Hi everyone, I was contacted by an editor from Dreame. It's a new platform originated from FicFun. I'm very hesitant when I get message from people because usually they are a scam.
Does anybody know if Dreame is also a scam because I've never heard of them before.
Wattpad Ranks/Tags/Genres - Will the issues ever get fully addressed?
Yeah I was just poached too - it's a total scam, report the account and include a screenshot of their PM to you.
It's also not new. I was poached once last year as well. Don't know why they're pretending it's new.
Can you please report them, so we can sort them out? @lilyfanfiction? Thank you! They really should leave WP authors well alone!
They've been making their rounds for a while now. They tried to poach me twice last year and then again just a couple days ago.
Gotta love scam artists trying to steal wattpad authors.
They've got to be super-dumb to hit ambs!
I used to get poached on Wattpad for the very same reason, but I just ignore them.
I can't believe how many of those accounts have been bothering people for the past few years.
i googled and it looks like they are paying people to write/post their stories?
They are - but it's a ridiculously low amount. Not worth it.
Did you get a contract from Webnovel?


Black Friday is here, and savvy bargain hunters are sure to score deals on toys, clothes and electronics - even houses.
Yup. The holiday sales season may also be the best times of year to find a discount on a new house, according to a 2015 report by RealtyTrac, which analyzed more than 32 million home sales over 15 years.
October was the best month of the year to purchase a house with buyers, on average, paying about 3 percent less than the estimated market value for their homes, based on the market-tracker's look at 2.7 million sales closed in October.
But November, December, January and February were also good months to find discounts on homes, the study found.
"We're seeing a little bit of a slowdown now, and sellers are a little bit more laid back and a little bit more flexible on price,'' said Donna Deaton, a Realtor at RE/MAX Victory in Liberty Township.
The majority of home buyers purchase in the spring and summer, so sellers tend to be more motivated in the winter and more willing to negotiate, explained Deaton.
For buyers, the price cuts can add up to significant savings. For example, a 3 percent discount on a home priced at the Cincinnati-area median, $171,000, would save more than $5,000.
And the RealtyTrac study found the savings can be much greater on certain days.
In addition to lower prices, there's generally less competition in the winter, giving buyers more time to look at homes and agents more time to spend with their clients.
"We always give 100 percent to our customers, but we definitely can spend a lot more time with our customers at this time of year because we're not as busy,'' Deaton said.
Still, the good times only last so long.
Home prices typically start ticking up as early as March. And the absolute worst time of year to buy a house at a discount is in April, when buyers paid an average premium of 1.2 percent above estimated market value, according to the RealtyTrac study.
Buyers who close on their homes before the end of the year will also benefit by getting ahead of some of financial headwinds making it harder to afford a home.
While still near historic lows, mortgage rates began ticking up in the fall as the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates.
The average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage is now hovering around 4.95 percent - the highest level for the benchmark rate since February 2011.
While no one can predict the direction of interest rates, the Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates several times next year.
The sooner you buy, the lower the interest rate you can lock in is likely to be, Deaton noted.
The one caveat to winter home buying may be selection.
Because fewer people look in the winter, sellers often remove houses from the listing market in the winter, waiting for spring to come.
According to the National Real Estate Association, there are approximately 10 percent fewer houses on the market in the winter than spring and summer.
But Deaton said inventory levels in the Cincinnati-area are actually up slightly compared to the same time last year.
And if you buy now, you may be giving yourself and early Christmas present.
If you purchase a house before Dec. 31, you may be eligible for mortgage-related deductions, including mortgage interest, property taxes and interest costs.
That can can reduce your taxable income by thousands and save you hundreds of dollars when you file your tax return next year.


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Mookie Betts hopes that his last stay on the injured list will last only a few weeks.
The Dodgers' star outfielder was ruled out due to a cracked right rib. This is his third stay in IL in the last two seasons.
"It hurts, but it's what it is," Bates said Sunday before the Dodgers faced the Cleveland Guardians. "I thought it was a small bruise or something and I went through it. It was even worse in the next few days and now we are sitting here. "
Bates was injured during the first inning of the game against Los Angeles on Wednesday night when he collided with Cody Bellinger in a car on a fly ball. Bets played the rest of that game, but was knocked out of the lineup on Friday and Saturday.
"With the audience and we both shouted, I didn't hear him (call me)," Bets said of the play. "You don't want to take your eyes off the ball. It wasn't supposed to happen, but it was one of those shows where we could both catch her. It would have been worse if no one had caught him and fallen. "
Manager Dave Roberts called the collision unfortunate and also agreed that it should not have happened.
Bates said that he did not think that he further aggravated the injury when he jumped on the line of Shohei Ohtani in the ninth inning in order to try to save Tyler Anderson without a blow. Betts failed to arrive on time and that resulted in a double.
The best AL player for 2018 and the player in the lead of the Dodgers is tied for third place in the main tournaments with 53 runs achieved and has 17 home runs, which is tied for fourth place in the NL. Los Angeles is 29-7 when he scores.
Bets missed 22 games last season due to inflammation of the right hip. He will not do any baseball activities for a week before he starts working on his return.
Zach McKinstri has been called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take Bellinger's place.
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Gambia participates in 2021 FIDE online chess Olympiad
The Gambia Chess national team is currently participating in the 2021 International Chess Federation (FIDE) online Chess Olympiad, which began on Friday 20th August. The Gambia team is participating from the American Corner on Kairaba Avenue.
This is the second time the Gambian team is taking part in the online tournament, after successfully participating in the first edition held in 2020, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
The world Chess governing body FIDE confirmed that 155 teams divided into four divisions are taken part in the tournament, with squads of Russia, USA, China, India, Ukraine at the top of the list. The Gambia is placed in one of the groups with 11 other countries.
Last year, The Gambia Chess Federation registered both a male and female team for the online championship, and this year they included a junior category in tournament.
Top Gambian Chess players Ebrima Bah known as 'KRU BOY' and Demba Jobe are in the senior male category while Sira Jallow and Fatou Jabbie are in the female category.
Mathew Aziz and Christina Aziz are are the junior category players.
Speaking ahead of the tournament, Amadou Jallow president of The Gambia Chess Federation expressed delight with Gambia's participation in the second edition of the FIDE online Olympiad.
He said this will avail the players the opportunity to widen their experience in competing in the global state against bigger nations.
"Despite the challenges brought about by the global coronavirus global, GCF endeavored to register in three categories to boost the moralof the players and promote the sport," Mr Jallow said.
Sasuna Mbaye, first vice president of the federation and Habib Mboob, the team captain, coordinated the logistic arrangement to enable the teams to a respectable performance.
The Gambian team is expected to play 11 rounds with different countries during the competition, with the first game against Democratic Republic of Congo played on Friday.
The American Embassy and Netpage provided a significant part of the logistics support to the Gambia Chess Federation (GCF).
Federation President Jallow commended the US Embassy and Netpage for supporting the Gambia's successful participation in the 2021 FIDE online Olympiad.
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Craig Ferguson on Playing Detective & Hosting 'The Hustler' Game Show
Ashleigh DurdenJanuary 7, 2021
It's time to put on your detective hat.
The game is afoot as Craig Ferguson hosts the sleuthy new ABC series The Hustler. Each episode sees five contestants working together to answer a series of trivia questions worth $10,000 a pop. The goal is building a collective prize pot. There is a catch: one the players already knows the answers.
The Hustler is tasked to keep their identity under wraps. Two are anonymously eliminated by the Hustler, leaving three finalists in the end. If they correctly identify the Hustler, they share the pot. Otherwise, the Hustler gets the cash if they're wrong, which could mean a more than $100,000 payday.
For Ferguson, it's the ultimate exercise in not judging a book by its cover. Ahead of the game show's formal premiere (ABC aired a sneak peak on January 4), we did our own line of questioning with the Emmy-winner.
How much detail do you know going into each game?
Craig Ferguson: I prepare for this the same way I prepared for my old late night show in the sense I don't prepare for it at all. I just put the suit on, turn up and let the games commence. When we play this game, I don't know who the Hustler is. I don't know the hidden liar. It's a fun game for me to play by just playing it. I get to host, but I also get to play it at the same time.
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How good are you about choosing the Hustler successfully?
I'm very bad at it. I used to think I would be a good detective. I can sometimes figure out detective novels or detective shows on TV. I think with someone who is lying and smiling at the same time, I'm not very good at all. I'm actually quite bad at detecting who is telling the truth and who is lying, which would explain my career in Hollywood for the last 25 years. If you're an optimistic person like I am, where I always believe someone is telling the truth when they're not. That's the name of the game. It's very interesting…I think if you were a detective or a cop you'd probably be good at it. Cops are used to being lied to all the time.
But if you assume someone is lying when they're not lying, you're going to suck at the game as well. I notice people get the most angry when they're telling the truth and nobody is believing them or believing them based on assumptions being made about them. It's interesting to see that frustration play out.
How much do the contestants interact beforehand?
I know there is a protocol for that. I'm not privy to it. I'm also kept separate from the contestants as well before the game commences. I haven't seen them. I haven't been around them or talked to them. Whenever I talk to the contestants, you see it. I don't get any other information that is not part of the game. I think that is useful. As far as I know, that's what they do with the contestants as well. They keep an eye on them and don't let them talk to each other in case they start forming alliances.
The show very much reminds me of Clue. What do you think will be the biggest key to its success?
It's really about people. It pulls you in and does that in a very psychological way. A game show is a game show. You either know the answers to the questions or you don't. This one knowing the answers is not enough. You have to be able to say, "Why is this person pushing an answer that is clearly right or clearly wrong. What is their motivation?" I think the real spin on this is its a murder mystery and a game show. It really is a hybrid of both.
What do you think is the biggest mistake players make?
People make mistakes stereotyping the people they don't know based on their look, style, accent, age, gender, race. You suddenly realize all of the assumptions you make about people are right sometimes and others completely wrong. It's quite interesting because you have to challenge your own thought process as well. It's not heavy-handed. It's a funny show, but it makes you think. For example, is a geek always a nerdy looking man with glasses? Absolutely not, but people make assumptions.
Do you think it's possible to ever do a celebrity version of The Hustler?
We did talk about having a celebrity one. It would have to be finding something about the celebrity Hustler that is not Googleable, so you can't read up on them. That will take a bit more research and digging. It could be done, of course. My guess is it will be done at some point, and I'd enjoy it.
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The 2-door coupe with deep seeded roots in street racing highlights Ford's trending movement towards better fuel efficiency while maintaining its stand on performance. The engine is a 2.3L twin-scroll turbo 4-cylinder that produces 330hp and 350lb-ft of torque. The new Mustang appropriately was a project within Ford that adopted the Focus RS's engine, placing the hot hatchback's powerplant into the Mustang for "enthusiasts and weekend autocrossers," as quoted by the brand.


The dominant mode of transmitting knowledge in the precolonial societies of the Guinea Coast was through apprenticeship as smiths, drummers, or herbalists. By observing adult skills, or through proverbs, songs, and stories, children learned proper roles and behavior. Also, at various stages in life, especially during the puberty rites for young adults, intensive moral and ethical instruction from family or societal elders was given. The purpose of that "informal" education was to ensure that the individual was able to satisfy the basic traditional or communal needs, such as motherhood for women, and hunting, long-distance trading, or farming for men. It was also important that the religious sanctions associated with the various professions and stages in life be understood, because the traditional society saw close relationships between religious and mundane activities.
Western-style education was introduced into the Gold Coast by missionaries as early as 1765. Many of these institutions, established by Presbyterian and Methodist missionaries, were located in the south of the country in what became the British Gold Coast Colony. In 1852 the British colonial government instituted a poll tax to raise money to support public schools, but the measure became unpopular and was abolished in 1861. Mission schools continued to spread, however, and by 1881 more than 139 had been established with an enrollment of about 5,000 students.
A board of education was set up in the 1880s to inspect schools and to standardize their management. Grants were established for private schools that met government standards, and the government devised regulations for the recognition of new schools. Primary education was emphasized until limited secondary education was introduced in the early 1900s.
After World War I, the development of education was given additional impetus under Governor Guggisberg. His education policies stressed the need for improved teacher training, equal education for girls, a greater emphasis on vocational training, and the establishment of secondary schools. In the governor's ten-year development plan, which was announced in 1919, education was given a special place, partly because of his goal of replacing Europeans with educated Africans in many administrative positions within the country. The policies were not fully implemented, especially at the secondary and vocational levels, but the Achimota School, a firstclass secondary school designed to train Ghanaians for the lower levels of the civil service, was established in 1927. Although English remained the principal language of instruction in the school system, vernacular languages were also allowed in the primary schools, and the publication of textbooks in these languages began in earnest.
Stimulated by nationalist ideas of political and economic selfdetermination in the 1930s through the 1940s, popular demand for education reached such proportions that the combined efforts of the colonial government and the missions could not satisfy it. The result was the opening of hundreds of schools by local groups and individuals. The Convention People's Party (CPP) promise of free instruction during the 1951 election campaign was made in response to an increasing demand for education. Whereas some parents in the northern regions of the country resisted enrollment of their children, many in the south encouraged formal instruction because it was regarded as a virtual guarantee of acquiring white-collar jobs and wage-earning positions. Western education was accepted more readily in the southern sector of the country because Christian missionaries had been in that area longer than they had been in the north. The purpose of the CPP's free and compulsory education policy was to make formal education available to all at minimum cost.
In 1952 the CCP-led government drew up the Accelerated Development Plan for Education. The program, which became a reality in 1961, was designed to provide an education for every child aged six and above. To achieve this goal, the central government took responsibility for teacher training and funded schools through the Ministry of Education. Since this time, a considerable portion of the national budget has been spent on educating the population. Various attempts to shift the cost to students and parents, especially at the university level, have met great resistance.


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Next-level technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, coupled with access to big data, have given the chief financial officer superpowers. The problem: many CFOs are not using them.
Real-time data analytics allow finance teams to gain deeper knowledge of operations, risks, sources of efficiencies, and potential new business models, to name a few benefits. But in terms of forecasting sales revenue, perhaps the most important number in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), finance chiefs aren't always leveraging the data and technology they have.
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Traditionally, sales revenue forecasting has been a highly manual process. Explains Philip Peck, vice president of advisory services and finance transformation at Peloton Consulting Group: "People gather, compile, and manipulate data often within an array of fragmented working Excel spreadsheets and workbooks. Data comes from many disconnected source systems."
With more and more data available, revenue forecasting this way becomes unwieldy and time-consuming. "The power of the analytics platforms, the power of the datasets, and the tools that we now have to crunch that information have the potential to produce a revenue forecast that is dramatically better than not too long ago," says Peck.
Indeed, 74% of companies surveyed by Aberdeen Research in 2018 produced more accurate forecasts as a result of using sales planning analytics. Survey respondents using planning analytics also had a higher percentage of sales reps meeting quota and a higher percentage of opportunities won.
A significant number of organizations have developed unsophisticated forecasting habits. The Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook Survey in the fourth quarter of 2019 found that for almost half (48%) of global respondents, future planning relies heavily on recent historical performance. Only one in five used internal models to forecast sales. And roughly twice as many companies took a bottom-up approach (i.e., a sum of divisional forecasts) rather than a sales outlook that originated from top management.
The problem with relying solely on a bottom-up approach, explains Peck, is that while the CFO has to sign off on the enterprise-wide numbers, he or she doesn't necessarily have good visibility into all of the forecast's underlying assumptions.
"Starting from the lowest level of granularity, the forecast could go through multiple iterations; there could be elements of conservatism or perhaps optimism throughout all the different cycles; and the CFO may have to put a lot of judgment into what may not have been a well-integrated, end-to-end process," Peck says.
A top-down approach can give management a broader picture of revenue potential and help it identify sales patterns. Of course, there are downsides to topdown: a bottom-up approach enlists the participation of employees and managers in the process. That can instill a greater sense of the importance of meeting targets and force wiser spending decisions.
Why is sales forecasting so important these days? When sales forecasts miss their mark, the consequences are far-reaching. The December Duke/CFO Outlook survey found that when global organizations bungle sales forecasts, about 40% adjust their hiring plans. More than a third of finance executives responding (36%) said they revise spending on inventory and advertising, and 25% said they alter investment plans or production schedules. (See "Hard Target," below.)
"We see some significant implications when sales forecasts aren't met," says John Graham, a finance professor at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. "This says to me that as companies continue to adopt advanced analytics and other leading-edge technologies, we're likely to see finance play a bigger role than what the current data suggests."
For the finance chief, it will mean working more closely with the sales organization. Today, says Peloton's Peck, companies are elevating the role of the CFO and the finance team in support of revenue forecasting. The era of hype and aspiration for what new technologies and big data can achieve is ending; it's now the era of putting in place legitimate execution plans.
"As these plans pan out," he adds, "we'll see far more collaboration in a constructive and aligned way between the CFO, the finance team, and sales and marketing."
In some organizations, sales forecasts are so crucial that the finance chief will take steps to increase ownership of the process.
At Tente Casters North America, a division of a German manufacturing conglomerate, CFO Pierce Kohls took over responsibility for the company's customer relationship management (CRM) system. That meant, among other things, ensuring the CRM was properly populated and overseeing the analysis of the data. The move was prompted by the need to tighten the company's long-run sales forecasts and better capitalize on customer insights.
Tente's one-to-three-month sales forecast was fairly accurate, as is true for most companies that operate on a made-to-order sales process, explains Kohls. However, "once you're looking at the six-month range and further out, that's where the challenges are; that's where sales forecasting becomes even more important; and that's where the true value of understanding the data comes into play."
Kohls' rationale for taking charge of the CRM was, first, his FP&A background, and, second, the changing nature of Tente's business.
"I think finance professionals are more data-driven as a rule, and that was kind of my argument as to why I felt I should take over the CRM," Kohls says. "I recognized the value of data and what it brought to the table." By that, Kohls says, he means not just recognizing that the company had large amounts of data but being able to identify key insights and translating those into actions.
For Tente, those insights were critical — like for many other manufacturing companies, forecasting errors have broad implications. "If you overestimate you end up with a lot of inventory sitting around, and that's a big problem. Sitting on inventory means tying up a lot of capital that you could be investing in other areas of the business." If you underestimate sales, on the other hand, "you run out of stock and run the risk of your customers going to your competitors."
Taking over the CRM also made sense to Kohls because the nature of Tente's business was changing, requiring more involvement from the CFO in the sales process. The company has gone from being just a commodity provider to more of a solution-based seller. That means more questions from sales managers that have to be deferred to the CFO. High-value custom sales opportunities, in addition, mean capital investment Kohls says.
Kohls' heavy involvement meant a shift in the dynamic between the sales team and finance. But the overall result was well received, Kohls says. "The sales team actually liked my increased involvement in the sales process because they could get answers a lot quicker, potentially shortening the sales cycle."
However, Kohls emphasizes, collaboration was crucial. He took the trouble to marry the insights he gained from his business intelligence tool (which is connected to the CRM and Tente's enterprise resource planning system) with those he collected from sales in the field. "It's not just about the CFO having access to the data and making forecasting decisions in an ivory tower," he says.
The best approaches to forecasting combine the qualitative and quantitative, he says. "I get information from my salespeople in their territories and combine it with the insights I generate through [Microsoft] Power BI." Kohls is also a big supporter of data democratization, which basically means providing wide access to the data.
"I want us all looking at the same data, the same metrics. I want us all analyzing the same things," he says. "As a CFO, you have to actually show the sales team so they can trust the data."
Analytics isn't a silver bullet, of course — the right inputs are crucial. Improving the analytics and the data behind the sales forecast has been driving the agenda for Mark Schoolcraft, CFO at Midwest Industrial Supply, a privately held provider of de-icing, erosion, dust control, and soil stabilization services. Its customers include mining, construction, iron and steel, and mass transit providers.
With revenues originating in a number of diverse markets, Midwest Industrial has come to rely on predictive analytics to inform its business decisions. One reason: performance often depends to a large degree on factors beyond the company's control, like weather, commodity prices, raw materials demand, and tariffs, all of which impact industrial production. It's essential that Midwest has the capability to factor those variables into its forecasts.
Midwest Industrial has a fairly robust forecasting platform for all its business units due to the potential downside risk associated with forecasting errors.
"In a company like ours, with high growth and big capital outlays for heavy equipment, it's important to get a good read on where we're growing and what the growth trajectory is," Schoolcraft says. The organization needs to keep a very close watch on whether it has the resources to meet the demand. "We really need an early warning system, because 10% or 20% plus-or-minus could have a major impact on the decisions we need to make," he says.
Midwest Industrial uses different forecasting methods for each business unit, combining historical data and linear regression models with predictive analytics. "The complexity comes in with the impact of independent variables, impacts that perhaps history won't tell us—like how future commodity prices will translate into sales," he says.
Midwest uses Microsoft's Power BI also, which allows it to draw from various databases. The company made the recent decision to weave data from AccuWeather into its sales, dispatch, and ERP systems. It did so because weather events hit Midwest Industrial hard last year. "It never rains in southern California, right? Well, guess what? Last year they had torrential rains," remembers Schoolcraft. "We learned a lot from that and decided to add the weather forecast component into the planning system."
While bad weather doesn't really cancel projects, it moves them around and can have an impact on quarter-to-quarter numbers, Schoolcraft explains. "Before, the company would keep its fingers crossed that it was going to be sunny and bright."
"Fingers crossed" is not the best way to do sales forecasting. While luck may still play a role in business performance, access to better data and tools should give companies a fighting chance of producing sales projections that lead to greater capital efficiency and informed plans for growth.
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This past Saturday was the launch of the national Conchservation campaign, as part of One Eleuthera's Earth Day event at the Rock Sound Ocean Hole. CEI had researchers and staff from Educational Programs to man a booth aimed at educating the public on queen conch life history and reproductive ecology.
The booth was also manned by a group of 8 students from the Deep Creek Middle School. They talked to community members about the important of saving conch, so that we have conch in the future! CEI and One Eleuthera are only two parties in the team effort of Conchservation- other partners include Bahamas National Trust, with Jared Dillet spearheading the campaign, BREEF, Friends of the Environment, the Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, IL), the Moore Foundation, Community Conch, and the Department of Marine Resources. One main focus of the campaign is to end the harvest of juvenile conch, and the idea was heavily supported by the local communities in South Eleuthera.


Mountains of paper charts surround Dr. Robert Jackson of Western Wayne Physicians in Allen Park as he looks at a laptop computer that holds electronic medical records — an underpinning of the medical home concept. Western Wayne Physicians is in the process of digitizing its records.
A medical home is a model of health care in which each patient has an ongoing relationship with a personal physician who leads a team that takes collective responsibility for patient care. A medical home team coordinates a patient's care across the health care system to reduce costs, improve quality, enhance the patient's experience and improve health.
The decision by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to start paying 1,200 primary care physicians — who have been designated patient-centered medical home providers — an extra 10 percent for 23 different types of office visit reimbursement codes is considered a good first step by physicians. But physicians involved in the expensive and time-consuming process to become medical home providers told Crain's Detroit Business that other health insurers must join Blue Cross in offering financial incentives to help cover their administrative, staffing and technology costs. Under Blue Cross medical home criteria, those physicians designated as patient-centered medical home providers have agreed to: n Develop a chronic disease patient registry that allows doctors to track and monitor diseases such as diabetes, asthma and congestive heart failure. Blue Cross is requiring doctors this year to track their diabetic patients. n Use electronic prescribing, offer night and weekend office hours, increase communication with patients and specialty physicians, inform patients of test results and report performance on chronic disease care. Dr. Mary Durfee, medical director with 150-physician Integrated Health Associates in Ann Arbor, said changing how physicians and office staff work with patients was the greatest challenge for the 52 primary care doctors in IHA who became Blue Cross medical home providers. Durfee said most physicians spent a lot of time learning different ways how to prepare for and interact with patients in the medical home model. "It is a lot of work, but we believe this is one way we can keep our patients out of the hospital, or readmission, and maybe help them avoid a visit to a specialist," she said. Dr. Robert Jackson, medical director with Dearborn-based Oakwood Primary Care Physicians, Wyandotte IPA and Ann Arbor-based Medical Advantage Group, said the biggest barrier for him and his four partners at Western Wayne Physicians in Allen Park was developing a disease registry last year to track chronic conditions of his patients and to highlight wellness care opportunities. "We put all labs, tests and treatments of our diabetic patients into the registry," Jackson said. "We have 500 diabetics, and that is a large group of people. Tracking their disease can have a big impact on care." Jackson said staffing and maintaining the registry costs about $300 per month. "We also use the registry for all kinds of conditions, and many wellness and preventive care issues," Jackson said. Dr. Steven Grant, president of 2,000-physician United Physicians in Bingham Farms, said the biggest difficulty for his staff is setting aside enough time to enter medical data into the practice's patient registry. "Medical assistants (and others) are responsible for inputting the data," Grant said. "We try to do it electronically as much as we can. We have been working on it since last year." Some 31 primary care doctors with United Physicians were designated by Blue Cross. "They all are in various stages with their patient registries," he said. Dr. Rick Poston, a pediatrician in a three-physician practice in Woodhaven, said developing a tracking method for notifying patients of lab results and other tests has been one of his practice's biggest challenges. "We are developing a Web page to notify patients of lab results by e-mail," Poston said. "We call patients on the phone and they are not there. E-mail might be a better way to go." Dr. Scott Eathorne, medical director of 2,000-physician St. John Health Partners, said most of the 65 St. John physicians designated medical home providers made significant changes in their practices by creating patient registries, extending office hours or conducting electronic prescribing. "The overall workflow changes were the most difficult part for us. It was difficult to move from the doctor-driven workflow to a team-based workflow and then to understand everyone's responsibilities," Eathorne said. For example, when a patient is scheduled for a visit, medical assistants and nurses spend more time than before reviewing the medical record to determine what should be done when the patient arrives. "You need to sit down and work on those processes and come up with a new process," Eathorne said. "We are now focusing on the primary care office. We still have to reach out to the specialist's office, the diagnostic center, to rehab and nursing homes. We have a way to go" to become complete medical homes. Dr. Nathan Chase, an internist who practices with two partners in Clarkston and is part of Livonia-based Oakland Physician Network Services, agreed that restructuring his office workflow to identify and deliver a greater volume of preventive care services has been the biggest change for physicians. Chase said medical home providers have devised a more formalized system to track preventive care issues with their patients. "Before it was more hit-or-miss for many primary care doctors," he said. For example, Chase said patients often come to physician offices and are treated for primary conditions. However, sometimes patients tell doctors or nurses about secondary conditions. "They come for diabetes and tell us about back pain or their leg that is hurting," he said. "Sometimes the preventive stuff gets lost when dealing with acute problems. Now we can track these other symptoms to make sure other problems aren't in the early stages." In one of the largest designations by Blue Cross, 220 physicians employed at Henry Ford Medical Group were chosen at 26 of the group's outpatient medical centers. "Giving patients the chance to take a more hands-on role in their health care helps them effectively manage their illnesses and maintain their health," said Dr. Richard Dryer, Henry Ford's director of chronic care initiatives. "The additional variables like extended office hours and e-prescribing are all in place so patients can receive the care they want, when they want it." While 1,200 physicians were designated medical home providers, more than 3,800 primary care physicians in Blue Cross' Physician Group Incentive Program were eligible to participate. Of the 6,600 doctors participating in PGIP, 5,000 are primary care doctors. Dr. Thomas Simmer, Blue Cross medical director, said choosing only 1,200 doctors was difficult because there were many more doctors who made great strides toward adopting medical home concepts. "I see a lot more physicians energized than ever before. It is really gratifying to see doctors change their practices," Simmer said. "This is an evolving process. If we discover this is a cost-effective way of delivering medical care and that it reduces costs, we may become more generous in (the payment) model. We need evidence." Simmer said he expects Blue Cross will designate several hundred more doctors as medical home providers over the next several years. "This is just the beginning of the transformation. Primary care delivery will change" with medical homes, said Grant. "Blue Cross is trying to support primary care that is dying on the vine because nobody is going into it." Another challenge for physicians developing medical homes is the extra time required to train staff, Eathorne said. "Just to implement the patient-provider agreement took two or three one-hour sessions," he said. "We spent a day learning how to use the disease registry. We often have team huddles to look at ways of tweaking the workflow." But while physicians and their staffs are making changes to accommodate the medical home model, do patients notice any difference during their visits? "I think patients are just beginning to experience the changes we are making in our practice," Eathorne said. "I am not sure it is apparent to the patient yet. A lot of changes are infrastructure. They are appreciative for reminders being sent out. If we can cut down on wait times, patients are always happy." On the other hand, doctors noticed how expensive it is for them to become medical home providers. The dozen physicians and practice administrators interviewed by Crain's agreed that Blue Cross' 10 percent add-on payment doesn't cover their administrative costs. However, the doctors said they believe it is the right thing to do because patient care will improve and other insurers will eventually offer similar incentive programs. Simmer said Blue Cross considered paying doctors as much as 15 percent to 20 percent more for office visits, but that would have meant fewer doctors designated. "We asked the leadership of physician organizations and they wanted more doctors designated," Simmer said. For Blue Cross' medical home incentive program, Blue Cross will spend about $8 million to increase office visit fees by 10 percent, Simmer said. In addition, Blue Cross paid out $30 million of its total $60 million in annual incentive payments in 2008 through its PGIP program to groups who implement medical home initiatives. It expects to pay out another $30 million this year. The PGIP medical home initiatives include performance reporting, extended access, preventive services, patient registry and patient portal, and having a specialist referral process. "The 10 percent is not going to cover the costs, but for doctors who want to offer their patients medical homes, every little bit helps," said Grant. "If other insurers begin offering incentives, then it may change in two or three years." In late August, Priority Health, a Farmington Hills-based health plan, plans to award grants of up to $250,000 to eight to 10 physician groups in Michigan to develop medical homes. Of the 27 groups that applied for the funding, four are based in Southeast Michigan. Since April, Priority Health has been paying all groups bonus payments of $1 to $3 per member per month for becoming certified patient-centered medical home providers through the National Committee on Quality Assurance. Priority Health also is paying physicians 30 cents extra per member per month for incorporating other medical home services, including after-hours services, telephone visits and group health education. Earlier this year, Health Alliance Plan of Michigan in Detroit also began paying about 800 doctors who were up for contract renewal for several medical home services, including extended access, electronic visits, use of registries and health coaches, care coordination and group visits. But Jackson said even if all 12 insurers he bills through his practice offered medical homes, "we still wouldn't break even." Two years ago, Jackson and his partners purchased an electronic medical record system, which included e-prescribing software. The hardware and software costs were about $35,000 with implementation costing another $65,000. "We know everything we are doing will impact patients' lives," Jackson said. "We won't be paid back for it." Jackson said Blue Cross should have set aside much more money for the medical home project than it did. "Many doctors who made some effort were rejected," he said. "If Blue Cross wanted to transform primary care and make our communities healthier, it could have doubled the money and accepted almost everybody. This would have sent a real message of how much it values primary care." Ewa Matuszewski, CEO of Medical Network One, a Rochester-based physician organization with 10 of its physicians designated, said the Blue Cross medical home incentive program is a good start and will help primary care. "You could have a practice that is designated a medical home, but some doctors in the office might not make the cut," Matuszewski said. "I expect there to be some fallout from this. There will be a lot of retooling and redesign (by Blue Cross). The focus on primary care is important." Durfee agreed the 10 percent add-on payment "doesn't come close to covering our costs." For example, a typical office visit is paid $67, she said. "We would get $6.70 more for that visit, and Blue Cross is only a percentage of our business, but we have implemented this program for all our patients," Durfee said. Eathorne said physicians spent a lot of money to turn their practices into medical homes. "It is expensive to implement," said Eathorne, who practices with five physicians in offices in Farmington Hills and Novi. "We did an EMR-light, with e-prescribing, clinical messaging as well as a disease registry. There was a great amount of planning, effort and staff time to understand how this changes things in the office." Eathorne said he and his partners, who practice at St. John Health System, did not have to spend as much money to develop their medical homes because St. John subsidized the technology costs and training of participating doctors. Poston said his three-physician practice plans on purchasing an electronic medical record system later this year. "The 10 percent bonus payment will cover the additional costs to maintain what we are doing, but it won't cover the technology costs," said Poston, whose group is a member of Medical Network One. Earlier this year, Poston began using a chronic disease registry to track diabetic patients. "We have been doing the data entry (into the patient registry) for several months," Poston said. "It is not an easy process. We input it by electronically downloading (from the office's billing system) and manually. It takes time. We are about halfway through inputting information." Expensive as it is, Chase said the use of patient disease registries, EMRs and other patient encounter documents will help doctors identify potential medical problems. "We have an ongoing and regularly updated problem list for all patients that includes medical problems, surgical history, family history, social history, along with results of various annual screening tests," Chase said. Chase said his practice met the disease registry criteria by the way it tracks its diabetic patients. "We have been following the guidelines for diabetes management and have a diabetic educator that meets with diabetic patients in our office once a month," Chase said. "I view this as just good medicine, and something that should just be done, so meeting this requirement was not an added burden to our practice." Chase said the biggest change for his practice in becoming a medical home has been creating a formalize a process to track tests. When physicians order a test, including X-rays or blood work, and the patient doesn't follow through on it, medical staff will contact them to find out why, Chase said. "The test-tracking requirement has formalized our notification process more than before," he said. One of the advantages that physician organizations bring to small practices is the ability to offer educational programs and support services, said Rodger Prong, Oakland Physician's executive director. Prong said Oakland Physician supports medical home development by offering doctors three educational sessions every month. Seven Oakland Physician doctors in three practice groups have been designated Blue Cross medical home providers. "Many more doctors want to be medical home providers and are preparing for it," he said. Oakland Physician also offers an online disease registry through its participation with my1HIE, a regional health information exchange also used by United Physicians and three other physician organizations, he said. "We are all moving to the registry. There is quite a bit of expense to it," Prong said. "We have been financially supporting e-prescribing for four years. Doctors might have to start to pay because economically it gets expensive with more doctors using it." At St. John, Eathorne said the health system also offers educational programs for physicians who want to become medical home providers. "We took every opportunity through medical staff, e-mails, letters and word of mouth to let them know (about medical homes)," said Eathorne. Eathorne's practice already offered extended office hours and began developing its disease registry in early 2008. The practice tracks most chronic diseases, including diabetes, coronary artery disease, along with routine tests that patients should have. But like many primary care physicians, Eathorne said following up on patient referrals to specialists has often been a problem because of time and technology constraints. "In many cases we fall short because we don't help people navigate the system," Eathorne said. "We send them to specialists, but sometimes there are huge time delays." Eathorne said electronic medical records and online health information exchanges will help physicians communicate with each other for care coordination. "We are implementing EMR with the help of St. John. There is a messaging component that surrounds any given patient," he said. "I can forward a message to an orthopedist or cardiologist to make sure they know you are coming in, and then we can discuss the visit." Most of IHA's primary care physicians have already installed an electronic medical record system and offered extended office hours, Durfee said. Last October, the practice began creating a comprehensive patient disease registry. "We were already moving toward a registry, but the medical home sped things up," Durfee said. Durfee said the physicians now can track patients with diabetes and asthma. "We also have a preventive care registry where I can pull out all my patients over age 50 who haven't had a colonoscopy," she said. "Our nurses can call them in for an appointment." To staff the EMR, registry and electronic prescribing, Durfee said the group has an information-technology department of 12 employees. "The implementation of the EMR cost $8 million over the last five years," she said. Simmer said developing patient registries was the biggest difference-maker for doctors who were designated medical home providers and those who were not. "We had a lot of doctors who were close and are in discussions with those who had honorable mentions," Simmer said. "We may send out a monetary award to those with honorable mentions." Simmer said Blue Cross will review data collected from the medical home providers to determine how well they are performing. "We fast-forward two or three years and will be able to look at performance," Simmer said. "We expect them to have ... significant evidence that health care system performs better." Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, [email protected] The updated version of this article elaborates on the money Blue Cross paid out for the PGIP program.


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La Jančová, originaria di Zvolen e attiva dal dicembre del 2015, ha esordito in Coppa Europa il 4 dicembre 2016 a Trysil in slalom gigante, senza qualificarsi per la seconda manche; ai Mondiali di Sankt Moritz 2017, sua unica presenza iridata, ha vinto la medaglia d'argento nella gara a squadre (partecipando come riserva) e si è classificata 49ª nello slalom gigante e 43ª nello slalom speciale. In Coppa Europa ha ottenuto il miglior piazzamento il 18 febbraio 2018 a Bad Wiessee in slalom speciale (30ª) e ha preso per l'ultima volta il via il 7 dicembre 2018 a Kvitfjell in combinata, senza completare la prova; si è ritirata durante la stagione 2019-2020 e la sua ultima gara è stata lo slalom speciale dei Campionati slovacchi 2020, disputato il 4 febbraio a Vratná e non completato dalla Jančová; non ha debuttato in Coppa del Mondo né preso parte a rassegne olimpiche.

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After lunch I teach my friend Thea how do to high jump for sports day on Wednesday. At 3.45pm I leave straight from school with my mum to travel to Birmingham for the National Schools Athletic Championships. Arrive at hotel just outside Birmingham. Supper of sausages, mash and peas then 9.30pm bed.
We leave the hotel at 10.30am to get to the Alexander Stadium. The stadium has been used the week before for a major international athletic meeting so all the televisions and marquees are still up. We find our area, which is organised by Kelly College, and get my competition number 5. A ham sandwich for lunch then the girls' U13 high jump with twelve other competitors. I clear 1.36m which is a personal best (PB) and puts me in sixth place. At 4.45 I am called up for the U13 800m race, I am in the first heat and do another PB at 2m33s and finished eight out of 22. We leave the stadium at 6pm after stocking up with sandwiches, crisps and apples and arrive home at 10.30pm and go straight to bed.
Sports day. I am competing in the high jump and 800m. The high jump is first and I clear 1.41m - a personal best and a school record. The 800m is next. I run it in 2m47s, another school record. I am also down for the discus, which I hadn't realised, but manage to throw 15.49m and come second. 8.30 supper of pasta with tomato sauce and a banana then bed.
Speech day and prize giving then a one hour drive to Porth Valley, Newquay for a Four Burrow Pony Club cross-country training session. The two hour session goes very well and I jump one of the scariest fences on the course, an unfinished bridge, which has a huge drop. Fish and chips on the way home then bed at 11pm.
Unload the tack from mum's car, check the ponies and give them a brush. My sister's birthday party so lunch of sandwiches, crisps, salad, strawberries and birthday cake. Then start packing for the school water sports trip to the Ardeche. We leave Sunday morning at 7.30 from school. There are several things I still need so mum has asked me to write a list.
Muck out stables and bring ponies in from field. I then ride Airday. She's only 13.2 hands high and a little small for me now but I have to keep her fit until my sister can ride her. A short run at 6pm then attempt some press-ups for my county netball summer training programme.
Check the ponies and brush them. Run at a least a mile looking for my dog Noddy. At 6pm I have swimming training with the Four Burrow Pony Club at Truro School. We do about 45 lengths and work on our tumble turns.
Sophie Pennick
Sophie Pennick is a pupil at Heathfield School in Ascot
My busy week kicks off early in the morning with a double period of GCSE theory lessons. The rest of my PE class and I umpire the younger years netball matches to gain more knowledge of the game and to practise for our GCSE. I go to the gym after school to get some exercise to get fit for lacrosse.
At the end of the day I have a double session of lacrosse. We have to train extra hard this week as we are representing the school at the nationals. I am also being assessed for my lacrosse GCSE.
I have the option of going to the gym to work on my fitness. I also have my GCSE PE practical lesson and we work on skills in lacrosse or another chosen sport. To finish the day, I have a netball match against local schools and this week it's the U16 Ascot schools tournament.
I have lessons all through the day. But to end the day I get some fresh air on the pitch in my lacrosse double training session. Straight after this I then have a netball training session after school to get in some extra practise in my shooting skills and to practise with my teammates.
I don't have a PE lesson but have a double free study period after lunch break and plenty of free time after school to go to the gym.
Every weekend there is a lacrosse match at ten in the morning which we have to be bright and buzzy for. We play against many local schools as well as tougher oppositions out of the area.
Sunday is my time to relax and catch up on work and be prepared for the following week. I also would go to the gym to work on my fitness.
Grace Calam
Grace Calam is a pupil at Sir William Ramsay School in High Wycombe and a talented hockey goalkeeper.
We play a mixed game of basketball during our GCSE PE lesson and then an hour's badminton during Btech sport. We do a warm up of rallies with a partner then practise skills, shots and techniques, followed by a game. We have dance practice for our Rock Challenge competition during breaktime and afterschool. In the evening I have an indoor hockey match.
Our one-hour GCSE dance lesson comprises individual dance routines then after school there's more practice for the Rock Challenge competition. Hockey training in the evening with the ladies 1st and 2nd team. The session includes warm up, fitness, stretches, skills and a game.
More dance practice after school for the Rock Challenge competition. Then between 5.15 and 7.15pm, I take a mixed group of four girls (U12 & U14) and coach them in hockey goalkeeping. I plan these sessions myself. Afterwards it's an hour and a half of U16 hockey training with my age group squad as well as having some separate goalkeeper training. The session includes warm up, skills, techniques and a game.
Our GCSE PE lesson comprises a fitness test and multi-stage fitness tests etc. We then have a three-hour dance practice for the Rock Challenge competition in place of normal lessons. In the evening it's advanced goalkeeper training. The session includes warm up, fitness, stretches, skills and techniques that improve speed and agility, diving and smothering.
Our GCSE dance lesson comprises individual dance routines then after school we have an extra GSCE PE practical lesson. Bucks county hockey training takes place for ninety minutes in the evening, training with the squad and goalkeeper-specific training.
I play a hockey match every Saturday with a ladies team. The match is 70 minutes long but we arrive 45 minutes prior to the match for warm up and practice.
I play in a match for the U16 team.
Josh Dare
Josh Dare is a year 11 pupil at Kings School in Winchester and a wheelchair basketball player at school, club and regional level.
It's the start of the mock exam week which means I have two English exams today. But my last lesson of the day is PE. Luckily for me, the rugby lesson is called off due to the bad weather so it's basketball instead. After a warm up and a few drills we go into matches. A great way to finish the day.
Knowing that I have a busy week ahead with exams, I decide that today is my rest day. I finish my maths exam and meet with the school physiotherapist so I can go through my stretching programme. Then it's off home for an evening of revision.
No exams today but plenty of training to catch up on. I have my second PE lesson of the week, this time in the fitness suite working on my upper body strength. I'm lucky that the school gym is wheelchair accessible so I can use all the equipment. After school I help coach at the school's wheelchair basketball club with the younger children. It's one of my favourite sessions of the week as I can just have a bit of fun and relax. I help some of the younger kids with their dribbling and shooting skills and then finish with a game.
I have one to one coaching after school and it's the day of the week I don't look forward to normally because my coach Mr Kendall makes me do so much fitness work. After the fitness session (which he says is just a warm up) we work on my movement and speed around the court. We finish with some shooting practice.
Today I have my history exam, the final one of the week. Then after school I go home to change and go straight back out to my club training with Blackhawks in Farnborough. It's gone ten by the time I get home so straight to bed as I have an early start tomorrow.
I always look forward to the weekends as I get to focus solely on my basketball. I'm up early and then travel over to Newbury to continue with my training for the U19 league with Newbury Kings. Being one of the youngest in the age group, training is hard work, but I enjoy the chance to get one over on the older boys in the squad. Once I get back, it's a quick shower and change then out to meet some friends.
I make the most of a chance for a lie-in and then it's back over to Farnborough for a double training session, first for the regional U19 session at 3pm and then a general training session at 6pm. By the end of training though I'm really tired. It's been a busy week and I will have it all to do again next week, minus a few exams.
Jacob Buckley
Jacob Buckley is a pupil at Raven's Wood School in Bromley, Kent
Rugby at lunch time. We play small sided games of touch to try and improve our basic skills and game play. I enjoy this as I enjoy playing quick rugby like the All Blacks. Double PE after lunch which involves lots of different sports like football, volleyball and handball. After school I have football training for my club Welling United. I play in the midfield where I can make lots of passes and runs. Football training starts at 7pm and finishes at 8.30pm.
I have basketball training for the school team at lunch time in the sports hall where we practise all of our basic skills like passing, dribbling and lay-ups. I enjoy basketball as it is very fast moving and keeps me on my toes. After school I have football training for the school football team. We usually play conditioned games where we focus on different ways of playing such as playing wide or playing quickly with only a few touches. We have a strong football team at the school and have won all of our games with our biggest victory being 12-1.
Before school I play basketball, starting at 7.20 and finishes at 8.25. We practise our basic skills and also do more game specific training. After school, I have rugby training where we work on our contact skills like tackling and rucking. Although I play at fly half, I love tackling. Our school team is very good and we have won four out of five games so far this year.
At lunchtime, I have basketball training where we try to learn our different plays and our specific positions. After school we have football training.
At lunchtime we have football training, which is a light session as we have played the night before. Mr Beaumont makes us think about how we played the night before and how we can improve for the following game. After school, I have rugby training for the school team. This is a light session where we work on our basic passing and running with the ball skills, as we have a game on Saturday morning so don't want to be injured. After rugby training, I travel over to the Priory School for football training with Welling United. Here we work on game specific areas such as our structure and how we pass the ball around. This session lasts from 7pm until 8.30pm.
It's school rugby which has a great atmosphere and we have lots of supporters watching. Afternoon and evening is spent relaxing with my friends and family.
A rugby festival for my team Old Elthamians. We travel all over Kent each week and there are lots of different teams competing.


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Portrait of Canada is a 10-minute 1959 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the  postwar Canada Carries On series. The film, directed by Guy Glover, described the creation of the All Canadian Atlas. The film's French version title is L'Atlas du Canada.

Synopsis
Canadian mapmakers 400 years ago relied on hand-drawn maps derived from personal accounts by explorers, fur traders and settlers. These maps were limited to coastlines and partial interior views. Explorers like Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier and David Thompson made their own maps. Later explorers and prospectors were often the first to go into uncharted regions, and their information on the land was invaluable in drawing up the maps of the time.

In 1959, the new All Canadian Atlas is a product of the joint efforts of geologists, meteorologists, prospectors, agronomists, draughtspersons, naturalists and especially, the Royal Canadian Air Force. Aerial photography was essential in mapping the vast north of Canada. In 1948, No. 413 RCAF Squadron/No. 13 (Photographic) Squadron flying specially converted Avro Lancaster 10P aircraft undertook the task of mapping Canada's Arctic. Three large islands were discovered and one island near Baffin Island was named "Air Force" in their honour.

With all the accumulated data from photographs, the mapmakers of the All Canadian Atlas consulted with interested parties from government, industry and academia to ensure that all relevant information is included. Each of the 500 maps contains a wealth of information, depicting Canada in a hundred different ways from political boundaries, settlement, urban development, habitats, mineral and agricultural areas, temperatures and climates, transportation and industry to provide an accurate portrait of Canada in the late 1950s.

Production
Portrait of Canada was a short informational documentary in the NFB's films Canada Carries On series (first created as a wartime series). The film was a compilation documentary that combined newsreel material with animated sequences and original footage, including aerial footage from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Reception
Portrait of Canada was produced for television broadcast on CBC Television. Individual films were distributed worldwide by the NFB and were also made available to film libraries operated by university and provincial authorities. A total of 199 films in the Canada Carries On series were produced before the series was canceled in 1959.

See also
Atlas of Canada

References

Notes

Bibliography

 Evsns, Gary. In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. .
 Lerner, Loren. Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. .

External links
 Portrait of Canada at NFB Collections website

1959 films
Canadian aviation films
Canadian short documentary films
English-language Canadian films
National Film Board of Canada documentaries
1959 documentary films
Works about geography
Geography of Canada
Documentary films about Canada
Canada Carries On
Quebec films
1950s English-language films
1950s Canadian films


Brock is the perfect place for juniors to learn this game to last a lifetime! Our executive-length course, expansive driving range and short game practice area are the perfect place to build golf skills for life. Our 2019 junior group lesson options are shown below. Click on your selection to register online.
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Our outstanding summer golf camps are run by the Brock University Badgers Golf Team. Designed for those just learning to play as well as the dedicated golfer looking to take their game to the next level, these camps use activities, drills and modified games to develop and teach skills.
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Our knowledgeable and helpful instructors include Doug Howell, Master Teaching Professional, CGTF; Lauren Hines, graduate of Brock University; and members of the Brock University Badgers Golf Team, coached by PGA of Canada Class A Pro John White.
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Eternal Pyre (Вечный Костёр) — сингл на виниле трэш-метал группы Slayer, выпущен 6 июня, 2006 (06/06/06) через American Recordings. Только 5 000 копий были доступны, они были проданы исключительно через магазин Hot Topic.

О сингле
Альбом Christ Illusion должен был первоначально выйти 6 июня 2006. Керри Кинг заявил, что эта дата выпуска была пересмотрена, поскольку множество других групп тоже хотели выпустить свои альбомы в этот день считая что это хорошая идея, хотя USA Today сообщили что выпуску альбома группы помешали, группа была не в состоянии обеспечить хорошую студию, чтобы сделать качественную запись. Eternal Pyre был выпущен взамен, их альбома, который был выпущен в ближайшие месяцы. Сингл «Cult» был доступен, на веб-сайте группы и на интернет севере iTunes в тот же самый день. 5 000 копий были выпущены исключительно через Hot Topic в Соединенных Штатах, копии были также доступны в Германии, Финляндии и Швеции 23 июня. Nuclear Blast Records выпускали виниловую версию диска, ограниченную одной тысячей копий выпуск был 30 июня. Песня «Cult» была написана Кингом, главной темой песни стало, то что Америка — самый большой культ в мире, ещё в песне указывается на недостатки в религии.

Мнения
Несмотря на очень ограниченного число копий, Eternal Pyre дебютировал в номер 48 на Шведском чарте,, и номер 2 на Финском чарте.
The Pitch критиковала цену предполагаемого EP в 5.99 $ ($US). Музыка была описана как среднее число, поскольку песня пошла "От медленного до полной скорости, когда Кинг и Джефф Ханнеман, играли вызывающее шторм грома, молнии и человеческой крови.

Список композиций

Видео
 «War Ensemble» (Live In Germany)

В записи участвовали
 Том Арайа — бас-гитара, вокал
 Джефф Ханнеман — гитара
 Керри Кинг — гитара
 Дэйв Ломбардо — ударник

Чарты

Примечания


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Ocasio-Cortez says all Americans should have healthcare like she gets as a congresswoman in latest call for Medicare for All
by Daniel Johnson
Culture, News, Politics
Alexandria Oscasio Cortez poses holding a poster reading "Beware of REBNY, Real Estate Bullies Plaguing New York" Oscasio-Cortez recently challenged the way that American healthcare works in the benefit of Senators and Congressmen while working against the common person. Image Credit: Stop REBNY Bullies Image Source: Twitter
According to Newsweek, newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently criticized the way that the American healthcare system works against working class people, remarking that her healthcare coverage when she was a waitress required her to pay twice the amount she currently pays as a United States Congress member. According to a Harris poll, her proposed solution of Medicare for All is favored by 70 percent of the population. Ocasio-Cortez is also leading a group of legislators in creating a plan to address climate change concerns, promoting a set of drastic changes to the way the country approaches the issue.
In response to her tweets calling out the disparity in healthcare coverage, Ocasio-Cortez was criticized by Jim Hanson, president of the Security Studies Group who replied to her tweet saying, "Things will be much simpler when our Democratic Socialist overlords simply tell us who will live and who will die," before adding the hashtag #DeathPanelsrock. Oscasio-Cortez retorted "Actually, we have for-profit 'death panels' now: they are companies+ boards saying you're on your own bc they won't cover a critical procedure or medicine. Maybe if the GOP stopped hiding behind this 'socialist' rock they love to throw, they'd actually engage on-issue for once."
The Twitter exchange showcases the divide between the parties on healthcare, and how Republicans often twist arguments regarding Medicare for All into an argument about socialism, which betrays their ignorance and apathy towards socialism and the plight of the American people in general. As other outlets have previously reported, there is already a version of single-payer healthcare in practice in America and it is used primarily within the context of Medicare. Senior citizens have their healthcare financed by a single organization, but they are allowed freedom of choice in where they go for care. According to the Huffington Post, Taiwan already uses this program to serve their citizens.
As Jonathan Cohn writes for Huffington Post, "The question for single-payer advocates in the U.S. is how, if at all, they can overcome such obstacles. One possibility would be to roll out reductions in provider and drug and device reimbursements over a longer period of time, or introduce an optional government-run plan on the expectation that it would attract more people over time. Or they could think of single-payer less as an all-or-nothing proposition and more as a series of interlocking policies to create and then strengthen independently, as political circumstances allow."
congress, healthcare, Medicare for All, Oscasio-Cortez, Politics, Republicans, twitter


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Bachelor of Science Accounting
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An accounting degree from AU prepares you for a wealth of diverse job opportunities. Our accounting bachelor's program trains students for meaningful careers in public accounting or in industrial, financial, governmental, not-for-profit, and consulting organizations. With multiple opportunities to get hands-on experience—like free tax preparation for low-income individuals—graduates are well prepared for professional licensure.
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Are you curious about how human beings are the same yet different? At AU, we teach anthropology in service to social justice. You'll use the field's tools and methods to contribute to real change in the world. Undergrads assist the work of non-profits via the Public Anthropology Clinic and participate in the long-standing Public Anthropology Conference.
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The demand for Arabic in the US has grown tremendously in recent decades. Our dedicated professors use various activities and communicative methodologies to make learning Arabic accessible and enjoyable, and to introduce students to the richness of Arabic cultures. You'll receive extensive training in Modern Standard Arabic and dialect and will have the option to study in Jordan or Morocco.
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#include "UdpServerManager.h"

UdpServerManager::UdpServerManager() {
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}

UdpServerManager::~UdpServerManager() {
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}

void UdpServerManager::listenForCommand() {
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IPAddress* UdpServerManager::getServerAddress() {
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uint16_t UdpServerManager::getServerPort() {
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bool UdpServerManager::serverAvailable() {
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void UdpServerManager::discoverClient() {
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void UdpServerManager::unbindServerAddress() {
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