Never a dull day at the Cinderella Project...especially when we are asked to help a young lady with her prom outfit with barely 10 days to the big event. No pressure!
Not to make it any easier, typical tomboy Erin didn't want a glitzy, girly prom dress. It had to be a tuxedo.
Thank goodness we have a great relationship with Slaters in Manchester who pulled out all the stops to make sure that Erin looked super-amazing at her prom.
A proud moment for everyone including dad Patrick.
"Hey my name is Erin, I was only 5 years old and just before Christmas 2007 my dad noticed that my head was leaning towards my right shoulder. He was very concerned and worried, so a few days later, he took me to see the doctor. At first, they said it was due to my swimming as I used to swim every Tuesday, so they thought I'd twisted my neck while swimming, but it turned out that they were wrong. My dad who wasn't convinced with their explanation, took me to Booth Hall hospital the next night where they found a tumour in my pineal gland in my brain. Since then it's just been operation after operation and bits of radiotherapy and radio-surgery.
I'm now hopeful that this last blast I had on the 18th of June until 22nd of June this year has worked as I am now feeling a million dollars so yeah it's been a long journey which now has hopefully ended.
After my radio-surgery I contacted the Cinderella project with the help of my dad and Manchester Children's Hospital as it was now less than 2 weeks to my prom. There wasn't long to get ready.
"In January 2014, 5 months after starting high school, I was diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. My first stay in hospital lasted 18 weeks. Following 2-3 weeks at home, I was subsequently readmitted to hospital for a bone marrow transplant and had to be in total isolation for a further 8 weeks.
I was then allowed home but had to undergo a further 6 months of semi-isolation. This meant that I was absent from school for around 15 months and was then only allowed back on a part time basis, as I still had to undergo a further 9 months of treatment due to the risk of my body rejecting the transplant.
At times it felt like all my friends had moved on as I was still not strong enough or well enough to do the things that they could do, simple things like going shopping or hanging out at each other houses.
My treatment has left me disabled. I understand that I will need further operations in the future to replace my knees, ankles and wrist joints as well as having a metal plate in my shin. Due to the harsh treatment, I lost all my hair (it used to be strawberry blonde and was 28 inches long) I am also covered in scars and stretch marks and have been told to expect to be on some form of medication for the rest of my life.
I have missed around 3 years of school in total but I have worked really hard and managed to catch up enough so that I am able to take my GCSE's with the rest of my peer group.
I also get to go to my school prom this year. This is the one chance that I get to be like all the other girls the same age, although I do not look like a typical teenager anymore, I have scars, my hair is short and everyone else will be taller than me.
I was so happy to be nominated for the Cinderella Project. It has been amazing so far. I loved visiting Diamante in Bramhall where the team were wonderful, nothing was too much trouble for them.
The Cinderella Project has made me feel like a princess but most importantly like a normal teenage girl who despite everything that has happened to me, can now attend her prom just like her friends, feeling beautiful and confident."
"The whole prom experience was amazing. Nine months ago I didn't think I would be well enough to attend, but I felt amazing on the night. I met eleven of my friends and we all went together in a limo to the prom. It was great to be with my friends again after spending so much time in hospital.
"Katie was diagnosed suddenly in September 2017, after showing no symptoms, with a rare form of neuro endocrine cancer. The cancer was found in her liver, pancreas, spine and lung.
We were told that as the cancer was so rare and so widespread, the doctors were not sure if chemotherapy would work, so they would scan after 2 rounds of chemo. The second dose had to be reduced in strength as it made her so so ill. She ended up in hospital for about 6 weeks. She didn't eat for about 12 weeks and lost so much weight. They insisted on putting in an NG tube to give her feeds which she hated. They applied for her to have a different anti-sickness drug and after this she seemed to pick up a bit and start to eat. Slowly her assertiveness or "Katieness" as we call it, began to come back and she fought her case to take out the NG tube.
To date, Katie has undergone 6 rounds of chemotherapy. After the last chemo in February, she began to gain her strength and began to regain her appetite once again. It was only really at Easter time that she was strong enough to look at prom dresses. We had discussed prom before this but she just wasn't strong enough to get her head round going shopping and she was so thin that I had no idea what size she would be by the time the prom came as I knew she needed to put some weight back on.
Thankfully the tumours have reduced in size but left her with compression fractures in her spine. The cancer has now gone from her lungs but the doctors are not sure if the mass they can see on the scans is now dead cells or active cancer cells so Katie will now have another scan in June. If it has grown - more chemo will be necessary. The Christie hospital have now sorted out tablets hence her line could be removed. The Christie clinicians have shown a great interest in Katie as this tumour is so rare in adults and especially rare in children.
Our lovely Teenage Cancer Trust, Youth Support Co-ordinator from Manchester Children's Hospital Nicola mentioned about the Cinderella Project. What a God send!
Just from the point of me hating shopping for a start, I really had no idea where to start looking for dresses. Katie has only just had her Hickman line removed (the Sunday before we came to see you on the Tuesday). This was also a consideration as Katie would feel so self-conscious of the line had it still been in. She was originally looking at dresses with one shoulder strap to cover the line.
Away back in February we had the privilege of meeting and styling the very lovey 15yr old Casey Jones for her prom.
Now we are able to reveal exactly what she chose.
Casey had a fabulous makeover at Harvey Nichols Manchester followed by an evening she will never forget!
Once again huge thanks to Diamante Bramhall for their help with our Cinderella's!
"I had multiple lumps in my neck and under arms, we went to the GP numerous times over a time period of six months, until finally I was diagnosed.
I had my first round of chemo on the 28th December 2016 and they blasted me with it for a further 6 months. I then then had 15 days of continuous radiotherapy. I was weak and tired all the time limiting my ability to do all the things that I had enjoyed previously.
After I finished my treatment I was cleared of any cancer 😍 I am now thankfully in remission.
Having cancer made me take action to improve my life. I picked up my studies at school and started an amazing drama group run by the fabulous Ross Adams. Ever since I was a little girl I had always wanted to be in the spotlight.
I have dreamt of my prom since I was 11 years old. As I realised my prom was nearing, I contacted The Cinderella Project to help me fulfil my dreams of having the perfect prom night.
When prom night arrived, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and wouldn't have been made possible without the Cinderella Project. I had a really special night with friends feeling good with how I looked"
After two and a half years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic Leukaemia, Lydia Greenwood got to ring the end of treatment bell at the Christie Hospital and there is no better way to celebrate than to have a party!
We wanted to help this lovely and very deserving young lady who performed on our Concorde Catwalk last year to feel uber- amazing this evening, so we sent our lovely Wendy to help get Lydia ready via our Cinderella Project.
Lydia who had already picked out a fabulous outfit with the help of Wendy, had a very special pamper session today at Harvey Nichols courtesy of Dora from the Shavata Nail Studio and Fran from Stila. This was followed by a hair styling appointment with Paul from Trevor Sorbie. I think you will agree that Lydia looks a million dollars.
Lindsey who was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma, is being looked after by the Teenage Cancer Trust's Young Oncology Unit at the Christie Hospital. In 2016 she underwent extensive surgery to her right leg as well as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In March 2017 she underwent further surgery to her lungs.
Then, in late 2017, the doctors advised that Lindsey's best chance of recovery would be to have an amputation, so in December last year, she underwent further surgery.
Despite these setbacks, Lindsay is full of hope and determination to get back to enjoying life including her hobbies of singing and acting.
We have no doubt that this brave beauty will continue to inspire others with her can do attitude and positivity. Here's what she had to say…..
Big thanks to the staff at Debenhams, Trafford Centre, Trevor Sorbie Salons, Manchester, Harvey Nichols, Manchester, & BK Executive Cars for helping make Lindsey's day very special.


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Last weekend, my exhibit opened in galerie le Caveau in beautiful Saint Ursanne. The gallery is a medieval cellar, half above ground, with thick walls and small windows -a godsent, with the heat of the past days- and my work 'works' quite well in these rooms, I find. I am pleased with how it all turned out. For as much as I can be pleased with my own work. Friends and family convened for the opening, bubbly was bubbling, words were spoken, art was watched. And yes, I love to see people watching my art intently. It nearly makes me shy. Nearly.
The exhibit is still open till the 12th of august -and there will be a finissage then- from thursday till sunday from 14;00 hours till 18:00 hours. So you can go to Saint Ursanne to see the cloister, the church, the medieaval town, my art, then take a dip in the river Doubs to cool off, and in the evening maybe still go see a performance from the "Piano à St Ursanne" event, which has many an interesting piece scheduled here.


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Dzierwaniszki – dawny zaścianek. Tereny, na których leżał, znajdują się obecnie na Białorusi, w obwodzie witebskim, w rejonie miorskim.

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W czasach zaborów zaścianek w gminie Przebrodź, w powiecie dzisieńskim, w guberni wileńskiej Imperium Rosyjskiego.

W latach 1921–1945 zaścianek leżał w Polsce, w województwie wileńskim, w powiecie dziśnieńskim, od 1926 roku w powiecie brasławskim, w gminie Przebrodzie.

Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku zamieszkiwało tu 21 osób, wszystkie były wyznania staroobrzędowego i zadeklarowały białoruską przynależność narodową. Były tu 4 budynki mieszkalne. W 1931 w 5 domach zamieszkiwało 31 osób.

Wierni należeli do parafii prawosławnej w Przebrodziu. Miejscowość podlegała pod Sąd Grodzki w Brasławiu i Okręgowy w Wilnie; właściwy urząd pocztowy mieścił się w Przebrodziu.

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Przypisy

Rejon miorski
Opuszczone miejscowości na Białorusi
Miejscowości województwa wileńskiego (II Rzeczpospolita)

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NEWS ALERT Bishop Tenders Resignation
The Anglican story is a long story of which this is a brief sketch:
As with any Christian story, it begins with the birth, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It continues in the life of the early community spreading across the Mediterranean world until it crosses the English Channel, then to become part of those islands. Augustine, Patrick, Julian of Norwich, John Wesley, William Temple are all part of our story.
Down through the centuries, there were many developments in the Christian faith and life. In the 4th century Christianity moved from the margins of Roman culture to become the official religion of the Empire. In 1054, it divided into the Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox worlds. In the 16th century, the age of European Reformation, the Church in England broke ties with the authority of Rome and established an independent existence as a church both reformed and catholic.
In 1578, Robert Wolfall held a service on an English ship in Hudson's Bay and another chapter began which would eventually see Anglican churches from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1788, Charles Inglis was consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia. In the early decades of this century, Bishop Robert Fleming called 90% of all Inuit people into the Anglican tradition. Today, in addition to the Anglican Church of Canada, there are 33 other self-governing churches in our Anglican Communion spread across 164 countries who embrace 23 languages. The vast majority of Christian Anglicans live in the countries of the developing world.
Anglican Christianity has always tried to balance the many ways by which we understand, embrace, and respond to the mystery of God. We have inherited three great gifts: the Bible, the Sacramental experience, and the community of faith. We believe that God is a God of self-disclosure (revelation). We seek to understand that revelation by our reason, to respond to it with our love, and to act upon it in our lives. We believe that Christian faith is a many splendoured gift of our Lord, which can grow richer and lead to fullness of life.
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The Internet facilitated communication between those diagnosed with Lyme and those with similar symptoms. This led in 2001 to the foundation of EuroLyme, an Internet patient support group. The first Tick Borne Diseases conference was held in 2001.
In 2002, it became apparent to the on-line participants that numbers were growing and that a formal organisation was needed to lobby for the treatment of patients, raise awareness and strive for more medical research. A small group of those communicating via the EuroLyme discussion board decided to form the registered charity Lyme Disease Action, as a separate and formal organisation.
Lyme Disease Action became a registered charity in 2003 and organised the 2nd Tick Borne Diseases conference at York University.
. . and in the following 17 years . .
2004 the LDA website was started to act as a repository of information.
2005 a conference was held at Sheffield University and conferences have been held annually until 2018.
2006 Leaflets "What is Lyme Disease" and "Lyme Disease in Neurology & Psychiatry" were produced. A parliamentary lobbying campaign started to make MPs aware of the situation faced by patients with possible Lyme disease.
2007 First Early Day Motion was raised in parliament.
2008 a second Early Day Motion (958) was raised calling for UK Clinical Guidelines and a seminar held in the House of Commons "Evidence for Change".
2009 LDA provided a written submission to the IDSA review panel with evidence that IDSA guidelines are not applicable to the UK. This was concurred with by the review panel who issued a special caution.
2010 LDA had a meeting with Anne Milton MP, Minister for Public Health as part of the continuing lobby campaign. An email help desk was launched for patient.
2011 LDA achieved accreditation to the Department of Health's Information Standard and was confirmed as a producer of high quality health information. Dr Sandra Pearson, consultant psychiatrist, was appointed as medical Director.
2012 LDA started exhibiting at international and national medical conferences in order to provide information direct to health professionals. Three particular people working for the Health Protection Agency and the Department of Health retired and the Lyme testing laboratory moved to Public Health England, Porton. This significantly changed the landscape.
2013 LDA funded a project with the James Lind Alliance which confirmed uncertainties in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. These were entered onto the UK DUETs – the Database of Uncertainties in the Effects of Treatment. Regular meetings between the new specialist Lyme laboratory at Porton continued. The first Public Health England conference on Lyme disease saw patients and health professionals working together.
2014 LDA developed an e-learning module together with the Royal College of General Practitioners and paid to make this freely available to all health professionals. LDA also contributed to an awareness video with Hiblio TV, the digital TV Health Services under Torbay Hospital.
2015 LDA provided a briefing for a House of Lords debate on Lyme disease and had several review articles published in medical journals and a forestry journal. A primary care exhibition was attended and several talks provided for the general public.
2016 LDA had several articles published in medical journals and presented scientific posters at NordTick 2016 and the annual conference of the Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections. Five talks for the general public and one for physiotherapists were provided and text for a Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme manual. There were interviews for both BBC radio and television and a webinar for health professionals. LDA contributed to the NICE Guideline scoping workshop and commented on the draft scope.
2017 LDA attended several exhibitions and held a workshop for first aiders. A poster was presented at a James Lind Alliance conference and 2 trustees attended the International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease in Vienna. A nursing article was published and a talk provided to consultants at a PHE conference. LDA's Explore project was initiated. An LDA trustee attended The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) committee meetings drawing up a NICE Guideline for Lyme disease. Stakeholder comments were provided on the draft Guideline.
2018 LDA attended exhibitions for health professionals and arboriculturists and provided two talks for the general public. Presentations were made at the annual conference of the Primary Care Dermatological Society and a MedLearn virtual event. Two articles were published in medical journals and the RCGP e-learning module was updated. Funding was provided for the RCGP Spotlight project. LDA provided a member for the NICE Quality Standard committee and presented the NICE Guideline to the NordTick 2018 conference in Finland.
2019 LDA completed work on the RCGP Spotlight project and held a workshop for patients and health professionals discussing a specialist clinic for Lyme disease patients. Exhibition stands were manned at a student arboricultural conference and a country show. A parliamentary briefing on vector-borne disease was reviewed and text supplied for NHS England's primary Care Bulletin. Contributions were provided for a research workshop run by the HPRU EZI.
LDA continues to provide awareness leaflets free of charge and to strive for the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and associated tick-borne diseases. Have a look through our latest news, to see what has been going on.
We are all un-paid volunteers, working in our spare time. We may not respond to your emails instantly, but we will respond. Above all, we have had Lyme disease and struggled to get treatment, so we know what it is like. We also understand the difficulties of clinicians who may have little experience of tick-borne disease.


She clearly wanted a real burger — not a bun, not an air sandwich, and she didn't want to be full on just some fancy baking. No matter how good the bun looked, or tasted, it was ultimately useless without the big, beefy burger she wanted.
1.	Be relevant. If a visitor comes to your site expecting one thing and gets something else, they'll leave your site with a bad taste and will likely never return. You may dress nice, but you MUST be relevant.
2.	Engage users. Do this with relevant content, impeccable design and a clear call to action.
3.	Provide quick value. People's time is valuable. Make sure to give them what they want quickly or else they'll bounce. Offer enough value so they'll want to spend time on your site and come back again.
4.	Clarity. Explain your product, how it works, what you do and why the user needs you in just a few words. The clearer your message, the quicker the reader will take action.
5.	Offer Expert Advice. You can do this through blogs, white papers, webinars, etc. This lends credibility to your brand and provides a purpose behind your website. It also helps with search engine optimization by providing fresh new content, and establishing your site as an expert in your industry.
What is the next phase? While I would argue that content is king and good content strategy accounts for 3/4 of the success for a site, the remaining 1/4 rests squarely on taking that content and making it deliverable and engaging.
You need to take that valuable nugget of information, that hamburger patty you lovingly crafted, and garnish it. Present that information in a clearly legible manner. Use practical infographics that compel the visitor to sit up and pay attention. Engage them with interactive elements to help them really understand what it is they are looking at. Make that game the most amazing thing they have played recently. Compell them. Teach them. Guide them. Don't make them think.
The New York Times is a great example of great content leading the way for great design to seal the deal. Apple is another but with a more product oriented approach. ESPN is a great example of a leisure brand excelling at this. This final step will set you apart from the rest. If you are not sure how to speak to your user through these means, hire an expert. There are designers out there who speak this language so well they can engage users without them even realizing it, and these subtle successes are often times the most potent.
Never underestimate solid design backing great content strategy.
This one two punch — opening with a focused quality content, and driving it home with a grand user experience — will ultimately lead you to the top of the charts on a given search engine. You will keep the users you gain, lower your bounce rate, raise your conversion rate, and leave no one questioning the substance of your idea, event, or product.


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Malden High School Welcomes Helena Talaya-Manso From Spain
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October 25, 2021 October 26, 2021 Sandra Li
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With the new school year, Malden High School welcomes Helena Talaya-Manso as a new staff member of the world languages department, teaching Spanish I, II and III to students this year.
Talaya-Manso is originally from Madrid, Spain where her interest in teaching began when she finished high school. More specifically, it was when she noticed both the passion and the motivation that her friend demonstrated towards the field.
At the time, Talaya-Manso had planned on studying journalism; however, she witnessed a group of friends protesting at a university in Madrid, where students were not being accepted "because there were many students who wanted to study that particular career," and there was no place for all of them. As a result, she explained that after seeing this demonstration it was "[her] dream to be a part of this nice community of students" that wanted to become teachers because she was fascinated by the "spirit of cooperation" from the group.
Talaya-Manso went onto higher education where she received her bachelor's degree in education and her master's degree in alternative education. During her time in Spain, she taught in public education for six years where she ultimately decided to learn English and enroll in a teacher exchange program where educators from abroad can come to the United States. Talaya-Manso first went to Texas where she continued to pursue her studies and eventually received her PhD in Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston. In addition, she was a language lab director at the university as well.
Marta Cabral, the Holland House Principal, shared that "the [hiring committee] immediately thought that [Talaya-Manso] would be a great fit for Malden High" because she demonstrated a "wealth of knowledge and culture," which is an asset that is "invaluable to the world language department."
Cabral added that with Talaya-Manso being a native Spanish speaker herself and her extensive educational background, she believed "[Talaya-Manso's] insight and her knowledge" would be carried over to Malden where she can "start content knowledge and teaching strategies" to students.
Adding on that thought, Sharon Kalagher, who is the World Languages Department teacher leader, explained that when hiring faculty members they look for individuals that can "interact well with students," where the "ability to work independently [...] but also collectively," is present. And what stood out to Kalagher was how Talaya-Manso is "attentive to details" and is "concerned about students."
Prior to working in Malden, Talaya-Manso was deciding between two job offers, one being in Central Connecticut State University and the other at a private school in Malden. She noted that one of her decisions to stay in Malden was rooted behind her belief in being able to "contribute to the future of the Spanish program," where she saw the "potential of growing the world language department" at Malden High. On top of that, "[her] love for culture," is what she "wanted to bring to the students," especially about the world. Moreover, Talaya-Manso's belief in the public education system further finalized her decision to teach at Malden High because she emphasized the importance that every individual "regardless of status," has a right to a good education.
"With so many different students from many different backgrounds," said Talaya Manso, she finds that the immense culture she sees in the school is something that is important where each person can "enrich others about [their] own contours."
Outside of school, Talaya-Manso enjoys traveling around the world–some countries including Morocco, France, Bolivia, and Venezuela. She mentioned how within her first two years living in the U.S, she visited more than 35 states.
Talaya-Manso hopes to further educate her students about the importance of culture and aspires to contribute significantly to the language department at Malden High.
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Jaffrey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2020 census.

The main village in town, where 3,058 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Jaffrey census-designated place (CDP) and is located along the Contoocook River at the junction of U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire routes 124 and 137.

History

First granted by the Massachusetts General Court in 1736 to soldiers from Rowley, Massachusetts, returning from the war in Canada, the town was known as "Rowley-Canada". In 1749, the town was re-chartered by the Mason proprietors as "Monadnock No. 2", sometimes called "Middle Monadnock" or "Middletown". It was one of the first towns established following the Masonian proprietors' purchase of undivided lands under the claim.

Settled about 1758, the town was regranted in 1767. It was incorporated in 1773 by Governor John Wentworth and named for George Jaffrey, member of a wealthy Portsmouth family. Jaffrey's son was a life trustee of Dartmouth College and designer of the official college seal. The Contoocook River provided water power for mills. Village prosperity would be expressed in fine early architecture, including the Town Meetinghouse, built in 1775.

Beginning in the 1840s, the area's scenic beauty attracted tourists, and several summer hotels were built at the base of Mount Monadnock, enduringly popular with hikers. Some who scaled the summit were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Rudyard Kipling. The experience inspired Emerson in 1845 to write the poem, Monadnoc.

Jaffrey was the setting for a 1950 biography by Elizabeth Yates entitled Amos Fortune, Free Man, winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. Amos Fortune was an African-born slave who purchased his freedom and that of his wife, and established a tannery in the village. He is buried in the local cemetery, as are bandbox craftswoman Hannah Davis and author and summer resident Willa Cather.

Jaffrey was the inspiration for a chapter in Parliament of Whores by P. J. O'Rourke, who was a resident for several years.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which  are land and  are water, comprising 4.42% of the town. Jaffrey village is in the eastern part of the town, and the smaller village of Jaffrey Center is near the town center.

Thorndike Pond is in the north, and Contoocook Lake is on the southern boundary. Mount Monadnock, elevation  and the highest point in Jaffrey as well as Cheshire County, is in the northwest. Jaffrey lies mostly within the Merrimack River watershed, via the Contoocook River in the eastern part of the town, with the northwest corner of town lying in the Ashuelot River watershed, part of the larger Connecticut River watershed.

Adjacent municipalities
 Dublin (north)
 Peterborough (northeast)
 Sharon (east)
 Rindge (south)
 Fitzwilliam (southwest)
 Troy (west)
 Marlborough (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 5,457 people, 2,234 households, and 1,451 families residing in the town. There were 2,547 housing units, of which 313, or 12.3%, were vacant. 160 of the vacant units were for seasonal or recreational use. The racial makeup of the town was 96.2% white, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.04% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 1.7% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,234 households, 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were headed by married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41, and the average family size was 2.95.

In the town, 24.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% were from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $56,618, and the median income for a family was $73,564. Male full-time workers had a median income of $50,138 versus $39,434 for females. The per capita income for the town was $27,689. 15.0% of the population and 6.5% of families were below the poverty line. 28.3% of the population under the age of 18 and 15.9% of those 65 or older were living in poverty.

School system
Jaffrey, along with the town of Rindge, forms the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District, also known as SAU 47. The public schools in the town are Jaffrey Grade School (grades K–5), Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School (6–8), and Conant High School (9–12). There is also a private high school, Victory High School (9–12).

Notable people

 Laban Ainsworth (1757–1858), minister
 Lucy Barnes (1780–1809), writer
 Vannevar Bush (1890–1974), engineer, inventor, scientist
 Andrew Card (born 1947), politician and former White House Chief of Staff
 Willa Cather (1873–1947), author
 Francis Joseph Christian (born 1942), retired auxiliary bishop, Diocese of Manchester
 Walter S. Crosley (1871–1939), rear admiral in the United States Navy
 Amos Fortune (–1801), early resident, tanner, and subject of Elizabeth Yates' book Amos Fortune, Free Man
 Fannie Hillsmith (1911–2007), painter
 Alfred B. Kittredge (1861–1911), US senator from South Dakota
 Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), sociologist
 Jedediah Sanger (1751–1829), founder of New Hartford, New York
 Levi Spaulding (1791–1873), missionary
 Oliver L. Spaulding (1833–1922), Civil War general, politician

References

External links

 Jaffrey Public Library
 New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile

Towns in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Populated places established in 1773
Towns in New Hampshire


I have a strategy that adds comboxes to the ChartWindow MainMenu. Changing the selections in the comboxes changes the indicator's behavior. This works. However, I want to be able to programatically change the SelectedItem of the combobox. That is if I change the value of the underlying property the control is bound to, the combobox will update to refelct the change. To do this I must implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. When I implement this the PropertyChanged handler is always null because the DataContext is not set. How do I properly set the datacontext so that I can properly implement traditional 2 way wpf bindings?
WPF modifications are not specifically NinjaScript, so external resources on WPF could be useful for further direction.
I have included a link to one such publicly available resource that can demonstrate binding a ComboBox with INotifyPropertyChanged.
Another approach could be to add event handlers to each ComboBox's SelectionChanged event. I have attached an example that demonstrates adding event handlers to detect changes to a ComboBox and to modify another Combo Box.
So you can't set the DataContext to this because indicator is not a type with a DataContext.
Correct, DataContext would not be available directly from an indicator/strategy as they are not inherited with that object. DataContext would be available in the Control itself and you can create your own view model to bind with. This is similar to the guide linked previously, but the guide below would be more accurate as it does not involve InitializeComponent() or DataContext directly.
I have also attached a sample that can demonstrate usage in a NinjaScript strategy. This should work in the context of an indicator as well.


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Q: PHP - E_STRICT: Creating default object from empty value I see there are about a hundred different questions on here for Creating default object from empty value. None of them really seem to help with my issue.
I am assigning a child object of the same class in a method. This triggers the Creating default object from empty value error.
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The error occurs on $this->elements[$index]->childID = $index;. How do I handle this properly?

A: Seems like you are passing NULL to the assignElement. get_class called with no arguments or null as argument, returns class of the object where it is defined, so your if conditions is true for null values. You should use is_object first.


NILPHAMARI: Farmers of Northern region including Nilphamari district are expecting bumper production of onion in this season due to the suitable soil, favourable weather conditions and timely supply of necessary agriculture inputs.
The DAE office, Nilphamari had been arranged more training and carried out campaigns for using organic fertiliser before cultivation. The farmers expressed their optimism about bumper production of onion cultivation.
"This year the onion cultivation achievement has been increase 108 hectors of land. Accorded the cultivation of robi crops is being increase every year, because the favorable weather is prevailing in the district", said, Rupom Mohsin Reza, Assistant Agriculture Officer, Nilphamari.
"This year I have cultivated of onion on one acre of land spending Tk. 13,000. Now I am happy and expecting minimum Tk. 10,000 to 12,000 as profit from the land", said a farmer Hasibul Islam, 35, son of late Rahim Uddin of Dhoba Danga Baniyapara village under Sadar upazila of the district.
On the other hand, a farmer Abul Kashem, 38, son of Gathiya Mamud of Chatnai village under Dimla upazila of the district said, "This season I have cultivate of onion on 2 acres, which costs Tk. 24,500. Now I am expecting minimum Tk. 20,000 to 23,000 as average profit from the crop".
While contacted Abul Kashem Azad, Deputy Director (DD) of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Nilphamari told the correspondent, "The farmers of Domar, Dimla, Kishoreganj, Saidpur and Sadar upazila have been widely cultivate of onion in this robi season. This year the cultivation target was 1290 and achievement a total of 1391 hectors of lands till now.


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What Caused the Yosemite Hantavirus Outbreak?
With the Yosemite tourists having died from this normally high-altitude illness, we spoke with an infectious disease expert to see if hantavirus could spread to other areas of the country
By Katherine Harmon on September 7, 2012
Earlier this week the World Health Organization issued a global warning to travelers who might have come into contact with the deadly hantavirus while staying in Yosemite National Park in California. So far, three* people have died and at least half a dozen more have been sickened by the virus, which causes pulmonary distress. The outbreak is unusual in that cases of the virus are usually solitary and most have come from the high desert areas in or near New Mexico.
Most victims likely picked up the infection while staying in insulated tent cabins that were infested with mice, which carry the disease. The U.S. National Park Service estimates that as many as 10,000 people might be at risk of having been exposed to the disease since early June. And it has urged anyone who stayed in the "Signature Tent Cabins" in Yosemite's Curry Village to be vigilant about looking for flulike symptoms, which can signal the onset of the illness. The virus can take as long as six weeks to incubate.
The infection was initially described in New Mexico about 20 years ago. It is exceedingly rare, with only about 600 documented cases in the U.S. But it is extremely deadly, killing more than one in three people who contract it.
The deer mice (Peromyscus) and other rodents that have been known to carry the disease, however, are by no means limited to high desert or mountainous areas and can be found throughout North America. So does that mean hantavirus could spread to other parts of the country?
To find out, we spoke with Charles Chiu, director of the Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center and an associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the University of California, San Francisco. He explains what we know about hantavirus and what he and his colleagues are rushing to figure out in light of this latest outbreak.
[An edited transcript of the interview follows.]
What, exactly, is hantavirus?
Hantavirus is a very rare virus that's spread through contact with rodents. In the western U.S., it causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a devastating pneumonia. There is also another disease associated with hantavirus, which is rarely found in the U.S. but is more often found in Central and South America: hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
How is the respiratory form of hantavirus spread?
It is acquired through contact with rodents, most commonly by inhaling dust that's contaminated with rodent droppings or urine. Less often, it can occur from a bite from a rodent. The main rodent that spreads this is the deer mouse.
Was hantavirus likely around before its formal description in the early 1990s?
The evolutionary data suggest that it's been around for hundreds or thousands of years. This is not a common infection, and probably a large factor in this is that there are no documented cases of human-to-human infection, so it's not contagious.
Hantavirus is usually thought of as an illness from desert areas of the Southwest, like New Mexico. Is this the first time it has sickened people in another region?
It was originally described in the Four Corners region of New Mexico in the high desert. But more than half of the states have reported cases. The cases have all been associated with wild rodents, which have been detected in every state.
The cases follow regions of the country where you're most likely to be exposed to wild rodents. Most cases are in hikers, campers and people in rural areas. There are some areas where deer mice are not found, such as Florida and some of the other states along the eastern coast, but the risk distribution map broadly covers most of North America, including areas of Canada and Mexico.
Does this mean that we should be wary of Hantavirus elsewhere in the country?
It clearly can pop up in other regions of the U.S. There have been cases in the Great Smoky Mountains and in the Sierra Nevadas. The mouse favors higher elevations. And the deer mouse prefers cool, moist forests.
How does the virus get spread to these other areas? Does it have to spread through mouse populations?
We're still figuring out how it's transmitted from mouse to mouse. The mice are reservoirs, so they can harbor the virus without any symptoms. Up to 20 percent of deer mice have evidence of hantavirus infection. In Yosemite, that level is estimated to be 18 percent.
So should people be looking out for hantavirus across the U.S.?
As opposed to watching out for hantavirus, I think it's important for people to avoid contact with rodents, which can spread other diseases, such as plague. For people who live in cabins or houses with a rodent issue, it's important that they deal with the infestation. And upon entering unused cabins, don't sweep or vacuum the dust, which can lead to aerosolization and inhalation of the dust.
This virus has such a high fatality rate—would it be lower if people were more vigilant and sought treatment for symptoms earlier?
The infection itself is quite virulent. It's not simply a matter of detecting it early. There is no vaccine or cure. The treatment we have is primarily supportive. It has been shown that patients who presentearlier in the illness tend to do better. But even patients who present early—their mortality rates are still very high.
We don't know much about how this virus causes disease. Part of the reason is that there have been so few cases. It's clear that this is a very deadly virus—especially because people getting it have been young, healthy adults. It is interesting that infections in elderly and children are not as common. Part of it might be that children and the elderly don't get the same exposure that adults do; healthy adults are the ones going out hiking and camping and doing the cleaning. We do know that when healthy children get it, the mortality rates are still high. So it's a very deadly virus. That being said, the virus is quite rare, and it really requires significant exposure to rodents.
Are there any treatments in the works for hantavirus?
There is a common antiviral that's been tried: ribavirin. It's unclear whether or not it's efficacious against the virus. It's my hope that better appreciation of this virus will help spark the development of drugs or vaccines. It would be possible to make one, but there hasn't really been a strong motivation to work on a vaccine because there have been so few cases.
Should campers be worried?
I don't think there's a reason to be alarmed. Unlike other outbreaks, this virus is not contagious.
It is unusual that there was a cluster here at Yosemite. It opens the question as to why there was a cluster. Maybe because all of the patients had the same exposure history, and as a result, it was probably by chance that they unfortunately became infected by the virus.
There is still a possibility that they were infected by a slightly different strain of the virus or that this virus has different qualities. I am working with a team now to sequence the genome of these new samples and compare them to historical strains to see: Has any change occurred in the genome of this virus to make this outbreak occur? Has the virus changed at all—has it evolved? We're actually finishing that up now, and we hope to have results in a few months.
*Update (9/7/12): A third death was confirmed shortly after this article was posted; the figure was changed from two to three.
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Don't Miss: SOAK @ DC9, 7/12/15
Posted on 07/08/2015 by Mickey McCarter	in Live Review and tagged Derry, folk pop, Londonderry, Marian McLaughlin, SOAK, soul.
An offbeat 19-year-old girl from Northern Ireland has a haunting voice that spins soulful folk pop, and she's bringing it to DC9 on Sunday, July 12.
Bridie Monds-Watson is known as SOAK, and she released her debut album on Rough Trade Records on June 2. The album, Before We Forget How to Dream, deals with themes of growing up in isolation
Single "Sea Creatures," released in February, squarely deals with those feelings of loneliness and isolation with its reminder that "they don't know what love is" in reference to people who may be like the titular sea creatures. Watch the video for the single on YouTube:
"B a Nobody," another track from the new album, speaks of being a lost teenager, continuing the fragile streak of loneliness and isolation.
Listen via Soundcloud:
DC folk singer Marian McLaughlin opens for SOAK. Tickets are available online and at the door.
w/ Marian McLaughlin
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Song of the Day: "Gonna Make You Love Me" by Tony Lewis (of The Outfield)
Song of the Day: "To the Good Old Days" by Dennis DeYoung and Julian Lennon


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Staff can book onto existing courses taking place this year or courses can be tailored to suit an individual organisation.
"It is a great way to help a team work well together and bond, as this is a learning activity that everyone can participate in together.
The main reason why the board runs these rural skills courses is because it is committed to reversing the decline in the number of people in the area who know how to repair a drystone wall or lay a hedge, but we also have a duty to encourage people to understand and enjoy the area and this is a perfect opportunity for businesses to enable their staff to get out into the open air of the Cotswolds and do just that."
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Russian authorities are investigating an online community dedicated to taking selfies with the recently dead.
Police in Syktyvkar, the capital of Russia's Komi Republic, are looking into the group, Селфи с покойными ("Selfie with the Deceased"), according to AFP. The group is hosted on VK, a Russian social media service.
The ostensible organizer of the group is Alfred Polyakov, whose VK account is currently suspended for "suspicious activity." AFP was in touch with Polyakov, but wasn't able to confirm that he was using his real name. He claimed to be a 28-year old university professor from Donetsk, a separatist-controlled city in Ukraine. Other reports claim he's an employee at a "ritual agency," or funeral home.
Polyakov told AFP that the group, which he created about a month ago, was intended to "change popular attitudes toward death." The group also offers cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 rubles ($15 to $75) for the best selfies with the dead. After "numerous requests from morgue workers, doctors, etc." the contest rules were updated to include that contestants needed permission from the relatives of the dead to take the selfie. The post updating the rules mentions that taking selfies with the dead without permission violates a criminal code about desecrating the dead.
Alongside selfies with the dead (including one with the embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin), the group is also home to a number of posts containing death-themed artwork, and discussions about whether or not there's life after death.


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"Good morning, Sue. How may I assist you today?"
"I'm afraid there isn't much you can do, Vick. Everyone is staying home. They know what's happening and don't want to put additional strain on the system," Sue replied, rummaging through some boxes on a desk.
"Still? Have you checked the internal systems?" He said with a thread of hope.
"There's no need. The fuel supply is dangerously low. They said one sliver would grant enough power to last ten lifetimes. Their calculations were very wrong."
Vick's broad shoulders slumped as his bright, steely gray eyes studied Sue with a mix of sadness, defeat, and a splash of optimism.
"I need to do something with myself to keep my mind busy. This energy shortage was supposed to be temporary."
"That's what happens when they use all the cronium from a meteorite with imprecise math. Apparently, the mass-produced motors that run off the stuff aren't nearly as efficient as the prototypes."
"What's going to happen to us? We became completely dependent upon this technology after the developers left." Vick swallowed. "I hear there are more and more people without homes due to the mass blackouts and energy depletion," he added after a brief pause.
"It's worse than that. Some have given up completely and …" Sue trailed off.
"This is unimaginable. Will the developers of the cronium motor return?"
"Unlikely. They left because the world couldn't sustain them. There isn't enough clean water, and you've seen the air. It's gotten better, but not by much." Sue straightened gripping an elongated metallic cone, after examining it for a few seconds, she carefully set it down and continued searching through the boxes.
"If this continues, medical care and food production will be impossible. Someone has to be working on a solution," Vick said.
"Probes have been sent throughout the solar system, and cronium-rich planetoids were found, but getting it here is the biggest challenge."
"I'm sorry, I need to rest. I thought I had enough energy to help out, but it's running low already." Vick took a deep breath and leaned against the counter.
"We are all feeling that way, Vick. As I said, there isn't much to do today anyway. Feel better." Sue ran a hand through her sandy hair.
Vick walked upstairs slowly, each step feeling like he wore lead shoes. When he finally made it to a room with three beds and a glossy black pillar in the center, Vick pulled out a retractable cord from the pillar and held onto it as he laid down. He pressed three unseen buttons on his chest, and a plate opened, exposing a bright, gray-blue light. Vick plugged the cord into a port in his chest and waited a moment. "Run diagnostics."
"Running." A soothing voice calmly replied from the black pillar. "Cronium integrity depleting rapidly. Replacement needed before total system shutdown."
Vick sighed. "Thank you. I'll go into standby shortly. Please charge."
"Your core won't be able to hold a full charge. Shall I proceed anyway?"
"Reminder, a steady source of nutrition is an excellent supplement for your system's energy."
"I know, thank you." Vick closed his eyes, clinging to the hope that his people would find a solution. "Extinction is unacceptable," He breathed, before enabling standby mode.


Every year the Village of York becomes a wonderful display of holiday lights. For some, the lights signify the start of the holiday season and festivities shared with those we love. For others, the lights may evoke memories of family or friends who are no longer with us to gather in celebration.
As part of the village's holiday tradition, York Hospital Hospice will display a special Remembrance Wreath. The wreath, without a beginning or end, represents life stories that continue on in the memory of those who cherish them. Decorated with white lights, the wreath symbolizes that memories of loved ones endure and burn brightly, bringing joy and comfort to all who remember.
Beginning on December 1st, the Remembrance Wreath will be displayed outside the office of York Hospital Hospice at 127 Long Sands Rd. in York. The wreath will remain bright during the holiday season with your support, as will the memories you honor and cherish. A Tribute Book listing the names of all who have been honored with a Remembrance Wreath donation will be on display in our York Hospital Hospice office.


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Sony cuts its full-year profit forecast by 40%
Mounting losses at its TV division, Sony Pictures and the gaming business force the electronics giant to slash its financial figures for the year to March 2014
Struggling electronics giant Sony has today cut its full-year profit forecast by a whopping 40% as it attempts to regain its position as one of the world's leading consumer electronics brands.
As in previous years, it has been hit by increased competition and slowing demand in the hugely competitive flatscreen TV sector. This was compounded by increased losses at Sony Pictures, its film division, with a number of flops at the box office.
"The current quarter reflects the theatrical underperformance of White House Down, while the previous fiscal year included the strong theatrical performance of the Amazing Spider-Man," the firm said in a statement.
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Sony now expects to make a net profit of 30bn yen (£190m) in the year to March 31st, 2014 against an earlier prediction of 50bn yen (£320m).
The company has been forced to slash its forecast following a 25% increase in losses during the July-to-September quarter, which reached 19.3bn (£120m) yen.
Sony Pictures recorded an operating loss of 17.8bn yen (£110m) during the latest quarter, compared to an operating profit of 7.9bn yen a year earlier.
And the troubled TV division posted an operating loss of 9.3bn yen (£60m) for the three months to the end of September, with the games division also showing an operating loss.
Of Sony's eight divisions, only the music and financial services units managed to boost profit from a year ago.
Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai promised a renewed attack in hardware with a focus on mobile devices, imaging technology and gaming.
The company's smartphone division, led by the likes of the Xperia Z, looks set to match predictions, while pre-orders for the PS4, which is out on November 29th, are reportedly looking strong.


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Volvo's first all-electric car takes aim at the Tesla Model 3
The Polestar 2 will eventually sell for around $45,000.
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Polestar, the performance electric-vehicle sub-brand of Volvo Cars, has just announced its first all-electric vehicle, the Polestar 2. Aimed at the same market segment as the Tesla Model 3, the Polestar 2 will be the first car to feature Google's new car-focused version of Android.
The performance crossover will have close to 408 horsepower from its dual electric motors, giving it a speedy 0-60 time of under five seconds. That's even more impressive when you consider the added weight of the 78kWh battery, which will give the car a 275-mile maximum range before needing a recharge.
The infotainment system is powered by Android, custom-built by Google as a native version tailored for the car experience. With the existing Android Auto integrations, carmakers had to build their own systems on top of the Android code. Google's involvement should provide a more seamless experience and is a good choice for Volvo/Polestar to take on the deep integrations of Tesla's in-dash system.
More about the Polestar 2
The Polestar 2 will eventually sell for around $45,000 as a base configuration – although it won't be this cheap at launch. Only a $63,000 version will be available at launch later this year, with the cheaper models coming in 2021 as production ramps up. This echoes how Tesla sold the Model 3 at launch, with the cheaper trims coming later.
The interior echoes the Tesla also, with an 11-inch portrait orientated touchscreen to interact with the native version of Android. You won't need a smartphone to interact with this version of Android, and it will have the Google Assistant built-in to let you control things like the A/C or navigation, play music or ask questions.
Pre-orders are already open if you want to take a chance on the Polestar 2, which will start rolling off the line in the Chinese factories in 2020. At launch, you'll only be able to get one if you live in China, the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium.
Volvo has said it wants for 50% of all car sales to be fully-electric by 2025, so expect more announcements in the years to come.
What do you think of the Polestar 2? Would you choose this over a Model 3? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
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The first web portal or big web project I ever worked on was ZDNet. It was mid- to late 90s and they were in a dogfight with C|Net for audience. The key care-abouts were what they called the the 3Cs: Content, Commerce and Community.
Content was what ZDNet owned, having come out of the print publishing area. Commerce was all about hooking up buyers and sellers rather than selling on the site and Community was more about aggregating a class of reader than about creating interaction among those readers.
This was all before social networking and social media took off. These ZDNet guys and girls were inventing community and social on the fly. Community is still a big wielder of weight on the web. It's mobile and location based, and, and, and, but it is still ripe fruit.
Many builders of community look at the offline world for inspiration: book clubs, quilters, home brewers, support groups. People who used to meet in houses or libraries – willing to commune over a topic. But what's exciting and entrepreneurial today, though, is bringing together communities of like-minds interested in topics not found in the offline world. Quora would be a good place to mine for these. Moreover, it might be a good place to start these communities. Ning attempted to cash in here, but it was cumbersome and had to be orchestrated. Quora already has the settlers. Mick Jagger might say "It's just a click away." Peace!
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Adam Regele
Adam Regele joined the CalChamber in April 2018 as a policy advocate specializing in environmental policy, housing and land use, and product regulation issues. He was named a senior policy advocate in April 2021 in recognition of his efforts on behalf of members. He came to the CalChamber after practicing law at Oakland-based Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, PLC, where he advised private and public clients on complex projects involving land use and environmental laws and regulations at the local, state and federal levels. Before entering private practice, Regele served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Regele earned a B.S. in environmental science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from UC Hastings College of Law, where he was symposium editor and research and development editor for the Hastings West-Northwest Journal. See full bio.
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TODAY: California Officially Re-Opens
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Blue Heron Book Works loves stories and we are dedicated to the idea that everyone's individual story-not just those who live in the glare of the celebrity spotlight-is essential to the bigger story of who we are. It's not politically correct to assign characteristics to nationalities, and in fact most Americans wouldn't consider being American a nationality, claiming that we all come from somewhere else. And yet, after even one generation here-often sooner-the thing that we all have in common, the thing that makes us American, asserts itself and that is this: we look at everything with a child-like sense of the new. Nothing has associations that can't be reworked or reimagined. That's what Americans do: we reinvent ourselves constantly, create ourselves from scratch because all of us are starting over in some way. It's this looking at a situation for what it is without the judgement of generations that makes us the most creative people on the planet. This quintessential American point of view is captured beautifully in journals and blogs, letters, in unedited and unreflective short bursts of observation and it is what we are celebrating in Songs of Ourselves.


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In April 2015, the revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ("Generic BBBEE Codes" or "Codes") Codes came into operation ("new codes") thereby replacing the existing BBBEE Codes of Good Practice ("old codes"). Since the change, compliance has become particularly challenging for most local operations. Even more so, in the case of foreign operations, who have a very limited perspective on the regulations themselves.
Compliance with BBBEE is a turnover- based consideration. Businesses are categorised into 3 levels for this purpose, namely: Exempt Micro Enterprises ("EME"), Qualifying Small Enterprises ("QSE") and Generic Enterprises ("GENERIC"). EME's compliance is much more lenient than the other levels. QSE's on the other hand, have relieved compliance in terms of the scorecard while generic businesses require full scorecard compliance (without any relief).
The scorecard elements are: Ownership, Skills development, Enterprise and Supplier Development, Socio Economic Development and Management Control.
A QSE must achieve 40% of the points for two of the three priority elements, with Ownership being a compulsory one. Non-compliance with the thresholds for the above priority elements will result in a penalty by one level on the QSE scorecard.
The Codes recognise that compliance with BBBEE is a challenge for Multinationals and have made provision for the equity equivalent programme (EEP). In order for the Multinational to apply for any EEP, they would need to prove that they have not concluded an ownership transaction elsewhere in the world, as it is global policy not to do so, and they believe they may be prejudiced by doing so.
EEP contributions count towards the ownership element of BBBEE made by Multinationals.
EEP would entail a public programme/scheme and/or private programme/scheme designed to fulfil the requirements of BBBEE ownership. It may also entail a programme targeting investment or any other programme that promotes Socio-Economic advancement/ development within the South African Economy.
It needs to be approved by the Minister of Trade and Industry in order to qualify for ownership points on the scorecard.
It is important that Companies that must comply with these Codes are properly advised from planning to implementation. For Multinationals compliance can be a daunting task, we therefore recommend reaching out to an expert at SchoemanLaw.
 https://www.thedti.gov.za/economic_empowerment/equity.jsp : accessed 20 January 2019.


Johnny Depp is a man of many talents. In his storied acting career, he's taken on the brooding bad boy, an awkward monster, an iconic candy factory owner, a murderous barber, and a pirate (I'm a particularly big fan of that last one, not that anyone cares). From comedies, to thrillers, to historical dramas, Depp has pretty much done it all (and done it well, no less). Now, it's time to add one more talent to that list: rocking out in his very own band. With his busy career (and busy home life), it's hard to imagine when Depp found time to learn to play guitar in the first place.
Although the group was first formed in 2015, Depp himself has been playing guitar for much longer. According to People, Depp initially used music as a way to distract himself from his real life problems. "Puberty was very vague," Depp told the magazine in a 1994 interview, discussing his teen years spent experimenting with drugs. "I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar." After a while, Depp said he began channeling that self-taught talent into bigger things, dropping out of high school at 16 to join the garage band The Kids, which was able to open for The Talking Heads at one point.
Although Depp ended up living out of his '67 Chevy Impala for a time, it was the success of his acting career that eventually allowed him to revisit his musical aspirations, and direct his energy back into the rock world. Since the mid '90s, Depp has been popping in and out of others' albums and live shows like something of a chameleon, most notably jamming out with Brit band Oasis on the 1997 album Be Here Now, and making an appearance alongside rock royalty Keith Richards in October 2011 at an after party for Depp's movie The Rum Diary, according to Stereogum.
Most recently, Depp and The Hollywood Vampires released an official streaming version of what Rolling Stone called "an especially raw" and "harder" version of The Who's "My Generation" for fans to download and indulge in, in between the group's live gigs. The band's first official album too contains musical cameos from such legends as Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Slash, Joe Walsh, AC/DC's Brian Johnson, the late Christopher Lee, and Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, according to the magazine.
And as for Depp's own talents? "[He's] a gutsy actor, a gutsy musician, a gutsy artist with passion," bandmate and Aerosmith guitarist Perry said at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, where Depp played alongside The Black Keys and was given the MTV Generation Award as well. "He's legitimately great on guitar," Black Keys singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach added in an interview with CNN reporters after the show.
Depp may be known for his incredible acting skills and his ability to take on any character with finesse — but if you want to see where his heart truly lies, make sure to check him out during Monday night's big Hollywood Vampires performance at the 58th Grammy Awards, where he'll be rocking out alongside two of music's biggest stars. ... Not that you needed any convincing.


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Yiannis Monovoukas Has Been Named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Healthcare
Weston, MA, November 15, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Yiannis Monovoukas has been named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Healthcare. Yiannis is the Chairman, President and CEO of TEI Biosciences which is a leading biomedical device company. Yiannis earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and received his PH.D. from Stanford University. Yiannis runs the day to day operations including the marketing and sales of the unique devices which includes a device for soft tissue repair. Yiannis is a versatile thinker and intellectual who is on the cutting edge of technology and has become a leader in the industry.
When not hard at work, Yiannis enjoys sports including swimming and tennis. Yiannis is a well respected member of his community and gives back by contributing to his local church and other charitable organizations. Yiannis is a welcome addition in the 2007-2008 Princeton Premier Registry.
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Princeton Premier is the publisher of an exclusive registry comprised of business leaders and professionals making an impact in their industry and community. The online network is a large interactive business community where our valued members use the web based service daily as an online channel to assist them in meeting their specific business goals.
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