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Redesigning Discourse to center community members
Katy Farmer
Technical Community Manager
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Strong communities are built on trust and teamwork. Our community forum, our Developer Hub, and even our Twitter feed and Twitch channel are all gaining momentum–that's the teamwork. Building trust is an ongoing journey, and as your Technical Community Manager, that's where I come in.
I want to make your projects, ideas, and feedback the center of our community. That means making changes so that there's room for everyone. One important change has already been implemented on our community forum, Discuss: a Code of Conduct. The primary role of the code of conduct is to set expectations for how we interact with each other in that space, and to keep everyone safe.
We're also redesigning Discuss, so I wanted to take a moment to talk about what we're hoping to accomplish with a fresh design.
Redesigning our community forum
I want community members to feel welcome, engaged, and supported. I'm the first to admit that Discuss hasn't always supported our community enough. We simply didn't have the resources. But I'm here now, and it's my job to make sure our users are at the center of our community. Redesigning Discuss is the perfect opportunity to build an experience focused on providing resources, answers, and connections to our users.
Using Discourse
Our community forum is built on Discourse, which is a popular community building platform. It's open source, it's got tons of features, and it's highly customizable, which is what makes it so popular. We're making changes focused on surfacing the most important information to users as quickly as possible. For example, there's now a dedicated section for Suggested Reading so that valuable resources are always in the same place. You'll also find a section specifically for Unanswered Questions so we can use our combined knowledge to help everyone.
Goals for redesigning community
I hope this redesign makes it easier to find resources, ask questions, and engage with the community. Whether you're a CI enthusiast, a DevOps practitioner, or a perpetual learner like me, we can help each other in ways we haven't even discovered yet when we share spaces and conversations.
Change is uncomfortable, but it's easier with friends. That's why I'm inviting you to join our community spaces, ask questions, and help others learn.
Reach out to me anytime on Discuss, or email me at katy@circleci.com. I'll see you on the internet!
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Nova Scotia Reaches Climate Change Agreement
Premier's Office
November 21, 2016 - 3:07 PM
Nova Scotia has reached an agreement-in-principle with the federal government that will protect Nova Scotians' pocketbooks and build upon the province's position as a leader in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Premier Stephen McNeil and federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced the successful negotiations today, Nov. 21.
The agreement will allow Nova Scotia to develop a Nova Scotia approach that recognizes the province's leadership on reducing GHGs. Nova Scotia currently leads all provinces in cutting GHGs and has already reached the federal 2030 reduction target.
"This agreement is recognition of Nova Scotians' hard work over many years to reduce our GHGs," said Premier McNeil. "We negotiated a Nova Scotia solution that will protect taxpayers' pocketbooks and we now have an agreement that allows us to continue our efforts to combat climate change."
Nova Scotia will introduce a cap and trade system within Nova Scotia. This cap and trade system ensures GHG reductions happen in the province.
"The Government of Canada is pleased that Nova Scotia has committed to action on pricing carbon pollution as well as working collaboratively on an updated equivalency agreement to enable the transition from coal to clean power," said Ms. McKenna. "Today's announcement demonstrates our commitment to a productive approach to clean growth and climate change. We will continue working with all provinces and territories, and indigenous peoples, to complete the Pan-Canadian Framework and build the low-carbon economy of the future."
In response to the federal announcement on coal plants, Nova Scotia and Canada will also establish a new equivalency agreement that will enable the province to move directly from fossil fuels to clean energy sources but enable Nova Scotia's coal-fired plants to operate at some capacity beyond 2030. The equivalency agreement will give the province the flexibility needed to ensure affordability for ratepayers now and further into the future.
"I am grateful to our federal partners for their cooperation, for allowing us to develop a Nova Scotia solution that will meet their goals and ours," said Premier McNeil.
Once the agreement is signed, the province will work with stakeholders and industry to develop regulations around Nova Scotia's cap and trade system and to develop a new equivalency agreement for the electricity sector.
More information on Nova Scotia's action climate change can be found at climatechange.novascotia.ca/.
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Nova Scotia has reached an agreement-in-principle with the federal government that will protect Nova Scotians' pocketbooks and build upon the province's position as a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Premier Stephen McNeil and federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced the successful negotiations today (November 21st).
The agreement will allow Nova Scotia to develop a Nova Scotia approach that recognizes the province's leadership on reducing greenhouse gases. Nova Scotia currently leads all provinces in cutting G-H-Gs and has already reached the federal 2030 reduction target.
Premier McNeil says this negotiated, Nova Scotia solution will protect taxpayers' pocketbooks while continuing the province's efforts to combat climate change.
Premier's Office Cell: 902-266-8060 Email: David.Jackson@novascotia.ca
Krista Higdon
Department of Environment 902-424-7420 Email: krista.higdon@novascotia.ca

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Google unsurprisingly released a tablet this week called the Nexus 7 (for 7 inches) under their own brand and running their latest Android OS version, Jellybean.
The tablet itself looks fantastic for the price of only $200. It's the same price range as Amazon's kindle fire, and Barnes and Noble's Nook Tablet, but the hardware is far superior which should make it the leading Android tablet.
While the screen is only 7 inches with a resolution about the equivalent of 720P HD (still superior in look to the fire and nook), what makes this tablet truly unique is its' hardware and price. Past Android tablets such as the fire and nook have been slow and not nearly as smooth as Apple's ipad and IOS due to underpowered hardware and a faulty operating system that prioritized the wrong operations making the OS look particularly slow. With Jellybean which is Android's latest iteration, Google has repaired much of these operating flaws in the software to create a more "buttery smooth" look. In addition, Google's tablet is stuffed with more RAM than you could need (1 GB), a zippy quad core proccessor, and a few other things that put this Android tablet far in the lead of any other Android tablets. To put things in perspective, I'm considering purchasing this tablet as my sole Android device.
For $200 you can't expect a perfect tablet, and while this tablet is fantastic in most areas, it does lack in a few areas. Don't think of this as a camera. Unlike most of its' competitors, the Nexus 7 features no back camera, and a poor quality VGA camera in front. In short, this camera is for videochatting and nothing more. When comparing to the ipad, one must remember that the screen, while certainly a fine screen, is nowhere near in the league of beauty in Apple's Retina display ipad, and the screen is much smaller.
It still does have some upsides beyond what I mentioned. The Nexus 7 weighs a petite .74 pounds. This makes it far easier to travel with versus an ipad or computer. In addition, the build is sturdy and comfortable.
While the ipad is still a far better device, the Nexus 7 definitely has all that it needs to easily capture much of the Android market and quite a few budget conscious people whose only previous option was the ipad. I'm impressed with Google's new offering, and I definitely may buy one, although I do question how this will affect Google's relationship with hardware makers who will lose a lot of business.


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Wärtsilä signs major operation & maintenance agreements
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 28 June 2004 at 10:00 UTC+2
Wärtsilä has concluded a number of significant long-term operation & maintenance (O&M) agreements.
At the beginning of June, Wärtsilä and PT Antam Tbk (Antam), an internationally-listed, diversified Indonesian mining and metals company, signed an eleven-year O&M agreement covering the operation and maintenance of a 152 MW power plant supplying the energy needs of the Pomalaa nickel facility in Southeast-Sulawesi. This agreement, under which Wärtsilä is responsible for the operation, predictive maintenance and spare parts for the power plant, marks a major breakthrough for Wärtsilä in the mining sector and, in terms of megawatts, is the second largest O&M agreement ever concluded by Wärtsilä.
In May Wärtsilä made five power plant O&M agreements, totalling 90 MW. Wärtsilä's O&M agreements currently cover over 2,500 MW, or 140 power plants around the world. Approximately 40% of all new orders for Wärtsilä power plants also include an O&M agreement.
Stefan Fant,
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E-mail: stefan.fant@wartsila.com


CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. The Z710i is a quad-band clamshell phone that looks almost identical to the W710i, another recently launched Walkman phone. The Z710i features a 128x128-pixel four-greyscale STN display and dedicated music buttons. These let you view track information or radio stations and control the MP3 player and built-in FM radio while the phone is shut. It supports EDGE, push email and RSS feeds, has Bluetooth and infrared connectivity and a 2-megapixel camera. The Z510 also has an expandable Memory Stick Micro slot, so you won't be stuck for storage space.
The investors point to the "growing body of evidence" that phone use among younger owners may be having "unintended negative consequences," including various mental health problems, They also suggest a number of measures for Apple to consider implementing, including setting up an expert committee, research, education and reporting findings and developments in the same way the company does for environmental and supply chain issues, Another option could be to introduce new tools, such as a setup option to make the phone age appropriate, This could be activated by parents, they suggest, "so that their child or teenager is not being handed the same phone as a 40-year ua protect stash case for apple iphone 7 plus and 8 plus - graphite/black old."Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment..
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The footage is Jobs' second-to-last public appearance and was made six months before his death in October 2011. His last public appearance was at a Cupertino, Calif. city council meeting in June 2011 to ask for approval to build Apple's new doughnut-shaped headquarters. The video deposition of an obviously ailing Jobs was shown for half hour in court. Judge Gonzalez Rogers says that was enough after Apple pushed to stop distribution of the video. Jobs continues to be a major source of interest for Apple fans and tech followers worldwide. More importantly for Apple, his words -- often via past emails -- have been surfaced in a number of high-profile legal tangles for the iPhone maker. That includes two other antitrust trials over e-book price fixing and a conspiracy to fix engineer salaries in the San Francisco Bay Area, both of which are still making their way through the courts.


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A new confederation plan?
Daniel Juster
Bill Clinton with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and King Hussein I of Jordan at the peace treaty signing ceremony at the Wadi Araba border crossing, October 26, 1994 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Israeli Press is reporting on a new attempt of a solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians–a "confederation plan" for the Palestinian areas of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). The original plan for confederation came from Yigal Allon after the 1967 war.
From 1948 to 1967, Jordan ruled the West Bank (including East Jerusalem and the Old City) and claimed sovereignty over it. They did not give the Palestinians of the West Bank Jordanian citizenship. Egypt ruled Gaza and did not give them citizenship. Jordan is ruled by an Arab clan known as the Hashemites, who are not considered Palestinians, though the majority population of Jordan is Palestinian.
Jordan was part of the original Palestine Mandate. In the League of Nations partition plan, Jordan was created and separated from the territory west of the Jordan that was still under the Balfour Declaration and affirmed as a homeland for the Jewish people. The U. N. in 1947 presented another partition plan giving the Palestinians of Judea, Samaria, East Jerusalem and Gaza a state; and a state for the Jews on the rest of the Land. Israel accepted this plan and the Arab world rejected it. Then ensued the War of Independence that Israel won, but with the loss of the old city Jewish quarter in Jerusalem and the East Jerusalem Jewish areas including Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital.
The Allon Plan
The 1967 War gave Israel control of the whole area west of the Jordan. But now the famous demographic argument began. It states that for Israel to survive as a Jewish state it cannot incorporate the overwhelming number of Arabs of the West Bank and Gaza into Israel. This would create an Arab majority in democratic Israel. So well before the Oslo accords, and as a way to find peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Allon presented the first plan of separation from the West Bank Arabs. Allon was a famous general and political leader in the Labor party.
The Allon Plan included keeping for Israel the areas of East Jerusalem, especially those areas that were Jewish before the '48 War, and then adding Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. Secondly, it promoted Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria and military outposts that both would be important for strategic depth and Israel's security. The idea was to expand Israel and to see the Palestinians incorporated into Jordan.
Jordan's Response to the Allon Plan
For many years it was hoped that Jordan–under King Hussein–might accept such a plan, since he claimed the West Bank for Jordan. But he was not then open to the territorial compromise that the Allon plan envisioned. Then eventually he renounced all rights to the West Bank. Why? Because he has his own demographic problem. In Jordan many Palestinians do not have full rights and could rise up and overthrow the Jordanian rulers, the minority Hashemites.
The Oslo accords did not explicitly call for a Palestinian state, and some say that Prime Minister Yizhak Rabin–who signed the Oslo accords–did not envision a Palestinian State. But in the years following Oslo, the negotiations quickly went in that direction, and the Palestinians were twice offered a state by Prime Minister Barak and Prime Minister Olmert. However, when Gaza broke from the Palestinian Authority and was taken over by Hamas, any realistic prospect for a two-state solution was killed, in spite of the continued talk that seems to still favor this idea. I have written that I think Gaza should be linked to Egypt and the Palestinian areas of the West Bank in confederation with Jordan. But Jordan refuses this plan due to their fear of too many Palestinians being under their rule.
Yet there is an assumption, a root, which makes a solution impossible. It is that all people need to have full citizenship in a nation state. Where is that written in the tablets of ethical norms? Why couldn't Palestinians have autonomy as a territory, elect their own domestic government, have Jordanian passports, and have an economy tied to Jordan and Israel? The wrong assumption keeps us from progress. So this looks like a return to Allon's plan in part. In this plan the Jewish settlements of the West Bank are preserved; and building in the Jewish areas would be legal, but not so for Jewish settlements in the defined Palestinian autonomous zones.
Is this the Trump plan? No one knows…yet. Is it possible? Unlikely since the Palestinian rejection of Israel is a religious based rejection. In all of this, we need to keep in mind that though we want the Palestinians to be treated well and with justice, macro cosmic justice on this issue begins with the affirmation that this Land is promised to the Jewish people. God is sovereign and can allocate lands as He decides. Can there be a temporary solution without this recognition? Yes, but never a permanent one without finally submitting to the will of God.
This article originally appeared on Revive Israel, October 3, 2018, and reposted with permission.
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Differently-abled people resent unfulfilled job promise
Dawn Report Published December 4, 2022
Students of the Government Institute for the Blind, Peshawar, weave chairs on campus. — White Star
SWAT: Different events were held in various towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the differently-abled people regretting that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan's 'promise' to provide them with jobs and other facilities remains to be fulfilled.
The persons with disabilities demonstrated in front of the Swat Press Club.
The event was organised by Tanzeem Special Persons Awaz. Its president Ghulam Ahad and vice-president Sardar Hussain led the demonstration.
The protesters held placards and chanted slogans in favour of their demands. The differently-abled persons said they faced hardships amid record inflation.
They said they couldn't do jobs as normal persons did, and faced many issues during these hard times.
Protest rally, functions mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The special persons regretted that the chief minister had assured to issue a notification to increase special persons' quota in jobs from four to five per cent, but the promise was yet to be met.
In Bajaur, speakers at a function to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities called upon the government and well-off people to make sincere efforts for welfare of differently-abled people.
The ceremony was organised by Pakistan Red Crescent Society's (PRCS) local chapter, the district administration and Anjuman Bahali-i-Mazooran Bajaur, an association of persons with disabilities. It was held in the ground of a government girls high school in Khar.
People with disabilities, officials of district administration, police, PRCS and social welfare department were in attendance. Scores of differently-abled women and girls were also present.
Additional deputy commissioner Naseer Khan, religious figures Maulana Khan Zeb, Maulana Ahmad Noor, PTI leader Sikander Zeb Khan, PPP's Aurang Zeb, ANP's Syed Sadiq Akbar, PRCS representative Shah Khalid and Anjuman Bahali-i-Mazooran president Bakhtwar Jan spoke on the occasion.
In Mohmand, PRCS's local branch, the district administration, social welfare and sports departments organised a ceremony in Ghalanai Jirga Hall to mark the day.
Addressing the ceremony, additional deputy commissioner, finance, Qaiser Khan and others said persons with disabilities could play an important role in development of society if they were provided with education and economic opportunities.
PRCS's district liaison officer Amjad Ali said the society had always given priority to welfare of differently-abled persons and had also provided them the required training to make a decent living.
In Lower Dir, a function and an awareness walk were held to mark the day. Relatives of persons with disabilities, social activists and elders participated in the functions.
The Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) in collaboration with PRCS organised a function at the district council hall with Timergara tehsil chairman Mufti Irfanuddin in the chair. Children with disabilities presented tableaus and speeches and also sang national songs.
Mr Irfanuddin, HHRD district programme officer Mohammad Bilal, PRCS representative Tariq Hassan, social welfare officer Khizar Hayat and others highlighted the rights of special persons and asked the participants to take extra care of them.
Later, the participants led by Mufti Irfanuddin held an awareness walk in the city.
In Khyber, three separate events were organised in Landi Kotal, Bara and Jamrud to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and to highlight the grievances of special persons and pledge support to them.
Niaz Disabled Welfare Organisation, a local entity, arranged a friendly match between the special persons of Jamrud and Bara at the Jamrud Sports Complex, which was won by Bara team after an interesting contest.
A sizeable number of local residents watched the match.
In Bara, Al-Khidmat Foundation of Jamaat-i-Islami distributed wheelchairs among 64 differently-abled persons, including 13 women.
Foundation's provincial president Khalid Waqas gave away the wheelchairs to the needy persons.
Highlighting the importance of the day, he said organising such events was meant to discuss the problems confronted by special persons and also bring them into notice of the departments concerned.
He said provision of basic facilities and fulfillment of their legal rights was the responsibility of the state.
A similar gathering was held at the Hamza Baba mausoleum, where the participants demanded of the government to take practical steps to provide the differently-abled persons with jobs.
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I thought I'd review these masks together because they are all honey-based exfoliating masks with similar textures (they all have a jam-like consistency) and ingredients (turmeric, for instance, one of the many common ingredients). Also, while they all smell different, they have sweet/savoury scents that are somewhat related. Technically, the Josh Rosebrook is marketed as an exfoliator, but it's meant to be left on the skin like a mask, so I've included that as well.
Josh Rosebrook is one of the most beloved people in the green beauty industry. He is so popular that there was even a Josh Rosebrook Appreciation Weekend recently on Instagram! His most recent launches sold out within a day or two, and they constantly sell out every time he restocks! Josh very rarely takes part in interviews, and I was so honoured that he gladly accepted my request. Without further ado, let's get straight into the interview.
Summer's finally here. We had a very unconvincing spring in Melbourne this year: lots of cold days with dabbles of patchy sunshine. Hopefully that changes. I started putting together this natural sunscreen post a few weeks ago in anticipation of warmer weather. As I was working on it, I had a chat with my friend Samantha Sargent of Be Naturally You on the topic. Be Naturally You is one of my favourite Australian green beauty retailers, and Sam is a wealth of knowledge on all things green beauty (and just healthy living, overall). Not only did she provide amazing information on sun protection, but she also sent me some of her favourite sunscreens to try.
I felt like I could get away without a toner when I was using creams and lotions, however, now that I've been staying away from creams and relying entirely on oils, serums and balms to mositurise my skin, I absolutely need one. Creams/lotions are emulsions of oil and water, so, unlike oils, they absorb into the skin readily. Oil-based products need a water-based carrier (a.k.a toner/mist/essence) to create a micro-emulsion to deliver these oils deeper into the skin.
Josh Rosebrook and I got off on the wrong foot. His cleanser was one of the first things I reviewed on this blog, and he was very upset by my negative review. I had no idea that 'the' Josh Rosebrook would read my review when I wrote it, and it was a good learning experience as it taught me to consider the people working tirelessly behind these brands while reviewing their products.


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Musician Bios
Chad is the middle son of the three Causey children and is now the President of The Band House. A French Horn player like his mother (which broke his father's heart) he is a former band director of over 10 years. He came to the store after leading the Airline High School Viking Band for 7 years.
When Bob "Slice" is not conducting the Bill Causey Big Band, he is the Asst. Band Director at Parkway High School. He has been performing with the big band for 45 years.
Bob Maynard
Joey was switched from saxophone to trumpet at Bill's direction 27 years ago. He is the manager of the Texarkana Band House and when he is not working or giving trumpet lessons, he is attempting to organize the vast music library that Bill left. He has a beautiful wife and 3 children. The youngest of which is named Teddy.
Joey Castrogiovanni
Joey has performed with the Arkansas All Star Big Band, LA Legacy Jazz Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony, South Arkansas Symphony and the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra. He has played as well on countless shows in the Texarkana region such as Frank Sinatra, Jr., Johnny Mathis, Four Tops, Temptations, Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers, Wayne Newton and the international touring show, All Hands on Deck. Joey has performed with the Bill Causey Big Band for over 27 years.
Buddy is head band director at Fouke High School in Fouke, AR.
Buddy Deese
Galindo is Associate Professor of Music at Northwestern State University since the fall of 1988. Prior to moving LA he worked as a freelance trumpet player in Chicago and was Principal Trumpet of the Boise Philharmonic Symphony. Galindo is Past-President of the State Chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education and current Treasurer for LAJE as a clinician and soloist. He has performed with the Temptations, the Four Tops, Bob Newhart, Jim Nabors, the Elvis Presley World Tour, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Nelson Riddle's Orchestra, and Regis Philbin. He has served as a guest clinician for the Arkansas All-State Jazz Ensembles and the Four-States Bandmasters Association. Galindo is also a Past-President and member of the Jazz Hall of Fame.
Galindo Rodriquez
Lewis is an accountant by day and trumpeteer at night.
Paul grew up in Butler, PA, which is in the heart of Steeler country. He taught middle school band for 33 years in the Caddo Parish system. He still continues to teach as it just seems that he can't quit teaching. Professionally he has shared the stage with the O'Jays, Sam Moore, Mitzi Gaynor, and many others. For over over 10 years he toured with Percy Sledge. Paul still actively performing across the southeastern United states. Go Steelers!
Paul Tinker
Trevor is Assistant Professor of Music of Single Reeds and Director of Jazz Activities at Louisiana Tech University. As a multi-instrumentalist, Trevor performs in a variety of settings and styles ranging from pit work, to symphony orchestras, to big bands. He is a former musician of two national touring shows, and has performed in big bands and orchestras in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina.
Since moving to Louisiana in 2016, Trevor performs with the NELA Clarinet Choir, a jazz trio, and has subbed in both the Monroe Symphony Orchestra and the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. In the summers, he is a clarinet and saxophone performer fro the New Music on the Bayou music festival. He is very fortunate to have met Bill and enjoys every opportunity to play with his Big Band.
Lauren Eckstein
Equally adept at both the classical and jazz repertoire, saxophonist Dr. Paul Forsyth has performed recitals and taught masterclasses at numerous concert halls, universities, and conferences around the world. Paul has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician at North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences, World Saxophone Congresses, and International Saxophone Symposiums. He has been instrumental in commissioning several new works for solo saxophone, saxophone quartet, and saxophone/oboe duo. As a top-call saxophonist in northern Louisiana, he has performed with such performers as Regis Philbin, Lew Soloff, The Temptations and Bobby Vinton. In 2017, Paul was named the NASA Competition Committee Chairman.
Paul has been on the faculty of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA since 2007 serving as Associate Professor of Saxophone. Paul is also a Yamaha Performing Artist. He has performed with the Bill Causey Big Band for the past 11 years.
Paul Forsyth
George is a retired band director and currently the longest standing member of the Bill Causey Big Band.
George Hancock
Bob is Asst. Band Director at Parkway High School in Bossier City, LA.
Gary Meggs
Dick has been teaching in the public schools of East Texas and Arkansas for the past 34 years. He is currently the Band Director at North Heights, Jr. High in Texarkana, AR. As a trombonist, Dick performs regularly in a wide variety of venues. He is the director and lead trombonist with the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra and plays in several other groups including the LA Legacy Jazz Orchestra, Colt and the Old 45's and the Bois D'Are Dixieland Band. Dick has had the opportunity to perform in concert with the following musicians and entertainers: Fabian, Bobby Rydell, The Shirelles, Bobby Vinton, Jim Nabors, Mary Wilson and The Supremes, Don Rickles, Robert Goulet, Joe Piscopo, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Bill Watrous, Tom "Bones' Malone, Blue Lou Marini, Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers, Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Wayne Newton. Dick played with Bill for over 22 years.
Dick Eckstein
Ed spent 34 years as a band director in Arkansas and Texas. He retired in 2015 from the Pleasant Grove Independent School District in Texarkana, TX and now serves as an educational representative for The Band House Music Store in Texarkana. Ed plays bass trombone in the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra as well as the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra. He began playing with Bill Causey in 2001 and has performed many shows with him. Ed and his wife, Kathy have two adult daughters and a herd of rescued dachshunds.
Ed Grissom
A native of Houston, TX, Don joined the University of Arkansas at Monticello music faculty in 2015. He has been a teacher and professional musician for over 30 years, 23 of those years he served active duty in the USAF Band career field and retired in 2012 as a Master Sergeant.
Before joining the military Don worked in Nashville, TN as a member of Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, the Nashville Contemporary Pops Orchestra and a music contractor with Ross Productions. Don has appeared professionally with such artists as Burt Bacharach, Natalie Cole, Bob Hope, The Four Seasons, Frank Mantooth, Bob Mintzer, Jim McNeely, Rob McConnel, Al Vizzutti, Lori White, Andy Williams, Rufus Reid, and Toni Tennille. He has performed on 10 recordings with the USAF Bands and was a featured soloist on 3 recordings with the USAF "Dimension in Blue" jazz ensemble of which he was a member of for 13 years and was musical director for 7 years. Don can also be heard on the soundtrack to the motion picture "Rocky IV". Don has been performing with Bill's Big Band for the last year as their lead trombonist.
Don is presently the Director of Bands at the University of Arkansas at Monticello teach Low Brass and Jazz Studies.
Don Marchand
Jeff Matthews
Mark Minton
Drums : C.E. is a former drummer and percussionist for the 564th Tactical Air Command Band at Langley AFB and The Airmen of Note USAF Band. C.E. is currently the percussion instructor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
C.E. Askew
Keys: Joe is currently the band director for Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, LA.
Joe Cagle
Bass: Ardis currently works as band director at Magnolia Charter School upper campus, in Shreveport, LA, providing band, guitar, piano and string instruction for 6th – 11th grade students. Ardis attended all Caddo Parish Public Schools where Mr. Bill Causey was his high school band director. This friendship created a bond that lasted for 49 years up to the present.
He has formerly worked in the Caddo Parish School System, as a middle and high school Orchestra Director at Youree Drive Middle Advanced Placement Magnet and C.E. Byrd Magnet High School for 39 years, until his retirement. In addition to his teaching career, Ardis has been part of the 156th Army Band of Louisiana for twenty-four years in good standing with an Honorable Discharge. The Army Band, under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer (W-4) Douglas Peterson and Chief Warrant Officer (W-2) Leon Anderson, Sr. has served band positions across the United States, including the West Point Academy, and the National Jazz Ensemble of America. He has played with several celebrities such as the Commodores, Earth Wind and Fire, Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, Joan Rivers Chilites, Kenny Rogers and Charlie Daniels to name a few. Moreover, he has toured the South Pacific with the United Service Organization – (USO) with a musical group called "Soul Maskossa," entertaining the men and women of the Armed Forces for three months. He is dedicated in serving as a local, state, and national church musician currently at Grace United Methodist Church and Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, as bass guitarist. Ardis also is presently bassist for The Shreveport Regional Jazz Ensemble, The Bill Causey Orchestra, and resides in Shreveport with his wife Gloria and two children.
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Keys & Trumpet: John "Bass" Deese has been a life-long member of the Four States area and has been teaching band for 2 years. He is currently the Assistant Band Director for Redwater High School in Northeast Texas. In this position, he directs the high school jazz band, and assists with the middle school, junior high and high school bands. Mr. Deese will be starting a new position in Summer of 2018 at Pleasant Grove Independent School District as Assistant Band Director.
Bass is a freelance musician on both trumpet and piano. He has learned from several famous jazz musicians, such as Clark Terry, Mike Williams and David Kane. He has performed in several groups in the Four States area such as the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra and the Bill Causey Big Band. He also is an alumnus of the 2012-2105 Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps in Allentown, PA. Bass had the opportunity to perform with famous jazz artists and big bands, such as "Blue" Lou Marini, Tom "Bones" Malone, Mike Williams, Dennis Montgomery III, Steve Lippia, and the Fabulous Equinox Jazz Orchestra. He has also performed in near and distant venues, such as the Four States Jazz Festival in Texarkana, TX, Northwestern State University Jazz Festival in Natchitoches, LA, Elmhurst College Jazz Festival in Chicago, IL Chicago Midwest Convention, and the People's Republic of China.
Bass currently lives in Texarkana, TX with his beautiful wife, Antonia.
Bass Deese
Drums: Russell is band director at Fouke High School in Fouke, AR.
Auxillary Percussion: Travis is the woodwind repair specialist at the Texarkana location of The Band House.
Travis Roberts
Pat is the former sound engineer for Margaritaville and helped bring the Big Band Tuesdays to Paradise Theater.
Pat Divietro
Karen has worked with the Causey family for the last 5 years. First as a Color Guard Instructor for Chad Causey while he was Band Director at Airline High School. Bill hired her to work at the Band House in Bossier City about 2 months later. Karen helped Bill keep up with which musicians would play each week since the beginning of Big Band Tuesdays at Margaritaville. She often refers to this feat as "hearding cats".
Since the mid 90's, Karen has been accumulating percussion instruments and has played with several small local groups. Months after the Big Band was going, Karen got the nerve up to ask Bill if she could hang with the drummer to watch and learn. Knowing how demanding Bill was of his musicians, Karen was thrilled that Bill agreed to let her play! Karen's current favorite auxiliary instrument is the cabasa.
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Big Band Tuesdays
6:00 – 8:30 PM in Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Casino in Bossier City, LA
Aug 21 – A Night of Jazz with Candace Taylor
Aug 28 – Guest Artist: Trombonist Andy Pizzo & Vocalist Seva May
Aug 29 – A Night of Soul with Candace Taylor, Jessica Brock and Jennifer Janet
October 20 – Private Event


Neeraj Gutgutia believes in doing what is right, whether at work, or in his personal life.
It was in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while working with Prashant Kishore, a political strategist, that he realised the many limitations people face when asked to cast their vote. Even the most responsible among his friends faced hurdles and obstacles that prevented them from being a responsible citizen.
The reasons varied from the mundane like unable to take time off from work, the distance and being unwell, to the more serious issues like lack of a voter id card, being registered in a different city, or worse, finding out that someone has already voted in their name.
An entrepreneur by heart, Neeraj gave much thought to the problem, and eventually came to the conclusion that the physical voting booth was central to the issue. Instead of bringing the voter to the booth, why not bring the booth, albeit, a virtual one, to the voter?
This was the idea and the foundation upon which Right2Vote came into existence.
With his experience of 14 years in a corporate set-up with leading corporates like Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Hiranandani Group, Neeraj, a Chartered Accountant and MBA from IIM Indore by qualification, decided to take this plunge. He, along with his 12-member team had already forayed into banking authentication, security and transactions, and realised that the best practises from banking industry can easily be replicated on to Right2Vote, which is today the world's first mobile verified voting platform.
Interestingly, this platform need not be limited to political elections, and can also be deployed by large corporates to help come to decisions which involve the whole company. Top management, which doesn't always know ground reality, can unknowingly take flawed decisions that are rarely countered by juniors. With this platform, corporate decision-making gets simplified. This platform can also be used for professional body election, college election, housing society election among others.
Neeraj asks, "If everything has moved to the mobile today – shopping, banking, bill payment – then why not voting?" Fair thought, we say.
Right2Vote is a B2B2C company where people pay to hold their election on this platform and for the required election management. Voters have to pay nothing, and instead, they get the ease and convenience of voting from wherever they are.
Customers can save up to 90% of their cost, time and effort, while enjoying greater voter participation, 10x better verification and 10x better security. The payment procedure is simple. Billing is on a PAAS (Platform As A Service) model, where customers pay as per features used and the number of people invited to vote.
To give an example, a high-end poll with Aadhar-based verification and high-end encryption, the platform costs just Rs 10 per voter. Now compare that to Rs 1000 plus per voter in booth-based voting!
When asked about the viability of the service, Neeraj is confident that the idea will pick up. "It is not a question of whether it will happen or not. It is only a matter of when." Mobile voting is the future and when customers see advantages like a 90% fall in voter drop-out rate, 90% saving in cost, time and effort, as well as greater security, they are bound to see the merit in shifting from a traditional booth-based voting model to the mobile app.
Neeraj and his team hope to help conduct the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on this platform. When he crunched the number for us, this is what we saw: $5 billion, 2 months and the physical effort of over 1 crore people go into a successful Lok Sabha election. With this platform, the team guarantees to bring it down to less than 1/10th the cost, 1/30th the time and 1/1,00,00,000 the human effort.
Right2Vote is an essential service that is strongly rooted in an existing need. Neeraj's heart is in the right place, and his and his team's experience and passion to make voting through smartphones a reality will see them achieve success very soon.
We at Awfis think Right2Vote is solving a real world problem with an innovative approach and it is awesome to have such inspiring ideas brewing within our Pro-working centres. We wish Right2Vote luck in their journey.


Come explore the Texas night sky with volunteers from the San Antonio Astronomical Association on Saturday, September 29 from 7:30 – 10:30 PM at Crescent Bend Nature Park. Get an amazing view of Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, watch satellites tracking across the sky, and learn about the different star clusters from our knowledgeable volunteers. Star Party Etiquette: Dim your vehicle lights when entering the park. Bring a flashlight with a red infrared "night-vision" setting or make your own by covering a regular flashlight with red cellophane and a rubber band. Dress for the weather and bring water and a camp chair if you'd like. Don't touch any equipment without asking the astronomer first. Avoid loud and boisterous activity; the stars in the sky are the show for the night. Call the Parks & Recreation Department for more information at (210) 619-1850 or come by the office at 10 Commercial Place, Building #1, Schertz, TX 78154.


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L'Università La Trobe o La Trobe University è un'università multi-campus dello Stato di Victoria, Australia.

Storia

La Trobe University è stata fondata nel 1967 come la terza Università dello Stato di Victoria. Il nome di La Trobe è dato in onore a Charles Joseph La Trobe, generale di origine francese che fu il primo governatore dello Stato di Victoria.
Durante gli anni settanta e ottanta l'università ha conosciuto grande attività politica. Particolarmente attivo era il Communist Party of Australia e numerose organizzazioni di sinistra. Tra gli studenti di quegli anni che hanno fatto carriera nei movimenti di sinistra v'è Bill Kelty segretario dell'Australian Council of Trade Unions e alcuni ministri appartenenti al partito laburista come Tony Sheehan, Don Watson e Geoff Walsh. L'attività politica si è ridotta negli anni anche se è tuttora attivo un gruppo di studenti laburisti, e il gruppo trotskista Socialist Alternative (Alternativa Socialista).

Recentemente l'università ha sofferto dei tagli imposti dal governo al settore accademico, subendo duri colpi in alcuni settori. Il Dipartimento di Storia, considerato il più grande del paese, ha subito riduzioni dello staff accademico e la chiusura del dipartimento di Musica nel 1999 e quello dell'istituto di ricerche africane nel 2006, l'unico istituto del genere dell'Australasia..

Il 3 agosto del 1999 è stato un tragico giorno per l'ateneo a causa di una sparatoria avvenuta presso il bar degli studenti. Il trentottenne Jonhaton Brett Horrocks ha colpito a morte con un colpo di pistola il manager dell'Eagle Bar, Leon Capraro. Il killer ha agito per vendetta dopo essere stato licenziato dal locale con l'accusa di rubare alcool.

Nel gennaio 2009 lo studente Issa Farah venne nominato ministro delle risorse della regione autonoma del Puntland in Somalia. Un altro ex studente dell'ateneo australiano, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole venne eletto presidente del Puntland durante le medesime elezioni. Da allora, La Trobe University ospita parte delle attività del governo del Puntland offrendo sostegno e collaborazione attiva attraverso l'organizzazione di meeting, convegni e trattative tra il governo di questa regione della Somalia e le industrie australiane.

Campus

Melbourne (Bundoora)

Il campus di Bundoora si trova nell'omonimo quartiere a 14 chilometri dal centro finanziario di Melbourne.
Il campus ha una superficie di 330 ettari ed è uno dei più estesi dell'emisfero Australe. Inaugurato nel 1967, è anche il campus principale ed ospita la maggioranza degli studenti e dello staff universitario. L'area garantisce numerosi servizi e facilità come alloggi, ristoranti, bar, negozi, banche e persino una galleria d'arte .
Il campus di Bundoora è anche sede del Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary, dell'ospedale universitario e del Centro per il Dialogo (Centre for Dialogue), un istituto interdisciplinare di ricerca che nel marzo 2009 ospitò il presidente iraniano Mohammad Khatami. Il campo da football ospita gli allenamenti dell'Essendon Bombers e del North Melbourne Kangaroos

Bendigo

Il campus di Bendigo è stato aperto nel 1973, è ubicato a 3 chilometri dal centro dell'omonima cittadina. Il Campus si sviluppa su di un'area di 33 ettari.

City Campus (Collins Street)
Situato nel centro finanziario di Melbourne, ospita principalmente i corsi offerti dal College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, inclusi MBA e Master's Degree.

Altri campus

La Trobe University ha altri campus minori come il campus di Albury Wodonga, quello di Mildura, di Shepparton e di Beechworth.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  La Trobe University – Official website

Università a Melbourne

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2012, Philosophy of Science 79(5): 725-737.
Abstract: There is a growing recognition that fictions have a number of legitimate functions in science, even when it comes to scientific explanation. However, the question then arises, what distinguishes an explanatory fiction from a nonexplanatory one? Here I examine two cases – one in which there is a consensus in the scientific community that the fiction is explanatory and another in which the fiction is not explanatory. I shall show how my account of "model explanations" is able to explain this asymmetry, and argue that realism – of a more subtle form – does have a role in distinguishing explanatory from nonexplanatory fictions.


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Quick Dixon on pole for IRL
By Derek Wilson |
PUBLISHED: August 27, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 19, 2018 at 9:44 a.m.
SONOMA – Scott Dixon was a very interested spectator Saturday during qualifying for the IRL Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.
Everyone else, meanwhile, was interested in what Dixon was going to do.
The Target/Chip Ganassi driver posted the fastest practice time Friday, giving him the option of taking his qualifying lap first or last. He chose last and his strategy worked to perfection.
With a target time in sight, he initially qualified fourth, putting him in the shootout with the top six qualifiers for the pole.
Dixon edged out rookie Marco Andretti for his first pole of the year with a fast lap of 1 minute, 17.0344 seconds in the shootout.
"It's nice to go into a race knowing you have a chance of winning," said Dixon, currently fourth in the points standings.
Andretti, though just 19 years old, boasts the same confidence after considerable success this year and throughout his career at Infineon.
"I definitely enjoy myself when I'm out here," Andretti said. "I've had more success at this track than anywhere else in my career."
Andretti, who captured second place at the Indianapolis 500, will start on the front row for the first time this season. He started third at Watkins Glen in New York, the only other road course on the schedule.
Andretti, looking every bit like his famous father, Michael, and grandfather, Mario, posted the fastest time in single-lap qualifying (1:17.5654) before the 10-minute shootout to decide the top three rows. He bettered that time in the shootout in his first lap at 1:17.0830, but it wasn't fast enough to hold up.
"We had a full tank of gas for qualifying and that probably made the difference. Just that little bit and we could have won the pole," said Andretti, suggesting his car was heavier and slower than Dixon's.
"At any road course, it's important to qualify in the first couple rows," Dixon said. "You can happily sit out front, even if you're slower, and hold off the other people."
Dixon continued in the final practice session Saturday night. He had a top speed of 105.401 mph and a time of 1 minute, 18.5573 seconds.
Helio Castroneves, currently second in the standings behind Penske teammate Sam Hornish Jr., will start third. Andretti/Green Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti will start fourth and fifth, followed by defending IRL champion Dan Wheldon. Kanaan won the inaugural IRL race in Sonoma last year.
Danica Patrick will start 11th, alongside Rahal Letterman Racing teammate Buddy Rice.
Hornish's hopes of locking up the championship before the series heads into the Sept. 10 season finale at Chicagoland Speedway took a severe blow when he qualified a disappointing 10th. Hornish leads Castroneves by a slim seven-point margin. Wheldon is 24 points back and Dixon is 33 points off the pace.
"This weekend, all we had to do was put pressure on both the Penske cars," Dixon said.
Andretti can solidify a top-10 finish with a victory today. He is currently ninth in the standings, just three points ahead of Patrick, who will be his teammate in 2007.
"(Michael and Mario) definitely have a lot to do with my success, but they have nothing to do with it when I don't do well," young Andretti joked.
Team owner Michael Andretti was deservedly proud of his son. "He's been looking forward to this race. He had a good time here last year (in the Indy Pro Series)," said the former IRL champion. "Most tracks, it doesn't matter who you are in qualifying. It depends more on the race car. Unfortunately, we haven't done a good job in that area lately. Here, the driver makes the difference."
Marco Andretti led all 30 laps to easily win the 2005 Indy Pro Series event at Infineon last year. He's also had success at Infineon in Mazda Pro Series events and Infinti Pro Series races.
"I've looked forward to this race since the beginning of the year," Marco Andretti said, "With my history, this year and last year in (the Indy Pro Series), I've done only two or three ovals, but mostly road courses. I've been learning a lot."
Contact Derek Wilson by e-mail at dwilson@marinij.com
Derek Wilson


Written by Felgr Pavel on 01 January 2014 .
The strength Hattush was situated on a high rocky promontory above the valley and protect it 6 km long wall. In this massive fortifications were in tower defense rectangular floor plan. Was entered into the city gates, which were decorated with menacing-looking lion's head. Near the town gates were markets.
Has long been a mystery exactly where found Hattush - the capital of the Hittite Empire. It turned out that these Hittites established their capital in the peculiar place - where should cost no capital of a great empire.
Written by Felgr Pavel on 29 December 2013 .
For a long time Egyptologists believed that the pyramid at Abu Rawas, which was built by the pharaoh fourth dynasty Djedefre (Radjedef) was either incomplete or destroyed Khafre. The documentary "The Lost Pyramid" comes with a fundamentally different version that is supported by very convincing evidence.
The secret life of king Ramesses II.
Written by Felgr Pavel on 27 December 2013 .
Ramesses II. was one of the greatest pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Ruled 66 or 67 years, which is one of the longest government in the history of ancient Egypt. He was probably the biggest builder of all the pharaohs. Ramesses II. had at least a half-dozen principal wives, with whom he had more than 100 children. His favorite wife was Nefertari.
What made Ramses II. that built large temples and a huge monuments that bear his name? As he became pharaoh, even though he was crown prince? And what secret tomb KV5 released?
Written by Felgr Pavel on 15 December 2013 .
From the days of the first Pharaoh's tombs to the end of their era, Egyptians were united by one burning desire: to extend their lives to all eternity. This is why they built the gigantic pyramids, the splendid temples and the magnificent tombs that have become the hallmark of their civilization.
To unravel the secrets of this seemingly morbid obsession with death, episode 4 of Planet Egypt examines Egypt's most elaborate tomb builder – Ramses the Great.


All forms of diabetes, whether type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes, impact blood sugar levels. But what causes diabetes varies, depending on the type.
Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, moves glucose from food into your body's cells, where it's used for energy. If your body cannot produce adequate insulin — or if cells are resistant to insulin — glucose (also known as blood sugar) rises and becomes abnormally, and sometimes dangerously, high. The result is diabetes.
However, while it's true elevated glucose is the key marker of diabetes, it's not what causes diabetes in the first place. Instead, what causes diabetes depends on the type of diabetes you have.
Although there are some rare forms of the disease, the three main types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes — and all have different causes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) points out.
About five percent of Americans who have diabetes have the most serious form — type 1. It can develop in children, adolescents, and young adults, but type 1 diabetes occurs at every age, the American Diabetes Association explains. What a person weighs, their race, or other factors do not seem to play a role in type 1 diabetes causes.
Instead, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys insulin-making cells in the pancreas, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). When this happens, your pancreas stops making insulin, glucose can't enter cells, and blood glucose levels soar. In order to survive, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin every day for the rest of their lives.
Type 1 diabetes causes may involve a genetic factor. Having a parent or sibling with the disease is known to increase the risks of developing type 1 diabetes. NIDDK experts think genes may interact with factors in the environment, such as certain viruses, to trigger the disease.
National Institutes of Health researchers are working on multiple studies with an international team of scientists to pinpoint type 1 diabetes causes, and possible ways to prevent the disease, through Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet.
A study by University of Iowa and Harvard researchers, published in the BMJ, found type 2 diabetes comprises over 91 percent of all cases of diabetes in the U.S. In fact, the CDC has called type 2 diabetes an epidemic.
In type 2 diabetes, your pancreas still produces insulin, but your body doesn't use insulin normally. This results in blood sugar levels that are too high.
What causes diabetes of the type 2 variety is largely an unhealthy lifestyle. You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are overweight or obese and sedentary. That's because extra weight, especially a "spare tire" around your middle, is associated with insulin resistance - which means your pancreas is still producing insulin, but your body has become resistant to the hormone. Glucose then builds up in the blood instead of being absorbed by cells, resulting in prediabetes and, eventually, type 2 diabetes, according to the NDDK.
Genes may also play a role in causing type 2 diabetes, or at least in raising the odds you may develop the disease. Type 2 diabetes tends to "run" in families, and it occurs more frequently in African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
The good news about type 2 diabetes is you can take steps to prevent the disease with healthy lifestyle changes, such as losing excess pounds if you're overweight, sticking to a healthy diet rich in vegetables and fruits and low in processed foods, and getting regular physical activity.
What causes diabetes in pregnancy?
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy, usually around the 24th week. Approximately nine percent of American women develop this condition while they are expecting, according to a CDC report.
The exact cause of gestational diabetes isn't known, but it appears to be related to hormonal changes that make insulin resistance more likely, according to the American Diabetes Association. Genes and being overweight may also play a role in developing diabetes during pregnancy.
Gestational diabetes can increase your risk of high blood pressure, making it more likely your baby will need to be delivered by cesarean section (C-section), the CDC notes — so it's important to work with your doctor to manage gestational diabetes. A healthy eating plan and getting appropriate, regular exercise can help. If physical activity and a nutritious diet aren't enough to control blood glucose, you may need insulin.
Gestational diabetes typically goes away after you give birth. However, about half of women who experience gestational diabetes eventually develop type 2 diabetes. To lower your risk, work on achieving a healthy body weight after delivery.


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Transmog notes: This is the blue version of this off-hand.
This is the ONLY off-hand of this model that you'll find in blue. Unique colouration.
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LCHC is fortunate to have a committed group of Board Members who help to determine the organization's priorities, as well as a group of supportive emeritus board members. Together these boards possess a wealth of information regarding Latino health, organizational development, legislative advocacy and effective collaboration.
Isabel Becerra, CEO: Prior to joining the Coalition in 2000, Ms. Becerra enjoyed an extensive community health center career with a focus on Section 330 FQHCs. First serving as the Director of Health Policy and Development, Ms. Becerra was appointed as the CEO of the Coalition in 2006. Ms. Becerra has been a director on the Board of The California Wellness Foundation since 2009 and served as vice chair from 2014-2016. She is also a director on the Board of the California Primary Care Association, the Board of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, the Advisory Council for Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP), and the Advisory Council for Orange County Women's Health Project. She completed health care executive leadership programs at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (in affiliation with the National Association of Community Health Center's MATCH program) and the University of California, San Diego and earned her Bachelor's degree from Pomona College in psychology.
Xóchitl Castañeda is the Director of Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) at the School of Public Health, University of California (UC) Berkeley. A medical anthropologist by training, Xóchitl was educated in Guatemala and Mexico and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in reproductive health at UC San Francisco; and a post-doctoral in social science and medicine at Harvard and at Amsterdam Universities. She directed the Reproductive Health Department at Mexico's National School of Public Health for seven years. Since 2008, she has served as a professor on Migration and Health at various UC campuses.
Since 1997 Irma Cota has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of North County Health Services, a non-profit community health care organization providing health care in the north region of San Diego County. NCHS serves more than 65,000 individuals annually at eleven clinic locations, providing comprehensive medical, dental, mental health, as well as health education services and social services. The access impact NCHS has in the community is reflected by the over 296,000 patient visits. Most NCHS patients are below 200% of poverty and are primarily uninsured or are covered by government insurance. In addition, Ms. Cota also oversees a number of community programs and services among them are programs such as WIC nutrition program serving over 14,000 women and children as well as a county-wide HIV/Case Management program and an extensive community outreach and insurance enrollment programs. Under her Ms. Cota's leadership North County Health Services has been the recipient of many awards, among them are Callaway Golf Company Foundation Award for Organizational Excellence, the San Diego North Regional Economic Development Council Award for Healthcare in the large non-profit health category, San Marcos Economic Development Corporation's Economic Development Excellence (EDE), the San Marcos Chamber Business of the Year Award and the recipient of the Tri-City Medical Center Diversity and inclusion in recognition of its employment diversity and collaborations.Under her leadership NCHS has received several UT "Best Places To Work At" recognitions; in 2016 it received the Peter Barron Stark Workplace Excellence award.
Veronica Dela Rosa has spent over 25 years in the health care industry. Veronica is a health care administrator for Kaiser Permanente where she oversees the medical group's Primary Care Services Division. In her role, she focuses on quality, access and innovative health care delivery services to over 590,000 patients. In both her career and community involvement, Veronica has been an active supporter and advocate of women's health, social justice and health equity.She has helped shape multiple non-profit organizations as a board member including, the National Planned Parenthood Federation, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud, Cal State San Marcos University Council, South Bay YMCA and various County of San Diego appointments.
Genoveva Islas was born in Fresno, California and grew up in small rural communities of the San Joaquin Valley; her parents were farm laborers. She is the first in her family to attend college and graduate with an advanced degree. She earned a Bachelors of Science in Health Science with an emphasis in Community Health from California State University, Fresno and received a Masters in Public Health degree in Health Education and Promotion from Loma Linda University. Genoveva is the Program Director of Cultiva La Salud. Cultiva is dedicated to creating healthier communities in the San Joaquin Valley by fostering policies, systems and environmental improvements to allow for greater access to healthy foods/beverages and increased opportunities for physical activity. Cultiva's efforts also focus on building community leadership so that residents can be more effective in advocating for healthy changes in their communities. Genoveva is the board chair for Community Water Center and a board member for the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, California Institute for Rural Studies, and California Bicycle Coalition. Genoveva was appointed by Governor Brown to serve on the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley board and most recently the Health Benefit Exchange Board for California (Covered CA).
Mary Maddux-González is a board-certified family physician and public health professional. She is the former Chief Medical Officer of the Redwood Community Health Coalition (RCHC). RCHC is the coalition of community health centers in Napa, Yolo, Sonoma and Marin counties that collectively serve over 220,000 predominantly Medi-Cal and uninsured patients. Prior to joining RCHC, Dr. Maddux-González was the Sonoma County Public Health Officer and Public Health Division Director for over 11 years. In addition, Dr. Maddux-González has worked extensively as a primary care physician in community health centers and public health clinics. She was also a core faculty member of the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency and an Associate Clinical Professor of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Maddux-González completed her Family Medicine Residency at the UCSF-affiliated Santa Rosa Residency Program and obtained her medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. She also has a Diploma in Human Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California Berkeley. She has served on multiple Boards and committees, including the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, the Integrated Healthcare Association, Sonoma County Medical Association, Santa Rosa Community Health Center, the California Office of Binational and Border Health Advisory Group and the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Dr. Maddux-González currently works as a public health consultant.
Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH, is vice president for external relations, preventive medicine advisor and director of the Center for Health Leadership and Practice at Public Health Institute located in Oakland, California. A long-standing voice for the public's health, Nevarez is responsible at PHI for developing relationships with health and public health organizations and interests, incubating new project areas and public health advocacy. She served as president of the American Public Health Association in 2010.
Berenice Nuñez Constant, MPH is the Vice President of Government Relations at AltaMed Health Services Corporation, a leading health care system providing care to more than 300,000 Southern California residents. In her current role she leads legislative and policy advocacy strategies aimed at advancing state initiatives to eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes for Latino and multi-ethnic and underserved communities. Previously, Berenice was with Molina Healthcare, Inc., one of our nation's largest Medicaid Managed Care health plans for almost a decade, where she served as the Associate Vice President of Government Contracts. In that role, she lead regulatory and advocacy strategies to initiate and advance state and federal initiatives to support the health care needs of underserved populations enrolled or eligible to enroll in government sponsored programs. She also supported new business development expansion opportunities in current and prospective markets nationally. Further, she established the company's Latino legislative advocacy strategy to promote and advance policies for Latinos within Molina's national advocacy agenda. In 2010, Berenice was awarded a Health Policy Graduate Fellowship by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, D.C. During her fellowship she worked in the Office of Health Reform at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services supporting the implementation the Affordable Care Act and at the Senate Committee on Finance where her portfolio of work included Medicare, Medicaid and oversight of federal health reform implementation activities. Collectively, Berenice has nearly 20 years of experience in the health care sector; working at the federal, national and state level to support the health care needs of underserved populations. She holds a Master of Public Health in Management and Policy from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from California State University Long Beach. Berenice serves on various boards including the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, the United Latinx Fund, and the California Latino Leadership Institute.
Dr. Michael A. Rodríguez, MD, MPH, is professor and vice chair in the Department of family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health and founding director of the UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America. Additionally, he is founding director of the AltaMed Institute for Health Equity and serves as the founding chair of the UCLA Global Health Minor. His research activities include ethnic/racial health disparities, immigration, food insecurity, gun and violence prevention, health and gender equity, social cohesion, development of research capacity in low- and middle-income countries and social determinants of health, focusing on the most vulnerable US and Latin American populations. He has published widely and lectured internationally on the topics of intimate partner violence, medical education, cross-cultural medicine and collaborative development of domestic and international research capacity. Dr. Rodríguez has also consulted for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute of Medicine.
Efrain Talamantes is an assistant clinical professor in internal medicine at the University of California, Davis where he serves as the Associate Director for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Associate Program Director for the internal medicine residency program. He completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship at UCLA & Veterans Affairs with a master's in health policy and management at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. Dr. Talamantes completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles in psychobiology and received his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and completed a master's degree in business administration with a focus on organization and management at the Emory University Goizueta School of Business in Atlanta, Georgia. He subsequently completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento, California where he participated in the Transforming Education and Community Health (TEACH) program, a primary care training program for residents interested in caring for the medically underserved, and co-directed Clinica Tepati, a free clinic for uninsured patients in Sacramento, California. Dr. Talamantes is the co-director for the UC Davis School of Medicine Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce (CDHW). The CDHW leads multi-institutional, multi-professional research across the educational continuum and disseminates best practices tailored to educational institutions and community partners on enhancing diversity in the healthcare workforce. He is also the co-founder of MiMentor.org, a national on-line mentoring community for current and aspiring health care professionals. Dr. Talamantes leads various mentoring and research initiatives throughout the country to enhance leadership and diversity in the healthcare workforce.


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Theodore Clement "T.C." Steele
The Bloom of the Grape , 1893
30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
34 7/8 x 45 x 2 3/4 in. framed
Image provided by Indianapolis Museum of Art
American, 1847–1926
Though Theodore Clement (T.C.) Steele made his living as a portrait painter, he was passionate about landscape and nature painting—he even purchased a studio wagon in order to work while traveling the countryside with his family. Steele eventually settled in Brown County, Indiana, and attracted a following of artists to eventually form the Art Colony of the Midwest. Steele was a member of the Hoosier Group of American regional Impressionist painters, whose ranks included William Forsyth, Otto Stark, and J. Ottis Adams; these artists not only shared a common style, but also all studied abroad before returning to Indiana to pursue landscape painting.
Other works by Theodore Clement "T.C." Steele
Indiana Summer, 1886
Late Afternoon, Dachau Moor, 1885-1885
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Pleasant Run, 1885
Sunrise , 1886
Collective History
George Inness
Autumn Oaks, ca. 1878
The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish, ca. 1895
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
John Henry Twachtman
Summer, ca. 1890
Arthur Bowen Davies
Visions of Glory, 1896
Willard Leroy Metcalf
Midsummer Twilight, ca. 1890
William Anderson Coffin
The Plain, Late Afternoon, ca. 1890
Private Collection, NY
Worthington Whittredge
The Brook—Catskills (The Bathers), ca. 1885
Whaler and Fishing Vessels near the Coast of Labrador, ca. 1880
William Merritt Chase
Frank Duveneck
American, October 9, 1848
Edmund Charles Tarbell
American, April 26, 1862


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Welcome to my Bright and Cheery Fall Home Tour! Find some inspiration to decorate your home for the fall season!
My home tour is 1 of 24 Canadian Fall Home Tours hosted by Christina of The DIY Mommy and Shannon of AKA Design! I hope you can take a moment to visit all of these beautiful and cozy fall homes and get inspired! You can find all the links at the bottom of this post.
Today is my day to share, and I'm so excited to share my fall home with you! I love this time of year…fall is the perfect reason to make a cozy home…with fall colours, cozy blankets, seasonal pillows, pumpkins and more! So grab your pumpkin spice latte and come take a tour with me! Happy Fall Y'all!
On to my favourite space…my living room. Next to the kitchen, the living room is the hub of our home. It's the first space you see when you enter my home, so I thought it was a good place to start. When I decorate in here I really try to keep things practical. I like practical and pretty.
We use this space everyday, so it has to be functional. The easiest way for me to do this is to change out simple elements with each season. I added some pumpkins to my Neutral Fall Mantel (which I shared here last week), and they tie in perfectly with all of my colourful seasonal pillows and blankets.
I really love blues, greys and orange paired together, and it's a good thing since so many of my every day accent pieces are blue and grey. I think these colours work really well together.
Let's sit and have tea…just push aside one of the dozen pillows I have on my couch and make room. One can't have too many pillows can they? No.
One of my most favourite finds this fall is this pillow I made with CanvasPop! This is actually a photo that I took and shared on Instagram last year! You can take any photo and have it put onto a pillow…how fun is that?! All I had to do was upload my photo and in a few days I had a pillow. Just think of the pillow possibilities! I think it's really neat to have pieces of your own art in your home. Love love love. I should also mention that they are durable too…I had to wash one of the covers after my dog put her dirty paws all over it…I threw it in the washer and it came out good as new.
Now on to my kitchen and eating nook. With the open floor plan on my main level, I like to try to decorate the whole space so it all flows together. It just feels nice.
I always love to decorate with natural elements as much as I can…especially in a working kitchen. Swiss chard is doing double duty as a bouquet, while it waits to be turned into dinner!
Fruit bowls are loaded up with fruit ready to be eaten. Functional and gorgeous.
I made a new fall berry wreath for my front door this year, but didn't want my fiery leaf wreath from last year to sit in the storage room, so I decided to hang it inside on our patio door. I love it here. It adds the perfect pop of colour. Doesn't it look so nice with the aqua and yellow?
Here's my kitchen…I don't change too much in here. I like to add seasonal tea towels and put squash out on display…that spaghetti squash is also going to be dinner next week.
I still use these glass containers for all my most used ingredients. They look pretty all filled up, and they're convenient…there's me being practical again. I also started collecting wooden cutting boards and I used to store them in a cupboard, but I thought it was a shame not to have them out where I could appreciate them. So I decided to layer my favourites behind these jars and I love how it looks.
And what's a fall kitchen home tour without something to eat?! Have a Monster Cookie…they're delicious.
So that wraps up my fall home tour, I hope you enjoyed it! When I share my home with you, it is in hopes that you may find inspiration to create a cozy home for you and your family. If you are looking for more ideas for your own home, I hope you can take some time to check out these beautiful fall home tours that are part of this Canadian Bloggers Home Tour! It's so fun to see how everyone decorates their home…there are so many styles, you're sure to find something you love! Another great way is to follow the hashtag #CBHomeTour on Instagram!
If you're wondering where you can find some of the pieces in my home tour, here are the sources. Some are affiliate links that help me make a small commission. Thank you for supporting my blog!
Oh my, I love your bright and cheery home so much! The detail and function make me so happy! I did not notice how your hardwood runs angled before, I LOVE that little detail. Your apple pillow is AHHHHHHHmazing! I'll have to check that site out. The kitchen nook is my fave, I adore that yellow door and the mismatched chairs, that glassed hutch all of it, what a gorgeous spot to have tea and watch you create your magic in the kitchen! Also, that black and white print of your littles – that makes it this space absolutely perfect!
YOUR HOME. I just love love love your fireplace. And your pillows. AND YOU MADE THAT PILLOW. i need to do that. JO DASH. Your home is stunning.
So many beautiful fall touches! I love the wreath on your kitchen door; and the pops of orange throughout are stunning, Jo-Anna! I would definitely love to come over for a chat and one of those cookies!! Wowza!
One can NEVER have too many pillows! Or at least, that's what I tell my husband almost daily 😉 Your home is so cheerful, just like you- I love all the details. That macrame over the mantle is stunning as well!
Your home looks beautiful and so cozy. I just love your vintage enamelware on the table with the fruit -what a perfect centrepiece, beautiful and delicious. 😉 Great job.
I always love how you give your porch as much attention as your indoor spaces. It looks so pretty and inviting. The blues, greys and oranges in your living room are lovely together and your mantel looks so pretty! I adore the pillow you made with CanvasPop too. I totally want to do that now! And my dogs are constantly dirtying the pillows, so I'm happy to hear you can machine wash these cushions. Great idea turning swiss chard into a bouquet too, and you can't beat that big dish of fruit. Love it all!
Love that canvas pop pillow you made! So clever! Your home is always so lovely and cheery! Thanks so much for the tour!
Those cutting boards definitely need a spot in the sun. Beautiful! And I love the yellow door, wreath and aqua cupboard together. Great job with everything.
You had me at "bright and cheery"! Always such a great livable home decor style, and your choice of natural accents is perfect. Well done friend!
I love all the colour you have, Jo-Anna! It's so cheerful and cozy and perfect. Cute custom pillow, too!


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