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September 22-28, 2014, The Climate Group, an international non-profit organization that promotes a low-carbon future, held the 6th annual Climate Week NYC. This assembly is an international platform for world business leaders, investors, government officials, members of civil society, and environmental advocates to discuss and form resolutions to combat the alarming dangers of climate change. The forum gained a lot of attention this year, as it coincided with the first ever UN Climate Summit, which was attended by some of the world's most influential leaders.
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In a speech delivered by European Union (EU) Commission President José Manuel Barroso during the UN Climate Summit, he emphasized that climate change is a threat that disrupts the economy and society, and hinders development for all nations. However, he also sees climate change as an opportunity for countries to reinvent themselves; to become cleaner and greener sooner rather than later. To support the EU's ambition of transforming the world into a healthier place to live, President Barroso announced that the EU will be allocating 20% of its overall 2014-2020 budget, or a total of €180 billion, to climate action plans.
Similarly, United States President Barack Obama reported that the US is continuing to do its part in cutting carbon emissions. In his speech, he shared that through the Climate Action Plan, standards were set for power plants to reduce the amount of carbon pollution they produce each day. In their latest renewable energy scheme, the US is targeting to trim down their carbon emissions by 300 million metric tons by 2030. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were also discussed, and President Obama announced that the US will have reduced their GHG emissions by a stunning 80% come 2050.
Road to RE 100
Established by The Climate Group and in partnership with CDP, RE 100 was launched during Climate Week. RE 100's year 2020 target is for 100 of the largest corporations worldwide to fully commit to using only renewable energy in their operations. These companies will improve their overall reputation, while lessening their energy costs and achieving energy security.
Sustainability is fast becoming a sound business framework for corporations and a way of life for many. As such, companies are adapting to these changes. In an article from The Climate Group, several leading companies, such as IKEA, Swiss Re, BT, Commerzbank, Formula E, H&M, KPN, Mars, Nestlé, Philips, Reed Elsevier, J. Safra Sarasin and Yoox, have all made a stand against climate change and pledged to become 100% renewable.
IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard said in a statement that they are planning to invest approximately EUR 1.5 billion for renewable energy projects to meet their 2020 goal. Likewise, Swiss Re Head of Environmental and Commodity Markets, Juerg Trueb, talked about their decision to go 100% in their renewable power approach because they see climate change and the energy requirements of the developing world as pressing matters that need to be addressed immediately.
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The whole Riverina was ablaze with fields of bright yellow Canola and vivid green grain crops as far as the eye could see. The area has experienced good rains this year so thankfully the farmers should have a good result. The grazing cattle and sheep looked as content as our passing band of merry Magnetteers. This year the contingent of ZA and ZB Magnettes was joined by two excellent examples of the MkIII.
We had a good contingent from NSW the ACT and SA. Unfortunately our usual Victorian supporters were absent due to health and business concerns. We hope to see more Victorian owners in future. Special thanks to Mike and Jan Greenwood and Tony and Pauline Welsh who came a very, very long way from SA. More thanks to those owners who also travelled a long way from the north coast of NSW (Brian Braithwaite, Bruce Wilson, Michael Chard).
By the Friday morning several other owners had arrived. A group of seven Magnettes set out on a drive to visit a large scale broad acre farm at Bidgeemia which is located about 100km SW of Wagga Wagga.
The farm is owned and operated by Jennifer and John McFarlane. Jennifer is a cousin of Barbara Overington. They gave us a tour of the farm to see some of the very large and expensive machinery used to harvest and transport the crops and farm supplies. They took the time to answer many questions from our group who showed a great interest in learning of the history of operations and how the wider family built up the multi- faceted business over the years and particularly how the family dealt with problems such as drought, pestilence or pricing and market conditions. Jennifer had prepared some country style scones with jam and cream for our group and these were enjoyed along with our brought lunches in the lovely garden surrounds of the homestead. A photo of the cars was taken in front of the homestead.
The group returned to Wagga Wagga via Urana. On the way back the fuel pump gremlin struck again at Brian Woolmer's ZA and David Overington stayed back to help jury rig another pump while the others kept going. After the fix the starter gremlin struck David again and we had to push start his car and the two 'sick' Magnettes kept an eye on each other as they limped back into Wagga. Dave's starter problem proved terminal and his car was taken back to Thirroul courtesy of NRMA classic insurance. Brian's fuel pump was refitted with the correct connections and the car made it back to Sydney without any more hiccups.
The remaining formal events of the GOF went off as usual with the Magnette group well represented.
The large number of Magnettes (17 x ZA/ZB and 2 x MkIII) really stood out on the occasions when the wider family of MG cars was displayed. They stood proudly in a long line, with paint and chrome gleaming in the bright sun. The prize winners on the final day were Alan Edwards, Bruce Ginn and Peter Daley.


I have 13 groups/trips set up now. We create one for a specific trip and then settle accordingly. I also have groups for 1:1 expenses.
It would be great to have an icon that denotes if the balances in that group are zero or not.
As the number of groups grow, this will help in identifying which ones need to be looked at.
We've just released a preview of our new, redesigned web interface, which lists the balances for all of your groups in a sidebar so that you can easily see if you're settled up. It also hides groups that have been inactive for more than 30 days, so that your screen isn't cluttered with old inactive groups. Check it out at https://secure.splitwise.com/preview/ and let us know what you think!
This is a great idea! If you check out our Preview of the new Splitwise next week you'll see that this issue is being addressed.


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MXO 'The Arts Unplugged': 'Live Bodies For Sale' Tackles Sex Trafficking On Stage!
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Ideastream.org, By Dave DeOreo and Dan Polletta, Posted November 29th 2019
As a journalist, Christopher Johnston has written about sex trafficking in Northeast Ohio for Fresh Water Cleveland and the Christian Science Monitor.
As an author, he published a book on the subject last year, "Shattering Silences: Strategies to Prevent Sexual Assault, Heal Survivors, and Bring Assailants to Justice."
Now as a playwright, Johnston takes his extensive research on local sex trafficking to the stage.
Johnston's new docudrama, "Live Bodies for Sale," now playing at Waterloo Arts in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood.
Johnston began writing about sexual violence in 2009 during the Anthony Sowell trial for a series of murders in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood.
"But I really found that I didn't want to write about the crime and the criminal," Johnston said. Along the way he met, "some really amazing people who were providing solutions, which is what I prefer to write about."
His play features a few of those real life Clevelanders, including activist Renee Jones of the Renee Jones Empowerment Center and Cleveland detective John Morgan, who heads the Cuyahoga County Regional Human Trafficking Task Force.
Ohio is susceptible to sex trafficking because of its interstate system and a significant number of gentleman's clubs where Johnston says a lot of the recruiting of young women occurs.
"The heart of the play is built around the stories of five survivors at the Renee Jones Empowerment Center. Five women who very kindly, very generously gave me their time and told me their stories," he said.
Johnston sees some common themes that lead these women into a life of prostitution.
"They are all people who are vulnerable and so the pimps, the traffickers, identify those vulnerabilities," he said. "If they have an addiction already to heroin, [the traffickers] get them even more deeply addicted."
One of the characters in the play is based on a woman Johnston never met.
"She overdosed about a week before I was supposed to meet her," he said. "She was addicted, and they took advantage of that and got her more down to the point where she needed a hit every two hours."
One of the heroes of the play is Renee Jones, who began helping the homeless in downtown Cleveland on her own time.
In 2002, Jones opened her Empowerment Center, which soon evolved into a place for sex workers to find a new life.
"She goes to the gentleman's clubs, she goes to truck stops," he said. "She's right in the thick of it and that's where she wants to be. She's pretty fearless."
The other hero is Detective Morgan, who's challenged by the local motels where much of the sex trafficking takes place in Cuyahoga County.
"Some of the motels that are willing to, just for the money, let this happen right under their eyes and not say anything don't always cooperate with the police task force," he said.
Johnston wants "Live Bodies for Sale" to raise awareness of the sex trafficking problem in Northeast Ohio.
"That's exactly the reason that I did it, not only for the people who come see the play but we are going to have a whole slate of speakers from the various experts I've worked with who are going to talk after the shows," he said.
Playwrights Local stages "Live Bodies for Sale" at Waterloo Arts November 22 – December 15.
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DIRECTED BY JEFF GARLIN
STARRING JEFF GARLIN,
FRED WILLARD,
J.B. Smoove
Gina Gershon
Kerri Kenney
Steve Agee
Nia Vardalos.
Judges are supposed to reuse themselves when they have an interest in the outcome of the trial, reporters have an obligation to tell us when the story they're covering is connected to the parent company that pays their salary: so I want to begin by saying that Jeff Garlin is a close friend of our family. In fact he is the father of one of my closest friends, and I was lucky enough to attend the World Premier.
When evaluating a movie like this, you have to understand what you're evaluating. This is not a movie about dying children or complex emotions. This film actually doesn't have much of a story (which in some instances might have helped a bit). Instead of a script, writers Jeff Garlin and Peter Murrieta simply wrote an outline and allowed all the dialogue to simply flow naturally. This is a film that only a comedian with a long history with improv could ever have the skill and confidence to make. It's an enormous leap-of-faith to shoot a feature film in just 12 days, with a large cast, each of whom must make up their lines on the spot. The result is a deeply funny film that should have had a slightly bigger climax.
Garlin co-wrote and directed the film, as well as starred in its leading role. The film's plot is fairly basic. After attending his son's baseball game, comedian Max Morris (Garlin) is struck by the insanity of all the parents' apparent insanity. Then, he decides that he is going to investigate whether or not there is potential for a movie in these people and their quirks. He goes about this by talking to each one of these lunatics, playing the straight man similarly to Alice while in Wonderland, meeting each character is an event in of itself.
Some encounters include the time with Coach Jimbo (Bob Odenkirk) who goes on a gut-wrenching rant about a door with a broken lock that he refuses to fix, but prevents him from storing his beef goulash in a can in the back of the pathetic copy office where he works. This scene relies solely on dialogue, while others like meeting Coach Ted (JB Smoove) involves him taking Max to "his compound," where a girl far younger from Smoove (there was Smoove, a more bulked up peer of his, a fat, kind, older black woman who looked like Tracy Morgan doing a Tyler Perry impersonation, and two drunk young white girls in bikinis – I mention this because I can't for the life of me figure out what his compound was) who was asking Max if he would like to come on her podcast, Sex and Science, which is actually "…A radio show and they talk and you take your cloths off but no one knows that your clothes are off and we don't bang, unless you're into that." The compound then regroups to try to write auto biographies of themselves, where Smoove tells us that he was once in a fight where no one won and that, when he was young, he struck out on T-ball. The same drunk Podcast girl reveals that she isn't going to write her book down because it's all in her head. It's amazing that any of them were able to keep from "breaking" shooting that scene.
You can tell the kind of absurdity that the film can reach. Then, there's also moments like Harold (Richard Kind) just walking in his home from one room to another saying odd things ("There's a lot of wood…more wood than I was hoping for," and "Memories."), adopting the gate of a Muppet, and dreaming of owning armoire.
Other nuts include a stereotypical lesbian couple (Gina Gershon and Kerri Kennedy), Howard's insane Martha Stewart wannabe wife (Jami Gertz), a trainer who takes off his shirt at random times, a man whose obsessed with his son playing baseball so much that he looses track of what's important (Fred Willard), a rich guy who Max repeatedly refers to as Commissioner Gordon in an Adam West impersonation, Steve Agee as a bizarre father who claimed to be in talks to make a movie with someone else despite the fact that this is practically impossible and false who was utterly bizarre (I would have liked to delve into this character further).
Once again, you have to know what to expect. This is hilarious. It's not stupid, but it's also not brilliant. It's cringe humor that is brought together by Garlin in his likable role. However, it also has some heart, most notable the appearances of his Dad (the excellently casted Timothy Olyphant), which are so short and simple that they seem like the advice you really wanted, but never had.
I would hate myself if I failed to tell you to sit through the credits, because there is a bonus scene well worth the wait.


Advertiser Kennedy Catholic High School pursues numerous service learning experiences through the year – read on to learn more about the dramatic impact of a recent journey to Guatemala on student's understanding.
They will host an Open House on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 6:30 -8:30 p.m., where you can discover all they have to offer in forming your student's strong future.
This past July, five Kennedy Catholic juniors along with Ms. Jenny Farrell, Director of Campus Ministry, traveled to Guatemala with Global Visionaries (http://www.global-visionaries.org/). Global Visionaries is a youth-led organization that challenges and transforms young people into socially and environmentally conscious global leaders. Faith formation serves as a compass for decision making in all areas of life.
This unique service trip provides a culturally-responsive, student-directed learning experience which is supported through the mentoring of our Campus Ministry department. The five-key components for this learning experience include: simple living, community building, spiritual growth, direct service to others, and learning more deeply about social justice and structural change.
Ms. Farrell and the students shared their experiences via an online blog. Their journey began with a visit to a garbage dump where many Guatemalan people work each day to try and earn money for their families. The students describe experiencing the kindness and generosity of their host families, learning the history of the Guatemalan civil war, working alongside Guatemalan youth helping to build a school and visiting patients in a hospital. The excerpts are taken from their blog. The full blog may be found here.
Directly after landing in Guatemala City, we hopped aboard extremely colorful buses to take us to the cemetery that overlooked the largest garbage dump in Guatemala. Billy, one of the leaders at GV's Guatemala office, explained that over 3000 people are so desperate for a job that they come to the garbage dump for work. They risk life-long illnesses from the toxic fumes for $4-5 a day.
My host mom, Lorena, is extremely nice as well as her hijos, Luis Pedro, Jose David, y Juan Pablo y her esposo Aurellio.I am overwhelmed with their kindness and love towards my roommates and I. As I sit and reflect on the day, I am thankful to have the opportunity to experience a culture so different than mine.
This service immersion experience challenges students to deepen their understanding of service, faith, social justice and simple living by allowing students to put their faith in action. We encourage our students to believe they can make a difference in the world.
Kennedy Catholic High School is a four-year Archdiocesan co-ed Catholic High School open to students of all races and faiths. At the heart and soul of Kennedy Catholic is a commitment to developing the fullest potential of every student in learning, faith and leadership. We actively seek students and families that value all three.
Kennedy Catholic graduates are prepared for elite colleges and universities nationally and internationally thanks to an exceptional teaching staff, an experienced four year college admissions team and a faculty that advocates for the success and achievement of all students. Over 10% of our 2015 graduates were the first in their family to attend college.
The spiritual formation of our students begins in the classroom, and continues through service locally, nationally, and internationally. Life-changing retreats and service projects encourage introspection, inspire compassion for others and are culturally-responsive. Through intentional mentoring, we cultivate leaders in and out of the classroom. Students participate in dozens of social, extracurricular, immersion service and sporting clubs that strengthen their high school experience and build self-confidence.
Please join us for our Open House on Wednesday, November 4 to learn more about service immersion and Kennedy Catholic High School. Members of our Campus Ministry team will be there to welcome you and share with you information about upcoming travel. Trips are planned next year for Cambodia, Ireland and New Orleans.
Kennedy Catholic High School is located at 140 S. 140th Street in Burien; (206) 246-0500.
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Q: SyntaxError: Unexpected token const I am creating a web server that will allow users make a request for fortunes, and get the data which I specified in my fortunes.json file. I am using express in node to do this.
I start my server this way npm run dev, however when I do so, I get the following error:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token const
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:720:23)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:643:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:556:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:839:10)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11

Does anybody have an idea what I am doing wrong, my syntax, and packages.json file, etc. all seems to be fine but I am still getting this.
I am expecting to see "server listening on port 3000" when I run the server however I get a token error.
const express = require('express');

const port = 3000,

const app = express();

app.get('/fortunes', (req,res) => {
    console.log('requesting fortunes');

});
app.listen(port, () => console.log('Listening on port ${port}'));

A: You have two issues in your code.
1 . when you are initializing variable:
As you have put ',' (comma) thus you cannot specify its declaration again.
your code
   const port = 3000,
   const app = express();

Do like this :
  const port = 3000,
   app = express();

or use this :
 const port = 3000;
 const app = express();

*When using string template use `(backtick).

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`));

Try below Code:
const express = require('express');

const port = 3000,

app = express();

app.get('/fortunes', (req,res) => {
    console.log('requesting fortunes');

});
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`));

A: In ECMAScript 2015, you can use backtic as follow in your code:
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`));

or use :
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Connected to the port'));

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Design | 24 Aug 2012 | By By Caragh Mckay
Architect Thomas Sandell is Georg Jensen's latest metal guru
Swedish architect Thomas Sandell has added his signature deft touch to a new Wine & Bar collection for Georg Jensen, which includes amongst others a corkscrew (pictured), wine cooler and wine thermometer
Though jewellery design is at the heart of Georg Jensen - its Vivianna bangle watch is a cult classic - its highly polished metalware has endeared the Danish brand to design lovers across the spectrum. The company, which was founded in Denmark in 1904, has its roots in silversmithing, but right from the start, Georg Jensen saw possibilities for his chosen metal beyond necklaces, rings and earrings. His cutlery and hollowware were also sought after by those design savvy Scandinavians who wanted style as well as substance when it came to everyday objects.
Crisp design is the driving force at Georg Jensen, which explains why, over the years, the likes of Arne Jacobsen, Henning Koppel and Johan Rohde have created pieces for the company. This autumn it is the turn of the Swedish architect Thomas Sandell.
Sandell has added his signature deft touch to the new Wine & Bar collection, including a corkscrew and wine pourer - designed to reflect a lily because its natural contours are perfectly formed for pouring. Functionality, naturally, also plays its part: the pourer is designed to aerate the wine as it leaves the jug which, say wine lovers, results in a fuller bouquet.
British interiors specialist Ilse Crawford has also created a range of interiors objects for Georg Jensen this year. Taking a sidestep from the house's signature steel designs, she has applied its highly polished look to copper, brass and black glass for pieces, including a candle holder, vases and boxes. Crawford's sensually proportioned Mama vase has been added to the brand's well-recognised Masterpiece Collection of steel homeware. And, playing homage to Georg Jenson's heritage, it will also be created in sterling silver.
Both Sandell and Crawford have also collaborated on mini films exploring the ideas behind their designs, which successfully fit the Danish brand's core mission of crafting metal into objects that can 'change the way we feel about otherwise ordinary activities'.
Georg Jensen's highly polished metalware has endeared the Danish brand to design lovers across the spectrum. Pictured is the wine cooler by Thomas Sandell
The wine pourer is designed to reflect a lily because its natural contours are perfectly formed for pouring
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Q: What event fires every time a TStringGrid's selected location is changed? I have a stringgrid that shows a bunch of files and information about those files. More info is shown about the current selected item in a separate panel. So, I want to know when the selected row changes to update the panel. OnSelectCell is not good because it triggers BEFORE the selection is actually moved to the new location. This is what I mean:
function TStrGrd.SelectCell(ACol, ARow: Longint): Boolean;   {override}
begin
 Result:= inherited SelectCell(ACol, ARow);
 Mesage('Cur row: '+ IntToStr(row));
 Mesage('New row: '+ IntToStr(ARow));

 { My own event }
 if Assigned(FCursorChanged)
 then FCursorChanged(Self);            <-------- user will see the old row
end;

If the last row is selected and I click the first row, I will get these messages:
Cur row: 999
New row: 0

It would work if I create my own event handler and pass to it the row where the selection IS GOING TO be moved. It should work 100% but I am not very happy with this because the user would have to write some extra code in that event handler.
I could intercept all user interactions (mouse/key down) and all selection changes I do programatically but this requires quite a lot of code. There should be a more elegant way.

*

*This question is similar to What event fires every time a TDbGrid's selected location is changed? but not a duplicate. The answer to that question was 'use OnDataChange' but the TStringGrid doesn't have that event.

*@Andriy M suggests here why OnSelectCell won't work: Detecting single vs multiple selections in Delphi TStringGrid

A: Not an answer. Just posting it to have multiline text.
I think you meant "to UPDATE the panel" rather than "to about" :-)
Still I cannot get what is wrong with a ROW parameter. You say "user would have to write some extra code in that event handler." but actually it is the opposite.
procedure ParamEvent(const grid: TStringGrid; const Row: integer);
begin
  ..do something with    grid.Rows[Row] to update the panel

//  ...and if I need, I also already know which Row was selected beforehand!
end;

procedure ParamLessEvent();
var grid: TStringGrid; Row: integer;    // <<<<< EXTRA "coding" here
begin
  grid :=  ..... some way to get the needed grid      // <<<<< EXTRA coding here
  Row  :=  grid.Row;        // <<<<< EXTRA coding here

  ...do something with    grid.Rows[Row] to update the panel

//  ...and if I would want to know which file just was DE-selected,
//   I would have to code persisting of previous selected row
//   number somewhere outside the grid
end;

now, really, why not use PostMessage ?
const WM_Grid_Event = WM_USER + 123; // I hope it is correct? I always mix wm_user and wm_app
type TMyGrid = class (TStringGrid)
   ....
     private
       procedure DelayedEvent(var MSG: TMessage); message WM_Grid_Event;
     end;

function TMyGrid.SelectCell(ACol, ARow: Longint): Boolean;   {override}
begin
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        PostMessage( Self.Handle, WM_Grid_Event, MSG.WParam, 1 + MSG.LParam);
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Okręg wyborczy nr 16 do Sejmu Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej (1989–1991) obejmował województwo chełmskie. W ówczesnym kształcie został utworzony w 1989. Wybieranych było w nim 4 posłów w systemie większościowym.

Siedzibą okręgowej komisji wyborczej był Chełm.

Wybory parlamentarne 1989

Mandat nr 61 – Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza

Mandat nr 62 – Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe

Mandat nr 63 – bezpartyjny

Mandat nr 432 – Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe

Przypisy

Okręgi wyborcze do Sejmu Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej (1989–1991)
Chełm

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Risk Management Strategies - Practitioners eBook by Garth Brown.
This eBook is an essential training tool detailing how to 'identify assess manage' the risks in operating a conveyancing practice from Garth Brown, Conveyancer of the Year 2015, AICNSW.
This 165 page eBook is a reference guide for the Conveyancing Practitioner and Conveyancing Student to assist them identify and understand the risks involved in conveyancing, to raise the level of awareness in a conveyancing practice and the strategies needed to manage risks.
"I have identified 117 separate risks in a conveyancing transaction, each one needs to be identified, assessed and managed to minimise the risk to both the Client and the Practitioner."
Risk Strategies eBook: $275.00 AUD inc. gst.
EARN CPD POINTS: By purchasing and reading the professional Risk Management Strategies eBook you will qualify to claim 2 CPD point for self-education. Attending any webinar conducted by Garth Brown will also qualify you to claim 1 CPD point. READ MORE.
Extensive information in each Section with case studies, real stories and best practice risk management.
Thank goodness that practitioners like Garth Brown find the time to write and produce excellent materials for those of us in the "trenches, so to speak. Conveyancing is such a minefield and I learn something new each time. Risk Management Strategies for Conveyancing Practitioners is a real gem and is set out in such a way that it's a useful 'desk companion' and easy reference, with potential risks under headings for initial risk management, pre-contract to exchange, during and end of contract. I love the "tips", the references and links to relevant legislation and of course the "stories". There is also a useful summary and checklists at the end. I printed mine to remind me to check for risk so it's always handy. Thank you, Garth.
Over the past 10 years professional negligence claims in the area of conveyancing has increased. Garth Brown, an AIC Conveyancer of the Year and Conveyancing Consultant with 22+ years experience in the industry, has addressed this issue in his new 165 page eBook "Risk Management Strategies for Conveyancing Practitioners". Throughout the book Garth provides insight into how to be 'risk ready'and minimise problems through "identifying, assessing and managing"potential risks. This book is essential reading for every Practitioner working in the field of conveyancing and is set to become a benchmark tool for risk management education. Purchase and download the eBook (qualifies 2CPD point) through Garth's website.
Your seminars via Infotrack are great and that is how I found you and your wealth of knowledge and resources.
By purchasing and reading the professional Risk Management Strategies eBook you will qualify to claim 2 CPD points for self-education. Attending any webinar conducted by Garth Brown will also qualify you to claim 1 CPD point.
1. NAME OF CPD ACTIVITY: Conveyancing Risk Management Strategies and Avoiding Conveyancing Risk Pitfalls!
2. LEARNING AREA THE ACTIVITY RELATES TO: "Risk Management Strategies for Conveyancing & Conveyancing Solutions to challenging situations."
3. THE ACTIVITY IS RELEVANT TO: Conveyancing Risk Management Strategies in day to day Conveyancing practice and adopting new Conveyancing Technology.
4. LEARNING CATERGORY & ASSESSMENT: Risk Management Strategies for Conveyancing subject. Assessment is by way of answering questions through webinar/s and questions relating to the learning contents of the eBook/s.
5. CPD POINTS CLAIMABLE: 1 CPD for each hour. Purchasing and reading the professional Risk Management Strategies eBook takes between 2 - 4 hours of reading (2 CPD Points); registering and attending a webinar conducted by Garth Brown.
Q. Why did I Author this eBook on Risk Management?
A. While I was writing and delivering my InfoTrack training Webinars for Lawyers and Conveyancers across NZ and Australia during 2017-2018, I was amazed how little the Conveyancing Industry knew about the numerous risks to cover on Sale and Purchase files and I clearly saw a need to write a comprehensive eBook on the subject.
Q. Isn't this information already available or taught?
A. Actually there is not a detailed publication that covers the Conveyancing risk from beginning of the Contract to end of the Contract and how to understand and handle the process of risk assessment, combined with short Conveyancing stories from real life Conveyancing Files acquired over 22 years of industry experience.
Q. How many Risks are covered in the eBook?
A. Based on the contents, I have identified 117 separate risks in a conveyancing transaction, each one needs to be identified, assessed and managed to minimise the risk to both the Client and the Practitioner.
Q. Have the number of risks increased during my 22 year career?
A. Definitely, to name a few: Defective Cladding non fire resistant; Airbnb Issues; tree disputes between neighbours; Aboriginal relics; Coastal protection Act changes; – the list goes on. In fact every Conveyancing Practitioner needs to stay totally up to date with the ever changing world of risk management in conveyancing to ensure they are 'risk aware' and avoid being caught in a litigation nightmare.
Q. Can Conveyancing fees be increased?
A. An interesting question and I cover this in the eBook. Yes, Practitioners who provide insightful and professional risk management strategies across every conveyancing file are able to charge higher fees based on their duty of care for the Client.
Garth Brown briefly discusses the Risk Management Strategies eBook. Video excerpt from Bench TV interview.


As a Senior Linux IT Systems Administrator you will enhance the lives of our internal teams by improving the systems we work with every day. As a technical expert, you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining corporate IT infrastructure.
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ArtMaze Mag's goal is to support the artistic community worldwide and promote the work of emerging artists. It was inspired by the 'international factor', which unites so many artists worldwide. The intricate 'maze' built from a huge network of makers, creators and communities that draws inspiration and knowledge from not only the arts world, but from wider afield too.
ArtMaze Mag serves as a supportive and motivational artistic family for all those who want to be involved and share their experiences, and offers an opportunity to be published in print and digital issues bimonthly, as well as online and via social media.
Every two months ArtMaze announce a call for art, for print and digital publications. Artists submit their work, in any medium: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, textile, installation, mixed media, digital, film etc. to gain international recognition. Each issue they invite a curator or a group of curators to select works for the magazine.
We were required to produce the job within a limited time frame and budget. The printed result had to reflect the creative content given the magazine echoes the first work of contributing artists. In addition, quality was paramount as they had been let down by a previous printer.
ArtMaze magazine wanted the quality that litho printing offers, but given the budget, litho was not an option. Our HP Indigo offers quality offset print production like litho, but with faster production times and less cost to the customer. Issue#1 was produced at another printer, who couldn't produce the rich dense blacks required, and didn't offer the creative advice that we at Park offer our customers.
Previously they had used matt lamination, but ArtMaze were looking to improve tactility. We suggested that soft touch lamination offered a greater tactility ‐ a simple solution given budget limitations. The papers were especially chosen to ensure they were HP Indigo compatible and the artwork was processed using an HDI – 175 screening combined with customised LUT settings and proofs were supplied as HP Indigo book proofs.
Colour profiles specially developed to achieve the best reproduction on the Indigo press were used to maximise printing quality. Proofs were supplied as a PDF for content and a hi‐resolution digital book proof. Adhering to ISO12647 colour management targets, we accurately matched the signed‐off proofs on press. Print production, lamination, folding and binding were all completed in‐house.
"I just wanted to thank you for the magazines ‐ they look phenomenal and I am very pleased with the quality. I look forward to working with Park again"!


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The Used Bookstore Find that Inspired A History of Dress and Fashion
Historians/History
tags: interviews, historians, What Im Reading
by Erik Moshe
Linda Przybyszewski is an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author ofThe Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish and received her PhD in U.S. History at Stanford University. Visit her website.
What books are you reading now?
I have such a mix going on right now. I have a book to review: Ken Kersch's Conservatives and the Constitution: Imagining Constitutional Restoration in the Heyday of American Liberalism. He's arguing that conservatives of various stripes created a coherent and popular tale of the meaning and history of the constitution in the years after World War II when liberalism was dominant. He points out that the intellectuals among these conservatives made a point of writing for a popular audience and still do, and since most academic scholars make no effort to that day, it's a lesson in public influence to me as well. It's a history book by a political scientist and it's always interesting to me to see how people reach across fields (or don't). I was impressed by the introduction and how complicated he can make a sentence, and still make it perfectly clear.
I also am reading April is the Cruelest Month by Louise Penny, one of a mystery series set in a small town in Quebec. Since I speak French and am married to a hockey fan, I am enjoying those elements, as well as the author's love of good food. Although I am a bit worried about all the people who must be murdered in one small town for the series to continue. You'd think they'd start to get nervous and move out just to be on the safe side. Then I'm working through a stack of vintage sewing pattern books. I'm a new knitter and I'm intrigued by the techniques, and their history. While writing The Lost Art of Dress I realized we had lost so many sewing and drafting skills, and now I see the same thing happened with knitting.
One pattern book that I date to the 1940s has entire dresses and suits made from sock yarn, which is tiny, and you realize the immense skill and patience they had to make such things. Today, we tend to use much larger yarns for sweaters--3 or 4 times as thick--and it's very rare that anyone tries to knit a dress, much less one out of tiny yarn. As you can imagine, the results are often far less sophisticated. Also, the vintage patterns clearly assumed a certain amount of knitting know-how from the start, which is also true of sewing patterns from the period. Women simply knew more about creating with their hands, and their hands knew more.
Why did you choose history as your career?
I was in an interdisciplinary program as an undergrad. Part history, part literature, part philosophy. I really enjoy literature too, but I couldn't see studying it as a scholar. I remember reading the title of some dissertation in English Literature that studied punctuation in a play of Shakespeare. I thought, hmmmm… not really my speed, probably this not the field for me. I wrote a senior thesis on Pullman town, which I got to visit. George Pullman meant so well, but he ended up sparking the biggest railroad strike anyone has ever seen. I was already intrigued with what values and beliefs people at on. I'm still working on that: how people invoke the power of the state in the name of their values.
What qualities do you need to be a historian?
Curiosity. Most of my research projects started, by reading some source, scratching my head and thinking, what the heck is going on here? That and the ability to be perfectly happy spending some time alone following your nose. Although that can become a bit of a problem because you need to learn when to stop following your nose and tell yourself that you know enough. Otherwise, you can't finish writing a book or an article. Since The Lost Art of Dress was written for a trade press and for non-academics, I realized that we ought to write more as journalists do: to a large audience, without the 3 qualifying adverbs for every verb that so many scholars insist upon. Of course, teaching takes a different set of skills than research, but sometimes it captures the same spirit as writing for a large audience—you have to figure out how to explain something like "due process" to people who have never heard the phrase. And you have to do it quickly and clearly.
What is your most memorable or rewarding teaching experience?
One of the memorable experiences was taking a first-year class to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. It's a fascinating place that makes the most of technology. Since we only hear praise for Lincoln these days, some of the students were shocked to walk into one passageway that had actors reading some of the nasty things people wrote and said about Lincoln and his wife, some of posted up on the walls too. I remember a young woman turned to me in surprise, and said, "They HATED him." The look on her face. Since the class focused on the difference between popular history and academic history, it was a great teaching moment. The legend of Lincoln makes him beloved, but it is so different from the reality that he lived.
What are your hopes for history as a discipline?
That we keep making the effort to write and speak on our relevance to today's issues. It's not just our research although one of the reasons I am writing a book on the Cincinnati Bible War of 1869 is to remind people that the religious-minded as much as the secular have a lot to lose if they allow the state to prefer one religion over another. It's the teaching too. I remember walking into a classroom to teach Era of the US Civil War and Reconstruction and the whole Confederate statute controversy was on the front page of the papers.
I can bring in any local or national paper these days and one of the articles will touch on issues we wrestle with in my class on Crime, Heredity and Insanity in American History. I ended that class last term by reminding everyone they were all citizens of some country, called on to make decisions about the policies of their criminal justice system, that none of those decisions would be easy, but at least from this course they had an idea what the costs, what the ramifications would be. I don't live in an ivory tower and neither do they.
Do you own any rare history or collectible books? Do you collect artifacts related to history?
The Lost Art of Dress started with a find in a used book store. An old dress and sewing textbook from the 1950s which taught both the art of dress and the craft of sewing. I started looking for the "further readings" listed at the back of each chapter. And once I started looking for them, I found old sewing magazines too, and they repeated the same lessons as the textbooks. It turned out there are so few large library collections of sewing publications that I ended up collecting them myself. Since I am also a dressmaker, I find them endlessly inspiring as well.
The earliest ones date from the 1880s with the floor-length skirts and the tight bodies, but my favorites are sewing magazines from the mid- to late-1930s. Yes, the world was in the midst of a horrible depression and careening towards global war and all I can think is, "This dress looks fabulous!" Partly, it's the relief of getting away from the 1920s look which put belts at the waistline and repressed all womanly curves; partly, it's the sheer intelligence of much of the design. I think the designers knew women were going to have to have very small wardrobes for a while, so they made each dress into something worthy wearing over and over again.
I also have collected hundreds of vintage patterns in order to study both design and construction and I have made a lot of them. I do steer away from collecting actual garments, although some of my readers have sent me some, but a real costume collection would need to have proper humidity and temperature controls. And there is no way that I am up to that.
What have you found most rewarding and most frustrating about your career?
So many sources, too little time!
How has the study of history changed in the course of your career?
Speaking of sources. The available databases of 19th-Century sources are so amazing. Work that took forever on microfilm in the basement of some library can now be done quickly anywhere you have an internet connection. Books that were rare and now right there online. It will make work both harder and easier; searching is so much easier, and now there are lots of possible quantitative research possibilities, but we may forget the limitations too. I have to keep reminding my students that these things are amazing, but that only some of the evidence from the past is online.
Of course, then there is the problem of students Googling everything because they think that is THE Answer. I tell them: Think of Googling as walking into a hoarder's garage: you may stumble across the whole run of Encyclopedia Britannica, or you may find a dead cat.
What is your favorite history-related saying? Have you come up with your own?
"The 11th Commandment: Know Thy Place" which I made up in order to get across to students how different it was to be born into an early modern society where who you could presume to be and what you would presume to do were usually limited by who your daddy was or what color or sex you were. Historians call it an ascriptive society, but I think students grasp the commandment better. It's always difficult to get across the assumptions people had in the past; why certain ideas would rarely occur to anyone or appear absurd when they seem perfectly natural to us.
What are you doing next?
I am continuing my work on two tracks: one law, one fashion. I need to finish my book on the Cincinnati Bible War which happened in 1869 when the city's school board ended daily Bible reading in the public schools. All hell broke loose in the press, the Catholics got blamed, and conservative Protestants sued to keep the Bible in the schools. Scholars say that when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled for the school board, secularism triumphed. But that's wrong. The ruling invoked Christ and "Christian republicanism" as well as James Madison. The idea was that religious belief cannot be compelled. It reflected the arguments of the anti-Bible attorney, Stanley Matthews, who had converted to Calvinism after four of his children died in a terrible scarlet fever epidemic.
I'm also working up a plan to write a history of American fashion from the colonial era onward, fashion as a reflection of its times.


I've spotlighted a different Christmas book on each shelf that is either on my December TBR or a Christmas favorite.
I also have a lovely little snowglobe I bought at Target. 🙂 It plays "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and the little cabin inside looks so cozy. I just love looking at it!
Next, this isn't specifically bookish, but I found these adorable Dr. Seuss prints at Hobby Lobby! I initially wanted all three prints to be from the Grinch (because it's one of my Christmas favorites), but unfortunately, they were sold out of the rest of the designs. I'm still quite pleased with the Cat in the Hat ones, though. I also attempted to decorate them with so pine branches from the three outside!
I hope you enjoyed looking at some of my Christmas decorations! Do you love decorating like I do? Or are you more minimalist?
Awwww your decorations are soooo cute!!
I love it, Theresa!! Fun and festive!🎄❄ I do love snuggling in my bed and reading!
Oh, your shelf is so cozy and cute. This is the best time of year and I love seeing posts like this!


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Home ElderRights Illinois Bill Could Outlaw Anonymous Complaints Against Nursing Homes
Illinois Bill Could Outlaw Anonymous Complaints Against Nursing Homes
4 years ago by Megan Leo 0
State Representative Mike Unes has sponsored a bill that would require callers with complaints against nursing homes to provide a name. The bill aims to weed out false reports, but many organizations, including AARP Illinois, feel that removing the anonymity from complaints may make people hesitant about reporting errors.
U.S. News discusses the situation further:
Authorities in Illinois would not investigate anonymous calls alleging abuse or neglect atnursing homes or assisted living facilities under legislation being considered by state lawmakers, with proponents saying the measure aims to cut back on false accusations and harassment.
Those opposed to the bill, however, say it would put residents' safety at risk.
"What difference does it make who made the complaint? They need to investigate the facts of the claim," says Gerardo Cardenas, a spokesman for AARP Illinois. "If you make an anonymous complaint to the police they still have to investigate what's going on."
David Besnette – who runs the Assisted Living Directory website, which often features posts about how people can file anonymous complaints in different states – says a complaint tied to a specific person can result in that person being moved to another facility, which can be a traumatic and substantial undertaking.
"Seniors and other home care residents are already oftentimes in a vulnerable spot due to health issues, mental decline or memory disorders," says Besnette, who has been writing about long-term care issues for more than 11 years. "Being a whistleblower means potentially losing the care they rely on."
He adds: "I would certainly think twice about complaining if my name was attached to it each time."
Yet proponents say allowing anonymous complaints, which are more difficult to investigate, opens the door for fraudulent yet time-consuming gripes. The Illinois Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes in the state, says the state's legal system is ripe for abuse because it allows for unlimited attorney fees, and that those with false complaints have no fear of reprisal.
Illinois' Governor, Bruce Rauner, has yet to indicate whether or not he would sign such a bill.
Megan Leo
Hospices Overbilled Medicare by $268 Million in 2012
Nursing Home Compare to Introduce Six New Rating Categories
CMS Plans More Site Visits, Will Release Data Sets
Lower Court Must Rule on Medicare's Backlog of Claims
Leakage Takes Toll on U.S. Retirement Savings


**This post is a revised version of our original post from 2011. You can see the original post here.
The Finders Keepers AW19 market application season is in full swing, and with advice in high demand we thought it would be timely to give one of our most popular articles to date, Top 10 Tips: Applying for the Markets, a bit of a revisit and refresh! This is a great starting point for first time applicants to our events – and with The Finders Keepers market now in it's 12th year (whoo!) you know the advice comes from experience and the reading of many, many applications!
Brisbane applications close Monday 21st January and Melbourne applications are NOW OPEN – so what are you waiting for? Jump into 2019 with us and APPLY NOW + have a read here about our updated applications criteria.
Our first tip is to invest and spend time on good photos of your products. You can write an essay on what your product is, but this will mean nothing if you can't show it off in your pictures. The pictures included in your application can make or break the end result. Never underestimate the importance of this, as a better photo or presentation might just get you over the line with a competitor or someone who has a similar product to yours.
Firstly if you don't have access to a good camera, try and work with a photographer or at least a friend with some relevant photography experience and a good camera.
Find the right light. Natural light & soft diffused lighting is the best type of lighting to use. You need to seek flattering light to accurately represent the product's shape, form and texture. Too much light can flood a product and be too strong; this then loses the natural colours, shapes and textures.
Dim lighting and flash photography can ruin your products and is off putting in applications. Take some time to get it right and show your products in their best possible way.
Consider the delivery and size of the images you submit. Images that are sent in blurry, upside down, too small or too big are equally off putting and can show you have not put any thought in your application. There are some good free resources for resizing images.
The photos you use in your application form will be used to represent your label. We use the images in your application for marketing materials that go out to thousands of people. Consider how important it is to get those images right.
Styling & presentation, sometimes products don't need much styling to demonstrate what they are. Done simply styling can really boost your product and help with its function or perspective. Style to compliment the product and choose props and environments that are relevant. Be careful not to over complicate styling and detract from the product you're trying to focus on.
A plain white background and a sharp, in focus shot is all that is needed to make these ceramic from Clay Canoe really pop.
A good photo speaks volumes! Not only does it help boost your market applications, it can also start to attract customers before our events, it helps increase your chance of selling online and to retailers. It is an important investment into your work as a whole.
Goop tips from photographers, plus iphone use!
Whilst your images might clearly demonstrate what your product is, it may not clearly explain what your product does. Never assume that the person reading your application, or anyone for that matter, understands the function of your product/s. If your product is innovative and new, consider also adding some pictures that demonstrate how your product works or why it is unique. Always include various views of the product so it is understood.
If you are selling clothes, we love to see them on a model! These photographs from Wolf & Mishka clearly showcase the look and fit of their product.
How is your product worn?
What type of person will wear it or use it?
What aesthetics work well with it?
The answers to the above will shape who your customer is and why your product is unique. If your product is part of a larger collection consider having a photo that includes a styled or collective picture of the full range together. If it is a ceramic range for example that is sold separately but is cohesive and presented well in a group, make sure to think about this when preparing your images.
If your product isn't themed, or doesn't need demonstration or explanation, just consider the best possible way to photograph your product. Sometimes a simple white background is all that is needed to really let your product pop.
In situ photographs combined with detailed shots, like this examples from More Than Ever, helps showcase product functionality as well as detail.
3 – Branding is important!
How will customers remember your name?
What finishes off your product?
What packaging will work well with your product?
How can you leave a lasting impression?
If you are not an expert in brand development and execution, don't pretend to be. We highly recommend enlisting the help of someone who specialises in creating tailor made branding for your business. Giving your branding, website or packaging no love or thought, doesn't help or compliment the hard work you have done with the making and creating of your product. It also will set you above your competitors, people notice great branding and sometimes it even catches their eye before the product does. Branding needs to be consistent, simple and well thought out.
Top tip: If you need to explain your branding, then it is too complicated and has lost its purpose!
In order for us to understand the scope of your product, it is important to explain your design process. Whether you use pictures, words, or even video, you need to simply answer: what are the key factors that are included in your design process? Never assume that anyone knows how your product is made or from what materials, often most things are actually harder than they appear to the customer! Using craft or design jargon puts you at risk of losing the interest from the reader or potential customer. Keep things clear, short and simple.
If your product is handmade, often there are some labour intensive processes to your work. If your product is expensive because there is special materials or a time consuming system of making them, make sure this is explained. Often customers can be confused by high prices on products they don't realise are handmade. Explaining the process and the level of work and craftsmanship behind your product will impress customers and also justify the higher price point. It gives the work a life, and shows that you are passionate about what you do and create.
From an application perspective, if your product is new or innovative we want to know what the design process is behind the products. This can really help get your application over the line if we can see there is something different or unique to offer.
Great example: A behind the scenes look at the studio of Bespoke Letterpress from Bespoke Letterpress on Vimeo.
Why would we choose your work over a competitor or brand in a similar category?
How can we know your product would look its very best at a market?
Not only do we want the markets themselves to look good for our customers, we most importantly want your product to have its very best chance of selling well at the markets! There is no point spending so much time perfecting your product when it's just sold on a flat dull tablecloth. We need to see that you will deliver on the day and that your presentation is well thought out and prepared. We recommend to try and include photos of previous stall set ups, mock ups or presentation methods you currently use or intend to use.
Using something that serves your product the best – there is no point using elaborate or complicated display systems if your product gets lost.
Your bio and information about your product has to be clear and concise, explaining all of the 'who, why, where, when and how's' of your work without being too long. Likewise if the information you have supplied is too short, this could mean we haven't got enough info to support your work, and may also demonstrate a lack of care/ enthusiasm. Information on your product should always be written as if the reader doesn't know anything about you or the product. Never assume we know what you do or who you are, this is a common mistake.
We shouldn't have to go to your website or google you to read more info on you or your work, it should all be available in your application in short simple paragraphs. We recommend that you have this information saved in a document and that you edit and refine it as you develop as a designer. Market applications won't be the only occasion you will need to provide such information and so it is helpful to have it on file and ready to go.
If writing applications is not your strength, ask a friend to help read it over with you and make sure it makes sense and serves a purpose. Reading out loud can also help you with your editing. Over the top or fluffy bios and written applications are excessive and unnecessary. Always spell check and make sure any links you include are correct!
Your bio is important, it shows us who you are, why you are doing what you are doing and gives a life behind the product. We want to meet the maker! Your bio will also be an important part of everything in your design journey it should be included in all your applications, your website and for any press opportunities. Keep it straightforward and have a few versions on hand ready to go, a longer more descriptive bio with a few paragraphs and a smaller one that is just one paragraph, which can also vary depending on the question or requirement. Never make a bio or information about your product longer than a full page, it's too much information and you will easily lose the reader.
To help you put your best foot forward make sure you cross check your application before sending. Always check spelling, grammar, make sure you are not writing like you are sending a casual text message to someone! (yes we have seen it happen!) This gives us an immediate bad impression.
Don't leave your application until the last minute! Keep in mind the opening and closing dates of applications, put them in your diary and make a timeline for them. When will you be ready to submit your best application? What can you do to prepare or refine your application more?
Always read the fine print making sure you are submitting the right documentation and meeting the criteria set. Always read the FAQ and terms and conditions before firing off any unnecessary questions as well. Whilst you want to be your friendly self, email etiquette is important; it shows you are respectful and serious about what you do.
Do not contain material of any type which is abusive, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, racist, sexist, offensive, misleading or deceptive or is otherwise unlawful in any manner.
We are committed to encouraging creative endeavour, original products and safeguarding Intellectual Property Rights. If we feel your products, branding or presentation are in any breach of copyright, it will be an automatic decline on your application.
Consider other ways of telling the story about your work or yourself. Supporting evidence is another way of helping your application cross the line, things to consider are: any press including interviews, blog posts, online features or awards.
Make sure they are relevant to your product and keep it simple; we don't need to see every bit of press you have had but some pieces can definitely help. Why? They show you are already engaged in the community and where your customers lie.
Whilst preparing your bio and information is important, ultimately your creativity will set you over the edge. What are some creative ways that you can apply outside of photos and pdf catalogues? What other things do you think will make a difference to your application and set yours above the rest?
Don't over complicate things; just use simple yet effective creative.
Whilst all the above steps are important, don't get too carried away with taking things too seriously at the risk of appearing rigid and not letting your true colours show! Be creative, let your true character shine through and even humorous if you want to (we love that!) and make sure that it will compliment your work or the story behind what you do.
Brisbane Applications close Monday 21st January and Melbourne Apps NOW OPEN APPLY NOW!
This is useful not just for applying to the Finderkeepers markets but for promoting/branding your business as well. Thanks so much for this!
The information presented here was extremely useful so as my application is completed as you require it to be for Poppy and Pom at this years 2016 Finders Keepers event in Sydney.


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Drake and J. Cole Working Together
Joseph Rodriguez, writer/reporter
Rappers, Drake and J. Cole are two of the most influential artists in the music industry. Both are currently in the top 50 for most Spotify streams and have a combined 11 studio albums. They are also regarded as some of the best rappers of all time. The two have worked on music before with one of their hit singles, "In the Morning" reaching the top 1oo of the Billboard charts back in 2011. Aside from that song, Drake and J. Cole have seldom collaborated with each other.
Drake is currently doing big concerts in Europe for his "Assassination Vacation" Tour. Recently at his concert in London, he brought out J. Cole to perform his hit song, "Middle Child". After the performance, Drake spoke to the crowd and hinted at making new music with J. Cole. When speaking on the mic he stated, "I can't wait to make some new music with you. I know we were working. I can't wait to let these people hear it." As soon as the large crowd heard about the news they exploded in excitement.
The fact that these two superstars are making music together is big for the hip hop industry. It's not too often that the best of the best collab in their respective music genre. To many critics, Drake and J. Cole are two of the top 3 rappers right now. For these two to finally come together again and make songs will be greatly appreciated amongst a lot of people.
Tags: Collab, drake, j. cole, music, rap
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We learned yesterday that sadly Derby Guildhall Theatre has had to close until the autumn amid concerns for the safety of the roof. Essential building work is being carried to repair the roof of the mid-19th century Grade II-listed building and unfortunately a number of shows are having to be cancelled or postponed.
On learning the news Alfie said: "Apologies to those with tickets to my show at Derby Guildhall in April. We are working with Derby Live to source an alternative venue. I'm sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your support".
Derby Live have committed to contact all customers to make them aware of the situation and their options for refunds or potential new dates/venues. If you haven't heard anything from them or have any questions you can get in touch with the sales and information team at 01332 255800, boxoffice@derby.gov.uk or in person at the Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby.


Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics reveals their newly designed Class 1 Division 1 explosion proof string lights. These string lights are ideal for general close work and inspection activities in hazardous locations requiring explosion proof protection.
The EPL-SL-10 explosion proof string light set from Larson Electronics contains a total of ten work lights that are equipped with aluminum hooks and connected in series along 150 feet of 14/3 SOOW explosion proof cord. Each hand lamp is equipped with an optional 26 watt compact fluorescent bulb or a 75 watt or 100 watt incandescent bulb. The machined aluminum housings, cast aluminum guard, tempered glass lamp globe, and abrasion resistant cord make this a very durable unit that will resist damage from chemicals, abrasions, vibrations and impacts. This string lighting solution will provide operators a flexible, easy to manage lighting solution.
A molded T junction is mounted every ten feet, with 3 feet of 16/3 SOOW cord connecting a single drop light to the backbone. The cord on this unit is terminated with a 1523P Class 1, Division 1 explosion proof plug for complete protection. With this arrangement, each drop light will not spark if pulled apart or dragged. A 25 foot tail section of main SOOW cord is included to allow ample length for connection to power sources. The hand lamps can be moved around and hooked to different points on a scaffold, but must remain within 10 feet of one another. This string lighting solution will provide the lighting required in a flexible, easy to manage configuration.
Larson Electronics carries an extensive line of explosion proof LED lights, LED work lights, light towers, intrinsically safe LED lights, portable work lights and industrial grade LED area lights. You can view Larson Electronics' entire line of industrial grade lighting by visiting them on the web at Larsonelectronics.com. You can also call 1-800-369-6671 to learn more about all of Larson Electronics' lighting products or call 1-214-616-6180 for international inquires.


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Q: Change imports on aliases in all project I have added aliases for import statements in my Angular project.
Now, I'd want to apply these aliases on all imports automatically, without changing imports manually.
WebStorm allows me to change it almost automatically one-by-one (see screenshot), but is there any way to do the same thing on all imports at once?

A: you can use Fix all 'Import can be shortened' problems in this file quick fix available on Alt+Enter, Right;
To apply fix to all files in project, you can run Code > Inspect Code... for the whole project and then use the quick fix (Replace with a shorter path) in inspection results to fix all problems