Sew Can Do: Craftastic Link Party & New Opportunities!
Craftastic Link Party & New Opportunities!
Welcome to our 1st Craftastic Monday of February! Ready for another fun week of crafty goodies?
The Craftastic party gets loads of link ups & visits each week and there are now over 1,000 followers & 1300+ subscribers to Sew Can Do, which is fantastic!
I'm now opening a few advertising & sponsoring spots to help offset the new costs for hosting the link parties. This is a great way to gain some added exposure for your blog, shop or product (Sew Can Do gets over 25,000 page views a month & growing). All the easy & affordable options available can be found under the Advertising tab above. I'd love to have you be part of it!
Can't Stop Making Things showed how to make this lovely bubble set. Can you believe that pretty wand is an old butter knife??
How about this beautiful milk & cookies themed baby shower by Anne's Vinyl? So many great creations here - what a lucky mom-to-be her friend is!!
The simple, but striking tissue flower by Sarahndipities. Who says a pretty project has to be overly-complicated?
I'll now be leaving the party open until 11:59pmEST every Thursday, so there will be even more time to add your newest creations. Can't wait to see what you've got!
Thanks for hosting again! I just linked up my Jimmy Choo knock-off.
I would LOVE for you to email me and tell me how to do the link up parties! Thank you! My email is laurenaholman at gmail dot com.
So many fun idea! Tnx for hosting!
Thanks for inviting me to your awesome party! I am adding this to my link party page!
Wow! Thank you for featuring my "Love Bubbles". Hurray for beautiful silverware and for "Sew Can Do".


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Sant Pere, actualment en el Monestir de l'Escorial, és un quadre d'El Greco, que consta amb el número 274 en el catàleg d'obres d'aquest pintor, realitzat pel seu especialista Harold Wethey.

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Oli sobre llenç; 207 x 105 cm.; circa 1608; Monestir d'El Escorial, Comunitat de Madrid.

Aquesta pintura és el pendant del Sant Ildefons (Monestir de l'Escorial). Aquestes dues obres no apareixen citades a la descripció del Monestir realitzada pel pare Francisco de los Santos l'any 1657, però sí que ho són a l'inventari de l'any 1698. Per tant, ambdós llenços degueren entrar a l'Escorial entre les dues dates esmentades.

Aquesta obra va ésser retallada, perdent-se bona part de la seva forma corva, a la part superior.

Amb aquest llenç i el seu pendant, El Greco inicia la seva etapa final, després del moment crític de les pintures del Retaules d'Illescas. En aquesta nova etapa dominen el cànon allargat, la deformació, un major barroquisme i una inusitada llibertat pictòrica. La indumentària esdevé valuosa en si mateixa, al marge de la seva funció representativa. El dibuix, tot i ésser perfecte, és desbordat pel color i la qualitat de les textures.

En aquest llenç dominen el groc del mantell i el color grisós del celatge, formant interessants jocs de llums i ombres. La llum desfà en gran part la concreció de les línies, i només el gran mestratge d'El Greco, representant el volum i suggerint la massa del cos, aconsegueix que la figura no s'esvaeixi. Per aquest motiu, accentua els contorns a l'espatlla esquerra i a la part alta del braç de Sant Pere, mentre fa el contrari a la part baixa del mantell. Tant la qualitat inventiva, la improvisació, com la dissolució ensems, es fan paleses a l'espectacular cap de la figura.

Procedència
 Església de San Vicente, Toledo (fins circa 1660)

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Bibliografia
 Wethey, Harold Edwin; El Greco y su Escuela (Volumen-II); Ediciones Guadarrama; Madrid-1967.
 Cossío, Manuel Bartolomé; El Greco de Cossío; Lecturas Hispánicas; Zaragoza-2016; ISBN 978 1539 832690.
 Gudiol, José; Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco; Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A.; Barcelona-1982; ISBN 84-343-0031-1.

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S itting in a hotel lounge this week-end, I overhead a conversation in which a grandparent was describing her grandson and his wife moving to Nashville. She talked about the young couple, their relocations, his expanding career, and ended that part of the conversation by saying "he's never satisfied." Her words echoed in my head for a few minutes. In this context, she was describing her grandson as ambitious; striving for more. That's positive, right?
However, there was a subtle note of sadness in her description. Not judgment or disapproval per se, her tone held more of a shrug born of wisdom. The experienced conviction of one who has some familiarity with the pitfalls of what she described.
All of us have experienced the challenges of "never enough." Our hyper-competitive, obsessively secular society makes it virtually impossible to avoid the empty promises of "more." We start our adult walk through life in build mode. Building our career. Building our family. Building our life. Along the way, we accumulate more: more money, more stuff, more burdens, more expectations. The strange thing about "more" is that getting it only feeds the need for more of it. Along the way, "more" simply becomes a habit. An addiction that hopefully fades with time and wisdom.
Where else have you heard someone described as "never satisfied?" The need for more also raises its ugly head in our relationships. We need more attention, more validation, more time, more affection, more devotion, more. Our growing needs bring dangers on all sides because they tend to spiral out of control. And yes, we also need more control. Rising expectations become their own addiction as our definition of "enough" grows parallel to our accumulation of what we seek.
Rising expectations become their own addiction as our definition of "enough" grows parallel to our accumulation of what we seek.
The crazy thing about wanting or expecting more is that these are not bad things in and of themselves. We are called to aspire, to reach toward something more. We are built for achievement and the quest for success is healthy and proper. Having expectations of yourself and others is necessary and healthy to a point. As with many good things, these virtues tip to vices at the outer edges. The problem comes when our consumerism overpowers healthy ambition and we tip into greediness. Left unchecked, our desires and expectations build into a destructive pattern of taking that bleeds into every area of our life.
How would your grandparent describe you? Would she end her story by concluding that you are never satisfied? What about your spouse, mom, brother, co-workers, or children? As Americans, there is little chance that we will be able to avoid all of the pitfalls of wanting more. The edge between aspiration and avarice can be subtle at first and we are blessed and cursed to be part of an incredibly wealthy society that offers every possible trapping at the press of a button. At that edge, we face the choice. Again and again and again.
Ultimately, we find that our desire for more may be unavoidable but the choice to pursue it will always be belong to us. And like most habits, our attitude toward and approach to managing those desires will crystallize through a thousand small choices. Time and experience may provide some support but most of us will make the same mistakes of those before us if we don't recognize the dangers and apply self-discipline long before our need for more becomes destructive.
Today, let's look at our lives through the lens of "enough." In this moment, can you find the peace of contentment with all you have and all you are? Look long and hard at the gifts in your life and take some time to acknowledgement your good fortune in whatever form it may exist. The blessings are there. Perhaps by spending a few minutes with "enough" we might finally see "more" as the imposter it truly is.


Birmingham's recent downtown revitalization meant its residents were in need of a more modern approach for getting places, like minor league baseball games, local boutiques, craft breweries, multi-purpose parks, and the endless list of critically-acclaimed restaurants that were popping up all over the map.
This general consensus—a desire to build off the positive momentum in our city to continue its improvement—is how the partnership between REV Birmingham and the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham was formed.
And we're thankful it was because two years later, Big was chosen to lead the branding and strategic launch efforts for Alabama's first bikeshare program. ZYP is not simply an onomatopoeia or a fun way to describe what riders can do with the bikes. Our idea also stretches the value of a sound in many directions.
To us, ZYP doesn't just simply represent a different means of travel; it means a different way of thinking. To us, the name demonstrates the commitment to take Birmingham to new places and new directions. And to us, ZYP doesn't just simply represent a different means of travel; it means a different way of thinking. To us, the name demonstrates the commitment to take Birmingham to new places and new directions.


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OneTAKE Live: The Power of Learning From Your Customers
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"If I had a hundred dollars to spend on my business, I would put $90 of it into making things easy — making sure things work." – Michelle Buretta
In this episode of OneTAKE Live, join host Ian Barkin as he chats with Michelle Buretta, senior manager of CX analytics and customer improvements at Lenovo, about carefully studying consumer interactions to vastly improve customer experience (CX) outcomes.
Great customer experiences can appear effortless, but the process of improving and refining your CX strategy can be a complex task with many variables to consider. You have to figure out how to best price your product or service, how to support customers beyond the point of sale, and how to plan for the problems consumers aren't even facing yet. If you can't find a balance, it can all fall apart.
But many companies are overthinking it, according to Michelle. To her, it's less about creating something complex, or priced effectively for the marketplace, and more about creating an experience for customers that is simple, effective, and most important — easy.
"Ease of use is, to me, the most important thing," Michelle explains, contrasting fast, simple, or easy experiences against the concept of "wowing" or "delighting" your customers with flashy gimmicks or door-buster sales. "Price matters, but if you're clicking and clacking and having to reset your password a bunch of times, or you can't get a hold of someone, at the end of the day, I think people by and large would pay a little bit more just to know that they're going to get their things by Christmas, or that if there's an issue, someone is going to help them."
Currently the senior manager of CX Analytics and Customer Improvement with Lenovo, Michelle got her start in the world of academia — and now applies many of the principles she's learned in her study of sociology and educational theory to radically improve the way brands interact with customers.
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Michelle Buretta is an experienced leader in business who has spent the past several years combining her expertise in both sociology and psychology with her passion for creating intuitive, consumer-centric customer experiences (CX). Currently, she is the senior manager of CX Analytics, Customer Improvements, and Worldwide Customer Experience with the Data Center Group for Lenovo.
Starting out in academia with the goal of one day becoming a physician, Michelle joined the U.S. National Guard in 2001 before being placed on active duty during both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. After her service, she worked as a lecturer and advisor for North Carolina State University, studying many of the same factors that she applies to customer experiences today.
Ultimately deciding against a Ph.D., Michelle soon pivoted into the private sector, where she has been immensely successful applying her educational background in business. After spending several years with Genworth Mortgage Insurance, leading and informing their HFA customer experience strategy, Michelle has since moved on to Lenovo, now heading up their global CX team and working to implement new, data-driven strategies for customers.
Beyond her impressive work in CX, Michelle has been a fitness instructor for many years as well as a successful lecturer and teacher. She has a Master of Science in Sociology as well as a Master of Education from North Carolina State University. Michelle currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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ACEEE: Is CHP part of your vision for the modern grid? Let's discuss.
More states are undertaking new approaches to utility planning that prioritize clean, distributed energy resources, but few are considering combined heat and power (CHP) for meeting the demands of the modern grid. In many ways, CHP provides exactly what they need.
ACEEE is doing some of the first research to evaluate CHP as a grid resource. We are looking at CHP's role as an alternative to traditional utility investments and as a support for broader adoption of distributed energy resources. Why now? Policymakers and planners are seeking efficient, low-cost resources that are highly reliable and flexible enough to support more distributed grid resources.
CHP is more than just an energy-efficient method of generating electricity and thermal energy. It has the potential to deliver lower overall system costs, stronger critical infrastructure, and improved grid reliability. It can also yield significantly fewer emissions than conventional power plants and support state-level economic development.
The benefits can be even greater depending on where CHP is located and how it is deployed. Most people typically think of CHP as providing baseload capacity, generating electricity and thermal energy consistently throughout the day. In addition to providing an always-on source of power, modern CHP systems are capable of acting as a more flexible resource, offering key grid-supporting services needed to maintain operations and help balance distribution. States and utilities that carefully consider these attributes of CHP in their resource plans are likely to find it's a useful solution that minimizes system costs and maximizes customer benefits.
So far, CHP's benefits remain undervalued. This situation partly explains why we have not come close to realizing CHP's potential for new deployment in the United States. For one, CHP has historically been at odds with the electric utility's business model, because customers buy less electricity after it's installed. Plus, most existing policies and utility regulations are not designed to allow utilities to monetize all of CHP's value streams, such as increased reliability and reduced emissions. But the electricity industry is changing, and utilities and policymakers are beginning to broaden their view on how to meet future energy needs.
Prior ACEEE research has documented the value CHP could bring to electric utilities if policies and regulations encouraged utility investments. This year, ACEEE is undertaking a new research project to explore how policymakers and system planners can better integrate CHP as a resource into future system planning. We're exploring how utilities can have a stake in financing, building, and operating CHP themselves, using it to support greater integration of distributed energy resources in their service territories. Our goal is to highlight a vision for how to incorporate CHP into integrated resource planning or other long-term strategies, and to demonstrate CHP's capabilities for meeting modern grid needs through real-world examples.
When I imagine the future grid, I see CHP systems meeting onsite energy needs at universities, hospitals, multifamily buildings, and industrial facilities. I envision them replacing and upgrading old grid infrastructure, minimizing big investments in central power plants, and supporting more distributed energy resources that provide clean power.
What do you see? We're interested in hearing from you and welcome your input by email or in person at ACEEE's Industrial Summer Study, where we'll discuss this topic and present early research findings. We invite you to join the conversation.


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Salsalino might have a hit on his hands with "PinkPanther". The Architekz-produced track is an energetic offering from the emerging artist.
The slow building instrumental allows Salsalino plenty of opportunity to flex front and center. The animated new visual takes inspiration from the film of the same name with its intro on the visual. Salsalino and his infectious energy are on full display with the booming new record.


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An American man marries a Russian lady and they choose to live in....Russia. No, I don't plan to move there, but looking at things from the other side of the fence is not something American's are known for, and it can be pretty interesting.
I know of an American man who fell in love with a Russian woman who was his group's tour guide in Russia.
He subsequently made more trips to Russia just so he could be with her again.
(He said that she was the most expensive date that he ever had.) Eventually, they got married.
He chose to live with her in Russia because, being retired, his pension would go further there.
man worked in the new industrial city of Magnitogorsk, USSR from 1932 until 1938.
John Scott married Mariya (Masha) Dikareva, a secretary who became a mathematics teacher.
in Moscow until he was able to move with his wife and their two children to the USA.
Mchill seems like a naïve American who's astonished that any American could like to live in Russia.
I did not notice Mchill claiming that Russia's a utopia or denying that many people have hard lives in Russia.
Why is Russia better than the US?
Is it because most Russians prefer Trump to Hillary?
Russia's got some great things going for her!
9 month long Winters, raw fish eggs and the maffia.
I'm not saying the US is any better, but the weather in California is more to my liking.
if you are not Muslim, or black.
And Russia is any better for those?
If you're Muslim, it's automatically assumed you're in liege with Chechen terrorists. As for black people... how many of them are there in Russia, anyway?
If you're Muslim, it's automatically assumed you're in liege with Chechen terrorists.
As for black people... how many of them are there in Russia, anyway?
seeking independence from Russia in the First Chechen War (1994-1996).
Shamil as a gallant enemy.
Pushkin is the most famous Russian of (partial) black African ancestry in history.
"The Metis Foundation estimates that there are about 40,000 Afro-Russians."
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the US and accepted Soviet citizenship. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering.
gained attention for his accounts of his 44 years in the Soviet Union."


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The Truth About Solo Cruise Cabins
7 Times an Inside Cabin is the Best Choice on a Cruise
Uniworld vs. AmaWaterways
APT vs. Scenic River Cruises
What Is a Single Supplement on a Cruise?
Why Crystal Is the Luxury Ocean Cruise Line for You
How to Find the Best Cruise Deals for Singles
Which Ships Have Solo Cabins
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Best River Cruises for Single Travelers
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News and Features Editor
Solo travel is taking off in a big way -- and not just on the mega-ships. River cruises are quickly becoming a popular destination for those who travel by themselves. River cruises are a great choice for solo travelers, thanks to their convivial atmosphere and relatively small number of passengers. As a single traveler, it is easier to get to know a few hundred people rather than a few thousand.
If you're traveling as a single on a river cruise, the atmosphere is generally gracious and welcoming. Expect fellow passengers to go out of their way to be inclusive when it comes to dinners -- perhaps the only awkward moment on a river cruise as a single traveler, due to the open-seating nature of most onboard dinners. For those who are shy, try grabbing a seat at a large table and let your fellow cruisers make the introductions.
Traveling solo by river has never been easier. Many river cruise lines now offer solo traveler discounts on selected sailings throughout the year that can reduce or even eliminate the dreaded "single supplement" that a normal booking would entail.
And while there is no "wrong" itinerary for solo travelers, it might be a good idea to stay away from barge cruises through the canals of France, unless you are incredibly social and outgoing. Most barges only hold between six and 12 people per vessel, and a few families traveling together can make a solo passenger feel like a bit of an outsider.
Here are a few river cruise lines that stand out among the crowd as being the best river cruises for single or solo travelers:
American Cruise Lines
American Queen Steamboat Company
Vantage Deluxe World Travel
The Solo Perk: Solo Savings, Single Occupancy Staterooms
What You Should Know: At different times of the year, AmaWaterways is known to offer solo traveler specials that either reduce or eliminate the single supplement for those wishing to sail on their own who book in certain stateroom categories (usually fixed-window Category D and E staterooms). The line is one of the largest proponents of solo travel, so expect to see these offers frequently.
In addition, AmaWaterways offers single-occupancy staterooms on a handful of its European river boats. Ships with staterooms designed for solo travelers include AmaVerde, AmaBella, AmaLyra, AmaDolce, AmaDante and AmaCello. Rooms tend to be smaller (expect about 140 square feet in most cases) and, because there are only one or two rooms per ship, tend to book up well in advance. Still, AmaWaterways is among the most generous with its single traveler policies.
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Staterooms
What You Should Know: Every ship in the American Cruise Lines fleet offers single occupancy staterooms, and many of these feature private balconies. These aren't small, either -- many run near 200 square feet, meaning American Cruise Lines offers more personal space for solo travelers to really stretch out. Single-occupancy staterooms aboard American Jazz, for example, run 250 square feet and include a private balcony.
Related: The Truth About Solo Cruise Cabins
Solo travelers can book double-occupancy staterooms at prevailing rates by paying a single supplement ranging between 150 and 175 percent.
What You Should Know: American Countess, American Empress and American Queen all offer a handful of single-occupancy staterooms. American Empress offers one single outside stateroom with its own private veranda, while passengers aboard American Queen can choose from eight single inside staterooms and four single outside staterooms with veranda.
The forthcoming American Countess, debuting in 2020, will have one single outside stateroom with veranda. American Queen Steamboat Company's American Duchess lacks any dedicated staterooms for singles, though they can book by paying the appropriate single supplement.
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Deals
What You Should Know: Throughout the year, Avalon Waterways frequently runs specials that waive the single supplement on select European river cruises. There are a few things to be aware of: The promotion often only applies to certain cabin categories, and bookings often have a deadline or limit. Still, if you're a fan of the line, these deals can be hard to pass up.
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Deals, Single Occupancy Cabins
What You Should Know: Strasbourg-based CroisiEurope frequently trots out the solo traveler savings programs, with special promotions offered throughout the year on select destinations and river cruises. Some of the company's fleet offer at least one cabin dedicated to solo cruisers, including La Belle de l'Adriatique (which sails ocean itineraries) and MS Camargue, for example.
Related: Best Budget River Cruise Lines
What You Should Know: Emerald Waterways routinely offers solo cruiser specials that waive the single supplement on select sailings and cabin categories. Typically, this doesn't apply to the higher-level suite categories and is valid only for bookings made during a certain timeframe.
The European-based Emerald Dawn, Destiny, Liberte, Star, Sky and Sun each feature two dedicated single occupancy staterooms with fixed windows that can be booked supplement-free.
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Deals Across the Ship
What You Should Know: Normally, solo river cruise promotions offered by many lines can be restrictive. They are only available on select sailings and then only on a handful of cabins across each departure date. For river cruisers who have their heart set on one itinerary and departure date, it can be tricky to find the right voyage that will unlock solo savings.
Related: 10 Best Money-Saving Tips for Australian Cruisers
Riviera ups the game with its Solo Traveler deals, which are available on select itineraries in all cabin categories across the entire ship. That means passengers who really want to spread out can book that top-of-the-line suite, supplement-free. It's a great deal for those who would rather not be confined to a river-view stateroom on the lowest deck.
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Deals, Single Occupancy Staterooms
What You Should Know: Like its more budget-conscious sister line Emerald Waterways, Scenic rolls out the deals and single-occupancy staterooms for solo travelers. Perks that offer no single supplement on a variety of sailings are available throughout the year, and Scenic Amber, Crystal, Diamond, Jade, Jewel, Jasper, Opal, Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire all offer dedicated single-occupancy staterooms that come complete with their own private balcony. Scenic's European vessels (including Scenic Azure, on the Douro; and Scenic Gem, on the Seine), however, lack dedicated single-occupancy staterooms.
The Solo Perk: Solo Traveler Savings
What You Should Know: Tauck either reduces or eliminates the solo supplement on many of its all-inclusive river cruise tours at varying times of the year. In 2019, Tauck eliminated the single supplement across the board for all passengers booking Category 1 staterooms on any of its river ships and reduced the supplement for other categories by $1,000 on 54 departures encompassing 17 different itineraries. The inclusive, fully guided nature of Tauck's river cruise tours make it a great choice for cruisers looking to go it alone.
Related: Solo Cruises: What to Expect
The Solo Perk: Single Occupancy Deals, Solo Cabin on S.S. Catherine
What You Should Know: Uniworld tends to be on the generous side with its solo occupancy deals, which are offered at various times throughout the year on select sailings, departures and cabin categories.
Only one Uniworld river cruise ship features a dedicated single-occupancy stateroom: the S.S. Catherine. At 120 square feet, this Classic Single river-view stateroom is on the smaller end of things and is tucked away down on Saint Remy Deck. Numbered 214, it is available as a connecting stateroom to the adjacent Classic Stateroom, no. 212.
Related: Viking vs. Uniworld
The Solo Perk: Single Specials, Traveler Matching Service, Single Occupancy Staterooms
What You Should Know: Vantage prides itself on its solo traveler prowess, and not undeservedly so: Vantage offers a wide range of incentives and options for the single traveler across its river and land tour packages.
Some of the Vantage river cruise fleet offer Single Occupancy Staterooms that are expanding for the 2020 season. In 2020, Vantage will offer 14 supplement-free solo cabins aboard the River Splendor (including six with French balconies), eight solo cabins aboard the River Voyager, seven solo cabins aboard the red-hulled River Venture (including three with French balconies) and four dedicated solo cabins aboard the Egypt-based ms Nebu.
Vantage also offers a "Traveler Matching Service," which allows passengers traveling solo to request to be matched with a roommate of the same sex upon reservation of their trip. If Vantage finds a roommate, only the double-occupancy rate is charged. If a match is unable to be found, travelers pay only 50 percent of the single supplement.


UPDATE: This post was a last gasp attempt to shift enough tickets to get The Big Idea off the ground. Alas, it did not work. So there's not much point in reading it really, unless you want to learn from our mistakes, admire our transparency and openness. Or maybe you just like chihuahuas and popcorn.
But so far we've only sold a handful of tickets.
We know it requires a leap of faith for you to book something so different and perhaps we didn't communicate the benefits as well as we might have done at the start. But, like any event we have to sell a certain number of tickets, a certain period of time before the event, to know that we can pay for the venue and deliver the experience we're promising. This isn't about making a profit, just covering practical costs.
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The bottom line is we need 20 more bookings by next Sunday or we will have to cancel the event. Its only fair to those that have booked to let them know before they arrange their travel.
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Is Microsoft Outlook HIPAA Compliant?
Home » HIPAA Compliance News » Is Microsoft Outlook HIPAA Compliant?
Posted By HIPAA Journal on Oct 20, 2017
The latest in our series of posts on HIPAA compliant software and email services for healthcare organizations explores whether Microsoft Outlook is HIPAA compliant.
Software or an email platform can never be fully HIPAA compliant, as compliance is not so much about the technology but how it is used. That said, software and email services can support HIPAA compliance. In order for an email service to support HIPAA compliance, it must include a range of security features to ensure that any information uploaded to and transmitted through the service can be done so securely, without risking the exposure or the interception of sensitive data.
The platform provider must also be prepared to sign a business associate agreement with HIPAA-covered entities, and by doing so, agree to comply with the requirements of the HIPAA, Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.
Microsoft has already taken steps toward making many of its services suitable for healthcare providers by agreeing to enter into a business associate agreement. Crucially for healthcare organizations, the BAA does not cover all of Microsoft's software and services.
So, what about Outlook? Is Outlook HIPAA compliant? Can it be used by healthcare organizations to transmit protected health information? That depends on which version of Outlook you use and how you use it.
Outlook.com and Office 365 Outlook
Outlook.com is a free, web-based email platform that may appear similar to the Outlook product available as part of the Office 365 package, but it is not the same product. Outlook.com is a consumer product and has not been developed for businesses and should not be used by healthcare organizations, at least not for sending ePHI.
Microsoft supports HIPAA compliance for its Office 365 suite of products, and will enter into a business associate agreement with healthcare organizations for the enterprise version of Office 365; however, in order to meet all requirements of HIPAA it is essential to purchase the right package. An important part of HIPAA compliance is maintaining audit logs, which are not available in Office 365 for Business. HIPAA compliance is only supported for certain enterprise plans, and all of the features required for HIPAA compliance are only available in the Enterprise E3 and E5 plans.
Office 365 and the associated Microsoft Exchange Online service can be HIPAA compliant and are covered by the BAA; however, care must be taken to configure these services correctly and additional controls are required before Office 365 Outlook can be HIPAA compliant. Microsoft offers enterprise-level encryption, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, data loss prevention (DLP), and the ability to wipe data on mobile devices. Provided these services are used and configured correctly, access controls are set up, audit logs are maintained, single sign on and two factor authentication is enabled, data backups are performed, and staff receive training on the use of email for communicating ePHI, Outlook can be HIPAA compliant. Simply obtaining a business associate agreement with Microsoft will not, by itself, ensure compliance with HIPAA Rules.
Microsoft will sign a BAA but clearly states that simply having a BAA does not guarantee compliance with HIPAA Rules. "By offering a BAA, Microsoft helps support your HIPAA compliance, but using Microsoft services does not on its own achieve it. Your organization is responsible for ensuring that you have an adequate compliance program and internal processes in place, and that your particular use of Microsoft services aligns with HIPAA and the HITECH Act."
Microsoft offers advice on making Office 365 (Exchange Online) HIPAA compliant here.


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What SMART on FHIR Means for the Future of Healthcare
SMART on FHIR is poised to transform data interoperability — here's how it will improve healthcare.
Liz Rivera
Senior Product Marketing Manager, CIAM
Most health systems know that seamless omnichannel customer engagement (a "digital front door") is essential in order to deliver the personalized, value-based healthcare today's consumers expect. In practice, however, implementing this digital front door strategy is challenging for most healthcare systems, due to the fragmented nature of healthcare information.
The Substitutable Medical Applications and Reusable Technologies (SMART) platform promises to solve these data fragmentation challenges by standardizing how patient data is accessed and shared. And given SMART's inclusion in the 21st Century Cures Act, the platform will become the standard protocol for accessing electronic health records (EHRs) in the near future.
Below, we explain what SMART means for the healthcare ecosystem and how it will improve both health data interoperability and the value of healthcare technology as a whole.
What is SMART on FHIR?
SMART is an open-source, standards-based API that leverages the OAuth 2.0 standard to provide secure, universal access to EHRs. The SMART platform builds on the existing Fast Health Interoperability Resources (hence the name "SMART on FHIR").
Together, these two standards contain everything developers need to build applications that will work anywhere within the healthcare ecosystem:
Open standards for protocols for authentication, authorization, and UI integration that define how to build applications with universal access to EHRs
Open-source tools and libraries for developers that make it easier to use SMART standards during application development. The platform also offers a free sandbox that helps developers test their apps before deployment
An application gallery that highlights all of the existing healthcare applications and software that currently uses SMART on FHIR's platform
The original idea behind SMART was first introduced in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine back in 2009. With the help of federal funding in 2010, SMART developed into the platform it is today, which is currently used by both Microsoft Azure and Apple.
How SMART Improves Healthcare Interoperability and Delivery
SMART improves healthcare interoperability in the same way standard electrical sockets and plugs simplify the process of powering different devices in your home.
Today, most EHR databases use a proprietary API (their own unique plug and socket configuration). As a result, tech companies have to build a custom connection to each database in order to access medical data. Not only is this costly, but it also hinders the ability of healthcare providers and patients to access their data with the technology that works best for them.
SMART, on the other hand, provides a standard, universal API for accessing EHRs. Any technology built with SMART works with any EHR database that uses SMART as well. As a result, healthcare technology becomes interchangeable, allowing health systems and patients to access medical data on the applications that best suit their needs, rather than only the ones that work with the EHR database they use.
How Improved Interoperability Improves The Value of Healthcare Technology
Interoperability is valuable for healthcare tech companies because it "ensures [their] innovations can be broadly understood and developed," as Dave Pickles, Founder and CTO of The Trade Desk, tells Forbes. And since SMART improves interoperability, it also encourages healthcare technology innovation.
For example, SMART decouples the protocols for accessing EHRs from a piece of software itself. So it allows healthcare technology companies to improve their products and services without worrying about how it will impact the way patients and providers access their data. The result is faster development of healthcare applications, which improves the quality of the entire marketplace (and care for consumers) as a whole.
SMART also simplifies app development for tech companies. Developers no longer need to build custom connections to each EHR database — they can develop their apps once using SMART, and those apps will work with any EHR databases built with SMART. As a result, their apps become more useful to a broader audience of health organizations and consumers.
What SMART's Inclusion in the 21st Century Cures Act Means
The 21st Century Cures Act (passed in 2016) called for the adoption of a universal API that would "allow individuals to securely and easily access structured electronic health information using smartphone applications." The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC's) Final Rule on Interoperability (published in 2020) later named SMART as that universal API.
For ONC-certified health IT (primarily government applications), this means SMART's API is now a requirement. However, since the ONC certification program is voluntary for the private sector, SMART's API isn't legally required for companies whose technologies are not used in government applications.
The Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also includes policies in their regulations "which require or encourage payers to implement Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to improve the electronic exchange of health care data." SMART on FHIR is named as the preferred technical standard for doing so, meaning any health system that accepts Medicare or Medicaid must also adopt SMART.
SMART on FHIR is a Must For Healthcare Providers
Given the benefits, as well as its inclusion in the Cures Act, adopting SMART is practically a necessity for any health system. For this reason, major EHR players like Epic, Cerner, and Allscripts are already using SMART.
However, there are only 58 apps listed on SMART's App Gallery as of the writing of this article, meaning few companies have incorporated the standard into their tech at this time. As a result, SMART adoption could be a sales advantage for some tech companies.
Outside of mandates, early adoption of SMART could also help healthcare tech companies ensure their applications become more widely adopted in the long run. Learn more about utilizing SMART on FHIR's platform, tools, and API here.
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This 4th of July, take your family on an amazing summer vacation with this 4th of July Puerto Rico vacation package. Spend your 4th of July in Puerto Rico with your family and have the best time swimming in the warm Caribbean waters, and basking in the sun. Go on a few tours and excursions and get to know the history and culture of the island.


Tattoos have always been a controversial part of society, but let's be honest; it's pretty much normal now, especially in the Asheville area. Its an integral part of the culture here and as a resident myself, I think it's beautiful. Beautiful art, beautiful people.
In 1992, the shop opened up, under the name of California Emporium by the late California Ralph. In 2010, Emily had moved to Asheville from Texas with a little bit of experience under her belt. When Cali Ralph fell ill, she made a painting, which she sold for medical bills to help him out, and managed to land a job due to her good heartedness. Around the same time the shop changed its name to Victory Blvd and ownership of the shop changed hands to Steve Owings and Wade Elder. "They happily and willingly shared their experience." Emily says of the current owners. She told me that their already well established clientele helped her accumulate her own steady flow of clients, and trust me she is well known in the area for her ink work.
One of my favorite things about the shop, however isn't the ink, it's the impact they have on the community. Every Friday the 13th, the shop has $15 tattoos that you can select from. As previously mentioned they are huge supporters of local business and if you work at an establishment on Haywood Rd, you have the benefit of a discount on tattoos. But outside ot the shop, the folks at VB still leave a footprint in the community. They are constantly donating to the local police and fire departments, as well as local little league teams, and the Wounded Warrior project. For more information on the shop and the amazing people that work there, drop by the shop on 872 Haywood Road in West Asheville, or visit them on the web at www.victoryblvdtattoo.com and tell them Will sent you!


Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It can cause an itchy, blister-like rash. The rash appears first on the chest, back, and face, and then spreads over the entire body.
A fact sheet for parents that describes symptoms of infection as well as benefits and risks of vaccination.


Our darling daughter found a Pinterest idea for a crafty Christmas present for her daddo, which required photos. She preferred a nature background, so off we went to Greenough Park - nature in the city's back yard. A hundred years ago, one of the park's great attractions was a bear cage - with a resident bear. Great things to see - and poke a stick at - on a Sunday afternoon stroll.


Your guide to Cherokee, Kansas assisted living facilities. With so many senior housing options available, how do you know which one is right for your family?
Cherokee is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 714.
Appetizing and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, there is a physician on call at all hours, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this facility, regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, residents who drive will find parking available to them, transportation is available for additional cost, and this community was built in 1996.
Tasty and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, 55 is the minimum age allowed for residents, professional nurses are on staff to help you, an on-call doctor is available to help, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, and this community was built in 1996.
55 is the minimum age allowed for residents, speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the property often, resident parking is available to residents who drive, transportation at cost can be arranged, hospice is an option available at this location, respite care is offered, and this community was built in 1994.
Tasty and nutritious meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, 55 is the minimum age allowed for residents, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, an occupational therapist visits and helps residents, residents who drive will find parking available to them, the community is convenient to bus lines in the area, and this community was built in 1994.
Residents have Kosher food as a menu option, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this property, full-service medication administration is available, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, and the community is licensed for 40 residents.


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Local Enterprise
Integrated Development of Designated Disadvantaged and Other Areas
Urban and Village Renewal >
The 35 County Enterprise Boards
Partnership Companies
Urban and Village Renewal
This sub-programme is designed to promote sustainable physical, social and economic revitalisation of urban centres throughout the country. The measures span a range of urban centres from small villages to larger cities. During the 1994-1999 period £112.3 million is available for grants under this sub-programme. The sub-programme is aimed at Local Authorities and conservation groups.
The measures that can be funded are:
Five Major Initiatives in the Five Cities
This measure aims to support the revitalisation of core areas in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. The areas to be revitalised are as follows:
Cork: North and South Main Streets, including Shannon Street and Barrack Street together with the East/West Tourist spine from Mardyke to Emmet Place including the Marsh.
Limerick: The King's Island area.
Waterford: The Stony Steps and South Quay's.
Galway: The Eastern Bank of the River Corrib as it follows through the old core city centre area and linkages to Eyre Square.
Dublin: The Smithfield/North King Street area ( north of the Liffey).
The scheme will in the main concentrate on a single area in need of renewal which should, if implemented, have a major impact on the wider urban area. Action Plans have been developed for each of the locations. Each local authority has established a steering group involving the social partners, community groups, Areas Partnerships and County Enterprise Boards to oversee the action plans in each area. Actions plans will involve many of the following elements:
Physical improvements to streets and street furniture.
Integration of remedial works to social housing.
Conservation measures.
Use of community employment to impact training in conservation and other skills.
The development of enterprise units.
Urban Improvements
The funding under this measure will be made available to local authorities to undertake environmental upgrading and streetscape improvements in towns. A range of measures including landscaping, pedestrianisation and eradication of derelict sites, will be carried out in various centres throughout the country. The aim is to improve the physical environment of towns in order to attract and sustain an enterprise base. Grant-aid to local authorities will be made available on the basis of match funds from local sources.
Village Improvement Scheme
Funding will be made available to Local Authorities to undertake village improvement schemes. General amenity improvements and the maintenance of the rural heritage will be among the initiatives assisted under the village renewal scheme. The overall aim is to help underpin the economic future of the villages concerned and the agriculture-based community in the vicinity on which they are dependent. Grant-aid will be made available on the basis of match funds from local sources.
Urban Conservation/Architectural Heritage
A range of initiatives to support the conservation and restore urban architecture are implemented through civic trusts, conservation groups and local authorities. The objective is to rehabilitate the built environment, in city/town centre areas, through the conservation and restoration of urban architecture and heritage buildings. There will be support for initiative designed to:
Upgrade significant landmark buildings including listed buildings in need of restoration
Bringing unused floors in commercial and retail outlets into use - living over the shops concept;
Restore historic features.
The Scheme will involve giving grant -aid to local authorities and other bodies on the basis of match funds from local sources.
Temple Bar Cultural Quarter
Funding is being provided towards the provision of a range of cultural facilities in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. The aim is to provide a new focus for tourism and culture in Dublin and will lead to regeneration of Dublin city centre.
Schemes planned include:
Temple Bar Gallery
Multi Media Centre
Childrens Cultural Centre
Centre for photography
Viking Museum
Theatre Complex.
Overall administration of the programme is the responsibility of:
Urban and Rural Development Section,
Department of the Environment and Local Government,
Custom House,
Tel: (01) 679 3377
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MEDIEVAL-RELIGION June 2016
FEAST - A Saint for the Day (June 9): St. Ephraem the Syrian
Thu, 9 Jun 2016 07:34:53 +0000
Ephraem (d. 373; also Ephraim, Ephrem, Ephram) was born into a Syriac-speaking community in the Roman garrison town of Nisibis in upper Mesopotamia, now Nusaybin in Turkey's Mardin province.  His energy and learning led to his early ordination to the diaconate and to appointment as a teacher by his bishop (St. Jacob of Nisibis, d. ca. 339).  Ephraem was extraordinarily productive both as an hymnographer and as a biblical commentator.  The Roman cession of Nisibis to Persia in 363 entailed the removal of its Syriac Christian population to Edessa (now Şanlıurfa in Turkey), the center of Syriac Christianity.
Shortly after Ephraem's death legendary accounts of him at variance with the evidence of his writings began to circulate.  One of these, which exists in several versions, has him visit St. Basil the Great in Caesarea during the persecution of Valens (variously dated to ca. 366 and to 370-372).  Some of his writing was translated into languages other than Syriac, notably Greek -- and thence, in some cases, into Latin -- and Coptic, and a large corpus of pseudo-Ephraemic texts arose.  Many of the latter were still ascribed to Ephraem when in 1920 pope Benedict XV proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church.  Today is the day of his feast (an Optional Memorial) in the general Roman Calendar.  In the originally tenth-century Synaxary of Constantinople and in calendars of modern Byzantine-rite churches his feast falls on 28. January.
Some period-pertinent images of St. Ephraem the Syrian:
a) as depicted (bottom register at far right, sharing a panel with St. Basil the Great) on a wing of a mid-tenth-century triptych in the Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai at St. Catherine in Egypt's South Sinai governorate:
http://sinai.princeton.edu/sinai/files/original/7144/3009.jpg
b) as depicted (dormition) in the late tenth- or very early eleventh-century so-called Menologion of Basil II (Città del Vaticano, BAV, cod. Vat. gr. 1613, p. 354):
http://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1613/0376
c) as depicted in the mid-eleventh-century mosaics in the katholikon of the Nea Moni on Chios:
http://tinyurl.com/yjjsw6u
d) as depicted (at left) in a late twelfth- or early thirteenth-century fresco in the bema of the Palaia Enkleistra ("Old Hermitage") in the St. Neophytus Monastery near Tala (Paphos prefecture) in the Republic of Cyprus:
http://tinyurl.com/2a633vl
Detail (Ephraem):
http://tinyurl.com/29ecvgo
e) as depicted in a thirteenth-century January menaion from Cyprus (Paris, BnF, ms. Grec 1561, fol. 113r):
http://tinyurl.com/2b47a8q
http://tinyurl.com/6uurx6t
f) as depicted in the mid-thirteenth-century frescoes (1259) in the church of Sts. Nicholas and Panteleimon at Boyana near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia:
http://galenf.com/Bulgaria/36/bu_0006x.jpg
https://chronographiae.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/ephraim-syros.jpg
g) as depicted (in all probability) in the late thirteenth-century frescoes (ca. 1295) by Eutychios and Michael Astrapas in the church of the Peribleptos (now Sv. Kliment Ohridski) in Ohrid:
http://tinyurl.com/zjmbt3t
h) as depicted (detail views) in the late thirteenth- or very early fourteenth-century frescoes (ca. 1300) attributed to Manuel Panselinos in the Protaton church on Mt. Athos:
http://tinyurl.com/2cszv72
http://tinyurl.com/jj39lxs
i) as depicted (at lower right; at lower left, St. John Damascene; above, St. George of Lydda) on a panel from an early fourteenth-century triptych now in the Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai at St. Catherine in Egypt's South Sinai governorate:
http://tinyurl.com/5ctk4u
j) as depicted in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. ca. 1311 and ca. 1322) of the church of St. Nicholas Orphanos in Thessaloniki:
http://tinyurl.com/2g3c6ch
http://tinyurl.com/6tupp8j
k) as depicted (at right; at left, St. Theodosius the Coenobiarch) in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. ca. 1312 and 1321/1322) in the parecclesion of St. Nicholas in the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica in, depending on one's view of the matter, either Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija or the Republic of Kosovo:
http://tinyurl.com/873xx77
Detail view (Ephraem):
http://tinyurl.com/htup7ov
l) as depicted (lower register at left; at center, St. Stephen the Younger; at right, St. Theodore the Stoudite) in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1313 and 1318; conservation work in 1968) by Michael Astrapas and Eutychios in the church of St. George at Staro Nagoričane in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
http://tinyurl.com/o2lms4w
Detail view (Ephraem at left):
http://tinyurl.com/3mfwpyp
m) as depicted (upper register in panel at lower left; dormition) in an earlier fourteenth-century pictorial menologion from Thessaloniki (betw. 1322 and 1340; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26v):
http://image.ox.ac.uk/images/bodleian/msgrthf1/26v.jpg
n) as depicted (at left, in colloquy with an enthroned St. Basil the Great) in a mid-fourteenth-century copy, from the workshop of Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston, of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (1348; Paris, BnF, ms. Français 241, fol. 47v):
http://tinyurl.com/zxnmq46
o) as depicted (in red; at left, a seated St. Basil the Great) in the later fourteenth-century Breviary of Charles V (ca. 1364-1370; Paris, BnF, ms. Latin 1052, fol. 389r):
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84525491/f787.item.zoom
p) as depicted in the late fourteenth-century frescoes (either between ca. 1371 and 1389 or ca. 1397-1398; cleaned and conserved, 1960) on the north wall of the church of the Presentation of the Theotokos at the Nova Pavlica monastery in Pavlica (Raška dist.) in Serbia:
http://tinyurl.com/23tbur6
q) as depicted (at left; at right, St. Arsenius the Great) in the late fourteenth-century frescoes (1389; restored in the early 1970s) in the monastery church of St. Andrew at Matka in Skopje's municipality of Karpoš:
http://tinyurl.com/nftkmrp
r) as depicted (dormition) in a mid-fifteenth-century icon in the Iviron monastery on Mt. Athos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65486023@N00/7905714/lightbox/
s) as depicted (at left; with other monks; image greatly expandable) in a late fifteenth-century copy of a collection of his writings in Latin translation and of others' writings in Latin (San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, ms. HM 1068, fol. 1r):
http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/ds/huntington/images//002910A.jpg
t) as depicted (at far right) in a fifteenth- or sixteenth-century fresco (ca. 1480-1515) in the altar area of the Dormition cathedral in the Moscow kremlin:
http://assumption-cathedral.kreml.ru/pi/c7m0/i56/tsUSStAPr10-b.jpg
http://assumption-cathedral.kreml.ru/pi/c7m0/i56/tsUSStAPr02-b2.jpg


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Home / National / Doping Test to Be Conducted to All Police Candidates
Doping Test to Be Conducted to All Police Candidates
Posted on November 12, 2014 by Korea Bizwire in National, Top News with 0 Comments
Korean National Police Agency will run drug test for the applicants who get unreasonably high scores in the physical fitness test (Image:Oliver Newman/Flicker)
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Drug test will be mandatory for all applicants who sit for police exams from next year. There have been rumors that some applicants take drugs including steroid in order to receive the higher scores in the physical fitness test. The doping test was introduced to dispel those rumors.
The National Police Agency (NPA) announced that it has allocated 59 million won (US$53,800) for drug test for police test next year. Since the clause for drug was amended in the "Ordinance of appointment of public servants," which came into effect from last month, the legal ground is sufficient to introduce the doping test scheme.
The target for the drug test will be the applicants who get unreasonably high scores in the physical fitness test. It is because the doping test costs as high as 300,000 won (US$273) for each run.
The reason to run the test for a limited number of candidates is that there is an increasing number of applicants for police test as the NPA lowered the entrance examination criteria to high school diploma holders from this year. The NPA said the number of applicants for the police test hit a record-high level this year as 61,297 people applied this year.
The physical fitness test takes 25 percent of the total score which is the second most important part for the applicants as the written exam takes the most as high as 50 percent and the interview takes 20 percent and the remaining 5 percent is for an additional mark given to some high-qualification applicants.
The physical fitness test consists of five parts including a 100-meter sprint, a 1k run, a sit-up, a hand grip strength test, and a press-up.
The maximum score is 10 points in each part, but the marking criteria are divided further in detail. For example, in the case of the 100-m sprint, any examinee who cuts the 100-m line within 13 seconds will receive a full score, but runners who cuts the final line between 13.1 to 13.5 seconds will get 9 points, thus the competition among examinees become cutthroat, as 0.1 second may determine the final outcome of whether the applicant passes or fails.
The NPA said that there was no case found in the previous exams where examinees took any illegal substances including drugs, but the introduction of the drug test will deter any attempt of taking drugs before the physical fitness test.
As the drug test scheme is introduce for police exams, the same procedure will be held for firefighters from next year at the earliest. However, recruitment of firefighters depends on local governments, so the exact time of introduction has not been decided yet.
According to the administrator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the ordinance for appointment of firefighter has been revised so the drug test can be administered from next year as well, but there still are budget and time issues, thus the final decision should be made by the local governments.
By Caroline Seo (caroline@koreabizwire.com)
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As your dry cleaner knows, steam is the gentlest, safest, most efficient method to remove wrinkles from fabrics. The powerful action of steam penetrates the fibers, relaxes them and causes the wrinkles to release. Unlike ironing, the gentle method of steaming increases the life of clothing. Steaming breathes new life into fabrics; conversely, ironing crushes clothing fibers. Many users have found that steaming is up to five times faster than conventional ironing.


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Surge of momentum for electric tractor development
While there was no mention of tractors and lorries in the government's announcement that the sale of diesel and petrol cars would be banned from 2040 onwards, changes to the economies of scale in fuel production along with a refocusing of research are likely to see considerable changes in these markets too.
Thursday, 27th July 2017, 10:02 am
Updated Tuesday, 12th September 2017, 10:57 am
John Deere is among the firms powering ahead in the field of electric tractors. Picture: Contributed
And while electric cars are already commercially available, the automobile has not had the sole monopoly in research into alternative fuels, with several tractor manufacturers developing the area – and prototypes already in operation.
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A position paper drawn up recently by the English NFU said the vision of farms supporting integrated systems with renewable sources such as wind and solar being used to charge electric tractors and machinery – with the possibility of additional income being earned through "vehicle to grid" network balancing services and car charging points – was "no longer science fiction but instead the technology of the near future".
Earlier this year John Deere released a prototype Sustainable Energy Supply for Agricultural Machinery (SESAM) battery-powered tractor.
According to the company, the fully functional prototype – powered by a lithium ion polymer battery – had been developed to be utilised in a number of the company's different building blocks of frames and transmissions.
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Powered by two 150kW electric motors, John Deere said the electric drives provided high torque at low speed and gave an output of 130kW of continuous power.
However, the company admitted that several challenges still had to be met on the road to fully electric mobile agricultural machines, including a likely work-time which was limited to four hours and a three-hour recharging period:
"A time schedule for market launch cannot be given at the moment. Thus, we still see the SESAM tractor as a vision, but as a vision that will come true," said the company.
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Another integrated approach has seen Case New Holland produce a second generation prototype tractor powered by methane gas from anaerobic digestors undergoing tests, with the company claiming that the 52kg tank capacity could deliver approximately half a day of autonomy during normal operations from the 180 hp machine.
The company has also been involved in developing hydrogen powered tractors, again fuelled from on-farm renewable such as solar and wind power sources since 2009.
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A few weeks ago I sat down to discuss Mobile 2.0 with handset giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK) at Mobile Internet World. This time I wanted to deepen the conversation and cover mobile widgets with Beth Goza, Senior Marketing Manager at startup Zumobi. Guess what, widgets are key to bringing Web 2.0 to the third screen.


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In the summer of 2007, three friends and I came up with a brilliant idea: lets create a functionalized social networking startup oriented around fashion — Xhibitr.
Two years later, I can see all the reasons it was bound for failure, but despite the difficulties, I can honestly say it was one of the most rewarding and educational experiences I've ever had. In no other context is it possible to learn so much about management, organization, business model development, marketing/public relations, and execution in one fell swoop.
The pictures below take a look at some of the designs and a sneak peek at the functionality that my team built for Xhibitr. A part of me still wants to see it happen (although the rational part of me recognizes that its nigh-impossible).
The design scheme for Xhibitr took a long time to develop, but thanks to our talented design gurus (Calvin and Joseph), we eventually created a very polished website with a simple color scheme and an elegant boxed layout (which was probably inspired a bit by the design aesthetic of Facebook).
The programming was led by our very talented coder Anuraag. The backend was built around Google new cloud service platform (Google App Engine) and relied on Django as the web framework and the Javascript library jQuery for the web effects.
This first picture here is a look at the heart and soul of Xhibitr: the look page. The idea behind Xhibitr was simple – normal people don't think about clothing the way that stores and brands want us to. We don't see individual clothing items, and we don't see stores, we see an ensemble of items and stores — we see looks. To that end, the fundamental organizing piece of Xhibitr was the "look" and how we presented it:
The highlighted box above denotes a particular item (in this case Christine's lovely Bottega Veneta Dress). The item further up with a gray dotted box referred to her Jimmy Choo headband. The panels on the right gave additional information about the selected item, showing not only the brand but also the website/store where the item was purchased – hopefully providing users with a quick-and-easy way to find out how to get what they want.
Orienting our site around looks also meant creating an interface which made it easy to see what looks were available and to quickly find the ones you were looking for:
But, we weren't just content with helping people organize their looks, we wanted to change how people could actually communicate about fashion with their friends. We did this in two ways. The first was on the level of the social network itself (more on that in a bit), while the second was around the mini-widget we created to let people embed Xhibitr (with most of the functionality preserved) into their web pages and blogs.
The widget itself ran entirely within the browser using Javascript (no Flash plugin required) and supported sophisticated mouseover and transition effects to create a seamless and useful way for anyone to embed Xhibitr's interface and features but on a different blog/website (and, of course, to encourage others to re-embed the widget on other blogs and pages!). In the heyday of our marketing push, we had even kicked off a separate blog (called Xhibiting) to feature these widgets as ways for people to make their own versions of street fashion sites like the Sartorialist only with enhanced usability.
Below is a picture that shows how these widgets are tied to the main site. The message box below comes up after you click on the "share this look" link within the look page interface. Building these boxes took many iterations and long planning sessions involving thinking about every possible click and user input. Thankfully, Anuraag's coding experience and the jQuery library made it relatively simple to build:
The picture below highlights some of the social aspects behind Xhibitr – mainly the member page which served not only as a profile for the various users, but also as a way for members to keep track of their friends, their own uploaded looks, and (although this feature isn't shown below) their favorite looks. Below is a preview of my co-founder/good friend Calvin's profile:
And what was the business model, you ask? The team and I put together a pretty smart one built around two engines:
Targeted in-site advertising using our Looks model – in the same way that many companies are now attempting to use games or virtual goods as a way to advertise to consumers, Xhibitr aimed to create "sponsored looks" which would have been relevant to the look/member which the user was looking at.
Virtual storefront – in the same way that YouTube can set up customized pages for TV networks and organizations, we had hoped to be able to roll out virtual stores and customized pages for fashion brands and retailers which would have been coupled with preferential access to promoters/fans of those brands and retailers.
Both engines would have been fueled by the massive amounts of information we could gather from this platform, and we even had a long-term vision of expanding Xhibitr beyond fashion into automotive, interior design, and gadgetware.
Sadly, despite good design, functionality, and an interesting business model, the pressures of four people doing this part-time from remote locations (myself in the Bay Area and a consultant, Calvin in Chicago and working in marketing, Joseph in Southern California working in IT, and Anuraag in Japan studying computer science) wore down on us and at some point we decided that, to maintain our sanity, we had to call it quits.
But even despite the setbacks and lost hours, I don't think I'll ever regret the experience. Besides, its given myself, Calvin, Joseph, and Anuraag all something we can laugh about :).


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What Happens to Air Pressure as You Move From the Troposphere to the Thermosphere?
Earth's atmosphere plays a critical role in human life that goes beyond providing oxygen to breathe. This thin but vital blanket also protects life on Earth from meteorite bombardment and deadly radiation. By taking a cross-section of the atmosphere, you can divide it into a number of layers, each with its distinctive temperatures and functions.
All of Earth's weather takes place in the atmosphere's lowest layer, the troposphere. This is where large air currents generated by temperature differences in the atmosphere carry heat and create the familiar weather patterns we all experience.
Although the troposphere is only about 11 miles thick, it's much more dense than the atmosphere's outer layers. That's why it contains some 80 percent of the total air in the atmosphere. As you climb higher in the troposphere, the air gets colder and drier, and the air pressure drops rapidly. The top of the troposphere exerts only 10 percent of air pressure at sea level.
Above the troposphere lies the stratosphere, which extends from about 11 to 30 miles above the Earth. Most air currents in this layer are horizontal and run parallel to the planet's surface.
High in the stratosphere lies a region called the ozone layer, where ozone gas (O3 molecules) absorbs harmful ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun. Temperatures at the base of the stratosphere average -110 degrees Fahrenheit, but climbing higher toward space, the air actually gets warmer. Ozone absorbs UV and releases heat. That's why the temperature near the top of the stratosphere increases to the freezing point, 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
The next layer in the atmosphere's cross-section is the mesosphere, located roughly from 30 to 52 miles up. Here again, the temperature falls with increasing altitude. Although the air here is very thin, it's thick enough that most meteors burn up in this layer and never make it to Earth's surface.
Located about 52 miles above Earth's surface, the mesosphere becomes the ionosphere, a layer composed primarily of ions, particles that have lost or gained electrons. Auroras, the dazzling electrical displays of northern and southern skies, occur here.
There's no precisely defined point where Earth's atmosphere ends and outer space begins. The ionosphere is sometimes considered part of space. In fact, many satellites travel within this layer.
At 430 miles or so above Earth's surface, the ionosphere gives way to the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere, the exosphere. The depth of this layer expands when the sun is quiet and contracts when Earth's atmosphere is battered by solar storms.
As you travel farther and farther outward into space, the air density continues to decrease. At 600 to 1,000 miles in altitude, you are well and truly in outer space.
What Percent of the Earth is Covered by the Lithosphere?
Brennan, John. "Cross Section of the Earth's Atmosphere." Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/cross-section-earths-atmosphere-2061.html. 25 April 2017.


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Eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative: the new ŠKODA OCTAVIA G-TEC
Friday, June 26, 2020 — › The new ŠKODA OCTAVIA G-TEC's 1.5 TSI produces 96 kW (130 PS)
› CO2 emissions in CNG mode are around 25 per cent lower than when running on petrol
› Natural gas range of 500 km* in the WLTP cycle
Mladá Boleslav, 26 June 2020 – The new ŠKODA OCTAVIA G-TEC is designed to run on environmentally friendly compressed natural gas (CNG). The OCTAVIA G-TEC is fitted with a 1.5 TSI, providing 96 kW (130 PS), and achieves a range of 500 km* in the WLTP cycle when operated purely using this type of fuel. Three tanks installed in the underbody store a total of 17.33 kg of CNG. A 9-litre petrol tank ensures mobility in regions without suitable refuelling infrastructure. The new OCTAVIA G-TEC will be launched across Europe this autumn.
The 1.5 TSI in the OCTAVIA G-TEC is designed to run on natural gas and has an output of 96 kW (130 PS). This type of fuel burns more cleanly, resulting in CO2 emissions in CNG mode that are around 25 per cent lower than when running on petrol; in addition, significantly less nitrogen oxide (NOx) is emitted and no soot particles are produced. The engine is very efficient, thanks to, among other things, variable control of the intake valves according to what is known as the Miller combustion process. This enables consumption of 3.4 to 3.6 kg per 100 km in the WLTP cycle in CNG mode and 4.6 l per 100 km in petrol mode.
Boasting a CNG capacity of 17.33 kg, the OCTAVIA G-TEC has a range of 500 km* in the WLTP cycle in natural gas mode. When making use of the petrol in its 9-litre tank, the OCTAVIA G-TEC can cover a further 190 km*, giving it a total range of approx. 700 km*. Switching between CNG and petrol mode happens automatically without driver intervention.
The vehicle only accesses the petrol fuel supply in certain situations, such as when the engine is started after the CNG has been topped up, when the outside temperature is below -10 degrees Celsius, or when the gas tanks are so empty that the pressure drops below 11 bar. The OCTAVIA G-TEC features a specific layout in the Virtual Cockpit and can be easily identified by a badge at the rear. The hatchback's boot can hold 455 l, the COMBI's boot capacity is 495 l.
In CNG mode, CO2 emissions are 25 per cent lower than those of a conventional petrol engine, even when using natural gas. By using 20 per cent bio-CNG, as is currently common in Germany, for example, the car's carbon footprint can be improved by as much as 35 to 40 per cent. Using fuel mixtures with an even higher percentage of bio-CNG, from plant residues and biological waste, leads to improvements of up to 90 per cent. This means that journeys under these circumstances are almost climate-neutral. Full climate neutrality can be achieved by using synthetic methane, which is produced with green electricity in a power-to-gas process. However, this procedure is still under development. *This information is provisional and subject to change.
Catherine Van Geel PR Manager, D'Ieteren NV
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D'Ieteren Automotive distributes Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Porsche and Yamaha vehicles in Belgium. It has a market share of around 22% and 1.2 million vehicles on the road. Its business model is evolving towards improving the lives of citizens with fluid, accessible and sustainable mobility. Sales and adjusted operating result reached respectively EUR 3.6 billion and EUR 119.0 million in FY 2019.
Belron (54.85% of the voting rights) has a clear purpose: "making a difference by solving people's problems with real care". It is the worldwide leader in vehicle glass repair and replacement and operates in 39 countries, through wholly owned businesses and franchises, with market leading brands – including Carglass®, Safelite® and Autoglass®. In addition, Belron manages vehicle glass and other insurance claims on behalf of insurance customers. Sales and adjusted operating result reached respectively EUR 4.2 billion and EUR 400.5 million in FY 2019.
Moleskine (100% owned) is a premium and aspirational lifestyle brand which develops and sells iconic branded notebooks and writing, travel and reading accessories through a multichannel distribution strategy across 114 countries. Sales and adjusted operating result reached respectively EUR 163.9 million and EUR 18.6 million in FY 2019.
D'Ieteren Immo (100%) groups together the Belgian real estate interests of D'Ieteren Group. It owns and manages approximately 30 properties which generated EUR 19.7 million net rental income in FY 2019. It also pursues investment projects and carries out studies into possible site renovations.
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