To be THE trusted ICT company in the Caribbean and South-American region, rich in knowledge and accountable, doing the right thing for our customers, employees and business partners.
To enable customer excellence with ICT infrastructure solutions through a knowledgeable team of professionals, guided by our core values.
Our belief in EXCELLENCE reflects our unyielding passion and unfaltering commitment to strive for the best solution and customer experience to our customers. Excellence is the main driver to achieving goals efficiently and effectively, and to unleashing our potentials and stretching our limits.
Our belief in PASSION shapes the way we work each day. We put our hearts into every new adventure before us. We approach every new opportunity with spirit and enthusiasm, embracing it fully. But as passionate as we are about the road ahead, we never lose sight of the world around us.
Our belief in ACCOUNTABILITY requires from us a level of ownership that includes making, keeping, and answering for all commitments. We will also take responsibility for our work and make what is wrong right to the greatest extent possible. Accountability is defined as demonstrating the ownership necessary for achieving desired results and it has become common practice for all members of the organization to ask themselves what else can be done to rise above the circumstances and achieve the desired results.
Our belief in INTEGRITY reflects the value we place on ethics, uprightness and honesty. Integrity is the foundation of how we operate our business in an ethical way and is the moral compass to ensure fairness, transparency, and respect for our stakeholders in order to building sustainable relationships.
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Happy "Good Friday" Everyone! Because of the sacrifice that Jesus gave on the cross on this day long ago, we have access to God! We can talk to him and have a relationship with him. We can pray to him and he will hear us. He loves us so much that he gave his only son so that we might have hope of eternal life with Him. What an amazing thing! I am so thankful!
Here is the card that I'm entering in the StampTV Inspire17 Challenge. Gina gave us a great inspiration photo of this fun iron gate and challenge us to make a card with a fancy fold.
I'd seen this super fancy fold on StampTV and on another site and just had to make one for this challenge--WAY fun!
Unfortunately, I didn't notice that I used the stamp with the typo on it before I had it all done! :( Oh, well! I'll go back and insert an "l" and call it good! Whatta ya do?!
Anway, thanks for looking! Have a blessed Easter!!!
What a great project! I have to try making one of these.


A Paul Rhodes education session is always a good way to spend part of the day at a multifamily conference, especially after lunch when the eyes get heavy. His sermon-like presentations always grab everybody's attention. There's bound to be a hallelujah or two. His session on how to turn multifamily maintenance into renewals didn't disappoint.
Rhodes is the only one I know who can put a toilet plunger on a pedestal next to the Lombardi Trophy … and sell it.
In his 20-plus years in the industry and the last six as the National Apartment Association Education Institute's National Safety and Maintenance Instructor, Rhodes has turned the grit under fingernails into marketing gold. His session, "Turning Maintenance Sparks into Renewal Wildfire," at January's Apartment Association of Greater Dallas Education Conference was no exception.
In 80 minutes he preached maintenance gospel and revealed how an apartment community can hit it big by making a service call on the first day of the lease. Now, normally, if a resident called maintenance on move-in day, it might be a bad omen. Turns out, a Day One get-to-know-ya with the super isn't a bad idea. The brief encounter can boost customer service in the eyes of the resident plus potentially head-off any future late-night emergency calls.
Besides, the leasing staff already has the resident's attention.
Rhodes believes the apartment industry, as much as it wants to coddle its residents, still has a lot to learn about customer service. Multifamily's track record of renewals is proof.
He added that 20 percent of residents in 2016 moved out because of poor staff performance and assistance. Further, among the reasons that residents renew is customer service quality and quality of maintenance services, according to a 2017 SatisFacts resident satisfaction survey.
Maintenance driven by facilities management software can make a difference.
"Studies show it's more important how we fix it than just the fact that we fixed it," Rhodes said.
So, move-in day is a prime opportunity for the men and women who crouch over a clogged toilet, clean off a dirty air conditioning coil or stretch to replace a flickering light to take a big step forward.
Taking 15 or 20 minutes to point out light switch functions, the kind of detergent the dishwasher needs (not Goop Hand Cleaner) and how the blinds operate ultimately helps eliminate service calls and improves the resident living experience.
Call it the Holy Grail of first impressions.
But Rhodes warns that maintenance shouldn't get carried away on the first day, like offering an olive branch in the form of a plunger. That's like telling the resident to expect the toilet to overflow and, by the way, "fix it ya' own self," he says.
Same thing when that day finally comes that the commode is backed up like rush hour in Los Angeles. Don't show up with a toilet auger in a trash bag − the resident may get grossed out wondering what that invasive tool cleared last. Not very respectful.
Instead, bring a clean one to the apartment. "It will even run down the toilet better," Rhodes said.
Handled any other way could set up your maintenance team for being the enemy. And that's a lesson nobody wants to learn.


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Minorities Still Lack a Strong Voice in New European Parliament
BRUSSELS - Ethnic and racial minorities make up at least 10% of the EU's population but will hold just 5% of seats in the new European Parliament, leaving them under-represented at a time when nationalism, far-right rhetoric and hate speech is on the rise, rights advocates say.
Minorities will hold just 36 seats in the 751-strong EU assembly following last month's elections, the European Network Against Racism noted.
The risk of under-representation is that "policy coming out of the European Parliament is very much less reflective of ethnic minorities or migrants because they're not directly... there", said Sarah Chander, senior advocacy officer at the network.
Top EU jobs - including that of the head of the European Parliament - are now up for grabs following the bloc-wide vote.
While the EU has for the first time set itself a target of achieving gender parity in the most prominent roles, no such call has been made for representation of ethnic and racial minorities.
Lack of diversity in EU institutions has been highlighted over the years by the #brusselssowhite Twitter campaign.

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Here's how to change the rules to make your blog stand out. My client work has consistently shown that people have secondary interests in products, services, and brands. It's likely that your stakeholders' primary interest is getting something they want, for rational and emotional reasons—and they are willing to buy your product or service when they think it will help them get something they want.
Digital social interactions are the gold mine for learning the nuances of your stakeholders' outcomes (goals), and their hopes and frustrations around trying to attain their outcomes. When your blog focuses on your stakeholders' outcomes, it will be far more attractive and engaging.
Content marketing and marketing automation can be useful adjuncts to this principle, but too often their content is brand- and product/service-focused, so they are less interesting to stakeholders.
In other words, your blog will be far more attractive when its focus is on your readers, not as much on your firm, brand or products. You will be more relevant and stand apart from your competitors who are talking about themselves.
WordPress.com is the free hosted offering from WordPress, the gorilla in the category; it's superb. WordPress is also available, free, so you can host your blog on your servers; when you do this, you can use its immense ecosystem of plugins. I have extensive experience with WordPress, which also features good export tools, so you can move your blog elsewhere in the future.
Blogger has fewer features than WordPress, but it's integrated into Google's products.
Typepad is another solid choice, but it costs $9/month. I haven't used it, but I know people who do.
If you can self-host, you have a mind-bending choice of CMSes/blog platforms.
Here are some pseudo-blog options that have still fewer features, but they may be useful because they include large networks. They won't give you a true blog experience, so the rest of this post won't apply to them. They do offer basic formatting features.
The most important thing is to not let technology get in the way of launching and connecting with the people who matter most to you. I launched my first blog on Serendipity, which is open source and requires more techie patience than the others. I have since migrated all CSRA's blogs to WordPress because it's very robust, and its tools and plugins consistently lead the market. As with other platforms like Apple's mobile devices and Facebook, strong developer ecosystems add tremendous value.
WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Which Platform Rules?
I do not recommend one of the pseudo platforms for your main blog because they won't allow you to use the magic of a full CMS (content management system). As you see, I use them all, but in supportive roles.
Categories and tags are a critical part of your blog's infrastructure, even though this probably won't be obvious at first—because you don't have posts, and you can't see the power. Let's take CSRA's website as an example. It's a WordPress blog that I host myself. CSRA's clients are global enterprises in numerous industries, and our main business is management consulting in disruptive technology, currently social media and social business. As of writing, we have over 450 posts and dozens of (separate) pages.
We use categories for industries. Therefore, I can give people in my network a link to review only our posts in healthcare, financial services, or government.
We use categories for enterprise functions, so people can read about B2B sales, B2B marketing, or human resources.
Tags are more granular, but the idea is the same; our posts usually have one or two categories, but they have many tags. For example, culture, customer, and CMO. You can combine tags, hence cmo+customer.
Now, think of your salespeople. They can easily share your thought leadership with individual links. This what a solid taxonomy does for you.
Don't worry about getting your taxonomy perfect. Expect to distill it over time. WordPress makes it easy to change categories and tags of single posts, or groups of posts.
Generally, use categories as "main topics" and tags as "mentions." Categories are the main ideas of posts, where tags map to topics that are mentioned in the post.
When doing your taxonomy, consult your SEO team because categories and tags rank very highly in search engines. However, remember that most SEO teams don't understand your stakeholders and workstreams; they usually have an ecommerce perspective. It's more important to use tags that correspond to keywords that your stakeholders use when they are talking about workstreams.
CSRA's main blog can serve as an example; however, it's best to start with a small taxonomy and build it over time. WordPress also enables nesting of categories, so when you select the category dropdown in CSRA's left sidebar, you'll see our category taxonomy ("Themes"). Keep in mind, CSRA has hundreds of posts, so our taxonomy is extensive.
I recommend starting with 7-10 categories and four times more tags. Don't force the tags, let them increase over time. Select words for tags that are specific and map to workstreams.
CSRA's tags are called "Topics"; you can mouse over each one, and most browsers will show how many posts are tagged with each tag. It is down in tag cloud format, so the size of text indicates which tags are most prevalent.
AdCodes is a plugin that displays images that change with each page load. For example, the main image on the top left sidebar and the Social Channel App "ads" in the right sidebar.
WPTouch makes rollyson.net very mobile friendly on major smartphone platforms.
WordPress SEO is integrates into the blog post creation screen and guides you in maximizing the SEO of each post and page.
Tagline Rotator changes the tagline in rollyson.net's header image.
Posts in Page enables me to syndicate categories and tags into rollyson.net's pages. For example, the Chief Digital Office page features our last nine posts on digital transformation, right on the page ("CSRA Chief Digital Officer Posts").
Akismet is WordPress's own plugin that's expert at combatting spam.
Many plugins for security, firewalls, etc. WordFence, NinjaFirewall, LoginLockdown.
Buddypress and WP Symposium Pro Social Network enable you to create a social network, right within your blog.
bbpress enables you to create a forum, right within your blog.
There are hundreds of plugins that enable automatic sharing via Twitter, Facebook and others. I use Shareaholic because it lets readers share with any platform at a click.
When creating your blog's infrastructure, ground it in your social business strategy, which marries your stakeholders' workstreams/outcomes with your firm's core competencies. Your stakeholders/readers will find you very relevant when you orient to their workstreams and outcomes.
Don't promote your company and products. Only mention them within the context of your posts to add value to readers.
If your team has members who are familiar with blogs, self-host if it's not a hassle with IT. If you don't, start with WordPress.com or Typepad, so you can migrate later. WordPress.com will enable you to create full categories and tags; Blogger only has tags, and its blogs aren't exportable to other platforms.
I listed plugins to show you some of the power of WordPress. Some of them are relevant right away. The security plugins are a must, immediately during installation. If you're on WordPress.com, Blogger, or Typepad, they police the platform for you.
I invite your questions in comments.


After seven years of being under intensive care, Fed chief Janet Yellen doesn't believe the U.S. economy is ready to leave the hospital just yet.
That's why Yellen and her colleagues at the Federal Reserve decided last week to keep its benchmark rates at near 0%.
They might be right. The economy is hardly going gangbusters and there are real threats from China's slowdown.
But some feel the Fed is coddling the economy by giving it more care than it needs. They argue emergency-level rates and Fed indecision are actually hurting confidence among consumers, investors and CEOs.
That's why they believe a rate hike could actually boost the American recovery by reassuring the public, encouraging borrowing at cheap levels and generating some income for struggling savers.
"One particularly sad irony in all of this is that the Fed's inaction may run entirely contrary to its own goals," David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds, wrote in a note to clients.
"By holding rates low, I believe the Fed is continuing to suppress economic growth and demand," he said.
In other words, too much of a good thing can actually be a bad thing. It's akin to an injured athlete becoming dependent on crutches rather than trying to walk independently once his or her wounds heal.
All of this runs a bit counter to central banking 101. Rate hikes normally act as brakes on growth that help the economy from overheating and curbing runaway inflation.
But now, few fear the current recovery too hot. Inflation continues to run well below the Fed's own goals. Rates remain near zero despite an economic comeback. The unemployment has tumbled to 5.1% last month from a crisis peak of 10% in 2009.
And even though higher rates usually kill demand, Kelly said there's evidence the first few hikes from extremely low levels could actually boost demand.
Related: Is the stock market holding Janet Yellen hostage?
A rate hike would be like the Fed giving the economy a clean bill of health. That's psychologically important to consumers and CEOs still scarred by the Great Recession.
People thinking about buying a house could finally be lured off the fence. It's a signal that mortgage rates won't stay extremely low forever.
Even the housing industry doesn't sound spooked about looming rate increases.
"With job growth holding steady, prospective buyers can handle any gradual rise in mortgage rates," Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, wrote in a report on Monday.
The central bank would be able to reload its arsenal if it starts raising rates. After all, there's fears that the Fed is completely out of ammo to cut rates during the next crisis.
"Normalizing rates is just a smart thing to do when times are good because one of these days there will be bad times," said Ed Yardeni, president of investment advisory Yardeni Research.
Rather than sinking excess profits into share buybacks and mergers & acquisitions, big companies could finally have the confidence to invest in future projects that create jobs.
American savers are definitely rooting for a rate hike. They're sick of seeing money in the bank earn virtually nothing the past eight years. The windfall of interest income for savers and bondholders could help boost consumer spending a bit.
"You have a powerful impact on American savers," said Kelly.
Others believe the positive benefits of a rate hike would be more limited.
Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial, said he believes deposit rates wouldn't budge much following a rate hike. He also worries about how a rate hike will put further upward pressure on the U.S. dollar, threatening exports of American goods overseas.
But it seems even the stock market -- one of the biggest beneficiaries of cheap rates -- is getting sick of the Fed's reluctance.
Just look at how U.S. stocks retreated after the Fed decision was announced last week. If anything, investors aren't happy with vacillation at the Fed.
"The Fed is helping so much it hurts," Bank of America Merrill Lynch wrote in a note on Monday.
Keeping rates steady is actually now a "negative for stocks," the Wall Street bank argued, pointing to diminishing returns for equities following each Fed stimulus program.
"The Fed is being overly dramatic about it. It's only a quarter-point hike. Markets were ready for it. They should have done it," said Yardeni.


Deer park is a beautiful place at Thenmala with lots of trees and deers. It is like a little forest. The water from the Thenmala dam flows by the side.
There are three types of deers in the park. They are sambar deer, spotted deer and lawn deer. Spotted deers are seen in the picture.
There are tree top huts in the park. In the tree top hut at the entrance, there are two rooms. Down the road, there is a recreation area where you can play. There are swings, see-saw and slide.


Thermo offers two different product groups for Flow Cytometry. Cyto-Cal beads as a particle control for Flow Cytometry for set-up, calibration and absolute count applications and Cyto-Plex beads as bead suspension array for multiplex assay development.
As well Cyto-Cal as Cyto-Plex are suitable for all-line excitation.


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Q: How to create SQLite database forgn keys without reference table i have a question about sqlite3 foreign keys   but i didn't test this.so i want to sure about this...
if i create a "table A" with a foreign key reference ** from " table B" but "table B" is not created already.can i create successfully table A with foreign key references without create "table B" ?
Create Table A(
  A_ID    INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  B_ID    INTEGER,
  A_DESCRIPTION    TEXT,

  FOREIGN KEY (B_ID) REFERENCES B(B_ID)
)
------------------------------------not created already---------------->
Create Table B(
  B_ID    INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  A_ID    INTEGER,
  B_DESCRIPTION    TEXT

  FOREIGN KEY (A_ID) REFERENCES A(A_ID)
)

A: Not sure why you couldn't find the answer by simply running that code, but the answer is No.  The referenced table and PRIMARY KEY must exist to create a FOREIGN KEY.
Some older versions of SQLite read but ignored FOREIGN KEYs, but that has not been true for some time.

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If you own or operate a business in the Mid-Atlantic, workers compensation is the best way to make sure your employees are taken care of if they experience a mishap. Virtually all states in the U.S., from Maryland to California, require businesses to carry workers compensation insurance by law; not doing so can carry serious consequences. But which policy is the right one for you? You don't want to wait until one of your employees has to file a claim to find out that you didn't have the proper coverage for your business the entire time.
When you work with a knowledgeable provider like Connie Phillips Insurance, you can be sure you have the dependable protection your employees deserve. We operate offices in Frederick, MD and Virginia Beach, VA, but we have the resources to protect stores, offices, restaurants, and most businesses in Washington DC, West Virginia and Pennsylvania as well.
To provide our customers with the maximum amount of flexibility, Connie Phillips Insurance offers pay-as-you-go workers compensation. The premiums for standard workers comp plans are typically based on a yearly estimate of the payroll. But business, like most things, is unpredictable. You could be losing money if your best guess was off. The pay-as-you-go program bases the premium directly on your reported payrolls, taking out the guesswork and getting you the amount of coverage you need. It's especially ideal for businesses that are seasonal or experience a lot of fluctuation.
For all your workers compensation needs, talk to an agent from Connie Phillips Insurance right away. Give us a call at 888-439-0479 or get a no-obligation quote by filling out the web form on this page.


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Chana or garbanzo beans, one of the biggest pulses produced and taken up in India, are also called as Bengal gram, gram or chickpea. It is a big and cheap foundation of protein evaluated to creature protein. It is methodically called as Cicer Aritinum and is apparently came out from western Asia. In India, main kinds of chickpea are produced viz., Desi and Kabuli in the proportion of 3:1 and chana accounts for approximately 45% of overall pulses grown in the country. Overall, if you wish to know where to buy garbanzo beans, then visiting Global Garbanzo would be significant.


Nu-Eco products are all fully biodegradable which means that they are safe for the planet's water courses. The products are formulated with specially selected plant extracts which are known for their antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.
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All of our products are paraben-free, chlorine-free, SLS-free, triclosan-free and do not contain other harsh, toxic chemicals.


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New newness on the way.
Stuff coming soon. Including a short weekend getaway to NYC. So expect a little something something Sunday night.
Etc. Finally watching The Wire.
Holy shite. And I'm in love with the black, lesbian detective.
Sonja Sohn is Det. Kima Greggs.


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58th GRAMMY Awards printable ballot (2016)
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Our latest download for you is for the 58th GRAMMY Awards. Find a selection of the nominees here in our handy GRAMMY Ballot. Download the ballot, print it out and pass out during your party.
Our latest download for you is for the 58th GRAMMY Awards. Find a selection of the nominees here in our handy GRAMMY Ballot. Download the ballot, print it out and pass out during your party (go here to download the updated PDF). It's in glorious color.
We also have included definitions for Song, Record and Album of the Year because those categories can be confusing. The Recording Academy is preparing to present trophies in 83 categories on Monday, Feb. 15 — yes, Monday, a possible test by CBS for better ratings.
Around 12 will be announced during the telecast on CBS. The remaining categories will be announced at the pre-telecast "Premiere Ceremony." Watch it online at Grammy.com/live starting at 3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. PT.
NOTE: The categories on our ballot are ones that have presented the last two years during the ceremony. The Grammys doesn't announce which categories will be announced live.
When nominations were announced Dec. 7, Kendrick Lamar led nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, who each earned seven.
Download our ballot here.
Find the full list of nominations and winners here.
The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Monday, Feb. 15 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). LL Cool J is set to return as host for his fifth consecutive year.
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The Model A/P has the same construction design as the A-Series and is portable with rubber wheels casters for easier moving. Units are equipped with stainless steel cooking grates,cover & work area, two burners with 20,000 BTU per burner capacity, two controls, lava rock and an easy-access drip pan. Tank and regulator NOT included.


Discussion in 'Junkie Fantasy Fighting' started by BigSexyVreeland, May 28, 2017.
I don't do logging. I can just score. If they want to let him replace after the fact, they can. He will not be in the live scoring though.
We'll just do the math afterwards.
Man I was gonna take Hadzovic at 1.
Voldemir shades of Miocic vs Werdum.
Thanks for scoring man. Looks like I got this one.


Sadducee, Hebrew Tzedoq, plural Tzedoqim, member of a Jewish priestly sect that flourished for about two centuries before the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in ad 70. Not much is known with certainty of the Sadducees' origin and early history, but their name may be derived from that of Zadok, who was high priest in the time of kings David and Solomon. Ezekiel later selected this family as worthy of being entrusted with control of the Temple, and Zadokites formed the Temple hierarchy down to the 2nd century bc.
The Sadducees were the party of high priests, aristocratic families, and merchants—the wealthier elements of the population. They came under the influence of Hellenism, tended to have good relations with the Roman rulers of Palestine, and generally represented the conservative view within Judaism. While their rivals, the Pharisees, claimed the authority of piety and learning, the Sadducees claimed that of birth and social and economic position. During the long period of the two parties' struggle—which lasted until the Romans' destruction of Jerusalem in 70 ad—the Sadducees dominated the Temple and its priesthood.
The Sadducees and Pharisees were in constant conflict with each other, not only over numerous details of ritual and the Law but most importantly over the content and extent of God's revelation to the Jewish people. The Sadducees refused to go beyond the written Torah (first five books of the Bible) and thus, unlike the Pharisees, denied the immortality of the soul, bodily resurrection after death, and the existence of angelic spirits. For the Sadducees, the Oral Law—i.e., the vast body of post-biblical Jewish legal traditions—meant next to nothing. By contrast, the Pharisees revered the Torah but further claimed that oral tradition was part and parcel of Mosaic Law. Because of their strict adherence to the Written Law, the Sadducees acted severely in cases involving the death penalty, and they interpreted literally the Mosaic principle of lex talionis ("an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth").
Though the Sadducees were conservative in religious matters, their wealth, their haughty bearing, and their willingness to compromise with the Roman rulers aroused the hatred of the common people. As defenders of the status quo, the Sadducees viewed the ministry of Jesus with considerable alarm and apparently played some role in his trial and death. Their lives and political authority were so intimately bound up with Temple worship that after Roman legions destroyed the Temple, the Sadducees ceased to exist as a group, and mention of them quickly disappeared from history.
In Maccabees: The rule of Hyrcanus I.


So here we are...about to submit our dossier. This is the ultra exciting packet of paperwork that is given to the foreign government of the country we are adopting from. The forms included prove such things as the following: we are not murderers, rapists, robbers, etc., we have a house, money, medical insurance. Once the dossier is completely compiled it's sent to our agency where it's shipped all over the place for extensive authentication and then on to the intended country of adoption. Here is what I've suddenly found myself panicking about...not breathing into a paper bag sort of panicking, but deep in the back of my mind I have been asking myself and God...'is this whole Ethiopia thing reallllly going to work out?" All the news coming out of our originally intended country has sounded very gloomy lately and it seemed as though we might be waiting a loooong time for a baby if things didn't change. We have been very interested in adoptions from Uganda, but they require about a month of travel, which has seemed so impossible. So last night, after a whole day of stressing and pulling Chad down into the dumps with me, after spending so much time in front of the computer researching Ugandan adoption that my eyes were completely glazed over, I gathered myself together and wrote my dear social worker a beautiful and heartfelt break-up letter. I told her how lovely the agency has been to us. I told her that if only things were different in Ethiopia we would not have to be looking elsewhere. However, we had devised a plan, and unfortunately, unless she could give us some hope, it looked like we were over. I went to bed thinking of her reaction as she read the email upon arriving at work in the morning, sure that we're her favorite clients, so naturally she would be devestated and try to talk us into staying, right?
Well...kind of. First thing this morning my phone rang, and sure enough it was our case worker, Lesley. I listened for the sound of tears in her voice, but she definately sounded as though she was holding it together (good for her!). I asked if she had gotten my message and she assured me that she had. Then she said this, or something like this, "Christina, let me say one thing; here at Arise we are advocates of adoption, not one specific country, so if you feel that God is leading your family elsewhere we will support you in that and help transfer you to another agency. However, if you're scared because of all the things that have been in the media about Ethiopia slowing down, I will just tell you to settle down." As it turns out, things in Ethiopia are running just fine. The slowdown of processing 40 cases each day down to 5 only lasted two days, and things are already picking up and running smoothly again. Well, I'll admit I felt a little silly. We talked for nearly an hour as she gave me all the details that she's aware of and I sheepishly admitted to her that I may have overreacted a tiny bit.
Now, 24 hours after devising a rather elaborate plan to move our entire family to Uganda for 4-6 weeks (which a dear friend assured me was an utterly crazy thing to do), we are back on track and almost ready to submit our dossier to ETHIOPIA!! As I write this I feel very confident that Ruby is in Ethiopia as we speak and that our Heavenly Father has been guiding us there this whole time...unfortunately, I'm not as good at following patiently as I had originally thought.
Hoping to have more updates soon!
I've been thinking of you lately, with all the questions regarding our babies in Ethiopia. I know what you have been going through, seems exactly the course I have been on. And we too have come to the conclusion to just hang on, believe, and stick with the original plan! What a journey we are all on! I'm hoping to get a bunch of families together that all have adopted/are adopting, think it would be wonderful to support each other! I'll let you know when something is on the calendar!
Christina, one of the things I've come to love about you is your dedication to self-disclosure, even the bumpy parts. In a world where everyone looks like they've got it together, I appreciate your willingness to ride the ride with God and let others know that they're not the only ones who sometimes doubt what God is doing and how he's doing it. Thank you. Love you.
i had some highs and lows reading this for sure!!! so excited to hear the good news about ethiopia, and thrilled for you that your dossier is almost ready!! we are ready to start looking into agencies....we will have to get some info from you!
so, so thrilled to hear that you're moving forward with ethiopia, that the five cases a day didn't last...and that you don't have to ship off to africa for a month and a half, we would miss you, you know.
Awww, Tina. I'm so glad that you're wholeheartedly devoted to your unknown, yet already loved new little one, no matter where she may be located geographically. Isn't it funny how God comes through and soothes our nerves when we go crazy? Believe me, my nerves have been shot recently, and I can definitely sympthasize with the anxiety of not knowing how the future will play out. Lots of prayers coming your way. God will always give you the grace in the moment to handle what comes your way (preaching to myself here, too!). Love ya!
So excited that you guy are getting ready to send off your dossier! We are also with Arise and got word last week that our Dossier is in Ethiopia, so we are just a little ahead. Maybe our paths will cross in Ethiopia!
I will echo what Lesley said. I have talked to her as well as some others "in the loop" and everyone seems to think that all of this will work out for the best for all involved. We adopted our first child from Guatemala right when it was shutting down. We were the last family with our agency to bring our child home. What is going on in Ethiopia has a completely different feel that what happened in Guatemala. So we are also proceeding and praying that God continues to direct our steps.
Interestingly enough, we came to the Ethiopia program from the Uganda program with one of Arise's partner agencies! After almost a year with no referral (not the fault of the agency, we were requesting special needs and despite numerous people trying different avenues to find our child, he just wasn't there!) we switched to the EE program in January.
Cannot wait to read that your dossier is in Ethiopia!
Oh, Christina, I can completely relate to what you've been through! We also almost switched at one point, AFTER waiting a year and a half for Rwanda!!! But God has shown us time and again that HE is in every last detail, including where and when (day, our, minute, and second) that you will meet your precious Ruby. I happy to hear that He faithfully provided direction for you through your case worker. Congratulations on finishing your dossier!!!
i love you. love, "utterly crazy."
We just recently had a bump in our adoption plans, so I know first hand how heartbreaking it can be to have your heart set on something and it not go that route. I'm sooo glad things are working out for you!!


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EPIDEMIOLOGY, CHEMOTHERAPY OF ONCHOCERCIASIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ONCHOCERCA-SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION BASED ON A P-GLYCOPROTEIN GENE.
Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by a filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, which is transmitted to man through the bite of infected black flies of the Simulium damnosum complex. In Achi community (South Eastern Nigeria) – ivermectin treatments started since 1990 on a yearly basis under the auspices of a WHO/UNDP/WORLD BANK ONCHO. PROJECT. During this study in Achi and Amansea, the participants medical history, onchocercomata and skin snips were obtained between January, 2009 to December, 2012 from the studied groups. The studied population of 240 subjects was randomly selected thus: Achi (57), Amansea (52) and UNTH (131) (health seeking patients at Oncho. Project, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital). The studied groups were out patients of the WHO/UNDP/World Bank Oncho Project in the various villages. The patients were grouped into age, sex, occupation, residence, dosage levels, skin microfilariae and degrees of onchodermatitis. The uterine contents of the female worms after ivermectin treatment of patients were qualitatively and quantitatively assessed using embryogram techniques. Sodium Dodecyle Sulphate Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS PAGE) and Immuno blotting techniques were used to separate the protein antigens of the female worms. Chemiluminescence was used to visualize the blots. Genomic DNAs were isolated from various female worms of different dosage levels for the investigations into the presence of mdr genes. Multidrug resistant (mdr) degenerate primers were used with the genomic DNA in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) experiments. The PCR product was isolated, cloned and sequenced and an Onchocerca- specific mdr primer designed from homologous and conserved regions of available mdr genes. The O. volvulus mdr primer was used to check for amplification on other Onchocerca samples using PCR. A laser densitometer was used to read the positive products. A statistical evaluation of the densitometer values was done using t-test analysis. In Achi, 53(93.0%) of the patients were infected thus confirming Achi – as an onchocerciasis endemic community, in Amansea 30(58.0%) had onchocerciasis thus confirming it as a meso-endemic region, while 34(25.0%) of the patients from UNTH had onchocerciasis. All prevalence for onchocerciasis were significantly different (p<0.05). Out of 57 patients sampled at Achi, 53((93.0%) had nodules which when digested, contained viable adult worms. Similarly, in Amansea, 30(58.0%) patients had nodules that contained little or no worms but rather unidentifiable contents or already calcified worms. The prevalence of onchocercal noodles was significantly different (p<0.05) in all the studied groups, suggesting that the presence of nodules might be a good sign for the rapid assessment of onchocerciasis. The embryograms of the uteri of the O. volvulus females from ivermectin treated patients revealed that the contents were significantly (p<0.05) more deformed than those from non-treated patients. Using C 219 polyclonal antibody, the presence of P-glycoprotein was established in O. volvulus. Furthermore, using mdr –degenerate primers (P3 – P4) and DNA sequencing, mdr genes has been found in O. volvulus for the first time. There was a 53% homology with the available mdr genes. Additionally, an Onchocerca-specific mdr primer has been designed from this study. The primers P11 – P12 showed specificity towards Onchocerca species and not to other nematodes. The laser densitometer values when analyzed with the t-test revealed that there was no significant difference (p > F = 0.8247) between the two major groups, treated and untreated.
Department: Zoology Project Topics and Materials


As Clint Eastwood would say, "Go ahead, make my day".
The head of Iran's navy says the country aims to put its warships in international waters off the U.S. coast "in the next few years."
The comments Tuesday from Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on state TV are part of Iran's response to Washington's beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf.
I'm sorry, that's just funny stuff to me.
The obvious question is "why"? The obvious answer is "payback". That 's not much of a naval strategy, is it?
Payback? Hey, US, we can patrol your coast just like you patrol ours? Really?
My guess is it will just mean more work for our Coast Guard. No, not keeping them out of our territorial waters so much as rescuing disabled Iranian naval vessels. It's one thing to have a pop gun navy a few miles from your own shore. It's another to support a Navy with a global reach. Iran has experience close to home. But that's it.
My second guess is they'll base out of Cuba or Venezuela. That'll make things even more fun. Especially if Hugo flames out in the next few years and a more representative and less friendly government (less friendly to Iran) takes over.
But first the Iranians have to make good on their promise. And, well, that's probably years away if it ever happens.


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"Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or town.
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"Qualified newspaper" means a newspaper which complies with all of the provisions of section 331A.02. The following terms, when found in laws referring to the publication of a public notice, shall be taken to mean a qualified newspaper: "qualified legal newspaper," "legal newspaper," "official newspaper," "newspaper," and "medium of official and legal publication."
"Secondary office" means an office established by a newspaper in a community other than that in which its known office of issue is located, in the same or an adjoining county, open on a regular basis to gather news and sell advertisements and subscriptions, whether or not printing or any other operations of the newspaper are conducted at or from the office.
"Summary" means an accurate and intelligible abstract or synopsis of the essential elements of proceedings, ordinances, resolutions, financial statements, and other official actions. It shall be written in a clear and coherent manner, and shall, to the extent possible, avoid the use of technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public. When a summary is published, the publication shall clearly indicate that the published material is only a summary and that the full text is available for public inspection at a designated location or by standard or electronic mail. A summary published in conformity with this section shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the entire matter which was summarized had been published. No liability shall be asserted against a political subdivision in connection with the publication of a summary or agenda.
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Mix salad ingredients until well incorporated. Dress salad with dressing right before serving with dressing to prevent wilting. Mix all vinaigrette ingredients together and refrigerate. Shake well prior to serving. Cornbread recipe, use Dee Drummonds The Pioneer Woman. No sugar in the cornbread recipe!! You may want to toast the cornbread crumbles. Place on a single layer on baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, about 7-8 minutes. Additions to salad may include black eyed peas, brown beans, corn or shredded cheese.


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What I Like About Relic'd Guitars
Aged or relic'd guitars have been around for long enough now that they're simply a part of the guitar vernacular. There was a time when the very idea of intentionally bashing up a guitar seemed like absolute madness. For a while I agreed: I babied my guitars to the point that 15 years after I got my first good electric guitar, it still looked virtually brand new (aside from a lot of fret wear). And why wouldn't it? I watched over that thing like a hawk, kept it carefully stashed in its case, never let anybody else play it, and never tried to do that cool Steve Vai 'throw the guitar around your body' trick. Although I kinda wanted to.
I had a few other guitars before that good one: beaten up, scratched, rusty, abused axes which I didn't really look after very well at all. These were the guitars that were leaned up against the wall, maybe had a coat draped over them once or twice, were tapped on with drumsticks during especially creative jams, and were generally treated like dirt.
Guess which ones I felt more of an attachment to.
A common analogy is that an aged guitar – whether it got that way by natural or assisted means – is like a comfortable pair of jeans. I totally get that. Of the two beater guitars I had back in the day (actually I still have them), one saw so much combat during its first few years that the glossy finish wore clear off the back of the neck behind the first few frets, behind the twelfth to fifteenth, and along the entire back of the treble string side. The other one has an oiled neck so there was no finish to wear off, but the fretboard looks …kinda gross, actually. It's covered in grit and stains where I spent hour upon hour playing Jeff Beck licks, Jeff Buckley songs, Tea Party riffs (the Canadian 'Moroccan Roll' band) and Mike Keneally solos. Every year it acquires a few more scratches, a few more character marks and a few more signs of wear. But that's okay because I do too. And every year it feels more and more comfortable, compared to that pointy shred axe, which still feels glossy and slick,
And that's what I dig about relic'd guitars. It's not the aesthetics – although a carefully aged instrument can have plenty of visual vibe. It's that a guitar with the hallmarks of the aging process just feels more playable. It's like it invites you to pick it up and create with it. For me this is particularly important on the back of the neck, because there's a certain lived-in feel that seems to invite a closer emotional connection to the instrument. And I've found over the years that any aged guitar that gets this right immediately feels like a serious instrument to me. A carefully aged instrument will also usually have the fretboard edges subtly rolled to replicate the way the wood is gradually rounded over due to decades of regular play. Again it makes the neck physically easier to hold, which makes for a more natural playing experience.
Personally, when it comes to aging of the guitar's cosmetics, I'm not really fussed. I like the look of a checked and scratched finish, and I dig the idea of a guitar which is aged in a specific way to look exactly like that of an established artist. But for me what I like most about these instruments is that they take away that fear of the first scratch. Once you're forced to accept the first chip or ding in your guitar, you stop worrying about the next one.
A while back I bought a Les Paul Traditional. The folks at Sky Music here in Melbourne let me play every Trad in the store until I found the one that felt like 'my' Les Paul. And the one that spoke to me the most had a weird visual feature: the top appeared slightly mismatched (even though on close inspection it wasn't). One half of the bookmatch had much more flame than the other. I like this because it shows that guitars really are pieces of wood and works of art. I also like that it's reminiscent of the distinctive and sometimes imperfect grains that you find on vintage Les Pauls. And while I take care of this guitar to the extent that I don't use it to play cricket with in the back yard, I'm not scared of my own guitar, and I'm not terrified of that first ding: it's already got a few light marks in the finish that I could probably buff out if I wanted to, but as far as I'm concerned they give the guitar more character. These little marks, and the much more visible ones that are sure to appear as the guitar and I spend the next however many decades together, are going to tell the story of our shared history. Just as with other guitars in my collection ("That's where the strap chipped the paint when I put it down on the stand too quickly to go answer the phone," "That's where the I discovered that the cool belt buckle I wanted to wear onstage was a bit too rough for the guitar's finish"), this one is going to have definite memories to attach to it, and it also means I can direct my energy towards playing the thing instead of babying it.
The Fine Art Of The Sequel Album
Posted on April 16, 2019 June 5, 2019
In a lot of ways, a good album is like a movie: it should have a beginning, a middle and an end. It should take you on a journey. You should learn something about the main character that you didn't know before you started. The main character should learn something about themselves too. And it should leave you wanting more. And much like in the film world, occasionally a successful album will prompt a sequel. Sometimes this is a very, very good idea – such as when Star Wars was followed up with The Empire Strikes Back. Other times, well …you end up up with that unpleasant business that happened to The Matrix series. Here are a few sequel albums worth checking out.
Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime II
Okay, this one could well be seen as a controversial inclusion, especially amid claims that most of the band wasn't terribly involved in the final product. But whatever internal turmoil was going on within Queensryche at the time they made this, the sequel to their multiplatinum 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime, you've gotta admit that a few of these songs stand up pretty well when held up against the Queensryche catalog. Most of the great tracks are skewed to the first half of the album – the fast metal of "I'm American," the proggish "Hostage," the driving "The Hands" – but this album also contains a great guest appearance by the late great Ronnie James Dio on the song "The Chase," playing the role of Dr. X, the mysterious antagonist of the series. And if you happened to catch the band performing it live together with the original album, it worked pretty well.
Neil Young – Harvest Moon
Neil Young's Harvest was a landmark album, topping the Billboard charts for two weeks and racking up the honour of being the highest-selling album of 1972. Twenty years later Young reunited with many of the same musicians (such as Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor) to record Harvest Moon, not technically acknowledged as a sequel but c'mon!!! Harvest Moon came about because Young was recovering from a bout of tinnitus after spending a lot of time playing really, really loud recording and touring the Ragged Glory album. Harvest Moon was critically acclaimed, scoring a Juno Award for Album of the Year.
The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
The Smashing Pumpkins released Machina/The Machines of God to stores in 2000, but the band always planned for Machina to be a double album. Virgin Records weren't into that idea, so Billy Corgan released a second Machina album on his own label, Constantinople Records, in an extremely limited edition of 25 copies in the form of a double LP plus three EPs featuring B-sides and alternate takes. Some of those 25 copies were given to friends of the band, but a handful were given to fans from the band's online community with an invitation to get the music out there free of charge. So Machina II became one of the first examples of an artist fully exploiting the viral nature of online music, back in the days when Napster was still a thing. A remastered version of the album is planned for release later this year alongside a remaster of Machina/The Machines of God, making Machina II commercially available for the first time ever.
KISS – Alive II
Yeah, we have to include this (and to a lesser extent subsequent sequels, but definitely Alive II). The original Alive was a landmark, star-making effort for KISS, and this sequel benefited from three whole studio albums' worth of intervening material (Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over and Love Gun). Sure, some tracks were recorded at sound checks and the last five cuts are studio tracks, but Alive II was still huge, thanks in no small part to Ace Frehley's incendiary (literally, wink) showcase "Shock Me."
Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Alice Cooper's 1975 album Welcome To My Nightmare is a classic of the shock rock genre, but Alice eventually moved away from that sound as the years progressed, often incorporating strains of whichever heavy music forms were dominant at the time, such as the glam rock of Trash in 1989, or the dark Brutal Planet in 2000. 2011's Welcome 2 My Nightmare reflected an intentional effort to recapture big chunks of Cooper's mid-70s sound, and to that end he reunited with Bob Ezrin – the producer of the original album – as well as previous members of the Alice Cooper band, including Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce, Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter. The album is also full of guest musicians like Vince Gill, Rob Zombie, Chuck Garric, Kip Winger, Damon Johnson, John 5 and even Ke$ha, who performs guest vocals on "What Baby Wants." What some folks forget, though, is that Cooper's 1976 album Alice Cooper Goes To Hell was also a sequel to Welcome To My Nightmare, continuing the story of Steven, that album's main character. I guess Welcome 3 My Nightmare wouldn't have really worked for the 2011 album.
Steve Vai conceived his Real Illusions: Reflections album as the first of a trilogy of records. It's kind of a bummer that it took seven years for its follow-up, The Story Of Light, but Vai came through with the goods in characteristically unpredictable fashion. Who could have imagined Vai finally really laying into some angry blues ("John The Revelator") or orchestrating a vocal chorus right out of Broadway ("Book Of The Seven Seals"), or composing a 7-string epic based on the placement of flowers blooming on a fence outside his studio window ("Weeping China Doll"), or duet with Aimee Mann ("No More Amsterdam")? Or that he would break with his own convention by recording one of his most straightforward instrumental guitar songs ever ("Racing The World")? Well, Vai fans, I guess!
Sequel Albums That Aren't Sequel Albums
Of course there's a whole category of albums that look like sequels if you glance at their titles, but aren't really, at least not in a particularly thematic or over way. Albums such as Van Halen, Van Halen II and Van Halen III (the last of which sort of works because it represents the third line-up of Van Halen to release an album); Led Zeppelin I, II, III and IV (the last one not technically having a name); and many, many more.
What are your favorite sequel albums?


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This week's roundup of Houston innovators includes Kristen Phillips of Golden Section Studios, David Aaronson of REVS, and Carolyn Rodz of Hello Alice. Courtesy photos
Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from startup and small business support to electric vehicles — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Kristen Phillips, director of Golden Sections Studios
Kristen Phillips joined the Houston Innovators Podcast to discuss a new B2B volunteer platform. Photo courtesy of GSS
For years, Golden Section Technology — and its accompanying venture arm — has worked to develop SaaS technology and has created a large network of experts and mentors. Now, the group has created a venture studio to support SaaS startups with this vast network, says Kristen Phillips, director of Golden Section Studios.
Additionally, Phillips says her team has a lot of lessons learned to share with the companies they will support.
"When you're dealing with early-stage companies, a lot of it just boils down to product-market fit and making sure you're able to develop a technology that's scalable that works with your customers as you scale," Phillips says on the Houston Innovators Podcast. "It sounds simple, but it's not easily mastered." Click here to read more.
David Aaronson, CEO and co-founder of REVS
In the coming weeks, REVS plans to set up EV charging stations at properties in Texas and California. Photo courtesy of REVS
Electric Vehicles are growing in popularity, and it's time for the infrastructure to catch up. Houston-based Refuel Electric Vehicle Solutions (REVS), has plans to roll out its offering — consulting, installation, and management services for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations — to multifamily and commercial real estate properties across the U.S. Those properties include apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels, and shopping centers.
As EVs "become more prevalent, it is imperative that commercial real estate and multifamily owners and operators realize that their assets will provide the future infrastructure for charging these vehicles," CEO and Co-founder David Aaronson says.
In the coming weeks, REVS — which Aaronson co-founded with his son, Mike — plans to set up EV charging stations at properties in Texas and California. Click here to read more.
Carolyn Rodz, CEO of Hello Alice
Carolyn Rodz, and her California-based co-founder Elizabeth Gore, recently raised funds to continue to grow Hello Alice, which supports startups and small businesses. Photos via helloalice.com
Machine learning-enabled small business support company Hello Alice, founded in Houston with a presence in California, has closed its $21 million series B raise. The funds come at a pivotal time for the company, which worked hard during the pandemic to support struggling business and now aims to support entrepreneurs of all backgrounds as the world re-emerges out of the COVID-19 era.
"We are thrilled to have a cap table as diverse as the business owners we serve," says Carolyn Rodz, co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice, in the release. "Our investors are leaders from the Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ+, Women, and US Veteran communities. As a Latina founder and fellow small business owner, I want to ensure that as our company grows, we are fueling future diversity in capital and breaking through ceilings for the benefit of our community."
The round, according to a press release, will be used to refine the predictive capabilities on its platform, launch a mobile application, and more. Click here to read more.
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Here are some reminders of how to serve up a home-run of a pitch to potential investors. Miguel Tovar/University of Houston
Pitching to a venture capitalist is not only the most challenging part of building a startup, it's also the most important. You can have the next pet rock idea, but nobody will ever experience it and you'll never make a dime if the genius of this product cannot be expressed in an investor pitch. Okay, so pet rock isn't the best example.
Let's say you have a product that gets rid of stretch marks overnight. Great idea, right? Of course. But if you're in front of an investor and they ask you how your product works, and you can't answer them, your idea will forever remain just that: an idea. It'll never manifest itself materially, which is your goal.
Did you know that the average venture capitalist holds around 500 in-person meetings per year? Further, did you know that only one in every 10 startups will make it past the first meeting?
With so many meetings with startup founders, you better believe that investors are virtually looking for reasons to pass on you and your cordless extension cord. Or whatever fakakta contraption you've developed in your garage.
Well, with so much importance placed on first impressions, here are some of the most important things investors look for and notice when you pitch to them:
This is what separates you from the pack. This is what makes your startup a standout. A value proposition shows an investor your company's competitive advantage. If you can explain to your potential investor why it would be their folly if they invested in a competitor over your startup, then you'll be that much closer to rolling out your product to market. Investors want to see a product or service that is unique because that means less competition, and less risk involved.
Sure, you might be a brilliant scientist. You may have developed nanotechnology that eviscerates dirt and bacteria so you don't have to shower anymore. But have you put together a team that can make your company a successful business? Do you have team members with experience in whatever it is your startup does? Do you have people with credibility congruent with your startup? Your pitch is a way for investors to find these things out. If you can show them that your team has experience, passion, insightfulness, and expertise, investors will feel much better about taking a chance on you.
Confidence is key
Investors can tell if a founder is confident, but not overconfident about how far they've come and how far they know they can go. During a pitch, investors can tell if your team is a cohesive unit or parts of a fractured whole.
Anatomy of an investor pitch
Your potential investor will notice if your pitch is structured well. He or she will take not of whether or not your pitch is designed well. They'll ask themselves if it's authentic. Does it cover business metrics? Is it concise and to the point? Is the founder communicating something complex in a simple way? Doing so shows absolute understanding and a total grasp of your product and the science behind it, plus the business aspect of it.
This article originally appeared on the University of Houston's The Big Idea. Rene Cantu was the writer and editor at UH Division of Research.
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Official notice: Updates from LCMS districts (Sept. 2018)
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REV. RICHARD TURNER has resigned from the ordained roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and is, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
REV. JONATHAN PETERING, Friendswood, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 36, replacing Rev. Alan Taylor.
REV. RICK PFAFF, Boerne, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 24, replacing Rev. Don Fraker.
REV. WILLIAM LOWREY, Arlington, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 16, replacing Rev. Tom Konz.
REV. MICHAEL HECKMANN, Plainview, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 2, replacing Rev. David Symm.
REV. LEWIS "LYNN" LUBKE, Brady, Texas, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 5, replacing Rev. Allan Eckert.
REV. KURT RUTZ, Mart, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 18, replacing Rev. David Bergman.
REV. GREGORY LORENZ, McAllen, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 28, replacing Rev. Steve Morfitt.
REV. KENNETH SINCLAIR, Sugar Land, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 37, replacing Rev. Vijay Gurrala.
REV. JOHN DAVIS JR., Katy, Texas, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 38, replacing Rev. Jeff Doria.
REV. CHRISTOPHER BRYNESTAD, Round Rock, Texas, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 30, replacing Rev. Dr. L. Dean Hempelmann.
REV. LUKE MADSEN, Temple, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 19, replacing Rev. Aaron Kalbas.
REV. TOM CHANDLER, Albany, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 6, replacing Rev. Clyde Kieschnick.
REV. GREG BEUTEL, Fort Worth, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 9, replacing Rev. David Jung.
REV. JONATHAN BONTKE, Austin, Texas, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 20, replacing Rev. Irvin "Mel" Newman.
REV. DR. STEPHEN SOHNS, Spring, Texas, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 39, replacing Rev. Gene Johnson.
REV. CHRIS RICHARDSON, Navasota, Texas, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 32, replacing Rev. Michael Gruhn.
— from Rev. Ken Hennings, president, Texas District
REV. RAMDAT M. SARRAN has resigned from the ordained roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and is, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
REV. KURT ZIEMANN, Painesville, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 006-NE1, replacing Rev. Jimmy Riley.
REV. BRETT CORNELIUS, Marion, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 014-SE1, replacing Rev. Derrick Hurst.
REV. DR. WALTHER MARCIS, Cleveland, Ohio, has been appointed circuit visitor for Circuit 007-NE2, replacing Rev. Ramdat Sarran.
REV. PAUL SCHLUETER, Milford Center, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 015-SE2, replacing Rev. Marc Schroeder.
REV. DALE HUELSMAN, Wellington, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 005-NC2, replacing Rev. Philip Zielinski.
REV. JOHN MUELLER, Mason, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 012-SW2, replacing Rev. Everette Greene.
REV. ALLEN STUCKWISCH, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 011-SW1, replacing Rev. Kevin Jud.
REV. KURT LETCHER, Edgerton, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 001-NW1, replacing Rev. William Stottlemyer.
REV. LOGAN SCHEIWE, Napoleon, Ohio, has been elected circuit visitor for Circuit 002-NW2, replacing Rev. Stephen Niermann.
— from Rev. Terry Cripe, president, Ohio District
REV. MARTIN KAARRE has resigned from the ordained roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and is, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
— from Rev. Terry Forke, president, Montana District
REV. JAMES PROTHRO and REV. EVERETT S. PEPPER have resigned from the ordained roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and are, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
ASHLEY PROTHRO has resigned from the commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and is, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
REV. KIM SCHARFF, Norborne, Mo., has been appointed circuit visitor for Carrollton Circuit 4, replacing Rev. Eric Swyres.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, Creighton, Mo., previously of Circuit 24, is now a congregation of Circuit 13.
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH, Buffalo, Mo., previously of Circuit 24, is now a congregation of Circuit 26.
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, O'Fallon, Mo., previously of Circuit 16, is now a congregation of Circuit 28.
— from Rev. Dr. R. Lee Hagan, president, Missouri District
LISA M. MARSHALL, LORI J. LEWIS and MARGARETT I.E. MARSHALL have resigned from the commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and are, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
— from Rev. Dr. David P.E. Maier, president, Michigan District
RALPH P. MUELLER, KENNETH E. BAUMANN and CHERYL L. MARSCH have been removed from the commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and are, therefore, no longer eligible to receive a call.
— Rev. Dwayne M. Lueck, president, North Wisconsin District
REV. BRUCE SCARBEARY, Roanoke, Ill., has been elected circuit visitor for Bloomington North Circuit 2, replacing Rev. Joseph Burns.
REV. JEFFREY CAITHAMER, Champaign, Ill., has been elected circuit visitor for Champaign Circuit 4, replacing Rev. Kurtis Bueltmann.
REV. KEVIN WENDORF, Havana, Ill., has been elected circuit visitor for Lincoln Circuit 9, replacing Rev. Wesley Riemnitz.
REV. MARLIN REMPFER, Quincy, Ill., has been appointed circuit visitor for Quincy Circuit 12, replacing Rev. Michael Burdick.
REV. JEFFREY ANDERSON, Morton, Ill., has been elected circuit visitor for Tazewell Circuit 17, replacing Rev. Thomas Heren.
— from Rev. Mark A. Miller, president, Central Illinois District
PHILIP LUTHERAN CHURCH, Gary, Ind., has disbanded and is no longer a congregation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, Gary, Ind., has disbanded and is no longer a congregation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
— from Rev. Dr. Daniel May, president, Indiana District
Correction: REV. GORDON BYNUM was and remains eligible to receive a call. At no time was he removed from the roster of ordained ministers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The earlier notices and announcements of his removal (in July and August of 2016 and later) are, regrettably, in error.
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Racism Is Not A Problem Essay
Collin McCoy
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On the other hand there are agencies that fight against racism in the workplace, and through hiring. One of these for example is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual 's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a discriminatory practice. This agency is supposed to protect the rights of humans no matter what
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Problem Of Racism
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Racism Is A Big Problem
Racism has been a big problem in the U.S. for all races for a very long time and continues to be a problem to this day. Racism has been a big part in U.S. history and has changed over time, some of these races were African Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans, for American Indians it was how they were treated wrong socially and economically. Racism In Early Times Racism has been around since the beginning of civilization and was a big deal. During the times of the Old Testament
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Q: Measure purity of a function Is there an existing solution to detect if a function is pure or impure, or the degree of purity using some metrics?
The case is, I want to transition my existing app code to more functional-style, and one of the desires is to reduce the impurity of functions to the bare minimum level. I can do it manually, but if can be automated, why not?
I know cyclomatic complexity can be measured with tools like ESLint, so I think purity can be too.