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Children's Minnesota Launches New Ohmni & Vecta Robots Through Greenway Donation
Children's Minnesota St. Paul officially launched their new therapeutic robotics program this month, featuring seven new Ohmni and Vecta robots. The cutting-edge robots, which were purchased through a donation by the Greenways and their Lead the Way Foundation, will assist pediatric patients and their families during their stays at the hospital.
The Ohmni robot allows patients to virtually explore the hospital without needing to leave their room. This will be especially useful for patients who are unable to leave their bed during their recovery. The Vecta robot assists in sensory therapy, helping children recover from conditions and procedures. In total, the donation purchased two Ohmni robots and five Vecta robots for the hospital's use.
The investment in the new robot program at Children's Minnesota St. Paul Hospital follows additional outreach that the Lead the Way Foundation has performed at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in the past. The Greenways opened a pair of 'Chad's Lockers' Children's Minnesota Hospitals in 2013 and opened an all-inclusive playground in 2018.

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VARENNE MUSEUM
Varenne museum is located on the left-hand side of the main entrance of SNAI Sesana racecourse. With more than 100 sq.m. indoor and 40 sq.m. outdoor, the museum has a permanent exhibition of the latest decades at Sesana racecourse. Best pictures of Varenne racing at Sesana and best pictures of Gran Prix of Montecatini may be admired. It is also a tribute to the most famous Tuscan horse riders, trainers and owners, who contributed to the success of the racecourse.
Several totems highlight other important events of the race season, including the "Nello Bellei" Gran Prix. Some relics from the past may be admired too, including photo finish instruments, pricking machines and an old-fashion carriage, still used to carry winning riders, trainers and owners on key race days.
Varenne, The Legend
Varenne is the most famous trotter in the world. Born in Italy in Zenzalino a Copparo (Ferrara province) in 1995, he is the best trotter of all time. In his entire carrier, he won Euro 6,035,665. His name comes from the Parisian street where the Italian embassy is located. His skills impressed the horse-racing world. Born from Waikiki Beach and Ialmaz, since 2001 he was ridden by Gianpaolo Minucci and become the best trotter in history.
He started racing at 3 year-old, in 1998, when he succeeded for the first time at Trot Derby, the most important race event for a native trotter, against Viking Kronos, famous trotter at that time. In the next season, he won almost all the 4-year-old native Gran Prixes and the international Gran Prix of Nations held in Milan San Siro racecourse. Here, he succeeded against Moni Maker, world champion at that time. With fourteen victories out of fourteen races, Varenne was unbeaten that season.
In 2000s he became a legend, starting to compete against the strongest trotters in the world. At the end of 2000 he won thirteen out of eighteen races. In 2001, lead by Minucci, Varenne amazed everyone at the European Grand Slam (Amerique, Lotteria, Elitloppet) and won the Breeders Crown in the U.S.A. In 2002 he became the richest and fastest trotter of all time and scored the world record. He is awarded "horse of the year" in three different nations: Italy (2000, 2001, 2002), France (2001, 2002) and U.S.A. (2001). But he is also the only trotter to win the most important races on the same year (2001). His picture on the weekly magazine Sportweek amplified his fame and contributed to build the legend.
Today, Varenne takes care of his heritage. After his retirement, on 28 September 2002, he is now a stallion. He is hosted at Il Grifone horse breeding (Turin), where several events take place annually. His first-born, Icaro del Ronco, saw his value being decupled when sold at Euro 150,000 (although he never competed owing to an injury). The first daughter to compete was Ira del Rio, a female horse (third placement on her first race). Loggia was instead his first son to win.
Lana del Rio and Lisa America, both her daughters, won more than one million Euro each on Italian and international tracks. Other sons: Miele d'Alfa, Mustang Grif, Incendio, Idole di Poggio, Impeto Grif, Lord Capar, Lancillotto Car, Illusion Dany, Lily Kronos, Lou Kronos, Laurel America,Like di Poggio, Nemo Grif, Image of Sf, Langdon Grif, Leonida Grif, Legend Kronos, Lie Detector, Isadora dei Fiori, Nadir Kronos, Olona Ok, Pascià Lest. And more to come…
Most important victories:
– Rome – Trop Italian Derby (1998)
– Milan – Gran Prix of Nations (1999)
– Milan – ENCAT Prize (2001 e 2002)
– Paris – Prix d'Amerique (2001 and 2002)
– Napoli – Gran Prix Agnano Lottery (2000, 2001 and 2002)
– Stockholm – Elitloppet (2001 e 2002)
– Meadowlands – Breeders Crown (2001)


I read this amazing article about procrastination and how to beat it: Why procrastinators procrastinate. If you feel you are procrastinating, you should read this, and part 2 aswell... I recognized myself (unfortunately) in many of the situations. One of the things you had to do to GET SOMEWHERE was to pick the TOP priority on your list and FOCUS on that one. So being me I had to make a Penultimate template for my "Top of the list" todo at the moment. This page should not stay the same for too long. Make sure that you DO whatever you put on this page!


Ken Cruickshank first came to know the Strathdon area when employed at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture in Aberdeen. Ken bought the neglected Rose Cottage at Belnacraig, Glenbuchat in 1979 and spent the next 20 years of his spare time renovating it. Ken visited may people and places in Glenbuchat and took black and white photos of them and of the photos they had. Ken also received photos sent to him form people who enjoyed reading is books, 'Glenbuchat Yesterdays'.


Oil stocks are heating up again! What's on your Watchlist?
Assuming the Kurdish election doesn't cause any problems the next issue is the handover of Kurdish oil to Baghdad in return for a slice of the Iraqi budget. A few Kurds in government party will help but with a what appears is going to be a government heavily leaning towards Iran they are going to be fighting hard to get a decent deal, remember Kurds are not Shiites and are backed by the US who have a little dispute with Iran just now so it may take some time to get a deal for the Kurds on the transfer of oil. Also it was Iranian militias operating with Iraqi government approval that recently took Mosul from the Peshmerga so I don't get a warm feeling all is going to go simply. The amount they get is somewhat irrelevant to oil company holder, apart from maybe slowing down back payments owed, as after the agreement the Iraqi government will be responsible for payments for current production and the farm in or more likely take out of GENL for its gas assets can happen. Long time and a few hurdles to go yet before I am counting my winnings. Do you have a view on how it will play out?
It's been a frustrating stock but a great entry point. Below, an article I wrote for Seeking Alpha.
My current watch list is.
Plenty of news and views in circulation, large potential UK Onshore discovery, in the Weald.
When I posted on Sept 9 Fang was at 112.65.
At close Sept 27: 134.06. 19% gain.
I now think they have their act together. Will double within 1 year.
HES; 62.39 on Sept 9.
Since Sept 9th APC: Not bad but not great.
Next couple months will tell a lot.
PBR: has gained. I just don't like ADRs and Brazil is too corrupt. I don't like paying 2 cents per share every year for the privilege of owning this stock.
Still watching MRO. It is about as good as FANG in the period, but it does not have the growth potential.
HK: Blah ha ha ha: Who picked HK again?
Refineries: I am confused on at the moment.
PBR in the meantime at $15.40 - good that I held onto that bad boy.
Congrats on FANG, it sure had a bit of a run.
I have CRC (California Resource Corporation) and NOG on my watchlist. I was following CHK but that stock is highly manipulated.
Can you please tel me more anout NOG. What do you think about is.
I juat got some share at 4.00, hope i did not ge in too early.


I just called and yes, we did get the winning bid. Woo Hoo!
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She is a first rate "consultant" on a wide range of issues, not simply applying for government contracts. She thinks beyond the immediate and weighs options with real and strategic insight. Lori looks for different and effective ways to open doors. You couldn't find better consulting help.
Thank you so much Lori for your help getting the GSA schedule. You made the process quick and painless.
I hired Barrier Consulting to do a market analysis, which was excellent, tailored to our business needs regarding service offerings and geography, and gave me good direction as to where to begin our efforts. I have referred back to it as we pursue the work.
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I did learn how truly valuable your assistance was as I reviewed the web site, with your input and direction on the proposal and our technical experience I think we did submit a perfect proposal for the project.
The strategic federal market analysis was incredible - full of detailed actionable information. You clearly identified where to focus our energy in a market as large and diverse as the federal government. Sticking to the plan created will be the key to success. Your knowledge of HHS and USDA component agencies provided insights to grow our business. Next step let's get that GSA schedule.
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We asked Lori O'Connor to assess our search criteria on FEDBIZ OPS and she ended up rewriting the entire profile. The results have been spectacular, with lots of potentially suitable job announcements arriving via email daily.
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Q: Prove that every practical number is either a power of two or a power of two times a non-trivial polygonal number Prove that every practical number is either a power of two or a power of two times a non-trivial polygonal number, where a number $q$ is practical if and only if every integer less than or equal to $q$ can be represented as a sum of distinct divisors of $q$, the polygonal numbers are denoted as usual by $P_s(n)=\dfrac{n^2(s-2)-n(s-4)}{2}$, with $s \geq 3$, and a non-trivial polygonal number is one with $n \geq 3$, which ensures that the result is not trivially true (since $P_s(2)=s$).
Together with the result of G. Melfi in On Two Conjectures About Practical Numbers, proving the Goldbach conjecture analogue for practical numbers (every even integer is a sum of two practical numbers), the conjecture implies that every integer can be expressed as $2^{a_0-1}(P_{s_0}(n_0)+2^{a_1-a_0}P_{s_1}(n_1))$, with $a_1 \geq a_0 \geq 0$, $s_0, s_1 \geq 3$, $n_0, n_1 \geq 1$ and $n_0, n_1 \ne 2$.
My motivation was a very straightforward attempt to explain the high frequency of practical numbers of the form $n^2-1$. Practical numbers $>1$ are even, so we can rewrite this as $(2n+1)^2-1=8T_n$, where $T_n$ is the nth triangular number. Replacing 8 with any power of two, I found that large portion of small practical numbers had such a representation, but the dropoff is steep as we consider larger values. Replacing The triangular numbers with polygonal numbers I was unable to find a counterexample for practical numbers < 30,000.

A: Suppose $x$ is a practical number which isn't a power of $2$. We want to verify that $$\exists j\ge0, s\ge 3, n\ge 3 : x = 2^j \frac{n^2(s-2) - n(s-4)}{2}$$
It's immediately apparent that $n$ divides $x$. Given a candidate value of $n$, we have $$s-2 = \frac{2^{1-j}xn^{-1} - 2}{n-1}$$ so for $s\ge 3$ we require $2^{1-j}xn^{-1} - 2 \ge n-1$, and for $s \in \mathbb N$ we require $2^{1-j}xn^{-1} \in \mathbb N$ and $2^{1-j}xn^{-1} \equiv 2 \pmod{n-1}$. Given the second condition, the first simplifies to $2^{1-j}xn^{-1} > 2$.
Empirically, for all possible values of $x \le 120000000$ this is true with $n$ equal either to $4$ or to the smallest odd prime factor of $x$. Let's consider these two cases.
Case: $n = 4$
We require $x > 2^{2+j}$, $2^{-1-j}x \in \mathbb N$ and $x \equiv 2^{j} \pmod{3}$.
The modular expression clearly fails if $x \equiv 0 \pmod 3$; otherwise it holds either for all odd $j$ or for all even $j$, so in particular it holds for one of $j=0$ or $j=1$. In either case, the fact that $n$ divides $x$ implies that $2^{-1-j}x \in \mathbb N$, and $x$ is large enough if it's greater than $8$.
Therefore this case covers all non-power-of-$2$ practical numbers except those smaller than 8 (i.e. $6$), those which are multiples of $3$, and those which aren't multiples of $4$. It turns out that all practical numbers are multiples of $4$ or $6$, so this simplifies to: the case $n=4$ covers all practical numbers except multiples of $3$, and we can reduce our consideration of the case $n = p_2$ to $p_2 = 3$.
Case $n = p_2 = 3$
We require $2^{1-j}x > 6$, $2^{1-j}3^{-1}x \in \mathbb N$ and $2^{1-j}x \equiv 0 \pmod 2$. If we set $j = 0$ then $x > 3$ is satisfied, $2x/3 \in \mathbb N$, and $2x \equiv 0 \pmod 2$, so this case is easy.
QED.

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Juli Wood Oldenburg House Cookin' At The O 604 Chestnut Ave, Carlton MN 55718
12oct6:30 pm10:00 pmJuli WoodCookin' At the O
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For the past twenty years with four albums as a leader, several studio projects as a
For the past twenty years with four albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide performances, saxophonist, vocalist and composer, Juli Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical and entertaining performer on Chicago's music scene. Juli has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee's Summerfest, Chicago's main jazz clubs – Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy's and Katerina's. Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm, Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J's club (Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki Finland), Arlandia Jazz Fest (Aaland Islands, Finland) and the " Made in Chicago " jazz festival in Poznan Poland to name a few.
(Saturday) 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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New Cal Surf mugs are now in stock including a new design by local legend Jake Durham. Cal Surf gear is also re-stocked in t-shirts, long sleeves and hooded sweatshirts perfect for stocking stuffers. The first order of Howl mittens sold out quick but lucky for your fingers more have arrived. Keep your head warm in a new beanie from Independent or Thrasher.


Like Willy Wonka, Tim Hortons is sending customers on a hunt for gold.
The Canadian-based multinational fast food chain is celebrating National Doughnut Day with gold-covered Timbits, honey-dipped doughnut holes covered in edible 24-karat gold.
The first person to find the correct Tim Hortons location and ask for the "gold Timbits" on June 1 will win free doughnuts for a year.
Five participating Tim Hortons will feature the golden morsels in the areas of Metro Detroit as well as Buffalo, New York and Columbus, Ohio.
Customers can begin looking for the gold-dusted doughnuts at 6 a.m. June 1. The special Timbits are not for sale.
Detroit News staff writer Melody Baetens contributed.


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Q: Click on td not working I have a table created dynamically and assigned a click event, but this event don't work on all cells, only on a fixed row. What's my mistake, please help me.
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A: You are only adding the on event to the 3rd column of each row.
Also, as @roasted said, you need to use the on event over the modified element, in this case, better than document or body just #tab:
Try this:
$('#tab ').on('click','tr td', function() {
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http://jsfiddle.net/imac/zTAW3/4/

A: The 'index' indicating the 0-based position of the  elements.
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A: You have to use delegation for dynamic added elements:
http://jsfiddle.net/UkVSh/
$(document).on('click', '#tab tr td', function () {
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If you were waiting for DOM ready or put script code just before closing body tag, you could use #tab as delegate. Would be better than using document.


In 2000, the Canada Research Chairs Program was launched by the Government of Canada to promote leading-edge research and innovation in Canadian universities and to attract and retain the world's best researchers. Mount Saint Vincent University was awarded four Canada Research Chairs.
The Mount's Strategic Research Plan for the Canada Research Chairs Program provides an overview of the main research directions of Mount Saint Vincent University. The goal of all Canada Research Chairs is to advance the frontiers of knowledge within their fields, not only through their own research, but also by coordinating research efforts of other researchers within their discipline. Mount Saint Vincent University currently has four Canada Research Chairs.
Dr. Zachary Zimmer began a CRC in Global Aging and Community in 2016. In his career, he has taught courses in demography, aging, health policy, research methods, and statistics.
Dr. Zimmer's research focuses on global issues in health and general well-being of older persons, studied from a demographic perspective. Much of his work has taken place in East and Southeast Asia where population aging and socioeconomic change has been swift and where older adults face many obstacles related to the changing nature of their social environment. Learn more about Dr. Zimmer's research here.
Dr. Eichler is a Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement, and Assistant Professor in Political Studies and Women's Studies at the Mount.
She completed her Ph.D. at York University and has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Southern California, the Harvard Kennedy School, and the University of Toronto. Her academic interests include feminist international relations theory, gender and armed forces, veterans and military families, and security privatization. Learn more about Dr. Eichler's research here.
Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac is an Assistant Professor and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions with the Faculty of Education and Department of Child and Youth Study at Mount Saint Vincent University.
She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scholar with the Healthy Populations Institute at Dalhousie University. She holds a PhD in Public Health and an MSc in Health Promotion, both from the University of Alberta, and a BSc in Kinesiology from Dalhousie.
The goal of her program of research is to enhance well-being during early childhood by ensuring policy and practice supports families as they transition across early learning environments. McIsaac studies early childhood and educational policy initiatives using an engaged scholarship approach to co-produce research that mobilizes knowledge and experiences for and with marginalised families. She works collaboratively with researchers, community, policy makers and research participants to inform policy and program design and decision-making. Learn more about Dr. McIsaac's research here.


Abraham Janzen, "died of cholera in 1834, aged about 25 years. He was not married."
[S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 836.


Rumor mountain is rumbling this week with news about the next phones under Motorola's Moto X brand, and VentureBeat today says that the new devices will be modular, allowing users to swap out backplates with various capabilities. Yesterday, HellomotoHK posted images of new Moto X phones that appeared to show one phone with a metallic body and laser auto-focusing features. VentureBeat reports that there are actually two new Moto X phones, the Vertex and Vector Thin, and they both feature customizable, modular bodies.
Here's what the site reports: The phones' backplates have a line of 16 dots near the bottom and these are not speaker ports — they're connection pins. Motorola has designed six "Amps" (modules) that add new features to the phone, including stereo speakers, a battery pack, a camera grip with flash and optical zoom, a pico projector and a rugged cover with wide-angle lens attachment. The cameras on these two new phones jut out a fair bit, but they should lay flush once the modules are attached.
LG's G5 smartphone recently launched with modular capabilities, but it requires removing the actual battery every time you want to add a new attachment. The Vertex and Vector Thin apparently circumvent this problem by attaching modules directly to the back of the phones, rather than inserting new tools into the phone's base.
VentureBeat also reports the following specs for the new Moto X phones: Both have 5.5 inch AMOLED displays, while the Vertex has a full HD display and Vector Thin features Quad HD resolution. The Vector Thin will have 32GB of storage and either 3GB or 4GB RAM, while the Vertex will have 16GB of storage and 2GB RAM or 32GB of storage and 3GB RAM. The Vector Thin is also — appropriately — extra thin at just 5.2mm thick.
Motorola hasn't yet confirmed these details, but the company is expected to announce its new phones at Lenovo Tech World on June 9th, Droid Life reports.


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Miami Branch visits Biscayne Bay for a day of cleaning in commemoration of Baynanza 2017!
On April 22nd, more than 40 DB Schenker employees put on gloves and sun visors, grabbed trash bags, loaded up on water and snacks, and spent much of the day cleaning up the beach, clearing out weeds, and planting new trees at Biscayne Bay in Florida. As part of Baynanza 2017, the group gathered on Earth Day to help protect and preserve the bay itself and, subsequently, the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.
Coordinated by Marielena Hevia, Maximo Fernandez, and Andres Restreppo from the Miami branch, they reached out to other members of the regional/national team for support. Laura J. Gisleson, Director of DB Schenker's U.S. Ocean Operations, says the large group was gleaned from the company's robust corporate volunteer program. The program is part of a larger, global effort that finds different company departments hosting specific volunteer projects around the globe. "Lucky for us, Baynanza specifically targeted the ocean," says Gisleson, "which we thought was really cool." Ocean for Oceans
After naming its team "Ocean for Oceans," Gisleson's department recruited more than 40 people to participate in the April event. Working in tandem with TREEmendous Miami, a group of dedicated citizens making Miami-Dade a "greener, cooler, healthier, and more enjoyable environment in which to live," Ocean for Oceans utilized the former's trees, mulch, and equipment to plant new trees and foliage.
"TREEmendous donated all of the materials and we helped plant a lot of new foliage to support the bay's ecosystem," says Gisleson, who adds that TREEmendous was impressed by the sheer number of DB Schenker employees who gave their time to the cause. "They were very excited when they saw the size of our group, and immediately asked if we would register specifically for the TREEmendous part of the project—which we happily did."
And with that, Ocean for Oceans took action by digging holes and helping to prep the land for the addition of more than 100 trees and bushes. They also planted other types of vegetation and cleaned up the area along the way. Gisleson says the project aligned well with DB Schenker's overall goals for ocean and coastal preservation. "It was great to find something that directly correlates to what we're already doing," says Gisleson, "and that plays right into one of our core business lines—ocean."
What is a "Baynanza?"
The early 1980s marked the beginning of a monumental effort by Miami-Dade County to save Biscayne Bay, which at the time was suffering from pollution and the steep decline of its marine environment. Celebrating its 35th year in 2017, Baynanza was created as part of a larger effort to save the bay.
"Baynanza is a celebration of Biscayne Bay and its significance as one of our most important ecological systems in South Florida," according to the Miami-Dade County government's website. "While Baynanza includes more than 25 great events throughout March and April, the event that has become nearly synonymous with this celebration is the Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day." Gisleson says the event garnered the interest of DB Schenker employees nationwide, some of whom are from foreign countries and working in the U.S. "Pretty much everyone put their hands up and said, 'Yes!'" Gisleson says. "We had a very diverse group of people who were eager to give their time to a cause that directly correlates with their job and their industry. As such, it was a win-win all around."
Even when the official "clock" ran out on the day and most of the other volunteers hung up their gloves and visors for the day, Ocean for Oceans hung around and made sure the job was finished to completion. After all, what better feeling than giving your time to improving the environment and our oceans on a gorgeous April day in Miami?
"We committed to a certain number of hours but we wound up staying longer—along with TREEmendous—to finish the project," Gisleson. "This really goes to show how serious everyone was about the positive impact of an event like Baynanza."
Taking it Global
Now, DB Schenker is looking to "globalize" this Miami-Dade event by involving other departments in similar efforts around the world. "We'd like to use this project as a model and—from an ocean perspective—seek out similar volunteer projects to get involved with," Gisleson says. "We're going to find the projects and then present them to our senior-level managers to help encourage the 'giving back' behavior and culture within DB Schenker."
These and other efforts further solidify DB Schenker's position as an environmentally-conscious logistics organization that understands the world that it's operating in—and the impact that its actions have on that world. "The world is shrinking and we literally touch every corner of it," says Gisleson. "We want to make a positive impact through CO2 reductions, cleanup efforts, and other green projects that are important from the environmental, cultural, and societal perspectives."
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As India celebrates her 66th Republic Day on 26th January, 2015 a shopping bonanza is being offered by some of the best online mega stores. Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are offering some of the best bargains this weekend. Look no further for exciting deals on Kindle eBooks, smartphones and more.
Have you been dreaming of owning the 32GB Google Nexus 6. If you haven't considered buying it because of its high price then here is some good news for you. The Google Nexus 6 is being sold on eBay at an unbelievable low price of Rs. 40,990 as against its original price of Rs. 43,999. This offer is open only until the 26th. So, grab the offer before you run out of time.
The smartphone is a good pick if you like a large display. You get a 6 inch QHD AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating that's good enough to protect it from scratches and comes with 2560x1440 pixel resolutions. The Nexus 6 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor, along with an 8GB RAM. The Google smartphone has a 16 MP rear camera with a dual LED flash for clearer images.
Use the coupon code EBAY09DEAL to avail the discounted price.
Prices of the iPhone 5s were expected to drop with the launch of iPhone 6; but that did not happen. It is rare to find an Apple product at an unbelievable low price, but with nearly all online stores offering Republic Day discounts prices on the iPhone 5s have been slashed by online retail giants Flipkart and Amazon.
The 16GB variant of the iPhone 5s can be yours for as low as Rs.37,500 if you shop for it on either Amazon or Flipkart. Both sites have a cashback offer as well that will make you save another 2000 bucks, making the phone to effectively cost Rs.35,500.
If you are using an HDFC Bank card you can shop at Flipkart, and avail an instant discount.
For shopping at Amazon you can use either an HDFC Bank card or an American Express card to avail the cashback offer. The cashback offer is available only if you access Amazon via the Amazon mobile app. The cashback offer for American Express card users entitles them to an Amazon gift card.
Amazon has a number of Lightening Deals on with hefty discounts on the Xbox One console and the older Xbox 360 console.
You get Rs.5,000 off on the Xbox One console with Kinect bundle, 3 games and an extra controller.
The actual price for this complete package is Rs.45,990, but it can be yours during the Lightening Deal period for a mere Rs. 40,990.
If you want just the Xbox One minus the Kinect that's available too, for just Rs.35,000 as against Rs. 39,990 its regular price.
Amazon has on sale Xbox One games as well, with a few of them being sold for under Rs.3,000.
Use the Amazon mobile app and pay through your HDFC Bank cards for 10% cashback, upto a maximum amount of Rs.2,000.
Benefit from the reduced prices on the Amazon Kindle eBook readers, this Republic Day. Amazon is offering a discount of Rs.1,000 on all Kindle variants. So, hurry – the discount ends on 26th January.
Kindle Paperwhite – Original price Rs.10,999 and discounted price Rs. 9,999.
Kindle Paperwhite 3G variant – Originally priced at Rs.13,999 and available now for Rs.12,999.
The new Touchscreen Kindle – Actual cost Rs.5,999 and selling at Rs.4,999.
The all-new Kindle with the touchscreen is a smart looking device and comes at a great pocket-friendly price.
The Kindle Paperwhite comes with a backlight that allows comfortable reading comfortable.
The Kindle Paperwhite 3G variant comes with 3G connectivity that makes it simpler to purchase and sync books while on the move.
The ADATA PT100 10000mAH power bank is being sold on Amazon at an incredibly low price of just Rs.999. That is more than 50% off on the actual cost. The 10000mAH power bank is actually priced at Rs.2,500. The special price is being offered just this weekend, so go grab the offer.
The pricing is comparable to the Mi power bank, and makes it is a good bargain. The ADATA PT100 has dual USB outlets, so two devices can be charged simultaneously. A battery indicator allows you to gauge how much juice is available in the powerbank. In addition the powerbank also has an LED flashlight.
There is a one year standard manufacturer warranty available on the device.
Zeb and Corsair power supply units are available at very competitive prices on Snapdeal.
The online retailer has an impressive collection of cooling fans to pick from at affordable prices.
There is also a special offer on the AMD FX- Series four-core edition.
You can get up to 40% rebate on cabinets and an additional 7% off on computer components that are priced above Rs.1,499.
These offers can be bundled for cashback offers currently being offered to American Express, HDFC and State Bank of India card holders.
Compare the price on different sites before hitting the pay button. Doing so will ensure you do not lose out on a better bargain being offered at a different site.
Always download mobile apps before buying a product. Chances are you'll get a better price if you shop through the app.
Cashback offers are a great way of saving money. Bundle deals and you get an even better discount.
Online retailers have tie-ups with different banks and customers get cashback if they use those specific banks card. Check for such offers and pick the right bank card.
Keep these tips in mind and you'll have a better online shopping experience. Pass on these online shopping tips to friends and family.
That is a great info. I would suggest all you guys to download mobile apps of all these e- tailers. Check the price on mobile apps as well as on main website. It has normally been observed that these companies normally tend to provide better offers on Mobile apps.


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<?php namespace Cartalyst\DataGrid\DataHandlers;

use Cartalyst\DataGrid\DataGrid;
use Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection as MySqlDatabaseConnection;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder as EloquentQueryBuilder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
use Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression;
use Illuminate\Support\Contracts\ArrayableInterface;

class DatabaseHandler extends BaseHandler implements HandlerInterface {

	/**
	 * Validate the data store.
	 *
	 * @param  mixed  $data
	 * @return mixed  $data
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public function validateData($data)
	{
		// If the data is an instance of an Eloquent model,
		// we'll grab a new query from it.
		if ($data instanceof Model)
		{
			$data = $data->newQuery();
		}

		// We accept different data types for our data grid,
		// let's just check now that
		if ( ! $data instanceof QueryBuilder and
			 ! $data instanceof EloquentQueryBuilder and
			 ! $data instanceof HasMany and
			 ! $data instanceof BelongsToMany)
		{
			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Invalid data source passed to database handler. Must be an Eloquent model / query / valid relationship, or a databse query.");
		}

		return $data;
	}

	/**
	 * Prepares the total count of results before
	 * we apply filters.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function prepareTotalCount()
	{
		$this->totalCount = (int) $this->data->count();
	}

	/**
	 * Prepares the "select" component of the statement
	 * based on the columns array provided.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function prepareSelect()
	{
		// Fallback array to select
		$toSelect = array();

		// Loop through columns and inspect whether
		// they are an alias or not. If the key is
		// not numeric, it is the real column name
		// and the value is the alias. Otherwise, there
		// is no alias and we're dealing directly with
		// the column name. Aliases are used quite often
		// for joined tables.
		foreach ($this->dataGrid->getColumns() as $key => $value)
		{
			if ($value instanceof Expression)
			{
				$toSelect[] = $value;
			}
			elseif (is_numeric($key))
			{
				$toSelect[] = $value;
			}
			else
			{
				$toSelect[] = "$key as $value";
			}
		}

		$this->data->select($toSelect);
	}

	/**
	 * Loops through all filters provided in the data
	 * and manipulates the data.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function prepareFilters()
	{
		list($columnFilters, $globalFilters) = $this->getFilters();

		foreach ($columnFilters as $filter)
		{
			list($column, $operator, $value) = $filter;

			$this->applyFilter($this->data, $column, $operator, $value);
		}

		foreach ($globalFilters as $filter)
		{
			list($operator, $value) = $filter;
			$me = $this;

			$this->data->whereNested(function($data) use ($me, $operator, $value)
			{
				$me->globalFilter($data, $operator, $value);
			});
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Applies a global filter across all registered columns. The
	 * filter is applied in a "or where" fashion, where
	 * the value can be matched across any column.
	 *
	 * @param  Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder  $nestedQuery
	 * @param  string  $operator
	 * @param  string  $value
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function globalFilter(QueryBuilder $nestedQuery, $operator, $value)
	{
		foreach ($this->dataGrid->getColumns() as $key => $_value)
		{
			if (is_numeric($key))
			{
				$key = $_value;
			}

			$this->applyFilter($nestedQuery, $key, $operator, $value, 'or');
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Sets up the filtered results count (before pagination).
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function prepareFilteredCount()
	{
		$this->filteredCount = (int) $this->data->count();
	}

	/**
	 * Sets up the sorting for the data.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function prepareSort()
	{
		$column    = $this->calculateSortColumn($this->request->getSort());
		$direction = $this->request->getDirection();

		$data = $this->data;

		if ($data instanceof HasMany or $data instanceof BelongsToMany)
		{
			$data = $data->getQuery();
		}

		if ($data instanceof EloquentQueryBuilder)
		{
			$data = $data->getQuery();
		}

		// We are going to prepend our sort order to the data
		// as SQL allows for multiple sort. By appending it, a predefined
		// sort may override ours.
		if (is_array($data->orders))
		{
			array_unshift($data->orders, compact('column', 'direction'));
		}

		// If no orders have been defined, the orders property
		// is set to null. At this point, we cannot unshift a
		// sort order to the front, so we will use the API.
		else
		{
			$data->orderBy($column, $direction);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Sets up pagination for the data grid. Our pagination
	 * is special, see calculatePerPage() for more information.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function preparePagination()
	{
		// If our filtered results are zero, let's not set any pagination
		if ($this->filteredCount == 0) return;

		$dividend  = $this->request->getDividend();
		$threshold = $this->request->getThreshold();
		$throttle  = $this->request->getThrottle();
		$page      = $this->request->getPage();

		list($this->pagesCount, $this->perPage) = $this->calculatePagination($this->filteredCount, $dividend, $threshold, $throttle);

		list($this->page, $this->previousPage, $this->nextPage) = $this->calculatePages($this->filteredCount, $page, $this->perPage);

		$this->data->forPage($this->page, $this->perPage);
	}

	/**
	 * Hydrates the results.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function hydrate()
	{
		// The data builder class can be setup to
		// return results that are not arrays, but
		// instances of objects. We will cast as an
		// array now so that the results object is an array.
		if (($results = $this->data->get()) instanceof ArrayableInterface)
		{
			$results = $results->toArray();
		}

		// Now we return our results in an array form
		$this->results = array_map(function($result)
		{
			// The same goes for any result returned,
			// we'll see if we can call toArray() on it
			// or not.
			if ($result instanceof ArrayableInterface)
			{
				return $result->toArray();
			}

			// Fallback to casting as an array
			return (array) $result;

		}, (array) $results);
	}

	/**
	 * Flag for whether the handler supports regex filters.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function supportsRegexFilters()
	{
		switch ($connection = $this->getConnection())
		{
			case $connection instanceof MySqlDatabaseConnection:
				return true;
		}

		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the connection associated with the handler's data set.
	 *
	 * @return \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface
	 */
	protected function getConnection()
	{
		$data = $this->data;

		if ($data instanceof EloquentQueryBuilder)
		{
			$data = $data->getQuery();
		}

		return $data->getConnection();
	}

	/**
	 * Applies a filter to the given query.
	 *
	 * @param  mixed   $query
	 * @param  string  $column
	 * @param  string  $operator
	 * @param  mixed   $value
	 * @param  string  $boolean
	 * @return void
	 */
	protected function applyFilter($query, $column, $operator, $value, $boolean = 'and')
	{
		$method = ($boolean === 'and') ? 'where' : 'orWhere';

		switch ($operator)
		{
			case 'like':
				$value = "%{$value}%";
				break;

			case 'regex':

				if ($this->supportsRegexFilters())
				{
					$method .= 'Raw';
				}

				switch ($connection = $this->getConnection())
				{
					case $connection instanceof MySqlDatabaseConnection:
						$query->$method("{$column} {$operator} ?", array($value));
						return;
				}

				return;
		}

		$query->$method($column, $operator, $value);
	}

}

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When you are a contractor or a freelancer, you might find yourself in a situation where you work remotely, rather than on site. Whilst some prefer the comfort of their own home or a coffee shop, many opt to work within a co-working space.
Coworking spaces allow you to maintain that office environment whilst linking with a fellow community of freelancers, contractors, small business owners and remote workers. Co-working space are fun and affordable, so it comes as no surprise that many are popping up across the UK's major cities. We've looked at one of the jewels of the North of England, Manchester, and explored the most exciting co-working spaces in the city.
Central Working has a large number of co-working spaces across London, but also a dedicated space in Deansgate, Manchester. Based within one of Manchester's beautiful grade listed buildings, this unique co-working space has a 150 person capacity lecture theatre, just in case you need to do a big pitch. The office space is open plan, complete with workspaces, coffee shop and even a balcony!
Looking for something a bit different? Beehive Lofts has been at the heart of Manchester's coworking scene since its opening in 2014. Founded specifically for workers in the digital and creative sectors, the space was established with the goal to create a sustainable community in addition to providing flexible memberships. Beehive Lofts, as you may guess, is also based in a loft just outside the popular Northern Quarter of Manchester.
SpacePortX are located in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, and their focus is on serving the needs of workers in the technology sector. A diverse community of developers, designers and IT contractors, SpacePortX caters to its community by hosting tech events, as well as providing super-fast internet and a rooftop garden - which isn't bad to work from on the few days of sunshine England gets a year!
Workplace allows members to be free from the shackles of office management. Based just a five minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road train station, Workplace offers its customers with the choice of hot desking, beautiful boutique styled offices or a unique central lounge area. Workplace also provides free coffee and tea for its members and even offers deals on your parking!
Do you agree with our list about the best co-working places within Manchester? Take the conversation further by telling us what you think on Facebook and Twitter.
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I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. I was so lucky to have won! I could not put it down!!! I am so excited to read the next book...Aja leaves the life she's always known behind in New York after the death of her father. Now living among the rich she stays true to her self and makes friends with "other" outcasts, but her life quickly changes from that of a normal teenager to one dodging the knocks at death's door. Short read but definately worth it!
This was a really great beginning to the serial novel.Aja's life is turned upside down with the murder of her father. She went from being the New York "It" girl to a Virginia prep school student outsider. With two near death experiences it seems as if someone/ something is out to get her, and I can't wait to read book two to find out who.Aja is a great heroine- she's fierce, gorgeous, and true to herself and I'm excited to see what book two has in store for her.
Could not put this book down, every page captivated my interest...loved it!!!! Looking forward to more reads from Ms. Nickie Williams.


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Boss of Murdered Maid Joanna Demafelis Arrested After She Was Found in Freezer
Eva (2nd L), mother of Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis whose body was found inside a freezer in Kuwait, cries in front of the wooden casket containing her daughter's body shortly after its arrival from Manila at Iloilo International Airport in Iloilo province, central Philippines, on February 17, 2018. AFP/Getty
World Kuwait Philippines Middle East Asia
The employer of a Filipina maid who was found dead in a freezer in Kuwait has been arrested in Lebanon.
Nader Essam Assaf, a Lebanese national, was arrested in his home country in connection with the death of Joanna Demafelis. His wife, also a suspect, is yet to be detained.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday confirmed that he had informed President Rodrigo Duterte of the news.
"President (Duterte) welcomes the news that Nader Essam Assaf is now in the hands of authorities in Lebanon," Cayetano said in a statement.
"Assaf's arrest is a critical first step in our quest for justice for Joanna and we are thankful to our friends in Kuwait and Lebanon for their assistance."
The firebrand Filipino leader has vowed to bring justice to the family of Demafelis after her murder sparked uproar in the Philippines.
The murder led to a ban on Filipino workers traveling to Kuwait.
Demafelis' body was found on February 6 in Kuwait City, more than a year after her disappearance.
Duterte has railed against the treatment of the hundreds of thousands of Filipino workers who live in the Arab world, saying they can be physically abused and worked an inhumane number of hours.
He has threatened to extend the employment ban for Filipino workers to other countries and said the government is working to "find out the places where we deploy Filipinos and our countrymen suffer brutal treatment and human degradation."
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos work legally across the Middle East but thousands do not, making the job of protecting them a more difficult task for the Filipino government
As many as ten million Filipinos work abroad, representing a tenth of the country's 100 million population. Many of them are maids, seafarers and laborers, and send the money they earn home to help their families and, in turn, the Philippine economy.
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Kuwait Sentences Seven to Death For Raping Disabled Boy
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Tonight on the Tube: The Simpsons, Cold Case, Shark, Side Order of Life & The War
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Tonight is the series premieres of CW Now and Online Nation on The CW, as well as the 40th season premiere of 60 Minutes on CBS, in the hour before normal primetime. As for season premieres, FOX has The Simpsons, King of the Hill and a one-hour Family Guy and CBS has Cold Case and Shark. The season premiere of American Dad on FOX has been moved to next week. In season finale news, CBS has Power of 10 and IFC has the second season finales of The Business and The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman. Also, ABC has two new clip show specials to catch you up on the goings on with the Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters and PBS has the first of the seven part film, The War, by Ken Burns.
Today is the last day you can download the series premiere episodes of Bionic Woman, Chuck, Journeyman and Life at Amazon Unbox for free.
The Simpsons (FOX): Season Premiere. Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) guests as a life coach hired by Homer to help him get a job that will allow him to fly on private jet.
King of the Hill (FOX): Season Premiere. Bobby gets into a VIP suite of a former Nebraska quarterback.
Cold Case (CBS): Season Premiere. Lily is back at work, now four months after being shot, and thinks she is ready to take on a new case.
Shark (CBS): Season Premiere. A car bomb kills the only witness in a case and Stark gets Devlin to help with the case.
Gossip Girl (The CW): Repeat. If you missed the "Pilot" episode on Wednesday or didn't get a chance to download it for free at iTunes yet, here is another opportunity to watch it.
Desperate Housewives (ABC): Special. Get a look at all the "Secrets & Lies," with clips from the show, so you will be ready for next week's season premiere.
Brother & Sisters (ABC): Special. Take a look at this family's "Family Album" via clips from the first season, so you will be ready to go next week for the second season premiere.
Food Network Challenge (Food Network): New. Chefs compete to create the best hero sandwich in the "Super Heroes Challenge." Plays again later.
Side Order of Life (Lifetime): New. Jenny doesn't know what to think when she learns from her mother that her father has left town. Last week's episode, "Coming Out," replays right after.
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO): New. Larry gets into it with Richard Lewis and Suzie over the proper way to express condolences. Runs 30 minutes.
Damages (FX): Repeat. Last Tuesday's episode, "Blame the Victim," replays.
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (Comedy Central): New. A new special with Jeff and his dummies making you laugh for about 90 minutes minus the commercials of course. Plays again later.
Throwdown With Bobby Flay (Food Network): New. Bobby battles a taco specialist. Plays again later.
ABC has NASCAR racing with the Nextel Cup: Dodge Dealers 400.
CBS has NFL action including my Seattle Seahawks facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals here at home.
ESPN has Sunday Night Baseball with the Houston Astros at the St. Louis Cardinals.
FOX has NFL action.
NBC has Sunday Night Football with the Dallas Cowboys at the Chicago Bears.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): Repeats. The two episodes from last Thursday night, "Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead" and "The Gang Gets Held Hostage," replay.
A&E has five episodes of The First 48.
Discovery Channel has nine episodes of Survivorman and then the last four replays.
Disney Channel has 12 episodes of Hannah Montana.
MTV has 16½ hours of So You Think You Can Dance.
Sci Fi has the four-part eight-hour miniseries, Stephen King's The Stand.
Spike has six episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and then five of them replay.
TLC has five episodes of Property Ladder.
USA has nine episodes of Monk and then three of them replay.
WE has six episodes of Bridezillas.
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You are here: Home / Leadership / What Integrity Really Means
November 1, 2014 by Christine
What Integrity Really Means
It's a missing ingredient of our time. Possibly the missing ingredient.
Let me tell you why.
But before I do, let me ask what it means to you. It's one of these words that gets slung around in personal and leadership development circles, especially if you get into a discussion about values. But would you really know integrity if you saw it?
And I think that's been part of its problem till now. It's been up there as some high and mighty principle. But few people could describe why it's relevant on a day-to-day basis.
Which is why I like Michael Jensen and Werner Erhart's work on integrity. Because their definition cuts to the chase.
For them it's simple. Integrity talks fundamentally of the wholeness of individuals, relationships or systems. There's no implied value judgement in their view. Instead, they say, wholeness is an aspect of our being. It's in our nature to expect things to be whole and complete. So when something lacks integrity, it affects us.
Things don't jive for us the way they should. They don't feel right. And whether we're conscious of it or not, deep down we know.
Having integrity means honouring your word
How do you have integrity?
Well, to have integrity as an individual you must honour your word.
In an ideal world everyone would make commitments only to things they could deliver on. But life's not like that for most of us.
Recognising that's so – we're human and goalposts change – we can nevertheless honour our word. Honouring your word means keeping your word, or whenever you won't be keeping your word, saying so to everyone impacted:
a) that you won't be keeping your word
b) that you will keep it in the future and by when, or that you won't be keeping it at all
c) what you will do regards the impact on others of your failure to keep your word
In a nutshell: own your shit and clean it up.
What that looks like to you or me
I got excited about this as a concept because it made me realise how much better the world would be if we all adopted that philosophy.
Maybe you think you don't have a problem with integrity. Oh yeah? Check out these scenarios:
You pack your diary full of appointments and then end up late for meeting after meeting. You say "sorry" to the people you keep waiting, but you can't help feeling that in-the-moment pang of guilt.
You've a report you've committed to get done by a certain date and you've just been unable to get to it, so you say nothing and hope no-one notices. You feel a mixture of relief and disappointment in yourself when you send it off late with an apology note.
You promised yourself to eat healthily and get to the gym three times this week. But it's been a crappy Monday. Wolfing down that tub of ice-cream in the evening gives only a fleeting sense of comfort, before the self-loathing voices kick in again.
You may think that these things count for nothing. That they're all part of the human condition and "the way things are" when you work for yourself or do a big job. But the impact on ourselves, and on people around us accumulates as, drip after drip, we create the experience of not having integrity; of not honouring our word.
The bigger integrity challenge
When you start to really understand this, you can begin to see just how integrity is missing from life on a wider scale.
Look at Nick Clegg and his now infamous 2010 election promise to cut student fees, which he reneged on as soon as he got into power with David Cameron.
Or the whole sub-prime crisis of a few years back that was caused by mortgage products that had no integrity, sold to people who would struggle to pay, while a number of derivative traders made billions betting on their failure.
Once the banks had been dug out of their integrity gap, all kind of measures were implemented to ensure "something like this never happens again". Regulatory frameworks were reviewed. Ethics training and the like was introduced.
I'm not suggesting that these don't have their place. But isn't it a little sad that integrity has to be legislated for?
And in any case we've subsequently had examples like Tesco, who inflated its prices for a while, only then to drop them back to what they had been charging while claiming to be offering a "Big Price Drop".
Everything starts with our word
What I'm personally discovering from trying to stay more and more in integrity with myself is that life goes better; I feel better about myself; my relationships are better. And I see the impact it has on my work too.
For example, I recently got the timing wrong of an international coaching call and wrote to my client:
I'm so sorry. This is entirely my mistake. I put our call in my calendar for 2.30 GMT not CET….
Let's reschedule.
I realise that my error means I'm out of integrity with you and apart from anything would like to ask you how I may meaningfully correct that.
Not only did he write back and say that my putting it that way had really made him think, but also over the weeks that followed I watched him consciously choose to stay more and more in integrity with himself, in what has been a tough business situation for him.
He came to coaching to smash some of his own glass ceilings. I think his insights on integrity served as a bit of a hammer for him.
Because really, if you have integrity, and you encourage others to live with integrity, you can achieve so much more and feel so much better.
It's not a nice to have thing. It's fundamental.
Start with yourself
So, don't wait for the government to legislate on it, or for your company to write an integrity policy. Start with you and start now.
Where are you keeping your word to yourself? Where not? What are the ways in which you can clean up your act? How will that serve you? And how will it serve others around you?
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We spend a lot of time talking about what brides where to their weddings. But guests and attendants want to look their best as well. The great thing about modern weddings is that bridesmaids no longer have to shop specifically for "bridesmaid's dresses". In fact, bridal party attendants and guests can find some nice options among the season's prom dresses and gowns *clicky link*. Take a look at a few of these options from David's Bridal.
As wedding season is among us, don't let your heart over take your brain when dealing with vendor contracts. If a price is too good to be true, ask exactly what you are getting for that price and have it put in your contracts because it just may be too good!! If a decor professional is charging you $3500 for food, decor, linens, and favors, and your guest list is 200 people, it should start raising flags. Ask for pictures of other events with that budget and ask to see their serving pieces as well as a sampling of their foods. If they do not put what types of centerpieces and flowers in your contract, it may be best to walk away. Any vendor worth their weight in gold will be happy to accommodate your wishes and make a more detailed contract.
Time and time again I hear from heart broken brides whose contracts stated, "a lot" of flowers or whose vendors simply aren't as professional as they would have hoped. Make sure your florist specifies the types of flowers that will be used. Do not fall for the "bait and switch" at bridal shows. At shows we show our best work, ensure that what you pay for at the show is what you will receive on your wedding day.
If you choose silks on your wedding day, ask your professional if the silk arrangements have been used at different events, if so, ask to see them during a mock-up (which should be put in your contract). Make sure in all vendor contracts it is specified what time the vendor should arrive. You do not want your deejay setting up during cocktail hour at your reception, nor do you want your designer placing floral items while your guests are watching.
A final statement: be weary of vendors who say they can do "everything". A full service professional must have others working for them to make the event successful. Do not depend on one person to caterer, design, customize invitations, coordinate your wedding, and sell your dress to you. Especially if that person has no partners and staff and works from home. If they do have staff and partners, ask to meet the person doing your invitations, ask them for actual samples of the invitations. Ask what type of paper weight they use and why. Ask them specifics because they could be outsourcing your invitations and upcharging you.
Finally, anything under $400 is probably not a good deal for day of coordinators unless they are new. I actually charged $0 when I first started to build my portfolio. Make sure that if someone is charging you less, that they put in their contract what they are offering. I have personally seen day of coordinators who haven't bothered to see if the bride has food or if the pictures that the bride wanted to take were taken. It is a day of coordinators job to put out fires. If you feel that you are shouldering the burden during the planning process, then you or your family will probably shoulder it during the wedding day.
Most wedding professionals have home based business as this PSA isn't meant to discourage you from meeting with them, I work from home as well. Remember we are in business to make your day the best day of your life. These suggestions will gladly be incorporated by a professional who cares about the bride and their own reputation.
Since it's the weekend, we want to make sure you don't miss some great blogs by our bloggy buddies. Enjoy!
BloggerBrides at GetMarried.com explain why a wedding is just like a Super Bowl.
Tired of the cold and snow? This week on our sister blog, Beautiful Brown Babies, we found out that we got a little sympathy from the groundhog.
Black And Married with Kids asks, "Are you "New School Or Old School In The Kitchen".
See the gorgeous wedding of Abisola and Jide.
Want a nourishing treat for your tresses? Check out this one from NaturallyLeslie.
Spice up a plain French manicure with a bit o' lace on the tips. Designer Cassandra Bromfield has the details and pics!
Thinking about wearing bridal shoes that aren't white? Go for it. BrideChic shows you how.
And Preston Bailey shows us a table design that is a mix of "masculine and soft". It was created using the suggestions of his readers. See the finished product here.
Can't make up your mind about what kind of dress might be right for you? Take a look at Wedding Gown Town's top 10 wedding dress trends of 2011.


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Iconic award-winning recording artist
Few figures in Australia and New Zealand music can compare to Stan Walker, one of the finest popular entertainers in a generation. As a singer, the trans-Tasman pop R&B star, recording artist, actor and activist is virtually peerless, possessing a heaven-sent voice that can sound angelic, sensual, or soaring. He brings people together, which makes sense because he has always known it wasn't just about him. From the highest highs to the lowest lows, his life has been full of pain and joy in equal measure, and his music reflects that.
Growing up between Tauranga's Tamapahore Marae in New Zealand and Byron Bay in Australia, the trans-Tasman Maori pop R&B star, recording artist, actor and activist was acutely aware of both the strength of his culture and the injustices suffered by indigenous people. From an early age, Stan knew he would be an agent of change, but if you want to create change, you need a platform. In 2009, he found his platform, when he became the winner of the seventh and final season of Australian Idol. Overnight, a star was born, and during the decade that followed, Stan became one of Australia and New Zealand's most beloved artists, with accolades that speak for themselves. What those accolades obscured, however, was the pain that lay in Stan's past - the violence and sexual abuse he endured during his childhood, and eventually overcome through the transformative power of love and forgiveness.
As a recording artist, Stan has surpassed over 300,000 music sales. In New Zealand, that accounts for one gold album, two platinum albums, one double platinum album, ten gold singles, and four platinum singles. He has also been awarded eight New Zealand Music Awards and is the five times winner of the Waiata Maori airplay of the year award. In Australia, Stan has been nominated for five ARIA awards. Sales wise, he's achieved two gold singles, two platinum singles, and two double-platinum singles.
The scale of Stan's commercial success is undeniable, and the visibility it has afforded him has come with considerable influence. Across his combined social channels, Stan is connected to an online audience of over a million, and his tours across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands regularly sell out to rapturous, singalong applause. Outside of his headline performances, Stan has shared stages with RnB and hip-hop superstars like Chris Brown, Ciara, Nicki Minaj, Akon, and the queen herself - Beyonce, who personally complimented the beauty of his voice.
In 2013 and 2015, Stan took things full circle by joining The X Factor New Zealand as a judge for their first and second seasons. During those years, he began to bring his star power, humour and humility to the big screen by acting in New Zealand films Mt Zion, Born to Dance, and Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople. Mainstream success and visibility gave Stan the keys to unlock something far more important to him, the hearts of the people. His emotionally charged performances were one thing, but as the sincerity of his down-to-earth humility, humour and honesty has become crystal clear, listeners have connected with him on a deeper, more personal level. In an era where the gestures of celebrity and influencer culture have never felt more empty, Stan is a man of the people, and for the people.
Winning Australian Idol all those years ago gave Stan a platform as an entertainer. Now, he's using his platform for bigger purposes. A role model and trusted advocate for Maori, indigenous people and marginalised groups, Stan also speaks fearlessly about climate change, social injustice, domestic violence and family abuse. Forged in life's fires, he never lost sight of what he always knew; it's not just about him.
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The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is located in Downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.  The lower end of building one is located  upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. It is named after former Mayor of New Orleans Ernest Nathan Morial.

It has about 1.1 million sq. ft. (102,000 m2) of exhibit space, covering almost 11 blocks, and over 3 million sq. ft. (280,000 m2) of total space. The front of the main building is 1 kilometer long.

History
The center was planned starting in 1978. It is the fifth-largest facility of its kind in the United States, and as of early 2005 was the second-busiest.  The first portion of the building was constructed as part of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition; a series of additions in subsequent decades expanded the center further upriver.  The complex was named in honor of Ernest N. Morial, the city's first African American mayor, in 1992.  In 2008, the center was renamed the New Orleans Morial Convention Center in order to emphasize its New Orleans location.

From August 26 through 27, 2005, Wheel of Fortune came to tape three weeks of shows at the convention center. But as Hurricane Katrina threatened the area, they canceled the last week in order to evacuate. In the aftermath of Katrina, the Convention Center was the second most important shelter for survivors, after the Louisiana Superdome.  After serving as a temporary medical clinic for some time, the structure again began welcoming conventions in early 2006, including that of the American Library Association.

Hurricane Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina passed through the city in 2005, thousands of evacuees were directed to the Convention Center as an unofficial evacuation center.  In the confusion following the disaster, people escaping from flooded neighborhoods were directed to the Convention Center by police and word of mouth, with the expectation that there would be provisions, aid, and evacuation buses there. However no such resources were there for several days.

Around 20,000–25,000 people gathered at the complex in difficult conditions with no power, no water, no food, no medical supplies, no proper sanitation, and with only minimal occasional law enforcement presence within the center, resulting in incidents of crime and gang violence. There were reports of multiple deaths at the center, from causes including violence, dehydration, and lack of medication for the ill.

The poor conditions and lack of prompt government response at the convention center were revealed to the nation on several TV news networks including CNN and Fox. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff falsely claimed to be unaware of any problem with conditions even after the networks had been broadcasting images and live reports from the Convention Center. The Morial Convention Center was declared evacuated on September 4.

Post-Katrina
The Convention Center finished a complete renovation of the facility in November 2006.  A previously scheduled expansion project, which would add  of exhibition space in a new building, has been temporarily delayed. The 2006 renovations included the creation of the 4,032-seat New Orleans Theater, a concert hall used primarily for concerts, Broadway stage shows, and other special events.

Hosting events (and sports events)
The 2014 NBA All-Star Game Jam Session, NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and NBA All-Star practice, were held at the convention center.
PFL 8, a mixed martial arts event was held at the convention center on October 5, 2018.
The 71st Miss Universe competition held on January 14, 2023.

See also
List of convention centers in the United States

References

External links

 Convention Center website

Convention centers in Louisiana
Basketball venues in New Orleans
Mixed martial arts venues in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in New Orleans
Event venues established in 1984
Tourist attractions in New Orleans
World's fair architecture in the United States
1984 establishments in Louisiana
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What You Will See in Expendables 3
After receiving a huge success in the box office with The Expendables and The Expendables 2, Sylvester Stallone comes back with The Expendables 3. This action movie brings more movie stars into the set and gives more intrigues into the story. This action movie is directed by Patrick Hughes. It is produced by Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kenny King Templeton, John Thompson, and Les Weldon. The screenplay is created by Sylvester Stallone, Katrin Benedikt, and Creighton Rothenberger.
The New Faces
There are many veteran action actors and top actors played in The Expendables (2010) and The Expendables 2. In Expendables 3, you will see some new faces played as the casts in this movie. The first one is Mel Gibson. In this movie, Gibson will play as Conrad Stonebanks. He is used to be one of the founders of The Expendables before turning into a savage gun dealer. Harrison Ford played as Max Drummer. He is a CIA officer and pilot who help The Expendables.
The next is Antonio Banderas who played as the Galgo. He is a former in Spanish Armed Forces and a professional in using the sharpshooter. Wesley Snipes also takes a part in this movie played as Doctor Death, one of the members of The Expendables. He is an expert in using the knife. Other casts that you will see in The Expendables 3 are Kelsey Grammer, Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz, Victor Ortiz, Glen Powell, Natalie Burn, Sarai Givaty and Robert Davi.
Exciting and Thrilling Stories
In this movie, Ross will face a crisis where he will face the co-founder of The Expendables, Conrad Stonebanks. The Expendables thinks that Stonebanks was dead all of this time, in fact, Stonebanks arranges for his death for a lot of money in illegal buying and selling weapons. All of The Expendables members were shot by Stonebanks and his people. It makes The Expendables pressed and retreated because Caesar was shot twice.
Going back to America, Ross receives a new mission to bring Stonebanks alive and bring him to the International criminal court because of what he did during the war. Ross intends to Bring Stonebanks by himself without his teams because of his guilt. He recruits his new team with the help of Bonaparte. Apparently, Stonebanks knows about Ross' plan and shoot his van and kidnap his new team. With the help of Galgo and his old team, Ross succeeds to save his new members and kill Stonebanks.
The Expendables 3 offers a fresh story and more new faces in the movie. You will see the acting of Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz, Victor Ortiz, Glen Powell, Natalie Burn, Sarai Givaty and Robert Davi. The story is also exciting and thrilling at the same time.
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A Q&A act can take different forms, but the core is the same - the performer answers in some way questions from the audience.
A sequel to Effective Answers to Questions , which has been regarded by the profession as the greatest book of its kind.
A masterpiece in the field of psychic entertainment! A brilliant sequel to Geo. DeLawrence's Answers to Questions .
In this advanced course for mentalists and psychic entertainers, Nelson delves further into the psychology of Q&A work, combining essential showmanship with the psychology of the answers. Teaches the reader how to answer questions, the basic principles of combining effectiveness with answers, how to convince your audience, and to attain a higher percentage of correct answers.
In this eBook, Bob Nelson reveals his complete "Diviner of Destiny" one-man Question-and-Answer presentation. This is a very, very clever and subtle mindreading act that can be performed solo, or with a volunteer assistant (who need not know the secret).
Can be presented anywhere -- even surrounded by an audience if necessary. Especially suitable for tough situations such as for stores, clubs and outdoor work. Exceptionally fine for stage, platform and cruise shows.
James Harto successfully performed this two-person-code mind reading act together with his wife Catherina Wren for many years.
Perhaps the most entertaining part of this branch of mystification is where the operator in some mysterious manner conveys to the assistant on the stage a question that has been whispered in the operator's ear by a person in the audience and the assistant on the stage gives some kind of an answer that satisfies the spectator, that the assistant actually received the substance of the question that was whispered by him or her.
If you really had psychic powers, you could answer questions just thought of. There would be no need for the person to write the question or tell you what it was. He would just think of a question in his mind. If you really had psychic powers you would immediately answer the question WITHOUT any pumping or fishing! There would be no hesitation! Of course, this sounds 100% impossible; unless, you really were psychic.
In 2011, Paul Voodini changed the face of the Q&A show with his groundbreaking Pure Q and A . Returning to the arena of the Q&A show, Paul now brings us 3rd Dimension Telepathy: Q&A for the Naked Generation !
Imagine an ungimmicked Q&A show with no one-aheads, no stooges, no pre-show, no peeks, and no electronics! Now imagine that same Q&A show, but utilising imagery from a classic two person telepathy show. The performer and a legitimate volunteer work together to answer questions posed by the audience, questions that are genuinely unseen and unknown to the performer.
The original Open Billet Box has been a big success for professional mentalists who have added the prop to their acts. Almost from the beginning people were asking for a way to do a thought reading/Q&A-style presentation with the prop. Over several months of development, Steve has developed a clever solution that builds on the original Open Billet Box gimmick.
A full 30 minute act that you can carry in your pocket and perform in almost any standup situation, My Q & A the ultimate mentalism routine.
"It doesn't matter how you obtain the information, it is how you answer the questions that is important."
The statement above is one I have read again and again in published works on the Q & A from some of the best in the business.
The Question Answering Act - or "Audience Reading" as it is more commonly called today - has always been the major effect in mentalism. Q&A, while arguably the most powerful and memorable effect in mentalism, is rarely seen today because it does not fit into the "body language/perceptionist" persona and style - its only explanations would appear to be pure mind reading or, as it was originally presented, communication with the spirits.


In November 1991, the Commission of the European Communities commissioned the Institut für Weltwirtschaft to carry out a report on 'Taxation in Border Regions'. This study is a revised version of the report, which was submitted in 1993. The purpose of this study is to analyse the present pattern of cross-border activities, in particular cross-border shopping, cross-border commuting and cross-border movements of enterprises within the EU. Special attention is given to the extent that these activities are induced by differences in taxation between member countries. Furthermore, the study provides answers to the question of how cross-border activities might be affected by the European Single Market. Each cross-border activity is analysed in two border regions: cross-border shopping in the Danish-German border region (Sønderjylland, Südschleswig) and in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, the border region between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands; cross-border commuting and cross-border movements of enterprises in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and in the French-German border region Alsace-Baden.


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At the next GCA Board Meeting on January 19, the Board will receive the 2022 year-end actual expenses and approve the Capital Expense Budget for 2023. Subsequently, the Treasurer will issue a report detailing (i) the operating results for 2022 (ii) the basis for the changes in the 2023 operating budget, (iii) the 2023 capital expense budget, (iv) an analysis of the GCA reserve fund and (v) the 2023 Strategic Actions as they relate to the 2020-2024 Strategic plan.
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GEOFFREY HARCOURT. The pluses and minuses of globalisation
Donald Trump's victory in the American Presidential election has brought into prominence greatly divergent views concerning the merits or demerits of globalisation. Here we set out the criteria that need to be met before globalisation can be regarded as a world welfare improving institutional arrangement.
First, and absolutely fundamental and necessary, is the need for nation states engaged in trade and international borrowing and lending to implement domestic policies that establish sustained full employment of their work forces and normal capacity working of their existing stocks of capital goods and human capital.
Secondly, if the first criterion is met, movements towards freer trade will be beneficial, provided that measures are taken to protect those sectors that will be adversely affected by these moves. Ideally, in order both to protect and to benefit from the social capital that has been built up over generations in the sectors and areas affected, policies that attract capital flows into alternative industries in those areas should be systematically implemented, along with retraining schemes and, if absolutely necessary, generous pensions for displaced, often older, workers. Coupled with these moves is the need to maintain past gains in conditions of work and in the community generally. Such a set of policies would imply far less disruption socially than the alternative that requires displaced labour to be mobile, to be forced to move to other areas in order to obtain employment.
Finally, and especially in a world of floating exchange rates, capital controls and schemes to crack down on destabilising speculation need to be implemented. Especially is this so in small open economies such as Australia that are peculiarly susceptible to destabilising speculative flurries.
Only if ALL these criteria hold is it possible to look with a benign eye on globalisation and its positive effects of helping to raise standards of living worldwide. But merely to state these criteria is to see immediately how far off they are from being met in the modern world.
Geoffrey Harcourt is Honorary Professor, School of Economics, UNSW.
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4 Responses to GEOFFREY HARCOURT. The pluses and minuses of globalisation
Alistair says:
Would it be helpful at this stage to speak of positive or progressive "models" of globalism, compared to the negative, regressive and neoliberal models that progress only the imbalance between corporate power and publicly-accessible governance as expressed in functioning rather than disabled states. The TPPA looks more like a coalition of corporations than of states, calling themselves "Persons" in their Definitions section with one-way rights to sue nation states (called "Parties") in their own revolving-door tribunal.. This imbalance could have evolved into a quasi-state or Investor State (IS). It would likewise diminish the role of the nation state and therefore the U.N. For all its flaws the United Nations Organisation at least has worthy goals, such as the recent Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). UN reform will not be aided by the "withering away of the state" ideology of the radical neoloberal-corporatist model of globalism.
Wayne McMillan says:
Geoff basically I can see where your coming from and I agree, however what about fair trade NOT free trade.
Colin Cook says:
The Tobin Tax was proposed to dampen the rate and volumes of capital flows; it earned a Nobel Prize about 1970 but has been studiously avoided by the 'master of the universe' class. I believe it was aired in Europe after the GFC – but the City of London objected successfully. It is now needed more than ever.
slorter says:
The problem with fictionalisation is cross border capital flows. neoliberals and international banks would have you believe otherwise, a fall in these money movements is entirely a good thing. Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart found in their study of 800 years of financial crises, high levels of international capital flows are correlated with more frequent and severe financial crises. cross border capital flows are to varying degrees over 60 times trade flows, and nothing to do with trade.