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My name is John Faulstich, owner operator of Lakes Engine Machining. We are a custom shop in small town Ruthven Iowa, near Lost Island lake. Where we rebuild engines individually, using the customers original core. Lakes Engine Machining can also rebuild various engine components to suit your needs. Each project is handled individually. Great care and craftsmanship is put into all work. Unlike other auto parts-machine shops, the customer is welcome to bring in their own parts from other sources. We do offer all name brand engine parts at competitive prices. Engine rebuilding and machining is all we do. Overhead is low and things move at a little slower pace here in rural Iowa, so you don’t have to feel like the clock is running. Lakes Engine Machining can take the time needed to do a good job! | 2019-04-23T09:03:18Z | http://lakesenginemachining.com/ |
"It was attending the19th Semi Annual Convention District 51 for the first time. I was given the opportunity to evaluate a keynote speaker Past International President Gary Schmidt and this experience is published in Heart of a Toastmasters by Sheryl Roush. In addition, I had attended the 2014 International Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was being featured on page 17 in October 2014 Issue. It was truly memorable and an eye-opener to what Toastmasters can offer me in future."
What is your area of expertise? How does your personal and professional experience relate to your Learning Master role? My expertise is language learning and teaching in English. As an educator and like Learning Master, I would do needs analysis of my students to gauge their proficiency in order to improve their communicative skills in English. In my profession of education field, to implement or to introduce new educational policy would require extensive research of testing out and gain the positive results before full implementation to the whole country, just like getting involved in REP as Learning Master. | 2019-04-20T14:41:40Z | http://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Member-Spotlight/genny-ong-gek-siew |
Over 50 acres of beautiful raw land in College Station to build a home. Gorgeous pond and tall trees mixed with open pastures. There's nothing better than having the luxury of land, while still having the convenience of being close to town. Contact me for a showing. | 2019-04-25T20:23:03Z | https://www.extramilerealestate.com/property/tbd-cross-creek-college-station-texas-18009269 |
Scott and Ally Svenson, the husband and wife team behind Seattle Coffee Company (which was sold to a little chain you may know called Starbucks) are making waves in the food industry yet again.
MOD Pizza, which was established in 2008, is a pizza restaurant that aims not only to make a positive impact on people's taste buds, but also on their lives.
That's because Mod Pizza are keen on hiring ex-convicts.
The couple calls this concept "enlightened capitalism."
"Some will say, 'you can't give the keys to a convicted felon.' What we say is everyone makes mistakes, we're all human, and if you're really trying to do the right thing, we've got your back. We'll stand by you."
Workers are paid $10.50 an hour and are provided with benefits that include healthcare, paid time off and access to emergency funds that include grants and loans.
Many of the workers have gone on to become store managers, proving that MOD Pizza's employment model is not only successful, but one in which workers want to stay a part of for extended periods of time.
MOD Pizza is a unique pizza place in that the chain abides by the Chipotle model of ordering food.
Customers can add whatever toppings they desire on to their pizza as they move down the line.
The pizzas are guaranteed to be finished within three minutes and only cost around $8.
Technomic's rated Mod Pizza as the fastest growing restaurant chain in the U.S. in their Top 500 Chain Restaurant report. | 2019-04-24T02:58:25Z | https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2016/10/10/t/21578531/ |
Adjusting to a new culture presents romantic opportunities for single people. Is dating a good or bad idea? What are the potential pitfalls? Are there cultural barriers or expectations to consider?
To Date or Not Date?
Dating can be many things, even accidental.North American culture cultivates an understanding of dating that involves both spending time together and shared activities. Too much time or not enough time may imply a committed dating relationship and lead to questions that should be answered. Some people consider time spent together as platonic and just part of a friendship, while others assume significantly more from a lot of time spent together.
Dating is known by many different names.Ruiz tells how in the girls’ dorm, a South American showed up to court his beloved (uncommon local phraseology). Words and phrases like hook up are slang for intimacy, while other words need to be clarified through questions (ie. Attached, going out, seeing someone, going together, etc.).
Dating can occur during group events. Sometimes group events can act as intimate venues. These might include going to concerts with friends, going to a school’s athletic events or serving as volunteers together. In other words, dating may appear in settings that do not necessarily involve candles and fancy dress. In fact, some cultures highly emphasize a more community-based, collectively shared dating experience. You just have to learn these culturally unique nuances. | 2019-04-21T06:18:12Z | https://goculture.org/dating/ |
IBMThomas Watson Jr., the son of IBM’s founder, led IBM from 1956 to 1971, ushering in the computer age. Watson never laid off a single worker, believing treating workers incredibly well would be good for business.
The American corporation has been transformed by globalization and new technology. But equally powerful is the belief that on Wall Street and in boardrooms the sole responsibility of a corporation is to maximise profits for shareholders. Starting this week, Business Insider teams up with public radio’s “Marketplace.” Our series, “The Price of Profits,” tells the story of how this idea changed the US, and our lives.
It sounds like a corporate fairy tale. Imagine for a moment an employer that takes care of you from cradle to grave, a company that hosts lavish carnivals for your family, a place where workers feel intensely loyal because they’re treated so well. That company was IBM.
“In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,” says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of “The IBM Lesson” and other books about its history and culture.
Its culture was called “cradle to grave,” meaning if you got in, they’d take care of you. Around the country, there were even country clubs and golf courses where workers at all levels could play for virtually nothing.
I visited the former IBM country club in Poughkeepsie recently. It’s called Casperkill now. IBM sold it more than a decade ago, and you can still find retired IBMers grumbling about the changes.
The ending of fringe benefits like the golf course are symbols of a larger transition at IBM, and most American corporations in recent decades. At IBM, they meant a change to one of the company’s three core values outlined by its founder, Thomas Watson Sr., and his son, Thomas Watson Jr., who together ran the company for much of the first half of the 20th century.
Dan Bobkoff / Business InsiderRon Dedrick started working at IBM in 1966. Now retired, he spends his days at a golf course that was once a perk for IBM workers.
And it’s true. IBMers interviewed for this story who worked there starting in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s are still intensely loyal, even when they criticise some of the changes in recent years. Many say they would do anything for the company back then.
Most companies weren’t as generous as IBM. It was the most extreme example of a big-business norm in the middle of the 20th century, one quite different from today’s.
“Most corporate executives in this period, when prosperity was widely shared, thought we could make a profit, and we can take care of the workers, and we want to make great products for the customers, and we want to be fair to our suppliers, and we want to be good citizens to the community,” says Richard Sylla, an economic historian at the New York University Stern School of Business.
Thomas Watson Jr. absolutely believed that. As the son of IBM’s founder and its postwar CEO, he gave a series of speeches in the 1960s outlining the IBM values that he and his father developed.
In the late 1800s, the coast-to-coast railroad network linked US states, creating the world’s first mass market. That allowed companies to build large, efficient, centralised factories, and with them, came the first tycoons.
At their simplest level, corporations allow a group of people to put their money together to do things they couldn’t do alone. They can grow by reinvesting their profits, and issue stocks and bonds, growing much faster than if they had to raise and use their own cash.
Andrew J. Russell / National Park ServiceAt the ceremony for the driving of the ‘Last Spike’ at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869.
After World War II, American companies “pretty much had the world to themselves,” Sylla says. Most of their rivals in Europe and Japan were rebuilding after the war’s destruction, so big companies were raking in cash, and didn’t have any issue being generous.
“When we compare that time to today, we find everyone seemed to share in the prosperity, from the corporate executives right down to the assembly-line workers,” Sylla says.
For IBM itself, Watson Jr. was making big bets, shifting the company from mechanical tabulating devices to a new thing called a computer. The System/360 was its first major mainframe.
Watson’s strategy paid off. Hundreds of thousands of IBMers brought us into the modern computer age, leasing and servicing those room-sized mainframes to companies around the world.
But while IBM powered ahead, the rest of corporate America ran into problems in the ’70s.
William B. Plowman/Getty ImagesLouis V. Gerstner Jr. — chairman of IBM and the author of ‘Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?’ — speaks at Harvard in 2002. He is credited with turning around IBM in the ’90s, but he also changed its culture.
“Build your factory in Mexico or someplace else where labour is cheaper” became the thinking, he says.
In the ’80s, IBM’s management tried to protect the mainframe business against new competition from PCs. It didn’t work. By the early ’90s, IBM was running out of cash. There was talk of splitting the company into pieces. Then IBM hired its first outsider to lead the company, Louis Gerstner, who came from RJR Nabisco.
Sylla says this was the moment “IBM got a big dose of shareholder value,” the focus that’s transformed American business over the past 40 years.
One morning early on in Gerstner’s tenure, Thomas Watson Jr. joined the new CEO in the back of the car that drove him to the office. Gerstner says Watson told him to take whatever steps necessary to get the company back on track.
But in many ways, the steps Gerstner took were a repudiation of the values Watson outlined in the ’60s. In one speech, Gerstner said what IBM needed was “a series of very tough-minded, market-driven strategies” — strategies that delivered performance in the marketplace and shareholder value.
It was basically look to the left, look to the right. Some of you won’t be here.
Holle soon became busy strategising how to tell workers, and the public, what was happening at one of the most iconic American brands. But around the office, that famous IBM dedication was fraying.
“Productivity decreased because people were looking for jobs, talking in the hallways about who they thought would get laid off,” she says.
Many credit Gerstner with saving IBM, and keeping it together. (Gerstner declined to be interviewed for this story.) To get there, Gerstner said, in effect, that IBM needed to look more like its peers. That meant cutting back on pensions and perks, like those golf courses, where Ron Dedrick plays.
“So many things have changed,” Dedrick says now. His wife actually still works at IBM.
In more recent years, critics contend that IBM has moved into the financial-engineering business and failed to grow revenue, but has generated profits with financial strategies such as buying back its stock.
IBM declined to make current CEO Ginni Rometty available for an interview. | 2019-04-24T10:36:40Z | https://www.businessinsider.com.au/ibm-corporate-america-history-2016-6 |
Where there are those that love the outdoors, there are those that love spas. Fernie has five spa locations to choose from. In town B2 Body Beauty or Spa 901 offer a full list of services. On the mountain, Lizard Creek Lodge is the spot for apres ski relaxation.
Fusion Day Spa and Wellness Centre, located in downtown Invermere as well as at the Copper Point Resort, offers an extensive menu of massage and esthetic services. Balanced Health & Wellness, also in downtown Invermere offers a unique combination of services from acupuncture to pedicures.
The Natural Springs Spa is a full-service day experience like no other. Natural botanicals. Warm, experienced staff. And the soothing, restorative natural hot springs. Our professional staff can help you select spa services best suited to your tastes and your needs for a completely uplifting, truly memorable spa getaway experience. | 2019-04-22T18:21:17Z | https://highcountryproperties.com/local-area-guide/activities/massage-and-spa |
Please view the prescription drug co-payment information and coverage schedule for your drug plan. You can confirm your drug plan type by referring to your member ID card, asking your Plan Administrator, or contacting HMAA.
If there is a generic equivalent available and a brand name (preferred or non-preferred) drug is dispensed, you may be responsible for the respective brand co-payment plus the cost difference between the generic and brand name drug.
The amount you pay for a covered drug will depend on your coverage tier. Each covered drug is in one of several tiers. Each drug’s tier amount may be different. Each drug tier may have a different copayment or coinsurance amount. Please refer to your Drug Certificate (“DRC”) for additional information. To find out the cost of your drugs, you may contact OptumRx toll-free at 1-800-880-1188.
In your prescription plan, the formulary drug list is used as a guide for determining your co-payment for each prescription, with drugs listed on the formulary typically available at a lower co-payment. However, only you and your doctor can decide which medications are right for you.
For HMAA’s current drug formulary developed by our pharmacy benefit manager, OptumRx, please view the Formulary Drug List.
Review the list carefully, and note it is not all-inclusive and is subject to change.
Effective January 1, 2019, a Quantity Limits Program will continue through OptumRx. An enhanced Step Therapy Program will begin July 1, 2019.
Our pharmacy benefit manager, OptumRx, provides free online access to help manage your prescriptions. Once you are registered, you can learn more about your prescription benefits and obtain maintenance medications through home delivery. Register or Sign In. | 2019-04-24T12:42:34Z | https://www.hmaa.com/healthplans/prescription-plan-info/ |
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If you're in trinidad to visit A R Mitchell Museum and Gallery, check out some of the less official museums in trinidad . . . also landmark, statues and tourist attractions recommended by the Editors of RoadsideAmerica.com. | 2019-04-19T14:35:40Z | https://www.roadsideamerica.com/hotels_motels/poi/21628.html |
LONDON — What a #(%(&@ mess — and no easy way out of it.
That's one indisputable conclusion to draw about British politics after a day like Thursday.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, who won support for her exit plan a day before, saw multiple resignations from her top team and an imminent challenge to her leadership with a very public attack from leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg and a vocal string of his supporters.
Brexiteers have long threatened to challenge May. Now that she has put a draft deal on the table, they have come out of hiding.
Should the hard-liners fail to round up the 48 letters needed under Conservative Party rules to trigger a vote of no confidence, it'd be a huge embarrassment to the Brexiteer cause, undermining their claims of having the support of 80 MPs in parliament. While there is no time limit dictating when the letters need to be submitted, in reality Brexiteers probably only have a few days to capitalize on the crisis caused by May's draft plan.
If the challenge fails to materialize, that would be a major boost for the prime minister and her whips, who are clinging to the hope that the threat of an impending crisis will force MPs to back her divorce agreement with Brussels.
A failure to trigger a leadership contest does not, however, prevent a parliamentary showdown for May — it delays it. One way or another, the prime minister needs a majority in the House of Commons to back the deal before she can formally commit to it in Brussels.
Under Tory rules, May cannot be challenged for a year after winning a vote of no confidence. The magic number she needs to survive is 159 — 50 percent of the party's MPs, plus one.
While many Tory MPs argue in private that her position would be untenable should more than 100 MPs vote to remove her as leader, she would be under no formal obligation to step aside. Asked at Thursday's press conference whether she would fight on even if she won by just one vote she said: "Am I going to see this through? Yes."
For the prime minister, however, simply staying prime minister only solves part of her problem. Unless there's a dramatic change in the political mood, she still doesn't have the numbers to force her deal through parliament.
Privately, some ministers and Tory aides believe May could survive MPs voting down her deal by sitting tight, allowing market turbulence and the prospect of a cliff-edge Brexit to focus minds to allow her to pass the deal on the second — or third, or fourth — attempt.
This path is fraught with danger, however. While there is a majority in the House of Commons opposed to the prime minister's plan, she risks a second, but much more serious, motion of no confidence being tabled against her — this time against the government as a whole.
As long as Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party remains fiercely opposed to the prime minister's agreement, the government no longer has a working majority in parliament and is at risk of losing such a vote of no confidence.
If the House of Commons declares it has no confidence in the government, other party leaders have 14 days to try to form a new administration. If that does not succeed, a general election must be held six weeks later. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn will fancy his chances, but without an election he also lacks the numbers for an outright majority.
If May loses a confidence vote on her leadership among her own MPs, a Conservative leadership contest follows.
Under the usual procedure, candidates require two MPs to back them (one a proposer, the other a seconder). If more than two candidates throw their hats into the ring, the field is whittled down by secret ballots of Conservative MPs held on Tuesdays and Thursdays until only two candidates remain. The wider party membership then votes after a campaign period, which usually lasts a few weeks.
Because there are barely more than four months until the U.K.’s legal departure date, it is likely that either the Tory Party would need to fast-track the process, or the government would need to request an extension to Brexit negotiations. It’s probably easier to bend Conservative Party rules than it is to get a unanimous decision from the EU27 on an extension, so the former scenario seems more likely.
Tory MPs could agree, as they have done in the past, to unite behind a single candidate, obviating the need for a contest. But given the deep divisions in the parliamentary party, it’s hard to see who would command confidence as a unity candidate.
If a no-deal looks likely (or is even favored by a new administration), the U.K. and EU would almost certainly try to agree several “mini-deals” to protect vital services.
Assuming the U.K. has a new Conservative leader and new prime minister within a few weeks, it would then be up to them how to proceed with Brussels.
Dominic Raab, the departing Brexit Secretary and certainly one leadership contender, told Sky News on Thursday he would want to see a renegotiation of the Northern Ireland backstop — the aspect of the deal he resigned over.
Tory leadership contests are unpredictable (in 2016 everyone thought Boris Johnson would win and in the end he didn’t even stand). But it’s probable the new prime minister would be more of a Brexit true-believer than Theresa May, given the Euroskeptic tendencies of the Conservative membership who make the final call.
But whether such a figure — be it Boris Johnson, David Davis, Michael Gove, Raab, or any other potential candidate — would have any chance of wrestling a meaningfully different deal out of Brussels looks doubtful. The EU has shown little appetite to shift red lines.
That would bring a no-deal Brexit back into play.
If a no-deal looks likely (or is even favored by a new administration), the U.K. and EU would almost certainly try to agree several “mini-deals” to protect vital services like air travel over each other’s territory.
But such is the resistance to the idea of a no-deal among most British MPs that in this scenario, there would be a risk, as is the case if May manages to cling on, that the new prime minister would face a vote of no confidence by an alliance of opposition parties and pro-EU Conservative MPs, who would only need to muster a handful of votes to tip the balance and topple the government. Then we could be in general election territory.
Any prime minister is also under a legal obligation (under the EU Withdrawal Act) to lay a motion before MPs informing them that they plan to pursue a “no-deal” Brexit. Right now, there is no chance a majority of MPs would back this. | 2019-04-26T02:02:37Z | https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-deal-scenarios-theresa-may/ |
In another part, Prince tried to downplay the sentencing of four Blackwater employees for the 2007 Nisour Square massacre by pointing out that the convictions came after a lengthy legal battle. The guards escorting a US Embassy patrol killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured 20 others.
“The federal government finally got them in a DC jury on the fourth time they tried it,” he said.
The Qatari channel is set to air in full what appears to have been a trainwreck interview with Prince on Friday. The former Navy Seal remains an influential figure in the private security market, advocating for things like fully privatizing the US military presence in Afghanistan.
Blackwater was one of a plethora of private military companies hired by the US government to provide services in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Its reputation was marred by a string of scandals, eventually leading it to change its name and ownership several times and eventually become part of Constellis Holdings.
Incidents like the Nisour Square massacre contributed to the growing resentment of the Iraqi population to the presence of US troops, and the rise of the bloody insurgency. Contractors working for the company were targeted in one of the first high-profile attacks on Americans in occupied Iraq. In March 2004, four Blackwater men were ambushed and hanged from a bridge in Fallujah. | 2019-04-20T10:12:03Z | https://www.rt.com/news/453232-prince-blackwater-interview-barbarians/ |
SAS Business Analytics and Business Intelligence Software, USA.
Dr. Barlow will describe the role of user experience professionals in enterprise software development, the problems they encounter, the tools and skills necessary to deliver usable software.
Todd Barlow is Director of Usability and User Interface Design at SAS. He is responsible for the usability of SAS software, establishing usability engineering practices, and defining the role of usability in development processes. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human-computer interaction. Prior to working at SAS, he worked as a consultant designing and evaluating interfaces for consumer electronics, weapon systems, and telecommunication software. He holds a B.S.I.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.A. from the University of Maryland, an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in psychology from North Carolina State University. | 2019-04-23T00:22:59Z | http://www.tenthweb.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=441&p=630 |
I am getting an error after the upgrade and the site will not load.
I updated all the files that normally would do except for config/includes.cfm and config/savvylicense.cfm, added the new files that didn't exist in the current installation.
I ran the /install/ directory to update the db and create the new config file with the editor option in it and everything went well.
When I reinited savvy, I restarted coldfusion, and I still get an error. The error logs say: "was missing server information."
If I cfdump session.savvy there is data in the array.
Any ideas? We need to upgrade all 7 of our sites and until this is figured out we can't do much editing because of the firefox 10 issue.
is an application.cfm file in either the root or the actionfile folder if so remove. Only Application.cfc should exist and only in the root.
Also can you link to the site so we can see the error?
Application.cfc is at the root, same as always. I had to roll back to the old version so the site stays up for visitors so I don't have a URL to send you to view the error.
Was there any more to the error? Did you get an email with it? Any additional detail for the error at all?
When I turned on debugging I found the file that whole thing was choking on. The file was corrupt from the zip file. I unzipped it again and this time the file was not corrupt. Uploaded it and everything seems to be fine.
Element OBJECTDATA.TEMPPASSWORD is undefined in ARGUMENTS.
Check to make sure that your login and logout files were also copied over, in addition to the /actionfiles/cfc folder.
And disregard the last one, needed to replace the login from when I rolled back from 4.7.8 so the site could work. Seems the original and only problem was the corrupt file.
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Started by Renee Wasula in Installing Savvy. Last reply by Sherry Labonte Aug 26, 2014. | 2019-04-22T04:03:56Z | http://savvycm.ning.com/forum/topics/upgrade-from-4-7-8-to-5-5-error |
Focusing provides an effective way of listening to the innate wisdom of the body, while art therapy harnesses and activates creative intelligence. Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body’s Wisdom and Creative Intelligence is a ground-breaking book integrating renowned psychologist Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing with art therapy. This new, Focusing-based approach to art therapy helps clients to befriend their inner experience, access healing imagery from the body’s felt sense to express in art and carry forward implicit steps that lead toward change.
Written for readers to be able to learn the application of this innovative approach, the book provides in-depth examples and descriptions of how to adapt Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy to a wide variety of clinical populations including individuals and groups with severe psychiatric illness, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and more, as well as applications to private practice, illness and wellness, spirituality, and self-care.
Integrating theory, clinical practice, and numerous guided exercises, this accessible book will enhance clinical sensitivity and skill, while adding resources for bringing creativity into practice. It will be of interest to art therapists, Focusing therapists, psychologists, counsellors and social workers, as well as trainers and students.
I have included a pdf download of the chapters included in the book. You can also view the contents and a few sample chapters of the book on Amazon here.
Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy explains Eugene Gendlin’s 6-step Focusing method used in conjunction with art therapy. The book is organised into four main parts.
Part I: Focusing and Art Therapy. This section provides an historical overview of Gendlin’s method plus some background to the evolution of Art Therapy.
Part II: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy. Rappaport provides the foundation of how the two methods can be used together.
Part III: Clinical Approaches. The book covers a number of specific applications for Focusing-Orientated Art Therapy, including group work, reducing stress, emotional healing, health, trauma, and spiritual development.
Part IV: Guided Exercises. The exercises help the reader synthesize the application of the focusing-orientated art therapy approach. This provides the reader with an extra layer of confidence when translating the theory into practical application.
I found the layout of the book well organised. Before reading the book I was able to use the contents to briefly review some of the sections I was interested in straight away. I generally like books that emphasise practical examples and help in learning new concepts. The layout of the book was helpful in providing both examples and a clear path to understanding this new concept of focusing-orientated art therapy.
The book used clear tables and succinct summary sections to help highlight and clarify the most important concepts. This is useful to the reader who can sometimes feel overwhelmed by historical and theoretical perspectives.
Over 50 art therapy examples are included in the book which helps solidify some of the concepts in the book. The book also contains over 40 suggested art therapy exercises. I’ve done one of the art therapy exercises and included it below with a final art image.
Chapter one introduced the term ‘felt sense’. Initially, the term felt similar to reading something in a self-help or pseudo-psychology book. Often those books are loose around details of what the terms mean and it seems they are expecting the reader to accept it as something mysterious. To me, the term felt sense seemed a vague statement that alluded to the mysterious.
Exploring the ‘mysterious’ is not to be considered a negative aspect of any therapy, however, for clients who may be in crisis, it may be difficult to embrace a therapy that feels mysterious. This criticism may be more about the terminology thought, and not specifically the book.
Rappaport included a considerable amount of content providing detailed examples of what felt sense is, how to access felt sense and details on the properties of a felt sense.
Given the above reservations about terminology, it may be difficult to introduce some of the concepts to clients. Therefore it would be helpful to read an overview from the author about how to tackle resistance from clients to this therapy or the terminology used.
We have included an example exercise from the book. This exercise is featured in chapter 17, page 219 – Guided Exercises. The general task is included below, however the book provides detailed instructions.
The task details are taken from the Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy . The supplies list and artwork image are provided by Art Therapy Resources. The visual starter prompts are created by Art Therapy Resources.
TASK: Create a collage of pictures/words I feel drawn to.
OUTCOME: This art therapy exercise focused on creating a collage artwork, however, this can also be applied to photography by creating a vignette of items you feel drawn to.
Purchase: If this book sounds interesting to you, it can be purchased from Amazon. You can also view the contents pages and a few of the introductory chapters in the sample. | 2019-04-25T05:09:17Z | https://arttherapyresources.com.au/focusing-orientated-art-therapy/ |
Doing French from English on PC... is voice going to be added on PC?
I love the voice feature on the mobile devices. Is it possible to use my voice to answer questions from the browser on my laptop somehow? | 2019-04-18T15:37:42Z | https://lingvist.com/forum/topic/837/doing-french-from-english-on-pc-is-voice-going-to-be-added-on-pc |
Everyone should have a household insurance. It is a basic package that protects you in case of fire, water damage or burglary. They also contain a basic insurance for traveling and legal protection. Not having a household insurance can lead to large costs and the insurance is usually inexpensive (500-1000 sek/year). The household insurance usually covers everyone in the household, but some companies have special rules. Contact an insurance company for more information. | 2019-04-20T08:54:28Z | http://studenthus.nu/en/renting-law/household-insurance/ |
The PC market picked up slightly in 2002, according to figures from Gartner Dataquest, but there was still no signs of a strong rebound in the sector.
According to the research firm’s preliminary figures, worldwide PC shipments totalled 132.4 million units in 2002, a 2.7% increase from 2001. This was only a small rise, but better than the 4% contraction the market suffered in 2001.
"In the second half of 2002, the worldwide PC market had two consecutive quarters of year-on-year PC shipment growth," says Charles Smulders, vice president of Gartner Dataquest's computing platforms worldwide group. "Despite this growth, we still believe PC market demand is still at the bottom of a growth cycle and has yet to show evidence of a significant upturn."
The completion of the HP/Compaq merger meant that new HP was able to hold off Dell to top the shipment charts. Despite a 9.3% year-on-year decline in shipments, HP retained a 16.2% market share, 1% more than Dell. Furthermore, even though HP is still integrating Compaq’s PC range and devising its go to market strategy, it racked up a second quarter of sequential growth in the fourth quarter of 2002.
Rounding out the top five were IBM, in third, which held a 6% market share, followed by NEC with 3.4% and Toshiba with 3.2%. | 2019-04-24T11:09:07Z | http://www.itp.net/475748 |
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What if we had a system mirroring the cross-talk between microbes and complex ‘super-organisms’ like humans or animals? Understanding the relationships between hosts and commensal bacteria might help fighting gut flora associated chronic diseases such as diabetes type II, Morbus Crohn, Colitis Ulcerosa. By that, the necessity for multifaceted medication could be cut and animal trials reduced. Establishing unique microbiome-databases, personal tests are thinkable and the creation of individual ‘avatars’ possible. Furthermore, animal-specific chips could mimic diverse livestock groups. The future not only lies, but also fits in our hand with a microbiome-on-a-chip lab device.
Symbiotic super-organisms such as humans and other mammals have a shared inheritance with commensal microorganisms since approximately 50,000 years. This means that gut indigenous microbes are closely related to their host in such a way that the intestinal homeostasis and therefore the host’s health is depending on these bacteria. Gastrointestinal simulation platforms are model systems representing the digestive tract of e.g. monogastric mammals to study the solubility, stability, and release profile of drugs, specific formulations or the nutritioning effect of functional food (pre-/pro-/synbiotics), and animal feed and their impact on the gut microbiome analysed by state-of-the-art omic-analyses.
Potential community shifts caused by a certain specimen are revealed by the comparison of microbial fingerprints before and after the treatment based on Next Generation Sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics and transcriptomics, providing and even forecasting (modelling) information about the digestion performance and individual metabolism dynamics by unravelling black-boxed challenges: Who is still there? What and how is a certain substance metabolized? Which treatment is needed to supplement and re-establish a functional flora?
acib is currently creating a bilateral information network – a ‘think tank’, open for input from scientific and industrial partners to develop a simulation system that meets user’s demands at the state-of-the-art level. Aimed joint-infrastructure funding and a cloud solution-based knowledge exchange combine all efforts to realize the system’s highest level of complexity and implementation range. | 2019-04-22T10:10:33Z | https://www.acib.at/microbiome-chip-future-vitro-simulation-systems/ |
HEALTH & SAFETY minister Angela Eagle is to be lobbied by former ICE president David Green next Monday in an effort to secure funding for a code on ship to shore walkway design.
Demands for an extension to the existing maritime code followed the fatal Ramsgate walkway collapse of September 1994.
Green, as ICE president, first requested a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott last summer to discuss funding the work. After seven months' delay a response came from Eagle's office and a meeting arranged (NCE 1/8 January).
ICE Director General Roger Dobson and Donald Evans, a member of the British Standards Institution drafting committee on maritime codes, will join Green. However, it is unclear whether the meeting, already postponed once, will produce a commitment from Eagle to provide the £50,000 to £100,000 needed to work up a draft. | 2019-04-20T06:21:01Z | https://www.newcivilengineer.com/green-in-talks-for-walkway-funding/842238.article |
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9 comments for "Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris says:"
King Rat, er Parris (sorry ’bout that) hires token minorities in his law practice for obvious reasons.
As for the minorities who work for the city–they came aboard via civil service type test. The city has to hire from a list based on scores. So those minorities aren’t token but were hired by merit.
But like a previous writer stated, King Rat, er Rex (sorry ’bout that. My bad) will take full credit and will use it in his re-election bid.
Remember: ANY person of a different ethnicity on staff or otherwise working within the city, regardless of when they joined the city, will be counted as personally hired by the great king rat parris… Just like how he personally went out and lowered the crime rate – even before he became king, er, mayor.
Just ask his holy rexness and he’ll tell you how it’s all him that did everything for you!
How much longer before we see this criminal in federal custody doing the perp walk, USDOJ?
Matt… That would be 2 or 3 out of 70 or so positions on various commissions. Maybe Rex is also counting Henry. I don’t believe anything he says after someone who spoke last night at the meeting was assaulted outside the chambers by city staff.
The Deputy Mayor is of Chinese origin (can’t remember her name at the moment) and there is a member of the Planning Commission who is of Indian origin (Raj Mali). Those two come to mind right now.
Are these people of color the Mayor speaks of in a position of power or are the simply employees? | 2019-04-20T13:07:01Z | http://theavtimes.com/2011/09/13/1229/ |
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If you’re looking for a RV Park or a campsite we have a wonderful place for you to set-up. Located just outside of the village of Amana and just north of the Lily Lake close to the theater it is easy to get into your spot and on level ground. Camping is available in that same location or in the Middle Amana Park under the old oak trees.
Family tipi camping at Walking Stick Adventures farm is like summer camp for families. It is a single private camp site, 4 acres including the pond. It is perfect for friends and family get-togethers. The site includes a tipi, cooking and recreational equipment, rustic restroom and outdoor shower. Reservations are required through airbnb or hipcamp or by phone. Our farm is easily accessible, just 3 miles from Interstate 80 and is only 7 miles from the Tanger Outlet Mall, 11 miles to Fireside Winery and 22 miles to the Amana Colonies. Everything you need for a relaxing family outdoor weekend is provided. All you will need to bring is a sleeping bag and food. We will provide an 18ft diameter tipi to sleep in, (sleeps 6) small beach and fishing jetty, prairie trails and small woods to explore. Recreation equipment such as kayaks, canoe, fishing equipment and pond nets are included. We have everything you might need for cooking marshmallows to dutch oven cooking. This is a great way to try to camping without the expense of equipment or a campground full of “helpful” neighbors. We will set up tipi camp for your family on any night. Day rental for half-a-day is $65, for a full day, $105. For overnight camping, our fees are $105/per night.
The Amana RV Park is a peaceful, scenic place for a getaway. Our 80-acre, full service, campground is located in the heart of the Amana Colonies just 1/2 mile from the village of Amana. Enjoy level campsites, full and partial hookups, showers, laundry, free Wi-Fi, a camp store and a four-vehicle sanitary station. The park offers over 400 RV sites as well as tent camping. Over 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space is available. The RV Park is open April – October with staff on duty year-round to help you plan your camping getaway or event. Events and large or small RV rallies welcome. Visit us a www.amanarvpark.com.
Bibles and Son Outdoor specializes in RV Rentals and will have a permanent spot at the Amana RV Park with a bundle rate. we will also deliver and set up at any campground within 30 miles of the Amana Colonies. We will also have a small outdoor store that sells camping equipment, Xpedition Archery and accessories opening Spring of 2019. | 2019-04-18T11:01:15Z | https://amanacolonies.com/places-to-stay/rv-park-campgrounds/ |
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When taking an online education class, you’re generally sitting in front of the computer screen alone. If you have a question or need an explanation, you do not have the immediacy of simply raising your hand. This may be okay if you’re taking a subject that you are strong in and won’t need a great deal of help and reinforcement.
Although others are taking the online course and you are generally provided emails and encouraged to share and contact each other, the group entity is missing. The group support may or may not become evident as the course progresses and each course is different. Although communication with classmates is encouraged, the reality is that the reasons for taking an online course in the first place may limit time for camaraderie.
It is much easier to procrastinate on assignments when you are not face to face with the instructor or the judgment of other students when you are unprepared. If physical attendance isn’t being tallied, other more attractive activities can entice the online student to put off their lessons.
When attending a course in person and reviewing for an evaluation, it is not uncommon for a professor to stress the material with expressions or repetition that you will later see on the test. In an online course you aren’t privy to insider prompts. You’re left to your own judgment about what material will appear on the test.
In order to surmount these obstacles of taking an online education class, you need to be very self-directed and goal-oriented. If you possess these traits, consider the following advantages of an online course.
When taking an online class in the comfort of your own home, you save money on gas and vehicle maintenance, clothing, snacks and meals. Affordability is another advantage of the majority of online courses. The cost of online classes is generally less expensive than those offered on campus.
You have a flexible schedule that complements your work outside the home. This flexibility allows you to share family responsibilities as a spouse, parent, or caretaker of aging parents. If you foresee future demands on your time or a possible emergency trip, you can adjust your schedule without taking a lower grade than earned because you were physically absent from class more than the indicated maximum for an A grade. Of course, every college has its guidelines and you’ll want to check these out when first applying for the online class. What is their policy for completion of assignments and evaluations?
Sometimes, the anonymity of online classmates makes it easier to be open and communicative. This is particularly desirable when taking creative courses that require critiquing and feedback. Online communication is more comfortable for many introverted students who would never speak up in the classroom.
College location is not a factor that you have to consider. Your program choice is not dictated by distance. It makes no difference if you enroll in a college program in your local area or across the country because traveling is not an issue. Your computer connects you with the professor and classmates instantaneously.
Investing in your future, whether physically attending a college campus or taking an online degree program, is a weighty decision. It may help to make a personal list of advantages and disadvantages for each option – on campus or online – so you can make an educated choice. | 2019-04-25T08:49:16Z | http://wh-magazine.com/alternative-education/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-online-education-classes-4 |
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The Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II is a really popular pair of noise cancelling headphones, primarily because they work so well. But they are also super comfortable to wear for many hours on end, thanks to the very cushiony earpads on these, and it also has some really good audio quality. That's what you would expect from Bose though, so not much of a surprise there. The battery life is pretty incredible on the QC35's as well, with around 20 hours of playback here on a single charge. | 2019-04-24T19:55:26Z | https://www.androidheadlines.com/2018/12/bose-quietcomfort-35-series-ii-amazon-holiday-deals-2018.html |
Dr Ferreira is an Honorary Senior Lecturer with the University of Liverpool, teaching different modules in the professional Doctorate in Doctor of Education – Higher Education and supervising doctoral theses.
Dr Ferreira has a bachelors degree in special education as well as a masters and a PhD in pedagogical psychology. For 15 years he worked in a special education institution, integrating a multidisciplinary team of specialists. He has worked in higher education in Portugal since 1999 and has held a number of posts including Head of Department, Chair of the Scientific Council and coordinator of a masters programme. He has taught courses in Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Curriculum and Pedagogical Differentiation, and Teaching and Learning Methodologies. He has several peer reviewed publications in Portugal, Spain, Poland, Italy and Brazil and he has given conferences in Poland, Germany, Spain and Estonia.
Dr Ferreira is a Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon in the Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Department where he lectures in the field of special educational needs and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students. | 2019-04-21T22:04:08Z | https://www.online.liverpool.ac.uk/about/faculty-profiles/education/dr-marco-ferreira |
We’ve reached the end of the rainbow (collection), dear listener, with a show all about the rainbow itself.
It’s been an emotional journey, with a fight almost breaking out on the question of whether we should do a show about indigo. But we hope you have enjoyed every colourful chapter along the way.
We know it’s not wise to cross the streams but seeing as we’ve recently started another collection of shows, this one themed after the days of the week, we thought we might mess with your minds a little and offer up this rainbow calendar.
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This is official: Caprica has been cancelled.
The show is being taken off the schedule and the remaining five episodes will be shown (burned off) sometime in early 2011.
why are we not suprised!
I’m deeply disappointed that the skinjobs at SyFy (what a stupid change from Sci Fi) have canceled Caprica. While the show was flawed, the thing that really kept me watching it was the development of the mythos of the Cylons. Now we’ll never really know how they came to be and evolved on Caprica. Remember the oft-repeated line from BSG: “All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.” We don’t really know how Zoe developed the code for the Avatar. Was she inspired by something from the wasted Cylon “Earth?” We know the Cylons evolved separately at least twice. Was the STO somehow tied in with the Final Five? What was the connection between the Cylons and the STO. I think Ron Moore and David Eick eventually would have told this story and tied it all up, just as they did with all the loose ends in BSG. Maybe they still will in some other medium such as ebooks or webisodes. I wonder if David Eick saw this coming. That might explain why there hasn’t been a new podcast for the past few weeks.
Frak the skinjobs! Throw them to the centurions. I don’t like the direction in which they’re taking the network and find less and less reason to watch it.
But it says something about the viewers that a somewhat cerebral show like Caprica gets axed while pedestrian fair like SGU and Warehouse 13 continues. Hmmm, maybe PBS will pick up Caprica?
Well, maybe SyFy will redeem itself with Blood & Chrome, if they don’t frak it up! Conceivably, they could answer some of the quetions left unanswered by Caprica. And it would be nice to see spaceships again!
I was a huge fan of Ronald D Moore’s Galactica but Caprica was so bad, as was The Plan, that I probably won’t bother to watch Blood and Chrome. Even though Galactica was a great show,the plot was riddled with holes and a lot of stuff just didn’t make any sense when you really thought about it, mainly after season 2.
If Galactica had been cancelled after the second season I would probably consider it the greatest show in TV history. At this point, it feels like they’re beating the dead horse-bones into glue.
It was really disappointing to see Star Trek NG running in Caprica’s time slot tonight. If I wanted to watch a 20-year-old show, I’d get the DVD.
The biggest mistake on Caprica’s was SyFy’s decision to show half the shows for the first season and then take a Sopranos-like hiatus. That worked for the Sopranos–after it was established for a few seasons. I don’t think HBO tried that during its first season. I think running the full season with minimal interruption would have given Caprica a chance to prove itself. And if it hadn’t, then it would have been public reaction, not poor programming, that killed the show.
It was better than a lot of stuff on Syfy or network TV. The problem was it was too related to BSG. It would have worked better if it had nothing to do with it, but the expectations were too high. It’s like Stargate Universe, which is great. But it only works when you dont think of it as part of the existing Stargate Universe. I just saw the next Caprica episode 14 (via torrent) and it was the best so far. They actually got to the point where Cylons and the idea of the one true god meet. I wish it would have gotten to this point sooner and I wish they wouldn’t have thrown so much at the wall at once.
Just watched the Caprica finale and it was really actually rather amazingly good. I know there were a lot of long boring episodes in the first half of the season but the last 5 episodes really made up for it.
I’m not saying I think the show deserved a second season, but at least the finale made me feel like the entire first season was worth while. I really hope you guys do a final podcast to wrap it all up after seeing the final five episodes.
The Caprica finale was really good. My husband and I watched it a few days ago and both of us remarked how great we thought it was.
I have to agree with Adam who said: “I’m not saying I think the show deserved a second season, but at least the finale made me feel like the entire first season was worth while.” Brilliantly put. | 2019-04-21T08:16:22Z | http://www.geekquorum.com/2010/10/27/syfy-cancels-caprica/ |
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After the demonetization drive in November, the real estate sector was left in the ruins as the worst casualty of the cash ban. But you will be surprise if we tell you that the S&P BSE Realty index, the barometer of the real estate sector, has actually delivered 14 percent return so far in 2017 and is up nearly 2 percent since demonetization.
The Budget announcements clearly indicated that the government’s focus on improving affordability of homes will benefit end-users, which would result in significant increase in housing supply in the secondary market.
But the finance minister offered hope to the sector as he announced infrastructure status to affordable housing in the recent budget. Stocks of real estate developers, banks and housing finance companies moved higher from their previous lows on domestic bourses in the first week of February.
In 2017, total NRI investment in realty in top eight cities is expected to touch $11.5 billion. This will represent 20 per cent of total market share, currently estimated at $60 billion. Infrastructure status to the sector will help affordable home developers to access cheaper funds from big institutions such as insurance companies and pension funds. | 2019-04-19T06:50:55Z | https://www.adviserstreet.com/nice-people.php?id=1 |
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What exactly is a smart city? According to Wikipedia, “a smart city is an urban area that uses different types of electronic data collection sensors to supply information which is used to manage assets and resources efficiently.” This basic definition paints a picture of an urban setting that is “smarter” because it can see, understand and react faster to the everyday events due to greater digital connectivity.
In a previous post, I wrote about the idea of greater connected infrastructure and the value it could unlock for an urban environment. But integrating connected infrastructure alone will not establish a truly “smart” city. It is important to ensure that the vision for a smart city goes beyond being as smart as a 10 year old (trust me, I have one). A truly smart city will be one that uses digital assets to go beyond better management of assets, but achieves transformative impacts on the citizens, environment and ecosystem. When it comes down to it, smart cities are those that find ways to reduce friction.
Friction comes in many forms in an urban environment, from the movement of people, to the movement of inventory and the usage of resources. So, what are some transformational aspects that address specific areas of friction?
True smart cities reduce the friction created by old supply chains. Anyone who has ventured through the streets of New York City during the day can see the impact of legacy supply chains all around them. Trucks, boxes, pallets, forklifts and dollies are not meant for sidewalks. Yet, throughout an average day in New York or Shanghai or Frankfurt, these tools of our supply chains can be seen roaming the streets. Why? As the velocity of commerce continues, the stores and physical assets of retailers cannot keep pace. They require constant replenishment and therefore constant visits from trucks unloading pallets and boxes using the dollies and forklifts. This has the unintended consequence of making already heavily populated sidewalks even more dangerous and encumbered. To solve for this problem, truly smart cities should implement greater digital assets. For example, IoT, RFID, connected machinery and assets, connected consumers and connected stores can enable a more finely orchestrated smart city when it comes to replenishment. Moreover, digital assets allow inventory to be more optimally stored throughout an urban setting and beyond. Replenishment can be done with a real-time understanding of what needs to be replenished and when, rather than making assumptions. Each of these examples is a way in which a city can reduce friction to create a more seamless experience.
A smarter city reduces the friction of red tape. Imagine what a city would look like if there were fewer blind spots and greater transparency when it comes to the number of functions that occur within an urban setting. Citizens would have full transparency into how funds are used, how resources are allocated and how the city is truly run. While some argue this is too utopian of a view, cloud-based technologies are already paving the way for cities to shed greater clarity and insights into their everyday functions. Simply put, a city is collection of systems that are all intertwined. Friction and inefficiencies occur when there are blind spots and areas where uncertainties exist. Could digital bring clarity and insight into these areas? The answer is absolutely.
Smart cities are becoming a reality due to greater access to cloud computing and digital assets. Digitization is already catalyzing transformative changes that can reduce friction and open up supply chains and cities they operate in. | 2019-04-21T04:11:46Z | https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iot-agenda/is-your-city-as-smart-as-a-10-year-old-to-get-smart-cities-must-focus-on-friction/ |
Geneva, 9 Apr (Chakravarthi Raghavan*) – The plurilateral talks for e-commerce rules at the WTO, mooted by 76 countries, is a reality, though 88 other members cannot or will not participate, and “it is my hope that those holding out are not blackmailing the system but have legitimate issues that can be brought on board,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr Mukhisa Kituyi has said.
Dr Kituyi was speaking at a panel discussion on 5 April jointly organised by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Commonwealth Secretariat during UNCTAD’s eCommerce Week.
The panel discussion was on the development implications of the proposed WTO plurilateral negotiations on electronic commerce.
Chaired by Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of the People’s Republic of China, six of the seven invited panelists were drawn from those supporting the negotiations, and one against. There were two others from the private sector listed, whose presentations were available and were invited to speak from the floor (but only one was present and spoke).
There were also two non-pre-arranged floor interventions, one by a former International Telecommunication Union (ITU) official and now Swiss civil society participant, questioning the claims that the rules will promote development, and opposing the WTO venue for the talks.
The other intervener, a World Bank person, said in his experience development issues always got pushed to the end of negotiations and wound up not really being taken into account.
The panel discussion appears to have given rise to sharp, negative comments from a coalition of over 300 global and national civil society organisations (CSOs) from 90 countries (developed and developing) from across the world, including international organisations of workers and national organisations of MSMEs (micro, small and medium sized enterprises).
This coalition, grouped under the Our World is Not For Sale (OWINFS) network, has been opposed to and campaigning against the e-com negotiations and the WTO as the venue.
These CSOs have generally been very supportive hitherto of UNCTAD and its work, and quite effective in their own countries against the consistent efforts of the US, EU and others, right from UNCTAD’s founding, to sideline, if not abolish UNCTAD.
These comments and exchanges got wide circulation over their list servers, “tweets” and the like. The CSOs voiced “outrage” at the “lop-sided” composition of the panel, and the UNCTAD Secretary-General for seemingly advocating developing country participation in the WTO e-com talks.
Dr Kituyi responded sharply to these comments and said that to claim UNCTAD’s position as supporting the e-commerce negotiations at the WTO was “cheap and nonsensical”, and critics should read what UNCTAD has said consistently.
It remains to be seen whether the presentations and comments and exchanges have converted any side to the other’s views.
As chair and moderator of the panel discussion, Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang noted at the start that a group of 76 (counting the 28 EU member States individually) out of 164 WTO members representing over 90 per cent of world trade had agreed at Davos, Switzerland, on 25 January 2019 to launch plurilateral negotiations on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce (e-commerce), aimed at facilitating e-commerce and digital trade.
The Chinese envoy added that although the exact scope of negotiations has not been determined, they are likely to cover a wide range of specific issues in e-commerce, such as the moratorium on customs duties on e-commerce, e-commerce and digital trade facilitation, issues related to data and the development dimension of the negotiations.
Speakers at the panel, he said, would discuss systemic implications of the negotiations, risk of regulatory fragmentation through plurilateral accords and how the majority of developing countries, and most LDCs, that are outside the negotiations should respond to the outcomes.
Though the Chinese envoy raised the issue of systemic implications, neither he nor any of the other invited speakers addressed the fundamental systemic issue of how any outcome would find its way into the WTO rule-book or its legality outside the WTO framework.
It’s too late, he said, to talk about whether there are going to be e-com negotiations at the WTO. Due to the failure to launch them multilaterally, there are going to be plurilateral negotiations. It is a reality. But there are 88 countries at the WTO that cannot or will not participate in the process.
Dr Kituyi said the last time when there was a stand-off of a similar nature, on whether they should harvest the Doha progress before launching New Issues, he was Minister of Trade for Kenya.
Previously, there were drivers of multilateralism who bent over backwards to bring everyone in. Now it’s different. The whole multilateral experiment is in a crisis and the solution has to come from within. The crisis in multilateral ism cannot be cured by plurilaterals. They can make certain rules, but not cure the challenges to multilateralism. So, while proceeding on the plurilateral track, one must be aware that it is taking energy from the revival of multilateralism, and not solving the crisis, said Dr Kituyi.
The plurilateral talks are starting with a spaghetti bowl of regulatory regimes. So to move from there to an ambitious outcome is a big challenge. And some power is outside the group (not participating) but their interests will be implicated in the rules that are negotiated.
No one should fear negotiations, but no one should negotiate out of fear, Dr Kituyi said.
Australian Ambassador Ms. Frances Lisson said that digital trade is a critical driver of global economic growth, growing 32% faster and creating jobs more quickly. While e-commerce has been a long-standing element in the WTO’s work since May 1998, discussions on it have not progressed, while e-com provisions in FTAs are more common. It is hence clear that the WTO needs to engage or fall behind in relevance.
Since the January 2019 statement of the 76 countries, a schedule has been set, and the text proposals on the first tranche are due for discussion in mid-May. Hopefully it will allow for developing the inclusive potential of digital trade for women and MSMEs.
Half of the signatories are developing countries, including LDCs. All meetings are open to all WTO members, signatories or not to the Davos statement (but not to civil society). The documents are available to all members, and reports go to the WTO membership, said Ambassador Lisson.
Ambassador Kham-Inh Khitchadeth of Laos, from Asia and Ambassador Eloi Laourou of Benin from Africa, both LDCs, also spoke at the event, both underscoring the special disabilities of the LDCs, and the need for space for all developing countries, and specially the LDCs, to take on all commitments.
The Laos envoy noted that of the three LDCs who signed on to the e-com talk s at Buenos Aires in 2017, two signed on to the Davos statement. Laos, with little bargaining power, limited negotiating capacity, scarce finance and e-technology, has joined the process to have a seat at the table. The interests and concerns of the LDCs should be reflected in the negotiations.
He said Laos is optimistic that the WTO could deliver not only on e-com but also on the DDA.
Ambassador J. S. Deepak of India, the only invited panellist opposed to the e-com talks, said India felt that the talks must take place multilaterally for inclusive and balanced outcomes. India well understood the benefits of e-com; it has a (thriving) e-com ecosystem with growth, large number of users of social media, platforms, and applications. India understood the benefits that the changes would bring about.
There are three reasons why it is premature to have binding rules, he pointed out.
The Rules-based WTO system worked on the basis of mandates and priorities on multilateral rules. At the Buenos Aires Ministerial, there was a clear mandate and Work Programme (WP) multilaterally agreed by Ministers of 164 countries.
It provides that “we should continue the 1998 WP discussions …”. In spite of this, some members are moving forward with negotiations.
Drawing attention to a McKinsey study, the Indian envoy to the WTO said that many developing countries are leaders in business processing and call centers. With automation/mechanization, 50% of the jobs will disappear in countries like Thailand, Mexico, India etc.
E-com pre-supposes affordable access to broadband. Only 1 in 3 of our population has high enough connectivity to leverage benefits. For the LDCs, it is one in 6 or 7. How do you leverage the great benefits without connectivity and affordable access?
And what are some of the proposals: Soft elements like spam, e-signature, authentication of documents, and hard elements like in CPTPP, XBDT, free flow of data, bans on data localization and permanent moratorium on duties for e-com transactions.
Data is the new oil is a cliche. Data is our competitive advantage. It is a new commodity which we can leverage for our development. Most data is created in developing countries but it is captured and processed and mined by TNCs in developed countries, said Ambassador Deepak.
If it’s like the new oil, do we have rules on benefit sharing, use, development like we do for oil? It’s not just about privacy but about using the economic values of data for community development. If we do not have servers and cloud computing, we cannot have jobs in the developing countries. Yes, cloud computing without boundaries will have efficiencies – but at whose cost? Should all costs be borne by developing countries?
At the time the moratorium on customs duties on e-transmissions came into being, e-transmissions were insignificant. Now they are a significant portion of trade flows, he said.
According to a recent UNCTAD study, countries will forego US$10 billion in revenues due to the moratorium, of which 97% will be in developing countries. Tariff losses by LDCs are US$1.5 billion.
According to the UNCTAD paper, it would be almost US$2 billion for Mexico and Thailand, US$0.5 billion for China, India, and Nigeria.
For small LDCs, this is a big issue. Tariffs are 12% of revenue. As more products can be digitally printed, the tariff schedules will be eroded.
So, the moratorium on e-transmissions has the potential of making domestic industry less competitive. It would greatly harm the revenue base of developing countries and would take away their ability to have special dispensation for domestic suppliers. Under GATS, you can have exceptions in the WTO. But if you agree to non-discriminatory treatment for foreign service providers, yo u cannot give special treatment for your domestic suppliers. This has huge implications for development in developing countries and LDCs especially.
Without adequate preparation, we are going to have a very difficult time ma king rules. We need to be prepared, we need to develop digitalization. We are in need of policy space and we are populating it with our national data policy. India’s data should be used for India’s development, said the Indian envoy.
Those who generate data should not become products to be used by others but should benefit from it.
What could be the role of UNCTAD? It’s important that we do not leap in the dark. We have to understand the situation now, engage in the exploratory Work Programme in the WTO, explore elements of high ambition. UNCTAD can help understand a bottom-up approach to digitalization and e-commerce with all the stakeholders taken into account.
Enlightened engagement rather than one based on ignorance may be the way to go forward, even if an idea is the fashionable idea of the season, said Ambassador Deepak.
The EU representative, Ambassador Paolo Garzotti, said that the issue is of systemic importance, but the negotiations are taking place only among certain members on the most dynamic areas of trade, demonstrating the resilience of the WTO system. The EU had joined the negotiations for the same reasons that Ambassador Deepak had mentioned for not joining.
“We don’t want to go back home and come back in ten years … It’s a resounding yes to multilateralism and a no to paralysis” at the WTO. The EU priorities in the negotiations are “comprehensive and ambitious” rules, supported by as many WTO members as possible, in the limited amount of time.
This, he said, is the classical trilemma: “a dynamics approach to provide flexibility to negotiating outcome.” It was not realistic to have all rules accepted by all members. The outcome will be difficult to say before the start.
What are the development implications and systemic implications?
E-signatures and payments to protect consumers are basic and crucial and necessary elements to bring benefits. This is good for all members but especially those from the developing world. If these discussions take place at national and global level, that would be great, he said.
Creating artificial divisions between developed and developing members is not conducive to success. These rules are going to be written anyway. If we don’t do them in the WTO, they will be done elsewhere; in fact they are already being done in FTAs, even FTAs where LDCs are members, said the EU envoy.
It’s a risk of finding the global environment set by others instead of here . That’s why all members, and developing countries in particular, have an interest in joining the club rather than letting the rules being set without them. If you set traffic rules while everyone is still in the street, you risk a lot of crashes. Better to do it multilaterally in a rules-based system, he added.
Ambassador Eloi Laourou of Benin said the digital economy and e-trade was part of daily life. “We purchase online, we sell online, we are people, a society, government, MSMEs, enterprises that are using ICTs, for health, education, telecommunications, agriculture. We have to take into account an assessment of the work in front of us … the needs and concerns of developing countries and particularly LDCs. In aspects that are linked with e-commerce, LDCs need to have policy space. The specific areas we should touch on relate to data flows, data localization, revenue sharing, start-ups or enterprises in general. For the LDCs, these are constraints, and we cannot take the same commitments on regulation.
For all LDCs to benefit from this exercise, he would like all LDCs to join the initiative. Developing countries and LDCs have a lot of constraints; their digital infrastructure and cybersecurity have to be enhanced, and they need schemes to promote this readiness.
The Commonwealth Secretariat representative, Teddy Soobramanien, posed the question whether e-commerce can bring benefits and promote social welfare. He had heard the case of land-locked countries, but not on remote small island states who probably stand to get more from e-commerce to reach more markets and reduce trade costs, increase efficiency and reduce barriers.
For example, the e-signature issue was sorted out way back in the 1990s by UNCITRAL, and there is no reason to consider new provisions.
Despite the statements to the effect that it was too early to foresee the outcome of the plurilateral negotiations, in fact the outcome is pre-ordained: several of the proponents have already agreed on e-commerce provisions in TPP and USMCA. In fact, the outcome will surely be based on USMCA, because that corresponds to what industry has quite openly said they want.
Key industry demands are to constrain national regulation so as to obtain: free flow of data; no data localization; no source code disclosure requirements (this may prevent governments from procuring open source software and/or from examining source code to determine whether it complies with regulatory requirements regarding safety, pollution, etc.); permanent prohibition of import duties on digital products (which can be a serious problem for developing countries, who might not have any other practical means to raise revenue, in particular in light of the fact that many Internet companies optimize their operations so as to avoid paying income taxes in any jurisdiction).
Hill supported Ambassador Deepak’s statement to the effect that the pre-requisites for ecommerce negotiations are not there. These include: affordable Internet access (which is not available in many developing countries); national data policies; global taxation policies that avoid current tax avoidance; national and global anti-trust policies and enforcement; and methods to distribute equitably the value-added of data monetization.
The WTO e-commerce proposals seek to enshrine the current business model, which has been referred to as Surveillance Capitalism by respected Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff. She has written a 500-page book (The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power) explaining in detail why that system is evil.
Hill stated that since the EU representative mentioned that the e-commerce negotiations will include the telecommunications issue, he was obliged to recall his previous capacity as a senior official at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and to express his astonishment that the very same countries that refused to discuss proposals made by developing countries in the ITU in 201 2 are now making in the WTO the very same proposals that they refused in the ITU.
In another question/intervention from the floor, a representative of the World Bank stated that, in his experience, development issues always got pushed to the end of negotiations and wound up not really being taken into account.
In response to Mr. Hill’s question, the EU representative reiterated that the outcome was not pre-ordained and stated that he was not aware of the 2012 discussions in the ITU.
On the second question, the panelists reiterated that they would put development at the center of the negotiations.
That hypocrisy, he noted, was publicly visible during the negotiations on Friday 5 April at the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE), where developed countries blocked inclusion, in non-binding recommendations, key proposals from developing countries, including refusal to accept any references to “data ownership”, “economic value of data”, or “data policies”. As a result, no recommendations whatsoever were agreed by the IGE.
Perhaps more appropriate for developing countries would have been: “We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately”. | 2019-04-23T23:00:51Z | http://twn.my/title2/wto.info/2019/ti190408.htm |
Home Bitcoin News Will Litecoin (LTC) boost adoption for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?
While Bitcoin is the undisputed king of all cryptocurrencies, it’s frequently criticized because of the time it takes to complete a transaction, the lack of scalability and the vast amounts of power it takes to keep the blockchain going through mining.
That’s why the Lightning Network has been developed and deployed. It is a second layer for the Bitcoin blockchain and network which is meant to address the problems of speed and scalability and to increase every user’s privacy. Another notable innovation it brings is the Atomic Swaps.
Atomic Swaps allow converting your currencies from one to another. This is possible thanks to a smart contract technology known as hash-time locked contract (HTLC). This kind of contract ensures the safe exchange of currencies by enforcing pre-set parameters. The trade must be completed within a given time limit, and the transaction must be completed from both sides before any funds are released.
The main consequence of this protocol is that it eliminates the need for any central service, authority, arbiter or third party. It also helps to decentralize the coins involved in the HTLC because users don’t need to keep their currency stored in wallets or exchanges.
Let’s clarify one crucial feature of the Lighting Network. While it’s currently associated mainly with Bitcoin, it’s not specific to it at all; it’s just a layer of new protocols that can be integrated into any other blockchain which is excellent news for the community at large. Many other cryptocurrencies have already announced the intention to adopt the Lighting Network (Zcash, Decred, and Litecoin among others) to some degree.
Litecoin is, of course, a Bitcoin fork created by Charlie Lee, a former Google developer. Because it uses the same blockchain but it’s faster and lighter, the Litecoin blockchain has been used very often as a sandbox for Bitcoin. Mr. Lee was even the first person ever to complete an atomic swap last year.
The Lighting Network is a very promising protocol. It could just be the thing that solves many of the pending issues with the Bitcoin network and many others as well.
Because of its versatility, it can, and should, be adopted by many different blockchain networks and currencies. Adoption by several such projects would be a great benefit for the crypto community as a whole.
The post Will Litecoin (LTC) boost adoption for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network? appeared first on Global Coin Report. | 2019-04-23T02:09:51Z | https://thebitcoinnews.com/will-litecoin-ltc-boost-adoption-for-bitcoins-lightning-network/ |
In 2003, DJPC added a new program, Global Solutions to Violence (GSTV), to teach students in local high schools and youth programs about peacemaking, nonviolence and globalization. The program curriculum explores peacemaking and nonviolence as realistic solutions to societal conflict, thus creating the potential for a paradigm shift away from physical and economic violence.
While DJPC no longer directly offers GSTV, we want to make the curriculum available to as many teachers and students as possible. Lesson plans can be accessed online. Resources are presented in each lesson and an additional resource list is also offered. The lessons are available at no charge, however, we do hope that you will make a donation for the value received. Tax-deductible donations may be made to “DJPC Education Fund” and will be gratefully appreciated. | 2019-04-19T02:39:54Z | http://denjustpeace.org/2010/05/global-solutions-to-violence-%E2%80%94-online-3/ |
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This week, we’re launching our webinar series on ways to optimize fertility, have a healthier pregnancy, and the healthiest baby possible. Featuring Dr. Lana Asprey, physician and author of The Better Baby Book, Lana and her husband, Dave Asprey, distilled their findings from countless research papers, spending more than 10 years working with some of the world’s top health and nutrition researchers, reading over 150 nutrition books, and self-experimenting for 15 years. Register HERE.
We’re kicking off our series with Lana by talking about nutrition. Nutrition isn’t just important once you’re pregnant. Preparing your body for baby could mean normalizing your body’s hormones, vitamin levels, and more, to make a healthier you even before baby hops on board.
• Whether your diet is fetus-friendly. What might you need more of? What should you avoid?
Tune in later this week, when we’ll discuss these topics and more. And look for Part 2 of the series in the following weeks, where we’ll be discussing the importance of keeping an eye on your blood tests, and going over what various biomarkers mean when you’re pregnant or trying to conceive.
* Or more, if you love sweet potatoes. It turns out they’re linked to higher rates of multiple births—but more on that in the webinar.
Lana and her husband, Dave, are the parents of two young, healthy children. Lana is a medical doctor who trained at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Dave is an expert in nutrition and a respected Silicon Valley executive in the cloud computing field. In 2006, Lana and Dave were ready to start their family, and decided to combine their knowledge to figure out how to have the healthiest, brightest baby they could while reducing the risk of autism as much as possible. That’s when The Better Baby Book was born.
This entry was posted in Webinars on August 1, 2013 by The WellnessFX Team. | 2019-04-26T16:31:09Z | http://blog.wellnessfx.com/2013/08/01/join-us-for-our-better-baby-webinar/ |
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Please submit any useful information about climbing Peleaga that may be useful to other climbers. Consider things such as access and accommodation at the base of Peleaga, as well as the logistics of climbing to the summit.
Use this relief map to navigate to mountain peaks in the area of Peleaga. | 2019-04-24T18:17:55Z | https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Peleaga |
Wight, Mary Beth, "S.T.A.R.S. in the middle school: (Success Through Art Related Skills)" (1996). Theses Digitization Project. 1170. | 2019-04-19T12:43:16Z | https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1170/ |
This video was commissioned by Japanese TV Station, Space Shower as part of their Station ID program 'Canvas 2.0' in June 2012.
It will be broadcast on their TV-channel during summer.
9 States of Ambivalence from QNQ/AUJIK on Vimeo. | 2019-04-23T02:17:33Z | http://inspirations.cgrecord.net/2012/06/9-states-of-ambivalence.html |
A bad forecast for the long Anzac weekend saw us exploring the lovely huts and track system around Lake Christabel and the Robinson River. Day 1: Christabel Hut via Blue Grey River. Day 2: Crossing of Robinson Saddle to Top Robinson Hut. Day 3: Top Robinson Hut to Palmer Road. Team: Liz Stephenson, Geoff Spearpoint, James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof.
On the Blue Grey River track on the way to Lake Christabel. | 2019-04-24T10:54:25Z | https://ninadickerhof.smugmug.com/TrampingandmountaineeringinNew/North-of-Arthurs-Pass/Lake-Christabel-25-27-April |
After 10+ years of development and testing you'd have thought they'd have got such basic issues right.
Yes Jelv i asked for a reply via Social media , 5hours ago on twitter and am still awaiting a reply .
We migrated our work account away from Plusnet in August, but unfortunately they are still billing us.
So it looks like I will get to see the new bills after all.
As a contributor to PN's community forums, may I assume that your persona non grata status over there, does not at all influence your objectivity?
I think it really is oh dear plusnet. I logged into my account to take a look, very little has changed, but it is worse than before. Sellecting an invoice opens exactly the same invoice in a separate window. There's no print option apart from Control P. No option to download a Pdf etc.
You mean none of the stuff they were promising for the last 10 years would be in the new version?
TBH the stuff here and over at PN well excels some of the rubbish through or letter box, and that's on a bad day!
Interesting first comment on ISPr. Jelv will know who that is.. He was a good at what he did and an overall good guy.
Also forgot to mention when I logged in the other day I could see two credits to our account, today there is only invoices. As we are a business customer you'd think they'd make it easy to access our invoices/credits but no this is not the case. To me it looks like they've just changed a bit of html, maybe the back end database has changed but the front end presentation hasn't changed much, and as I said earlier it's got worse.
Quite a lot appears to have changed on mine especially the way the bills are presented. They are now using what I presume is ajax for the drop down boxes and the bills now appear as an overlay. I don't see the older style invoices at all any more.
I left PN on the 26th June, and I've just received yet another bill from them for the same amount as was incorrectly taken a month earlier. | 2019-04-22T16:33:33Z | https://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=22354.msg382093 |
A student works with Pullman materials while on a class visit. September, 2011.
The Newberry has an active instruction and outreach program for high school teachers, undergraduates, and graduate students. These visits may include a Newberry orientation and tour, a presentation and hands-on session with items from the Newberry collections, or independent research in the reading rooms.
Since 2008, the Newberry has welcomed thousands of groups for such visits, but unfortunately we cannot accommodate all group visit requests. Newberry-based programs get first priority, and these programs are especially active in January, February, June, July, September, and October. As a result, there are fewer outside group visits available during these months. Staff limitations and space constraints are other factors that might not permit the Newberry to accommodate a particular group visit.
To schedule a visit, fill out the Group Visit Request Form. Please submit this form as soon as you begin to plan for a group visit. A minimum of a two-week notice is required, and not all groups can be accommodated.
Group visits can be scheduled for a fee of $100. Checks should be made payable to the Newberry Library.
Group visits last about an hour and may include an orientation and tour, a collection show-and-tell, or independent research in the reading rooms.
The maximum size for group visits for an orientation and tour is 25. If your group is larger, please ask about the possibilities for accommodating your group in the “Additional information or requests” box on the Group Visit Request Form.
The maximum size for group visits for a collection presentation is 15. If your group is larger, please ask about the possibilities for accommodating your group in the “Additional information or requests” box on the Group Visit Request Form.
Six to ten Newberry items may be requested for a collection presentation. A Newberry staff member will be on hand to supervise a collection presentation. Instructors may select the books, manuscripts, or maps to be used, and present the materials to their students, or request assistance from Newberry staff in selecting and presenting the items.
Instructors who have not used the Newberry are strongly encouraged to make a trip to best prepare for the class visit, especially if they intend to bring their group for a collection presentation.
Group visits are only available during regular Newberry reading room hours.
All group members must be at least 14 years old or in the ninth grade.
The Center for Renaissance Studies serves a consortium of dozens of member universities. Faculty at those universities who would like to bring classes to the Newberry should visit the Renaissance Center Consortium page to find out whom to contact to arrange a visit. The center covers the fee charged by Reader Services for visits on medieval, Renaissance, and early modern topics by classes from consortium institutions.
As part of the group visit, those who do not already have a valid Newberry reader’s card may have the opportunity to Obtain a Reader’s Card for future research at the Newberry. A valid photo ID is required. Research assistance is available in the General Reading Room (second floor) at the Reference Desk for those who want to engage in research after the group visit. Visitors are required to leave coats, large bags, and any food or drink in lockers in the lobby. See Accommodations and Dining for a list of local restaurants.
Further questions? Please call Will Hansen at (312) 255-3527. | 2019-04-20T13:35:49Z | https://www.newberry.org/group-visits-classes |
A large study in The Lancet provides more details about the cardiovascular risks associated with high doses of anti-inflammatory pain medications. The review covered over 600 studies in which people took various types of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These include the most widely consumed NSAIDs, including over-the counter ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) as well as prescription-only diclofenac (Voltaren, Cataflam) and celecoxib (Celebrex).
The study found that taking high doses of most NSAIDs, except for naproxen, increases the risk of a variety of cardiovascular problems by about one-third. The hazards include heart attacks and strokes as well as death from cardiovascular causes. | 2019-04-20T23:22:06Z | https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/study-puts-hard-numbers-on-cardiovascular-risks-of-nsaids |
Ok so how does one update their Team Speak server? On a normal server set up one would just down load the new server but beeing that this is hosted by Ihosting the viop setting is integrated with the site.
An update is coming in the next few days. No ETA as of yet, but expect an update very soon. | 2019-04-19T09:28:33Z | http://community.iclanwebsites.com/16359/topic/team-speak-updates-rux |
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Quite a few newcomers will be trying their luck in the seventh edition of the Jubilee Insurance National Junior (Under-21) Snooker Championship 2015 which cues off at the Movenpick Hotel in Karachi on January 5.
According to the draws released by the Pakistan Billiards & Snooker Association (PBSA), the 30 participating cueists, representing all the four provinces and the federal capital, have been divided in eight groups.
The Group A comprises of Abdul Rahim (Punjab), Khushi Mohammad (Balochistan) and Sanaullah Sattar (Sindh) while the Group B contains Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh), Junaid Babar (KPK) and Haris Tahir (Punjab).
The quartet of Ahsan Wakeel (KPK), Mohammad Ibrahim (Balochistan), Sameer Khan (Sindh) and Mohammad Ali (Punjab) constitute the Group C while Nouman Iqbal (Islamabad), Hazratullah (KPK), Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) and Junaid Ali (Sindh) feature in the Group D.
The Group E is composed of Taimoor Aftab (Balochistan), Sameer-ul-Hassan (Sindh), Mohammad Azam (KPK) and Mohammad Saqib (Punjab) while the Group F has the presence of Fahad Khan (Sindh), Saifullah (Punjab), Athar Ali (Balochistan) and Umar Javed (KPK).
Mohammad Fahim (Punjab), Mohammad Hassan Anwar (Islamabad), Tanvir Baloch (Sindh) and Rabi-ul-Hasan (Balochistan) have been drawn in the Group G while Mohammad Kashif (KPK), Mohammad Adil (Balochistan), Aamir Tariq (Punjab) and Gawish Khan (Sindh) are included in the Group H.
The qualifying round matches will be best-of-five frame encounters while the pre-quarter-finals and the quarter-finals will be best-of-seven frame contests. The semifinals will be best-of-nine frame fixtures while the final will be best-of-11 frame clash.
The league matches, starting on January 5, will be spread over three days at the end of which the top two cueists from each groups will be qualifying for the knockout stage of the competition, starting with the pre-quarter-finals on January 8 The six-day event will be concluding with the final and the prize distribution ceremony on January 10.
The championship, being sponsored by the Jubilee Insurance Group, offers prize money of Rs 130,000 with the winner to collect Rs 50,000 and the runner-up to get Rs 25,000. The losing semifinalists will be receiving Rs 15,000 each and the losing quarter-finalists will be compensated with Rs 5,000 each. The highest break award will earn a purse of Rs 5,000.
The PBSA has declared that both the finalists of the event will qualify to represent the country in the Asian Under-21 Championship 2015 to be staged in China in April, as well as in the World Under-21 Championship to be held in the second half of the year.
The PBSA, pursuant to its policy of encouraging the promising youngsters, has also decided to let the four semifinalists of the National Junior Championship to compete in the all the four national ranking tournaments of the year. | 2019-04-21T09:20:27Z | http://skm-sports.blogspot.com/2015_01_04_archive.html |
The aponix vertical barrel system extends the de-facto standards of soil- less plant cultivation from the horizontal plane into the 3rd dimension at professional standards. Unlike the other 2D methods like NFT (nutrient film technique) and DWC (deep water culture) no fixed elements are required to set up a farming plot. Usually vertical farming operations that like to increase plant density per sqm start to erect rack structures that cause all sorts of challenges and eventually make urban micro farming too expensive and too complicated.
Currently aponix is manufacturing the parts, mainly distributing via direct sales from Heidelberg/Germany and building a company based on that activity. But aponix is looking in parallel for strong partners for a strategic investment or licensing the aponix technology for different markets/territories they already operate in successfully. Territorial exclusivity is subject to negotiation.
Increase sales from Germany. Find licensees and partners to set up sales channels in foreign markets (B2B and B2C). Show the product at major trade shows and get into consideration along with the other equipment available on the market for upcoming lighthouse urban farming projects. | 2019-04-24T03:01:33Z | http://matchmaking-startups-cleantech.eu/su81/?su=on |
If you have bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye) or a corneal ulcer, a healthcare provider may prescribe levofloxacin ophthalmic solution. Your dosage of this medication will depend on the type and severity of the infection being treated. Even if you feel better after a few days, finish the full course of the medication so that your infection doesn't return.
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The dose of levofloxacin ophthalmic solution (Iquix®, Quixin®) your healthcare provider recommends will depend on the type and severity of the infection being treated.
Days 1 and 2: One or two drops into the affected eye every two hours while awake, up to eight times per day.
Days 3 through 7: One or two drops into the affected eye every four hours while awake, up to four times per day.
Only the 0.5% solution (sold under the name Quixin) is approved for this use.
Days 1 through 3: One or two drops into the affected eye every 30 minutes to two hours while awake and one or two drops in the affected eye four to six hours after going to bed.
Day 4 through the end of treatment: One or two drops into the affected eye every one to four hours while awake.
Your healthcare provider will determine how many days you need to continue using this medication. Only the 1.5% solution (sold under the name Iquix) is approved for this use.
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Iquix [package insert]. Jacksonville, FL: VISTAKON Pharmaceuticals, LLC;2007 April.
What Is Levofloxacin Ophthalmic Solution Used For? | 2019-04-19T02:29:13Z | http://eyes.emedtv.com/levofloxacin-ophthalmic-solution/levofloxacin-ophthalmic-solution-dosage.html |
We connect the UK and education sectors from around the world to enrich education, promote global citizenship and build international trust and understanding.
We foster dialogue and international partnerships between higher education institutions and organisations and help students who want to study abroad. We work in vocational education to make education and training systems better able to respond to labour market demands and learner needs.
Find out more about our global work in education. | 2019-04-25T04:56:33Z | https://www.britishcouncil.cm/programmes/education |
As more of us flock to urban living, city designers are re-thinking buildings’ influence on our moods in an era of “neuro-architecture”.
“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons.
More than 70 years on, he would doubtless be pleased to learn that neuroscientists and psychologists have found plenty of evidence to back him up.
We now know, for example, that buildings and cities can affect our mood and well-being, and that specialised cells in the hippocampal region of our brains are attuned to the geometry and arrangement of the spaces we inhabit.
Yet urban architects have often paid scant attention to the potential cognitive effects of their creations on a city’s inhabitants. The imperative to design something unique and individual tends to override considerations of how it might shape the behaviours of those who will live with it. That could be about to change.
Last month, the Conscious Cities Conference in London considered how cognitive scientists might make their discoveries more accessible to architects. The conference brought together architects, designers, engineers, neuroscientists and psychologists, all of whom increasingly cross paths at an academic level, but still rarely in practice.
One of the conference speakers, Alison Brooks, an architect who specialises in housing and social design, told BBC Future that psychology-based insights could change how cities are built. “If science could help the design profession justify the value of good design and craftsmanship, it would be a very powerful tool and quite possibly transform the quality of the built environment,” she says.
Greater interaction across the disciplines would, for example, reduce the chances of repeating such architectural horror stories as the 1950s Pruitt-Igoe housing complex in St Louis, Missouri, whose 33 featureless apartment blocks – designed by Minoru Yamasaki, also responsible for the World Trade Center – quickly became notorious for their crime, squalour and social dysfunction. Critics argued that the wide open spaces between the blocks of modernist high-rises discouraged a sense of community, particularly as crime rates started to rise. They were eventually demolished in 1972.
Pruitt-Igoe was not an outlier. The lack of behavioural insight behind the modernist housing projects of that era, with their sense of isolation from the wider community and ill-conceived public spaces, made many of them feel, in the words of British grime artist Tinie Tempah, who grew up in one, as if they’d been “designed for you not to succeed”.
Today, thanks to psychological studies, we have a much better idea of the kind of urban environments that people like or find stimulating. Some of these studies have attempted to measure subjects’ physiological responses in situ, using wearable devices such as bracelets that monitor skin conductance (a marker of physiological arousal), smartphone apps that ask subjects about their emotional state, and electroencephalogram (EEG) headsets that measure brain activity relating to mental states and mood.
“This adds a layer of information that is otherwise difficult to get at,” said Colin Ellard, who researches the psychological impact of design at the University of Waterloo in Canada. “When we ask people about their stress they say it’s no big deal, yet when we measure their physiology we discover that their responses are off the charts. The difficulty is that your physiological state is the one that impacts your health.” Taking a closer look at these physiological states could shed light on how city design affects our bodies.
One of Ellard’s most consistent findings is that people are strongly affected by building façades. If the façade is complex and interesting, it affects people in a positive way; negatively if it is simple and monotonous. For example, when he walked a group of subjects past the long, smoked-glass frontage of a Whole Foods store in Lower Manhattan, their arousal and mood states took a dive, according to the wristband readings and on-the-spot emotion surveys. They also quickened their pace as if to hurry out of the dead zone. They picked up considerably when they reached a stretch of restaurants and stores, where (not surprisingly) they reported feeling a lot more lively and engaged.
Another oft-replicated finding is that having access to green space such as woodland or a park can offset some of the stress of city living.
Vancouver, which surveys consistently rate as one of the most popular cities to live in, has made a virtue of this, with its downtown building policies geared towards ensuring that residents have a decent view of the mountains, forest and ocean to the north and west. As well as being restorative, green space appears to improve health. A study of the population of England in 2008 found that the health effects of inequality, which tends to increase the risk of circulatory disease among those lower down the socioeconomic scale, are far less pronounced in greener areas.
How so? One theory is that the visual complexity of natural environments acts as a kind of mental balm. That would fit with Ellard’s findings in downtown Manhattan, and also with a 2013 virtual reality experiment in Iceland in which participants viewed various residential street scenes and found the ones with the most architectural variation the most mentally engaging. Another VR study, published this year, concluded that most people feel better in rooms with curved edges and rounded contours than in sharp-edged rectangular rooms – though (tellingly perhaps) the design students among the participants preferred the opposite.
The importance of urban design goes far beyond feel-good aesthetics. A number of studies have shown that growing up in a city doubles the chances of someone developing schizophrenia, and increases the risk for other mental disorders such as depression and chronic anxiety.
The main trigger appears to be what researchers call “social stress” – the lack of social bonding and cohesion in neighbourhoods. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg at the University of Heidelberg has shown that urban living can change brain biology in some people, resulting in reduced gray matter in the right dosolateral prefrontal cortex and the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex, two areas where changes have previously been linked to early-life stressful experiences.
It sounds counterintuitive: surely the sheer number of people makes social interaction more likely. While this may be true superficially, the kind of meaningful social interactions that are crucial for mental health do not come easily in cities. Social isolation is now recognised by urban authorities as a major risk factor for many illnesses. Is it possible to design against it, to build in a way that encourages connection?
One of the first to try was the sociologist William Whyte, who advised urban planners to arrange objects and artefacts in public spaces in ways that nudged people physically closer together and made it more likely they would talk to each other, a process he called “triangulation”.
In 1975, the Project for Public Spaces, founded by one of Whyte’s colleagues, transformed the way people used the Rockefeller Center in New York City by placing benches alongside the yew trees in its basement concourse (instead of the people-repelling spikes the management had originally wanted). The architectural firm Snohetta has followed a similar principle in Times Square, introducing long sculpted granite benches to emphasise that the iconic space, once clogged with cars, is now a haven for pedestrians.
One thing that is guaranteed to make people feel negative about living in a city is a constant sense of being lost or disorientated. Some cities are easier to navigate than others – New York’s grid-like street pattern makes it relatively straightforward, whereas London, with its hotchpotch of neighbourhoods all orientated differently and the Thames meandering through the middle, is notoriously confusing. At the Conscious Cities conference, Kate Jeffery, a behavioural neuroscientist at University College London who studies navigation in rats and other animals, made the point that to feel connected to a place you need to know how things relate to each other spatially. In other words, you need a sense of direction. Places with rotational symmetry, which look the same whichever direction you look at them from – Piccadilly Circus, for example – are a “nightmare” for orientation, she said.
A sense of direction is equally important inside buildings. One of the most notoriously disorientating buildings is the Seattle Central Library, which has won multiple awards for its architecture. Northumbria University’s Dalton, who has studied the building for several years and has edited a book about it, says she finds it fascinating that a place so “universally admired by architects … can be so dysfunctional”.
But that’s the thing about cities: people who live in them do a good job of making them feel like them home despite all the design and architectural obstacles that may confront them, be it in a byzantine library or a sprawling park.
A visible manifestation of this are the “desire lines” that wend their way across grassy curbs and parks marking people’s preferred paths across the city. They represent a kind of mass rebellion against the prescribed routes of architects and planners. Dalton sees them as part of a city’s “distributed consciousness” – a shared knowledge of where others have been and where they might go in the future – and imagines how it might affect our behaviour if desire lines (or “social trails” as she calls them) could be generated digitally on pavements and streets.
She is getting at a point that architects, neuroscientists and psychologists all seem to agree on: that successful design is not so much about how our buildings can shape us, as Churchill had it, but about making people feel they have some control over their environment. Or as Jeffery put it at Conscious Cities, that we’re “creatures of the place we’re in”. Welcome to the new era of neuro-architecture. | 2019-04-23T13:05:00Z | http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170605-the-psychology-behind-your-citys-design?ocid=ww.social.link.email |
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Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary! Hope your weekend trip to Oklahoma was just as amazing as last year’s jaunt to the Bahamas.
To more of both in our third year of wedded bliss!
Happy one year wedding anniversary, Joshua!
Best.day.ever. that led to the best.year.yet. | 2019-04-22T04:01:33Z | http://prettylittlemess.com/?cat=4 |
is this app down, i'm unable to see any current or past reports from anyone. filters are all checked.
Someone has parked this pop-up trailer on Gateway just before Nicole Street and has been living in it for the past week.
Water is leaking from the water box in front of 200 carousel Dr first reported on April 13th to the water company and it still hasn't been repaired. | 2019-04-20T16:31:07Z | https://seeclickfix.com/users/1110319 |
I don't know if it's Catharine McDONALD or BETHUNE.
I'd like a look up please for Rachel in 1841. Failing that, a look up please for Angus and family in 1851.
Parents Angus 1781 & Catherine 1791. Others: John 20, Mary 14, Alexander 14, Janet 12 but no Rachel.
Catherine 32, Mary 30, Alexander 25, Jessie 23.
Thank you very much. There are 2x Angus & Catherine. Not sure yet if there are 2x Isabella. If only one then it's the right family.
Mary must have been 19 rounded down to 15 in 1841 and then 30 in 1851.
Rachel married 12 Dec 1853 in Glasgow and died in Australia 13 Aug 1909 aged 77. Death reg only has her father as Angus with no details for her mother. | 2019-04-23T16:32:49Z | https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=710506.0 |
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina USA (12 April 2018) - An estimated 350,000 people-mostly primary and secondary students and their families-converged on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. last week to participate in the largest STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) event in the US.
The USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF), a free, family-friendly exposition, featured more than 3,000 hands-on exhibits, games and experiments-all focused on inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers. Attendees were able to test out flight simulators, interact with robots, get an up-close look at an Air Force F-16 fighter jet, experience life on Mars, explore how the brain works, and discover a wide range of principles and concepts fundamental to modern science and engineering.
At the exhibit sponsored by the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its umbrella organization, the Automation Federation (AF), hundreds of young people and their parents as well as other visitors competed in a computerized game based on an actual industrial automation and control system.
ISA and its umbrella organization, the Automation Federation, introduced fundamental automation concepts and functionality through its control systems game at the USA Science & Engineering Festival.
The crowds grew so large around the game and the ISA/AF exhibit that the festival staff brought in security officers and constructed stanchions in an adjoining open space to ensure an orderly, safe flow of participants and spectators.
The ISA/AF game is powered by a programmable logic controller (PLC), a small digital computer that's at the heart of modern-day factory automation and industrial processing. PLCs make automation-everything from controlling machinery on factory assembly lines and operating amusement park rides-possible.
Practicing automation professionals-volunteering on behalf of the ISA Baltimore-Washington Section and the Automation Federation-operated the system, built using salvaged parts from plant equipment.
Requiring more than 400 hours to design, build, program and test-and incorporating approximately 2,500 feet of electric wire-the system demonstrated: essential control panel design concepts; how control circuits are wired for lights, switches, and buttons; how the switches use binary math for game selection; how the programs are structured; and how mathematics plays a key role in computer game programming.
"It was rewarding watching so many kids have fun with the game, but I was most impressed by the ones who-after asking some questions-began to understand the actual automation involved," points out Jayesh J. Jariwala, PE, Senior Project Manager at Applied Control Engineering, Inc. (ACE) and one of several practicing automation professionals who contributed their time and expertise at the ISA/Automation Federation exhibit at the event. "The game gave us the opportunity to teach some basics about automation processes."
Even members of the US military stopped by the ISA/AF exhibit to learn more about the value and importance of automation and automation careers.
Jariwala was one of several engineers at ACE that assisted in the design, building and programming of the gaming system-a project proposed by one of the company's operations managers.
"The buttons, switches, lights and controller are all part of an actual automation system implementation," Jariwala explains. "The game provides a glimpse of the type of automation at work in manufacturing. After all, these are important processes-inputs reaching the controller through wires and the controller sending signals back to the outputs-that are at the heart of the many technologies we depend on every day, such as mobile phones and computers."
Interacting with young people at STEM events, Jariwala says, "keeps me excited about the future. I get to see the light in their eyes when they get exposed to real-world applications. I believe connecting with professionals in the field and the technology they use can inspire young people to pursue related education and careers."
Jariwala, who serves as Chair of FIRST® within ISA's Baltimore/Washington, DC Section, encourages other automation professionals to get involved in sharing their passion and enthusiasm for science and engineering with others.
"I think each of us had a moment or series of moments in our lives that were significant in triggering our curiosity in science, engineering and technology. Working with young people provides those opportunities for them and delivers a fulfilling experience for us."
ISA and the Automation Federation express its appreciation to Jariwala and the other automation professionals who volunteered at the ISA/Automation Federation exhibit during the event.
The USA Science & Engineering Festival is a national grassroots effort to advance STEM education and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Our exhibitors, performers, speakers, partners, sponsors and advisors are a who-is-who of science and engineering in the United States: from major academic centers and leading research institutes and government agencies to cutting-edge high tech companies, museums and community organizations.
Our mission is to stimulate and sustain the interest of our nation's youth in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, and educational Festival in the world. | 2019-04-22T20:20:16Z | https://www.isa.org/news-and-press-releases/isa-press-releases/2018/april/game-demonstrating-automation-concepts-attracts-hundreds-of-participants-and-spectators-at-last-weeks-2018-usa-science-and-engineering-festival/ |
HYDERABAD: Pre-owned fashion portal StylFlip has raised an undisclosed amount in seed round from real estate developers Raj Gala Shah and Zaheer Memon to develop and market its platform. The two-week old portal allows users to buy or sell pre-owned branded and premium goods at a marked down price.
The app based platform allows sellers to upload pictures of item to be sold which is then authenticated and sanitized by StylFlip before displaying them on the platform.
“The app is seller-centric, making it easy for women to turn into entrepreneurs using their unwanted buys into cash generators to fund their next purchase,” sas Zarik Nabi, co-founder of the platform who previously worked with Brandscope at BCCL, the parent company of Economic Times.
Since its launch, the app has seen 500 downloads and 300 product listings. | 2019-04-23T06:53:03Z | https://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/apparel-fashion/apparel/pre-owned-luxury-e-tailer-stylflip-raises-seed-round/51338047 |
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I want him to run just so he can split to establishment and corporate vote even more, but now also for the Unicorn Dabbing postalcrn shirt value of his dumpster fire level flops. This guy is photographed dozens upon dozens of times smooching and handling all kinds of females of varying ages, and I’m an opportunist. Biden may just be affectionate but it’s not appropriate and unwanted which makes him a creep.
That PSU’s Sandusky was a great philanthropist and wanted to help little boys from broken homes. For the Unicorn Dabbing postalcrn shirt MY daughters would both tell him to back off if they didn’t want to be touched. However, women are notoriously quiet when they feel uncomfortable around a man of influence.
Karyn Kopecky Dahlstrand he is a very physically affectionate man, and I can understand why some women would find that Unicorn Dabbing postalcrn shirt but do you think he did it maliciously. Imagine that, a leader who is willing to reflect, take responsibility, and ultimately evolve their thinking. I hug lots of people that I meet for the first time And he was just giving love and support for people that were making public presentations and probably a bit terrified at the time. | 2019-04-23T06:07:16Z | https://hutechtee.com/product/unicorn-dabbing-postalcrn-shirt/ |
I watched the extensive news coverage of Senator John McCain’s passing. Another icon also recently passed and had extensive news coverage − singer Aretha Franklin.
Our commander-in-chief does not understand why those two got so much coverage and he does not. It is very simple: R-E-S-P-E-C-T. | 2019-04-21T13:02:15Z | https://www.theday.com/article/20180905/OP02/180909681 |
The truth is I didn’t like the guy.
He was a bully with a big mouth. The kind of guy that hung out with the jocks and the cool kids—wanting to be one, but wasn’t. Looking back, I can see that he was insecure and like everyone else in junior high, trying to find a way to fit in. His way to was to put down those he perceived as lesser than himself. His name was Miller, I don’t recall his first name. In junior high everyone was called by their last name.
I was Neighbors, and for some I was also called “Farmer.” It wasn’t a compliment. I acquired the name because of my shoes. My parents didn’t care about fashion or the latest styles in 1968. My clothes were practical, not stylish and were bought at K-mart. We lived on a farm and the shoes they bought me also doubled as work boots. Perfect for the farm, not so perfect for school. One day one of the cool kids noticed my shoes and called me Farmer. It stuck.
I was quiet, definitely not a jock, didn’t have many friends—I was not one of the “cool kids.” If Miller was looking for a way to prove himself a tough guy, then I was perfect prey.
The lunch routine in junior high was to gather in the gym and then, at regular intervals, we would line up single file to go to the cafeteria when it was our turn to eat. I took my place in line on this day, as I had on so many other days. Miller would often “take cuts” as we called it—jumping into line in front of others to go first and/or to be near the other “cool kids.” He had taken cuts in front of me before and it angered me, but I didn’t know what to do about it. I knew that simply tattling would not accomplish anything and only make things worse.
I hated being bullied. I played by the rules. Growing up with two older brothers, I quickly learned my place when it came to getting along with others. I was not the assertive one. We were taught that fighting was wrong. My brothers would tell you that I was quick to yell for mom and dad to come to my rescue when we had scraps at home. But I also recall some fatherly advice my dad had given me about fighting. “Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself. If people know you you’ll stand up for yourself, they won’t bother you anymore.” My dad was a short man, and somehow I got the feeling he had personally applied that wisdom somewhere in his history.
So Miller cut in front of me. I don’t know what made this day different from all the other times he had taken cuts, but I snapped. I wasn’t having it today. I yelled “No cuts!” and shoved him hard out of line. Miller was momentarily stunned; he wasn’t expecting this. He spun around and charged at me.
Now, one thing you need to understand is that while I was not a jock, it doesn’t mean that I didn’t have physical ability. I had never had a real fight before. But I had had countless “fights” in my make believe world. I was a fan of old action movies. I had pretend fights galore, emulating fights I had seen in countless movies. And I don’t know where they came from, but we had old boxing gloves in our house. While I had never taken a lesson, I had watched Mohammad Ali on TV. I had had numerous boxing matches with my brothers and cousins in the basement of our house (we almost always pulled our punches—almost always). I had the physique of a toothpick, which meant I was not very strong, but I could move pretty fast and was a small target.
When Miller charged me I immediately adopted a boxer stance and began to dance around just like the boxers I had seen on TV. All of the sudden I was Muhammad Ali. I was “floating like a butterfly.” I quickly dodged his charge and then went on the attack, jabbing with my fists. The word “fight” was chanted from my fellow students as they backed up forming a ring and giving us space. I recall a few snickers at my fighting style. This was not what was typical of a school fight, which usually resembled more a wrestling match than a boxing match.
I peppered Miller with several blows. Mostly to the head. I was pumped on pure adrenaline. He was hardly fighting back and mostly trying to cover his head to protect himself. Then from out of nowhere he mustered a wild punch. It connected. Right square in my mouth. Okay a point for Miller. I backed away stunned for a moment and then started another advance.
What? I hadn’t realized it.
One of my front teeth was knocked clean out of my mouth and was lying on the floor at my feet.
Suddenly the fight stopped. A missing tooth and the blood dripping from my mouth brought everything to a momentary halt. Then adults were on the scene. Somebody picked up my tooth off the floor and Miller and I were being whisked down to the principal’s office.
I couldn’t talk, I had a hanky in my mouth and I was bleeding profusely.
When we got to the office. Miller told his side of the story, while I sucked on a handkerchief and waited for my dad to come and pick me up. Miller’s story was the official story of the incident. I tripped and fell into the bleachers and knocked out a tooth.
I was taken immediately to the dentist, whole tooth in hand. They attempted to implant the tooth back into my mouth. I took a few weeks before we realized the tooth didn’t survive. I would live most of the rest of my life with a “flipper,” a false tooth on a partial denture in the roof of my mouth. A false tooth as a permanent reminder of this infamous day.
I’d like to say that I won the fight. I hit Miller numerous times and gave him a slight black eye. He only hit me once…but what a hit. Miller and I would see each other again from time to time, but we kept our distance from each other. He did the most damage in the fight. I’m sure he thinks he won.
My Dad was right, however. Throughout the rest of my junior high and high school years the bullies never bothered me again.
Miller’s lie stuck. If there is one thing that bothers me most about this story, it is that I never corrected the lie. Oh, the students that witnessed the fight know what really happened. But for some reason I kept my mouth shut. I had to when the lie was being told. I couldn’t talk and was just a little in shock. By the time I could tell my version of the story, my parents and the principal had all accepted the other version. I tripped, fell into the bleachers and knocked out my tooth. I perpetrated the lie to those who knew my parents because it was easier than telling the truth, or so I thought. My parents went to their graves not knowing the truth of what happened, and I regret that.
And the ironic thing is that I actually prefer the true version of the story. Me standing up for myself. And I did offer up a great defense…except for that one lucky punch. I think my dad would have been proud.
A little late perhaps, but the truth must be told, and I feel better for telling, even if a bit late! | 2019-04-25T13:01:47Z | https://www.mastersimage.com/tooth-be-told/ |
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Primo - a modern karting club and karting school which is located almost in the center of St.Petersburg, close to the "Black River" metro station. Our go-cart track matches the highest requirements and standards — excellent go-karts, high-quality pavement, the original configuration of 400m tracks, enhanced security, free parking. All rooms are convenient and comfortable for the pilots, for the fans and guests.
Our karting club makes everyone feel like a real driver, regardless of gender and driving skills, the only restriction may relate to children shorter than 125 cm. Only here you can really feel new emotions, splash negativity and immerse yourself in another world- the world of speed and adrenaline. You can celebrate your birthday or other significant event here, to orginize corporate event, competition or to arrange an unforgettable holiday for children - our karting club is for you. We tried to create the most comfortable conditions, and we can say that we succeeded. It is impossible not to note our wonderful Italian restaurant, where you can relax after an exciting race.
Popularization of motorsport is our main goal. We are fans of karting. We are all united by one interest, one common passion. And we hope that through our efforts karting and motorsport in general will come to a qualitatively new level in our country and we have created a professional karting club only for this. At the same time, we do not insist that you should do karting as a professional. It can be a hobby or an active holiday. In any case, the doors of Primo open to adults and children, beginners and professionals. If you do karting as a hobby or as a professional, it doesn't matter,you become more balanced in daily life, quieter and more attentive on the road,and for beginners we offer visit our karting school (for children and for adults), which allows not only to master the basic skills of motorsport, but also to achieve great heights in this area. Primo karting Club is a springboard to an interesting life and professional sport.
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Tyre Equipment Australia have been importing and selling Bright Tyre changers and Wheel balancers for over 10 years. The Bright company is the largest exporter of Tyre Equipment in China, their quality control and product development is second to none.
Bright Technology is located in Yingkou, Liaoning, China with total employees totalling over 500. The company was established in 1988, the company has passed ISO9000 and the products have been CE & Gost certified.
Bright has been specialising in Tyre Changers and Wheel balancers and is now producing for the Aviation industry. Its market covers Oceania, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, America and South America, with a monthly output of thousands of machines. | 2019-04-23T21:58:59Z | https://tyreequipment.com.au/shop/ |
Polk County, WI is located between Rice Lake and Minnesota in the north western part of the state along St. Croix River. Polk is known for its water falls, biking, hiking, snowmobiling, canoeing, rock formations, boating, river fishing, hunting, public land, hills, valleys, bluffs, big views, sailing, cross country skiing which also has Sand Creek State Fishery Area, Straight Lake State Park, Sterling Barrens State Natural Area, Big Butternut Lake Park, Balsam Branch State Wildlife Area, Cattail State Trail, Bone Lake, Wapogasset Lake plus a couple communities including; Frederic, Osceola, Amery, Cushing and St. Croix Falls. It's surrounded by 3 other Counties; Saint Croix, Burnett, Barron and Dunn. On this page you will find Real Estate that is Open to UTVing and ATVing. It includes properties that allow different types of All Terrain Vehicles like Quads, Three-Wheelers, Four-Wheelers, Six Wheelers, UTVs = Utility Task Vehicles (aka Side by Side), RTVs = Rough Terrain Vehicles, ROVs = Recreational Off Highway Vehicles, AATVs = Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicles. These properties are located in the county and are listed by real estate agents. You will also find Polk County, Wisconsin GIS MAP Information!
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Circle December 6, 2017 on your calendar! That’s the night you’ll be at The Edgewater, sipping cocktails, playing your favorite old school arcade games, dancing to live music and rubbing elbows with your tech and startup friends and colleagues - all the while supporting the United Way of Dane County and Sector67.
Your ticket includes appetizers, a buffet style dinner, dessert and a cocktail, plus access to arcade-style games (PacMan! Centipede! Frogger!), live music by a string trio from the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and the chance to have your caricature drawn by artist Bernie Tennis. This isn’t your typical charity fundraiser event - it’s a fun gala with a twist.
This event is open for anyone to attend - whether you work at a tech or startup company, are an entrepreneur or freelancer, or just want to join in on the fun and help a good cause.
100% of your ticket purchase price will go directly to the partner charities, and the entire cost of your ticket is tax deductible. The event expenses are fully covered by our presenting sponsors.
United Way of Dane County fights for education, financial stability and the health of everyone living in Dane County. We are committed to the vision of a Dane County where everyone can succeed in school, work and life. To facilitate this, we follow our community’s Agenda for Change, six goals focused on three priority areas of Education, Income and Health – the building blocks of a stable life. Through strategic partnerships and collaborative work, we are bringing the many voices of Dane County around a neutral table to find common ground and make measurable progress, while providing organizations and individuals the opportunity to give, advocate and volunteer to change lives in Dane County.
Sector67 is a non-profit collaborative space in Madison dedicated to providing an environment to learn, teach, work-on, build, and create next generation technology; including software, hardware, electronics, art, sewing, metalwork, apps, games, etc. Sector67 provides inspiration, tools, equipment, and resources for anyone interested in making things. It’s a community of tinkerers - some are hobbyists, others entrepreneurs, and many are young people learning a new skill. It’s been named the most interesting makerspace in the country by Make Magazine, and a top 5 space in the world to watch by Gizmodo Magazine.
Want to make it a fancy evening? Go ahead and dress to impress. Want to bust out your '80's throwback attire? That would be rad. Want to keep things casual? That's totally fine too. Come as you wish and join for a fun evening.
Onsite paid parking is available in The Edgewater parking garage ($3/hr). Street parking in the Langdon St area is also an option, along with other downtown parking ramps.
One drink ticket is included with your admission. There will be a fully stocked bar available (beer, wine, mixed drinks), and a cash bar is available. Non-alcoholic options are also available.
Passed appetizers, a buffet style dinner (including carving stations, salad, potato, and rolls), and light dessert are included with your admission. Vegetarian items are available.
Madison has the fastest growing tech industry in the country and a thriving startup scene. Building a strong community of tech startup leaders through organizations like Capital Entrepreneurs has always been an important component of building this ecosystem.
As Madison’s tech ecosystem has emerged and our companies have continued to see success and grow their teams, our tech startup leaders are passionate about not only making Madison a great place for tech startups, but are also committed to helping ensure the whole Madison community is a great place for everyone to call home.
The goal of the Tech Gala is to engage our employees, family, and friends to come together to help a good cause, support the whole Madison community, and have a little fun in the process. | 2019-04-18T10:39:18Z | https://techgala.splashthat.com/ |
Chicago Animal Care and Control is featured in this WGN radio dog adoption segment with a not-so-quirky dog named Quirky.
At 9:40 at 720AM or wgnradio.com or CLTV watch/listen in with Steve Cochran, We’ll feature this 6-year old dog who arrived at the shelter nearly four months ago as a stray. It’s really frustrating that this fun, funny and good time pup hasn’t been adopted. Shelter workers call him a “goofball.” He knows how to sit, and to offer a paw He often likes to cuddle, and even more often wants to play. He’s likes other dogs and people.
Please spread the word – tell your friends….this guy should not still be at the shelter. Action needs to be taken – and the best course of action is finding a forever home. We hope to do that.
New Chicago Animal Care and Control Acting Director Kelley Gandurski also reminds us all about the Big Night for Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC). This non-profit helps to support the City’s municipal shelter. This is their most important fundraiser of the year. And you can help to save lives just by eating. That’s right, just as in the movie Big Night, you can stuff yourself, as so many of Chicago’s top chefs will be there at food stations throughout the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. (at Michigan Avenue) on October 25, 6 p.m.
This year’s Honorary Chair is 38th Ward Alderman Nick Sposato, an enthusiastic supporter of CACC and a supporter of saving lives. I am again the emcee This year, I have a co-emceeing for Big Night, my oldest friend Paul Lisnek of CLTV and WGN-TV. No doubt some will attend just to bet on whether or not Paul can stay awake.
Purchase tickets for Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control Big Night HERE. | 2019-04-26T00:14:53Z | https://www.stevedalepetworld.com/blog/quirky-pet-adoption-segment-on-wgn-radio/ |
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[17:10] Today has been a rather useful day. After last night it really needed to be. I got back from Tesco and tried the washer. It seemed to be working OK until it just suddenly decided to trip half the electrical circuits in the house, with a load of (sacrificial) washing inside sodden with water and detergent. I managed to get the washing out, scoop out enough water to reset the breakers, and drain the drum. I then had a go at getting the washer to spin the wet washing a bit. After a few minutes of spinning (making a fair racket) things got really, really loud, so I turned it off at the wall and eventually managed to get the washing out. It was cold in places, and so hot it was steaming in others. This didn't feel right, given the washer shouldn't have been heating anything at this point. So, given the drum is hard to turn by hand, keeps tripping the breakers, and makes a worrying sound when spinning, I decided it was time to get a new one. That was what I tried to do for the first half of this morning at work. After having met the bathroom fitter again before work and talked about adding a wall-mounted heater and a shaver socket (mostly to charge my electric toothbrush) I headed into work to double check reviews of various washers, paying attention (I hope enough!) to the various programmes they have. I found someone with a Which? online account and checked the reviews of the ones I was interested in. Got to my desk and make sure the one I'd settled on was available from the place I wanted to get it from. Went to the discount site for my workplace and ordered a top-up for the 'giftcard' I used to pay for my television. The washer is £369.99, plus £20 for removal of the old washer. I found an online voucher code for £20 off (making the removal free, hurrah!). Pay £40.40 to the discount site for £370.00 (round numbers only when adding value to cards), then realise that the giftcard won't have the balance on it until Thursday morning as it was after 11:00 when the transaction went through. Discover on the store's site that the sale on the washer and the £20 voucher both expire tonight. Contact the store via the online chat and am told there's nothing to be done about that. Contact the discount site via their online chat and be told there's no way to expedite the giftcard balance top up... but that I can get a refund on that and go with "instant vouchers" which are what they say on the tin. Get refund for giftcard top up (will take three days), and attempt to get vouchers, to find they only come in minimum amounts of £25 (£25, £50, £100, £200, £1000). Order £375 of instant vouchers for £345 (still 8% discount), head over to the store's web site and order the washer.
On top of that, negotiating £1012 of the cost of my external wall insulation was a nice thing to do this afternoon. In the meantime I managed to get the initial build of two VMs done, go for a recovery run at lunch time, and even get a UPS configured and monitored by our Observium setup. I've got lots more to do tomorrow, but for the moment I'm off home so that Cormac can come by and collect the camp bed I slept on over Christmas, as well as his skiing goggles and gloves which he let me borrow last week.
[17:00] Well, I'm back from skiing and I'm not dead. Although I do have a few bruises. I was only cross country skiing (not knowing how to downhill/alpine ski), but after two days of too much snow (and the piste-bashers not clearing any langlauf routes) I was able to start getting out and racking up the kilometers/distance. Rachel, lovely person that she is, split her time between downhill skiing and cross country with me. We had a lovely chalet, shared with Andy (Andrew) and Andy (Andrea) as well as two older gentlemen (with whom we got on quite well), a host who cooked us some delicious breakfasts, afternoon teas, and dinners), and the scenery was incredible. Other than the valley getting snowed in for a day or so, my inability to stay on my feet when going around langlauf route downhill corners, and a feeling of missing out when the other three were up on the downhill routes, it was a fantastically wonderful holiday, and I might even want to go again... possibly having learned a bit of downhill skiing in a snowdome or similar beforehand.
The main reason why I might not be doing that any time soon (by which I mean the next year or three) is that this morning was the start of my shower room refurbishment, and I'm in the final stages of agreeing a start date for a company to come and apply external wall insulation to my house, at a considerable expense. Until my finances have recovered from those rather major hits I'm not sure I'm going to be doing more than some long weekends away in this country, and making my own entertainment with paper cups, sticky-back plastic and drinking straws.
Anyway, it's time to go home, go to Tesco, then test the washing machine with a sacrificial load (which I might not get back without a fight) as it may be on the way to being completely broken in a terminal way.
[15:40] Short entry as I'm away off home very shortly. Thence to the train station, to Croydon, and off cross country skiing for all of next week. But anyway, today was mildly useful in that I got three servers built, one of them twice due to 'issues', did a pretty hard interval session at lunch time which I decided to do on the track to ensure I didn't get bothered by pedestrians, and worried and stressed about my Red Hat Satellite install, which I upgraded yesterday and have since had a number of issues with. Hopefully it'll be OK for the next week and I can deal with anything that might ahve gonr wrong with it when I get back. Hopefully nothing will have.
Last night I went home via Keith's house and helped Sarah (housemate) rescue large chunks of his shed roof and then tie down the rest of the roof with boat ties so that hopefully nothing else flies off before he gets back.
I'm actually quite tired now that I think about it. I think this is the first week in a long time when I've run every day. The last time was probably when I did that 10K for ten days thing, and then started on the 15K for fifteen days (which I stopped when I started getting nose bleeds or something like that).
Anyway, that's it for the moment. I'm off, as I said. When I get back, the Monday I come back into work is the first day the bathroom fitter starts on my shower/wet room and converts it into something a little better in terms of fittings and fixtures, flooring and heating. Here's hoping. I'll give you something of a running commentary, as well as a debrief on next week as and when I have time. There might even be photos. Don't think I've forgotten about putting up photos of Kenya/Tanzania/Zanzibar. I just need a bit of time. See you soon.
[17:20] It was so windy last night and this morning that the side gate to my house managed to slip its deadbolt twice (04:30 and 05:00). I'm going to have to properly secure it while I'm away next week or it'll probably bang itself off its hinges by the time I get home. In any event, that and the wind itself contributed to me not having a great second half of the night's sleep. The wind played a factor in how tired I was after I got up at 06:00 and ran for an hour and a half around a ten-and-a-bit mile circular-ish course, too. Starting in the dark, windy morning with a headtorch on to help me see fallen branches at least made me feel worthy, if not a little bit fitter by the time I'd finished. Or maybe just tired. This is a hard week of running every week day, and every day since last Saturday, because of my taking 'time off' (read: cross country skiing almost every day for a few hours) next week. Hopefully I have the measure of it.
Other things that happened today is that I got the train times I need for tomorrow evening to get to Rachel's place while meeting a friend at St. Pancras station, getting a printable voucher for a preferential rate on the money I want to exchance at the airport, printing everyone's boarding passes, and getting three new VMs ready for Ansiblisation tomorrow so that they're usable the week I'm away, rather than only coming into being after I get back.
Now I'm heading off to help someone rescue the roof of a shed which partially blew off last night. Then I'll head home and pack, and relax with whatever remains of the evening.
[18:00] Today started very early with my next door neighbours having an argument at 04:00, which carried on until about 05:30. So that was good. Then I had an hour of people looking at my house and generating an EWI quote that's the most expensive one yet. I'm unlikely to go with them. After all of that I cycled into work, had a morning of fighting with Ansible as a whole slew of edgecases came up when I tried applying what I thought was good Ansible roles, tasks, and playbooks, to my actual servers (rather than the test VM server I got them all 'working' on). Then it was lunchtime and a track session at which I think I performed reasonably. My coach was there coaching myself and others, so it was good to get some feedback. Once I was back in the office and showered and stuff I got the rest of my Ansible stuff done and dusted, did a few things manually which also got shunted into various locations so they won't be an issue next time, and even had time to eat my lunch before 15:00.
I've had an afternoon of working through emails, and figuring out what else I need to do before the end of the week. Now it's time to go home, have a good long rest, and think about whether I do my morning run before work or cheekily extend my lunch break tomorrow (it'll be the former, I imagine).
[17:40] Today mostly consisted of fiddling with Ansible and getting old roles to do new things, then prodding people repeatedly until they gave me the information I needed (mostly to do with users, groups, UIDs, and GIDs). I honestly think I might, finally, have everything I need to run Ansible over the five new physical servers I kickstarted last week. I'm going to take another look at everything in the cold light of tomorrow morning and then unleash the playbooks and see what happens.
Before that, tomorrow, I have another company coming round to look at the house with a view to giving me a quote for external wall insulation. That's at 08:00, so the chances are I won't get into work much before 09:00. That's OK though as it was only this morning when I was needed in a bit earlier than usual in case something went wrong during some planned maintenance.
Recovery run at lunch time, which was a great way to break up the day. The sun even came out. Tomorrow is track day, which should be a bit of a lung-stretcher.
[18:20] I'm trying to remember what happened over the weekend. After Friday night with Rachel (which was wonderful, and also involved curry), we woke up horribly early so she could get to somewhere south of London to play hockey. All the trains in the direction she wanted to go were cancelled, so she ended up having to get a train somewhere else, then a coach, then the Tube. It all worked out in the end, but it wasn't the smoothest of journeys. Meanwhile I went and did parkrun, reasonably, and then got on with a weekend of tidying, washing clothes, and going to Tesco. The washing machine gave me a bucket load of grief, making rather worrying sounds during the spin cycle, and then when I tried to use it empty to see what was happening, giving a good impression of breaking utterly, when in fact it was tripping a circuit breaker in the house distribution box instead. Basically, I'm going to try it again with a proper load when I get back from skiing and not overload it and hope very hard that it finishes its cycle and gives me back my clothes not covered in bits of mechanical innards, unused washing liquid, or more water than would be the case if the spin cycle had finished successfully. Let's just say I called my parents a lot, and worried about more financial outlay on top of the shower room refurbishment and the EWI quotes I've only got a few weeks to commit to one of before they expire.
I also spent a lot of Friday evening and Saturday using the FLIR camera from my council to look at my house and others on the same road. It confirmed my understanding that my house leaks a lot of heat because it's single skin, and the houses with EWI are doing a better job of keeping their heat inside, even when they're hotter inside than mine. I definitely want to get EWI installed... it's just a case of whether and when I can afford it. On Sunday I did my long run for the week, then popped around to a friend's house to let him look at his house extension-in-progress to see where the heat leaks were. That was quite interesting. I'm afraid all other parts of the weekend were spent relaxing on the sofa and either reading or watching large amounts of The Good Place.
This morning I was incredibly tired for no sensible reason I could think of. Given I had a cheque to pay in I stayed in bed a little later, then headed out in time to get to the bank for 09:00 to do so. After that I got into work where I've spent the entire day translating a set of build instructions for servers being tasked with running Oracle into a set of Ansible tasks. Other than some rather complex bits I needed help with from better minds than mine (and still they needed to look a few things up, which made me feel better) everything went off reasonbly smoothly and I'm ready to run everything against the real servers tomorrow, I think. At one point my brain got so clathered that I needed to get out of the building and go for a run, which was good as that's what my training plan said I had to do, too. It's going to be a tough week running wise as my coach is compressing seven days into five as I won't be able to train on Saturday (travel) or Sunday (probably doing other things/unable to run on snow).
For now though I'm going to head home and do very little for the remainder of the day. Tomorrow will see a bit more Ansible configuration (mainly user creation, I think) then I'll try running my playbook against the five servers and see what happens.
[17:05] I managed to rescue a fairly unproductive day with a rapid amount of work in the last few hours before it was time to write this and go home. Over lunch I also got a lift out to collect the FLIR (forward looking infra-red) camera from my district council so I can look at my house (and other people's houses, and Rachel, and random objects) tonight and this weekend. So yes, today was dull, then useful.
Rachel arrived last night and there was much rejoicing. I certainly didn't want to come to work this morning and was in fact slightly late in the end. Not that it mattered. I left Rachel at home doing important things (in fact she got up well before me this morning to have a Skype call) and I'm just about to leave and stop her doing important (work) things and do important (not work) things with me instead.
Over the weekend we'll be apart as Rachel has to go and play hockey back in London and then see friends and things. I'll be running variously, contemplating my EWI quotes, and reading a lot, I hope. Also Tesco, of course.
[17:40] With working Kickstart configurations from yesterday it was pretty simple to go over to the other server room this morning and get the remaining two servers up and running after I'd configured their BIOSes and DRACs. Of course, nothing's 100% simple, so I had to track down someone in Networks to get the network connectivity sorted out before everything could go ahead, but that didn't take long. Over lunch I had a nice 35 minute recovery run, which wasn't quite as relaxing as had been hoping, but at least it wasn't raining. I still need to work out what new Ansible roles to apply to the - now five - new servers I've just built, but that's a project for tomorrow, I think. I also built a new VM for someone too, but all I did there was run up something from the template, increase the disk size, and then hand it over.
Rachel's soon to be on her way here, if she doesn't miss her train, and then we should have a lovely evening together, she'll work from home tomorrow (which will mean I'll be leaving work as soon as humanly possible tomorrow afternoon) and then we'll have Friday evening together, too. She can't stay for the weekend (when I have the fun of the thermal camera to play with) as she has hockey and then a friend to see, so I'm lucky to get her for two nights in the week instead. I should have been going to Croydon again, but the camera only being available over the weekend has put paid to that. I'll be there next weekend (at least for some of it) before we go skiing, so that'll be some small payback.
[18:00] A long and hard, but ultimately rewarding day all told. Most of it was spent fighting with two different configurations of Dell server such that I could get RHEL7 installed on them via Kickstart. To cut a long story short, the problems were firewall related, and BIOS/UEFI related. I've solved both of them, as well as some niggly other issues which I think were just down to finger fumbles. In between all of that I went and did my lunchtime hill sprints with lots of company, with even my coach getting in on the running action, too. It turns out he got divorced over the last few days/weeks, after only 8 weeks of marriage. We had a good mutual commiseration thing going on on the warm up and warm down runs.
Anyway, I'm off home now to relax after today's trials and tribulations, and to look forward to a nice simple recovery run tomorrow lunch time. In other news Rachel's on her way to be reunited with a bike we thought had been stolen from East Croydon train station, even though it was pretty much impossible anyone could have wanted it. The British Transport Police had spotted that it hadn't been locked and simple took it away. Rachel had had the foresight to register it so they (eventually!) got in touch, which was good. She's coming here tomorrow, too (against my wishes (sort of) as I'd promised her she wouldn't have to until March, as a break from traveling quite so much) which will be wonderful.
[18:25] I tried installing my first RHEL7 servers on physical hardware this morning. Networking has been the bane of my life as a result. Don't get me started on dracut and its blind, silent, DHCP requesting to try and continue the install process. Suffice it to say I've had to bite the bullet and get straight into Kickstart for RHEL7 a little earlier than I thought I would. It may save me tons of time in the long run, but it does feel like I've wasted most of the day otherwise. Still, I did get a good run session in at lunchtime (track, intervals), and there's every chance that I may make good progress with at least two of the servers tomorrow morning because of my staying late this evening. We'll see.
Anyway, I'm here far too late and I really should go home and forget about the day a bit.
[17:15] I'm getting better. Slowly but surely I'm coughing and blowing my nose just a little less, and feeling a smidgen stronger when I run. On Friday evening when I head to Croydon I wasn't feeling all that brilliant, but by the end of the day today I have to say I'm not feeling totally terrible. Between times Rachel and I have had a nice time together, and been reduced to watching Netflix on her mobile phone as her new laptop just refuses to work reliably on her home broadband connection. I'll be taking home her old laptop (now installed with linux) the next time I go in the hopes it'll behave better (and work better with the monitor I took there a while back, which is now married to an HDMI->VGA adapter which isn't doing the right thing either). Anyway, we spent time together keeping warm and quiet, got some logistics done for various things, ran a few times, got cold, and hot, and a little bit muddy, and then I came back to work again this morning on a tram, two trains, and a bike. All seems well, I've got a significant number of ducks lined up that I need to make a start on knocking down this week (which could see me out of the office quite a bit and in various server rooms), but for the moment I'm going to head home, go to Tesco, and then settle in for the night.
In other news, Cormac has lent me some skiing goggles and gloves, which should make my skiing experience in two weeks from now just a little bit more enjoyable, I hope.
[15:30] So, I should have been back at work on Tuesday, following a lovely bit of time off, Christmas with my family at my house, a sub-40 min run at a new year's eve 10K, and all kinds of fun with Rachel. What happened instead was a considerable amount of worry on my part about various personal things, a Christmas with my family that was absolutely lovely other than each one of us in turn being struck down by the plague that my nephew brought to the house, and then Rachel arriving and having to look after me as I succumbed to the virus just before new year's eve and into the new year. Really, it was a lovely family time, but we all could have done without feeling absolutely rotten for a part of it. I'm just incredibly glad that Rachel didn't get it from me. We seem to have parallel immune systems, which means we don't get what the other does (and can therefore look after the other person when they're ill). Rachel got to run the new year's eve 10K and come first woman in her age group and third woman over all, and I got to be very proud of her. I got to spend four or five days confined to the sofa reading lots and lots of books and being unable to control my temperature. Christmas was wonderful, when at least a few of us were capable of enjoying the festivities and the food, but with two in a row now striking down members of the family we're going to have to seriously think about what happens in 12 months time.
The plague, or whatever is was, has meant no serious running for me since the 29th of December, and I'm starting to feel a bit antsy (which is probably a sign that I'm getting well). I'm also quite paranoid that I'll have put myself back by over a week in terms of cardio and general fitness. I can't see it happening any time soon, but while I was most ill (and even now) I had the strong feeling that I really needed to get back into a gym and move some heavy weights around for a few months. Squeezing that into my life at the moment might prove to be a little difficult, though.
Anyway, one of the upshots of the festive period was me making proper plans to head to see Rachel on weekends for a couple of months, to give her a long-overdue break from traveling (to see me). Although there'll be some breaks for holidays, or me getting a thermal camera to look at the house one weekend, or her wanting to see other people, there's a good chance she won't get to come here until the beginning of March, which I think is pretty cool and well past time. This means I'm off to see her this evening, cough and all.
And finally, as a result of being off work for the first three days of the year all of the panics and issues and things seem to have been mostly sorted and I've just slotted back into the flow of things without much of a ripple. There'll be some actual physical servers to configure early next week, I'd imagine. But nothing too problematic to deal with. | 2019-04-22T20:34:43Z | http://bofhcam.org/journal/2018/january.html |
What exactly is Idle No More?
Conceived in November by four Saskatchewan women frustrated with the Tories’ latest omnibus budget bill, Idle No More is a First Nations protest movement looking to obtain renewed government guarantees for treaty agreements and halt what organizers see as a legislative erosion of First Nations rights. The movement’s most visible spokeswoman is Theresa Spence, chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation, the Northern Ontario reserve struck by an emergency housing crisis last year. Since Dec. 11, Ms. Spence has been on a hunger strike while camped on an Ottawa River island only a few hundred metres from Parliament Hill, vowing not to eat until she has secured a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Since early December, protests spurred by Idle No More have included a 1,000-person demonstration on Parliament Hill last week, a blockade of a CN rail spur near Sarnia that continued for a sixth day on Wednesday and a variety of brief demonstrations and blockades across Canada and parts of the United States.
Although Idle No More trended on social media over the holidays, has there been much non-virtual movement of late?
Protests largely quieted down over Christmas, although on Boxing Day scattered demonstrations were seen at malls in the Prairie provinces, Sarnia remains blockaded and Theresa Spence still has not eaten. On Wednesday, Ms. Spence received endorsements from the two frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race, Marc Garneau and Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau met with Ms. Spence in her Victoria Island teepee, while Mr. Garneau released a letter calling for Mr. Harper to build “renewed understanding” with Canada’s First Nations.
The crux of the protest is ensuring that treaty rights are respected. Are treaty rights being disrespected?
How wide is support for the protests among Canada’s First Nations? Not all First Nations protests are created equal. In the past, several high-profile demonstrations such as the 2007 blockade of Ontario’s Highway 401 or Aboriginal protests surrounding the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were conducted by fringe groups with little or no official ties to the groups they claimed to represent. Idle No More’s protests, on the other hand, have received the official backing of First Nations groups and leaders across Canada, including Assembly of First Nations grand chief Shawn Atleo, who has often been noted for advocating close co-operation between Aboriginals and the Tory government.
Responses to "How the Idle No More movement started and where it might go from here"
Its about time that they all got together and let them know that the Natives Indians were there first, and they have to respect the Treaties, Number 9 Treaty, and all the Treaties. Large Corporations, can't come and disrespect them and take what they want. Also, They can't come and attack their Woman, and Children but their protesting against something thats rightfully belongs to the Native Indians. The Land and the Oil, and your Rights for Natives to make their own decisions. Its their path to a Free Society for the Natives. We the Native Indians here in the United States, support you, and while I know that I'm not in Canada, I started protected the Natives here in USA back in 2008, however it only takes one man or woman to start it. And then the Nation will follow, God Bless! Be Peaceful but tell large Corporation you mean business.
As Native Americans, First Nations people, we are not the immigrants. We are the oppressed ruled by the immigrants that came and took the land, the rivers, the lives and now think that we are second class people. That we need to assimilate, give up our languages and culture so we are no more. We were killed and put on reservations while immigrants from afar were welcomed to our lands. Immigrants from other countries are encourage to keep their languages, culture, and looked upon as intelligent. Something has been wrong for so many years, wouldn't you say?
I have been doing a lot of reading on this matter and find one common thread in every report, lack of specific examples of the allegations that are being opposed. Lots of details of each protest, lots of pictures and video of people with placards but no stories or examples of treaty violations or how the omnibus is directly affecting people now.
I feel the majority of Canadians are misinformed as to how our taxes support native people's and reserve lands so there isn't much empathy with protests. My basic impression is that native leaders receive huge amounts of money to run reserves but all the problems on a reserve are blamed on the federal government and not on the local reserve government.
Tell us your stories, provide exact details, open your books, name the names of who said what and when, then we can decide if we want to back your protest.
Anyone near the Sarnia protest can you go to the location and help!!
As far as how I feel it seems to always come to one groups rights their are other peoples rights involved as well. Their was wrong doing on both sides of this only thing is people only see one side . All reservations should be abolished it is a part of segregation that should not be . all should be together remember we are all one and are all connected it doesn't matter who you are. and also for some to have their rights what about others rights I didn't do the deed way back in history and sorry but don't feel it should keep coming off my back when I can barely take care of my family your schooling is paid for others have to go into debt just to send their children to school. In no matter way shape or form if you look at things no bodys rights are being honored. As far as these lands go they don't belong to anyone they belong to everyone on this earth until we leave it and the creator takes it back . Gets right down to this we are all the same no one is different from the next everyone can have their cultures and language that should be respected by everyone that is just common courtesy and how it should be. It is really time for all of man kind to learn to live together as one and to all be equal no one group is more special than the other no race is better than the others no religion is better than the others and if humanity can't sit down and figure this out and come together and live in peace with one another WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE HUMAN RACE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE . No one is better than the rest we should all follow the same laws we should all live together we should all help each other we should all respect each other end of story.
We need the facts...not rhetoric. This grass roots movement is very necessary and i fully support it. The government needs a tune up, but so do some of the FN governments...corruption is not color coated. This is what the FN women and young are telling us. So a $100million was spent in Attawapiskat in the last number of years... peanuts when you have to look after health, education, housing etc. But the leaders and bureaucrats from all governments need to look after the people...not only themselves. Why should anyone in this rich country live in the housing we have seen of FN reserves? It is a disgrace to our homeland for which we are all here to share and protect. | 2019-04-19T00:22:19Z | http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2012/12/how-idle-no-more-movement-started-and.html?showComment=1356806532872 |
Vancouver, BC—Union Gospel Mission thanks Opus Art Supplies and their customers for the generous donation of $8,248 towards Art from the Heart, UGM’s therapeutic art program. For the last three years, Art from the Heart has given women on the Downtown Eastside the opportunity to share their stores and heal through a restorative art process. Opus matched every dollar donated, and the funds will go towards providing women with much needed art supplies for next year’s courses. | 2019-04-20T16:44:48Z | https://www.ugm.ca/press-release/opus-art-supplies-donates-over-8000-to-union-gospel-mission/ |
A39.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM A39.9 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A39.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 A39.9 may differ.
Infections with bacteria of the species neisseria meningitidis.
Meningococci are a type of bacteria that cause serious infections. The most frequent is meningitis, which is an inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Meningococci can also cause other problems, including a serious bloodstream infection called sepsis.meningococcal infections can be spread from person to person. They are common in people living in close quarters, such as college students or military recruits.in its early stages, you may have flu-like symptoms and a stiff neck. But the disease can progress quickly and can be fatal. Early diagnosis and treatment are extremely important. Treatment is with antibiotics. Since the infection spreads from person to person, family members may also need to be treated.a vaccine can prevent meningococcal infections. | 2019-04-20T00:31:45Z | https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/A00-B99/A30-A49/A39-/A39.9 |
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Lipomas are benign fatty tumors often detected as bulges under the skin. Surgery is the only proven treatment option for both humans and canines and there are currently no FDA-approved pharmaceutical therapies for lipomas in humans or in canines. BioSpecifics carried out preclinical research and discovered that collagenase injections can reduce fat deposits. Based on that observation, BioSpecifics initiated clinical trials for treatment of lipoma as the Company believes that there is a great need for a minimally-invasive approach to treat this indication.
Lipomas are encapsulated deposits of benign fat, often detected as bulges under the skin. According to Endo, there are approximately 600,000 patients in the U.S. annually. CCH potentially offers an alternative for those patients that may choose to avoid surgery, and as a result, potentially avoid surgically related complications, i.e. hematomas, sutures, restricted activity and general or local anesthesia. CCH may also address more moderate-to-severe cases in which patients are unwilling or unable to undergo surgery and more severe patients with challenging or multiple lipomas for which surgery carries a significantly elevated risk or is not a practical treatment. If approved, CCH could potentially become the first FDA-approved therapy for lipoma, offering a safe and effective alternative to surgery.
In June 2016, BioSpecifics announced positive, statistically significant, top-line results from its Phase 2 placebo-controlled double-blind study of collagenase clostridium hystolyticum (CCH) for the treatment of human lipoma. The trial met its primary endpoint of reduction in the visible surface area of the target lipomas relative to placebo, as determined by caliper, at six months post injection (p<0.0001). There were no serious adverse events reported during the trial.
The study was conducted at two centers in the U.S. and enrolled 19 adult men and women who presented with at least two benign lipomas of similar size. Subjects were randomized to have two lipomas treated in immediate succession, one with CCH and one with placebo.
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The Kent Finals Day will be hosted by Holcombe HC, along with the presentations to league winners for the 2018/19 season.
The presentation for the Ladies League winners will take place before the Ladies Cup Final (around 13.30).
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Freshman State Rep. Mike McLachlan (D-Durango) is under fire from gun rights activists for his votes in support of a number of gun control measures, a coalition of whom have begun a recall campaign against him.
While he’s not likely to survive the 2014 elections, after squeaking into office by 917 votes thanks to Obama’s campaign juggernaut, Rep. McLachlan may not even make it that far.
To be sure, recall campaigns are an uphill battle – with no successful one at the state legislative level in recent memory – but they provide an unwelcome distraction to his first legislative session and drive an unhelpful narrative back home.
DENVER – Second Amendment activists who want to recall Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango, have a lot of work to do.
Organizers said Monday they plan to file their recall petition with the secretary of state this week. When they do, they will have 60 days to gather at least 10,586 signatures from registered voters in McLachlan’s House District 59.
McLachlan is likely just the first Democrat targeted for recall by gun-rights activists.
“There are definitely more recalls in the works. They’re getting ready to announce more. Hopefully, he will be the first of many,” said Anthony Garcia of the newly formed group Colorado Accountability, which is behind the McLachlan recall attempt.
…“Even if we don’t succeed, it’s about sending a message as well. I think either way it’s going to be a win-win,” Garcia said.
…The group has about 160 local volunteers ready to circulate recall petitions. Garcia said he thinks the group also will use paid petition circulators.
With massive turnouts at townhalls hosted by Democrats who voted for gun control bills over the weekend, it’s no surprise activists want to kick it up a notch.
Even if Hickenlooper doesn’t saw off the shaky political branch McLachlan stepped out on to support the extreme gun control measures, gun rights activists may just chop down McLachlan’s political career before it’s barely begun.
Serves him right! It is amazing that a lot of politicians think they know better than the people they work for! | 2019-04-19T01:15:54Z | https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/02/26/timber-gun-rights-activists-look-to-cut-down-rep-mike-mclachlans-political-career-in-recall-campaign/ |
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Regular consumers of chocolate are about 42% less likely to develop cardiovascular heart disease.
The researchers included Dr. Chun Shing Kwok, S. Matthijs Boekholdt, Marleen A. H. Lentjes and others from the Medical Schools at the University of Manchester, University of Aberdeen, University of Cambridge, the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and other research institutes. They used data from the massive European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) study. (You may recall that we’ve referred to other research reports stemming from EPIC). They isolated a qualifying group of 21,000 adults in the UK who have participated in the study for about 12 years. The data recorded for that group included frequency of consumption of chocolate (or no consumption). Over that 12-year period, about 9.7% of those individuals who most consistently enjoyed chocolate developed cardiovascular heart disease (CHD), compared to 13.8% of those who consumed the least. Occurrence of stroke was even more pronounced at 3.1% of the real chocolate lovers having a stroke compared to 5.4% of those who ate the least. Link to the research here.
Grab a hunk of dark chocolate. After all, it’s for your heart.
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Town midfielder Juninho Bacuna spoke to HTTV to look ahead to Saturday’s game against Tottenham.
Juninho Bacuna has urged his teammates to give everything they’ve got for the Huddersfield Town supporters in the remaining games of the 2018/19 campaign.
The 21-year-old midfielder has become a fans’ favourite over the last couple of months after showing good passion and aggression on the pitch.
When speaking to #HTTV, ‘Bacca’ detailed how the fans help him on the pitch.
“For me the fans are most important for the Club. They can bring a lot of energy to the players and that’s what this team needs – a lot of energy.
The aim for the final matches of the season for Juninho Bacuna is simple.
That starts with this weekend’s Premier League game against Spurs.
The Terriers are the third team to play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the midfielder wants to write Town’s name in the record books by becoming the first opposition side to score there.
“I am personally looking forward to this game because Tottenham is one of the biggest clubs in England and it’s a dream to play against the big clubs.
“They’ve got a new Stadium, so we will be playing there for the first time; it’s exciting.
“They will have to get used to their Stadium, so maybe we will have a chance. The crowd and everything will be different for them.
Since Jan Siewert was appointed as Head Coach, the youngster has played in the middle of midfield and at right-back.
He explained how both the roles fit his game and what he has to do differently in each of them.
“I am an aggressive player, I like to play forward. As a midfielder you get more of the ball and you can play passes to the strikers to get them into a good position.
You can watch clips from Bacuna’s interview below on #HTTV!
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My mixed media canvas from last week hasn’t progressed at all, simply because I got distracted by some ink powders that I bought a while back but hadn’t got round to playing with! I forgot to take a photo of my desk whilst I was playing but you can imagine….it was a mess!!
I love to paint flowers, so decided to draw a rose and a fuscia, and then the fun began….I have always used acrylics so playing with strong colours and lots of water was fab, way out of my comfort zone!
I was really pleased with the end results and will definitely be trying this style of art again.
Happy ‘Whats on your desk, Wednesday’ everyone, pop over to Julia’s blog for more inspiration…I’m heading there now!!!
Lovely watercolor flowers 🙂 I just put a pack of Ken Oliver colorburst powders on my amazon wish list. My birthday is coming up in March 🙂 Is that the sort of powder you used? just pigment with no water and then you activate it. I hope some of those make it to my house because I want to play too!
Thanks Shel, yes, you just sprinkle colour and then activate and play 🙂 great fun.
Beautiful. I’m going to do 5 minute flowers later today and you have inspired me for sure. Thanks for your visit a couple of weeks ago. I have been loving my progress with Joanne Sharpe’s classes. Check out my blog this week to see what I’ve been up to.
Wow! Just wow. Those are so beautiful. My mom when I was younger drew and painted, she did the most amazing sketches and things of trees. My brother got that drawing talent passed to him. Me I got the gift of painting pictures with words. So forgive me as I sit and feel mighty jealous over those painting. Wow. Thanks for the visit!
Very beautiful painting. Sounds like you had fun with the powder inks. | 2019-04-26T02:00:24Z | https://www.thepaintpalette.co.uk/blog/playing-with-powder-inks-woyww-351/ |
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This time, they find themselves in a liminal space of belonging, caught in a maze of citizenship tests with no way out.
BAMUNIGAON (KAMRUP): For the 5,000-odd voters at the Bangladeshi refugee camp here, the upcoming Lok Sabha election could well be the last they get to vote in.
"All the more reason to vote. My father could not vote till 1985, when the residents of the camp finally got their voter cards. But we can vote. We have a say in matters that concern us," says Subhash Barman, 43, whose family crossed over from Sylhet in Bangladesh in 1964. Subhash was born in the camp.
The residents of the camp here, set up in 1964 long before the 1971 cut-off date for determining citizenship in Assam, were provided voter cards by the government, granting them a degree of legitimacy no one ever questioned. But a lot has changed since 2014.
This time, they find themselves in a liminal space of belonging, caught in a maze of citizenship tests with no way out. The three pressing concerns are the National Register of Citizens (NRC) update, the ever-looming threat of notices served by Foreigners' Tribunals and the dread of finding their names marked as 'D' (doubtful) voter on the electoral rolls.
"We want the Narendra Modi government to come back and re-introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill," Subhash says. It, after all, is the one citizenship test the inmates here know they can definitely pass.The proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act sought to extend citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The bill, which led to an uproar across the northeast, did not make it past the Parliament and is set to lapse with the outgoing Lok Sabha. For those here, on the other hand, it offers the only ray of hope in an otherwise bleak scenario.
"We also support the NRC update process. Instead of facing constant harassment, the matter will be resolved once and for all," Subhash says. The NRC update process, initiated during the Congress regime but taken forward during BJP's rule in the state, has excluded most in the camp. Why the optimism then? "At least we are getting to know about cases in Foreigners' Tribunals against us and being marked as 'D' voters," says Malay Ghosh, who was moved here from the refugee camp in Silchar a few years ago.
Things also changed when the Supreme Court struck down the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983, which lay the onus of proof on whoever filed a complaint challenging the citizenship status of another. The Supreme Court verdict had come on the basis of a petition filed by Sarbananda Sonowal, who is now chief minister of Assam. "Since then, things have been difficult. Anyone can file a complaint and we have to keep making the rounds at foreigners' tribunals or end up being detained," saysSubhash. The IM(DT) Act, which they say helped them, however, was introduced by the Congress government under Indira Gandhi. Will they factor that into their choice for the Lok Sabha election? "We need to look at the present scenario. What is past is past," he replies.
"Right now, it is BJP all the way for us. This harassment has to end," says Anil Chanda. He was six when his family crossed the border to enter India in 1967. He produces the refugee registration certificate his father got. "Walked from Bibidail, Sylhet by bus, Karimganj by bus, Badarpur by train, Silchar by train," the document outlines his family's trajectory. "This is my family's history," he adds.
History and legacy, however, may not be fallback options any more. "It was Laxmi Puja last year. Two policemen and the gaon burah (village headman) came to our doorstep and handed us a piece of paper - a notice by the foreigners' tribunal for my mother," says Joy Barman, a trader. The notice informs Jyotsna Barman, 41, that SP (Kamrup) has accused her of entering the state after the cut-off date and she must make her case before the Foreigners' Tribunal in a hearing scheduled in two months, failing which the tribunal will take an ex parte decision.
And that is where things get difficult for most people. "No one else in our family had been marked 'D' voter. We have all the documents proving her status as a registered refugee who followed due process. The charge is baseless. But there are legal aspects to this that are difficult to comprehend. To make sense of what was happening, I need legal help. But it costs Rs 40,000-Rs 50,000," he says.
The inmates here say the camp was set up by the government in 1964, long before the March 25, 1971 cut-off date for determining citizenship in Assam.
"What do you think happens? They see the names of voters, strike off the Bengali ones as suspicious. Whenever someone is picked up, the only explanation we get is 'suspicious' behaviour. What this could be is not for us to know," another inmate adds. | 2019-04-20T14:29:29Z | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/assams-refugees-hope-for-return-of-citizenship-bill/articleshow/68449043.cms |
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Timing Note: The total grilling time for the fennel is about 12 minutes. If you are grilling meat as well, you may want to grill the meat first–and then the fennel, while the meat rests before carving.
Ingredients: In this sort of grilled vegetable recipe, the given amounts of ingredients are suggestive, not exact. A general guideline is that the olive oil should be drizzled with liberality, the amounts of the herbs should be increased according to taste, and additional sugar should be sprinkled on only sparingly–just enough to insure that every slice has a little sugar on it to give it a bit of caramelized crust.
1. Cut off the small stalks of ferns sprouting from the ‘fingers’ growing out of the fennel bulb and reserve them for decorating the finished grilled fennel. Cut off most of each ‘finger’. Trim a portion of the base of each bulb–just to expose a fresh surface–leaving enough of it to hold the bulb together. Remove any brown outer leaves.
2. In the small bowl, mix the sugar, fennel seed, dill, olive oil, and some freshly ground black pepper and salt.
4. Oil the grill rack well. (Oil the stovetop grill once it is hot and just before placing the slices of fennel on it.) When the coals are hot (or the stovetop grill is very hot), place the fennel slices on the grill and grill for about 6 – 8 minutes, or until the side facing the coals is marked by the grill and charred at the edges. Turn the slices and grill them for about 4 more minutes. When it is done, the fennel will still feel a little firm.
5. Transfer the fennel to a tray and sprinkle it with the Parmesan cheese. Cover the slices loosely with aluminum foil. If your attention is drawn to another necessary activity at this point—for example, carving meat or arranging plates– place the tray of fennel in a 400 F. oven for a few minutes to keep it warm.
1. Cut the small stems of fern from the bulbs, reserve them, and place them around on a tray of grilled fennel or on slices of fennel arranged on individual plates.
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