PLT Meeting - August 24, 2016
Presents: George, Javier, Roland, Chris, Robert Deutz, Marco, Luca, Robert Jacobi.
Absents: Viktor, Tessa
Time: 21:00 CET
Total time of the meeting: 80 minutes
Previous meeting minutes
Welcome Robert J and explain format of meeting (All)
PLT welcomed Robert Jacobi as PLT Treasurer Liaison. Robert Jacobi will take the role of Robert Deutz, who will leave PLT at the end of the month. PLT would to say a big THANKS to Robert Deutz for his huge work as PLT Treasurer Liaison and member.
Organisation of a code sprint (Robert D.)
PLT received an offer from the JAB e.V. (JandBeyond organizers) to cover expenses (as a credit) for a code sprint up to 12.000 Euro to bridge the time gap between now and when we have a valid Budget. So PLT needs someone who will do the organisation for a code sprint. George suggested to organize the Code Sprint in United Kingdom, so he will be in charge for this.
CMS Release Team (Robert D.)
PLT closed the nomination form and have selected members. Team building in progress. Robert Deutz will take care of this team in the first phase. The group involves now 12 people.
Branching Strategy for Code Repositories (Robert D.)
Main reason is that I think we should remove the Jenkins tests step. It brings more problems and I can't remember that we got a test result what we haven't gotten in the step before with travis test.
This topic will be further discussed on mailing list.
Joomla Contributors Agreement management (Luca, Viktor)
Luca created a new account on GitHub (unlinked from the Joomla! Organization) in order to try practically CLAHub. Some PLT members conducted tests on this demo repository. More tests will be done until next meeting. PLT will vote about Clahub adoption at the next meeting.
GSOC ‘16 Multilanguage issue (Roland)
The team that is working on the multi-language GSOC project is in a state of shock it seems after Thomas Hunziker called one of their PRs an architectural flaw. This is the PR in question:
PLT will look at this and Robert D. will review the complete PR in order to figure out a solution.
Joomlacode Status & Future (George)
As noticed by the issue https://github.com/joomla/joomla-websites/issues/196 PLT will close Joomlacode as soon as the new download.joomla.org website will be ready to host Joomla! Packages. Roland and George are working on that.
A new place for Language Packs (Luca)
When the new Download website will be ready, all the Language Packs will be moved to the this property instead of being published on JoomlaCode.
Out of date Language Packs (Luca)
Luca opened a discussion on GitHub about the huge number of language packs that are out of date. https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/11390
Many comments have been added to this discussion. PLT doesn’t want to enforce the use of any tools for active languages, but all the abandoned/out of date language packs will be moved to Crowdin.com in order to welcome new contributors and look for new Translation Team coordinator for each abandoned language.
Teams under PLT Responsibility re-arrangement (Luca)
Luca shared a proposal document to change some of teams under PLT control, in order to re-arrange them in a functional way, remove inactive teams and merge some responsibilities efficiently. PLT discussed and voted and confirmed the motion. Teams will be rearranged.
Weblinks component (Chris)
Slow progress towards the Weblinks and 3.7 releases. Chris will involve other members to help with this component maintenance.
New Media manager (Marco)
We had another mini-sprint saturday on August 13th at Perfect Webteam offices in Netherlands . Mainly architectural discussions.
Details are in the wiki https://github.com/joomla-projects/media-manager-improvement/wiki
Action / work breakdown to be created as. Plan is to add this to Joomla! Next minors 3.7 or 3.8.
Structure Transition (Robert D.)
Sander P. has updated the volunteers.joomla.org portal with his updated version of the extension and Ronni is working with the lawyers on the bylaw changes. Robert will leave the Transition Team Chat as soon as he’ll leave PLT.
Create Mailing lists for Joomla Security Strike Team (Luca)
David Jardin sorted out this directly with Viktor. So it should be ok now.
Joomla X (Marco)
At the meeting held in June 2016 in Barcelona, we gave a 2 month deadline to reach the goals as well as putting out a Joomla 4 goal in the meantime. We need to review if we have reached the goals as we are now over a month past this deadline REF: Bottom of https://volunteers.joomla.org/leadership/production-leadership-team/reports/245-plt-meeting-after-j-and-beyond-2016
Reports from Google Summer of Code ‘16 (Javier, Roland)
Report from Puneet Kala, the GSoC team coordinator:
Menu Item work Flow Project PR has been done https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/11766 Needs review
Automated Testing Project and Recording Action Log Projects would be soon sending PR's to core.
Multilingual Project work is in Progress, they need help from PLT on this
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/11623 + an additional patch for Contacts (read the PR discussion) from the project to work
Yves Hoppe and Puneet Kala will be travelling to GSoC Mentor Summit during last week of Oct, 2016.
Final Results of GSoC Program will be published by 29th August, via a Blog Post on Community Blog.
Reports from Automated Testing (Javier)
August has been a month with a lot of updates in the Quality area of the project, specially thanks to the results of the Google Summer of Code projects related to testing:
New Gherkin Browser based Acceptance tests (https://github.com/joomla-projects/gsoc16_browser-automated-tests) will be soon ready covering: users, content and categories. Right now we have a few challenges, specially the Continuous integration with Travis is giving issues. A draft using Drone.io is being implemented in Weblinks https://github.com/joomla-extensions/weblinks/pull/260 as a possible solution. More news soon.
Lastest updates from the Testing Team are available now in the last meeting report: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/automated-tests-working-group/reports/315-26th-meeting-for-automated-testing-working-group
Fix the ordering of articles and featured #11139 (Robert)
We reverted the original PR that made the B/C break, now we need to find a way to boost the performance again. We have some PR’s addressing this but this in WIP
During this month, PLT had the following votes:
Onboarding of Robert Jacobi as Treasurer Liaison (Passed, unanimously)
Reverting of PR #8576 because of a B/C break in article ordering (Passed)
- Proposal of PLT depending teams rearrangement (Passed)


Miserable! 14 ponds were shut down in 15 minutes"
jiangmenguangbodianshi· 2016-12-21 13:41:06
Jiangmen Pengjiang District Hetang Tagang village
of the villagers, most of the fish for a living. Near the end of the year, seeing fish pond quickly listed, we are looking forward to selling a good price, earn a new year. But on Sunday (December 18th), there are 14 ponds of fish, just ten minutes into the fish. The villagers Hu Dashu " Tagang pond village, the village contracted two ponds, raised nearly 100 thousand pounds of fish and a small amount of four fish, and a total investment of about 800000 yuan. Recently, he was talking about the price ready to sell fish. Unexpectedly, a sudden accident happened last Sunday morning.
said his uncle Hu, from the side of the river water into the pond, the river was very clear, but I don't know what is going on, a row of 15 minutes, fish ponds began to float! Uncle Hu felt wrong, immediately shut the pump, but also sprinkled some emergency medicine, but soon, the pond four fish all died, after cleaning up a round, the bodies of these two natural fish have surfaced. This Creek " Uncle Hu diversion, almost all ponds through Tagang village, and in the morning from the creek in over 12 other export raised four fish ponds, appeared dead. " because the fish is too many, these days, only the main pond fish fishing ashore, buried in the pond digging, in situ harmless treatment.
contracted several villagers in the pond have said heavy losses in! Some villagers even lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fish pond owners said, because of this diversion River on his way through the factory, so they suspected Creek Pollution lead to dead fish incident! " this, comprehensive agricultural service center has been involved in the follow-up treatment pond. Staff: We contacted Pengjiang district agriculture and forestry and Water Affairs Bureau immediately sent staff to the water pumping, pumping total of 16 water samples from each port accident are pumping water ponds, rivers also smoke, smoke a control pond water is no accident, ponds, and horse. Sent to the Guangzhou laboratory.
id_imagebox_7 test results about 10 days after the release of the class=. At present, relevant departments are to assist in the rehabilitation and rehabilitation work main pond!
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(CNN) – GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul kept his winless campaign afloat in February by spending nearly $300,000 more than he raised in the same month, according to a monthly financial disclosure his campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday.
Paul’s February spending of $3.54 million outpaced his fund-raising of $3.27 million, and he ended the month with $1.36 million in the bank. His campaign reported carrying no debt.
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His February haul included a $1.7 million “money bomb” which the campaign reported mid-month.
February saw nine Republican contests – more than the four in January – and Paul had no wins, but two second-place finishes. CNN estimates he won 26 delegates in February, and currently has 69, far behind front-runner Mitt Romney, who has 498.
Paul has focused his efforts on caucus states, which to date have given him the majority of his delegates.
In January, the candidate reported raising $4.5 million – the same amount rival Rick Santorum reported that month.
February financial disclosures are not due to the FEC until March 20.
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What would posess people to give money to this losing cause? Republicans have nothing to offer these folks except a hateful base of fearful, greedy, and largely uneducated white bigots. President Obama is actually working to help working class people and move all of America toward a better future. Right-wing media give you nothing but spin and sound bites – yet the Democrats are your only real hope for a people-based government. True, the states-rights government of the Libertarian is not the vision for most people in a modern America and for some of you this is hard to leave behind. But these are the people who don't represent the fat-cats who are jerking the strings of the Republican candidates. The honorable people who support Ron Paul shoiuld sincerely consider President Obama as a choice for us all. It's not what the Libertarians would endorse, but many of you are young people with independent minds capable of real change.
Is this the best you can do? he had a surplus, and he spent 300k more than he took in around the time of Super Tuesday. does that make sense to you, because it makes perfect sense to me.
His campaign in 2008 never went into debt. The best you can do is say he spent more than he took in during a given month.
Dr Paul is a true fiscal conservative,, and runs his campagn as such. There is really nothing to see here except the MSM trying to gotcha Dr Paul on somthign in his wheelhouse "finances" and the MSM has got nothing.
At least they can't call him winless anymore after taking the Virgin Islands. Oh wait... never mind.... it turns out that the mainstream media only reports on ever OTHER U.S. territory but the one that Ron Paul won. And if they do report on it, it's the only vote in this ENTIRE campaign where the delegates determine the win instead of the % of votes. I get that it's a small territory, be why can't the mainstream media just be honest with us and admit they actively work to silence Ron Paul's message and movement.
When will Ron Paul remove his mask to endorse Rmoney?
And Dr Paul doesn't get a cent from Goldman Sachs, the big backers of Romney, Obama and the rest of the puppets of the bankster clique. The MSM would have us believe that Dr Paul's campaign has few delegates: "CNN estimates..." based on false projections of the (rigged) straw polls. The FACT is that Dr Paul is in close 2nd place to Romney, while Gingrich and Santorum aren't even running in states whose delegates total over 500! So here's the big secret that the MSM presstitutes don't want you to know:
RON PAUL IS WINNING ! ! !
wow can't believe CNN did a story on RON PAUL, never happens.....
Wow. A mainstream media article on Ron Paul without bias. I must give credit to where credit is due, and I'm impressed. If you search "ronpaulitic" you can geotag your support/nonsupport for this remarkable candidate on the only worldwide realtime Ron Paul map on the web.
All spit robme's delegates jumped ship to paul's camp
What a complete and total waste of money. Ron Paul supporters need to get behind another Republican candidate because Ron Paul is going no where. Many of his ideas are embraced by other candidates. And if you vote for Obama you're a fraud. Obama shares NONE of Ron Paul's principles.
well, I like him, but old age scars me. But stupid Reagan was old too, but people were so idiotic to elect that idiot. that is different. He talks sense to me among other clowns in GOP.
Another wasted 3.3 million, might as well donate it to charity!!!!!
Come on folks! We should not let the rest of world laugh at us. Who does think Dr. Ron Paul would ever be the President. And why should one empty their pockets while they know their man they support will never win!
people keep asking why Newt is still in the race, but why is Ron Paul still here? Surely there are better things to donate money to than a guy that has as much chance to become POTUS as my puppy does.

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Don’t click ‘like’ on Facebook again until you read this
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Facebook has changed the way people do a lot of things online. For example, you probably notice yourself reflexively clicking ‘like’ on anything your friends post on Facebook, even if it’s just to acknowledge you saw it. Scammers are taking advantage of that reflex for a dangerous scam called “like-farming.”
What is like-farming?
Like-farming is when scammers post an attention-grabbing story on Facebook for the express purpose of cultivating likes and shares. Based on the way Facebook works, the more likes and shares a post has, the more likely it is to show up in people’s News Feeds.
This gives the scammer more eyeballs for posts that trick people out of information or send them to malicious downloads. The big question, of course, is why Facebook doesn’t stop these posts before they get too big. And that’s where the real scam comes in.
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Exclusive: Hampton Creek Makes Big Moves Beyond Mayo in Walmart and Target
Get ready for brownies, muffins, salad dressing, pancake mix, and more.
Hampton Creek, the startup best known for its egg-free Just Mayo, is moving beyond the sandwich spread.
Over the coming months the San Francisco-based food company will roll out 43 new products including pancakes, brownies, dessert mixes, and salad dressings into retailers, beginning with Walmart WMT 0.97% and Target TGT 1.78% , says Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick.
The launch begins March 14 at Walmart when the retail juggernaut starts carrying Hampton Creek’s Just Ranch and Just Italian dressings. Target’s superstore format Super Target will begin carrying the company’s peanut butter cookie dough the same day, joining the chocolate chip cookie dough that hit Super Target shelves in February. Regular Target stores will start getting the products by this summer.

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Summer vacation allows for time to catch up on all sorts of things you've put aside until later. For example, over the school year many great-sounding webinars are announced and promoted. Several are added to lists and calendars "not to be missed!" yet the date passes. Luckily, webcasts are often archived and are ideal for later viewing.
Infopeople offered a free webcast on April 26, 2012 by young adult literature expert Michael Cart, "Teen Literature Update 2012." My original goal was to listen and make a list of books to buy and read this summer, before sharing. Michael's 1-hour presentation is wonderful for his intended audience, Teacher/Young Adult/Teen librarians. However, the webcast should be of interest to middle and high school literature classes, book clubs, and serious readers. Too bad most school class periods are less than one hour. Teachers and librarians could add this link to their library or book club website and encourage comments on the webcast.
How else would you use Michael's YA book recommendations? Would you recommend the webcast to parent groups or company employees and suggest adopting a local library or libraries in a school district? That would be a visible way to support students in the face of endless library budget and staffing cuts.

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I recently completed my Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. First some background and then an evaluation from a prepper perspective.
CERT’s were formed in the wake of the September 11th attacks via executive order. The training agenda was adapted from material developed by the Los Angeles Fire Department in 1985. The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) expanded the CERT materials in 1994 via an all hazards approach. As stated in the introductory material:
“CERT training is designed to prepare you to help yourself, your family, and your neighbors in the event of a catastrophic disaster. Because emergency service personnel will not be able to help everyone immediately, you can make a difference by using the training…to save lives and protect property.
This training covers the basic skills that are important to know in a disaster when emergency services are not available. With training and practice and by working as a team, you will be able to do the greatest good for the greatest number of victims after a disaster, while protecting yourself from becoming a victim.”
As the above is the stated goal, the course accomplished the mission. Even this reference material is fairly decent basic information for the unprepared. However, I think we need to be realistic. Training someone with a prepper mindset is going to be vastly different than training your average American who is mostly unprepared.
The course was designed for:
1) Someone with no emergency management experience.
2) Someone who has had no exposure to hazardous materials and their characteristics.
3) Someone who has never used a fire extinguisher.
4) Someone who has a high tolerance for death-by-PowerPoint.
In other words, if you are new to the prepper world and just landed in the community, you get some basic (very basic) introductory emergency preparedness skills. Otherwise, the only value I extracted from the training was some basic search and rescue protocols and some insight into my region’s emergency management infrastructure. At the end of the day, the best a CERT member can hope for is a chance to bring a fireman water, answer phones at an Incident Command Center or direct traffic. I guess if there was a huge incident like a hurricane strike or a massive tornado, there might be a bigger role for the CERT teams. Otherwise, I just cannot see the rudimentary training being anything more than an introduction to Emergency Preparedness for the ordinary citizen.
At the end of the day, each prepper must decide if 16 — 24 hours of time is worth the basic information. For me, it was a learning experience and also gave me the opportunity to get an inside, if only introductory, look at what resources might be available should my community have a major problem. Would I recommend CERT training? Yes, if only to get that ID badge which might benefit my family and me if there is a disaster. That is the bottom line.
One last thought. It is explicitly stated that the community may be on their own: “Following a disaster, community members may be on their own for a period of time because of the size of the area affected, lost communications, and impassable roads.” This underscores my motto: Prepping Means Resiliency, Redundancy and Survivability.


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A series of targeted raids on beauty salons in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been pulled into the spotlight after evidence of police brutality.
Last Saturday, both Indonesian police and Sharia police, who are qualified to make arrests based on deviations from Islamic law, dragged groups of transgender women out of a group of hair salons in the North Aceh district to publicly cut their hair and shame them into using “male” voices.
North Aceh Police Chief Untung Sangaji addressed onlookers, saying: “Our ulama [Muslim scholars] disagree with this disease. [This disease] is spreading. It’s inhumane to tolerate this sissy garbage.”
Because Aceh is one of 34 Indonesian provinces that can use Muslim law to make discriminatory arrests, the women must stand trial for being transgender. These arrests follow last year’s public caning of two gay men, also in the Aceh province. There have also been several anti-LGBTQ+ protests in Aceh in recent months.
Human Rights Watch is closely following and reporting on the situation in Aceh. They hope to convince Indonesia’s National Police Commission to investigate the incident further and command the release of these women.

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YouTube says its Shorts service is pulling in 70 billion views each day, prompting the service to launch YouTube Shorts music charts.
YouTube says the new charts are a way for artists to gain recognition on the platform and celebrate their success across every music format. New daily charts include ‘Top Songs on Shorts’ and ‘Top Music Videos’ to highlight what the YouTube Shorts community is listening to each day. The Top Songs on Shorts chart reveals the most popular music trending among creators, while also showcasing regional Shorts trends on a global scale.
To help keep pace with the daily changing landscape of YouTube Shorts, YouTube has introduced Daily Charts for Top Songs on Shorts and Top Music Videos alongside its Weekly Charts. It is also highlighting a new ‘Featured Carousel’ to bring charting artists to the forefront of the YouTube Shorts community.
The rise of short-form video content on the internet has been powered by the popularity of TikTok among Gen-Z, but it’s also the place where most advertisers spend their money. Social media marketers are spending 33% of their budget on the format, compared to just 11% on long-form videos and 15% for others (written content).
“YouTube charts are a true reflection of global music culture and a celebration of artists and their success, powered by billions of fans around the globe,” adds YouTube Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen. These charts are also how YouTube competes with TikTok as a music discovery platform for Gen-Z to find their sound. The YouTube Charts site is easy to browse and features a carousel of quick facts.
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey is the highest chart jumper, moving up 71 spots to the #23 spot this week. And “Snooze” by SZA holds the longest chart run ever on YouTube Charts, at 43 weeks. It will be interesting to see if these charts hold attention like Spotify’s focus on unique playlists—including its Billions Club playlist that draws focus on highly successful tracks.


In SFC the sample cannot be dissolved in the mobile phase, so it is often dissolved in pure modifier, or another liquid, sometimes resulting in serious distortions of the eluted peak profiles already at moderately high injection volumes. It is suspected the reasons for these effects are solvent strength mismatch and/or viscosity mismatch. This study presents a systematic and fundamental investigation of the origin of these peak deformations due to the injection solvent effects in SFC, using both systematic experiments and numerical modeling. The first set of experiments proved that the injection volume and the elution strength of the sample solution had a major impact of the shapes of the eluted peaks. Secondly, the sample band elution profile was numerically modeled on a theoretical basis assuming both un-retained and retained co-solvent injection plugs, respectively. These calculations quantitatively confirmed our first set of experiments but also pointed out that there is also an additional significant effect. Third, viscous fingering experiments were performed using viscosity contrast conditions imitating those encountered in SFC. These experiments clearly proved that viscous fingering effects play a significant role. A new method for determination of adsorption isotherms of solvents was also developed, called the "Retention Time Peak Method" (RTPM). The RTPM was used for fast estimation of the adsorption isotherms of the modifier and required using only two experiments.


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Feeling self-conscious? Doubting your value? It may be time to throw yourself a party.
I have been celebrating my birthday over the past couple of weeks. I attended intimate dinners and cocktail events that I arranged in my honor in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. As I made my way across the country, each night I would walk into a room filled with people I love. In turn, the next day I came to my meetings happily in service.
Injecting more love into your life is essential to your success. That’s because closing deals and building relationships is no longer about selling, it’s about serving. We serve others when we bring love into the room – when we compassionately listen to their challenges and provide tailor-made solutions. This naturally happens when you leave your problems and ego at the door and operate with principled intention.
Getting to that self-assured place can be difficult — especially if you feel the weight of personal issues or you’re caught up in a drama at work. To set all that aside and arrive from an authentic place of service, you have to know three things: 1) who you are, 2) the value that you bring to the table, and 3) how much you are loved.
After writing Make A Name For Yourself, my first book on personal branding, I was clear on who I was and what I brought to the table. However, as the years went on I felt less solid on the love part. Recognizing this, I decided to surround myself with people that I adore. My “birthday tour” did the trick to make me feel loved, grateful and truly happy.
How can you possibly be in service to others if you don’t take care of yourself and ask for what you need?
Ultimately, people buy from people they love. How can you ever expect someone to promote you, partner with you, even listen to what you have to say if you doubt yourself or feel that you are not enough?
Successful brands celebrate their stand out qualities and thrive on the loyalty they receive from their customers. Your personal brand requires no less of you than loyalty and a heartfelt celebration of your essence, all that you stand for and all that you deliver. Bottom line — if you’re sold on you then you will authentically communicate with passion and bring big love to everything you do.

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TORONTO — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will get Canada’s border agency to do more to try and stop illegal guns from crossing into Canada from the United States.
Scheer is in Toronto today, where calls are loudest for governments to do more to combat gun crime.
He is critical of the Liberals for promising to allow cities and provinces to ban handguns, saying that won’t get at the biggest source of the guns used in crimes.
Scheer cites Toronto police chief Mark Saunders in saying that 80 per cent of guns in the hands of gang members are coming into Canada illegally from the United States.
The Conservative crime platform also includes new mandatory minimum sentences for some gang offences and an automatic parole violation for convicted criminals who return to their gangs after getting out of prison.
Scheer also says a Conservative government would label gangs as criminal entities in the Criminal Code, and change Canada’s drug policies to focus more on treating addictions.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2019.
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Other Responsibilities will include : Provide training of clinical trainers for healthcare organizations (HCOs) participating in IHO Clinical QI Programs - Serve as a core member of the implementation team for national IHO Clinical QI Programs and Initiatives, lead training sessions to train HCO designated trainers including the creation of training materials, agendas and supportive materials. Oversee the management and coordination of training events. Facilitate learning using multiple modalities (webinars, in-person presentations, workshops, written newsletters, reports, etc.) to transfer knowledge of best practices and overcoming common implementation challenges facing trainees. Conduct formal, professional presentations, trainings and workshops on quality improvement methods to support the implementation of the AMA s M.A.P. (Measure, Act, Partner) interventions. 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Contribute to the Development of IHO s Spread Strategy - Interact with community partners, such as retail pharmacies, clinics and others, to develop broad, sustainable strategies for improved health outcomes. Develop innovative ideas and training tools for future spread of best practices. Contribute to the development and implementation of IHO s strategic approach to spread its clinical QI programs locally, regionally and nationally. Collaboration and Teamwork - Communicate the experiences of the individuals trained and the practices they serve to the larger Clinical Service Team, Operations Team, and Client Service Team in addition to the overall IHO leadership team to ensure that decisions impacting HCOs and practice sites are in their best interest, aligned with their internal goals, and are able to be supported through resources made available to them. Ability to work with all IHO leadership, Advisory Groups and others as needed to further refine IHO interventions, evaluations and associated tools for use in IHO QI Program spread efforts. Work across the organization to support IHO strategic goals for cardiovascular disease prevention (addressing abnormal blood pressure, glucose, and dyslipidemia) on matters of practice sites needs and experiences and satisfaction, including contributing to planning, budgeting, staffing, and other core organizational decisions. Effectively lead all projects assigned by gathering requirements, developing solutions and providing collaborative guidance and support to various other IHO teams. REQUIREMENTS: Master s degree in nursing, public health, health care administration, social work or health-related field preferred or equivalent, applicable work experience. Minimum 5 years experience in the health care field preferably in primary care practice, quality improvement or public health. Minimum of 3 years of experience in the planning and leading quality improvement initiatives and, coaching practices in change concepts and measurement strategies which led to demonstrated achievements in improving health outcomes; strong emphasis on experience related to effectiveness, sustainability of improvements and spread of initiative. Demonstrated expertise in quality improvement principles and practice, preferably in an ambulatory clinical practice setting; exposure to organized medicine, regulatory issues, and related organizations preferred. Experience with Clinical informatics and using electronic health records (EHR) and EHR report writing preferred. Ability to communicate effectively with primary healthcare teams including leadership and success in influencing changes in processes and practices; ability to recognize the relationship between primary healthcare and the complex systems of healthcare delivery. Effective project management skills; with the ability to effectively manage time; prioritize work, multi-task across many assignments and manage expenses within a budget; ability to handle ambiguity and adapt effectively to changing circumstances. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills required. Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting in a large group setting. Some travel required; travel may be as high as 30%. The AMA offers competitive salaries, including an incentive plan; excellent benefits and progressive technology. Our office is a business casual environment and we respect work-life balance. Please apply for the position by clicking the Apply Now button, which will direct you to our site. The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago. 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Superintendent of Schools
While Mary Rochford retired in June to devote more time to her family, Archbishop Charles Chaput called her back for a meeting and surprised her, according to Archdiocese spokeswoman Donna Farrell.
Pedro Martinez is currently the deputy superintendent of the Clark County School District in Nevada.
The Camden City School District’s Superintendent Bessie LeFra Young makes more than $240,000 a year. But lately, she hasn’t been showing up for work.
One of Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s chief deputies is taking a new job in the Big Apple.
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U.S. Army soldier Sgt. Matt Krumwiede was on patrol in Afghanistan in June of 2012 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED). The explosion tore away both his legs, damaged his left arm, and ripped open his abdominal cavity.
Since then he has undergone dozens of surgeries and spent time recovering at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, learning to walk again with the use of prosthetic legs. In June 2014, he visited to his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho for the first time since he was injured.
A portion of the photos featured in this gallery were initially published in November 2014.


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HYPACK performed a field test of the Dynascan M250 LIDAR scanner, using HYSWEEP software, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. The Dynascan M250 is a LIDAR system with an integrated RTK GPS and motion reference unit. The software module allows for data collection of multibeam and LIDAR scanners with full editing capabilities. The details in the HYPACK Dynascan M250 LIDAR scanner are color coded by the intensity of the returns, and represent one pass by the building.Edit Module


Industrial accident: Operation of a dual coil solenoid valve in 3000 psi subsea hydraulic service. The investigation related to the BP Macondo / Transocean Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. A key aspect was the valve's ability to function properly under pressure when the dual coils were powered with reversed polarity. The forensic analysis included operation both with and without the 3000 psi hydraulic pressure.
The technical issues included the design of both the coils and solenoid mechanics as well as the operation of the reverse-wired valve with pulse width modulation (PWM). Also considered was operation with reverse polatiry under the direct current (DC) for which the valve was originally designed.
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Can someone explain to me why the American flag has suddenly come to represent a refusal to social distance during this pandemic?
All across this country when people gather (side by side) to protest against stay at home orders, they are wearing or waving American flags; as if working together to defeat Covid 19 is somehow un-American.
I don’t get it. When did protecting lives mean you are not a “true American”?
It even extends to churches that can’t seem to find any identity without in-person worship.
A lengthy letter from around 260 pastors in Massachusetts was recently forwarded to Gov. Baker urging him to allow a return to in-person worship in Massachusetts churches.
The letter stressed that churches should be listed as essential services. The governor has crossed the line and is denying their constitutional, religious guarantees.
Really? That’s what’s important? Maybe I missed the gospel text where Jesus goes about with complete disregard for people’s health; encouraging leprosy and inflicting demon possession on people. He did everything he could to keep people whole and healthy! That’s Sunday School 101.
I had not heard of this letter until it appeared in the news and I can see why. I’m pretty sure that I am not on the email lists of the churches that signed the letter which were exclusively conservative, evangelical protestant churches. There were no signatories from the United Church of Christ at all.
That is important because what we consider to be essential is the health and wellbeing of our parishioners and the people in our wider community. In-person worship, while essential to any church, takes a back seat to that over-arching priority.
Now is not the time to jeopardize the hard won gains we have achieved in fighting this virus.
Saying that should be obvious. Instead it sounds to a growing number of people as weak and un-American.
This is a disturbing trend. Especially in Christian circles. The church doesn’t exist because we have a constitutional right to exist. We exist for the good of humanity.
I cannot comprehend the rush to fill America’s pews when there is no vaccine, the virus is still vectoring all over the place and people are still dying.
Moreover, during this pandemic we haven’t stopped being the church at all. First Congregational Church has found it stride in this new era and has bolstered its sense of community and faith-in-action. We’ve discovered how strong and faithful and creative we can be!
Our plan is not to consider in-person worship until the fall. I’m proud of that decision. I think it is the faithful thing to do and the patriotic thing to do.


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14 - 15 June 2016
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Paul Désiré Trouillebert (French, 1829-1900)
Moulin au bord du canal, Hollande
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C. Marumo, T. Maier, B. Müllerschön, Paul Désiré Trouillebert, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Stuttgart, 2004, p. 337, no. 363 (illustrated).
Paris, Salon d'hiver, 1910, no. 1072.
Revealed in public for the first time in almost 130 years, Chatterboxes offers an exciting missing link between French and British Impressionism
A profile of the Irish-born artist celebrated for his ‘Wall of Light’ and ‘Landline’ series, and revered as a natural heir to the Abstract Expressionists
Design specialist Beth Vilinsky illuminates the origins of the lamp and advises on what to consider when buying
The story of the French factory founded in the 18th century, from evolutions in style to the monarchs who gladly waited years for their commissions to be created
Looking back on a week of auctions featuring masterworks representing some of the greatest collections assembled in the United States
Explore key British artists from the 19th century to the present day, to be offered across four sales of Modern British Art and British Impressionism this November at Christie’s London.

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The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) recorded an improved volume of shares transacted in the year 2022 compared to the previous year 2021, despite the index ending the year in negative territory.
The GSE disclosed in a statement on the full year report on trading activities that the volume of shares traded 2022 on the Accra bourse increased by more than 100 percent to 1,335,262,647 in 2022 from 486,587,748 recorded in the preceding year. This represents an increase of 174.41 per cent on year-on-year basis.
Meanwhile, the Equities market closed the year not only with an increase in volume, but also, it recorded an increase in value and number of transactions.
According to the end of year summary report, the value of shares traded rose to GHS1,639,787,622.32 in 2022 from GHS533,270,293.38 in 2021, representing an increase of 207.50 per cent.
“The number of transactions increased by 38.23 per cent compared with the same period last year,” GSE said in the statement.
Moreover, the statement disclosed that the market capitalisation increased from GH¢ 64, 495.20 million at the end of December 2021 to GH¢ 64, 507.32 million at the end of December 2022. This represents a 0.32 per cent increase in market caps.
However, it stated that the Composite and Financial Stock Indexes returned -12.38 per cent and -4.61 per cent respectively, making it one of the worst performers on the continent.
The Top Gainers
The top gainers for the year were SIC Insurance PLC, TBL, Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP), Enterprise Group (EG), and Access Bank PLC. SIC Insurance PLC recorded a gain of 287.59 per cent, while TBL also recorded a gain of 135.29 per cent.
Similarly, Access Bank PLC also recorded a gain of 27.30 per cent, and BOPP gained 15.04 per cent and Enterprise Group recorded a gain of 14.70 per cent.
The bond market, represented by the Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) closed the year with a cumulative volume trade of 230.68 billion, which represents a 10.60 per cent increase from the 298.57 billion volumes traded same period last year.
Meanwhile, the total number of trades for the year increased by 58.30 per cent from the 346.803 trades in 2021 to 528.188 trades in 2022.


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Popular Galveston beach rebuilt in time for spring
Work to rebuild a popular tourist beach just west of the Galveston Seawall wrapped up March 15.
The four-month-long effort brought nearly 12,000 dump truck-loads of beach-quality sand from a site nine miles away to place on the beach just west of the seawall. Trucks rolled seven days a week along 61st Street and then west down Seawall Boulevard, to complete the project.
The beach rebuilding was a partnership between the Texas General Land Office, the city of Galveston, the Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees and Seascape Condominiums.
The new beach stretches for one-half mile west of the seawall. The 118,000 cubic yards of sand placed on the beach will become incorporated in the natural processes of erosion and redistribution, which, over time, will enhance the West Galveston beaches.
Funding for the General Land Office’s Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act program is provided by the Texas Legislature every two years.
Projects like this one pay for themselves over time by protecting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public infrastructure and private property.

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You can see microbuses on the street everywhere now, especially for large families, car rental companies, bus stations, airports, etc.
Minibus defines those who can load a bus from 9 to 24 passengers, the bus that circulates in urban areas is the auxiliary minibus of the large bus, with a small but frequent route.
As everyone knows, China has become the world’s largest automobile production and sales country. With the rapid growth of marketing, Chinese auto companies have made rapid improvements. It could be inferred from the reputation of sales and products.
1. Kinds of vehicles exported to different countries
There are many countries that buy minibuses from China. There are mainly four types of cars that are exported to overseas marketing, SUVs/MPVs, trucks, and buses (including minibuses and minivans). Among them, the volume of passenger cars (SUV / MPV) is the largest, followed by trucks. SUVs have become popular in recent years, and the export volume has also increased. And now the export volume of SUVs has reached trucks.
Where are these cars exported to? We are taking the example of January to August 2017.
The push of “One Belt One Road” policy has to lead car consumption in West Asian countries. Iran is the fastest growing country today, exporting 152,932 vehicles in 2017. Chile is our biggest customer in South America, exporting 25,941 vehicles in 2017. Mexico even imported more Chinese cars than the United States with a unit of 20,220.
a. SUV mainly exported to Bangladesh, India and the United States market
Bangladesh as a country in South Asia, also affected by China’s One Belt and One Road policy, the growth speed is quite fast, this year has consumed 37,319 SUV models. As a second-generation emerging market, India is also highly valued by Chinese auto companies. The number of imported SUVs reached 30,757 units this year; If you think that Chinese cars can only be exported to developing countries, you are wrong. Because the level of domestic car manufacturing is improving, joint venture reselling is not a new thing now. Some companies began to resell their products to South Korea and the United States and other markets, the United States imported 19,961 units of Chinese-made SUVs.
b, Trucks mainly exported to Vietnam, Burma and the Philippines.
Obviously, East and South Asian countries are the main consuming countries for Chinese trucks. Exported to Vietnam 29,370 units, exported to Burma 10,871 units, exported to Philippines 9,930 units.
c, Bus (Including the minibus purchased from China) mainly exported to Bolivia, Vietnam and Peru.
Bolivia and Vietnam are countries in South America. The export volume to Bolivia is 4,743 units, Vietnam is 4,142 units and Peru is 2,758 units.
The above exported data comes from CPCA, which refers to all types of cars (including minibus).
There are more than 145 car manufacturers in China, the number of cars was born from these companies. How is the production process of the minibus? Before buying a minibus, you may need to know the structure, specifications and features of the minibus you are buying.
2. What should you focus on when buying a minibus?
Today we are taking the example of buying a minibus from KINGSTAR, this model is quite popular in our South American market as it is not only a minibus but also a minivan. The production process of the Mini-bus purchased from KINGSTAR consists of four steps: stamping, welding, painting and assembly.
a, The dimension of VW5 11 seats minibus purchased from KINGSTAR.
We have two functions of this minibus, one function is as a minibus to load passengers, the seating capacity of this minibus is 11 seats, another great function is to load the cargo big enough as you like, you can regard this mini-bus as mini -go. Below is the dimension for your reference.
b. The seat capacity of the VW5 minibus purchased from KINGSTAR
We have different seating capacities for this model. If your purpose is to load more passengers, the maximum seat could be 11 seats, if you want to load more cargo or big cargo, you can change the bus seat to cargo van. Below our seat design for your reference, you can choose it according to your actual needs.
c, The safety of VW5 minibus purchased from KINGSTAR
It is a minibus with anti-lock braking system. As its name suggests, ABS prevents the car’s wheels from locking when the car brakes suddenly in certain situations. Simply put, a car that has been equipped with ABS can still avoid the barrier when braking suddenly. However, if you don’t have the ABS system, the car’s wheels will be locked by a sudden brake and collisions are inevitable. ABS consists of three main components, the speed sensor in each wheel, a hydraulic system valve that leads to each master cylinder to return hydraulic brake pressure controlled by a computer, and a control module.
In addition to ABS, there is also EBD, which stands for Electronic Brake-force Distribution. It is responsible for distributing the braking power to all the wheels of the car. The EBD system is still related to ABS, where the former uses the latter to adjust all-wheel braking as needed. The EBD will automatically adjust the braking at each wheel and make sure the front and rear wheels are unlocked. With EBD, rear braking is more optimal depending on the weight of the vehicle itself. EBD can also increase the vehicle’s traction while on the road.
d, The engine used in this VW5 minibus purchased from KINGSTAR is LJ4C15Q, the fuel type is gasoline, the displacement is 1.5L, and the emission standard is Euro V, which meets the standard of most countries.
Of course, except for the important points mentioned above, there are other features that you should pay attention to when buying a minibus. For those parameters that you did not see in this article, please send me your inquiry at any time of your free time, we will contact you as soon as possible.


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SEVENTH IN A SERIES ON SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICES ON OAHU
Nanakuli’s memorable 2014 football season ended too quickly for the ever-faithful Golden Hawks fans.
The team is out to make the upcoming fall 2015 season last longer.
With many players back from the Golden Hawks’ first championship season since 1983 (they won the 2014 OIA Division II regular-season and playoff titles), they are out to accomplish more in 2015.
“We achieved our goal of winning the OIA last year,” returning offensive tackle Kalae Wong said. “We want to defend that and win the state, too. That’s our goal.”
Wong joins a group of linemen who head coach Keala Watson said go by “the fat four.”
“Those four guys have been together side by side in the same positions for two years, 9th and 10th grades on the JV team, and they’ll be together again this year,” said Watson, who added that they’re, “Unsung heroes, a package deal and comfortable with each other.”
The four are left tackle Isaac Pascua, left guard Pekelo Kahai-Oku, center Chris Noa and right guard Jacob Fiaai.
Wong, who plays right guard, said jokingly, “Oh they’re fat. They’re getting the hang of stuff (for being on the varsity for the first time), but they gotta stop the fooling around (that they do sometimes) and learn that this is not the JV level. Varsity is a lot different. It’s bigger, faster and stronger and you’ve got to try to execute 100 percent.”
Nainoa Banks, who is up from the JV squad, is slated to be the starting quarterback.
Watson is excited about his veteran receiver corps of Isain Wong-Lonzanida, Clifford Cunningham and the 6-foot-2 Keanu Momoa.
The coach calls Momoa a mini-Megatron, after the Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson.
“He’s a tough guy to defend because of his height and athleticism,” Watson said.
Wong-Lonzanida and Cunningham, who is also a kicker, were big contributors on last year’s title team.
“These three receivers are humble, not the type who will put it in your face and do fancy TD dances,” Watson said. “They’re workhorses who get their yards and go line up for the next play.”
Defensively, the Golden Hawks have many playmakers back, including OIA Division II defensive player of the year Randy Manewa, a linebacker, and Alexcio Meyers, who plays linebacker and safety.
“Manewa has gotten even faster and even stronger,” Watson said. “It’s scary. And his dedication is through the roof.”
Manewa is psyched up for his senior season and is always striving to get better.
“I can improve on everything, my grades, my weight by putting on pounds, pushing everybody to game level and being a real leader and speaking up for everybody,” he said.
Bryce Kaopua and Hoku Kamai are hybrid defensive ends who Watson calls “the best defensive ends you could ask for.”
Watson, however, is wary of the team getting overconfident due to last year’s success.
“It’s easy to be comfortable after a season like last year,” he said. “It’s like rinse and repeat. If we stay in the same place, we may get rolled. Right now, we’re trying to find areas of improvement, and it’s hard, because things that looked good last year may not have been evident because we were winning.
“We’re expecting to see everyone’s (other teams’) best. They’re shooting to beat the favorite. We will have to be on top of our game in every aspect.”
A year ago, the Golden Hawks finished 10-1, with a 42-20, first-round state tournament loss on the Big Island to Kamehameha-Hawaii breaking a 10-game winning streak, ending their chance at a state title and a cause for the them to still be smarting seven months later.
“We’re looking for a little redemption,” Wong, the senior tackle, said. “We came up short.”
Previously in the series on spring football practices —
PART 1 >> KAHUKU, May 18 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/first-day-of-practice-like-christmas-for-tata/
PART 2 >> ‘IOLANI, May 19 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/iolani-football-team-cranked-up-for-d-i/
PART 3 >> PUNAHOU, May 22 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/punahous-primary-football-pieces-still-in-place/
PART 4 MILILANI, May 26 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/mililani-drives-to-steer-clear-of-being-average/
PART 5 KAISER, May 27 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/kaiser-eager-for-oia-and-state-football-ascent/
PART 6 CAMPBELL, June 1 practice: http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/amosa-campbell-want-a-bonding-like-no-other/


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August Rush MovieTabs
Freddie Highmore is an orphaned musical prodigy who uses his extraordinary talents to reunite with his long-lost birth parents.
U.S. Release DateAugust Rush release date was Sunday, October 21, 2007.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Rating MPAAPG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language
"August Rush" tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams), August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.


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In Reply Dr Gunn understandably objects that the clinical team evidently did not refer her sister’s case to the hospital’s communication-and-resolution program (CRP) when Dr Gunn raised concerns about her care following her death. Especially given the severe outcome, standard practice would be for health care clinicians to alert risk management so that the case could be evaluated under the CRP. It would be highly unusual for risk managers not to take action in a death case where a family member has complained, but we lack information about why CRP initiation took so long in this case. What is clear is that CRPs are reliant upon clinicians and families to report adverse events, and without timely reporting, they cannot function effectively. In a study of 2 Massachusetts hospital systems1 (that connected us with patients for our interviews but did not care for Dr Gunn’s sister), 71% of CRP events were reported by clinicians, 25% by patients or family members, 3% by attorneys, and 1% by another party. Even with perfect clinician reporting, some events will first come to light through patients’ complaints because clinicians are not aware of them. However, the proportion should be low.
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The 2010 case saw 287 suspects — Chinese and Italian, all connected to the garment industry — rounded up for ties to a Mafia-related money-laundering scheme.
She wore a Jenny Packham ensemble for the service at Westminster Abbey.
The designer outlet mall sector just got more competitive.
The contributing editor’s upcoming article, “Galliano in the Wilderness,” features the designer’s first lengthy interview since his ouster from Dior.
The Swiss-based company has been manufacturing watch faces for Gucci for 15 years.
Avery Dennison debuts its launch of atma.io, a digital ID platform for supply chain transparency.


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Strong Drink for the Perishing Book Talk
Saturday, August 12 at 10 am
Pastor Jay Bergstresser’s new book, Strong Drink for the Perishing: Transformative Outreach to the Homeless, is about the strong drink of friendship and how any congregation or civic group can reach out and save a life. The book is set up as a study guide and will allow you to learn from their mistakes. What they never imagined when they took their first halting steps in homeless outreach is what a joy it would be. Pastor Jay will help you get started with your own organization’s homeless outreach at this free program. Books will be available for sale and signing.


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A healthy Rottweiler Puppy starts with a healthy daily diet
Despite the criticism the breed has received in recent years, the Rottweiler remains a popular choice of pet, Banixx did a good job on this article titled My Dog Ate A Grape and shows what happens to adult dogs.. All dogs are prone to canine allergies, and the Rottweiler is a breed that is susceptible to them as well.
A healthy Rottweiler Puppies diet will help maintain your pet in good health. His ideal diet should be comprised of a feed that includes meat, fish, milk, vegetables and cereals. Rottweilers can live on a vegetarian diet and be just as healthy as a meat-eating Rottweiler, but you must make sure you provide the required balance of protein, fats, vitamins and minerals, that can be also found in food in supplements you can find online at sites like TreeHousePuppies.com. Meat-eating pets on the B.A.R.F. diet or similar feeding regimen should be fed raw meat more often. Meat should always be of high quality to avoid risk.
Rottweiler are known to be one of the biggest dog breeds, and if you like big ones you will love the Hulk The Largest Pitbull Dog Breed ever.
Rottweiler Puppies Should be fed smaller meals often throughout the day
A rottweiler puppy should be ideally fed three or four times per day up to the age of 10 to 12 months. An adult Rottweiler should be fed twice in a day unless a vet has recommended once per day for health reasons. Check out this videos https://www.youtube.com/bluebuffalo for an idea what makes a good and healthy routine for your pet. It is mandatory in my opinion to be well versed in these things. The growth from puppy food to adult food should be slow and gradual, at a point when you are sure that your dog has reached 90 percent of its full weight use automatic dog feeders, this will avoid any digestive problems.

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Best Active Indoor Activities For Kids Fun Gross Motor Games and Creative Ideas For Winter (snow days!) or for when Cabin Fever strikes Awesome Boredom Busters and Brain Breaks for high energy Toddlers, Preschool and beyond - see
Local parks and forests are full of new discoveries. Create a scavenger hunt checklist, including items like moss, pinecones, ladybugs and spiderwebs. Better yet, encourage your kids to make it a photo safari so you don’t disturb the plants and animals. Find a local park or forest near you at Discover the Forest and complete this Nature Next Door Challenge.
Umbrella Rainy Day Card for Kids to Make (Spring craft)
Easy paper plate bee craft for preschoolers and older kids. This easy spring craft is perfect for an insect study unit in the classroom. Paint a paper plate and make the black strips with a pom pom. | at Non-Toy Gifts #artsandcraftsforkidswithpaper,
Silly and simple balloon elephant cards! A great craft for kids this summer! Simple craft for toddler or preschool age.
Arty Crafty Kids | Craft | Interactive Paper Plate Sailboat Craft | A fun and engaging Summer Craft for Kids. Sail the paper plate seas with their twizzle boats. #earlyyears #preschool #summercrafts #paperplatecraft #kidscrafts
With Christmas around the corner and little ones coming home for winter break, you're probably scrambling to keep them busy and prepare for the holidays. Have them make this Snowman Paper Plate Mask Craft to keep them busy but still festive.

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1 Person Killed In Fatal 3-Vehicle Crash On Highway 49 In North AuburnNorthbound lanes of Highway 49 in north Auburn are back open after a fatal three-car accident forced its closure this morning.
14-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing Out Of Sacramento Found SafeA 14-year-old girl who was reported missing out of Sacramento has been found safe.
Mother Searching For Daughter's Guardian Angel Who Saved Her Life With CPRA Las Vegas mother is searching for a woman she was told performed CPR on her 19-year-old daughter and likely saved her life.
How To (Mostly) Stop Facebook From Sharing Your DataIs it time to delete your Facebook account? That's the question many of its users are asking in light of revelations that data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed and improperly stored information from millions of users.
Parents Turn In Son To Stop School Shooting Plot In MichiganA Michigan high school student who was allegedly planning a deadly school shooting has been taken into custody after his parents alerted police about the threat.
Dairy Queen Giving Away Free Ice Cream Cones TodayDairy Queen announced that it will giveaway free vanilla ice cream cones at all of its non-mall locations in the United States on Tuesday, March 20, to celebrate the start of spring, and to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Trailer For New Fred Rogers Movie ReleasedThe first trailer for the new movie about Fred Rogers has been released. Focus Features released the new trailer for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” on Fred Rogers' birthday.
New Stem Cell Treatment Gives Blind Patients Ability To ReadA revolutionary new stem cell treatment is giving doctors hope of developing a cure for blindness within the next five years.
Report: Man At Center Of Foresthill Standoff Sets Fire To Home
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Strong Pacific Storm Headed Our WayA strong Pacific storm heading toward California will likely bring an extended period of rain and the threat of flooding and debris flows in areas near wildfire burn scars, forecasters said Monday.
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A Saffron Walden school that's going places
A SAFFRON Walden primary school has come on leaps and bounds according to its latest government inspection. The comment, made by a parent, was used by Ofsted to sum up the impressive progress made by St Mary s Primary School over the past 18 months. Ins
A SAFFRON Walden primary school has come on "leaps and bounds" according to its latest government inspection.
The comment, made by a parent, was used by Ofsted to sum up the impressive progress made by St Mary's Primary School over the past 18 months.
Inspectors noted that headteacher Surge Dhanda and her new leadership team have "succeeded in creating a positive climate for learning where pupils grow in confidence and increasingly work hard to do their best".
It adds that Mrs Dhanda has "worked very hard to steer the school in the right direction" and that "priorities" have been well chosen.
Staff at the school, in Castle Street, were also praised for sharing in the school's "ambitious aim to aspire for excellence in a Christian learning environment".
It also picked out that, following a zero tolerance policy, behaviour which has been an issue in the past has seen a "dramatic turnaround" and is now consistently good across the school.
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- 3 Family tribute to much-loved mum and grandma who died during Thaxted fire
- 4 Essex report into Covid deaths and residents with learning disabilities
- 5 District council: Free car parking between Christmas and January 3
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- 7 Here are the new Covid travel rules which begin today
- 8 Essex drink driving figures revealed as police launch Christmas crackdown
- 9 Fire safety measures approved for Harlow council homes
- 10 Linton has festive fun lined up at annual Christmas market
Mrs Dhanda is delighted with the report. She said: "This demonstrates to the public at large that this is a school that is going places. Our parents already knew this.
"Our staff are truly dedicated; work hard and in partnership with parents, governors and children to bring about a school where children are happy, enthusiastic, cared for and eager to learn.
"The inspector was very impressed by the positive parental response rate to the Ofsted questionnaire with the most replies for a school he had ever seen.


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HUNTINGTON -- A Mingo County couple is suing St. Mary's Medical Center for negligence during a breast augmentation surgery.
Dr. Michael R. Spindel was also named as a defendant in the suit.
On Feb. 4, 2010, Spindel performed a breast augmentation surgery at St. Mary's Medical Center on Paula Bench, according to a complaint filed May 25 in Cabell Circuit Court.
Bench claims almost immediately after the surgery she felt that something was wrong and she returned to Spindel and he suggested corrective surgery.
On May 25, 2010, Spindel performed the corrective surgery on Bench at no cost, according to the suit, but Spindel failed to advise her that he had severed the chest wall muscle.
Bench claims the problems continued to worsen until she sought the opinion of another plastic surgeon, who diagnosed her with symmastia.
The physician advised Bench that he could not perform the surgery that she would need and that it needed to be performed by a highly trained surgeon, according to the suit.
Bench claims she researched the matter and found that there was no such surgeon in West Virginia and that the closest one was located seven hours from her home.
The specialist determined that Bench will require one to two corrective surgeries which may or may not correct the damage, according to the suit.
Bench claims the condition of her breasts has significantly damaged her quality of life, caused emotional suffering, loss of consortium with her husband and has impacted her quality of life.
The negligent and/or reckless disregard of proper medical or plastic surgery protocol by the defendants in the cause of Bench's symmastia, according to the suit.
Bench and her husband, Marvin S. Bench, are seeking compensatory damages with pre- and post-judgment interest. They are being represented by Susan J. Van Zant.
The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge F. Jane Hustead.
Cabell Circuit Court case number: 12-C-340


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Janáček: Katja Kabanova, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theater, 25.1.2014. (JMI)
Katia: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Kabanicha: Deborah Polaski
Boris: Pavel Cernoch
Tichon: Stephan Rügamer
Dikoj: Pavlo Hunka
Kudriach: Florian Hoffmann
Varvara: Anna Lapkovskaja
Kuligin: Roman Trekel
Production: Brussel’s La Monnaie
Direction: Andrea Breth
Sets: Annette Murschetz
Costumes: Silke Willrett & Marc Weeger
Lighting: Alexander Koppelmann
One of the great attractions of this trip to Berlin was the chance to attend a performance of Katja Kabanova with Sir Simon Rattle leading the musical direction, Andrea Breth’s staging (which was highly acclaimed at its premiere in Brussels) and Eva-Maria Westbroek at the head of the cast. The end result was not what I expected regarding the cast and staging, although the musical side left nothing to be desired.
This production by Andrea Breth, one of the most recognizable figures in German theater direction, had its premiere in 2010 at La Monnaie in Brussels and was well received by audiences and critics. The production is in the Regietheater style, so popular in Germany. From my point of view it’s a production that offers very interesting points together with some other, more questionable, ones.
The performance starts with the prelude in a totally darkened theater, giving an air of mystery to the sound coming from the pit. When the stage is lit, we are in a kind of ruined room with a dirt floor and some motionless characters, including Dikoj asleep on a chair with his feet resting on his nephew Boris. In the center of the stage is an open lighted refrigerator, where we discover the protagonist of the opera, Katja. All the drama will take place on this same stage.
Andrea Breth’s direction has some positive points and clearly defines the characters, from Kabanicha and her submissive son, whom she bathes like a child in a tub, to the relationship between Varvara and Kudriach, which has very little romance and lots of quick sex. The stage work has a good many figurative and symbolic elements of which I’m not very fond since it takes a lot of effort to try to understand what the director means by the symbols. The Volga, so important in this opera, is symbolically represented by a bathtub, where Katia will finally commit suicide. To this list could be added a plastic bag with a little fish that Kudriach brings on stage. What the fridge with Katia inside means is beyond my imagination and my skill to resolve hieroglyphs. In the different scenes the characters involved at any point do not disappear but rather remain silent on stage, as if they didn’t exist anymore. The appearances of ecclesiastical processions are effective in presenting the double moral standard of Kabanicha, but it seems debatable that they would convert Kuligin, Kudriach’s friend, into a priest.
The unique sets are rather confusing throughout while the costumes are suited to the production. The direction is quite good and, in short, it is a superb production for fans of modernism, so fashionable nowadays in some countries, and much more open to debate for simple opera goers.
Surely we can all agree – modernists, pseudo intellectuals, nostalgics and opera lovers in general – that the musical direction by Sir Simon Rattle was magnificent. The same can be said of the outstanding Staatskapelle Berlin. When an opera has a great conductor and an exceptional orchestra the result is like touching heaven with one’s hand. And so it was here: rarely has Leoš Janáček been better served than on this occasion. I think this time I found Sir Simon more inspired and convincing than ever.
Eva-Maria Westbroek’s Katja Kabanova was one of the great attractions of this performance. She is one of the leading singers of recent years and a very intense performer in all her roles. Last year I attended her Minnie in Frankfurt, and I wrote that her top notes were tighter and more whitish than before, but that she was still a great artist. The same can be said of her Kabanova. Her interpretation seemed flawless and fully convincing, but vocally she is not at the same level as some three years ago.
Veteran soprano Deborah Polaski gave life to Kabanicha and figured prominently in the performance, but vocally she is in a sorry state. Tenor Pavel Cernoch was fine in the character of Boris. His voice is attractive and meets the characteristics of a lyric tenor. Stephan Rügamer was a suitable interpreter of Tichon.
The couple in love was performed by tenor Florian Hoffmann as Kudriach and mezzo soprano Anna Lapkovskaja in the part of Varvara. She offered the most interesting voice of the entire cast, cool and well-modulated. Both expressed their feelings very well.
Pavlo Hunka Dikoj was adequate, although I find his vocal performance has declined since a few years ago. Roman Trekel was good as Kuligin, as were Emma Sarkisyan (Glascha), Adriane Quieiroz (Feklusha) and Blanka Modra (Woman) .
The Schiller Theater is still the headquarters of the Staatsoper Unter Den Linden as the reconstruction of their theater seems to be moving at a slow pace. The theater was sold out, and the audience gave a warm welcome to the artists, with the biggest cheers for Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Staatskapelle. Among the singers the only bravos were dedicated to Eva-Maria Westbroeck and Anna Lapkovskaja. The creative team was warmly received, although there were also some boos.
We left the theater to the pleasant temperature of 13 degrees below zero. Then I understood replacing the Volga with a bathtub.
José Mª. Irurzun

domain: artistic


I believe that being in the right mindset is just as important as playing the flute itself while you are accomplishing your flute goals. In this article I want to share with you a few steps I have learned to help you accomplish your flute goals.
It’s one thing to own a flute and some sheet music, and it’s a completely another thing to actually understand and have the knowledge, education, and motivation to use it all properly so that you can become the best version of yourself you can be.
Find joy in the process of learning.
My first piece of advice for you is to focus on steadily improving. I think that a lot of people nowadays are looking for a fast fix or a magic pill in order to get to the successful stage in light speed time. But much like when a small plant when a small plant is growing, flute playing takes small bits of improvement daily.
Well, in the music world- especially for those learning how to play an instrument, it just doesn’t happen by itself. The knowledge doesn’t just jump into your body overnight. Steady improvement will happen naturally as you make the effort to practice often and use the proper instruction.
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Classification and advantages of closed die forging
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Open die forging in the production, there will be flying around the edge of the forging, such a large increase in material consumption, material utilization rate greatly reduced, increased costs, increased the forging force. Therefore, small flash no flash die forging and closed die forging into people's pursuit. The life style of closed die forging has become a development trend in the future.
The closed die forging can be classified according to the precision of the forging and the form of parting surface.
1.Forging precision classification
This method can be divided into two forms, one is generally closed die forging machining allowance and tolerance is still commonly used open die forging, improve the use of forging materials, it is the fundamental purpose of the. Another is precision closed die forging, this method not only products not fly edge and forgings have a very small machining allowance and tolerance, mechanical processing is only a rough machining or not even need to be processed, precision forging.
2.According to the classification of the form of classification
This classification can be divided into two forms. A is separable concave die closed die forging, referred to as: die forging, which has three and more than three mobile punch of flashless die forging, referred to as multi die forging. The other is the integral die forging die forging in the shape of simple forgings using this method, in the shape of complex forgings products can be divided into die forging die forging die.
The advantage of closed die forging is:
1.Improve the material utilization
The general material utilization rate can be improved by 10-30% according to different forging shapes, wherein the utilization ratio can be up to 95% in the small inner hole gear hot closed die forging material.
2.Improve the precision forging
Such as heat closed type forging allowance 0.6-0.8mm only in the car transmission gear box, rough machining process is omitted, belonging to the precise blanks.
3.Save the production process.
Because there is no fly edge, cutting edge cutting process.
4.Reduce energy consumption
Reduce 10-50% in terms of energy consumption.
5.Improve the mechanical properties
The above is the classification of closed die forging and the advantages of different categories, hoping to help to everyone!


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Fulham manager latest: Stuart Gray in pole position after club fail to land other targets
EXCLUSIVE By Editor Wayne Veysey| Former Evening Standard, Press Association and Goal chief correspondent with 17 years experience of breaking big stories, including exclusives like this
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Fulham have turned their attention to Stuart Gray after failing to land their first four manager targets, Football Insider sources understand.
The Championship club have made contact with the former Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Northampton boss, who has been out of working since leaving Hillsborough last June.
A Fulham source has told Football Insider that Gray is in pole position to succeed Kit Symons, who was sacked at the beginning of November.
The Cottagers have been rebuffed four times in the subsequent period, with Mark Warburton following Gary Rowett, Nigel Pearson and Steve Clarke by rejecting their advances.
Football Insider revealed on Tuesday that Fulham’s US-based owner Shahid Khan has been in to London this week to oversee the process following the series of recruitment setbacks.
Pakistan-born billionare Khan, who also owns the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars team, wants a new man in place by this weekend.
Khan wants to appoint a head coach-type figure who can work with transfer chief Mike Rigg rather than a traditional manager in the mould of Harry Redknapp or former Charlton and West Ham boss Alan Curbishley, who is advising caretaker Peter Grant.
As revealed by Football Insider, a deal with Pearson is dead in the water as his long-time assistants Steve Walsh and Craig Shakespeare are unwilling to quit Leicester for a pay cut.
Reading manager Steve Clarke had agreed the terms of a contract with the Londoners but the deal collapsed after he tried to renegotiate lucrative top-up bonuses.
Talks with Rowett broke down last Friday, while Rangers manager Warburton has distanced himself from the post.


Multi-platinum recording group Neon Trees has announced that their highly anticipated third studio album Pop Psychology will be released on April 22 via Island Records. The album’s first single “Sleeping With A Friend” is available via iTunes now. The full album is available to pre-order here.
Pop Psychology was recorded throughout 2013 in Cabo San Lucas, Los Angeles and Provo and was produced and mixed by Tim Pagnotta, who also produced the band’s smash hits “Animal” and “Everybody Talks.” The new album continues Neon Trees’ exploration of new wave, smart pop and dance music, resulting in their most refined album to date. Pop Psychology boasts infectious alternative synth pop ready for the radio, shower, car, and dance floor.
From Provo, Utah, Neon Trees is Tyler Glenn (lead vocals, keys) Chris Allen (guitars), Branden Campbell (bass), and Elaine Bradley (drums, vocals).
Tyler Glenn says of Pop Psychology, “The album is so special to me personally because it basically started from a place where I was broken and uninterested in anything to do with music. I had reached a breaking point. For me this record is a celebration, a cry for help, an admission of self-doubt, and a revelation of self-acceptance. At the very least, it’s a pop record, and to me the purest example of the sound of Neon Trees.”
Neon Trees kicked off 2014 by storming the airwaves with several television appearances. On January 16, the band returned to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon followed by a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 22. This spring, Neon Trees will hit the road for a massive headlining North American tour. Dates will be announced shortly.
Pop Psychology is the follow up to band’s 2012 release Picture Show which debuted at #17 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and featured the RIAA double platinum single “Everybody Talks” which cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Neon Trees’ debut album, Habits, was released in 2010 and featured the double platinum smash single “Animal.”
No stranger to the road, Neon Trees has toured with Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, The Killers, Duran Duran, Flaming Lips, My Chemical Romance, and others.
Also, check out the brand new Kat Krazy Remix of “Sleeping With A Friend.”


Duterte: It’s not yet time for MNLF to join AFP fight in Marawi
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that it was not yet time for Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters to join government troops in fighting the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group in Marawi City.
“Si Nur, nag-usap kami once. Mag-kumpleto rin ang mga tao niya. Sabi ko: ‘Salamat.’ Tapos, he offered to send 2,000 of his men. Sabi ko: ‘Teka, huwag muna. Huwag muna’,” Duterte said in a speech before troops of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Tacurong City.
Duterte and Nur Misuari, MNLF founding chairman, met on Saturday and talked about the help of MNLF fighters could give the Armed Forces of the Philippines in its fight against the Maute Group.
The President initially said he welcomed the Misuari’s.
Earlier, Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said the MNLF fighters could not immediatey join the state troops in figting the Maute Group since “appropriate protocols” would still need to be established. /atm
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The Devil challenges a young man to a game of basketball. The stakes? What is in the Devil’s bag against the young man’s soul.
The film is PROOF OF CONCEPT for the feature script, “On a Field of Legends.” In OAFOL a young man challenges Death to a football game for his daughter’s life. FIELD OF DREAMS meets IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
This is what I did with basketball. OAFOL is what I can do with football.
News & Reviews
- “The Devil Goes Down at the Harlem FF.”New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/arts/spare-times-for-sept-12-18.html?_r=0
- “An exciting modern adaptation of an ancient tale: “The Devil Goes Down””ATLAS & AERIS INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF INDEPENDENT FILMhttp://atlasaeris.com/2014/12/28/the-devil-goes-down/


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Charlotte’s web is a series of workshops that would assist children to put words to their thoughts, ideas and their imagination. The emphasis would be on encouraging them to explore their imagination and use it in their writing
What topics will we cover?
Children will be exposed to poetry from various authors. Children will be encouraged to talk about those poetries. This will help them develop their own thoughts about poetry.
What should the child know?
The age group is 8 and above. The child should be able to write on its own.
How will the children be taught?
We prefer to use the term facilitation. The child would be exposed to the different ideas. They will be provided stimulation and opportunities to explore and implement what they are learning. We will have individual and team based activities.
What will my child gain out of this workshop?
Children will be exposed to poetry as something that they can read, write and appreciate. They will also be exposed to some tools that can be used while writing poetry. This workshop will serve as a platform to express their imagination and ideas


David Coombs speaks to Bradley Manning supporters at All Souls Unitarian Church in Northwest D.C.
The lawyer for Army whistleblower Private First Class Bradley Manning is speaking out. For the first time in public, David Coombs is talking about the case against his client, the alleged torture Pfc. Manning has endured and his fight for freedom.
Manning has been in prison for over 900 days without a trial. Coombs and supporters call it an injustice.
"It is by far the most important military case, but it's a case that is significant for all of us," says Coombs. "We live in a country that is built on freedom of speech. We live in a country that is built on government accountability and informed citizens."
Coombs didn't go into details, but used his time in front of the audience and media to paint a picture of a young soldier whose actions he believes have helped expose the reality of wars. Manning is accused in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
He has been in prison since June 2010 awaiting a court martial. In that time, Manning alleges he's been subjected to solitary isolation and other abuse at the hands of the guards.
"Not only was it stupid and counter-productive, it was criminal," Coombs says. "An entire group of individuals chose to turn a blind eye to how Bradley was being treated."
Some supporters who filled the All Souls Unitarian Church in Northwest D.C. to hear Coombs speak came from across the country. They say Pfc. Manning is a patriot. They joined with Coombs in demanding freedom now for the imprisoned soldier.
"I think his incarceration, under torturous conditions without having been charged or found guilty of anything for this long period of time, is an abomination," says Paulette Frederick.
"We think it's a violation of American principles to treat prisoners this way no matter what they've done, and in this case, he did something that was very important," Lincoln Day adds.