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Video Presentation on the Viet Nam – Australia Primary Health Care for Women and Children Project
Jim Mielke
Author's Note: Over the past 35 years, Jim Mielke, who has a doctorate in Public Health, has had the privilege of living and working in some of the poorest, most remote and under-served countries (23 so far) in the Asia-Pacific region, where he has assisted governments, international aid agencies and communities to strengthen local and national health systems for improved community-based primary health care, women and child health, and communicable diseases control, including HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support.
In recent years, a big part of Jim's mission has been to mentor students, members of voluntary organizations and other interested groups on international travel, study and overseas volunteer and professional opportunities. Jim also enjoys teaching yoga and mindfulness meditation in schools, YMCA conference and family retreat centers, and health and fitness centers in the USA and abroad. Jim lives in a quiet seaside setting in southern Thailand.
The video presentation is from an International Public Health and Medical Sociology conference that was held from 21-23 September 2018 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Vietnam-Australia Primary Health Care for Women and Children Project
Women at work in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam
The Viet Nam-Australia Primary Health Care for Women and Children Project (VAPHC) was a six-year primary health care project implemented through the Government of Viet Nam (GOV) Ministry of Health (MOH) and four provincial Departments of Health (DOH); two in the south and two in the central highlands as direct development partners.
The VAPHC commenced in March 1998 and was completed in September 2003. It was co-financed by the GOV: AUD 2.1 million, and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID): AUD 21 million, for a total cost of AUD 22.6 million.
Key principles of the Project's implementation strategy were:
A strong focus on primary health care as the context for all activities;
Strengthening of systems for training, supervision, referral and capacity building;
Use of skills based training (SBT) which focuses on the application of skills in the workplace; and
Placement of health promotion in the broader context of community development.
The VAPHC Project Goal was:
To improve the quality of primary health care services delivery to women and children and the knowledge and health awareness of communities through training, provision of equipment, strengthening of fixed facilities, health promotion, management support and community development in the provinces of Long An, Ben Tre, Quang Ngai and Gia Lai.
Health workers received training in health promotion and communication skills and on the use of appropriate information, education and communication (IEC) materials for effective health education in the communities.
The Project's major objectives were based on the three Components:
Component 1. To improve the quality of health services available to women and children by strengthening health training, referral and supervisory systems; providing equipment and transport and refurbishing selected fixed facilities at provincial, district and commune levels in Ben Tre, Long An, Quang Ngai and Gia Lai provinces;
Component 2. To improve the capacity of health workers, health volunteers and mass organizations to promote the health and nutrition of women through the provision of appropriate and effective health promotion and communication skills training and health promotion materials, and to support improved community knowledge, awareness and participation through the development and maintenance of community based primary health care activities in Ben Tre, Long An, Quang Ngai and Gai Lai provinces; and,
Component 3. To efficiently and effectively manage and implement the project for the achievement of the defined outputs and project objectives.
A major focus of the project was to improve facilities and capacity for essential obstetric, gynecological and pediatric care
The Project provided support to health services delivery for women and children through improved facilities and capacity for essential obstetric, gynecological and pediatric care, strengthening of systems for skills-based training, supervision, monitoring and referral, and to the users of the public health system through health promotion and community development activities.
Ethnic minority woman conducting a group discussion in the village as part of the participatory needs assessment process
The VAPHC aligned with GOV health policy objectives and priorities by: focusing on primary care and community health improvement, safe motherhood, reducing infant and child mortality and improving preventive measures, and anticipated many of the GOV strategies to meet Millennium Development Goals and health development strategies.
Support was provided to women's credit savings groups which helped finance village projects to meet locally identified priority needs, such as safe water and better child nutrition
The Project's aims and operating procedures also matched AusAID's health development framework, for example: strengthening health system fundamentals; addressing priority health needs of women and children, and supporting country-specific priorities to address high-burden health problems. Project management units within the provincial DOHs managed implementation, guided and supported by an Australian Advisory Team.
A group of healthy mothers and children
An ex-post evaluation (2007) found sustained impact from improving trends in provincial and individual health center Maternal and Child Health (MCH) data. The generally positive impact indicators and outcomes cannot be totally attributed to the VAPHC (although key informant interviews in many districts and communes referred specifically to the role of the Project in improved processes, outcomes and results).
Rather, the VAPHC contributed to overall health improvements in Viet Nam achieved through GOV and international partner activities. VAPHC initiatives have subsequently been incorporated into other GOV and donor interventions such as MOH projects supported by the Netherlands and the Asian Development Bank.
Video presentation by James Cameron Mielke, DrPH
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The Honorable Helen Delich Bentley Dies at 92
Helen Delich Bentley was a fierce supporter of the U.S. maritime community and a dear friend of the Pasha family and of The Pasha Group companies. "Throughout her life, Helen was a force to be reckoned with," said George Pasha, IV. "She was a fearless champion for the maritime industry and a loyal friend to all who knew her. We are deeply saddened by the loss of this unforgettable woman and grateful for her unwavering dedication and contributions throughout her remarkable life."
Article courtesy of AJOT [1].
Helen Delich Bentley, the feisty, highly respected maritime journalist, former Federal Maritime Commission chairman and five-term U. S. Congressman, died Saturday at home following a bout with brain cancer. She was 92 and worked, juggling two cell phones from her sick bed, almost until the day she passed away at her home in Lutherville, Maryland. Throughout her 70-plus year career, Mrs. Bentley had tirelessly promoted two major issues - the advancement of America's industrial/manufacturing base and the maritime community that carried products to and from market-primarily through the Port of Baltimore.
Born in Ruth, Nevada, one of seven children, her father was a Serbian immigrant copper miner. While at high school, she worked on the weekly newspaper of Ely, Nevada, which was published by Republican state legislator Charles Russell. Helen received scholarships to study journalism at the University of Missouri, graduating in 1944.
Following her graduation, Miss Delich worked for small-town newspapers in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Lewiston, Idaho, but she wanted to report hard news for a larger publication; at the time, most women journalists were limited to writing social news. She contacted all the main East Coast newspapers and in 1945, The Baltimore Sun offered her a reporting position at five dollars a week more than the next contender and she never looked back. Initially reporting on labor and union matters, She was then dispatched to the waterfront to revive coverage of the port, a beat the newspaper had neglected during World War II. She had never seen a ship, or the ocean. It was a tough, male-dominated environment, but she loved it.
"I had to be as mean and as tough as I could be. And I was," she said in 2010. "I was thrown out of more union halls. I was kicked out and carried out of the halls." But it wasn't long before the union bosses became her friends and sources.
"I wore 'em down because I was always fair and I was always honest with them," she said. She found other ways to fit in. Once, a longshoreman made a disparaging comment about her nose. She slugged him. Helen developed a maritime and waterfront news niche. She became a widely respected maritime reporter, dealing with people from longshoremen to politicians.
She was also a skilled mediator between labor and management, and an energetic advocate for jobs and economic opportunity. An internationally recognized expert on maritime issues, Bentley pushed for fair trade and a strong national defense.
Bentley also laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Maritime Security Program to provide adequate funding for American Flagged Cargo Ships. Today, this program has salvaged a major remnant of America's merchant marine.
In 1969, then President Richard Nixon appointed Mrs. Bentley, who had married William (Bill Bentley) ten years earlier, as Chairman of the U. S. Regulatory agency Federal Maritime Commission. She became the fourth-highest ranking woman in the history of America's federal government, the highest ranking woman of Nixon's administration, the first woman to serve in a key governmental position in the maritime field and the first woman appointed by a President to head a regulatory agency.
She was a principal architect of the Nixon Administration's 1970 Merchant Marine Act, which established a level of government support for building tankers and bulk carriers in U.S. shipyards.
Bentley used her chairmanship as a platform to strengthen American industry, and then continued the fight in Congress, where she became a leader against the transfer of jobs overseas.
Shortly before she was sworn to office, Helen answered a call—she said it was a journalism first—and she was invited to be part of it was Barbara Spector (Yeninas), already a dear friend mentored by Bentley and maritime editor of The Newark Evening News. They were to share a cabin on the ship operated by the oil conglomerate Exxon to conduct a financial feasibility study to determine whether it would be profitable to transport crude oil from Alaska to the mainland U.S. West Coast by shipping it through the Northwest Passage via tanker, an historic route that had never been traversed commercially for such a purpose and make the historic voyage as the first two women to make this trip.
Ticket in hand to board the ship in Halfax (to comply with the Jones Act) and with suitcases filled with cold-weather gear, Barbara received a call from the lead PR person. It seemed that Mrs. Bentley did not want to be one of the two women to make the historic trip; she wanted to be the only woman.
"I understood, I respected her immensely, she earned the honor so I bowed out, returned my ticket, returned the gear and took to reading about the voyage," says Spector-Yeninas today. Recalls Allan Forman, also part of the maritime desk at the time at The Sun. "So the bow of the S.S. Manhattan was outfitted at Port Newark with icebreaking equipment and an historic test run was made. A press contingent of reporters from around the world was billeted on-board the ship, with Helen Bentley being the only female reporter on the trip.
President Nixon had just appointed Bentley to the highest post of any woman in his administration, but she delayed being sworn in until after the voyage of the Manhattan, during which she filed numerous Page 1 scoops for the Baltimore Sun relative to the history-making event.
"On the trip the FCC cut her off the air as she was dictating a syndicated column to reporter AL Forman (who was on rewrite that night and who frequently edited her columns) using a ship-to-shore connection that was being relayed through a ham-radio operator in Iowa, with the transmission being frequently garbled.
"At a crucial point in the story Forman was unable to understand the name of an obscure official being quoted and had to ask her several times to repeat and spell the name in question. As the phone connection was one-way only - each speaker was required to say 'Over' at the end of each transmission and then wait for the other to respond - her voice became more and more agitated, culminating in an eruption of 'expletives deleted' followed by silence as the FCC terminated the transmission.
"The Sun's Night Editor thought the incident unimportant enough to deny Forman's request to follow up to determine what had happened. But the next morning the Washington Daily News (a long- defunct tabloid in the style of the New York Daily News and N.Y. Post) ran Bentley's picture on its cover, with the headline, 'Tugboat Bentley Sinks the Manhattan!'"
"The story made headlines round the world, leading Nixon a week later to refuse to swear Bentley in as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, despite having announced her appointment a month earlier with a major ceremony in the Oval Office. Vice President Spiro Agnew swore her in in an unheralded ceremony at FMC headquarters in a small office building then located on 14th Street.
"And the shipment of crude oil by tanker through Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage proved financially unfeasible, leading to the pipeline that is currently in use," reports Forman today.
Chairman Bentley stayed in the FMC position for a year after Nixon's resignation and a bit into the presidency of Gerald Ford, returning to Baltimore to determine her next life role. It didn't take long. In 1984, Bentley was elected to serve the first of five terms, representing Maryland's 2nd Congressional District. While in Congress, she sat on the Appropriations, Budget, Public Works & Transportation and Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committees, in addition to the Steel, Art, Northeast, Human Rights and Trade & Tourism Caucuses.
She developed a reputation as a skilled mediator between labor and management, and an energetic advocate for jobs and economic opportunity. An internationally recognized expert on maritime issues, Bentley pushed for fair trade and a strong national defense.
Bentley also laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Maritime Security Program to provide adequate funding for American-flagged Cargo Ships. Today, this program has salvaged a major remnant of America's merchant marine.
When she left Congress, she formed Helen Bentley & Associates, a maritime consultancy in Baltimore, that represented a broad-section of companies and clients needing maritime advice, contacts involving shipping, employment, sage advice, honest guidance and reliable information. In 2004, she was honored when the then Governor renamed the port The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
During the week she died she still had multiple telephones perched on her bed speaking to her clients and making her usual contacts. Four weeks earlier and already under hospice care, she asked Yeninas to circulate a press release she had written to advise that rumors of her imminent passing were premature and that she "wasn't done yet."
When asked by a very recent visitor what she will miss most, she responded: "Oh the people from everywhere, my dogs and getting my hair done regularly." She asked: "How do I look?" Well, said the visitor: "Fabulous, feisty and frail." Without hesitating she responded: "I love being described with three F-words."
Paul F. Richardson, a colleague for some 60 years and former Sea-Land Service president, said: "There never was and never will be another like her. She knew our industry and covered it with integrity and even humor."
At her bedside when she passed were close relatives and friends, such as Sue Everson, a niece who survives, and cousin Molly Regan. She is being privately interred alongside her Bill, who died in 2003. They met on a blind date, married in 1959 and were incredibly devoted to each other. Bill was a high school teacher who ran an antique shop. Together they opened the Bill and Helen Bentley Antique Roadhouse in Cockeysville, MD, a treasure trove of true antique furniture, china, crystal, jewelry and apparel. Much of this bounty will benefit various already-designated charities in the Baltimore area.
A memorial will be held in Baltimore in October. Among the crowd is anticipated to be politicians from the highest level, industry colleagues and many of the middle-class and blue-collar workers-all of who cherished her over the years and knew she was a trusted friend to all she met.
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New Online Donation Platform for Not for Profits
Tuesday, 4th October 2016 at 11:25 am
A new Australian startup, Grassrootz says it's creating digital disruption by offering Not for Profits an online fundraising platform that promotes a charity's brand throughout the donor experience.
Tuesday, 4th October 2016
Grassrootz founder Ben Graetz dismissed claims the startup was joining an already crowded market of fundraising platforms and told Pro Bono Australia News the new platform offered significant points of difference for the sector.
He said the platform enabled Not for Profits to promote their brand throughout the campaign, providing a much better experience for donors on mobile devices as well as delivering low fees.
Graetz, a former Microsoft executive in the US and Australia, said he experienced first-hand the challenges of online fundraising in Australia when participating in a bike ride to raise money for charity.
"We had a personal experience with the Starlight Foundation. My younger son needed to have an operation and Starlight made a really big difference to his recovery in hospital. I sort of resolved then to raise money for Starlight," he said.
"The [bike ride] was a great experience with great people and a great cause but it was a terrible experience using the software that we were using to raise the money.
"So we looked at it and with my background in technology I have access to some highly capable people and we spoke to a lot of Not for Profits.
"We don't believe the market is crowded. There are two main players that work with Not for Profits and we believe we compare favourably.
"I spent 15 years at Microsoft in Australia and in the USA. Our team is a great mix of people with a background in fundraising and technology."
Graetz said importantly the fees were considerably less than the main players.
"For example on a visa card on a $100 donation there is a $3 charge which is considerably less [than the major players]… it's less than half," he said.
"Not only does that leave a better taste in the donor's mouth, we also make it possible for the donor to pay the fees and so 100 per cent of the donors funds go to the Not for Profit and we are finding that about 90 per cent of our donors are choosing that option."
Graetz said his team had spent a lot of time consulting with Not for Profits.
"We heard that loss of brand control was a real pain point for charities. The incumbent providers promote their own brand, not the charity's brand, which is a missed opportunity and source of frustration for the charity. In contrast, Grassrootz promotes the charity's brand throughout the entire donation experience," he said.
As well he said Grassrootz was the only fundraising solution in the market that was designed for mobile from the ground-up.
"Leading Not for Profits, including The Starlight Children's Foundation, Cure Cancer Australia and UNSW are already adopting Grassrootz," he said.
CEO of The Starlight Children's Foundation Louise Baxter said: "Starlight has an incredibly strong brand, and Grassrootz gives us the ability to promote our brand and engage people with our brand throughout the donor journey."
CEO of Cure Cancer Australia Floyd Larsen said: "Cure Cancer Australia is using Grassrootz for our high-profile BARBECURE campaign this summer. We looked at the other offerings in the market and we see Grassrootz as a game changer."
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City and County Legislative Updates for Region 5 - Dec. 2018
Staples, Minn.,
2019 session taking shape
With the election season formally having come to a close, legislators in St. Paul and around the state have begun preparing for the 2019 legislative session set to begin Jan. 8, 2019.
A new majority in the House of Representatives means a change in committees and committee assignments, chairmanships, and other legislative assignments. Rep. Melissa Hortman (D-Brooklyn Park) has been elected by her peers to be nominated as the Speaker of the House when the session convenes in January. Rep. Ryan Winkler (D-Golden Valley) will serve as Majority Leader, and outgoing Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) will serve as the Minority Leader. Regionally, Rep. Josh Heintzman (R-Nisswa), representing Crow Wing County in Region 5, has been elected minority whip for the House Republican Caucus.
Speaker-designate Melissa Hortman has also announced the creation of a new committee structure for the next biennium. Newly created committees will focus on criminal justice, energy and climate, housing, and greater Minnesota economic development and job growth. One more prominent new committee will focus on legislative process reform in an effort to provide efficiencies and streamline the sometimes-cumbersome legislative process.
There were only minor changes on the Senate side of the Legislature. Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) has assumed the role of President of the Senate, and Sen. Paul Anderson will serve as chairman of the Higher Education Committee, replacing retired senator Michele Fischbach, who is currently serving as lieutenant governor.
With these new committees in place, legislators will begin setting their priorities. The state operates on a two-year budget cycle, called a biennium. In the odd-numbered years, legislators prepare and set the state's two-year budget. Traditionally, the even-numbered years are shorter legislative sessions and reserved for passing legislation funding public infrastructure projects. In those even-numbered years legislators will also respond to changes in the budgets they had passed in the previous years, if necessary. It is expected that legislators will begin the 2019 legislative session by addressing tax reform almost immediately.
The measure to ensure federal tax conformity in the 2018 legislative session failed to be passed into law, creating challenges for Minnesota tax filers and preparers for the 2018 taxes payable in April 2019. The hope is the Legislature can make those corrections before the filing deadline.
Recount
There was one election recount in Minnesota, in portions of Region 5 in northern Cass County. The election between former Rep. John Persell (D-Bemidji) and sitting member Rep. Matt Bliss (R-Pennington) was within the margin mandating an automatic recount. On election night, Rep. John Persell was declared the victor by eight votes. At the conclusion of the recount, that margin grew to 11 votes. Rep. Presell has served in the Legislature previously, representing the same area for four legislative sessions before Rep. Bliss defeated him in 2016. Persell is among the new or returning legislators who helped ensure control of the body would be held by the Democrats come January. They now hold 75 seats, to the Republicans' 59 seats. Rep. Persell is also set to chair the Environment and Natural Resources Policy committee.
In preparation for the upcoming legislative session, Governor-elect Walz and Lieutenant Governor-elect Peggy Flannagan spent five days hosting listening sessions in various cities and towns across the state. The listening sessions offered the new administration an opportunity to hear directly from voters on their wishes for the incoming elected officials, especially regarding the state department's administrative positions Walz is expected to fill in the coming weeks. While the discussions varied at each meeting, central themes were the size of state government and the state's department's constituent services, education, mining, equality, and economic opportunity.
Budget forecast
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), the state's central budget office, has released the semiannual budget and economic forecast. The current biennium, which ends in June 2019, shows an estimated $1.54 billion surplus. This leaves an additional balance for the 2020-21 biennial budget, which will be set by the Legislature and Governor-elect Walz during the coming months. The surplus is due to higher-than-projected revenue and less-than-projected expenditures.
Per state statue, the projected surplus automatically adds $500 million to the state's budget reserve, making that account the largest in state history at just over $2 billion. While the forecast was well received and largely good news, MMB also indicated that slower economic growth is expected in the 2022-23 biennium. Pending any substantial future shifts, a surplus is still expected in that biennium, however, not as sizable as the current situation.
The release of this forecast unofficially starts the 2019 legislative session, as the incoming legislature and administration will use these figures and projections in crafting their budget proposals.
About Sourcewell
Sourcewell (formerly National Joint Powers Alliance) is a self-supporting government organization, partnering with education, government, and nonprofits to boost student and community success. Created in 1978 as one of Minnesota's nine service cooperatives, we offer training and shared services to our central-Minnesota members. Throughout North America, we offer a cooperative purchasing program with over 300 awarded vendors on contract. Sourcewell is driven by service and the ability to strategically reinvest in member communities.


This tutorial covers the creation of hand-drawn Animated GIF files with a color background.
Note: You may be prompted to install Microsoft Silverlight. This application requires Silverlight to run.
Once the application has been loaded (Pic. 1), click on the "Create New Animation Project" icon , a dialog window will prompt where you can set the properties of the new project (Pic. 2).
(1) Since we want to have a color background check the "Color" radio button.
(2) Select "White" color by clicking on the small white box in the color palette.
(3) Select 3 on the "Onion Skin" property. It will allow us to see three frames in the background.
Next, add a frame clicking on the "Add new animation frame" icon . Pick a color and brush size. The "Stylus" properties for this tutorial are width=100, height=100, Ink=#990030, and Outline=#FF00FF. Select a place on the right side of the drawing canvas and click. Four our case, by clicking you will be drawing a balloon with the dimension you selected.
Note: You can turn on and off the grid lines by clicking on the "Show/Hide gridlines" icon. Also you can show or hide the onion skin by clicking on the "Show/Hide Onion skin (Shadow frames)" icon.
Note: You can draw any shape or scene you like. The purpose of this tutorial is to give you an idea how to draw a sequence of frames to animate.
At this point you can click on the "Start animation" icon and test your animation with the different options provided (All, Selected, Stack, Once, Loop, Bounce, and Frequency).
(1) On the Type option select "All frames".
(2) On the Mode option select "Stack frames".
(3) Do not change the "Repeat" value. Default is 0 (zero).
(4) Set the "Frequency" to 5 fps.
(5) Click on the "Create GIF" button. Follow the instructions to select a folder and name of your animated GIF.
(2) On the Mode option select "Stream".
Down below are shown a couple of GIF Animations created using the same technique having 200 frames and animated at 60fps. You can compare to the previous ones and see the difference. The more frames you have in your animation the smother the animation. Check it out "How to Ballons".


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Rajella ravidula é uma espécie de peixe da família Rajidae.

Pode ser encontrada nos seguintes países: Namíbia e África do Sul.

Os seus habitats naturais são: mar aberto.

Referências
  Smale, M.J. 2004.  Rajella ravidula.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Dados de 3 de Agosto de 2007.

Rajella
Peixes descritos em 1970

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Jeroen Billiet (Tielt, 1977) is een Belgisch hoornist, artistiek onderzoeker en docent met specialisatie in de authentieke uitvoeringspraktijk.

Biografie
Jeroen Billiet studeerde bij Luc Bergé aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium van Gent en aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel, waar hij in 2001 met grote onderscheiding slaagde voor het meesterexamen hoorn. Billiet vervolmaakte zijn studies o.a. bij Froydis Ree Wekre, Claude Maury, Uli Hübner en Anthony Halstead en deed orkestervaring op bij verscheidene professionele Belgisch orkesten. Hij specialiseerde zich al tijdens zijn conservatoriumstudies in het bespelen van historische hoorntypes.

Jeroen Billiet is solist bij internationale topensembles als le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haim), les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset) en B'Rock Gent. Hij was voorheel solo-hoorn bij onder meer Il Fondamento (Paul Dombrecht), les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble (Mark Minkowski) en Insula Orchestra (Laurence Equilbey). Billiet is tevens mede-oprichter van het hoornistencollectief Mengal Ensemble.

Sinds 2002 is hij leraar hoorn aan het Stedelijk Conservatorium van Brugge. In juni 2008 verwierf Jeroen Billiet con brio de titel 'Laureaat van het Orpheus Instituut' voor zijn proefschrift 200 years of Belgian Hornschool? A Comprehensive Study of the Horn in Belgium, 1789-1960. Sinds 2009 is hij docent aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen en sinds 2015 onderzoeker en docent aan de School of Arts/Koninklijk Conservatorium van de Hogeschool Gent (Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent). In juli 2019 was Jeroen Billiet host van het 51ste International Horn Symposium te Gent en verwierf hij de Punto Award van de International Horn Society voor zijn bijdrage voor het hoornspelen in België. In maart 2021 behaalde hij met zijn studie Brave Belgians of the Belle Epoque, a Study of the late-Romantic Ghent Horn Tradition het doctoraat in de kunsten aan de Universiteit Gent''.

Sinds september 2021 is Jeroen Billiet hoofdvakdocent hoorn en natuurhoorn aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.

Externe links
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Authentieke uitvoeringspraktijk
Belgisch hoornist


2. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.
3. cobbles See cob coal.
1. To make or mend (boots or shoes).
2. To put together clumsily; bungle: cobbled a plan together at the last minute.
for theatres and newspapers, and the rumble of omnibuses on the cobbled pavements?
So the palmer was persuaded; and Robin put on the old man's hat, which stood full high in the crown; and his cloak, patched with black and blue and red, like Joseph's coat of many colors in its old age; and his breeches, which had been sewed over with so many patterns that the original was scarce discernible; and his tattered hose; and his shoes, cobbled above and below.
When they got out of the Gare du Nord, and trundled along the cobbled streets in a ramshackle, noisy cab, it seemed to him that he was breathing a new air so intoxicating that he could hardly restrain himself from shouting aloud.
Through the wide open window floated in the various sounds of the little country town, the rumbling of heavy carts passing along the cobbled streets, the shrill greetings of neighbors and acquaintances meeting upon the sidewalk.
The wide Embankment which had had room for cannonballs and squadrons, had now shrunk to a cobbled lane steaming with smells of malt and oil and blocked by waggons.
They crossed the cobbled street and made their way to the dock.
The 30-year-old was second to Thomas coming off the final cobbled sector and wanted to attack, with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) left behind.
Stage four introduces cobbles into the race, 13 kilometres of soul-shuddering racing which - if last year's cobbled stage was anything to go by - provide very few good vibrations within a decidedly saddle-sore peloton.
MAGICAL MALCESINE THE picturesque lakeside resort of Malcesine, Italy is the perfect base to explore Lake Garda, with its charming cafes and restaurants, cobbled streets and historical buildings.
CHRIS FROOME revealed his despair after the his Tour de France title defence ended on Wednesday's cobbled Wfifth stage following three crashes in two days.
Wet weather forced race organisers to remove two of the nine cobbled sections, but Froome's falls came prior to therst, where the day's racing drama began.


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Philly fans
Fourth inning: Loud and proud in Philly
I'm a little getting it together for this inning so we might as well double up… I had to grab a drink and a chocolate-chip cookie and chat with ESPN radio's Mike Gill of the Mike Gill Show. If you're ever in New Jersey, tune in and listen to Mike – he knows his stuff.
Meanwhile, Brett Myers held the Brewers in check in the fourth, but the most important thing the pitcher did was force Sabathia to throw 10 more pitches during his second at-bat. Clearly the big lefty is laboring and after Myers' latest epic plate appearance, Jimmy Rollins laced a two-out double.
That forced Sabathia to issue an intentional walk to Victorino. It alos pushed his pitch count even higher. Through four, the big fella has thrown 98 pitches.
And the Philly fans are screaming after each and every one of them. Typically I'm not one to pay much attention to the fans in the stands, but the hometown crowd here at the Bank has been stellar and smart during the first two games of this series. They cheered really loud during Myers' at-bats, gave Victorino a curtain call, stayed on top of every bit of nuance and cheered like hell when Sabathia exited the game after giving up a walk to Chase Utley to load the based.
As he walked off, Sabathia appeared to say something in the direction of Victorino. It didn't look like he said, "Nice hit, dude."
Sabathia's line: 3 2/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 5 K – 98 pitches
End of 4: Phillies 5, Brewers 1
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Environmental, community, and church groups in North Carolina are springing into action for Earth Day on April 22. The N.C. Wildlife Federation is emphasizing long-term behavioral changes to lessen our impact on the environment. They will promote environmental education in schools and work with educators to develop teaching materials.


On April 6th, 1968 the city of Baltimore, along with 125 other cities around the country, was in a state of unrest. Spurred by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., riots began all throughout the city, leaving 6 dead, 700 injured, and more than 1,000 businesses burned to the ground.
Among the burned-down buildings were the small alley houses on 23 1/2 street. Alley houses were specifically designed to provide housing to lower-income families in the city. Baltimore builders learned to lay out blocks with "small streets" in the backyard of the larger 2-3 story row houses where they could construct several more smaller row homes or alley houses. The burned- down street meant less housing was available for the working poor in Baltimore.
St. Ambrose purchased and rehabbed all eleven of the houses on 23 1/2 Street in the late 1970s. The renovations turned these reminders of destruction and unrest into beautiful, affordable rentals. These buildings were brought up from the ashes to become homes once again for families in the city.
And St. Ambrose makes sure they stay beautiful and affordable. In late October 2009, work began on five of these rental properties that were slated for an energy upgrade. The houses received a "green" makeover that has helped to keep the properties affordable by lowering utility and maintenance costs for residents. Just some of the updates that made the homes more energy friendly include replacing unvented bath fans, installing "cool roofs," and adding more insulation and new heating units.
The total savings for the residents are substantial. Besides rent, utilities are the single largest housing expense for our residents-who are responsible for all utility costs. The energy upgrades can save households close to 40% on their monthly utility bills. These savings help to keep the houses affordable for our residents, just like they were originally intended, even as utility costs continue to go up.
The creation of the Maryland Housing Fund represents one of the first big victories for St. Ambrose in its early years.
"I think we might have been one of the first places in the country to do default counseling.
The problem in default counseling is the immoral or unfair loans that are given to people. I guess we can still call them predatory loans. It's tragic because people are losing their houses left and right because the loans are so bad.
The problem with loans today is the original lenders and brokers have defaulted on their fiduciary responsibility to their clients. This responsibility is exactly the opposite of what they do in practice. They lie to the client and withhold information. They don't act for the best interest of the clients. They make money for themselves to the detriment of the client.
That's the whole problem with this city. They put people in houses they couldn't afford or get people to refinance and give them bad loans. My goal would be to have that stopped. We could expose it more and more and perhaps work on legislation preventing it. A lot of times this stuff is legal. The spoken word has led the client to understand the opposite of what the client signs on paper. So it's legal, but to my point of view immoral.
The St. Ambrose Mortgage Default Counseling program, now called Foreclosure Prevention Counseling, began in the mid-1970's in response to a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mortgage Default Counseling was the first expansion of services beyond the organization's grass roots activism and homeownership education services.


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Preserve your valuable record to prevent further damage occurring to these treasures. Every time you play the record, the record player's needle gradually damages the records grooves. This does not even consider the fact that records get scratched or damaged through means. I had one lady deliver a recording of her mother singing….she had wrapped the record in multiple layers of protection to protect this valuable memory of her mother.
Access to special recordings is the other reason people transfer their vinyl records to CD's. Not many of us still own a record player and therefore playing one's classic records may not even be possible. Once transferred to a CD, the recordings can now be played anywhere…. in an ipod, on your computer, and in your car (imagine a record player in your car).
Why Should You Not Transfer?
I sometimes receive inquires about transferring a LP record to CD and find that the LP record is commercially available on CD. In this case I highly recommend that the customer purchase the commercially available CD.


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Tonight is the opening of Better History, a big cross-generational group show that inaugurates the new reincarnation of 7Eleven Gallery (formerly of the West Village), presented by 7Eleven, American Standard Gallery, and O.H.W.O.W. in 7Eleven's 40,000-square foot space in Chelsea. The names everyone knows—Ed Ruscha, Francesco Clemente, Tom Sachs, Laurie Simmons—are tethered to a younger crop of emerging artists, some of whom you may know (Tim Barber, Casey and Van Neistat), and some—including two Sebastians (Bear-McClard and Black)—you should.
Maybe "tether" is the wrong word, because the most flattering history is usually the revisionist one. When I ask one of the co-curators of Better History, 23-year old artist-entrepeneur Nick Poe (who organized the show with 7Eleven founders Genevieve Hudson-Price, Caroline Copley, and Sabrina Blaichman, along with producer Claire Distenfeld), about getting a contemporary icon like Ed Ruscha to contribute, he says, "It was nerve-wracking. He actually gave us permission himself. We told him about the cross-generational theme, and he suggested the piece, New Wood/Old Wood." In this diptych, an image of a piece of weathered wood sits below an image of a piece of new wood. The symbiosis—the old wood lends some weathered grace to the new, and the new revives the old—is representative of what Poe hoped to evoke with Better History. "This piece works perfectly," he says.
The lineup's smattering of progeny and protégé is telling. The wonderfully frenetic Neistat brothers were Tom Sachs's star assistants, and it shows in their sculptures. "They're very Sachsian, in a way," says Poe. One sculpture depicts a chainsaw slicing through a chair—Sachsian, indeed. Laurie Simmons's daughter, the 22-year old filmmaker Lena Dunham, has a video installation competing for attention with mom's photograph, one taken in the '70s, before Lena was born. The young co-curators bring with them relevant familial histories: Nick Poe is the son of filmmaker Amos Poe; Genevieve Hudson-Price is the daughter of the painter Judith Hudson (Genevieve's father, by the way, is the quintessential downtown New York writer Richard Price); Caroline Copley's father is the artist Bill Copley; and Sabrina Blaichman, whose father, the real-estate developer Bill Blaichman, owns the Chelsea space.
Rather than cronyism, family is represented as part of a creative connective tissue. Look at the list of artists showing and you'll spot some similar last names. Brothers Benny and Josh Safdie, of the Red Bucket film collective, are both there. "Josh is showing his old bicycle along with sketches of the bike," Poe says. "Actually, he just found out that it used to belong to Tom Sachs." Coincidence? In Manhattan, it rarely is.
More than anything else, this is a downtown Manhattan show, born and raised. Most of the young artists in Better History grew up here. Poe and the young women behind 7Eleven are native New Yorkers, and many of these artists are their friends—or in the case of Harry McNally, also Poe's business partner (in the downtown clothing collective Peg Leg). "I think every artist is a New York artist," says Poe. "Except Ed Ruscha, who lives in LA. But we let it slide because he's such a New York presence." (Not to mention that he's Ed Ruscha.) "In a way," he says, "these are our self-portraits."
7Eleven Gallery and OHWOW co-present Better History, opens tonight, 6–10 PM. American Standard Gallery is located at 169 Tenth Avenue, New York.
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The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla
by Nikola Tesla and David Hatcher Childress
This book is a readable compendium of patents, diagrams, photos and explanations of the many incredible inventions of the originator of the modern era of electrification. In Tesla's own words are such topics as wireless transmission of power, death rays, and radio controlled airships. In addition, rare material on German bases in Antarctica and South America, and a secret city built at a remote jungle site in South America by one of Tesla's students, Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi's secret group claims to have built flying saucers in the 1940s and to have gone to Mars in the early 1950s! Incredible photos of these Tesla craft are included. The Ancient Atlantean system of broadcasting energy through a grid system of obelisks and pyramids is discussed and a fascinating concept comes out of one chapter: that the Egyptian engineers had to wear a protective metal head-shields while in these power-plants, hence the Egyptian Pharoah's head covering as well as the Face on Mars.
Highly illustrated with 100's of rare photos, drawings and patents, The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla includes: Tesla's plan to transmit free electricity into the atmosphere - How electrical devices would merely have small antennas on them to receive power - Why unlimited power could be utilized anywhere on earth - How Tesla's inventions could utilize this free energy from the atmosphere - How anti-gravity airships could draw power from the towers he was building - How radio and radar technology can be used as death-ray weapons in today's "Star Wars" - An appendix of Supreme Court documents on dismantling of Tesla's free-energy towers - Tesla's Death Rays, Ozone generators, and more...
This book is largely based on Experiments with Alternating Current copyright 1891 by Nikola Tesla and Transmission of Electricity Without Wires copyright 1904 by Nikola Tesla.
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The Muskegon Risers organization is proud to announce Chris Denham as Head Coach of the MKG Women's Team. Coach Denham has immense passion for women's soccer, a proven track record of success, and a thorough understanding of the Risers mission which naturally aligns with his personal and professional values.
"I am grateful for the opportunity, and I look forward to getting to work and building something that the players, management, supporters, and community can be proud of." Coach Denham added, "The culture that the club has built and what they are doing to grow the game of soccer for women in the area made it impossible to say no. The women's game is something I have a deep passion for and I am excited to get to work as we head towards the historic Arena Game on February 15th, as well as the club's first outdoor season in the UWS."
The Risers will begin making player announcements over the next few weeks as the team focuses on it's February 15 game with Muskegon Community College's women's soccer team in L. C. Walker Arena, a venue which has never hosted a women's soccer game in it's 60-year history. To support this monumental event, visit or call the arena box office at (231) 227-2760. Tickets are also available at muskegonrisers.com
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Audio Engineering & Music Production Program / Featured / Learning 101 / Student Success Stories
RC grad Edgar Vazquez Builds his Clientele
by Liya Swift · Published February 14, 2017 · Updated February 12, 2019
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After attending the Recording Connection Audio Engineering program, then returning for the Advanced Audio program, Edgar Vazquez has taken the real life lessons he's learned from mentor Ryan Conway and applied them to growing his own clientele in Denver, Colorado. Although the goal is, ultimately, to have his very own studio, Edgar is making it happen step-by-step, building up to when he'll be able to make the push, hopefully in coming months.
Speaking about his plans Edgar says, "Everyone that I have worked with so far, we've made great sounds out of like just being in an apartment. And even that so, like I would like to get to the point where I would have enough clientele, from the people I'm working with now to where it demands a need to move out and like go to a studio and like actually, you know, put my studio in there."
Originally a performer and musician, Edgar got involved in the act of producing and engineering because he didn't like giving his work to a middle man. The goal of learning audio engineering was completely utilitarian at first, a means to and end. But, as time passed, he grew to love engineering and producing more and more.
When asked how he took things to the next level Edgar says, "One of the biggest things that brought me to Recording Connection was like kind of not knowing where to go in life…I ended up looking it up on Google, and falling in love with everything that was being said and all the testimonials and everything. And so at that point, you know, I just said, 'Let's do it.'…It was definitely nice to choose Recording Connection because it was a lot more feasible, but I think it's nice the way that you guys do your programs, and especially with being able to be with someone within the studio."
Over the course of the program Edgar grew close to his mentor Ryan Conway of Conway Sound. One of the biggest things Ryan ingrained in him was to get less out of his head, less cerebral about his whole approach. Speaking of learning mic'ing techniques, Edgar says:
I think one of the biggest things for me was microphones. For me, it was crazy because I kept thinking about microphones so specifically in where it should be put in all these different matters, and like I was trying to think in right out like, "Oh, well, this needs to be angled in this way because this and this and this." And like it's good to look into that, but I think one of the biggest things that Ryan taught me, which I thought was funny though he would do it, would just be like, 'You know, I think you're thinking about this too hard. Let's just place it here and then we'll place it over here, and then we'll compare sounds.'
I was overthinking, and really making things complicated, and that was the same thing I felt throughout my whole musicality and everything. I'm playing music, playing the right songs, everything just felt so complex because I wanted it to be a little bit more like different than normal, but at the same time, I think that when you let yourself naturally work with things and music, most of the time, the natural way that you're going to like it by the sound of it or the way that you are just kind of tweaking it and then maybe a sound comes up and you're like, 'Oh, oh, I like that. Let's go back,' you know.
When asked what advice he has for aspiring engineers and music producers just now coming into the program, Edgar says, "One the biggest things I think I could recommend to people is to definitely stick with what your dream is, but also basically make yourself prepared to be able to kind of be flexible with that dream…I think one of the best things as a student is to be asking questions…Be interactive and be interested as much as you can be, because I mean, it's something that you love, you know, and this is someone that knows what you're wanting to do. I think you really need to respect what they're doing and also let them do their work. [Then] after the session you could ask them like all the questions that you need…You need to take that chance when you have it."
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Professor Jane Plant s international bestseller on combating breast cancer through diet and lifestyle changes has been fully revised and updated, including new information on ovarian cancer and other types of cancer. In this groundbreaking book, Professor Plant details her own experiences of suffering with breast cancer, and how she learnt of the relationship between the disease and diet. The book explains the science behind the no dairy diet and gives practical advice on how diet and lifestyle changes can help prevent and overcome breast and ovarian cancer. For sufferers, their families and anyone who is concerned about the risk of cancer, this book is essential reading.
Buy Your Life In Your Hands by Jane Plant from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books.
Professor Jane Plant is a widely respected scientist, who was awarded a CBE for her work in relation to human health and in 2005 was made a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine for her books on cancer. She contracted breast cancer in 1987 at the age of 42- the disease recurred a further four times. She adopted the diet and lifestyle changes she advocates in this book, and has now been clear of breast cancer for fifteen years.


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Tuesday, Feb. 14: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16: Colorado at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18: St. Louis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 19: Chicago at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25: Buffalo at Colorado, 10 p.m.
The Sabres are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Canucks; 7-3-0 at home.
This is the 118th game all-time between Buffalo and Vancouver; Buffalo has a 48-50-19 series record.
The Sabres are 31-19-8 at home against the Canucks all-time.
The Sabres are 5-8-6 all-time on February 12.
The home team has won 12 of the last 14 games between these teams, including each of the last six. The Canucks have only won once in their six visits Buffalo since 2003, posting a 3-0 win on Oct. 17, 2013.
Tyler Ennis has recorded a point in five of his seven career games against the Canucks (3+2).
Brian Gionta has five points (2+3) in his last four games against Vancouver.
Since the beginning of the 2013-14 season, Kyle Okposo has tallied eight assists in six games against the Canucks.
In his only previous meeting with the Canucks on Oct. 18, 2015, Anders Nilsson stopped 33 of 34 shots (.971) to earn a win in Vancouver.
Tonight is the Sabres' third game in a stretch of eight straight home games against the Western Conference.
Buffalo is 12-2-3 in its last 17 home games against Western Conference opponents and 10-5-2 in all games against the West this season.
The Sabres are 59-20-16 (.705) all-time in home games against the Pacific Division, including a 13-1-3 record in the last 17 games.
The Sabres, who lost at home to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, will look to avoid losing two straight home games to Pacific Division opponents for the first time since Oct. 13 and Nov. 7, 2014.
Robin Lehner is 6-3-1 with a .933 save percentage so far in 2017.
Kyle Okposo has points in nine of his last 13 games, including each of his last five (2+3). With a point tonight, he have points in six straight for the first time since Nov. 12 to 25, 2015.
Jack Eichel has logged 14 points (5+9) in his last 13 games, including six multi-point outings. The Sabres are 10-0-0 this season (and 19-3-0 in his career) when he has at least two points.
Evander Kane has 11 points (6+5) in his last 10 games.
Sam Reinhart enters tonight's game on a three-game point streak and has totaled four points (1+3) in those games.
Ryan O'Reilly has 15 points (5+10) in his last 13 home games.
Sam Reinhart has 12 points (4+8) in his last 12 home games.
Jack Eichel has 16 points (7+9) in 16 home games this season, including six multi-point outings.
The Sabres have gone 4-for-6 on the power play in their last three games and finished last night's game ranked first in the league with a 23.8% success rate on the power play.
The team's current power play percentage would rank as the fourth-best conversion rate in franchise history and the best since the team's 24.4% mark in 1979-80. It would be the 22nd-best season by any team since the league began publishing the stat in 1987-88.
Tonight's game wraps up Buffalo's 10th of a league-high 19 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 3-1 win last night in Toronto. The Sabres are 5-3-2 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 4-4-1 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo's point breakdown in previous back-to-back sets this season is: four points (2), three points (2), two points (2), one point (1) and zero points (2).
Evander Kane has scored each of his 18 goals this season in his last 32 games, including a team-high 17 even-strength goals. In the period since scoring his first goal of the season on Dec. 3 vs. Boston, he is tied for fourth among all NHL skaters in goals (18), leads the league lead in even-strength goals (17) and ranks third in shots on goal (124).
Rasmus Ristolainen finished last night's game tied for 41st among all NHL skaters with 27 assists.
Ristolainen has recorded an assist on 21.1 percent of his teammates' goals. Only one Sabres defenseman has ever recorded an assist on more than 20 percent of his teammates' goals: Phil Housley (22.6%) in 1989-90.
Ristolainen would need to fail to record an assist on each of his teammates' next six goals to fall below 20 percent.
Ryan Miller spent parts of 11 seasons as a member of the Sabres from 2002-2014. Drafted by Buffalo in the fifth round of the 1999 NHL Draft (138th overall), Miller compiled a record of 284-186-56 over a total of 540 games, earning franchise-record totals in games played and wins.
Though he never played for Buffalo, Alex Biega was drafted by the Sabres in the fifth round (147th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft. He posted 66 points (13+53) and a plus-24 rating in 198 games for the Portland Pirates and Rochester Americans (AHL) while he was a part of the Sabres' organization.
Coached Brandon Sutter for the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2012-2014.
Played with Alex Biega for the Rochester Americans from 2011-2013.
Played with Markus Granlund for the Calgary Flames in 2015-16.
Played with Alex Biega for the Rochester Americans during the 2012-13 season.
Represented Canada alongside Alexandre Burrows at the 2012 World Championship.
Played with Jacob Markstrom for the Florida Panthers from 2010-14. Jack Skille was also a member of the team from 2010-2013.
Represented Sweden alongside Jacob Markstrom at the 2010 World Junior Championship.
Played for the United States alongside Jack Skille at the 2007 World Junior Championship.
Represented Finland alongside Markus Granlund at the 2012 World Junior Championship.
Played for Team Canada alongside Erik Gudbranson at the 2009 World U18 Championship.
Represented Canada alongside Ben Hutton and Christopher Tanev at the 2016 World Championship.
Reinhart was born in West Vancouver.
Represented Canada alongside Bo Horvat at the 2014 World Junior Championship.
Zach Bogosian, Tyler Ennis and Luca Sbisa were all selected in the first round of the 2008 NHL Draft. Bogosian went third overall to Atlanta, Sbisa was selected by Philadelphia 19th overall and Ennis was chosen 26th overall.
Rasmus Ristolainen (8th overall) and Bo Horvat (9th overall) were both first-round picks in the 2013 NHL Draft.


Thailand is famous for Thai silk. This exquisite material is made into some wonderful Thai Silk bedding items. Whether you are looking for cheap bedding or high quality and high priced 100% Thai Silk quilts, Thai silk sheets, quilted bed covers and Thai silk pillow cases, Thailand is the place to find them.
Ten to fifteen years ago I was at a lost to find good quality and interesting products in Thai shops and department stores. Yes there were many very high priced imported goods to be found. However it puzzled me. I had already seen the fine goods that Thai bedding companies were producing. Where were they?
The mystery was solved when I worked doing some training for the Bangkok sourcing office of a major European Department store chain. The manager there was the key man - key in terms of he controlled the keys to the showroom stockroom. Manufacturers are scared. Scared of having their new designs on the local market. Scared of having these precious creations copied by local competitors.
Nowadays there are so many fine Thai bedding manufacturers and the local domestic market much more powerful that I know a few manufacturers who actually launch their products on the local market first as a consumer test before committing to export. Of course foreign buyers are still ordering OEM products which follow the usual strict secrecy codes.
Whether you are looking to have your own bedding designs made up or want to order existing items from manufacturers catalogs Thailand must be a sure fire choice. Textiles are easily available, and good quality. In addition their are other markets close by such as China, Vietnam and India where fabrics can be easily and cheaply imported. Bangkok Companies has close contacts with Thailand Bedding manufacturers as well as the fabric importers.
Bangkok Companies is a full service product sourcing company in Thailand. For All your furnishings and bedding needs please email bangkokcompanies@gmail.com with your requests.
We are buying agent of UK buyer. We supply all most all products to Hotel. Curtain, Pillow, Duvet, Electronic, Ceramic ware, Laundry, and etc. We are sourcing products from southeast asian. and gather all products inquired and ship to customers.
We are wholesale bedding&mattress manufacture which has been in Thailand business for 30 years. We currently owned new technology. Which set high standard to our products and increase our products capacity. We also make products according to our customer requirements. We provide fine quality products and our price are competitive.
We are Thailand based manufacturer and exporter of high quality all kinds of spring ,spring mattresses, bedding sets, massage chairs and pillows .We export in India ,and European countries.
Products: We offer best quality spring all sizes, spring mattresses, coir mattress, bedding sets massage chairs and pillows.
Mahasawas textile - Thailand, was established in 1979. The company manufactures various types of high quality t/c and cotton fabrics with modern machines. In 2005, the company was excited to announce its new division; high quality bedding products. We are looking to partner with agencies in expanding our business to the United States and Europe. We are very proud to produce high quality fabrics, keep promise to customer and deliver overall higher standard.
Siam Feather Products Co. Ltd.
Siam Feather Products Co., Ltd has been sourcing, processing and supplying the finest quality Duck and Goose Down and Feather for the international market since the 1940's.
Slumberland - the most comfortable place in the world, check out all descriptions about mattress from England together with tips in choosing the right mattress.
As a leading bedding manufacturer in Thailand, we produce bed sheets, quilts, comforters, mattresses, pillows, bolsters, and curtains.
Welcome to World of Thai Silk Online Fabric Store. In addition to pure Thai silk fabric for a wedding dress, a bridal gown, upholstery, drape or curtain, we also supply finished products made from this wonderful fabric.


A new production of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot will open at the Arcola Theatre Studio One in Dalston, east London, on 12 May 2014 following previews from 7 May, running until 14 June 2014.
This new production will feature comedians Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton as the central roles of tramps Vladimir and Estragon, alongside Jonathan Oliver as Pozzo and Michael Roberts as Lucky.
Palmer and Stourton are better known as comedy duo 'Totally Tom' and were nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award at Edinburgh in 2011. They went on to make their television debut on Channel 4's 'Comedy Lab'. Director Simon Dormandy has re-imagined the play for a young, contemporary audience and has gained permission from the Beckett estate to cast two younger men in the central roles.


When you love singing, it makes you feel a big need to be around it. At Fox Music, everyone feels that way! It is seen as a joy and a chance to grow. Being with other people who love it as much as you do brings new friendships into your life. You will meet a lot of other people who have the same love for singing as you do. You will get to grow these friendships with your singing. You will look forward to seeing these people. You will learn different types of music together and talk to each other about what you are learning. You will cheer each other on. Your friends will be there for you when you have had a good day or a bad day. They will encourage you if you are afraid of singing in front of others. You will all be in the same place together and learning the same things together. You will show one another how much you have grown when you perform in front of each other. Your teacher will guide you in how to get better and better. Your teacher will show you and your friends how to grow your singing muscles. You will be able to hit higher notes than ever before. You will be able to sing lower notes than ever before. You will notice that you are not afraid to try new things even if you used to be. You will see how your classmates are not as afraid of singing in front of other people as well. Getting up in front of other people will not be such a big deal. You will be able to continue to try it until you are comfortable. You will not walk out of Fox Music the same way that you walked in!


wow!!! im over here using 76561198361863267 instead of 110000117efe463 WOW! when did they change the using of dec to hex?
never, it's always been hex, at least fxserver afaik which is at least more than 1 year.
Does the Smoke Grenade Launcher not work?
Smoke grenade launcher? You mean the regular grenade launcher? Smoke grenade launcher is a bugged weapon and not included in vMenu.
Is there a easy way to redesign this menu?
No. You'll have to completely start from scratch and make your own probably.
Nope, there's far too many vehicles for that. You can only limit them per category.
For some reason, even though i am a "group.admin" i cannot spawn any of the vehicles i restricted. Do you know how to overcome this issue and allow all admins to use the restricted vehicles?
okay so i just noticed even tho i have them activated nobody can equip the a gun from the weapons menu it says they dont have permission heres some pictures of my perms and vmenu dispayed message.
Did you use deny to deny them? In that case: no, not possible. It's marked in a red warning box on the docs to never use deny.
If you haven't used deny, then you should be able to just give admins the permissions and you should be good to go.
You're not giving them the .Spawn permission, so yeah they're allowed to edit those weapons you specified, but they won't be able to spawn them until you give them access to spawn it.
Hey Vespura, I'm vMenu and whenever I change the weather it'll flicker to that weather then change back to clear, I have no other weather scripts in.
I have no other weather scripts in.
If it's just flickering then it could be a graphics mod. If it's not changing weather at all or constantly switching then you definitely have another sync script. There's no other way.
@Vespura I am trying to change the vmenu toggle key from M to F1. How do I change it? Ive already changed it in the config to 288 but it still stays on M for some reason. Please get back me to asap thanks!
Is there a admin menu on this??
Not currently. Because your client no longer has control over the entity for things like that, the other client does whoever is currently driving it.
And I'm not using any events to sync this, except for the kick from vehicle part.
are the permissions actually executed correctly?
You can make this menu staff-only yes.


Matchmaker, podcaster, radio host, storyteller, speaker, event organizer, writer, student (etc) into sexuality, relationships, disability, queerness, health & psychology.
1. Went back to school to study psychology.
2. Adopted a beautiful dog named Charlotte.
4. Got an article accepted into the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
5. Spoke at Ryerson, University of Guelph and University of Toronto about sexuality, health care, and disability, and ran workshops/panels at lots of other places, too!
6. Aced my health psychology course.
7. Went to cottages, music festivals, destination weddings, and lots of family visits.
8. Met and hung out with my favourite drag queen ever: Katya!
9. Did a lot of healing AND accepting of things I can't change about my health/disability.
11. Put together a sexuality conference.
12. Basically lived in a non-stop cuddle puddle with my dog, my cat, and my partner.
13. Continued to explore storytelling, radio/podcasting, and writing.
14. Celebrated the anniversaries of my stroke and my engagement, which were both happy.
15. Read a fuckton of books.


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Palestinian man dies of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia
RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 17, 2021 (WAFA) - A member of the Palestinian community in Saudi Arabia has died of coronavirus, today said the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.
It said a man aged 58 died of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia, bringing total deaths there to 108.


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const path = require('path');
const request = require('supertest');
const app = require('../../../packages/api-pls-express-server/app');
const getDb = require('../../../packages/api-pls-postgres-adapter/database');
const wipeDatabase = require('../../../packages/api-pls-postgres-adapter/database/wipe');
const validators = require('../../helpers/json-api-validators');
const applyMigrations = require('../../helpers/apply-migrations');
const seed = require('../../helpers/seed');

const db = getDb();

describe('additional_condition', function() {
  // Ensure that the DB connection drops immediately after each test
  afterEach(() => {
    db.$config.pgp.end();
  });

  // Ensure that there's no lingering data between tests by wiping the
  // database before each test.
  beforeEach(() => {
    return wipeDatabase(db);
  });

  describe('read one', () => {
    describe('when the additional condition matches', () => {
      it('should return a 200 response', async () => {
        const options = {
          resourcesDirectory: path.join(global.fixturesDirectory, 'authorization'),
          apiVersion: 10
        };

        const seeds = [{
          label: 'Subway',
          user_id: '2'
        }];

        const expectedData = {
          type: 'transactions',
          id: '1',
          attributes: {
            label: 'Subway',
            user_id: '2'
          }
        };

        const expectedLinks = {
          self: '/v10/transactions/1'
        };

        await applyMigrations(options);
        await seed('transaction', seeds);
        return request(app(options))
          .get('/v10/transactions/1')
          .expect(validators.basicValidation)
          .expect(validators.assertData(expectedData))
          .expect(validators.assertLinks(expectedLinks))
          .expect(200)
          .then();
      });
    });

    describe('when the additional condition does not match', () => {
      it('should return a 200 response', async () => {
        const options = {
          resourcesDirectory: path.join(global.fixturesDirectory, 'authorization'),
          apiVersion: 10
        };

        const seeds = [{
          label: 'Subway',
          user_id: '1'
        }];

        const expectedErrors = [{
          title: 'Resource Not Found',
          detail: 'The requested resource does not exist.'
        }];

        const expectedLinks = {
          self: '/v10/transactions/1'
        };

        await applyMigrations(options);
        await seed('transaction', seeds);
        return request(app(options))
          .get('/v10/transactions/1')
          .expect(validators.basicValidation)
          .expect(validators.assertErrors(expectedErrors))
          .expect(validators.assertLinks(expectedLinks))
          .expect(404)
          .then();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('read many', () => {
    describe('when the additional condition matches some results', () => {
      it('should return a 200 response', async () => {
        const options = {
          resourcesDirectory: path.join(global.fixturesDirectory, 'authorization'),
          apiVersion: 10
        };

        const seeds = [
          {label: 'Subway', user_id: '2'},
          {label: 'Whole Foods', user_id: '1'},
          {label: 'Pizza Hut', user_id: '4'},
          {label: 'Veggie Grill', user_id: '2'},
          {label: 'Yummy', user_id: '6'},
        ];

        const expectedData = [
          {
            type: 'transactions',
            id: '1',
            attributes: {
              label: 'Subway',
              user_id: '2'
            }
          },
          {
            type: 'transactions',
            id: '4',
            attributes: {
              label: 'Veggie Grill',
              user_id: '2'
            }
          }
        ];

        const expectedLinks = {
          self: '/v10/transactions',
          first: '/v10/transactions?page[number]=1',
          last: '/v10/transactions?page[number]=1',
          next: null,
          prev: null,
        };

        await applyMigrations(options);
        await seed('transaction', seeds);
        return request(app(options))
          .get('/v10/transactions')
          .expect(validators.basicValidation)
          .expect(validators.assertData(expectedData))
          .expect(validators.assertLinks(expectedLinks))
          .expect(200)
          .then();
      });
    });

    describe('when the additional condition matches no results', () => {
      it('should return a 404 response', async () => {
        const options = {
          resourcesDirectory: path.join(global.fixturesDirectory, 'authorization'),
          apiVersion: 10
        };

        const seeds = [
          {label: 'Subway', user_id: '10'},
          {label: 'Whole Foods', user_id: '1'},
          {label: 'Pizza Hut', user_id: '4'},
          {label: 'Veggie Grill', user_id: '11'},
          {label: 'Yummy', user_id: '6'},
        ];

        const expectedData = [];

        const expectedLinks = {
          self: '/v10/transactions',
          first: null,
          last: null,
          next: null,
          prev: null,
        };

        await applyMigrations(options);
        await seed('transaction', seeds);
        return request(app(options))
          .get('/v10/transactions')
          .expect(validators.basicValidation)
          .expect(validators.assertData(expectedData))
          .expect(validators.assertLinks(expectedLinks))
          .expect(200)
          .then();
      });
    });
  });
});

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