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Donald Trump and the Republican Party fought all year to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And though their healthcare push fell short, they were able to insert language into the GOP tax bill to eliminate the ACA's individual mandate, the clause that financially penalized taxpayers if they did not sign up for health insurance. However, the individual mandate doesn't end until 2019, so don't go dumping your healthcare yet.
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Fraud Related to Professional Activity (6)
Fraud-Other (1)
Outside Business Activity (3)
Unfair-Business-Practices (2)
AAA Arbitration (1)
Civil Suit (1)
Page 1 of 1 , 11 Items in Total
Keyword(s): Court Order Violation; Misappropriation; Breach of Contract; Arbitration
Matter Type(s): Civil Suit; Civil Court; AAA Arbitration
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: (1) took client information from his old firm to a new firm without authorization from either the old firm or the clients; (2) breached his contract with the old firm by taking client information to a new firm and failing to timely notify the old firm of his resignation; and (3) failed to make payments on a breach of contract judgment issued by a court with appropriate jurisdiction.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Other Ethics; Arbitration; Professional Discipline
Standard(s) Violated: Article 102; 406; 606(b); 607; Article 3(a); 201; 606(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) sold the major asset of his investment advisory firm for his own benefit and to the detriment of his minority shareholders, who were also investment advisory clients; 2) failed to disclose on his state insurance license renewal application that he had been named in National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD," now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or "FINRA") arbitrations and customer complaints; and 3) engaged in an adulterous relationship with his client while both were married.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Customer Complaints; Arbitration; Unauthorized Transaction; Professional Discipline; Securities Laws Violation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 701; 606(a); 607; 201; 606(b)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when she executed trades in a trust account without the trustee's authorization.
Keyword(s): Arbitration; Securities Laws Violation; Professional Discipline
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 701; 607; 201; Article 3(a); 406; 606(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) corrected a trading error in a client's account by reimbursing the client from his own personal funds, rather than following firm policy with respect to resolving trading errors; and 2) traded a security in his personal securities account ahead of trading the same security in a client's account.
Keyword(s): Unauthorized Transaction; Fitness; Settlement; Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Customer Complaints
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he applied funds of a homeowner's association ("Association"), which he had oversight and charge of, without proper association authorization, which led the State Department of Insurance to assess monetary penalties against Respondent and his firm to terminate his employment.
Keyword(s): Misrepresentation; Customer Complaints; Suitability; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); Article 3(a); 607; 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he recommended that an elderly client with a low net worth and a moderate-aggressive risk tolerance engage in futures contracts trading.
Keyword(s): Fitness; Lawsuits Involving Financial Matters; Customer Complaints; Suitability; Professionalism; Misrepresentation; Settlement
Standard(s) Violated: Article 102; 606(b); 201; 607; Article 3(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he recommended that his unaccredited client with limited assets invest over half her assets in an illiquid investment that required investor accreditation.
Keyword(s): Employer Policy Violation; Fitness; Customer Complaints; Suitability; Settlement
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 607; 201; Article 3(a); 406
Keyword(s): Disclosure to Clients; Fitness; Customer Complaints; Unauthorized Transaction; Professionalism; Diligence
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 4.4; 6.5; 2.2(b)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) made unauthorized trades by liquidating a deceased client's trust account causing the trust to incur commissions; 2) was unaware that the bank trustee could have contacted the broker-dealer directly to avoid transaction costs; and 3) agreed to accept $200,000 as a beneficiary of the client's trust account, while maintaining his role advisor to the trust.
Keyword(s): Customer Complaints; Misrepresentation; Employer Policy Violation; Securities Laws Violation
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; 5.1; 6.5; Article 3(a); 704; 102; 201; 607; 4.4; 606(b); 606(a)
Matter Type(s): Client Dissatisfaction; Other Professional Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) stated an annual income figure for a client on that client's account application which he knew to be inaccurate, causing his firm's books and records to be inaccurate and in violation of NASD Rules 3110 and 2110; 2) recommended to a client that she purchase a variable universal life insurance policy with an annual premium of $10,000 when Respondent knew that the client was unemployed; and 3) was placed on heightened supervision by his firm for violation of the firm's lending policy and for failure to comply with firm policies and procedures relating to following pre-approval restrictions by accepting a trade on a client's account from an unauthorized third party; and 4) was terminated by his firm for violating firm policy regarding use of discretion and accepting a trade from an unauthorized party.
Keyword(s): Customer Complaints; Employer Policy Violation
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(d); 5.1; 4.3; 3.4; Article-13.4; Article-13.1; 1.4; Article 3(a)
Matter Type(s): Employer Action; Customer Complaint; FINRA Discipline; CFP Board
Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) violated his firm's policy by twice failing to report outside business activities and obtaining the firm's approval to engage in such activities; and 2) failed to clearly identify the assets over which he was to exercise investment discretion and exercised discretion in the client's accounts on approximately 10 occasions without written discretionary authorization from the client.

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Q: Tensorflow error when training: Caused by op 'shuffle_batch' I am trying to read images and labels from a TFRecord file, and then train with these.
I know that my TFRecord file exists, and have checked that it does contain 1000 images and labels. My problem only seems to arise when I want to pipe as input to train.
I am new to python and tensor flow, and not sure how to fix the problem
I get the following error occuring at tf.train.shuffle_batch
...
Caused by op 'shuffle_batch', defined at:
  File "C:/AI/projects/DataGen/train.py", line 40, in
    images_batch, labels_batch = tf.train.shuffle_batch([image, label], batch_size=10, capacity=1000,min_after_dequeue=2)
...
Here is my code, cobbled together from various mnist examples
import tensorflow as tf

def read_and_decode_single_example(filename):
    # first construct a queue containing a list of filenames.
    # this lets a user split up there dataset in multiple files to keep
    # size down
    filename_queue = tf.train.string_input_producer([filename],
                                                num_epochs=None)
    # Unlike the TFRecordWriter, the TFRecordReader is symbolic
    reader = tf.TFRecordReader()
    # One can read a single serialized example from a filename
    # serialized_example is a Tensor of type string.
    _, serialized_example = reader.read(filename_queue)
    # The serialized example is converted back to actual values.
    # One needs to describe the format of the objects to be returned

    feature = {'image': tf.FixedLenFeature([], tf.string),
           'label': tf.FixedLenFeature([], tf.int64)}

    features = tf.parse_single_example(serialized_example, features=feature)

    # now return the converted data
    label = tf.cast(features['label'], tf.float32)
    image = tf.decode_raw(features['image'], tf.float32)
    image = tf.reshape(image, [28, 28, 3])
    return label, image

with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.local_variables_initializer())
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())

    # get single examples
    label, image = read_and_decode_single_example("train.tfrecords")

    image = tf.cast(image, tf.float32) / 255.

    # groups examples into batches randomly
    images_batch, labels_batch = tf.train.shuffle_batch([image, label], batch_size=10, capacity=1000, min_after_dequeue=2)

    # The model is:
    #
    # Y = softmax( X * W + b)
    #              X: matrix for rgb images of 28x28 pixels, flattened (there are 100 images in a mini-batch)
    #              W: weight matrix with (28x28x3) lines and 10 columns
    #              b: bias vector with 10 dimensions
    #              +: add with broadcasting: adds the vector to each line of the matrix (numpy)
    #              softmax(matrix) applies softmax on each line
    #              softmax(line) applies an exp to each value then divides by the norm of the resulting line
    #              Y: output matrix with 100 lines and 10 columns

    # input X: 28x28x3 RGB images
    X = images_batch
    # correct answers will go here
    Y_ = labels_batch
    # weights W[28 * 28 * 3, 10]
    W = tf.Variable(tf.zeros([28 * 28 * 3, 10]))
    # biases b[10]
    b = tf.Variable(tf.zeros([10]))

    # flatten the images into a single line of pixels
    # -1 in the shape definition means "the only possible dimension that will preserve the number of elements"
    XX = tf.reshape(X, [-1, 28 * 28 * 3])

    # The model
    Y = tf.nn.softmax(tf.matmul(XX, W) + b)

    # loss function: cross-entropy = - sum( Y_i * log(Yi) )
    #                           Y: the computed output vector
    #                           Y_: the desired output vector

    # cross-entropy
    # log takes the log of each element, * multiplies the tensors element by element
    # reduce_mean will add all the components in the tensor
    # so here we end up with the total cross-entropy for all images in the batch
    cross_entropy = -tf.reduce_mean(Y_ * tf.log(Y)) * 100.0  # normalized for batches of 100 images,
    # *10 because  "mean" included an unwanted division by 10

    # accuracy of the trained model, between 0 (worst) and 1 (best)
    correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(Y, 1), tf.argmax(Y_, 1))
    accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))

    # training, learning rate = 0.005
    train_step = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(0.005).minimize(cross_entropy)

    coord = tf.train.Coordinator()
    threads = tf.train.start_queue_runners(coord=coord)

    for i in range(100 + 1):
        print(i)
        sess.run(train_step)

    coord.request_stop()

    # Wait for threads to stop
    coord.join(threads)
    sess.close()

A: I moved the initialization to just before the tf.train.start_queue_runners call and that solved the problem i.e. after the model is setup
sess.run(tf.local_variables_initializer())
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
coord = tf.train.Coordinator()
threads = tf.train.start_queue_runners(coord=coord)

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FIBARO KeyFob is a Z-Wave Plus compatible, battery-powered, compact remote control. Six buttons allow you to control other devices through the Z-Wave network and run various scenes defined in FIBARO System. Configure actions for one, two, three clicks, holding the button and button sequences to suit all your needs.
Actions are confirmed by the built-in LED diode.
Remove the sticker protecting the battery.
Using included keyring or a coin, close the battery cover by turning it clockwise.
Locate the device nearby the main Z-Wave controller.
Set the main Z-Wave controller in (Security/non-Security Mode) add mode (see the controller's manual).
Click any button three times.
LED will pulse white during the adding process.
Wait for the device to be added into the system.
Successful adding will be confirmed by the Z-Wave controller's message and green LED colour.
Power the device (insert the battery).
Set the main Z-Wave controller in remove mode (see the controller's manual).
Click o and - simultaneously.
Click Δ or x until LED glows green.
The KeyFob needs to be woken up to receive information about the new configuration from the Z-Wave controller, like parameters and associations. Use 1st menu position (white) or click o and + simultaneously to wake up the device.
Click + to confirm selection, Click - to exit the menu.
LED will pulse twice with same colour as selected menu position to confirm completing action.
Click Δ or x until LED glows yellow.
Hold □ and + , while inserting the battery.
Successful resetting will be confirmed by smoothly brightening and dimming of the yellow LED colour.
This parameter allows to activate Lock Mode and set up unlocking sequence. Device will lock after time set in parameter 2 or after pressing and holding selected button.
This parameter allows to set time that must elapse from the last press of the button to lock the device and locking button.
Setting locking button will deactivate associations and scenes for pressing and holding the selected button.
This parameter is irrelevant if parameter 1 is set to 0 (Lock Mode disable).
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 7. See "Sequences" on page 10 for more information.
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 8.
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 9.
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 10.
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 11.
This parameter allows to set up sequence that activates scene with ID 12.
This parameter allows to set time that must elapse from the last click of the button to check if the sequence is valid.
Description This parameter allows to choose operating mode for single button associations.
This parameter allows to choose operating mode for single button associations.
This parameter allows to set value sent to devices in association group. It will result in turning multilevel devices on with set or last level. Value is irrelevant for simple on/off devices.
This parameter allows to activate paired buttons association mode for □ and ○ buttons. Paired buttons are dependent and association are sent only to □ groups. ○ turns devices on and increases value, □ turns them off and decreases value.
This parameter allows to activate paired buttons association mode for x and Δ buttons. Paired buttons are dependent and association are sent only to x groups. Δ turns devices on and increases value, x turns them off and decreases value.
This parameter allows to activate paired buttons association mode for - and + buttons. Paired buttons are dependent and association are sent only to - groups. + turns devices on and increases value, - turns them off and decreases value.
This parameter determines which actions result in sending assigned scene IDs and attributes to the controller.
Combine multiple actions by combining the values.
Parameter defines how commands are sent in specified association groups: using Security Mode or not. Parameter is active only in Z-Wave network Security Mode. It does not apply to 1st "Lifeline" association group.
Set multiple values by combining the values together.
Description "Lifeline" reports the device status and allows for assigning single device only (main controller by default).
Description "Square - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the □ button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Square - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the □ button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
Description "Circle - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the ○ button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Circle - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the ○ button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
Description "Cross - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the x button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Cross - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the x button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
Description "Triangle - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the Δ button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Triangle - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the Δ button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
Description "Minus - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the - button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Minus - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the - button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
Description "Plus - On/Off" is assigned to clicking the + button and is used to turn on/off associated devices.
Description "Plus - Multilevel" is assigned to clicking and holding the + button and is used to turn on/off and change level of associated devices.
First added to database on 2017-07-12 23:16:12. Current released version is 2.
Last updated by sihui	on 2018-12-11 10:17:35	(4 months ago).
Approved on 2018-12-11 10:17:56, and last exported on 2018-12-11 10:17:59.


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Arrival and departure private meet, greet and transfer service from/to the Mombasa International Airport or closest hotel airstrip. 3 nights stay in Mombasa. Overnights at Alfajiri Villas.
Activities: transport to snorkeling at reef using traditional swahili boats, local sightseeing close to hotel radius and to nearby villages.
Optional day tours to include Mombasa City & Cultural Tour, Day safari to Tsavo East Park and Shimba Hills Reserve, Kisite Mpunguti Marine Park Snorkeling and other Mombasa sites of interest.
This itinerary can further be combined with other Professional Safari Africa tour itineraries and locations in Eastern Africa or to include parks and destinations within Africa and Indian Ocean Islands.


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Checklist aims to help prevent surgical infections in Africa
Author Ruthann RichterPublished on October 26, 2017 January 23, 2018
For the last year, Stanford surgery resident Jared Forrester, MD, has been living in Ethiopia, tackling one of surgery's most troubling issues – how to prevent infections after an operation. Infection is always a risk with surgery, but those risks can be as much as five times higher among patients in low- and middle-income countries, Forrester said.
Inadequate hand-washing, the lack of sterile equipment and improper use of antibiotics are among the issues that can contribute to higher infection rates in countries where resources are limited, he says.
A year ago, Forrester signed up for a fellowship with Lifebox, a global nonprofit that aims to make surgery and anesthesia safer in low-resource communities. Through the program, he worked with colleagues in Jimma, a town of about 100,000 people in southwest Ethiopia, developing a system to change surgical practices with the aim of improving compliance with proven infection prevention standards.
The tertiary hospital there serves a regional population of 15 million people, with just six operating rooms and surgeons performing at least five cesarean sections a day, he said. C-sections can be a frequent cause of complications or even death among women in the East African country.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, it's more of a death sentence to be pregnant than to have a heart attack," Forrester said.
He said there are some simple techniques that can be used to address the problem. For instance, the microbiologists at Jimma studied the bacteria of infected surgical wounds, which were as high as 90 percent resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin, which is commonly used during C-sections. Through improving communication among hospital departments, the team was able to switch antibiotics to better protect patients, Forrester said. Surgical teams there also rely on soap and water for hand-washing, but this isn't the most effective for killing microbes; instead, a switch to alcohol-based solutions can more effectively decontaminate the skin.
Forrester and his Ethiopian colleagues incorporated these kinds of innovations in a program called Clean Cut, a program to help improve compliance with infection prevention areas in the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist. The program led to an 180 percent improvement in use of proper hand hygiene, a 92 percent improvement in use of antibiotics and an 87 percent improvement in inclusion of indicators to insure instruments are sterile, Forrester reported at a meeting this week of the American College of Surgeons in San Diego, Calif.
"At Lifebox, we are focused on the use of the checklist. We wanted the program to measure adherence to these infection prevention standards and couple it with patient outcomes to develop local solutions and create meaningful change," he said.
He and his colleagues believe the system could be a model that could be adapted in other countries where resources are limited. They already are beginning to implement the system in two hospitals in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, with a plan to extend it a hospital in each region of the country within a year.
"Hopefully when it goes to the next phase, it will be driven by the local champions in Ethiopia so they can take it forward and continue on," he said. "Having local people who are engaged and influential will go a long way in developing some sustainability."
Forrester said he and his colleagues now are trying to document whether these improved procedures lead to better patient outcomes.
"By improving use of the checklist, it should go hand in hand that patient outcomes should improve," he said.
Among his colleagues in the work is Thomas Weiser, MD, an associate professor of surgery at Stanford who is also on the board of Lifebox.
Previously: Women less likely than men to receive surgery in conflict areas, study shows, Surgery in the time of Ebola: A conversation and Automated safety checklists prevent hospital-acquired infections, Stanford team finds
Photo of surgery in Ethiopia courtesy of Jared Forrester
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Northwood News ♦ April 2022
Community Public Services
Did You Know? Services Available in the Community
By Melissa E. Ferguson
Greetings, neighbors! This edition's information sharing on public services focuses on COVID-19 at-home tests, mask rules for transit, and safely disposing of used batteries. Please feel free to share the following information with friends and family. Information is power!
Free At-Home Test Kits, Masks
Free at-home PCR test kits for COVID-19 are available every day, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Dennis Avenue Health Center of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, 2000 Dennis Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902 (close to Georgia Avenue). Test kits are for Montgomery County residents, so have a form of identification ready, such as a driver's license or a household bill with your address. PCR tests are processed in a laboratory to detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus in your body. Residents register when they pick up the tests, administer them at home, and drop the test kits back at 2000 Dennis Avenue for processing. Residents are emailed their results within 48 hours. In-person PCR testing continues as well. For locations and more information, visit the website at montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/testing.html.
The Wheaton library has N95 masks and at-home antigen tests for COVID-19 — the rapid tests that show results in 15 minutes — which are now available during all hours that the library is open, while supplies last. Antigen tests look for the immune system's response to the COVID-19 virus. Recently my family picked up our test supplies from the Wheaton Library. Two test kits are allowed per person, and each kit has two tests. The boxes of N95 masks are prepacked with four masks each. The antigen tests available at the Wheaton Library are iHealth brand tests. I have seen some people's nervousness over getting the test instructions wrong, so a video might help ease the nerves. On YouTube, a video by iHealth can be found by searching for "iHealth COVID-19 antigen test" to get to www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juFqYt25iI.
A reminder that, while local mask mandates have been lifted, that doesn't affect the mask requirements for public transit, which is governed by federal rules. The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended the federal mask mandate on public transit — including RideOn, Metrobus, Metro, and other commuter trains — through 18 April 2022. RideOn bus drivers have masks for passengers boarding without them.
Used Battery Disposal
In climate protection news, please remember that used batteries don't belong in household garbage. Battery acids can leach into the soil, burn your hands, and start fires! For safe disposal of batteries, take them to the County's Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station, 16101 Frederick Road, Derwood, MD 20855 (the section of Maryland Route 355 between Rockville and Gaithersburg). MOM's Organic Market also recycles many types of batteries and accepts them for drop-off every day, as well as shoes, eyeglasses, cellphones, food compost, and even oyster shells! The closest MOM's Organic Market locations are 5566 Randolph Road, Rockville, MD 20852, and 9801 Rhode Island Avenue, College Park, MD 20740. More information is available at momsorganicmarket.com/recycle-center.
Thanks for sharing these announcements for the health, safety, and betterment of our community. Until next time, wishing you kindness and a healthy spring!
[Melissa E. Ferguson works in grants, contracts, and project management; nonprofit and government partnership; and equitable access to health care and social services. She has lived in North Four Corners since 2013, and Mont. County since 1996. She is also a gardener and an aspiring novelist.] ■
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Waller R. Newell Books & Biography
Waller R. Newell is a professor of political science and philosophy at Carleton University. A member of Ronald Reagan's presidential transition team, he is a longtime political and cultural commentator, and the author of previous books, including The Code of Man and What Is a Man?: 3,000 Years of Wisdom on the Art of Manly Virtue. A contributor to the Weekly Standard and other publications, he has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and a John Adams Fellow at the Institute of United States Studies at the University of London.


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A lot can happen in a year, some good, some not so good. Keep all the happy memories, file the not so great ones away as lessons, and then let them go. Holding onto painful memories doesn't do you any good – it just keeps you stuck. You'll also want to release any behaviour and thought patterns that really don't serve you any more. Otherwise, you're bringing a lot o baggage with you on your journey into the new year.
A great way to travel lightly into the new year is to write down on a piece of paper all the things you are ready to let go of. Sit with it for a while, this isn't meant to be a rush job. Be honest with yourself and look at what you created in 2015, as well as why/how.
Once you have a list that feels complete – you haven't overlooked any major things – then burn baby burn. You are literally going to light this list on fire and watch it burn. Do so in a safe way, preferably outdoors. As you watch the flames engulf your list of things to let go, feel these things leaving your space and energy. Allow them to dissolve into nothingness.
After this is complete, take out another sheet of paper. This is a happy sheet. You are going to write down all your visions for 2016 on this paper. You don't have to know how they will happen – dream big! Consider all areas of your life and make sure you set intentions for all of them. You are setting the foundation for an exceptional year. Fold up this piece of paper and put it somewhere you won't lose it – like in a bedside table drawer.
Now every month, or more frequently if you feel so inclined, take out this piece of paper and review it. Stay connected to your dreams and intentions and see them come to life!
It's not all about the brain!
This can be a foreign language to some people, i.e., most men. And probably some ladies too. But ever since getting a copy of Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom many years ago, I started to speak Body-ese.
Now I'm reading a book called Feminine and Powerful, and loving it. There's something called the dienten (by various Eastern traditions) that sits in the womb area. It sits there and is wise. And this wisdom can be tapped into.
I love it! And I believe my soul's wisdom resides in my body, so when I listen to my body, I'm connecting to my divine knowing.
I had to clear a number of blocks before I could even stay in my body (as opposed to living 100% in my mind).
Do you listen to your body? How much time do you spend in your body vs your mind?
I've started to notice something very interesting. A new awareness has sprouted as the spring sun begins to shine and I'm seeing things in a slightly delightfully different way. Allow me to share.
Exhibit A: The past. Hello past. Before I make many decisions, I stop and check in with the past. Do you do that too?
Do you notice what's happening? As soon as the past check happens it's like travelling from the present back in time. I'm no longer connected to how I'm feeling in the moment. I'm literally living in and perpetuating the past.
Do I want to keep doing this? Um, no.
Exhibit B: The present. Hello present! How refreshing you are and full of possibility!
What I'm noticing now is that when my mind habitually starts checking in with the past, something new happens.
So at least two times now I've chosen love. And it's fantastic! I would like to keep doing it.
Then slowly the past will fade and my amazing present will grow and grow and grow. And grow.
What do you do when you're not sure what to do? You're not sure if you're getting guidance, you're not sure which of your 5 ideas to pursue, you're not sure how to move forward.
But what if it's the wrong thing? I need to do the rightest thing! Is what your resistance mechanisms may say. Oh resistance, that's very kind of you to point out, but also very paralyzing.
Taking any action will snap you out of stuckness. It's more about doing something than what you do. There are worksheets out there to help you decide what to do first. And if you don't feel like finding one, then simply pick at random one item on your to do list and do it.


Minutes and Presentations of science team meetings These are password protected - Contact ACE Science Center for the password.
February 19 - 21, 2008: Joint Science Workshop (STEREO, ACE, WIND and Ulysses), UC Berkeley.
Heliospheric Workshop November 5-10, 2006, Embassy Suites Mandalay Bay Resort, Oxnard, CA.
ACE-ISSI Symposium on the Composition of Matter September 11-15, 2006, Grindelwald, Switzerland.
"Solar and Space Physics and the Vision for Exploration" Workshop, October 2005.
ACE/RHESSI/Wind Workshop October 6 - 8, 2003, Taos, NM.
Ulysses/Voyager/ACE Workshop, 2001, Oxnard, CA.
November 7 and 8, 2017, ACE Science Team Meeting and 20-year anniversary celebration, at APL.
October 5 and 6, 2009: ACE Science Team Meeting, at Ann Arbor MI.
April 2 and 3, 2009: ACE Science Team Meeting, at Caltech.
October 13, 14, 2008: ACE Science Team Meeting, at SWRI.
February 18th, 2008: ACE Science Team Meeting, UC Berkeley.
October 22 & 23, 2007: ACE Science Team Meeting, JHU/APL.
May 2nd & 3rd 2007: ACE Science Team Meeting, San Antonio TX.
November 11 - 12, 2002 ACE Science Team Meeting at JHU/APL.


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> Council Express Concern over the closure of Barclays
Council Express Concern over the closure of Barclays
At a meeting of the Community Services and Environment Committee on Monday 20th November 2017 Members of Sandy Town Council discussed Barclays recent announcement that it intends to close its Sandy branch in February 2018.
Councillors expressed concern over the possible negative impact the closure of the bank would have and the implications for local businesses and residents. Members noted that while more people are using internet banking there are still many people who rely on banking services within the town and find it difficult to reach alternative branches.
The Committee agreed that a meeting should be sought with a representative of Barclays and a letter of complaint issued outlining the Council's concerns and its objection to the closure of the bank, along with the way in which it has been communicated to customers and the community. The Council are urging Barclays to reconsider their decision to permanently close its Sandy branch and expect the company to consider the impact the closure will have on the town and their social responsibility towards the community, individuals and businesses who would find it incredibly difficult to conduct their affairs via a post office, online or by travelling to other branches of Barclays.
A petition has been set up objecting to the closure and can be signed in the Council offices.


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The Predator: Film's Director Shares First Look at Cast Members
Champ Johnson	 February 21, 2017	 6 Comments
Do you remember being a little kid, ordering take out with your family and having a much anticipated movie night? I'm sure I'm not the only one that had a designated day of the week where you'd go to a video rental spot (RIP Blockbuster) and choose a movie for the family to enjoy. When it came to my family, on certain occasions, we'd rent two movies. One would be for all of us to watch and the other would be an R-Rated action flick specifically for my Dad. It was during this traditional family activity that I saw the very first Predator film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fast forward a couple decades and this same film has had an okay sequel starring Danny Glover, a comic book series, a reboot, another reboot where it collided with the Aliens franchise made popular by Sigourney Weaver and now, director Shane Black has taken on the job of bringing us a new Predator film with a new cast of characters.
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As production begins on the film, Shane Black took to his twitter account to post the first official image containing a portion of the cast. Check out his tweet below:
Partial cast… beautiful human beings, good people. Also, killers. Cameras roll today. Follow me on Twitter for updates. Wish us luck. pic.twitter.com/vYGgGesW0Y
— Shane Black (@BonafideBlack) February 20, 2017
Based on the photo, Black definitely has some promising talent in the film. From left to right; Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us, Black Panther), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight), Boyd Holbrook (Logan, Narcos), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Shane Black, Olivia Munn (X-Men Apocalypse), and Keegan Michael Key (Keanu, Key and Peele). Based on this photo, it's safe to say that this film is aiming to add some inclusion in its ranks which is always a good thing in our books. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Thomas Jane are also rumored to be apart of this eclectic cast of talent. I, for one, am anxious to see Trevante Rhodes' character in some amazing action sequences (please don't die first).
While speaking with Collider about the plot of the film, Black assured fans that this film would serve as a sequel and not a complete reboot. With that being the case, it makes you wonder if there is a possibility for Schwarzenegger to reprise his role as Dutch or even Danny Glover to reprise his role as Lt. Mike Harrigan. I guess we will just have to wait for more official set photos to be released to find out. What do you say GOC fam, are you excited for this film? Do you like the casting choices so far? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: Shane Black (Twitter)
The Predator is expected to be released on February 9th, 2018.
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William Rule says:
Loving the projected cast so far! Excited to see this film!
Angela Muhwezi says:
I will be watching this movie!! Sterling K. Brown is one of my favorites!!! Great read!
B.Stokes says:
Awesome read! Lol @RipBlockbuster! Love the casting choices so far!
Everett Ryan says:
Very insightful! definitely curious to go and see if it lives up to past efforts.
Joshua Bone says:
Looks like a good cast. Always look forward to seeing the graphics and special effects, considering technology has become so far more advanced over the last couple decades. Will probably see it when it hits the big screen.
Danyiel Lewis says:
Heyyy fellow geeker! Lol. I wasn't excited to see it but you have peaked my interest! 😉


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Diane Lane and Eleanor Coppola during the Q&A for Paris Can Wait, May 13, 2017 at Arclight Hollywood.
This is not a review of Paris Can Wait. It's a review of a review of Paris Can Wait. It's a review of a review by Jeannette (almost wrote Meannette) Catsoulis: "'Paris Can Wait,' at Least Until After the Crème Brûlée."
I have several problems with this review, but my main one is the disconnect between the reviewer's opinion and the film she describes. The problem begins even before the review begins:
The caption, "Diane Lane and Arnaud Viard on a gastronomic odyssey in 'Paris Can Wait,'" doesn't quite fit the image, does it? In other words, where's the food? Yes, there's a lot of food and eating thereof in the film, but it's only part of the "odyssey," as this image from the film proves.
This "reviewer" gets paid by The New York Times to write snarky "reviews" accusing fictional characters of "gustatory privilege." Who's privileged?
"What follows is a Michelin-starred commercial for French cuisine gussied up as Anne's journey of self-discovery." Is it too much to ask that a reviewer make some effort to understand a movie before dissing it? This is not a film difficult to understand. "Stop and smell the roses." That's it. Roses, lots and lots of fragrant roses, are all over this movie. Hard to miss, yet, somehow, this New York Times, newspaper of record reviewer did.
"Anne… [no] more than a bland accessory who lets men tell her what to eat." This is inaccurate for not just one, but several reasons. First, there's only one man, Jacques, who acts as her guide to all things "gustatory." Second, she doesn't eat everything he orders. Third, she can't read the menu because it's in French. Fourth, she ends up with a lot of chocolate and it's because of what she wants, not him. But what this reviewer says is mostly wrong because it ignores what happens in the end: the role reversal that happens when Anne becomes the guide because she knows more about the Cathedral she and Jacques visit than he does. A lot more.
"When not inhaling jus d'agneau and crème brûlée… the two visit famous landmarks and exchange flirty glances. But when Anne finally peels off her pantyhose, it isn't to indulge in a roadside quickie; it's to repair the Peugeot's broken fan belt." Rather than snark, Eleanor Coppola deserves kudos for not making another conventional Harlequin-type romance movie. "Stop and smell the roses." Trite? Perhaps. But true, profoundly true, nonetheless. It's a lesson we can all take from this movie and apply it to our own lives, even if we cannot afford to make the same "gustatory odyssey."
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These knives are so FUN!
Hop on over to Amazon.com where you can score this Ebaco 10 Piece Colorful Knife Set for just $7.49 (regularly $13.49) when you clip the $6 off digital coupon – lowest price! These would be a fun gift for a college kid starting out with their first apartment.
This knives set includes a chef's knife, butcher knife, utility knife, serrated knife, and paring knife. Each colorful knife has a stainless steel blade, are magnetic, and includes matching protective blade covers.
This knife set also includes a block & steak knives!
Never buy this kind of stuff, sometimes color will fade when you are cutting vegetables. This will cause health issues on the fly. I bought something similar from target and trashed it after few months.
I got this set for $5 for a review. Never reviewed and haven't used.
I bought these a week ago just to have some extras, they're surprisingly sharp! I'm not counting on them to last for very long but for the price I'm not bothered.
Where is the digital coupon located?
Hi there! It seems the coupon is gone. Darn!
I don't see the digital coupon. Where can I find it?
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Norfolk Public Library offers computer and technology classes that are free and open to the public. Class topics range from the basics of computer use to various computer programs and software, as well as training and demonstrations of NPL's eBook collection with a variety of devices. Most classes are two hours in length, but actual time may vary depending on the subject, class size and student participation.
Registration is required for all classes and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Call the library location offering the class to register. Please check class prerequisites before signing up.
To avoid disruption, small children are not allowed in the class. Please arrange for their care during class time.
Visit NPL's online Tech Training Center for computer class handouts, training information, and additional resources to practice your computer skills.


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A Roadmap to Biodiversity Net Gain
Today, Balfour Beatty launches the latest of its public policy papers, "A Better Balance: A Roadmap to Biodiversity Net Gain". The paper calls for action to address the perceived tension between construction and the environment, through nine core recommendations.
In spite of the progress in tackling environmental issues over the past decade, much of the focus has been on carbon, waste and water. Given the UK's substantial investment in infrastructure over the next 20 years, which is helping to deliver improvements in transport, broadband, energy, flood defences and housing, a new approach is required to counter the loss of biodiversity from continued infrastructure investment across the country.
Biodiversity Net Gain is a concept which is set to gain increasing traction over the coming years. It focuses on enriching biodiversity as a result of construction works, leaving a positive environmental legacy once works have completed.
Balfour Beatty has been leading the way, with a number of other organisations1, to develop a set of good practice principles2, which provide an effective way for infrastructure projects to deliver 'net gains' in biodiversity that in turn deliver the Government's biodiversity commitments.
The good practice principles are built upon Balfour Beatty's tried-and-tested Biodiversity Net Gain model, which has received wide acclaim from industry and statutory bodies including Natural England. The principles focus on avoiding biodiversity losses wherever possible; quantifying any losses incurred with gains in biodiversity to plan, budget, design, build and maintain Net Gain; and delivering Net Gain in collaboration with local stakeholders.
Phil Clifton, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty's Highways business, said: "By considering Biodiversity Net Gain as early as possible and ensuring that Biodiversity Net Gain measures are incorporated in the design, programme and budget, projects can generate long-term benefits for nature as well as wider benefits for society and the economy.
"It is imperative that we take action on this now so we can square the circle of how to deliver the infrastructure the country urgently needs, in a way which leaves an environmental legacy to be proud of."
Balfour Beatty's paper, "A Better Balance: A Roadmap to Biodiversity Net Gain" details nine recommendations, which amongst others, call for Biodiversity Net Gain to be made an obligatory part of the UK's planning policies.
1Partner organisations include: CIRIA, IEMA and CIEEM
2Good practice principles can be found here.
Cassie Farrar
cassie.farrar@balfourbeatty.com
Our main geographies are the UK & Ireland, US and Far East. Over the last 100 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including the London Olympics' Aquatic Centre, Hong Kong's first Zero Carbon building, the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the US and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.