We were looking forward to our initial consultation with Rakhee as any positive change to our lifestyle would always be welcome. We weren't sure what to expect from the consultation apart from going through our food diary which we had prepared. However, it was a pleasant surprise during the consultation to find out that it was aimed to improve all areas of lifestyle. Rakhee came across friendly, very Insightful and knowledgeable. We learnt a lot about good/bad foods, food to avoid/cut down in our current diet. It was also beneficial that Rakhee went through the health check list as it highlighted areas of improvement. For example, when Jack mentioned the pain and discomfort from playing football, Rakhee was helpful in providing knowledge on how to help resolve this. She explained things very well. After the consultation, we discussed on the way home how pleased we were with the initial consultation and looked forward to starting the program.
Sometimes back ache, bloated. Headache in evening.
15th Jan – Started taking Bee pollen, Maca, Aloe, Fertility supplement from afternoon– felt energetic and bright yellow urine in evening.
16th Jan – 1st reflexology appt, I was unsure what to expect as I have never done this before. Rakhee's approach was nice and calming. The treatment felt strange at first, and sometimes a little sensitive but mostly relaxing and I felt some tingly feeling through my body. My eyes felt watery after the first foot and then I felt quite emotional after the second foot. Not sure if this is because I was due on my period!
16th Jan – Started my period in afternoon.
19th & 20th Jan – I started the 9 day cleanse program. For the first 2 days I felt a bit tired during the afternoon and early evening but I felt better after the shake for lunch. I was also tired and felt hungry early evening and I had a headache. Noticed frequent urination throughout the day.
Rest of the days this week has been better with slight headache early evening, otherwise fine. I felt refreshed in the mornings after a 20 min exercise. Again, frequent urination throughout the day.
23rd Jan – 2nd reflexology appt. I was looking forward to today's treatment as I really enjoyed it the first time as it helped me to relax and unwind. Today's treatment was good but this time I felt tenderness around the inner part of my heal during treatment which Rakhee talked me through. The room was warmer with a lovely atmosphere with dim lights, candles and soothing music. My eyes felt watery again after the treatment and I also felt very relaxed. In the evening I felt tired and also my mind was more relaxed than normal when trying to sleep which made it quicker for me to fall asleep.
On day 8 of my detox, I did experience a loose bowl in the evening. Apart from that the detox went fine and I felt a lot more refreshed from completing it as well as my skin looking better.
30th Jan – 3rd reflexology appt – todays treatment was yet again really nice. This time I didn't feel as much tenderness around the inner part of my heal, a little on my right foot but hardly much on my left foot. Again, I felt very relaxed after the treatment and had a good sleep.
2nd Feb – I felt tired and sleepy during the day but this may have been due to eating late the night before and sleeping late. I also felt lower back ache.
6th Feb – 4th reflexology appt – again the treatment went well and this time just a little tenderness on the inner heal of my right foot. I felt very tired when going to sleep, arms and legs felt heavy. My body felt very hot during the night.
This week I have been unwell with a cold, body ache and head cold with a loss of appetite and tiredness. I felt lower back ache on Friday 14th and Saturday as well as tiredness.
13th Feb – 5th reflexology appt – the treatment went well and I felt relaxed during and afterwards and this time I didn't feel any tenderness on my feet as I have felt previous times.
I noticed I haven't felt as much pre-period pains as I have done in the past which is usually the week before my period starts such as, bloated, abdominal/dull aches and back aches. I did feel a little lower back ache over the weekend but not as much as usual.
I started my period 14 days after ovulation in early hours of the morning. I was in a lot of pain and found it very difficult to fall back asleep due to the sharp pains. I don't usually get this sort of pain when starting my period so this was quite unusual. I didn't sleep well that night and felt very tired and bloated the next day along with lower back ache.
20th Feb – 6th reflexology appt with tummy massage. I was unsure what to expect with the tummy massage as this was my first time getting this treatment but I was intrigued to find out more. Rakhee kindly explained what this treatment would involve and the benefits to this massage. She also advised that if I felt uncomfortable at any point to let her know. The tummy massage felt strange at first but soon became relaxing and calming. This was followed my reflexology treatment which this time I think I may have nodded off now and then as it was very soothing. I did feel some tenderness in my inner and outer heal this week which may be due to being on my period. The next day I did clear my bowels which Rakhee mentioned could happen after the tummy massage.
27th February – 7th reflexology appt with tummy massage. This week my tummy massage was focused more around the pelvic area which was fine and sometimes I felt like I needed to go to the toilet due to pressure in that area. During the tummy massage, when pressure was applied under my lower chest area there was a part of that area which felt painful when pressed. Rakhee explained that this is known as the solar plexus and the point in pain may relate to some maternal issue. At that point I welled up as there had recently been an incident with my mum that was worrying me. I mentioned this to Rakhee straight away and at that point there was an amazing emotional connection from her carrying out the tummy massage which made both of us feel emotional and helped me to release emotions that were held inside me. I'm not usually one to cry very easily as I tend to keep things held inside but after this session I felt quite sensitive, a lot calmer and comforted. Later in the evening my tummy and pelvic area did feel quite sensitive.
6th March – 8th reflexology appt with tummy massage. This week my tummy massage was less intense and I felt it helped with my digestion. Some points were still a little sensitive but not as much as last week. The reflexology this week was good with some tender points in the inner heal of both feet. During the week and especially after the appointment, I have experienced frequent bowel movement which may be a combination of the tummy massage and the daily intake of fennel and peppermint tea to help with my digestion.
13th March – 9th reflexology appt with tummy massage. This week my tummy massage was good with sensitive points all around the centre of my tummy. The reflexology was fine this week with no tender sensations during the session. Again, my bowl movement has become regular over the past few weeks and I feel a lot more energetic than previously with the changes in diet and treatment.
18th March – 10th reflexology appt with tummy massage. This week I didn't feel any sensitivity during my tummy massage and reflexology treatment. Both were relaxing and calming. As this appointment was in the evening I did feel a lot more tired and sleepy after as it was so relaxing and helped me to have good nights sleep. This week I have experienced a little lower back pain and on Thursday night I felt some mild pain around my pelvic area.
27th March – 11th reflexology appt with tummy and back massage.
This week I did experience lower back pain possibly due to my work as well as pre-period pains. Again this month I didn't feel that much pre-period pains such as cramps or feel bloated as I used to before starting this treatment and from the changes in my nutrition. During my period I had the usual symptoms of stomach pain, cramps, lower back ache, feeling bloated. I did feel sad and upset that I came on my period. I do try to be positive as I can each month but its so difficult and frustrating after trying for so long to conceive and failing each month. The biggest change I have noticed in this cycle is that the blood is clearer and bright red and not the dark and thick with clots that I was experiencing before the program started.
My treatment this week included a lower back massage as well which helped greatly relieve some lower back pain. I was very bloated this week so my tummy massage was less comfortable and so less pressure was applied. My reflexology treatment was soothing and relaxing. I did feel very tired this week after my treatment and I was advised by Rakhee to rest and sleep if I need to which I did and it made me feel a lot better that day.
3rd April – 12th reflexology appt with tummy and back massage.
This week my tummy was still a little bloated again. I did experience some stiff and sensitive points during my tummy massage but this has eased after my treatment. My lower back felt tender after my treatment this week and no longer aches. I did feel relaxed and rested after my treatment.
This cycle I have noticed an increase in mucus earlier in my cycle which I haven't had in the past as usually I get this just before ovulation. I think my change in diet along with the weekly treatments has helped a lot.
From Jack – "This was my first Reflexology session with Rakhee, it had been quite a stressful week at work so was looking forward to the calm effect Reflexology was meant to bring which my wife had mentioned.
The session started with a catchup on how I was doing, and any changes I had felt. I was advised that I should lie comfortable and relax. During the treatment I felt entirely relaxed and even fell into a deep sleep for a few minutes. Once finished I felt tired and thirsty but good, like you feel after an afternoon nap. My arms felt heavy with a weird tingling sensation but it didnt last. Ive had a pain at the back of my leg for a few months which Rakhee had felt during the session which I thought was pretty amazing. The part of my foot which was connected to that part of my body was near my heel, Rakhee showed how I could help heal the pain by massaging the area myself.
7th April – 13th reflexology appt with tummy and back massage.
This week my treatment was in the evening. I was a little tired but after my treatment I felt very relaxed and ready to sleep. I slept really well that night. Again, I've noticed an increase in mucus this cycle and also my lower back has felt less achy than normal.
12th April – 14th reflexology appt with tummy and back massage.
This treatment was held at my home this time. It was very relaxing and I did feel tired and rested during the day. Again, I've noticed an increase in mucus this cycle and also my lower back has felt less achy than normal.
15th April – 15th reflexology appt with tummy and back massage.
This week my treatment was in the evening also and again I felt very relaxed and ready to sleep. I felt a little dehydrated during the treatment but very relaxed. I have noticed since having the back massages that my lower back doesn't ache as much as it used to do.


The 2013 Chevrolet Suburban is a huge vehicle. If you have to haul many people and plenty of cargo, this may be the car for you. YNN's Car Coach Lauren Fix takes a closer look.
The 2013 Chevrolet Suburban seats up to nine people, has class-leading cargo capacity, offers lots of standard and optional features, plus the V8 engine provides a comfortable ride.
Our test vehicle had the standard 5.3L engine but there is also an optional 6.0L but that will bring your fuel economy down by 5 mpg.
We found the third-row seating offered plenty of adult leg and headroom, however the seats don't fold into the floor, which can limit the cargo space. If, however, you need to move your kid to or from college, this truck holds it all. It's not the most convenient daily driver, as the Suburban's size makes it hard to find a parking spot. However, if you have a large family or use the Suburban for work or recreation, it would be a good fit.
If you are towing your boat or trailer, the Suburban 3/4 ton comes with a standard 6.0L V8 engine that produces 352 horsepower and a pavement-grabbing 382 pounds of torque. This impressive power gives the Suburban a towing capability of up to 9,600 pounds, making this full-size SUV a true utility vehicle.
The inside offered plenty of cup holders, multiple power outlets, storage space and plenty of comfort for everyone. The Suburban's standard equipment includes a six-speaker stereo, USB port, satellite radio, tri-zone manual climate control and Bluetooth. Optional features offered in higher trims include an upgraded Bose sound system, 7-inch touch-screen infotainment center, navigation, a rear-seat entertainment system, a backup camera and blind zone alert.
The 2013 Chevrolet Suburban is a full-size SUV that is attractive and straightforward in design, purpose, and performance.


The Digital Cinema Package (DCP) has evolved over the years. This year, 2019, to be exact April, is transition to SMPTE-DCP as the default for distribution going forward.
Depending on who you are and the type of content you are producing, taking a different path to producing a DCP can be beneficial. In this video I cover the current day best path for each of the most common requirements.
This is a great update on what you should know if targeting DCP for distribution.


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Chapman's Berlin Wall as a Display of Tribal Victory
Cameron Steiner, Chapman UniversityFollow
Fall 12-4-2019
Paul Apodaca
From early contact between hunter-gatherer tribes, through the Middle Ages and to even modern times, societies in conflict would frequently engage in the intimidation tactic of severing the heads of their rivals and placing them upon spikes or poles. More than a means to warn away those who came upon it, these displays would exhibit the power and superiority of one tribe over the other. While the most explicit forms of this custom are no longer in widespread use, their gestures of dominance continue to be practiced in objects and figures that are given symbolic significance, typically representing the victory of a particular ideology. This understanding of modern displays of superiority forms the basis of (my/this) analysis of Chapman University's prominent Berlin Wall monument. The concrete slab commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall, significant as the reunification of East and West Germany and, on a larger-concept scale, as "the first irreversible sign of the collapse of communism" (Todorov 44), the point in which western capitalism becomes the dominant international economic system. Professor Rachel Somerstein characterizes American and British celebrations of the anniversary of the fall of the Wall with this acquired economic superiority in mind: "The notions of identity and power that this perspective 'accommodate[s]' (Zelizer, 1995), and reaffirms, are capitalism's (and the U.S.'s) 'win' of the Cold War" (Somerstein 716). Furthermore, who are we to celebrate notions of democracy's triumph over belligerent regimes when, "in the name of promoting democracy and human rights, the western democracies...have gone to war against countries that are strategically or economically important" (Todorov 47)? Providing this alternative perspective would be beneficial to our student body because it will move students to critically question the symbols of authority they are confronted with in their everyday lives and aid in deconstructing what philosopher Tzvetan Todorov described as the "ideological messianism" of the post-Cold War western world.
Presented at the Fall 2019 Student Scholar Symposium at Chapman University.
Steiner, Cameron, "Chapman's Berlin Wall as a Display of Tribal Victory" (2019). Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters. 371.
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Based on the most recent data published by Scoot, millennial's in Indonesia regards Bangkok to be their number one choice when it comes to international travel destination. This is the reason for the rise in bookings in Novotel Bangkok and other accommodations all over the metropolis. The second spot according to Scoot was bagged by Hong Kong while Melbourne took the third spot. Scoot has a lot passengers but around 40 per cent of them belongs to the millennial generation which is currently the dominant group.
The list of top destinations for millennial's in Indonesia is topped by countries from Asia while Sydney is on the fourth spot. After Sydney are the cities of Taipei in Taiwan, Guangzhou in China, Male in Maldives, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Ho Cho Minh in Vietnam and Phuket in Thailand. The figures were based on the highest number of ticket bookings made by millennial's in Indonesia from the month of January until October this year.
For the past ten months, over half of the millennial's from Indonesia have already gone on a holiday twice with an average stay of between one and four days for each passenger. The data from the research proved that millennial's love to travel in short lengths but more often. Majority of them only avail the baggage limit of about 10 kilograms while traveling.
Around 85 per cent of the millennial passengers in Indonesia prefer to book FLY fares alone and forego additional baggage fees . This is the reason why Scoot decided to give a promotion at the beginning of November so that travelers planning to go on a holiday this December will be able to book ahead of time. The discounted routes offered by Scoot include Pekanbaru, Jakarta, Denpasar, Surabaya and Palembang to different cities with a stop through Singapore.
Indonesian millennial's who are planning to visit Thailand should book hotels such as Novotel Bangkok ahead of their vacation because Christmas holiday is considered to be a peak season in the tourist centre. To get the most of their flights, flying with Boeing 787 Dreamliner will give passengers access to many facilities such as microchip data, Wi-Fi connection on board and streaming services.


You are in a hot air balloon floating around in the sky trying to protect the area below from being bombed. To do this, you use your *BUBBLE GUN* to 'softly and gently' defuse them. Later on in the game, you also must avoid getting hit with lasers. Let me just warn you, that gets pretty tricky! You win once you get at least 5000 points.
The controls are described in-game.
REQUIRES JAVA 7 OR HIGHER!
Have fun with this ladies and gentlemen.
The art is really good and the music is pretty good too. Overall every part of the game fells really polished. The gameplay was fun, but a little slow. The bombs were too easy the lasers were too hard.
Got 1350, Not a bad game. Audio was; interesting and the gameplay fluid and well controlled.
an old style theme for the game. Audio is pretty interesting, and graphics are consistent.
My first impression was "smooth/well put together"; Really looks and feels great.
Got a score of 600 and must say the game is very enjoyable.
There was a small bug where bombs would despawn as soon as they spawned as you were moving downwards, but I got a score of 4100 on my first go and 4550 on my second. Good work!
It takes some time to learn, but when you learn it, then it is a game that you easy becomes addicted too.
Nice one ! graphics work fine, gameplay is perfectly fluid. Nice job. Can I catch the bird ? I also saw thin red lines appearing/disappearing when I reach 1000 points. Is it part of the game ?
Good art, adequate audio and a different take on the twin stick shooter (though I missed playing that on a proper gamepad). I have to agree with one comment that said that bombs were easy and lasers were hard. There's not much room of what to do with them, and trying to avoiding them is a hit and miss affair.
It's alot of fun, music is nice but strange, and the aesthetics are cool too. One thing I didn't understand though is the rewards I got for moving, it seemed just as easy to just stay put and fire bubbles. Also, I didn't have much time to respond to the bomb, but I 'spose that is part of the challenge.
A bit wonky but still easy thanks to large bubble hitboxes. Some randomly disappearing bombs when moving up/down that seemed buggy. You also could've indicated the incoming lasers somehow.
I'm kinda sad that you turned innovation off; I've never played anything like this. :P This was a pleasant way to spend some time.
I liked the music and sfx, it fit for the strange little world of bombs falling and mobile defense hot air balloons.
The bombs still blow up if you move down even though it seems liek you should be able to capture them.
A fun little game with great polish in the animations, consistent art style and positive feedback when increasing your score.


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Q: Rails 3 + Rspec 2 + Autotest: Autotest style Rspec2 doesn't seem to exist? I updated my ruby gem and suddenly Autotest stopped to work..
After many attempts to fix without any debug information, I know have this:
$ autotest
loading autotest/rails_rspec2
You don't have i18n installed in your application. Please add it to your Gemfile and run bundle install
Autotest style autotest/rails_rspec2 doesn't seem to exist. Aborting

Any solution for this?

A: I had the same problem. In my case bundle update solves the issue. (with rspec 2.6.0, rspec-rails 2.6.1 and rspec-core 2.6.3 now)

A: I changed my Gemfile to rspec-rails 2.7.0, rspec-core 2.7.1 and ran bundle install which solved the problem for me.
Running rails 3.1.1. Also spork 0.9.0.rc9 if that interests you.

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Episode 201 Why Building Materials Manufacturers Should Measure for Momentum
Why Building Materials Manufacturers Should Measure for Momentum
Do you know the best way to create a relationship with your audience? In this episode, Zach and Beth talk to their guest about the changes happening in the market, specifically in relation to builders, contractors and other audiences that manufacturers target.
Heather Bowman, Director of Marketing at Key-Link Fencing & Railing and Superior Plastic Products, both fencing and railing companies, is back! This time, she talks with Beth and Zach about how Key-Link is building relationships with contractors, their primary audience, through marketing and training.
What Manufacturers Need to Know Heading Into 2023
The last few years have been turbulent, to say the least. But Heather has a few suggestions for manufacturers she thinks are important for people to know as they head into the next year.
"We focus, and we bet on contractors, that's sort of our mantra here," Heather says. After all, contractors influence several people in the channel, including influencing sales with the homeowner. According to Heather, contractors are optimistic going into the new year. They may be unsure of what the landscape is going to look like from month to month, but they are confident in the opportunities available and the foundation they've laid.
This applies doubly to contractors who view themselves as professionals, "who really strive to create a legacy company or impact their communities. Not just the one-shop guy, if you will, but contractors who are focused on building their reputation within the community."
Increased Willingness for Personal Development
It's no secret that the building materials industry is not always quick to change. Yet, as Beth points out, things can happen quickly to the industry. This can create the opportunity for interesting conversations with audiences such as contractors — and conversations between contractors themselves, as Heather says.
"People talk to each other. They really trust each other. So I think once you have a positive experience with one or two influencing contractors or partners in a certain region, then you're able to build on that positive experience, and it makes other people more open to doing it." The experience can be with a product or with the manufacturer. Key-Link, for example, gives tours of their factories to contractors to help them understand exactly what it is that sets their railings apart.
And contractors have loved it. "We've seen, in the last year, a much more openness and willingness to make time for professional development and training and product development," Heather comments. "We're seeing more people open to that because they're recognizing the value, and they want to be a leader in their industry. They know that in doing that, they have to take time to develop professionally and to learn more about the products that they're selling."
Manufacturers need to remember to focus on the questions that are keeping contractors up at night, including:
How do I have the workforce to support the demand in my market?
If I'm doing a good job in growing my business, what kind of legacy am I leaving?
What am I doing to help my community?
Being able to help contractors achieve the more altruistic state that they want to create is a huge opportunity for manufacturers. One that Key-Link takes advantage of. "I think what contractors are wanting is [a] partnership. They're wanting to walk alongside a manufacturer, dealer and distributor.
They're wanting that support because they're so stretched in a lot of different ways," Heather explains. "And so, if we can make it easier for them from a marketing perspective by giving them tools or sharing content or training, any of those things they just are super interested in because it takes one thing off their to-do list and allows them to focus in other areas."
Heather and Key-Link believe that if you can make business easier for the contractor, you'll improve the entire channel, from the end consumer up to the manufacturer.
How to Measure Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Marketing can be difficult to measure, however. With contractors especially, word of mouth can be a huge selling component for a product, and that's difficult to both influence and track. Difficult is not impossible, though.
Heather's team uses Instagram, specifically, in a very purposeful way. "We see a lot of success through Instagram. We have a heavy presence there. We post on Story Daily. We post multiple times a week, and we plan and outline what our content is going to be and what our goals are for that content." But it's not all company-talk that they share.
"We also showcase a lot of the contractors' products and share what they share with us. No matter how well we plan and what great, amazing content we have, a lot of our very top posts are focused on one, sharing or re-sharing another contractor's work of art. And that just generates a lot of great conversation."
User-generated content is one of the best ways to get your audience talking. After all, if you share how great a contractor's project was, they're going to brag about (aka share) your post with everyone they know.
Getting word of mouth going is only the first step. Measuring it is the next. Heather keeps it simple: "I just measure it by momentum and just seeing a steady growth over Instagram in terms of quality followers."
Beth loves,: "Those conversations that happen in DM: we can't track them, even though that's ROI, right? A contractor telling another contractor, 'I use this product, I loved this product,' ... is not showing up in your CRM. That's not showing up in your marketing attribution. But to understand if we're doing quality things and getting quality engagement, engaging and meeting our audience in a way that they find meaningful and impactful, the way that we measure that is by seeing that engagement."
Zach agrees but takes measurement one step further with self-reported attribution, "which is a fancy way of asking somebody how they found you. For example, from our standpoint, a lot of people that become clients of ours, they listen to our podcast. And they'll say, 'Hey, I heard your podcast.' But then we look at the analytics. And the analytics is like, oh, well, it got driven via an ad or SEO. So there's traffic attribution. And then there's user attribution, which both are really, really important and valuable."
As big tech companies, such as Google, limit marketers' ability to measure analytics, focusing on what is creating momentum is going to become increasingly important.
The Accuracy of Self-Reporting
The downside to self-attribution or self-reporting is accuracy. If you are asking someone how they found you on a form on your website, it's probably not going to be super accurate. That's because they have probably heard about you from more than one place. "It's like the omnichannel, multi-touch component," Zach points out. "You have to be all places."
Heather agrees completely. "That is what we hear from contractors. 'We attended a dealer day, and we went and visited your Sprinter van or your mobile trailer, and we were able to touch and see products live. And then we went on Instagram, and we started following you.' And two months later, 'we're going to be at IBS and we'll stop by your booth.'"
It's also important to find out where your audience is going for product information and who they are following on social media. "Every single product category has a couple of people that speak to, 'Hey, here are the things that I like,'" Zach points out. "And it's the reason why influencer marketing is growing. And so prioritizing those relationships with people that have that kind of influence is really important."
So, even though not everything done with marketing is trackable doesn't mean you shouldn't try to track it or optimize for it, especially as marketing becomes more multi-touch. As Beth explains, "A lot of times it's not a single conversation. It's not an email necessarily from a single person, but it's the ad that they saw. It's the Instagram post. It is the IBS booth and making all of those pieces part of the puzzle."
It's also important to realize that the days of marketing operating in silos are gone. Your brand can't look, sound or feel different on different channels, and the marketing team cannot operate alone either.
When it comes to your brand, "it's so important to have a really strong brand and a brand story because if you're going to be in all the channels, you have to make sure that your channels tell a consistent story and position your brand in the same way because otherwise, you'll break trust. And there's so much competition. If you lose trust, it's always harder to get it back."
When it comes to your marketing team, "it's more important than ever for the marketing team to work with the sales team, the product team, the business development team [and] the finance team. And sometimes, that's so painful," Heather admits. "We just want to create what we want to create or our ideas are what we think are the best. But for 2023 and beyond, just really believe if we want to keep our budget strong, and we want to keep our teams strong and grow our company — that it's going to take more of a collective team effort to make it and succeed moving forward."
Zach agrees: "You need to [work with the finance team] because you understand what drives revenue. And if you can show tangible revenue attribution or revenue generation, it allows you to keep your budget and allows you to do more of the things you just talked about, like experimentation and doing more fun things as a marketing department."
"But I think, at the end of the day, it also goes back to something that we talk a lot about at our company — which is just valuing people," Heather finishes. "If you value the contractor, then you create ... things that they need because you value their time, and you value your relationship with them. And so you'd spend the time to talk with them."
This applies to everyone in the channel. If everyone works together and listens to each other, everyone sees an increase in value for themselves. "It does, at the end of the day, come back to that human connection, which I think can be made even more incredible when you integrate digital platforms [and] when you integrate all of those things together. It just makes life more fun and also challenging, but all those things have to work together really well."
To learn more about measuring for momentum and creating relationships with contractors, listen to the entire episode here. You can reach out to Heather on LinkedIn or by following Key-Link on Instagram.


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Q: Error getting SSE messages, Angular frontend, Node backend I'm using SSE to send simple messages from a Node backend to an Angular app. So far, it's been working flawlessly, but today I realized that it's not working anymore and I can't find the reason.
This is the relevant code:
NODE
router.get('/stream', function (req, res) {
    [ ... ]

    // Send headers for event-stream connection
    res.writeHead(200, {
        'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
        'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
        'Connection': 'keep-alive'
    });
    res.write('\n');

    [ ... ]
    // NOTE: This line connects to a Redis server
    subscriber.subscribe(channel);

    // In case we encounter an error...print it out to the console
    subscriber.on("error", function (err) {
        logger.debug("Redis Error: " + err);
    });

    // When we receive a message from the Redis connection
    subscriber.on("message", function (channel, message) {
        logger.debug('MESSAGE RECEIVED: ' + message);   // This message is printed in the log file

        [ ... ]
        // Note: 'msgData' is obtained by parsing the received 'message'
        // Send data to the client
        res.write('data: ' + msgData + "\n\n");
    });
}

Angular app
declare var EventSource : any;

getSSEMessages(): Observable<string> {
    let sseUrl = `${ConfigService.settings.appURL}/stream`;

    return new Observable<string>(obs => {
        const es = new EventSource(sseUrl, { withCredentials: true });

        // This prints '1' (CONNECTION OPEN)
        console.log('SSE Connection: ', es.readyState);

        // Note: I've also tried 'es.onerror'
        es.addEventListener("error", (error) => {
            console.log("Error in SSE connection", error);

            return false;
        });

        // Note: I've also tried 'es.onmessage'
        es.addEventListener("message", (evt : any) => {
            // Never gets in here
            console.log('SSE Message', evt.data);

            obs.next(evt.data);
        });

        return () => es.close();
    });
}

This is how I get the messages when I select the option in the interface:
this.getSSEMessages()
  .subscribe(message => {
    // SHOW MESSAGE TO THE USER
});

As I said, everything has been working fine for weeks. Today I saw that I wasn't getting any messages and I've been trying to find out the reason without luck.
Any clues on what can be wrong?

A: Finally, I've found a solution:
Perhaps because of updating some Node modules or Node itself, it added some sort of buffer for optimizing the connection traffic. To make the application work again, all I've had to do is add a flush after each message, like this:
[...]
res.write('data: ' + msgData + "\n\n");

// Send the message instantly
res.flush();
[...]

Cheers,


The Olympic dreams of Maine native Emily Sweeney ended in disaster on the luge track in PyeongChang this week, when the 24-year-old crashed around curve 9 in her Olympic debut.
Sweeney was born here in Portland and went to school in Falmouth before moving to Connecticut.
In the stunning video, you can see Emily lose control of her run around the ninth curve of the track at the Olympic Sliding Centre, and it all went downhill from there. She started sliding down the track sideways, and hit both her head and ankles on the icy walls while she was still traveling at a high rate of speed.
According to the Portland Press Herald, Sweeney took several minutes to get up and walk away from the incident, but was able to get to the athlete's area for further assessment under her own steam.
Hopefully, Emily will make a full recovery and compete again at the next Winter Olympics in Beijing.


Well, what a welcome back to the wedding season!
Yesterday Jade and I had the absolute pleasure off shooting Velia and Corey's wedding here in Coffs Harbour. We first met these guys after one of our brides sent them our way to do a shoot with their new baby Tysen. We were wrapped when they asked us if we were available to shoot their wedding day.
The day started with beautiful clear skies and a light breeze, the perfect day to get married.
After a ceremony at Coffs Anglican Church, we headed out to Pacific Bay Resort for some photos by the beach and amongst the grounds. They finished the day of with a reception in Charlie's restaurant overlooking the waterfall and lagoons.
We met with Velia at her parents house with it's stag horn and old pailing fence the perfect back drops for some nice detail shots.
Velia looked absolutely beautiful and was such a pleasure to work with.
Bridal Party photo bombing at Charlesworth Bay.
Thanks Vel and Corey, you guys Rock! We had a blast hanging out with you and can't wait for you to see the rest of your images.
Love Love Love! great photo's as always.


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Q: How do I partition an SD drive that is greater than 4GB so that ubuntu runs on 4GB and the rest is used as storage? I've been trying for about a week now to partition my 32GB SD Card so 4GB can be used as a Ubuntu Live and the rest as general storage that can be seen by Ubuntu and Windows.
I've tried this method:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-larger-than-4gb-casper-partition/
Everything works up until the Start Disk Creator. My partitions are not visible there even though they are visible on my computer.
Also I've attempted with VM Player
http://www.howtogeek.com/97177/how-to-put-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-thumb-drive-without-the-mess/
If this helps, here is the SD card I'm using with the USB adapter.
http://www.adorama.com/KGMB10G232GB.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Shopping%20Site&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=gbase

A: If you are using the SD card as a hard-drive to boot from then during install you would make a 5 GB / partition and put the rest in /home...  you need room for the OS to breathe and update and all that shabang but their are tweaks available to move most of that work into memory and save SD usage...


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The Elliott State Forest northeast of Coos Bay was created in 1930 by consolidating state lands dedicated to producing revenue for public schools.
Oregon forestland income for schools fell 87 percent in 2017, largely because Elliott State Forest timber sales ended, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry's annual report.
Common School Forest Land produced $395,000 for the Common School Fund in the year ending June 30, 2017. For 2016, the forestlands earned $2.9 million, but as recently as 2014, the lands lost money. The five-year average is $342,000 per year.
The State Land Board held its first regular meeting since October on Tuesday, and Elliot State Forest issues took up much of the discussion.
The Oregon Department of Forestry manages 117,000 acres of Common School Fund forest lands, including 82,500 acres in the Elliott, northeast of Coos Bay. By law, revenue from the lands goes to the Common School Fund to support public schools. In recent years, restrictions on logging and calls for public use and habitat protection have drastically reduced the lands' income. OSBA has pressed the State Land Board to fulfill its fiduciary duty to manage the lands to maximize schools' benefit.
The Department of State Lands is working to remove the land from the Common School Fund while retaining state control to protect sensitive habitat areas. Titan-Kelly LLC signed a contract last year to manage and care for the forest for about $800,000 a year. No new timber sales were made on the Elliott in 2017, and previous contracts were wrapped up.
The Department of State Lands is the administrative arm of the three-member State Land Board: Gov. Kate Brown, Secretary of State Dennis Richardson and State Treasurer Tobias Read.
The 2017 Legislature provided $100 million in bonding to compensate the Common School Fund for lost Elliott income. Those bonds are scheduled to be issued in February 2019. In January, the department signed a contract with Oregon Consensus, a public-policy mediation program, to develop a decoupling plan by spring 2019.
The department is also working on a Habitat Conservation Plan that would allow logging on parts of the Elliott. On Feb. 6, DSL issued a request for proposals for a contractor to develop the plan. Creating a conservation plan generally takes about two years, and the Elliott plan is expected to be implemented in July 2021.
The Department of State Lands maintains a web page with developments on the Elliott project.
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Designed for junior- and senior-level courses in Plant and Facilities Planning and Manufacturing Systems and Procedures, this textbook is also suitable for graduate-level and two-year college courses. The book takes a practical, hands-on, project-oriented approach to exploring the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout. It also introduces state-of-the-art tools including computer simulation. Access to Layout-iQ workspace planning software is included for purchasers of the book. Theoretical concepts are clearly explained and then rapidly applied to a practical setting through a detailed case study at the end of the volume. The book systematically leads students through the collection, analysis, and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout for a lean manufacturing environment. All aspects of facility design, from receiving to shipping, are covered. In the fifth edition of this successful book, previously published by Prentice Hall, numerous updates and corrections have been made. Also, rather than including brief "case-in-point" examples at the end of each chapter, a single, detailed case study is provided that better exposes students to the multiple considerations that need to be taken into account when improving efficiency in a real manufacturing facility. The textbook has enjoyed substantial international adoptions and has been translated into Spanish and Chinese.
Designed for junior- and senior-level courses in plant and facilities planning and manufacturing systems and procedures, this textbook also is suitable for graduate-level and two-year college courses. The book takes a practical, hands-on, project-oriented approach to exploring the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout. It also introduces state-of-the-art tools including computer simulation. Access to Layout-iQ workspace planning software is included for purchasers of the book. Theoretical concepts are clearly explained and then rapidly applied to a practical setting through a detailed case study at the end of the volume. The book systematically leads students through the collection, analysis, and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout for a lean manufacturing environment. All aspects of facility design, from receiving to shipping, are covered. In the sixth edition of this successful book, numerous updates and corrections have been made, and a chapter on engineering cost estimating and analysis has been added. Also, rather than including brief case-in-point examples at the end of each chapter, a single, detailed case study is provided that better exposes students to the multiple considerations that need to be taken into account when improving efficiency in a real manufacturing facility. The textbook has enjoyed substantial international adoptions and has been translated into Spanish and Chinese.
Organized Technology is a first step in meeting this challenge. The book is based on an intensive study of radioactive waste and solar cell research, two large-scale technical systems important to U.S. energy policy. Historical and organizational analyses are combined with results from interviews with a national sample of scientists, engineers, managers, policymakers, and public-interest advocates in a new approach to technology analysis.
The process of industrialization that began over two hundred years ago is continuing to change the way people work and live, and doing it very rapidly, in places like China and India. At the forefront of this movement is the profession of industrial engineering that develops and applies the technology that drives industrialization. This book describes how industrial engineering evolved over the past two centuries developing methods and principles for the planning, design, and control of production and service systems. The story focuses on the growth of the discipline at Purdue University where it helped shape the university itself and made substantial contributions to the industrialization of America and the world. The story includes colorful and creative people like Frank and Lillian Gilbreth of "Cheaper by the Dozen" fame. Lillian was the first lady of American engineering as well a founder of Purdue's Industrial Engineering.
Hard Water: Politics And Water Supply In Milwaukee, 1870-1995 by educator and urban studies specialist Kate Foss-Mollan is the documented and historical account of the water supply of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Foss-Mollan blends urban history, technology, biology, research, and political science into a remarkably intriguing and informative saga. From conflicts over supplying poor neighborhoods to partisan debates regarding the necessity of a filtration plant, Hard Water spans over a century with an eye-opening account of the wrangling, machinations, and more all about a seemingly simple drink of water. Very highly recommended for American urban studies reading lists.
Author of six earlier books about United States railroads, John F. Stover packs this narrative history with careful scholarship and colorful description which will appeal to the railroad buff and the professional historian, as well as to any reader who wishes to travel with the "Mother of Railroads" through an exciting period in United States history.
The book describes, and where possible illustrates, historic mechanical engineering landmarks, representing the accomplishments of mechanical engineers over the past 250 years-from the steam engine of Thomas Newcomen (1712), which launched the Industrial Revolution, to the Saturn V rocket (1967). Some of them are recognizable to us all, such as Xerography, Sikorsky's helicopter, and Disneyland's monorail. Others work behind the scenes or have been superseded, such as the Owens "AR" bottle machine and the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower. The landmarks are grouped into such categories as mechanical power production, power transmission, minerals extraction and refining, food processing, environmental control, transportation, biomedical engineering, and communications and data processing. Each section is introduced by an essay that helps place each landmark into the context of technical and general history. While some of these landmarks have not survived intact, others can be visited, and travel information is provided. The machines that shape our society help educate us about an important facet of human history and how technology has influenced it. ASME International's landmarks program identifies and recognizes artifacts of significance before they disappear. This roster of landmarks tells a magnificent story of people and places and of innovation and discovery. NOTE: As of July 2011 the rights in this book have been reverted to ASME Press. The Purdue University Press edition has been declared "out of print" but copies may still be available from ASME Press (www.asme.org).
Operational Research in Industry brings together the experience and expertise of an international group of consultants, researchers, and academics. The book gives practical examples of cross-industry management and covers many different industrial sectors. The selected applications particularly highlight areas where the global market and competition play a crucial part in the decision-making process. The authors' methodologies utilize the tools at the forefront of operational research, especially in modeling, optimization, and data mining. Each chapter describes models, introduces solution techniques, and reports the benefits of implementation. The whole text represents a valuable and up-to-date reference for technical managers, operational researchers, scientists, teachers, and practitioners.
With its easy-to-read writing style, Productivity and Reliability-Based Maintenance Management provides a strong yet practical foundation on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). This comprehensive practical guide departs from the wait-failure-emergency repair cycle that plagues many industries today. Instead, this text takes a proactive and productive maintenance approach, focusing on how to avoid failure in the first place. By using real-world case studies in every chapter, the author reinforces the importance of sound and proactive maintenance practices. The use of end-of-chapter problems and discussion questions helps to solidify concepts presented. Productivity and Reliability-Based Maintenance Management is a powerful educational tool for students as well as maintenance professionals and managers. Students and instructors, please note: The contents of this Purdue UP paperback edition are the same as the latest edition previously published by Prentice Hall in 2004 (ISBN 9780130966575). If you already have that edition, do not buy this one.


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Cosmetic Surgery Myths Busted
The Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS) is urging consumers to "do their homework" when considering a procedure to ensure their surgeon is properly trained in the art.
"Plastic surgeons, like any other practitioner, must undertake cosmetic surgery training after their plastic surgery training to be properly qualified," says ACCS Censor-in Chief Dr John Flynn.
"Like other medical practitioners, they must obtain cosmetic surgical training in the private sector as there is no g=Government-recognised qualification in cosmetic surgery.
"Prospective patients should ask their surgeon to show them their CV and explain their level of training and how often they perform the procedure being considered.
"Cosmetic surgery is a multi-disciplinary practice drawing on a diverse range of doctors.
"Many of the most significant procedural advances in cosmetic surgery have come not from plastic surgeons but from other disciplines.
"Italian gynaecologist Giorgio Fischer invented liposuction, American dermatologist Jeffrey Klein pioneered the tumescent anaesthetic technique widely used in liposuction today, and the cosmetic properties of botulinum toxin [Botox] were discovered by Canadian dermatologists Alastair and Jean Caruthers.
"Cosmetic surgeons derive from maxillofacial surgery, ENT surgery, plastic surgery, general surgery, general practice, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology and elsewhere.
"What is common to all of these doctors is that, in order to be a cosmetic surgeon, they must undertake additional relevant specific training in cosmetic surgery.
"The ACCS is the only medical college which provides education and training leading to fellowship specifically in cosmetic medicine and surgery."
Dr Flynn says that to become a cosmetic surgeon and ACCS Fellow, doctors must typically complete a minimum of 12 years of medical and surgical education and training, including at least five years of post-medical school experience, and training including three years as a surgical registrar before they begin their cosmetic surgery-specific fellowship training. They also may have another specialist qualification.
Dr Flynn adds: "As UK health authorities have also noted, registration as a specialist – including in plastic surgery – `does not give any assurance that a surgeon has received adequate training in cosmetic surgery'."
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Total annual expenditure on cosmetic surgical and medical and related procedures and treatments in Australia is estimated to be $1 billion.
Australians annually consume more than $350 million worth of wrinkle reduction procedures with botulinum toxin.
There are approximately 8,000 breast augmentation surgeries performed each year in Australia and about 30,000 liposuction procedures.
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I was going to write a whole bunch comparing full-service moves to DIY options last year. This year, as we consider moving again, I also wanted to write a bit about understanding the rates charged by movers. I think there's a standard, to some degree, and I'd like to find it. But if this standard exists, it's not publicized, and that's what's frustrating.
Also, after writing this article, I found that honesty is not exactly part of the moving game.
These cost different amounts based on exact dates you choose. That means our extra-large Uhaul and our extra-large Budget (with a car carrier) ended up being about the same price, since one was on a peak weekend and the other was not. Both trucks were hard to drive and lacked working AC after the first 100 miles, but they got the job done. Therefore, if you can't afford the big movers, try one of these. With gas and rental, I think they both ended up being around $1000 for the trip from Milwaukee to Kansas City. Around 600 miles. I'd say this: you save a lot by going this route, especially if you choose the right dates, and it's the only way to move a car. My SAAB was not worth as much as it would have cost to move it with the van lines.
We also used Sterling in order to move some big items. This company has one mover/driver who hires two locals to help out. We were charged around $3,000 for this service. I don't think the rate was any better than any other mover, but there wasn't a minimum move amount to worry about. The crew was not great by any means, and two items were left upright for us to move later. Our old house had several scratches on the hardwood floors, too. However, it meant we were able to get the move done for the $5,000 we were promised.
For our next move, if we end up going, it would be over 1,000 miles. We weeded out some items, but the estimates for what we're taking is likely similar. I say full-ish service because these companies don't pack boxes for you. They just take boxes you've packed to the new location and set up the big items. This is the ballpark we can afford for at least part of our current potential move.
Stevens quoted us $12,000 to load up 23,000 pounds last year, traveling 600 miles. Another mover was around the same price.
This year, we have Delta quoting about $7,500 for 2,200 cubic feet or around 15,000 pounds. And going 1,100 miles. Another quote for 1,000 cubic feet (assuming I took 1,000+ myself) came in at $3,900 with Empire.
Safeway also came up with 2,200 cubic feet and came in at $9,000.
Using some multiples, I'd assume 1,000 cubic feet to be about 7,000 pounds. Distance is about double from last time, so it's encouraging that the rate per pound/cubic foot is about the same for Delta as for Stevens last year. However, when your employer is promising $6,500 ($5,000 last year), it probably means we have more stuff than the typical mover. I also assume that my quote for 1,000 cubic feet is kind of prorated higher because of the initial showing up, so the fact that it's more than half the other quote of twice as much might explain it a bit.
We want to avoid brokers and Craigslist movers if we can, so it will be another challenge. With all this stuff, even if it's not worth a lot, it would be frustrating to have someone hold it hostage.
What I wish was that companies that are insured and bonded and BBB-rated would just give the basic cubic feet or weight to cost ratio. I know they have them. Then it would be a little simpler to compare, rather than getting call after call because I used some service to get on their lists. Actually, Delta did provide a price per cubic foot in the estimate. I like that.
Delta Movers is not registered with the PUCO as a household goods carrier.
It's more of a dream than an option. This would have cost an extra $3,000+ on our estimates from last year. Not a huge deal, I guess, but maybe one day I'll be a big-time CEO and have a service show up with white gloves to move me.


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Voting at Labour's conference is by weighted vote, each delegate gets a book of voting slips and some votes are decided by collecting the voting slips and counting them. Each vote is worth the number of members in the affiliate divided by the number of delegates. For instance my card vote this year was worth about 380, about 3800 members, divided by 10 delegates. This is known as the card or block vote. These booklets of votes are not sent by post but must be picked up in person at a "Regional Briefing" starting at 9:00. In previous years this meeting has been used by regional staff to influence new delegates. Two things happened at our briefing; the lack of clarity of the regional staff was not good although they almost made it clear that delegations were dispersed amongst the London block and not sitting together which makes consulting other delegates in the delegation harder than it should be.
More importantly, they had failed to have card votes printed for four of our delegates inc. me and did not have the IT available to make new ones. We were told to go to the balloting office, but the queue was immense and we would have missed the start of conference. (It's obvious why they distribute the cards in regional briefings as they can have nine queues as opposed to one.) Anyway, I entered the Conference Hall without a card vote book. Since the first item of business is the acceptance of the CAC Report which includes the agenda, timings, the inclusion and exclusion of contemporary & emergency motions and includes any rulings on consequential changes on the agenda. i.e. if the democracy review packages pass, which of the other rule changes fall without debate. This is always controversial and this year the Chair announced that any vote would be taken by show of hands, and if unclear, by hand in parts (i.e. Unions & Affiliates separately from CLPs) and then if it remains unclear a card vote would be taken.
The CAC had proposed that the Democracy Review would be taken on the Sunday, and that the other rule changes taken on the Tuesday; they also recommended that all the rule changes on the subject of Parliamentary Candidate Selection proposed by CLPs would fall if the NEC proposal on the same subject passed. The NEC were proposing a variation of the trigger ballot reform which meant that the two rule changes proposing its abolition, i.e. open selection would fall without debate, or more accurately fall without being moved. It's hard to predict what would happen, but it was expected that nearly all the Unions (50% of he vote) would vote with the CAC so the question was how many of the CLP would vote against them and here we were, with a bunch of London delegates without their card vote books.
As the card vote was called, I tried to move a point of order to explain some of us could not vote as we didn't have our card votes; I was told that the chair wasn't taking a point of order during a vote, I called out that my point of order related to the conduct of the vote but was still told to sit down; on my way back to my seat Len McCluscky asked me what the problem was, and when I explained, said "That's not right!". At our seats, those of us without votes made voting slips, but without much hope of them being counted. The Chair then announced that the Ballot Office now had London's missing card votes and that the ballot boxes would be kept open for another 15 minutes, so we got our votes in.
I have had a look at the rule change motions amending rule C5.IV.5, Selection of Westminster Parliamentary Candidates, which will be on the agenda for Labour's Conference 18. They were submitted last year, and thus scheduled for debate this year. I have written up my thoughts in an article/document.
the role of party units or branches in a nomination process.
By considering the issue of whether to have a trigger ballot process at all as separate from the protection given to incumbents,i.e. the threshold, I think we gain clarity. Another reason for considering them separately, is that the abolition/retention of the trigger ballot is proposed with thresholds, either having an early termination of the reselection process or for avoiding the reselection processes all together respectively.
Rachel Godfrey Wood has also written a summary of how she sees the amendments although she does not consider the West Lancashire amendment which changes the rules such that, if an incumbent loses a trigger ballot, they are not to be included in the subsequent selection. There's a good reason for this. If the Conference Arrangements Committee rules that only one of these rule changes can be carried, then passing the West Lancs motion means that there is no change to the trigger ballot process, and it can't be debated for another five years.
The paper also points at two other rules changes, abolishing the rule on auto-exclusion for supporting a non labour organisation, and on CLP finance, where it is proposed that the CLPs get 50% of the membership fees.
CLPs & Affiliates may only submit "contemporary" motions to conference. Contemporary, as in timeliness, is taken as an issue, that has arisen since the publication of the NPF report and more controversially that could not have been raised before. In 2016, the CAC ruled motions on austerity and the economy out of order as these had both been in existence in the spring. The words themselves permit the raising of an issue on which the NPF is silent, such as my proposed anti-surveillance motion. Authors of motions need to take these rules into account.
IV.1.D all affiliation fees shall be paid by end of the year.
IX.1.B Affiliation fees due to this CLP for the previous year ended 31 December must have been paid to this CLP a clear 35 days before the date of the annual meeting.
IX.1.C. New affiliations accepted at least 60 days prior to the AGM in the current year shall have all rights associated with attendance at the AGM.
The Labour Party's financial year is the calendar year. If not paid in the year of account, an affiliate falls into arrears on 1st January of the following year. It must pay the arrears by 35 days before the AGM, otherwise it may be treated as a new affiliate and pay 60 days before the AGM. This could be easier. but it would seem there are two routes for dealing with arrears.
My submission to Labours Democracy Review on making policy.
CLPs should have an inalienable right to initiate policy, as such CLPs should be allowed to submit motions to Conference on policy as they see fit (i.e. not be constrained by the NPF report and processes).
NEC should publish their minutes so that members know what they are doing.
Appropriate CLP motions should be presented to the NEC and their actions recorded, minutes taken and reported to the authoring CLP.
CLPs should be able to submit a motion + rule change to Conference during the same year and CLP/Affiliate proposed rule changes to conference to should be allowed to be debated at the Conference for which it was proposed.
The NPF to be halved in size, meet more regularly, report to conference, and conference to be extended by a day. This is designed to increase the NPF's accountability to Conference and provide some form of governance over continuous policy making; Conference should remain sovereign. NPF should be commissioning hearings led by a combination of grassroots activists and members and workers/trade unionists with expertise in specific areas. NPF should function in a more transparent way. This transparency to include its web site.
Conference should be a day longer, it would allow the consideration of more topics.
My submission to the Democracy Review on Electing the Leader.
Required nominations in the case of a vacancy should be set so that the electorate are given a choice. It should be noted that the higher the threshold required within the PLP, the more likely pressure for reselection will be in cases where MPs no longer represent the views of their membership.
On electing our leader, the Leader should be elected by individual ballot, of individual members, affiliate members and registered supporters.
Registered supporters should be asked to renew their commitment annually (and undergo the same checks that are used for people to become members), charged no more than of the order of £5 per year and be able to attend (but not vote during) branch meetings. If Toby Young seeks to become a registered supporter, we should refer it to the Police for fraud.


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by Larry Dean | Dec 14, 2021 | Member Updates
I am a member of CalBike, an nonprofit organization that advocates for equitable, inclusive, and prosperous communities where bicycling helps to enable all Californians to lead healthy and joyful lives. The following is a newsletter I received from CalBike about AB 1238 (Assembly Bill 1238, Ting. Pedestrian access.) and AB 122 (Assembly Bill 122, Boerner Horvath. Vehicles: required stops: bicycles.)
In 2021, CalBike decided to sponsor two related bills that would have legalized walking midblock across an empty street (AB 1238, Ting) or biking carefully through a stop sign at an empty intersection (AB 122, Boerner Horvath). Our goal was to broaden and strengthen the movement for the dignity and safety of people who walk and bike.
Despite the governor's vetoes (see below), we made significant progress. More than 100 organizations and 3,000 people signed on in support of both bills. Your support made a difference.
The Bicycle Safety Stop Bill received bipartisan supermajority support. The Freedom to Walk Act started a national discussion about how we police walking in this country (covered in the New York Times and on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me").
Newsom's veto messages cited solidarity with our cause, if not our proposals. In his veto of the Freedom to Walk Act, he said, "unequal enforcement of jaywalking laws and the use of minor offenses like it as a pretext to stop people of color … is unacceptable." His veto of the Bicycle Safety Stop Bill cited his "full support of safe and equitable access to the state's transportation network for bicyclists."
Unfortunately, the governor didn't include specific proposals to accomplish these supposed commitments to our goals in either letter. And we are troubled by his reliance on biased SWITRS data to support conclusions about bicycle and pedestrian safety.
However, CalBike is part of a strong movement and public support for giving people the joyful option to bike safely. It's affordable, healthy, neighborly, and sustainable. We've gained momentum, and we'll use that to move us forward. CalBike is advocating for significant increases in active transportation investment at the scale needed to make our streets safe for people who bike and walk. We'll give the governor a real chance to achieve his stated goals, and we'll build a strong coalition with increasing public support that will make it even harder for lawmakers to reject future proposals.


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Ralph Stover State Park ist ein Park in Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. Er zieht sich entlang des Tohickon Creek, ist 18 ha groß und befindet sich circa 3,5 Kilometer vom Dorf Point Pleasant. Eine Hauptattraktion des Parkes ist die Felsformation "High Rocks".

Geschichte
Als erstes siedelten Lenni-Lenape-Indianer in dieser Gegend. Sie gaben dem Fluss (Creek) den Namen "To-Hick-Hanne" welcher später in Tohickon Creek abgewandelt wurde. Die deutschstämmige Familie Stover (deutsch Stauffer) erwarb später dieses Gebiet. Ralph Stover – Sohn von Henry Stauffer und Barbara Hockman – errichtete am Tohickon Creek eine wasserbetriebene Getreidemühle.

Im Jahre 1931, während der Great Depression, übergab Ralph Stover das Land an das Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Der Staat baute das Gebiet zu einem Park um und stellte dazu Arbeitslose ein. Dies war eine Forderung von Ralph Stover. Im Jahr 1935 wurde der Park eröffnet.

Besonderheit
Ein Besuchermagnet des Parkes ist "High Rocks". High Rocks ist circa 60 Meter hoch und bietet die Möglichkeit zum Felsklettern. Vom Plateau des Felsens hat man einen tollen Überblick auf den Tohickon Creek.

Neben klettern kann man im Park auch wandern, angeln oder Kajak fahren.

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I was informed by the neighbors that woman didn't test positive until weeks after their missed period. Is that right? Do I need to wait further? If so how long?
I'm just feeling normal but anxiously waiting for the moment. What's going on? Fingers crossed as of now.


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Apple's upcoming 32-inch 6K Pro Display XDR is not for everyone. It's not even for most of us. Especially with such a hefty price tag. If you're looking for an external display for your Mac that's easier on the pocketbook, here's a list of monitors that won't disappoint!
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LG's big 32-inch 32UL950-W is not only a Thunderbolt 3 monitor, meaning you can daisy chain monitors together but also has quite a few ports. With one Thunderbolt 3 port, one USB-C, two USB-A, an HDMI, DisplayPort port, and a headphone jack, this monitor has tons of connectivity to attach all your favorite devices. Plus, it's 60hz screen refresh rate, 600 nits brightness, and beautiful P3 wide color gamut makes this screen look amazing right out of the box.
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Gillian Ayres RA (1930-2018), the painter, printmaker and teacher, was regarded as one of the leading British abstract artists of her generation. Born in London, she had a distinguished career, with solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1981); the Serpentine Gallery, London (1983); Tate, London (1965); and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (1997). Her paintings evolved from early abstract expressionist works of the 1950s, to the more restrained paintings of the later 1960s, through to the very physical presence of the colourful, textured, impasto works she made since the late 1970s.


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By Stewart Emmens on 21 October 2012
Dr Gillespie's Nautical Absence
The fatal shot (Science Museum, London)
At around 1.15 pm, on 21st October 1805, a small projectile (shown in the above engraving), fired at a range of about 50ft, passed into Admiral Horatio Nelson's left shoulder and, ricocheting against bone, tore a path through his upper body before passing into his lower back. The musket ball took with it fragments of the his coat and its epaulette which remained attached after it came to rest.
Nelson died a few hours later as the Battle of Trafalgar drew to a close, and after prolonged preservation, in first brandy and then distilled wine, and after much public procession and fanfare, his body was buried in St Paul's Cathedral on the 9th January 1806.
The invitation (Science Museum, London)
Here is an invitation to the funeral from our collections. The recipient was Dr Leonard Gillespie, "Physician to Lord Nelson". Indeed Gillespie had actually been assigned to the post of Physician-General to the Fleet by Nelson whilst abroad HMS Victory – the ship he was officially attached to. But while Nelson was attended by the Victory's surgeon William Beatty on that fatal day, where was Gillespie?
Dr Gillespie's tourniquet, carried on HMS Victory (Science Museum, London)
Dr Gillespie had overseen an enlightened approach to on-board health, which just prior to Trafalgar he described as "unexampled perhaps in any squadron heretofore employed on a foreign station". He had also written an influential pamphlet on the Preservation of the Health of Seamen, which put particular emphasis on a good diet, but in October 1805 Gillespie himself was not a well man. As Nelson was taking that fatal shot, Gillespie was ashore, laid low with gout!
While scurvy is the dietary complaint traditionally associated with life at sea in the early 1800s, gout was not uncommon. Linked in part to diets rich in meat, seafood and alcohol, the naval officer class was prone to the condition. Although Gillespie missed his masters final moments, his gouty absence was no cause for shame. Indeed, according to William Beatty, it was only through "abstaining for the space of nearly two years from animal food, and wine and all other fermented drink; confining his diet to vegetables, and commonly milk and water" that Nelson overcame his own bout…of gout.
As for Gillespie, he outlived Nelson by nearly three decades, dying at 83 after a long retirement in Paris. However, in a curious postscript, 'Dr Leonard Gillespie' emerged a century later in a very different context. Firstly in books, then on cinema and TV screens, as the elderly mentor to the titular young medic in the hugely successful Dr Kildare. In this clip Gillespie (played by Lionel Barrymore) is the one pooh-poohing the idea of 'socialised medicine'. Hmmmm.
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Curator of Community Health, he has worked in the museum for many years on a wide range of medically themed exhibitions and web resources as well as curating a number of medical collections. Main research interests are Limb prostheses, military medicine and urban public health. Recently the lead curator on our First World War centenary exhibition, Wounded: Casualty, Conflict and Care, and now one of the team developing the extensive new Medical Galleries.
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10 March 2014 at 11.17
An interesting piece!! Gillespie one of many great Naval Reformers, who achieved many notable improvements in the Royal Navy. So much depended on the attitude, commitment and abilities of the captain, purser and surgeon to promote said recommendations. Janet MacDonald's book 'Feeding Nelson's Navy' is a riveting read and as a true dietary and military historian, she busts many myths. Incidentally, we have now linked the critical issue of chest blood loss and spinal transection to explain the mode, symptoms post mortem findings and timing of the death of Nelson – an issue not fully addressed previously.


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Famous, celebrated and wealthy beyond words, the richest athletes in the world have connections and money beyond what most working people could ever imagine. And, many of them are not afraid to flaunt it. From classic cars and mansions to charitable donations and purchases that are kind of weird, read on to find out how some of the world's richest people spend their money.


THE resort town of Victoria Falls is inundated with inquiries from Zimbabwe's major tourism source markets keen on directly investing into the tourism sector, an industry official has said.
Zimbabwe's source markets include United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, Germany, South Africa, among others.
Employers Association of Tourism Operators president Clement Mkwasi told NewsDay that they were inundated with inquiries from different international source markets.
"We have realised people from our source markets are now making applications to invest in the country. Quite a lot of people from UK, the United States of America, Australia among others, are making so many inquiries about directly investing into the country," Mkwasi said.
"So I suspect that they are also marketing the destination because eventually they expect themselves to be based here. They have come here several times, they know the place, they know the potential that the destination has. They now want to invest here and before they invest, they are encouraging everyone else to come down to Zimbabwe," he said.
Mkwasi said the industry in Victoria Falls was picking up, with most of the hotels currently fully booked.
"As things are at the moment, you might not find accommodation. Almost everyone is full this time. It's seriously picking up. If you fail to book for Christmas now, you won't be able to come here in December. The best thing is for people to book now to secure their accommodation," he said.
According to the Finance ministry's fiscal policy and advisory services department update, Victoria Falls recorded an average occupancy of 44% in March 2018 up from 37% in January 2018 and the highest in the last five years.
The growth was attributed to international arrivals, with 75% of the occupancies in the resort town being foreign tourists, who are largely business and leisure tourists.
Mkwasi said international source markets had regained confidence in Zimbabwe following the dethronement of former President Robert Mugabe last November by his ex-right handman, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
"Zimbabwe has been on the map for a long time, but this time around that Operation Restore Legacy which took place in November, it actually sold Zimbabwe more," he said.
"And then the elections that came through without violence, they also contributed in a very big way to Zimbabwe's name being actually promoted out there. In previous years, we knew that whenever there were elections, they would be travel warnings and travel bans," he said.
But, contrary to Mkwasi's claims that the elections were non-violent, just recently after the July 30 harmonised elections, the army was deployed to quell an MDC Alliance protest over Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's delay in announcing presidential poll results.
During the process, the army fired live ammunition, resulting in seven people losing their lives and many injured.
"So the fact that Zimbabwe has had talks about rejoining the Commonwealth, the fact that Zimbabwe has had peaceful elections, the fact that there is now a new government which excludes Robert Mugabe, is giving the international community confidence and also that has led to our usual source market like the United Kingdom not issuing travel warnings and bans," Mkwasi said.
"Of course, we know Zidera (Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery), but they have not said any negative statement that actually sways tourists from coming to Zimbabwe. So that alone has led to an influx of tourists coming in."
Mkwasi said the figures they were having in Victoria Falls were comparable to the 1999 figures.
Zimbabwe recorded 597 010 overseas arrivals in 1999.
"When you talk of the general number of people who are employed in the industry currently, whether they are on contract or whatever base, versus the people who were employed in 1999, that gives you an indication of how busy the destination is," he said.
"When you look at the number of people who pass through the airport, when you look at the occupancies in general, it will actually tell you that we not going back, but moving forward."


produce conditions under which future-focused change can emerge. The effects of this experiment were investigated via a complexity-informed case study of some of the MOOC participants. The study found that the system was influenced by this 'safe-to-fail experiment'. However, deeper analysis revealed a more nuanced system of negative feedback loops acting to constrain the possibilities for system-wide, future-focused change. This study concludes by suggesting that complexity-oriented research approaches are probably most useful, at this point in time, for identifying and exploring the nature of the system's homeostasis-maintaining feedback loops. Such attempts to 'see the system' are likely to suggest fruitful sites for further experimentation.


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