On this "Page" I'll be posting Royalty Free presets I've developed fo r Image-Line's Harmless. This means you are free to use these in your own compositions. You are not allowed to use these presets in sound libraries. These presets were programed from scratch from an "init" or "default" state.
This library contains 12 sounds that show off the harmonic range of Harmless. Make sure you try using notes across the whole spectrum of the keyboard and use velocity, MOD Wheel and aftertouch.
Open Harmless in your host application then "Select preset" bottom right.
You can now see presets in the FL Studio Browser.
Crystals Bell/Percussion Very bright crystal bell sound. Play notes or like a bell tree.
Dark Chimes Bell/Percussion Dark and twisted metalic chime sounds.
Dark Hammer Keyboard Big ambient hammer strikes on out of tune piano strings. There is a DX7 quality to this preset.
The Krel FX Can you say "Forbidden Planet"?
Have fun, and if you use these presets in a song, drop a comment here so we can check out your work!
A very god software, with many attractivities and spectacular sounds.
Links to presets are working again.
The preset download links do not work anymore.
awesome 🙂 Can't wait to hear it!
I'm hoping this weekend I'll have some time to check out your presets.
Glad you made into the group buy. I've already started working it in to a new track.
Yeah that sounds about right. I'm glad I got it in the group buy 🙂 Great synth… can't wait to use it in some new songs.
Now that group buy is over the price of Harmless looks to be $79. I think that seems appropriate.
Your most welcome. Glad your enjoying them and they are working on your PC. They were a lot of fun to create. I like the synth a lot so as I go along I'm creating more presets. Somewhere down the road I'll release the best of the batch.
I agree, Harmless was a no brainer purchase.
Thank you for the FL studio preset version. I like them a lot! They're also low cpu enough that I can use them in my underpowered pc. They are very creative. With that set your own price Harmless was a no-brainer.
I created an FL Studio version of the presets here – http://www.markmoshermusic.com/FREEPresets/ModulateThis01_fst.zip . See installation instructions in post above.
Thanks for you kind words about Modulate This! Much appreciated.
Don't feel bad that your not getting it right away. The magic of this synth is how filter+phaser+harmonizer+additive mask together – but it may tak you a few tries till it makes sense. Walk thought the tutorials and keep experimenting.
So the tutorials are in C:Program FilesImage-LineIL Harmless in the Harmless help file.
The good news is you can use presets for now and grow into this synth much quicker than any other additive synth out there.
It goes deeper than you think. Just start poking around and read the tutorials. I hopw you enjoy the presets.


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The CME/CNE office has launched a new web page featuring upcoming grand rounds. The new page will make it easier for learners to see when and where grand rounds are happening each week.


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"It went incredibly well and filled me with this emotion, this feeling that I couldn't deny," reveals Carson. "I knew what I had to do, so I dropped out of college and started Set It Off and… here we are now!"
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For most teenage boys, it's simple math. One long week of studies plus one warm late Friday afternoon equals time to hang out with friends and unwind. But on a recent spring day, that equation works out differently for Cameron Miller. It's time for him to get down to some serious work at the Kansas City Ballet's Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity near Union Station.
Scattered around a studio, nine dancers move in unison with arms rounded, chins tilted and backs straight, following the precise, rapid instructions of their instructor.
Teacher Sean Duus weaves around the dancers, inspecting form and offering gentle suggestions. "Fondu front, fondu front, one to the side," Duus says, pausing occasionally to demonstrate.
"Now what would happen if I were to pick you up by the arms right now?" he says, stopping in front of one petite dancer.
"That's right, it wouldn't be good," he says, then glances across the room. "Cameron, after class, I want you to pick up every girl in this room." Laughter fills the space, and the only other male dancer in the room, 15-year-old Cameron, grins and nods.
This upper-level dance class at the Bolender Center holds a unique group of teenagers. Over the years, they've persevered and progressed through Levels 1 through 5. The kids who make it to Levels 6 and 7 at the dance school face an often grueling schedule of ballet, modern, jazz and other dance classes. Cameron, like many others in this elite group, plans to make dance his life's work.
Spend an afternoon with him and you'll soon learn that he has earned the admiration of his fellow dancers and his teachers.
Instructors at the Kansas City Ballet School say that while dance is growing in popularity among boys, dance schools across the nation still draw relatively few young men. Cameron is one of 17 boys taking classes at the ballet school, which has more than 470 girls.
Across town, at the Friends of Alvin Ailey studio space in the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District, several young men are working to provide that competition down the road.
Fifteen-year-old Deon Thomas-Scott has dabbled in dance since he was 9 and now spends several hours a day practicing. Deon, who attends Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, says his school's culture encourages a respect for dancers.
Watch Duus teach another group of kids on a Monday morning at the Bolender Center, and you'll see one indication that in the future, more male dancers will progress to the upper levels.
This is a "bonus" class just for boys that Duus started for the youngest male dancers at the school, a bit of encouragement to keep the boys interested in the art form.
Griffin is big for his age, Barnes says, pointing to one of the tallest of the half dozen boys in the room. Dance, Barnes says, teaches his son coordination, and it gives the boy an outlet for his considerable energy.
Ask them what goes into fueling that block of muscle, and mother and son laugh again. "I kept track one day, and I figure I take in at least 4,000 calories a day," Cameron says. Fitting in the time to consume the energy is sometimes a challenge. On top of keeping up with his academic courses, Cameron puts between 30 and 35 hours a week into dancing.
Duus has mastered the art of subtlety when working with kids.
"If I teach the ROAD [Reach Out and Dance ] kids a ballet step, I'll just slip it in there," says Duus, who was a principal dancer in the Kansas City Ballet from 1986 to 2001. "I'll have them sprint, then jump, then I'll throw in a ballet step and they don't even realize I did it.
And once in a while, Duus says, a kid like Cameron will come around. "He's focused, he's limber, he's hard-working and he has a great passion for dance," Duus says.
Cameron is rehearsing for a coming performance by the Kansas City Youth Ballet, the performing arm of the school. Students in the upper-level classes have the option of auditioning for the Youth Ballet, which gives aspiring dancers a chance to take the stage.
Cameron's mom glances into the studio, where he is showing his power and skill with gravity-defying jumps. "It's a good thing he gets along so well with the other dancers," Miller says, "because when he's not focused on academics, he's at the Bolender Center. There are days I look at him on the drive home and he just looks spent, like all the energy is drained out of him." But he'll greet the next day with the grace of the finest of dancers, she says.
Miller has a simple message for other parents of boys interested in dance. "Listen to your child," she says, adding that she thinks it unlikely that Cameron's father would be encouraging his son to dance.


Here at Forest Walk Venue we have all the elements to make your wedding a real special occasion. We work on a venue hire fee, this fee is dependant on the day of the week and the time of the year. Different days during different times of the year will give you different prices. In this venue hire fee we have a whole list of extras that is included for example white chair covers, white table cloths, cash bar with barmen etc. Secondly, we have a price per head for the catering, this price will depend on the menu choice that you would like on your wedding. We have some sample menus under our food & drinks list, but we also have some more menus, as well as some platters or canapes. We also have wide list of welcoming drinks, wine list for wine or champagne on tables or a variety of cocktails to choose from. We hope that your wedding planning is a joyful experience.


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class TStrUtil {
public:
	static TStr GetStr(const TIntV& IntV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TUInt64V& UInt64V, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TVec<TIntV>& IntIntV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	//Explicit 64 bit indexing
	static TStr GetStr(const TVec<TNum<int64>, int64>& IntV, const TStr& DelimiterStr);
	static TStr GetStr(const TStrIntPrV& StrIntPrV, const TStr& FieldDelimiterStr = ":",
		const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TUInt64IntPrV& UInt64IntPrV, const TStr& FieldDelimiterStr = ":",
			const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TIntFltPrV& IntFltPrV, const TStr& FieldDelimiterStr = ":",
			const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",", const TStr& FmtStr = "%g");
	static TStr GetStr(const TFltV& FltV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",", const TStr& FmtStr = "%g");
	static TStr GetStr(const TIntFltKdV& IntFltKdV, const TStr& FieldDelimiterStr = ":",
		const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",", const TStr& FmtStr = "%g");
	static TStr GetStr(const TStrV& StrV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TStrH& StrH, const TStr& FieldDelimiterStr = ":", const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
	static TStr GetStr(const TFltVV& FltVV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",", const TStr& FmtStr = "%g");
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	static TStr GetStr(const TUInt64UInt64IntTrV& UInt64UInt64IntTrV, const TStr& DelimiterStr = ",");
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module Database.SqlServer.Create.Function
       (
         Function
       ) where

import Database.SqlServer.Create.Identifier hiding (unwrap)
import Database.SqlServer.Create.DataType
import Database.SqlServer.Create.Value
import Database.SqlServer.Create.Entity

import Test.QuickCheck
import Text.PrettyPrint hiding (render)
import Data.Maybe (fromJust, isJust)
import Control.Monad

data NullOption = ReturnsNullOnNullInput
                | CalledOnNullInput

instance Arbitrary NullOption where
  arbitrary = elements [ReturnsNullOnNullInput, CalledOnNullInput]

renderNullOption :: NullOption -> Doc
renderNullOption ReturnsNullOnNullInput = text "RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT"
renderNullOption CalledOnNullInput = text "CALLED ON NULL INPUT"

data FunctionOption = FunctionOption
    {
      encryption :: Bool
    , schemaBinding :: Bool
    , nullOption :: Maybe NullOption
    }

instance Arbitrary FunctionOption where
  arbitrary = FunctionOption <$> arbitrary <*> arbitrary <*> arbitrary

areThereAnyOptionsSet :: FunctionOption -> Bool
areThereAnyOptionsSet f = encryption f ||
                          schemaBinding f ||
                          isJust (nullOption f)

renderFunctionOptions :: FunctionOption -> Doc
renderFunctionOptions f
  | not (areThereAnyOptionsSet f) = empty
  | otherwise = text "WITH" <+>
                vcat (punctuate comma
                  (filter (/= empty) [ enc, sch, nul ]))
  where
    enc = if encryption f then text "ENCRYPTION" else empty
    sch = if schemaBinding f then text "SCHEMABINDING" else empty
    nul = maybe empty renderNullOption (nullOption f)

newtype InputType = InputType Type

-- A time stamp can not be passed in as an argument to a function
instance Arbitrary InputType where
  arbitrary = liftM InputType $ arbitrary `suchThat` (not . isTimestamp)

renderInputDataType :: InputType -> Doc
renderInputDataType (InputType t) = renderDataType t

data Parameter = Parameter
  {
    parameterName :: ParameterIdentifier
  , dataType :: InputType
  }

instance Arbitrary Parameter where
  arbitrary = Parameter <$> arbitrary <*> arbitrary

renderParameter :: Parameter -> Doc
renderParameter p = renderParameterIdentifier (parameterName p) <+>
                    renderInputDataType (dataType p)

data ReturnType = ReturnType Type SQLValue

instance Arbitrary ReturnType where
  arbitrary = do
    t <- arbitrary `suchThat` (isJust . value)
    v <- fromJust $ value t
    return (ReturnType t v)

renderReturnType :: ReturnType -> Doc
renderReturnType (ReturnType t _) = renderDataType t

-- Safe because of instance of Arbitrary above
renderReturnValue :: ReturnType -> Doc
renderReturnValue (ReturnType _ v) = renderValue v

data ScalarFunction = ScalarFunction
   {
     scalarFunctionName :: RegularIdentifier
   , parameters :: [Parameter]
   , returnType :: ReturnType
   , functionOption :: FunctionOption
   }

data Function = ScalarFunctionC ScalarFunction

instance Arbitrary Function where
  arbitrary = oneof
    [
      ScalarFunctionC <$>
      (ScalarFunction <$> arbitrary <*> arbitrary <*> arbitrary <*> arbitrary)
    ]

instance Entity Function where
  name (ScalarFunctionC f) = scalarFunctionName f
  render fn@(ScalarFunctionC f) = text "CREATE FUNCTION" <+> renderName fn <+>
                              parens (hcat (punctuate comma params)) $+$
                              text "RETURNS" <+>
                              renderReturnType (returnType f) $+$
                              renderFunctionOptions (functionOption f) $+$
                              text "AS" $+$
                              text "BEGIN" $+$
                              text "RETURN" <+>
                              renderReturnValue (returnType f) $+$
                              text "END" $+$ text "GO\n"
    where
      params = map renderParameter (parameters f)

instance Show Function where
  show f = show (render f)


A graduation short film by two Israeli students, Sight, has thrown a new light on the potential of augmented reality (AR), Google Glasses style interactivity, and the intrusion of mobile apps into daily human experiences.
The film, shot by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, tells the story of a man who uses all of these technologies, including an AR dating app called Wingman, to navigate his way through a date.
There are disastrous consequences for the central character, and it does get a bit weird at the end of the clip.
As a precursor of what's to come in the future digital world, its either scary or exciting. As brands increasingly turn to AR mobile apps as part of their experential marketing, expect more interesting digital narratives to emerge.
And those AR experiences could come from all sorts of brands.


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','Date' : 'Friday, May 3, 2019','Day' : 'Monday','Time' : '02:53 PM','News Tags' : 'Fani Storm, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Storm'}
Home >> India 360 >> Election Commission clears code of conduct in 4 districts of Andhra Pradesh
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On Friday morning, at around 8:30, Fany hit the shores of Puri in Odisha. This has damaged many houses. Thousands of trees and electric pillars fell. Water was flooded in the lower settlements. The speed of air was 175 km / hour at the time when the storm hit the Puri coast, It reached 200 km / hour in some places. Meanwhile, two people have died.
Earlier, due to the Fany storm, the Election Commission clears the Code of Conduct from four districts of Andhra Pradesh- East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagram and Srikakulam. This decision was made to avoid hindrance in relief work.
Fany is now heading towards Bengal. The rains have started in Kolkata due to which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has canceled all her two election meetings.
According to the Meteorological Department, this will head towards Bengal and then Bangladesh. The warnings related to this have also been issued in coastal areas of West Bengal. Earlier, in Odisha, 11 lakh people were evacuated from 15 districts as a precautionary measure. This is the most dangerous hurricane to hit Odisha in 20 years.
Naval spokesman Capt DK Sharma said in Delhi that the ships of Navy Sahyadri, Ranvir and Kadmat have been deployed with relief materials and medical teams.
Rail, road and air traffic in coastal districts has been completely closed. All flights to Biju Patnaik International Airport from midnight on Thursday are barred for 24 hours. The Kolkata airport will also be closed from Friday night till Saturday evening.
Tags : Odisha Storm Andhra Pradesh Fani Storm


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Abavorana luctuosa est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Ranidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre :
 en Indonésie à Sumatra et au Kalimantan ;
 en Malaisie péninsulaire et en Malaisie orientale ;
 dans le sud de la Thaïlande.

Description
Abavorana luctuosa présente un dos de couleur brun foncé et des flancs de couleur noire.

Publications originales
 Oliver, Prendini, Kraus & Raxworthy, 2015 : Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, , .
 Peters, 1871 : Über neue Reptilien aus Ostafrica und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

 Genre Abavorana :

 Espèce Abavorana luctuosa :

Notes et références

Anoure (nom scientifique)
Ranidae
Amphibien d'Indonésie

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When we came across this monogram, we absolutely fell in love with it. If only we could claim it as our own! Though our albums are filled with many lovely monograms to choose from, it is always a delight to see what kind of custom designs our customers are creating to make their stationery truly personal.
The set pictured below was created for a bride who had a custom wedding logo designed for her wedding. So of course, she wanted it incorporated into her personalized stationery. Color and style, she said, were the most important details she thought about.
With her custom monogram in hand, she paid a visit to Wendy of stationery shop Folia in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
"We talked about colors and then saw that great polka dot lining, and then it all came together," Wendy said. In the end, the bride chose an ecru correspondence card with her monogram thermograph printed in gold ink and paired with our confetti envelope lining. When it comes to designing any kind of stationery, there are always certain questions Wendy said she asks: Card or a fold-over note, color, style and price.
And when asked what the importance of a handwritten note in a digital age is, Wendy put it quite simply: "Everyone should have personalized stationery!"


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Q: Entity Framework / RIA Services Include not working I've got a SL4 / WCF RIA Services / EF 4 application. I'm having trouble getting my Included entity into my SL4 data context.
In the server side service portion of the application, this is my method:
 [Query(IsDefault = true)]
    public IQueryable<ToolingGroup> GetToolingGroups()
    {
        var groups = this.ObjectContext.ToolingGroups.Include("MetaData").OrderBy(g => g.Name);
        return groups; //breakpoint set here
    }

I assigned it to the var groups to allow it to be inspected before the method returns. If I set a breakpoint before the method returns and add a line to my Watch window the MetaData is there:
groups.First().MetaData

When I let the method return and check it in the silverlight ui completed event MetaData is null.
void loadOperation_Completed(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        grid.ItemsSource = _toolingContext.ToolingGroups;
        UpdateUI(); //breakpoint set here
    }

When I do this in my watch window MetaData is null:
_toolingContext.ToolingGroups.First().MetaData

I checked to make sure the ToolingGroup returned by the call to .First() in both cases was the same entity and it was.
Why is MetaData lost (eg. null) between the service method and my ui method?
SOLUTION:
// The MetadataTypeAttribute identifies ToolingGroupMetadata as the class
// that carries additional metadata for the ToolingGroup class.
[MetadataTypeAttribute(typeof(ToolingGroup.ToolingGroupMetadata))]
public partial class ToolingGroup
{

    // This class allows you to attach custom attributes to properties
    // of the ToolingGroup class.
    //
    // For example, the following marks the Xyz property as a
    // required property and specifies the format for valid values:
    //    [Required]
    //    [RegularExpression("[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*")]
    //    [StringLength(32)]
    //    public string Xyz { get; set; }
    internal sealed class ToolingGroupMetadata
    {

        // Metadata classes are not meant to be instantiated.
        private ToolingGroupMetadata()
        {
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Include] // Added so MetaData gets serialized
        public MetaData MetaData { get; set; }

        public Nullable<int> MetaDataId { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public ToolingCategory ToolingCategory { get; set; }

        public int ToolingCategoryId { get; set; }

        public EntityCollection<ToolingType> ToolingTypes { get; set; }
    }
}

A: There are two layers at play here, EF and RIA Services. You've handled the EF part. Now you need to tell RIA services to include that property when it serializes your entities across the wire. In your metadata for the entity, add the [Include] attribute. Like this...
[MetadataType(typeof(ToolingGroup.MetaData)]
public partial class ToolingGroup {
    private class MetaData {

        // adding this attribute tells RIA services
        // to also send this property across
        [Include]
        public MetaData MetaData { get; set; }
    }
}

It's a bad coincidence that your type is called "Metadata", the ToolingGroup.MetaData class is the metadata that RIA services uses.

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Coca-Cola to capitalize on Africa's strong demand for energy drinks
McDonald's Thailand debuts bizarre Chili Paste Pork Ice Cream dessert
Adidas puts up floating tennis court in Great Barrier Reef to raise awareness on ocean pollution
Star Wars and Adidas collaborate on Boba Fett-inspired NMD_R1
Nike readies St. Patrick's Day sneaker earlier than usual to offset supply woes
Jeju tourism industry gets boost hosting sports teams on off-season training
Judge orders reinstatement of McDonald's union supporters purged using pandemic-related reasons
Taco Bell dives into education venture with the launch of its business school
An AI-flown military aircraft is being designed in Australia. Are our laws equipped to protect us?
US patents firm sues Toyota, Honda, GM for infringing connected car technology
Starbucks Korea vows to fix confusion in remaining credit in prepaid cards
More S. Korean pets get to travel with owners
Heineken sued for alcohol-free claims in beer containing 0.03% alcohol
The plaintiff Kathleen M. Wilson argues that some who bought the beer don't want even this "minuscule amount of alcohol" and shouldn't be called "0.0" at all.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 11:26 PM UTC
A Louisiana woman sued Heineken USA for misleading consumers with its alcohol-free label of Heineken 0.0 which contains 0.03 percent alcohol.
The Louisiana Record showed that Heineken USA allegedly violated the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, state consumer fraud acts, breaches of express warranty, implied warranty of merchantability, Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, as well as committed fraud, and unjust enrichment.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Louisiana pointed out that in Heineken 0.0's own FAQ page, the brand admits it contains "an extremely small amount of alcohol, maximum 0.03 percent ABV."
Wilson added that consumers should be fully informed of the ingredients in the product even if it contains less than .03 alcohol to give them the option to choose.
The plaintiff says she wanted a product with no alcohol and was misled by Heineken's "false and deceptive representation," which caused her to purchase their N/A beer; therefore, she has suffered damages.
Wilson asked for injunctive relief demanding that Heineken change its labeling of the product, monetary damages, and court costs.
On its website, the brand noted that 0.03 percent of ABV has the same or even lower alcohol level than other food products, such as bread, bakery products, juices, and bananas. This was due to the natural fermentation of ingredients, such as cereals and fruits.
Heineken pointed out that fermentation is a natural process, and minuscule alcohol levels can be found everywhere.
The website also insists that its Heineken 0.0 label and ingredient declaration do not violate local food laws and regulations.


It is common to see online shoppers navigating away from a page to another on an online shopping portal while choosing the product and checking out at the cart. To enhance the navigation experience, a navigation chain called "Breadcrumbs" is placed on every page of the eCommerce website.
Breadcrumb trails enhance the navigational experiences of eCommerce shoppers by helping them navigate to parent categories or the previous pages without conducting a search or pressing the back button. In addition, breadcrumb trails help visitors from external websites to know where exactly they are placed in the hierarchy of your eCommerce store and help them further explore the site from where they landed.
What Are The Benefits Of Breadcrumbs In eCommerce?
Using the right breadcrumb in the right place helps search engines to navigate easily to your website, thus enhancing the SEO of your eCommerce site.
They ensure that the users are not struck at a page of the website and help in quick and easy landing on desired product or category pages.
Breadcrumbs also provide a seamless user experience by providing quick and correct results.
They act as a source of contextual information to help users find what they are searching for on your website.
Magento, being one of the most trusted CMS providers for eCommerce platforms, uses two types of breadcrumbs: location-based, and attribute-based. Though both are a form of breadcrumbs, they each have their own set of advantages. Most of the top notch Magento eCommerce websites use location based breadcrumbs.
Location-based or hierarchy breadcrumbs represent the structure of your site and show where the visitor is located. This type of breadcrumb trail helps visitors navigate easily and search for more product options, thus helping to reduce the bounce rate of your eCommerce store. In addition, location-based breadcrumb trails can function as an assistant to search engine robots by helping the robots see how the pages of your site are related to each other. This process helps you get a good search engine ranking and enhance the CRO of your eCommerce.
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Surviving Houston Octuplets (Originally Nine) Turn 10 years Old - HISTORY
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From left, Ebuka, Echerem, Jioke, Chima, Gorom, Chidi, Ikem and Favor, the surviving octuplets born to Nkem Chukwu, right, and husband Ikye Louis Udobi, not pictured, Celebrate their 10th birthday, Saturday Dec. 20, 2008
in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Chronicle,
Eric Kayne)
Surviving Houston octuplets turn 10 years old
Juan A. Lozano,
– As the cake candles flickered, relatives and friends singing to seven surviving octuplets on their 10th birthday Saturday had to pause and consider after "happy birthday to ..."
They continued, "... dear everyone. Happy birthday to you!"
The five girls and two boys, part of the world's first set of octuplets born alive, stood behind their large, square cake — half vanilla and half chocolate — and blew out the candles with gusto, their days as preemies on respirators far behind them.
All seven — girls Ebuka, Gorom, Chidi, Chima and Echerem, and their brothers Ikem and Jioke — were born three months prematurely in December 1998 at a Houston hospital. Their weight at birth ranged from 11 ounces to 1 pound, 11 ounces.
On Saturday, they acted like most children at a birthday party, eating cake and pizza, laughing, and running around with their 6-year-old sister Favor.
Their mother and father, Nigeria natives Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi, said they are astonished and grateful that their children have grown up to be healthy and active kids who are now in the fourth grade.
"It's amazing. It's wonderful. It's just a miracle," said Chukwu, who had used fertility drugs.
Saturday wasn't really a birthday for Ebuka, who was delivered first on Dec. 8. The other seven arrived 12 days later. Odera, the tiniest at 10.3 ounces, died of heart and lung failure a week after being born.
Fran Jacoby, a family friend, said she is amazed how big the children have become. She was part of a small army of volunteers who helped the family the first few years.
"They were so tiny. Echerem had a hard time eating. They are all so healthy now," she said during the small party, held at a Marriott hotel.
Also at the party was Chukwu's mother, Janet, whose son-in-law called the 73-year-old matriarch "the commander."
Family and friends described how Janet Chukwu set up assembly lines when the children were smaller, to feed them. She also helped design a color system for their clothing during the week: red on Monday, maroon on Tuesday, yellow on Wednesday, light blue or pink on Thursday, and their school T-shirts on Friday. She also leads the kids in prayer at morning and at night.
"Janet can be strict, but at night they all want to go to her room," Jacoby said.
During the party, whenever the children would get unruly, Janet Chukwu would say something to them in a language from her native Nigeria, and they would quickly calm down.
"Once she talks, they know it's serious," Nkem Chukwu, 37, said.
The kids agreed that Ebuka was the best student and Ikem was the messiest eater. Chima is the tallest, and all the kids pointed to her when asked whom the boss of the group was.
"She helps a lot with Grandma," Echerem said.
Shy at first, the kids quickly opened up and at one point even helped hold a microphone for a local television station cameraman as he interviewed one of the siblings.
The family still lives in a six-bedroom home in the Houston suburb of League City that was donated to them. The kids get shuttled around in a 16-passenger van.
Nkem Chukwu said that raising all her children has been rewarding. Her husband works as a respiratory therapist, and she "has more than a full-time job" as a stay-at-home mom.
"We have great help. My mom has been wonderful," she said. "What everyone should know is that God has been our strength, our support," Nkem Chukwu said.
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Chukwu octuplets
The Chukwu Octuplets were a set of octuplets born in December 1998 in Houston, Texas.
They consisted of six girls and two boys, and were as follows:
Chukwuebuka Nkemjika (Ebuka) - weighed 690g (22 oz.) at birth
Chidinma Anulika (Chidi) - weighed 760g (24.4 oz.) at birth
Chinecherem Nwabugwu (Echerem) - weighed 800g (25.7 oz.) at birth
Chimaijem Otto (Chima) - weighed 730g (23.5 oz.) at birth
Chijindu Chidera (Odera) - weighed 320g (10.3 oz.) at birth
Chukwubuikem Maduabuchi (Ikem) - weighed 500g (16.0 oz. at birth
Chijioke Chinedum (Jioke) - weighed 810g (26.0 oz.) at birth
Chinagorom Chidiebere (Gorom) - weighed 520g (16.7 oz.) at birth
The first of the octuplets, Ebuka, was born on December 8, 15 weeks premature.
The remainder were born by Caesarean section on December 20, 13 weeks premature.
The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died on December 27, a week after birth.
The octuplets were conceived with the aid of fertility drugs.
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-- The father of the world's only surviving octuplets faces a domestic assault charge in a September domestic dispute involving his pregnant wife and her mother.
Assistant District Attorney Danny Dexter said Wednesday that Iyke Louis Udobi, 41, faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted. He allegedly scuffled on September 21 with Janet Chukwu, his 63-year-old mother-in-law, after threatening his pregnant wife, Nkem.
The trial date is set for February 8.
Udobi's lawyer, Rick Castleberry, denied the charge.
"He's completely innocent," Castleberry said. "These are bogus charges."
About the time the family's legal problems were made public, the parents announced the names of their six girls and two boys. Previously, the infants had been referred to by letters of the alphabet.
Their new names were chosen in the Ibo tribal tradition, a major ethnic group in Nigeria. Both parents are U.S. citizens, but were born in Nigeria and are members of the Ibo people.
"We want to honor God and celebrate His gifts to us in the names we give our eight children," Udobi said in a written statement.
The children all share the surname Louis. Their given names are listed, followed by the English translation and the child's nickname.
Baby girl A: Chukwuebuka Nkemjika ("God is Great"); nickname Ebuka
Baby girl B: Chidinma Anulika ("God is Beautiful"); Chidi
Baby girl C: Chinecherem Nwabugwu ("God Thinks of Me"); Echerem
Baby girl D: Chimaijem Otito ("God Knows My Way"); Chima
Baby girl E: Chijindu Chidera ("God Has My Life"); Odera
Baby boy F: Chukwubuikem Maduabuchi ("God is My Strength"); Ikem
Baby boy G: Chijioke Chinedum ("God is My Leader"); Jioke
Baby girl H: Chinagorom Chidiebere ("God is Merciful"); Gorom
The smallest baby, Odera, made a slight improvement Wednesday, enabling doctors to reduce the amount of oxygen she was getting by ventilator from 100 percent to 80 percent.
"This is the type of small, steady progress we hope for in the NICU," said Dr. Leonard Weisman, chief of Texas Children's Hospital's Newborn Center.
"However, with babies this premature and this small, the pendulum can swing the other way and back again in a matter of hours," Weisman warned.
Doctors like to see no dramatic changes in babies as premature as the Chukwu octuplets because, they say, the infants need time for their lungs and hearts to develop and their bodies to strengthen.
Specialists say slow, steady improvement helps prevent internal bleeding in the babies' brains.
"We think by minimizing wide swings in their vital signs, minimizing a lot of their stress, we can minimize that event which we have very little to control," Weisman explained.
Odera is also suffering from a heart problem common to premature infants. Doctors say she will have to fight the hardest to survive.
Ebuka, the oldest, is the only baby now breathing on her own and eating formula.
Her five sisters and two brothers born Sunday by Caesarean section are moving around and being fed intravenously, but are still on ventilators.
No dramatic change is good news, octuplet doctors say
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HOUSTON (CNN) -- The seven surviving babies from what had been the world's only living octuplets spent a quiet night and showed no evidence of bleeding into their brains, a common concern in premature births, doctors said Tuesday. Their mother, while still weak, was recovering well enough so that she could be released from the hospital on Wednesday.
One of the eight babies born to Nkem Chukwu and her husband, Iyke Louis Udobi, died Sunday. The other seven remained in critical condition on Tuesday.
Three of them -- Ebuka, Ikem and Gorom -- remained on ventilators to assist their breathing. The other four were breathing with the help of supplemental oxygen, but without the need for a ventilator.
Pediatrician Dr. Patti Savrick has the latest on the seven surviving babies.
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Gorom, the last baby out of Nkem Chukwu's womb during a December 20 Caesarean section, is recovering from abdominal surgery.
Odera, a girl born weighing just 10.3 ounces, died Sunday morning after failing to beat the odds
against lung and heart failure.
The remaining five girls and two boys ranged in birth weight from 1 pound to 2 pounds. Doctors said it takes about two weeks for all newborns to add more weight.
Dr. Patti Savrick, the babies' pediatrician, said doctors were encouraged because there had been no dramatic change in the babies condition in the previous 24 hours.
"The babies all had a quiet night last night, which is really what we want. To us, 'quiet night' and 'no news' is good news."
"We have a very long, slow, gradual process of improvement in front of us," she said. "When you have big news (in cases involving critically ill patients), it's almost always bad."
Because the babies were born more than two months premature, doctors said there was concern about intraventricular hemorrhage -- bleeding into the brain. However, both Savrick and Dr. Leonard Weisman, chief of neonatalogy at Texas Children's Hospital, said the babies had normal head ultrasounds.
Bleeding would have indicated the babies were vulnerable to future developmental problems such as cerebral palsy, Savrick said. She added the babies could still have problems but have cleared an important hurdle.
The octuplets' first names, listed in the order the babies were born:
Born December 8
Girl: Chukwuebuka Nkemjika ("God is Great"); nickname Ebuka (uh-BOO'-kuh)
Born December 20
Girl: Chidinma Anulika ("God is Beautiful"); Chidi (CHEE'-dee)
Girl: Chinecherem Nwabugwu ("God Thinks of Me"); Echerem (CHER'-um)
Girl: Chimaijem Otito ("God Knows My Way"); Chima (CHEE'-muh)
Girl: Chijindu Chidera ("God Has My Life"); Odera (oh-DARE'-uh) Died December 27
Boy: Chukwubuikem Maduabuchi ("God is My Strength"); Ikem (EE'-kem)
Boy: Chijioke Chinedum ("God is My Leader"); Jioke (YOH'-kee)
Girl: Chinagorom Chidiebere ("God is Merciful"); Gorom (GORM)
Each name -- from the tradition of the Igbo (pronounced EE-bo) tribe, a major ethnic group in the parents' native Nigeria -- translates to a specific attribute or act of God.
Weisman said the infants' survival odds now could be generally estimated at about 92 percent, up from earlier estimates of 85 percent. Bleeding in the brain is expected in about one in four babies at the octuplets' size and stage of development, he said.
Chukwu's obstetrician, Dr. Brian Kirshon, said the 27-year- old mother, who is in stable condition at neighboring St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, was weak but "making steady, solid progress."
"I'm anticipating that she will be discharged (on Wednesday)," he said.
The mother has been able to touch her children, but because of their delicate condition, she can not yet hold them, doctors said. It will be several months before the babies can leave the hospital.
The family, which has received gifts, cards and letters from around the world, said there was only one correct address for sending future correspondence. Hospital officials gave that address as:
Chukwu Family Fund 6900 Fannin St. Suite 440 Houston, Texas 77030
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Chukwu octuplets greet new year in critical but stable condition
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HOUSTON (CNN) -- The seven Chukwu octuplets who survived into the new year were reported in critical but stable condition Friday at Texas Children's Hospital.
Three of the babies -- Ebuka, Gorom and Ikem -- are still breathing with the help of mechanical ventilators. But the other four -- Echerem, Chidi, Chima and Jioke -- are now breathing on their own. All are being fed intravenously.
The eighth octuplet, a girl named Odera, died last Sunday after suffering heart and lung failure. At birth, she had weighed just 10.3 ounces.
The octuplets' parents are Nkem Chukwu and her husband, Iyke Louis Udobi, both Nigerian-Americans who live in Houston. The babies were conceived with the help of fertility drugs.
In what doctors called a medical first, Ebuka was born on December 8, while the seven remaining children were delivered by Caesarean section on December 20.
Chukwu was released from the hospital Wednesday.
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"This is My Father's World" is a Christian hymn written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock, a minister from New York, and published posthumously in 1901.

History
When Rev. Babcock lived in Lockport, New York, he took frequent walks along the Niagara Escarpment to enjoy the overlook's panoramic vista of upstate New York scenery and Lake Ontario, telling his wife Katherine he was "going out to see the Father's world". He died in 1901 at age 42. Shortly after his death Katherine published a compilation of Babcock's writings entitled Thoughts for Every-Day Living that contained the poem "My Father's World". The original poem contained sixteen stanzas of four lines each. The poem was set to music in 1915 by Franklin L. Sheppard, a close friend of Babcock.  The tune name, TERRA BEATA, means "blessed earth" in Latin. Sheppard adapted the music from a traditional English melody that he learned from his mother as a child.

Lyrics

When sung as a hymn Babcock's poem usually is condensed to three to six verses, with each verse corresponding to two stanzas in the poem. An example (from the United Methodist Hymnal) uses stanzas 2-5, 14, and 16:

The poem refers to several scriptures, including Jacob's exclamation "the Lord is in this place" from  and the rockfall, earthquake, and still small voice of , and the final stanza concludes by paraphrasing .

Some hymnals follow the 1915 setting in concluding with the 15th stanza instead: "This is my Father's world. The battle is not done. Jesus who died shall be satisfied, and earth and heav'n be one."

Another, lesser-known variation of the singable hymn (as sung by the London Philharmonic Concert Society in 1988, for example)  is "This is my Father's House", in which the lyrics and melody remain unchanged except to sing the titular line "This is my Father's house" in place of "This is my Father's world".

In popular culture
An instrumental version is used in the Ken Burns documentary film, The National Parks, and the corresponding sponsorship slot for The Park Foundation.

One notable recording of the song was by Amy Grant. Her version is the opening track on her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith and also appears on her 2015 compilation album Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith.

A child sings this hymn in the Criminal Minds season 1, episode 11 "Blood Hungry" in 2005.

The theme song from Penn Jillette's podcast Penn's Sunday School is based on the hymn. While Penn is an atheist, he states that this was his favorite hymn growing up.

The Orange County Supertones include the final verse in a song also titled, "This Is My Father's World" on their album Loud and Clear.

Howard Shore quoted the first seven notes of the hymn verbatim in his Shire theme from his Music of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

The tune appears as a recurring theme in the soundtrack of the 2004 film A Bear Named Winnie.

References

American Christian hymns
1901 songs
Music of New York (state)
Public domain music


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Personal Life.
Gisele Bundchen was born on July 20, 1980, in the Brazilian town of Tres de Maio, the Rio Grande do Sul. Her parents were German settlers Valdir Bundchen a college educator, and Vania Nonnenmacher, a bank clerk. She was brought up in Horizontina.
Bundchen and Leonardo DiCaprio were past sweethearts for a long time somewhere in the range of 1999 and 2005. The pair was viewed as one of the most smoking Hollywood couples amid the season of their relationship.
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Later in 2009, Bündchen married American football quarterback 'Tom Brady' and from that point, the couple welcomed their first child together, a youngster named Benjamin Rein Brady.
In 2012, Bündchen brought forth their second child, girl Vivian.
Bündchen also is related to different philanthropies and causes. She has given to a great extent to the 'Zero Hunger Program,' 'Japanese Red Cross Society,' 'St. Jude Children's Hospital,' and 'ISA' (Socio-ecological Institute).
Modeling Career.
A modeling agent first spotted Gisele Bündchen at a restaurant and given the opportunity the secondary school girl chose to give a shot at fashion modeling.
After working in Brazil as a fashionista, she showed her catwalk at New York City's Fashion Week in 1996 and decided to move to New York City that following year.
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The next year, she moved to New York City. Bündchen got one of her first enormous breaks around this time when British fashion designer 'Alexander McQueen' picked her for his runway appears.
By the late 1990s, Bündchen had transformed into a well-known fashion icon showing up on the fronts of Vogue and other design magazines worldwide.
In 2000, Bündchen stood out as truly newsworthy, when she handled an amazing $25 million contract with Victoria's Secret and was named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Rolling Stone magazine.
She additionally worked for driving organizers such as 'Dolce and Gabbana.'
Bündchen had turned into the most generously compensated model on the planet by 2004, as per Forbes magazine.
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She also gave her shot working for movies around this time, showing up in the comedy film "Taxi" with Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon."
After two years, Bündchen did better in the fashion comedy film "The Devil Wears Prada," featuring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
In 2007, Bündchen chose to end her association with Victoria's Secret, however, she still trended the Forbes list leaving behind big-name models as 'Heidi Klum.'
Bündchen has worn the costliest fantasy bra called 'Red Hot Fantasy Bra', costing $15 million, and the second most costly bra called 'Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra', worth $12.5 million, at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, in 2000 and 2005, separately.
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Quotes from Gisele Bundchen
"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"
— Gisele Bundchen
"This is our world and we need the same things to survive. If I'm making my life better and the circumstances of your life worse, that's terrible because in the end it will affect me, too."
"If I honour my needs first, I will be the best wife, the best mum, the best sister, the best friend. I have to come first, because then everyone benefits."
"I'm one of these people that likes adrenaline and new things, like extreme sports. It makes me feel alive."
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Axiomatic Conceptions of Iissiidiology. § 1.1.3.43. The Principle of Rotationness
1.0232 The Principle of Rotationness of the Macrocosmos's Focus Dynamics reflects all specific characteristics of the formation and organization (by Form-Creators) of the manifestation process of multipolarization properties expressed by individual Focus Dynamics of absolutely all Self-Consciousnesses Forms in all possible conditions of Space-Time. Being implemented in the information space of Self-Consciousness and simultaneously reflected through narrowly-specific characteristics of energoinformational interconnections of each focus-rezomiral structure, this Principle provides the formation and realization of the universal effect of Perception subjectiveness that is individually typical of different-type Collective Intelligences in all Form-Systems. In our dimensional diapason, this Principle is manifested through continuous «quantum shifts» that sequentially change in the Focus Dynamics and are transformed, within Perception systems of various Self-Consciousnesses Forms, into specific (individual) «quantum effects of Self-Consciousness» or into that which each of us subjectively defines as «the outer reality.»
1.0233 In conditions of this manifestation diapason, the Principle of Rotationness is the main Mechanism for the formation, in Perception systems of various Self-Consciousnesses Forms, of subjective Conceptions about separate and inertial Existence of «All-That-Exists» which we call «LIFE» — a regular series of changes of objective Causes by subjective Effects that form all the illusion of changes of something by something else (or somebody by somebody else) in our Perception systems and create the possibility of such illusory notions in our Focus Dynamics as «Evolution» and «Involution,» «the past» and «the future.» This very Principle provides a subjective differentiation of all universal properties of the Time Entity into an infinite set of narrowly-specific Time Flows; as a result, various «quantum effects of Self-Consciousness» appear in our subjective Perception systems: «birth» and «Death,» «the past» and «the future,» «constancy» and «changeability,» «continuity» and «discontinuity,» separation into «I» and «he» («she,» «it,» «they») or any other event.
1.0234 This Principle determines the whole illusory character of our perception of the simultaneous Process of Life, which, when considered subjectively, has all properties of incessant dynamism, while from a more objective point of view it is instantaneous [happens in one single moment] — without any features of inertial «fluidity» and «changeability.» This feeling of inertia is caused by the presence of rotationness that is intrinsic for any Focus Dynamics. For example, FLAKS-Creators of our higher-quality Self-Consciousnesses Forms (the 4-5-dimensional diapason) cannot in any way perceive and be aware of the inertial processes that are typical of our Perception systems, because (owing to the activity of the third Dominant in the Form-Creators' Focus Dynamics) They can simultaneously focus both in each multipolarized «beginning» of a process typical of our current refocusings and in each its multipolarized «end.» To Them, all numerous Time Flows subjectively experienced by all our «personalized» Interpretations are merged in one slloogrent «Instant.» In other words, all the subjective dynamics of Time and Space of the 3-4-dimensional Realities are completely absent for the FLAKS-Creators, merging together all «our» causes and effects into one multidimensional slloogrent «POINT» that contains all the synthesized Experience of all our «personalized» Interpretations.
1.0235 Everything that you perceive in your «now» as the very beginning of a process; everything with which this process will end in a year or in millions of years; and, of course, everything that «happens to be» at intermediate stages of this process «extended» in Time and in Space is just one «instant,» endless and non-repeatable in any other form, notional «moment»; and owing to the Principle of Rotationness and the presence of the rotational dynamics in Self-Consciousness structures, it seems that you can «stretch» this moment with the help of your Perception systems practically to Infinity and live each of these innumerable «moments» from the point of view of Self-Consciousnesses of countless Forms that spatially structure this moment in billions of Universes at once.
1.0236 Whatever happens at this «instant» in each Universe, it occurs without any «historical» sequence, without any «before» and «after,» but only one-and-only, inimitable time, but by means of an infinite set of different-qualitative rotation Shifts, which we can reduce in our limited Imagination only to a very subjective Conception of the shortest «instant.» Outside the beyond-time «limits» of this «instant,» ALL «THIS» never repeats anywhere. All innumerable versions of this universal «picture» of the Macrocosmos with all its «possibilities and diversity» already initially exist and are mutually «interconnected» through the different-qualitative and «beyond-time» dynamics of innumerable individual rotation Shifts organized into countless rotation Cycles of Self-Consciousnesses Forms, Worlds' Form-Systems, Realities, and Continuums.
1.0237 This is a much more authentic Conception, as compared to any other ones that currently exist in science, concerning the Essence of «development» of every «personality.» Thus, changing the Form which We focus at every inertial instant «now» by a slightly more perfect one, we — according to our typical Focus Dynamics — not only acquire more «developed» Forms but also are «moment-by-moment participants» of higher-quality Worlds' Form-Systems structured by focal Configurations of these Self-Consciousnesses Forms. A very important conclusion comes out of it: all of us, in our eternally multipolarized-differentiated (and simultaneously multipolarized-integrated) «now,» unconsciously live just one instant of our Life and never return into it any more.
1.0238 Those our simultaneous Lives which we can at least somehow subjectively perceive through our Perception system represent a narrowly-specific or individually-modeled «quantum effect» of Self-Consciousness that consists of hundreds and thousands of simultaneous rotation Shifts of our Focus Dynamics carried out mostly in one of diffuzgent Directions of birvulyarity typical of the LLUU-VVU-oriented Synthesis Scheme. The Macrocosmos does not contain that which we subjectively perceive as a sequential series of isolated discrete events, there is just an actually infinite possibility of the multidimensional and multilevel dynamics of the Creative Activity Focus (and its main operating constituent — the Focus of Close Attention) typical of Self-Consciousness Configurations of each «personality.»
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Benchmarking to Relevant Data Sources - "Apples-to-Apples"
When considering benchmark data, the three important items to consider are accuracy, timeliness and applicability. The Benchmarking Part 2 article discussed accuracy of industry benchmarking data and the Benchmarking Part 3 article explored the timeliness of industry benchmarking data. The significance of using benchmark data that is relevant, or applicable, to your business and industry cannot be underestimated. This article was also published on 3-9-15 in FarmFutures.com.
The following article was originally featured in the Farm Futures.com blog publication on January 6, 2015.
When considering benchmark data, the three important items to consider are applicability, accuracy, and timeliness. The Benchmarking Part 2 article discussed accuracy. Now let's explore the importance of timeliness of benchmarking data.
The use of old data must be avoided – both internal data and external industry data. The pace of business is ever-changing and constant shifts in the marketplace demand timely analysis. While it may seem harmless to use external industry benchmark data from two to three years ago, doing so in a changing business landscape may result in flawed, misleading, and an ineffective conclusion.
Consistently underperforming businesses generally don't stay around for the long haul.
This article was originally published for FarmFutures.com on December 17, 2014.
One of the more difficult elements in benchmarking the financial performance of your farm business is how to acquire accurate industry information to use in your analysis. Benchmarking can sometimes mean the average statistic (as in the letter grade "C" in school) or the absolute highest, best-in-class statistic (as in the highest grade in the class).


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 District No. 1 Schoolhouse (Fryeburg, Maine), NRHP-ID 84001466
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Access Bank, Airtel Team Up To Launch Nigeria's Newest Mobile Money Service
Nigeria's fourth largest bank, Access Bank Plc, has signed a deal with Airtel Nigeria that will see its mobile money service run on the network of the mobile operator. The collaboration is aimed at boosting financial inclusion in the country.
Group Managing Director of Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe said the mobile payment platform, Access Money, was introduced in line with the the financial inclusion initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
"It is something that reaches new groups of people and helps them to build and grow the success stories of tomorrow. And it's something we are proud to champion," said Wigwe.
Customers, who sign up for the new service, will be able to use a mobile phone to pay for a wide range of services. Customers will also be able to do card-less withdrawals from any ATM machine owned by Access Bank or receive money through agents nationwide.
Source: Ventures Africa (link opens in a new window)


Young crafters who are keen to learn to sew, or simply want to improve their basic sewing skills, need look no further than My Big Book of Sewing. Packed with over 60 creative projects carefully selected to appeal to children, it includes stylish clothes, bags and accessories as well as cute toys and gifts. Every project includes a photo and clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions of how to make it, as well as a skill level so that children can start by learning the basics but then quickly progress. The projects cover a wide range of impressive sewing skills that are clearly explained in the techniques section, including basic stitches and decorative stitches as well as a foolproof guide to using a sewing machine.


Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:28 am.
A prepaid tuition plan allows families to buy future tuition units or credits at current prices.
Prepaid college tuition plans are no longer the surefire solution to runaway tuition costs they once seemed.
The mostly state-sponsored plans were designed as a way to save for college by locking in at least a portion of future tuition at today's prices.
The premise remains sound: Pay now to minimize the shock of rising costs. After all, tuition has increased an average 7 percent annually since 1990 and shows no sign of slowing down.
But the battered finances of state governments have raised questions about whether some plans will live up to their promises.
Numerous states have shut down their plans or changed them as their deficits widened. Facing shortfalls, some have bumped up the prices by charging substantial premiums above the cost of current tuition. And several of the 11 open plans do not offer guarantees.
"It's a model that doesn't always work," says Joseph Hurley, a CPA and the founder of Savingforcollege.com.
College financing experts advise parents and students to carefully review the specifics of their state's plan and determine if it makes sense for them.
A prepaid tuition plan allows families to buy future tuition units or credits at current prices. If you purchase shares worth one semester's tuition when your child is young, the shares should always be worth one semester's tuition regardless of how much rates increase. The credits can sometimes also be applied to room and board.
Most prepaid plans have residency requirements. Purchased credits can be applied toward a college in another state, but there's no assurance the full cost will be covered. If a student decides to attend a private or out-of-state college, the plans typically pay the average of in-state public college tuition, according to Mark Kantrowitz, founder of the financial aid site FinAid.org.
States invest families' money in the stock market and use their investment returns to pay for the tuition.
But some programs have run into trouble after investments lost money in the market downturn in 2008-09 and tuition rose faster than expected.
Alabama had to make compromises in its program this spring in order to keep it operating, and now pays less than full tuition. Prepaid plans in Kentucky, Illinois and South Carolina are less than 80 percent funded for future payouts, raising the risk of future changes.
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:14 am.
Youngstown, OH – Turning Technologies, the global leader in the assessment delivery and data collection industry, adds Iowa Central Community College to its list of institutions to standardize support around the company's student response solutions. After the completion of a four-month evaluation pilot, Iowa Central Community College has selected the ResponseCard® RF LCD as the centrally supported clicker device. ResponseCard RF LCD provides students with visual response confirmation, channel setting and extended battery life.
In order to provide campus-wide autonomy to its student population of approximately 6,000, Iowa Central Community College has standardized on a reliable technology that can be supported and represented universally. The clickers will be used in a variety of courses with more than 1,500 students expected to adopt clickers in fall 2012. The institution's evaluation committee had several metrics in mind when piloting the clickers. Turning Technologies' product offered the ease-of-use, affordability and superior product support the committee required.
"We are pleased to enter into a relationship with Iowa Central Community College. Since day one it has been our goal to improve and redefine the student approach to learning as well as the educator approach to teaching. Being able to provide this technology to the future students of Iowa Central is yet another step in creating improved learning gains to students and positively impacting student retention," said Tina Rooks, Ed.D., Turning Technologies' VP & Chief Instructional Officer.
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:13 am.
Denver, CO — May 30, 2012 — TopSchool, a leading SaaS provider of Student Lifecycle Management (SLM) solutions for higher education, is hosting its Annual User Forum, "Changing Landscapes Demand Continuous Innovation." The event is dedicated to discussing today's biggest education issues, driving the direction of TopSchool's system, and providing an opportunity for users to network and learn best practices from other TopSchool users and staff.
Dr. Keith Hampson, who has a wealth of insight on the influential role technology plays in higher education, will deliver the event's keynote address. Hampson will discuss the critical leadership role of college management for advancing the use of technology, how we can intertwine administrative and instructional roles through technology, address increased regulatory pressures and accountability requirements, and analyze institution-wide performance.
Hampson is a well-known education strategist who writes the Higher Education Management blog, consults with institutions and businesses, and serves as contributing editor of Today's Campus. He also has extensive experience on the academic side having served as Digital Strategy Consultant at the University of Toronto, Director of Digital Education Strategies at Ryerson University and faculty.
"We are thrilled to have someone of Keith's stature speak to our clients – knowing Keith, he will spark conversation and offer up viewpoints that will truly change how schools look at the ways they can and should use information and technology," said McMorrow.
TopSchool's User Forum, which is being held in Denver, CO, kicks off with a welcome reception the evening of Tuesday, September 25th. Sessions will take place September 26th – 27th. To learn more, please visit: http://www.smore.com/topschool-user-forum.
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The debate over America's love-hate relationship with higher education has increased a notch with news that an expensive full-ride scholarship to UCLA has been awarded to a teenager who hardly needs the cash: Justin Combs, Calvin Wolf for Yahoo! News reports. Combs is the son of hip-hop mogul Sean Combs (Diddy, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, etc.), and received a $54,000 per annum football scholarship, reported the day after his high school graduation on May 24 by Britain's Daily Mail. The editorial staff of The Week are all over the debate, with proponents and critics of wealthy kids receiving merit scholarships arguing over various issues, including whether or not the funds come from taxpayer sources or private donors. While Justin Combs certainly put in lots of hard work to land his scholarship and may well be deserving of it, his lack of financial need does highlight an important issue that has been gnawing at the financial efficiency of higher education: Should rich kids get scholarships at all and instead follow the mantra success is its own reward? Basically, is it right to reward poor, working-class and lower-middle-class teens for their efforts while expecting their wealthier peers to labor simply on the merits?
Posted on May 30, 2012 at 4:55 pm.
U.S. student debt tops $1 trillion, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards.
As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report released May 30 by a public interest group.
Colleges and banks rake in millions from the fees, often through secretive deals and sometimes in apparent violation of federal law, according to the report.
Among the fees charged by Higher One, according to its website, is a $50 "lack of documentation fee" for students who fail to submit certain paperwork.
The U.S. Department of Education called the charging of such fees "unallowable" in guidance to financial aid officers issued last month.
Higher One founder and Chief Operating Officer Miles Lasater said in an eMail that the company takes compliance with the government's rules "very seriously," and officially swears that to the government each year.
"We are committed to providing good value accounts that are designed for college students," he said, and students must review the company's fee list when they sign up for an account.
He cited a study commissioned by Higher One that declared Higher One "a low-cost provider for this market." The same study found that the median fees charged to the 2 million students with Higher One accounts totaled $49 annually.
Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:37 am.
Link-Systems International redesigns the WorldWideWhiteboard® using HTML5 to make online collaboration for educators and students more engaging, accessible, and easy to use.
Tampa, Florida – May 29, 2012 – Today, Link-Systems International, Inc. (LSI), a leading provider of integrated technology and services to educators, announced the unveiling of its newest version of the WorldWideWhiteboard for the mobile learning environment.
LSI has developed and licensed the WorldWideWhiteboard to the academic community for over 16 years. The WorldWideWhiteboard allows educators to provide online tutoring, teaching, or office hours in a virtual whiteboard suite that is completely web-based and requires no downloads. In order to provide students with 21st century technology skills and learning environments, a number of initiatives have been created. One to One and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs are getting students actively engaged in their education and prepared for the increase of technology in curriculum. LSI recognizes the importance of mobile technology on the future of education and the WorldWideWhiteboard v5.0 delivers.
Market-leading mobile device support is the defining characteristic of the WorldWideWhiteboard version 5.0. HTML 5 allows for support of major mobile devices—including iPad, iPhone, and Android— and provides the flexibility necessary to more quickly support new versions or new devices.
Ease of use and an expanded toolset ensures that participants remain engaged while using the technology. Whether instructors utilize the drag-and-drop-website-to-whiteboard functionality to pull images onto the workspace and use them as the background for a lecture or they engage students with pertinent YouTube or other video content, the WorldWideWhiteboard facilitates and retains interaction better than ever before.
Complex subject matter collaboration is intuitive and easy with integrated discipline-specific buttons, on-the-fly rendering of MathML, LaTeX, and HTML, and integrated WYSIWYG equation editor along with expanded multimedia support and display provided by the HTML 5.0 architecture. Enhanced live and offline modes effectively promote community building and collaboration, whether that be in the Live Classroom synchronous one-to-many mode with streaming audio/video, in the Live Tutorial synchronous one-to-one queued mode, or in one of our unique asynchronous modes. Asynchronous modes include the Paper Center, Q&A Center, Worksheet Center, and Audio Note.
The new release retains the most popular features of the WorldWideWhiteboard: any student or faculty member with Internet connectivity can gain access. There are no custom installations or third-party downloads required and the WorldWideWhiteboard supports all HTML compliant browsers and mobile devices. Integration is made easy with a proven SSO architecture for learning management systems and flexible Basic LTI support for custom platforms along with stabile, scalable ASP hosting.
LSI is a privately-held company that has been dedicated to student success and student retention in K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development education since 1995. We specialize in technology development, online tutoring services, and content services.
LSI's core technologies include a very flexible online tutoring/teaching platform, an online grade book, an online algorithm engine with metadata and workflow capabilities, and an online business intelligence/data mining technology designed to provide real-time alerts regarding student/school/teacher performance, attendance, and other metrics. LSI's core services include content development, consulting, and online tutoring through our NetTutor® brand. LSI customers include K-12 publishers, higher education publishers, virtual high schools, higher education institutions, technology companies, and joint programs dedicated to providing online educational content to members of organized labor and their families.
For more information, visit http://www.link-systems.com.
Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:36 am.
Youngstown, OH – Turning Technologies, the global leader in the assessment delivery and data collection industry, adds Virginia Commonwealth University to its list of institutions to standardize support around the company's student response solutions. After the review of vendor presentations, Virginia Commonwealth University has selected ResponseCard® NXT as the centrally supported clicker device.
Virginia Commonwealth University is a large four-year public institution that enrolls more than 32,000 students. In order to provide campus-wide autonomy, the institution has standardized on a reliable and flexible technology that can be supported and represented universally. Clickers are used in a variety of courses at Virginia Commonwealth University, and more than 5,000 students are expected to adopt new ResponseCard NXT clickers in fall 2012.
The institution's eight member evaluation committee based their decision on a clicker needs and requirements priority list. Turning Technologies' overall solution was identified to best address the full range of uses among faculty members. Key deciding factors included compact receiver size, thorough training and product support, well developed pedagogical resources and a genuine concern for quality customer service.
Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:35 am.
It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards, the Associated Press reports. Four years after he opted out, his classmates still face more than a dozen fees — for replacement cards, for using the cards as all-purpose debit cards, for using an ATM other than the two on-campus kiosks owned by Higher One.


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