it when I have a List collection within properties of a class What am i doing wrong with this ?

*

*Do I need instantiate List of Book ( other class ) ?
clsP.Books = new List<Book>();

*This is the line i get the error in linqpad

'UserQuery.Book' does not contain a constructor that takes 3 arguments

var book1 = new Book("Neuromancer", "William Gibson", "Science Fiction");

This is the complete code , what is the problem?
void Main()
{
    var clsPList = new List<clsPerson>();
    var clsP = new clsPerson();
    clsP.FirstName = "jack";
    clsP.LastName = "barker";
    clsP.Gender = "male";

    //clsP.Books = new List<Book>();
    var book1 = new Book("Neuromancer", "William Gibson", "Science Fiction");

    clsP.Books.Add(book1);
    clsPList.Add(clsP);
    clsPList.Dump();
}

public class clsPerson
{
    public string FirstName;
    public string LastName;
    public string Gender;
    public List<Book> Books = new List<Book>();
}

public class Book
{
    public string Title;
    public string Author;
    public string Genre;
}

A: The error is correct. You need to either provide Book with a valid constructor...
public class Book
{
    public Book(string title, string author, string genre)
    {
        Title = title;
        Author = author;
        Genre = genre;
    }

    public string Title;
    public string Author;
    public string Genre;
}

... or just assign to the properties directly:
var book1 = new Book {
                         Title = "Neuromancer",
                         Author = "William Gibson",
                         Genre = "Science Fiction"
                     };

A: Exactly as the error says, Book doesn't have a constructor taking 3 arguments.
Your options are either Instantiate the properties inline eg.
var book1 = new Book()
{
    Title = "Neuromancer",
    Author = "William Gibson",
    Genre "Science Fiction"
};

Or declare a constructor on book eg.
public class Book
{
    public string Title;
    public string Author;
    public string Genre;

    public Book (string title, string author, string genre)
    {
        Title = title;
        Author = author;
        Genre = genre;
    }
}

A:
Do I need instantiate List of Book ( other class )

In this case, you don't need it, because you initialize Books field with an empty list:
public List<Book> Books = new List<Book>();

Without this assignment field would be initialized with default value null.

list is the line i get the error

You haven't specified any constructors in your Book class. So only default parameterless constructor is available. Either use object initialzer:
var book1 = new Book {
     Title = "Neuromancer",
     Author = "William Gibson",
     Genre = "Science Fiction"
    };

or create constructor with three parameters and then your code will be compiled without errors
public class Book
{
    public Book(string title, string author, string genre)
    {
        Title = title;
        Author = author;
        Genre = genre;
    }

    public string Title;
    public string Author;
    public string Genre;
}

One more note - it's better to use properties instead of public fields:
public string Title { get; set; }

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CiviCRM, Fundraising and Web Solutions for Nonprofits
powering nonprofits for social good
Case Study: How One Simple Online Form Changed the Way a Human-Services Nonprofit Works
Gena Dellett - November 16, 2018
Your nonprofit uses technology to do more, better. We're talking about efficiency. We're talking about capturing your nonprofit's relationships. We're talking about your organizational memory.
Spice up your next staff meeting by reflecting as a team on your processes (no kidding!). Think about how you used to do things and how that has changed. Hopefully your current processes have improved the way you live out your nonprofit's mission.
What We Learned from Workers Defense
Julia Kranzthor, Executive Projects Manager from Workers Defense Project, sat down with Wanna Pixel and provided a window into how their technology has improved their day-to-day work. Workers Defense Project (WDP) is a membership-based organization that empowers low-income workers to achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing, and strategic partnerships. The nonprofit is part of a national movement of organizations that seeks to provide low-wage workers with the resources they need to improve their working and living conditions.
How do members join your organization?
We asked her to explain how WDP manages the member application process.
"Members are connected to us through three different departments: our Employment and Legal Services Department, our Adult Education and Training Department, and our Community Organizing Department," Kranzthor explains. "Everyone was working off different paper forms. Every team was collecting slightly different information and doing different things with that information once they had it.
"This meant that data regarding new members was disorganized and hard to extract. A seemingly minor database issue revealed a larger organizational problem. Our departments were working in silos."
What did it take to change your member application process?
We wanted to know what it took to get from before to after.
"We pulled key staff from each department and got everyone together to create one form," Kranzthor says. "This process allowed everyone to see what information they were collecting and how that information was benefiting the organization as a whole."
How did your organization benefit from the change?
Kranzthor calls the whole process of re-imagining how data is valued at WDP a "love story."
"Changing just this one thing really improved our efficiency," she explains, "allowing us to be a lot more effective. While revising the form, all three departments were forced to work together to improve the intake process and identify the necessary information we needed to collect. Because of this, the new form reflects the most up-to-date information needed for member intake.
"This process significantly enhanced our data collecting and analyzing ability. It also created buy-in for our CiviCRM database generally. All told, we improved our organizational culture about the importance of technology."
This is such a great example of why celebrating and taking notice of the "little" things is so important. It's also a reminder that the details really do matter, and we only succeed when we work as a team. Rah-rah!
If Kranzthor would have tried to propose a new form on her own, she may have missed the value of certain data being collecting. It also would have forced a process that likely would have decreased buy-in and adoption.
By convening the departments in the same room with the same information, everyone had a voice in the process and ownership of the outcome.
What are other nonprofits doing?
If you like this, check out what other nonprofits Wanna Pixel works with are doing in regard to their technology:
Mission: Graduate Shares Five Email Marketing Tips
How YouthBuild's System Evaluation Informed Their CRM Strategy
How We Partnered with Colorado Nonprofit Association to Improve Their Technology and Daily Processes
How Our Ongoing Support Exceeded Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group's Expectations
Case Study: What YouthBuild USA Learned from Completing a CiviCRM System Evaluation
Nonprofits with savvy and passion who utilize current technologies are poised for success. And tools like CiviCRM offer unlimited potential. But to get the most out of technology, nonprofits need proper support that demonstrates how customization can work to effectively meet their needs — allowing their tech environment to finally become the powerful hub it's expected to be.
YouthBuild USA contracted with us to identify opportunities to modify and improve their CiviCRM platform to meet short-term goals, while also planning for the organization's long-term vision and needs. As a result of our evaluation, YouthBuild USA will be able to make smarter technology investments that are grounded in their organization's CRM strategy.
This article highlights Wanna Pixel's system-evaluation process with YouthBuild USA.
Why Nonprofits Need a CRM Strategy
Running a mid- to large-sized nonprofit organization without a strategic, well-thought-out contact management strategy is like being unexpectedly dropped into the middle of an unfamiliar city without a smartphone. It's not that you can't find your way home, but it sure would be easier if you at least had a map.
Developing a solid CRM strategy is the best way to efficiently and effectively move your organization forward. An incredible strategy for one organization may fall flat for another. What worked like a charm two years ago may already be outdated.
Your nonprofit's CRM strategy will be most effective when it's grounded in your organization's culture, program needs, and fund-development efforts. Knowing what you do with contact information and data, as well as when you do it and why, will give your team a clear, reliable operations plan as your organization evolves.
About YouthBuild USA
YouthBuild USA programs speak unabashedly of love, respect, and responsibility. Of courage, integrity, and cooperation. It's these values that led the New York Times to declare YouthBuild USA "a wellspring of human reclamation."
YouthBuild USA is a global organization providing low-income young people with construction skills that provide a pathway to employment and leadership opportunities in their communities. YouthBuild USA works with local nonprofits, community colleges, and public agencies to support a network of 260 rural and urban programs in 44 states. YouthBuild USA operates in 21 nations, serving a range of locales, from developing countries, emerging economies, and industrialized nations.
The organization relies on its Drupal / CiviCRM platform for contact management, communications, donor engagement, fund development, and coordinating with and providing resources for YouthBuild USA site staff.
Strategies and Goals of the Assessment
The primary goal of our system evaluation with YouthBuild USA was to objectively analyze and evaluate the organization's current use and understanding of CiviCRM to determine if the organization should:
Make changes to their current CiviCRM system
Develop a new CiviCRM system
Migrate to a new CRM platform
The evaluation provided us with an understanding of the effectiveness and purpose of custom configurations within the system, while identifying both opportunities and barriers to platform improvements.
Based on these findings, Wanna Pixel prepared a comprehensive report containing detailed recommendations for each of the main CiviCRM modules used by the organization. These recommendations have informed YouthBuild USA's process as they flesh out their technology strategy and goals.
Overview of Our Process
Staff Interviews: We conducted web-meeting interviews with key YouthBuild USA staff to walk us through their daily use of CiviCRM. This highlighted several important things:
What features of CiviCRM, including customizations, are most commonly used
How comfortable and familiar staff are with using the platform
Where pain points exist, either in the software itself or staff's use of the platform
What external processes or software are being used in conjunction with CiviCRM
System evaluations can be most useful for a nonprofit when they recognize they may not be using the platform to its greatest potential. There can also be a feeling that the system is just "broken" or inadequate for what the organization needs to do.
By conducting multiple in-depth staff interviews our team was able to quickly identify:
Training opportunities that would significantly enhance the organization's use of the platform
Out-of-the box CiviCRM functionality and extensions that could be utilized to improve specific workflows
System customizations that could be modified or potentially disabled to better meet the organization's contact management and communication goals
Data management practices, such as contact de-duplication and group management, that could be completed on regular intervals
System Review & Testing: After completing the interviews, our team extensively reviewed and tested the platform based on staff use, identifying additional customizations and features that were not in use or known about, as well as customizations that could be modified for improved use.
Since CiviCRM is an open-source platform and used by over 11,000 organizations globally with hundreds of developers supporting the project, there is rapid development on the platform. New features and functionality become available quickly based on user demand and development. This means a staff member's CRM wishlist could be addressed simply by completing an upgrade of the platform.
Sharing What We Learned
It doesn't matter what your technology consultant learned or knows if they don't know how to share it. Based on our learnings from staff interviews and our extensive review and testing of the platform, we prepared a final report covering the CRM evaluation's purpose, goals, methods, findings, and recommendations.
Identify Priorities and Next Steps
Based on everything we found, our team prioritized seven of the recommendations within the report for immediate consideration. By separating the learning process from taking action and making changes in the system, YouthBuild USA remained in control of the process, better informed and able to make decisions about their budget and their technology platform.
YouthBuild USA's Feedback in Their Own Words
Leif Nordberg, Senior Director of Digital Information Systems at YouthBuild USA, shared his experience of the evaluation:
"From the beginning, Wanna Pixel articulated a thoughtful process for our work together, particularly around involving different members of our organization who use our systems in very different ways.
"Wanna Pixel's findings showed an in-depth understanding of not just how nonprofits use CRMs, but how YouthBuild USA uses CiviCRM. They knew the right questions to ask and gave us tailored advice, not just best practices. Wanna Pixel delivered important findings with clear, actionable recommendations that have allowed us to improve the performance of our current CiviCRM and the training offered to our staff while preparing our data for a future migration."
Get the Most out of Your CiviCRM System
When one of our other clients came to us for support, they reported: "Honestly, I thought CiviCRM was a terrible, terrible platform. We thought that this is not going to work. But, we now know that this was just because of the support we were previously getting."
CiviCRM can do so much. By knowing what's possible and having the proper support to customize the system to meet your needs, your technology environment can become the powerful hub you expected from the start. Learn more about CiviCRM's capabilities:
CiviCRM Cases Management: A Powerful Workflow Automation Tool
Data Maintenance Made Easy: New CiviCRM Extension Provides Personalized Links for Emails
Harnessing the Mass-Mailing Power of CiviMail and the Mosaico Extension
Fundraising with CiviCRM Part I: Don't Miss Your Chance to Promote Honorary Giving
Fundraising with CiviCRM Part II: Three Ways to Use CiviCampaign to Tie Together Your Nonprofit's Fundraising Efforts
Fundraising with CiviCRM Part III: Improve Your Ask with A/B Testing
Importing Events to CiviCRM
New CiviCRM Extension Provides Graphic, Uncluttered Contact Records
Ready to evaluate your system? Drop us a line.
Gena Dellett - October 25, 2018
Mission: Graduate has a big goal: 60,000 more graduates with college degrees and certificates in central New Mexico by 2020. To achieve this goal, the organization, which is an initiative of the United Way of Central New Mexico, works with over 300 partners to nurture and develop the next generation of skilled workers, engaged citizens, and civic leaders.
Like most nonprofits, Mission: Graduate works hard to keep key milestones and successes top-of-mind for their partners and supporters. Email marketing is key in their efforts.
We're proud at Wanna Pixel to provide ongoing support for Mission: Graduate. I sat down with Emily Padilla, the organization's Communication Manager, to learn about the what, when, and why of their email strategy.
First, what is your strategy?
We asked Emily to talk about her strategy with the organization's e-newsletter and what they've learned from previous experiences.
Our strategy is to make sure that what we talk about on our website is not just promoting our work, but saying why we're doing what we do. We redesigned our website in 2015. Our previous site was really hard to update, so we rarely posted news stories. Our email templates were also not mobile friendly. At that time, we'd shared five or six different stories in our e-newsletter. Writing the stories was hard. They needed to be long enough to tell the story, but not too long, since people wouldn't read then. Also, if someone didn't open the email, they'd never know what was going on.
Now, whether someone receives or reads our newsletter, we know they can come to our website or connect on social media and find the same story.
How does content development fit into your email marketing efforts?
Mission: Graduate's website has multiple sections for news stories and partner shout-outs. Emily shared about frequency and what she looks for with content.
We ideally post something to our news section once a week. In reality, it doesn't happen that often. Keeping this goal front-of-mind makes sure we're telling our story whenever we can.
We have a multi-content strategy. On social media we work hard to lift up our partners, using those channels to celebrate the day-to-day things. We post new articles on our website whenever something bigger happens, like we meet one of our milestones or are planning for an upcoming event. Then our newsletter pulls the highlights from these efforts together.
When should I press send?
Rather than stick to a strict calendar, Emily explains why they let the content determine the timing of their emails.
We publish our e-newsletter whenever we've got enough content to share. Typically that is around every six weeks. This makes sure we have something of value to share. We always have one anchor story, such as an event or something associated with one of our Strategies. We always use an image and two to three lines of text, explaining what the story is about. Then we link back with a button to our website. We try to keep it as short as possible.
How to do more with your ask than "learn more"
While choosing the right image in emails is key, Emily shares why text is important too.
It's really easy to always say "Learn More," but if I can come up with something more creative it always works better, like asking a short question. People click much more often. At the same time, I think there is a fine line between engaging in an honest way and just trying to get people to click.
Metrics that matter (and remove the guesswork)
It's no surprise that quickly reviewing your email metrics can make your next email better.
It's really easy to review and see how our email did. We always review what our most popular links and stories were to determine what to share next time. We've learned that what engages people most is our visuals. Now, we keep images to a standard size. I can tell that it's really the images we choose that attract people to the story. I take extra time choosing images for stories I want to make sure nobody misses.
At Wanna Pixel we know it sometimes can be more helpful to learn from the real-world experiences of your nonprofit peers than from technology consultants like us who live and breathe best practices. Mission: Graduate has received great feedback from their partners on their emails, finding them clean and quick and easy to read.
We love Emily's honesty and spirit of "there's always another email." We agree! There's always another opportunity to try something new and do something better.
Check out this content to do more with your emails:
CiviCRM extension provides personalized links for emails
Nonprofit Fundraising 101: Honing your ask
Fundraising with CiviCRM: improving your ask with A/B testing
Top 10 nonprofit storytelling best practices
How to create a successful email campaign, Part 1: Growing your email list
How to create a successful email campaign, Part 2: Writing your emails
Why Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Chose Wanna Pixel for CiviCRM Support
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) had a clear expectation of the type of support they needed when they approached Wanna Pixel. Their website/CiviCRM system is critical to their operations as they work to represent the interests and concerns of noncommercial registrants and noncommercial Internet users of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Through this representation, nonprofit services and public interest software are given a voice in ICANN.
Wanna Pixel has been working with NCSG to improve the efficiency of their membership application and review process, as well as providing better options for email follow-up.
Just a few months into their new support relationship with our team, we invited NCSG's 2018 Chair Farzaneh Badiei to share some of her thoughts about their experience so far.
What does support mean to you?
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"Support for us is really more than just resolving issues during a crisis. It's about being creative and responsive to our needs. We came to you during a really problematic period of time, and you gave us solutions."
What factors helped make your decision when looking for support?
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"The fact that you have so many women and are a diverse group of people, especially in technology, is really important. That said a lot."
Where do you feel like NCSG is on the technology spectrum?
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How has your team benefited?
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How 'YouTube Giving' Will Make It Easier for Your Nonprofit to Manage Fundraising Campaigns
Gena Dellett - September 20, 2018
There is no shortage of places or ways for your nonprofit to ask for support. With YouTube Giving, your options are about to get better. Now digital creatives working for US-registered nonprofits can embed a donate button next to videos. That way viewers can take immediate action and support your cause while they are fresh with inspiration. As a creator, all you do is set up the campaign, and YouTube takes care of the logistics and payment processing.
Here's a screenshot from how St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is using the new YouTube Giving tools.
The donation process is easy, using a simple guided two-step process. Select the amount you want to donate . . .
. . . enter in your payment details, and ta-da! You're back to browsing videos.
It's no wonder companies like YouTube are getting in the fundraising game. The "median" American is active on three different social media platforms (for Americans ages 18-29, that increases to four).
Online giving also continues to increase. The M+R 2018 Benchmark Study reports that online giving increased 23 percent in 2017 after a 15 percent growth in 2016. This was at a time when overall website traffic to nonprofit websites declined by 1.4 percent. The 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report researched by Nonprofit Tech for Good found that 42 percent of online donors worldwide cite social media as a tool that most often inspires them to give. At the time, Facebook was the main player.
YouTube is still beta testing its new suite of tools, with plans to roll out its fundraising tools over the next several months. In the meantime, there's a lot you can do to cultivate new donors and their commitment to your cause. Read more here:
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One of the things I (Nate) dealt with in past jobs is creating an illusion for our customers that we offered a wide variety of solutions which we in reality did not offer. It was a smoke screen we put out there as a company to entice customers who were looking at other well known branded solutions to consider our primary solution.
Some people feel that offering a "wide variety" of solutions makes them look like a more experienced solution provider. In reality it means they are minimally experienced in many areas.
We focus on a few well known, and well researched solutions that we feel best meet our clients needs. That doesn't mean we aren't intimately familiar with other solutions or that the solutions we have selected will work best for all organizations. If our solution isn't the right one for you, we are going to tell you and give you a recommendation of where you will find the best solution for your needs.
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I say this sort of tongue in cheek because you might actually have a great brand and marketing plan. I like making people feel good. I would love nothing more than to tell you that your branding strategy and marketing plan is spot on! However, lying to you about the quality of your brand or marketing plan isn't going to help anyone long term. Don't feel bad though. I wouldn't bring a criticism that I didn't also have a solution to.
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The Massco Media Insitute Noida, known premiere institute for training and research in Mass Communication has invited all interested, eligible candidates to take admission for various mass communication programmes for the commencing session. All the candidates are requested to apply latest by April 20, 2016.
The career in mass communication provides a wide scope and a plethora of opportunities for students across the country. Due to the boom in Indian Media Industry that constitutes largely of numerous national dailies, magazines, television channels, radio, film, advertising and of course the Internet, the career in mass communication looks all the more promising and is expected to experience substantial growth in the years to come. The media industry (be it the print, electronic, visual and broadcasting) is always on the lookout of creative, spontaneous, and outgoing candidates who are open to experiment and explore the different aspects of the mass communication.
The Massco Media (Massco) offers courses in the field of media and animation. Massco Media is a media institute which was started in 2007. The college is situated in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The college was started with an aim of providing the students with quality education in this domain. The institute incorporates of various top notch media professionals, and is said to be a new age concept. Various alumni, faculty team comprise of leading publishing practitioners of the country, editor, publishing director of Delhi Press, newspaper management guru, professor of mass communication from a NAAC-accredited UGC University, committed professionals, and various celebrated public figures.
MassCoMedia envisions transforming the student into a real professional in one chosen field of media. With resources of technology and first-grade training facilities on offer, endeavor is to make it amongst the very best communication schools in the subcontinent.' It was to meet the growing needs of the industry that top-notch professionals from various sections of the media got together to establish MassCoMedia, a new age-mass communication education concept. The group comprises leading publishing practitioners of the country, which includes the Editor and Publishing Director of Delhi Press Group that publishes a well-known chain of illustrated magazines, one of the most accomplished newspaper management gurus, a former special correspondent of a first-rate English daily, and a professor of mass communication from a NAAC- accredited UGC University, and other celebrated public figures and committed professionals.
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I'm just going to skim over the obvious Washington Wizards bullet points and save the majority of capitalonian focus for the most intriguing player in the NBA.
John Wall's good and going to get much, much better. Hopefully all those summer games don't sap his legs for the ultra 66-game grind.
We all know they should still be the Bullets.
The MJ era was awkward, but at least introduced us to a world where his Airness is far from infallible. At some point, we had to expect it and the Washington experience was just the first step toward mortality.
While the National Run & Jump Association has a certain ring to it, Lamar's right. McGee's physical talents make him one of the most captivating players in a league made up of world-class athletes and part of the reason I decided to dedicate 90% of this Wizards preview to him alone.
"He's very raw, he's very young, he's a real babe in terms of game experience and he has a real future. So that's really how we left it with him: Keep working on your game and you may get a call sooner rather than later. You don't know. We're playing that by ear.
And of McGee's misplaced inclinations to take a defensive rebound and push the ball the length of the court?
McGee's in a precarious situation in Washington. Like most youngsters, he could benefit greatly from the presence of a few veterans and some stability. Instead, he's surrounded by other young'ns like Wall, Andray Blatche, Crawford and Young—he's not that young by NBA standards, but still acts a fool from time to time. In the midst of that prankster-loving environment, McGee's improved his game in each of his three seasons. His points, rebounds, blocks, field goal percentage, minutes played, games played, PER and offensive and defensive win shares all reached career highs last year. Just beyond the desperate cries for consistency from all corners of the NBA globe is the truth; JaVale's rapidly improving and he's only 23.
That video with the cinnamon thing is absolutely ridiculous, but I couldn't help watching it twice for a good laugh.


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Trinuclear copper biocatalytic center forms an active site of thiocyanate dehydrogenase
Tamara V. Tikhonova, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Wilfred R. Hagen, Maria G. Khrenova, Gerard Muyzer, Tatiana V. Rakitina, Ivan G. Shabalin, Anton A. Trofimov, Stanislav I. Tsallagov, Vladimir O. Popov*
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Biocatalytic copper centers are generally involved in the activation and reduction of dioxygen, with only few exceptions known. Here we report the discovery and characterization of a previously undescribed copper center that forms the active site of a copper-containing enzyme thiocyanate dehydrogenase (suggested EC 1.8.2.7) that was purified from the haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the genus Thioalkalivibrio ubiquitous in saline alkaline soda lakes. The copper cluster is formed by three copper ions located at the corners of a near-isosceles triangle and facilitates a direct thiocyanate conversion into cyanate, elemental sulfur, and two reducing equivalents without involvement of molecular oxygen. A molecular mechanism of catalysis is suggested based on high-resolution three-dimensional structures, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) simulations, kinetic studies, and the results of site-directed mutagenesis.
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Tikhonova, T. V., Sorokin, D. Y., Hagen, W. R., Khrenova, M. G., Muyzer, G., Rakitina, T. V., Shabalin, I. G., Trofimov, A. A., Tsallagov, S. I., & Popov, V. O. (2020). Trinuclear copper biocatalytic center forms an active site of thiocyanate dehydrogenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(10), 5280-5290. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922133117
Tikhonova, Tamara V. ; Sorokin, Dimitry Y. ; Hagen, Wilfred R. ; Khrenova, Maria G. ; Muyzer, Gerard ; Rakitina, Tatiana V. ; Shabalin, Ivan G. ; Trofimov, Anton A. ; Tsallagov, Stanislav I. ; Popov, Vladimir O. / Trinuclear copper biocatalytic center forms an active site of thiocyanate dehydrogenase. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020 ; Vol. 117, No. 10. pp. 5280-5290.
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Being Human in the Modern World: The Enduring Importance of the Idea of the Person
Abigail Adams Institute Faculty Colloquium
Margarita Mooney, Ph.D.
Professor of Practical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Founder and Executive Director, Scala Foundation
Dates: February 28 and 29, 2020
By Invitation—Please contact Margarita if you wish to know more about attending this colloquium.
What do current political debates, cultural changes and institutional shifts have to do with debates about the very essence of what it means to be human? This seminar will consider important academics, theologians, and engaged social critics who all shared an enduring concern about affirming the dignity of each person while also affirming that our full human personhood develops through relationships characterized by self-giving, communities of virtue, and an opening our souls to divine transcendence.
The common commitment to the person as a subject and object of free action, and the person as a center of meaning and value, and endowed with dignity by a creator inviolable nature of the person has translated into varying political and ethical projects of enormous significance in the 20th century. This colloquium will raise questions will focus on the nature of inter-subjectivity, communion and love; and the relationship between these questions and culture and politics in modernity, in particular debates on freedom, identity, authenticity, education and politics.
Session I: Introduction to Personalism
Personalism is a term used to refer to a philosophical approach to social and political questions that emphasize the inviolability of the person, the fundamental relationality of persons, and the person as a subject and object of free action, and the person as a center of meaning and value, and endowed with dignity by a creator and has the capacity for love and self-communication. The objectives of this first session are 1) to review the main ideas and thinkers associated with personalism broadly speaking; 2) to discuss why a personalist view of philosophical anthropology matters for modern culture and society; and 3) reflect on whether and how personalism is relevant to our work as teachers and scholars. In this session, we will read both the introductory and concluding chapter to the Burgos book on personalism and two recent popular pieces on personalism's continuing relevance today. Burgos's introduction to personalism is theoretically deep while covering a broad range of authors. His conclusion attempts to synthesize major currents in personalism, acknowledge major critiques, and argue for personalism's continuing relevance in modern politics, society and culture. Brooks and Mooney discuss how personalism may form a response to the fragmentation in American culture and education.
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. "Chapter 1: Origins" (pp. 1-30).
What are the major similarities that lead one to identify a school of philosophy called personalism? If theistic commitment were so important to many personalists, must one be a theist to be a personalist? How might personalists respond to the critique that theism reduces man's freedom by making him dependent on an external actor? What were some other philosophical schools of thought personalists were united in critiquing? If personalism arose as a response to liberal individualism and various forms of atheist revolutionary philosophy and politics (Marxism and communism), what are the major political movements or philosophical currents today that might explain the resurgence of interest in personalism?
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. "Chapter 4: Personalist Philosophy: A Proposal" (pp. 178-233).
What are some of the main criticisms of personalism? In spite of the weaknesses of personalism, why is the question of the human person particularly relevant for modernity? Is personalism too radical, or not radical enough in its critique of modernity? Should the biographies (religious commitments, political project, social engagements, etc.) of famous personalists become relevant to our assessment of the value of personalism for politics, culture and communities of faith today?
David Brooks. "Personalism: The Philosophy We Need." New York Times, Op-Ed page, June 14, 2018. (1 page)
Margarita Mooney. "Being Human in the Modern World: Why Personalism Matters for Culture and Education." Published by the online journal by Public Discourse, June 25, 2018. URL: http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/06/21942/ (3 pages)
Why do Brooks and Mooney think that personalist philosophy is relevant to American society? What might a person-centered view of education look like?
Session II: Philosophical Anthropology and the Crisis of Modernity
The objectives of this session are to: 1) to identify different understandings of philosophical anthropology in modernity; 2) consider some ways that those understandings of philosophical anthropology have impacted culture, politics, education, the family, and communities of faith; 3) understand the relationship between philosophical anthropology and the shift from divine transcendence to divine immanence; 4) to examine the result of a philosophical rejection of metaphysics on culture and politics.
Max Scheler. "Man and History." Chapter IV, pp. 65-93 in Philosophical Perspectives. Translated from the German by Oscar A. Haac. Boston: Beacon Press, 1958. (28 pages)
According to Scheler, what are the five versions of philosophical anthropology at work in modern thinking? How do each of these views human interactions with other animals, God/the divine, and inanimate objects? Which of these five views of the person have come to dominate in particular fields of the university (economics, philosophy, humanities, natural sciences, etc.?) Are there other views of the human person we can identify today that are not mentioned?
August Del Noce, Crisis of Modernity, Chapter 1 "The Idea of Modernity" pp. 1-18.
Why is divine immanence and how is it different than divine transcendence? Why does del Noce think that the philosophy of modernity ends a denial of divine transcendence or metaphysics, and why was a shift from divine transcendence to divine immanence so significant for politics and culture? How are the political movements del Noce (not only political revolutionary movements but also the ascendance of scientific rationalism more generally) related to the shifting philosophical anthropology described by Scheler (in particular the shift from homo sapien to homo faber)? Why does del Noce think that so much of modern culture has been reduced to power struggles?
Session III: Emmanuel Mounier
Emmanuel Mounier was one of the leading French personalists (along with Jacques Maritain and Gabriel Marcel). Mounier was also one of the first to refer to himself as a personalist and publish a book with personalism in the title. The goal of this session to understand some of the political, cultural and social forces that personalists critiqued. In this session we also begin to ponder the relationship between subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, and freedom in social and political relationships.
Emmanuel Mounier, Personalism. London: Routledge and Kegan, 1952. pp. "Informal Introduction to the Personal Universe," (pp. vii-xx) "Embodied Existence", (3-16) and "Communication," (17-32); (45 pages)
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. "Chapter 2: French Personalism" (pp. 64-84 on Emmanuel Mounier: Communitarian Personalism). (20 pages)
Why does Mounier claim that personalism opposes determinism and idealism? What does Mounier mean we need to grasp man in his totality? What are some approaches to knowledge that can help us grasp man in his totality? What is Mounier's view of the relationship between person, community and freedom? What kind of social progress or political order is compatible or incompatible with Mounier's view of the person? According to Mounier, are there ways in which our nature as humans is weakened or diminished by our social relations or mis-use of freedom? If the person is ultimately fulfilled through communication with others—both inter-subjective and embodied, material forms of exchange—does that necessarily lead to socialism? In translating values into political action, does Mounier's personalism open more doors to collectivism than to upholding individual freedom? It is possible to critique individualism without embracing a totalitarian form of collectivism or communitarianism?
Session IV: Love, Identity and Being
The goal of this session is to compare personalist thinkers on identity and love with other modern currents in philosophy, including existentialist and post-modernist views of the person, subjectivity and identity. Some general questions across the readings are: What is the relationship between self-love and self-giving or personalists and existentialists? Is there a difference between inter-subjectivity and inter-dependence? Is dependence on God radically different than inter-dependence among humans? How do inter-dependence and inter-subjectivity matter for social and political order?
Dietrich von Hildebrand. The Nature of Love. Translated by John F. Crosby with John Henry Crosby. South Bend: St. Augustine's Press. 2009. Pp. 203-208; 211. (6 pages)
What are difference views of subjectivity in transcendent and immanent humanism, or theocentric versus egocentric (or anthropocentric) views of humanism? Why does von Hildebrand claim that happiness is unattainable for someone who remains in pure immanence? Does von Hildebrand see an important distinction between our interactions with material objects and what moves us to act from love? What are some ways we can weaken our subjectivity?
Jean Paul Sartre. "Existentialism is a Humanism." (selections) Translated by Philip Mairet. 1946. (2 pages)
Why and/or how does existentialism view subjectivity freedom differently than personalism (or at least theistic personalism as we are mostly discussing in this colloquium)? Is existentialism at odds with personalism with regards to identity?
Charles Taylor. "The Sources of Authenticity." In the Ethics of Authenticity, pp. 25-29. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (4 pages)
What makes for an authentic human identity? How has this changed over time? Is there a relationship between the different understandings of authentic human identity and the five types of philosophical anthropology identified by Scheler in session 1?
Max Scheler. "Ordo Amoris." In Selected Philosophical Essays. 98-105. Translated by David R. Lachterman. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1973. (18 pages)
If Ordo Amoris is both normative and factual/descriptive, how do we go about ascertaining and judging the system of value-assessments in any given social order? What is the relationship between the Ordo Amoris and the love of God? In what way do we share in the responsibility of helping others come to understand their identity and destiny? How is Scheler's view of subjectivity different from that described by Taylor, Sarte, or other modern thinkers?
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. "Chapter 3: Other Personalist Currents" (pp. 119-137 on the German personalists—Hildebrand, Scheler, Stein, Buber and Levinas) (18 pages)
Session V: Karol Woyjtla and Edith Stein
Our fifth session is devoted to two 20th century figures whose were both students of philosophy who followed religious vocations and became saints (Saint John Paul the Great and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Both were deeply involved in Catholic education and culture as a means and restoring a sense of human freedom grounded in a relationship with a Trinitarian God, redemption from sin, growth in virtue through grace and freedom. They both struggled against totalitarianism, and Stein was executed at Auschwitz. Both were influenced by Edmund Husserl, and sought to integrate Thomism with phenomenology, and applying it to social and political ethics as well as identity, love and marriage and the social and political movements that they participated in.
Jay Martin. "The Personalist Awakening in 20th Century Catholic Moral Thought." Church Life Journal (University of Notre Dame Institute for Church Life) . July 18, 2018. (10 pages)
How does Martin say the personalist philosophy of Wojytla arose from a broader critique of Kantian ethics? In what ways does Martin argue Wojytla builds on and extends Thomist philosophy of the person?
Karol Wojtyla, "Subjectivity and the Irreducible in the Human Being." Pp. 209-217. (18 pages)
Why does Wojtyla think that human experience breaks down the dichotomy between the objectivistic and subjectivistic view of the human person? What is the tension Wojtyla defines between the irreducible uniqueness of the human person and the need to reduce the human person to an object in the world? Why is it so important to think of human experience in both an objective and subjective sense? In what sense is human action both objective and subjective? Do we agree with Wojtyla that our human experience tells us that we are a subject, a person, as he understands it? Why are values freely pursued so central to his understanding of human freedom?
Edith Stein. "The Image of the Trinity in Creation: Body, Soul Spirit, the 'Interior Castle.' Pp. 102-106 in Finite and Eternal Being. Translated by Walter Redmond. Forthcoming. (4 pages)
Is the soul or inner life that Stein describes similar to what Wojytla describes as the irreducibility of the person? Why does the image of a castle serve as a metaphor for our interior lives? On what is human freedom conditioned? In what way is human subjectivity a gift? What is consciousness of self and how is it related to consciousness of God?
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. "Chapter 3: Other Personalist Currents" (pp. 100-115 on the Polish personalists and Karol Wojytla)
Session VI: Person-Centered Education and Pedagogy
Our final session focuses on Jacques Maritain, who is known more for his political philosophy than his writings on education we consider in this session. As described by Burgos, Maritain's influence extended well beyond intellectual circles: his thought was influential in international politics and Catholic understandings of religion in modernity.
Jacques Maritain, Education at The Crossroads. Chapter 1, "The Aims of Education." and Chapter 2, "The Dynamics of Education," pp. 1-57. (57 pages)
What are some of the errors in understanding the ends of education described by Maritain? What do conceptions of the human person (philosophical anthropology) have to do with the ends of education? According to Maritain, what should be the role of the teacher in education? What educational practices support the proper ends of education? What do the practices of our own educational institutions say (explicitly or implicitly) is the end of education? Is it possible in our own educational institutions to be the kind of teacher Maritain describes?
Juan Manuel Burgos, An Introduction to Personalism. The Catholic University of America Press. 2018. Chapter 2: French Personalism (pp. 39-55 on Jacques Maritain: Thomistic Personalism). (16 pages)
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Q: how to save radion buttons in grails My Class:
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Cafeteria Survey

Caterer:Abhiruchi Caterers

1.How would you rate for overall 'Breakfast' food items?

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refer this
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In the heart of Ontario lies Stratford on Avon (the Avon River that is), a world class city disquised as a small rural town. And well, you found it; this precious gem of a place known as the Forest Motel & Woodland Retreat.
In the Heart of Ontario lies Stratford on Avon (the Avon River that is), a world class city, disguised as a small rural town. And well, you found it; this precious little gem of a place known as the Forest Motel; a place where you can come, hang your hat, let your worries go, and relax.
Stratford's most secluded Motel & Bed and Breakfast is home to 19 immaculate comfortable rooms in three buildings, all nestled at beautiful Lake Mc Carthy.
All three buildings are surrounded by 32 acres of woodlands, wetlands and water; yet only three minutes from Stratford City limits, and nine minutes to world class theatre.
The Forest Motel is home to over 60 species of birds and waterfowl and 30 kinds of mammals, reptiles and fish. Take a hike on the trails, through the forest, or explore the waters. Of the thirty acres you enjoy here, seventeen acres are protected under wetlands designation and a further eleven acres are protected forest. You will feel in touch with a marvelous creation.


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The Shire of Dandaragan's Building Services Department ensures buildings, both existing and proposed are compliant with the Building Code of Australia and related associated Australian Standards.
These regulations exist to ensure acceptable standards of structural sufficiency, fire safety, health and amenity are maintained in all building work within the Built Environment.
The Building Services Department is responsible for administering and enforcing building regulations to avert or minimise the risk of danger to health and safety from sub-standard building work. Our role in building services includes:
Assessing the key building risks and issuing permits,
Providing advice on building matters,
Building Certification.
We can assist you with submitting an application for:
Unauthorised Works (all building works identified in the Building Act 2011 and the Building Regulations 2012)
Certificates of Building Compliance.
Occupancy Permits
Building Approval Certificates.
Appointments may be required with the Building Surveyor if our Development Services Administration Officer cannot assist with your enquiry.
The Building Commission have produced a document called 'A Guide to the Building Approvals Process' to assist you with the building approval process.
A Building Permit is required for any building work, alterations or additions including:
Houses, granny flats, additions and alterations
Patios, verandahs, gazebos, pergolas and decks
Sheds, garages, carports, workshops
Swimming pools, pool fencing, spas
Shop fitouts, mezzanine floors, change of use (converting an office to a shop for example)
Commercial, industrial and public buildings (eg schools, gymnasium, meeting halls)
Demolition of domestic and commercial buildings.
A Building Permit must be issued prior to commencement of any work.
Different types of building work have different requirements when lodging an application for a building permit.
The Building Act 2011 requires a Certificate of Design Compliance (BA 3) signed by a registered building surveyor to be lodged along with the building permit application (BA 1– Certified, or BA 2 – Uncertified) before a building permit can be issued.
For residential (class 1 and 10) buildings you can apply for an uncertified building permit (BA2), and the Shire of Dandaragan will complete the Certificate of Design Compliance (CDC) as part of the building permit process. Alternatively you can engage a private certifier to issue the CDC as part of a certified building permit application (BA1).
For commercial (class 2 to 9) buildings, a CDC (BA 3) must be obtained and a certified application (BA1) submitted.
For more information regarding the requirements of the Building Act 2011 and the Building Regulations 2012 please refer to the Building Commission website, (or contact the Development Services Staff at the Shire's administration building in Bashford Street, Jurien Bay).
Building Approval Form templates can be downloaded by clicking on the following link http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/building-and-energy/building-approval-forms-0
Building Checklist and Fee Schedule
Building Services: Checklist for uncertified/certified application for building permit - Dwelling (Class 1A)
Checklist for uncertified/certified application for building permit - Outbuildings (Class 10a)
Checklist for Demolition Permit Application
Checklist for uncertified/certified application for building permit - Retaining Walls (Class 10b)
Building Services Fees 2019/20
Verge Bonds
The Shire of Dandaragan has adopted a policy of imposing a verge security bond in relation to the issue of building licences. The reason for this is that the cost of repair and reinstatement to the street infrastructure as a result of new construction being undertaken on adjacent street lots, is no longer sustainable by Council.
The bond required to be submitted is:
Description Amount GST
Verge Bond Security Deposit - Residential (including dwellings, b/g swimming pools) $ 500 N/A
Security Deposit - Residential House Relocation $ 2,000 N/A
Dust Bonds - Commercial Developments $ 1 per m2 N/A
Included with the issued building licence will be an Application for Refund form, to be completed, signed and dated by the Builder for return to Council's Development Services upon completion of construction for refund of the bond held. The bond only, will be refunded upon final inspection where no damage is observed.
Some important notes that may assist;
The bond can only be paid by the Builder, and refunded back to the Builder.
A site inspection will be undertaken by Council's Development Services staff at the time of the building application assessment licence issue, with photographs recorded for future reference.
On receipt of an application for refund, an additional site inspection will be undertaken, and if no damage is observed, a refund may be authorised.
Click here to download the Application for Bond Refund Form.
If you have any queries or wish to confirm that this bond is applicable to your project, please contact the Council's Development Services Department on (08) 9652 0800.
Rural Road Numbering
Property owners who own rural land that currently only has a lot number are able to apply to the Shire of Dandaragan to get a rural number (RRN) allocated to their property. Rural numbers take the place of street numbers however follow a different process to be determined for each property. This form of numbering is used in rural areas to assist Emergency Services when there is an incident in the area.
To apply, click here and complete the application form and pay the allocation fee. On receipt of both of these, Development Services will work out the appropriate number for the property and install a picket with a numbered green plate. Rangers will then inform Landgate and our Rates Officer to complete the process.
Copies of Approved Building Plans
Copies of approved building plans are kept in the Shire of Dandaragan's archives. If you need a copy of these plans, we can search the records held and provide a copy to you. You will need to complete a Building Plans Archival Request Form, signed by the owner of the property and pay the applicable fee. See Building Plans Archival Request Form below which also lists fees. Copies of archival plans that are sought for site plan information and building details can only be used for the information required, and are not to be re-submitted as building application documents for a new application.


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A court decision handed down Friday that has wolves headed for management by the state of Wyoming has spurred a flurry of praise and condemnation.
The U.S. appeals court ruling is a major step toward removing wolves in Wyoming from the Endangered Species Act list. The original 2012 ruling that had the wolves bound for delisting was held up by a 2014 ruling that said the plan to give Wyoming control over wolf management was flawed because the rules were administrative rather than included in statute.
Friday's decision was hailed by Gov. Matt Mead and by the state's two U.S. senators and lone member of the U.S. House. All are Republicans.
The ruling was criticized by environmental groups.
Mead called the ruling "the right decision for wolves and Wyoming" and said he was "pleased" with the turnaround.
Sen. John Barrasso said that the state's management plan was adequate and also that state control was in keeping with his support for local government authority.
The reaction among environmental groups was different, especially given that final delisting will allow the state to resume wolf hunting everywhere in the state outside the national parks. The wolf hunting system, in effect for two years before the 2014 decision, regulated hunting in areas in northwest Wyoming while categorizing wolves as predators that could be shot on sight at any time in 80 percent of the state.
The lead attorney in the case for Earthjustice, Timothy Preso, spoke against the ruling on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals.
The fight against the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 and disputes about managing them outside the parks have been a central part in battles about local control versus federal control of land and wildlife. The wolf debate has also become the main focus in the battle over the Endangered Species Act, which Republicans have campaigned to cut back.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2001 that gray wolves were no longer a threatened species in Wyoming. State officials pledged to maintain at least 100 wolves, including 10 breeding pairs, outside Yellowstone and the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Gray wolves, once hunted to near extinction in the Lower 48 states, now number about 5,500 in the Rocky Mountain West and the upper Midwest. The population in Wyoming is estimated at about 400.
The D.C. Circuit judge who ruled Friday stayed action to give opponents a chance to appeal.


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EXPLORE EDUARDO CHILLIDA AT HAUSER & WIRTH SOMERSET WITH LUNCH
One of the foremost Spanish sculptors of the twentieth century, Eduardo Chillida (1924 – 2002) is widely celebrated for his monumental public sculptures and enduring fascination with interconnected shape, space and organic form. Chillida challenged the constraints of materials such as iron and steel to redefine the language of postwar sculpture, drawing on a deep connection to his native Basque region. Chillida's public sculptures were commissioned globally and he traveled extensively to Paris, Greece, Umbria, Tuscany, Rome and Provence, each informing new artistic paths.
Hauser & Wirth will present a significant body of sculptural works and drawings displayed throughout the original farm buildings and surrounding outdoor landscape in Somerset. The exhibition will invite new encounters between Chillida's work and the unique environment of Hauser & Wirth Somerset, drawing parallels with the artist's own vision for Chillida Leku, a public museum and sculpture park created during his lifetime that expanded the relationship between art and nature. Large and medium-sized sculptures of granite, chamotte clay and iron, will be on view throughout the Threshing Barn, Pigsty, and Workshop galleries. The sculptural presentation will be complemented by a selection of paper works, including suspended Gravitations and figurative drawings verging on abstraction.
Hauser & Wirth supported the reopening of Chillida Leku in 2019 in order to share the artist's life and practice with wider audiences, working closely with Chillida's family and the local community to preserve the artist's legacy. This will be the first cultural exchange project of its kind with the museum and the gallery in the UK, including a collaborative education and events programme over an extended six-month period.
09:20 Meet with Zoe Sperling, Senior Director, at London Paddington train station.
09:37 Train departs for Castle Cary.
11:30 Arrive at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, welcome given by Sarah Bourghardt, Director
and Elly Hawley, Associate Director.
12:00 Lunch at Roth Bar & Grill
13:30 Tour of Eduardo Chillida and Thomas J. Price exhibitions with Sarah Bourghardt
and Elly Hawley.
15:15 Walk to Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset for introduction with Jacqueline Moore,
16:23 Train departs Castle Cary.
18:09 Train arrives at London Paddington.
Durslade Farm Dropping Lane, Bruton Somerset BA10 0NL
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Sustainable Enterprise
HistoryDe Neeff Sibren2019-02-26T14:08:00+00:00
Family business with roots in Lier
Great-grandfather Joseph De Bie founded Drukkerij (printing house) De Bie in 1922 on the Maasfortbaan in Lier. Grandfather Koen worked for his father. His brother Gust started his own printing house a few houses further up. Jef De Bie led grandfather's printing company from 1964 until 1996 when the current generation took over the helm as fourth in line. Great-grandchildren Bart and Johan De Bie grew the printing house to its current size in the Itterbeek industrial area in Duffel.
Antilope, a company owned by the Binnemans family, was founded in 1962 in Antwerp, moved to Lier in 1982, and regularly helped direct new technological developments from there. One example: Antilope was the first to launch the digital revolution in the sector.
In 1922, Joseph De Bie, great-grandfather to the current managers, Bart and Johan, founded the De Bie printing house. He bought a manual platen press and some cabinets with loose lead printing letters. Together with 4 of his sons he went to work, and Drukkerij De Bie at 19 Maasfortbaan in Lier was founded.
In the early period they mainly printed newspapers (Advertising leaflet 'de zoeker' in 1934 and the programme for cinema Roskam, April 1937), booklets (H-family parish booklet 1929) and printed items for occasions
Unlike his 3 brothers, Koen De Bie, grandfather to the current management, stayed on to work in the still very young original printing house. He moved Drukkerij De Bie a few houses further up, to 11 Maasfortbaan. Gust De Bie, the 4th brother, started a Drukkerij De Bie at 5 Maasfortbaan. They were brothers, neighbours and competitors!
Koen De Bie invested in a printing press that was very modern at the time: the Heidelberg Platen Press. During WWII the printing house was forced to shut down for a few years. After 1945 Koen De Bie took up the thread again and re-started Drukkerij De Bie at 11 Maasfortbaan in Lier. He immediately bought a second Heidelberg printing press and a folding machine.
In 1956, the first expansion took place with the purchase of two adjoining houses on the Zaat in Lier. The printing house remained there until April 2002. In that period, Drukkerij De Bie grew into a household name in Lier.
In the early 60's, Jef De Bie (father), named after his grandfather, joined the printing house. This was the 3rd generation at Drukkerij De Bie!
Pa Jef De Bie chose resolutely for the future and invested for the first time in the offset process. The increasing numbers of customers found this to be a successful choice. Soon Jef had to buy a second and larger offset machine.
The printing house and the buildings on the Zaat grew steadily. In 1973 there was an expansion with a new finishing and paper warehouse, in 1984 a film assembly department was added and in 1995 a completely new digital pre-press.
Bart and Johan De Bie, the fourth and current generation of printers, started working their way into the family business in the early 90's. In 1996 they officially took over Drukkerij De Bie LLC operations.
The very first acquisition followed in 1997, when the Mechelen printing company Albers Printing PLC was acquired. A portion of the production then temporarily took place in Mechelen. Manager Joep Albers had no successors and he saw the brothers De Bie as driven professionals who could continue his life's work.
In March 2001, Drukkerij De Bie opened a new SME branch on the Nijverheidsstraat in Duffel-oost. A small, but well situated and environmentally friendly SME zone between Lier and Mechelen. Construction work began in September 2001 and on April 15, 2002 the centralisation and relocation to the new site occurred. At the same time, three modern Heidelberg Speedmaster printing presses were added, more than doubling the printing capacity. In May 2002, a digital pre-press workflow with an automated computer-to-plate machine was added.
In January 2005, the then showpiece, the Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 5-colour printing press, was put into use.
A brand new Speedmaster 4-colour press replaced the Speedmaster 2-colour press in August 2006, which was only 4 years old at the time.
In 2008 Drukkerij De Bie took over Albatros Printing in Boechout. This was an important expansion step and provided a solid synergy for the complementary companies.
After acquiring Albatros Printing, focus went to the expansion of the company's buildings. This took place over a year, and allowed Albatros Printing to find a good 'home' under the wings of Drukkerij De Bie. In 2010, both staff and machines were moved to the Duffel site, which was almost three times larger in terms of size. Environmentally friendly modifications to the infrastructure took priority. Solar panels generate 300,000 kW of electricity for the company. At the same time, three new printing presses are installed, including an 8-colour machine, 5 colours with varnish and a 2-colour machine.
A new opportunity presented itself in August 2010: Drukkerij De Bie commited to furthering Stockmans' calendar production. Stockmans is a specialist in the field of wire-o calendars and this expertise was a welcome addition to Drukkerij De Bie's range of services. Stockmans Kalendars is a household name and market leader in B2B calendars and has therefore maintained its own name.
After several years of fruitful cooperation, it was time to consolidate De Bie and Albatros. Albatros Printing enfolds completely into the large De Bie family.
Drukkerij De Bie is the first in the Benelux to have the Heidelberg Low Energy-UV printing technology in house. Using light for printing and drying is a new process offering many new possibilities, including printing on stickers, tracing paper and static materials. The printed matter dries quickly and is immediately ready for packaging and use. It's a dream!
Foreign customers discover the many assets of this strongly grown family business. To reinforce its international ambitions, Drukkerij De Bie changed its name to De Bie Printing. In August 2015, Peeters & Peeters joined De Bie with the explicit intention of expanding the letterpress capabilities of Peeters & Peeters and to become the market leader in Belgium.
De Bie Printing is the 2016 VOKA (Flanders' Chamber of Commerce and Industry) ambassador. De Bie Printing chose for an environmentally friendly Opel Combo CNG for its smaller and faster deliveries. De Bie printing became a 'recognized internship company 2016-2017'.
Drukkerij Van Goethem acquired by De Bie Printing
Antilope Printing from Lier and the De Bie Printing group from Duffel join forces and form one graphics industry group under the name Antilope De Bie.
Printing house Favorit Printing from Hoboken (Antwerp) joins the Antilope De Bie group in Duffel and Lier.
Antilope De Bie nv
Belgian Address:
Nijverheidsstraat 6
2570 Duffel
TEL + 32 3 491 04 00
info@antilopedebie.be
Open: 8:00 – 17:30
Dutch Address:
H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 6v-4
TEL + 31 20 214 21 09
info@antilopedebie.nl
Tel. + 32 3 491 04 00
Tel. + 31 20 214 21
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