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Follow along live as TEAMtalk brings you all the news, rumours, done deals and best of social media as the January transfer window reaches Deadline Day.
11.57pm: Newcastle have signed Sparta Prague goalkeeper Martin Dubravka on loan.
11.52pm: Fulham sign Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic on loan.
11.50pm: Boro have completed the signing of Mo Besic on loan from Everton.
11.48pm: Nottm Forest have signed Newcastle midfielder Jack Colback on loan.
11.38pm: Swansea sign Leicester midfielder Andy King on loan.
11.37pm: West Ham complete a deal to sign Preston striker Jordan Hugill.
11.34pm: Newcastle complete loan signing of Leicester’s Islam Slimani until the end of the season.
11.28pm: Chelsea’s Kasey Palmer joins Derby on loan.
11.18pm: Sky reporting that 4 deal sheets have been lodged with the Premier League and clubs have until 1am to get the deals done. Mangala to Everton and Crystal Palace’s 2 potential signings believed to account for 3 of those sheets.
11.14pm: Crystal Palace are hoping to complete deals for Danish goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow of Brøndby and Midtjylland’s Norway international striker Alexander Sorloth. Deal sheets have been submitted, claim the BBC.
11.09pm: Middlesbrough defender Martin Braithwaite has joined Bordeaux on loan until the end of the season, subject to international clearance.
10.58pm: Wolves are in talks with Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe over a loan deal.
10.58pm: Watford have terminated Ben Watson’s contract by mutual consent, Sky Sports News report.
10.56pm: Winger Joe Lolley has left Huddersfield to sign for Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.
10.55pm: Matt Mills has signed for Barnsley. The centre-half was released by Nottingham Forest.
10.52pm: Leicester boss Claude Puel hopes Riyad Mahrez can get back to playing with the Foxes.
Puel said: “It was not a distraction, we don’t look for excuses.
10.46pm: Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic is going to Anderlecht on loan. Jon Flanagan has joined Bolton on loan and Harry Wilson has joined Hull on loan.
10.41pm: Newcastle are still hopeful over movement tonight.
10.40pm: Jose Mourinho explains Marouane Fellaini’s substitution tonight.
10.38pm: Pep Guardiola says Man City will not sign anyone else to tonight, ending their interest in Riyad Mahrez.
9.58pm: West Ham defender Reece Burke has re-signed for Bolton on loan.
9.56pm: Aleksandar Mitrovic heading for Bordeaux on loan now.
9.32pm: BBC claim Crystal Palace are signing Alexander Sorloth from Midtjylland for £9m.
9.09pm: Swansea have re-signed Andre Ayew for a club-record fee from West Ham.
9.08pm: Aston Villa have loaned Lewis Grabban from Bournemouth.
9.06pm: Cardiff have signed Bolton striker Gary Madine for £6m.
9.05pm: Stoke complete the signing of Badou Ndiaye.
8.40pm: Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is at Everton’s Finch Farm training ground undergoing a medical ahead of his proposed loan move, claim Sky.
8.38pm: BBC reporting that Middlesbrough forward Martin Braithwaite is close to a move to Bordeaux.
8.20pm: Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy has joined Saint-Etienne on loan.
7.48pm: Liverpool’s Ovie Ejaria will spend the remainder of the campaign on loan at Sunderland.
7.41pm: Everton’s Ademola Lookman has joined Leipzig on loan.
7.34pm: Swansea have signed Andy King on loan from Leicester.
7.26pm: Anderlecht’s loan move for Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic’s has broken down because Anderlecht have failed to sell another player to fund the move.
7.16pm: Alan Pardew says Jonny Evans has a hamstring injury and that he is why he is not in the WBA squad tonight. Arsenal are believed to have failed with a bid to sign him.
7.15pm: Riyad Mahrez is not in Leicester’s matchday squad tonight. Man City pulled out of a deal for the Leicester man after refusing to pay more than £60m for the winger.
6.34pm: Lucas Moura is a Spurs player. He has signed a five-year deal after arriving for £25m from PSG.
6.32pm: Swansea trying loan Leicester’s Andy King, so their interest in Liverpool’s Lazar Markovic has been shelved, report the BBC. Markovic is at Melwood, but another loan in the U.K looks unlikely now.
6.29pm: Sky Sports News understands Arsenal have failed with a late attempt to sign West Brom captain Jonny Evans. The Gunners have not been able to meet West Brom’s asking price.
6.16pm: Sky Sports News understand Sunderland have pipped Barnsley and Rangers to the signing of Swansea striker Oli McBurnie on loan until the end of the season.
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5.50pm: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Daley Blind are going nowhere on deadline day, according to Sky’s James Cooper.
“Daley Blind and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have been at Carrington today for rehab,” he said.
“They will both still be Manchester United players by the end of this window, despite speculation.
“Roma were interested in Blind but United weren’t interested in loan deals – a sale couldn’t happen so he stays.
5.22pm: Jack Colback is set to leave Newcastle United and join Nottingham Forest on loan until the end of the season, Sky Sports claims.
They report that he will be “one of five loan departures from Newcastle today, along with Henri Saivet, Rolando Aarons, Aleksandr Mitrovic and Freddie Woodman”.
5.07pm: Sky Sports News are now also claiming that Mesut Ozil has penned a new deal at Arsenal.
4.55pm: Manchester City are not going to pursue a deal for Riyad Mahrez and any move is off, Sky Sports News understands.
“I’ve had it confirmed that Man City are walking away from Riyad Mahrez – the deal is off. The fee was ultimately a sticking point,” Sky reporter Ben Ransom revealed.
“I’m told Leicester were after a combined package of around £95m – cash plus a player. City were very interested in bringing in Mahrez but he will not be moving to City in this window.
4.43pm: Aston Villa have agreed a deal with Bournemouth to take Lewis Grabban on loan for the rest of the season, according to Sky Sports.
4.40pm: Leicester City’s players have reportedly been left fuming by Rihad Mahrez’s refusal to travel to Everton.
4.30pm: Confirmation has seemingly arrived that Olivier Giroud has completed a deadline day move to Chelsea.
4.13pm: Arsenal are ready to lodge a last-gasp £12million bid to sign Jonny Evans from West Brom, according to reports. Good another Gunners ✍️ be imminent…?
4.06pm: Isaac Success has left Watford to join Malaga on loan until the end of the season.
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4.04pm: If you missed this earlier, here are 9 of the best photos as Arsenal completed the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
3.59pm: Who remembers Conor Thomas? The player joined Liverpool on loan from Coventry in 2011 – here he’s been talking about his career.
3.52pm: Christian Benteke issues Crystal Palace pledge as Eagles prepare to bring in new striker.
3.45pm: Leicester’s Andy King is en route to Swansea to discuss a move to the Liberty Stadium, according to reports. The Swans also remain hopeful of a deal for Lazar Markovic from Liverpool.
3.36pm: Widespread reports claiming the Giroud to Chelsea deal has been done. Still awaiting official confirmation from both clubs….
3.28pm: Manchester United have joined the transfer deadline day party after announcing the capture of Matej Kovar from FC Slovacko. The 17-year-old is a Czech U18 international.
3.16pm: A done deal for Millwall as Ben Marshall changes a promotion push for a relegation dogfight….
3.02pm: Manchester City have made a final offer of £65million for Riyad Mahrez. Sky Sports claims the approach is being considered by the Foxes, with the deal thought to include an as-yet undisclosed player moving in the other direction.
2.56pm: West Ham have had an offer, believed to be £22million, for Leander Dendoncker, rejected by Anderlecht. We understand they value the midfielder at nearer the £30m mark.
2.44pm: Nice feature here on the best deadline day deals of January windows gone by….
2.36pm: Reports on Wearside suggesting Sunderland are on the brink of announcing a deal for towering forward Atdhe Nuhiu from Sheffield Wednesday. The man to save the Black Cats from relegation….?
2.20pm: Rumours surfacing that Tottenham will allow Erik Lamela to join Southampton once their signing of Lucas Moura is finalised….
1.57pm: Footage emerging of Islam Slimani arriving at Newcastle airport by private jet as a £20m move from Leicester draws closer. You can see him being a bit hit at St James’ Park…..
1.52pm: An outgoing at Liverpool as U23 captain Lloyd Jones completes a permanent move to Luton. The player joined the Reds from Plymouth in 2011, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the Reds.
1.39pm: A done deal at Leeds as £2.5m forward Tyler Roberts arrives from West Brom.
1.31pm: Reports in Germany claim Arsenal may not be done on deadline day….with a shock swoop for Schalke’s Max Meyer being reported.
1.25pm: Cute from Charlie Adam….
1.13pm: Reports in Belgium claim Anderlecht have won the race to sign Aleksander Mitrovic in a loan deal from Newcastle. There’s no word from the Belgians yet – though they have confirmed one deal today….
1.02pm: The Manchester Evening News claims Manchester United have been given the green light to complete a deal for Man City target Fred. The Brazilian midfielder is valued at around £35million by Shakhtar Donetsk.
12.53pm: News emerging that Mesut Ozil’s new Arsenal deal has been signed and sealed….
12.42pm: Swansea still hope to secure the signings of Andy King, Andre Ayew and Lazar Markovic on deadline day, according to the Daily Telegraph.
12.21pm: We understand Leicester have told Manchester City to raise their bid for Riyad Mahrez to £75m before they consider a sale. City have seen a £55m offer for the Algerian rejected by the Foxes….
12.14pm: How do Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s stats compare to Arsenal’s other strikers? Our friends at Planet Football have crunched the numbers….
12.11pm: Sky Italia are reporting that Napoli are close to signing Davy Klaasen on a season-long loan from Everton.
12.01pm: Another strong hint that Batshuayi to Dortmund is imminent with the player pictured in the club’s kit….
11.56am: Aston Villa are in talks with Bournemouth over a deal for Lewis Grabban, Sky Sports News are reporting….
11.55am: Daily Telegraph reporting that Giroud to Chelsea has been agreed. £18m deal, with the player set to sign an 18-month deal.
11.53am: Newcastle midfielder Jack Colback is believed to be a target for Championship side Nottingham Forest, according to reports in the North-East. The Tricky Trees best act fast….
11.45am: Meanwhile, on Batshuayi’s Twitter page. A hint that a move to Dortmund is imminent…..?
11.25am: The picture Arsenal fans everywhere have all been wanting to see….
11.20: The deal to take Aubameyang to Arsenal is likely to start a domino effect, with Olivier Giroud expected now to join Chelsea and Dortmund to confirm the loan capture of Michy Batshuayi….
11.14am: BREAKING: Arsenal confirm signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a club record deal and on a “long-term contract”.
11.12am: We understand former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song is training with the club, though it’s believed it’s just as a favour to the player, rather than a premise to him re-signing for the club….
11.11am: Borussia Dortmund have paid respect to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the striker prepares to seal a move to Arsenal.
11am: There is now just 12 hours until the window shuts in England. 12 hours….
10.59am: Newcastle have agreed a deal with Leicester to take Islam Slimani on loan, according to Sky Sports. The Algerian had also been offered a move to West Ham….
10.47am: Reading are closing on the loan signing of Chris Martin. The Scotland int’l had held talks with Sunderland last week but his high wages scuppered the deal.
10.39am: Southampton’s hopes of signing Quincey Promes from Spartak Moscow look to be over. It’s reported Saints agreed to pay his £30m asking price, which would have been a Saints club record, but the Russians’ struggles to sign a replacement means the deal will be canned….
10.36am: Roma’s hopes of landing Daley Blind from Manchester United are over, with the Serie A side moving on to another target….
10.22am: Stoke are closing on a deadline day signing after Sky Sports reported Galatasaray midfielder Badou Ndiaye has passed a medical at the club ahead of a £15m move.
10.20am: FC Midtjylland striker Alexander Sorloth is travelling to London to finalise a reported €12million move to Crystal Palace.
10.14am: Lucas Moura has reportedly passed his medical at Spurs as the player closes in on a £25million move from PSG. For the money, this looks like quite the coup for MoPo….
10.06am: Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi has agreed to join Borussia Dortmund on an initial six-month loan deal, according to widespread reports. It’s believed the player is currently back home in Belgium awaiting for the move to go through after all the details were agreed during Tuesday. As with many deals today, watch this space….
10am: There’s a huge transfer tug o’war developing between Newcastle and West Ham over Leicester striker Islam Slimani, according to the latest reports.
9.54am: Looks like a goalkeeper arrival at Newcastle. As IF they needed another….
9.45am: Bordeaux are trying to sign Aleksandar Mitrovic – and Newcastle are open to the idea. They had also wanted Martin Braithwaite from Middlesbrough, but the Teessiders have ruled out a loan.
9.31am: Word is that the imminent signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has convinced Mesut Ozil to pledge his future to Arsenal and a new contract is imminent…..
9.22am: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has arrived at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground to undergo his medical ahead of his move. It’s understand a fee and personal terms have all been agreed, so this – and Dortmund’s wish to sign a replacement – are all that’s standing in Arsenal’s way over the club record £57.2m swoop.
9.05am: If you missed it last night, Man City signed Jack Harrison from NYCFC before loaning him straight out to Middlesbrough. TEAMtalk broke the story exclusively and before anyone else over Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
9.02am: Sky Sports are reporting that Reece Oxford is poised for key talks with David Moyes over his West Ham future today. The Hammers boss is hoping to persuade the young defender to stay, despite a loan return to Borussia Monchengladbach having already been agreed…..
9.01am: A reminder that the transfer window in England shuts at 11pm tonight, while it’s a midnight deadline for those hardy Scots north of the border.
8.50am: Celtic have had a second bid of £375,000 rejected by Motherwell for goalkeeper Trevor Carson. We understand Well are seeking nearer the £500k mark.
8.45am: After allowing Sandro Ramirez to return to Spain on Tuesday night, Everton expect to bolster their defence with the signing of a Man City defender. Safe to say this one is another transfer snub for Newcastle….
8.31am: Arsene Wenger has paid tribute to Olivier Giroud as the striker prepares to seal a move to Chelsea.
8.24am: Leeds goalkeeper Andy Lonergan will complete a move to Sunderland today, while the Whites can expect to seal the signing of West Brom forward Tyler Roberts in a £2.5million deal.
8.20am: Man City could be on the verge of smashing their transfer record twice in the space of 48 hours after Riyad Mahrez handed in a transfer request at Leicester.
8.15am: We have serious doubts about this one…. Championship side Leeds are the surprising new bookies’ favourites to sign Celtic’s prolific striker Moussa Dembele. What a coup that would be!
8.10am: Arsene Wenger has provided an update on Arsenal’s hopes of signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the future of Chelsea target Olivier Giroud.
8.05am: A good start to the day for Chelsea after they completed the signing of Brazilian left-back Emerson Palmieri from Roma for a fee believed to be £17.6m on Tuesday night.
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Just after 10 a.m., members of the Coast Guard recovered the body of Benjamin Burgess, 23, a British national, from the water.
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Burgess worked as an engineer aboard an oil tanker anchored just off the fish market’s pier.
Police at Oistins had received a report of a body submerged in the water around the jetty.
Several fisherfolk told Barbados TODAY they saw Burgess in the area of the neighbouring Bay Garden, last night.
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A man is dead and six others are homeless following a fire in Lenexa.
The fire started early Sunday morning at a home on Redbird Street. All seven people inside the burning home escaped, but a man suffered severe burns. He later died at an area hospital from his injuries.
Friends of the homeowners are stepping up to help.
The fire remains under investigation, but a division chief in Lenexa’s Fire Department said he believes it started in the fireplace and then spread. | 2019-04-25T09:30:23Z | https://ksffa.blog/2018/10/16/lenexa-fire-leaves-1-person-dead-6-others-homeless/ |
The Information Security Systems Officer (ISSO) will support the Enterprise which delivers outsourcing solutions of Security Services to a wide variety of clients across various agencies in the United States Federal Government. The Enterprise and Telecommunications Unit (AMK-222A) provides network and telecommunications services and telecommunications infrastructure for the MMAC and the FAA. The Telecommunications Unit manages the MMAC Backbone Network (MMAC Net) and the MMAC Trusted Internet Connection (MMAC TIC). The telecommunications infrastructure services provided are part of life cycle management of telecommunications infrastructure at the MMAC supporting approximately (95) buildings on approximately 1,200 acres. The Enterprise is a franchise and has a wide variety of government clients across various cabinets in the federal government.
Assists the Telecommunications Unit in ensuring proper operational security posture is maintained for protection of an information system, program, or designated IT assets by serving as an adviser on all matters involving Information Systems Security (ISS).
Participates in vulnerability, risk and threat assessments, and other activities for analyzing the risk for information systems and assist with recommending suitable measures to manage those risks (as assigned and within expiration date, e.g., prior to assessment, within Period of Performance (POP), etc.).
Updates and maintains annual accreditation packages for the MMAC Net and MMAC TIC systems, including managing and controlling changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes.
Evaluating the technical accuracy and completeness of a system's C&A documents (updates are made to all security documentation as required).
Reports to the Telecommunications Manager, ISSM or (Information System Owner (ISO) any unauthorized access to information or any system failure or suspected defect that could lead to an unauthorized disclosure, loss of integrity, or loss of system availability within 1 hour.
Develops, validates, and maintains information system contingency plans and procedures for assigned information systems and their components based on guidelines contained in NIST SP 800-34 and using existing templates.
Plans, coordinates, evaluates, and facilitates the testing of assigned information system contingency plans (classroom or functional) for any system categorized as medium or high risk under FIPS 199 (low system tests may be requested by the customer) and documents test results using existing templates and includes in the information system assessment package.
Provides advice in the development of Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and the contingency Test Plan.
Coordinates an annual Disaster Recovery (DR) test for MMAC Net and MMAC TIC.
Provides audit support, maintains audit trails, initiates protective or corrective operations if security problems are discovered, an incident is reported, or if the system is compromised, and provides reports on systems status package.
Updates KSN site quarterly with status of monthly scans and any remediation completed and/or planned.
Responds to ad hoc requests within one day and schedules to meet customers' requirements (e.g., participates in ISS compliance reviews/data calls, vulnerability, threat, and risk assessments on servers scans, PBC tracker requests, responds to REMEDY tickets, customer consultation requests, meetings with internal ISSOs, responds to inquiries regarding cyber incidents which impact the assigned information systems, varying writing assignments, status reports, other administrative security procedures).
Reviews and reports POA&M status, e.g. CSAM tracking system, etc.
Schedules the appropriate resources for annual assessments and annual Disaster Recovery (DR) testing for MMAC-Net and MMAC TIC.
Reviews Memorandum of Understandings (MOU/ISA) concerning interconnection of systems, security services levels, per NIST SP 800-47, Security Guide for Interconnection of Security Systems.
Uploads appropriate security documentation and artifacts to the Cyber Security Assessment and Management (CSAM) database.
Position requires a Bachelors degree and 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree. | 2019-04-24T21:57:03Z | https://careers.leidos.com/jobs/3742282-information-systems-security-officer |
Why is Amazon spending nearly $14 billion for Whole Foods ? One reason: People who buy yoga mats and fitness trackers on Amazon might also like grapes, nuts and other healthy items at the organic grocery chain.
In short, the deal stands to net Amazon a wealth of data-driven insights into how shoppers behave offline — insights that are potentially very lucrative.
To be sure, there are plenty of other benefits to the combination. Amazon will derive steady revenue from more than 460 Whole Foods stores; it can also introduce robots and other automation technologies to cut costs and improve the bottom line. But ultimately, Amazon wants to sell even more goods and services to both online and offline shoppers — including stuff they might not even realize they need.
Amazon has been quiet on its specific plans so far, but analysts are enthusiastic about the possibilities. "This will be a fun time for Amazon," said Ryne Misso of the Market Track retail research firm in Chicago. "They are introducing a whole new set of shopper profiles that span grocery stores and durables."
Amazon is a pro at using data on past shopping and browsing to prod you to buy more. The home page, for instance, offers quick access to recently viewed items and suggests products "inspired by your shopping trends." Amazon sends emails about price cuts on items you've searched for but haven't bought — yet.
Brian Handly, CEO of the mobile analytics firm Reveal Mobile in Raleigh, North Carolina, said that while Amazon doesn't necessarily have better artificial-intelligence capabilities than its rivals, it has scale in the number of shoppers and variety of businesses it has.
"They will break that data down to build stories about their consumers," Misso said.
All this might feel creepy, but it's something Amazon already does and does well online. Larry Ponemon, who runs the Ponemon Institute privacy think tank, said he personally would find tracking of his self-described unhealthy eating habits "very creepy." But he doesn't expect any consumer backlash because Amazon and Whole Foods have both earned a high level of trust and loyalty.
Amazon's challenge will be to "separate the profitable businesses that can be better done online and the profitable businesses that can be better done at retail," said Larry Light, CEO of the brand consulting firm Arcature in Delray Beach, Florida.
Amazon might find that some items sell better at some locations than others. It can stock just the most popular items at each location; other items are just a click away for home delivery. It's an approach Amazon is already taking at its eight physical bookstores.
Handly said that even if Amazon can't get rid of every lower-profit item on shelves, it can use data to figure out ways to drive more customers to those aisles.
Walmart remains the leading retailer overall and has its own huge stake in groceries; its retail revenue is more than three times that of Amazon, even with Whole Foods included. Yet it's on the defensive. To beef up its online operations, Walmart has gone on a spending spree for e-commerce companies such as Jet, Bonobos, ModCloth and Moosejaw. Analysts say these companies should help Walmart get into the data game as well.
"The real challenge of Walmart is they recognize that technology can be bought and technical expertise can be bought," Light said.
But playing catch-up is "harder than just building it into your company as a core part of the company's DNA," said Brent Franson, CEO of Euclid Analytics, a San Francisco company looking to bring data analysis to physical stores. "Amazon has the benefit from Day One of architecting a business that is data-driven, out of the gate." | 2019-04-26T08:01:18Z | https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/what-amazon-wants-from-whole-foods-data-on-shopping-habits |
Vancura didn’t just show the new look of icons, he suggested his own design aimed at showing users that the EXE files can’t be executed on Macs. Frankly speaking, this solution makes sense. When someone sees an icon that looks just like any other on the Mac, they think it should be working, but in fact, that’s not true. That’s why it is a good idea to make them distinguishable.
If you want to try out the latest macOS Sierra 10.12.4 public beta, you can download it from Apple’s website. Before that, you should sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program. | 2019-04-21T20:52:41Z | https://iphoneroot.com/macos-10-12-4-beta-displays-native-icons-of-windows-exe-files/ |
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Enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year is now open. We have spots available in Pre-K Discoveries AM and PM classes. Creative Play is full, waiting list is available.
The preschool has open hours for prospective parents to talk with preschool teachers Friday afternoons from 12:30-3:30 pm April 26th-May 31. Please email Becky Pittman, Preschool Director for more details at bpittman@naturevision.org.
Is your family interested in a 9-month, nature-based preschool program for your child? Will your child be at least 3 ½ and fully potty-trained by the beginning of the school year?
If yes, then Nature Vision Preschool at Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park may be the perfect fit for you!
The mission of Nature Vision Preschool is to provide a nature and play-based experiential learning environment to help foster a sustainable culture in our community. Located in the unique setting of a working farm and forested park, our preschool program supports the learning and development of our students mentally, emotionally, physically, and socially. Through time spent outdoors in nature as well as through free play and group time in our preschool cottage, we work to provide all children with the opportunity to learn about what interests them in ways that are effective and meaningful.
Our preschool’s curriculum is grounded in the philosophies of learning through play, emergent curriculum, and discovery. In addition to play-based, experiential learning, our curriculum includes science, math, language, visual arts, music, movement, and environmental education. These are coordinated into theme-based units which follow the natural cycles of change on our farm and in our forest, stream, and meadow. Through our program, children gain independence and self-esteem as they are encouraged by caring and experienced teachers to be active participants in their own learning.
When students play together, they learn together. By exploring their interests and the world around them, children are afforded the opportunity to develop connections to the earth and to each other. How does a sunflower grow? Who’s perched in the tree? What do slugs eat? Perhaps most importantly, how can a chef transform plain mud into a scrumptious chocolate cake? Ask a Creative Play student — they have much to teach you.
Through active imaginative play and discovery, students learn about the plants and animals in the forest and garden. Whether wiggling like worms at circle time, making friends with the forest or building a web like a spider, students notice and begin to make sense of small details within the patterns of nature. When we foster these curiosities, students grow their connections to the world around them and to each other.
Creative Play is designed as a gentle introduction to preschool, with an emphasis on small class size and child-centered, play-based curriculum. This ensures that each child is safe and secure as part of our preschool family. Teachers weave academic concepts throughout daily activities, encouraging authentic and contextual learning in a nurturing and engaging environment. At the end of this growth-filled year, students may move into Pre-K Discoveries with matured sense of connection and place in our preschool community.
Play is a child’s work and these preschoolers are working hard! Pre-K students are budding and blooming as scientists, artists, mathematicians and storytellers. Through playful exploration, students will discover who lives in the forest and meadow and meet insects and worms up close. They will learn how to be good stewards by recycling and reusing materials and caring for plants and animals at the park.
Teachers stretch existing skills and introduce new skills like letter names and sounds, counting and nourish inquisitiveness in preparation for your preschooler’s upcoming Kindergarten year. Student-driven and long-term projects offer chances to apply skills and broaden students’ sense of community and stewardship.
As teachers gradually and gently encourage children to take bigger steps toward self-reliance and building their own curiosity, each child can develop their potential and thrive as part of our preschool community.
AM and PM sessions of Pre-K Discoveries are identical. Both sessions are not meant to be taken by one child.
Enrollment is open now for the 2019-2020 school year. A non-refundable Enrollment Fee of one full month’s tuition is required to secure your child’s spot at Nature Vision Preschool for the upcoming school year. If you stay for the duration of the 2019-2020 school year, this amount will be applied to the final month of the school year. Our program runs for 9 months, and all students must be 3 1/2 and potty trained prior to the first day of school.
"Both of our sons have attended Nature Vision Preschool. We love the balance of indoor and outdoor time. It’s reminds me of the summer camps that I attended as a child. But is a like a parent and child’s dream come true because it is school, and can happen all school year long rather than just one week of summer break. Exploring the forest, farm and gardens at the park opened our children’s eyes and minds to the nature that surrounds us in the Pacific Northwest. I can't say enough positive things about the teachers. They use evidence based practices in their lesson plans and activities. The teachers are patient, understanding and just wonderfully open minded individuals. I'm a teacher myself (although currently a stay at home parent) and I see so many great things happening in the classroom everyday. I feel our children have been well prepared for kindergarten upon completing 2 years each at Nature Vision Preschool. The balance between learning the ABCs, 123s and social emotional skills is well balanced."
Nature Vision preschool has been instrumental for both of my daughters. They entered the school reserved and watching from afar and within months, they were actively participating in activities and making friends…they wanted to go! The teachers are warm, patient, kind, funny and have an amazing passion for both nature and children. This was a perfect fit for both of my kids, not only did they learn how to be a responsible and kind part of a class, but also part of a community and our world as a whole. It was more than I could ask for!
Our program is a 9 month program, September-May. The Enrollment Fee to hold your child’s place for the school year is non-refundable. If you stay for the duration of the school year, this enrollment fee will be applied as May tuition. If you choose to withdraw your child from the program, please notify the program administrator, Ginny Ballard at gsanchez@naturevision.org in writing. The withdrawal notice must be received at least 45 calendar days prior to the last month your child will attend. For example, if your child’s last month of school is March, we must receive notice by January 15th. If notice is given within 45 days of the last month your child will attend, you will be charged for the full month of tuition after your last month. For example, if your child’s last month is March and we are notified Feb 1, you will be charged for April tuition. If you withdraw before the start of the school year, the Enrollment Fee is also non-refundable. You will be billed for September tuition if the withdrawal notice is received after July 15th.
If you have questions about our school or to arrange a possible tour, please contact Becky Pittman, Preschool Director at bpittman@naturevision.org.
If you have questions about preschool registration please contact Scott Jenkins, Nature Vision Educator at 425-836-2697 or email sjenkins@naturevision.org.
Nature Vision Preschool may be reached directly during the school year at 425-556-2324. Phone may not be answered during class sessions. | 2019-04-19T21:19:11Z | https://naturevision.org/preschool/ |
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By its completion in 1980, the Crystal Cathedral cost $18 million. Ten thousand glass panels “opened to the sky and the world” as televangelist Robert Schuller wanted. Opulent Lavish.
The Corinthians couldn’t have imagined such a building, Yet, they “have been enriched in every way” (1 Corinthians 1:5). For this, Paul tells them how he thanks God.
I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:4, NIV).
In this thanksgiving paragraph, Paul accomplishes two goals. One, he tells the church how he gives thanks to God for them. He wants them to know, despite their problems, that he’s genuinely thankful for God’s grace among them. And, two, he redirects the Corinthians’ focus from their giftedness to the Giver, and from the present to the future.
He gives thanks to God, he explains, because God has lavished his grace on them in Christ Jesus. He has acted in great mercy to redeem these undeserving, guilty sinners.
By “grace” (Greek charis) Paul often means God’s free justification through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24)—what we often call “saving grace.” But here he means more–spiritual gifts (charisma) God has given. This is obvious from his following comments: “For in him you have been enriched in every way . . . Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift (charisma) . . . “ (1:5,7). The reason Paul thanks God for them, then, is the charis he has given them in Christ Jesus, specifically in the charisma.
For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge (1:5, NIV).
What does Paul mean by “speaking and knowledge”? Later, in chapters 12-14 he uses both words of spiritual gifts (charisma). For example, in 12:8 he identifies “the message (logos) of knowledge” (gnosis). Other gifts (such as wisdom, prophecy, the ability to distinguish between spirits, tongues and the interpretation of tongues) also involve speaking knowledge one has been given. Such spiritual gifts are the specific “graces” God has given the Corinthians.
. . . because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you (1 Corinthians 1:6, NIV).
Paul is especially thankful because these charismata are evidence that “our testimony about Christ was confirmed”. They are signs of the Corinthians’ genuine faith in the gospel.
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed (1 Corinthians 1:7, NIV).
Here, though, he adds “as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed”. Why add this? Two reasons. One, for Paul salvation began with Christ’s incarnation and will be consummated at his return. Salvation, then, is eschatological. Two, the Corinthians are behaving as if everything promised in Christ is theirs now. Theologians call that “overrealized eschatology”. This has led to “triumphalism” (the idea that they will be “winners” in every life-situation) and, unsurprisingly, to spiritual pride. So Paul refocuses them on the coming revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ when salvation will be consummated and every promise fulfilled.
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:8, NIV).
To continue refocusing them on the Lord, Paul assures them the Lord, not their “spirituality”, will cause them to be firm in the faith, so that on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ they will not fall under condemnation but be guiltless before God’s Law.
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful (1 Corinthians 1:9, NIV).
With this statement, Paul summarizes everything expressed in this thanksgiving. The Corinthians will be found blameless on the day of Christ because God is faithful. God is faithful to save them by grace. God is faithful to give them grace-gifts for serving him and each other. God is faithful to keep them blameless in the judgment. For all this grace, God has faithfully put them “in Christ”.
Including into “fellowship with his Son”. They are not only positionally “in Christ”, they are relationally “with” Christ. Old believers spoke of this as “communion”—intimate sharing—with Jesus.
That’s my take-away from Paul’s thanksgiving prayer. His prayer should move me to pray . . .
O God, I thank You because of the grace You’ve given in Christ Jesus to my family, to so many I was privileged to pastor over four decades, and to my blog-readers (over 3,000 subscribers, most of whom I don’t even know!). I include myself with them when I thank You for enriching us in every way, so that we don’t lack any spiritual gift of Your grace as we wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. I also thank You that we have his revelation to look forward to. And I thank You that is not a day to dread—because You will keep us stumbling believers firm to the end, so that we’ll be without blame on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God, I am often ambivalent; but You are always faithful. You must be true to Yourself and Your promises. And I thank You, too, that by Your grace You have not only put us positionally in Christ, but You have called us relationally into fellowship with Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
In His name I pray. And in His name I give You thanks. Amen.
Who writes letters anymore? Now we tweet or text. Paul wrote letters in the old Greco-Roman form: writer’s name, addressee’s identification, greeting. This we typically skim. But there’s a rich message hidden in the hello.
In two earlier letters to the Thessalonians, Paul identified himself simply by name. Here he identifies himself as Paul “called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus”. Why? Were so many named “Paul” he wanted his readers to know which one? The reason: even though Paul planted that church just a few years earlier, a faction now questioned his apostolic authority.
So he claims to have been “called”. He didn’t choose to switch from Jewish rabbi to itinerant Christian preacher. As Abraham and Moses and David had been called, Paul claims he had been.
“ . . . by the will of God”. The call came in history. In a particular time and place. The origin of the call came from outside history, outside time. From eternity it was God’s sovereign will to call Paul. This is his claim.
This leads to the question, “Who has authority to speak to the church?” Others possessed Paul’s authority, men like Apollos and Peter. (Certain factions in the Corinthian church favored them.) But there were also false apostles deceiving the church (2 Corinthians 11:1-15).
The question lingers today. “Who has authority to speak to the church?” Or, to ask it from the other side, “To whose voice should the church listen?” The simple answer is, apostles. Trouble is the original apostles are no longer with us. But God has providentially preserved their words in the Scriptures. So, as Paul will argue in this letter, it’s apostles who have authority to speak to the church. It’s apostles to whom the church should listen. Today, that means men who speak (and properly interpret and apply) the apostles’ words.
Furthermore (as Paul will later imply), authority to speak and attentive listening aren’t determined by the number of followers or the “charisma” or fame of the speaker. It’s whether or not he speaks the apostles’ words. He may have relatively few followers, little “charisma” and no fame. No matter. The question is, Does he speak the apostles’ words? If so, we can be reasonably confident he has been called by the will of God to speak the message of Messiah Jesus.
Who’s “Sosthenes” and why does Paul mention him? He may have been the ruler of Corinth synagogue, beaten by Paul-hating Jews (Acts 18:16). If so, he’s become a believer and Paul’s co-worker. I don’t know why Paul mentioned him, so we’ll move on to . . .
“To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours . . . ” (1 Corinthians 1:2).
Many metaphors in Scripture define the church. Here Paul uses several phrases . . .
“ . . . the church of God . . . “ Who owns the church? To whom does the church belong? God. Not Paul, Peter, Apollos, not any faction within the church nor all the members together. The church is God’s.
“ . . . those sanctified in Christ Jesus . . . The Greek word is“hayagiosmenois”—“made holy, consecrated”. Jesus uses it of a gift offered on the temple altar (Matthew 19:23). And Paul uses it to describe the change Christ brought to them: “ . . . neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will in inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:10,11). In other words, in union with Christ Jesus they were set apart, consecrated to God for his use and his glory. The church, however, is not only “those sanctified in Christ Jesus” but also they are . . .
“ . . . called to be saints . . . “In Christ the church is sanctified; in practice the church is called to be hagiois. Because “saints” contains misleading connotations, “holy” is a clearer translation. God has called us to be and to live as his holy people. Given what these church members had been (see 1 Corinthians 6:10,11 above), this is no small change in identity and no minor adjustment in behavior!
“ . . .. together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours”. Many Corinthians had become overly fascinated with the work of the Holy Spirit, which led them down an independent path. Paul reminds them here that they are part of a larger picture, that specifically they are people of the new eschatological creation God is creating “in every place” who name Messiah Jesus as their Lord.
More than a theology lesson about a first-century church, this description paints our picture. We who are “in Christ Jesus” joined to his church belong to God, are consecrated to God in Christ Jesus, are called to be and live set apart to God, and are part of the eschatological community God is creating throughout the whole earth who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In Greco-Roman letters the traditional greeting was “Greetings”, as used by the apostle James: “James, a servant1 of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings” (James 1:1). But Paul Christianizes it with”charis” (grace) and adds the traditional Jewish “shalom” (peace).
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:3).
John Wesley wrote of that grace . . .
A lot hidden in the hello, no? What shall we do with what we’ve found? Read and listen to the apostle’s words as words from God to us. See ourselves for who we are in Christ. Not just ordinary humans struggling to survive life, but God’s consecrated-to-him people called to be and behave holy with all his new, last-days people in Christ. And praise him that today and tomorrow his grace is ours, so we are put at peace.
The Bible isn’t a theology book. At least not a typical one.
Take Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology, for example. It’s divided into seven major doctrines: The Doctrine of the Word, of God, of Man, of Christ and the Holy Spirit, of the Application of Redemption, of the Church and of the Future. Each doctrine-part contains five to eleven chapters with detailed discussions around appropriate Scriptures.
Open the Bible to the “Contents” page and, instead of theological topics, we find “books”. A “Study Bible” may group them by genre: law, history, poetry, prophecy, gospel, letters, etc. In vain we look for a chapter devoted to God’s grace or the work of the Holy Spirit. Doctrinal teachings lie scattered throughout the pages in all sorts of settings—from the garden of Eden to Israel’s wilderness wanderings to the reigns of kings to prayers, wars and the new creation.
God revealed himself not in sacred lecture, but in words spoken and works done in “ordinary” human life. True, he ordained law on the summit of the fearful “mountain of God”. And, yes, he gave the Book of Revelation in a bizarre vision to the apostle John. But the majority of his Old Testament revelation came in words and works among the nation of Israel. He supremely revealed himself in the person of his Son who “became a human being and lived among us” (John 1:14). And the majority of God’s New Testament revelation came in letters.
Which brings us to 1 Corinthians.
Some time later, three men arrived in Ephesus with a letter from the Corinthians (“I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus . . . “—1 Corinthians 16:17). Dr. Gordon Fee comments: “Given the combative nature of so much of [Paul’s response to that letter in 1 Corinthians] it seems highly likely that in their letter they [took] considerable exception to several of his positions/prohibitions [in the “lost” letter]” (The First Epistle to the Corinthians, p. 7).
Not sitting on the edge of your seat wondering what happens next? Why am I risking yawns with this nail-biting information? To point out the remarkable way God revealed himself. In a letter about church conflict, sexual immorality, marriage, idolatry, the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts and resurrection! With no thunder and lightning, no earth quaking, no roped-off mountain. (Like the Law-giving revelation at Mount Sinai.) Just a letter. A letter to resolve problems.
And, let’s not sugar-coat it: this was a church with problems. In his little book, The Corinthian Correspondence, Russell P. Spittler, asks us to . . .
Members sue each other before civil courts. Others habitually attend social banquets honoring strange gods, mere idols. One brother lives in open immorality—and the church tolerates it. Others think it would be better for Christian couples to separate so they could be more ‘holy’.
Why so many problems? A brief look at Corinth city history will provide one answer . . .
Corinth’s location was ideal for commerce. Fee: “Since money attracts people like dead meat attracts flies, prosperity returned to the city almost immediately. Corinth quickly experienced a great influx of people from both West and East, along with all the gains and ills of such growth . . . vice and religion flourished side by side . . . Sexual sin [was] of the same kind that one would expect in any seaport where money flowed freely and women and men were available . . . All the evidence together suggests that Paul’s Corinth was at once the New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas of the ancient world” (p. 2,3).
Not surprisingly, then, the Corinthian church endured more than its share of troubles. What is surprising is the Holy Spirit directing Paul to preach the gospel in such a sin-hardened city. (We usually plant a church in a comfortable, growing, middle-class suburb.) And it’s remarkable that God chose to reveal himself in a letter written to the saved-from-sin of that city.
Why in an ordinary letter? The answer, I think, lies here . . .
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:26-31).
The people God chose to save in Corinth couldn’t boast they were picked for their wisdom or power or noble birth. The glory of salvation belonged to God alone.
In the same way, God chose to reveal himself through an ordinary (though Spirit-inspired) letter. God humbles himself to make himself known to us through ways open to the lowest–and the most ordinary–of us.
Here on my desk lies my Bible, looking like any other book. Yet God has chosen to reveal himself through it. An ordinary means to an ordinary person. God is in those pages. Just as God was (and is) in the letter Paul wrote to the Corinthians.
And here is part of God’s message . . .
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
He is God in an “ordinary” letter with extraordinary good news to ordinary sinners like us!
Psalm 2 Reflections: Why Do the Nations Rebel?
This psalm shocks. Not if we skim it, but if we ponder it. .
First, the psalmist claims the world’s nations are rebelling against the Lord’s chosen ruler.
Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots? Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the Lord and against the king he chose. “Let us free ourselves from their rule,” they say; “let us throw off their control” (Psalm 2:1-3, GNT).
Paranoid psalmist seeing Israel’s enemies revolting against God’s chosen king? We might presume so, except that author Luke cites the plot to crucify Jesus as the fulfillment of this psalm. In other words, it’s ultimately about the world’s rebellion against the Lord Jesus . . .
As soon as Peter and John were set free, they returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said. When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: “Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them! By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said, ‘Why were the Gentiles furious; why did people make their useless plots? The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.’ For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah. They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen” (Acts 4:23-28, GNT).
Represented by Herod and Pontius Pilate and the Gentiles and Israel’s people, the nations gather in rebellion against the Lord and his chosen ruler. God has come in human flesh and blood and the nations reject and execute him. Furthermore, the powers that be forbid his followers to even speak in his name.
Second, the psalmist declares rebellion is futile. So much so that the Lord mocks their feeble schemes. Hard to imagine the Lord mocking anyone, isn’t it! No tougher a stretch for some, though, to imagine God angrily terrifying anybody with his fury . . .
“From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans. Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury. ‘On Zion, my sacred hill,’ he says, ‘I have installed my king'”(Psalm 2:4-6, GNT).
The nations’ plots are “useless”. Their plans are “feeble”. Set aside for a moment that these plots and plans are against the Lord and his chosen ruler. See them simply as the plans for world leaders to govern. All government isn’t bad. In fact, the apostle Paul urges Christians to obey the state authorities because God established them (Romans 13:1). But look at world conditions. Threatened by nuclear powers. Refugees fleeing the burning Middle East. Terrorists killing innocents and hacking into critical computers. Corruption common wherever you look. Governments holding it all together with duct tape. Ordinary people cry out for “good” government. Might the world’s be “bad” because they’ve “killed” the Lord’s chosen leader?
Third, the psalmist warns earth’s rulers to bow down and serve the Lord or else his anger will flare and kill them . . .
“‘I will announce,’ says the king, ‘what the Lord has declared.’ He said to me: ‘You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask, and I will give you all the nations; the whole earth will be yours. You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.’ Now listen to this warning, you kings; learn this lesson, you rulers of the world: Serve the Lord with fear; tremble and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection” (Psalm 2:7-12, GNT).
Jesus is the Lord’s son. He’s the king who receives all the nations whose military force he shatters like a clay pot. Therefore, the psalmist warns the nations’ “kings” to fearfully, humbly serve the Lord, lest his anger flare and kill them.
Sounds more like radical Islam than Judaism/Christianity, doesn’t it! To a world that views God as overseer and therapeutic helper, this God’s a stranger. A warrior. A world government leader. A potential killer.
Let’s make no mistake. When Egypt and Babylon and Assyria marshaled armies against Old Testament Israel, they fought the Lord’s chosen ruler. When Herod and Pontius Pilate and the Gentiles and Israel sentenced Jesus to death, they rebelled against the king the Lord had chosen to one day rule the world.
In Psalm 2 the psalmist doesn’t pray about personal salvation; he prays about world politics. And he warns the world’s rulers now to serve the Lord. For the whole earth will be his.
“Lord Jesus, your Father will give you all the nations. The whole earth will be yours. You will shatter their rebellion like a clay pot. Herein lies the ultimate failure of human government. Not faulty policies, but misplaced faith–faith in false religions, faith in godless worldviews, faith in economic programs and military might. | 2019-04-19T21:04:00Z | http://theoldpreacher.com/2016/11/ |
This is one of those times when it would be easy — even understandable — to forget about your dreams, about doing the small things that lead to a better life, and instead become frozen in the negativity of the moment. But there’s an important lesson here. Yes, do what you need to do to survive, but don’t neglect doing all of the positive things you know are right and that will benefit you.
2. Focus on what is positive. Try to balance the onslaught of negativity with some positivity. Take just five minutes in the morning and jot down a few things you are grateful for in your life. It doesn’t matter if these are big or small, as long as they are meaningful to you.
3. Confront your fears. What’s worse than knowing? Not knowing. If you have a general sense of fear or nervousness, dig deeper and look at what is driving your fear. What’s the worst thing that could happen? Of course it’s scary to look, but identifying the worst case situation often leads to some relief once you realize you can survive it.
5. Take care of your health. Stress can wreak havoc on your body, so make sure you do what you can to take care of yourself. This means watching what you eat, getting enough sleep each night, and exercising each day. You’ve heard this 1,000 times, but are you doing it?
6. Have some fun! Add as much fun and frivolity in your day as you can – schedule it if you have to. The problems you may be facing are real and serious, but that doesn’t mean that you have to be all the time. If worrying and agonizing about a problem made it go away any faster, I think Eli Lilly and many of the drug manufacturers would go out of business. It’s okay to laugh and it’s okay to have fun even (especially!) when things are tough. | 2019-04-18T12:19:55Z | https://www.improving-me.com/self-improvement-articles/6-things-you-must-do-today-to-stay-sane-in-an-insane-world/amp/ |
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We have made a comparison of A/B testing tools. Below you will find a general list based on budget and needs in three different market segments when looking for Optimizely alternatives.
Mid-range: These are tools that don’t break the bank and are professional enough for agencies, e-commerce and online marketers with web traffic between 100,000 and 1 million unique users (UUs) or unique visitors (UVs) a month. Visual Website Optimizer and Convert Experiences (at a cost 30%-40% less) are recommended. (Enjoy a free 15-day trial of Convert Experiences).
Top-range: In this category, Adobe Target and Sitespect have plenty to offer, with a complete suite for enterprises. Both are more than $250,000USD/year investments and we recommend using for traffic ranges over 500 million UVs or UUs.
Optimizely also has A/B testing solution for mobile apps. Here is a short list to get started with your software selection when looking for an alternative to Optimizely for mobile app features.
Are you interested in combining your favorite A/B testing tools for mobile apps with Convert Experiences? Contact us for a call to discuss or start your free 15-day trial now. (no credit card required). | 2019-04-21T12:36:37Z | https://www.convert.com/optimizely-competitors/ |
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MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Charlie Flanagan has said the incident in which a fully-loaded submachine gun belonging to a member of An Garda Siochána found in Dublin city centre by a member of the public is “a matter of grave concern”.
As first reported on TheJournal.ie, the gun was handed in to Store Street garda station yesterday by a member of the public.
“It is a matter of grave concern. I’m very concerned about this issue, how it might have happened, how it did happen,” Flanagan told RTÉ Radio One’s Today with Miriam O’Callaghan.
It is believed that the gun was an MP7, a compact submachine gun described by its manufacturer as being designed to “be carried like a handgun yet capable of rifle-like effectiveness”.
The gun was being used by a garda who was part of an armed unit involved in ongoing criminal investigations in Dublin.
The incident did not involve personnel involved in the operations surrounding this week’s royal visit.
The gun was in a bag in the boot of a car which was part of a convoy travelling at high-speed through Dublin city centre when it fell out of the car. It remains unclear whether the boot of the car had been closed properly or whether it malfunctioned.
The MP7 is used by gardaí who are part of the Special Detective Unit, the Emergency Response Unit and the Regional Support Units; however, it is understood that the gun was not one issued to the ERU, the highly-trained tactical unit of the gardaí.
A senior garda officer has been appointed to examine all the circumstances relating to an incident involving an armed unit in Dublin city centre today.
With reporting by Christine Bohan and Sinead O’Carroll.
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A major desalination plant in Egypt is set to be constructed after the country signed an agreement with Kuwait.
According to Egyptian officials Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development will raise funds totaling up to $98.6m in form of a loan.
The agreement was signed by Her Excellency Dr Sahar Ahmed Mohammed Abdul-Moniem Nasr, the Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt, and Abdulwahab Ahmed Al-Bader, director general of the fund, Kuwait.
The project aims at meeting the demand for potable water in some towns in the governorate of South Sinai and in existing residential settlements and other settlements to be established near these towns within the framework of the program of Egypt for the development of the Sinai Peninsula.
The project consists of the construction of five plants for the desalination of water from the Red Sea in Southern Sinai and other related works.
One of the plants, which is to be located in the town of El Tor, will have a production capacity of 20,000 cubic meters per day, while the other plants to be located in Ras Sidr, Abu Zenima, Dahab and Nuwaiba, will each have a production capacity of 10,000 cubic meters per day.
The project encompasses the necessary works for supplying the desalination plants with electricity and the installation of pipelines with a total length of about 42km and diameters ranging between 500 and 800 millimeters for transmission of the desalinated water to storage tanks in the aforementioned towns as well as pipelines with a total length of about 183km and diameters ranging between 200 and 500 millimeters for transmission of water from those tanks to the residential settlements near the aforesaid towns.
In addition, the project includes the construction of eight pumping stations and the necessary networks for distribution of water inside the residential settlements. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. | 2019-04-21T06:29:16Z | https://constructionreviewonline.com/2016/06/egypt-set-to-construct-a-98-6m-desalination-plant/ |
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In a very personal episode, Brian Ward remembers his friend, the late Len Wein; co-creator of such iconic comic book characters as Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Lucius Fox and, of course, Swamp Thing. It’s for this interview, for Swamp Thing: The Series, that Brian first met Len in 2007 and the two shared a friendship until Len’s passing in September of 2017. With WonderCon, one of the largest comic conventions in the United States, coming up in Anaheim, California, this week, we thought it was an excellent time to pay tribute to this comic book legend. Listen below, through iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcast provider.
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As the violence in Chicago's gang plagued neighborhoods rages on, the underlying cause of the Windy City's murder rampages can be found thousands of miles away along a porous border. According to a report from Breitbart's Jeremy Segal, Mexican drug cartels are "allowed" to run Chicago's streets and young African-American men are killing each other as a result.
Still Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts gun control and not goon control and thinks you can make people safer by disarming them in the face of armed predators. While Emanuel and others cry for new laws, existing laws are not enforced in Chicago, even with an adoptive native son, Obama, having occupied the White House during the last eight years of Chicago’s carnage.
A murdered Chicago teen's mother attends the president's speech on gun control, not knowing federal gun-crime prosecutions have in fact dropped on his watch — with the Windy City bringing up the rear.
Among those killed was 7-year-old Amari Brown, shot in the chest as he watched fireworks near his father's home in Humboldt Park late Saturday night. Police say they believe the attack was aimed at the father, whom they described as a ranking gang member.
McCarthy said that the elder Brown's last arrest was in April for gun possession after leading police on a vehicle pursuit. Brown was later released on bail in that case, Cook County court records show.
"If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive," McCarthy, flanked by several police officials and other officers, told a room full of reporters at the Harrison District police station on the West Side on Sunday afternoon. "That's not the case. Quite frankly, he shouldn't have been on the street."
He singled out a 21-year-old man as an example of why the legislation is needed. The man was arrested in February on a felony weapons violation and sentenced to seven years in prison in April, police said. But he was assigned to boot camp and was already out on parole Aug. 22 when he was arrested again for gun possession in the West Side's Austin community. | 2019-04-22T14:25:21Z | https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/10/in_chicago_a_las_vegas_every_month.html?utm_source=akdart |
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Sivantos aims to become the market leader in the coming years with its brands Signia, Siemens, Audio Service, Rexton, A&M, HearUSA and audibene.
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This continues to be a funds model, but a slight step up from the only XLR possibility. You should take a look on the Q1202USB farther down the page as the price isn’t much greater, but you get extra inputs and choices.
This is one thing I had to be taught the hard manner. The speaker has dimensions of about 14.0 in / 254 mm. I must say, you will fall in love with the bass and dynamic range provided.
User Name Remember Me? There can be a shelf on the wall to the left of the brick where the cable field will sit.
HSU ships the speakers with a relatively easy instruction handbook that includes info on unpacking, optimal speaker placement, proper toe in recommendations, wiring, and general arrange directions.
It may recreate a sound above you. Most all modern movie soundtracks are recorded for encompass sound. Very little music is recorded in surround sound.
This is because Micca is dedicated to providing high quality and well-engineered speakers and audio gear.
Either method, you’ll get something worthwhile. When selecting bookshelf speakers, sure key points must be considered. A few of these are features while some are just elements to consider.
That professional comes with a con, nevertheless: This product, in particular, captures a bit more background noise than you'll usually find in an expert solution.
The TX-NR777 additionally offers direct connection for iPods and iPhones, in addition to built-in support for Apple Airplay and Google Chromecast for audio.
The problem is, many folks don’t like filling up the room with chunky speakers. They'll take up too much area and spoil the look of your room.
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He came to give life, His own kind of life.
"He came to give life, His own kind of life."
In the tenth verse of the tenth chapter of St. John’s gospel, Jesus made a very remarkable statement. “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.” The word 'more abundantly' here means 'to the full'. I want to focus on the second part where it says “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have life to the full.” This is Jesus’ purpose, He came to give life, His own kind of life. And that life is available to us in His name!
When Jesus spoke in this situation, He was talking about spiritual life, the life and nature of God; the life that only comes from God. “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have life to the full.” You can have that life today. All you have to do is receive that life into you by faith in His name. If you call the Name of Jesus, He’ll answer you and you can have that life right now.
In the Name of the Lord Jesus, I pray for you, that the presence of God will fill your home or your environment where you are right now. I pray that the Spirit of God will touch you in your heart; and that as you call the Name of Jesus, that you'll receive eternal life into your heart and your spirit right now.
I pray that you will be healed of all infirmity. I command deafness to leave, dumbness to go, and blindness to go; that you will be healed right now in your heart, and cleansed in your blood, in the Name of Jesus. Receive healing now, In Jesus’ name. Amen. God bless you. | 2019-04-24T15:57:25Z | https://pastorchrisonline.org/in_the_studio03.php |
History Did the.S.How to narrow down this list of ideas?
endangered, and people are the biggest cause of this. Organizations help hugely in the fight to help the endangered animals but they cant be the only people who help.
In most countries the economy is in the mighty hands of just a few multinational corporations.Relationships Should young people have internet relationships?Why living in the country is better than the city.
Every child should learn to cook.Should teenagers be allowed to purchase violent video games?
Technology Google and other search engines will be the death of libraries.Should drug tests be mandatory for professional athletes?
Christianity Today (2000)We have much less persuasive power than we imagine.Buy products that are made in the USA.Synonyms of persuasive cogent, compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, effective, forceful, satisfying, strong, telling, words Related to persuasive authoritative, definitive sound, valid, well-founded important, significant, weighty material, pertinent, relevant, near Antonyms of persuasive groundless, invalid, shaky, unfounded, unsound inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant immaterial, irrelevant feeble, weak Antonyms. | 2019-04-24T18:10:07Z | http://www.j-bridge.info/tags/persuasive/ |
Being told an edible seed is healthy for you and actually finding it at your local grocery store is a true blessing. The next time is figuring out how to add it to your diet or menu plan. In this blog post I share a super easy ‘Ready Set Go Smoothie Recipe using flax seed.
I’ve been throwing a tablespoon of flax see and other good ingredients into my smoothies randomly for a few months. After finally doing some research on how to use flax seed I felt so much better about this recipe. In this video I share my favorite morning smoothie before heading out to my daily workout.
This video is on my Bren Haas YouTube Page.
Loaded with goodness for folks on the go!
Add to the blender and mix up on smoothie mood. I use a Ninja Blender for best results.
Below are some of my favorite photos from making this recipe post.
Almond Milk | Pour in last!
Have you noticed more healthy seeds at local grocery stores? I am a huge fan of this crunchy peanut butter at my local Aldi. When they stopped carrying it I simply made my own. I will have to share that recipe at another time.
Flaxseed has been known to prevent hot flashes according to the Society for Integrative Oncology.
The latest research shows that flax seed can help lower the risk of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease most likely because it is a great source of healthy fat, antioxidants and fiber.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) revealed recently discussed that consuming flaxseed can stop prostate cancer tumors from growing. Lead investigator of the study, Dr Wendy Demark-Wahnefried shared at this event that they were excited that this study showed that flaxseed is safe and associated with a protective effect on prostate cancer.
According to a study published in Nutrition Research consuming flaxseed every day will improve your blood sugar.
Hard to believe all that goodness is in such a little seed! I hope you share with me what you thought about this post and if you have any great recipes using flax seed. | 2019-04-20T02:52:20Z | https://brenhaas.com/ready-set-flax-seed-smoothie-recipe/ |
Western Refinery, owned by Western Refining L.P., is an 116,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery located in El Paso, Texas. Western Refining, with headquarters in El Paso, is an independent oil refiner and marketer operating primarily in the Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic parts of the United States. In addition to the El Paso facility, the company has refineries near Gallup, N. M. and in Yorktown, Va., both of which are covered under separate Petroleum Refinery Initiative settlement agreements, the Yorktown refinery is covered by the BP settlement and the Gallup refinery is covered by the Giant settlement.
All refinery flares subject to NSPS Subpart J as of DOE. Compliance with all aspects of NSPS Subpart J for two of the three refinery flares as of DOE and the third 120 days after DOE.
Installation of Flare Gas Recovery Systems on two of the refinery's three flares.
A "root cause" analysis and corrective action for all future flaring events.
Benzene - Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure of humans to benzene may cause drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, as well as eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation, and, at high levels, unconsciousness. Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has caused various disorders in the blood, including reduced numbers of red blood cells and anemia in occupational settings. Reproductive effects have been reported for women exposed by inhalation to high levels, and adverse effects on the developing fetus have been observed in animal tests. Increased incidences of leukemia have been observed in humans occupationally exposed to benzene. EPA has classified benzene as a Group A human carcinogen (proven carcinogenicity).
Western will pay a $1.45 million civil penalty to the United States.
The proposed settlement is lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The consent decree will be subject to a 30-day public comment period and final court approval. Information on submitting comments is available at the Department of Justice website.
See EPA's National Petroleum Refining Initiative website for more information. | 2019-04-21T22:17:57Z | https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/western-refining-clean-air-act-settlement |
The Studio 2 Team has been a part of ArtSplash, a major arts festival in Carlsbad, Ca, since it’s inception in 2002. Each year we are challenged to create something unique and special for the thousands of visitors. Enjoy these time lapse videos of a couple of the fantastic artworks we have had the pleasure of creating for this event. | 2019-04-20T05:11:07Z | http://studio2artists.com/chalk-art-and-event/ |
Volvo's 2015 V60 and S60 Polestar models have stirred up quite a storm across various global markets, due to their advanced features. This sedan – wagon duo is based on Volvo's new performance lineup and is hence, a notch above your standard variants. For those of your outside of Sweden, Polestar may not strike as much, but this company has been tuning Volvos since 1996, for commissioned races and other motor sports activities.
Polestar initially started as a self sponsored firm, but, their intentions and talents did not go unnoticed.
Volvo quickly offered Polestar a complete partnership, much like what Mercedes Benz did with AMG. The first Polestar prepped Volvo, was their C30 hatch back, which was available at dealerships and managed to be quite popular with masses. Polestar next tuned the S60 sedan, which managed to be even more popular.
The United States will be receiving close to 120 units of this Limited Edition S60 and V60 Polestar, as performance models are a huge hit, in this part of the world. Polestar tuned the base models, capable of displacing 325 BHP at 5,600 RPM, along with 354 ft lb of torque, within 2,100 to 4,200 RPM. Polestar has upgraded the stock ECU on both these models, added intercoolers and twin scroll turbo.
These work in unison, to displace 350 BHP at 5,250 RPM, along with 369 ft lb of torque, at 3,000 RPM. Even though it may not seem like a huge jump in power, on paper, engineers are highly confident of best results on road. Stock springs have been updated with aftermarket shocks hat are 80% stiffer. This enhances handling by a huge margin, preventing body roll, even during high speed cornering.
Advanced Öhlins Flow Valve technology is in use, along with a tiered valve system, which swallows large impacts quite well too. This prevents suspension wear, by smoothening out stiff springs, reducing the risks of damage, caused due to the impact between body and ground. Standard 20 inch rims are in place, providing a mean and aggressive stance, while these dampers have 10 different manual settings for greater adjustability.
Polestar however suggests that you leave their stock settings in place, if you are not aware of customizations. Better brakes are in place too, enhancing safety while inducing confidence. Six piston Brembo calipers, along with larger discs are in place. An advanced traction control system, along with Haldex four-wheel drive train is in place. All engine options are mated to six speed automatic transmission systems, with paddle shifters. Different drive modes control performance and body movements, while launch control enables better grip, balancing out torque delivery.
A few aerodynamic additions have been made to the Polestar variant, such as a rear diffuser and spoiler. The front splitters feature an all new design element too, while, materialistic changes have been brought in too. Driving both vehicles on road and track is quite different from driving standard variants of the S60 and V60. Detailed drive test reviews are coming soon. Stay tuned! | 2019-04-24T08:41:39Z | https://www.auto-types.com/autonews/volvo-unveil-the-2015-v60-and-s60-polestar-11658.html |
The Little Comberton village hall is employed to host a variety of events, meetings and groups from both within the village and the surrounding area.
To arrange to use the village hall please contact Mrs M. Parker.
Groups or individuals are invited to exhibit their art work in Little Comberton village hall, for the dual purpose of exhibiting their work to users of the hall, and also to decorate the hall.
Exhibitions are for one calendar month. There is a nominal charge of £20 for the month, but if a "Pre-View" event is organised, this will be charged at the normal hall hire rates.
Hanging is by means of cord, on picture hooks on the fixed picture rails.
Exhibits may be priced for sale, and are covered by the village hall insurance, to a total value of £5,000.
For full details, contact Peter Wright on 01386.710203. | 2019-04-19T04:21:52Z | http://www.little-comberton.com/village-hall?tmpl=component&print=1 |
The SPECS3 average speed camera system installed by Vysionics has helped the A9 Safety Group in Scotland win a prestigious road safety award.
It’s won the CIHT John Smart Road Safety Award for a range of interventions along more than 200km of carriageway. This included the implementation of 50 SPECS3 cameras.
The judging panel commented that they were “Impressed with the scale of the measures, which combine a package of engineering, education and communications strategies, and enforcement to address a significant road safety problem on an extensive route”. | 2019-04-25T22:09:03Z | http://smarthighways.net/average-speed-system-helps-to-win-safety-award/ |
SNV World, a Netherlands Development Organisation has rolled out a smart water solution technology in various counties to increase water storage facilities for farming. The project that has kicked off in Machakos County dubbed ‘smart water for agriculture’, targets small and medium entrepreneurial farmers to help them increase water productivity, income and save on labour.
According to SNV World, the water efficient technology entails construction of a water pan depending on the size of land and crops to grow. The water pans are of different designs either rectangular or square depending on county requirements. in putting up the water pan, some factors need to be considered such as evaporation rate, crop water requirements and method of water application, which varies across counties or regions.
Also, through the project, farmers can get guidance on the cost involved in developing a water pan. For instance, the initial capital expenditure for a water pan design to be implemented on a quarter piece of a farm, the farmer will spend between KES50,000-200,000 depending on the liner thickness and method of excavation.
Though the solution could be expensive for farmers, the water pans provide guaranteed storage capacity and are durable compared to storage or concrete tanks. Lastly, the organization has developed a water pan dimension application for different counties that they are working with. The application(app)available on google play for android phones, aids farmers to determine their water pan dimensions and evaluate the cost of constructing a water pan.
Recently, the national government and Meru County partnered in a plan to dig 600 water pans in arid and semi-arid areas to provide water for agriculture. The county plans to build 400 to address water shortage in Buuri, Tigania West, Tigania East, Igembe Central and Igembe North sub-counties. | 2019-04-19T18:37:29Z | https://www.cabe-africa.org/2018/07/02/snv-world-rolls-smart-water-solutions-machakos-county/ |
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OFr < late L. pastura, feeding, grazing.
Grazing land; area of grassy ground where farm animals are fed.
Food; cattle or animal feed. | 2019-04-19T01:04:36Z | https://www.edickinson.org/words/3543 |
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Environmental Law Administration and Working Conditions. A paper presented at the internation Labour Organization Federation of Kenya Employees Seminar on General and Working Environment, held at Nairobi Kenya on Septembae 25-29. | PROF. SITUMA FRANCIS D. P.
Environmental Law Administration and Working Conditions. A paper presented at the internation Labour Organization Federation of Kenya Employees Seminar on General and Working Environment, held at Nairobi Kenya on Septembae 25-29.
P. PROFSITUMAFRANCISD. "Environmental Law Administration and Working Conditions. A paper presented at the internation Labour Organization Federation of Kenya Employees Seminar on General and Working Environment, held at Nairobi Kenya on Septembae 25-29.". In: Law Journal,Issue No.4.; 1989. | 2019-04-23T13:20:16Z | https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/situma/publications/environmental-law-administration-and-working-conditions-paper-presented-internat |
Producer Hirokatsu Kihara explains the use of color, compositing techniques and shows Hayao Miyazaki’s unused “My Neighbor Totoro” test artwork.
Studio Ghibli is known for creating some of the best and highest-quality animated films. In a new interview with Najinsan.com, ex Studio Ghibli producer, Hirokatsu Kihara, who worked at the Japanese animation film company between 1985 – 1989, talked to the site about the amount of work that goes into creating the animations and showed original artwork and sketches by critically-acclaimed helmer Hayao Miyazaki.
Kihara previously worked on film such as “Castle in the Sky,” “My Neighbour Totoro” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service.” He now spends his time as a yokai expert and writer of ghost stories. Check out more of his interview by clicking here, and watch the accompanying videos to get a more in-depth look at the process of developing the animations. | 2019-04-22T08:39:25Z | https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/studio-ghibli-techniques-work-creating-animated-film-1201712756/ |
At Fort Myers Rehabilitation and Nursing we are dedicated to creating a sensitive, nurturing and comfortable home where each patient receives personalized care and attention. We take pride in our resident-centered philosophy and approach to care. Whether in our short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing, or specialty programs, this philosophy is reflected in our commitment to promoting optimum independence and quality of life for all those who pass through our doors.
It is always our privilege to care for the elderly in a way that will enrich their lives. Our goals are to restore and maintain independence as well as create memorable and cherished experiences for those in our care. | 2019-04-18T16:20:09Z | https://fortmyersrehab.com/about-us/our-philosophy |
When I found out Lowry was writing a fourth book in the Giver series, I knew I wanted to read it (though, to no one’s surprise, I still haven’t) and I was happy to see special editions being released. I bought this edition because it’s lovely to look at, but in hindsight, it’s rather bulky for reading purposes and now I’m thinking I should have purchased the four novels separately (and may still do so). That being said, I’m still glad I own this. 2014, HMH, ISBN: 9780544340978.
wow that’s a very beautiful edition ! | 2019-04-22T08:21:24Z | https://milliebotreads.com/2015/11/27/judging-a-book-by-its-cover-the-giver-quartet/ |
I bought the alpha copy of this book from the Apress site in May 2011 when I heard about the book’s pending release, and was able to obtain the final version of the book at the end of August 2011. I have read a couple of the other “Recipe” books from Apress, so I was excited to see how the recipe format could be applied to the task of Oracle Database performance tuning, specifically in versions 11.1 and above.
The authors of this book all have at least 10-15 years of experience with Oracle Database (and likely several years of IT related experience prior to that), are accomplished writers of several books (at least three of the “Recipes” books were co-authored by this book’s authors), and at least two of the authors teach at the university level. The technical reviewer of the book is an Oracle Ace with an OCP certificate and also has an Oracle Certified RAC Expert certificate. Apress, based on my past experience, publishes some of the best Oracle Database material on the market. All of the critical recipe elements for a very successful, extremely useful book were initially in place for this book.
So, how well did the book’s final contents meet the level of expectations provided by the book’s front cover and the publisher’s description of the book? Simply put, some of the chapters appeared as though someone tried to hammer a square cut nail into a finely machined and tapped machine-screw hole. The end result shows that the topic of performance tuning Oracle Databases simply does not fit well into a recipe format. The number of technical/logical errors per page in some of the chapters makes for a difficult challenge to find any useful/reliable information in those chapters without spending significant time verifying that the material presented by the book is accurate. Some of the other chapters did provide useful information that was mostly correct, but that information sometimes lacked sufficient depth of the information presented, likely constrained by the recipe format of the book. The topic selection for the book is reasonably good, although in execution the book sometimes drifted far away from performance tuning, into a lesson of what to do if a user cannot connect to the database, how to write basic SQL statements, how to perform basic database administration (such as handling snapshot too old errors), and how to issue operating system commands. Some sections of the book also seemed to be more specific to Oracle Database 9.2 and below than 11.1 and above. In short, there is good material in the book, but it is difficult to determine what is accurate and what is completely wrong.
This review is very long (20+ type-written pages for the first seven chapters in the book), as that level of detail is required to justify the rating attached to this book review. As such, this review will exceed the length limit permitted by Amazon, so see my blog for the full review. I have divided this review into three sections: interesting dictionary views, parameters, functions, hints, and Oracle error messages mentioned in the book; comments, corrections, and problems for the contents of the book; and interesting and/or well-above-average bits of information found in the book.
In recipe 1-4 the authors state “Specify a separate tablespace for the table and indexes” with the justification that doing so “simplifies administration and maintenance” – it would have been helpful for the authors to provide supporting evidence for this claim (pages 9-12). In recipe 2-2 on page 51, the authors suggests that backup and recovery is easier with separate tablespaces for data and indexes.
Recipes 3-7 through 3-11 are about the result cache which in an Enterprise Edition only feature – the book should have mentioned that limitation.
Chapter 5 is a little loose with terminology, as shown by this quote found on page 148: “It’s easy to find out the percentage of time a database has spent waiting for resources instead of actually executing.” The database does not wait, and it does not execute – it is a set of files on disk.
Recipe 5-4 states, “Here are some examples of typical waits in some of these classes,” however the book simply describes some of the characteristics of wait events found in four wait event groups, rather than listing and describing the actual wait events. The book states that only the “log file sync” wait event is in the Commit class, while Oracle Database 11.1 and above also include the “enq: BB – 2PC across RAC instances” wait event in the Commit class.
The use of “a”, “b” and “c” as aliases in queries makes it more difficult for the reader to determine where the columns are located, than it would be had the authors used meaningful aliases – “se” for the V$SESSION_EVENT table rather than “a”. Also, not all columns are aliased, at times leaving the reader guessing which table/view contains the column.
Table 6-1 on pages 191-192 (in recipe 6-2) shows column descriptions from the vmstat output – the descriptions of those columns printed in the book are nearly identical word for word with the descriptions found by typing “man vmstat” at a Linux command line.
Recipes 7-3 (resolving snapshot too old errors), 7-6 (resolving unable to extend temp segment), 7-7 (resolving open cursor errors), 7-9 (invoking the Automatic Diagnostic Repository command interpretter), 7-10 (viewing the alert log from ADRCI), 7-11 (viewing incidents with ADRCI), 7-12 (packaging incidents for Oracle support), 7-13 (running a database health check), and 7-14 (creating an Oracle test case for Oracle Support) seem to have drifted too far from the title of the book, into a subject that seems to be recipes for _administering_ your database when errors happen. As such, this review will only briefly touch on a couple of these recipes.
Recipe 2-12 correctly states that bitmap indexes and bitmap joins are only available in the Enterprise Edition of Oracle.
Recipe 6-10 demonstrates the operating system kill utility.
Recipe 7-6 – good example showing that an ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment error message can point to a permanent tablespace, and not just at the temp tablespace.
Currently, the review includes chapters 1 through 6, and portions of chapter 7. If time permits, I will continue adding review entries for the remaining recipes in the book. The “Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes” book is partially visible in Google Books.
Using TKPROF for Analyzing 10046 Extended SQL Trace Files – What is Wrong with this Quote?
Inline Views – What is Wrong with this Quote?
10046 Extended SQL Tracing for a Session – What is Wrong with this Quote?
Unindexed Foreign Keys – What is Wrong with this Quote?
Parse CPU to Parse Elapsd – What is Wrong with this Quote?
KEEP Pool – What is Wrong with this Quote?
The CURSOR_SHARING Parameter is a Silver Bullet – What is Wrong with this Quote?
Find Objects with the Greatest Wait Time – What is Wrong with this Quote?
Addressing TM Enqueue Contention – What is Wrong with this Quote?
NOLOGGING Option and log file sync Waits – What is Wrong with this Quote? | 2019-04-20T20:49:58Z | https://hoopercharles.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/book-review-oracle-database-11g-performance-tuning-recipes/ |
My 8 year old is cat OBSESSED! She greets her kitty as soon as we walk through the door, wants to make a cat tower with her grandpa and if she touches anything soft, it’s as soft as “5000 cuddly cats!” When I heard that there was a Cat Cafe coming to Edmonton, I knew we would have to visit.
I was initially disappointed to hear that the cafe would be for adults and children 10 and up. I totally understood though – you don’t want the kitties to be overwhelmed and stressed out from little ones chasing them and pulling their tails all day long. But I was really happy when they announced a weekly kid’s event Sunday mornings for children under 10.
It is only for an hour, and there are only so many spots available so you need to sign up in advance. Rules are clearly addressed before you enter the cafe as well. We have been there twice so far and parents are pretty great at watching their children closely. But if the kitty just isn’t into it, they can always escape up high or through their kitty door to the back room.
They have activities for kids as well. Coloring pages and face painting have been offered during our visits. It is free for children and parents to visit during the hour but food and snacks are extra.
As it is an awesome free event for kids, it is often booked a few weeks in advance. But you can find a Sunday that works and sign up on their website. Another great thing about the Cat Cafe on Whyte is all the kitties are available for adoption! When we were there last week, the sign said there were currently 10 cats there and 33 had been adopted since they opened in the spring!
So take the kids down to the Cat Cafe on Whyte on Sunday Morning, and then go for a stroll down Whyte Ave if you have the time.
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A limited edition print of Mort Gerberg's clever cartoon for The New Yorker, signed and numbered by him.
"I always wanted to play ball—I was never allowed to because I was too small and wore glasses—so it was normal for me to do a cartoon like this," Mort Gerberg says about his 2009 illustration for The New Yorker. "The fantasies of being a hero on the field, and how tough it is—it's like pushing a rock up a hill, to be a good ball player."
Known for his clever combining of wit and social commentary, Mort has been a working cartoonist since the '60s. "Sisyphus Baseball" is one in a series of limited edition prints we're offering (just 10 of each), numbered and signed by him with the same pen he uses to draw. Framed in solid ash wood with a double-thick mat, it's a gift for the person who enjoys art with a wink. Printed and framed in Oregon.
$10 from your purchase goes to the New-York Historical Society, a premier cultural institution dedicated to preserving the richly layered history of New York and the US. If you’re in Manhattan, please visit their exhibit of Mort's work, on display until May 5th.
Mort Gerberg is a cartoonist and author best known for his magazine cartoons, which have appeared regularly in numerous publications such as The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, and the Huffington Post. He has drawn several nationally syndicated newspaper comic strips and has written, edited, and/or illustrated 40 books for adults and children. He also taught cartooning at New York City's Parsons School of Design.
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On my adventure, I stopped by Magnolia’s bakery to pick up a banana pudding and a red velvet cupcake. It was a great day to walk around and feel the wind on my face. The cobblestones were quite different by the area and that was impressive. Many of the areas were under construction so it wasn’t very clean. There were many puddles in between and trash stuck between the stones in many areas and that made the area not as beautiful as it could have been. | 2019-04-18T17:35:54Z | https://portfolio.newschool.edu/sandrapark/2018/02/27/city-as-a-research-matthew-jensen/ |
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To hear bassist Nathan Cochran tell the story of MercyMe’s success, it’s clear that they’ve been along for the ride for some time. They’ve simply leaned in the direction they’ve felt the Holy Spirit’s leading and that obedience has brought Cochran and the rest of MercyMe—Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer, Robin Shaffer, Barry Graul— to such great heights.
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CCM Magazine: With a new movie out and a greatest hits project, it makes me curious how much of any of this were you able to picture when MercyMe was first starting? Did you have a vision for a legacy like this at all?
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I think we started figuring out pretty quickly that some of the songs we were writing and things we were doing meant a lot to people. We took that seriously in the best possible way, not in a pressure to perform or fulfill, but we knew things were happening around us that were bigger than us. I think everything that’s happened with us over the years, we were fortunate that we didn’t treat those things like a stepping-stone to something bigger. We treated it like, “Wow, people like what we’re doing. I guess that means we get to keep doing this.” That’s always been our mindset. We try to be diligent and responsible with what we’re given yet not take ourselves too seriously along the way. | 2019-04-25T06:31:34Z | https://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/mercyme-bigger-than-us/ |
CJ 4DPLEX announced an expanded partnership with Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, through which they will open a range of at least 50 4DX locations by 2020 in Europe.
On May 27th 2017, the two companies had announced a first roll out plan of 30 theatres by 2020 in Europe. As part of this initial plan, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé have added 114DX theatres in 2017: 7 in France (Pathé La Villette in Paris, Pathé La Valette in Toulon, Gaumont Montpellier Multiplexe, Pathé Carré de Soie in Lyon, Gaumont Docks Vauban in Le Havre, Pathé Conflans in Conflans Saint Honorine and Gaumont Valenciennes), 2 in the Netherlands, one in Switzerland, and one in Belgium.
With this expanded partnership, Les cinemas Gaumont Pathé plan to have a total of 40 4DX theatres in France, 5 in the Netherlands, 4 in Switzerland and one in Belgium by 2020.
“So far, our partnership with Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé has been extraordinary, driving our strategic growth in Western Europe. We look forward to more than tripling the number of 4DX locations by the end of 2020 in Europe. We are really happy to widen this successful partnership in the coming years.” said Byung Hwan Choi, CEO of CJ 4DPLEX.
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If your cat is like most, he’s not very fond of visiting the vet. It’s really no wonder—after all, your four-legged friend is about to get poked, prodded, and probed in the presence of many foreign animals and people! Here, your Mt. Pleasant, SC vet tells you how to keep your cat calm.
If your cat’s carrier only ever takes him to the vet’s office, he associates it naturally with feelings of fear and anxiety. Use your cat’s carrier often so that he gets used to it.
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Need to schedule an appointment? Call your Mt. Pleasant, SC veterinary clinic today! | 2019-04-19T10:25:51Z | http://rarebirdsyearbook.com/keeping-your-cat-calm-for-veterinary-visits/ |
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'Umar Ibn Al Khattab was born into a respected Quraysh family thirteen years after the birth of Muhammad (peace be on him). 'Umar's family was known for its extensive knowledge of genealogy. When he grew up, 'Umar was proficient in this branch of knowledge as well as in swordsmanship, wrestling and the art of speaking. He also learned to read and write while still a child, a very rare thing in Makkah at that time. 'Umar earned his living as a merchant. His trade took him to many foreign lands and he met all kinds of people. This experience gave him an insight into the affairs and problems of men. 'Umar's personality was dynamic, self-assertive, frank and straight forward. He always spoke whatever was in his mind even if it displeased others.
'Umar was twenty-seven when the Prophet (peace be on him) started preaching Islam.The ideas Muhammad (SAW) was preaching enraged Umar as much as they did the other notables of Makkah. He was just as bitter against anyone accepting Islam as others among the Quraysh. He did not believe in the teachings of Muhammad(SAW) and did not like Islam or the Muslims. The story of his embracing Islam is an interesting one. One day, full of anger against the Prophet, he drew his sword and set out to kill him. A friend met him on the way. When 'Umar told him what he planned to do, his friend informed him that 'Umar's own sister, Fatimah, and her husband had also accepted Islam. 'Umar went straight to his sister's house where he found her reading from pages of the Qur'an. He fell upon her and beat her mercilessly. Bruised and bleeding, she told her brother, "Umar, you can do what you like, but you cannot turn our hearts away from Islam." These words produced a strange effect upon 'Umar. What was this faith that made even weak women so strong of heart? He asked his sister to show him what she had been reading, but his sister told him to clean himself before touching the Quran.After he cleansed himself and began reading the surah,he became fascinated at what he was reading.He could not stop reading the wonderful verses and immediately decided to accept Islam. He went straight to the house where the Prophet was staying and declared his faith in Islam.
'Umar made no secret of his acceptance of Islam. He gathered the Muslims and offered prayers at the Ka'bah. This boldness and devotion of an influential citizen of Makkah raised the morale of the small community of Muslims. Nonetheless 'Umar was also subjected to privations, and when permission for emigration to Madinah came, he also left Makkah. The soundness of 'Umar's judgment, his devotion to the Prophet (peace be on him), his outspokenness and uprightness won for him a trust and confidence from the Prophet which was second only to that given to Abu Bakr. The Prophet gave him the title 'Al-Faruq' which means the 'Separator of Truth from Falsehood'. During the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, 'Umar was his closest assistant and adviser. When Abu Bakr died, all the people of Madinah swore allegiance to 'Umar, and on 23 Jumada al-Akhir, 13H, he was proclaimed Caliph.
" ... O people, you have some rights on me which you can always claim. One of your rights is that if anyone of you comes to me with a claim, he should leave satisfied. Another of your rights is that you can demand that I take nothing unjustly from the revenues of the State. You can also demand that ... I fortify your frontiers and do not put you into danger. It is also your right that if you go to battle I should look after your families as a father would while you are away.
"O people, remain conscious of God, forgive me my faults and help me in my task. Assist me in enforcing what is good and forbidding what is evil. Advise me regarding the obligations that have been imposed upon me by God ... "
Once a woman brought a claim against the Caliph 'Umar. When 'Umar appeared on trial before the judge, the judge stood up as a sign of respect toward him. 'Umar reprimanded him, saying, "This is the first act of injustice you did to this woman!"
He insisted that his appointed governors live simple lives, keep no guard at their doors and be accessible to the people at all times, and he himself set the example for them. Many times foreign envoys and messengers sent to him by his generals found him resting under a palm tree or praying in the mosque among the people, and it was difficult for them to distinguish which man was the Caliph. He spent many a watchful night going about the streets of Madinah to see whether anyone needed help or assistance.
"This is the protection which the servant of God, 'Umar, the Ruler of the Believers has granted to the people of Eiliya [Jerusalem]. The protection is for their lives and properties, their churches and crosses, their sick and healthy and for all their coreligionists. Their churches shall not be used for habitation, nor shall they be demolished, nor shall any injury be done to them or to their compounds, or to their crosses, nor shall their properties be injured in any way. There shall be no compulsion for these people in the matter of religion, nor shall any of them suffer any injury on account of religion ... Whatever is written herein is under the covenant of God and the responsibility of His Messenger, of the Caliphs and of the believers, and shall hold good as long as they pay Jizyah [the tax for their defense] imposed on them."
Those non-Muslims who took part in defense together with the Muslims were exempted from paying Jizyah, and when the Muslims had to retreat from a city whose non-Muslim citizens had paid this tax for their defense, the tax was returned to the non-Muslims. The old, the poor and the disabled of Muslims and non-Muslims alike were provided for from the public treasury and from the Zakat funds.
"O God! I am advanced in years, my bones are weary, my powers are declining, and the people for whom I am responsible have spread far and wide. Summon me back to Thyself, my lord!"
Some time later, when 'Umar went to the mosque to lead a prayer, a Magian named Abu Lulu Feroze, who had a grudge against 'Umar on a personal matter, attacked him with a dagger and stabbed him several times. 'Umar reeled and fell to the ground. When he learned that the assassin was a Magian, he said, "Thank God he is not a Muslim."
'Umar died in the first week of Muharram, 24H, and was buried by the side of the Holy Prophet (peace be on him).
As a Caliph, Umar ruled for ten years.
Hamza ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib (In Arabic: حمزة إبن عبد المطلب) was the paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his foster-brother. He was regarded as his foster brother because Prophet Muhammad and Hamza were suckled by the same women when they were infants. He and Muhammad were raised together as they were almost the same age. With excellence in the arts of wrestling and swordsmanship, Hamza used his talents and experience to its best in the cause of Islam and earned the title of "Chief of the Martyrs" from Muhammad. Hamza was very fond of wrestling and hunting. He took great interest in swordsmanship and archery."
Hamza was the son of Abdul Muttalib (Shaiba ibn Hashim), the grandson of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the great-grandson of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai from the tribe of Quraysh, حَمْزَةُ بنُ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ بنِ هَاشِمِ بنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ القُرَشِيُّ Hamza was known as the Lion of God (Arabic أسد الله) and the Lion of Paradise (Arabic: أسد الجنة) for his bravery. Among his titles are: Abu Umara ("أَبُو عُمَارَةَ"), and Abu Ya'la ("أَبُو يَعْلَى"). Hamza was also given the tittle of "Seyyed-ush-Shuhda" (Leaders of the Martyrs).
Hamza, the son of Abd al-Muttalib, was the younger brother of Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib, Muhammad's father. He had also been weaned by the same woman, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, as Muhammad, making Hamza Muhammad's foster brother as well. The two, Hamza and Muhammad, had grown up together, being just two or three years apart in age. But as the boys had become young men, they developed different attitudes to problems of society, Hamza was not such a contemplative thinker and was comfortable in his status of being part of the Meccan elite, though their relationship remained as strong as ever. So it was a conflicted Hamza that witnessed the escalating situation in the city as Muhammad declared the message of Islam. On the one hand, he had absolute faith in the character of his foster brother and nephew, being one of those who had been closest to him for all of his life. Yet some of his most honored values were the respect he held for his family and the traditions they had always followed, his pagan religion among these. So he was indifferent to the controversy, discouraging his peers from worrying about what they saw as a revolution in their midst and not bothering to join them in torturing the defenseless Muslims, while declining Muhammad's invitation to Islam. Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib was married to Salma bint Umays, the half-sister of Maymuna bint al-Harith (wife of Mohammed).
Hamza converted to Islam due after some actions of Amr ibn Hishām, (also known as Abū Jahl أبو جهل) known for his hostility against the Muslims. Hamza, Muhammad's uncle, had returned to the city of Mecca after a hunting trip in the desert. Upon returning, he soon learned that Abu Jahl (an avowed enemy of Islam) had heaped abuse and insults upon Muhammad, who had not responded and walked away from where he had sat in the Haram. Outraged, Hamza dashed to the Kaaba, where Abu Jahl sat with other leaders of Mecca, and began to beat him with his bow while shouting "Are you going to insult him now, now that I am of his religion and vouch for what he vouches for? Hit me if you can!" As the companions of Abu Jahl approached Hamza in an attempt to assault him, Abu Jahl feebly cried out from the ground "Leave Abu Umarah, for indeed I insulted his nephew deeply." And he cowered at the feet of Hamza, while his friends could not meet Hamza's eyes. As he departed, he kicked sand back at the men, leaving all shocked at what Hamza had just said, none more so than Hamza himself. After that incident, Hamza declared Islam, and made a covenant to help Muhammad and to die in the cause of Islam.
On 19 March 625 (3 Shawwal 3 hijri) Hamza was fighting alongside the Muslims in the Battle of Uhud. He was standing in front of Muhammad, fighting with two swords, and shouting "I am Allah's lion". The Abyssinian slave Wahshy ibn Harb was there near the mountain of Uhud where the battle was fought. His master, Jubayr ibn Mut'im (Arabic: جبير بن مطعم) had promised him freedom if he killed Hamza. Wahshy ibn Harb, who was skilled in using the Javelin, threw it into Hamza's abdomen and killed him. He (Wahshi) soon left the battle as he had no other reason to fight.
The poorer members of the Community including migrants from other parts of the world had a special place in the mosque called the Suffa. They were called the Ahl al-Suffa, People of the Bench, and many of them had no possessions but the clothes on their back. Abu Hurairah was the most prominent of the Ahl al-Suffa. The Messenger, upon him be peace, used to send any charity that he received and shared with them gifts that had been given. Abu Hurairah related how he used to lie on the ground or tie a stone to his stomach due to the intense hunger. On one occasion, he waited outside the mosque and when Abu Bakr went by, he asked him about a verse of Qurân in the hope that he would notice his state and offer him something to eat. However, he answered the question and went on. Then he did the same with ‘Umar ibn al-Khattâb, who did the same as Abu Bakr. Then he waited for the Messenger, upon whom be peace, who invited him in to his house to see if there were any gifts of food. He felt fortunate as the Messenger, upon him be peace, had been given a cup of milk. To Abu Hurairah’s dismay, he was ordered to invite all the Ahl al-Suffa and then to pour out for each one of them. At this, he despaired of getting any milk because they were so numerous and the person pouring the milk is always the last to drink. To his surprise when everyone had drunk, the cup was still full. He drank his fill and when he had finished, the Messenger, upon him be peace, said ‘drink!’ Abu Hurairah obeyed. When he had drank until he could drink no more, the Messenger, upon him be peace, smiled and again said, ‘drink!’ Despite being sated, he drank. After he had finished, the Messenger smiled again and said, ‘drink!’ To this Abu Hurairah, said ‘O Messenger of Allah, there is no way I can drink any more.’ He realised that the Messenger, upon him be peace, was teaching him not to doubt the blessings of his Lord.
Prophet Muhammad (s) migrated from Makkah to Madina in the 13th year of his Prophethood. He was accompanied by Abu Bakar Siddiq (RA) in this journey.
On his journey towards Madina, Prophet Muhammad (s) stayed in Quba for 14 days. It was situated in the outskirts of Madina. The first Masjid of Islam in the history was built in Quba.
As they approached Madinah, the people had gathered on the streets, eager to greet them. Everyone wanted the Prophet (s) to be his guest.
Finally by Allah's command the camel Qaswa, that Muhammad (s) was riding on stopped by Abu Ayyub Ansari's house and thus Prophet (s) stayed there.
The first thing Muhammad (s) did on reaching Madina was to construct a mosque. It was a simple structure made of mud bricks, wooden poles and a roof made of Palm leaves. Here prayers to God were offered five times daily in a free atmosphere for the first time in the history of Islam. This mosque was known as Masjid An Nabwi.
He next turned to establishing a brotherhood of the Muslims in Madina. Those who had fled from Makkah, called Muhajireens (immigrants) had left all their property and belongings behind. So, to provide shelter for them, every refugee was bound in a bond of brotherhood with one of the residents of Madina, called Ansar (Helpers).
Every Ansar would adopt a Muhajir and share half his possessions with him or her (Muhajir).
The Ansar happily responded to the call and soon every poor Muslim from Makkah was given the means to earn a living. This built the bond of brotherhood strongly in the hearts of people and helped ease the suffering of the poor.
To establish peace, Prophet (s) issued a document known as the Constitution Of Madinah. It described the duties and rights of the residents.
The Jews of Madina had also welcomed Prophet (s) warmly and they had hopes he would join them.
The Prophet (s) also made a Treaty with the Christians of Najran, a land in Northern Arabia.
All these treaties were made to show that Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace.
After the mosque was built, the issue came up of how to call people to Salah. People had suggestions to use a horn like Jews or a bell like Christian churches. Prophet (s) wasn't satisfied and then Allah SWT sent a dream to Abdullah Ibn Zayd, one of Prophet's (s) companion. He saw a man in green robes reciting some beautiful verses to him. The prophet SAW declared this dream as a true one and asked these words be taught to Bilal RA. So the first Muaddhin in Islam was Bilal RA.
Muslims were beginning to enjoy a stable community life in Madinah.
By the second year of Hijra, duty of Zakah was announced for all the Muslims.
Not everything was peaceful in Madinah. The three Jewish tribes of Qaynuqa, Quraiza and Nadir started feeling hostile towards Prophet SAW. They did not like his teachings. In addition some Jews were leaving their religion and becoming Muslims. Even one of their Rabbi by the name of Abdullah Ibn Salam had accepted Islam.
The idol worshipers of Makkah never forgot the Muslims. Whenever they captured any Muslims, they would often take them back to Makkah and torture them.
The Makkans would send out small groups to attack the outskirts of Madina.
The Prophet( SAW) organized small groups of Muslims to go on patrol and defend against these attacks. In the two years after the emigration, the encounters between the two groups were small skirmishes and raids. In Ramadan of 624 CE, this changed.
That year, the Prophet Muhammad received information that Quraysh had a large caravan returning from Syria to Makkah. The Muslims planned to raid the caravan in retaliation for Quraysh’s taking the property that Muslims could not take with them to Medina. Prophet Muhammad did not intend to go to battle. Abu Sufyan, one of the Makkan leaders who was with the caravan, received word of the plan for the raid and called on the Makkans to send troops to protect the caravan.
Before the Prophet decided to fight the Makkans, he consulted his followers who were made of up Muslims who emigrated from Makkah (called Muhajirun) and Muslims from Medina (called Ansar). He waited for the support of the Muslims from Medina because the Constitution of Medina that they signed on to did not include fighting outside of Medina. Once he received their support, the Prophet Muhammad decided to engage in battle.At the wells of Badr, the Muslims and the Makkans met for battle. The Muslims were outnumbered by the Makkans 3 to 1. The battle began with an Arab tradition where each side sends out warriors to fight each other. Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law and cousin, Hamza, the Prophet’s uncle, and Ubayda, a companion of the Prophet from his clan, represented the Muslims and defeated the Makkan warriors. The battle then began and ended with a decisive victory for the Muslims. Muslims were victorious in Battle Of Badr which made their position even more secure than ever.
Jewish tribe of Banu Qaynuqa, publicly challenged Muslims to a fight and the Muslims surrounded their neighborhood. Eventually, Banu Qaynuqa agreed to pack up and leave the city forever. They broke the treaty and were exiled.
The remaining two Jewish tribes continued living peacefully but never gave up their secret plotting against the Muslim Community.
In the same year,the Muslims were ordered from Allah (SWT) to pray in the direction of Ka'bah instead of facing Masjid Al Aqsa. Thus the direction of qibla was changed to Makkah.
The next battle was Battle of Uhud, that took place near Mount Uhud to the north of Madina in Shawwaal of the third year after Hijrah. The polytheists sought support from their allies and mobilized an army made up of three thousand men to take revenge for their destructive defeat in the Battle of Badr. Muslims lost this battle to the Quraysh. Prophet Muhammad (s) was hurt on this battle and his Uncle Humza Ibn Muttalib was martyred. Humza was struck by an Abyssinian slave, Wahshi.
The Muslims had a new threat from home. Banu Nadir, another Jewish tribe that lived in the city tried to kill Prophet (s). They were told to leave Madina forever. Some of them went to live in Khaybar and some went to Palestine. But they were determined to take revenge against the Muslims.
A delegation from khaybar consisting of leaders from Banu Nadir met with the leaders of Makkah and they decided to attack Muslims of Madina.
The Jews sent messages to all the hostile Arab tribes to join them in fighting against the Muslims.
Makkans marched towards Madina with 10,000 soldiers to battle Muslims.This was known as Battle Of Khandaq or Battle Of Trench.It is also known as Battle Of Ahzab.To prepare for this battle, Muhammad (SAW) called a council for strategic planning. A companion, Salman Al Farsi came up with the idea of digging a trench around Madina. His plan worked and the Makkans could not cross the trench. And they got caught in a fierce storm that forced them to go back to Makkah. Muslims won this battle without fighting.
In the sixth year of Hijrah, Muhammad (s) left for Makkah to perform Umrah with 1400 companions.He camped at Hudaybiyyah, just short of Makkah. His match was entirely peaceful but the Makkans leaders barred their entry to perform Umra. Here at Hudaybiyyah, Prophet (s) signed a peace treaty with them, known as Treaty Of Hudaybiyyah. It provided for 10 years of peace between the Quraysh and the Muslims.
Within a year, the Makkans broke the deal and attacked a group of Muslims. Muslims then decided to go and free Makkah from idol worshiping.
Prophet (s) raised an army of 10,000 Muslims and set out to Makkah in the month of Ramadan. They camped outside of Makkah. The Makkans had no hopes of fighting such a huge army. Abu Sufyan declared his acceptance of Islam and agreed to surrender Makkah peacefully. Ka'bah was cleaned of all the idols and rededicated to the service of Allah SWT alone. Prophet's bitter enemies in Makkah became Muslims, after seeing the fair, kind and just treatment of our beloved Prophet (s).
Our beloved Prophet (s) passed away at the age of 63 years in the month of Rabiul Awwal.
How many times Besmillah Al-Rahmaan Al-Raheem is repeated? 114.
How many times the word 'Quran' is repeated in Holy Quran? 70.
The best eatable thing mentioned in Holy Quran is… Honey.
In which sura the name of Allah is repeated five times? Sura al-Haj.
Which sura is called ' Aroos-ul-Quran? Sura Rehman.
Which sura is considered as 1/3 of holy Quran? Sura Ikhlas.
In which Sura the backbiters are condemned? Sura Humzah.
In which Sura the name of Allah is repeated every verse? Sura Mujadala.
Madani Suras were revealed in how many years? 10 years.
How many Suras are in 30th. Chapter? 37.
In which sura every verse ends with letter ' Ra '? Qauser.
Which sura has the laws about marriage? Sura Nesa.
In which Sura the 27 Attributes of God are mentioned? Sura Hadeed.
Masjid Qiblatain (Mosque of the Two Qiblas) is located in Madinah. It is historically important to Muslims as this is where in Rajjab 2 AH the revelation of the Quran came to change the direction of the Qibla from Bait-al-Maqdis in Jerusalem to the Ka’bah in Makkah.
The Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest masjid in Istanbul. It was built on the order of Sulayman the Magnificent by the great architect Sinan, both are buried within the complex.
The Umayyad Mosque (or Masjid), also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history.
The Mosque of Cordoba, in Andalusia, Spain was originally the site of a church which was bought by the Muslim Emir Abd ar-Rehman and subsequently converted into one of the largest mosques in the world with work starting in 784 CE. Cordoba became one of the most advanced cities in the world, as well as a great cultural, political and economic center and the mosque featured as a great center of learning.
Masjid Nimrah is located on the plain of Arafat in Makkah.In the second century of Islam, Masjid Nimrah was built at the spot where the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) delivered the sermon of his last Hajj and led the Salah.
Masjid Al Jumuah is situated south of Masjid An Nabawi in Madinah. It was named so as the Prophet (s), led the first Jumuah (Friday) prayer here shortly after arriving in Madina.
Jama Masjid is one of the famous mosques, located in Delhi, India. It was constructed by a Mughal ruler, ShahJehan.
The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II, and was built by an architect named Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575.It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
The Hassan II Mosque is the second largest mosque in the world and is located in Casablanca, the capital of Morocco. Michel Pinseau, a French architect, designed the Hassan Mosque and its accompanying minaret. Pinseau designed the building in such a way that it is able to endure earthquakes. At night the minaret has lasers that shine in the direction of Mecca. Today, the minaret is considered the tallest in the world, standing at 689 feet or 210 meters.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque,is Abu Dhabi's most iconic landmark that features eighty-two white domes. Built between 1996 and 2007, it was designed to be an architectural wonder that incorporated both modern and classic Islamic artistic styles. Greek and Italian white marble covers the exterior, while Islamic calligraphy decorates the inside.
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Arbitrage betting has been a well-kept secret for years and is now one of the most controversial topics in online sports betting. In this technique, the bettor makes a guaranteed profit. You achieve this by taking the best odds from two or more bookmakers. You then place bets on all the possible outcomes of the game or event. So whatever the result of the game, the bettor is sure to make a profit. In bettors’ jargon, an arbitrage bet is also called arbs, surebets, surewins, or miraclebets. The people who place arbitrage bets are called arbers or arbitrageurs.
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I’ve been a database administrator off and on for nearly seven years. In that time, I’ve had a to do a lot of queries that were complex to answer simple questions. One of the things you start to notice is that many queries actually reflections of programming logic. As an example, say we have several tables that we need to pull data from, but we don’t want the query to be expensive (take a lot of time and resources). We try the standard of setting up sub-queries through joins and find the WHERE logic creates a great deal of selectivity in the query. It’s great we got our result set, but the query took two to five minutes with a ton of disk I/O and CPU. That’s bad.
In programming, you learn to set things up with classes that have the contained methods you need making the main class extremely small. For you procedural guys out there, its the same as creating functions in your program and having only a few calls to the functions to run the program. It’s cleaner and tends to run faster (in my opinion). The same approach can be true of database queries.
I was recently given an SSRS report and told to automate it and adjust it for the new file format the vendor wanted. When the report ran, it took ten minutes to complete and had several Query Hints to limit processor utilization. The report did have a couple of temporary tables, but the majority of the data was filtered through several nested joins and a VERY long list in the WHERE and ORDER BY clause. This was no good.
Although I can’t put the original query here (It would be pages of reading) because it is proprietary for my work, sufficed to say, the query was 350 lines long. This is what I did to change it. First, I pulled the sub-queries away from the JOIN list and made them temporary tables. I then created a series of indexes and statistics on the new temporary tables. You cannot do this within a sub-query and it takes longer for the data to compile. I also added a Common Table Expression (CTE) before the main select query for history information. This made the main query look much cleaner and smaller. The beauty of the CTE is that it can be read like a table, expanded in the query itself, or to setup for a cursor (although I personally hate cursors).
This is a very simple example whereby we are pulling all employees that are customers and showing all transactions with the store by those employees. Another words, how loyal are the employees. However, we could further refine the query by showing a transaction count greater than five. Note that this table creates a History CTE from the archive tables and joins them to the current product tables. It’s a rough query as there will be plenty of NULL values in there.
The nice thing about the above query is that we can take the #Orders table and add an index to it in order to speed up the results. Moreover, now that the front work was done by the CTE, the actual cost on the main select statement is low. From my first example at the top of the post, I was able to get the ten minute report down to one minute thirty-two seconds. If you build SSIS style jobs like I do, the amount of time each job takes can add up.
What we want to get at here is try to do as much as you can up front before you actually do the query (especially if it is a long one). It will save you time, make it more readable, and make it much easier for someone to figure out if they have to look at it years later. | 2019-04-21T04:30:19Z | http://lazyitdude.com/2016/09/18/query-and-programming-comparisons-or-ctes-and-why-i-love-them/ |
Great if you want something different than 'typical' Japanese.
A higher price point than the rest in this category.
Senjyu don't just serve the stereotypical Japanese food. Thanks to executive chef Ueda Toshihiro, their trademark dishes are more modern with the use of more 'prime' ingredients such as foie gras and wagyu beef. Throw in these two ingredients, you would certainly get the attention of Malaysian diners. So, here's my take on Senjyu Sushi after being here a few times. Modus operandi - 1. go for the sashimi to check the freshness (Tues & Fridays are fresh as that's when the fresh ones comes in. Not only for them but for nearly all Japanese Restaurants in KL) and 2. Check out the 'weird' items on the menu as that's where they have placed their effort on.
Lets start with the Iso Moriawase. A beautiful dish of five types of sashimi - salmon, tuna, yellowtail, cuttlefish and prawns. A definite pass for the price you pay. The sashimi has a fresh taste and the cut is not paper thin. The spring bite is there, taste is sweet and it's not watery so you know that they bother to serve you the sashimi fresh (chillied) and not thawed from a frozen block. I am not much of a cuttlefish or prawn sashimi guy and my wish list is if they could have an 'all fish' option as well. Just for kicks, I tried the salmon belly which is also fresh. I loved the way Senjyu slices the belly. Lengthwise, haven't seen this anywhere else.
They have several cool & fresh creations. One of my favourites is the Foie Gras & Oyster Mentai Maki. This consists of four pieces of sushi deep fried. Two of them are topped with a slice of fried foie gras and the other two with fried oysters. The best way to enjoy them is to dip in some wasabi laden soy sauce and to take the sushi in whole. Yup, that's the best way to enjoy oysters. If you've ever tried to eat an oyster half, you'll know what I mean.
In one of their creations, they throw (or rather wrap) in wagyu beef and called it Senjyu Wagyu Maki. The name even rhymes. Is it as sinful in name as it is in taste? You get a maki filled with asparagus, fried onions, beef bits rolled around slices of wagyu beef which is pan fried for a few seconds to seal in the juices. Not your traditional maki for sure but it has a nice 'Asian' flavour to it. They also have a grilled eel dish that is quite good. Dipped in sweet soy sauce and grilled over a fire, the eel fillet is placed over rolled rice.
So, a lot of the new creations use different preparation methods which makes it more interesting. If you are feeling peckish and can't wait for the meal to come from the ala-carte menu, there is the kaiten (conveyor belt) selection that can tempt your tummy. From here, my favourite is their baby octopus sushi.The sushi making the rounds are beautifully presented and are priced between RM4- RM16 per plate.
Also, they have small 'appetizers' from the Izakaya menu. There's an aubergine/eggplant grilled with miso paste and bonito flakes which is an excellent taste combination, unagi on egg slices, portobello mushrooms stuffed with minced chicken and there's also quail eggs on something that I did not manage to try but sounds interesting. All are beautifully presented.
The verdict is this. You can't compare Senjyu to places like Kampachi or Jyuraku because they have different price points and their belief is different. You can't compare them to Sushi King and Genki Sushi (Senjyu took over Genki Sushi King last year) because they have lower price points. Senjyu's prices are slightly more expensive than average franchise prices. But if you want affordable but fresh sashimi and Japanese cuisine that is more modern and different, you should give Senjyu a try. They also have another branch at Sunway Pyramid. | 2019-04-24T14:29:06Z | http://www.friedchillies.com/site/detail/senjyu-sushi |
After my earlier rant about Tata Sky which I forwarded to their customer care and publicity email ids that I got from the Internet I got a call from their customer care telling me that they can fix my problem at a cost. I was told that I would be refunded all my money but I had to pay the refund charges which worked out to about 2.5% of the refunded amount and then I can buy the new package by paying once again. Having no energy to argue with them anymore and the fact that I still save money at the end of the transaction I agreed to it. The fact that I have to pay money for no mistake of mine but a lack of a process capability on their side is something that still leaves a distaste in my mouth.
Anyway for all those planning on getting Tata Sky - their service is good compared to a lot of other service providers that I have used in India. They are professional and prompt. This is the first time I have something to complain about them.
Hey Sudeep, it's so unfortunate that you had this experience. We recently moved from our house to a new apartment in Chennai and requested to relocate the setup. Few minutes after we placed the request, the people gave a call to fix an appointment.
Two people came first to our old house and removed the antenna and cables and took signature from us.
They said that another technician would come to our new house and fix it. We then moved the equipment ourselves and they came on the committed time.
We asked them to make use of the cables provided by the builder and they said that their rulebook says that they need to install new cables and they redid the wiring.
I was amazed to see something so organized in INDIA. India is certainly changing.
it is a good service.thanks for adding me to your network.keep visiting.
The way they did the installation in my house was something that I have never seen before. They had all the drilling equipment and the tacks needed to hold the wire close to the wall and so on. They just came in did the installation and were on their way very quickly. They showed a professionalism that is rarely seen in India. | 2019-04-26T16:37:05Z | http://www.sudeep.me/2008/02/tata-sky-fixes-at-cost.html |
The goal of this workshop is to continue working on a pattern language for project retrospectives. It is "part 2" of the very successful workshop at OOPSLA'03. This year's workshop will concentrate on producing patterns that can be taken to a PLoP conference.
Even if you were not at the OOPSLA'03 workshop, you are most welcome to join all of us for this one!
Retrospectives are important, not only for object technology, but for any human activity -- to provide time for reflection, to improve on performance, and increase our understanding of the task at hand. The Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto state that, "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly." There have been articles and an excellent book (Norm Kerth's Project Retrospectives, 2001) written on this topic but as is the case for many domains, experts know much that novices don't. We believe that documenting expertise in the form of patterns is an excellent way to share knowledge. The goal of this workshop was to begin documenting patterns in conducting successful retrospectives and looking for a pattern language structure.
Participants are asked to consider problems they have encountered in preparing and conducting retrospectives and capture this in a pattern using this format. Although new patterns are welcome, participants are asked to read through the wealth of information that has been collected in previous workshops. First drafts do not have to be polished works but we assume that authors will be willing to work with a shepherd -- that would be us -- to get patterns ready for the workshop.
Context: The retrospective has many different people with different roles and views.
The way we are colors what we see. We have our own filters and point of view. The way we interpret what we see is influenced by our experience.
No one knows the whole story of the project, so we have to hear all the viewpoints in order to truly understand what happened in the project.
Problem: Everyone sees things a certain way. There is a tendency for us all to believe that the way we saw the project was the truth and anyone that disagrees is wrong.
Solution: Create an atmosphere in which every opinion counts.
Resulting Context: The details of the project emerge. Each member of the team has the complete story, rather than only his or her own perspective.
We expect participants to be familiar with Norm Kerth's book (Project Retrospectives, 2001).
What have we collected so far?
Following are some pattern drafts and artifacts from last years workshop and artifacts from the 2004 Retrospective Gathering in Vienna, Austria.
The patterns and other artifacts from the workshop will be posted on this web site for comment. The patterns will be submitted to a PLoP conference at the next opportunity and the work will be continued in workshops in subsequent conferences. The goal is to produce a companion to Norm Kerth's book that would describe patterns in retrospectives. This book will have pattern contributions from many different retrospective facilitators. The patterns and preliminary work at this workshop was also displayed at the OOPSLA '04 poster session.
Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the area of object-based design metrics. Her background includes university teaching experience as well as work in industry in the areas of telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems. She has been working with object technologies since 1983. She is the editor of A Patterns Handbook, The Pattern Almanac 2000, and Design Patterns in Communication Systems. She has experience leading retrospectives in a number of companies and academic settings around the world, as well as giving presentations on the benefits of retrospectives. She has over 20 years of academic teaching experience and over 15 years of industrial training experience. She also has experience leading workshops in pattern mining.
Mary Lynn Manns has a Ph.D. from DeMontfort University in England in the area of software patterns. She is on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, with over 20 years of teaching experience. She has taught seminars on project retrospectives and has led numerous retrospectives in both industry and academia. She also has experience leading workshops in pattern mining. | 2019-04-22T18:13:23Z | http://www.cs.unca.edu/~manns/retropatterns.html |
The Apartment in Alfinach renovation by rh Studio is the perfect answer to its young couple owners’ complaints that small space living was no longer working. It makes the most of all 753-square feet in a modern, minimalist design.
You enter the apartment into what seems like a small, simple kitchen. Here, rh Studio used an innovative rotating counter top that the owners can chop veggies on or store for a more open layout. They built efficiency in the living space as well with a TV stand and coffee tables that could double as storage.
The architects used an open design concept, removing walls and running white resin floors throughout the apartment and terrace. They continued white in almost every aspect of the design, which is a natural choice for making a space seem larger because it reflects light. | 2019-04-24T16:11:49Z | https://freshome.com/small-space-in-spain/ |
England got everything they wanted on the final day at the Oval - victory by 118 runs, a last stirring send-off for the retiring Alastair Cook, and a record-breaking 564th Test wicket for James Anderson. But they were made to wait. And fret.
The day lasted far longer than they might have liked, and there was a scary rhythm to it. Eerie quiet followed by a CRACK. The sound of mouths hitting the floor. Another CRACK. The beating of hearts against chests. CRACK. CRACK. CRACK. India came to the ground as the team that needed to survive 90 overs. But by tea, they were taking a proper stab at a target of 464. Nothing in the vicinity had ever been chased in the history of Test cricket.
The equation read 166 off 33 overs, and there were two centurions at the crease. KL Rahul got there abandoning most of his caution. It had served him poorly in England, leading him to average 16 until the start of this Test. Attacking the ball, on the other hand, brought him 149 runs. Rishabh Pant might have come to the same conclusion after recording a 29-ball duck in Southampton. He reached his maiden Test hundred off only 117 deliveries, with a six over deep midwicket. India started to believe.
Madness doesn't begin to cover what they did in the 44.3 overs they were together, just as madness doesn't begin to cover the ball that broke that 204-run partnership. Adil Rashid - for long the forgotten asset - ran in from around the wicket at the right-handed Rahul, and pitched the ball in the rough some three feet away from the line of the stumps. The batsman cleared his front leg and prepared to flick the ball away, except it spun. It spun viciously, ridiculously, and unbelievably to tip the bail down from the off stump.
England were effectively a bowler short - Stuart Broad was on the field with strapping on his right side, a souvenir from taking Jasprit Bumrah bouncer on the ribs - and it almost seemed like they were content to wait for the second new ball to make a play. Their two most prolific wicket-takers bowled only nine of the first 49 overs. The others resorted to bouncers - a strange tactic on a slow pitch. There were even times when Rahul batted without a slip.
India had no pressure to deal with as they ransacked 131 runs at 4.37 per over in the middle session. But there was just too much time on the clock. And too many runs to go after. It all ended - in rather slapstick fashion - with No. 10 farming the strike from No. 11, and two balls later getting his middle stump knocked back. Anderson roared in triumph - he had just deposed Glenn McGrath as the most prolific fast bowler in Test cricket - and ran into the arms of his team-mates. They asked him to lead them off the field, but he insisted that Cook should get that honour, and then choked up during an interview when asked if he would miss his mate.
There was - realistically - only one winner possible after Cook and Joe Root had struck fairytale hundreds. But it was fun as Rahul and Pant made everyone think about what if. They got together at 121 for 5 with more than two sessions left to play. But both men took the match situation and smuggled it out of sight. Nobody who watched their partnership would have realised that they were playing for the team that was behind in the match, and the series.
Rahul launched fast bowlers over the top. The lack of pace in the pitch assisted him in fixing a problem against the inswinger, as did his adjusting his front foot stride, taking it down the pitch instead of across, and slowing down his bat-speed, at least while defending. But whenever there was width, he did not hold back. There was a six off Ben Stokes that was downright majestic, standing tall on the back foot and cutting the ball to smithereens.
Pant looked special when he flayed spin along the ground, and weird when he hit in the air. He just puts so much into the swing that he literally falls over, meaning even his lofted drives over cover end up looking like skewed sweep shots. A much more proper rendition of it, over midwicket, crowned him the first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in England. These two were India's top-scorers in the 2018 IPL. A few months on, they put on India's highest partnership in a Test series in England.
But the lower order could do only so much to mask a scorecard that once read 2 for 3. India's biggest problem in this series - especially when it was alive - was a lack of runs from their top order. Rahul's century comes as hope for the future, but it won't quite wash over the fact that this team has once again fallen short away from home.
#PoliteEnquiries: Which problems have England actually solved? | 2019-04-23T10:30:10Z | http://tv5.espn.com/cricket/series/18018/report/1119553/day/5/england-vs-india-5th-test-ind-eng-2018 |
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n. 1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.
2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook. | 2019-04-23T19:55:06Z | http://webster-dictionary.net/definition/Text-book |
Traditional tiramisu is a coffee-flavored dessert, noted for its ladyfingers soaked in espresso. I reinterpreted this fabulous dessert into cakey Tiramisu Cookies, packed with coffee flavor and rolled in coffee-soaked ladyfinger crumbs.
Plan Ahead: These cookies freeze well in an airtight container or bag. They’re on the soft side, so handle with care when packing them. Defrost fully before serving.
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
2. Prepare the crumbs: Combine ladyfinger crumbs, brown sugar, and coffee in a small bowl. Stir until combined. Mixture should have the texture of damp sand. Set aside.
3. Prepare the cookie dough: In the bowl of an electric mixer, on medium speed, beat together oil, cream cheese, and sugars until smooth.
4. Add espresso, egg, baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy.
5. Reduce mixer speed to low; add flour, one cup at a time, beating after each addition, until combined.
6. Use a medium cookie scoop (or a heaping tablespoon) to portion out dough. Roll into balls; then roll in prepared ladyfinger crumbs until fully coated. Place onto prepared baking sheets.
7. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until cookies are set.
Recipes from Something Sweet, by Miriam Pascal, reproduced with permission from the copyright holders, ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. | 2019-04-22T06:01:57Z | https://www.joyofkosher.com/recipes/tiramisu-cookies/ |
Good post especially point 8 on the SLA detente.
With nearly all of the Cloud Providers that I've worked with as s Consultant it's amazing how their SLAs are only centred around uptime and availability. This is quite ironic in that you wouldn't buy a PC for example based on the fact that it will turn on and stay turned on when its performance is atrocious!
It is here where I think the Cloud will certainly need to mature as more and more critical applications are considered for it. SLAs need to be refined around performance metrics as opposed to just uptime and availability.
With the company that I work for namely Virtual Instruments we can uniquely measure the infrastructure performance of critical applications deployed in the cloud by looking across the SAN fabric. What we've found to be incredibly successful is enabling our Cloud provider clients to in fact mature their SLAs based on performance metrics such as response times.
We've also helped these Cloud Providers to help establish SLAs for their end users who didn't necessarily have any in place for their low tier apps. This has been a clear differentiator for them in gaining new customers and convincing them to deploy more key applications into the Cloud.
From what I'm seeing 2012 will certainly be the year where Performance will take more precedence in the drive towards the Cloud and that means a better grasp of SLA distinction and definition.
Cloud = mainframe. We are going backwards with new buzzwords. All these years coding for distributed servers and we are going back to consolidated operating systems with multiple cores. Mainframes - yay - I used to work on them. At least with mainframes you had the option to keep your data in house behind your own protection. With the cloud anyone can take a crack at it. Today companies like verisign are being hacked daily and they are supposed to be trust authorities. How safe do you think your data will be on a mainframe (sorry, cloud) that is accessible by millions of people. When anon get a hold of an administrator password it will not matter how compartmentalized your data is. At least when you are behind hardline firewalls your are not subject to random hacks "I pick you pikachu". The hackers have to be in the same geographical location, have access to your hard lines, have the technical ability to both hack your comms and hack your encryption (a rare combination). For any company where every transaction means money (Banks, stock exchanges, clearing houses etc.) doing business in the cloud is clear insanity. For music stores and book sales, go for it. It saves a lot on infrastructure costs. Shared mainframe time. Also if a music store goes down it means 10,000 people out of a job, not an entire bank and all of it's investors out of their homes. Also don't trot out the adage that the data is encrypted, everyone knows that the data cannot be attacked directly. They attack the people with the passwords to the data. Key loggers etc. It takes one little mistake in the wee hours of the morning when you are half awake to accidentally load a key logger. One person in your trust chain gets compromised and you may as well not have encryption. Why? Because encryption keys should be cycled. But they aren't. They are normally hard coded, because they are a pain to change. All it takes is one annoyed exeployee and you may as well be sending clear text. DES has been compromised. MD5 look up sum tables are prevalent, it may not be your password, but it ends up appearing the same to a computer due to failures in the MD5 hash algorithm. So the attacker does not need your password, he needs the sum of your password, he needs your encrypted data - and with your encrypted data he can decrypt the rest of your data. Maintaining decent solid, rapidly changing security is beyond our current programming models. The hackers are ahead of us on this one, and until we catch up there will be a lot more hacking to come.
Back on topic - I realize I deviated but i will leave it because it seriously applies to the whole 'cloud' / 'mainframe' concept. If you are a little startup by all means go cloud. If you deal in billions - I would stay away and hire a good CIO. | 2019-04-23T15:52:22Z | https://www.informationweek.com/cloud/infrastructure-as-a-service/top-12-cloud-trends-of-2012/d/d-id/1102030?piddl_msgorder=thrd |
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I have two pocket items for the first mole that comes my way. The first one you've seen as a photo, but it's dry enough now to scan--It's the wandering minstrel, the Mandolin player, done in water soluble oils.
for the first round 4 pocket.
size: I cut this exactly to fit the Mole pocket, hopefully.
The second pocket item is for fun. It is a bit weird and silly. I was playing with oil pastels. My question was, how would they work on dark paper. I actually went to the store and bought the paper just to experiment--I've got my teeth into exploring oil pastels at the moment. I like them because they are bright and don't stink (like the fixative for soft pastels, chalk pastels.) I had in mind sort making a mandala from a poppy. When I was nearly finished, I tried to sand off on of the bumps that had formed and the layers of varnish and oil pastel delaminated. This is something I'd been afraid of and had a series of other tests and had not managed to delaminate any of the tests--nut this one did. The peeled off pieces felt like flower petals so, for fun, I glued them on.
The next painting (drawing?) is another in my series of tests of oil pastels and acrylic varnish. It's on one of my practice sketchbooks, an old one, painted (drawn?) over an old failed painting. One thing oil pastels, I have not yet learned how to do detail. Nor can I do it with a palette (painting) knife, as seen above.) The oil pastels tend to shed little lumps of pastel material which then builds up with successive layers to make "pimples." These pimples are weak spots from which delamination can begin. I have no idea about the long-term survival of these pieces, but I think they will not delaminate in the short term, as they did in the poppy mandala above, unless they are subjected to undue stress, eg, sanding.
I am not sure how much longer I will continue experimenting with this media or whether I will use it in any serious art. I will not use it in anyone's sketchbook (Mole) in the exchange unless someone gives me the go-ahead, since the archival nature of the medium is unknown (to me) at this time. For some reason, I seem to be taken by the medium at the moment. Trying to ascertain its possibilities.
I decided to experiment with oil pastels BECAUSE I had made two oil pastel images in my round 3 Moleskine. I read that there were actually several fixatives and varnishes that could be used on the oil pastels and decided to try for myself.
First I made a light oil pastel picture just as an experiment on pastel paper and coated with with acrylic varnish. It seemed to work well.
Then I did one with a number of layers of oil pastels, acrylics and varnish. This also seemed to work well. It's supposed to be a self-portrait, but it's unsuccessful in that regard. I started with a painting I'd made of someone else and tried to make it into me. It's not in a Moleskine, but in another sketchbook.
This next one is all oil pastels and varnish over a failed acrylic painting which is entirely covered by the oil pastels. The texture is quite rough from multiple layers of oil pastels and varnish.
After 3 trials which SEEMED to work very well--I don't know how well the will LAST THOUGH--I painted some acrylic varnish over the two oil pastels I had done in my round 3 mole (The pink elephant and the rowboat in the mountains.
THEN, I did a mixed media piece in my round 2 Moleskine. This was on a page Anders skipped because of bleed-through from Markers. I put on two layers of acrylic gesso and then drew a monochrome picture with pigment markers (pens) and then colored it with water colors and oil pastels and varnished it.
I would not have attempted using oil pastels again in a Moleskine if I had not done the previous tests.
Then, I did the final piece in the round 2 Moleskine, which is a collaboration with Milo called fish for Milo--it's pencil and colored pencil.
Yes, I know that is not an inkwell, but a bottle. Believe it or not, I'm old enough that I remember inkwells built into our desks at school. This is made of torn pieces of tissue paper glued together with acrylic medium as well as acrylics applied with a sponge and ink.It is an illustration for a serial novel I am working on.
I finished page 1 in my new Moleskine and started on page 2. Page 1 is an illustration for a serial novel I'm working on in Cowbird.
Walking on Eggs, Acrylics and pencil, Round 3--still have a lot of round 3 pages to complete. I'm going to write more about this later.
Barf Bag Art on SWA ABQ to OAK, a photo by Mike "Dakinewavamon" Kline on Flickr.
Moleskine exchange four (4), a photo by Mike "Dakinewavamon" Kline on Flickr. | 2019-04-19T18:25:39Z | http://moleskine-exchange.blogspot.com/2013/02/ |
Lake Skinner is a large reservoir located about 10 miles northeast of Temecula. It feeds the Robert A. Skinner Treatment Plant which supplies Riverside and San Diego counties with drinking water (San Diego County has a number of its own water treatment plants as well). The 630 million gallon per day plant was recently upgraded with a superior ozonation method of water purification and disinfection, making it one of the largest ozone facilities in the United States.
I took these pictures of the treatment plant in May during a water facilities tour I was invited to by the San Diego County Water Authority. The lake and reservoir photos are from a separate visit a few weeks ago. Around the lake there are numerous opportunities for camping, fishing, and recreation in a quiet remote setting. Click images to enlarge.
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Is there really such a thing as grit?
Though the word seems to be used often enough, particularly in relation to the 1969 Western classic "True Grit" starring John Wayne and Kim Darby (not to mention the 2010 remake), is it something that can be studied by psychologists? As it happens, the answer is yes.
There are different definitions for grit but the one that seems to be used most often is "perseverance and passion for long-term goals." According to psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth, author of the popular book, Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance and a MacArthur "genius" award winner, grit is a often-ignored psychological trait that can help explain why some individuals succeed when others with equal or greater ability do not. She also defines grit as "not just resilience in the face of failure, but also having deep commitments that you remain loyal to over many years" and argues that it can be a better predictor of long-term success than cognitive ability.
While Duckworth and other researchers have developed a series of psychometric scales measuring grit in children and adults, it is also important to understand recent research into grit and how it can mean different things to different people. Researchers have identified two main components of grit: "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of effort." On Angela Duckworth's Grit Scale, perseverance and consistency are measured as subscale scores along with the overall grit score.
Perseverance of effort (or perseverance for short) refers to the tendency to work hard even in the face of setbacks while consistency of effort means sticking to a specific goal, for years if necessary, without changing to a new goal that might seem more attainable. Both perseverance and consistency are vital elements of the drive to succeed.
According to Malcolm Gladwell's famous 10,000-hour rule, true success only comes to people who are willing to put in a great many hours to become good at something they value. Whether it involves learning a new instrument, a new language, or developing a craft, being able to deal with setbacks and stay focused on goals no matter how distant they seem. Hence the importance of perseverance and consistency in success.
But is grit really something that can be measured by psychologists? A new review article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology examines the available research literature on grit and takes a critical look at what has been learned so far. A team of researchers led by Marcus Crede of Iowa State University conducted a meta-analysis of previous studies to examine the concept of grit and whether it is as useful as other researchers have suggested.
One problem that Crede and his co-authors noted in their paper is that grit is very similar to other psychological traits that researchers have been studying for decades. One of these traits is conscientiousness, which is also included in the five major dimensions of the Big Five personality model. Other traits include industriousness, achievement need, or self-control.
By comparing grit to these other traits, Crede et al suggests that the concept of grit may simply be an example of "old wine in new bottles" with nothing substantially new being added. Many of the Big Five personality tests measuring conscientiousness, for example, use items that are almost identical to items on the Grit Scale and the correlations between grit and conscientiousness reported in many studies tend to be extremely high.
So, is grit the same as conscientiousness? It's hard to say at this point. Much like conscientiousness, people seem to become "grittier" as they grow older and more mature. There is also a strong correlation between grit and other traits such as psychological well-being, optimism, life satisfaction. People scoring high on grit are also much less likely to commit suicide. And, of course, grit is also strongly related to academic performance and lifetime career success.
In their meta-analysis combining data from more than five hundred research studies and 66,807 research participants, Crede et. al. found that perseverance on its own tends to be a much better predictor of performance than either consistency or the overall grit score measured by Duckworth's Grit Scale. As for the total grit score, the relationship between grit and academic performance is often modest at best. On the other hand, factors such as cognitive ability, having good study habits, and good academic adjustment tend to be much better at predicting how well someone will do academically. As expected, they also found that grit is very highly correlated with conscientiousness and self-control.
But the results also showed some positive findings as well. People scoring high in grit were less likely to drop out of college. Even compared to more traditional predictors such as cognitive ability and grades in predicting, grit scores proved to be just as useful in predicting who would stay in school. Looking at perseverance alone however, its value in predicting academic success was better than total grit or conscientiousness scores.
Assuming that grit continues to hold up as a separate trait in its own right, what are the practical implications of grit research? Considering the value that grit, or at least perseverance seems to have, might it be possible to develop training programs to help people become, well, "grittier?"
There have been positive results with treatment programs for boosting industriousness and self-control, but it will probably be important to understand grit better before developing new training programs that may, or may not, be worth the investment in time and effort. As Crede et al. point out, future research into grit will probably depend on better ways of measuring grit and how important it really is for future success.
In the meantime, spare a thought for the role that grit has played in your own life. And remember these words by John Ortberg : "Grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness."
Academics almost always get wrong traits of character and behavior because they do not understand the meaning of words.
Grit means pluck (courage, boldness), firmness of mind in facing a bigger foe or unfavorable odds.
Meanwhile, perseverance means endurance (sticking through suffering).
Grit has nothing to do with resilience in the face of failure nor loyalty to long-standing commitments.
Researchers are trying to quantify two things that have nothing to do with grit while trying to call it grit — "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of effort."
It wasn't Malcolm Gladwell that came up with the "10,000-hour rule," her merely popularized it. K. Anders Ericsson, a psychologist at Florida State University, is the one responsible for that research. That's a rather important distinction to make, especially when the vast majority of people misunderstand that Ericsson's 10,000 hours was never a rule, or an absolute, that Gladwell makes it out to be. It is a correlational piece of information, and should be treated as such, something Gladwell doesn't do well.
This article is pretty generous to Duckworth and other grit proponents. It is pretty clear from reading the meta-analysis by Crede et al. that Duckworth has simply given a more marketable name to conscientiousness and that she made some very serious statistical errors in her work that led her down some very wrong paths. I find it distressing that she continues to talk about grit in such glowing terms despite her awareness of this meta-analysis.
Should Schools Get Grittier About Grit? | 2019-04-20T03:30:22Z | https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/media-spotlight/201606/the-truth-about-grit |
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A 2.1 kiloton explosion over a US Air Force base in remote Iceland late last month is believed to have been the result of a meteor.
Thule Air Base is the US's northernmost military outpost, residing only about 940 miles from the North Pole.
The news is corroborated by a report from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which recorded a space object of unspecified size flying nearly directly over Thule on July 25 at 21:55 UTC (5.55 p.m. ET).
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"Had it entered at a more perpendicular angle, it would have struck the earth with significantly greater force", he writes on Business Insider. Kristensen notes that meteors head towards earth once every 13 days but most burn up in the atmosphere.
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Wang did not elaborate, but in the past, China has accused Washington of meddling in what it calls an Asian dispute. The United States has said it will press Southeast Asia to keep up sanctions on Pyongyang during the meetings. | 2019-04-20T10:10:47Z | http://lazertecnologia.com/2018/08/04/air-force-silent-after-huge-meteor-hits-earth-near-u-s/ |
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The grant is offered to all USTA registered adaptive tennis programs in the United States that have been in existence a minimum of one year. Grants are intended to assist in the promotion, implementation, and/or growth of the programs at the community level, and range from $400 to $4,000.
Programs such as ACEing Autism, Special Olympics, and Wounded Warriors are examples of adaptive programs that provide physical and emotional opportunities through tennis.
If your program is not currently registered with USTA, there is a registration link in the body of the grant application. | 2019-04-21T06:10:39Z | http://socaladulttennis.com/alcsites/coachella/southern-california-tennis/usta-adaptive-tennis-grant-available-apply-now/ |
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Dry Feet Remedies: Causes, Home Remedies and Treatment!
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How to Cure Dry and Cracked Skin on Your Feet?
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