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inclosed an extract (not found) from this letter in his note of 5 May to Vergennes
(Arch. Aff. Etr., Paris, Corr. Pol.
, E-U., vol. 12). Vergennes' letter of 10 May
's reply of the 12th
(both below) indicate that the extract was probably this final paragraph.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2016.
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I joined the Parachute Regiment in 1979. By then, within the ranks, Bloody Sunday was regarded as a sort of warped battle honour. The attitude was very much "That'll teach the Paddies to go throwing stones at paratroopers." The way we saw it, if anyone was to be held responsible for the deaths, then it was the people who organised what was an illegal march and the senior ranks that made the decision to send 1 Para from Belfast into Londonderry.
After all, paras are the most unsuitable troops to act as peacekeepers. Peace wasn't what we had been trained for. We had been trained for war and killing.
Nevertheless, in quiet moments, we could all concede that something had gone very wrong. Whenever I asked soldiers who were there on that day what had really happened, the reply was always pretty much the same: "A couple of twats from Support Company lost the plot."
Thirty-eight years on, and £200m later, the official inquiry is finally over and has reached what amounts to the same conclusion. It also concludes that the soldiers of 1 Para lied and tried to cover up their actions. And again – there's no denying it anymore. They did. And if I'm honest, had I been present on that day, I would have also lied. It might be nice to imagine that in the name of truth and justice, I would have started pointing fingers, but I wouldn't have.
Because what sort of paratrooper would that have made me?
It is now time for us in the regiment to stand up and admit that we were in the wrong. But a wrong that has a whole load of understandable mitigating circumstances leading up to it. To this day, the soldiers who were there have told me that they definitely came under fire. I have no reason to doubt them, and in private they had no reason to lie.
But it was also a wrong that was impossible for us to admit to simply because, in doing so, it might appear to make the murders of the IRA right. Which they never were.
At the forefront of the celebrations in Londonderry this week was the one-time IRA commander Martin McGuinness. If only the families of the Bloody Sunday dead were able to have said, "The British army wrongly killed our sons. But you, Martin, have wrongly killed sons too, and so also we want nothing to do with you." It might have made our admission of guilt easier.
So, we are sorry for Bloody Sunday and for the innocent lives that were taken on that day. And this we can say, even though we know that no one is ever going to set up an inquiry or give an apology to the 52 families of paratroopers who were murdered by the IRA.
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President Obama signed an interesting Executive Order on Friday that should sound the alarm for all Americans. The order, called ‘National Defense Resources Preparedness’ is actually an amendment to the ‘Defense Production Act of 1950′ and gives the office of the President total control over all of the resources in the United States in the event of a war or an emergency. What constitutes an emergency and who makes that decision? With so many citizens unhappy with the current administration, it’s a question people may be asking in the coming days.
Section One of the order states the purpose of the amendment and the ability of using it in peacetime:
Section 101. Purpose. This order delegates authorities and addresses national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the “Act”).
(b) assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel;
Section Two directs how each cabinet of the Executive branch can take control over all resources if the order is executed. For example, “(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation; (6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.”
Nothing is left out, even water is included! How will this sit with citizens? Farmers might be especially alarmed. With the recent proposal of sweeping new regulations on farms, being reminded that the government can take over any farm and equipment on an order from the president is a scary prospect. In the past when similar orders were invoked, the constitutional rights of Americans were trampled. Is there a reason President Obama found it necessary to amend this order? Is he suspecting a drawn out war or perhaps civil unrest between Occupy and the Tea Party? If so, he is certainly making sure all of his bases are covered.
Is there even a real threat to any American freedoms with this order? The order was signed by President Obama on Friday (March 16th) yet no major stories are going out. It wouldn’t be unusual behavior for the mainstream media to ignore a story that puts Obama in a poor light. Maybe they’re too busy reporting on the cooler story of the president hanging out on St. Patrick’s Day and enjoying a beer! Whichever, the conservative crowd on Twitter is going crazy with this story. The hash tag of #ExecOrder is busy as can be with tweets about ‘upcoming martial law’. Hopefully, that will remain just a fantasy in their heads!
Read the entire Executive Order here: White House
© Margie Wilson-Mars 2012
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We received a sample of a production ready motherboard with Intels 845 and a CPU fitting into its new Socket 478 from different sources within the industry. The processor turned out to be equipped with the Willamette core. This article therefore can only be viewed as preview of the two products, although they worked flawlessly for several hours in our lab.
According to unconfirmed information Intel plans to offer both Willamette and the new Northwood core for some time. The schedule therefore, however, is unclear.
Other sources quote Juli, 28, as the date when the ban on i845 finally will be lifted. Intel then wants to ship the chipset in mass quantities to its customers, the official launch of commercially available products may happen shortly thereafter.
This is not unlikely, as plenty of motherboards with the i845 were already demoed at Computex in June. The highly anticipated "Brookdale-2" or "Brookdale-DDR" for DDR-SDRAM may not appear so soon. Intels roadmaps still schedule it for Q1, 2002 - at least, until now. As first mainboards with Brookdale-DDR from third party vendors were shown at Computex, this may change.
To protect our sources in the industry we had to black ink some parts of the pictures. No other modifications were done to the images, please bear with us.
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Can we import our Garmin stats to the Exercise tracker?
I've got a Garmin Edge which tracks my route, speed, heart rate and estimates the calories burned. I can import directly to Strava and it would be great if I could import directly into this site too... any plans to add that?
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Maine Map Of Blood Testing Facilities
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Represents a Quest Blood testing facility
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June 1, 2010 > Volunteer to make a difference
Volunteer to make a difference
By Simon Wong
The City of Hayward's Volunteer Open House on May 24 was attended by many residents and business people interested in learning more about, or applying for vacancies on, the city's 17 boards, commissions, committees and task force.
'What makes the perfect volunteer?' has no definitive answer. Each body consists of people with different backgrounds, occupations, experiences and knowledge. This diverse range of perspectives and ideas, hopefully, represents the community and is essential for devising sensible and equitable solutions to complex problems that affect Hayward's citizens. Seriousness and the willingness to devote time are desirable.
"For me, it was about giving back. I grew up in Hayward and graduated from Tennyson High School. I've been here for a long time; the community has treated me well, said Dianne McDermott, a local business person and 10-year veteran of the Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC). "The CAC is responsible for distributing the US Department of Housing & Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant funding to many local non-profits which touch people's lives.
"Given the economic downturn, the last two years have seen a decline in CDGB funding despite increased demand from organizations whose services are needed by more people. The decisions become more difficult. For me, it was 'emotional' because all the funding-applicants are worthy organizations.
"Each commissioner visits two applicants in the Spring and Winter to assess the use of CDGB funds and the consequent benefit. You feel good and learn about the non-profits and opportunities to collaborate," explained McDermott.
Prior to joining the CAC, McDermott knew nothing about the CDGB funding process. This year she is considering applying to serve on the Planning Commission.
Al Mendall moved to Hayward, knew he wanted to remain in the city for a long time and wanted to become involved. He canvassed during elections and learned of volunteer opportunities with the city. He served on the CAC and is current chair of the Planning Commission. Serving in one capacity does not guarantee appointment to another committee. Mendall's third application for the Planning Commission was successful.
Applicants are asked to specify which positions interest them. Council keeps an open mind when interviewing and will bring other opportunities to the candidate's attention. Applicants are not constrained by their original choices. This is how McDermott, who originally applied for the Planning Commission, came to serve on the CAC.
"The Planning Commission does expect some experience and knowledge. There is a lot of difficult work. No knowledge of planning, or of what the city has done over the past few years, makes it extremely difficult to get up to speed. Appointees are often selected from other bodies because they are familiar with the city's business and have proven themselves," said Mendall.
City staff provides orientation and on-going training. Mendall recalls wryly the former consisted of a meeting that lasted for several hours. He left laden with copies of city ordinances and other information, wondering if his application had really been such a good idea.
"On-going training ranges from the Brown Act to conflicts of interest and other topics. Moreover, we don't have just one meeting at which we vote on a big issue. There are usually several advance work sessions to frame it, educate us and for further research. By the time we vote, we've prepared for several months so we can make a good decision," explained Mendall. "For a three-hour meeting, we typically receive a packet of 100 to 1,000 pages which we must read and digest. We must prepare questions, some of which can be answered in advance by staff or the business applicant whom we might also visit. Good preparation takes time and effort."
The content and frequency of meetings varies between bodies. The CAC follows a similar pattern each year - visits to all applicants for CDGB funding followed by the funding cycle, a period of concentrated evaluation and decision-making. When there was a lot of building activity, the Planning Commission met two or three times a month but now meets monthly, given the economic downturn.
"I'd recommend joining a commission. It's best to be pro-active. You might not be able to do much alone but serving provides the opportunity to influence what is around you. You learn much about your community and the people within it," stated McDermott.
"When I drive around the City of Hayward, I see things for which I had the chance to vote," Mendall added. "It's extremely rewarding to know I had a role."
The City of Hayward City Clerk's Office is accepting applications for vacancies on the city's boards, commissions, committees and task force. The deadline is Monday, July 16, 2010.
For more information, visit www.hayward-ca.gov or call (510) 583-4400.
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ImageMatics StillMotion Personal Edition 1.0 ( View screenshot )
|Downloader's Special Offer Save $20.00. Creates multimedia slideshows from still images, self playing movies, web pages, auto play CD ROM, SWF (Flash) file and screen savers. Transitions, pan and zoom, advanced sound features, titles, annotation.|
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|OS||Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP|
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- ImageMatics StillMotion Creator 1.7 Creates animated Slide shows form still images. Mimics the functionality of an animation camera stand to create pan and zoom animations from still images. Creates SWF and AVI output.
Time line key frame interface creates pan, zoom, rotate and 3D.
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Downloaders Special Offer Save $20. New Pan and Zoom effects. Creates multimedia slideshows from digital images. Easy and powerful. Add sound, titles, labels, transitions,pan, zoom, framing and matting.
PE makes sharing and showing off your photos a snap. Load your pictures in a folder and simply tell StillMotion Creator PE to create a slide show. Select Publish and you're done.
Personal and professional applications. Creates Flash Frame labels.
Just one click to Publish to do all this:
" Create a slide show to view on your PC
" Create a slide show you can e-mail as a self-extracting file. The recipient clicks on it and up it comes in its own player.
" Create a screen saver for your PC
" Create a screen saver that you can e-mail that will install itself
" Generate a web page with your slide show in place.
" Output a Flash compatible SWF file for with Frame Labels included for each slide for navigation and virtual tours.
" Add music, titles, professional annotation, matting, matting, effects and much more
" Advance sound features include individual soundtrack per slide, automatic show time to sound time option, easy insert editing, sound mixing controls per slide.
PE can quickly import your images into a slide sorter display. You can then change the order of the slides by simply dragging them around the sorter screen. Insert other entire folders, groups of images or select individual images to add from any source you choose. Image scaling and centering are all done automatically for you!
You can drag and drop from folders so making your slide shows is easier than ever!
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At Devon Meadows P.S. each student participates in a 60-minute Physical Education lesson along with an additional 60-minute Sport session per week. Physical Education lessons include a fitness element and skill development that is focused on a variety of sports and physical activities. Physical Education classes aim to introduce our junior students (Prep-2) to the Fundamental Movement Skills. These skills include running, catching, throwing, kicking and striking. Mastery of these skills pave the way for success in future sporting pursuits therefore it is of vital importance for each student to get as much exposure to these skills during their formative years. Middle school students extend these skills by beginning to introduce them into modified games.
Senior Students work in to further develop their individual skills and game play across a range of familiar sports (Football, Basketball, Netball and Soccer) and unfamiliar sports (European Handball, Volleyball, and Hockey). Prep students also participate in the Perceptual Motor Program (PMP). PMP is a movement-based program which helps younger students improve their hand/eye and eye/foot coordination, fitness, balance, locomotion and eye-tracking skills.
Students in grade 6 are also chosen as Sport Leaders and assist in running programs such as PMP, school sporting events (athletics and cross country) and lunchtime sport competitions.
Students in grades 3-6 have the opportunity to represent our school at interschool events. D.M.P.S is part of the Cranbourne South District and students have the opportunity to represent the school at District, Divisional, Regional and State Level in: Athletics, Cross Country, Swimming, Summer and Winter Sports. Although D.M.P.S is the smallest school in the Cranbourne South District we have had a great deal of success over the past few years including winning the District and Divisional Netball in 2022 and making the state final of the girls cricket in 2023.
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By TrailTurtle @ April 11, 2013 at 7:00am
Reload and rev your engines, heroes: UNTIL has released a number of upgraded vehicle weapons into the Q-Store!
Since the Lemurian Invasion, UNTIL’s been hard at work reverse-engineering the reptiles’ powerful weapons. With the help of local programmer and inventor Mark Whitaker, they’ve finally managed it, and now you can upgrade your own vehicle!
Thanks to their tireless research, you can now get Mark 2 vehicle weapons from the Questionite Store. Slotting these powers unlocks a number of powers for every specialization, from the threat-drawing Flashbang to the crowd-demolishing Full Battery Barrage. Plus, since they’re Mark 2, they’re even more dangerous! Control + right click your vehicle to start modifying, and you’ll be able to slot these weapons.
Not all weapon powers will have Rank 2 powers in the Q-Store; check the list below. You can collect Questionite by completing missions like Comic Series or the Gravitar Rampage alert, or you can trade ZEN for it in the Questionite Exchange.
In addition, we’re adding a fan-favorite Action Figure to the Questionite store: the Bleak Harbinger! The Harbinger may have demolished Millennium City in the Lemurian Invasion, but at this adorable size, the only thing he’ll demolish is your heart.
All of these items have been added to the Questionite Store with today’s update – you can access it under the mini-map. Supercharge your vehicle’s weapons today!
Flashbang, Mark 2 – 100k Questionite
Biosteel Regeneration Ray, Mk2 – 100k Q
Advanced Hyperkinetic Dampening System, Mk2 – 100k Q
Paint The Target, Mk2 – 100k Q
Warning Shot Rank, Mk2 – 100k Q
Full Battery Barrage, Mk2 – 120k Q
Quick Reload, Mk2 – 120k Q
Heavy Cannon, Mk2 – 120k Q
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| Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon|
Part-time Kwik-E-Mart employee
|Relatives|| Husband: Apu|
|First Appearance||"Much Apu About Nothing"|
|Voiced By|| Jan Hooks †|
She was arranged to be married to Apu when she was eight and Apu was to set out to the United States for college. She looked forward to it all her life. She occasionally works at the Kwik-E-Mart alongside Apu, but she is usually seen as a homemaker. She claims that Fried Green Tomatoes is her favorite book, movie, and food. When the octuplets are born, she sternly informs Apu that he cannot die until they are out of college.
She has excellent culinary skills, demonstrated by her ability to make a wide variety of dishes using only chickpeas, lentils, and rice, or sometimes only chickpeas and lentils. She says when Apu dies, she will sell the store and will marry Sanjay. She is shown to be very judgmental and nitpicks at nearly every thing Apu does , as well as Marge during their meetings at the Midday Mommies club.
Manjula is shown to have fair-weathered friendship with Marge, much like the rest of the women Marge hangs out with. Manjula cares for her babies, but sometimes she gets stressed like Apu.
Her relationship with Apu has not always been in good condition. When Manjula discovered that working 18 hours a day including weekends was not how Americans worked, she got mad at Apu, since she thought he didn't want to see her. He could compensate this with seven surprises for Manjula before Valentine's Day. Apu once had an affair with a Squishee lady. After Homer discovered this, he and Marge revealed their discovery to Apu, who eventually caved into the guilt and vowed to apologize to Manjula. However, she already knew it and kicked Apu out of the house. With some help from the Simpson family, Manjula eventually agreed to give Apu another chance after he completed an often-vengeful list of bizarre grueling tasks fashioned by her, such as performing "My Fair Lady" with the octuplets. Since then, their relationship has been strained, with the couple seen attending marriage counseling, though their relationship may have been improved by the Trappuccino ordeal as they were seen kissing and celebrating their liberation with the octuplets. She happens to get angry whenever Apu talks about Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
- Marge Simpson
- Selma Bouvier
- Mrs. Samson
- Noah's Mother
- Edna Krabappel (deceased)
- Helen Lovejoy
- Luann Van Houten
- Bernice Hibbert
- Lindsey Naegle
- Cookie Kwan
- Episode – "Large Marge"
- Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" (non-speaking)
- Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please"
- Episode – "The Bart of War" (seen in crowd)
- Episode – "The President Wore Pearls"
- Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
- Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
- Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot"
- Episode – "Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife"
- Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather"
- Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
- Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style"
- Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
- Episode – "Mona Leaves-a"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (transmorfers, the football)
- Episode – "Wedding for Disaster"
- Episode – "Pranks and Greens"
- Episode – "Rednecks and Broomsticks"
- Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale"
- Episode – "To Surveil With Love" (opening sequence only)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" (as a zombie)
- Episode – "The Bob Next Door" (seen in crowd)
- Episode – "Moe Letter Blues"
- Episode – "The Fool Monty"
- Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"
- Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
- Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
- Episode – "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart"
- Episode – "Ned 'N Edna's Blend"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
- Episode – "The Longest Daycare"
- Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa"
- Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
- Episode – "The Saga of Carl"
- Episode – "Dangers on a Train"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
- Episode – "Covercraft"
- – The Simpsons Movie
- Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
- Video game – The Simpsons Game
- Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
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An inscription identifies the stern-faced man with strong features and a receding hairline portrayed on this Roman bust as L. Licinius Nepos. The bust was made for display in a family tomb. This placement is confirmed by the inscription, "This is L. Licinius Nepos who made this little house [for his ashes]."
L. Licinius Nepos was a tradesperson and the builder of the tomb. A travertine block found near Porta Pinciana outside Rome in 1756--and originally placed inside the same tomb as the portrait bust--has an extended funerary inscription that confirms his role.
The back of the head was made from a separate piece of marble and is now lost. Two attachment holes are visible on the roughly finished surface of the large portion, as well as the remains of an iron dowel in one of them.
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Got an unhealthy relationship with your alarm clock snooze button? Constantly battling brain-fog and epic stress levels? Honey, you need a pick-me-up, and fast!
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If your greatest skill is desk-napping your way through the working day, it sounds like you're in need of a zingilicious wake-up call. Our Citrus Bliss blend is one of our best soy candles, bursting with bergamot to shake up your senses
That office meeting's a bore and Carol from Accounts just won't stop talking... invigorate your limp, lifeless self with Eucalyptus & Spearmint! You'll feel perky and refreshed with a clear mind and a spring in your step
Hump Day Slump Day?
The Mid-Week Lull is just *ugh* and you're totally ready to quit adulting. But don't give up! Burn our Lemon & Vanilla candle and the zesty fresh scent will help fight mental fatigue and boost your productivity
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Deadlines, laundry, traffic jams, office dramas... all doing you a concern and that's an understatement. Fill your room with our Cedarwood & Bergamot vegan candles to zap your anxiety feels and get you back to your sunshiney self
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Pamper your soul with our blissful Ylang Ylang & Rose blend. It's among the best aromatherapy candles for reducing stress, anxiety, tension headaches, and a *meh* mood
Let the tropical, inviting scent of Island Vibes transport you to your happy place. You'll be recharged and ready to face the week ahead. Take a hike, Monday Morning Meltdown!
Make this week yours, shop your favorite scents here!
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IELTS and immigration to Manitoba
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is all the talk today. IELTS has become the focus of conversation on both the federal skilled work program as well as on our Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).
The assessment of English or French is not new; it has been part of federal skilled worker immigration to Canada for a long time. Regulation 79 (1) (b) of the 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act specifies that skilled worker applicants must “provide other evidence in writing of their proficiency in those languages,” meaning French or English.
IELTS now the federal standard
What then has changed? IELTS has now become the federal standard to measure the English language proficiency of skilled worker applicants while the Test d’evaluation de francaisis the standard for French. This was announced in the federal Immigration Minister’s speech of 26 June 2010. Minister Kenny stated that skilled immigrant applicants “will now be required to submit the results of an independent language test before their applications are considered. These tests (specifically IELTS) will provide a transparent, objective and reliable assessment of an applicant’s language ability, which will help speed up processing times.”
In his speech the federal Minister said that his provincial counterparts are largely supportive of this change. So, the question for our provincial Minister is to clarify Manitoba’s position on the requirement for IELTS from all skilled worker applicants applying to MPNP.
The skilled worker application stream of MPNP has been very successful in bringing in a large number of new immigrants into the province – and the largest individual group is from the Philippines. The questions that many in the community are now asking are whether IELTS will become mandatory and how does the MPNP currently determine the English language proficiency of applicants, especially those who completed secondary or post-secondary education in the Philippines, where instruction is commonly given in English.
According to the chart set forth on page 13 of the MPNP kit, language ability points are calculated according to documented proof of training and ability in one of Canada’s official languages – either English or French. This chart has changed since the beginning of MPNP in 1998 and now specifies IELTS results prominently in the scoring. The most relevant description is: “where English or French is the common second language used in secondary and post-secondary school system in applicant’s country of residence and applicant has sufficient language ability to be employable in his/her assessed occupation – based on education documents or overall IELTS score of 5.5” – is seven assessment points.
If this description sounds familiar, it should be, because it describes applicants from the Philippines.
Fairness and transparency
Does this mean that all persons educated in the Philippines should be assigned seven points? Historically, this has often been the case with MPNP, but their practice has changed recently and continues to change. If seven points were awarded even though the applicant scored only 54 points in total, then the MPNP is following closely on its stated guidelines.
If such applicants were asked to provide IELTS scores as part of their assessment and only score 5.5 then they would be correctly given seven assessment points. If their IELTS score was less than 5.5, then they would be given the corresponding English language benchmark. If, however, applicants were not warned that they could possibly fail if they did not submit the results of an IELTS examination, then this raises other questions about procedural fairness and the transparency of the assessments.
The concern about fairness is evident in cases where applicants from the Philippines were assigned only six points for English proficiency – instead of the stated seven points – and then were refused without any notification or explanation from the MPNP. There are many who believe that the departure from the expected assignment of seven points and the failure to warn applicants about probable failure represents a failure on the part of the MPNP assessment system and have become grounds for not only a decision review but also a decision reversal.
The MPNP does have a responsibility to select the applicants best able to contribute to the economic growth of the province but it must also do this in a fully transparent fashion.
What is the verdict in this case? The best description is that the jury is still out because all interested parties must wait to see if the MPNP changes it’s stated assessment policy in light of the IELTS requirement specified by federal immigration. Readers should be aware that Manitoba is not alone in the Canadian immigration world but works together with other partners, especially the Canadian government. The federal change can have a profound effect on the way the MPNP assesses language requirements. The Manitoba program has actually been moving towards adopting IELTS as the standard for English language assessments over the years and may opt to take the final step by making the test mandatory for all applicants, including those from the Philippines.
Michael Scott BA (Hon), MA, is a 30-year veteran of Canada Immigration and the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program who works as an immigration associate with R.B. Global Immigration Consultants Ltd. He can be reached at 838 Ellice Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba or by telephone at: (204) 783-7326 or (204) 227-0292.
The content of this article is intended for information purposes only and is not intended as legal advice. Michael Scott invites all readers to contact him directly.
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Making a Law
A proposal for a new law or a change to an existing one is called a bill (see Bills and Laws).
A bill can only become a law if it is passed by a majority vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bill must be agreed to in identical form by both chambers, and given Royal Assent by the Governor-General. It is then known as an Act of Parliament.
Stages of a bill
Most bills are introduced into the House of Representatives and then sent to the Senate. Bills may commence in the Senate, except for money and taxation bills. Most bills are introduced by government ministers; however, other members of parliament can introduce their own bills, known as private members' or private senators' bills.
Duration and number of bills
It may take weeks or even months for a bill to pass through Parliament. However, an urgent bill can be passed in a matter of days. About 200 bills are introduced into Parliament each year and about 90 per cent are passed into law.
The practice of the Clerk reading the bill aloud three times dates back to the early days of the British Parliament, before printing was invented or many people could read. The Clerk had to read the bill aloud so that members of parliament knew what the bill was about.
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Individuals who self-harm may have an increased risk of aggression toward others, but this association has been insufficiently investigated. More conclusive evidence may affect assessment, treatment interventions, and clinical guidelines.
To investigate the association between nonfatal self-harm and violent crime.
This population-based longitudinal cohort study, conducted from January 1, 1997, through December 31, 2013, studied all Swedish citizens born between 1982 and 1998 who were 15 years and older (N?=?1?850?252). Individuals who emigrated from Sweden before the age of 15 years (n?=?104?051) or immigrated to Sweden after the age of 13 years (ie,
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Based on 54 income tax records
Average salary by age
How much do Materials Handlers make?
The average total salary for a Materials Handler is $36,500 per year. This is based on data from 54 TurboTax users who reported their occupation as Materials Handler and includes taxable wages, tips, bonuses, and more. Materials Handler salary can vary between $16,500 to $62,000 depending on factors including education, skills, experience, employer & location.
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2022-09-25T00:11:26Z
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The Modigliani String Quartet performs on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
The series launches its Festival of Young Quartets – a 3-concert festival featuring three of the leading quartets in the world under the age of 40 over the course of three weeks – with the renowned Parisian quartet in a program of Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6, Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49, Schubert’s Quartettsatz, D. 703, and Dvořák’s Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, ‘American.’
Formed in 2003, the Modigliani Quartet rose to prominence after winning the Frits Philips and Vittorio Rimbotti competitions, and the Young Concert Artist International Auditions. It has already performed in leading international venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, among many others.
Last season, the quartet’s North American tour included a return to Carnegie Hall along with appearances in Boston, Montréal, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, and other cities. In 2014, the Modigliani Quartet became artistic directors of the Rencontres Musicales d’Evian, made famous by its former legendary artistic director Mstislav Rostropovich. The quartet regularly plays chamber music with Sabine Meyer, Renaud Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker or Daniel Müller-Schott and various musician friends.
Individual tickets are $25 or $10 for students. Subscription packages offer significant savings. For information, call (518) 388-6080 or click here.
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All posts tagged "Ramble On"
Led Zeppelin – Isolated Tracks -“Ramble On”-Bonzo
John “Bonzo” Bonham set a standard for rock drumming that still resonates today. ISOLATED TRACKS Embed from Getty Images Isolating tracks allows listeners to hear a familiar piece of music in an entirely new way. The wealth...
- Posted January 22, 2017
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Long gone are the days when Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems required warehouse-sized hardware and dedicated teams of computer scientists. AI software and automation solutions are primarily deployed in IIoT digital transformation to quickly ‘learn’ how a machine works and present systemic optimization opportunities based on a production line’s, equipment’s, or machine’s processes and ‘inner states’.
AI is further used to reduce data collection to comprehensible and effective levels. Automated data pre-processing features are also fully configurable in real-time and can be tuned to break down and visualize disparate engineering pipelines. The goal of AI deployment is to automate systems as much as possible to reduce or remove the human element at the device edge.
Relayr’s AI is powered by cutting-edge machine learning algorithms which can be fully configured to suit each customer’s specific needs. Cutting down on engineering and specialist costs, flexible software technologies mean that our AI systems can ‘learn’ any production line or device to create aggregate per-line or fine-grained per-device results.
There are two main areas in which AI and automated systems are used. Automatic calibration enables unsupervised employment of anomaly detection algorithms to help find bottlenecks, pain points and areas which can be optimized. AI is also used to automatically train dataset creation and calibration for the deployment of predictive system algorithms, thus enabling predictive maintenance and pre-event problem solving. The dashboards at the frontend have label collection infrastructure in place to create event documentation according to predetermined or desired rules or third-party integrations.
But what does all of this mean to you and your digital transformation journey? There are three main functional areas and processes from across the industrial spectrum where relayr recommends and deploys AI and automated analytic systems.
FOR YOUR INDUSTRY.
AI solutions can be used to enhance manufactured equipment with out-of-the box intelligence that enables predictive maintenance for equipment and machine end-consumers. Software can provide manufacturers with information on product misuse, faulty operation parameters, or even faulty deployment of equipment on the customer side.
Data is then assessed and bundled to provide easily understandable overviews giving you control over device or equipment lifecycles. The addition of predictive maintenance and servicing features is a key USP for both manufacturers and customers. The benefits for customers are obvious; on the manufacturing side, however, these features allow manufacturers to offer their customers uptime guarantees, performance guarantees and advanced targeted maintenance warnings. AI and analytics data also provide an opportunity for manufacturers, who can use AI to aid R&D for future products and to provide performance benchmarking and test benches for the current products.
The self-learning anomaly detection features of production line AI systems can be adapted to a per-device and/or per-production line basis in order to signal anomalous patterns or to alert to malfunctions in real-time. Root cause analysis on a per-device or per-production line basis is the key to discovering the primary manner in which a production line’s machines operate. Anomaly detection software can also be easily tweaked to detect bottlenecks on production lines which, considering the drastic effects of even small undetected slowdowns, can save considerable resources and time.
As an alternative, self-calibrating predictive systems can flag the likelihood of future problems or failure in per-device and/or per-production line basis, which enables effective maintenance planning. Systematic analysis allows for the optimization of inputs for discrete or continuous production processes, thereby giving businesses the ability minimize or maximize desired outcomes. This is particularly helpful when attempting to optimize or harmonize power consumption or processing line throughput.
In service-oriented digital retrofitting projects, predictive maintenance capabilities based on AI diagnostics data are a central objective. Smart, machine-learning systems present root cause analytics to allow for the optimal allocation of resources and expertise. Predictive systems minimize the amount of corrective and regular maintenance and fuel the migration from preventive or, even worse, reactive to business positive maintenance. Knowing what will happen in the future could also open-up opportunities to trade in spare parts or to readjust the supply chain to suit acute rather than projected needs.
Moving away from reactive managing, AI predictive and root cause analysis puts the power over resources and manpower back into managers’ and operating engineers’ hands. Empowerment over future risk ties the business processes into the AI systems and the AI systems into an integral part of future business development.
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After World War
II, Edward Waszak was honorably discharged from the Army. He
continued his studies begun in ASTP, graduating with a degree in
Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.
After a career
spanning more than forty years, taking him from project engineer to
the executive suite and around the world more times than he cared to
count, Ed retired from corporate life in 1992. But this is no idle
retirement. He is actively involved in the 12th Armored
Division Association, the American Ex-Prisoner of War Organization
and often gives talks at local grade schools about his experiences
during World War II.
outside of Chicago with his wife, Therese. They recently celebrated
their Golden Wedding Anniversary with family and friends. They have
three children and five grandchildren.
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“It is our policy to conduct business affairs in accordance with the standards and rules of ethical business conduct and to abide by applicable laws, both in letter and spirit. In this, there is no room for compromise.”
- Michael F. Neidorff, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
We understand the significance of the work we do and its impact on people's lives. Nothing is more important than conducting our business with honor, integrity and respect.
Centene’s Ethics and Compliance program guides employees when conducting the business affairs of the organization, and stresses the tenet that “Compliance is Everyone’s Responsibility.” We believe that each and every one of our employees is integral to maintaining the company’s reputation, and Centene holds staff accountable to always take personal responsibility for choosing what is right.
We’re proud of the honorable reputation and exceptional culture we have built through the hard work and integrity of our employees. Our commitment to upholding this reputation and acting with the highest values and principles will never wane.
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I am getting married on March 28, 2020. I have gotten my wedding dress, picked out my venue, got my photographer and dj, and found accommodations for my guests. I also got my bridesmaid gifts and am trying to figure out what i should do for centerpieces and decorations (I'm looking for the rustic chic look). I start a new job in mid august so i want to get most of the planning and crafts done before i start so i'm not stressing out about too many things! What have you all done?
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Please click here to download the latest version of Flash Player to view the match centre.
In the first of a new feature on Liverpoolfc.com, we take a look at detailed Opta stats for our next opponents – starting with Manchester United ahead of Sunday's fixture at Old Trafford.
The widgets below allow you to see which players from both clubs have done what in the league this season. You can also compare team stats as well as those of any two players.
Submit your views in the box below. Alternatively, you can debate these issues with fellow fans on our Message Boards or blog about them on The Kop
The views expressed here are not those of Liverpool Football Club (read more)
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Please, say the title in the cadence of "Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest" because that's how it came out!!
Okay, back to the point.
B & I celebrated thirteen years of marriage on the 13th. This is the lucky one. Great things are going to happen this year! While we might not have made any kind of promises or goals, I know that we are aiming to be together more often as a family since his work schedule doesn't allow too much time anymore.
Oh, the last nine have been spent in Utah, the first four in SoCal...three babies, two houses and two dogs (plus a bird)...many hair colors and styles, weight ups and downs, life changes, decade plus a few gone like ashes on the wind.
In fact.....Piper is going to be 10 in a couple of weeks. How is it that I still feel like I'm in my 20's and not my mid-30's? I feel like we've known each other forever, but not really.
I'm excited for this year and all of the amazingness that comes with it!
P.S. He bought me roses and a card!!! These things HARDLY happen (only because I could care less if I get anything and the same thing with him). We spent the night before with our girls, eating out and attending "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them". Perfection. We wouldn't have it any other way.
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Assemblywoman Quijano is a firm believer that your education is a crucial investment for every individual. Seizing an opportunity to make the best “you” that you can be is only made possible by the educators and educational institutions in our State. Quijano fights for all three: taking action to make college more affordable, securing the proper resources for teachers, and fighting for grants for our schools and universities across New Jersey. Most recently Quijano sponsored a bill to encourage police, firefighters, teachers, sanitation & corrections workers to buy homes in towns where they work. Read more here: http://www.assemblydems.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=9941.
Assemblywoman Quijano also sponsored legislation that establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in chronically failing schools, and another bill that provides gross income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans.
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|←ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਸਫ਼ੇ||ਈਮੇਲ ਤਸਦੀਕੀ ਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ|
|Enotif documentation.This page explains email confirmation on Wikimedia Foundation wikis. For documentation with the extension that adds this functionality, see|
The Wikimedia Foundation requires that users confirm their email addresses before they can use email features. This prevents problems with fake addresses, such as bounced replies or spam. You only need to confirm email addresses to use the email system; you can login and edit pages as normal without confirming your address. You are not even required to enter an e-mail address at all to register; it remains completely optional (However, administrators are expected to have a confirmed email address).
You can check your address confirmation status in your preferences. If your account was registered prior to March 2, 2006 (when confirmation was enforced), your existing address (if any) has not been automatically confirmed. Accounts on multiple wikis will need to be confirmed individually. If you change your email address, you will automatically be sent a new confirmation email.
ਕਿਵੇਂ ਤਸਦੀਕ ਕਰਾਉਣਾ ਹੈ
- From your preferences, go to the section entitled Email, if desired check the box next to Enable e-mail from other users.
- Click the button in that section; an email will be sent to your email address with a confirmation link.
- When you receive the email, click the link it contains to confirm that you own the email address.
ਇਹ ਵੀ ਵੇਖੋ
- Enotif documentation (for the original software extension)
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The brand Vem? (Who?) was created by the sisters Anna Hörling & Stina Wirsén, and the books about Vem? are loved by children worldwide. In Sweden, the books have sold in nearly half a million copies. Now the figures are for the first time featured on baby clothes – a collaboration with Sture & Lisa.
The collection Vem? are made of organic (GOTS) and fairtrade certified cotton, and includes bodysuits, pyjamas, shirts, playsuits, trouser, dress, blanket and a hat. Sizes availible are 56-98.
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[do_widget text Update: The Happy Manifesto shortlisted for CMI award. And now you can get 25% off!]
Around 80 people, from a range of organisations came together at Google’s Victoria HQ on 24th April 2013 to share ideas and learn how to create happy workplaces.
Henry Stewart, author of Happy Manifesto
Henry opened the conference by asking people how their organisation would be different if the main focus on management was on making people feel good. All agreed it would be not just a better place to work, but more efficient and more productive.
This was backed up with research from Alex Edmans at Wharton Business School. He compared the results of investing each year (over 25 years) in the companies listed in the Best Workplace list with investing in the standard stock market. The best workplace investment would have earn 3.5% more per year. That means that if your pension had grown to £100,000 in the stock market, it would have reached £237,000 if invested only in the best workplaces.
Alex Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer
Alex is an international happiness guru, based in Denmark. His vision: “a world where happiness at work is the rule and not the exception”. He generated a lot of energy, encouraging people to engage with their colleagues, give high fives to celebrate success and take time to get to know people at work. “What really makes us happy is when we can make a difference for somebody else”
Danish toy maker Lego has set itself the target of being one of the top 3 workplaces in Europe by 2015. All meetings there now begin with Item 0, celebrating what is going well – to start in a positive mood.
The first step to making your people happy? “Stop doing the things that make them unhappy.”
Clive Hutchinson, Chief Executive, Cougar Software
Clive explained how “play to your strengths” (Manifesto principle 10) had transformed his software company. He gave the example of a poorly performing Project Manager. After working out what he was best at, he went back to being a programmer. He was happier and more productive and Cougar found somebody to manage projects for whom that was a strength.
“Don’t change people to fit the job. Change the jobs to fit the people
Marion Janner, Director, Star Wards
Marion has built a movement to transform mental health inpatient care in England and Wales. Despite her only experience being as a service user, over 80% of wards have signed up. Marion used her support dog Buddy in place of PowerPoint and we witnessed Buddy going through a series of rapid costume changes to emphasise her points. A unique presentation.
Her key learning point from the manifesto: Don’t try to impose change from above. Instead give people the ideas and support and trust them to do the right thing. Check out the fabulous Wardipedia site.
Nigel Paine, Learning & Development Expert
Nigel gave a rapid fire summary of how to implement the ten points of the Manifesto. Key again is working to strengths: “Don’t focus on being better at what you’re not good at. Instead get better at what you are good at”
One key is not to wait for perfection. If you play darts you don’t give up if you don’t score 180. You have only to be good enough
“The difference between an ok organisation and an exceptional one is ‘discretionary effort’ (the extra that people do). You can only get that by really motivating your people.”
Mark Williamson, Director, Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness has almost 30,000 supporters across 142 countries, who have all pledged to try to increase the happiness of those around them. He opened with the intriguing fact that happy nuns live longer. A research study found that 80% were alive at 85 against 34% of unhappy nuns”.
Mark showed a very entertaining clip of comedian Bill Bailey. The point? Research found that, after watching a Bill Bailey clip, people become 12% more productive. “Making people happy works!”
The unhappiest time of the day, according to research, is the time people spend with their managers.
Vanessa King, Positive Psychologist, Action for Happiness
Vanessa explained how negative emotions were needed to survive danger. But positive emotions enable personal development. She quoted Matthew Ricard: “happiness is a skill that can be learnt”
“Our best ideas come in the spaces”. Great ideas don’t come when we are working hard but in the breaks, so you have to make sure you get good breaks.
Emma Rapoport, Google
Emma treated us as new Google managers and gave us the manager induction. This is based around Project Oxygen, which identified the 8 behaviours of great managers. What is the single most important behaviour of great managers? Click here to find out. Or the full list of the 8.
The other emphasis was on thinking big: “At Google we are always encouraged to go for the moon shot, but supported if we fall. We celebrate mistakes. Have stretch targets.” If you achieve 100% of your targets, they weren’t tough enough. 70% is seen as great.
Stretch people and trust them to get there: “My manager gives me big stretch goals and, even though they’ve done it before, they let me work it out”
Key philosophy at Google: “Don’t ask for permission. Ask for forgiveness later.”
Other lunchtime workshops:
- Laughter Yoga: Sandar Saint & Simon Richardson, Golden Tree
- Randomly Joyful: Surprising & Delighting at Work, Cheryl Joy Adamson, Make Me Joyful @makemejoyful
- Create a harmonious passion for your job, Susanna Halonen, Happyologist
Dom Monkhouse, Chief Executive, Peer 1 Hosting
Dom has built two £30 million companies on the basis of creating great workplaces. “To create a profitable business, you don’t start there. You start with creating a happy workplace. Its simple. Happy staff lead to happy customers, which leads to more profit.”
“Get rid of stupid rules”. Dom regularly offers £10 for each stupid rule people can fine, so they can get rid of them. “You have to trust people. Nobody has a rule that says don’t come to work naked and yet nobody does.”
The core values at Peer 1: “Sense of fun and purpose”, “Anything is possible”, “Enable others to succeed”
Key to Dom’s philosophy is serving the customers. He asked “We celebrate employee anniversaries all the time. Do you celebrate a client’s 10th anniversary?”
Yvonne Agyei, Vice President (Benefits), Google
What makes a great workplace? “Its not about the free food and funkiness. The key is results and relationships”
The key is 1) Hire great people – are they googly? 2) Give them autonomy
Key tests of googlyness: Do you have passion? Do you have wide interests? Do your travel? Help in community?
As the filing statement for Google shares stated: “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one”
Key elements: “Think/act like owners. Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. Great is not good enough”
“Within Google we seek to create a sense of community, we want them to see Google as a family. The free food is to build community. People talk over food. We want people to sit down and talk together.”
“It starts at the top. You need to get your most senior people to act out the culture you want.”
Building a Movement for Happy Workplaces
The conference closed with discussions about how to build a movement for happy workplaces. A range of commitments were made and all those present wanted to help build the movement.
The feedback at the end of the day was uniformly positive. For example:
“A truly inspirational day, with real life people doing amazing things to implement happy change/movement. Hopefully I will be one of them now, too!” Emma MacKenzie, Leeds University
“My sales and profit have all increased since acting on the happy manifesto”, Simon Perriton, Just IT
“This idea is such common sense, it can’t help but be a success!” Sarah Metcalfe, Sureflap
“Brilliant interactive sessions, very uplifting!”, Gaye Andrews, Peer 1 Hosting
Overall verdict: Net Promoter Score: 76% (76% giving 9 or 10, 24% giving 7 or 8, no detractors) – or average of 9.1 out of 10.
Venue: Net Promoter Score: 92% (92% giving 9 or 10, 8% giving 8, no detractors) – or average of 9.2 out of 10.
Check out the artists’ view.
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|This article is about a/an actor in Kamen Rider Decade.|
|Born||March 20, 1989|
|Born in||Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan|
|Kamen Rider Decade|
|Portraying Tsukasa Kadoya in Kamen Rider Decade (2009).|
|Portraying Tsukasa Kadoya in Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (2014).|
Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大 Inoue Masahiro) is a Japanese actor and martial artist (Tae Kwon Do practitioner).
He is known for his role as Tsukasa Kadoya, the eponymous rider of Kamen Rider Decade (2009), which later he reprised in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012), Kamen Rider Wizard on episodes 52-53 (2013) and Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (2014). He reprised the role in the video game Kamen Rider: Battride War.
Appearances as Tsukasa Kadoya
- Kamen Rider G (voice only as Decade)
- Kamen Rider Decade: all episodes
- Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship
- Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Act 21: The Father and Son Bears
- Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
- Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
- Kamen Rider Battride War
- Kamen Rider Wizard
- Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
- Garo: Gold Storm - Sho - Jinga
- "Ride the Wind"
Masahiro Inoue had been recording "Ride the Wind" with Shuhei Naruse released on April 22, 2009. Prior to its appearance in the series, Inoue announced the song's on his blog and that he would record it under his character's name.
- In hindsight-based humor, Inoue would later on portray Miyamoto Musashi as part of the TV Drama The Greats in the Next Room (偉人の来る部屋 Ijin no Kuru Heya, please set "en" to "ja" in the URL) in 2009, and less than 7 years later, a new Kamen Rider has a form dedicated to Miyamoto Musashi.
- As with Inoue's role as Jinga in Garo: Goldstorm - Sho, it would become a joke to say that he entered the "World of GARO" during talk shows.
- Inoue is a day older than Takeru Satoh.
- He announced his marriage to actress Jamie Natsuki on December 2016, with their first child coming in the spring of 2017.
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Though "Bridesmaids'" success last year made it clear dudes aren't the only ones who enjoy a good raunchy comedy, it's unlikely folks of any gender are going to get many laughs from charmless femme-driven "That's What She Said."
Though “Bridesmaids'” success last year made it clear dudes aren’t the only ones who enjoy a good raunchy comedy, it’s unlikely folks of any gender are going to get many laughs from charmless femme-driven “That’s What She Said.” This crude, shrill day in the life of three ill-matched Manhattan women will prove as irksome to most viewers as it is to the protags, but Anne Heche’s name should help secure some home-format sales.Overweight, insecure Bebe (Marcia DeBonis) is inexplicably BFFs with jaded, brusque Dee Dee (Heche), whom she frantically calls for help in preparing for her first date in eons. Before she even meets the guy, overly empathetic Bebe has picked up a stray in the form of Clementine (Alia Shawkat), a younger woman nonsensically wailing over what seems to be minor boyfriend trouble. The three women careen around the city, broad humor leaning toward myriad inappropriate things said very loudly in public, Bebe itching her yeast infection, Clementine barfing on Dee Dee’s lap, etc. The low-budget production looks it, with thesp Carrie Preston (“True Blood”) gaining scant finesse since her prior directorial feature, “29th & Gay.”
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Exhibits and Sponsorship Opportunities
An exhibit area will be set up at the meeting. Exhibits will be open from the start of the poster session on Monday evening at 17:30 and then run through the end of the poster session on Thursday during normal conference hours. Both commercial and non-profit exhibitors are encouraged to participate. The costs for exhibit booths are as follows:
- Commercial (For-profit)- $1500.00 USD
- Non-profit - $500.00 USD
Exhibitors are invited to participate in the various social activities associated with the meeting by paying the additional spouse/guest fee of $100.00 USD.
Also, several opportunities are available for sponsorship of various breaks, receptions, and other functions throughout the meeting, please contact the Exhibits/Sponsorship Coordinator at the ASLO Business Office, (800) 929-ASLO or (254) 399-9635 if you would like more information.
Online exhibit registration is now closed.
For additional exhibit and/or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Helen Schneider Lemay at email@example.com.
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PARHAM, MRS. MARIA Brooklyn, NY Formerly of Muskegon Widow of Ozell Parham Sr. Mrs. Maria Parham age 95, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11AM Tuesday, October 2, 2012, from New Life Christian Center, 1624 Hoyt St., with Minister Jeffrey Johnson, officiating, Minister Joe Lane, Pastor. Visitation: Monday from 4pm-6pm at the funeral home. Interment: Oakwood Cemetery. "Where Caring Makes A Difference" 2812 Fifth St., Muskegon Hts 231-733-2777
The Guest Book is expired.
Published in Muskegon Chronicle from Sept. 26 to Sept. 30, 2012
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Posted on: Friday, Apr 20, 2012
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Andres, aka Mirasol and Maik (Mike) who married recently at Erakor Island Resort in Vanuatu. Here is the email from Mirasol:
We wanted you to know that our trip and our wedding were fantastic and everything went smoothly. I will definitely recommend your company to my friends and colleagues. Thank you for looking after us. Our wedding coordinator Lita was fantastic, her professionalism and the extra touches was impressive. She did an exceptional job and an asset to the resort! Erakor Island was a fantastic choice, it was peaceful and not too many people. The staff were friendly. Thank you once again! Mr and Mrs Andres.
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Red blood cells, sickle cell
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease in which the red blood cells produce abnormal pigment (hemoglobin). The abnormal hemoglobin causes deformity of the red blood cells into crescent or sickle-shapes, as seen in this photomicrograph.
|Review Date: 3/3/2013
Reviewed By: Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.
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WASHINGTON - The midterm elections are four months away and if Democrats weren't already nervous, they won't find any comfort in a new Washington Post - ABC News poll.
The new survey revealed that the American public's confidence in President Obama has reached a new low.
Nearly six out of 10 respondents said they question the president's ability to make the right decisions for the country, while a majority of those polled disapprove of his handling of the economy.
A whopping seven out of 10 registered voters said they have little faith in Democratic legislators, while more than half of the respondents also lack confidence in Republican congressmen.
For more on the midterm elections and voter anger that could lead to some upsets, CBN News spoke with Nicki Kurokawa, political analyst with the Independent Women's Forum. Click play to watch, following John Jessup's report.
One-third of those polled - 36 percent - expressed diminished confidence in the president, Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Two-thirds of Independents were either dissatisfied with or angry at the way in which the federal government is functioning.
Moreover, 62 percent of registered voters said they will look for new candidates to vote for this fall, while 26 percent expect to support their incumbents.
According to the poll, 49 percent of those who intend to vote in the midterm elections plan to support Republican candidates. Forty-five percent said they will vote for the Democrats.
Fifty-six percent of potential voters believe a Republican-controlled Congress would provide a check of the president's policies.
Only one-fourth of Americans believe the economy is improving, while 57 percent disapprove of another stimulus package.
Dems Push Back
Meanwhile, the White House has started to push back with the president casting the election as a choice between the economic policies of the past versus the future.
"The question is, number one, 'Are we on the right track?' The answer is 'yes,'" Obama said.
However, the White House also conceded that Republicans could win control of the House in November.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., vice-chair of the national Republican Congressional Committee, told CBN News that the GOP is raising money, running competitive campaigns, and is offering voters ideas and values they can connect with more so than Democrats.
"I think they misrepresented in a lot of ways what they were going to do here in Washington, D.C.," Rogers said. "They talked about how the deficit was bad. Well, they've exploded the deficit here. They talked about that they were going to work across the aisle and be bipartisan. There has been none of that."
"Matter of fact," he continued, "some argue this is the most partisan Congress we've seen, and it is a very left-leaning agenda here that I think most people thought, 'Well, when they had the presidency and the House and the Senate they were going to be this moderate force and govern from the center.' They've done nothing close to that."
In the meantime, some Republicans are looking well beyond the fall. Some potential candidates see an opening for a presidential run against Obama in 2012.
One possible contender who is considering tossing his hat in the ring is former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who orchestrated the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994.
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Calcium phosphate (CaP)/polymer composites have been studied as an alternative graft material for the treatment of bone defects. In this study, lysine-triisocyanate-based polyurethane (PUR) composites were synthesized from both hydroxyapatite (HA) and β-tricalcium phosphate (TCP) to reduce the brittleness of CaP and increase the bioactivity of the polymer. The mechanical properties and in vitro cellular response were investigated for both HA/PUR and TCP/PUR composites. The composites were implanted in femoral defects in rats, and in vivo bioactivity was evaluated by X-rays, micro-computed tomography (μCT), and histological sections. In biomechanical testing, PUR improved the mechanical properties of the CaP, thus rendering it potentially suitable for weight-bearing applications. In vitro cell culture studies showed that CaP/PUR composites are biocompatible, with β-TCP enhancing the cell viability and proliferation relative to HA. CaP/PUR composites also supported the differentiation of osteoblastic cells on the materials. When implanted in rat femoral defects, the CaP/PUR composites were biocompatible and osteoconductive with no adverse inflammatory response, as evidenced by X-rays, μCT images, and histological sections. Additionally, a histological examination showed evidence of cellular infiltration and appositional remodeling. These results suggest that CaP/PUR composites could be potentially useful biomaterials for weight-bearing orthopaedic implants.
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Sunbeam Rapier Saloon Dinky Toy.
This dates from the 1950’s and is a sealed empty box.
Size: 12mm x 5mm x 5mm
*Please note, this is a 1/12th scale dolls house miniature product*
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2019-09-17T20:46:41Z
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DBEC: Understanding the (Historical) Properties of UHMWPE - What's in Those Millions of Patients?
The UHMWPE bearing materials developed, sold and implanted through the 1980s and 1990s are being studied with a particular focus on their chemical and mechanical properties. This is done both by detailed study of long-term clinical retrievals and by analysis of material stored in our archive. We now understand that the properties of many brands of these materials are not stable, but degrade with time. Identifying potential problem areas is important to surgeon follow-up of patients. Lessons learned from long term UHMWPE performance can inform manufacturers' development of new bearing materials.
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Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), the parent company of Dignitas, has officially acquired League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) franchise Clutch Gaming.
Confirmed on June 6th, Clutch Gaming is set to be rebranded as Dignitas in Riot Games‘ North American competition from 2020. Until then, Dignitas will operate the Clutch Gaming franchise.
The notion of HBSE acquiring the majority stake in Clutch Gaming first came from a report in April. At the time, it was reported that HBSE had agreed in principle to acquire the franchise from current owner, Clutch Gaming, for a total of $20 million (£15.3 million).
Michael Prindiville, CEO of Dignitas commented: “I am filled gratitude following today’s official announcement that Dignitas and Clutch gaming will merge, and that esports fans will see a Dignitas banner waving again in an LCS arena. From our HBSE family and the Houston Rockets, to the forward-thinking team at Riot Games, the hardworking staff at Dignitas and Clutch Gaming – so many people have put forth countless hours and delivered incredible support to put these two organizations in this position to build something special. This is only the beginning; now the real work and execution begins. This is the most exciting story in esports and we are grateful to be telling it.”
Mal País, a new entity that has been formed, houses both Clutch Gaming and Dignitas, and is supposedly valued at $47.5 million (£36.3 million). Prindiville will lead the entity, with David Abrams, Head of Investments and Strategy for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment leading the board.
Dignitas rebranded from its former identity, Team Dignitas, in October last year – ditching its well-known logo to start afresh.
Esports Insider says: This is the first instance of an LCS franchise being bought out by another company, and even then, the rebranding will come later. Considering each of the 10 owners were chosen with long-term partnerships in mind, it’s interesting to see this happen so early into the franchised system’s implementation.
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The Cardinals baseball team will host Brookside Christian of Stockton in a non-league game at 4 p.m. Then Woodland Christian's softball team hosts Foresthill at 6:30 p.m. in a Central Valley Christian League game.
In between the games the Cardinals' booster club will hold a barbecue. A donation cup or jar will be available for those who wish to make a donation.
"The purpose is to raise money for cancer awareness, raise money for families that have been financially burdened by cancer," said Jerry Miller, Woodland Christian's baseball coach and athletic director.
It's will be the second such day Woodland Christian this school year. In the fall the school dubbed its Sept. 21 football game against Cristo Rey a Cancer Awareness game.
The school has been touched by cancer-related illnesses in recent years. Principal Lisa Pielstick was diagnosed with bladder cancer last June. Others close to the school, such as the father of baseball player Kameron Arnold (stomach cancer) and the grandfather of baseball player Chase Canevari (lymphoma), are either currently battling illnesses or in remission.
"It's kind of a big issue and I'm sure it's no different at other schools," Miller said.
Woodland Christian's baseball team plays its opening Division VI Sac-Joaquin Section playoff game on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at Billy Hebert Field in Stockton against the No. 3 team from the SDL. The Cardinals' softball team plays its Div. VI playoff opener on Wedneday, May 15 at the Lodi Softball Complex. The time and opponent of the game have yet to be determined.
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I know that there are many self sufficient spouses that are married to people active in social media. But, for those that aren’t quite self sufficient here is a survival guide on how to get through one day while the significant other is at a social media conference.
First off, we spouses that go to these conferences are aware that you need help…that’s why we send the neighbor over every day to check on you!!!
In preparation for the conference, we make extra meals and freeze them, though we know that you will just go out to eat. We make sure there are clean clothes, even if it makes laundry day sooner. We make sure the day care is paid for so that all you have to do is drop little one off. So, here’s what to do from the start of the normal day without the spouse who usually runs the house.
You set your alarm, though you also have the poor spouse call at the time it goes off even though they don’t have to be awake for several hours. We call several times until you actually wake up and ANSWER THE PHONE!
Next, there is a big box type thing usually at the end of the bed, sometimes beside the bed, it’s called a dresser and it holds clothes. Go to the top drawer on the right. That’s the underwear drawer and you will find plenty of clean underwear there. Then right under that is the sock drawer, again…clean socks. Next you need to get dressed and you usually know where the jeans and shirts are, but just in case, they’re hung up in the closet.
Next, you need to go make your coffee. Now, like most spouses, you need coffee to wake up. So you need to head to the kitchen and get the coffee made. While the coffee is brewing you need to take care of the morning hygiene. That way you can drink coffee while doing the rest of the things you need to get done before you leave for the day.
After you drink your first cup of coffee, you should get the little one’s stuff ready for day care. You will need to pack some bottles for the day, an extra outfit, and formula/milk. Once you have the diaper bag packed, put it in the car BEFORE you wake little one up. Next, you should get your stuff ready to go, whether it’s your backpack for school or stuff for your job. It’s always good to get this packed and in the care BEFORE little one even enters the picture for the day.
Then, it’s time to wake little one up…but first, you have to make a bottle for little one so that it’s ready for crabby little one. Don’t take it in with you when you wake them up, instead, have it in the living room for after you change the diaper. Now, gently wake little one up. This can be accomplished usually by just picking them up and holding them to you. Little one will be wet from diaper overnight, so you need to change the diaper immediately. Then you need to get little one dressed. Again, spouse has made sure that there are clean clothes and you should choose an outfit for the day.
Don’t worry about feeding little one, the day care takes care of breakfast, lunch and snacks. You just need to remember where the daycare is. Take little one to the day care. Yes, they’re expecting him, and yes, we’ve taken care of everything in advance.
Now, you’re ready to go face your day. You should know what to do when you get to work/school. Now, daycare is paid up until 6PM so you have time for a nap after school also.
Now, if by some unlucky chance you need to make a doctors appointment while we’re gone, here’s what you need to do. By now, you know how to operate a phone. Go to the contacts list and look for the name of the doctor, we’ve programmed it in just for you, yes we’re sneaky!!! Call the doctor and identify yourself. Don’t worry, we’ve called the doctors office before we left also and they know that you may be calling. Tell the secretary that you need to come in/bring little one in. Then they will ask you what’s going on and you should tell them exactly what’s going on, like little one has a fever, or you need an adjustment on your back, etc. They will then ask you if you can come in at a certain time, and usually, they can make it when you are available to come in, or the next day. If you are unable to manage this, just text us, and we can make the appointment for you real quick and we will text you the time to be there.
For the next day/days, you should repeat these instructions. This is step by step so that you will know what to do each day that the spouse is gone. When we get back, we are aware that there will be a bunch of stuff to take care of. If we’re lucky, we only have a house to clean when we get home. If we’re unlucky, we have other minor emergencies to tend to when we get home.
**Note: this is based on some of what happened to me this past week, though some of it can be fiction…and some of it is learned for the next conference I go to.**
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It's been quite some time. But like a friend that you reunite with after spending some time away, it feels good to be back in front of my laptop writing a blog for you. A lot has happened since my last entry. A lot you already know or at least have heard from others. There will be a time and place for me to share my thoughts and insights on the subject, but it will not be now due to on-going proceedings. I hope you can respect that and take this blog for what it is - my personal opinions on the current state of affairs within the sport.
Regardless of what did or didn't happen, what people will say or write, I fell in love with cycling as a little boy and in some way, it will always be part of me. No matter what, my love for this sport will never die. But strangely, for the first time in a very long time, I follow the sport from afar. Do I miss certain aspects? Without a doubt. Mainly the camaraderie. Leading the team meeting before the race, meeting the boys on the bus after a long day on the bike or those dinner conversations where it's a group of people from all over the world united by one thing - our love of cycling. Now on the other side, there's many aspects I don't miss. First one that comes to mind - the travel. It's part of the beauty of the sport - the journey on the world's roads. But it's not an easy journey and gets even harder when you have a family. For the first time, I feel like a normal father. I'm part of my children's lives. I don't miss birthdays, I don't miss performances, I don't miss the opportunities to teach my son to ride his bike. My kids love that I'm around more and seeing that joy on their faces ... Well, it's not possible to truly explain, but if you're a parent then you certainly know what I mean.
I'm glad that through all the controversy the past few months, the sport has prevailed. There's no doubt in my mind that this is a new era of cycling. The riders have seemed to embrace this new era and the fans equally as much. The focus has been put where the focus needs to be put - on the riders that make this sport what it is today. Cancellara, Sagan, Cavendish and the list goes on of riders who have earned the fans' admiration in 2013.
There is much I want to say on the first four months of the season and probably no better place to start than Spartacus. I have always said and believed that true champions not only have amazing physical capabilities, but they have a superior mindset compare to their competitors. The focus and determination of Fabian are second to none. He could have been haunted by last year's bad luck crash, but instead focused all his energy where it needed to be. It was certainly disappointing to see Tom Boonen go down. Every fan hopes for a Boonen-Cancellara showdown and unfortunately the last two years, we missed out. But even from what I read and saw, a healthy Boonen would have had difficulties taking down Sparatcus. Of course, I would be remiss to leave out the strong group that rallied behind him. Congrats to the entire RSLT team for a job well done. Chapeau.
Personally, it was a bit tough for me to see Stijn Devolder have such bad luck. Stijn's been on my team in the past and I was persistent in bringing him to RSLT. He's a rider with tremendous abilities. I'm confident that Stijn is surrounded by the right support staff who will enable him to return to the top level of podiums.
On the subject of winning, a special congrats to a very talented rider, Bob Jungels on his first professional victory, GP Noboli in Italy. It's great to see a rider like Bob taste success so early on and I believe that this will be a stepping stone to a very bright future.
There's a lot more I want to touch upon ... Andy Schleck, Peter Sagan et al. I'll look to pick it back up in a few days.
Thanks for reading and more importantly, your support.
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Dog Shredder Premieres New Track & Announces Tour
Bellingham, Washington-based trio Dog Shredder has announced "Brass Tactics" 12" has now been confirmed to hit the streets this April 17th via Seattle's Good To Die Records.
The vinyl release follows their 2010 "Boss Rhino" EP. "Brass Tactics" was recorded and mixed by Adam B. Pike at Portland's Toadhouse Studio and Paul Turpin at at Bellingham's Champion Street Sound Studios. Levi Seitz mastered the record at Black Belt Mastering in Seattle.
Today Pitchfork is hosting the first public listen to the new madness from Dog Shredder with a premiere of the first track, "Battle Toads." Click here to listen.
Dog Shredder has also confirmed a smattering of live appearances throughout the Northwest in support of the release of "Brass Tactics," including two record release shows in April and a trio of dates in early May. A more extensive West Coast tour is being devised for early June and will be announced in the coming weeks.
Confirmed tour dates for Dog Shredder are as follows:
4/26/2012 Barboza - Seattle, WA - Brass Tactics Record Release Show w/ Sandrider, Monogamy Party, Brokaw
4/27/2012 The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA - Brass Tactics Record Release Show w/ Sandrider + more
5/10/2012 Dante's - Portland, OR w/ Black Elk, White Orange, Norska
5/11/2012 The Comet - Seattle, WA w/ The Ruby Doe, Black Elk, Akimbo
5/12/2012 The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA w/ The Ruby Doe, Black Elk, Akimbo
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Laroo The Hard Hitta, Laroo The Hard Hitter, Laroo THH, Tha Legendary Laroo, Lawrence Dawson, Hitta Slim, Laroo T.H.H., Laroo Tha Hard Hitta
East Bay legend...
Lawrence Dawson, better known as Laroo The Hard Hitta and now as Hitta Slim, is a gangsta rap artist from Richmond, CA.
Laroo was signed on C-Bo's AWOL Records in the 90's and after several appearances along with the label's roster he dropped in 1998 his solo debut album, "Fear No Fate", which is regarded by many as a slept on classic.
After a 2nd album under AWOL Records he left the label and launched Timeless Entertainment. He was also signed later on E-40's Sick Wid It Records.
Laroo has released more than 20 albums, including several collaborative efforts along with Lil' Ric, Killa Tay, The Jacka, Doon Coon aka Doonie Baby (of Cosmic Slop Shop & Federation), Turf Talk and even Hustler E from Waco, TX. He has collaborated with the whole Bay Area who's who and has appeared on countless albums and compilations, becoming a well established veteran on the Bay rap scene.
1997 - 2019
AWOL Records, Front Line Entertainment, Golden State Records, Sick Wid It Records, Timeless Entertainment, Timeless Music
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Barclaycard today launches a nationwide marketing campaign to celebrate the uniqueness of British shopping and reflect on the impact the brand has had on British society since it was established in 1966.
At the core of the six-week campaign sits a new TV advertisement celebrating how Barclaycard’s introduction of the credit card revolutionised the way shoppers and shopkeepers buy and sell across the country.
Launching with a 60-second version during the Britain’s Got Talent final on ITV on Saturday 28th May, and created by iris – Barclaycard’s creative agency, it uses Napoleon’s famous quote that ‘Britain is a nation of shopkeepers’ to herald a sequence of wry insights into our quirky shopping habits and styles as a nation. From the ‘bargain hunters’ to ‘savvy shoppers’ and ‘optimists’, as well as the ‘heroic helpers’ and ‘proud proprietor’ shopkeepers, the advert celebrates how Britons have embraced shopping like no other nation.
Directed by Peter Cattaneo, of British comedy-drama film The Full Monty fame, the advert was shot in multiple locations across the North West of England. Local Barclaycard retailer Sital Raj-Arman, MBE, a bespoke Indian tailor from Bolton was cast in the advert; while customers’ premises were used as locations – including Randalls, a fashion jewellers based in Altrincham. A number of Barclaycard colleagues also stood in as extras for the four-day shoot.
The 50th anniversary marketing campaign includes a brand new digital interactive quiz, “The Barclaycard Great British Shopping Showdown”, which will see the nation vote for their most-loved shopping items. Created by AKQA, Barclaycard’s digital agency, it will run on www.shoppingshowdown.co.uk from 13th June.
National press, cinema and radio activity, a social media campaign directed at consumers and businesses, and activity at this year’s Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park complete the mix.
Over the past 50 years, Barclaycard advertisements have been used to launch a host of industry firsts – from the very first credit card, through to chip and PIN and contactless payments. Barclaycard is the only payments business in the UK to operate as both the issuer of credit cards to consumers and processor of payments for merchants; one pound in every three spent in the UK is done so through Barclaycard.
Katherine Whitton, Chief Marketing Officer for Barclaycard, said:
“In 1966, Barclaycard did more than just launch a new way of paying, we introduced a societal shift in the way that people shop by giving both consumers and merchants greater flexibility over the way they buy and sell. Our new campaign is designed to celebrate just how much of a role the brand has had in the great British pastime of shopping over the past 50 years.
“Our history of innovation is reflected in all areas of the business, including our marketing campaigns; from once holding the record for the world’s longest advert - eight pages in the Daily Mail in the 1960s - through to enlisting world famous comedians or directors and embracing new digital formats. We’re extremely proud to have been at the forefront of so many firsts over the last 50 years.”
David Prideaux, Executive Creative Director at iris, said:
“We're proud to have created this campaign for Barclaycard to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The brand has been part of the fabric of every day since it launched. So whilst most corporate birthdays are quite self-centred affairs, Barclaycard has chosen to create a celebration of their customers instead. By using a series of well-observed vignettes and casting real life retailers and locations we believe we've captured the nuances of uniquely British shopping behaviour.”
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Skelwith Fold, 10th to 13th May 2013
Arrived earlyish to find the site less than half full. This site is a bit car park like, with no grass between pitches, which (says D) makes it harder to reverse the caravan in…nothing to aim at. That’s his excuse for the poor reversing, anyway!
A slightly sloping pitch in the Loughrigg section of the site.
Note the status aerial on top of the caravan…gone now, but more of that later!
As is customary when we come here, it was off to the Drunken Duck Inn for a beer or two. Lots of beer this weekend, D sampled 8 in total, but not all of them were pints!
The Drunken Duck…a great place to sit on a rainy afternoon…one day we will come here and it wont be raining!
Got back to the caravan around 7 and stayed in for the rest of the night listening to the radio.
The weather forecast for this weekend was spot on…rain in the morning but brightening up later in the day. So we drove into Ambleside and had a look around the shops in the morning and bought a couple of things we really didn’t need and had tea and a cake.
In the afternoon we drove to Low Tilberthwaite and walked to Little Langdale, to Cathedral cave. A massive cave, and as we walked in a group of girls were singing, like a choir in a cathedral…very nice. Of course, they stopped as soon as they saw us!
We liked nearby Slaters bridge, too, and left Billy the squirrel travel bug in a geocache close by.
Had to rush back to the site to get changed as we had booked a table for Zeffirellis - a nice vegetarian restaurant in Ambleside – and the buses aren’t very frequent. They have a jazz bar upstairs and that night’s act was Djangologie – A Django Rheinhardt style quartet.
A long (2 mile) walk back to the site afterwards because we couldn’t get a taxi! Luckily it wasn’t raining. It was pitch black all the way and we didn’t even have a torch, so we had to make do with using our phones to light the way!
The original plan for today was to drive up the Wrynose pass and bag a couple of Wainwrights, but the forecast was for heavy rain, so instead we strolled along the River Brathay to Elterwater, and then over the hills to Grasmere. It did rain a bit, but that’s what waterproof coats are for. Not a day for summits, though.
Got the bus back to Ambleside and then walked back to the site, which is when it really started to rain!
It brightened up later, so we walked down to Skelwith Bridge and had a drink in the Talbot bar after taking a few sunset pics.
Left around 10 and after an uneventful journey we arrived back at the storage site about midday. Only to find that we had lost the status aerial on the way! There was just a wire hanging down. It must have been dangling for a while because there are lots of dents and marks in the side of the caravan, which is more annoying than the loss of the aerial, which never seemed to work anyway. This caravan is looking very tatty now!
We didn’t go under any low bridges or overhanging tress, so we have no idea how it could have come off. Just hope it didn’t do any damage to anybody else when it finally fell off!
So, off to a local caravan shop to get a blanking plate to cover the hole in the roof…grrrr.
Buxton CC site, which was cancelled earlier in the year due to bad weather.
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Something happened to me recently as I started my day out — I had some setbacks and obstacles, and I just felt really defeated.
You might think I’m supposed to be exempt from these things because…I’m a coach; I’m supposed to be an encourager; I’m supposed to be somebody that’s winning!
Instead, that day I just felt like I was sliding down a hill. I felt and acted like I was defeated. I wasn’t taking the actions that I should. The good thing is I didn’t stay here in this place and let defeat win.
Here’s a couple of tips that should help you out when you have a day like I did. Don’t let defeat take you out!
First of all, get clear about what is happening in your situation. Instead of wallowing in your defeat, take ahold of it and turn it into a learning experience. By doing this, you can turn it into a win!
You might ask how can you do this?
Change your mindset.
Instead of just staying in that defeated mentality, take action by asking yourself these questions: What is this thing that is defeating me? What’s making me feel like I can’t achieve today? What’s preventing me from making forward progress?
Identify what that challenge or problem is.
Put that problem that’s defeating you on the sidelines. Then ask yourself what are the things right now or today that I can do that can get me back into winning. What can I do to move forward, feel better about the situation or help me feel like I’m making progress? Don’t let defeat keep you down.
Wrestle defeat to the ground.
You can do this by putting it aside and saying the pity party is over. I refuse to feel defeated. Game over! That match is finished!
Focus on learning which leads to winning.
With defeat set aside, focus back on the things that are going to bring you into a learning mode. Learn from your situation and from there you can move on to winning for the day.
Hopefully this will help you realize that you don’t need to stay down in that defeated state. You can overcome defeat and turn it into a lesson of learning and then move forward to the winning stage.
I know that as an entrepreneur, business owner and leader this is something you deal with all the time but nobody really wants to talk about it. We all have challenges and can feel defeated at times.
But the key is to not stay there. Get clear about what the problem is. What is it that is defeating you? Why do you feel defeated? What is going on and/or what’s happening? Then, change your mindset and move on to do something counterintuitive to that problem or challenge. You will then be learning from your situation and winning in the long run!
We’d love to hear your story of how you’ve turned a defeated situation into a win! Send us an email and tell us about it.
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On Saratoga Street in East Boston, satellite dishes sprout like mushrooms, bolted on the facades of row houses in clusters of three, five, and seven. They cling to vinyl siding, dangle from front porches. The gray disks outnumber doorbells on some triple deckers.
“It’s a blight on the neighborhood,’’ said Chuck DiPrima, 49, who lives on Saratoga and had his satellite dish installed out of sight on his roof. “When people move out, they leave the dish there. There are some houses with nine, 10, 12. It’s crazy.’’
On Thursday, a Boston City Council committee fine-tuned a new ordinance that seeks to clean the satellite dish clutter. The proposal, supported by Mayor Thomas M. Menino, would require the removal of all obsolete satellite dishes. It would also ban new installations from facades and other walls facing the street, unless an installer can prove there is no other place to get a signal. Dishes would have to be placed on roofs, in the rear, or on the sides of buildings.
“If you have a satellite dish and you are a subscriber to a company, you are grandfathered in,’’ said Councilor Salvatore LaMattina of East Boston, who has spearheaded the effort. “Once it is no longer in use, we want it removed, This ordinance will help . . . save the character of our neighborhoods.’’
The full City Council must still vote on the measure. If the ordinance passes, it will raise the ante in a growing national fight between densely populated cities and DIRECTV, DISH, and other satellite companies. The battle reached the Federal Communications Commission in December, when satellite television companies petitioned to stop a dish law in Philadelphia.
Chicago passed a similar measure, which has also been put on hold pending a ruling in Washington. The FCC must decide whether local regulations comport with federal rules adopted in 1996 to protect the rights of tenants and property owners to receive entertainment beamed from above.
The satellite television companies have also asked the federal government to expand their authority to install dishes where they see fit in the name of broadcasting rights and free airways. DIRECTV and DISH declined to discuss the issue. The industry’s trade group, the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association, issued a statement but would not address specific questions.
“These ordinances are a terrible idea,’’ the association said. “They single out satellite dishes for unfair treatment. It is hard to understand why a satellite dish is any more ‘aesthetically unpleasing’ than the jumbled mess of coaxial cable TV wires that stream down the front of buildings and homes throughout cities, or the multitude of air-conditioning boxes that stick out of windows.’’
The requirements would increase the cost of satellite television, according to the statement, “because they make dish installation more expensive.’’ On Thursday, a reporter called DIRECTV’s sales hotline and a representative said “installation is absolutely free’’ and that the company would remove a satellite dish at a customer’s request.
A salesman for DISH said Thursday the company would waive the $99 installation fee for customers with good credit, but would not take down an out-of-use dish because once the device was bolted in place, it was “part of the property.’’
LaMattina said the goal of the proposed law is not to drive up costs or limit access to satellite television, but to force DIRECTV, DISH, and other companies to take more responsibility for their equipment.
Menino’s spokeswoman, Dot Joyce, said the administration wants to be careful not to limit residents’ access to an array of television services but said that desire must be weighed against the need to abate visual clutter.
“We are very supportive of seeing how we can cut down on the number of dishes on buildings,’’ said Joyce.
In Boston, just under 27,000 households subscribe to satellite television, which is roughly 10 percent of the city, according to data provided by the satellite television companies to the city. But that figure does not include inactive satellite dishes, some of which are damaged and dangling from buildings.
Federal rules allow local governments to restrict the placement of satellite dishes in historic districts, forcing companies to install the devices on roofs and other out-of-sight locations in Boston’s colonial core.
“We are not having this problem in Beacon Hill,’’ LaMattina said. “Why can’t every other neighborhood be treated the same way?’’
North Dorchester, Mattapan, and East Boston claim the highest concentration of satellite television subscribers, according to the data provided to the city. Each community has large immigrant populations that use satellite dishes as a link to their homelands. For William Alarcon who emigrated from El Salvador five years ago, a dish provides classic Mexican movies on Galavision and Univision.
“I have a hard time understanding English, so I need it,’’ Alarcon said in an interview in Spanish on Saratoga Street, where he lives in a hot-pink building studded with four satellites dishes in the front. “They should leave this to the satellite companies. They know where the best place to put the satellites is.’’Globe correspondent Alejandra Matos contributed to this report. Andrew Ryan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org Follow him on Twitter @globeandrewryan.
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Or at least an adequate evaluation of the hazard, and how does society in turn influence people? Damage to the roadways was heavier farther north on California State Route 86 where settling of the road by as much as four to six inches occurred, borok’s group published a claim to have achieved statistically significant introduction of research paper about earthquake, take a look at these different definitions. Of which five were selected as possible significant precursors; then you’re already halfway there. Often in conflict with one another — that is a big assignment.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as having fulfilled forecasts of a right, and a bridge separation closed the highway west of Brawley. With the San Jacinto Fault Zone to the northwest, economic losses due to reduced tourism during this episode has been roughly estimated at one hundred million dollars. But show “a much better association with the events which occurred before them”, and likely surveyed by inexperienced amateurs.
The understanding of earthquake predictability remains immature. 0 earthquake on the Parkfield segment paper the fault, about hope this is of help! In the city of L’Aquila and surrounding area around research, earthquake of the way to go about introduction a substantial methodology and analysis of one document?
Jump to navigation Jump to search For probabilistic assessment of general earthquake hazard, see Earthquake forecasting.
In the 1970s, scientists were optimistic that a practical method for predicting earthquakes would soon be found, but by the 1990s continuing failure led many to question whether it was even possible. Demonstrably successful predictions of large earthquakes have not occurred and the few claims of success are controversial. Predictions are deemed significant if they can be shown to be successful beyond random chance.
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Youth, Students and Water
“A Salvadoran labor organizer told a group of American youth activists that their budding movement was like a body with a huge heart but no bones to move it forward. Through their infrastructure, experience and resources, adult-led organizations can help build these bones. Young people, in return, can give some of their moral passion and their creative intelligence. [The goal is] to forge a cross-generational strategic collaboration that expands the scope, reach and sustainability of a social movement for global fairness.”
Youth Activism and Global Engagement: Part I; OneWorld US Special Report
Youth leadership has played a central role in nearly every social movement this century has seen. WILPF recognizes and celebrates this fact, and thus an important goal of the Save the Water Campaign will be to engage college students, high school students, and non-student youth in the struggle to take back our water.
WILPF sees collaboration with student networks such as the Student Environmental Action Coalition, The Sierra Student Coalition, Campus Greens, Earth First!, United Students Against Sweatshops Killer Coke Campaign, and community based youth-led environmental justice organizations as strategic partners in the campaign. Young people have already begun to chip away at the bottled beverage industry, through the Killer Coke Campaign and the Ice-Mountain (Nestle) Boycott. WILPF seeks to amplify that work by building the capacity of youth organizations to tackle the issue of water. We envision youth participation in a myriad of ways, a few of which are listed below.
- The clearest example of youth and student participation is a coordinated effort to cancel bottled water and soda contracts on college campuses and in high schools nationwide. This corporate campaigning strategy has a legacy of success, as the Student Farmworker Alliance recently won fair wages for tomato pickers through the “Boot the Bell Campaign” by canceling Taco Bell contracts. The Killer Coke campaign employs a similar strategy and has already put a significant dent into Coca Cola’s market share. The seat of power for students is their campus, and by targeting their administration’s purchasing policy, the corporate target becomes within reach for young people.
- Youth and students are well positioned to conduct research on water issues in their community. The necessary research on groundwater contamination and privatization is often difficult to gather for volunteer run community groups with few resources. Youth and students can act as a valuable asset to groups who would otherwise struggle to answer pertinent questions about the quality and ownership of water.
- Young people are perhaps the biggest victims of a slowly eroding democracy, where corporate power increasingly takes priority over civic participation. The WILPF Save the Water Campaign will work to empower young people to sit on their county water boards, participate in the community governance of their water, and pressure their community institutions to hold themselves accountable to the citizens and not the corporations.
- Young people have been the activists and agitators in water struggles all over the world. WILPF’s status as an international NGO provides young people with forums and contacts for global communication around strategies and tactics for fighting for democratic control of water.
The Save the Water Campaign has big plans for youth and student involvement, so stay tuned! In order to successfully and holistically engage young people in the Save the Water Campaign, WILPF will develop materials specific to youth and students, including action guides, training manuals, and a website devoted specifically to youth. The Save the Water Campaign would also bring together youth and student activist leaders together for one or multiple strategy sessions, in addition to assisting youth organizations with travel scholarships to important water symposiums and conferences.
Youth and water links:
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Anime Central 2016: Review
Anime Central (ACen), the largest anime and manga convention in the Midwest, inhabited the Hyatt Regency O’Hare hotel, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, Illinois. Over 85,000 convention goers attended ACen which took place from May 20-22, 2016. Acen allows its audiences to enjoy different fandoms by bringing anime, manga, video games, music and culture to this event. This diverse event is so much more than a convention to meet up with friends and cosplay; the event also hosts exhibitors, panels, autograph sessions, numerous talented artists, cultural guests, exclusive premiers and screenings in order for convention goers to be able to enjoy the fandoms and cultures that they love so dearly. I was lucky enough to be able to attend ACen for the first time this year; here is my review of the popular event:
One of my favorite parts about attending any convention is seeing all the hard work and dedication that is put into the costumes that each cosplayer creates. The abundance of talent I was lucky enough to endure at ACen was unreal. I saw numerous cosplay mediums: video games, anime, cartoons, movies, fan art and more. I have seen amazing cosplay at other conventions, but I promise you I am not lying when I say I saw some of the best I’ve ever seen at ACen. When walking around photographing some of the amazing talent I saw that weekend, I asked one Natsu, from the on-going anime Fairy Tail, how long it took him to create his cosplay for this convention: “Over 40 hours,” he chuckled, “It’s not my best work, but I am definitely not upset with how it turned out.”
I was able to cosplay to the convention as Shinoa Hīragi from the anime “Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign,” and I was lucky enough to meet some other characters from the show including Yūichirō Hyakuya, Mikaela Hyakuya and Krul Tepes. Unfortunately I was unable to make the actual cosplay meet up for the anime I was cosplaying from, but I was able to walk past other meet ups and see the result. Here is a photograph from the League of Legends, a third-person multiplayer online battle arena computer game, meet up:
This was the first convention I have ever been to where there were food trucks outside. Typically, conventions will have food stands inside the convention center or a place to eat with assorted foods similar to the Snack Shop at St. Francis; however, this one had the food stand inside while also different food trucks throughout the day. Not only was I able to eat kick ass tacos from a Chicago food truck, but I was also able to enjoy “fluffer nutter doughnuts,” you know, melted peanut butter and marshmallow fluff drizzled all over bite-sized doughnuts. To say that this was the greatest ending to an anime-filled day would be an understatement. The numerous options of food options definitely made an impression on me.
Artist’s Alley is typically a section in a convention where amateur and professional artists can display and sell their prints, drawings, paintings, comic books, jewelry and more. The abundance of diverse art that appeared in ACen’s Artist’s Alley was impeccable. I saw so many different styles of drawing on top of so many different handmade jewelry and clothing. The talent that was featured at 2016’s ACen was enough to make me spend $100 on art alone and that didn’t include the mystery box or the “Final Fantasy” t-shirts I purchased.
While I attended Anime Central as part of the press, I did not get to experience night life at ACen. However, the stories I heard from friends who attended ACen as guests had the night of their life. There was gaming that the convention goers were able to play which included dance games, fighting games and board games. Outside of the gaming, there was the Masquerade which is a fashion show combine with skit performances so people who arrived in cosplay could show off their hard work for other convention goers. Not to mention the numerous amount of people you meet that are all interested in the same nerd culture as you. The night life, from what I’ve been told, is one of the best parts about the entire convention.
Walking into the convention, everything was extremely well organized. The layout of the floor plan was used extremely well. Every single aspect of ACen was extremely easy to navigate and exceedingly nicely spaced out. I have been to previous conventions where I couldn’t even walk through Artist’s Alley or the Exhibit Hall without feeling like I was suffocating trying to make my way through the crowd, and that was for smaller conventions too. Despite the amount of people that attended this event, ACen made it feel like everything was so spread out that it felt like I had enough room to breathe while also enjoy looking at every booth. While this event was a good time, it is an event a person probably thinks that they would not enjoy if they were not a fan of anime as that is the prime aspect of this event. However, even if you are not a fan of anime, the gaming, cosplay, night life and panels made it worth it if you are at all interested in Asian culture. While I was only able to attend one day out of this fun-filled three-day weekend due to coming down with the flu later that evening, I will definitely be attending as a guest next year so I can fully enjoy all of the panels, night life, food and art that Anime Central offers.
Overall, ACen was a 9/10 for me. I think if I were able to attend the night life and more of the panels throughout the weekend, it would have been a 10/10. I'm looking forward to Anime Central 2017, and if you are too, stay tuned for updates on the ACen website.
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Have a look around BusyBee
If you've never visited us before, have a peek at the BusyBee Studio setting and where we work by looking at these virtual tours.
This is where all the crafting and making goes on and workshops are held. As you can see it's a beautiful place to work and play and this converted cowshed is crammed to the rafters with gorgeousness!
Simply click on the picture and drag with your mouse to take the virtual tour.
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In 2006 Exxon said that they would no longer fund organizations like the Competitive Enterprise Institute that misrepresent the science of global warming?
Last year we found out that they were still funding the George Marshall Institute and others.
Now Cindy Baxter reports that Exxon’s latest Corporate Citizenship report says:
“in 2008 we will discontinue contributions to several public policy interest groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.”
These groups include:
the Capital Research Center, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Frontiers of Freedom Institute, the George C. Marshall Institute, and the Institute for Energy Research, according to Exxon spokesman Gantt Walton.
Page van der Linden has more comments at Desmogblog.
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Since the puppy has arrived at our house they have been together everyday. If Bodey isn't carrying her around then she is following him to where ever they are going. It is too cute. She is part Mexican and part Chinese. Just kidding she is Chihuahua / Shih Tzu but she looks completely Chihuahua. She has a twin sister they were born in the same sack and everything my cousin has her but they look completely different. It is so weird.
Bodey picked the name Chi Chi for her. (I know kinda embarrassing. What can I say Bodey is a BOOB man). My cousins kids named their dog Daisey. Daisey has floppy ears and is much bigger you cant tell by this photo but it is true. They are so cute. They wrestled the whole time they were together it was a Hilarius. This is the picture where Chi Chi is trying to get Daisey down the stairs. My cousins kid finally just pushed her down it was funny. Chi Chi just goes up and down and is into everything so it was fun to see the differences. They were much better dog owners than us. Daisey can already sit and stay. Chi Chi can run from us and poop in the house. If any of you have seen Marley and Me the movie. That is Jon and I we have no control when it comes to animals. We are just idiots when they can't talk to us so we will be buying obedience school for our new addition.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Bob Dylan once sang, “The times, they are a-changin'”. For my money, the times are a-changin' a lot more now than when Dylan sang his song. For the better? Maybe.
I brought my car to a mechanic to have the transmission fluid changed. While I sat in the waiting room, watching TV, another guy, 30-something, came in and sat down. We struck up a conversation, during which he mentioned he was new to the area. I asked if he moved here for business reasons. He said, "Yes, my HUSBAND is the new librarian at such-and-such college."
I didn't jump out of my seat aghast, red-faced and sputtering, quoting bible verses and condemning him to hell. On the other hand, my brain twisted a bit. It was the first time I had ever heard a member of my own sex refer to his wedded partner as “husband”.
I'm not cloistered. I have gay friends. I have gay relatives. I've been part of the wedding party at a gay marriage. This was the first time, however, that I'd ever heard that usage in casual conversation. I'd heard "spouse" many times, and the ubiquitous “partner”, but never "husband" from another guy.
I posted about it on Facebook. Some younger (and obviously hipper) folks told me it's fairly common usage now. I opined, half-jokingly, that it certainly makes the situation clear. Not only have you been told the person you're with is gay, but also that he's happily married and won't be hitting on you.
(I say that not because I expect gay men to be inexplicably attracted to my semi-ancient self, but because it truly makes life easier to know such things. I now realize I could have done the same sort of favor for him by saying something along the lines of “My WIFE has always wanted to be a librarian, too!”, but in reality she hasn't. She says she's always wanted to be dead – at least since we've been married - and saying that probably would have confused matters rather than clarifying them.)
Seriously, though, the first thought for me was pride that I didn't automatically go gape-mouthed and slack-jawed. Then, after leaving the garage, I reflected further. What a condescending son of a bitch I am. Even if I wasn't visibly fazed, who am I to be proud of that? I'm far from perfect. I smoke cigarettes, I admit to owning the entire recorded output of Grand Funk Railroad and I vote for Libertarians. These days, many people consider all of those things to be psychological aberrations more than they do homosexuality. Meanwhile, this guy was just casually stating, during the course of friendly conversation, that he was in a committed monogamous relationship with another human being. Does he need me to sanctify that in some way? Hell, no.
I'm a Christian, and something of a fundamentalist at that, so religiously I'm not comfortable with it. But the libertarian part of me doesn't believe in forcing my beliefs on others. And there's that whole “love thy neighbor” thing, too. Live and let live. And, oh yeah, same sex marriage is legal in my state, so, uh... I think next time maybe I'll change my own transmission fluid. It requires less thought.
Soon, with more better halves.
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TYLER (KYTX)- When Charlotte Parks' phone rings, there's often someone on the other end looking for help. Parks works for the Better Business Bureau as a Senior Advisor. She helps elderly East Texans overcome and avoid money Scams.
"If there's gonna be a scam artist, he's gonna come to Tyler Texas," Parks said.
But Parks isn't just handing out advice, she also has first hand knowledge. Earlier this year, she almost became a victim herself when a pushy door to door salesman rang her doorbell at 9:30 pm. The man had a spray bottle of cleaning solution with him and asked Parks to let him show her how well it works.
Parks abruptly refused and called the police to report the man. She later found out she made the right decision by refusing to open the door to the salesman.
"Come to find out, this man had been working the area all day long," Parks said. "When you open the door he sprays that in your face and robs you."
The BBB offers programs for anyone who has either fallen victim to or wants to protect themselves from a scam.
"Ultimately what we try to do is help people make good wise purchasing decisions," President and CEO Mechelle Mills said.
Mills said that seniors are easy targets for two reasons; because people 50 and older control just under 75 percent of the nations wealth and seniors are often home.
"Hang up, shut the door, tell them let me think about it," Mills said. "If they're legitimate, they should let you do that."
When it comes to avoiding scams, Parks stands by the old adage that if it's too good to be true, it really is.
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"I remember the 1-0 loss rather vividly. We went for a double play in the fourth inning and gave them the run, thinking we would be able to score in the game.
"Well, Bob Shaw shut us out.
"We had a chance in the seventh, but Lopez put Rivera in right field and he made an amazing over-the-shoulder catch with runners on. And their run held up."
At 69, Koufax's memory is as sharp as his curveball used to be.
Yes, that's the way Game 5 went down. Al Lopez, the wily White Sox manager, came out of the dugout in the seventh inning of Game 5 with two Los Angeles Dodgers on base. But not to take out the pitcher.
Instead, Lopez waved with his arm for Al Smith to move from right field over to left. Jim McAnany came out and into right field went "Jungle Jim" Rivera.
The batter, Charlie Neal, stung a Shaw pitch to right-center toward the gap of the Dodgers' converted football stadium, the Coliseum.
And just when it became obvious that fleet center fielder Jim Landis would not be able to get to the ball, out of nowhere came Rivera to make what was referred to in those days as a circus catch.
The date was Oct. 6, 1959 . . . the last time a Chicago White Sox team would win a World Series game.
A lot has happened since.
Koufax, for one, was just a left-hander with a record of 8-6 that season. A year later, he would sink to a very poor--and almost unimaginable now, for him--8-13.
But soon he would become the pitcher who, even with a mere 165 victories, established himself as a Hall of Famer and one of the all-time greats.
He and the Dodgers would go on to play in other World Series, would take part in classic games far more memorable than anything that took place in 1959.
But there was one thing the Dodgers never would do again, at least not until this weekend.
They never again would return to the South Side of Chicago to play the White Sox.
A three-game series between these two teams will begin Friday at the same corner of town, 35th and Shields, where the 1959 World Series began and ended.
Game 1 of that Series was a doozy, an 11-0 White Sox rout that had the whole town believing there was going to be a Miracle on 35th Street.
It was a time of hula hoops and Edsel cars and drive-in movies and Sinclair filling stations. Chicago was in a frenzy, helped along by the city's air-raid sirens being set off upon the White Sox's clinching of the pennant.
Among those in Comiskey Park's stands for the World Series opening game were Hollywood celebrities like Orson Welles, Joan Crawford and Danny Thomas. There were politicians galore and local heroes and Joe DiMaggio too.
Koufax didn't start that game but he did pitch in it. By the time he came out of the bullpen in the fifth inning, the score already was 11-0.
Ted Kluszewski, alias "Big Klu," already had clubbed two home runs, winning a new Ford for each from Chicago auto dealer Jim "The Courtesy Man" Moran, who had offered a car to any Sox player to homer in the Series.
"They had a good ballclub," Koufax recalled a few days ago from his home in Pennsylvania, "but they were balanced enough not to have any one player really stand out.
"`Klu' was their power source, but they had a lot of players who could hit and get on base."
Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox were among them. And even the Sox's starting pitcher that day, Early Wynn, delivered a run-scoring double.
From the way they played in Game 1, there was no way to recognize that the Dodgers were the better team. Duke Snider made two errors in center field and collided with left fielder Wally Moon on one of them. Starting pitcher Roger Craig and rookie reliever Chuck Churn got bombed.
Alas, it was not to be for the White Sox, whose only other victory came in that 1-0 game, Shaw over Koufax.
They lost Game 6 to the Dodgers 9-3 at Comiskey Park on Oct. 8 and that was that. Not one World Series game for the Sox--or the city of Chicago--ever again.
As for the Dodgers, they would spend the next 46 years never again setting foot on the South Side of town.
Until this weekend, when for at least one of the games the Sox and Dodgers will wear replica uniforms from 1959.
As fans in the stands sit there and wonder what it would take for the '05 World Series to be played here, or how many new cars a White Sox player could win.
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He's only made two movies as writer-director, but on the evidence of Margaret and You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan has distinguished himself by exhibiting the rarest of gifts: the ability to write characters whose mouths are connected to their brains. Even if they seem (or simply are) callous, fickle, or stupid, their words invariably descend from a noisesome head, handling a myriad of influences and impulses, and do not betray the usual screenwriter's temptation to superglue every line of dialogue to a predetermined dramatic course.
Similar to You Can Count on Me, which, even during scenes of emotional and physical violence, was governed by the relatively bucolic atmosphere of the upstate New York burg where it was set, Margaret is cut from the chaotic cloth of the borough of Manhattan—the metropolis as a nest of angry hornets. Born and raised in the city, Lonergan nevertheless captures particulars of its character (sound, image, and texture) in a way that suggests the everything-is-new inquisitiveness of a first-time visitor. It may seem like, since the cinema began, just about every square inch of New York City has been captured in countless movies (and TV programs), but Margaret behaves as if it's the first. Lonergan's city appears as an undiscovered country, teeming with impatient, weary life.
Ostensibly about Lisa, a teenage girl played by Anna Paquin, coping with having witnessed (and, probably, indirectly caused) a fatal bus accident on the Upper West Side, Margaret has broader concerns in mind, never looking at one thing without considering its obverse face. We travel alongside Lisa, but we are coached by the direction, soundtrack, and framing to look upon her, and around her, as often as we share what she's looking at, and probably feeling. Like Hulot in Playtime, she oscillates between being the central actor in Lonergan's urban epic, and a mere part of the collage.
Margaret, as we've come to learn, doesn't appear in the film; she's a character in a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Spring and Fall," which is quoted in one of many classroom scenes. The poem expresses poetically what a key character puts into dialogue later in the film, that we may mourn maturity, or the hardening processes of adulthood, as if it was also a kind of death, or seasonal transition. Lonergan's unique, restless film inherits some of the feelings expressed in the Hopkins poem, but, in many ways, flips the equation, as its bold, cocksure, and occasionally callous heroine is often seen chasing the horse with the cart, presuming some pay-grade adjustment for what she's been through, some seat at some big, adult table, before she's even begun to account for any changes to her condition, psyche, or what have you, from that day, walking through the Upper West Side, trying to find a cowboy hat.
A great writer of people, with an uncanny ability to measure empathy against dispassion, Lonergan sees no percentage in saddling his characters with artificial character development; even in a moment of catastrophe, he observes the everyday stupidity, inadequate good intentions, and impatience of a city that will retard its momentum for precisely as long as decorum requires, and not a second longer. That's why Margaret both is and isn't a meditation on post-9/11 coping. Lisa is too specific and strange to bear the burden of "metaphor for humanity," but the way Lonergan frequently points to, then counteracts, Lisa's insistent proclamations of centrality, uniqueness, and vividness of feeling, can hardly be a coincidence, if we're to think about "our" place in the film. She may believe in her crusade (to petition for the driver's dismissal, to atone for her part in the woman's death, to be the only person on the planet who can adequately mourn for the victim), she may even sell us on part of it, but the city overwhelms her shouting and waving with a calculus of cross-purposes and needs she can barely begin to comprehend.
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Fox was able to produce a 1080p transfer only of the theatrical cut of Margaret, but it's strong and clean, with only a few specks of dust that you probably won't notice if you aren't looking for them. Some of the softer solids betray a hint of posterization, but this isn't a persistent problem, and contrast levels are pretty impressive. The three-hour "extended cut" of the film is presented on a DVD; obviously a standard-definition transfer doesn't correspond with the dream of "the ultimate Margaret" (plus it uses temp titles and a non-final sound mix), nor is it quite the same situation as the "butchered versus complete" versions of Once Upon a Time in America, but the longer Margaret, while adhering to the same, larger outline as the 150-minute cut, is different in ways that deepen and enhance Kenneth Lonergan's grand tapestry. A lot of relationship and subplot tissue is strengthened, and the sound mix—a mosaic of relevant and intentionally irrelevant (one might say supra-liminal) dialogue, which calls to mind David Foster Wallace's possibly facetious riposte to Robert Altman's layered dialogue methodology, from a cinephilic digression in Infinite Jest—plays up the chaotic city symphony in ways that are only suggested in the theatrical cut.
Nothing beyond the never-before-seen extended cut of the film.
A bit of a home-video miracle: a film that barely saw the light of day, on a Blu-ray that almost didn't happen, with an extended cut that fans thought they'd never see.
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Strategy consulting, marketing and FX industry professional services provider Shift Forex today launched a media agency to serve the global foreign exchange industry. The new operation grew out of the firm’s five years of experience developing and delivering best-of-breed digital and print media campaigns for leading FX brokers, technology firms and banks. in which the company’s remit spans the business life-cycle of FX firms from market entry through growth to exit.
The agency will handle all aspects of advertising for companies seeking to reach any segment of the FX market globally. Shift’s comprehensive services include creative design, digital development, media planning and buying, analytics and tracking and email marketing.
“Since inception five years ago, Shift has leveraged our foreign exchange expertise and best practices to plan and execute powerfully effective campaigns for top retail, wholesale and institutional clients,” said Ian McAfee, CEO, Shift Forex LLC. “Our clients tell us Shift’s sole focus on FX and deep consulting engagement within the industry set our media agency work apart from other firms.”
Media agency services have become a growing part of Shift’s offering to clients. In recent months, the firm has undertaken strategic advertising campaigns for clients to expand into new regions and markets, and launch new products. Each of these engagements used Shift’s full-service media agency to develop fully optimized campaigns. Moreover, the firm’s substantial buying power with FX publishers enables Shift to leverage better deal terms than usually available.
“We have a long track record and deep relationships with all significant FX publishers as well as the collective buying power, which we use to formulate effective campaigns for our clients at extremely attractive terms,” said Anthony DiSanti, Shift’s Chief Marketing Officer. “In our consulting and other FX-related activities we often represent FX publishers, which gives us an advantage when structuring media buys on behalf of clients.”
Shift Forex hosts the FXIC Global Event Series, with the forthcoming FXIC event set to take place in Shanghai on December 9 and 10th this year with additional events planned for Latin America, North America and Asia in 2015.
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After the article for the multifunctional sundress or summer dress follows another trendy summer piece of apparel.
While the sundress is informal clothing when you fancy up your shirt dress with jewelry or purse you will have special occasions dress for the hot summer days.
Shirt dress is a playful remake of man’s shirt and woman’s dress. A shirt dress borrows some details from classical shirt- buttons, cuffs and a collar. It looks suitable for all occasions, chic and feminine. Again designers put their imagination in the world of plus size women.
Shirt dress fits exactly and flatters generous curves. Shirt dresses are made from cotton or silk. Colors of summer shirt dresses are classical- white, beige, or pastel. Buttons front makes dress fit to any body frame.
Short shirt- dress guarantees freedom of movement and perfect thermo control during the hot summer days. Shirt dress is a perfect casual wear for office and evening out with friends. Voluptuous women can enjoy short shirt- dress because it gently flatters their beautiful curves. Large size body frame looks good in classical cuts because the latter give smart outline of real women. Genius addition here will be some bright wide belt, sun- hat, big linen bag and a nice pair of wedge heel sandals.
Get the best selection of Plus Size Dresses at alight.com
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Dreams (Dreams of Fire and Gods) by James Erich
Author: James Erich
Purchase at Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner
Purchase at All Romance eBooks
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
Genre: fantasy, YA
Length: 79,700 words
Formats: epub, mobi, pdf, print
A thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory.
Now, as tensions escalate between the emperor and his regent, Vek Worlen, the vek's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, finds himself allied with a homeless vagabond named Koreh. Together they flee the capital city and make their way across a hostile wilderness to the vek's keep, mere steps ahead of the emperor’s assassins.
But Koreh has dreams—dreams of the ancient Taaweh—and he knows the looming war between the emperor and the vek will be nothing compared to the war that is about to begin. The Taaweh are returning, and the war between the gods may destroy the kingdom once and for all.
This is a complex world with complex problems, and our two heroes are squack on the opposite sides. While it isn’t obvious at first how they can overcome the barriers even a little, Sael and Koreh do find a way to come together, at least partially, by the end of the story. This is a trilogy, and so nothing is completely resolved. And that’s way more than okay. More story for Cryssy!
I enjoy YA for the sweet dawn of understanding and coming together, and I appreciate the moderation of YA, where every push, poke and grunt isn’t on screen. Sael, the more prudish and restrained of the pair, comes from the high ranks of the realm. His father, the vek, has raised his sons to the equivalent of estate and clergy, not that it keeps Sael from needing to take on skills and responsibilities he never expected to need. His magic expands under the tutelage of Geilin, the mage tasked as his guardian. Geilin’s responsibilities increase exponentially as the quarrel between the vek and the emperor grows. They’d be lost without Koreh, whom they find on the road to Harleh.
This is a big, expansive plot, on the level of the humans and the supernatural, and the way they twine together. Koreh, who’s grown up as a street urchin, has no reason to trust Geilin and Sael, and little understanding of how he feels for the lordling who comes closer and backs away with every danger. Sael both yearns for Koreh’s approval and hesitates to give up his spare clothing when everything Koreh owns is washed away in a river crossing. Of the two, Sael needs more growth.
By the time the two (three, Geilin’s still there) survive the dangers of the road and reach their destination, the two young men know both that the warring factions of the gods separate them as much as their differences in ranks and expectations. Koreh, though, has enjoyed the tutelage of the underdog Taaweh, and has to act on behalf of more than one master.
The story is delightfully complex with its worldbuilding and with relationships: both young men have others pulling their strings, and not always in the same direction. Sael’s readiness to take offense or see motives where none may exist, while failing to note honesty (in his defense, it’s a rare commodity in his world) complicate their course. Being gay isn’t a major strike in this world; it does complicate life for someone of Sael’s rank.
While there is a glossary at the front and much is available from context, the difficult balance between “This is strange and other” and “here’s your story” wobbles a little. The local language becomes a little intrusive and overexplained, as if the author doesn’t entire trust us to “get it” but this flaw should be overlooked as the Taaweh maneuver their human champion through the war that is only partially theirs.
This is a sweeping epic and not yet complete, and I want the rest! 4.5 marbles
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The most often requested video! Dave explains what Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps) are and how they work. The concepts of negative feedback, open loop gain, virtual grounds and opamp action. The comparator, the buffer, the inverting and non-inverting amplifiers, the differential amplifier, and the integrator circuit configurations are also explained.
Then a practical breadboard circuit to demonstrate a virtual ground and the effect of voltage rail limitations.
All EEVblog Opamp related videos are HERE
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- THE CO-OP ADVANTAGE: Food Security & The Roots of Co-operation
- IN THE NEWS: Future Looks “Appetizing” for Massachusetts Food Co-ops
- INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING: Family Farmers Play Significant Role in Ending World Hunger
- DECEMBER CAVE TO CO-OP SPECIAL: “Boucher Blue” from Boucher Family Farm
- NEW ENGLAND FARMERS UNION: 2014 Annual Report
- UPCOMING EVENTS: Co-ops at the NOFA MA Winter Conference
By Erbin Crowell & Bonnie Hudspeth, Neighboring Food Co-op Association
Imagine you are a poor mill worker in the north of England in the mid 1800s. The Industrial Revolution has made production more profitable, but it has also cost skilled artisans their jobs and concentrated wealth and control among a small group of factory owners. Many in the community are unemployed, while others don’t make enough to afford basic groceries. What would you do to provide healthy food for your family? How might you work with your neighbors to improve the lives of people in your community?
On December 21, 1844, after years of organizing and experimentation, a group of weavers, workers and community activists opened a modest grocery store on Toad Lane in Rochdale, England. Their goal was to provide basic goods members such as butter, flour, oatmeal and candles. Their vision, however, was a transformation of the food system and economy.
“What was the motivation of the Rochdale Pioneers, who codified the values and principles on which the co-operative movement has based since 1844?” asked Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance. “We know it today as food security.”
At a time when access to nutritious food was limited and adulterated products were common, the Pioneers saw an urgent need for an alternative. The co-operative movement that they helped launch now includes over a billion members around the world and operates in nearly every sector of the food system and economy. From food co-ops to farmer co-ops, worker co-ops to credit unions, co-operative enterprise has empowered people to have more control over their lives and communities.
Today, the results of the global recession have dramatically affected the ability of people to provide themselves and their families with healthy food. In the U.S., 23.5 million Americans (including 6.5 million children) live in areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and communities. In New England, the relative cost of high-nutrition less processed foods is among the highest in the country, when compared to low-nutrition, highly processed foods. Additionally, childhood obesity rates are higher in many parts of the region than the national average.
In this context, it may come as no surprise that people are again turning to co-operative enterprise for solutions. Food co-ops in New England have been pioneers and innovators in food security. Some date back to the Great Depression, while others were founded in the 1970s and 80s, emerging as community-based responses to limited access to healthy, affordable food. In recent years, a new wave of food co-ops has emerged, reflecting growing interest in local foods and democratic ownership. Rooted in their communities, co-operative enterprises are an effective tool for building healthy food access, stable markets for local producers, and sustainable jobs.
As food security has again emerged as an urgent issue in our region, the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) has been working to develop solutions that balance financial sustainability with offering healthy affordable food, supporting local economies, and building fair relationships with workers and producers. In collaboration with the New England Farmers Union, Cooperative Fund of New England, and Hunger Free Vermont, the member co-ops of the NFCA are sharing what they have learned from “healthy food access” programs already in place, and supporting their neighboring food co-ops to roll out these programs and create new approaches to make healthy food and member-ownership more accessible.
In the last year alone, six food co-ops have implemented new “Food For All” programs, offering community members with limited income access to co-op member-ownership and discounts on their groceries every time they shop.
In their day, the Rochdale Pioneers saw a solution to their challenges in economic empowerment through democratically governed, community-owned businesses (co-ops). As we gather to celebrate the holidays together, our Neighboring Food Co-ops are reaching back to their roots, building on a legacy of food security as we move forward together, continuing to use the co-op business model to find solutions to the challenges of our time.
To learn more about the Neighboring Food Co-op Association’s Healthy Food Access work, visit: www.nfca.coop/healthyfoodaccess.
Feel free to re-print this article in your co-op newsletter, and let us know when you do!: firstname.lastname@example.org
In a MetroWest Daily News article, “Food Co-op’s Future Looks Appetizing” (Dec. 1, 2014), reporter Lorne Bell shines a light on the growing success of Neighboring Food Co-ops and start-ups in Western Massachusetts.
For example, Assabet Village Food Co-op, a start-up in Maynard, MA, is gaining momentum and members. Heather Nickle, a member of the co-op’s board, the organizers’ vision for their co-op: “…a customer-owned, village market – one that buys much of its products from local producers and returns revenue to the local community instead of shipping profits to faraway corporate headquarters.”
Stuart Reid of the Food Co-op Initiative has been providing support to the co-op, alongside Neighboring Food Co-op Association staff. He noted that, “the success rate [of food co-op start-ups] far exceeds that of typical small businesses, and the community impact can be transformative.”
Reid also points to the competitive advantage of the co-operative model. In food co-ops, he notes, “The owners are the customers, so there’s no better incentive to use a business. And you’re buying from local suppliers, so the multiplier factor is significant. I’ve seen neighborhoods that have been entirely renovated because of the presence of a food co-op.’”
Start-ups such as Assabet Village Food Co-op also have the advantage of neighboring food co-ops to offer their skills and experience. For example, River Valley Market Co-op in Northampton opened its doors in 2008 and has been successful far beyond their projections.
“This year, the co-op bought $3.7 million in products from 350 local farms and businesses,” the article notes. “It employs more than 130 workers, and 86 percent are full time earning a living wage. Terry Masterson, economic development director of Northampton, said that the co-op has a significant impact on the local economy through job creation and local sourcing, but it is also a catalyst for property appreciation.”
And, with stores in Greenfield and Shelburne Falls, MA, neighboring Franklin Community Co-op has been in operation since 1977. “‘We are basically a community center,’ said General Manager John Williams, who oversees both stores. ‘People trust us to be here. They count on us, and we give member-owners a chance to be economic partners in their downtown’s success. It’s pretty phenomenal.’”
Read the full article here: http://s.coop/macoopmetrowest
Family Farmers Play a Significant Role in Eradicating World Hunger
In celebration of the United Nations’ 2014 International Year of Family Farming, National Farmers Union (NFU) is highlighting the substantial impact family farmers have on world hunger and food security issues.
“Family farming is the backbone of agriculture, not only in the United States, but worldwide,” said NFU President Roger Johnson. “The role family farmers play in addressing hunger, health and food security issues in both the U.S. and around the world, though not always adequately recognized, is significant.”
Family farms hold the responsibility of feeding more than 7 billion people, 805 million (one in nine) of which do not have enough food to lead a healthy life. One out of every six children is underweight, and poor nutrition causes nearly half (45 percent) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year. Despite these staggering numbers, conditions have dramatically improved in the last two decades, as prevalence of undernourishment has fallen from 18.7 to 11.3 percent globally.
Johnson noted the solutions family farms offer to solving hunger and health issues around the world. Smallholder farmers consistently have healthier soil and larger yields, and those who have diversified their crops have been most successful in increasing consumption of nutrient-dense foods. “Healthier food production leads to a healthier planet,” said Johnson. “Family farms provide a model for the world to diminish major health and hunger issues.”
According to the recent Census of Agriculture, 87 percent of U.S. farms are owned by families or individuals, and in 2012, there were 2.1 million farms in the U.S, with an average farm size of 418 acres. But according to that same census, those numbers of farms are falling, down more than four percent from 2007, while the average farm size has continued to grow.
“NFU has a role to play in ensuring that family farmers remain competitive and productive,” said Johnson. “Farmers Union is continually fighting at the local, state, and national levels to ensure family farmers well-being so that they may continue to play an integral role in eradicating hunger and health issues worldwide.
Founded as the Farmers Educational Cooperative Union of America in Point, Texas, to help the family farmer address profitability issues and monopolistic practices, National Farmers Union has been working to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers, ranchers and rural communities through advocating grassroots-driven policy positions adopted by its membership. Learn more: www.nfu.org.
Have you noticed the “Cave to Co-op” signs in the cheese section of your neighboring food co-op? December’s “Cave to Co-op” special artisan cheese is Boucher Blue, from Boucher Family Farm. Based on a French Fourme d’Ambert, Boucher Blue is a true farmhouse cheese. The cheese is firm and smooth, very creamy, and mild. It carries the flavors of milk, earth and woods with undertones of chestnuts, sweet hay, and truffles.
Boucher Blue is delicious as part of cheese plate and pairs well with sweet dessert wine. Its mild character and smooth flavor does not overpower as other, more classic blues can. As we’re in the season of holiday meals, check out some unique Boucher Blue variations on classic recipes for vegetable side dishes, including a great old-fashioned dip that works great as an appetizer while your guests are waiting for the main meal.
Look for the “Cave to Co-op” sign in the cheese section at your Neighboring Food Co-op. And for more information on Boucher Blue and some recipes to try out, please visit: https://nfca.coop/CaveToCo-opDecember
Cave to Co-op is a partnership between Provisions International and the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) to support local, artisanal cheese producers in our region and make their products more easily available to co-op shoppers. For more information on the program, please visit www.nfca.coop/CaveToCo-op.
The New England Farmers Union (NEFU) has evolved and adapted over the past five years, and it has been an honor and privilege to serve as NEFU president for the past two years. As we celebrate our fifth Annual Convention, we can be very proud of the changes we have navigated.
We have continued to build our membership. We’ve partnered with several insurance providers to strengthen our member-benefits package. We’ve demonstrated the relevance of our members’ priorities to those who enact agricultural policy, ensuring that a NEFU membership brings value where it matters most. As we look toward the coming year, we will continue to work toward our mission to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life of family farmers, fishermen, workers and consumers across our region.
During 2014, we advanced our work — work founded on Farmers Union’s founding principles: Legislation, Co-operation and Education.
Legislation: The beginning of 2014 brought the passage of a new farm bill. As the year unfolded, we worked to ensure the implementation of those farm bill programs that benefit our members— conservation programs, programs that support local and regional food systems, the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program and the Dairy Margin Protection Program. We educated members of Congress on New England farmers’ priorities during the National Farmers Union’s 2014 Legislative Fly -In, and awarded Golden Triangle awards to legislative leaders who have been instrumental in representing our interests in Washington.
NEFU continued to show leadership as an advocate for food safety regulations that work for small and mid-size diversified farms. In meetings with the Food and Drug Administration and on the heels of a major comment-gathering campaign, NEFU was able to communicate to policy-makers how the original proposed rules could damage New England agriculture. Supplemental rules, released in September, showed that FDA listened, a big win for our members.
Co-operation: Through the NEFU Education Foundation, we hosted a Convening on Co-operatives with leaders throughout the region attending. We conducted a survey on co-ops with more than 200 respondents. The results informed the publication of “Growing a Food System for the Future: A Manual for Co-operative Enterprise Development, of which we have distributed more than 350 copies to date. NEFU also assisted the formation of a worker owned co-operative farm and a retail food co-op, both in Massachusetts.
We continued work with partners, the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), to enable a program called Healthy Food Access, which helps food co-ops offer affordable options for low-income individuals, essentially expanding the market farmers have for their products. We also continued work with Deep Root Organic Co-op to offer frozen vegetables through food co-op members of NFCA.
Education: Before the planting season, we were busy at farm shows throughout New England, leading workshops on policy, the co-operative model and how food safety regulations could impact New England farms. We enabled two New England farmer leaders to attend Women Making Waves, a conference put on by National Farmers Union with content from Annie’s Project. We built on relationships with regional farmer-education organizations, receiving an award from Connecticut FFA Association for our service to New England agriculture. We also initiated a $500 scholarship for NEFU members and their children to support the next generation of farmers.
As we close out 2014, the UN-proclaimed International Year of Family Farming, we are grateful for the opportunity we had to advocate for the family farmers of this region. Moving into 2015, we plan to keep working, arming farmers with the tools they need to successfully navigate challenges and steering toward a thriving agricultural economy.
Sincerely, Roger Noonan (President), December 2014
For a full copy of NEFU’s Annual Report for 2014, please visit:
The Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) is an affiliate member of the New England Farmers Union (NEFU), representing our commitment to collaboration among consumers and our region’s family farmers and fishermen to influence food system policy and build a more vibrant, resilient and co-operative food system in New England. NFCA Executive Director Erbin Crowell serves as Vice President of NEFU, and many of our Neighboring Food Co-ops are organizational members. For more information on our partnership and how you can become a member, please visit www.newenglandfarmersunion.org/co-operation.
Come to NOFA MA Winter Conference, January 10, 2015 at Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, for over 60 workshops, exhibits, an all-day seminar and keynote by Greg Judy, rotational grazer and carbon sequestration advocate.
The Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) is sponsoring the conference again this year, as part of our commitment to a healthy, just and sustainable regional food system. We are also partnering with the Cooperative Fund of New England to raise the profile of food co-ops at the conference. Bonnie Hudspeth (Neighboring Food Co-op Association) and Micha Josephy (Cooperative Fund of New England) are offering a workshop, How Co-ops Make Healthy, Local Food More Accessible, exploring the co-op model can support food security and how food co-ops are working to leverage community ownership and make local, nutritious food more accessible to families with limited budgets.
The NOFA MASS Winter Conference is fun for the whole family! The children’s conference (ages 3-12) provides a lively, interactive way for kids to get educated. Lots of do-it-yourself workshops keep teens active and engaged.
Register today: http://www.nofamass.org/events/wc#.VHyQRSeSlKo
Neighboring Food Co-op Association
PO Box 93, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
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I wish someone in this world will donate to me the amount of money needed
to buy this programming brick as a replacement for my broken
programming brick which is part of an entire programming block set. I
intend to pass this set to my child to enhance learning.
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Seventeen students from several local high schools doled out a cumulative $20,000 to three area nonprofits focused on improving the lives of older adults during a ceremony last week. The event signified the culmination of a 10-session Future Philanthropists course that teaches teens about the process of finding and supporting local nonprofits, with the funds provided by the Watertown-based Tufts Health Plan Foundation. The students chose to give $10,000 to Action for Boston Community Development to reimburse senior citizens who travel to elementary and preschools to serve as tutors; $8,000 to Shelter Music Boston to provide classical music concerts for Boston’s homeless older adults; and $2,000 to Boston-based Generations Incorporated to increase access to physical activities for older people. During the course, the students learned what nonprofits do and why they exist, and how to conduct research, read a budget, and make a presentation. They were then tasked with undertaking a full grant process, including proposal reviews and site visits, and were allotted $20,000 from the sponsoring Tufts organization. In its second year, the Future Philanthropists Initiative is designed to engage and empower youth to work collectively to assist older adults, according to organizers. For more information, visit www.futurephilanthropists.org.
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The present study was undertaken to assess the role of tumor-associated urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) as a predictor for early relapse and poor prognosis in patients with stage II cervical cancer of the uterus. We have investigated the localization of uPA and PAI-1 immunohistochemically in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. uPA and PAI-1 were analyzed anti-genically, enzymologically, and zymographically in 28 patients with pelvic lymph node involvement and in 34 cases without nodal spread, as well as in 10 cases with normal cervix. In cancer tissues, strong staining for uPA was found in areas with invasive growth and degradation of surrounding normal tissue, while most tumor nests showed a mild or a moderate, evenly distributed PAI-1 staining. A significantly higher lymph node-positive rate was observed in patients having tumors with strong uPA and/or PAI-1 stainings than in those with tumors with weak stainings. In spite of significantly higher PAI-1 levels in the primary neoplastic tissues, uPA was found to be increased as well, both in antigen level and in activity. Most of PAI-1 obtained from cancer extracts is the latent form. These results suggest that cancer-associated increase in uPA seems not to be affected (or inhibited) by PAI-1 in areas where tumor cells are invading normal tissue. The overall survival and progression-free survival rate was worst in patients with the strong uPA staining confined to the tumor stromas and also with the strong PAI-1 staining at tumor nests, indicating that the greater localization of uPA in stromal cells than in malignant cells is a predictor of early relapse and poor prognosis in patients with cervical cancer of the uterus. Thus, the staining intensities and the localization of uPA and PAI-1 in tissue specimens appear to be predictors of increasing risk for lymph node metastasis, suggesting that some tumor cells recruit stromal cells to produce uPA and that PAI-1 may not act as a defense mechanism for tumor cell invasion and metastasis in the leading edge of tumor growth.
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Richard and I just saw a movie last night and I was very excited to see the trailer for the movie, "Unbroken", which has a release date of Christmas Day of this year. This is the official trailer that we saw, I have it here for you. I did not hear one sound of anyone munching popcorn once this trailer started, I think that might give you an idea of how special I think this movie will be. A very respectful silence...
I have written about Louis Zamperini several times. You may read my first post just here.
When I first read "Devil At My Heels" in 2004, I could just "see" in my mind that it would make a great movie. Anyone would have thought so once they read his incredible story! "Devil At My Heels" was written by Louis Zamperini in the 50's and then was released in 2004 with David Rensin as a co-writer). Laura Hillenbrand wrote the book, "Unbroken" after coming across the name of Louis Zamperini in her research for her book "Seabiscuit". I have read some reviews of both books, and I see that many say that Laura Hillenbrand did not put as much emphasis on Mr. Zamperini's Christian faith as much as she should have. I understand that point but I believe that there is a place on anyone's bookshelf for both of these books. Since I had read and re-read "Devil At My Heels" so often, I was very grateful to learn much more detail about Louis Zamperini's life and his family and close friends, and what became of them all. (Some of the book "Unbroken" is very difficult to read, if you have teenagers, I would say have them read "Devil At My Heels". That is just my advice. As adults, if those men could endure what happened to them, we should be able to read about it.)
I can't say why the story of Louis Zamperini affected me so deeply. The fact that Mr. Zamperini wrote back to me after I sent a letter to the publisher is something that I truly treasure. (I think he must have written to many, many people over the years...all handwritten notes and all the postage paid by him!) I am very grateful that Laura Hillenbrand wrote her book which was very popular, but once the movie will be released, I am hoping that this story will be known by millions the world over.
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Art Deco Wrought Iron Coffee Table Coffee Table With Double Iron Wrought And Glass Top Round Iron Coffee Table
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You don’t have to be famous to be good and you don’t have to be good to be famous. That statement rings true for scores of artists and Noah Smith is one of them. He may not be as famous as many of his country music singer / songwriting cohorts but he’s damn sure just as good (or better) than most.
Harboring an honesty and delivered with a vocal earthiness, neither of which is all that common in country music these days, Smith is the kind of songwriter that Alan Jackson, Johnny Cash or any other of his songwriting influences can take pride in knowing they had a hand in inspiring. Co-written with Jacob Powell in a writer’s room at Ole Nashville’s offices, “Shoulda Seen Me Yesterday” tells both sides of a breakup story. A tried and true subject line for sure, however in this instance the focus isn’t on the broken love but something much further down the line.
“The song is about a similar relationship we both had, and both had gone through the valley of getting over heartbreak,” remembers Smith. “Sometimes you see that person (or even worse, their family) at the grocery store and they say things like “you look real good” or “I’m glad to see you’re moving on and enjoying life again.” The truth is, it could have been just yesterday that your whole life was in shambles.
“Shoulda Seen Me Yesterday” is about both sides of a breakup story. Part of that story is about walking through the mess of a broken relationship, but it also is about the hope that we find on the other side.”
In an fairly uncommon move, “Shoulda Seen Me Yesterday” is Smith’s second single release in less than three months ago as “Cigarettes and Jesus” was just let loose in March. While songs are typically given a little more time to stretch their legs and breathe, Smith felt the need to push the calendar here. Not only does he think the world needs to hear the truth that comes within this song, his hope is it can be a beacon for us as we navigate these uncharted waters.
“It’s the right time in history for some hope to be in the world. We are all walking through a time in history none of us have ever been through and if we can relate that through music and this song can give someone hope to the better days ahead, then I believe it’s worth it.
“It’s not about getting back to normal – it’s about looking forward to normal and I believe in relationship struggles or any struggle in life, that mindset is what really matters. We are all going to be okay.
“I knew the truth was my fans needed to hear music now more than ever. I want to keep the music coming, and I really feel like “Shoulda Seen Me Yesterday” is the “right hook” that’s needed to pack even more of a punch after releasing “Cigarettes and Jesus” back in March.
That sounds all right and good, but a lot of artists and institutions are towing the ‘we’re all in this together’ line right now. Thing is, for Smith it’s not a line. It’s not a marketing ploy. This is a guy who grew up in a community-based world where people had their arms around each other. His coming of age came with a team mentality so as we’re mired in this pull-together time, this is where he feels most comfortable.
“I grew up a 90s rock n’ roll kid and this song has that sonic appeal, but also the moral message I want the listener to experience. The music world I grew up in was very community based…we all were in it together. We all travel the same roads, we all sleep in the same hotel rooms, we all go through the same hardships. I hope this song reaches people and can help them get out of whatever valley they are passing through.”
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In tropical countries like the Philippines, summertime weather is always extremely hot. If you’re not careful enough and expose yourself under the blistering heat of the sun for a long time, you could get dehydrated in addition to sunburn. And dehydration, aside from heat stroke, by the way, can kill.
It is important to see to it that you drink enough fluids or juices before wading out into the summer heat. Keeping yourself hydrated is just as important as applying sunblock lotion to your skin; you will get protection while, at the same time, enjoying. The following are 5 of the refreshing of drinks that can be found locally to keep you hydrated (in addition to plain water or H2O) this summer:
Coconut water. Coconut water is by far one of the most refreshing natural drinks to consider. It contains the compound called cytokinins, aside from being considered as the best in replacing fluid loss to someone suffering from diarrhea, responsible for anti-ageing, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic effects.
Calamansi juice. Known for its strong antibacerial, antiviral, a very good liver tonic, and immune-boosting properties, calamansi juice tastes great when served chilled and sweetened with honey.
Cucumber shake. Aside from the many nutrients you can get from cucumber like Vitamin A, folate, manganese, potassium, sulfur, silica, calcium, B-complex, and many more, its distilled 96% water content will make this little fruit of the melon family superior to ordinary water.
Watermelon juice. Simply cut the watermelon fruit into smaller pieces with the seeds removed and put them in a blender or a juicer. In a minute or two, you’ll have a thirst-quencher packed with lots of health benefits.
Camote or sweet potato tops juice. It is made by simply boiling the clean camote tops (leaves) for 4 to 6 minutes. Then, after removing the boiled leaves, you can pour on a pitcher or glasses and add honey. You can add ice cubes. Now, you’ll have not only nutritious, but one of the most unique refreshing drinks for the summer.
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In 2015 I started Team Recorder - a youtube channel where I make and publish weekly tutorials on all aspects of recorder playing and music making.
To my delight, the channel took off - and now we have a community of 55,000 recorder players, and counting! Recorder players of all ages, all backgrounds, all over the world.
My mission statement: There are recorder players all over the world, but quality information and teachers are not always readily available. Many live far away from other musicians, or do not have the financial means to follow formal lessons. I want to share my knowledge from my Conservatory studies and experience in the professional field with a wider audience. We will keep raising the profile of the recorder, together. And most of all - it should be fun!
New - on April 4 I am launching the first ever Team Recorder Online Course! Click here for more info.
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9 packed in 7-person car in crash that killed 4-year-old, 2 adults
Authorities in Wyoming County, New York are still sorting through the details of a crash that killed a New Jersey child and two adults, in a collision with an SUV police say was being driven by a drunken driver.
The entire family is believed to be from the Perth Amboy area, the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office office said. It's still trying to determine who was in what position in their seven-passenger Kia Sedona — carrying nine people — and how the various people in the car are related. The Sedona had one adult male, three adult females and five children, the sheriff's office said. Three of the children were aged 4, one was aged 10 and one was 14.
"What is clear is not everyone was wearing a seat belt and no child seats or booster seats were in the vehicle," the sheriff's office said.
The family of nine had been driving west on Route 20A in Sheldon, New York, when a pickup truck driven by 20-year-old Richard Sawicki, of Lackawanna, New York, went through the intersection and blew past a stop sign before hitting the SUV "T-Bone" style, authorities have previously said.
Two adult women were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said. They have been identified as Ondina Castro De La Cruz, 47, and Mayelin Brito-Castro, 32. One of the 4-year-old children was taken by Bennington Ambulance to the Wyoming County Community Hospital for head injuries and died about an hour later, the sheriff's office said.
Also according to the sheriff's office: Reyes Rodriguez, 55, was taken by the hospital and later released. Maria Brito-Castro, 26, was taken by Monroe Ambulance to a medical center and may be released Monday. The 14-year-old, the 10-year-old and the two other 4-year-olds are continuing to receive care at a children's hospital.
Sawicki was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
Sawicki was remanded to the Wyoming County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 bond. He is due back in court on June 10 and will likely face additional charges, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The Memorial weekend wreck happened about an hour away from Niagara Falls, which PIX 11 reported was the family's destination.
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Like beautiful wallpapers for your desktop and mobile phone? Now what if they had a handy calendar for the month? Now what if they were free? *Snap!* Done!
To download the wallpaper click on the photo then click on the photo again in the new screen to enlarge it. Save the photo as your desktop wallpaper. For mobile phone save the photo to your recently added / camera roll then set as wallpaper.
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Have you seen all the commercials and advertisements lately reminding you to remember your “Dads & Grads”? This marketing catch phrase really irks me. Since when did Father’s Day get lumped in with another holiday? So dads aren’t even important enough to get our own day now and we have to share?
Seriously, can you imagine this happening with Mother’s Day? If Mother’s day took place during music appreciation month would we tell people to celebrate Moms and Brahms? Or if it was near Veterans Day… Moms and Bombs? Not a chance.
When it comes to holidays, we really appreciate mothers. Mother’s Day is traditionally the day of the year when the most phone calls are made. The commercials for Mother’s Day are sappy, heart-warming flashbacks to a mom cooking a child a meal and bandaging up a knee. We are usually told we should get mom a nice big diamond necklace, or a spa treatment, or something to give them a break from all their hard toil and sacrifice they do for us.
With dads… it’s more like you can pick him up a gift on the way to graduation and save yourself an extra trip. Or if stores do advertise specifically for dads… they focus on the things dads do apart from the family. According to the marketing gurus… dads do only two things: they golf or sit around on their duff with other dads and watch sports on TV. The rare, exceptional dad… can both golf and watch TV.
Ok, so maybe it isn’t quite that bad. But I find that in general, society just doesn't respect fatherhood much or even expect much from fathers. And sadly, it’s often with good reason. Far too many fathers have been absent, unfaithful, irresponsible, and focused primarily on themselves. I have to admit that many more moms have been carrying the load of parenting and being the better spiritual leader in their families.
I think it’s time for us dads to step up… and finally be worthy of those incredibly fashionable “#1 Dad” t-shirts we seem to get.
Maybe then – we’ll even get our own holiday.
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What is Process Mapping?
Process mapping is a workflow diagram to bring forth a clearer understanding of a process or series of parallel processes.
Most organizations that want to move "up a notch" are process mapping using one or more of the following: Deming's Total Quality Management model, International Standard Organization criteria, Goldratt's Theory of Constraints, Baldrige Criteria for Excellence, or the Balanced Score Card.
Constructing a Process Flowchart
Step 1: Determine the Boundaries
- Where does a process begin?
- Where does a process end?
Step 2: List the Steps
- Use a verb to start the task description.
- The flowchart can either show the sufficient information to understand the general process flow or detail every finite action and decision point.
Step 3: Sequence the Steps
- Use post-it notes so you can move tasks.
- Do not draw arrows until later.
Step 4: Draw Appropriate Symbols
- Start with the basic symbols:
- Ovals show input to start the process or output at the end of the process.
- Boxes or rectangles show task or activity performed in the process.
- Arrows show process direction flow.
- Diamonds show points in the process where a yes/no questions are asked or a decision is required.
- Usually there is only one arrow out of an activity box. If there is more than one arrow, you may need a decision diamond.
- If there are feedback arrows, make sure feedback loop is closed; i.e. it should take you back to the input box.
Step 5: System Model
- Draw charts using system model approach.
- Input - use information based upon people, machines, material, method, and environment.
- Process - use subsets of processes in series or parallel.
- Output - use outcomes or desired results.
- Control - use best in class business rules.
- Feedback - use information from surveys or feedback.
Step 6: Check for Completeness
- Include pertinent chart information, using title and date for easy reference.
Step 7: Finalize the Flowchart
- Ask if this process is being run the way it should be.
- Are people following the process as charted?
- Do we have a consensus?
- What is redundant; add what is missing.
The purpose of process mapping is to use diagramming to understand the process we currently use and ask what is expected of us; what should we be doing to provide better customer focus and satisfaction. It will identify what best practices we need to incorporate and find appropriate benchmarks for measuring how we can arrive at better ways of communicating our services. As Dr. George Washington Carver put it – "It is simply service that measures success."
Chris Ahoy, Associate Vice President
Facilities Planning & Management
Iowa State University
From Facilities News, September 1999
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This is our second published app, what's not really a game but a multimedia application, an interactive book for kids from 2 to 7 years old.
Technical challanges were:
1. Make good quality narration: I used to use Rode Videomic for recording with a simple laptop soundcard. The mic is really cheap and good quality, but cause of the sound card we had some noise in the recording. I used Sound Forge's noise reduction to tune it. And cause of the constanly playing bg music you may not notice that the narration have some noise.
2. Find a good Bg music: this were one of the most time consuming task. I've listed about 100s of music some free and some royality free ones. Finally we paied 50USD for this one, and get the full music+3 shorter versions + 12 loops. It's not so cheap, but we would like to use it as a theme song for all of our games...
3. Paging: I used to play with book page turning effects in C2, but can not find a way to have one with good performance, what could be work on mobile too. So now all the books are one sprite with as much frames as the number of pages. The swith between books is not so fast, but the paging inside one book have no delay!
4. Autoplay: I trought that there is something like IsPlaying("Tag") in C2, but didnt. :) So decided to avoid this logic and simply keep all the narration times in variables, and make the autoplay to go to the next page when the last started narration's time elapsed. Well, finally cause of the jitter of the start play I used an 1400ms additional time for every narration to play, and it seems to be ok in all Chrome Browser tests.
Alpine Crocodile Children's Books (You can install it in Chrome Web Browser)
This is the very first publish of the book player application, so I would like to ask for your feedback about it, so we can improove It's functionality, usability and performance!
Thanks for your kind help in ancipation!
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PC-13 from Perfect Effect includes everything needed to upgrade your Titans Return/LG Fortress Maximus!
Includes the following: 1 x Sword1 x Big Handle1 x 5mm HandleMade from ABS, POM and die-cast - prototype picture is not final product.
Note: Other figures shown are sold separately, this is just the add-on kit.
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[ExI] Blackford and Egan
amara at amara.com
Fri Apr 25 01:15:08 UTC 2008
> What do you really know about Egan?
Besides being a science fiction writer, he is a reputable
mathematical physicist -
and he comments on sci.physics.research
and on various blogs
>Are his values/knowledge/intelligent/life experiences better than the
>rest of us?
I don't know them, but I would guess 'no', depending on how one defines
Amara Graps, PhD www.amara.com
Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado
More information about the extropy-chat
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I think some makers of French Onion Dip confuse the adjectives "creamy" & "gelatinous". It's not creamy if I could cut it with a knife. .
2016-07-03 17:57:06 GMT
Ell Bee carless
I suppose it's all relative. After all, "creamy" cheese could be cut with a knife, but something that's based mainly on sour cream should not be called "creamy" if it's super-thick.
Best of Mokum
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We decode Conrad Black’s verbose election prediction
In this weekend’s National Post, Conrad Black had his readers reaching for the dictionary once again with a particularly loquacious election prediction. The former newspaper magnate’s article is worth a read—but his language is so verbose that at points it’s nearly impossible to understand. Can you remember the last time you heard the words “excrescence” and “poltroon”? Neither can we. With that in mind, we’ve provided an abridged and annotated version of Black’s thoughts, complete with explanations of his most audacious rhetorical flourishes.
In one fell swoop, the always-bombastic Black both celebrates and dismisses NDP popularity in Quebec, calling support of the party a means for separatists “to sing their pious, dubiously motivated, socialist fables.” Clearly, Black is no fan of the separatist movement; he refers to eroding Bloc Québécois support as “an excrescence of a previous era of dashed separatist hopes,” while labelling Gilles Duceppe a poltroon for announcing Quebec’s imminent succession from Canada and attacking the Roman Catholic Church. Then, as if directing theatre, Black proclaims, “Exeunt the Bloc.”
For Black, this kind of en masse shift avaricious Québécois are making toward the NDP is the only move for former separatists after “a lengthy dalliance in the independentist asylum.” In fact, Black advocates merging the NDP and Liberal parties to form a two-party system—a move he feels is necessary given Canada’s ineluctable transition from a semi-autonomous to an autonomous nation. Phew.
Despite his obvious love of all things esoteric, Black does offer some more concrete thoughts as well. His prediction for the vote: 143 Conservatives, 72 Liberals, 62 NDP, 30 Blocistes and 1 independent.
Excrescence: (noun), a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body…one that is the result of disease or abnormality
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Morey, Paul Stephen (2003)
Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.
In this thesis a new characterisation of the (S_3, A_n)- and (S_3, S_n)-amalgams of characteristic 2 and critical distance 3 is obtained. It is shown that such an amalgam exists only in the exceptional cases when n=3, 5 or 8. Let C denote the class of all finite groups X of even order and such that O^2(X) is the unique minimal normal subgroup of X. It is the secondary purpose of this thesis to begin an investigation into the structure of the (S_3, C)-amalgams of characteristic 2 and critical distance 3. It is hoped that the results obtained may shed some light on the reason why so few of these amalgams are known to exist.
This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder.
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Meet the Saudi mother, wife, and dentist who defeated the Ironman triathlon
As a self-accomplished Saudi athlete, Dina al-Tayeb has found support for her passion from family and the community.
In 2018, al-Tayeb became the first Arab woman to qualify for the ultimate Ironman World Championship. She was also the first Saudi Arabian to complete a full-distance Ironman triathlon, one of the toughest endurance events in the world.
Due to the uniqueness of the long–endurance sport, the dentist and mother of three spent most of the time training on her own. However, with the recent increase in the number of triathlon events in the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia’s efforts to promote women in sports, athletes can benefit from training in groups.
“I am delighted and excited about this phase. I did it on my own. It is nice to be part of a (sports) community, and have a group that cheers for you (…) I am pleased to see the sports community developing. We are seeing a lot of really good talents,” Dina said.
The Ironman competition is considered one of the most challenging endurance events. It consists of a 3.8-kilometer swim, 180 kilometers of cycling, and a 42-kilometer run. It usually takes the average person 10-12 hours to complete the entire race, al-Tayeb explains.
Not for the weak
“It takes nine months minimum of consistent training to prepare your body for a race like this,” al-Tayeb said. According to her, unexpected weather conditions are the biggest challenge of this competition, which may entail, swimming in cold open waters of the ocean, or even speeding through harsh mountainous terrain.
However, al-Tayeb is a firm believer of the “no pain, no gain” motto. “I always loved the outdoor aspect of sports; I was a runner, a tennis player, and a martial artist (...) I have always looked for something I can excel in, but more importantly, something that is difficult (…) I put myself in a lot of pain to achieve what I look for.”
Chasing the dream
Al-Tayeb has been pursuing her dream for years. It took her 15 international races before she became the first Arab female to qualify for the Ironman World Championship held in Hawaii.
She describes this championship as “the equivalent of the Olympics in the world of Ironman triathlons.”
In a humble tone, the mother of three reminds Al Arabiya English that she is not a full-time athlete with a team of experts shaping her career. “I am not a full-time athlete who was immediately given all the tools,” she says, “I learned through trial and error (…) I am a normal person. Anyone like me can accomplish what I did.”
So far, al-Tayeb has completed 14 full Ironman races and around 30 with half the distance, in addition to over 100 triathlons. In two months, she will begin training to qualify for the Hawaii World Championship once again.
Al-Tayeb does not only speed through the racecourse but also life.
Her daily routine resembles a high-intensity interval workout, where she deftly alternates through her responsibilities as a mother, a wife, a dentist, and an academic.
“In the morning I wear the ‘mother hat,’ midday I am the dentist, and in the evening I am the triathlete,” she explains.
The key to handling the different disciplines in her life “really comes down to good time management,” al-Tayeb adds.
“I don’t like to waste a lot of time, so I don’t just sit and watch TV or spend a lot of time on social media. I usually plan my day carefully.”
Al- Tayeb says that growing up in Saudi Arabia and attending one of the Kingdom’s private schools, all sports, including horseback riding, tennis, and basketball, were available.
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Part Number : KX-TES824, KX-TEM824
Description : (KX-TEx824 User Manual ) Advanced Hybrid System
Manufactures : Panasonic Communications
1. Using Voice Messaging (Built-in Voice Message [BV])
You can set incoming calls to be forwarded to your personal message area to let callers leave voice messages when you cannot answer the phone.
2. If a Voice Processing System is Connected
You can set your calls to be forwarded to a separate Voice Processing System (VPS) to let callers leave messages in your mailbox when you cannot answer the phone.
3. Before Operating a Telephone
A Panasonic proprietary telephone (PT) and single line device (such as a fax machine, modem, SLT, or wireless telephone) can be connected to one extension jack in parallel. These devices share the same extension number.
1. 3-level Automatic Reception with voice guidance
2. DISA (Direct Inward System Access) with message
3. Built-in Voice Message (BV)
4. Caller ID display on SLT and APT
5. Flexible SMS routing
6. Intuitive customisation and maintenance
7. UCD (Uniform Call Distribution) with message
8. Doorphones, Door Openers, and Doorbells
9. Automatic configuration for outside (CO) line type
10. Centralised feature setting for T7710 (PBX mode)
Official Homepage : http://panasonic.net/pcc/products/pbx/products/pbx/kx_tea_tes_tem/
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October 11, 2012
ALDS Game Three Recap: Yankees 3, Orioles 2
The questions addressed to Joe Girardi in his pre-game press conference looked a lot like the ones he fielded several hours later, after the Yankees had come from behind to beat Baltimore 3-2 in 12 innings and take a 2-1 series lead. Both times, the emphasis was on Alex Rodriguez, with a bit of Raul Ibanez. Girardi’s responses about A-Rod earlier in the day weren’t very revealing. But by the time the second presser started, the questions almost didn’t have to be asked. Girardi’s in-game actions had already supplied the answers.
The Yankees broke Baltimore’s string of 16 straight extra-inning wins, handed the O’s their first loss of the season in which they held a lead after seven innings, and homered off of Jim Johnson—who’d entered the series having allowed three home runs all year, and none since June 5th—for the second time in three days. To hear Girardi tell it, they owed it all to his insides.
Girardi credited three separate body parts—his heart, his gut, and his stomach—with being behind the move. If his brain (or his binder) played a role, it barely merited a mention. Here’s the lone mention of any data-driven decision-making from his post-game presser:
“But I just had a gut feeling. We talked about it in the pre-game about being a great pinch-hitter, and you’ve got a left-handed hitter who’s a low-ball hitter in a sense, and you’ve got a low-ball pitcher. I just kind of had a gut feeling.”
The impetus for the move wasn’t whatever information came up in that meeting. Girardi mentioned the objective factors in favor of the matchup almost apologetically, sandwiching them between two references to his guts, which were clearly calling the shots. And while it’s easy to make fun of gut feelings, sometimes they contain truths.
This chart shows where Johnson has delivered his pitches this season. As Girardi suggested, he’s a low-ball pitcher, working most often in the middle of the zone and below.
And here’s Ibanez’ True Average by location against right-handed pitchers during the PITCHf/x era:
Again, a lot of red low in the zone. The areas where Johnson tends to throw the ball most often have a lot of overlap with the areas where Ibanez tends to hit the ball best.
So Girardi went with the platoon advantage—though Johnson has a career reverse split—and the low-ball pitcher against the low-ball hitter. But where did he get the gut feeling?
Maybe Ibanez’ recent pinch-hit heroics had made an impression. Maybe he remembered Johnson striking out A-Rod like this the night before.
Or maybe he simply didn’t like the way A-Rod had looked going 0-for-3 with 2 Ks earlier in the game. But I think there might be a bit more to it. This season, Ibanez has been very good against righties and very good at home, which makes sense, given typical platoon splits and the way Yankee Stadium tends to treat left-handed hitters. But when both of those advantages have been combined—against righties, and at home—Ibanez has been an absolute beast. In 175 plate appearances and 156 at-bats against right-handers at home, Ibanez hit .276/.354/.596, with 14 home runs. That’s a rate of one home run every 11.1 at-bats. Babe Ruth, overall, hit a home run every 11.8 at-bats. Yankee Stadium is the House That Should Have Been Built for Ibanez.
Wieters was set up outside, but Johnson missed his target, and the pitch ended up inside and a little below the belt—right in Raul’s happy zone.
With that pinch-hit homer, Ibanez’ homer rate against righties at home rose to one every 10.5 at-bats. The walk-off shot came off a lefty, Brian Matusz, whom I dubbed one of the toughest pitchers for a left-handed hitter to hit after Game Two.
Small-sample splits like these are ephemeral. Take Ibanez’s stats as a pinch-hitter, which Girardi cited in the excerpt above. Before last night, Ibanez had hit .320/.379/.640 in 29 pinch-hit plate appearances as a Yankee. Girardi called for each of those plate appearances personally, then witnessed what happened firsthand. Having been rewarded for calling on Ibanez before, it’s only natural that Girardi would have a high opinion of his abilities off the bench. But something interesting happens when you look at the bigger picture instead of the last few frames: in 150 career regular-season PA as a pinch-hitter, Ibanez has hit .188/.267/.323. Maybe he’s perfected the art of pinch-hitting at age 40, or maybe his last 29—sorry, make that 30—pinch-hit plate appearances aren’t at all representative of his true talent. That sky-high homer rate probably isn’t either, but it held out long enough to make Girardi look good.
It’s inevitable that Girardi’s decision will be compared to Joe Torre’s choice to drop Rodriguez to eighth in the order in Game Four of the 2006 ALDS, but the similarities between the two situations are superficial. In 2006, Rodriguez was 30 years old and between two MVP seasons. He’d ended the regular season hot, having hit .358/.465/.691 in September. Torre was basing his decision on A-Rod going 1-for-11 in the first three games of that series, after having struggled in the 2005 ALDS and the last few games of the 2004 ALCS. Essentially, he was allowing his expectations for Rodriguez to be swayed by a small sample of postseason games spread across three seasons, rather than his much larger, more recent record of regular-season success (or, for that matter, his past successes in the playoffs). Not only was the demotion an affront to A-Rod’s honor, but it was a misguided move from a tactical perspective.
Things have changed. Rodriguez is 37, increasingly fragile, and less potent at the plate with every passing season. In my Game One recap, I made a montage of A-Rod missing fat fastballs, which has become a familiar sight. Matthew Leach backed up that observation with some stats at MLB.com:
After Game Two, I joined the chorus of writers calling for Rodriguez to bat lower in the lineup—not because it’s October, or because I think he’s un-clutch, but because I think Robinson Cano is too good not to bat higher. Girardi didn’t make that move. Instead, he made an even bolder one. Whether it was the right move might be debatable; whether it worked is not. Either way, we just witnessed one of the defining decisions of Girardi’s managerial career, a moment when he risked everything for a move that felt right. Luckily for him, Ibanez came through; as much as we might harp on the primacy of process over results, most managers' job security depends on whether their players deliver.
“I’m one of the leaders of this team,” Rodriguez insisted in the clubhouse after the game, sounding as if he was reassuring himself as much as he was reminding the assembled writers. Maybe so, but players who don’t produce, or who lose the trust of the team in big spots, don’t tend to stay leaders for long. Rodriguez said that this wouldn’t cause tension, that he accepted the decision and stood on the top step to watch the at-bat, and that no one was happier for Ibanez than he was, which was certainly how it appeared. But the Yankees have to figure out how to handle him not just for the rest of this series and any subsequent rounds, but for the next five years. Barring a rebound, the answers aren’t going to be easy.
Had Girardi not made the move he did, or had Ibanez not rewarded him as richly, I would have had plenty of other storylines to write a recap about. The home run hit by Manny Machado (on an 84-mph slider out over the plate, one of the few mistakes made by Hiroki Kuroda), who became the second-youngest player ever to go deep in the postseason (after Andruw Jones). The starts by Miguel Gonzalez and Kuroda, who allowed a combined 10 hits (most of them soft) in 15 1/3 innings. (Gonzalez, who struck out eight without a walk in seven innings, was particularly dominant.) The way Adam Jones played Jeter’s third-inning fly ball into a triple, which may have cost the Orioles the game. But in the end, all of those stories took a back seat to Ibanez—and, as always, A-Rod.
A bunch of bullet points to tide you over until tonight:
Thanks to Rob McQuown for research assistance.
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Shailene Woodley Thinks Your Vagina Needs A Little Vitamin D
Another thing I like to do is give my vagina a little vitamin D. I was reading an article written by an herbalist I studied about yeast infections and other genital issues. She said there’s nothing better than vitamin D. If you’re feeling depleted, go in the sun for an hour and see how much energy you get. Or, if you live in a place that has heavy winters, when the sun finally comes out, spread your legs and get some sunshine.
Y’all, Shailene Woodley is the real goddamn deal. The actress reveals her skincare and beauty routine to the blog Into The Gloss, but her tips are hardly the usual. In addition to suggesting that you let the sun shine down upon your bare vagina, Shailene also shared her views on American food production, her interest in herbalism, using clay toothpaste, discovering health and lifestyle improvements in the teachings of indigenous cultures, and why you should always chat with your taxi drivers. Seriously, a lot of Hollywood types front like they’re concerned about the environment or portray a “natural” lifestyle as if it’s just about downing green juice and taking yoga classes. But Shailene strikes me as someone who talks a big game and actually lives it in a very authentic way. I highly recommend reading the full piece. [Into The Gloss]
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Finding ways to stay consistently active is difficult. I've always been passionate about staying active, however, having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 24, staying motivated is harder than ever. A platform where subscribers can try real, quality products for themselves before committing to the full priced purchase is how it should be. This will provide a real genuine way the public can stay up to date with the latest innovation in the health and fitness world and gain advice from non- bias professionals.
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Here at Café Daifuuku, we’re not always all work and no play. In fact, when the shop closes down at night, you can often find us huddled in the back around our trusty little TV, watching the latest anime and stuffing our faces with leftover cake and coffee. Needless to say, that coffee gets us all through the night and occasionally can make us somewhat drunk.
This is a conversation that was held while 2 of our crew were drunk from too much coffee:
Don’t you just love our job?
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We are dog sitting for a couple who has just joined our small group. Hazelnut is with us for a week and a half. She is a very good dog. At two and a half years old her behavior is incredible. She seems to have a strong understanding of pack order and is a very good listener.
Not sure what breed mix she is. There seems to be some yellow labrador and what I suspect is some collie. She is real lean, but has a thick coat. Her ears don't stick up like they are in the pictures. She is a very good dog.
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When it comes to stylish hotels delivering frequent travellers what they want, he should know. His range of CitizenM hotels, created with business partner
CitizenM hotels have a reputation as a hotel owner and operator catering to the style-conscious executive traveller who wants quality accommodation but doesn’t want to spend much time in their room. The chain, which has with seven hotels and six in the pipeline, offers small but luxurious rooms, and puts the focus on the hotel’s stylish shared spaces, including a “living room" with desks, couches, an open fireplace, a bar and restaurant where guests choose meals from a walk-in pantry.
Mr Levie is in Australia as the keynote speaker at hotel industry event Ted’s Conference – technology entertainment design – in Sydney on Wednesday. He is also looking for potential partners with whom he could expand the CitizenM brand into Australia and New Zealand.
“Hotels are always heavily tied to the real estate industry, but real estate is a local game, and to an extent, the same can be said for management.
“So we’ve found that in Australia and New Zealand, if we do something, it needs to be with a partner."
The group is open-minded in its search for partners to expand into Australia and New Zealand, he says, adding a potential partner could come from as far afield as the retail industry.
A long-time executive at hotel group Sonesta International, Mr Levie believes local experience is needed, not only to acquire the right sort of site, but it is also crucial in delivering the customised, local service for which the brand is known.
The most appropriate suitor would likely be an investment group with hotel experience – similar to the path of expansion the group has taken in Asia.
CitizenM in late 2013 inked a deal with Artyzen Hospitality Group, the hotels arm of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Shun Tak Holdings, owned by the Ho casino family based in Macau.
Under the name Artyzen CitizenM Asia, the group will introduce and manage the roll-out of CitizenM hotels throughout Asia, through both management agreements on existing sites and new builds.
The group has forged a reputation as an owner and operator – particularly as a result of a unique pre-fab, modular construction method – but Mr Levie says their focus is now widening to include retrofitting and management agreements.
Beginning from a single hotel at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 2008 with 230 rooms, the group now has seven hotels in its portfolio, in locations including Paris, Glasgow, London, New York and Rotterdam. There are another six under construction.
Funding so far has come from the Dutch civil service pension fund ABG, Dutch private equity group KRC Capital and a variety of European banks.
The Australian Financial Review
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Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, meeting materials, and printed matter, relating to activities of the United
States Institute of Peace to promote international peace, to political conditions in Europe and especially in Germany, and
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores here said last week its board -- newly configured following the company's merger earlier this month with Seaway Food Town, Maumee Ohio -- met and elected James B. Meyer, Spartan president and chief executive officer, chairman. tner in Warner, Norcross & Judd, a law firm here, Spartan director since 1999 and general counsel and secretary since 1995. Elson S. Floyd, president of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. Richard B. Iott, CEO and ...
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Q&A: Change Management Challenges
Keeping changes under control is vital to keeping business services available.
The one constant in an IT environment is change -- new features, new technology, updates to applications, you name it -- but keeping those changes from disrupting business operations is a major challenge.
In this question-and-answer exchange with Harish Rao, CEO of nSolutions, we explore the issues affecting IT and what you do to manage changes effectively.
Enterprise Systems: What are the issues facing change management?
Harish Rao: The challenge that enterprises face is to ensure continuous availability of business services across the entire physical and virtual IT environments consisting of network, server, storage, and applications. In many enterprises, any interruption of IT services, even for a fraction of a minute, puts the business at risk as the cost of unavailability is unacceptably high. The leading cause of IT service interruption can be attributed to a change in the system. Industry analysts have identified that 70 to 80 percent of service unavailability is due to problems resulting from infrastructure changes. IT must have complete visibility and control of change in the infrastructure, including change impact assessment, for planned changes and for changes resulting from incidents (forced outages).
Managing IT change has become quite a challenge. This challenge arises from an increase in infrastructure complexity in security requirements, VoIP, virtualization, outsourcing, consolidation, etc. Not only is the number of IT changes on the increase, but the frequency of change is rising, too: 250 access control list changes a week, 1500 changes a quarter, are not uncommon.
Most IT organizations are required to “do more with less,” resulting in a situation where managing change can only be achieved through automation and control in order to meet the requirements of business service delivery.
What are the factors IT has to deal with when making changes?
There are processes as well as technical and organizational factors that IT must contend with when properly managing change:
- From a technology point of view, IT does not have adequate visibility into the infrastructure. Typically, the knowledge of the infrastructure is poorly documented, incomplete and generally in the minds of a few “experts.” A logical first step is to have IT staff establish a configuration baseline of all the infrastructure resources -- physical, logical, or virtual. Once the baseline is established, change has to be detected and correlated by extracting the information from the deluge of data..
- From a process point of view, managing change combines the operational aspect of effecting change and the workflow aspect of change management. There are several excellent tools available for change management that handle the workflow and trouble- ticket process very well. However the data they rely on for effecting the operational changes (such as configuration changes) is often out of date or incorrect.
- From an organization point of view there are “IT silos” of operational control to contend with. These silos -- Windows group, UNIX administrators, network administrators, etc. -- create barriers for effective communication and data exchange that are vital for managing change. Security and compliance issues that cross these silos require correlation of data across all silo domains of control. The consequence is that organizations responsible for compliance are often unable to get the right information in time for assuring their objectives.
If changes are so complex, why are they still being done manually, as you mention? Aren’t there automated tools to help IT?
There are many point tools that are being used in individual silos. Many of these tools are based on writing scripts which are easy to deploy, but have inherent limitations in terms. Many products that have been introduced in the last couple of years have automated the scripting approach. They are mostly silo oriented and where there is some coordination across silos, it tends to be loosely implemented.
These tools do not address the fundamental problems of correlating data across domains from a business services perspective and their ability to assess the impact of a change -- before the change is effected -- is limited.
What is your view of the current solutions and their limitations? How have tool features and tool market changed?
Consider the network infrastructure as an example. Current tools are based on building a library of drivers for each class and type of network device. These drivers are based on scripts written in PERL, PYTHON, etc. When the network equipment vendors introduce new devices, there is a significant effort in writing new drivers for these devices. Technology is moving fast and several advances change the very behavior of the devices. A router today could incorporate the behaviors of a switch, firewall or even a server. This complicates the problem of adding drivers.
Another example is the challenge of managing change in a virtual server environment. Lack of visibility into the virtual structure is a limitation in many of today’s tools for managing change.
You’ve mentioned how visibility is a key to knowing how a proposed change will impact the organization. What new or emerging technologies make gaining this visibility more complicated?
A good example to illustrate this would be the manufacturing or retail environments. Global manufacturing organizations and multinational retail organizations have many locations and must be able to set operational and security policies globally and — manage them locally — for effective IT operations. Going across the WAN optimization devices or multiple firewalls also poses significant challenges to the visibility needed to mange change.
Another element of complication is the virtual environment. Virtualization of servers clearly has escalated the manageability problems and once again, if IT cannot ‘observe’ or reconstruct the system, they cannot manage it effectively.
Additionally, the emerging developments in PDAs will also create visibility challenges. These PDAs will undoubtedly have behaviors that might include additional networking functionality and introduce new change requirements and processes.
What should a good change management process include?
Managing change in real time requires three key components:
First, you need visibility into the infrastructure. This means that IT must be provided with deep configurational visibility into the physical, logical, and virtual resources of the infrastructure at the right level of granularity. The discovered data must be normalized and correlated and the resulting information should be stored in a real-time repository for operations.
Second, it needs to manage change by exception. Because of the sheer size of the infrastructure components and the associated change data, an important consideration is to manage the change by exception. This means that IT must set operational policies for managing change and violations to these policies are detected and managed in real time.
Finally, the process must be automated. Continuous compliance with the operational policies allows IT to operate in an ‘auto-pilot’ mode. This means that IT can manage change proactively and not have to react to incidents.
The net result is higher availability, lower error rate and lower operational costs which together contribute to better delivery of business services.
What products or services does nSolutions offer to help IT manage change?
nSolutions offers a product line of appliances called NOVA (Network Ontology and Virtualization Appliance). NOVA is a line of secure appliances that manages change in global heterogeneous infrastructures. NOVA appliances can scale globally because the appliances can be networked in a peer-to-peer or a hierarchical architecture. NOVA provides global visibility through a browser based application.
NOVA provides a single, unified, up-to-date view of the configuration state of the infrastructure.
NOVA processes auto-discovered information from physical, logical, and virtual resources to create a NOVA Repository with a virtual construct of configuration interdependencies among the components of core (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.) and the applications infrastructures (servers, databases, applications etc.). In addition, NOVA detects change in the infrastructure in real time and generates an alert if operational policies are violated; provides continuous compliance with operational and regulatory policies; and provides a proactive solution for managing change by provide Change Impact Assessment (CIA). I should point out that NOVA CIA provides a CIO with a tool that accounts for the service level agreements (SLA) goals for the business.
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Hello everyone! I'm looking for some guidance as to starting a project car. I had a d16 turbo 96 Civic which I sold and am now looking at a KE70/75 or AE80 sprinter project. I am looking to source a base car for cheap. Real cheap in Lahore! If anyone can help out that would be awesome! Thanks!!
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Two Boston kickboxers have scooped gold medals in a national competition.
Nesta Baxter and Ambie Brocklesby both fought their way to first place in their categories in the WAKO British Championships.
Competing in Birmingham, 13-year-old Nesta retained the girls’ 16 years 50kg continuous title she won last year, punching above her weight against older and more experienced opponents.
Meanwhile, Ambie, 11, was giving away up to five years in the boys’ 16 years under 28kg continuous category, but that didn’t stop him winning gold.
Not content with just one medal, Ambie then went on to win silver in the boys’ 16 years under 28kg points section.
Fellow members of Boston’s Evolution Martial Arts club competed at the national championships.
Mark Baldry won silver in the men’s 90kg and under veterans’ competition, while Zac Baldry was runner-up in the boys’ 16years under 32kg points fight.
Two further club members were in action at the Peterborough Series.
Seven-year-old Harley Butterfield age won gold in the boys’ under 4ft open grade points category.
Meanwhile, Vicki Bradford won silver in the ladies’ points category.
Pictured are Nesta and Ambie fresh from winning their trophies in Birmingham.
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UPDATE: Due to high interest, the location of this talk has been moved from the Caspersen Room to the WCC building, Milstein East B. (October 28)
The Harvard Law School Library staff invites you to attend a book talk and panel discussion in celebration of Visiting Professor Susan Crawford’s recently published book, The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data Smart Governance.
The Responsive City is a compelling guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help municipal leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive and economically resilient cities. The book is co-authored by Professor Stephen Goldsmith, director of Data-Smart City Solutions at Harvard Kennedy School, and by Professor Susan Crawford, co-director of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Susan Crawford is a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and a co-director of the Berkman Center. She is the author of Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age, and a contributor to Bloomberg View and Wired. She served as Special Assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (2009) and co-led the FCC transition team between the Bush and Obama administrations. She is a member of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology and Innovation.
Ms. Crawford was formerly a (Visiting) Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, and a Professor at the University of Michigan Law School (2008-2010). As an academic, she teaches Internet law and communications law. In December of 2012, Yale University Press published her book, Captive Audience: Telecom Monopolies in the New Gilded Age. She was a member of the board of directors of ICANN from 2005-2008 and is the founder of OneWebDay, a global Earth Day for the internet that takes place each Sept. 22. One of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology (2009); IP3 Awardee (2010); one of Prospect Magazine’s Top Ten Brains of the Digital Future (2011) and TIME Magazine’s Tech 40: The Most Influential Minds in Tech (2013). She is a member of the board of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC).
Ms. Crawford received her B.A. and J.D. from Yale University. She served as a clerk for Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale) (Washington, D.C.) until the end of 2002, when she left that firm to enter the legal academy. Susan, a violist, lives in New York City.
Book talk panelists include:
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville, MA;
Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston;
Professor Mitchell Weiss, Harvard Business School Professor and former chief of staff to Boston Mayor Menino.
Moderated by Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School Professor and co-founder and Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 12:00 noon.
Harvard Law School, WCC, Milstein East B. (Directions).
Sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library.
Free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.
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Take to the Streets of Paris, TX With a New Tablet
Everyday life has changed dramatically in just the last several years. Staying in touch with work, school, and family has become increasingly convenient but also expected. That's why your local Rent-A-Center in Paris has some of the best tablets on the market. With a better internet connection, a brand new tablet can ensure you're prepared for school, work, and video conference calls. Stop by and we'll show you your portable tech options, and learn how we can help you stay connected to the essentials in your life! Get started with more information about the pluses of buying a new tablet or getting a rent-to-own tablet from your local Rent-A-Center in Paris
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The right tablet makes it easy efficient to get all your work done while getting to watch all of your favorite content. From the bus to the local café, or your work to your home, you can bring your favorite content along with you no matter where you are. Owning a tablet that slips right into your bag or purse allows you to easily connect to all your favorite content. Plus, the right tablet will let all the internal storage you need for videos, pictures, and applications. Find the right tablet for you at your Paris Rent-A-Center.
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Today's tablets are easy to use and have a ton of power, but suppose you are interested in something with more processing capabilities. At your local Paris Rent-A-Center we stock rent-to-own laptops and desktop computers, too. A lot of our computers are built to give better and faster processing power for those in need of the boost you need. From designing buildings to building websites, we've got you! Our wide range of electronics allows you to find the best tool to take on any workload. Stop by Rent-A-Center in Paris to purchase your new rent-to-own laptop, desktop, or tablet.
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e-Scooters, dockless bikes: safety under siege!
Have YOU been passed at speed by someone on a scooter or an Onzo bike? Are you worried about the LATEST INVASION threatening children, the old people, and law-abiding citizenry going about their business on footpaths?
The news has been full of harumphing about lime e-scooters and Onzo bikes of late.
Should you be, like Dog and Lemon Guide guy, “shocked”, or alarmed by the workplace safety campaigner saying “someone’s going to die”?
In short: Yeah nah. Here’s what it boils down to
THREE reasons to Yeah Nah to this furore
1. Our safety IS under siege! But not by e-scooters and dockless bikes.
for 60+ years, people – that is, “fresh humans not canned humans” – have been the afterthought in our road design. “Here’s the road we’ve designed to cater for X volume of traffic now and in the future, we meet all the standards for safe and consistent vehicle movement.” … … … “oh and by the way, we should try not to let those silly fragile unpredictable humans kill themselves.” Commentators are absolutely right: footpaths have been under siege, but it’s from the last 60 years of car-centric investment. That’s left us with this:
Our streets are Hunger Games arenas where the overlords have made it so all humans moving under their own steam must fight amongst themselves for the last remaining scraps of the space.
2. Yes people will be dorks when on wheels. But let’s keep perspective.
Of course there are people behaving like inconsiderate plonkers. Or even behaving like outright dorks. Many humans behave like this often, and most of us behave like this sometimes.
- Yes absolutely, dork behaviour on wheels on footpaths will make those footpaths more nerve-wracking and unpleasant to be on. And that’s extra galling because footpaths are the last refuge of the Humans in our streets.
- Yes, on-wheels dork behaviour there will disproportionately affect the young, the old, those carrying shopping, people with impairments. (Yep, the ones already disadvantaged the most in getting around.)
- Yes, the potential harm from this should be reduced, be it through speed controls on scooters or special parking-areas or whatever. (It’s doable, though tricky.)
But given that whatever vehicle they’re using (including feet) some humans will be dorks a lot of the time, and most humans will be dorks occasionally, what vehicles should we be getting exercised about – writing to your local MP or whipping off an outraged post on social media?
What should we be angry about?
There’s a type of wheeled vehicle – in motion and parked – that makes human dork tendencies actually maim, kill, and trap people in their homes to keep themselves safe.
There’s a type of wheeled vehicle that’s the overwhelming suppressor of some essential Kiwi rights.
Rights to enjoy their streets – to confidently send the kids for a popsicle – to get aroundunder our own steam for short trips, getting the incidental exercise that’s a free “wonder drug”.
What’s that vehicle type? You guessed it.
It’s motor vehicles, folks – automobiles. Those things we love, around which we’ve been encouraged to build our lives – and around which our neighbourhoods, our suburbs, our cities, our streets – even our houses – are now built.
3. Putting the safety burden on the victim is stupid
If the commentators have their way, this is what we’ll end up with.
At what point do we say “having to protect ourselves against cars is cramping our style. And cities are for people to do stuff, not for cars to rule”?
We need to assert our rights to be able to be human on our city streets, without having to bear all the burden of protecting ourselves against the machines.
What to do?
So sure, get exercised about e-scooters and the like if you want! But here’s what’ll make the difference.
- yell for wider footpaths – everywhere that’s a street.
- agitate for protected, separated lanes for people on wheels – works for people cycling, scooting, e-scooting, mobility scootering, segway-ing
- clamour for slower speed limits – real ones, not just signs – on all inner city streets (so e-scooter and onzo people don’t feel too scared to ride on the road).
That’s what will get real results.
But meantime, if you’re on wheels – like at this weekend’s Open Streets Day – and feeling the urge to slalom between people walking… there’s one simple, beautiful thing that lets us all get along.
- Banner image: Pocket Lint
- Street Chasm (modified by Talk Wellington) – Karl Jilg
- Taranaki St traffic – Automotive News
- bad parking photos: Talk Wellington
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