A South facing 5 bed 3 bath detached villa on a 1,000m2 beautifully landscaped plot located in San Luis on the outskirts of Torrevieja, Costa Blanca. This spacious single level property would be ideal for a large family. There is also a self contained studio apartment. It is offered for sale in very good condition, part furnished & very briefly consists of the following :- Large lounge / diner with a lovely feature fireplace, an open plan fully fitted kitchen, a fully glazed terrace / conservatory off of the kitchen, a very large glazed terrace / 2nd lounge, 4 x double bedrooms & 2 x shower rooms. Two of the bedrooms & one of the shower rooms can be closed off from the main villa giving you a separate self contained apartment / granny annexe as this area also has its own kitchen. There is also a self contained studio rental apartment with a lounge / bedroom, small kitchen, 1 x shower room, a sun terrace & small garden area with summer kitchen. To the front of the property is a very large & very impressive feature garden with numerous cacti, trees, plants & shrubs, a driveway for off road parking, a wash room, numerous storage sheds, a very large & impressive covered patio area & a partially covered private swimming pool. Extras include central heating, hot & cold A/C, ceiling fans, security grills, Sky TV, part furnished & much more. This is a very large property that must be viewed to be fully appreciated. It is located just a short walk from all local amenities & the local bus stop. It is less than 5 minutes by car to Carrefour Hypermarket & the Haberneras shopping centre, less than 10 minutes drive to the beach & around 10 minutes drive to 2 golf courses. Both Alicante & Murcia San Javier airports are around 35 minutes drive away.


To close the skateboarding summer season of 2014 the Vans Belgium skaters and friends decided to explore the concrete playgrounds of the French part of Belgium. Wallifornia is the unexplored eastern part of Belgium where life, the language, skateboarding and the people are different. Next to the people, food, landscapes and beer, the concrete that is pored for our skating pleasure is also great. Old and new parks and bowls never been seen where discovered and skated untill the sun set. The TM Dominique had a plan that actually worked out… start at 8 in the morning and skate as much parks as possible till 10 at night. Special thanks to Bavo Swijgers, Hans Claessens and Jones from Twits to keep the crowd moving and skating from spot to spot.
Check here the 1st edit of the tour and keep an eye to your computer for next weeks episode 2.


Our first-ever Accelerated Program Live Companion Series starts next Tuesday. This is where Rebecca, some special guests, and I walk you "page-by-page" through the Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting over the course of 16 weeks.
There are still a handful of last-minute spots available – and you can still get one at the 50% discount.
You can get the full details by clicking here … but the bottom line is, it's a great way to reinforce a lot of the stuff you've learned … make it stick in your mind forever … and learn some new tricks along the way.
If you're interested, please let us know by 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) tomorrow. We have to close the doors on this session and get everything ready for the first meeting on Tuesday. Call Debbie or Jacqueline at 866-879-2924.
"Thank you so much for putting the Companion Series together. I've been thinking for the last year that I need more focused learning," writes Nancy L.
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FREE TELECONFERENCE with copywriting legend Dan Kennedy next Wednesday!
You don't want to miss this! Dan's going to talk about a very different approach to your copywriting future … one that can help you raise yourself to HIGH DEMAND and HIGH INCOME as a pro.
This teleconference is unprecedented for Dan. He doesn't typically do them, unless he's speaking to the owners of the companies that pay him thousands of dollars a year for his marketing advice.
But the truth is, Dan's got something of a soft spot for copywriters … in particular, up-and-coming copywriters. He loves this business, and he's at the point in his career where he's done it all … he has all the money and clients he needs … and, much like Michael Masterson, he gets a huge kick out of helping folks who really want to get a taste of success.
If you've never heard Dan speak, I strongly encourage you join us on Wednesday. He's inspiring … entertaining … and will challenge the way you think about yourself, your role as a copywriter, the way you think about clients, and how you present yourself to them.
And if you can't make the call on Wednesday, not a problem. We'll play it again on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. (Eastern). Just click here for the details.
You're getting emotional (and that's a good thing)! "The first rule of all copy," said copywriting legend Gene Schwartz, "is that it produce an emotional impact … every word must carry image, picture, feeling.
Your job as a copywriter is to do exactly that: Combine words in such a way as to evoke an emotional response from your reader.
The key is to do it subtly. Yes, you're deliberately building emotion and mood into your copy. But it should be virtually unnoticed by your reader.
Try doing it right now. Look out your window. How many different emotions can you can pack into a single sentence … paragraph … sequence about what you see? How rich and powerful can you make those few words?
Keep this in mind when you're writing your next sales letter, Web page, autoresponder … even your next email to a friend or colleague.
The first Social Media Olympics. NBC isn't the only place to get your Winter Olympics fix. A lot of folks are following Lindsey Vonn and Apolo Anton Ohno, and the other athletes, on Facebook and Twitter.
So, what's the big deal? A lot of Internet marketers are watching this very closely. Will social media change the Olympic experience for the better? Will it change mainstream media coverage? And how will it affect Olympics-related marketing?
All good questions, and the answers could help you. Tap into the Social Media Olympics. You may learn a thing or two about using social media more effectively for your clients and your own business.
"At that moment, I vowed to no longer be at the mercy of some employer …" Congratulations to Steve Coombes, our newest Wall of Fame member!
Read Steve's inspirational story and full Wall of Fame profile here.
Travel Writer and Photographer Ray Batson scores another article/photo spread. Congratulations, Ray, on another article and photo spread in International Living! Last year, Ray's Antarctica photos and story were published. This month, it's a 2-page spread about an African safari he took with his wife, Rhoda, and their granddaughter.
These are Ray's photos from his IL spread.
Next trip for Ray and Rhoda … the northwestern Mediterranean!
If you love traveling, and sometimes find inspiration for articles coming to you during or after your trips, follow in Ray's footsteps. Getting your stories and photographs published may be easier than you think when you have some "inside" knowledge.
And as a copywriter, you already have an inside track with your writing skills. Find out more about getting paid to travel here.
"I must temporarily slow down the cascade of incoming opportunities …" Not a bad problem to have, right?
Have you ever wondered … What should I be doing right now to get everything in life I ever dreamed of? Joshua answers that question, and much more, once a week with his Monday Morning Jumpstart. He explains it all at www.GetExactlyWhatYouWant.com.
That he does. If you've ever thought you could use a personal coach, a mentor, a guide pointing you in the right direction, Monday Morning Jumpstart may be your "missing link." Let Joshua help you get exactly what you want here.
"Many years ago, I experienced carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strains, backaches – the works – because of not paying attention to ergonomics at my workstation.
"I learned my lesson the hard way, and now I'm an ergonomic fanatic!
"Use a ball chair – an exercise ball on a basic frame with wheels. I use the Fitball Chair, but there are lots of varieties out there. Amazon carries them. It will help your back, and it's great for core strength, too.
"Get an ergonomic curved keyboard – helps with arm, wrist, and carpal tunnel issues. You can even take it on the road to use with a laptop.
Big demand and little competition (so far). Every day, copywriters and content writers churn out millions of new pages of information, on virtually every topic imaginable.
A lot of these writers are booked solid, and they need help in one particular area – researching their subject matter.
As an Internet researcher, that's where you'd come in. You would dig up the information and facts these writers need, but don't have time to find themselves.
Coming very soon … AWAI is teaming up with an expert researcher to bring you "How to Be an In-Demand Internet Researcher." Expected launch date is April 15. Click here and you'll be among the first to hear when it's ready (and get an "early-responder's" discount!).
"A no-brainer way to start a new profit center." Rhode Island native Ann Ronan and her husband are both using Nick Usborne's How to Make a Money-Making Website program to create a portable income stream.
"Great looking site! Wow. What a strong start." That was Nick's reaction when he saw Doug Kroeker's new money-making website.
Says Doug: "I bought Nick's program a while back, but if Nick wouldn't have had his training sessions, I probably wouldn't have done anything with it.
Reminder to everyone taking Nick's program: As soon as your site's up, send us the link and we'll share it with your fellow AWAI members.
And if you aren't yet working with Nick on building your own money-making website, here's how you can get started.
Roy's "Leap Year" update. Last week, we reported that AWAI member Roy Furr made the leap to working for himself full-time.
Are you ready to make the leap from aspiring copywriter to professional copywriter like Roy? If so, we've put together a roadmap for you.
It's an easy-to-follow, eight-step plan.
And whether you're looking to make the leap now or plan to do it in the future and just want to know what the path looks like, this roadmap will help you get organized and stay on track.
Attention Wealthy Web Writer Platinum Members: Here's some of what's new this week. Keep in mind that there is much more on the site, but these are some highlights I want to make sure you see.
Teleconference with Pam Foster: "10 Things to Never Do With Web Clients." It's a shame that some Web copywriters sabotage their own success by making some simple mistakes that annoy prospective clients. During this call, Pam Foster will describe those mistakes so you can avoid them and keep your clients happy!
The Reality Blog: Are You a Thrasher or a Shipper? Ever get held up when it comes to seeing your projects through to completion? Thanks to feedback from a WWW member, Mindy Tyson-McHorse had an "Aha!" moment this week that's helping her overcome that problem. Now, she's propelled to follow through on projects with speed she's never had before. Read this week's Reality Blog to find out if this method will work for you.
3-Minute Guru Video: 5 Secrets to Writing a PPC Landing Page. Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is an art form. Do it well and it rakes in the cash and makes your clients very happy … but make just a few mistakes and it's like dumping their money down the drain. In this 3-minute guru video, you'll learn 5 tricks for writing your landing pages right.
And if you have a request for training, a specific article, or a how-to video, remember that you can submit it through the WWW website at any time.
Not yet a member? Learn how you can join here.
Marketers to Add BIG Chunks of Their Budget to Video This Year. At the end of last year, Web TV Enterprise predicted that online video ad spending would increase by 50% in 2010!
Producing online videos may seem intimidating, but with the software available these days, it has become simple.
You can do the entire video, or simply write the script. Either way, it takes only a weekend or a couple of evenings to learn everything you need to know to start offering this new service to your clients.
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REMINDER: The deadline for AWAI's Latest Writing Challenge is Sunday, February 21. Read all the details here.


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Wake Up to Injustice
WorshipWeb
By Gail Forsyth-Vail
This story was created collaboratively by several religious educators. As you prepare to share it, read the 1966 Ware Lecture "Don't Sleep Through the Revolution," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in Hollywood, Florida, May 18, 1966.
There was a man named Rip van Winkle who liked to share stories and was kindly to children, but he avoided hard work or anything he thought unpleasant. One day, as the story goes, he found a nice grassy place on a mountain and he fell fast asleep. But this was no ordinary nap. Rip Van Winkle slept for over 20 years!
Twenty years!!! What do you suppose he missed [take several answers]. As a matter of fact, the most important thing that Rip Van Winkle missed was the American Revolution. When he went up the mountain, he lived in a British colony. When he came down 20 years later, he lived in the new United States.
This is an old and famous story, but would you be surprised to know that it was a favorite of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King? It is one he told a lot. As a matter of fact, he told it to a huge crowd of Unitarian Universalists in 1966, about 50 years ago. He talked about the Civil Rights movement, and urged all those who heard him to wake up, to not sleep through the big changes that were happening all around as Black people and their supporters worked to gain equality rights. He asked white people in particular not to be asleep and ignore injustice. He urged people to Wake Up!
Well, in the last few months a new set of leaders from the People of Color community are sending the same message Dr. King sent 50 years ago, "Wake Up! Many of the injustices- much of the unfairness- is still here. And there are some new injustices. Wake up!"
So I'm going to ask you to help me deliver this message to the Unitarian Universalists who are sitting right here in the sanctuary with us. Can you help me wake everyone up? Let's practice saying, "Wake Up to Injustice!" [Say this with them a couple of times, and invite the children to be loud! On the third try, invite the whole congregation to join you.]
And many people who have not been paying attention, who have been "asleep" are waking up to injustice thanks to the new young leaders. We'll talk more about waking up in our RE groups, and perhaps you may want to talk with your families about times when they have "woken up" to injustice- and perhaps are "waking up" even today.
[Congregation sings "Oh I Woke Up This Morning" #153 as the children leave.]
Gail Forsyth-Vail, a credentialed religious educator, master level, is the author or developmental editor of several UU history curricula and resources. Before retiring, she served as interim director of the Unitarian Universalist Association's Lifespan Faith Engagement Office.
For more information contact worshipweb@uua.org.
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After Nouvelle Garde, about Japanese contemporary artists, French art lover and collector Sophie Cavaliero and Le Lézard Noir Publisher now launch Revelations, a new French-English bilingual opus, dedicated to Japanese photographers. Le Lézard Noir (Black Lizzard, or Kurotage in Japanese) takes its name from an eponym mystery novel by Japanese author Edogawa Rampo and was founded in 2004 with the purpose to introduce in France major authors from the Japanese underground culture, contemporary art and avant-gardes.
Presented in avant-première at the Rencontres d'Arles and officially released in September 2013, Révélations has been written by Sophie Cavaliero in collaboration with Japanese art and photo specialists Thierry Decoster, Valérie Douniaux and Michela Scotti. The book principally focuses on artists born after 1960, and particularly on the younger generations. It contains thirteen interviews of renowned photographers who mostly gained recognition during the twenty last years of the 20th century (such as Nobuyoshi Araki, Rinko Kawauchi, Asako Narahashi, Tomoko Sawada, Toshio Shibata…) and five thematic portfolios of pictures from about fifty young and emerging talents.
Révélations gives a large predominance to images, but also attempts to offer some keys to the comprehension of Japanese photography and culture, with accessible but informative texts. The selected artists come from very various backgrounds, and explore a large array of techniques and subjects. The authors, without any pretension to exhaustivity, therefore hoped to give a large view of the Japanese contemporary photographic scene, and particularly to provide younger artists with a chance to make their work more largely known in Japan and overseas. Revelations is not merely meant to present yet another generation of photographers, but also to reveal current photographical trends, now active on the contemporary photography market and exhibited in museums and institutions all around the world.
Quite differently to most of the books that were previously released about Japanese photography, Revelations therefore does not bring a comprehensive historical introduction to the evolution of Japanese photography, but rather offers a lively immersion into contemporary creation, an encounter with the personalities that make Japanese photography, the artists of course, but also the gallerists, curators and other professionals, some of which are presented in the latter part of the book. The portfolios also show how the artists, through their work, draw a portrait of Japanese society and express common preoccupations, in spite of apparently fairly different styles and results. Revelations is really above all a human adventure, an encounter between European lovers of Japanese photography and talented artists that they admire and wished to further present.


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The QWERTY Effect: How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words
Dave Mosher
Mar 7, 2012 5:39 PM
A keyboard's arrangement could have a small but significant impact to how we perceive the meaning of words we type.
UPDATE: The results of the QWERTY study described in this story were questioned by independent researchers, and the study authors have responded to the criticisms. See note below.
A keyboard's arrangement could have a small but significant impact on how we perceive the meaning of words we type.
Specifically, the QWERTY keyboard may gradually attach more positive meanings to words with more letters located on the right side of the layout (everything to the right of T, G and B).
"We know how a word is spoken can affect its meaning. So can how it's typed," said cognitive scientist Kyle Jasmin of the University of College London, co-author of a study about the so-called "QWERTY effect" in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. "As we filter language, hundreds or thousands of words, through our fingers, we seem to be connecting the meanings of the words with the physical way they're typed on the keyboard."
The effect may arise from the fact that letter combinations that fall on the right side of the keyboard tend to be easier to type than those on the left.
"If it's easy, it tends to lend a positive meaning. If it's harder, it can go the other way," Jasmin said.
The QWERTY layout dates back to August 1878. Until then, early typewriters frequently jammed because some letters sat too close to one other on the keyboard. When typed in rapid succession, they sometimes stuck together.
>'Technology changes words, and by association languages.'
In response, inventors created the QWERTY layout and sold it to the Remington company. The layout has stuck ever since, and with the transition from typewriters to personal computers, it became ubiquitous.
Jasmin and his colleague Daniel Casasanto, a social psychologist at the New School for Social Research, knew from previous research that the difficulty of using an object affected how positively or negatively people viewed it.
The effect is called fluency, and it even seems to affect abstractions such as people's names. The more difficult it is to pronounce a person's name, for example, the less positively we might view that person.
Tougher-to-type letter pairs tend to be found on a QWERTY keyboard's left side, so Jasmin and Casasanto set out to explore the effects of fluency on typing and language.
"People are faster to type with their right hand than their left hand," Jasmin said. "Combined with the fact that keyboard is asymmetrical, with more letters on left than the right, we had to know if there was correlation there."
In their first experiment, the researchers analyzed 1,000-word indexes from English, Spanish and Dutch, comparing their perceived positivity with their location on the QWERTY keyboard. The effect was slight but significant: Right-sided words scored more positively than left-sided words. **[Note: Wired has learned that linguist Mark Liberman of the University of Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the work, has not detected any significant effects. A second researcher was also unable to detect meaningful trends in the data. Casasanto and Jasmin have responded to these criticisms.]
With newer words, the correlation was stronger. When the researchers analyzed words coined after the QWERTY keyboard's invention, they found that right-sided words had more positive associations than left-sided words.
In another experiment, 800 typists recruited through Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk service rated whether made-up words felt positive or negative. A QWERTY effect also emerged in those words.
Jasmin cautioned that words' literal meanings almost certainly outweigh their QWERTY-inflected associations, and said the study only shows a correlation rather than clear cause-and-effect. Also, while a typist's left- or right-handedness didn't seem to matter, Jasmin said there's not yet enough data to be certain.
"But as far as I know, this is the first demonstration that even hints how a word is typed can shape what it means over time," he said.
In the future, the researchers plan to scrutinize other kinds of keyboards.
"In different languages, there are other variations with more and different punctuation keys in different places and more letters on the right than the left," he said. "Technology changes words, and by association languages. It's an important thing to look at."
Correction: The first QWERTY layout patent appeared in August 1878, not 1868.
Image: eelke dekker/Flickr
Citation: "The QWERTY Effect: How typing shapes the meanings of words." By Kyle Jasmin and Daniel Casasanto. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, published online March 3, 2012. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0229-7
TopicsBrains and Behaviorcognitive sciencelanguagespsychologywords
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For each additional adult add $50 onto the price per night.
Minimum of a 2 night booking.
All long weekends are charged at a minimum of 3 nights.
For one dog $15 per night extra.
Food, warm clothes in winter, swimmers and a beach towel in the summer months. Gumboots are a good idea, especially if the weather is wet. Fishing gear. If you wish to play tennis at the local tennis courts, bring your own racquets and balls, as our equipment is limited. Fishing gear is also available for hire at an additional cost of $5. We now also have kayaks for hire at $10. Life jackets are supplied free of charge.
From Raymond Terrace or Maitland, follow the signs to Dungog. When in Dungog, go down into the shopping center. Turn left into Hooke Street at the monument, and then veer right at the Caltex Service Station onto Chichester Dam Road. Stay on this road for approx, 17kms. (Don't take the Upper Chichester turn off.) We are on the left hand side of the road, about 1.5kms past the forest entrance. And just before the wooden bridge.


The Old Bake House is in the heart of Neerim South and as you walk along the main street you can smell the delicious smell of freshly baked bread every day. They specialise in homemade pies and sausage rolls and have an assortment of cakes, biscuits and slices to make the mouth water. If you want something a bit more substantial than coffee and cake then why not order a freshly made sandwich or a pizza. Fancy fish and chips? They make those too! Eat in or take away, there is something for everyone at The Old Bake House.


Communication between Garden House School and the parents is of paramount importance. We believe in a partnership between home and School. Only by means of such a relationship will your child achieve his or her potential.
Parents are always welcome to call the School. We urge parents to attend the many concerts, ballet recitals and School matches, assemblies and other events listed in the School Calendar.
Garden House has an active Parents' Association chaired by a parent. The primary purpose of the Association is to act as one of the channels of communication between parents and the School. It also provides parents a forum through which their skills and ideas can contribute to the well-being of the School.
Each class is represented on the Parents' Association Committee by a class parent known as the Class Representative. The Class Representatives hold regular meetings and coffee mornings with their Class parents to keep them informed and to exchange ideas.
The School and the Parents' Association host jointly an annual drink's party for each Class. This is an opportunity for parents to meet the parents of their child's class mates and for them to meet the teachers in an informal setting.
The Parents' Association meets twice a term at the School to review past events and plan new ones. The Parents' Association welcomes new, enthusiastic parents to join their ranks.
Each year, a number of charities are nominated, a shortlist produced. Each summer term, a number of charities are nominated, a shortlist produced.
Each parent may vote to select their choice from the shortlist. In the past, the GHS Parents Association has supported Blue Marine Foundation, Critical Care Campaign at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Over the Wall, Helen and Douglas House, Honeypot, Louis Dundas House, Auditory Verbal UK, the Roald Dahl; s Marvellous Children's Charity and The Whitley Fund for Nature.
Funds raised by the Parents Association are given to the year s chosen charity (80%) with the remainder to the Royal Hospital's Charity, the Chelsea Pensioners Appeal. These charities make presentations to the children in assemblies over the year, increasing awareness of issues whether local or global.
We encourage our children to raise funds in parallel with the major, annual PA fundraisers which include Quiz Night and Gala Night. We believe charitable endeavour is an important part of a child's education at Garden House. To understand and to be aware there are people and animals who need our support is an essential life lesson. Opportunities to fund raise are numerous and varied. Cake days, Jeans for Genes day, the Poppy Appeal and Christmas Boxes are embedded in the School Calendar. Older children are allowed to propose a charitable enterprise, usually in response to a topical issue and to bring it to fruition such as raising funds for Grenfell victims.
Meetings between teachers and parents are scheduled in the Autumn term for the parents of children in Middle School I (boys) to Upper School II (girls and boys). Other meetings are organised for the rest of the academic years during the Spring term, to see your child's work and discuss your child's progress and achievements and to set targets for future development.
In addition to these formal meetings, parents are welcome to contact members of staff throughout the year should they have any queries or concerns which they would like to discuss.
A Curriculum Meeting is scheduled in your child's new classroom at the beginning of the new School year, to introduce the new class teachers and assistants and to outline the aim and content of the forthcoming year's academic programme. During the Academic year, each class hosts an Open Morning where workbooks are displayed in order for parents to see their child's work.
The Parents' Association has been responsible for holding many School functions such as the Gala concert held at the Cadogan Hall. Every pupil aged 6 and above (some 200 children) perform alongside professional musicans. The production involves the Music, Art, Drama and English departments at the School with children playing a significant role in the writing and creating.
The Summer Fair held in Burton Court, provides an afternoon of fun for every child ranging from pony rides and an animal petting zoo drawn from the classic country fair, to climbing walls and bungee trampolines, arts and crafts, face painting and bouncy castles. Both these events benefit the PA's selected charity.
The Quiz night is held at the Royal Hospital and is the main fundraiser of the year. There is a quiz and an auction element to the evening. The most hotly contested lots are the themed artwork created by individual classes.
Members of the Parents' Association decorate the School at Christmas, organise seasonal events such as Halloween workshops, Easter activities, parental workshops to promote understanding of events in other Faiths, such as Hannukkah or traditions in other cultures. Parents help design and make costumes for all the School plays and in so many ways contribute to and enhance our children's time at Garden House School. Other regular PA events include Cake Days twice a term and book related events such as running an in-house book store to coincide with Book Week and activities and events around World Book Day.
We produce a weekly newsletter, one for the boys and one for the girls, which is distributed to all the children of each family on Friday. An electronic newsletter is available online. These newsletters are designed to keep you up to date with important notices, forthcoming events, such as details of School trips, sports events and matches, changes in procedure, diary dates, reminders of events and reviews of past trips and match analysis, weekly Assemblies and Morning Thoughts.


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Valerie J. Botter
Creative solutions for family transitions.
About Valerie Botter
Valerie Botter is an experienced trial attorney, mediator, and arbitrator for divorce, custody, and other family law matters in Western Massachusetts. Whether the issue is child-related, financial, or interpersonal, Valerie will explore different possibilities for settlement and if settlement is not possible, Valerie is equally skilled in the courtroom. Although a zealous advocate, Valerie is committed to helping her clients consider their children's emotional well being and best interests.
Valerie is a 1981 graduate of Oberlin College and a 1986 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law. After law school, she served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and then joined a premier Boston family law firm. Valerie moved to Western Massachusetts in 1990 and opened her own law and mediation practice shortly thereafter. In 1994, Valerie co-founded Schmidt & Botter, a Northampton law firm. In 1995, Valerie was granted fellowship status in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a national organization of experienced domestic relations practitioners. In 2001, Valerie returned to solo practice as an attorney and expanded her role as a neutral for mediation, conciliation, parenting coordinator, and arbitration services.
Valerie has been a member of the Hampshire County Bar Association since moving to Western Massachusetts in 1990, and she was a member of the Executive Committee of that organization. Valerie is currently the liaison for the Hampshire County Bar Association to the Probate and Family Court of Massachusetts and previously served as a member of the Board of Managers for the Massachusetts Chapter of the AAML. Valerie is also a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. Valerie helped develop and manage the Hampshire County Bar Association Conciliation Program, an Alternative Dispute Resolution Program for Hampshire Probate and Family Court that was approved by the Trial Court. Valerie is a steering committee member of the Family Resolutions Specialty Court (FRSC) at Hampshire Probate and Family Court. Valerie has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer each year since 2010 and has a distinguished status with Martindale-Hubbell. By volunteering with local legal services programs, Valerie provides free legal services for clients who cannot afford an attorney.
Valerie is originally from the New York metropolitan area. Valerie was raised with an appreciation for justice, compassion, and community service. Her father was a trial and appellate court judge in Hackensack, New Jersey and her mother was a social worker. Following her parents' divorce when Valerie was in second grade, she lived with her mother in Manhattan until tenth grade, when she moved in with her father, step-mother, and step-brothers in northern New Jersey. Valerie understands the complexity of extended family dynamics and the importance of shielding children from their parents' struggles during separation and afterwards. Valerie has lived in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since graduating from college in 1981. Valerie is divorced and maintains a good relationship with her ex-husband and his wife. Happily remarried in 2004, Valerie and her husband have a blended family of five children, ages 22 to 31, and two young grandchildren. Valerie loves skiing, interior design, cooking, and fashion.
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In February, Helen hosted an information event at Bishop Auckland Town Hall. The snow didn't stop a great range of organisations turning up to share the kind of support they offer older people in County Durham.
If you missed the event, you can watch some videos of Helen's conversations with different services.


She was also seen and talking to a friend later revealed to be Ginger over the phone back in Buffalo, about the possibility of getting involved with Steve Sanders for his money, as well as insulting the gang and boasting of her natural-born ability to lie and act more innocent than she actually is. D'Shawn is friends with the gang. Mel agreed with the doctor's recommendation that David be held 72 hours for observation. In the later seasons, following a brief music career where he had a hit song, but quit in disgust when he learned that only happened because of record company payoffs. David comes in the beach apartment to apologize to Donna and saves her.
Beverly Hills, 90210: Behind the Scenes was a May 26, 1993 special hosted by that aired after the third-season finale. Meanwhile, Donna is done in by another back-stabbing designer, Carrie, who gets a job after taking credit for Donna's clothing designs. After Ray decorates the beach front apartment with pumpkins in an attempt to spruce up his sagging relationship with Donna, he has a violent reaction to her new romantic interest, a college football player named Joe Bradley. Jason Preistley was the last to be cast for the show. Kelly gets admitted into a rehab center and meets her mysterious new roommate Tara Marks and she gets out of rehab and moves in with Kelly, Donna and Clare at the beach front apartment. She gave birth to Nat's only child, a son named Frankie. She was accidentally killed by a hitman who was hired by her father to kill Dylan the day after their wedding.
Valerie creates problems between Noah and Donna when she claims that the expensive diamond necklace that Noah gave Donna is a fake. She eventually reunited with Brandon and moved in with him, nearly marrying him. David and Donna visited her paternal grandmother, , who told them the story of her husband, the only one true love of her life during the 1940s. Tori Spelling played Donna Martin, daughter of Dr. Kathleen Robertson as Clare Arnold Clare is the daughter of Chancellor Arnold, of California University. Thiessen married actor-artist Brady Smith. She spent time at a mental hospital after threatening to torch herself, along with a parade float, and writing threatening letters to West Beverly and leaving obscene phone messages on the Walshes' answering machine.
It starred Spelling, Garth, Priestley, Doherty and Perry as students in West Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles. Some time later in Season 3, David and Donna help his younger sister, Sue, denounce her sexually abusive uncle. Martin's death was somehow her fault. Models Inc , a series about the personal and professional struggles of several young models, spin-off from. Donna is warned by Wayne not to move in with Noah.
In the next episode, Law and Disorder, Noah finds her passed out on her living room floor. Donna and Kelly Noah goes too far in helping Donna with her work in bribing a local fashion company to set the stage for her designs and purchases. After she got pregnant, Jesse proposed to her, and after receiving her grandmother's blessing they were married in a civil ceremony. Steve also learned he was adopted, so that was weighing on the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, cutie. Noah's attitude towards Donna and everyone changes when while hosting a new band for the After Dark, he learns that the band leader's cousin was Wayne.
Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. Daniel Cosgrove — in real life Other than playing Matt on Beverly Hills, Daniel is mostly known for his parts in several soap operas. He has many love interests throughout the series. David's mother Sheila Caroline Lagerfelt was shown as sweet and loving, but suffers from manic depression. Ziering did not appear in the new 90210 series; after the producers of the show publicly mocked his career doldrums and said that he was certain to beg them for a Steve Sanders cameo, Ziering responded with some anger that while he wished the new show well, he had no interest in making any cameos on it. In season 1 the others weren't too fond of him especially Kelly and he was hardly considered a friend. Afterwards, a dejected Donna agrees to pose a David's girlfriend at a business function of his.
Noah continues on his self-destructive path and pushes away Donna when he sees her talking to Matt, and anyone who offers him support, except Valerie whom he challenges to a dangerous road game of chicken. But Valerie exposes Ginger as the culprit which at the end is revealed to be a scam for the gang to get to like Valerie again. The character seemed to bounce between being treated badly by people for valid reasons Donna due to her fake fling with Noah and later her cruel comments on Kelly's self-defense shooting, the ice show manager she was rude to and being treated badly for no valid reason preppy snobs in a bar who insulted her, Oksana Baiul's rude manager, and even Noah when he blamed her for a mistake the bakery made with Donna's birthday cake. Tata also appears in the promo as Nat. However, Kelly eventually found out that John only wanted to sleep with her. The show also had many cast changes, with Garth, Spelling, and being the only actors to appear during its entire run.
He has some storylines helping Brandon to defend his presidency in one episode but relatively minor compared to the other characters. When the series started, Steve was still nursing his broken heart. Doherty's departure from the show would be the longest the continuity had seen with a lead cast member not making another guest appearance after they had left the show. That seemed like the end of things—until the actress shocked everyone with a baby bump in 2016. Jennie is currently married to actor Dave Abrams, although the couple has been reported to be spending time apart at the end of 2017.
But the devious Gina makes the situation worse when she fans the flames between Donna and Kelly. Steve and Noah declare a war of practical jokes after Noah cheats at strip poker, which apparently takes a serious turn when a man suddenly drops dead and Steve and Donna try to retrieve the corpse from a missing refrigerator. This becomes especially common in season 4 when he becomes a model. She later met up with the gang during their trip to Hawaii and learned that she is happy, engaged, and has no ill feelings toward Brandon or Kelly. Donna and Wayne , a fashion model, makes a play for Donna while Noah pressures her to keep her distance to the guy.
The Stori Telling author then provided details about what viewers can expect. Beverly Hills, 90210 was a primetime soap opera that hooked the country immediately. Ray also made another appearance in Season 7, called in by the gang when David had a breakdown in Las Vegas, and was critical of them for not stepping in and helping him during his downward spiral. Donna helps David cover the Take Back The Night rally During the first week of classes as California University, Donna becomes burned out of her work which is interfering with her college courses and decides to resign from the late-night radio shift, leaving David solo. It's unclear at this time how many members from the original cast would be involved in the new series, as Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty were noticeably absent from the mini-reunion on Thursday afternoon. Her relationship with Kelly along with both women's lingering feelings for Dylan have become focal points for the two best friends. Valerie leaves Beverly Hills soon after Brandon, saying that she is going to return home to Buffalo.


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Retail real estate has been the most innovative form of real estate through the years, evolving to meet changing consumer tastes and trends. Concepts are tried and modified. Stores open, are upsized, downsized, right-sized, and closed. There's a certain creative destruction that has only accelerated over the past several years, particularly with the added element of internet sales which creates both competition and opportunity for retailers.
This accelerated change has made it more challenging for landlords to adjust; there's a tension between the needs of retailers based on the pace of change and the permanence of physical properties. This has helped create a bifurcated market with newer centers that are the right size in the right location with the right amenities generally full and older centers that are too deep or configured wrong or in areas the market has moved away from having significant vacancy.
All of which raises the question of what the retail of the future will look like. Not surprisingly, we expect it to be focused more on the mix of concepts than buildings. Successful retail is about the real estate, but more about catching consumers' attention. Retail will reflect the more eclectic shopping patterns of today's shoppers. A portion of which focuses on daily needs, perhaps none more basic than having a specialty grocer anchor. Value continues to be in demand, so expect off-price retailers. But, also expect a full price boutique/fashion component. Add an entertainment component and a restaurant mix that touches morning, lunch and dinner and you have the modern shopping center. A co-mingling of price points and concepts are not frequently seen with lots of potential variations and sizes. Welcome to the shopping center of the future.


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Himeji Castle
The Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle (姫路城) is a Japanese castle which is in Himeji in Hyōgo Prefecture. It includes 83 buildings made of wood. It is sometimes known as Hakurojō or Shirasagijō ("White Heron Castle") because of its brilliant white exterior.
It is a Japanese National Cultural Treasure. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]
Along with Matsumoto Castle and Kumamoto Castle, it is one of Japan's "Three Famous Castles", and is the most visited castle in Japan.
Several movies have been filmed at the castle, like Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Ran; The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise; and the Shogun 1980 TV-miniseries/movie starring Richard Chamberlain.
In 2009, Himeiji Castle was recognized as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan which best show contemporary Japan and its culture in the Heisei period.[2]
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List of World Heritage Sites in Japan
↑ UNESCO, "Himeji-jo"; retrieved 2012-4-18.
↑ "100 Landscapes of Heisei announced," Yomiuri Shimbun. May 2009; retrieved 2012-3-30.
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Official UNESCO page for Himeji castle
Himeji Tourist Information・Worlds Cultural Heritege Himeji castle Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
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Businesses in Colombia need to file taxes on a monthly, bimonthly, and annual basis. With the Colombian tax and business laws regularly changing, it's essential to have both a Colombian accountant and a lawyer that are dedicated to you and the success of your company. Having a Colombian accountant means your books will be kept up-to-date from week to week, saving you time, money, and stress as you learn the ropes in Colombia.
Employee payroll taxes cover health, retirement, and other benefits for your employees, which tend to cost approximately 42-53% of the employee's salary, and are due to certain Government Agencies on a monthly basis. (There are some exceptions; we can examine your case to see if they would apply to you.) Liquidation, vacation, and employee bonuses (certain ones are required by law) must be paid at certain times. Liquidation is paid when the employee's contract is terminated and bonuses are paid at the end of the year or every other year.
There is no skirting this issue: these tax laws are rigidly regulated and enforced. Ignorance is no excuse for the employer, and if you fail to understand and comply by these regulations you face fines and possibly, in extreme cases, the possible downfall of your company via forced bankruptcy.
We don't say this to scare you, but to impress upon you the importance of careful planning and understanding of what each employee costs you. There are thousands upon thousands of businesses in Colombia that are thriving and following the regulations. With a qualified Colombian accountant keeping track of your records, there is no reason for you to worry about doing business and paying taxes in Colombia.
At the minimum, your annual corporate tax declarations will include renta, cree, información exogena, and industria comercio. These are due in April (the exact date will depend on the last two numbers of your business ID), and late payments result in fines starting at $283.000 COP.
All this to say: if you're not caught up on your books, now is the time to get there. Our bilingual Colombian accounting team is proud of the work we do, and we're here to help. For more information on Colombian corporate tax filings and corporate tax planning, contact us.


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Home Football Arsenal looking at Amadou Onana swoop
Arsenal looking at Amadou Onana swoop
Arsenal have now been linked with a move for Amadou Onana…
According to RMC Sport journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Gunners are taking a look at the Everton midfielder as he fits the profile of what they are looking for this month.
However, they face competition from fellow Premier League rivals Chelsea, as well as Newcastle United.
It's thought that Frank Lampard's exit from Goodison Park – coupled with the urgent need for money – has opened the door for the Belgium international to leave this window, just a few months after his £33m move from Ligue 1 outfit Lille.
Who'd be a better midfield signing for Arsenal?
Youri Tielemans
Andre Onana
Gunners' next midfield monster
Given the speculation circulating around the press at the minute, it's becoming increasingly clear that sporting director Edu Gaspar is trying to bolster Mikel Arteta's engine room, whether that's now or in the summer.
There have been some stunning links to players such as West Ham United skipper Declan Rice and Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Jude Bellingham, whilst Leicester City star Youri Tielemans has long been a target.
Over the years, the north London giants have been blessed with some absolute midfield monsters, with perhaps Patrick Vieira being the finest example and all of the aforementioned names could well follow suit, at least in terms of global reputation.
However, Onana must also be taken seriously and whilst he's likely to cost way more than someone like Tielemans – who is available for free in the summer – he'd be a worthwhile powerhouse to add to his squad.
Since the start of the Premier League season, the 21-year-old has arguably been one of the Toffees' only shining lights, with only two other players registering a better average WhoScored rating (15 or more appearances).
The £100k-per-week sensation has proven to be a threat at either end of the pitch, having averaged 2.97 tackles, two aerials won and 1.1 interceptions per 90, whilst also contributing 2.26 progressive passes and 1.23 shots per 90 too, via FBref; well and truly living up to the "one-man army" tag that was once bestowed upon him by scout Jacek Kulig.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, such eye-catching qualities have seen him compared to Aurelien Tchouameni and Paul Pogba by French football expert and journalist Julien Laurens, who described him as an "incredible talent."
Indeed, Edu and co could therefore find their next midfield "monster" – in the words of Pitch Side podcast host Oliver Fletcher-Warrington (Reev) – by signing Onana before next week's transfer deadline. If not, a move in the summer is perhaps worth waiting for, given the evidence above.
AND in other news, After Kiwior: Arsenal set for "talks" over £18m "special talent", he's an Arteta dream…


While buddybuild natively supports Cordova, additional steps are required to integrate Meteor into your build.
To start with, ensure you have checked in the .meteor folder in your project, excluding the local folder as buddybuild doesn't need it. Without it, buddybuild won't be able to build your project.
First, we need to tell buddybuild how to build your meteor project. We can do this by having a buddybuild_postclone.sh file in the root of your repository. You can find more information about our custom build steps here.
Once you have that file in your repository, follow the steps to sign up with buddybuild. Your first build will fail, because buddybuild doesn't yet know about the $PLATFORM and $SERVER environment variables we are using in the buddybuild_postclone.sh script.
The $PLATFORM variable should be ios. The $SERVER variable should represent your development server in the format server:port. Once you've added those 2 variables, retry the build.
Buddybuild detects many apps and frameworks within your project; make sure to select the correct one.
You should select the workspace project, the one not within a .meteor folder.
When trying to build an app, you might find that the build fails with an error that looks like error: ios: platform is already added.
This is an indication that Meteor believes that your iOS project has already been added, however in all likelihood, you have your ios folder set to be ignored in Git.
You can run the command from your buddybuild_postclone.sh script.
You can run the command locally, remove the ios folder from your .gitignore, and then commit the changes.
Either variation allows buddybuild to start with a consistent state for every build.


the wearness is an online marketplace for ethically produced fashion, beauty and sustainable luxury. We offer luxury fashion from designer brands that take responsibility and do business with respect for people and the planet. Our three most important criteria are: good, timeless design, impeccable quality and sustainable, fair production methods.
To find out more, please visit the idea.
the wearness is a platform where different companies offer their products from sustainable, fair or local production. The Online Marketplace serves as an intermediary between the retailer and the customer.
WHO ARE THE MAKERS OF THE WEARNESS?
WHAT BRANDS CAN I FIND AT THE WEARNESS?
Here you will find an overview of all brands and designers on the wearness.
Whether we include a brand on the wearness is decided on the basis of a detailed questionnaire. All companies commit themselves to inform us about the truth about their production and to inform us about changes.
The questionnaire that we send to the companies can be found here.
WHICH PRODUCTS CAN I FIND ON THE WEARNESS?
The wearness is an online marketplace for sustainable clothing, accessories and beauty products for men and women. We offer luxury fashion from designer brands that take responsibility and do business with respect for people and the planet.
Each product is tagged with our sustainability icons - so you can easily understand not only what your favorite product stands for, but also what brand creates fair working conditions. Our symbols are: non-profit, environmentally friendly, fair trade, handmade, manufactured in Europe, organic, recycled, vegan, female and waste-free - the more symbols a product receives, the more sustainable it is.
We decide whether and which sustainability symbols each product receives on the basis of our questionnaire and detailed product information provided by the companies.
WHERE CAN I FIND WHICH PRODUCTS?
On the wearness you have various possibilities to filter the products that you are interested in. You can use the product categories Women, Men and Beauty, which are subdivided into further categories.
Another option is to filter by the sustainability icons that are particularly important to you. For example: you only want to see vegan products? Then select Vegan under Sustainability.
It is also possible to filter the products by individual designers or using our search function.
ARE ALL LABELS ON THE WEARNESS SUSTAINABLE?
We have personally selected every product available for purchase on the wearness. We only work with manufacturers and designers who run their business with respect for people and the planet and who meet our three most important criteria: good, timeless design, impeccable quality and sustainable production methods.
Although sustainability has become an increasingly important issue in the fashion industry in recent years, it doesn't mean the same thing to everyone: Some labels focus on fair working conditions and wages, others on protecting the environment. Also traditional craftsmanship and the use of vegan raw materials have become core issues for many.
We use our icons evaluate a product. It is quite simple: the more icons, the more sustainable. The classification of the sustainability icons to the respective sellers is based on the information that the wearness receives from the sellers on the basis of a detailed questionnaire in which, among other things, the production, production routes and transport are queried. The icons do not represent recognised seals or certificates and do not meet official standards. You can find out more about our icons here.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH LABEL IS SUSTAINABLE?
the wearness has developed a detailed, legally binding list of questions. We ask our partners about production sites, suppliers, control functions and even the payment of interns.
In order to be included on the wearness, at least one of our criteria must be met. We are pleased when companies use our questionnaire as a way of rethinking certain topics.
You can view the questionnaire here.
WHY DON'T ALL LABELS HAVE SEALS?
the wearness works with manufacturers of all sizes. Small companies and designers often can't afford to have their products certified, as this can involve a lot of effort and high costs.
With handmade clothing we want to offer sustainable and durable products and at the same time support the artists behind the products. Handmade fashion sees itself as a counterpart to fast-fashion and sets an example against mass production. In this way we protect traditions and preserve centuries-old know-how. All handmade products can be found here.
WHY IS "MADE IN EUROPE" SUSTAINABLE?
Whatever is manufactured in EU countries ensures that local labour law and environmental standards are respected. Transport routes are kept short and local activities are supported. Clothing "Made in Europe" minimises CO2 emissions and guarantees fashion in high quality and with social responsibility. All products produced in the EU can be found here.
It is guaranteed that not too much is produced, but only what is bought. It can lead to longer waiting times, because each article is only produced on advance order. These products are always specially marked on the wearness.
DO YOU CHECK THE LABELS AND THEIR STANDARDS YOURSELF AND REGULARLY?
the wearness checks its sellers by using a very detailed, specially developed questionnaire. the wearness does not personally check all production methods - we rely on the information we receive from the companies. The fact that our partners tell us the truth here and also inform us about changes is contractually recorded.
DO YOU ALSO PART FROM LABELS AGAIN?
Yes, it happens from time to time that a label disappears from the platform. That can have completely different reasons. Sometimes during the collaboration we notice that the ideas of the wearness and a label diverge more than we first thought.
We also separate ourselves from brands that develop differently in aesthetic or sustainable terms than we would have wished.
WHY ARE YOUR PRODUCTS SO EXPENSIVE?
If everyone who works on a product is to be paid fairly, a T-shirt cannot be cheaper than a coffee.
It is often forgotten what is involved: from the seeds and the farmers who produce the raw materials, to spinning, dyeing, weaving, design, cutting, production, shipping and finally sales.
Fashion today is often perceived as a disposable product since it is so cheap. We firmly believe that quality has its price. Our goal is that people will take a closer look at fashion, but also at the origin of a garment and its actual value.
Products that are fair, sustainable and not produced in masses have a certain price - and we have to be prepared to pay it.
At the same time we educate ourselves a bit through the price. The more expensive a product, the more we ask ourselves the question: does it suit me, my style, my life, the rest of my wardrobe? Only in this way can we protect ourselves from unnecessary purchases - only then can we get away from disposable products.
You can find an overview of all the seals and certificates and also the ones that products on the wearness carry here.
HOW OFTEN ARE THERE NEW PRODUCTS/BRANDS ON THE WEARNESS?
It's always worth staying up-to-date. the wearness is a young company and is constantly expanding its brand portfolio. That's why you can currently find new brands and products on the online marketplace on a weekly basis.
Since many products on the wearness are only produced in small numbers, a lot of the products do not go into sale at all, but keep their price until everything is sold out. Other products are "never out of stock" - which means that they are not sold seasonally - and therefore do not go into sale.
Therefore, there is no seasonal sale on the wearness with an entire assortment reduced. Instead, we focus on the individual sellers and reduce the items only according to their instructions.
Our size chart will help you to keep your bearings. You can find it directly on the product page under the price.
MY FAVORITE ITEM IS SOLD OUT. ARE YOU FILLING IT UP AGAIN?
Most of the products on the wearness are made in small quantities. That makes them very exclusive and sets an example against overproduction. But it also means that popular products can be sold out quickly. Whether and to what extent a product is reproduced is in the hands of the respective manufacturer.
Products, which are marked with the button "Pre-Oder", are only made especially for you after ordering. This means that there may be longer waiting times until your product reaches you - but also that overproduction is avoided and only exactly what is sold is produced. Products with the "Pre-Order" button are excluded from exchange.
IS THE PACKAGING MATERIAL ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY?
We are working on it. In the near future, we at the wearness would like to provide the outer packaging material. This way we can be sure that only recycled or certified cardboard and no plastics but alternative plastics are used.
At the moment, the companies are shipping in their own packaging. We discuss the subject with the companies (it is also a point of our questionnaire) and trust that the companies deal responsibly with the subject.
IS THE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY?
This is in the hands of the labels, as the products you order are sent directly and without detours to you. We point out to the companies that there are climate-neutral shipping options.
Ordering on the wearness is very easy: Click on your product to get to the detailed view. Here you see all information about the product's name, manufacturer, a description and photos. You will also find the price and the general terms and conditions of the respective retailer there. Choose size and quantity and put your product in the shopping cart. Once you have finished shopping, click on "ADD TO CART".
Here again all products are listed, you have placed into the shopping cart. If you like, you can adjust the number of products or remove products.
Before clicking on "BUY", you have to agree to the general terms and conditions of the respective seller.
Please wait until the process is completed and you are back on the wearness site. Your order will then be displayed again, including your order number.
At the same time you will receive an email. In this mail you will find a link that leads you directly to your order.
Please note: the wearness is a platform where different companies offer their products from sustainable, fair or local production. The Online Marketplace serves as an intermediary between dealer and customer. The goods therefore come directly from the retailer.
You can register as a customer under Login/Register. To do this, you must enter your full name, e-mail address, address data and telephone numbers and create a password. All information must be correct and truthful and must be updated by the user immediately if the information changes.
However, you can also order something without registering as a customer.
WHERE CAN I VIEW MY DATA AND ORDERS?
If you have registered as a customer, you can view the status of your current order as well as all past orders and personal data at any time under Login/Register.
If you are not a customer, you can simply click on the link in your confirmation email "View your Order" - and you will be redirected to your order.
WHICH PAYMENT OPTIONS CAN I CHOOSE FROM?
the wearness offers credit cards (Visa, Mastercard and American Express Credit Cards) and Paypal as payment options.
IS PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD SECURE?
Your data is in good hands with us! Our encryption technology is always state-of-the-art. You can find further information on the subject of data protection here.
You can simply enter your voucher code in the field on the right during the ordering process by entering your customer information. The voucher will then automatically be deducted from the value of your order.
CAN I CANCEL OR CHANGE AN EXECUTED ORDER?
If you wish to cancel an order, please contact our customer service at mail@thewearness.com. We will cancel your order if it has not yet been shipped.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the content of an order after it has been placed.
Simply click on the link in your confirmation email "View your Order" and you will be redirected to your order.
As soon as the product has been shipped, you will receive another mail with a tracking number.
Or go to Login/Register - here you can check the status of your orders at any time if you have registered as a customer.
WHY HAVEN'T I RECEIVED AN ORDER CONFIRMATION?
As soon as you have placed an order via the wearness and we have received your payment, you will receive an order confirmation.
You will receive a further notification by e-mail as soon as the item has been shipped. If this mail does not appear in your inbox, please check your spam folder.
DO I GET A SHIPPING CONFIRMATION?
You will receive another notification by e-mail as soon as the item has been shipped. If this mail does not appear in your inbox, please check the spam folder.
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Medicare recipients should be checking with their pharmacies to make sure they're getting the best Part D coverage possible.
Two Sterling pharmacists told the Journal-Advocate this week that new plans are available and some of them have lower premiums and better coverage than has ever been offered before.
David Lorenzo, owner of Lorenzo's Apothecary in downtown Sterling, and Ann Earnhart, pharmacy manager at Walker Pharmacy on West Main Street, said they can help Medicare recipients pick the best coverage, and that it's a process that should be done every year at this time.
Individuals on Medicare are eligible for prescription drug coverage under a Part D plan if they are signed up for benefits under Medicare Part A and/or Part B. About two-thirds of all Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled directly in Part D or get Part-D-like benefits through a public Part C Medicare health plan. Enrollment for Part D coverage is open through Dec. 5 for 2019.
Lorenzo said his staff helps about 10 people a day select drug coverage for the coming year, something that's essential to keeping medication costs in line.
"The days of being loyal to an insurance company are over," Lorenzo said. "They're not loyal to you, and you gotta keep them honest."
For Medicare recipients who have few or no ongoing prescriptions, he said, an inexpensive "safety net" plan may be best because local pharmacies often have the freedom to sell drugs at less than the cost dictated by insurance companies.
"Sometimes the cheapest plan that allows you to pay cash all year for your prescriptions will actually save you money because you're paying really low premiums," he said. "It's really just a safety net to make sure you're covered."
Earnhart said insurance companies are allowed to change their plans annually, which has both advantages and disadvantages for customers.
"You may have gotten the best plan possible for you last year, and you just assume it's still the best one for next year," she said. "But with new plans coming out, and with rates going up, it may not be the best fit for you."
Earnhart said one insurance company, which normally raises premiums a couple of dollars a year, hiked rates of some plans by as much as $10 a month for 2019. On the other hand, she said, another company offered a rock-bottom-priced premium with no copay or deductible for the inexpensive generic medications most seniors take on a daily basis. By switching, her customers are able to cut their annual drug costs in half.
"There are new plans coming into the market this year, and some companies we've never seen before," she said. "Mutual of Omaha is in the market, and that was previously not an option. Also, WellCare added a new plan to their options that's only $16.20 a month. That's a huge saving."
Both pharmacies will work with their customers to find the coverage that's right for them, and can enroll Medicare recipients in those plans for 2019.
"It's something you want to do every year," Earnhart said. "It only takes us a few minutes, and then it's a plan that's right for you."


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Q: WPF Binding using a property as value to define a Binding I have to say I am not getting used to WPF.
I have the problem that I have a Property that contains the value, but I want not to bind to that property.
I want to bind the property to a property named as the value in the property Name.
This is my xaml:
        <telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox x:Name="radMultiColumnComboBox_Part"
                                        Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="1"
                                        SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=selector, Mode=TwoWay}"
                                        >

        <telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox.ItemsSourceProvider>
            <telerik:GridViewItemsSourceProvider ItemsSource="{Binding ItemsSource, ElementName=selector}"
                                                 AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                                                 >
                <telerik:GridViewItemsSourceProvider.Columns>
                   <!-- This line below is what I am talking about -->
                   <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name, ElementName=selector}" />
                </telerik:GridViewItemsSourceProvider.Columns>
                </telerik:GridViewItemsSourceProvider>
            </telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox.ItemsSourceProvider>
        </telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox>

I think mostly a try can explain it best:
 public override void OnApplyTemplate()
    {
        base.OnApplyTemplate();
        var sourceProvider = radMultiColumnComboBox_Part.ItemsSourceProvider as GridViewItemsSourceProvider;
        var columns = sourceProvider.Columns;

        foreach(var gridViewColumn in sourceProvider.Columns)
        {
            var binding = new Binding(DisplayMemberPath);
            binding.Source = gridViewColumn.DataContext;
            // there is no property DataMemberBinding.
            BindingOperations.SetBinding(gridViewColumn, Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridViewColumn.DataContextProperty, binding);
        }
    }

I would prefer a solution in xaml but in c# would also be fine.
Thank you.

A: This is not possible to do in pure XAML. You'll need to create the binding programmatically. Something like this:
var gridViewColumn = sourceProvider.Columns[0] as GridViewDataColumn;
string propertyToBindTo = selector.Name;
gridViewColumn.DataMemberBinding = new Binding(propertyToBindTo);

A: The solution:
        var provider = this.GridViewItemsSourceProvider;
        // var provider = this.radMultiColumnComboBox_Part.ItemsSourceProvider as GridViewItemsSourceProvider;
        provider.Columns.Add(new GridViewDataColumn() { DataMemberBinding = new Binding("Name") });


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PhD Studentship: funded by CRUK Catalyst Award CanGene-CanVar and based within the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group
Location: Highfield Campus
Closing Date: Monday 30 September 2019
Reference: 1177819CF
The Macmillan Survivorship Research Group (MSRG) http://www.southampton.ac.uk/msrg, School of Health Sciences, is seeking an outstanding individual to join the team. Working with Professors Claire Foster (Director of MSRG), Diana Eccles and the team, the postholder will support the day to day running of Work Package 4 within the recently awarded £4.3 million CRUK Catalyst Award: "CanGene-CanVar: Data Resources, Clinical and Educational Tools to leverage Cancer Susceptibility Genetics for Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer". Within Work Package 4 we are able to offer a five-year part-time PhD studentship. The project will focus on the development of a patient facing resource to support decision making and understanding risk in the context of genetic testing. The successful candidate will support a variety of research-related activities, including literature reviewing, data collection, data analysis and dissemination.
CanGene-CanVar
CanGene-CanVar is running 2019-2024 (Programme leads: Profs Clare Turnbull and Diana Eccles and Dr Marc Tischkowitz) and is designed to deliver research and resources that will improve how we deliver national NHS testing for cancer susceptibility genes such as BRCA1, BRCA2 and genes for Lynch Syndrome. It will involve working with a large team of scientists, clinicians and patients highly passionate about achieving this goal. Further information can be found at http://cangene-canvaruk.org/
CanGene-CanVar consists of six inter-related Work-Packages:
1: Collection, linkage and analyses of nationally collected genomic and cancer data
2: Data Clinical Laboratory Resources for Genomic Cancer Variant Interpretation
3: Dynamic Evidence-based Guidance for Clinical Geneticists, Oncologists and GPs
4: Patient-facing tools for decision-making and understanding risk
5: Medical Education
6: Ethics, Governance and Policy
Work package 4 will collate and evaluate current information resources, working with patients and health care professionals. We will build on this to create patient facing tools that provide accessible information to support informed decision-making about whether or not to have a genetic test and how to interpret and act on genetic test results. Existing resources will be assessed, elements deemed valuable by patients identified, adapted and further developed. The patient facing tools developed will support people to understand what the genetic test involves; what the possible outcomes of the test are; what the result means for risk management, concerns about cancer risk, and implications for other family members.
The post-holder will support high quality research procedures and will work alongside a Research Fellow (also within the MSRG in Southampton), CRUK Catalyst award leads and Work package teams to support set up and monitor recruitment, data collection and data processing. Skills in literature reviewing, qualitative data collection, analysis (qualitative) and interpretation will be developed in this role. The postholder will develop strong report and paper writing skills and be skills to present findings at conferences. They will support the development of new protocols and supporting ethics and research governance applications as appropriate.
The successful candidate will register for a PhD and have:
• Experience of research and interest in working with health professionals and people affected by cancer
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of literature reviewing
• Experience of using qualitative research methods
• Knowledge and understanding of cancer genetics
• Experience of using priority setting techniques (desirable)
• Experience of developing patient facing resources (desirable)
• An understanding of GCP and research governance requirements to ensure safety of patient data.
• Ability to present to both specialist and non-specialist audiences including at local, national and international conferences
The successful candidate will need to work effectively with members of the CanGene-CanVar and MSRG team. They will also need to work effectively with members of the public/service users to develop, deliver and disseminate the work of the research programme.
Situated within one of the UK's leading research Universities, the School of Health Sciences offers superb facilities for research and education and is one of the largest and most successful Schools of its kind in the UK. With world-class academic staff committed to transforming health services and improving health outcomes, we are committed to building on our national and international education and research reputation.
The Faculty of Medicine has taken a leading role in delivering the University's multi-disciplinary research strategy. Our guiding principle is to develop interdisciplinary links across our comprehensive university translating our research into new solutions in healthcare. Interfacing with other world leading researchers in life sciences, physical sciences, computing, engineering and mathematics is creating new opportunities, new knowledge and greater impact.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Prof Claire Foster C.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk to discuss the position.
The PhD studentship is offered part-time to end May 2024 + fees
Funding restrictions: this position is only open to UK applicants
For doctoral research, students will normally be expected to have one or more of the following:
• a degree, normally with at least class 2(i) or equivalent, in a relevant subject;
• a relevant master's qualification or equivalent;
• evidence of prior professional practice or learning that meets the University's or Accredited Institution's criteria and good practice guidelines for accreditation of prior experiential and/or certificated learning. The University's guidance on AP[E/C]L can be found in the University's Recognition of Prior Learning policy.
Applications for a PhD in Health Sciences should be submitted online at:
https://studentrecords.soton.ac.uk/BNNRPROD/bzsksrch.P_Login?pos=4973&majr=4973&term=201920 Please place Claire Foster's name in the field for proposed supervisor.
General enquiries should be made to Prof Claire Foster at C.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk. Any queries on the application process should be made to fels-pgr-apply@soton.ac.uk


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University lecturer who called Sikhs 'you lot' and colleague's turban 'a bandage' struck off
A senior paediatric nursing lecturer has been struck off after he had made comments to a Sikh colleague mocking his religion.
Maurice Slaven has been stripped of his nursing licence by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – after a 22-year-long career – for racially harassing his co-worker from 2016 to 2018, including by referring to his turban as a hat and a bandage.
The former lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, also referred to Sikhs as "you lot", made jokes about the religion's founder Guru Nanak, and made comments about Sikh children using "swords", an NMC tribunal heard.
Mr Slaven, who admitted the allegations but did not attend the hearing, claimed his comments were "banter between friends".
Referring to his colleague's turban, the NMC heard that Mr Slaven said: "why aren't you wearing your bandage?". He also asked, "where's your hat?", before insisting "no, it's a hat" when his colleague corrected him.
He also told his co-worker – who the tribunal referred to as 'Colleague 1' – "you seem to take all the religious holidays off, and even Christmas and that's not your holiday" and "you lot, Sikhs, have all these religious holidays".
When discussing a charity appeal for toys for Sikh children, Mr Slaven said: "What Sikh toys? Do you mean daggers, knives and swords?"
The Kirpan is a curved sword that is one of the five articles of faith that Sikhs must wear at all times.
According to the tribunal, Mr Slaven had said: "Me and Guru Nanak are best buddies, I know him really well and he said he'll be dressing up as Father Christmas this year."
He also said "Indians came to the UK in a banana boat", the tribunal heard.
A tribunal report said: "[The NMC] considered the misconduct to be serious because Mr Slaven was in a position of trust teaching future nursing professionals.
"He was required to be a role model for students and staff, and his behaviour towards Colleague 1 represented a significant departure from the standards expected of a nurse.
"Mr Slaven held a position of influence over future nurses. Colleague 1 expressed fear for 'ethnic minority students who could be unfavoured by him in terms of teaching'."
After 15 years in the Royal Air Force, Mr Slaven qualified as a children's nurse in 1997. He has worked at a number of NHS hospitals and children's hospices.
It was reported that Mr Slaven had a profile on the website of Anglia Ruskin University, where he had worked since 2010. A search of the website shows the profile has since been removed.
But a cached version of the page shows itread: "His interest lies in paediatric palliative care and the historical, religious and cultural concepts as well as the personal experiences of nursing staff involved in the preparation of dead bodies for disposal."
Anglia Ruskin University said in a statement that is is "committed to fostering an inclusive culture that promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a supportive working, learning and social environment for all students and staff," adding: "The matter was dealt with in accordance with our internal procedures and the individual is no longer employed by ARU."
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The blame solely lies with us. We have to take back our cities, and it starts by electing leaders who understand the issues and are unwilling to be compromised by politically correct elitism.
Intervention is the key. Providing safe injection sites and not upholding our laws is not the answer.
Maybe when people refuse to travel here, something will be done. Or then again, maybe this region is destined to become what it looks like: a dumping ground.
Lovely as Tacoma's old churches are, they are spaces that are greatly underutilized in meeting human needs, often standing empty for most of the week.


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Long Island marijuana sales: Which towns are in, which towns are out
By Jodi Goldberg
Time running out for LI localities to opt-into marijuana sales
Time is running out for cities, towns and villages across New York to decide whether they will opt-in to the state's legal marijuana program.
NEW YORK - Should marijuana be allowed in the marketplace? It's a controversial decision being left up to localities all across New York.
SUNY's Rockefeller Institute of Government launched an opt-out tracker as a tool to see who's in and out throughout the state.
So far on Long Island, towns including Hempstead, Smithtown, Islip, Shelter Island, and East Hampton have opted out of retail sales and lounges.
"It's the last thing we need in New York State," said Ruthanne McCormack, the project coordinator for the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth. "They can warehouse pot in their homes it's legal. They don't need retail establishments they don't need to have lounges."
McCormack hopes others will follow in the footsteps of the towns opting out, arguing that there's nothing socially redeeming about what she calls the gateway drug.
However, Matt Cohen, President and CEO of the Long Island Association emphasizes municipalities can make their own decision but since marijuana is legal, the LIA believes communities should reap the economic benefits.
"If someone can't buy marijuana in one town - they'll drive ten minutes to another town," Cohen said. "[This] could mean more than 7,000 jobs on Long Island, nearly $900 million in economic output, for the state, we're talking more than $6 billion and more 50,000 jobs," he said.
But where will weed be welcome? Supervisor Jay Schneiderman with the Town of Southampton decided not to vote and therefore will move forward with the sale of pot and consumption at local businesses.
"As it becomes more normal in society you'll see other towns begin to embrace it," Schneiderman said.
Supervisor Rich Schaffer hasn't embraced the idea just yet but the Town of Babylon is moving forward. According to Schaffer, the state rushed in the rollout. Communities that opted out may opt-in at a later date, but that's not the case for Towns like Babylon and Southampton that already committed.
"I'm concerned about NYS not having all the regulations in place yet, and we're opted in, and we can't get out of there are issues we have to deal with," he said.
Other communities including the North Hempstead Town Board and the City of Long Beach have votes scheduled for later this month. The deadline is December 31.


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Microsoft prepping new Xbox Live?
By James Rivington 2008-02-18T13:15:33.48Z
Job advert spills beans on new development plans
Microsoft is neck-deep in the development of its next Xbox console and a updated Xbox Live service to boot. The beans were well and truly spilled when a job advert popped up on job seeker website Games on Deck.
"Want to be involved in the next release of Xbox? Join the server-backed games team, part of the Xbox Live team that's responsible for creating a completely new way for mainstream audiences to enjoy the Xbox and Live," says the ad.
"We're building the games, the console interface and logic, and the server support for a totally new Live experience. Both the games and the dashboard experience will be deeply paired with dynamic server support to create a compelling, fresh scenario each time. We're a small, entrepreneurial team working together to get things done very quickly in an agile environment. If you want to work in a space where you'll get all the responsibility you can swallow, and run as fast as you can, this team is for you," it says.
Xbox Live evolution
While the news will no-doubt excite Xbox gamers looking for something more, it's not really much of a surprise to hear of Microsoft's development plans. Of course it's working on the next Xbox console. And of course it's going to further improve its Xbox Live network – to not do so would be to let Sony back into the fight.
So what kind of specification will the new Xbox have? Speculation is that it'll have a minimum of eight processing cores, maybe even as many as sixteen or even thirty-two. That's a lot of processing power.
As for the evolution of Xbox Live – who knows what the future will bring. It's certainly a key selling point for the 360 over the PS3 so a strong offering for future consoles will be seen as an absolute must.
We spoke to Microsoft about this story this morning and extracted a fairly predictable, "no comment." It did, however, confirm that there will be no announcements regarding this at GDC.
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Q: Low alpha for NLTK agreement using MASI distance I'm getting a very low value for Krippendorff's alpha when I calculate agreement in NLTK using MASI as the distance function.
Three coders (Inky, Blinky, and Sue) are instructed to assign topic labels (love, gifts, slime, or gaming) to two texts (text01 and text02), based on what the texts are about. Each text can be about more than one topic, so coders may assign each text more than one label. The data and the code used to make the calculatons are shown below:
import nltk
from nltk.metrics import agreement
from nltk.metrics.distance import masi_distance
from nltk.metrics.distance import jaccard_distance

#(coder, item, label)
data = [('inky','text01',frozenset(['love','gifts'])),
      ('blinky','text01',frozenset(['love','gifts'])),
      ('sue','text01',frozenset(['love','gifts'])),
      ('inky','text02',frozenset(['slime','gaming'])),
      ('blinky','text02',frozenset(['slime'])),
      ('sue','text02',frozenset(['slime','gaming']))]

jaccard_task = nltk.AnnotationTask(distance=jaccard_distance)
masi_task = nltk.AnnotationTask(distance=masi_distance)
tasks = [jaccard_task, masi_task]
for task in tasks:
    task.load_array(data)
    print("Statistics for dataset using {}".format(task.distance))
    print("C: {}\nI: {}\nK: {}".format(task.C, task.I, task.K))
    print("Pi: {}".format(task.pi()))
    print("Kappa: {}".format(task.kappa()))
    print("Multi-Kappa: {}".format(task.multi_kappa()))
    print("Alpha: {}".format(task.alpha()))
    print()

When I run the code, I get the following results:
Statistics for dataset using <function jaccard_distance at 0x09D26DB0>
C: {'inky', 'sue', 'blinky'}
I: {'text01', 'text02'}
K: {frozenset({'slime'}), frozenset({'love', 'gifts'}), frozenset   ({'gaming', 'slime'})}
Pi: 0.7272727272727273
Kappa: 0.7777777777777777
Multi-Kappa: 0.7499999999999999
Alpha: 0.75

Statistics for dataset using <function masi_distance at 0x09D26DF8>
C: {'inky', 'sue', 'blinky'}
I: {'text01', 'text02'}
K: {frozenset({'slime'}), frozenset({'love', 'gifts'}), frozenset({'gaming', 'slime'})}
Pi: 0.8172727272727272
Kappa: 0.8511111111111113
Multi-Kappa: 0.8324999999999998
Alpha: -1.5

My question is, why is the alpha so low when using the MASI distance function compared to Jaccard?

A: I was unable to reproduce the error and got the correct value of Krippendorff's alpha with MASI distance when running the provided code. I used Python 3.5.2, NumPy 1.18.2, NLTK 3.4.5. Thus, the most probable answer would be that one need to update NLTK.