Forget the Velveeta-Ro-Tel blend that many lesser chain restaurants call "queso." Even the best creamy, spicy, fresh quesos can't stand up to Queso Maya at Cafe Maya. It's loaded but not overloaded with black beans, beef and pico de gallo, and floats a few slices of fresh jalapeño. Spicy but not too spicy, beefy but not too heavy, it's one of our favorite appetizers in town. Stir it or leave it be, but be sure to share unless you want to ruin your appetite with the generously sized bowl. Or you could just slurp it up like soup. Tempting ... very tempting.
When Oak opened earlier this year it captured the attention of an entire city. Six months later not a lot has changed. Chef Jason Maddy's cooking has been consistently praised, and the restaurant still feels like it's gaining momentum, likely because in addition to great cooking, the menu is relatively affordable. Not that you'd know it by looking at these plates. A daily crudo features a fresh fish that rotates with availability, paired with pickled vegetables and a soy caramel sauce. A pork and octopus dish features tender jowls and tentacles. And a berbere spiced lamb loin accompanies an amazing sweetbread panzanella. That food this good comes in one of Dallas' most comfortable dining rooms doesn't hurt things either.
Jay Jerrier just may be building a dynasty if his recently expanded Deep Ellum pizza restaurant can continue its run. His traditionally topped rounds are as authentic a Neapolitan pizza as you can get in Dallas, while more aggressively topped pies resonate with the pizzas we all grew up on, and occasional special pizzas are works of real culinary creativity. The best seat in the house is always the bar, where you can watch Dino Santonicola, the Italian-born pizza master, work his magic with hundreds of soft and pillowy dough balls. Ninety seconds later that fragile round of dough is a perfect leopard-spotted pizza pie you can pound completely on your own. Swill back a few Peronis while you're at it and take in a Rangers game on the big screen. You'll have a fan to either side of you.
Sharaku, the izakaya next door to Yutaka, only adds to the latter's attraction. Have a seat at Sharaku and grab a cold lager and a skewer threaded with crunchy, gritty chicken cartilage. If you're not inclined toward gristle, you can have a regular piece of chicken instead, but either way the salty grilled snacks are the best way to wake up your palate while you wait for your friends to arrive. With your party assembled, walk next door to Yutaka and hope for seats at the bar. There you'll watch a serious team of sushi pros perch short, thick ribbons of gemstone-fish on rice seasoned with enough sugar and rice vinegar to let you know it's there. Don't order grocery store tuna rolls here. Mackerel, uni and sweet shrimp served with impossibly crunchy, deep-fried heads are where you should spend your time. Finish your meal with a hand-roll. Now you're a sushi professional.
David Chang did a great thing in bringing ramen into new popularity, but he also spurred a lot of idiots who think any bowl filled with noodles, topped off with steaming broth and decorated with condiments will make the grade. Now trendy restaurants offer shoddy bowls of soup that are giving proper ramen a bad rep. Thankfully, Tei An offers a bowl that sets the ramen record straight. Fresh noodles cooked perfectly retain a subtle bite, and broths made from bones and not soup bases taste light but flavorful and are a real pleasure to slurp. Heat it up with a little of the neon-colored chili oil and watch it disappear into the murky bowl. A thin sheet of seaweed adds scents of sea and vegetation while bamboo shoots lend crunch and a chewy texture. A slice or two of roast pork is your reward for making it to the bottom of your bowl, which you certainly will do.
For some reason, seafood restaurants in Dallas generally fall into two categories. The first, like Dallas Fish Market and Oceanaire, peddle high-end fresh grilled fish, seafood towers and $7 beers. Then the hole-in-the-wall restaurants answer with menus that feature an entire aquarium breaded and deep-fried. These places are affordable but they leave a lot to be desired for true seafood lovers. Rex's comes in right in the middle with a casual, open and bright space that features great seafood at decent prices. It's the best place in Dallas to eat oysters from the Gulf and both coasts, and on Fridays serves the city's most promising lobster roll. Lunch service is packed here most days as customers wait for tables to indulge in sauteed fish sandwiches on Empire baked bread topped with crisp salty bacon. Not too bad for a strip mall restaurant in Northeastern Texas.
Bring a fan, a cooler filled with 10 pounds of ice and a gallon of water. When it's cold outside, it's hot in La Nueva Fresh & Hot, and when it's hot outside, the small Webb Chapel tortilla factory and taquería is roughly the temperature of the surface of the sun. The air conditioning is dodgy here, but it's the tortilla-making machine that causes the real heat. The massive, squeaking twittering machine turns out hundreds of pounds worth of corn tortillas at a time all while belching heat out into the small swampy storefront. Tortillas don't get any fresher, and La Nueva's are soft, pliable and almost as light as air. Order yours with the guisado verde and sample a variety of salsas on the counter while you wait for your tacos. Each is available to take home if you like it, and pounding spicy salsa will help keep your mind off the heat. When you do get your bounty break for your car and crank the A/C. La Neuva is missing tables as badly as climate control but the tacos are worth it. The green pork stew topped with spicy salsa is the best taco available in Dallas.
Falafel has gotten a bad reputation thanks to the many Middle Eastern restaurants that fry pre-made fritters of pre-mixed batches of chickpea dough long before a customer places an order. Not Charbel Hamad. The owner and operator of Fadia Bakery wants you to focus on his handmade sweets, but it's hard to listen to him with falafel as good as his. It starts with a recipe Hamad got from his brother. He soaks dried chickpeas overnight and then runs them through a meat grinder before folding minced cilantro, parsley, onion, jalapeño and garlic into the mix. Baking soda and a blend of spices, however, don't get added until just before you place your order. Hamad claims his process is the secret to his falafels' texture, but whatever the cause, the results are a fluffy, savory package encased in an impossibly crunchy exterior. Order the falafel sandwich and no more than one side. Hamad is right when he says the sweets are worth saving room for.
Dallas doesn't exactly have a reputation as a baking town. A sea of sandwich shops selling hoagies on flaccid rolls, a dearth of bagels and a general lack of Old World bakeries have cast the city in a negative baking light. The folks at Empire Baking Company are trying to change that image, though, crusty baguette by crusty baguette. Forget the soft, lifeless bread you find at most grocery stores and get ready to embrace bread with personality. Their baguettes sport a crisp dark brown crust that takes real work to get through, but grab a knife and take a look inside the loaf. See all those irregular holes? Smell that complex bouquet of grain that's not hindered by too much yeast? This is the bread that artisans in Europe have spent centuries perfecting. That this much quality comes from the hands of Chris Cutshall makes the bread even more amazing; he's trained as a chef, not a master baker, and he produces the best loaves in Dallas.
The "mom and pop" label has been thrown about so much it now describes just about any small business that's not owned by Walmart. There are still a few restaurants around town, though, that are not just family-run but owned and operated by an actual mom and pop. Mesa has been rocking Oak Cliff's authentic Mexican cooking scene for more than a year now and Raul and Olga Reyes seem only to be gaining momentum. Their small restaurant has given way to an expanded footprint with a large outdoor patio that's perfect for a quiet dinner al fresco, and a lounge next door that will keep you drinking till last call. Don't think all this growth has changed the identity of this place a bit, though. Go see for yourself. On any given night you'll find Raul working the front of the house while Olga keeps the kitchen in line, pouring their hearts into what is definitely a family affair.
While beef sourcing, ageing and handling can have huge influences on the meat that lands on your plate high-end steak houses, all end up serving about the same thing: steak cooked your requested shade and a big fat check. Nick and Sam's has a few differentiators, and their biggest is the steak sauce. Chef Samir Dhurandhar wanted to do something different for the condiment so he leaned on his Indian roots to gather tamarind, caramelized onions, cumin, ginger and charred tomatoes. It's basically a sexed-up hyper refined tamarind chutney. The mixture is cooked over a low and slow flame for three days of reduction it rests in a Jack Daniel's whiskey barrel for 10 days. The results are dark as pitch and require a little lemon and honey to wake things up but all the labor is worth it. Dhurandhar's steak sauce is so complex and intense you only need to dip the smallest corner of a piece of steak into the massive gravy boat of sauce to fill your mouth with flavor.
Dallas is basically flooded with margarita mix. Actually, the entire country is. It makes you wonder why politicians waste time on health care and jobs when they should be campaigning on platforms of margarita reform in an effort to root out the sharp, tart and cloying versions made with bottled mix. If they needed a figurehead, Meso Maya's cocktail would suit nicely. Served over rocks, or up if you like, the drink garners its sweetness naturally from a small wedge of pineapple, and muddled avocado lends the drink body, viscosity and a creaminess that may look a little odd but goes down smooth. Try one with fried tortilla chips and salsa that actually bring some personality to the table. Fresh tomatoes, roasted chiles and a subtle warm glow will stoke your desire for a second drink before you've even finished your first.


To keep local children fed and ready for school the next day, LA Unified officials are hoping to expand the program that serves dinners to students who remain at school hours after the final bell.
Already 76,000 meals a day are provided around dinner time at 584 schools in the district's After School Supper Program, usually for children who are not picked up until 6:30 or 7 p.m., said Laura Benavidez, Deputy Director of Food Services at LAUSD.
Benavidez said the district estimates that more than 140,000 students stay after school in some capacity. Many remain for athletic programs or band practice, or they are part of after-school programs such as Beyond the Bell or LA's Best. Those are the students whom LAUSD wants to offer meals to, under the guidelines of the national Healthy Hunger-Free Act, which sets healthy guidelines for school meals across the country.
The dinners are available for any child between the ages of 3 and 19.
"If a child is picked up at school, and there are siblings, they can have a meal, too," Benavidez said.
The meals, according to federal guidelines, have a protein, fruit, grain and dairy component. The district is trying to figure out ways to make the meals more attractive to the students, mostly from low-income communities.
Also, the extra federal money that comes from serving the meals at the schools can help pay for the cost of personnel in the after-school programs, Benavidez said.


The following program solves the subset sum problem.
You can click on the grid to cycle through solutions.
We declare two arrays of twenty elements. The 'numbers' array contains the numbers in the set which we will assign at runtime. The 'members' array contains booleans representing whether the number at that index is in the subset.
We then set the 'sum' to 0 and iterate through the array of numbers. We look up whether the number is a member of the subset. If it is, we add it to the sum. Finally, we expose all of the variables in our program as we can access them at runtime.
This program uses each from the standard library. It makes use of the ^ modifier to change the scope of the function in order to access the 'sum' variable. It also uses the ternary form of a conditional.


Includes only one end table, chess pieces sold separately.
This beautiful dark walnut brown end table from RC Willey is much more than meets the eye.
Easily flip over the reversible tabletop and instantly you have a chess board ready to begin a game of chess or checkers. No more dealing with bent or ripped playing boards, boxes, loose pieces, or making room on your table... it's all built in! Now you can instantly turn a mundane day inside lounging on the couch into an intellectually stimulating campaign against your friends or family members. Done playing for the day? Just slide those chess pieces into the storage compartment underneath the tabletop and flip it back over. Complement this end table with a nice lamp or some photo frames of your loved ones and no one will know what inconspicuous secrets lie beneath this seemingly average yet strikingly beautiful surface.


Dancehall videos including reggae is the recording of a short movie clip for a song done by an artiste or group.In most video clips, there are a lot dancing and drama being displayed.
These are consider to be very important to most artiste. The reason is that even though they might have a very popular song in rotation if the clip is not done, most of the time it will not make it onto the international scene.
Here we have added a few dancehall reggae music videos, and we will continue to update this list.
Dancehall artiste Jafrass Up & Up Music Video - Dancehall artiste Jafrass drops the official video for his hard-hitting gritty single "Up & Up".
Dancehall artiste Konshens Bassline Official Video - Dancehall artiste Konshens drops the official video for his track titled "Bassline".
Salty's Tic Toc A Hit In Jamaica's Parties and Night Clubs - One of the hottest party song presently in Jamaica (2016) is the remix to Salty Tic Toc on the Crash Riddim.
Hottest Dancehall Reggae Music Videos - Dancehall videos including reggae is the recording of a short movie clip for a song done by an artiste or group.
Video Spotlight: Vybz Kartel "EVERYBODY" and Aidonia "NUH BORING GYAL"
This is the official video for Red Square DJ Xyclone and Deva Bratt. Watch video below..
Joseph Cotton "Michael JACKSON was Bad"


Stress has become a regular part of our life these days, and we need to deal with it in one way or another. The problem is that stress doesn't limit at the emotional suffering, and in higher levels can lead to heart diseases, more exactly heart attacks and cardiovascular problems.
What Are the Latest Studies Showing?
Researchers from Sweden had conducted a study on 137,000 people with stress-related disorders. The study was realized on siblings with diagnoses like post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress after a traumatic event. The data taken from the ones that participated in the survey were the rates of cardiovascular disease, blood clots and compared them. After that, the conclusion was that the siblings with stress disorder had higher rates of heart problems compared to their brothers.
When Does Stress Become a Real Problem?
The problem begins when you start to experience stress responses activation even when it's not the case. So this will depend on how we respond to stress, like the fight-or-flight stress response that's activated in many cases. In the PTSD cases, these systems are enabled at all the wrong times. Moreover, another study shows that depression, anxiety, and stress will always increase the risk of cardiovascular events.
What Should We Do Against Stress?
Take note that a long term, repeated, persistent stress can activate the immune system and contribute to inflammation that can cause atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis is happening when the arteries narrow and limits the blood flow, and that it's the path to a heart attack. So we want to live as long as possible, and if we're going to prevent this from happening, we must try to implement simple habits like exercise, a healthy diet, a right attitude, more time in nature, and good relationships.
Each one of those habits has benefits. Exercise gives you an extra boost in mental health, friendships will boost our moods, meditation can help you reduce blood pressure, and the fuel for a healthy body should come from clean and fresh sources like fruits and vegetables.


This season, D&G brought back the silk scarf patten on the catwalk, translated into dresses, blouses, shorts, shoes etc. It was the last collection of the label D&G and they definitely didn't go unnoticed. It was the traditional Hermès foulard reshaped.
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and to be his servants,all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and hold fast my covenant—these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer;their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel,I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.
What struck me the most were the particular examples used of 'outsiders' who could be gathered in were eunuchs and foreigners. From the context in the poem, both groups are 'outcasts of Israel'. Now God says that the eunuchs will be given: "a monument and a name better than sons and daughters;" and the foreigners: [God] will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar."
Both groups are assured of not being separated or cut off* from God's people as long as they keep the sabbath and the covenant and refrain from doing evil.
I wonder if part of the reason they would have a 'name better than sons or daughters' is because, presumably, they chose the relationship with God and a commitment to the covenant. Unlike the children of Israel, who were raised in the faith and learned from birth all of the rituals and rules of the faith. The outsiders bring other traditions and life experience with them, and yet still choose to bind themselves to this particular God and the way of life that entails.
I was raised as an Episcopalian, not quite from the cradle since I was a toddler before my mom got around to baptizing me, and other than a brief experiment with Tarot Cards when I was in college, I've been an Episcopalian my entire life. To some extent, I have always been 'in'^. At least, I've always known the rituals, what books to use, when to stand, when to come up to the altar, etc. There has never been a time when the ritual life of the church was foreign to me. However, I think that, similar the way that learning a second language can enrich my understanding of my first language, coming to an understanding of God and with God later in life can enrich that relationship.
The closest I have come to that feeling, is to attend Anglican worship services in other countries and in languages that I am not fluent in. The structure of the worship that I am familiar with is still there, but all of the little details are different. The cues I am used to aren't there and it changes the experience of worship for me. Nearly every time, it has made the experience both more powerful and awesome. It has given me a window into the massive mystery that is God, in a way that going to my home church did not.
For me, this reading has a similar effect. Just when I think I've got God in a box and that I understand everything about my faith and relationship with God; God unfolds another aspect of gods-self and enfolds me in a Mystery.
For all of the complexity of God, the relationships are always simple: Love and inclusion are at the heart of them.
*Apparently either the translator or the original writer couldn't resist a little word play.
^With the exception that as a queer/bi person there have been times when I had to stand up for my place in 'my' faith.


TGF: When you first found out that you got the role as "Grace Williams" How excited were you?
Teilor: I knew it was something special but i was only eight and i had no idea what to expect. I was new to acting and i had never done anything like this before. So I was really excited, but had no clue it would be this awesome..
TGF: How would you describe each of your co-stars?
Teilor: Way too many to describe each one but they are all pretty hilarious, amazingly cool people, and super talented.
TGF: You're going into high school next year, are you excited about it?
Teilor: Uhhhh, I'm anxiously excited…..but I'd much rather spend my days on set. lol.
TGF: Everyone keeps asking this and i figured i'd ask..Do you have a public snapchat?
TGF: Now that you're pretty well known thanks to the show, how does it feel knowing that you have soo many fan pages and even a fan website?
Teilor: It's a pretty awesome feeling to know that i have so many people who support me and the show.
Q: What's the weirdest fan thing that's happened to you?
Teilor: There has been a few interesting ones but in general mostly everyone's been cool.
Q: What's your favorite part about living in Hawaii?
Teilor: Hawaii is like living in paradise. I love it all but my favorite part is being able to go to the beach any day of the year.
Q: If becoming an actress wasn't your first choice, what would you like to be instead?
Teilor: Well.. since i'm only 13 and acting/modeling is all I have really thought about, I'm not too sure, haha. I would love to end up doing something that helps others in need, but I really don't know what yet.
Q: Would you like to meet the owners of your fanpages?
Teilor: Yes, That would be awesome. hopefully, one day!
Q; Is it scary to be up in the air for cheer or are you pretty used to it?
Teilor: No its more of a rush than scary… i like to really challenge myself when it comes to stunting and tumbling. I also have complete trust in my bases and coaches so its more of an excitement/rush flying than scary.
Q: How would you describe yourself in 5 words?
Teilor: Energetic, Wild, Caring, Positive, and Outgoing.
Q: Besides cheerleading and acting, what else do you enjoy doing?
Teilor: I enjoy going to the beach, shopping and hanging out with friends.
Q: Why do you and your family call yourselves #teamADD?


So, in the interests of actually blogging (with pictures…) before even more time passes, I'm officially ignoring what day of the week it is (I've been turned around so many times the only way I now know what day it is is because I'm dogsitting).
I also forgot to take crafting pictures before I left Bristol, so instead you're all going to get my Salisbury crafts.
Starting with this giant blanket. I tend not to do anything straight when I can help it, so this is deliberately knit diagonally (or as close to diagonally I can get without turning it into mitred squares).
The other main WIP I have here is the butterfly fairy.
I'm working this right to left because the pattern is too wide for the scroll rods. It's going to take agessss to finish (see reasons above). But it's kinda hard to mind enough to actually move this to Bristol because it's so big and would still take ages to finish. This way I get to pretend to myself that it would get finished earlier if I actually worked on it…Please note that isn't actually the bottom yet…this thing is BIG.
And those are my two WIPs in Salisbury. Quite often I bring other projects (like the cross stitch seagull I brought this time), but they really *live* in Bristol and travel with me, whereas these two stay in Salisbury all the time. Next time while I'm still here I might show off what stash is here as a reference for myself!
I also promised a look at the bag of scraps I have on Friday.
Who here does scrappy projects? How do you manage to keep the number of ball ends under control??? Any tips to share? Do you go for approximate number of squares, or number of balls or some other system? Or jsut not worry about it and if you run out you knit some other things?
I am knitting a scrappy sock-yarn blanket using hexagons (this pattern on ravelry). You cast on/pick up stitches, and then knit from the outside in to make hexagons. You finish by cutting the yarn, drawing it through the stitches (like for hats), and then secure the yarn on the WS.
There are lots of different possibilities for scrap projects (mitred squares, hexagons, hexipuffs, apple cores…), but I decided on hexagons after a bit of thought. I didn't want to pay for hexipuffs, and even though I could probably have come up with a version by myself, I didn't want it stuffed. I want a blanket rather than a quilt/duvet. I didn't like the way you keep adding to the blanket for mitred squares, rather than being able to make some on the go and add them later, and I didn't like the sewing for apple cores. With this hexagon pattern, the plan is to make sets of 3 rows, and then attach them at home with another row of hexagons. It will also be easy to replace individual parts when they start wearing, again without any sewing!
So far I have 7 and a bit hexagons, and it takes me just over a day to make one. That will drop when I get my act together and start on Christmas presents, but still!


I've just compiled the body of the innermost loop.
Note that changing from your For structures to eg Tables won't help much because most of the time is spent inside the innermost loop anyway (I tried, the change is around 10% faster).
Note also that I don't actually understand what this is supposed to do, nor do I understand what it actually does. So I just literally took what you wrote and moved things around so as to compile. There could be easy ways to make it faster (I don't mean algorithmic, but rather tricks that may or may not apply depending on what is going on).
And finally, all I did was check that it gives a similar-looking plot.
> OK. After I got the right answer I timed the two implementations.
> expected my implementation to be slower but not 125X slower!
> I realize that I still approach things from the procedural point of view.
> Now, for my code defining "NthBasisRecursive"
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Pamela and Matthew are true childhood sweethearts - they met in elementary school and fell in Love. Pamela, left Matthew with a lasting impression - his first kiss. :) Check out their simple and elegant wedding at the Wadsworth Mansion in August!


While in the past tattoos were seen as taboo, nowadays it's rare to meet someone who doesn't have a tattoo. The people's mindset, especially in rebellious youngsters has radically shifted in recent years, and the tattoos are not seen just as fashion, but as a form of self-expression and identification.
However, many researchers found that the longer that self-expression stays on the skin, the more damage that it does to the body. Even though the people are aware of this risk, the popularity of tattoos increases, which really doesn't make a sense of understanding the problems.
In a case of a 30-year old woman from Australia, the reactions were shown by the appearance of the small lumps under her arms, but after the body scan doctors discovered that there were similar enlarged lymph nodes in her chest.
According to Dr. Christian Bryant from Sydney, 99% of doctors will recognize the symptoms of lymphoma. However, this woman was experiencing no other symptoms of lymphoma. Looking for the other causes of those symptoms, doctors investigated the 15-year old black ink tattoo covering her back, and a more recent tattoo on her left shoulder. They found out that her inflamed lymph nodes were caused by a reaction to the old ink in her body. It happened when her immune cells found the tattoo pigment and then they ingested it and traveled from the skin to the lymph nodes over a period of years.
Why that reaction was after 15 years was a real mystery to the doctors, too. But, they believe that the pigment is too large for these cells to eat and digest, and this is why they're still there many years later.
What Is Inside Tattoo Ink?
For many people injecting ink into the body is just a fun, without understanding that it can be hazardous.
The tattoo ink contents more than 100 colorants and 100 additives, which have been found to contain hazardous chemicals. Many of those chemicals do not comply with international health and safety standards.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, many pigments used in tattoo inks are industrial-grade colors suitable for printers' ink or automobile paint, which is really shocking.
Having in mind those kinds of ingredients, it's not surprising that many people face a different kind of symptoms after getting a tattoo. However, in most of the cases, people report only a mild irritation in the form of a rash, redness or bumps around the area of the tattoo, in a short period of time after getting inked.
In some cases, people may experience an infection, followed by high fever, chills, shaking, and sweats. Some people are required to treat these infections with antibiotics, or even they're hospitalized and/or undergo surgery. Also, there are allergic reactions that appear in the form of a rash, and because the ink is permanent these reactions may persist.
Another side effect when you get a tattoo is the appearance of scars. Around the material that your body sees as foreign you can experience small bumps, which could make your tattoo uncomfortable, something that you perhaps weren't expected.
There are, of course, some people who experience more severe reactions, such as bacterial infections, acute allergic reactions, as well as a skin pigmentation disorders. However, the risk of cancer from tattoo procedures has been not excluded.
Even with the understanding of the risks, many people are inflexible on expressing themselves through that kind of art on their body. So, if that is the route you're taking, you should take the measures to protect yourself in order to minimize the risk and to keep yourself safe.
This part is perhaps the most important of the tattoo process. In case you want to choose someone who has a good reputation, first is good to check his/her client references, making sure that past clients were satisfied with the service. You can also, if possible, try to meet the artist and visit the studio beforehand.
The parlor should be up to your standard, and both, the artist and the parlor should comply with state and local laws. Visiting the parlor before booking your appointment will provide you with the information about the place, how clean it is, and do they take measures for disinfection.
First of all, you should know what you are putting in your body, and learn about the side-effects that you may experience. By knowing those side effects, you will be better prepared to take care of yourself in the event of an emergency.
The organizations like Pigment Research and European Society of Tattoo have spent a great amount of time learning about the art of tattooing and offered knowledge and guidance to the public. So, before investing in a tattoo, take advantage of these resources to learn as much as you can.
For all of you who already have a few old tattoos, be aware that problems can arise later. Try to be informed, which is the most important aspect when choosing to do anything that's permanent.


One of our favorite cakes is this very rich chocolate one developed by Lindsey Shere, the founding pastry chef at Chez Panisse. To mitigate the intensity of the chocolate flavor, we sometimes serve this tender and rich cake with lightly sweetened whipped cream, flavored with vanilla or Chartreuse, or an ice cream such as Cognac or vanilla. However, it is especially good with this slightly spicy, creamy, Sicilian-style sabayon.
Make the cake: Butter a 9-inch cake pan and line the bottom with a round of parchment or waxed paper. Butter the paper and dust the pan with flour, shaking out the excess.
Place the butter in a mixing bowl and heat over barely simmering water. While the butter melts, chop the chocolate into small pieces. Add the chocolate to the butter and stir occasionally until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is very smooth. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
Whisk the egg yolks with a wire whisk until just blended and beat in the sugar until just mixed. Whisk the yolks into the warm chocolate mixture and fold in the flour.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy. Add the cream of tartar (if you are not using a copper bowl) and continue beating until soft, rounded peaks form. Fold the egg whites quickly into the chocolate mixture, taking care not to deflate them.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes. The cake is done when the sides are set but the center of the cake is still soft.
Remove from the oven and cool completely in the pan. The cake will develop cracks in the top as it bakes, and more will appear as it cools, but this is normal. When the cake has cooled to room temperature, you may cover the pan tightly with foil if you are not serving it right away. It will keep for a day or two.
Make the sabayon: Combine the chopped raisins and 1 Tbsp. of the Marsala in a small bowl and set aside to soften.
Have a stainless-steel mixing bowl ready in an ice bath.
Warm the remaining Marsala over low heat in a heavy-bottomed nonreactive saucepan.
In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until the yolks are very pale in color and form a slowly dissolving ribbon when the whisk is lifted. Whisk in the warm Marsala and return the mixture to the saucepan.
Continue beating constantly over low heat until the mixture thickens and wisps of steam arise from the surface, about 5 minutes. Immediately pour the mixture into the bowl on ice. (Be careful not to scrape any coagulated egg from the bottom of the saucepan.) Whisk until cool.
In another bowl, whip the cream just until soft peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the egg mixture. Add the raisins and cinnamon.
The sabayon may be refrigerated, but should be used within a couple of hours.
To serve: Unmold the cake, peel off the paper, and place the cake on a plate, the more presentable side up. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with the sabayon.


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Former AC Mayor Questions Future Of North Jersey Casinos If Referendum Fails
By J.R. DurenUpdated on January 8, 2020
As New Jersey's November casino referendum draws near, more voices — like irons to the fire — are being added to the discussion.
This past week state Sen. Jim Whelan, once the mayor of Atlantic City, joined gaming analyst Cory Morowitz to discuss why he is opposed to expanding New Jersey's casino locations beyond AC. NorthJersey.com's John Brennan talked with Whelan about the various issues surrounding the referendum.
Whelan has said in the past he'd be open to casinos in North Jersey. However, during his interview he seemed to think pro-referendum support would take a potentially disastrous hit if NJ residents were decisive in their "no" vote.
"A lot depends on how badly the referendum is defeated," he told Brennan, "meaning it will be difficult for supporters to regroup quickly for another try if the public seems dead-set against North Jersey casinos via a lopsided vote."
Earlier this summer he was more decisive in his opposition, saying the referendum was "no good" for New Jersey.
Morowitz casts pretty picture for AC's future
Atlantic City's financial woes have been well-publicized, and perhaps it's this still-stinging wound (and concerns of cannibalization) that has casino owners and AC leaders reinforcing the front lines on the issue.
This understandable doubling-down on blocking the referendum has also had a complementary side-effect: leaders like Morowitz are talking about Atlantic City's possibly prosperous future.
He thinks AC's lodging capacity and convention space make it a legitimate contender against Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
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Past study says adding two North NJ casinos dangerous for AC
The past few months have seen some positive signs for Atlantic City, alongside the negative (like Trump Taj Mahal's possible closure).
Casino revenues have been up or relatively steady (for the most part). The city avoided a state takeover when Gov. Chris Christie signed a bailout package that gave AC five months to get its budget balanced.
As such, it seems that casino and city leaders are leveraging one particular study that paints quite a gloomy picture amid the enthusiasm and attempts at self-preservation. The study, presented at the East Coast Gaming Congress this May, projected that two new casinos in the north could lead to the loss of more than 20,000 jobs and the closure of three to five casinos in the south.
Polls predict failure for referendum
In the meantime, public support for the referendum seems to be wavering as well. In June, a poll from Quinnipiac showed a 48-48 split on the vote. However, one month later, a Fairleigh Dickinson poll revealed that only 35 percent of respondents were in favor of allowing up to two casinos to open in North Jersey.
PublicMind's director went as far as to say that opinions in favor of expansion have always been meager, at best.
About J.R. Duren
A three-time winner of the Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism contest, J.R. Duren works as a freelance writer with a focus on the NJ online gambling and online casino industry. He writes for a number of publications, including Bespoke Post, Our Amazing Norway, Barcelona Metropolitan, Snooth, and the Villages Daily Sun.
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Three students from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) were on September 27, 2018 rewarded after clinching top honours in the coveted Bayer innovation competition. The initiative was sponsored by Bayer East Africa Limited in collaboration with JKUAT.
Under the initiative, students were required to come up with innovative ideas that would be implemented in the agriculture sector.
Mellany Metah, Mary Gladys Waweru and Brian Pondi who were first second and third respectively, were selected after beating over 50 contestants in a thesis themed 'Addressing Smallholder Farming Challenges through Innovations' which was submitted to Bayer East Africa Limited and vetted by the Bayer East Africa Limited and JKUAT on potential actualization of the projects.
Mellany Metah, a fifth year Electrical and Electronics Engineering student, was awarded with a recognition trophy, a three-month internship program at both Bayer East Africa limited and its headquarters in Germany, while also receiving grants for implementing her project.
This was after her idea of creating a mobile application that disseminates analytical data and insightful information on weather patterns and climatic conditions in the user's region emerged as the most realistic, new and practical in relation to the challenges the small holder farmers were facing.
Mary Gladys Waweru, a fourth year undergraduate student of Information Technology will also undertake a three-month internship program at Bayer East Africa besides a Ksh. 50,000 cheque. She came up with a mobile image recognition application that captures plant diseases by taking a picture and gives proper curative and preventive measures a farmer should take to solve the problem and suggested treatment chemicals.
Brian Pondi, who is a Computer Systems postgraduate student, received a recognition trophy and Ksh. 25,000 cheque for his idea of creating location-aware recommender system for seed varieties and crop types, which combines Geographic Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence to notify farmers which crops to plant and the best seed varieties for maximum yield.
Bayer East Africa Managing Director, Mr. Eric Bureau, congratulated all the participants for taking up the challenge; while lauding the partnership for improving the livelihood of small holder farming and boosting food security in the country.
Addressing the scholars, Deputy Registrar, Academic Affairs, Mr. J. M Kamau, who was representing the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi, also congratulated all the participants and called for more similar initiatives which directly benefit the students and the country.
Present during award ceremony was Mr. Phillip Oyier, the Coordinator of the initiative and Mr. Anthony Maina, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Bayer East Africa Ltd.


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Bayside announce signing to Hopeless Records
Jared Stossel August 16, 2013
Hopeless Records has been on a roll recently. After announcing that it signed Neck Deep and Taking Back Sunday, the label made an announcement stating that they have also signed Bayside to their roster.
Hopeless Records released a statement about the signing: "With the signing of Bayside, we have solidified what will be one of the biggest year's in Hopeless Records history. We are so excited to work with our long time friends and can not wait for fans to see what is in store."
Bayside vocalist Anthony Raneri made the following statement as well: "In our 13 years as a band we have released records through a bunch of labels and different situations. When we were looking for a label this time around, we really set out to find a label that could be our last label. We wanted to be somewhere that was actually emotionally invested in their bands no matter what the bands potential or situation was. Hopeless really had the family vibe that we were looking for. We have already had friends on the label and we hit it off with the staff on a personal level immediately. It is nice to have a label that feels like a member of your team instead of a third party."
What do you think of the band signing to Hopeless? Let us know in the comments section!
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Last time I reviewed a Nature's Pure product I lamented that it cost me around $6.50 for a four pack. Well a couple week's later and they're on sale for $4.50, a much more reasonable price. For those jerks that only read this site for the ONE soda review you need in a pinch, Nature's Pure makes organic sodas. For those of you who read this each time a review is posted you already knew that… also I'd like to shake your hand.
In the same awesome tiny (8oz) glass bottle as before, Nature's Pure Organic Cola's label theme is red. Has Coke done such a good job that we now associate cola with red or did Nature's Pure just feel that red best represented their cola. The world may never know, although I'm pretty sure it's the former.
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That's a tasty little drink. Cola is unmistakably the taste that hits my tongue and makes me smirk a bit. I'm not sure why they don't have "Have a Nature's Pure Organic Cola and a Smirk" as their slogan because it would be perfect.
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Kubernetes has become ubiquitous when deploying distributed applications in the Cloud, especially when it comes to highly performant enterprise infrastructures. An example of such applications that fit very well in a k8s infrastructure are web apps that use the microservice architecture.
In the past 5 years most of the new software projects have used Kubernetes. This was also the case with Softelligence, as we witnessed Kubernetes become the global de-facto tool used in new software applications.
With an experience of over 16 years in the software development area, Edwin was appointed as Head of Software Development in June 2022. He confesses this was a smooth transition, as his previous activities were similar to what he does today.
Managed by Softelligence, but seamlessly integrated into your Engineering unit, we provide dedicated Agile software engineering teams, to build software independently or augment your existing product teams
Join us and global executives for the World Intelligent Insurance Summit in Berlin, Germany, on October 20th and 21st, 2022.
TINtech, 155 Bishopsgate, LONDON, 11 October 2022
We're gearing up for #TINTech 2022 by The Insurance Network, taking place physically on 11 Oct. 2022. Our team is looking forward to sharing insights on how our expertise can overcome the challenges around data quality, availability, and 'leveragability' to unlock the benefits of analytics and automation.
CIO Council HYBRID EVENT – 10th EDITION, 6 October 2022
We are eager to join this year's CIO Council National Conference 2022 themed CIO IN METAVERSE AND AUGMENTED REALITY.
Modern Data Warehouse Solution
Significant value can be derived from a modern data warehouse solution as it enables data experimentation. This is an essential component of a cross-functional data-driven organizational culture that relies heavily on the intersection of the Business and IT functions within a large company such as our customer's.
Improving Code Quality: steps and best practices
In this article, we will discuss some necessary steps to implement this procedure and the best methods for using it.
Mihaela Chirapleș is one of the first employees of Softelligence. She started as an HR specialist when the company had only 30 employees and now she is the Site Manager for the Bucharest office, overseeing 150 colleagues.
There is one thing that drives Daniel Jinga in his role as a Consulting Director at Softelligence. His focus is to help financial services companies enhance their customer and employee experience through Business Transformation.
Data-Driven Industry 4.0 pilot projects for a world-leading manufacturing company
Our customer is a Fortune 100 company with more than 127,000 employees worldwide. They needed to increase the RTY (rolled throughput yield in terminology Six Sigma is a kind of factory efficiency metric) calculated for the first two cycles of production in a manufacturing plant, and to switch from SAS to Azure. In response to our customer's request, we have formulated two pilot projects: factory digitization leveraging Big Data and creating a ccorecard for sales metrics to follow the rate of won opportunities of each month vs. the current year.
We are exhibiting | Seize the opportunity | MGAA 2022 CONFERENCE
It has long been held that the strength of MGAs is their agility and flexibility and it is perhaps that which has led to their survival and growth during these difficult times and hard market conditions.
Best Employer Fest , 08 June 2022
We are looking forward to the #BestEmployerFest powered by the HR Manager magazine on 08 June 2022. Andreea Fasui, Softelligence HR Manager, and representatives from other companies will join a panel discussion to share their visions on the employee experience process and the HR world in practice.
TIN tech, 21st June 2022 (virtual)
We're gearing up for #TINTech 2022 by The Insurance Network taking place on 21st June 2022. Our team is looking forward to sharing insights on how our expertise can overcome the challenges around data quality, availability, and 'leveragability' to unlock the benefits of analytics and automation.
CIO Talks. Digital Transformation. Digital Twin, AI and Business Intelligence
Real-time data-driven decision-making is a strategic core competence to drive competitive advantage in the digital age. But how do we manage the increasing velocity, volume, value, variety, and veracity of this 'big data' and enable the business to gain actionable insight and value at the speed it needs?
Using Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics to improve the loan origination process in Banking and Leasing
To decide whether an application needs a middle or top management review we used new optimized criteria and we tracked the portfolio in a streamlined way using interactive dashboards to better understand the impact of the new criteria real-time.
Deploying Advanced Analytics for a large customer in the Oil & Gas industry in Romania
Our customer is one of the most important Oil & Gas companies in Romania with a presence of over 20 years in the market. The organisation needed to increase average revenue per customer, stimulate cross-sell and upsell and encourage an increase in the utilization rate of loyalty points across a nationwide marketing program.
TIN Digital Claims, 28th April 2022
We're gearing up for the Digital Claims powered by The Insurance Network on April 28th, 2022, in London. Softelligence will sponsor the ESG and claims session and our experts will explain how to develop a successful strategy using AI-driven claims management.
A New Edition of the Software Engineering Internship Program for Craiova students
Are you studying computer science or computer engineering in Craiova? Or maybe Informatics? Apply for the new edition of our Software Engineering paid program dedicated to students based in Craiova. By applying to this program you will have the opportunity to train with senior architects in modern software practices and career development, develop technical & teamwork skills, and by the end of this program start a career in IT and have a clear vision of what it is like to build software that matters.
Leader Profile - Adrian Blidarus' Interview with Careers Magazine
One of the most important qualities of a leader is vision. In any business process and decision, when all other requirements are met, it is the vision that makes the difference and influences the choice. Find out more in the interview below about why is the vision important to achieve excellence in an interview given to Florentina Caraiman for Revista Cariere by Adrian Blidăruș, CEO of Softelligence.
ACCELERATION. Towards a Terrestrial Centred Design for AI
Human-Centred Design is most often defined as a process or approach, commonly used in design and management frameworks that develop solutions by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process. But what does it mean to "resonate" and to "co-respond" for a company that offers AI-based solutions, not just at the internal level, but also at the external level?
Softelligence joins the Red Cross campaign "Humanity has no borders" and supports people fleeing the terrible war in Ukraine
Humanity is about kindness and solidarity. About life and hope. Softelligence joins the Red Cross campaign "Humanity has no borders" and supports people fleeing the terrible war in Ukraine.
The Python & React Academy, a new Softelligence Engineering training program for students in Craiova, Romania
Are you ready to start your career in software engineering? We invite you to apply for our new Softelligence Engineering Paid Internship Program, dedicated to students based in Craiova, Romania. It is a new paid program, focused on Python, React, and AWS technology, and may be the first of its kind dedicated to students in Craiova, using these technologies that are in such high demand on the market.
Softelligence is the main sponsor in the software industry for the Romanian National Robotics Team for another two years
Softelligence continues to sustain Romanian talents and will support the Romanian National Robotics Team AutoVortex for another two years. Recently the National Robotics team won a well-deserved silver trophy at the International Robotics Championship in Saint Petersburg and they will take part in the International Robotics Championships in Libya and South Korea this February.
Optimized forecasting with Machine Learning for one of the largest players in Energy and Utilities
To obtain an accurate consumption forecast, we have taken the historic data of the customer for over 5 years regarding national consumption and using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics. We reached a 3% variation which was a significant improvement compared to the 15% variance obtained in previous forecasting efforts based on the processing of excel macros.
Building a Core Pension Administration
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Data_as_GIFT. Thinking through bits and bytes
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How to evaluate the success of your software engineering relationship
Externalizing your application development to a partner outside of your organization is a challenging and often time-consuming process, but fortunately for you, that part is now over.
Softelligence is expanding regionally by opening a new branch in North Macedonia
Total investment: EUR 1 million, in the next 2 years
"Our aim is to create and expand an Eastern European excellence hub for consulting and digital transformation for companies providing financial services, which will be serving global large customers. In the past three years, Softelligence has been involved in increasingly complex international projects, which are an essential part of turning our customers' visions into reality."
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from your new software engineering partner
Engaging the right development partner can be a challenging process; it is a bit more complex than simply conducting job interviews for various technical openings at your company. Because beyond "filling the gaps" and finding your initial development team, it is important to engage the right organization. A partner.
The support of the Romanian National Robotics Team at Expo 2020 Dubai marks the 3rd Softelligence Generation Tomorrow CSR Program
The support of the Romanian National Robotics Team marks the third project of the CSR program "Generation Tomorrow" and focuses on practical education and innovation. The first three stages of this program, announced in early 2021, have been completed. The second program initiated and supported by the company was "SOS Planet Scholarships".
Softelligence, the main private sponsor of The Romanian National Robotics Team at Dubai Technology Exhibition
Softelligence is the main private sponsor of the Romanian National Robotics Team for its participation in the Dubai 2020 International Technology and Innovation Exhibition. This is the third educational project in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program of the company, called CSR Generation Tomorrow.
Hybrid Knowledge and the Sociality of AI
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known for since long. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
Anthropology and AI or about Pinocchio, Robots and the importance of 'and'
This article represents the materialization of the collaboration between Softellligence and Antropedia, the first of many in a long-term project – one of the few in our country – that will focus on the relationship between anthropology and technology, with emphasis on AI, machine learning, and Big Data.
How to start an external software development engagement effectively
The focus of this article will not be on explaining how to choose a good partner or how to negotiate terms. This article is about what type of projects and people you may want to consider in your organization, as a Client, when outsourcing to a new partner for the first time. It will also help you prepare for some of the questions that your new software engineering partner will most likely ask before moving forward with your collaboration.
Softelligence supports SOS Planet Scholarships within the "Generation Tomorrow" CSR program
SOS Planet Scholarships is an educational project initiated by the SOS Satele Copiilor Romania Association and supported by Softelligence within the "Generation Tomorrow" CSR program.
MLOps: Enabling Data Science to Shine
2021 has been called by some IT industry actors "the year of Machine Learning", heralding the time when ML predictions become the norm in almost all industries and sectors around the globe.
The Softelligence Software Engineering Internship Program for Craiova students is back
Are you ready to start your career in software engineering? We invite you to apply for an opening with our software development and engineering program in Craiova, Romania.
A Place and Time for Data. An Unlimited Power to Decide.
How and where do you get the right information, at the right time? The answer lies in the symbiosis between man and machine, in a partnership between humans and technology, known as the data-driven digital transformation of business processes.
2021 Softelligence's Growth and Financial Times Ranking | Adrian Blidăruș Interview with Aleph News
Learn more about Softelligence's growth and its ranking in the Technology category, of the 2021 FT1000 Fastest Growing Companies top compiled by Financial Times and Statista in Adrian Blidăruș's Interview with Aleph News.
How does the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive impact the digital identity verification process
Risks of money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and the security of the citizens have always been a major concern for the European Union and remain of paramount importance during the COVID-19 crisis, as well. The anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory landscape continues to evolve.
Softelligence launches << Generation Tomorrow >>, the investments in sustainability through education program
The technology and consulting firm, Softelligence, invests in 2021 in the sustainable development of society through education and innovation and during this year will run the "Generation Tomorrow" CSR program that will include initiatives to support projects with a positive social impact on the medium and long term.
The NASA Perseverance Mars Landing - a Victory for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
This is a success story that could have never been written without the help of Artificial Intelligence. Comprehensive research and expert programming created the "brain" behind the machine's ability to take care of itself and go where no human has ever gone, at least for now.
Softelligence is listed in the 2021 Global Outsourcing 100 for the 2nd consecutive year
It is an honor to announce that we have been selected for the Global Outsourcing 100 list by IAOP for the 2nd consecutive year. It is rewarding to see that our teams' passion and hard work in digital transformation consulting and delivery in the US and Europe are recognized globally.
New Investors to Accelerate Growth in 2021 | Adrian Blidăruș Interview with ZF IT Generation for Ziarul Financiar
Adrian Blidărus, Softelligence CEO: "At the end of this year, I'd firstly want to have achieved growth. I want to expand our focus to other markets, beyond Great Britain and Central and Eastern Europe, so we will be looking further on to Western markets." Watch the full video interview given to ZF IT Generation's Adrian Seceleanu for Ziarul Financiar.
Softelligence joins UK Finance as an associate member to support the banking and financial services industry in adopting digital solutions
Starting December 2020, we consolidate our commitment to accelerate the digitalization of the financial services industry by announcing our associate membership with UK Finance, a trade association for the banking and financial services sector.
Softelligence has refreshed its visual identity at the end of 2020 and announces a new partnership with Databricks, for banking and insurance industry. At the same time, the team will grow by at least 60 new employees to be recruited during this year.
British Company Wellbeing Science Group Partners With Softelligence for the Development of Innovative Digital Wellbeing Cloud-based Platform
The agreement for product engineering, data analytics and data science services come as a result of an extensive RFI/RFP selection process that surveyed several suppliers, from different geographies, before selecting Softelligence as a preferred development partner for British start-up Wellbeing Science Group.
While 2020 has had its many challenges, I would like to thank each of you for being along for the ride and for taking this journey further so beautifully. At the close of the year, we can all look back at the lessons we've learned and how they have made us stronger, better – together. I hope you agree that our new logo is an echo to this fact.
Driving Value in Difficult Times | Opinion piece by Adrian Blidarus for Startup.info
"I discovered in this pandemic that projects do not have to take so long to be launched, nor do they need to be so bureaucratic. To produce value, you just need an open attitude towards finding solutions and leveraging innovation". Find more in the interview given to the global innovation ecosystem magazine Startup.info by Adrian Blidarus.
Explore data and analytics trends and industry trends that will shape the future in banking and insurance by 2025. Find out how the way that data and analytics are produced and delivered will change over the next five years. More details here.
Lending and Leasing Risk Management Analytics
As a Preferred Solution Supplier for Microsoft Power BI and Gold Data and Analytics Partner, we provide business intelligence, data integration and analytics consulting services to companies in Financial Services and beyond.
Governance in Analytics Part 3: Enterprise Analytics
Understanding the importance of data governance for enterprise analytics. Explore the essentials of governance in Tableau. Read the full article below.
Governance in Analytics Part 2: DataOps
Understand the essentials of a DataOps platform. Find out why citizen developers need IT support and proper governance is a must in the DataOps process. Read the full article below.
Improving customer experience and operational efficiency with personalisation at scale
We recently had the pleasure to join the Managing General Agents' Association in delivering a webinar where our CEO, Adrian Blidarus together with Steven Haasz, Partnerships and European Accounts Director at INSTANDA explored how to improve the customer experience and the operational efficiency with personalisation at scale.
Governance in Analytics Part 1: Self-Service
Understanding the importance of governance in self-service analytics. Find out what to track in a Power BI governance program. Read the full article below.
An Omnichannel InsurTech Solution for the Digital Risk Inspection
Explore the Digital Risk Inspection Concept. Find out how an omnichannel InsurTech solution can support the digital risk inspection concept. More details here.
In order to accelerate growth and remain competitive in the industry, many companies choose to outsource part of their IT services to a reliable and trustworthy partner, often in a different country (nearshore outsourcing) or continent (offshore outsourcing). Read on in this blog article to learn why outsourcing IT services to Romania makes good business sense.
How to digitize your KYC verification process by using a video call software solution to deliver an effortless customer experience
All about Video Call Onboarding procedure. Find out how video-based customer identification process can help in the digital onboarding. Read the post.
The various ways in which the world will be even better after the pandemic | Opinion piece by Adrian Blidarus for Biz Romania
Digital transformation is as much about having the right culture and partnerships as it is about tech itself. Read the full article below.
The State of Software Outsourcing
Understanding the role of software outsourcing. Why companies are outsourcing software engineering work. More details here.
How electronic signature technology enhances business processes
All about Electronic Signature procedure. Find out how Electronic Signature technology can help the customer onboarding process. Read the post.
Augmenting Underwriting Referral Decisions to Maximize Insight, Innovation and Impact
The novel COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated a greater reliance on digital delivery and many insurers have found that their own e-trade platforms are not robust enough. This issue may have only been extrapolated during lockdown. It is anticipated that the use of e-trade is set to increase with many insurers exploring placement of further complex risks electronically.
Biometric Authentication with Facial Recognition Technology
Explore the Facial Recognition process. Find out how Facial Recognition can help the customer onboarding process in Banking, Insurance and more. Read the post.
Softelligence announces strategic partnership with INSTANDA to support the insurance industry in adopting digital solutions
Starting June 2020, Softelligence consolidates its commitment to accelerate the digitalization of the insurance industry by announcing their partnership with insurtech firm INSTANDA, a leading customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry.
Softelligence and Info Support Recognized for Excellence in Strategic Partnerships by IAOP
The partnership started when Info Support's Business Unit Finance (BUF) sought to identify a partner to assist in the delivery of a large-scale application development project for a major Dutch pension fund.
We've been recognized in the Rising Star category by IAOP's 2020 Global Outsourcing 100
Softelligence Engineering recognized for Excellence in Strategic Partnerships as well as in the Rising Star category of the 2020 Global Outsourcing 100 list compiled by the IAOP.
Digital identity solutions - Know Your Customer (KYC) in the digital age
All about KYC - Know Your Customer procedure. Find out how KYC can help the customer onboarding process. More details here.
All about OCR - Optical Character Recognition. Find out how OCR can help the customer onboarding process.
Infographic: Tech trends driving innovation in Retail Insurance in 2020
By unlocking the potential of InsurTech, new tech opportunities are reshaping the world of insurance. Explore the latest trends in the insurance industry in our infographic.
A real-world story: continuously shippable app with SCRUM
SCRUM is here to help, not get in your way. Explore some of the real-life challenges we've had with software building activities and discover our solutions.
Empower Business with Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms
In the era of big data, augmented capabilities are becoming key differentiators for analytics and business intelligence (BI), data science, and machine learning platforms. Tools that leverage machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming how analytics are developed, consumed, and shared.
Complimentary Business Self-Discovery Workshops
As an MGAA Supplier Member, Softelligence has committed to offer complimentary workshops to support its members in accelerating their transformation aspiration or health-check existing strategies - strictly no obligations.
Case Study: enabling Retail and Corporate teams to achieve greater performance in a Banking organisation
Our client is a banking institution authorized to carry out all the specific activities of a commercial bank and some activities related to capital markets. In order to attain the Bank's objectives, we delivered a solution built on top of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and our own digital acceleration platform.
Infographic: Digital Opportunities Reshaping Learning in 2020
With the economic and social changes created in the current landscape, tech leaders are looking now more than ever to introduce digital capabilities to the learning system, moving towards a safe, digital future of educational activities.
Unlocking the power of RPA
Aside from cost reduction and a rapid return on investment averaging 6 months, accuracy and increased productivity along with employee satisfaction are even more important when unlocking the power of RPA.
Insurance during COVID-19: how COVID-19 shapes the future
We recently had the opportunity to partner with the Managing General Agents Association in the UK to deliver a webinar exploring Insurance during COVID-19, more specifically how the novel coronavirus pandemic challenges the status quo and shapes the world of Insurance.
Introduction to Docker, Kubernetes and Helm
Containerization has become very popular during the last few years, especially given the growth of microservices architectures and cloud services. Using a stack such as Docker, Kubernetes and Helm can make one's life easier in terms of building, running and deployment options.
Infographic: tech trends reshaping Supply Chain and Logistics in 2020
Adopting a digital mindset is rapidly becoming a top priority in 2020 for supply chain and logistics executives all over the world. To help you advance your operational efficiency we invite you to explore our infographic below with useful insights from business leaders in the Supply Chain and Logistics industries to learn the latest tech trends that are reshaping the current business environment.
Infographic: Digital Enablement in Healthcare
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CIR accreditation for cross-border R&D projects from the French government
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Internship opportunities at Softelligence
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PCSW SEEKS INPUT ON MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES FOR MAINE WOMEN & GIRLS
2014 LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON: HIGHLIGHTS
GRANTEE NEWS
FUND AND RELATED NEWS YOU CAN USE
June 5 & 6
Downeast Senior Safety Net Workshops in Machias, Bucksport & Ellsworth. Topics to include financial, heating and medical assistance. Sponsored by Legal Services for the Elderly, Eastern Area Agency on Aging, Maine Equal Justice Partners, and Washington Hancock Community Agency. More info: (207) 626-7058 / jsandborn@mcjp.org.
July 30. 10:30AM-2:00PM.
Women's Open House at Penobscot Job Corps, Bangor.
Featuring tours, trade booths, Q&A with female students, BBQ, surprises and giveaways. More info: contact Penobscot Job Corps Center at (207) 990-3000 x305.
Ribbons of Hope--Invest in Women is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations that promote the well-being and future prospects of women and girls. One grant of $100,000 will be awarded to an organization that promotes education, health, economic independence, social well-being, or human rights for women and girls. Find the RFP here. Deadline: July 1.
Joyce Foundation Announces $1.6 Million for Adult Learners
to support the creation and promotion of education technologies. Click here to learn how to apply. LOI: July 11.
The MetLife Foundation
launched a new global campaign to bring financial inclusion to low-income communities.
Deadline: Open
American Honda Foundation
Invites applications for STEM programs.
Pollination Project Seed Grants for Social Entrepreneurs
Individuals working to make their community and the world a better place in the areas of arts and culture, community health and wellness, the environment, and justice. Deadline: Open
Kellogg Foundation
Invites applications for programs that engage youth and communities in learning opportunities.
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust seeks proposals for youth development programs. Deadline: Open
Wellpoint Foundation
Healthy Generations is a multi-generational health initiative with a goal to improve the health of communities. Deadline: Open
The Money Minders Program matches trained, supervised, bonded volunteers with adults 55+ who need help establishing a monthly budget and ensuring all bills get paid in a timely and accurate manner. Free for clients who meet low to moderate income. Click here for more info.
Maine EPSCoR High School Internship Program at University of Maine in Orono (Summer 2014). Provides Maine high school students with a paid, hands-on opportunity to gain real-world experience in STEM fields that might include: biology, climate change, chemistry/ biochemistry, engineering, computer science, forestry, economics, etc. More information: contact laurie.bragg@maine.edu or (207) 581-2295.
We invite you to visit the
resources section of our website.
What do you get when you put 700 people--all of whom are passionate about the economic security of women and girls--in a room for two hours to hear stories of feats of courage and strength?
Answer: inspiration, laughter, a few tears and a record breaking $127,000 to support the important work of the Maine Women's Fund! All who purchased tickets, sponsors, advertisers and those who made additional gifts helped make this year's Leadership Luncheon an enormous success.
Thank you to our generous supporters: together we are working to help Maine girls and women thrive.
I hope you'll enjoy these great highlights of the event:
Luncheon photos
Photo Booth portraits
Story featured in the Press Herald
Emcee Suzanne Nance and me on WCSH's 207
Time lapse of the ballroom: see the Luncheon in 24 seconds!
"Social Social" blog on MaineToday.com, featuring Samantha Smith Award recipient Chloe Maxmin.
The day was a herculean effort by two great committees, chaired by volunteers Judy Woodbury and Heather Shields, volunteers from Coastal Studies for Girls and Bangor Savings Bank, and the staff and board of the Fund.
Talking to people afterward, one attendee confided, "This is the one event I love going to." Another said, "I always come away so inspired and energized, and this year did not disappoint!" These comments are a testament to the joyful energy in that ballroom, of Mainers caring deeply about making life better for Maine women and girls.
Please SAVE THE DATE for next year's Leadership Luncheon: May 19, 2015. We hope to see you there for another day of joyful celebration, inspiration and empowerment!
Thank you for all you do for Maine women and girls.
Sarah Ruef-Lindquist
PCSW SEEKS INPUT
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
Seeks Public Input on Most Challenging Issues
Maine's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women is a statutorily enacted commission to inform Maine policy makers about the status of women and girls, issues that impact them and the challenges they face. As such, the group (which includes Maine Women's Fund CEO Sarah Ruef-Lindquist) advises the Governor and members of the Legislature about policy and social issues affecting women and girls in the state.
The Commission seeks input from Maine's women and girls about the most challenging issues facing Maine women and girls, and what can be done to help. Click here to complete the survey. Your input will be reviewed by the members of the Commission and will directly influence recommendations made moving forward.
Please note: all surveys will remain anonymous. The survey will be live until June 30.
Please click here for the link to the Commission's survey.
HIGHLIGHTS of the event
The 2014 Leadership Luncheon proved to be another inspiring day for the Maine Women's Fund community. A crowd of 700 listened intently to the stories of women, girls and men who are overcoming barriers to make our Maine communities stronger.
Amidst standing ovations, laugh-out-loud moments, and heart-rending stories of courage, this year's attendees and sponsors raised $127,00 after expenses to support the work of the Maine Women's Fund. Thank you to our many generous sponsors and donors.
The networking reception introduced this year's Economic Security Initiative grantees and allowed time to catch up with friends old and new.
From top left: Chloe Maxmin, winner of the Samantha Smith Award, said, "To the young women in the room: don't be afraid to confront power and make your voice heard." High school students Caitlyn and Chantelle spoke about their experiences at REAL School STEM Academy for girls. Molly Bogart talked about how Maine NEW Leadership sparked a strong passion for making a difference for women and girls in Maine.
Clockwise from top left: Emcee Suzanne Nance; Tribute to Women in Industry award winner Mary Bonauto speaks; a student volunteer from Coastal Studies for Girls; Fatuma Hussein, winner of the Sarah Orne Jewett Award, arrived to the Luncheon just 11 days after giving birth; Mmembers of the 2014 Maine Women's Fund Board of Directors; Board President Melinda Shain; Drew Wing, Executive Director of Maine Boys to Men, accepts the new Visionary Partner award on behalf of his organization.
Thank you to the joyful, bold and generous Fund community!
Women, Work & Community offering FREE Summer Business Classes
Beyond Start-Up: Moving Your Business Forward
Have you been in business for more than 1 year? Do you need help moving your business to the next level?
Learn about money management and financial tools critical to good decision-making; marketing strategies and strategic planning for growth; and the role of business financing. If your business is at a plateau or is not bringing in enough income, then this five-week class will help you to address any roadblocks, develop a plan of action, and move your business forward. Classes limited to 15 people.
Presque Isle: Mondays 8:30-11:30 AM, June 2-30 Register here for Presque Isle
Houlton: Mondays 1:00-4:00 PM, June 2-30 Register here for Houlton
Fort Kent: Wednesdays 5:30-8:30 PM, June 4 - July 2 Register here for Fort Kent
Basics of Starting a Business
This class covers the basics of a business plan, marketing, cash planning and is suitable for those thinking about or in the early start-up phase of a new business. It will help you assess the feasibility, desirability, and viability of your business idea and get you started with your plan.
Online class: June 11-25, 10:00 - 11:30 AM.
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Equality Maine presents its second annual Spirit of Pride Summer Party on Thursday, June 19. Click here to get your tickets. This year's honorees are Jill Barkley and Chris O'Connor, co-chairs of Pride Portland.
What: Spirit of Pride Summer Party - A Cocktail Party Celebrating Pride Season
When: Thursday, June 19 | 6pm - 8:30pm
Where: Portland's Ocean Gateway
Maine NEW Leadership Shares Alumni Testimonials
Recently the Maine Women's Fund visited last year's grantee NEW Leadership, a program of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, and came away with wonderful feedback from graduates and donors alike:
"The NEW Leadership Program woke up a desire deep rooted in my spirit to wake up, advance forward....The trainings, leadership development, self reflections, testimonies and experiences of other women gave a wisdom that money can't buy." - Angela Williams, 2013 NEWL graduate (UMaine at Presque Isle)
"One of the biggest things I took away from the program was self-advocacy: the networking workshops and opportunities that we were lucky to have throughout the week allowed me to practice these important skills." - Megan Phelps, 2013 NEWL graduate (Bowdoin College)
"NEW Leadership gave me the confidence and the drive to take action on issues that are important to me....I feel passionate about making a difference for women and girls in the future, and NEW Leadership gave me many of the tools to do so. - Molly Bogart, 2013 NEWL graduate (Susquehanna University)
Wayfinder Schools presents "Ann Patchett in Conversation with Richard Russo", an evening with two award-winning, best-selling authors. All proceeds from this very special event benefit Wayfinder Schools, the nation's oldest alternative high school.
Best-selling author Patchett will make her first public appearance in Maine on Tuesday June 10, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo. The two will hold a lively conversation at Hannaford Hall in the Abromson Center of the University of Southern Maine, in support of Wayfinder Schools. The 7 pm event is open to the public, with a ticket price of $35. A VIP reception will be held from 5:30 to 7, with the opportunity to meet and talk with the authors.
WHEN: June 10, 2014 at 7:00 PM
VIP Reception | $75 drinks & hors d'ouerves
WHERE: Hannaford Hall in the Abromson Center of USM
TICKETS: $35 - purchase at wayfinderschools.org
Maine Women's Fund Named Beneficiary of "Be Your Best Women's Retreat & Celebration"
Maine's Lanette Pottle, CEO of Positivity Lady Enterprises & founder of Positivity Nation, will be leading Be Your Best Women's Retreat & Celebration this September at The Regency Hotel & Spa. Other facilitators participating in the event include Sheri Fink (California), Carla Walter (Kentucky), Tess Marshall (Arizona) and Ahalya Kumaran (Toronto, Canada). Step back from the overwhelm of a daily life focused on others and step forward into a weekend dedicated to boldly reconnecting with your authentic self, rediscovering your passions, and refocusing on ways to honor your magnificence. Gain a new perspective about how to balance these things with the people and causes you care about. Note: $25 from each ticket sold will be donated to the Maine Women's Fund. Special "buy one, get one" pricing is available for friends of Maine Women's Fund through 6/30/14. Learn more here.
Maine Startup & Create Week to Feature Women & Entrepreneurship Panel Session
Women face particular challenges in the area of innovation, startups, and entrepreneurship. Part policy discussion, part pragmatic tool, this discussion will focus on this issue, experiences of success, and solutions. Including Shauna Causey, VP Marketing of UpGlobal; Kristen Gwinn-Becker, CEO and Founder, HistoryIT; Cyndi Prince, President and Founder, LooHoo; Eloise Vitelli, Director, Program and Policy for Women Work & Community; moderated by Mandy Schumaker, CEO & Founder, Higher Performing People. June 16. For more details, click here.
Maine Startup and Create Week (June 12-20) celebrates active, creative, empowered entrepreneurs who are launching successful ventures and startups in Maine. Featuring more than 30 events over eight days, including speakers, panels, parties, and pitch events celebrating Maine's robust startup culture. Click here for details on all events. Click here for a full schedule.
FAMILY Act: A Baby Boon? Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) introduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act in Congress last December.
From Workforce:
More companies are offering paid parental leave for their employees, and a bill in Congress could extend that benefit to all workers in the United States. If the legislation - known as the FAMILY Act - becomes law, it would replace the two-decade-old Family and Medical Leave Act, which gives workers 12 weeks of unpaid time off to attend to a personal sickness, the birth of a child or to act as a caregiver for an ill family member. The FAMILY Act would instead provide all workers with 12 weeks of paid time off to attend to health-related events. California, New Jersey and Rhode Island are the only states that currently offer 12 weeks of paid time off.
>>Read more
Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity
This major new report from the World Bank distills vast data and hundreds of studies to shed new light on constraints facing women and girls worldwide, from epidemic levels of gender-based violence to biased laws and norms that prevent them from owning property, working, and making decisions about their own lives.
Winners of Innovation Challenge to Address Human Trafficking Announced
The Partnership for Freedom, a public-private initiative aimed at ending human trafficking and modern-day slavery, has announced the winners of its first innovation challenge, Reimagine: Opportunity. With funding provided by Humanity United, Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women initiative, and the Righteous Persons Foundation, the two winning projects will receive a total of $1.77 million to pilot their solutions.
The Maine Women's Fund recently announced the 2013-2014 Economic Security Initiative grantees. See the press release here.
Maine Women's Fund 2012-2013 Report to the Community.
To receive a copy by mail, please email Katie@mainewomensfund.org or call 207-774-5513.
Did you know? The Fund is on Twitter and LinkedIn. Follow and connect with a community dedicated to investing in the power of women and the dreams of girls.
The Maine Women's Fund thanks MaineShare for its ongoing support. MaineShare makes it easy to donate to more than 30 statewide organizations working every day to make Maine a better place to live. For more information, please visit the website.
On behalf of the staff and board of the Maine Women's Fund, thank you for reading and for all you do to support Maine women and girls.
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The Chinese Canadian Association of Kingston and District raised $26,354.00 for the China Earthquake Relief in the last two weeks and the donation has been forwarded to the local Red Cross office on June 3. We would like to thank the Kingston community for their generosity. Be assured that the fund we raised will be used to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Sichuan. The Chinese students at Queen's University independently raised more than $9,000 for the earthquake relieve fund. Their contribution has been forwarded to the Chinese Embassy and will be used to rebuild damaged schools.