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On April 24, the "Independent" Police Review Division (IPR) and the Police Bureau released a "Use of Force Task Force Report." In reality, the document is a "Use of Some Force Report," because it doesn't address the use of deadly force, including the number of times police pointed their weapons at people.
As Portland Copwatch has pointed out regarding the Police Assessment Resource Center (PARC) reviews of shootings and deaths in custody, unless a review is done on the entire continuum of force, you are doing a disservice to the City of Portland.
The nine-member Use of Force Task Force which created the report consisted of five members of the Police Bureau (two Assistant Chiefs, the training division captain, and two Sergeants), two staff members of the "Independent" Police Review Division (IPR), and two members of the IPR's Citizen Review Committee (CRC).
Given the makeup of the Task Force, a few of the 16-plus unanimously agreed-upon recommendations are surprisingly strong. Within recommendation number seven, three such recommendations are: defining what is a "reasonable" amount of force, directing officers "toward the goal of using lower force options when appropriate," and requiring officers not to put themselves "recklessly" into a position that allows them to use force, then justifying its use. The last recommendation follows a policy created in the wake of Officer Scott McCollister shooting Kendra James which currently only applies to the use of deadly force. Though McCollister was not disciplined for shooting James, he was called on the carpet for the tactics that led him to have most of his body inside a car, struggling with a suspect as she put the car into drive. Because poor tactical decisions were not at the time against Bureau policy, McCollister's 180 day suspension was overturned by an arbitrator.
What's interesting about this incident as it relates to the report is that the Use of Force forms studied for the report were created after the Kendra James shooting, as part of the CPORT (Community Police Organizational Review Team) task force in 2003. One of the key elements of that group's recommendations was to track the number of times officers point their weapons at people. This is another reason the lack of statistics on deadly force is a disservice to the community.
Along those lines, this report, like the PARC report, dismisses the significance of any racial disparity in use of force. In this case, the authors hide behind the assertion that "a meaningful analysis in this area would not be possible within the time or funding provided for this project." They did not explain why there was a time limit, nor what funding they received or from whom.
But then, it appears that not a single person on the Task Force is a person of color. Assistant Chief Lynnae Berg, who was part of the CPORT process, should have raised the concern that led to the recommendation on tracking pointed firearms: that young black men are frequently held at gunpoint at traffic stops.
The authors of the report decided not to analyze whether the use of force they studied was tactically sound or even within Bureau policy. However, as they note that 66 specific officers are responsible for 39% of the Use of Force Reports--a total of 1,788 reports, or an average of 27 per officer in the time period reviewed, such a review could benefit the City. Discovering whether those officers were in positions that made them more likely to use force could explain what otherwise appears to be an out-of-control segment of the Bureau; it could also, in fact, confirm that some of the officers are in need of counseling, discipline, or termination.
The report refers several times to "less lethal" weapons as "non-lethal," which is an inaccurate and misleading term used by police to distract from the fact that "beanbag" guns and other impact weapons in fact can and have killed people.
One curious recommendation, number 9, would require a debriefing in all cases in which a complaint is filed about use of force. In the 1990s, the Bureau's policy was to thoroughly investigate any complaint about use of force. This is no longer the case. The recommendation does not clearly outline whether the debriefing would take place prior to an investigation or whether an investigation would be mandatory.
Of great interest to Portland Copwatch, which has raised concerns about the City's efforts to "clean up the streets" downtown, are recommendations #14 and #16. Number 14 calls for reducing use of force in Central Precinct and by Transit police (who were involved in the beating death of James Chasse, Jr. last year, and found to have a use-of-force rate higher than any other unit) by "broadening the strategies...to control street level drug dealing, street disorder... and public disorder." This recommendation sounds like an invitation for more constitutionally questionable practices such as the "Drug Free Zones," the "Sit/Lie ordinance" and heavy-handed crackdowns on first amendment protected street demonstrations. Number 16 calls for the "street crimes unit" to meet twice a year with the IPR Director and Assistant Chief Berg. Since the report claims that the authors were unable to determine the frequency of use of force beyond the precinct level, this recommendation implies that the "street crimes unit" is being singled out based on information that is not included for the public to review.
--26% of people with mental illness who have police use force against them are hit by Tasers. In 2005, Amnesty International has reported that roughly 50% of those who died after being hit by Tasers had some kind of mental illness.
--Tasers were used 840 times in 2 years, not including just pointing the laser sight at people, meaning more than one use per day. Tasers were recommended by CPORT as an alternative to the use of deadly force. Since we assume that officers were not engaging in deadly force situations on a daily basis prior to the adoption of Tasers, this implies that Tasers are being used too often. But the report doesn't address this issue.
--The #1 outcome for suspects in use of force cases was that in 25% of incidents no charges were filed. The report does not correlate this alarming statistic with the fact that 32% of suspects are described as either not resisting or merely failing to comply with an officer's commands.
--The report alerts Portlanders that 62% of the complaints of use of force are "exonerated"--which is, according to them, twice the national average--contrasted with the 0% sustain rate versus 8-14% nationwide . But it fails to note that the cases not "exonerated" are generally classified as "unfounded." "Exonerated" means the officers did what was alleged but it was within policy. "Unfounded" means the officers did not do what was alleged, at all. The final possible finding, "Insufficient evidence," is used just 10% of the time in Portland. In other words, Internal Affairs and the IPR expect the public to believe that in 90% of cases, there is enough evidence to either exonerate the officers or determine the complainant was not telling the truth. We can state affirmatively that in most cases, it is really the officer's word against the citizen's, meaning that the gravest concern should be about the severe under-use of the "Insufficient evidence" category. It is true that if the Bureau were more clear on definitions of "reasonable" force, more complaints would likely be "sustained." But perhaps more importantly, unbiased and thorough investigations--which are mostly based on police reports weighed against citizen testimony--should be producing more neutral outcomes.
--As with the release of the PARC report, the IPR (and Chief Sizer) have chosen to focus public attention on statistics which are relatively irrelevant or misleading. In that case, the IPR claimed the number of deadly force incidents had decreased as a result of PARC's reviews, which PARC itself did not claim. In the Use of Force report, the statistic that force is used in just 1% of police calls and 5% of arrests is repeated, though numerically speaking, force (other than pointing weapons) was reported in nearly 4000 incidents over two years (with over 2000 uses of Tasers, impact strikes, pepper spray or less-lethal weapons), or over five times a day (or nearly 3 times a day excluding "physical control"). Furthermore, their statistic is based on 434,196 calls for service, but the report does not break down the subject matter of these calls. One could look at the rate at which hospitals actually perform operations on patients and say it is a small percentage, yet invasive surgery is a very serious procedure and needs scrutiny regardless of how infrequently it is used.
--The report does not correlate that the IPR receives about 100 complaints per year on use of force with the number of use of force cases per year (about 2000); this means that one of every 20 uses of force results in a complaint. Since many people who have force used against them either face criminal charges, do not know about the complaint system, or do not believe the complaint system will be able to do anything to help them, this is a significant statistic.
Portland Copwatch strongly urges the Task Force to reconvene, adding members from the African American and Latino communities. A supplemental report should be created including statistics on the pointing of firearms and Tasers. The argument that deadly force is reviewed by PARC does not hold up under scrutiny, since PARC only looks at incidents where firearms were actually discharged. The Task Force should also analyze how often force is used against people of color compared to their white counterparts. In the context of learning that a city with a 7% African American population who are pulled over in 16% of all traffic stops, 24% of pedestrian stops, subject to 50% of "Drug-Free Zone" exclusions, and cited 100% of the time in a recent "pilot program" to ticket parents for the behavior of their children, the lack of such statistics is unconscionable.
For more information contact Portland Copwatch at 503-236-3065. | 2019-04-24T14:09:28Z | http://portlandcopwatch.org/useofforcereportanalysis2007.html |
A Puppet Slam ‘n Picnic – August 17th!
By Cheryl Capezzuti, Puppet Slam Chair.
Are you ready for a puppet adventure? Pack a picnic and head up to Spring Hill for the third annual Puppet Slam, brought to you by the Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh. This year the event is hosted at the Workingmen’s Beneficial Union, a new event space that includes an outdoor picnic area that will be full of puppet activities and an indoor performance featuring many of Pittsburgh’s favorite puppet acts. The new Spring Hill Brewing will be serving as well.
A Puppet Slam is a showcase of short, contemporary puppetry work typically aimed at an adult audience. The main performances will include marionettes, ventriloquism, hand puppets, shadow puppets and object theater. The evening will be hosted by Pittsburgh favorites Tom Sarver and Dave English with music by Daniel “Kreepy Dollz” Baxter and his band Imaginary Friends. Expect performances from seasoned puppeteers Alison Babusci, Cheryl Capezzuti and Kellee Van Aken (Fuzzy Boundary Productions), Joann Kielar and Bob Rumba. The guild is also excited to showcase first time performers Albert Pantone, Theresa Casciato and Becky Spevak. While this isn’t a puppet show specifically designed for children, all ages are invited.
Prior to the main event, puppet-lovers are invited to magical evening picnicking outdoors from 6:00-7:30. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy a tasty beer or a non-alcoholic Teaboy Pop and then participate in a puppetry workshop presented by Light Bright Beautiful Puppetry. You are also invited to bring a favorite puppet to showcase at the event and enjoy a treat from the puppet-themed bake sale with proceeds benefiting the Puppetry Guild. The picnic will end with an interactive dance experience with Giant Puppet Dance Club, July’s winner of an Awesome Pittsburgh grant. At 7:30 a parade will lead people indoors. Special thanks to KG Autoworks for sponsoring this event.
New Sun Rising is the fiscal sponsor for The Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh. NSR provides strategic programs, vital services, and accessible funding to power civic innovation from idea to impact. | 2019-04-26T08:10:06Z | https://pgop.org/2018/08/03/a-puppet-slam-n-picnic-august-17th/ |
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Two bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, 110M2. L shaped terrace. Tranquil condo building .
Manicured gardens and nice pool with BBQ area.
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For quite some time now, the ‘Yankee’ brand of soccer that MLS produces has not been too highly viewed by the more ‘established’ countries that are of the belief that since they’ve done it longer, they must do it better. Style and flair does mean everything, after all. Just ask the redcoats that so stylishly strode into the open plains hoping to do battle in the traditional ways.
America thought differently. And they still do, just this time it’s far less bloody and far more entertaining to watch. I assume.
Many foreign stars that come and ply their trade in America are very outspoken about the misconception inherent in the overseas’ views. Steven Gerrard admitted, almost in remorse, that MLS is not some ‘retirement league’ like many accuse it of being. The physicality and the athleticism in the league makes it hard for guys like Gerrard, Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard to survive.
The best cases of foreigners surviving are David Villa, Kaka and Sebastian Giovinco. None of whom are severely passed their prime.
One of the major steps in finding international relevance is possessing players that are at the top of their game for club, while also being pieces of a reputable international outfit in major competitions. There are U.S. internationals running all over MLS, but to have someone rise to the international level for a European powerhouse would be a huge indication that MLS does provide quality. Not only that, but it would give MLS a crucial leg up on China, who are still overpaying for everyone. China may have the money, but they do not yet have the relevance.
MLS can have that relevance if Sebastian Giovinco rises to international acclaim for Italy in Euro 2016. The atomic ant is widely agreed upon as the best player in MLS, and as such the best hope the league has as is. He was far and away the MVP last season and this year he is continuing right where he left off and he is enjoying every minute of it.
“Some believed that I wouldn’t return to the national team, but I did well here,” Giovinco said, via Goal.com, echoing the sentiment that to come to MLS is to limit oneself and hide from international notice.
For MLS to grow as a league, it needs to attract more Giovinco’s and less Gerrards. Nothing against Gerrard, but the league needs players with prolonged relevance, not just a year or two and then retirement. More long-term superstars will heighten the appeal beyond money and relaxation, the latter of which is already being eliminated. As far as money, China has taken the upper hand so MLS needs that new draw. And this is where they can find it. | 2019-04-22T21:59:34Z | https://statesideofsoccer.com/mls/sebastian-giovincos-potential-italy-call-monumental-for-mls.html |
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THE SHORT SHORTS CHRONICLES, Part 4: BUCK NAKED vs. FREE RANGE UNDIES!
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DVD Review: "DEL SHORES: MY SORDID LIFE" | 2019-04-26T16:11:36Z | https://lavenderafterdark.com/2012/06/ |
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Apple has stopped signing iOS 11.1.2 which means that downgrading or restoring to that firmware version is no longer possible.
Currently, Apple's latest firmware is iOS 11.2.1 and developers have been seeded with iOS 11.2.5. If you accidentally update or restore, you'll find yourself on iOS 11.2.1.
Iam Beer of Google's Project Zero recently released an Async_Wake exploit that works on iOS 11.1.2. Jonathan Levin, author of MacOS and iOS Internals, confirmed the exploit works on the Apple TV and is planning to upgrade his jailbreak utility iLiberTV. Levin also says he will release a jailbreak toolkit described as "a dylib for those people who end up with a send right to the kernel_task port (a.k.a tfp0) in their process, but don't know what to do next."
Following closure of the signing window, Levin said, "HA. Apple closed the 11.1.2 signing window. Told ya so. Toolkit coming soon -- for those who upgraded in time or stayed in 11.x but below 11.2. If you're on 11.2.x - that's your problem. Don't wen ETA. Next time, read carefully and heed warnings."
Lol I thought 11.2.1 was the one that had a jailbreak. Haha I’m dyslexic or just forgetful. Maybe I knew this whole time it was 11.1.2 and I’m just fooling myself. Oh well I keep IPSW files around for everything nowadays because you never know when you might need to downgrade for something.
so if i kept a ipsw of 10.3.1 and i'm on 11.2, can I still downgrade to 10.3.1 even though apple stopped signinng 10.3? | 2019-04-24T10:29:40Z | https://www.iclarified.com/63840/apple-stops-signing-ios-1112-downgrades-and-restores-no-longer-possible |
Almost 140 legal interpreters and translators from 24 countries attended the conference at the Human Rights Court and Council of Europe which preceded the annual General Assembly of EULITA.
René Haeseryn, long-time Secretary General and Honorary Advisor of FIT (International Federation of Translators) as well as editor of “Babel”, FIT’s scientific publication, died a few weeks ago. Although high in his eighties, he had continued to follow FIT developments actively up to his sudden death. He will be remembered by the entire FIT family and beyond for his indefatigable commitment to FIT, which he had seen develop from its early beginnings well into the new millennium.
As language service providers, how do we adapt to changing market conditions? What can we do to promote professionalism on the individual, Scandinavian and global level?
For the first time ever, the Scandinavian Language Associations are organising a conference for members of eight language associations from four Scandinavian countries on the topic of Promoting Professionalism in a Changing Market.
ASSITIG has the pleasure of inviting you to a Round Table on the topic of “Ethics of court interpreting in judicial contexts”, which will be held on 16th April at 10 am at the Law Courts of Syracuse, Italy.
ASSITIG is organising this event together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Criminal Section of the Law Courts and the Bar of Syracuse, Italy. The event is open to everyone working in the Justice sector: Public Prosecutors, judges, counsels for the defence, lawyers, interpreters and translators.
Please note that early bird registration for the EULITA Pre-Assembly Conference on 8-9 April 2016 in Strasbourg, France, expires on 15 March 2016.
Registration will close altogether on 25 March 2016. The preliminary programme for the conference as well as the registration forms are available at www.eulita.eu/upcoming-events.
Make sure to register in time if you haven’t done so already. We look forward to seeing you in Strasbourg.
An updated preliminary programme for the EULITA General Assembly and Pre-Assembly Conference on 8-9 April 2016 in Strasbourg, France, is now available at www.eulita.eu/upcoming-events.
Please remember that the hotel reservations blocked for EULITA expire on 15 February 2016.
Please also remember that the early bird fee will end on 15 March 2016.
We look forward to seeing you in Strasbourg. | 2019-04-20T05:20:59Z | https://eulita.eu/wp/fr/archive/page/9/ |
Workshop for 6 to 12-year-olds with their families: "Architects' apprentices"
Children and parents are invited to become apprentice architects on this special, eyeopening, hands-on tour in French!
As you explore the Fondation Louis Vuitton, enjoy family fun together, trying your hands at architecture with games and sketches, helped by qualified guides. Topics covered include balance, space, forces, tensions, colors and transparency, all to unlock the secrets of architect Frank Gehry. | 2019-04-24T12:23:42Z | https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/activities-tours-workshops/children-and-youth-with-family/6-12-years-old/visite-en-familleapprentisarchitectes.html |
This totally-renovated, spacious, single-level Bay Villa is in perfect condition. This is a must-see for those who can appreciate quality craftsmanship and luxury. This well positioned luxury villa is a short walk to pristine Kapalua Bay or about the same distance to the more private Oneloa Bay. One of the 4 pool areas with bbq is beside this unit but not an interference. Kapalua Club memberships are available for this unit offering preferred access and discounted rates to the #1 ranked Hawaii course, The Plantation Course, The Montage Spa and the Beach Club with restaurant for club members. | 2019-04-21T14:27:16Z | https://www.cliffjordan.com/homes/500-Bay-Dr/Lahaina/HI/96761/86927361/ |
These are uncertain times, filled with rapid changes that can shake our future and our faith. If you have ever longed for a simpler time when there was hope in something greater, come join us at Ward's Grove Baptist Church. Here we look past today's bad news, return to simple values and work toward a brighter future that can be found in a personal relationship with God's Son, Jesus Christ.
Click here to find hope in Jesus Christ!
Our weekly prayer requests are printed in our Sunday bulletin; please see Lorri Skelton to add or update names to this list. Email prayer requests may be submitted to Nancy Blurton.
We have Sunday School Bible study classes for all ages; Sunday morning and evening worship services; sermons straight from God's Word that are relevant for today's living; mid-week prayer time and topical Bible study; Easter Celebration, Vacation Bible School, "Falloween Jesus" Fall Fest, and Happy Birthday Party for Jesus for children; youth activities; Baptist Men and Women's Missionary Union (WMU) missions education and ministry; support of missions through the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention; annual revival and homecoming services; and nursery for babies and toddlers. Below you will find monthly printable Scripture art and a family time calendar, courtesy of LifeWay's Home Life magazine, to print and display; and our weekly Sunday church bulletin. | 2019-04-19T05:10:20Z | http://www.wardsgrovebaptistchurch.yolasite.com/our-mission.php |
The orthopedic surgeon from Kalispell said he wants to better the relationship between the governor's office and lawmakers, make health care more affordable and improve access to public lands.
Legislators are tolerated by the governor's administration during 90-day legislative sessions every other year and otherwise ignored, he said.
"In order for us to really conquer the problems and the crises of our state, we need to reset government and our relationship between the governor's office and the Legislature," Olszewski said.
If lawmakers and the governor's office can work together, Olszewski said, the state can better address opioid addiction, the state's high suicide rate, mental health issues and expensive health care.
"If we treat government like our own family, use common sense and understand that we all want what's best for Montana — we just disagree on how to get there — and if we can get back to that basic premise, we've just solved 90 percent of the problem," he said.
Montana Democratic Party Executive Director Monica Lindeen said in a statement criticizing Olszewski that the conservative senator's values don't align with the rest of the state.
"As a legislator, he has repeatedly voted against affordable health care for Montanans, voted against protecting Montana's public lands and tried to put the government between a woman and her doctor," Lindeen said.
When asked how he would distinguish himself from other candidates, Olszewski said he would "make sure this is a positive, constructive campaign" that would transition to a "positive, action-based administration." | 2019-04-20T10:30:41Z | https://www.kulr8.com/news/national/gop-state-sen-al-olszewski-announces-run-for-governor/article_9084a724-c20c-51ad-9fba-a057bd749c9c.html |
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Peel the potatoes, then carefully cut them into thin slices. Peel and finely slice the onion. Warm a non-stick frying pan on medium and add the onion, potatoes and olive oil. Add a pinch of salt.
Cook on medium-low for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the onions are turning golden and the potato slices are cooked through. Try not to stir it too much or the potatoes will break up. | 2019-04-22T11:05:09Z | https://spaingourmetcanada.com/spanish-potato-omelet-in-3-easy-steps/ |
We are pleased to offer 2019 Summer Camp scholarships to Saline Band, Choir and Orchestra students presently in Grades 5-11 to support experiences that will enrich and expand their music education experience while attending Saline Area Schools.
The amount of the scholarship awarded is dependent on the number of applications received and awarded. Families should expect between $50-$100. Families can apply for scholarships for their students on an annual basis while their students attend Saline Area Schools between grades 5-11.
Scholarship checks will be made out directly to the camp/program and given to the student/faculty in May in order to be mailed with your final payment.
Please note: only one camp per student only. Private lessons, Saline Fiddlers and Marching Band Summer Camps are not eligible for these scholarships.
The Saline Music Boosters, together with Briarwood Ford, are once again hosting our Community Drive 4 Your School Event!
Join us on Saturday, May 11 at Harvest Elementary School.
The day promises a lot of fun, bring the family, test drive a great line of Ford vehicles, pick up some delicious goodies at the bake sale and find items for summer camp and next year’s Band, Orchestra or Choir events at the clothing swap from 9-5.
Do you know the Saline Music Boosters offer Summer Camp Scholarship assistance?
As your young musician considers summer camps such as Blue Lake, Interlochen, and others, be sure to watch for our Summer Scholarship application window starting April 1. For more information, please visit our Scholarships page.
To all of our many Saline Music families who gave us a hand in the stand this year for our awesome extended season - we couldn't do our fabulous fundraising without you!
Click here to learn more about our Uniform Closet!
to see what's happening around the Saline music scene! | 2019-04-22T11:15:03Z | https://www.salinemusicboosters.org/ |
Here it is... The Big Kahuna of sorts.
Evergreen is in the midst of building some of the rowdiest lines in our organization's history on North Mountain in Darrington and we need your help!
Join us Saturday, November 10th for a work party hosted by professional Evergreen trailbuilders.
A damn good time in a family friendly environment!
The work party will begin at 9am. Exact meeting location is at the gate just below the summit of North Mountain where the fire lookout is. Plan for an hour drive from the town of Darrington. Camping on North Mountain on Friday evening is encouraged. This makes for a more relaxed Saturday morning wakeup and a chance to enjoy a sunset from the summit of North Mountain!
Bring clothes/riding apparel for all weather conditions. Work/hiking boots required for trailwork.
Plan for a full day of trailwork with time to "sample the goods" later in the day. | 2019-04-23T06:51:43Z | https://www.evergreenmtb.org/calendar/eventdetail/4747/darrington-north-mountain-work-party?filter_reset=1 |
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The geometric basket weave print brings the classic hue to life with its tonal aesthetic. It also gives the piece a textured appearance.
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Who Is Most Qualified To Be Nigeria’s Next President?
In 2015, what drove most Nigerian voters as the country headed to the polls to elect who would be President between 2015 to 2019, was the need to change what many believed was the ineffectual and incompetent government of Goodluck Jonathan. It did not matter so much, what characteristics the person would be, provided the person seemed to offer a change from Jonathan’s style of leadership.
And because Jonathan’s administration was largely viewed as corrupt, whoever offered the promise of eradicating corruption was seen as a better alternative. Then, majority of the people believed that Nigeria’s primary problem was corruption. Eradicate corruption, and Eldorado would come, many believed.
Power-hungry and contesting for the fourth time, General Muhammadu Buhari, with the blessings of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and many other disgruntled power players, seized the anti-corruption mantra by the scruff of its neck and repeated it ad nauseam.
For Buhari, every question as to how best to run the country was addressed with “fighting corruption; plug the loopholes, and see Nigeria flourish”. Not many then questioned how exactly he planned to do that. Without asking for details, it was assumed that the man(portrayed as a frugal, disciplined and no nonsense man) has all it takes. So when votes were collated and the results announced, the Daura-born ex-soldier had won the election, to great fanfare.
But it didn’t take long for the euphoria to die down, as, soon after taking over government, it became clear that the man who had serially contested for the number one job in the country, had no clear cut idea on how to do the first thing as it concerns leading Nigeria! So instead of taking Nigeria to Eldorado as he promised, he watched, detached, as the country took a far worse turn than it was under the man he was elected to better his records. The nation’s economy noise-dived, price of fuel went up, even as he doubled subsidy payments(something he had called a scam before). Worse, the country became enveloped in blood, while the unity of the nation became threatened. On the anti-corruption front, without any pretense, the “anti-corruption fight became an opportunity for the President to persecute political adversaries while providing safe havens for criminals provided they pledged their loyalty to him. And spite all of the killings,no concrete action was taken by Buhari, neither did it appear like he has any plans to do better.
Yet as the 2019 elections edge closer, the man who had failed in all of his promises to the people(security,economy, fighting corruption), threw his hat into the ring making claims of having fulfilled ALL his campaign promises.
But Nigerians have been bitten once, and appear 180million times shy. So as 2019 comes, a change from Buhari remains the only credible alternative that most Nigerians see. But that will not be all.
In 2019, Nigerians will not be looking for “any other person apart from Buhari”. The country will be looking for someone with a clear cut idea on how to move the country forward. While not everything can be done in four years, whoever comes on must have enough ideas, and a clear idea of how to implement them, in order to lay a solid foundation that must be built on by whoever takes over from him or her.
Enter Atiku Abubakar. Like Buhari, Atiku has also sought to be President on three previous occasions(even though he made it to the polls only once).But the difference between them is like the size of the Atlantic. Unlike Buhari, Atiku, as Olusegun Obasanjo’s Vice President, helped set the nation on the path of economic growth following the end of military rule in 1999. Atiku it was, who helped assemble Obasanjo’s economic team.
Also, unlike Buhari, Atiku has been able to successfully run several businesses which today employ over 50,000 persons directly. This is testament to a man who knows how to handle economic activities and as it stands, Nigeria’s problems are primarily economic in nature(poverty and unemployment, which have dovetailed into insecurity,insurgency, corruption). As Atiku himself said to Thisday, it seems to him that he was tailor-made to lead Nigeria in 2019.
That is not all. On several occasions, Atiku has been asked to explicitly state the steps he would take in addressing Nigeria’s fundamental problems—poverty, insecurity, and of course the loud clamour for restructuring— and on all of those occasions, he has clearly laid out convincing plans that are overarching and achieveable(unlike the fantastical promises that were the trademark of Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign).
Experience, coupled with an explicit plan of action, place Atiku heads and shoulders above all other aspirants who have indicated interest. More than that, Atiku’s youth friendliness and promise to do only a single four-year term project him as a man who would help mentor a new leader who would take over from him in 2023, build on the foundations of greatness that Atiku’s plans would have laid for Nigeria, and finally lead the nation to its pride of place among the comity of nations. | 2019-04-19T20:40:07Z | https://ikengachronicles.com/who-is-most-qualified-to-be-nigerias-next-president/ |
Hepatitis C infection is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (malignancy involving lymphatic tissue) of 20 percent to 30 percent, and a three-fold increase in the risk of another type of lymphoma, according to a study in the May 9 issue of JAMA.
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated at 1.6 percent of the U.S. population. It is more common among U.S. military veterans who use the Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system, in which approximately five percent of veterans are infected with HCV. HCV infection causes liver cancer and cirrhosis, and may also increase the risk of other tumors. Previous studies have been too small to adequately assess these risks, according to background information in the article.
Thomas P. Giordano, MD, MPH, of Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study to test the hypothesis that HCV infection is associated with increased risk for malignancies of the blood and blood-forming tissues, related disorders, and thyroid cancer. The study involved patients from U.S. Veterans Affairs health care facilities from 1997 to 2004 and included 146,394 individuals infected with HCV, and 572,293 not infected with HCV. The research examined the risks of hematopoietic malignancies (relating to the formation of blood cellular components), related lymphoproliferative precursor diseases (referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to lymphoid cells), and thyroid cancer.
There were 1,359 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 165 cases of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (a low grade lymphoma), 551 cases of cryoglobulinemia and 320 cases of thyroid cancer.
"We found a small but significant 20 percent to 30 percent increase in the risk of NHL [non-Hodgkin lymphoma], including all subtypes, and an almost three-fold increased risk of the low-grade lymphoma subtype Waldenström macroglobulinemia in persons with HCV infection," the authors report. Low-grade lymphoma tends to grow and spread slowly.
HCV infection was also associated with an increased risk of nonmalignant plasma cell disorders.
"We demonstrated that infection precedes development of these outcomes, and that the risk in individuals infected with HCV is consistently increased, with over five years of follow-up," the authors continue.
The study found no significantly increased risk for other hematological malignancies. The risk for thyroid cancer was not increased.
"Although the clinical significance of these findings is unknown, it is possible that screening of individuals infected with HCV could identify early stage lymphoproliferative conditions suitable for early intervention strategies, including chemoprevention trials on premalignant disease. Future epidemiological and pathophysiological studies are needed to further explore the relationship between HCV and NHL," the authors conclude. | 2019-04-22T13:00:40Z | https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/infections/hepatitis-c-increases-risk-non-hodgkin-lymphoma |
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In this guest post, Anna Marie reviews Schrodingers Cats, a bluffing and deduction game published by Ninth Level Games. Schrodingers Cats is a mashup between the Schrodingers Cat thought experiment and a deduction/bluffing game.
Curiosity may kill the cat, but does uncertainty? Ninth Level Games is challenging players to open the box and find out! In this completely adorable cat and science themed game, you’ll present your hypothesis and one up your opponents’ research. Schrodinger’s Cats is a bluffing game for 2-6 players that takes about ten to fifteen minutes to play. It plays best with 4 players.
Is the box empty? Is the cat alive? Is it dead? Or is the outcome uncertain?
While on the surface this seems like a straightforward bidding game, hidden powers and a reveal-and-draw mechanic present enough twists to trip up your typical stat cruncher. Just when you think you have this cat in the bag, your opponent may use Stephen Pawking to skip their hypothesis or Albert Felinestein to discard all of their research.
Keep hypothesizing till someone calls your bluff!
The rulebook sometimes suffers from trying a little too hard to adhere to the science theme. A list of terminology used helps somewhat (experiment = round of play, etc.) but I feel like more streamlined rules would be somewhat easier to read. Fortunately the game itself is fairly straightforward so it’s not rocket science (its physics – ha!) to figure out.
What initially drew me was the theme – Schrodinger’s Cat (a thought experiment for those that don’t know) crossed with a bluffing game is a really clever pairing. I also understand that there is a Latin translated print-and-play from the Kickstarter which is brilliant! To pair with the theme, the art is hysterical in addition to the comic names like Madam Purrie and Neil Degrasse Tabby. I even dig the off-beat color palette.
For me, the sweet cream on top is that this game was designed by two women – Heather Wilson and Heather O’Neill. I had the pleasure of meeting both at PAX Unplugged and they’re just as funny and clever as their game!
Scientist Power cards like Sally Prride and Madam Purrie add a twist to the game.
Schrodinger’s Cats has become one of our go-to “waiting on the takeout” games. It’s simple to explain for new players and there’s almost no setup time. Also, its small but distinct differences from a standard bidding game offer more in the way of replay value, and the theme and art are hella-cute. If you like bluffing games or need an addition to your short games shelf, Schrodinger’s Cats is a winner!
Final Score: 4 Stars – A fun, fast, and funny game to fill some time or warm up for something larger.
About the Author: AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps is a game journalist living in the DC Metro area. In addition to being a tabletop enthusiast, she also plays video games and RPGs. | 2019-04-21T10:16:13Z | https://www.boardgamequest.com/schrodingers-cats-review/ |
Most of the 2,000 Fulniô—90 percent of whom live in the Dantas Barreto Indian Park, immediately outside the town of Aguas Belas, in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil—still speak a language isolate (Itaê) that belongs to the Macro-Gê Phylum, although many also speak Portuguese.
They were contacted by Catholic missionaries by the mid-eighteenth century and, at that time, lived in two villages at 9° S and 37° W. The Fulniô are horticulturists who raise beans for their own consumption and raise cotton and sell baskets and carua fiber for cash. Culturally conservative in terms of language and performance of religious ritual, the Fulniô were fairly early acculturated in most other respects. They were living among Black and mestizo people by the 1920s.
Traditional political and ritual activities take place in a round clearing ( ouricouri ), to which the Fulniô move in August. There, under a sacred joazeiro tree ( Zizyphus joazeiro ), which women are forbidden to approach, the men feast and elect their chief; during the feast, there must be no discord. It is also in the clearing that exceptionally complex puberty rituals take place. Each stage of the ritual is administered by separate, specialized officers. Another characteristic and especially important ceremony is the Tolê dance, in which two men dance, each with an arm on the other's shoulder and in time to two stamping tubes of different sizes; the steps used are named for animals. The rest of the people present sing, while two other men shake rattles. The men stop before two girls, who afterward follow the dancers in their steps. The perpetuation of these practices and the fact that most members of the group continue to speak their native language give the Fulniô a persistingly separate identity despite the ongoing acculturation and assimilation processes that affect their society.
Hohenthal, W. D., Jr. (1960). "As tribus indígenas do médio e baixo São Francisco." Revista do Museo Paulista (São Paulo), n.s. 12:31-71.
Melo, Mario (1929). "Os carnijós de Aguas Bellas." Revista do Museu Paulista (São Paulo) 16:793-846.
Pompeu Sobrinho, Th. (1935). "Indios fulniôs, karnijós de Pernambuco." Revista do Instituto do Ceará 49:31-58. | 2019-04-24T14:56:42Z | https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Fulni.html |
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Autograph letter, 1787 or 1788, to the Controller of Finances of France, signed "Veuve de Buonaparte", 3 pp. folio. In French. The letter, which was written by Napoleon on behalf of his mother, Letizia, petitions the government for compensation for losses suffered when the government canceled its contract made in 1782 with Charles Buonaparte for a mulberry plantation in connection with a plan to introduce the cultivation of silk on the island of Corsica. Bound in full red French levant. | 2019-04-22T02:38:38Z | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4854 |
Got back into paintball recently and missed having my cocker so I got a resurrection not realizing the trigger frame is proprietary. Is there anyone out there that makes a two finger trigger for the Resi?
No they don’t unfortunately. You could put in a inception trigger plate that doesn’t have the ramp to make it feel better.
Ok, slightly different question. Does the Resurrection body have enough meat on the bottom of it to drill and thread it to accept a standard grip frame?
Last edited by njr_11; 01-25-2019 at 06:05 PM. | 2019-04-18T13:00:25Z | http://customcockers.com/forum/showthread.php?65471-Resurrection-Frame-Question&s=a57f736cf3fbe386de2a260a8759af43&p=524835 |
On Monday, social marketing software company Buddy Media announced that it had acquired UK-based Brighter Option, provider of a self-serve ad product via the Facebook Ads API. Terms were not disclosed. Read the release. According to a post on his company's blog, Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow said about the deal, "... integrating [Brighter Option's] social ad management software product into the Buddy Media suite, will ensure that our customers' social marketing dollars work harder and smarter. Engagement data from advertisers’ Facebook Page posts made via Buddy Media can now be used to power social ads." Read more.
On Monday, Lazerow discussed the social ad business with AdExchanger and the implications of the Brighter Option acquisition.
AdExchanger: Lots of talk these days about “ad stacks.” Do you think there's a "social ad stack," if you will?
ML: No. I don't think there's just one social ad stack. If you look at email, video and search and a lot of other industries that have come out of digital marketing, they're really verticals. We're moving into a world where social is actually a part of everything, just like mobile is a part of everything.
From our perspective, we are making a bet that advertising is moving from the front end of the campaign, where you're trying to get people to do stuff they don't want to do for the most part - usually in places they don't want to do it - to the middle and end of the campaign, meaning you put out content through all the channels you already own, and then you figure out what people are telling you with their comments, clicks, likes, tweets and retweets and everything else.
What [people] find is most engaging, you take that and amplify the stuff that they actually want, and you do it on platforms that they want to hang out on. So if you like hanging out on Tumblr, great. You, as a brand, will communicate with that user on Tumblr. If Facebook is where people want to continue to congregate, perfect, we'll go to Facebook.
What this does mean is that you're going to have to publish content across many different channels where people hang out.
Some of it will be free, like through your websites, email lists and Facebook pages, and some of the content distribution will be paid, meaning you'll pay for more distribution, but it all starts with great content. As a journalist myself, that's why I'm so excited about this space.
Is Buddy Media starting to think about aggregating supply? Put another way, do you think about a supply‑side strategy, where you end up acquiring appropriate content?
We haven't thought about it ‑ to be completely honest. But, we haven't thought about aggregating supply because Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and a few others like Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, they're doing that for us. The way they're doing it is by organizing people in a social web who used to hang out on 100,000 blogs. Now they spend most of their time in one of these very large community sites.
We're not an ad network, so we sit on the brand side of the table. “Every brand needs a Buddy.” We're not selling ads. We don't sell inventory. We provide technology and we get paid a license to provide that technology to help them make their dollars go further and connect with other things they're doing.
What you're talking about would get us more into a traditional ad network type world, in which we would aggregate supply and sell that, or deliver that supply to our advertisers. Which to me doesn't feel like the right solution for the marketplace, primarily because we're moving out of this world of starting with "where" ‑‑ so "I want to buy video ads" or "I want to build a Facebook page" or "I want to build a website." ‑‑ into a world where you start with "what is the content I want to create? What is great content that I can create about the organization?"
Then distributing that everywhere I can, in much the same way I do. I like writing. I have a column at Inc Magazine. I have a column at Ad Age. I enjoy it personally. I went to Northwestern, to McGill, I'm on the board there, all my friends are journalists. I just love communicating.
And that's helped Buddy Media, because we've been able to focus on what the content is that we want to create.
How about a BuzzFeed-type of destination site?
Buddy Media has no plans to get into anything even close to that space. [Buzzfeed CEO] Jonah Peretti is a good friend of mine and brilliant at what he does. I would never want to compete with him, just because he is so much smarter than I am, but more importantly, our business model is an enterprise software business, and our customer is the buyer of that software.
Once I start launching sites, I then turn into a seller of ads and I'm trying to not do what's best for my client - I'm actually trying to sell media. I'm not saying that there's not a business there, but for Buddy Media, we build software, we sell it, and we support it.
Why is self‑serve important to Buddy Media?
Self‑serve is not only important, it's critical to Buddy Media because we're not an agency and we don't want to compete with agencies. Most of the other companies in our space are a managed service, so they may have a technology underpinning, but they actually make most of their money off of the services.
We make 90 percent of our revenue off of technology. We license the technology. We don't have the staff to do the managed service. We think that that's ultimately the job of the brand and the agency to do it, that's how they're going to be most successful, by focusing on what is the content, what is the voice.
For us, and with Brighter Option, we really like how a 21‑person company managed last quarter 300 clients, 100 billion impressions, and through a very scalable technology stack. There’s incredible operating efficiency, with this business.
And, the reason why they didn't have to raise a lot of money - they did one round of financing - they funded themselves off of revenue, which is what you're supposed to do as a business – but obviously, if you have to build a building that's going to cost $100 million, you're not going to fund that off revenue, you're going to borrow the money and raise equity.
For Buddy Media, we can't get into the space without having it as a technology. Even if we wanted to, we have too many clients to start to service like an agency.
Self‑service also inspires the idea of local advertising and long‑tail advertisers. Do you think there's an opportunity for Buddy Media to get into the long‑tail advertising crowd through the self‑service tool?
There's definitely an opportunity. We've always had a part of our business that is local business. If you look at the award that we won with L'Oreal, the Forrester Groundswell award, that was about empowering 5,000 local salons to be more successful on Facebook. We know the technology works. We know that connecting with your consumers is as important to a local restaurant or salon as it is to P&G and Unilever and all the top advertisers. It comes down to, in our mind, where do we want to focus the business?
For the time being, we're focused on our core customer, which is an enterprise customer that needs to market a huge company in the States or a big global business. We may attack the local market in partnership with them, but there's been no decisions about launching a standalone, "put in a credit card" self‑serve product. Most of the companies in that space just have not done well.
It's high churn. It's more hand‑holding than you would hope for, and for us, it's just a different business. We work with eight out of the top ten global marketers. We set up this whole business of offices globally - London, Singapore, San Francisco. We're going to focus there for now and see what happens.
The last thing I'd say about self‑serve is Facebook and Twitter - that's really what they're focused on. [For example,] Twitter is now in partnership with American Express to launch a new self‑serve platform.
And, Facebook is constantly launching these programs around "Sign up as a business and we'll give you $25 in Facebook ad credits." Twitter hasn't launched [its small business solution] yet, so I haven't really seen it, but Facebook's system is built for a small business. | 2019-04-21T12:35:34Z | https://adexchanger.com/social-media/buddy-media-brighter-option/ |
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EagleSpeak: Interesting Listen: "Is Administrative Law Unlawful?"
Interesting Listen: "Is Administrative Law Unlawful?"
Way back when I was in law school (first the earth cooled, then I went to law school), I took an administrative law course and had a lot of questions that went unanswered. Professor Philip Hamburger from Columbia Law School takes a look and ponders Is Administrative Law Unlawful?
Tom Woods interviews him for about 20 minutes here.
Yes, it may be geeky lawyer stuff, but it is an important question. | 2019-04-24T18:53:47Z | http://www.eaglespeak.us/2014/07/interesting-listen-is-administrative.html |
Does Your Org Have a Sandbox?
Why innovation and productivity thrive when workers get to play at work.
Slogans insisting that a company values creativity aren’t enough to stimulate innovation.
Big ideas and new perspectives aren’t something enforceable, either. While a company culture can certainly encourage individuality, self-expression, and a more casual approach to work—all worthy, even necessary considerations in a Millennial-dominated workforce—that still may not stimulate the ideal environment for true innovation.
Sometimes, the freest form of creativity happens in the sandbox.
Sandbox time is unstructured time: you make your own fun, turn the mass of individual grains into a playground for ideas, experimentation, and creative destruction.
Google made headlines when it revealed its company policy, popularly known as 20 Percent Time: all employees were encouraged to take one day (out of a five-day working week) to focus on their personal passions. Not their job, not their typical work, but something they really cared about, hobbies included. The idea was that passion is better for innovation than pressure—strict quotas, limited roles, and expectations unsupported by cultural features.
The Google approach to fostering innovation while simultaneously building an open, supportive company culture sounds an awful lot like something only a start-up can get away with, but with a little tweaking, can actually be a useful model for any company.
The important thing to note here is that “unstructured” time is not to be confused with “free” time. Employees in this metaphorical sandbox may be playing, venturing outside their strict job descriptions, and trying on new ideas, but there should still be at least a nominal connection with their organization’s mission, values, goals, projects, etc.
As Google apparently learned, vast amounts of utterly unstructured time is ultimately not good for productivity. That doesn’t have to mean the death of unstructured time; it just means the sandbox approach to innovation needs at least a little guidance to keep the sand in the box.
As for how much time employees get to indulge their creative impulses, Google’s 20% turned out to be a bit much—even if they credit the policy with producing some of their biggest wins and new products. Something closer to 10% (around a half-day each 5-day working week) leaves plenty of room for meeting deadlines, staying busy, and generally keeping on top of productivity.
Creating a company culture conducive to innovation doesn’t mean turning people loose to abandon their responsibilities and wreak havoc. A lack of structure during the workday should not equate to a lack of accountability. A culture with clear values, broad goals, and a general sense of what benefits the team, consumer, project, or company as a whole lends some broad—but not stifling—structure to time spent in the sandbox.
The fact is, on any given day, focus waxes and wanes, and employees may actually be more productive in bursts than in an endless slog while on the clock. Instituting a sandbox policy encourages them to turn their lapses in on-task work into opportunities for innovative thinking. A little unstructured time, built into the day, relieves pressure and offers an outlet that efficiency-first cultures simply don’t provide.
Even if not engaged directly in job-specific tasks, everyone should still be accountable to explain what they are doing, why, and how it (in theory, long-term, or immediately) benefits the company.
People need to feel they won’t be punished for indulging their ideas for innovation. Building unstructured time into the working week helps support ideation, as well as a company culture that values individuals, their time, and their ways of thinking. The reward is happier employees freed to support company innovation. | 2019-04-22T20:46:53Z | https://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2015/08/26/does-your-org-have-a-sandbox/ |
Our Equipment Leads the Way!
You know, many companies say they have the best equipment, but here at the Crystal Cleaning Company we can prove it !Through our specifications, you will notice that the Crystal Cleaning Company’s equipment is unique and produce some very interesting numbers. When a company says “up to” what do they really mean? Take a look at the Equipment Comparison Page.
We invite you to ask questions about the equipment. See the spec’s. As my grandfather use to say, “Numbers don’t lie”.
These are all good questions to explore and in our experience in purchasing generic prefab equipment, we found most manufactures say their pressure washer will heat water up to 200 degrees. Reality is they fall far short of those claims outside the labortories of where they’re tested.
We find that these prefab equipment, when under full load, can only produce temperatures of 150 to 165 with a few hitting 180. In order to hit the 200 degree mark, you have to sacrifice the volume of water and in some cases, pressure. This is unacceptable when doing a garage floor. The end result is damage to your cement, and the removal process, is mediocre at best.
We at the Crystal Cleaning Company found that these machines average temperatures was inadequate for removing oil from the cement of a Parking Facility.
You need at least 245 degrees under a full load to break the bond of the oil on a molecular level. PERIOD !
Our competitor’s boilers are only at 350,000 to 450,000 BTU’s. This is why they have to “Turn down the flow” in order to hit those 200 degree F. marks. Meaning, if they have a 6 gpm pump, they would have to reduce their water flow to 3 or 4 gpms so that the water flow has is less for their boilers to heat the water to a higher temperture. This would reduce the cleaning power of the machine and possible etch the cement with the thinner spray.
Below is a chart supplied from a well known manufacture who says there machines hit 200 degrees. Look at what is needed to hit a 140 degree rise from a 4 to 6 gallon per minute pressure washer. Note the outside ambient temperture needed to hit a 140 degree rise. | 2019-04-22T18:57:40Z | http://garagecleaning.net/equipment/ |
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Home Buying FAQs: Should I change the locks on my new home?
When you buy a new home, one of the most exciting moments is at the closing table. The second the sellers hand over the keys to your new place, it’s hard not to do a little chair dance, knowing that you’ve achieved home ownership.
Before you get too attached to that ring of keys, consider whether or not you should change the locks on your new home.
Changing the actual locks is expensive, so we won’t ever recommend that unless the locks are broken. Instead, hire a professional locksmith, who can come in and rekey all of the locks. Bonus! They can make every exterior lock work with just one key. No need to have that Schneider keyring on your hip to unlock everything.
In a nutshell, you don’t know who has a copy of the keys to your home. As diligent as sellers might be about getting all of the keys to you at closing, they will have forgotten at least a couple. The key they left with the neighbor next door. The key that the builder had in a contractor box (and who knows how many people could have made copies of it). The key they forgot they hid in that rock in the garden. If the house was ever used as an AirBnB, you definitely want to change the locks and quickly.
While changing your locks are not critical, in our opinion it’s an important thing to add to your moving checklist. | 2019-04-21T04:49:47Z | https://crescentcityliving.com/for-buyers/should-i-change-the-locks-on-my-new-home |
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He shares the distinction with VS Naipaul, who won the prize in 2000, Wole Soyinka, who won in 1986, and the 1987 winner Joseph Brodsky, who died in 1996 at the age of 55.
Unlike them, Ishiguro grew up in Britain. He was only five years old when his family moved from Japan to England. Soyinka, from Nigeria, and Naipaul, from Trinidad, were older when they came to Britain for university studies. Naipaul went to Oxford, Soyinka to Leeds. Brodsky was older still, in his early 30s, when he settled in America after being expelled from Russia in 1972.
Ishiguro graduated from the University of Kent and then did his Master’s in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. East Anglia is famous for its creative writing programme, which has produced other notable writers such as Ian McEwan and Ann Enright, both of them Booker prize winners. But Ishiguro is the first writer from East Anglia to win the Nobel.
Nobel prizes in literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and for peace have been awarded since 1901. The economics prize is newer, awarded since 1969.
In all, 110 Nobel prizes have been awarded in literature since 1901. There were no prizes on seven occasions – in 1914, 1918, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943.
More than a quarter of the 110 Nobel prizes in literature have gone to English-language writers. Here is the list of 30 English language writers who have won the Nobel Prize.
The New Yorker book critic James Wood says he was surprised Ishiguro won the Nobel prize. But he adds The Remains of the Day was “an almost perfect novel”. That was the book that made Ishiguro famous, It won the 1989 Booker prize and was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
It is a touching story about an English butler named Stevens who comes to realise that the lord he loyally served was a foolish man and that he cannot get back the woman with whom he could have had a happy life because she is now married to someone else.
The Remains of the Day is a deeply moving novel, which can be even better appreciated when reread.
Ishiguro has published four more novels since then: The Uncensored (1995), When We Were Orphans (2000), Never Let Me Go (2005), which was also made into a film, and The Buried Giant (2015). The Remains of the Day was his third novel, after A Pale View of Hills (1982) and An Artist of the Floating World (1986).
Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks. He recalled that experience in the Guardian in 2014. It was the summer of 1987, barely a year after he got married to Lorna.
“I wrote free-hand, not caring about the style or if something I wrote in the afternoon contradicted something I’d established in the story that morning. The priority was simply to get the ideas surfacing and growing. Awful sentences, hideous dialogue, scenes that went nowhere – I let them remain and ploughed on,” he recalled.
“I kept it up for the four weeks, and at the end of it I had more or less the entire novel down: though of course a lot more time would be required to write it all up properly,” he added.
“When Kazuo Ishiguro started to write fiction, he wasn’t steeped in literature. He said that he had not read very much at all. His distinctive style grew out of a desire to write the cleanest sentence possible, line by line; he has spoken of a wish simply for readers to understand his work,” says The Economist. | 2019-04-22T06:38:14Z | https://readiscovery.com/2017/10/08/kazuo-ishiguro-and-other-nobel-prize-winners-writing-in-english/ |
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to in New Zealand as “meth” or “P”, is associated with high rates of personal and community harms. People who use methamphetamine have an increased risk of death due to overdose, suicide or cardiovascular causes. Any health interaction is an opportunity to discuss methamphetamine use if suspected and offer support to stop.
Methamphetamine, also known as meth or “P”, is a central nervous system stimulant that causes the release of dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin.1 It is the most potent form of amphetamine-type drug, and is ranked as the most harmful drug in New Zealand for dependent users.2 The acute effects of ingestion, which resemble the “flight or fight” response, typically last four to eight hours and are similar to other psychostimulants, such as cocaine.1 It can be produced in powder, pill or crystal formulations, the latter also referred to as “ice”.
* Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), also known by various other names such as “fantasy”, “waz” or “mils”, is a GABA B receptor agonist; it is sometimes used with methamphetamine and is associated with particularly severe withdrawal symptoms and overdose.
Anxiety and depression can result from methamphetamine use, particularly during the “come down” period. Surveys in New Zealand have found that approximately one-quarter of people who frequently use methamphetamine are also taking antidepressants.8 Suicidality is also more common among users of methamphetamine; 18% of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia between 2009–2015 were suicide.13 The impulsivity, disinhibition and psychosis associated with methamphetamine use is likely to be a factor in this. Assessing patients presenting with symptoms of anxiety or depression for the possibility of drug use should be a routine aspect of practice.
There can be a large delay between when people start having problems from their drug use to when they seek help. As general practitioners may be one of the few health professionals people using methamphetamine interact with, they can help to close that gap by asking patients about their drug use.
Even if people are not ready to quit, general practitioners can help people to care for other aspects of their health and offer harm reduction advice (see: “Harm reduction for people who use methamphetamine”).
Use open-ended questions. For example, after asking about smoking or alcohol use, ask “what about anything else?”, and repeat the question if necessary. People may disclose use of substances they feel are more acceptable first, e.g. admitting to cannabis use first and then methamphetamine use on further questioning.
Advise people injecting methamphetamine not to share needles and where to get clean ones, see: www.nznep.org.nz/outlets.
Counselling and support from a health professional, whānau/family and friends is the best approach to encourage withdrawal and abstinence from methamphetamine. As little as two sessions of counselling can help improve abstinence rates for people with methamphetamine dependency.20, 21 People must decide that they want to quit, and the role of the general practitioner is as a facilitator who helps them to come to that decision, then encourages perseverance once patients are attempting to quit (see: “Motivational interviewing can help people to reflect on their methamphetamine use”).
Addiction specialists advise intervening in the first consultation when methamphetamine use is disclosed.20 Clinicians may feel time-pressured to deal with the patient’s presenting issue first and discuss their methamphetamine use at another time. However, people who use methamphetamine may have little contact with health services and engaging with the patient can set the scene for later change and help them avoid future harm.
Engaging (whakawhanaunga): establishing a trusting relationship that sets the scene for open, honest and non-judgemental discussion.
Focusing (whakamārama): discussing the details of the specific issue, revealing the scope of the problem and any contributing factors.
Planning (whakamaheretia): working together to formulate a plan for enacting changes.
The last stage of motivational interviewing may not be reached in the first or early sessions but following through the first three stages increases the likelihood of the patient engaging in behavioural change in the future.
The purpose of this approach is to get patients to begin thinking about their use; even if they are not ready to stop, it encourages reflection on what they get out of using methamphetamine and what the costs are, in terms of their own personal health, effects on their relationships, or financial cost.
If a patient is ready to change, or thinking about a change, they can be directed towards resources and support services (see: “Patient resources”).
A variety of support options are available to assist people undergoing methamphetamine withdrawal, including phone or text support and home-based withdrawal with help from a Māori health provider or addiction service (see: “Patient information and further assistance”).
The use of an antidepressant such as a SSRI is unlikely to be useful for treating the symptoms of depression associated with withdrawal, as depressive symptoms are worst in the initial few weeks after stopping use and these medicines often require several weeks of dosing to take effect.1 However, if depression persists, or is underlying to the substance misuse, antidepressant treatment is appropriate. N.B. Be aware of the potential for increased suicidal ideation during the methamphetamine withdrawal period, and in addition, an increased risk of serotonin syndrome in people who concurrently take a serotonergic medicine such as an SSRI, SNRI or tramadol with methamphetamine.
Thank you to Dr Vicki Macfarlane, Lead Clinician, Medical Detoxification Services, CADS, Waitemata DHB for expert review of this article.
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Waitemata District Health Board. Methamphetamine - P. 2016. Available from: www.cads.org.nz/assets/Documents/484d07b732/I-Methamphetamine-info-sheet-CADS-2016.pdf (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Matua Raki. Interventions and treatment for problematic use of methamphetamine and other Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health 2010. Available from: www.health.govt.nz/publication/interventions-and-treatment-problematic-use-methamphetamine-and-other-amphetamine-type-stimulants (Accessed Oct, 2018).
New Zealand Police. New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring (NZ-ADUM) report 2010-2016. 2017. Available from: www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/new-zealand-arrestee-drug-use-monitoring-nz-adum-report-2010-2016 (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Global Drug Survey. GDS 2018. Available from: www.globaldrugsurvey.com/gds-2018/ (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Wilkins C, Prasad J, Romeo JS, et al. Recent trends in illegal drug use in New Zealand, 2006-2016. 2017. Available from: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59152c88b8a79bdb0e644f2a/t/5aea1fad88251bcbe3817dfc/1525292989357/IDMS+report+2016.pdf (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Ministry of Health. Amphetamine use 2015/16: New Zealand Health Survey. Available from: www.health.govt.nz/publication/amphetamine-use-2015-16-new-zealand-health-survey (Accessed Jul, 2018).
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR). Wastewater analysis for illicit drugs. Monthly report June 2018. 2018. Available from: www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/wastewater-analysis-june-2018.pdf (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Welham K. Stemming the tide in the north. Matters of substance 2018;29:6–15.
Ministry of Health. Research report: The New Zealand drug harm index. 2016. Available from: www.health.govt.nz/publication/research-report-new-zealand-drug-harm-index-2016 (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Treatment approaches for users of methamphetamine. A practical guide for frontline workers. 2008. Available from: www.nationaldrugstrategy.gov.au/internet/drugstrategy/Publishing.nsf/content/8D2E281FAC2346BBCA25764D007D2D3A/$File/tremeth.pdf (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Shetty V, Mooney LJ, Zigler CM, et al. The relationship between methamphetamine use and increased dental disease. J Am Dent Assoc 2010;141:307–18.
Swannell C, Hamilton M. Medical Journal of Australia podcasts 2016 Episode 8: Ice and the General Practitioner, with Prof Margaret Hamilton. Available from: www.mja.com.au/podcast/204/4/mja-podcasts-2016-episode-8-ice-and-general-practitioner-prof-margaret-hamilton (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Baker A, Ezard N, Ritter A, et al. Pomegranate Health. Episode 15: Methamphetamine - beyond the hype. 26 September 2016. Available from: www.racp.edu.au/pomegranate/View/episode-15-methamphetamine-beyond-the-hype (Accessed Oct, 2018).
National Institutes for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions. 2007. Available from: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg51 (Accessed Oct, 2018).
Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Managing methamphetamine: Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Available from: https://elearning.racp.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=5445 (Accessed Oct, 2018). | 2019-04-24T04:25:59Z | https://bpac.org.nz/2018/meth.aspx |
I’m bummed about saying it, but this is the last vintage for Ortman wines; the winery was forced to close at the end of the year due to economic woes. However, you can still buy this wine in shops and restaurants and get it at value prices. It’s my style of Chard: Fermented primarily in stainless steel, it offers zingy notes of green apples, pears, and citrus. A lovely wine for sipping, it’s also a good choice for shellfish, halibut, pasta primavera, or salads with chicken and fruit. A good value even at $28, you’ll find it on sale at Gather Wine Bar in Arroyo Grande: Buy one and get the second at half-price. Owner Kari Ziegler said it was among the top 10 wines she sold in 2011. Everyone likes this Chardonnay. | 2019-04-26T10:27:50Z | https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/ortman-2009-chardonnay-o2-series/Content?oid=2942005 |
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With everyone in place, I got ready to toss the bouquet.
I gave one good toss, up over my head. With arms outstretched, the girls stretched to catch the bouquet (and one leaped).
And quickly spun around to see who the lucky lady was, just in time to see my Cousin B leaping to tackle the bouquet.
I got a picture with the lucky bouquet-catching lady, my Cousin B!
As much as we tried to encourage a little bit of the non-traditional, it seems that our guests are pretty hard-wired to stick to the script. Most of the people out in the gaggle were single ladies; very few were married, and I don't think there were any men out there at all. I figure it was their loss--a chance to catch a money bouquet doesn't come often!
What's your opinion on the bouquet toss: Tradition Yes, or Tradition No? | 2019-04-20T16:13:16Z | http://agoodlaff.blogspot.com/2011/08/may-day-best-things-in-life-are-free.html |
Whilst Ishamael and I have settled our differences, the person who pretended to be Ishamel, namely Ismail, continues to pester me and write strange emails about how I should be running this blog, usually it involves him telling me why I should ban someone.
As he is using a fake email address (Ismail@stickmyheadupaturkey.com), the only way I can reply is to post my reply on this blog, something I don’t really intend on doing very often. That being said, Ismail has solved the mystery of the votes for people aged 13 and under driving cars with his latest email.
After all, no-one else got a second chance, so why should he? And for the record, all six votes for 13-year-old drivers are mine – I think the highways would be far more interesting with younger drivers doing the wild thing … it would be like playing dodgem cars.
I also think Santa Claus should move aside for a teen, or be banned all together.
Now you’ll have to excuse me, I have to be at Glebe Park to jump about like a frog in a huddle with other loonies nefore we all put other calls in to John Stanley.
And John B1-B5 should be banned for his off topic post about you and rabbits.
Well I suspected it was a Brown Noise Unit contributor who was responsible for the votes, and I’m glad they aren’t serious. Of course, if Ismail is being serious, then I can only suspect that he doesn’t have much respect for life, as his plan would ultimately result in a lot of deaths.
As for banning HoinK…nope, no reason to at this stage. John B1_B5’s post about me and rabbits was actually a very good on topic observation…and yes Ismail, you better join your friends at Glebe Park as they jump around like frogs.
With Ismail and various other things tonight, this has been a very funny and entertaining night.
Those Brown Nose Unit chumps need something dropped on their heads! Might knock a bit of sense into them!
Once I had a girl release a frog into the car I was driving! Its hard to shift from third to fourth when youve got an amphibian trying to have its way with you!
As s PS…thats why I dont trust French people.
big bloody deal…we have Centerpoint Tower! And Circular Quay!
Stop revelling in past glories, France, and get with the times.
1. Playing “The Sound of Silence” about 200 times on New Years Day.
2. Saying they would “call me back” and failing to make good on their promise.
Last comment posted by John Barnes under the name (but not on behalf) of Mister Stuttbutt.
Apologies for the anti-France rant, Sam. I really shouldnt be allowed near a computer when I have taken some acid!
I withdraw all negative comments made about the French. The French are a hardworking and industrious people, whose personal hygiene is beyond reproach. I also admire the respect they have for other people.
Not like those denouncing Italians. Dont get me started there. Oh, your country looks like a boot! How funny! Italy, youre a joke, but you need a new punchline.
How can a UN panel claim Julian Assange is being arbitrarily detained and should be released, when he is detaining himself?
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Getting place to place is already a struggle that we all have to deal with on a day to day basis. We can never know for sure which obstacles we're going to face and whether or not we're going to have to go from struggle to smuggle to get through to the other side!
For times like that, we need a little encouragement, support... something to help us carry the burden! That's where any smuggler worth their salt knows they need to have the right accessory to get the job done.
Ensure that everything is in its proper place with this Star Wars Hans Solo Inspired Kisslock Bag. This officially licensed handbag has a large main compartment for your supplies and features an interior zipper pocket for those secret stores you need to make. The metal accents and Star Wars logos will keep you in perfect style whether in the future or a long, long time ago.
If you are going to be traveling from point to point, you need to have a look that is going to work for all scenarios. That's a pretty tall order, especially given all the variety of folks out there in the galaxies. But, with the right combination of faux leather and metal accents, this Hans Solo inspired handbag is just the ticket to success!
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Take a week out from everyday life to explore the incredible attractions on offer in Outback NSW national parks. This region truly has something for everyone, from invigorating hikes to scenic views and plenty of opportunities to spot a rich array of wildlife.
Keep your binoculars close by; they’re sure to come in handy when exploring the ancient rock formations of Mungo National Park and the floodplains at Mount Talowla lookout.
History buffs will enjoy the fascinating Aboriginal culture and shearing history of this area, from ancient rock carvings along the Mulgowan (Yappa) Art Site walk to the Australian pastoral heritage of Kinchega Woolshed.
For those looking to relax, there are many tranquil spots beside the Darling River where you can stop for a picnic lunch or set up camp under a star-filled Australian desert sky.
You might like to visit the Darling River Run website for more detailed information about the towns you'll travel through, outback travel tips, and a more detailed map.
It’s an easy 70km drive from Bourke to Gundabooka National Park, where the patchwork of red sandstone, woodlands and floodplains stretches from Gundabooka Range to the banks of Darling River. Be amazed by the Aboriginal rock art on the Mulgowan (Yappa) Art Site walk and marvel at the park’s striking geography. At the end of the day, relax on the verandah at historic Redbank Homestead under a starry desert sky.
Mulgowan (Yappa) Aboriginal Art Site walking track offers a unique Outback experience with Aboriginal rock art and birdwatching in Gundabooka National Park, near Bourke.
Journey to Toorale National Park to visit the fascinating historic site of Toorale Homestead precinct. You’ll gain an appreciation of the spiritual and cultural connection between the Kurnu-Baakandji People, the Pastoral industry and the land. Listen to the stories and tour around the homestead to really immerse yourself in Toorale’s past. After your visit, head back to Redbank Homestead in Gundabooka National Park. Here you can paddle, fish or relax by the river before settling down for the night.
Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra) is a must-see for outback travellers near Bourke. Built on the lands of the Kurnu-Baakandji People, Toorale Station was once part of the world’s largest sheep station.
Make your way through White Cliffs to Peery Lake picnic area where you’ll be treated to a birdwatcher’s paradise. Unwind by the lake and enjoy the stunning views as you listen to the waterbirds play. After a relaxing barbecue lunch, journey to Kinchega Shearers’ Quarters where you’ll get a taste of life as a shearer as you bunker down for the night in this unique heritage building.
A birdwatching paradise when Peery Lake is full, stop for a barbecue or a short walk at Peery Lake picnic area – in the northern section of Paroo-Darling National Park.
Explore historic Kinchega Woolshed, a classic piece of pastoral heritage, and imagine the heyday of this place where six million sheep were sheared. Then travel to Mungo National Park where you’ll be treated to ancient archaeological treasures including the famous Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. Before night falls, make your way to Mungo Shearers’ Quarters and get a taste of shearing history in this unique refurbished accommodation.
Visit the beautiful historic Kinchega Woolshed for a glimpse into Australian pastoral history and imagine the heyday of this place, where six million sheep were sheared.
Start your day with a tour of the iconic Walls of China. Discover its rich Aboriginal history and learn how the ancient rock formations of this landscape have been shaped over thousands of years. Stop for a leisurely lunch before finishing your outback adventure with a sunset drive along Zanci pastoral loop, a route that includes some of the oldest evidence of human and animal life in the world.
When you visit Mungo National Park, take a tour to the Walls of China guided by an NPWS Aboriginal ranger. It's one of the most spectacular outback landscapes in NSW.
April 2019: Tours run Monday to Sunday, 9am to 11am and 2pm to 4pm. No tour 9am to 11am, Friday 5 April 2019, Monday 22 April 2019.
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Cycling or car touring the historic Zanci Pastoral loop through Willandra Lakes World Heritage area in Mungo National Park, offers superb wildlife and birdwatching. | 2019-04-21T04:13:54Z | https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/itineraries/itinerary-darling-river-run?utm_campaign=naturescapes%20-%20february%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eloqua |
In last night’s Reds-Indians game, Cleveland starter Derek Lowe was brushed back with a mid-90s fastball from Mat Latos. Not something you see happen to a pitcher very often, especially when there were no plunkings of other shenanigans previously. Which, in this game or series, there was not. So what gives?
After the game, Lowe insinuated that Baker has been instructing his pitchers to throw at him for the past five seasons due to a grudge that dates to Lowe’s final year with the Dodgers in 2008.
“Dusty will deny it,” Lowe said. “I have zero respect for the guy — not that it matters. I imagine he’d say the same about me” … The 39-year-old Cleveland starter hinted at an incident that was never made public during his time in Los Angeles, but he was not willing to offer up specific details.
Baker was gone after all of the media at the game became aware of what Lowe said, so he had no response. Hopefully we’ll learn more today, but Lowe repeated several times that Baker will, as he always has before, pretend that he doesn’t know what Lowe is talking about. Lowe does, though, but he’s not saying.
This is delicious. In fact, it’s more delicious that we don’t know the reason for the bad blood. Was it a woman? I bet it was a woman. It’s a crazy love triangle, with Lowe in the Gatsby role and Dusty as Tom Buchanan. Marty Brennaman as Nick Carroway. I haven’t figured out the women yet. Hopefully Bastian or Reds MLB.com guy Mark Sheldon will ask Dusty about it today. | 2019-04-22T20:59:40Z | https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/06/14/derek-lowe-on-dusty-baker-i-have-zero-respect-for-the-guy/ |
August is here… already??? Jeesh! Back to school savings inside!
Is it just us or does the summer seem to be FLYING by? We’re in our busiest season, so if you have some regular maintenance things that are coming up, make sure to call ahead so that we can carve time out for you. Of course, we’re always mindful that emergencies happen, and will always do our best to accommodate those emergencies that happen in the middle of the night, in the middle of a torrential downpour.
This month our newsletter has some back to school savings, and also a coupon for fluid flushes.
If you missed our 40th birthday party on July 5, feel free to check out our facebook page for some great photos of Santa and the newest police officers in Reynoldsburg… Raider and Summit (K9).
Click below for the newsletter, and we’ll see you soon! | 2019-04-21T00:23:19Z | http://www.beanysautoservicecenter.com/index.php/august-is-here-already-jeesh-back-to-school-savings-inside/ |
Shimano. We need to talk. Reviewing your stuff is hard. Really hard. Because it’s good. | 2019-04-20T12:27:04Z | https://www.lavelocita.cc/la-velocita-reviews?category=Pedals |
You're in college, you felt sad to be a slave of the system. One boring day once you have decided to escape from the college. Your task is to open the box on the desk and use the objects to escape. Here, as the school head to think what subject to choose. Some items are failing, while others winning. Including logic and brain, and then you are lucky and you get out of the system of peasant slavery. On the way to meet the enemy with whom it will be necessary to fight. It's certainly not just the enemy, but the real teachers, teach them a lesson! Enough teach false information, you need to run and build a business! Animation will delight you. | 2019-04-23T18:17:31Z | https://www.designnominees.com/games/stickman-college |
This antique map (White County Landowners Index 007) and atlas (Carroll and White Counties 2002) are part of the Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy™ historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. We currently have over 1,662,956 images available online. You can read about the collection or browse the entire collection. | 2019-04-24T02:35:04Z | http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1248000/White+County+Landowners+Index+007/ |
Afternoon tea is not just reserved for the ladies, treat your dad this Father's Day to the Flemings Hotel Signature Savoury Martini Afternoon Tea. Perfectly designed for those who appreciate the finer things in life, set in elegant and relaxed surroundings.
A delicious selection of cheese and olive scones, canapés and savoury treats. | 2019-04-18T15:33:59Z | http://www.beautyswot.com/2012/06/fathers-day-gift-idea-savoury-martini.html |
As a young adolescent, I remember thinking that I had been born in the wrong era. I imagined that I would have fared well as a young adult during World War II, listening to big band music and supporting the war effort overseas. I remember as a teenager in the 90s feeling lost among the atmosphere of political correctness, deteriorating morality, and the bizarre groups of kids in their preppy, grunge, goth, or gangster clothes. I felt totally out of place.
As an adult, however, my perspective has changed completely.
Reading biographies—as dry as that may sound—has opened my eyes to the fact that God has prepared us for the time in which we live. In George Washington’s biography, for example, it is quite evident that no other man at that time could have filled the role of General of the Continental Army or President of the United States. Most men would have grabbed the reigns of power with feigned humility and allowed themselves to be crowned king. Others would have simply allowed the nation to descend into anarchy. He was made for such a time, and through him, God allowed the United States to rise as a nation.
I could say the same for Lincoln, Grant, Hamilton, the Wright brothers, Louis Zamperini, Einstein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Elisabeth Elliot, and countless others. In the scriptures, we find people like Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, and Esther who were completely unique and perfectly suited to the moment. None of those individuals felt suited to the task or time to which they were called, but through their obedience, God formed nations, defeated kingdoms, and brought about His plan of salvation.
Instead of wishing you lived in a different era, give thanks that the Lord has prepared you for this one. Ask Him to fulfill His purposes through you. What will you do with the time He has given you? How can you serve Him today?
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This post originally appeared on Elihu’s Corner and was republished with permission. | 2019-04-19T00:31:21Z | https://www.thecourage.com/do-you-know-your-purpose/ |
Paige Waymire of Nipomo (27 kills) and Heather Fields of Templeton (23 kills) led their teams at the net by trading booming spikes throughout the match. Sydney Roth had 50 assists and six aces for the Eagles.
Templeton coach Jodi Kelly credited her team’s ability to slow down Waymire to some extent by returning or blocking some of her powerful hits as well as strong serving.
By that Kelly said she meant Nipomo wasn’t able to capitalize on returns that utilized their setter to present balls for spikes as much they might have liked.
Roth was the thorn in Nipomo’s side, rattling off 11 straight points in the third set in a run that helped Templeton take a 20-13 lead before Nipomo battled back to 23-23 before losing the set on two aces from Carly Roth.
In the fourth set, Sydney Roth served two aces during a run of four points for the Eagles behind her serve.
A seesaw battle in the second set included several lead changes, and the teams were only a point apart throughout until Templeton took the first two-point advantage of the set at 19-17.
Nipomo fired back behind the play of Kiana Worth, who pumped her fist to fire up the crowd and helped Nipomo gain a 20-19 lead on three service points to help the Titans take the set. Worth had four aces in the match.
Sarah Stahl recorded 58 digs for Nipomo, and Lindsey Wyatt had 40 digs as both players deftly handled rocket shots off spikes to stay in points. Carly Roth had 14 kills, and Autumn Russell had 11 for Templeton while Christina Ozzimo helped her team’s cause with 43 assists for Nipomo.
Nipomo coach David Cassidy said the loss will push his team to come back more determined and “give them fire” for the rest of their league matchups.
With a win over Santa Ynez earlier this month, a team which hadn’t lost in league play in seven years and coming off a five-match win streak before Tuesday, Nipomo has shown it’s a contender this season. | 2019-04-21T12:14:56Z | https://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/high-school/article39423981.html |
We have previously discussed automated guaranteed - a way to buy advertising inventory in a non-RTB, but programmatic fashion. If you are going to slice and dice your inventory and sell it in a guaranteed fashion, it is essential to forecast your inventory correctly, which gets to the question of what is inventory forecasting, why is important, and how does it work?
Website owners want to maximize the revenue they can get by selling advertising. In the most simple case, a site is only a single type of page, with a single type of advertisement, with one visit per user per day. Here, they'd simply use historical data, modeled against day of week, holidays, adjustments for unusual traffic spikes or dips - and other factors deemed relevant - and simply predict how many impressions they'd likely see. When selling campaigns, websites often have fixed obligations to deliver a certain number of impressions. So they wouldn't sell guaranteed campaigns against exactly what they predicted - there would be some room for error. But because they're selling a fairly simple version of their inventory, it could be pretty close. The rest you'd need to sell as non-guaranteed, which generally goes for less. So the more confidently you can forecast, the more money you can make. If you're at risk of under-delivery as a publisher, you might have to a pay a make-good to the advertiser - or you might have to buy traffic from Facebook or Taboola/Outbrain/etc to hit your targets.
This gets significantly more complicated as you slice and dice your inventory in more different ways. For example, audience segmentation can fetch a premium (e.g. 18-24 males) as well as users that have expressed certain proclivities (e.g. science readers). Further, many sites - like Forbes - have first-impression-of-the-day interstitials, and different ads based on the type of device as well as the type of page (homepage v article page). Finally, many campaigns have frequency caps - such as daily or lifetime. Forecasting among all these different, overlapping groups is a particularly challenging question.
There are a few major vendors in the inventory forecasting space - generally the publisher adservers. This includes DFP, OpenX, and AppNexus/Yieldex. Each is a black box, meaning it won't tell you exactly what its algorithms are. The general idea, however, is that a publisher wants to know if it can sell a particular campaign - given what it has already committed to over a particular period - or whether it's already sold campaigns are on pace to deliver. Behind the scenes, a forecasting tool will run a simulation based on historical data. DFP states explicitly that it uses the traffic data from the prior 28 days to create a model. It also adjusts automatically for standard factors including day and date - meaning that if you run 28 simulations, one for each of the prior 28 days, or one 28 day simulation, you will get nearly the same totals. The simulation will also model factors including user sessions (how many pages various types of visitors visit, how often it's the homepage, etc), device, and relative prioritization of line items to see which would deliver and which would not. Publisher adservers have access to your data, as well as that of all the publishers on their platform - so they can tell how your traffic tends to deviate, and they can also easily identify global or cyclical changes and apply them in their models. Because none say exactly how they do it, it's hard to say for sure.
Ultimately, forecasting is an incredibly hard challenge. The more a publisher divides its inventory, the less reliable any forecasting is. So there will be a tradeoff - which is largely effected by publishers limiting sellable guaranteed inventory at some fraction of forecasted availability. Forecasting may become more accurate, though the fundamental math here is unlikely to be improved upon too significantly. For individual publishers, this is a genuine challenge. Even platforms like TripleLift struggle with this to some degree - our sales planning and account management teams regularly confer to ensure we can deliver on certain proposals for guaranteed delivery, and we will likely build out better tools to analyze our historical data for exactly this purpose. | 2019-04-25T16:28:27Z | https://www.liftletters.com/all-letters/2017/9/10/inventory-forecasting |
‘Tis the season for get-togethers and merriment, generously coated with a healthy dose of sparkle.
Moët & Chandon Tribute to French Art-de-Vivre, $69.99. The design of this holiday season bottle pays homage to the French’s “art-of-living”. Available at Bottlemart, The Bottle O, Cellarbrations and IGA liquor. | 2019-04-23T03:03:29Z | https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/5823865/get-the-party-started-with-a-touch-of-sparkle-trending/?cs=12778 |
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Agra is one of the most important tourist destinations in India as one of the seven charms of world the great Taj Mahal is located here. Agra receives millions of tourists every year making it a highly populated destination by tourists in the whole country. Although thousands of world class accommodation are located here but still because of the very heavy volume of tourist alike in peak season it becomes necessary to book your inn well in advance if you are traveling to this historical city. There are many web page to help you in this and to make your online hotel booking very easy.
This website can help you to avail complete travel services on Agra including online hotel booking. Being a leading go portal and tour and travel agent in Agra, they will have years of experience in travel industry. This website always be run by Indian Holidays Private Limited which is amongst the leading travel companies in the Agra. You are only essential to let them know your basic requirements and budget and these consumers will help you to make your experience in Agra an unforgettable one.
This is another India based online hotel making your reservation for website in Agra that runs its operations regarding pan India basis. This website is being run by a perfectly know company in travel business named Culture Holiday seasons India Private Limited. These people are in travel business additional then twelve years and recognized by Government of India to be a full flagged online travel agency. This website is also very helpful for people with planned to visit other place also along with Agra. You should also book a tailor made complete India tour packages suitable for you.
A dedicated website exclusively made for Agra hotels is being run and maintained by TSI Holiday season a division of Travel Spirit International Private Limited. All types of hotels in Agra are listed here with their detailed tips and customer reviews that will help you to the best one depending on your budget and preferences. This company has also been awarded by Area of Tourism, Government of India for their excellent assistance in tourism industry. The booking engine installed here’s very easy to use and makes online hotel booking a very satisfying and convenient experience. | 2019-04-24T19:16:19Z | http://www.holidaystotenerife.net/how-to-make-online-hotel-booking-in-agra.html |
You know the drill – eat right, get enough sleep at night, and exercise regularly for optimal health. Do you actually follow these general guidelines, though?
We know it can be easy to come home after a long day at work, kick off the shoes, and head to the couch to unwind.
The actual binging itself can be bad enough—to the point that adults who watch more than three hours of TV daily doubled their risk of premature death(!), according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association—but this doesn’t even factor in unhealthy snacking when watching. Even if you don’t have to watch countless commercials for fast food and delivery pizza, it’s still too easy to mindlessly snack on chips and candy during the binge.
Obviously, devoting countless hours to the couch isn’t good for your health. When you think about that, you may consider heart health or obesity. Well, you should also consider foot health!
Cycling. Whereas running can elevate your heart rate and burn many calories, you can achieve those objectives from cycling, except you will not place as much stress on your lower limbs.
Swimming. Swimming is an entire body workout. When kicking, you are working the muscles in the lower body, but the entire activity provides remarkable cardiovascular benefits. Additionally, swimming and aquatic exercises are great for those who suffer from edema (swollen feet).
Walking. This might not be the most exciting of all the exercise options, but it is truly an all-star one for the health of your lower limbs. Walking is an ideal way to improve blood flow to (and from) your feet, while at the same time training the muscles to more efficiently absorb oxygen.
Yoga. When people think about health and fitness, flexibility tends to be overlooked in favor of strength and endurance. Flexibility and range-of-motion, though, are essential for reducing foot and ankle injury risk. Yoga provides these benefits through the various poses held during a session.
There are certainly other ways of exercising—like lifting weights and running—but these low-impact exercises are all great ways to make sure your feet are in tiptop shape!
Remember, there’s always a certain degree of injury risk during any physical activity. If you are hurt and in need of foot or ankle treatment, contact our team here at Premier Podiatry Group. Either connect with us online or simply call (814) 472-2660 and have one of our team members help you set up your appointment. | 2019-04-23T09:55:17Z | https://premierpodiatrygroup.net/blog/top-workouts-foot-health/ |
This is a part II of a two-part interview with Moley Robotics CEO. Read Part I. Moley Robotics is crowdfunding and you have a unique opportunity to join the community of the award-winning robotic chef.
Mark Oleynik is founder and CEO of Moley Robotics, the pioneering technology startup that’s bringing a fully-automated robotic kitchen to the consumer market. In this interview, Mark talks about his invention and the company he founded.
What are you hoping to achieve with Moley Robotics?
Our prototype Moley robotic kitchen can already cook breath-taking meals, by itself, after tracing the movements of master chefs. Now, our dream is not only to introduce the fully-automated Moley robotic kitchen into the marketplace but to bring the cost down to a point where is affordable for the middle class. I am personally entirely confident we will make this dream a reality. On the question of affordability, partly this is because, as the consumer robot market matures and competition expands, the price of the robotic parts will drop.
Will anyone with a Moley kitchen be able to use it as just a regular kitchen, if they don’t want a meal cooked by the robot?
Absolutely, yes. You’ll be able to use the kitchen in either its automatic or traditional setting. The advantage of such an approach is that you can prepare a dish yourself when you feel like it, or a user can record a cooking process so next time when he or she doesn’t feel like cooking, the robot can recreate the same dish itself.
How about food contamination concerns, especially when the meal cooking involved raw meat or poultry? How ingredients are separated?
This one is easy. The basic concept of the invention is that the machine records the motions of a human chef, then recreates them. So the robot will only do what a human chef did. The same utensil will therefore not be used twice, as long as it wasn’t used twice by the original chef. In the future, if the system detects that there is a food contamination risk, it will not allow you to record your recipe. We will have a standard food safety control procedure that will allow to detect and exclude all risks. There is one thing, however, that the robot cannot do, at least for now. It still cannot judge the freshness of ingredients. Making sure that produce is fresh and of high quality will remain, for now, the user’s responsibility.
How can we ensure that the robot will clean its robotic hands?
First of all, the robot will work in disposable silicon gloves. Second, we have a solution that will assure that the hands are clean.
How will Moley Robotics organize technical support? Moley is a big, sophisticated robot. What if it breaks down?
Robots have been on the market for many years now. True, we see few robots in consumers’ homes. But in the industrial market, in factories and manufacturing environments, robots are already widely used. There are plenty of excellent companies specializing in robotic tech support. We plan to select one of them as a partner.
What is your plan for building out the library of recipes? Will you partner up with famous chefs or catering companies?
We intend to work with anyone who has the desire, and the ability, to cook. Our interface for recording recipes will be friendly and easy to operate. The model that we are working on is a platform for collective creativity and knowledge. You can sell you recipes or give it away for free. If you are a talented chef what could be better than introducing your dishes to a broad audience?
What is your favorite dish, and will Moley be able to cook it?
I have many favorite dishes. There’s hardly time or space enough to list them all! The same dish can also be prepared very differently. We are moving towards a concept of personalized recipes and meals. You’ll be able to sample dozens of versions of the same dish, then choose which ones you want to keep in your personal library.
Is Moley kitchen safe to use? This robot can not see an approaching person. What happens if kids walk into the kitchen and get into proximity with the robot?
First of all, this robot is safe in usage by nature and by architecture because it just repeats the movements of a human. However, we will have the control system in place. It will not allow the software to record a recipe that could potentially cause risk. We will also install a protective screen. The robotic system is only activated if the screen is closed, and the robot will not start working if the screen is not in place. A kid will not be able to open up the screen by accident or on purpose. Kitchen’s interface will be protected by the biometric scanning system, like a fingerprint, the same way phones are unlocked our days.
How will Moley Robotics organize the technical support? Moley is a big, sophisticated robot. What if something happens to the machine?
A robot itself is a technology that has been on the market for many years now. We see fewer robots in consumers’ homes. But in the industrial market, robots are a widely used technology working 24/7. There are plenty of excellent companies specializing in robotic tech support, and we will work with one of those.
Michael Pollan says in his books and his latest Netflix documentaries that cooking is what made us human. Moley is taking this away from us. What do you have to say about this?
This logic is a total misunderstanding of the concept of what Moley can do. Moley does not take away the knowledge and the ability of people to cook. On the contrary. Moley accumulates human knowledge. If you cook something truly unique, the robot will record the recipe precisely, and it will keep it for future generations to reproduce.
If Moley goes to the restaurant business, this will leave people out of jobs? Sous-chefs, line cooks, prep cooks, dishwashers, etc? This is the kind of comments that show us on Moley’s social networks right next to comments about how amazing this invention is.
Moley opens up room for creativity at each of those sectors. If primary tasks are taken care of, then chefs can concentrate on bigger issues. Creation of new meals, or discovering technology of cooking of long-forgotten dishes from centuries ago. Today we see a peak of virtual optimisation. Services such as e-commerce, logistics, database, and cloud services made everyone’s lives easier. Before the automation people were performing all these tasks and often making many mistakes while doing it. I don’t think that plant workers moving product from one line to another were happy, it was just a way to make money. And it was a very low paid job, too. Machines can do borings tasks 24/7, and without making mistakes. Automated productions prove that robots and AI make such tasks better without taking time off for lunches and weekends.
The unique quality of humans is that they can create new models for themselves because only people understand what they want. If you think that we will see times when robots can predict human wishes,you are fooling yourselves. The robot can’t learn to interpret if the result will be satisfactory for a person. The creative process is human’s territory. In the future, humans will not have to perform tedious tasks. This time can be used instead to compose music, write books, spend time with family, think and create something new.
What are the developments in the company in the last year?
On R&D level, we finished work on product’s architecture and product pack specifications. We completed the visual version of the model which requires completing a big number of tests of the technology in the simulation mode. We created the data exchange protocol and made the final database for that data. We signed some licensing agreements for the technologies that we will use in the development. We completed negotiations with large technological partners who will be creating parts of the product for us. On a corporate level, we finished working on the final version of the business plan and business model. We came up with the strategic plans for the company development, and we expanded our team. A lot of work was done to move us closer to creating the final product.
Why crowdfunding? Why not reach out to private investors?
Crowdfunding is just one of the funding solutions we are exploring. We are well suited to go crowdfunding for the first round of public funding. The robotic kitchen is a consumer market product. Any consumer oriented products are quite successful in the crowdfunding world. When companies work on a technology that does not necessarily face the customer, they are more effective working with the institutional investors. We are a B2C product, which means we have a broad range of opportunities for working with wide range of investors. We want our investors to be active and involved in the business and development to the extent they wish to do so. This involvement could include testing, providing ideas and recipes and helping deliver the best possible cooking solution to the market.
Europe at this point. We understand the european market, its capacity, and preferences. The USA is our next step.
Should people believe in Moley’s success?
Model is ideal. There is no way to come up with better technology to resolve this particular task.
What kind of benefits investors will enjoy?
How quickly can you scale Moley?
In the next 12 months, Moley plans to re-engineer and integrate the Moley Kitchen design and components, including the robotics, the controls, and the cabinetry, with the focus on building precise, low-cost, safe technology. In parallel with this, we plan to develop the necessary partner relationships for sales and marketing, and ingredients supply, and create the first recipes, all to be in place for the product launch.
Meet Moley, The World’s First Kitchen with a Robot Chef. Moley Robotics is a company that builds kitchen units with a robot that cooks food for you at home. | 2019-04-25T01:02:39Z | https://medium.com/@MoleyRobotics/mark-oleynik-inventor-of-the-robotic-kitchen-talks-about-his-vision-for-moley-7588469c20a6 |
No one who knows Sir Mervyn King would describe him as a radical.
The Bank of Eng land governor looks every inch the owlish academic, yet he is midway through what is possibly the greatest gamble in Britain's economic history. Under the frosted-glass term of 'quantitative easing', he may soon have the Bank artificially create £600 billion of credit to its own account, the bulk of which would be used to buy government debt. Other countries have attempted quantitative easing, but never on this scale. Sir Mervyn is boldly going where no central banker has gone before - yet with the minimum of debate over the policy's costs, its consequences and its victims.
The problem is clear enough . Brita in seems to be stalled in a Zero Era with flat consumer spending, next to no pay rises, a slump in investment, no-growth economy - and ultra-low interest rates. And this is no coincidence. The digital banknote printing which Sir Mervyn has conducted so far - about £275 billion - has kept interest rates low. This is QE's first and most powerful effect. The idea is that investors, dismayed by the low return from government debt notes, will instead buy other assets more likely to help with the economic recovery.
Low rates of interest are, of course, great news for a government which needs to borrow £4,000 a second - but not for savers who see the value of their nest egg destroyed by inflation. It hurts pension funds, so what we think we're putting towards retirement will be worth far less.
Companies see the value of their pension fund plunge - and have to top it up. This is what QE does: transfers wealth from savers to borrowers. If the Chancellor stood up and admitted as much, it would cause uproar.
But because QE is a complex Bank of England mechanism with a boring name, no one much cares.
We need not guess at its effects. The Bank's own analysis has confirmed that the first £200 billion of QE pushed up inflation by anything from 1 to 2.6 percentage points.
This was slipped out in the small print of a Bank report, barely making a ripple. Compare this to the political outcry which surrounded the 2.5 percentage point rise in VAT last January. Every household had to pay considerably more for shopping due to QE, too, and, as with VAT, it has hit the poorest households hardest.
Publication information: Article title: King 'S Gambit. Contributors: Jamieson, Bill - Author. Magazine title: The Spectator. Publication date: February 11, 2012. Page number: Not available. © Spectator Mar 7, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved. | 2019-04-23T18:22:08Z | https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-2580963711/king-s-gambit |
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Previous educational experiences: I’ve been to seven different schools in the United States, and an international school in Germany.
Thoughts on ISB: It’s a great school, the staff are all good people, and the homework load is manageable. I’ve also enjoyed the range of different activities to get involved with.
Favorite ISB moment so far: Playing in the CEESA basketball tournament even though I was only in the B-team. Getting a chance to play in the tournament was great and it allowed us to get the skills and experience to make the A team next year.
Favorite subject(s): English and Math. Although they are different I love reading and writing and I like the logic required in math.
Activities: I am involved with basketball, Dragon’s Den (school newspaper), choral group, literary ladies, and iBark (service project with animal shelter).
Expeditions: I went on the Djerdap excursion this year, and that taught me to always make sure that tents are waterproof! Loved getting to know my grade better and had a lot of fun together.
Out of comfort zone moment: When I started working on algebra and integers last year in math. It took a lot of work to help me understand it but these are now in my comfort zone!
Future aspirations: I want to be a veterinarian and own an animal shelter in Belgrade, while working as a part-time English teacher (possibly at ISB?). | 2019-04-20T12:37:29Z | https://www.isb.rs/site/students/madison/6 |
When we were on the Isle of Wight last weekend, we went to Blackgang Chine, which is an amusement park at the south of the island. It has been in existence since 1843 apparently, which makes it the oldest amusement park in the UK.
It has a hedge maze.
The main rides are three water slides and a roller coaster. We went on all of them several times. And we also did the tea cup carousel ride, which left me very dizzy.
This is the view from one of the areas in the park. Very nice!
Other than the rides, there were different areas to explore, for example an area with paraphernalia related to nursery rhymes (which I didn’t know).
And there was a Wild West town, which was probably my favourite. I also had lunch there.
We made friends with a lot of the locals there.
Overall, probably more aimed at kids but I went with the claim to fame of it being the oldest amusement park in the UK. A fun day out!
I had never been to the Isle of Wight but last weekend that finally changed. We went a couple of days before the wedding to see some of the island.
The journey from London was surprisingly quick! It only took 2.5 hours in total. Why don’t I go to the seaside more often?
We took a train to Portsmouth and then the ferry to Ryde. It was only a 20 minute ride.
Once in Ryde we took the little train to Shanklin. It was actually an old London Underground trains. It felt like stepping back in time!
Shanklin station had the cutest newsagents.
And once we had checked in, we made the short walk to the beach. It was a hot day and loads of people were swimming in the sea. We decided to swim the next morning. The water was only 17 – 18 degrees Celsius but it was so nice to be in the water and enjoy the views onto the cliffs from there.
A classic car was parked by the sea front. Check out the driver!
We also visited Shanklin Chine which is a garden with a waterfall (a little trickle on that particular day) in a gap in the cliffs.
We had drinks and dinner in the Old Village in Shanklin. (Stay away from that Pavarotti restaurant. It’s terrible).
All in all, Shanklin is a cute little town and the Isle of Wight is well worth a visit! Nothing beats swimming in the sea on a hot day.
All photos are taken by me on the Fuji X10.
I’m currently on my way to the Isle of Wight, for the second wedding this month.
Two weeks ago I went to a wonderful wedding in the German countryside, in an area called Uckermark (I find this word hilarious), about 1.5 hours drive north of Berlin.
The guests were a mix of locals and an international crowd from London and New Zealand. The people I knew were all from London, so I tended to hang out with the international crowd most of the time. And that made me realise how strange some of our wedding customs and even some of the food are!
If you think that liver paté is a bit odd, try raw minced pork for breakfast! Or ask the poor French people (several!) who put a big spoon of Schmalz (goose fat/lard) in their mouths and started gagging. The fun I had.
There’s also a tradition where the guests smash porcelain in the evening before the wedding and the couple has to sweep up the shards (shards are meant to bring good luck). Or the couple has to saw a log of wood as one of their first acts of ‘team work’ right after the ceremony.
It’s interesting to see those things through a non-German’s eyes. Having lived abroad for several years now, I can really understand how weird some of it must seem!
The venue was a really beautiful castle in the midst of massive fields growing all sorts of crops. There was also a lake really close by where we could go swimming. They also randomly had a Trabi car in which they gave the best man and the bridesmaids a ride as a surprise.
Some examples of the food – barbecue on the first night, then breakfast, lunch and the wedding buffet dinner (not pictured). Very nice!
They handed out personalised handkerchiefs to wipe up the tears of joy during the ceremony. After the ceremony, everybody received a heart-shaped Luftballon which we all let go at the same time. But the highlight of the wedding was that the bride didn’t walk down the aisle but road up on a horse! Hat off to her.
So let’s see how this week’s wedding measures up to this. | 2019-04-25T18:00:39Z | https://hellorabea.com/2014/07/ |
At 7 pm on a Monday evening, the 20-foot ceilings in World Beat Cultural Center provide a feeling of spaciousness even though nearly all of the 100 or so chairs arranged in rows in front of the stage are full, as are the couches and benches scattered throughout the 12,000-square foot renovated water tower in Balboa Park.
In the moments before the show begins, the crowd fills the space with the sounds of conversation and greetings, while the stage sits empty save for seven chairs, seven microphones, and seven music stands. Soon after 7:00, the houselights dim, the crowd hushes, and six actors file in silently and take their places in the chairs on stage. A woman in a striped dress stands in front of the seventh chair, which is slightly set off from others, takes up the microphone and introduces herself as Gina M. Jackson, founder of Cultural Noire Performing Arts Company and artist-in-residence at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.
Jackson explains that tonight’s staged reading of Flyin’ West, by Pearl Cleage, is part of the One Play One Day event, an annual series started by New York non-profit Project1Voice in 2009. On the third Monday in June, theaters across the country and the globe present staged readings of the same play by a black playwright. This is the fourth year that Jackson’s company has participated in the event.
After the introduction, a short film about Nicodemus, Kansas begins to play on an overhead screen. The actors on stage turn around in their seats to watch it. When it ends, three of the actors stand, place their scripts on their music stands, and take turns reading from the play’s introduction, which gives an overview of the Homestead Act and the Great Exodus of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era wherein thousands of “exodusters” migrated from the South to Kansas.
For the two hours or so following the introduction, the actors read through the script. The play centers around the relationships of four black frontier women and the all-black Kansas town where they own land.
Beside me, my friend Camille takes notes in a pink notebook. Camille is particularly fond of the World Beat Center. She was here yesterday for an African dance class that turned out to be free (it didn’t used to be), but she says she hadn’t known about tonight’s reading until I invited her to come with me.
Residents Free Tuesday in Balboa Park is an obvious choice when it comes to seeking out no-cost art. It turns out that on this third Tuesday in the month of June, the San Diego Art Museum is among the five museums offering free entrance to residents. I opt instead to check out an exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden. The exhibit is titled 50Artists50Fish, and it’s in the Inamori Pavilion, which is deep in the garden and accessible to the general public only by taking the path down the hill, so I give myself plenty of time to enjoy both the garden and the art.
Today, the entrance to the Japanese Friendship Garden is divided into two lines, one for residents and one for non-residents. I show my I.D. to a man in a red shirt and pass the line of paying visitors. The moment I cross beneath the Japanese torii gate, the scent of jasmine meets me, and I prepare to Zen out on the garden’s asymmetry and balance. But Free Tuesday in the high season and Zen are mutually exclusive. At 1:00 pm on a summer day, the narrow path is crowded the whole way down the hill. It’s a crush of slow walkers, picture takers, and energetic children with their voices at full-volume. And when I get to the bottom, I discover that not only is the Inamori Pavilion closed for an event, and even if it weren’t, this particular exhibit will always be closed during Free Tuesday. So much for that. Fortunately, Mottainai: Waste Not is on display in the Exhibit Hall near the garden’s entrance. So that’s where I head next. At first glance, the art by Cat Chiu Phillips looks like large macramé hangings, randomly sprinkled with film reels, cassette tapes, floppy discs, and other found items. A closer look reveals that the hangings have been created with the film and the tape.
Sarah Stieber stands in the alley with a cup of coffee in her hands. She guides me into the small parking lot at the back of Art on 30th, an art center in North Park. The south-facing wall of the building features a 16-foot mural Stieber created in 2017. The day after painting it, she suspended colorful ribbons from the mural and got together with friends for a photo shoot in front of it. The photos would become reference materials for paintings in her Rainbow Ribbon Magic series.
She emphasizes that when she’s in her studio, she’s at work, just like anyone else who works from an office. In fact, her work is not just a job, but a business. Her overhead includes studio rental, paint, canvases, and a range of other expenses related to events and marketing. She won’t say how much she spends on this particular studio, but here they run from $300-$1000 per month. Paint is not a huge expense at about $200 for a few months’ worth, and she spends $25-$90 per canvas, depending on size. And then of course, there’s the hours spent painting.
If it takes 84 hours to paint a $3200 painting, that comes to about $38 an hour. But that hourly rate goes down considerably when you factor in other parts of the creative process, including coming up with the ideas, and in Stieber’s case, arranging for the photo shoots that will serve as reference for the paintings.
For the past two months, she estimates an average of eight hours of painting (she’s painted 10 new pieces since January 2018) and four hours of public relations, marketing, and sponsor relations, seven days a week, as she prepares to take over the 1200-square-foot Mee Shim Fine Art Gallery in Little Italy for the summer. Even during a normal week, when she’s not getting ready for a big event, she paints six hours a day, and does administrative tasks for two.
Although I do not have $3200 to purchase the original painting I really want (Akasha, featuring a coolchick superhero who spews rainbows from her hands), before I leave, I buy a print of the woman with superpower hands, which is entitled Females are Strong As Hell for $108, and a copy of Stieber’s art book, Magic is Something You Make for $35.
Note: I am on the hunt for free art experiences, not free art.
Car trouble has me stuck in my own neighborhood. A quick Google search for “art in Eastlake” yields only “dental arts,” martial arts, and a couple of kids art classes. “Art galleries in Eastlake, Chula Vista,” leads me to a Yelp list of the Best 10 Art Galleries in Chula Vista. Four are in the Gaslamp, two are in Barrio Logan, one is downtown, another in Coronado. Only two are Chula Vista, and one of them is a framing company, not an art gallery. The other one is a vintage clothing store that offers boudoir photography, and it’s on 3rd Avenue, 20 minutes away by car. Not walkable. But I add it to my list of potential free art sites for when I have my car back, and then spend the rest of the day envisioning myself starting a mural project to zazz up Eastlake’s billion miles of terracotta and stucco. My husband laughs at me.
The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library on Wall Street in La Jolla hosts free walking tours of the Murals of La Jolla on the last Wednesday of every month. Today is third Friday, so I’m on my own. I park on Ivanhoe, and on my walk over to the Athenaeum, I catch a glimpse of Kelsey Brookes’ One Pointed Attention, which overlooks the parking lot at Pacific Western bank. The 21’x 41’ pastel-colored psychedelic mural went up in 2014 and is a popular photo backdrop for visitors with camera phones and Instagram accounts. I head southwest on Wall Street, past Sushi Nekosan and Coffee Cup, cross Herschel, and make my way to the Athenaeum, where I pick up a map of the 15 murals on view.
Before I head out on my self-guided tour, I spend a few minutes chatting with Angela Lynch, the membership manager/library assistant who sits at an ornate wooden desk facing the library entrance. She explains that they cap the free monthly tours at 40, and attendance is rarely under 20. Because I’m mildly demophobic, I’m glad I’ve arrived on the third Friday and not the last Wednesday.
But, of course, I’m missing out on more than being jostled by 39 other people. I’m also missing out on behind-the-scenes information provided by Lynda Forsha, the project curator and tour-guide.
Each 90-minute tour features more than half of the 15 murals, and the route changes occasionally to accommodate new ones.
Lynch says Marcos Ramirez ERRE’s Is All That it Proves is one of her favorites, so I circle that one on my map. She also explains that John Baldessari’s Brain/Cloud (with Seascape and Palm Tree) is best viewed from George’s at the Cove. Because I’m hungry, that’s where I head next.
Over beer, burrata, and overpriced mediocre fish tacos, I contemplate the 40-foot by 36-foot mural featuring a white brain-shaped cloud hovering over a skinny-trunk king palm on a blue-on-blue expanse of ocean and sky. In the cove down below, snorkelers and sea lions play in the water.
For another 45 minutes or so, I continue mural hopping, enjoying my own company as well as the challenge of getting around without Siri. Reading the map is part of the fun.
One of the things I love about the art gallery on the 9th floor of the Central Library on Park Boulevard downtown is that it’s usually empty or close to empty when I go. This afternoon is the same. Just as I arrive, a woman leaves, and besides the woman at the desk who logs my entrance as a tally mark in a notebook, I have the whole 3010-square-foot gallery to myself. Outside on the terrace, the wind sings through the building’s steel mesh dome, adding an eerie melody to the gentle ventilation hum and the sound of my footsteps on the glossy wood floor.
The current exhibition, which opened on May 26 and runs through September 16 features eight local artists exploring space art, as in outer space. It’s titled, A Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes, and rather than starting with the first piece and following the art in a clockwise direction, I ask the woman at the desk if she’s had a chance to browse the art and if so, which is her favorite.
Her name is Janice Weston, and she has been a library aide here for about a year. She points me to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, a multimedia installation piece by La Mesa artist, Jones Von Jonestein.
An old desktop computer sits on a wooden desk that’s set against a wall covered in documents describing UFO sightings, photographs of lights in the sky, and handwritten post-it notes that say things like, “Ghost rockets over planetary disk. Aerial psychic bombardment!” and “Too many lies! Lies! Lies!!!” Some of the documents and photos are linked by lengths of orange string. The desk is strewn with more papers, coffee cups, books, post-its, markers, an ET toy, and a skein of orange string. To the right of the desk stands a telescope facing an open window and a full moon.
Other works include archival prints of handcut collage by Andrew McGranahan, imagined beings in mixed media by Cheryl Sorg, and “space junk” sculptures by Melissa Walter.
Laura Kyle, gallery assistant for this library and other local branches, tells me by email that Adam Belt’s Down the Rabit Hole (CMS Detector), which “uses mirrors to create an infinite reflection, drawing viewers in to consider alternate dimensions,” is an audience favorite.
Kyle also explains that the Central Gallery’s goal is to support mid-career and older professional artists in achieving wider recognition, while the free exhibitions at branch libraries feature the work of part-time and hobby artists. Twelve of the 36 public library branches hold regular free art exhibitions.
Weston tells me she sees between four and ten visitors during the hour of her desk duty here at the Central Gallery, depending on the day of the week. Overall, Kyle explains, each exhibit sees an average of 8500 visitors, and attendance fluctuates depending on what’s happening downtown and at the Convention Center. Baseball games and Comic-Con both increase traffic in the gallery.
I reserve a seat without feeling the need for any further research.
The Old Globe’s Hattox Hall isn’t easy to find, even after the woman at the box office window gives me directions. Fortunately, a woman posted outside the door recognizes me as lost, and asks if by any chance I’m looking for a play. She takes my ticket and ushers me up a carpeted staircase and into a 2000-square foot multipurpose room set with seven rows of 14 cushy conference-room chairs with an aisle up the middle. The wall behind the small stage and the adjacent wall of windows are covered with golden velvet floor-to-ceiling curtains. Approximately 75 percent of the chairs are filled with an audience of ranging from age six to 80. I’m here to see the play Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley: From Slavery to Modiste. The Internet told me the Globe was offering two performances free to the public. All I know is that it’s about a woman who bought her own freedom after 30-plus years of slavery and went on to become a dressmaker in the Lincoln White House.
The small stage is set simply with a piano, a row of chairs, and a dress form. Around 12:45, a man comes out and sits at the piano, followed by eight actors in period costumes. They take their seats in the chairs. Andréa Agosto, the actress playing Elizabeth Hobbes Keckley, remains standing and begins telling her story. For most of the play, she narrates and the actors stand one or two at a time to act out brief moments with, around, or on her. At times, they remain frozen on stage while she speaks, and at other times they sit and sometimes discreetly change their clothes while others perform.
The lights in the room remain on. It’s a casual and accessible theater experience. Directed by Delicia Turner-Soddenberg, the former artistic director at MOXIE Theatre, the play was written by a retired San Diego psychiatrist, Claudia Thompson, a participant of the Globe’s Community Voices projet, a series of free workshops for adults ages 21 and up from underserved communities. Participants write plays and then get to see them performed by professional actors.
At the end of the reading, after the applause for the actors dies down, a Globe staffer stands up in front of the audience and gestures to the back of the room, where Thompson stands with her daughter. The applause rises again, and half the audience gets in line to congratulate the playwright. | 2019-04-25T11:44:18Z | https://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/aug/15/feature-week-free-art-san-diego/ |
This book traces the formation of econometric theory during the period 1930–1960. It focuses upon the process of how econometrics was formed from mathematical and scientific processes in order to analyse economic problems. The book deals with the advances that were achieved as well as the problems that arose in the course of the practice of econometrics as a discipline. Duo Qin examines the history of econometrics in terms of the basic issues in econometric modelling: the probability foundations, estimation, identification, testing, and model construction and specification. The book describes chronologically how these issues were formalized. Duo Qin argues that, while the probability revolution in econometrics in the early 1940s laid the basis for the systematization of econometric theory, it was actually an incomplete revolution, and its incompleteness underlay various problems and failures that occurred in applying the newly established theory to modelling practice. Model construction and hypothesis testing remained problematic because the basic problem of induction in econometrics was not properly formalized and solved. The book thus links early econometric history with many issues of interest to contemporary developments in econometrics. The story is told from the econometric perspective instead of the usual perspective in the history of economic thought (i.e. presenting the story either according to different schools or economic issues), and this approach is clearly reflected in the classification of the chapters. | 2019-04-20T04:35:13Z | http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0198292872.001.0001/acprof-9780198292876 |
A symposium bringing leading cognitive scientists and policy analysts together to explore the cognitive science of morality and its implications for economic policy, legal and juridical practice, and diplomacy.
The Morality and the Mind Symposium is a collaborative effort between the Synaptics Scholar Program of the Institute for Global Leadership and the Center for Cognitive Studies.
3:50pm What Can Evolution Teach Us About Morality?
9:35am Morally constrained behavior: Where from, and who decides? | 2019-04-23T14:54:49Z | http://tuftsgloballeadership.org/2010-morality-and-mind-cognitive-science-and-policy |
"To assist countries in their efforts to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality, the World Bank is publishing two volumes - Investing in Maternal Health: Learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka and Reducing Maternal Mortality: Learning from Bolivia, China, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe. These two books offer success stories and lessons learned in improving health and reducing maternal mortality in a range of developing countries. The first book is based on the experiences of Malaysia and Sri Lanka during the past five to six decades. The second book discusses the more recent experiences of Bolivia, China (Yunnan), Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe. These nine countries have made important strides in improving maternal health, and these two books outline what worked and what did not."--BOOK JACKET.
The United States has been a generous sponsor of global health programs for the past 25 years or more. This investment has contributed to meaningful changes, especially for women and children, who suffer the brunt of the world's disease and disability. Development experts have long debated the relative merits of vertical health programming, targeted to a specific service or patient group, and horizontal programming, supporting more comprehensive care. The U.S. government has invested heavily in vertical programs, most notably through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), its flagship initiative for HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR and programs like it have met with good success. Protecting these successes and continuing progress in the future depends on the judicious integration of vertical programs with local health systems. A strong health system is the best insurance developing countries can have against a disease burden that is shifting rapidly and in ways that history has not prepared us for. Reaching the poor with development assistance is an increasingly complicated task. The majority of the roughly 1 billion people living in dire poverty are in middle-income countries, where foreign assistance is not necessarily needed or welcome. Many of the rest live in fragile states, where political volatility and weak infrastructure make it difficult to use aid effectively. The poorest people in the world are also the sickest; they are most exposed to disease vectors and infection. Nevertheless, they are less likely to access health services. Improving their lot means removing the systemic barriers that keep the most vulnerable people from gaining such access. Investing in Global Health Systems discusses the past and future of global health. First, the report gives context by laying out broad trends in global health. Next, it discusses the timeliness of American investment in health systems abroad and explains how functional health systems support health, encourage prosperity, and advance global security. Lastly, it lays out, in broad terms, an effective donor strategy for health, suggesting directions for both the manner and substance of foreign aid given. The challenge of the future of aid programming is to sustain the successes of the past 25 years, while reducing dependence on foreign aid. Investing in Global Health Systems aims to help government decision makers assess the rapidly changing social and economic situation in developing countries and its implications for effective development assistance. This report explains how health systems improvements can lead to better health, reduce poverty, and make donor investment in health sustainable.
Focusing on young children in a global context is an approach to end the cycle of poverty and improve the well-being of nations. Improving well-being necessarily begins with core elements such as health, education, nutrition, and social protection; many efforts to improve child development in the first decade of life focus on areas to meet young children’s basic needs. Young children living in low-resourced settings are vulnerable to developmental and educational risk factors, such as stunting and undernutrition, disease, caregiver depression, lack of access to quality preprimary and primary education, disabilities, poverty, and societal and familial violence. While each of these areas is important for children’s growth and development, there are potential increased benefits from integrated programs and coordinated policies that address more than one of these areas simultaneously, particularly for children living in low-resourced communities. An integrated and coordinated “all system†approach may be the best way to guarantee that children will have the prerequisites for healthy development. The Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally was established with the goal of integrating knowledge with action in regions around the world to inform evidence-based, strategic investments in young children, birth through age 8. The forum held nine workshops across five continents over 3 years. The goal was to learn from experiences in multiple regions and engage in culturally embedded dialogue. This publication summarizes the key themes from the presentations and discussions of the workshops.
Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person's economic security, health and well-being. Young adults are key contributors to the nation's workforce and military services and, since many are parents, to the healthy development of the next generation. Although 'millennials' have received attention in the popular media in recent years, young adults are too rarely treated as a distinct population in policy, programs, and research. Instead, they are often grouped with adolescents or, more often, with all adults. Currently, the nation is experiencing economic restructuring, widening inequality, a rapidly rising ratio of older adults, and an increasingly diverse population. The possible transformative effects of these features make focus on young adults especially important. A systematic approach to understanding and responding to the unique circumstances and needs of today's young adults can help to pave the way to a more productive and equitable tomorrow for young adults in particular and our society at large. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults describes what is meant by the term young adulthood, who young adults are, what they are doing, and what they need. This study recommends actions that nonprofit programs and federal, state, and local agencies can take to help young adults make a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. According to this report, young adults should be considered as a separate group from adolescents and older adults. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults makes the case that increased efforts to improve high school and college graduate rates and education and workforce development systems that are more closely tied to high-demand economic sectors will help this age group achieve greater opportunity and success. The report also discusses the health status of young adults and makes recommendations to develop evidence-based practices for young adults for medical and behavioral health, including preventions. What happens during the young adult years has profound implications for the rest of the life course, and the stability and progress of society at large depends on how any cohort of young adults fares as a whole. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults will provide a roadmap to improving outcomes for this age group as they transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Investing in Children: Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies that the two nations have designed to boost human capital development. The volume is organized around three major issues: parental employment, early childhood education and child care, and postsecondary education. All three issues are intimately linked with human capital development. Since both Australia and the United States have created extensive policies to address these three issues, there is potential for each to learn from the other's experiences and policies. This volume helps fulfill that potential. The authors demonstrate that in both nations, the effects of low family income and income inequality emerge early in life and persist. However, policies that increase parental employment, augment family income, and promote quality preschool and postsecondary education can boost children's development and at least partially offset the negative developmental effects of family economic disadvantage.
World Bank lending for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) activities is accelerating. The Bank's emphasis has evolved from expanding HNP service delivery capacity to encouraging systemic reform. The Bank is now the major source of external finance for the sector in the developing world. The policy influence of its nonlending services is potentially significant.With the current generation of projects, the Bank and its partners are attempting to address underlying constraints to sector performance, while remaining cognizant of the difficulty of improving health sector effectiveness and efficiency, even in developed countries. This volume recommends that the Bank seek to: do better, not more, in the HNP sector, improve project monitoring and evaluation, and strengthen its ties with the World Health Organization and other interested organizations.
This study provides an overview of Bank investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD) from 2000-2013 within the Education, Health, Nutrition and Population, and Social Protection and Labor practices.
Presents country, regional and global estimates of low birthweight for 2000, together with a detailed description of the methodology used. Some limited data on trends are also included.
Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three decades that advances in such fields as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and paleoanthropology have made the fact of our evolution illuminating. Converging findings from a variety of disciplines are leading to the emergence of a fundamentally new view of the human mind, and with it a new framework for the behavioral and social sciences. First, with the advent of the cognitive revolution, human nature can finally be defined precisely as the set of universal, species-typical information-processing programs that operate beneath the surface of expressed cultural variability. Second, this collection of cognitive programs evolved in the Pleistocene to solve the adaptive problems regularly faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors--problems such as mate selection, language acquisition, cooperation, and sexual infidelity. Consequently, the traditional view of the mind as a general-purpose computer, tabula rasa, or passive recipient of culture is being replaced by the view that the mind resembles an intricate network of functionally specialized computers, each of which imposes contentful structure on human mental organization and culture. The Adapted Mind explores this new approach--evolutionary psychology--and its implications for a new view of culture.
International intervention in internal wars has gained a certain legitimacy in the post-cold war world, but in practice it is still problematic. Response to these conflicts has remained mainly diplomatic -- and belated. Is there anything international actors can do to prevent, or at least ameliorate, such conflicts? Are conflict-prevention measures already being applied, and sometimes succeeding so well that we are unaware of their effectiveness? If so, what can we learn from them? In this book, Robert A. Muscat, a veteran international development expert who has worked in South America, South and Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Balkans, attempts to answer these questions. Drawing on the work of others as well as his own extensive experience, he reviews the accrued insights into the causes of internal conflict. He examines nine cases in which the work of development agencies exacerbated or ameliorated the root causes of conflict, This permits some generalizations about the efficacy or deleterious effects of development programs -- and of their futility when the conflict-prevention dimension of international assistance efforts is ignored. | 2019-04-23T16:33:28Z | http://eglenin.net/online/investing-in-maternal-health/ |
1.) Aperture: For low light condition aperture should be low. Lower aperture is better.
2.) Lens diameter should be big. Bigger lens diameter is better.
3.) Sensor size should be large. Larger sensor size is better.
4.) Sensitivity should be low. Lower sensitivity(lux) is better.
3CCD sensor camcorders are the best for low light conditions but one CCD or CMOS sensors are also good for low light but only condition is sensor size should be large.
Low light camcorders are very good for indoor conditions and suitable for evening and night recording conditions.
Here we’ve rounded up top low light camcorders on the basis of many expert review ratings, Amazon ratings. Some of the top manufacturers of best low light camcorders are Canon, Panasonic and JVC.
Low-light performance needs to be high in professional camcorders as it demands recording sessions at any time of the day. And most of the times, low-light performance is found to be grand in professional cams. Thus, we have quite expensive camcorder here on the list.
The similarities between Canon VIXIA G40 and XA 30 are enormous like 16:9 Aspect ratio, 1080p/60FPS, 20x Optical zoom, 2.91MP still images, CMOS sensor, 400x Digital Zoom, SDXC and SDHC memory support and Auto & Manual focus adjustment. However, there are few things that the XA30 is significantly better at are frame rate (60FPS vs 35FPS), smaller focal length and higher aperture number and higher effective megapixels. Also, the XA 30 is much lighter than the G40 which makes it more feasible to be carried. Slightly better than the XA 30 is the XA 35 which has quite a similar line of features to that of XA 30, namely Total Megapixels, Optical CMOS Pro Sensor, Intelligent 5-axis OIS, Dynamic IS, 1080p/60FPS, Highlight priority mode, Dual-format recording, 20x Optical Zoom, 3.5” OLED touch screen and Dual-band WiFi. The core difference between the two is that the XA35 has HD/SD-SDI port for extending its capabilities while the XA30 doesn’t possess it.
Now the Sony camcorder FDR-AX53 on the list with a mid-range price tag absolutely justifies it. It has typical, mainstream Sony features like 4K recording, XAVC S 16.6 MP format, Exmor R sensor, B.O.SS Stabilization, ZEISS Lens that supports 20x Optical Zoom and 30x Clear Image Zoom at 4K. Touch panel of 3.0 inches lets you determine and choose the function you find the most suitable for a particular setting. 5-D Mic which does a premium job at capturing sound from all directions ensures the sound is realistic enough to enjoy. For sharing and broadcasting wirelessly, you have WiFi and NFC at your service.
Coming on to the most budget-oriented choice on our list, the Panasonic HC-V180K with 50x Stabilized optical zoom is quite a thing of wonder. It offers ultra-sharp 1080p recording and apart from the optical zoom, it intelligently zooms up to 90x, assisted by 5-axis hybrid optical image stabilization system. 2.7” touch panel LCD to control the function and switch to shooting modes is quite convenient and talking about the audio, the 2-channel Zoom microphone to record from distant sound sources says it all. | 2019-04-25T18:04:18Z | https://www.best5list.com/best-camcorders-low-light/ |
This week we finish the Concentric Squares and add the border rounds, and add the final border.
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Use the same border pattern for all six (nine) motifs, using colors per chart.
Lay out blocks and join in desired arrangement. I slip stitched through the back loops using Border Round 3 color. You could single crochet or slip stitch through the back or front loops or whipstitch the blocks together.
Round 1: Join Color C with sl st in any st. Ch 2 (counts as hdc), hdc in next st and in each st around, with (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) at the corners. If you come to a “dip” between squares you can use a dc or a dc2tog instead of an hdc to even out. Sl st to top of beg ch-2, fasten off.
Round 2: Join Color G with sl st in any st. Ch 4, tr in each st around, with 5 tr in each corner sp. Sl st to top of beg ch-4. Fasten off.
Using Color A, make 4 medium circles (Rounds 1 – 6) and 6 small circles (Rounds 1 – 3.) Sew to afghan as pictured, with 2 medium and 3 small circles per cloud.
Using Color D, make 3 and sew to design as pictured. Twist the stem once or several times as desired.
Row 1: Ch 60. Working in back loops only of chain, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and next 11 st, (ch 2, sl st in next 19 st) twice, ch 2, sc in next 9 st, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Sl st in front loops only next 7 st, sk 2 st, [(4 dc, 2 tr, picot, 2 tr, 4 dc) in ch-2 sp, sk 2 st, sl st in next 15 st, sk 2 st] twice, (4 dc, 2 tr, picot, 2 tr, 4 dc) in ch-2 sp, sk 2 st, sl st in next 10 st, fasten off, leaving long tail for joining. The leaves are all on the same side of the stem, but you can twist the stem while applying it to the design. | 2019-04-26T16:03:57Z | http://julieyeagerdesigns.com/september-morning-cal-week-6/ |
Ahh, Friday. This week that James Blake album shot to the top of my “need to listen” list, but there’s a couple others I’m going to be look at as well. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed. | 2019-04-24T06:46:04Z | https://chorus.fm/albums-in-stores-today/albums-in-stores-may-6th-2016/ |
Meagan Kong: Prevail is a great balance between boxing and HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). My favorite trainer is Milan. The class flies by.
MK: It’s a quick 45-minute class, and offers a good balance between classical and endurance pilates. My favorite instructor here is Patrick Leslie.
MK: I love the classic HIIT class or the Primal Movement class which is a cross between modern dance, parkour and American Ninja Warrior. My favorite trainer is @bodybyjennla.
MK: The stairs at the Hollywood Bowl. Not many people know that the Bowl is open to the public during the day. If you're lucky, you'll be running stairs to a live rehearsal of the LA Philharmonic.
MK: Run or bike around the Hollywood Reservoir. It’s a hidden oasis tucked in the Hollywood Hills — about 3.5 miles of mostly paved pathway.
MK: And hiking! There’s so many favorite places to choose from. Franklin Canyon is so peaceful.
MK: A short but steep hike.
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Meagan Kong photographed by Ja Tecson.
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Eliza Krpoyan is a luxury lifestyle writer and editor. Her expertise is in travel, wellness, and fashion. When she's not traveling for work she splits her time between New York and LA. If she were to describe herself as a place she's visited it would either be Martha's Vineyard or Milan. Her favorite city in the world, however remains New York.
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"I thought I was a fool to feel thus about a girl I had met for a moment in a chance ramble...but when I remembered her eyes, my wisdom forgave me." When it comes to love, a brief encounter years ago is more trustworthy than an admired photograph.
When I heard that Peter Austin was in Vancouver I hunted him up. I had met Peter ten years before when I had gone east to visit my father's people and had spent a few weeks with an uncle in Croyden. The Austins lived across the street from Uncle Tom, and Peter and I had struck up a friendship, although he was a hobbledehoy of awkward sixteen and I, at twenty-two, was older and wiser and more dignified than I've ever been since or ever expect to be again. Peter was a jolly little round freckled chap. He was all right when no girls were around; when they were he retired within himself like a misanthropic oyster, and was about as interesting. This was the one point upon which we always disagreed. Peter couldn't endure girls; I was devoted to them by the wholesale. The Croyden girls were pretty and vivacious. I had a score of flirtations during my brief sojourn among them.
But when I went away the face I carried in my memory was not that of any girl with whom I had walked and driven and played the game of hearts.
It was ten years ago, but I had never been quite able to forget that girl's face. Yet I had seen it but once and then only for a moment. I had gone for a solitary ramble in the woods over the river and, in a lonely little valley dim with pines, where I thought myself alone, I had come suddenly upon her, standing ankle-deep in fern on the bank of a brook, the late evening sunshine falling yellowly on her uncovered dark hair. She was very young—no more than sixteen; yet the face and eyes were already those of a woman. Such a face! Beautiful? Yes, but I thought of that afterward, when I was alone. With that face before my eyes I thought only of its purity and sweetness, of the lovely soul and rich mind looking out of the great, greyish-blue eyes which, in the dimness of the pine shadows, looked almost black. There was something in the face of that child-woman I had never seen before and was destined never to see again in any other face. Careless boy though I was, it stirred me to the deeps. I felt that she must have been waiting forever in that pine valley for me and that, in finding her, I had found all of good that life could offer me.
I would have spoken to her, but before I could shape my greeting into words that should not seem rude or presumptuous, she had turned and gone, stepping lightly across the brook and vanishing in the maple copse beyond. For no more than ten seconds had I gazed into her face, and the soul of her, the real woman behind the fair outwardness, had looked back into my eyes; but I had never been able to forget it.
When I returned home I questioned my cousins diplomatically as to who she might be. I felt strangely reluctant to do so—it seemed in some way sacrilege; yet only by so doing could I hope to discover her. They could tell me nothing; nor did I meet her again during the remainder of my stay in Croyden, although I never went anywhere without looking for her, and haunted the pine valley daily, in the hope of seeing her again. My disappointment was so bitter that I laughed at myself.
I thought I was a fool to feel thus about a girl I had met for a moment in a chance ramble—a mere child at that, with her hair still hanging in its long glossy schoolgirl braid. But when I remembered her eyes, my wisdom forgave me.
Well, that was ten years ago; in those ten years the memory had, I must confess, grown dimmer. In our busy western life a man had not much time for sentimental recollections. Yet I had never been able to care for another woman. I wanted to; I wanted to marry and settle down. I had come to the time of life when a man wearies of drifting and begins to hanker for a calm anchorage in some snug haven of his own. But, somehow, I shirked the matter. It seemed rather easier to let things slide.
At this stage Peter came west. He was something in a bank, and was as round and jolly as ever; but he had evidently changed his attitude towards girls, for his rooms were full of their photos. They were stuck around everywhere and they were all pretty. Either Peter had excellent taste, or the Croyden photographers knew how to flatter. But there was one on the mantel which attracted my attention especially. If the photo were to be trusted the girl was quite the prettiest I had ever seen.
"Peter, what pretty girl's picture is this on your mantel?" I called out to Peter, who was in his bedroom, donning evening dress for some function.
"That's my cousin, Marian Lindsay," he answered. "She is rather nice-looking, isn't she. Lives in Croyden now—used to live up the river at Chiselhurst. Didn't you ever chance across her when you were in Croyden?"
"No," I said. "If I had I wouldn't have forgotten her face."
"Well, she'd be only a kid then, of course. She's twenty-six now. Marian is a mighty nice girl, but she's bound to be an old maid. She's got notions—ideals, she calls 'em. All the Croyden fellows have been in love with her at one time or another but they might as well have made up to a statue. Marian really hasn't a spark of feeling or sentiment in her. Her looks are the best part of her, although she's confoundedly clever."
Peter spoke rather squiffily. I suspected that he had been one of the smitten swains himself. I looked at the photo for a few minutes longer, admiring it more every minute and, when I heard Peter coming out, I did an unjustifiable thing—I took that photo and put it in my pocket.
I expected Peter would make a fuss when he missed it, but that very night the house in which he lived was burned to the ground. Peter escaped with the most important of his goods and chattels, but all the counterfeit presentments of his dear divinities went up in smoke. If he ever thought particularly of Marian Lindsay's photograph he must have supposed that it shared the fate of the others.
As for me, I propped my ill-gotten treasure up on my mantel and worshipped it for a fortnight. At the end of that time I went boldly to Peter and told him I wanted him to introduce me by letter to his dear cousin and ask her to agree to a friendly correspondence with me.
Oddly enough, I did not do this without some reluctance, in spite of the fact that I was as much in love with Marian Lindsay as it was possible to be through the medium of a picture. I thought of the girl I had seen in the pine wood and felt an inward shrinking from a step that might divide me from her forever. But I rated myself for this nonsense. It was in the highest degree unlikely that I should ever meet the girl of the pines again. If she were still living she was probably some other man's wife. I would think no more about it.
Peter whistled when he heard what I had to say.
"Of course I'll do it, old man," he said obligingly. "But I warn you I don't think it will be much use. Marian isn't the sort of girl to open up a correspondence in such a fashion. However, I'll do the best I can for you."
"Do. Tell her I'm a respectable fellow with no violent bad habits and all that. I'm in earnest, Peter. I want to make that girl's acquaintance, and this seems the only way at present. I can't get off just now for a trip east. Explain all this, and use your cousinly influence in my behalf if you possess any."
"It's not the most graceful job in the world you are putting on me, Curtis," he said. "I don't mind owning up now that I was pretty far gone on Marian myself two years ago. It's all over now, but it was bad while it lasted. Perhaps Marian will consider your request more favourably if I put it in the light of a favour to myself. She must feel that she owes me something for wrecking my life."
Peter grinned again and looked at the one photo he had contrived to rescue from the fire. It was a pretty, snub-nosed little girl. She would never have consoled me for the loss of Marian Lindsay, but every man to his taste.
In due time Peter sought me out to give me his cousin's answer.
"Congratulations, Curtis. You've out-Caesared Caesar. You've conquered without even going and seeing. Marian agrees to a friendly correspondence with you. I am amazed, I admit—even though I did paint you up as a sort of Sir Galahad and Lancelot combined. I'm not used to seeing proud Marian do stunts like that, and it rather takes my breath."
I wrote to Marian Lindsay after one farewell dream of the girl under the pines. When Marian's letters began to come regularly I forgot the other one altogether.
Such letters—such witty, sparkling, clever, womanly, delightful letters! They completed the conquest her picture had begun. Before we had corresponded six months I was besottedly in love with this woman whom I had never seen. Finally, I wrote and told her so, and I asked her to be my wife.
A fortnight later her answer came. She said frankly that she believed she had learned to care for me during our correspondence, but that she thought we should meet in person, before coming to any definite understanding. Could I not arrange to visit Croyden in the summer? Until then we would better continue on our present footing.
I agreed to this, but I considered myself practically engaged, with the personal meeting merely to be regarded as a sop to the Cerberus of conventionality. I permitted myself to use a decidedly lover-like tone in my letters henceforth, and I hailed it as a favourable omen that I was not rebuked for this, although Marian's own letters still retained their pleasant, simple friendliness.
Peter had at first tormented me mercilessly about the affair, but when he saw I did not like his chaff he stopped it. Peter was always a good fellow. He realized that I regarded the matter seriously, and he saw me off when I left for the east with a grin tempered by honest sympathy and understanding.
"Good luck to you," he said. "If you win Marian Lindsay you'll win a pearl among women. I haven't been able to grasp her taking to you in this fashion, though. It's so unlike Marian. But, since she undoubtedly has, you are a lucky man."
I arrived in Croyden at dusk and went to Uncle Tom's. There I found them busy with preparations for a party to be given that night in honour of a girl friend who was visiting my cousin Edna. I was secretly annoyed, for I wanted to hasten at once to Marian. But I couldn't decently get away, and on second thoughts I was consoled by the reflection that she would probably come to the party. I knew she belonged to the same social set as Uncle Tom's girls. I should, however, have preferred our meeting to have been under different circumstances.
From my stand behind the palms in a corner I eagerly scanned the guests as they arrived. Suddenly my heart gave a bound. Marian Lindsay had just come in.
I recognized her at once from her photograph. It had not flattered her in the least; indeed, it had not done her justice, for her exquisite colouring of hair and complexion were quite lost in it. She was, moreover, gowned with a taste and smartness eminently admirable in the future Mrs. Eric Curtis. I felt a thrill of proprietary pride as I stepped out from behind the palms. She was talking to Aunt Grace; but her eyes fell on me. I expected a little start of recognition, for I had sent her an excellent photograph of myself; but her gaze was one of blankest unconsciousness.
I felt something like disappointment at her non-recognition, but I consoled myself by the reflection that people often fail to recognize other people whom they have seen only in photographs, no matter how good the likeness may be. I waylaid Edna, who was passing at that time, and said, "Edna I want you to introduce me to the girl who is talking to your mother."
"So you have succumbed at first sight to our Croyden beauty? Of course I'll introduce you, but I warn you beforehand that she is the most incorrigible flirt in Croyden or out of it. So take care."
It jarred on me to hear Marian called a flirt. It seemed so out of keeping with her letters and the womanly delicacy and fineness revealed in them. But I reflected that women sometimes find it hard to forgive another woman who absorbs more than her share of lovers, and generally take their revenge by dubbing her a flirt, whether she deserves the name or not.
We had crossed the room during this reflection. Marian turned and stood before us, smiling at Edna, but evincing no recognition whatever of myself. It is a piquant experience to find yourself awaiting an introduction to a girl to whom you are virtually engaged.
"Dorothy dear," said Edna, "this is my cousin, Mr. Curtis, from Vancouver. Eric, this is Miss Armstrong."
I suppose I bowed. Habit carries us mechanically through many impossible situations. I don't know what I looked like or what I said, if I said anything. I don't suppose I betrayed my dire confusion, for Edna went off unconcernedly without another glance at me.
Dorothy Armstrong! Gracious powers—who—where—why? If this girl was Dorothy Armstrong who was Marian Lindsay? To whom was I engaged? There was some awful mistake somewhere, for it could not be possible that there were two girls in Croyden who looked exactly like the photograph reposing in my valise at that very moment. I stammered like a schoolboy.
"I—oh—I—your face seems familiar to me, Miss Armstrong. I—I—think I must have seen your photograph somewhere."
"Probably in Peter Austin's collection," smiled Miss Armstrong. "He had one of mine before he was burned out. How is he?"
"Peter? Oh, he's well," I replied vaguely. I was thinking a hundred words to the second, but my thoughts arrived nowhere. I was staring at Miss Armstrong like a man bewitched. She must have thought me a veritable booby. "Oh, by the way—can you tell me—do you know a Miss Lindsay in Croyden?"
Miss Armstrong looked surprised and a little bored. Evidently she was not used to having newly introduced young men inquiring about another girl.
"Is she here tonight?" I said.
"No, Marian is not going to parties just now, owing to the recent death of her aunt, who lived with them."
"Does she—oh—does she look like you at all?" I inquired idiotically.
Amusement glimmered but over Miss Armstrong's boredom. She probably concluded that I was some harmless lunatic.
"Like me? Not at all. There couldn't be two people more dissimilar. Marian is quite dark. I am fair. And our features are altogether unlike. Why, good evening, Jack. Yes, I believe I did promise you this dance."
She bowed to me and skimmed away with Jack. I saw Aunt Grace bearing down upon me and fled incontinently. In my own room I flung myself on a chair and tried to think the matter out. Where did the mistake come in? How had it happened? I shut my eyes and conjured up the vision of Peter's room that day. I remembered vaguely that, when I had picked up Dorothy Armstrong's picture, I had noticed another photograph that had fallen face downward beside it. That must have been Marian Lindsay's, and Peter had thought I meant it.
And now what a position I was in! I was conscious of bitter disappointment. I had fallen in love with Dorothy Armstrong's photograph. As far as external semblance goes it was she whom I loved. I was practically engaged to another woman—a woman who, in spite of our correspondence, seemed to me now, in the shock of this discovery, a stranger. It was useless to tell myself that it was the mind and soul revealed in those letters that I loved, and that that mind and soul were Marian Lindsay's. It was useless to remember that Peter had said she was pretty. Exteriorly, she was a stranger to me; hers was not the face which had risen before me for nearly a year as the face of the woman I loved. Was ever unlucky wretch in such a predicament before?
Well, there was only one thing to do. I must stand by my word. Marian Lindsay was the woman I had asked to marry me, whose answer I must shortly go to receive. If that answer were "yes" I must accept the situation and banish all thought of Dorothy Armstrong's pretty face.
Next evening at sunset I went to "Glenwood," the Lindsay place. Doubtless, an eager lover might have gone earlier, but an eager lover I certainly was not. Probably Marian was expecting me and had given orders concerning me, for the maid who came to the door conveyed me to a little room behind the stairs—a room which, as I felt as soon as I entered it, was a woman's pet domain. In its books and pictures and flowers it spoke eloquently of dainty femininity. Somehow, it suited the letters. I did not feel quite so much the stranger as I had felt. Nevertheless, when I heard a light footfall on the stairs my heart beat painfully. I stood up and turned to the door, but I could not look up. The footsteps came nearer; I knew that a white hand swept aside the portière at the entrance; I knew that she had entered the room and was standing before me.
With an effort I raised my eyes and looked at her. She stood, tall and gracious, in a ruby splendour of sunset falling through the window beside her. The light quivered like living radiance over a dark proud head, a white throat, and a face before whose perfect loveliness the memory of Dorothy Armstrong's laughing prettiness faded like a star in the sunrise, nevermore in the fullness of the day to be remembered. Yet it was not of her beauty I thought as I stood spellbound before her. I seemed to see a dim little valley full of whispering pines, and a girl standing under their shadows, looking at me with the same great, greyish-blue eyes which gazed upon me now from Marian Lindsay's face—the same face, matured into gracious womanhood, that I had seen ten years ago; and loved—aye, loved—ever since. I took an unsteady step forward.
When I got home that night I burned Dorothy Armstrong's photograph. The next day I went to my cousin Tom, who owns the fashionable studio of Croyden and, binding him over to secrecy, sought one of Marian's latest photographs from him. It is the only secret I have ever kept from my wife.
Before we were married Marian told me something.
"I always remembered you as you looked that day under the pines," she said. "I was only a child, but I think I loved you then and ever afterwards. When I dreamed my girl's dream of love your face rose up before me. I had the advantage of you that I knew your name—I had heard of you. When Peter wrote about you I knew who you were. That was why I agreed to correspond with you. I was afraid it was a forward—an unwomanly thing to do. But it seemed my chance for happiness and I took it. I am glad I did."
I did not answer in words, but lovers will know how I did answer.
Add The Girl and the Photograph to your own personal library. | 2019-04-19T16:37:53Z | https://americanliterature.com/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/short-story/the-girl-and-the-photograph |
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Three Sisters is renowned as the fastest, non-gearbox kart racing circuit in the country. It has hosted the RAC British Kart Grand Prix, so now you have the opportunity to use the same circuit that the stars of the future Formula 1 race on.
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This a video I made at 2011 New York Fashion Week. And the song you hear I wrote in collaboration with music producer Jay Fenix. I appreciate your comments.
I figured I’d start this blog to share my thoughts and exchange ideas and experiences with people, who will care enough to read it, and to contribute to it. It’s gonna be fun! | 2019-04-24T15:47:58Z | https://nyparrot.wordpress.com/2012/04/ |
What: A focus group is an organised and guided group discussion involving 6 to 12 potential users and a moderator. The group dynamics sometimes prompt the emergence of much deeper insights than in a one-to-one consultation.
When: When starting up projects, focus groups are the most effective way to explain the issue. It can be used for any question: whether aimed at a product, service or application. The success of the focus group depends on the quality of the recruitment and the guidance.
Advantages: It is an easily accessible and inexpensive way to initiate a dialogue with your (potential) user. It requires no special skills from the participants and is therefore suitable for a very wide target audience.
- Groups have their own dynamics where interaction influences the behaviour of the participants. Make sure that the “loudest mouth” does not jeopardize the objectivity of the results.
- There is a difference between what people say and what they do. Potential users are not real users. Their feedback is therefore based on assumptions: even though valuable, it should be put into perspective.
- Organised context: Group discussions in conference rooms are not the natural habitat of the subjects, nor are they the environment where the test product/service will be used.
- Moderator: The moderator must compensate for the negative effect of the three previous remarks and be able to steer the process so as to obtain the desired answers, while not influencing the answers themselves.
- Focus groups work best with expert users discussing a concrete issue and with good preparation.
- Define the objective of the discussion. Which information do you want to obtain? To be effective, a focus group should not last longer than 60 to 90 minutes. The goal should therefore be reduced to six basic questions at most, arranged into a well-prepared session planning. The quality of the questions is crucial for the results. Ask the questions as you would for an individual survey or interview. Draft a scenario based on the stated goal.
- Gather the right people for the discussion, depending on the matter at hand. It is interesting to compose several focus groups to discuss the same question in order to ensure more statistic relevance. Compose focus groups by selecting individuals from various groups of stakeholders: the buyers versus the users. Their evaluation criteria are fundamentally different, which creates opportunities.
Optimum preparation and spatial context are necessary to maximize the efficiency of a 90-minute session. Provide the necessary resources and examples, in terms of organisation and also in relation to the project (prototypes, illustrations/renderings, questionnaires, etc.).
Complete the scenario that you drafted during the preparation.
- Explain why you brought this focus group together and which items are on the session’s agenda.
- Go over the practicalities and describe the resources you are using to capture the session.
- Set the behaviour rules.
- Ask the questions and make sure that everyone understands and interprets correctly each question.
- Moderate and steer the discussion in relation to the objectives, without influencing the outcome.
- Summarise the answers of the discussion and check that YOU did understand what the group formulated in response to your questions.
- Thank the participants and explain what the next steps will be and why their contribution was relevant. The best reward for a participant is to see the results of his/her contribution.
- Immediately go over the recorded material and write down EVERYTHING that your still remember from the session, anything that is not captured on video or audio. Memories are fleeting; insights fade quickly.
- Generate reports as feedback to participants and/or as a communication tool within your organisation or to your customers. You can present it as a compilation from the video footage, supplemented with your notes as slides, or produce a simple printed report. Match the communication tool with your target audience.
The outcome of a focus group is rather qualitative. You can prioritize and use insights as the basis for an improvement plan, a roadmap for developments. | 2019-04-24T08:50:58Z | http://www.flandersinshape.be/en/research-knowledge/tools/focus-groups |
Yes, I continue to work with the 5 minute magic that is #5for5BrainDump on a daily basis. This week i am writing from last week's prompts - this is one I didn't spend much time with and today's writing is eye-and-heart-opening. There are more insights happening AND I like to honor the process so you will hear MORE about them later. Now, for my five minute writing - unedited, no forethought and no judgment, just moving my pencil across the page.
By the way - the opening called for a restart. I had to laugh. The font in my document was too small so I fussed about it - very briefly. Away we go now!
When I stand up for my wholeness, it is like when I stand up for the right font on my document. Right now I am frustrated because it isn’t sticking, it keeps falling back to what is the automatic, unwanted font rather than the intentional, exactly what I like best font.
Take 4 here we come!
I’m resetting my timer. Preparing for wonderfulness to follow.
When I stand up for my wholeness, I begin to see me as others see me. It isn’t the way the contrarian who battles for control over my thought process portrays me, it is the soft yet radiant slanted light of transition that shows up.
When I stand up for my wholeness, my priorities fall into line.
Last night I borrowed a prompt from the last session of #5for5BrainDump and I found myself re-inspired and in happy tears. “This is why I write, naturally, I forgot in all that busy-busy-busy…” (and yes, the contrarian had her say, briefly… which I managed to set aside.
When I stand for my wholeness is it much easier to set that stuff aside, that ongoing not-so-great narrative I have been working to restore this year. Still working on it. Gathering some new tools and will go back to daily writing when I return from my upcoming trip.
I stand up for my wholeness in the choices I make.
I stand up for my wholeness when I make plans with other people.
I stand up for my wholeness when people ask me my desires or ideas and I respond with concrete ideas that I am willing to risk. I stand up for my wholeness when I accept compliments with joy, when I laugh with myself instead of sarcastically putting myself down while aiming to get a laugh from my friends (or occasionally my children) which is more sad than anything else.
I stand up for my wholeness when I make an appointment for a massage and take a moment to embrace that reality.
I stand up for my wholeness when I make my house prettier and return to projects that delight and inspire my nesting instinct which in turn, inspires my creative process.
I stand up for my wholeness when I reward my five minutes of writing with a cup of fresh coffee in a favorite mug.
This morning is turning out very well. | 2019-04-21T20:05:30Z | http://5for5braindump.weebly.com/braindumpblog/when-i-stand-up-for-my-wholeness-a-week-later |
We will provide the coffee/tea and pastries, if you provide the talent.
Singing, playing an instrument, dancing or poetry? Join us and share your talents with us.
Sponsored by Arlington Cultural Tourism Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Starbucks and Billy Herzig, Zig Productions. | 2019-04-24T14:34:32Z | http://arlingtonmuseum.org/events/cafe-ole-open-mic/ |
Jorge Machaen is a hilarious stand up comedian. Let him take you on a wild ride with stories of his dating life, growing up illegal, surviving America, and thriving through hard work, perseverance, and hiding!
You will fall in love with Jorge’s unique stories. This is more than stories about airports, Lyfts, and Tinder. See how he takes his “short end of the straw” life and makes it humorous.
He has performed around the country at some of the best comedy clubs like The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, Zanies (Rosemont IL, and Nashville TN), The Blue Room (Springfield MO), Stand Up New York, and Stand Up Live (Huntsville AL) with some of the best comedians in the country like Louie Anderson, Marlon Wayans, Chad Daniels, Tim Northern, and Joey Diaz.
He is also in a movie with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube on Ride Along 2 and has almost been on other individual projects that he doesn't want to mention because he was casted as a drug dealer.
Jorge has also performed at various comedy festivals around the country, including Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids MI, The Women In Comedy Festival in Boston MA, and The Tim Northern Comedy Festival in Louisville KY. | 2019-04-21T15:06:02Z | https://www.jorgecomedy.com/bio/ |
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ABC says Lost's final images of plane wreckage were "not part of the story"
[SPOILER ALERT, OBVIOUSLY] Chief among the debates still lingering from Sunday’s Lost finale—besides whether Sayid and Shannon will totally get married in Shiny Light Heaven, of course—is the question of whether those final, silent images over the credits of plane wreckage on the empty beach held any deeper meaning. Specifically, some have speculated that it was meant to suggest that no one had ever survived the crash of Oceanic 815, and that the entire show had taken place in purgatory—despite the fact that, you know, Christian Shephard stated, in plain, listen-up language mere moments before that that was expressly not the case, that everything had actually happened on the island, that everyone in the group had died at different times, and that the Sideways World was the “purgatory,” if you want to call it that—which has caused many (including some professional critics) to write the whole series off as an extended shared fantasy that took place solely in the characters' minds. Still others have speculated that the wreckage was actually the crash site of Ajira 316—despite the fact that it would be unusual even for the creators of Lost to assume viewers would make that interpretive leap, and which would have put a rather jarring coda on an otherwise sappy ending.
Well, as it turns out, this particular Lost debate is a little more pointless than usual: Those final images were simply inserted by ABC as “a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news,” and were never meant to be seen as part of the plot. (Little did ABC know, apparently, that Lost fans tend to obsess over the most minor of details to fuel their speculation, and that they’ve become so inured to misdirection that they would actually be searching for “clues” moments after getting the only straightforward answers they were ever going to get.) Please adjust your theorizing accordingly. | 2019-04-18T20:26:58Z | https://news.avclub.com/abc-says-losts-final-images-of-plane-wreckage-were-not-1798220204 |
Segways are two wheeled, battery powered Personal Transporters that are easy to use and so much fun. You lean slightly in the direction that you want to go and your Segway will take you there. It’s just like gliding along and it’s literally like nothing you’ve ever done before! Our Rockingham Roll is our most popular Segway experience. It’s a 30 minute Segway glide along the woodland trails at Lough Key Forest & Activity Park. Please note that age and weight restrictions apply to all our Segway activities. Participants must be 12 years or older. If you have younger kids we have a really cool safari mini jeep activity for them. Just click on the Woodland Safari link below to find out more!
"Great way to get around Lough Key" | 2019-04-23T14:54:40Z | http://www.woodlandsegway.com/ |
Cee-Environmental is a Business information portal for professionals in the Environmental industry who are looking to find Business opportunities in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We to link Companies from CEE to suppliers of Environmental technology and Services from Western Europe, USA and Asia, more than just a marketplace but a resource to educate Environmental companies in developments as well as Business opportunities across this fast growth market. We have over 24 years’ experience in helping companies from a wide range of industries develop their business with in Russia and Central Eastern Europe. Our Databases provide an un-rivaled partner search program where we can match companies to key buyers and potential partners and agents across Russia and CEE.
Whether you are a manufacturer of Environmental technology or a Service provider Cee-Environmental delivers your information to the Central Eastern European region putting you on the desk of Trade Partners, Distributors, importers, potential agents, key government officials, municipal purchasing officials and leading environmental industry professionals across CEE. We understand this market and the frustrations faced by company's dealing with CEE so our experience is there for you to use through our support network and offices across this market.
Cee-Environmental is more than an online marketplace! But a portal of information for the Environmental Industry enabling you to stay in touch with opportunities & changes taking place with in the fast growth CEE region. | 2019-04-24T19:58:26Z | http://wwwpublic.ceeindustrial.itdotum.pl/ |
The delightfully simplistic monogram design on our Toasting Flutes will allow you to toast through the years! Smooth hand-blown glass gives shape to this timeless set that work perfectly as wedding favors and as treasured keepsakes. These Champagne Toasting flutes are the perfect gift for the wedding couple, the members of the wedding party or the couple's parents as they make a great keepsake memento in honor of the big day.
Please note: minor bubbles and swirls are inherent to hand-blown glass. Variations may occur on styles due to their handcrafted nature. The images shown online are presented in darker color so that you can see the engraving. The actual product is laser engraved and will appear like a white frosted glass on the engraved parts.
Please note this item must ship in its own box when purchased with other items. Please note we double pack this item to ensure that it will not break in transit. Shipping available in the USA and its Territories only.
The double hearts design on our Champagne Toasting Flutes may be engraved with two names on each flute (max of 12 characters per name) and a date or second line of text.
In the notes to seller list what you would like engraved on the glassware. | 2019-04-19T01:09:31Z | https://greatlittlefavorco.com/listing/489817704/personalized-wedding-flutes-2-toasting |
Hey, CasualDude here. On the Wynncraft forum there is also a guy called CasualDude and that is me! Surprise!!!
This page was last edited on 4 September 2016, at 12:12. | 2019-04-25T10:50:45Z | https://wynncraft.gamepedia.com/User_talk:CasualDude |
We had the pleasure dining at one of NYC's oldest and most prestigious restaurants last week, the 21 Club. My friend Keli is friends with the chef and he wanted to impress her with this magnificent 4-course meal. And he sure did. He was informed that I was a meat-free eater and he had created a special menu for me as well. We started with gazpacho that was amazing. Its specialty was that it had tiny pieces of watermelon in it! Yes! Watermelon! My favorite! True genius work! Midcourse was something super delicious that I just can't remember right now what it was. See this is why I take pictures, they help me to remember. Unfortunately I forgot to shoot it and now I don't know what it was that I ate. Aargh!
Anyways, main course was equally delish; ratatouille stuffed sunflower buds, portobello tower filled with brown rice and something else. So good. Keli had salmon and some real mashed potatoes that might be the best ones I've ever tasted.
And then there was the grand finale of this meal,dessert. At this point, of course, we were quite stuffed, even the chef understood to keep the portions small throughout the entire meal. We had some apple crisp, coconut cake with very refreshing lemon sorbet, chocolate macaroons (not pictured) and some kind of big bowl of ice cream with hot fudge.
I should also mention that the service was magnificent. Our server Christopher did fabulous job. What a nice chap!
Kaikki muukin oli niin taydellista ja vietimme aika monta tuntia paikan paalla nauttien siita kaikesta huolenpidosta ja herkuista. Kylla kelpasi kollotella pari korttelia hotellille lepaamaan taman jalkeen.
Wow, happy that you got to go there, and have some special treatment. I haven't been to the 21 Club for a while.. I used to go there a lot for business dinners. It is such an old New York staple. Definitely worth experiencing, at least once! | 2019-04-24T06:52:56Z | http://www.lifeissweetinnyc.com/2012/08/upstairs-at-21-club.html |
Feb 28, 20110183;32;Kason Vibroscreen circular vibratory screeners separate bulk solid materials from solids and slurries by vibrating the material across one or more screens.
Find out all of the information about the Kason product circular vibrating screener / for bulk materials VB8. Contact a supplier or the parent company directly to get a quote or to find out a price or your closest point of sale.
Kason Vibroscreen circular vibratory screeners handle bulk chemicals, minerals, plastics, foods, dairy products, pharmaceuticals and other materials ranging from dry bulk solids to solids laden slurries. | 2019-04-20T23:03:44Z | http://freshatpaulcluver.co.za/screen/kason-vibroscreen-circular-vibratory-screener.html |
One-year grants provide seed money for new projects. Topic areas are unrestricted, but should include a clearly defined activity that promotes education and equity for women and girls. Two-year grants provide start-up funds for longer-term programs that address the particular needs of the community and develop girls’ sense of efficacy through leadership or advocacy opportunities. Topic areas are unrestricted, but should include a clearly defined activity that promotes education and equity for women and girls. Grant projects must have direct public impact, be nonpartisan, and take place within the United States or its territories. | 2019-04-23T23:51:20Z | https://www.eschoolnews.com/2005/12/15/up-to-10-000-per-award-to-promote-equal-education-for-women/ |
ART DESIGN INTERNATIONAL VOILÀ BEAM SEATING CHAIRSn | Allseating | Alliance Interiors Inc.ART DESIGN INTERNATIONAL VOILÀ BEAM SEATING CHAIRS | ADI | Alliance Interiors Inc.
The beam modules may be assembled in line, angled or bolted to the floor, up to 5 in a row. Corner, regular or cantilever tables may be added to the ensemble. Arms can be installed in between the seats/tables and at the ends, as needed. Beam Seating models come with 3 leg options, 9 powder coat paint finishes and 4 laminate table tops. Combined with infinite fabric offerings and a variety of seat and back options, creative combinations are only limited by your imagination.
The Art Design International Beam seating is an award winning seating system that let’s your imagination create the ideal combination with limitless options.
The beam modules may be angled or bolted to the floor and corner, regular or cantilevered tables allow you to custom build spaces with a wide selection of styles. Arms can be installed in between the seats tables or at the ends.
From the modern look of polished aluminum on the Voila to the classic look of the Clover or the knit back of the Tact Chair, the beam seating can be created to suit your needs and budget.
The ADI Beam seating works great in universities, lecture halls, auditoriums, places of worship, waiting areas, lobbies and airports. | 2019-04-24T01:53:02Z | https://www.allianceinteriors.ca/art-design-international-voila-beam-seating-chairs/ |
I guess Christmases abroad are always going to be weird. For a start, in Greece they place a good deal less emphasis on Christmas than they do on Easter, or even New Year, though we happened to be in a big toy store in Kalamata (Jumbo) on Christmas Eve and it felt pretty much like the commodity fest we remember from the UK.
We usually make our Christmas phone calls to family and friends from the public phone box in the village, using phone cards. It’s cheaper than using the mobile, and you know when people have had their four minutes’ worth because the line goes dead. Everyone under thirty in the UK that we spoke to seemed to have received a flat screen TV from Santa.
The walk up to the village to use the phone proved highly sociable. Today we encountered Dina and Giorgia, Niko’s grown up daughters, on their way to feed the sheep: Dimitri, a nice bloke who looks a lot like Bing Crosby, on his way to feed his goats: Walter, an ex-foreign legion Austrian, emerging blearily from his tiny house after his post lunch nap: and a retired English couple out walking their dog. They rent a house in the village whilst their new house is being built, or, as it seems, not being built. The malign effects of the worsening Euro/sterling exchange rate, combined with reduced interest rates on what they have invested, means that, at the moment anyway, they can’t afford to continue.
We had invited our neighbours Herbert and Mikhail and two other Austrian friends to the wooden house for Christmas lunch, and had bought turkey, the ingredients for stuffing, sprouts, etc, in order to give them an English Christmas dinner.
The turkey was in the oven and everything was under control, when Herbert phoned to say that he and Mikhail had gone down with the flu. A few minutes later, Holger and Margaret phoned to say the same.
One o clock saw Linda and I, touts seuls, looking at one another over a giant roast turkey. Now the cruel part about all this is that Linda was due to fly to England on Boxing Day to spend a week with her parents, so I had a week of turkey soup/curry/rissoles/kebabs/pie/fricassee to look forward to. | 2019-04-22T00:56:17Z | http://peterhuby.com/blog/2016/1/29/christmas |
- It's in the detail.
Everything you need for a day in the field, including field coats, breeks and shooting stockings.
The iconic British coat, equally at home in town or country. Made using West of England covert cloth, in a style created over 100 years ago. | 2019-04-23T08:38:11Z | https://www.cordings.co.uk/ |
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