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EGEU WebsiteThe new www.greenkeepertraining.com website, designed in association with The Greenkeepers Training Committee (GTC) and the European Greenkeeping Education Unit (EGEU) is based on a Quality Assured Scheme of Centres and Specialist Training Providers all having met a criteria and available to offer both formal and bespoke training courses.

Employers and greenkeepers are encouraged to view the new website as there are courses and contacts available to assist with successful staff and management development.

David Golding, a Director of the EGEU and the GTC's Education Director believes the new website will develop into the independent information portal for the sector as more countries look to establish a greenkeeping education and training structure to allow access to learning for all levels of operatives and managers.

Any Centre, college, companies or individual involved in delivering greenkeeper education and training based on Best Practice are encouraged to apply to become involved in the Quality Assured accreditation Scheme.

David added, advice and guidance will be available to help grow the game globally using expertise in all subject areas to ensure best practices are used to maintain and mange a golf clubs greatest asset, the golf course.

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Hibiscus Sandals 18" Doll Shoes

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The Hibiscus Sandals, by Genniewren Designs, are cute, fun flip flops that are perfect for your holiday in the sun.

The floral accent adds a cute touch to these easy-to-make slip on sandals, and the touch of bling around the edge of the sole adds an aura of sophistication.
The vinyl uppers can be topstitched to add a high-end look or if you leave out the topstitching then this pattern can be made with no sewing at all.

If you prefer you can add purchased fabric flowers to your sandals, add some fancy bling, or just leave them plain.

The plain style is perfect for boys, especially when made in more masculine colors.

The Hibiscus Sandals pattern is compatible with the Pixie Faire Size 1 pre-cut foam and board soles. A sole template is included, should you wish to cut your own soles from cork, board, craft foam, or any other suitable material you may already have on hand.

A bonus shoe bag pattern is included, so you can keep your blingy sandals shiny and new.

Recommended Fabrics:  This sandals pattern is designed to be used with imitation leather such as marine vinyl, home dec vinyl, or glitter vinyl (the kind where the glitter is under the top layer of the fabric rather than glued to the outside). Choose flexible vinyl approximately 1 mm thick and without a fleecy backing. Before you purchase the vinyl, feel it and try to stretch it. If the vinyl is too thin the shoes may stretch out of shape. If it is too stiff it will be harder to work with. The thickness of the vinyl will also affect the fit of the shoes. The bag is designed to be made from medium to light weight woven fabrics such as quilter’s cottons, poplin, percale, lawn.

Supplies Needed:
- A 4” square of vinyl for the sandal uppers.
- Small scraps of spare vinyl for the flowers and leaves
- Two small buttons or sequins for the flower centers.
- 2 x 2mm Pixie Packs size 1 precut foam soles or a 4” square of 2mm foam for the lower soles.
- 2 x 6mm Pixie Packs size 1 precut foam soles or a 4” square of 6mm foam for the upper soles.

- 2 pieces of woven fabric, each 5” x 7”
- 1 yard of 3/8” wide ribbon.

- Hot glue gun and glue sticks or your preferred glue type for making doll shoes.
- Spare pieces of card
- Clothes pins (the type with springs).
- Sharp scissors or a craft knife for cutting out the uppers and soles.
- FrayCheck™ for sealing the topstitching. Or you could use a very small amount of glue.
- Quilter’s template plastic for tracing the pattern, or some card to glue the pattern pieces to so that you can draw around them onto the back of your vinyl. If your printer supports cardstock, try printing the pattern sheet on card to make it easier to trace the upper pieces onto the vinyl.

Skill Level: Quick and Easy

What You Get: One 23 page sewing pattern that you digitally download as a PDF file so you can start your project immediately! The PDF sewing pattern provides full color step-by-step illustrated instructions and full size pattern pieces. A PDF reader is required to view and print the files (example: Adobe Reader or Preview for MAC). The download link is received immediately after the transaction is complete. Print copies are NOT available

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For detailed information and answers to the most common questions, be sure to read the Terms of Use and FAQ's related to the doll clothes patterns sold at Pixie Faire.

PixieFaire and the designers featured are not affiliated with American Girl®.

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I was fortunate enough to be one of the testers for Genine’s Pattern. I opted to use fabric instead of vinyl for the straps. Turning the fabric right sides out was a little challenging, but achievable. I would suggest adding 1/16” to the width of the tab marked with a star on the pattern to make turning the fabric a little easier. The instructions and photos are clear and concise and are easy to follow. These sandals should be an essential part of your dolls wardrobe. Kudos, Genine! Your creative continues to inspire me.

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Process Engineers And Associates have specialized in designing and manufacturing a wide range of heat exchangers for industrial, food, refrigeration, HVAC and marine applications. Our dedicated efforts to customer satisfaction have gained us recognition among the top-tier manufacturers of Heat Exchanger Seal Ring in Kathua.

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Black Living Water

Drinking enough water isn’t really enough. You have to drink the right kind of water – water that will help buffer acid, help remove toxins, and is easily absorbed by your body. You need great tasting water with antioxidant properties and proper pH levels.

Trace minerals serve a multitude of purposes inside our bodies.  The impart fantastic benefits to our overall physical health and well-being, such as improving gut health, enabling detoxification, and diminishing inflammation.  The chemical structure of Fulvic and Humic Acids allows them to readily bind with (and even enhance) trace minerals.  Their molecules are easily absorbed by the body, so when Fulvic and Humic Acids are integrated with plain water, you achieve not only better hydration, you also ingest important, health-enhancing minerals.  And because of its high PH factor, Black Water is packed with powerful antioxidants that help combat the damaging effects of free-radicals.

Generally, we reap the benefits of these minerals through the fruits and vegetables we eat.  However, due to over-farming of the land, and bio-engineering of plants (GMO, ect.) these important nutrients are no longer sufficiently available in most of our foods we eat today.  Black Water products deliver these minerals to you in a way that is simple to integrate into your daily routine, and easy for your body to absorb.  you drink water every day, or at least you should.  Make sure it's water that improves your health.

As with most things involving our health, the natural usually outranks the synthetic.  That's every bit as true with the water we drink.  The alkalinity of water, which is responsible for providing many of the nutrients our bodies need to thrive, can be produced by both natural and artificial means.  But the results are far different.

Synthetic alkalinity in water is created by a process called ionization, or electrolysis.  Water is poured over ionized plates that use electricity to split the water molecules changing their basic composition.  These altered molecules give the water it artificial alkalinity which, over time, eventually dissipates.  Artificially manufactured alkaline water lacks the essential elements our bodies require, specifically minerals, electrolytes, and other nutrients.

So lets think about this for a second.  The natural process water is intended to go through here on earth is simple, moisture evaporates into the air, condenses and returns back to earth in the form of rain.  The rain then is absorbed by the ground and seeps through the layers and as it does so it picks up the trace minerals, major minerals, fulvic and Humic acids our bodies need.  That water eventually ends up in springs and rivers.   This is where we would normally get our water and drink in the minerals and nutrients picks up on its journey.  However, today 50% or as much as 90% of our drinking water is recycled and never gets goes through the natural process.  Essentially it is "DEAD" water.  This is why it is important to supplement with a safe alternative and give your body what is needs to be healthy and thrive.

Earths water cycle image from the USGS (US Geological Survey).

Research studies have shown that alkaline water with a pH level of 9.5 to 10.5 helps neutralize the acid in your bloodstream.  Because cancer cells typically thrive in environments with a high acid content, theorists believe that introducing more alkalinity into your system can help your body to resist and potentially stave off cancer growth by increasing its pH levels.  This can be true of may diseases and illnesses.  Studies further indicate that drinking water with a high pH leve can help increase your metabolism, relieve acid re-flux (naturally, without drugs), and improve your body's ability to absorb vital nutrients.  So, while there may be no established guarantees concerning the efficacy of alkaline water in preventing the growth of cancer, its collective health benefits are impressive.

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Strategic Design
Building new businesses and strategies through design
XXII Edition - in English
November, 2020

“We believe that being a strategic designer means to challenge yourself, to be self-centered, to get consciousness about your limits and your strengths. Being a strategic designer depends by your attitude…this is why we aim to build it by our coaching professionals and the activities they run.”

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Daniela keeps coaching methodology on focusing on strengths and weaknesses of studentsempowering them to face fears and improve their style. Daniela is thriving when coaching, respecting and adapting to their preferences; she keeps an eye on research to improve her understanding of students’ needs, reveal insights, and inspire innovative solutions. People inspire Daniela; she strongly believes that all students have insights and internal resources to be effective and resilient. Coaching is not about the form or fixing a person; coaching is enhancing personal potential, to gain a unique place in society, and be what people deserve and dream to be.

The course uses empowerment to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination of all students in order to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way.

Purpose of the empowerment approach is to support students to overcome their sense of powerlessness and lack of influence, and to recognize and eventually to use their resources and chances in a community where we will work through art of hosting techniques, peer to peer exercises, applied improvisation, target systemic constellation and Theory U.

The course employs a mapping thinking approach to support students to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and learn from criticism. No teachersno professors, only peer to peer approach; we will be inspired and experience systemic constellationdesign thinkingsystemic thinkingFlow and Grow Model and NLP coaching.

The course incorporates basic notion of coaching, start-up empowering via systemic management constellation to prepare students to align their skills to their future professional career. The course deals with issues ranging from how to find and experience meaning making in work to how to network and get an interview. The course will include shadowing exercises, role-playing, previous participants’ guest speakers, individual and group coaching. Small group dialogue (art of hosting and world café) will be held in regular sections comprised of a group of student peers, all managing their transition from university to career.

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David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company

Pecker’s company, American Media Inc., is being taken over by Accelerate360.

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NEW YORK — David Pecker is stepping down as CEO of the National Enquirer’s parent, ending a reign that saw the company entangled in a campaign-finance scandal that sent President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to jail.

Pecker’s company, American Media Inc., is being taken over by Accelerate360, a logistics firm based in Smyrna, Georgia, whose recent efforts include the delivery of millions of facemasks and units of hand sanitizer.

Accelerate did not disclose the terms of the deal in its announcement Friday. But it said the combined entity would be headed by Accelerate CEO David Parry.

Chris Scardino, an 18-year veteran of American Media, was named president of A360 Media, the New York-based unit that will house American Media’s former titles, which also include Us Weekly, Life & Style and OK! Pecker will serve as an “executive advisor” to the company’s A360 Media division, Accelerate said.

Under Pecker, the National Enquirer for years buried potentially embarrassing stories about Trump and other favored celebrities by buying the rights to them and never publishing. The practice was known as “catch-and-kill.”

The Associated Press reported Pecker kept a safe in the Enquirer’s office that held documents on buried stories, including those involving Trump.

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Fall in Love with Chi

Ever notice how when the fall starts to sneak in our bodies begin to react differently? We crave different foods, our bodies feel different, new aches and pains may even pop up (YAY!). It’s the same for our furry friends. But did you ever stop to think about why that is? It’s more to do with our energy and how it reacts to the energy around us than pumpkin spice lattes.

In the latest release of Disney’s live-action “Mulan” the vital life force energy known as “chi” plays a big part of the story and Mulan’s willpower to succeed. Mulan is portrayed with an abundance of chi which makes her strong and agile. Mulans' father, Hua Zhou, asked "If you had a daughter with Chi, the boundless energy of life itself speaking through her every motion, could you tell her that only a son could wield chi?" Truth is, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is known that all living things have chi. We are all born with it! So, when your chi is balanced, your body thrives in harmony and there is very little you can’t overcome. Sounds great, right? So what about our pets? Can we help restore their vitality through balancing chi?

The short answer? Yep.

By using distinct, chi-focused acupressure points on your pet, we can help balance their chi and in turn restore their energy, stamina and vigor for a healthier life. Balance is always what we strive for. Too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet. None of those create a healthy environment. It’s the balance that keeps things fluid and moving easily. It keeps organs functioning and health vital. And yes, there is such a thing as seasonal chi.

Quite simply: it’s the utilization of simple acupressure points to coincide with seasonal shifts. Our pet’s energies shift with the seasons and it’s important to work on balancing those energies in line with the seasons to create that balance we’re all looking for. Seasonal chi acupressure, especially during the autumnal season is tremendously helpful for all pets, but can also greatly reduce symptoms in pets with arthritis and digestive issues as the seasons change.

Late Summer – Early Fall Energy Shifts

In Chinese medicine, late summer and early fall actually falls into its own season. Nights are getting longer and the air is increasingly damp. Nature is transforming from a vibrant green to a lovely golden shade and our energies are shifting to a more Yin chi balance, away from the yang chi of summer. With less sunlight, our pets metabolisms begin to slow and you will notice them becoming couch potatoes who eat earlier in the day and are content to chill on the couch in lieu of racing around the yard. They aren’t just being lazy, though. They’re instinctively conserving energy.

To adapt to the shift, pets will need to retain more internal warmth to be able to keep that balance. Warmth plays the most intricate role in your pet’s seasonal adaptation as animals need to conserve their heat internally for the coming winter.

Using the Warming Acupressure Points, we can stimulate your pet’s ability to rebalance his chi and stay happy, warm and healthy during the fall. These points will help keep your pet’s internal temperature up to prepare for the coming cold weather and allow them to maintain their Yang chi.

By offering seasonal chi sessions, Poll to Pastern can help make sure your pet is balanced and ready to handle any weather the seasons throw at them. Contact us today to schedule your autumn chi session.

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CLIA Releases 2020 Environmental Technologies and Practices Report

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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, released today the Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies and Practices Report produced by Oxford Economics. The report highlights the progress that CLIA oceangoing cruise line members continue to make towards the development and implementation of advanced technologies and practices to achieve lower emissions, greater efficiencies, and a cleaner environment onboard, at sea and in port.

While cruise ships comprise far less than 1 percent of the global maritime community, the latest report substantiates how cruise lines have taken a leadership role in the adoption of maritime technologies that benefit the entire shipping industry. To date, the cruise industry has invested over $23.5 billion in ships with new technologies and cleaner fuels to reduce air emissions and achieve greater efficiency. This is a $1.5 billion USD increase over the 2019 report findings.

“Even as we have worked to address and overcome the impacts of COVID-19, the cruise industry remains committed to a cleaner, more sustainable future. With over $23 billion invested in ships with new technologies and cleaner fuels, such as exhaust gas cleaning systems and liquified natural gas, I can only imagine what we will accomplish together in the next ten years and beyond,” said Kelly Craighead, president and CEO of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). “This report affirms our commitment to environmental sustainability and I commend our members for their continued leadership and demonstration of the highest standards of responsible tourism.”

CLIA cruise lines were the first to publicly commit as a maritime sector, to reduce the rate of carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 2008. As noted in the report, CLIA oceangoing cruise line members continue to work diligently to achieve ambitious goals like this and meet rising expectations.

Substantial progress has been achieved in the following areas:

• LNG Fuel* – The 2020 report found 49% of new build capacity will rely on LNG fuel for primary propulsion, a 51% increase in overall capacity compared to 2018.
• Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS)* - More than 69% of global capacity utilizes EGCS to meet or exceed air emissions requirements, representing an increase in capacity of 25% compared to 2018. Additionally, 96% of non-LNG new builds will have EGCS installed, an increase in capacity of 21% compared to 2019.
• Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems - 99% of new ships on order are specified to have advanced wastewater treatment systems (bringing global capacity to 78.5%) and currently 70% of the CLIA oceangoing cruise line fleet capacity is served by advanced wastewater treatment systems (an increase of 5% over 2019).
• Shore-side Power Capability - In port, cruise ships are increasingly equipped with the technology to allow delivery of shoreside electricity, thus allowing engines to be switched off, and there are many collaborations with ports and governments to increase the availability.
o 75% of the new build capacity is either committed to be fitted with shore-side electricity systems or will be configured to add shore-side power in the future.
o 32% of global capacity (up 13% since 2019) are fitted to operate on shore-side electricity in the 14 ports worldwide where that capability is provided in at least one berth in the port.
The progress across these multiple areas demonstrate CLIA’s view that it is integral, urgent, and feasible to balance fostering growth with policy and technology changes that help preserve the air and oceans in which the industry operates.

“The cruise industry works every day to advance its responsible tourism efforts and recognizes that continued and greater investment in research is critical to identifying and producing new fuels and propulsion systems,” said Adam Goldstein, Chairman of CLIA Global. “This is why CLIA along with other maritime sector partners have proposed to establish and fund a $5B Research and Development Board dedicated to working collaboratively across the sector to identify the technologies and energy sources that will provide additional opportunities to lessen our environmental footprint and meet the ambitious goals set by the IMO.”

Maria Deligianni, National Director Eastern Mediterranean at CLIA, presented the key highlights of the report in the Thessaloniki Sustainability Summit “Sustainable Cities and Ports” which was held on 7 September. During the discussion about “sustainable shipping”, Mrs. Deligianni highlighted that: “Despite the challenging times, our commitment to do our part in environmental sustainability remains high in our agenda. Protecting the environment and the destinations we visit is a business imperative”.

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Outdoor Enjoying an Investment-Led Boom

After a bumper Olympic year, outdoor was expecting a much tougher time in 2013 – but it’s continuing to see growth, says Mike Baker, CEO of the Outdoor Media Centre. Here, he explains why.
2013 was a surprising year for outdoor. How are you supposed to, after all, follow an Olympic spike? Outdoor had been the principal media beneficiary of the London Games. Its 25% growth in the Olympic quarter helped deliver a 10% uplift in 2012 as a whole. That’s a hard act to follow.
So it was remarkable that in figures just published by the Outdoor Media Centre, outdoor was in fact up 2% for the year, bolstered by strong growth of 7% in the final quarter of 2013 and 17.5% for digital across the year as a whole.
Digital revenues are very close to a quarter of all outdoor revenues now, and 22 out of the 34 strong membership base of the OMC offer digital screens to the market in some capacity. Some ten of those companies are wholly or mostly digital nowadays.
And that really does change the landscape. It’s not just the physical fabric, with screens proliferating and transforming every environment – the London Underground, Westfield and Trinity Leeds shopping malls, Heathrow T2 and T5, many spectacular London roadside offerings, the fabulous new Waterloo Motion screen (unveiled this week), Tesco’s 400 spanking new digital 6 sheets and the (eyetracked) screens in their petrol station convenience stores, Canary Wharf, Gatwick, Euston…I could go on.
In fact, some of the fastest growth has been outside the capital, as the race grows to establish a truly national footprint of screens to compete actively with TV and press. Alongside the big, established players – JCDecaux, Exterion Media (formerly CBS), Clear Channel and Primesight – strong new regional and multi-regional players are emerging, including Outdoor Plus, Ocean, Eye Airports, Signature, Mediaco, blowUP and Forrest.
And by the way, those digital structures are not cheap – not even the bus shelters. The online media world can grow its revenues with script kiddies banging out a few thousand hours of code to improve, for example, a search algorithm. But the outdoor investment is on a much more robust physical and economic scale.
I estimate that some £50 million of new capex has gone on buying new screens for the UK outdoor industry in the past year alone. It’s a strong and confident bet on outdoor’s future, and it’s paying off in the continued drift of money from other sectors.
Across the last nine quarters, eight have been up. And the 142 one-million pound advertiser clients we had three years ago have now swelled to 158 according to Nielsen Media Research. It’s a strong business base: categories showing growth recently include retail, drinks, travel, computers, clothing, finance, motors, cosmetics and telecoms, as well as outdoor’s perennial favourites, media and entertainment.
So the urban landscape is changing fast, and with it the media landscape. Advertisers confronted with sharp price inflation in press and TV may now find themselves attracted to a revitalised outdoor sector which offers sumptuous visual branding by way of a much improved presentational display. Outdoor provides an unavoidable presence in the key environments for its target audiences, and a new found flexibility to change copy many times a day.
There are a whole new set of ways for brands to interact with their audiences. The emergence of the smartphone and tablet have the capacity to galvanise the world of outdoor further, in what looks like a really symbiotic relationship. Even a humble analogue poster can now be a gateway to a world of activity online, prompting consumers to interact.
But it can also give external publication and a physical platform to a world of commentary which originated in that same online space – “like tweets from giants”, as a recent research piece found.
To the audience point, the launch of Route a year ago this month has given a fresh new impetus to quantify campaign planning and effectiveness goals. Anecdotally I have heard that econometricians working with accurate Route audience data are finding 10% to 20% improvements in ROI for the same campaigns compared to using the bland and undifferentiated spend data they previously used to analyse those same campaigns.
It’s also a rich source of planning audiences and environments to target. Route already covers roadside, rail, bus and the London Underground. By summer it will add malls, supermarkets and airports, making a pretty full set of environments to plan across and to optimise audience delivery.
Critically, adding Route data to the IPA Touchpoints Channel Planner in the next few months will help us understand how outdoor complements other media. Because of its combination of quality audiences, high reach and comparatively low cost, I have high expectations that outdoor will always add incremental cover. It will also have a benign effect on frequency, adding impacts to light TV viewers especially.
The other positive sign for our ongoing audience growth is the recovering economy. People with more money in their pockets will tend to find their way out of home to spend it.
So against this backdrop, we have recently introduced Outdoor to the Power of 5, a mnemonic which majors on five key ingredients of outdoor, which collectively help to drive outdoor’s effectiveness.
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US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) talks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol on March 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
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The USS John C. Stennis and its accompanying ships, which are currently moving through the Indian Ocean, will arrive in the Persian Gulf by the end of this week, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed military officials.

If true, this will be the first time in eight months that the US steps up its military presence in the region to such levels, the officials said. That’s the longest period Washington has gone without an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf in the past two decades.

The naval deployment is a direct response to Iran’s influence in the region, the officials noted.

US President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in May, saying he would subject Tehran to a series of tough economic sanctions unless the Islamic Republic agrees to stop supporting anti-terror groups in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.

He has also called on Iran to scrap its development and testing of ballistic missiles.

On Monday, the Trump administration asked Europe to impose new sanctions on Iran after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iran had test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile.

In order to persuade his European peers, Pompeo said the missile was considered capable of carrying nuclear warheads and could reach parts of the Europe.

Iran, however, said its missile program was “defensive” in nature and Tehran had every right to develop and test its missiles under the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorse the nuclear deal.

USS Stennis would also provide support to the ongoing US military interventions in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

The strike group is scheduled to spend most of its two-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, a presence that unnamed officials said “certainly provides a deterrence” against Tehran.

The arrival of the warship “provides a lot of great flexibility,” another defense official said.

US aircraft carriers have long been patrolling the Persian Gulf, carrying thousands of personnel and dozens of fighter jets, missiles and other weapons.

But the deployments stopped in March after the USS Theodore Roosevelt left for the Pacific, as part of the Trump administration’s shift of strategy to focus more on China and Russia.

As a result of the new approach, Washington also pulled a number of Patriot missile systems out of Persian Gulf countries Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Officials stressed that, despite escalating tensions, the carrier deployment had been previously scheduled.

Iran has repeatedly warned foreign military forces in the Persian Gulf that any act of transgression into Iran’s territorial waters would be met with an immediate and befitting response.

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Changing prices, beautiful locations, and many other reasons make foreign buyers constantly interested in the international property market.

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  2. Am I looking to purchase simply for investment?
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  4. What future features will I want to add on?
  5. If I will live in my home — full-time or part-time — what kind of environment am I looking for? Culturally? Environmentally?

Move on to the next tip once you’ve honestly answered all these questions for yourself.

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Organize your priorities based on what it is you need in your home after answering the key questions in tip one.

Make these considerations non-negotiable when considering properties. If a place doesn’t meet all of your needs, look for the next thing.

There are a lot of properties on the international market. It’s easy to get sidetracked from finding the fit that is best for you.

To make sure you have no regrets later by keeping this short list handy whenever searching for properties.

3. Consider Several Countries

Several countries have great options when it comes to the international property for sale.

For example, several Americans look into Costa Rica real estate every year while others consider places in countries like Italy.

What is it that you’re looking for?

Make a list of the qualities you are looking for when it comes to:

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And any other key things that matter to you when it comes to the city you live in.

4. Narrow Down Your List Based on These Criteria (And Yours)

Alright, you’ve got some serious things to consider. But there’s more.

These are criteria you definitely want to have on your list when narrowing down your country. Before you purchase international property, consider:

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  • Are there laws to protect you while you are purchasing property?
  • Make sure the ability to move money into the country is reliable. Are there rights to expatriation funds?
  • You will need to be able to come and go freely in order to maintain the property. Otherwise, it will be impossible to manage.

5. Consider Your Market

Narrow down the perfect international property by navigating the best markets based on your criteria.

For example, if you want to rent your property part-time or full-time, you will need to find an active rental market.

You may also want to consider the areas with expat communities depending on your use of the property.

And what about hobbies and interests near the neighborhoods you’re considering?

It’s great to think about this for yourself… and also tourists if you’re planning on renting. Investing near tourist attractions is a great way to ensure constant rentals.

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You’re ready to start choosing a home location.

The next step is to narrow your search. It’s easy to get caught up constantly broadening your search…

You may ask yourself, “What if I missed something?”

But the reality is, if you keep searching forever you’ll miss out on the perfect fit.

The best way to avoid this is to do a wide search, narrow it down to all the properties that fit your criteria, then pick your favorite two or three to consider.

7. Get Two Local Professionals

You’re going to want both a lawyer and a real estate agent in the place you’re buying international property.

There are more logistics to consider when buying abroad. A lawyer will make sure you don’t run into any red tape and you have a seamless transaction.

The real estate agent will help you find properties in the location that match all your desires and needs.

8. Consider Visa Costs

There’s more to it than budgeting for your home purchase when buying international property.

Most countries will also require a visa with a fee for entering the market or acquiring international property.

And you may need to pay this visa fee before leaving your country or after landing… so do your research.

9. Know What to Ask Realtors

Here are some key questions to ask your local realtor:

  • How is the infrastructure integrity?
  • How old is the plumbing?
  • When was the electrical last checked or updated?
  • What are the roads like in the area?

And make sure to buy based on what you see now… Not what is being promised in the future.

10. Ask Locals and Expats

Ask both expats and locals about the area when purchasing an international property. You can get a ton of insights that will differ greatly.

Check out forums online, travel to the area, and make friends to stay connected with, and don’t hesitate to ask questions. The more information you have the better.

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Bowmonk BrakeCheck and Tapley EBM Decelerometers Portable Brake Test Meters.

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The Bowmonk BrakeCheck Decelerometer Portable Brake Test Meter is a rechargeable, lithium-ion battery powered that is suitable for use on most vehicles.

The Bowmonk Brake Check is DVSA approved for all classes of MOT Testing including for periodic maintenance brake tests as required for HGV and PSV vehicle operators.

The device is versatile, lightweight at only 400g, and is used worldwide by both public and private sector for measuring not only peak and average Deceleration Front/Rear but also measures peak acceleration and gives an indication if the vehicle pulls left or right and by what value.

The BrakeCheck Decelerometer not only calculates Brake Efficiency, Imbalance and Stopping Distance but also Test Speed.
The Bowmonk Brakecheck is suitable for testing The Service Brake (Foot Brake) and Hand Brake of all vehicle classes. It is a modern electronic version of the well-known mechanical Tapley Meter and has been designed to be easy to use, having just 3 buttons to control all functions.

Test results can either be viewed on the bright LED display, (that can even be read in sunlight), printed off using the wireless printer (sold separately), or even downloaded onto a PC or other compatible device through the CabCheckS (Computer Aided BrakeCheck Software).

The test result printout can be configured to include your company name and will also show the device’s next calibration due date.

A GPS receiver option is also available which will include latitude and longitude of the brake test finish point on the test results. All test results are displayed in ‘g’ units and have a margin of error of +/- 0.01g, upon special request results can be displayed in m/s².
This unit is self-compensating, giving a clear on-screen indication as to when the Bowmonk BrakeCheck portable brake test meter is level enough to conduct a brake test.

The LED display indicates the state of the unit, the test to be performed and the results, as well as a temperature reading in either Celsius or Fahrenheit. The LED screen also displays battery charge status, a “Calibration Required” indicator and can run internal self-diagnostics.
DVSA approved for MOT testing of all vehicle classes as well as for performing the periodic (4 to 12 weekly) voluntary brake tests on HGVs and PSVs.
As of 8th October 2019 the BOW801 BrakeCheck Decelerometer also received DVSA approval as an MTS Connectable Device EINCBD01863A101910–
Also available for MOT Testing is the new Tapley Electronic Brake Test Meter (EBM) TED5020C approved as an MTS Connectable Device EINCBD01863A10191109– for all classes. This is a simpler decelerometer than the Bowmonk BrakeCheck in that it is powered by 2 x AA batteries (included)
Portable, lightweight and easy to use. A must have for most 4×4 vehicles that cannot be tested on a Roller Brake Tester. Bright LED display clearly shows Service and Hand Brake efficiency.

Results easily downloaded to PC and sent directly to the DVSA’s MTS Connected Network. Also approved for Motorcycles & Quads (Class I & II) when used with the DVSA approved Handlebar Bracket & Clamp.

When used in conjunction with the Bowmonk Handlebar Bracket & Clamp the BrakeCheck or Tapley EBM can be used for testing motorcycles, trikes and quads/ATVs.
Other versions of the Bowmonk BrakeCheck decelerometer are available for specialist applications such as; Truck and Trailer, Forklift, Quarry & Plant vehicles.

There is also a BrakeCheck unit with a Secondary Test facility for assessing Service Brake, Hand Brake and Secondary Brake performance (The Secondary Brake Test is a requirement for HGVs and PSVs periodic brake testing and is DVSA approved for this use).

One further model completes the Bowmonk Portable Brake Test Meter range, this is the BrakeCheck GEO, which gives a latitude and longitude reading for the brake test finishing point.
The device can operate for around 5 hours, or approximately 120 tests, on a full charge and can be used after just 5 minutes of charging. The Bowmonk BrakeCheck will automatically shut down after period of inactivity to preserve battery life.
Can also be used to measure vehicles acceleration.
Training courses designed to make sure users get the most out of BrakeCheck products can be provided by the manufacturer and usually take place on-site at company premises.
All units require calibration by manufacturer every 2 years, users will be prompted by a flashing LED 14 days before calibration is due, the LED remains permanently lit from then on until it is calibrated.

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Government clocking up huge public service redundancy bill

Public sector cuts over the past few years are continuing to send the government’s redundancy bill sky high, according to the Public Service Association.

The latest Human Resources Capability Survey of government departments by the State Services Commission shows $33 million dollars was spent on redundancy payments in the year to June, compared to just $11.7 million four years ago, and $7.7 million six years ago.

Last year $39 million was spent and the year before that $40 million.

PSA National Secretary Brenda Pilott says “while the figure is starting to track down, it is astounding to think that in the past three years the government has spent $112 million pushing people out the door.”

“It’s a perverse outcome for a government which is pushing an austerity agenda for the public service, but hardly surprising given we’ve now had almost five years of departmental budget cuts and endless restructuring.”

The PSA says it’s ironic, that against the backdrop of big redundancy payments, government figures shows on the public service staffing cap shows numbers are up and sitting just one below the cap of 36,475 full-time positions.  The information also shows that the cap could be exceeded by June next year.

Brenda Pilott says it highlights the difficulty departments have had operating within the cap.

“The cap has always been about cuts and the fact we’re now seeing numbers going back up shows that departments have not been able to meet the government’s ambitious better public service targets without proper levels of resource and capacity.”

“The staffing cap is a blunt tool which should not be used to measure the performance or effectiveness of the public service.”

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MERCERSBURG WIN IPSL TOURNAMENT >> The Mercersburg Academy girls tennis team dusted off its racquets for its lone competition of the spring, the IPSL Championship, on Saturday.

The Blue Storm down a short-handed St. John's Catholic Prep, 4-1, and handed St. James a 6-1 defeat in the final to win the title. Mercersburg swept all of the singles matches against St. James and took two of the three doubles matches.

Allyson Chae (No. 2 singles, No. 1 doubles), Eliza Smith (No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles) and Quirina Keller (No. 4 singles, No. 2 doubles) went undefeated throughout the day, and after dropping her first-round singles match, Molly Widdoes (No. 1 singles) rebounded to dominate both her singles and doubles matches in the championship.

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Our all-new range of Honda cars, bikes and ATVs have everything you could want in a vehicle. From our spunky compacts to our powerful sedans and coupes, you’ll be spoiled for choice. Our dealership also stocks motorcycles and other vehicle types that have been designed to adapt to a range of lifestyles.

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Behind the Scenes at Pure Joy Catering

Updated: Jan 21, 2019

The experienced team at Pure Joy is what enables us to excel at planning and executing such fabulous off-premise events. Everyone’s unique background in hospitality and management, breadth of expertise, and passion for the long hard way is what makes Pure Joy one of a kind.

Lynette – owner, executive chef

Lynette has spent her entire life researching food, loving food, traveling for food, and bringing all that knowledge back to her clients at Pure Joy designing every recipe. From authentic Brazilian to the foods of Bordeaux and Indian cuisine, she wanders the globe taking cooking lessons from local chefs and bringing back the best of the best ideas, methods and ingredients. Whether you want a casual Santa Barbara menu, or something more adventurous, we can guarantee the flavors, ingredients, time and love put into planning and executing your event will make you proud and your guests ecstatic. Lynette also spends lots of time honing your menu and overall plan for the day-of, even making sure your family recipe made for 5 guests will work for 500. Not a single menu leaves our building without being reviewed by her experienced eye. Even after 18 years, Lynette still personally attends the farmer's market for every one of our events, hand selecting only the best fruits, vegetables, herbs and live décor.

Lynee – business manager

Lynee keeps the lights on, literally. She is the glue that allows every single part of Pure Joy to function and create magnificent events for our clients. She is the last set of eyes the week before the event to be sure our rental orders are correct and our On-Site Event Supervisors have all the resources they need on the day-of, including a stellar team. Lynee does an incredible job training and managing the schedules of the staff for our events; making sure they are prepared, professional and experienced in the art of off-premise catering. When your event goes “into production” 10 days out, Lynette, Lynee and Liz are working hand in hand to count, confirm, double check and organize each detail so everything runs smoothly and efficiently on the day-of.

Alizabeth – production manager

With an eye for detail developed over the last decade, our clients’ menus and event plans are meticulously honed and checked by Liz. She coordinates with all our partner rental companies to be sure at each revision stage, we are adding and editing the correct rental items, and at finals you’re never missing a thing on your big day. She also assists Mike, our in-house designer and warehouse manager, in determining what Pure Joy rental items and decor fit best into the design for your buffet, food stations or appetizer displays. Check out this really fun themed dessert station she put together! Did you hire Pure Joy to write you a chalkboard menu or bar sign? That’s Liz too. Multifaceted, she makes sure each Pure Joy event is a grand success.

Patrick – senior event planner, operations manager

Ellen – event planner

Megan – event planner

The Event Planning Team at Pure Joy are your go-to experts on everything from the flow and timeline of the event, to what sort of floral arrangements will work with your tables. They know the Pure Joy Menu inside and out, and can give you advice on what dining style best fits your event aesthetic. The voices you hear on the end of the line, they are in the office Monday – Friday, and some weekends depending on the event schedule, for all your needs. The Event Planners are constantly reaching out to vendors, securing partnerships and nurturing relationships to make sure you have the best! Working tirelessly behind the scenes to be sure your linens, rentals, and outside vendor orders are perfect, the Event Planners also coordinate with Liz and Mike to be sure all the items provided by Pure Joy match your vision. The revisions they make to menus, contracts, rental orders and outside contracted services never leave this building without being checked by Liz, Lynee and Lynette to ensure that the planned details, staffing and equipment are totally solid.

40 years of hospitality experience makes Patrick our in-house expert! He’s held every position this industry can offer, in every department, since he was 16. He’s been planning fabulous events at Pure Joy for almost 10 years, and is still learning new skills, and teaching the rest of the event planners reliable techniques he’s gained over the years. Ellen, a Santa Barbara Native, knows the ins and outs of the venues like no one else. She has been planning weddings and other events for two decades, and is a connected and well-respected member of the community. You cannot find a more qualified, helpful and caring team to help you through the planning process.

Jerry – head chef and kitchen production manager

Manny – chef & kitchen supervisor

Cenen, Julio, Lucia, Joel, Martha and Anna are just a few of our Rock Star Chefs

Our full-time core kitchen staff work in conjunction with Lynette to modify family recipes, hone the flavors of traditional dishes, and create new and fresh items for our ever-growing menu. They also attend farmers markets, and source other local vendors for our clients’ menus. Preparing every item from scratch, the long hard way, takes a lot of dedication and man hours, but we prefer it that way. Our chefs take so much pride in hand making every stock, pie crust, simmering the sauce for mac n cheese, braising our short ribs for days, that they wouldn’t have it any other way either. The endless reviews we get about our food alone makes the long hard way worth it every time. Yes, we could cut costs by purchasing everything out of a bag from a commercial company, but the way we do it makes such a significant difference, don’t you think? These three men have all been dedicated Pure Joy employees since the beginning in early 2002 and the reputation we have built as the leading caterer on the Central Coast is because of them.

Adam – warehouse manager, event designer and event supervisor

Adam began as a server in 2002 and was such a great fit for the Pure Joy family, we had to keep him! He has so much fun matching decor from our inventory to each clients’ different personality and feel, including colors, textures and live plants and herbs into the design. He even makes custom items with the help of Liz’s husband Jared. Adam hand packs each event’s items into our fleet of vehicles to be sure no team is left without serving items, décor, kitchen supplies, and backups of everything from garbage bags to sunscreen for those sunny Santa Barbara days. He works closely with our kitchen team to be sure any equipment special to each menu is also included. You might also spy Adam on site as one of our esteemed Event Supervisors. Early Monday mornings, Adam is back at work in the warehouse unpacking all those items, meticulously cleaning, restoring and organizing everything for the next weekend.

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RICHMOND, Va. - June 12th will be a day one George Mason Elementary 5th grader will never forget.

It all started when the student's shoes broke shortly before he walked across the stage to graduate from elementary school.

"Our guidance counselor brought the student and his mom to me and said help we need any supplies that you have," Bradley Kopelove, an art teacher at George Mason Elementary, told WTVR.

But the supplies didn't work, so that's when Vohn Lewis, known to most as Mr. Lewis, stepped in.

"Me being me, sometimes my heart leads me to certain situations," said Lewis. "I said you can wear my shoes man, I wear a size 10."

A simple gesture that would go viral on Facebook.

"I almost cried, I was so thankful. That's just how Mr. Lewis is and I knew that I could count on him," said Kopelove.

"It's really just something that I'd do any day for any child," Lewis added.

Lewis is a substitute teacher that came to George Mason Elementary School in February. He also became a mentor in the Brothers United Mentoring Program for young men of color.

"We wanted to be sure we put them with somebody that was going to be able to follow them all the way through their elementary school careers," said Derrick Bates with the program.

"Just teach kids about themselves and things they`re going to face as black men and just be that positive role model," added Lewis.

Lewis said his biggest passion is making sure each student looks presentable every day.

"If I see a child with a shoe untied or a collar messed up. I can`t sit there and let him walk by or walk by," Lewis said. "I'll definitely walk up to them and let them know, and that's just me."

But mentoring has not always come easy for Lewis. Thoughts of giving up came two months ago.

"If I walked away back in April, this wouldn't have happened," Lewis said.

But he said it was the children that kept him in the hallways.

"I stayed because I had to realize I was strong at heart and strong and strong at mind," said Lewis. "And I wasn't necessarily here for me, but for the children."

"I told him that he had to make a promise to me because it was nothing for me to do something like that for him." Lewis said. "But he has to keep in mind that one day he's going to be in the position of Mr. Lewis and he has to do the same thing."


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Addressing Companies’ Top Financial Concerns: Fraud and Theft

By Craig Grant, Senior Vice President – Management & Professional Liability, QBE North America

Whenever a recession rears, corporate crimes like fraud and theft increase, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE®). An oft-cited reason is that laid-off employees worried about their financial security rationalize that committing fraud is a last-ditch effort to get them through the hard times. More than one-quarter (26 percent) of fraudsters were driven by financial difficulties to commit their crimes, with nearly half (42 percent) found to be living beyond their means, based on ACFE’s 2020 Global Study on Occupational Fraud

There is good reason for mid-sized and smaller businesses to beware of such crimes. While all companies incur an average 5 percent revenue loss from occupational fraud annually, businesses with fewer than 100 employees have it much worse. The companies experience a median fraud loss of $140,000, compared to a median loss of $100,000 for large companies. The frequency of billing fraud and payroll fraud are twice as high as in large organizations, and check and payment tampering schemes are four times higher.

These higher risks are affirmed in QBE North America’s Mid-size Company Risk Report, which found that fraud and theft, along with operational risk, are the most concerning financial risks of mid-sized companies.

These risks may worsen in the months ahead if the recessionary economy persists through 2020 and into 2021. Job furloughs may transform into job terminations, putting more people at financial risk and companies in the crosshairs of possible fraud and theft crimes. Complicating matters for mid-sized businesses is that many also are experiencing a spurt in ransomware, phishing and other cyberattacks.

Fortunately, there are ways to limit the business impact of fraud and theft. The lack of strong internal controls is a factor in one-third of all cases, ACFE’s study determined. Controls like segregation of duties—the assignment of various steps in a financial transaction to more than two people—are proven to reduce fraud risks.

Other best practices include the development of an anti-fraud policy that includes an anonymous hotline, as well as fraud training for managers, executives and employees. But even the most stringent controls do not guarantee fraudsters will be caught and prosecuted before their crimes produce irreparable business harm. In such case, the purchase of crime and fidelity insurance products can backstop these fiscal losses.

There’s no better time to prepare for an uptick in fraud and theft—and do something about it. QBE is here to help you.